the whole possession of that part of the Ile [Sidenote:  Badon hill.] which they held, whereas they accounted the cities and townes of small strength to be defended, they got them to an high mounteine called Badon hill, which Polydor supposeth to be Blackamore that lieth neere to the water of Theise, which diuideth the bishoprike of Durham from Yorkeshire, hauing at the mouth thereof an hauen meet to receiue such ships as come out of Germanie, from whence the Saxons looked for aid, hauing alreadie sent thither for the same.

The Britains being thereof aduertised, made hast towards the place, and besieged it on euerie side.  They also laie the sea coasts full of souldiers, to keepe such of the enimies from landing as should come out of Germanie.  The Saxons kept themselues for a certeine space aloft vpon the high ground, but in the end constreined through want of vittels, they came downe with their armie in order of battell to the next plaines, and offering to fight, the battell was anon begun, which continued from the morning till far in the day, with such slaughter, that the earth on euerie side flowed with bloud:  but the Saxons susteined the greater losse, their capteins Occa and Osca being both slaine, so that the Britains might seeme quite deliuered of all danger of those enimies:  but the fatall destinie could not be auoided, as hereafter may appeare.  And thus was the slaughter made of the Saxons [Sidenote:  Gyldas.] at Badon hill, whereof Gyldas maketh mention, and chanced the same yeare that he was borne, which was in the 44 yeare after the first [Sidenote:  492.] comming of the Saxons into this land, the yeare of Grace 492, & 15 indiction.

[Sidenote:  The decease of Vter Pendragon.] About the same time Vter departed out of this life (saith Polydor) so that this account agreeth nothing with the common account of those authors, whome Fabian and other haue followed.  For either we must presuppose, that Vter reigned before the time appointed to him by the said authors, either else that the siege of Badon hill was before he began to reigne, as it should seeme in deed by that which Wil.  Malmesburie writeth thereof, as hereafter shall be also shewed.  Finallie (according to the agreement of the English writers) Vter Pendragon died by poison, when he had gouerned this land by the full [Sidenote:  Stoneheng.  Chorea Gigantum.] terme of 16 years, & was after buried by his brother Aurelius at Stoneheng, otherwise called Chorea Gigantnm, leauing his sonne Arthur to succeed him. ¶ Here ye must note that the Scotish chronicles declare, that in all the warres for the more part wherein the Britains obteined victorie against the Saxons, the Scots aided them in the same warres, and so likewise did the Picts, but the same chronicles doo not onelie varie from the British writers in account of yeares, but also in the order of things doone, as in the same chronicles more plainelie may appeare, & namelie in the discourse of the accidents which chanced during