Between London Stone and Ludgate forthright,
That called was then for his name Ludstone,
He made men build, that London so then hight.
His palace fair, then made he there anon,
With towers high, both of lime and stone,
Beside Ludgate; and his temple near thereby,
His God to serve, and him to glorify.

When he had reigned by forty year all out,
He died so, and in his temple fair
Entombed was, with stories all about.
Androgens was then his son and heir,
Passing of sight and July fair;
Tenancius, his younger son of age,

Which were too young to rule the heritage.

Cassibalayn, their uncle, then was king,

And found his nephews full honestly and well,
And nurtured them while they were children ying;
And at their age when they could reason feel,
He them avanced right worshipfully and well.
Androge he made and created duke of Kent,
Of Troynovant also by whole entent.

The immediate predecessor of Lud, was

Hely, who

The isle of Hely made;

His palace gay that might right well suffice,
He builded there, that was both long and brade,
Wherein he dwelled much and most abide.

The continuation commences, (as before observed,) with the reign of Edward IV. and terminates with that of Henry VII. though there are two pages with the title of "Reign of Henry VIII." which speak generally of the principal acts of that prince; and particularly of his "dissolving and suppressing all counterfeit sects and false religions;" so that the continuation must have been written late in this reign.

Harding had an inveterate enmity to the Scots, against whom he had carried arms in several expeditions. He was anxious to prove their ancient vassalage to the crown of England, and with this view ransacked all the old Chronicles he could meet with. Not content with this, hearing of the existence of an ancient record in Scotland, which placed the mat

ter beyond dispute, he undertook a perilous journey thither in disguise, and after much difficulty, bore it off in triumph; exhibiting it successively to Henry V. and VI. and lastly to Edward IV.

HALL.

EDWARD HALL was born in London, (in what year is not recorded,) and educated at Eton school; whence he was removed to King's College, Cambridge, and subsequently entered as student at Gray's Inn. Fuller says that he became common sergeant (by which he probably means recorder,) of London; for his exemplary conduct in which office, he was afterwards advanced to be one of the judges in the Sheriff's Court. He died at a very advanced age in 1547.

Hall compiled a Chronicle of the wars between the two Roses, entitled-" The Union of the two noble and illustre families of Lancaster and York, being long in continual dissention for the crown of this noble realm, with all the acts done in both the times of the princes, both of the one lineage and of the

other; beginning at the time of king Henry IV. the first author of this divison, and so successively proceeding, to the reign of the high and prudent prince, king Henry VIII. the indubitate flower, and very heir of both the said lineages: whereunto is added to every king a several table." The work is dedicated to Henry VIII. and was printed by Grafton in 1548; also in 1550.

The following is a list of his authorities.

LATIN AUTHORS.

1. Polychronicon. 2. Cropica Cronicarum. 3. Nauclerus. 4. Polydorus. 5. Paulus Emilius. 6. Voluteranus. 7. Gauguinus. 8. Albertus Krantz. 9. Michael Ricius. 10. Hector Boetius. 11. Johannes Major. 12. Abbas Wyssenbergensis. 13. Carion. 14. Supplimentum Cronicarum. 15. Gesta Tholosanorum. 16. Cronica Brabancie.

FRENCH AUTHORS.

1. Enquerant de Munstrellet.

2. Jean Bu

chet. 3. Jean Mayer de Belget. 4. Argenton. 5. Le Mere des Histories. 6. Les Annales de