[1] Mul| [...]ucius. [...] M.W. [...]olid. [figure appears here on page 23] TO procede therefore wt the aforeſayde Authors, Mul|mucius Dun|uallo, or as o|ther haue Dũ|uallo Mulmu|cius, the ſonne of Cloten, (as teſtifyeth the Engliſh chronicle, & alſo Geffrey of Mõmouth, gote the vpper hand of ye other Dukes or rulers: And after his fathers deceſſe began his raigne o|uer the whole Monarchie of Britayne in ye yeere of the world .3529. after ye building of Rome .314. and after the deliuerance of the Iſraelites out of captiuitie .97. and about the .26. yere of Darius Artaxecxes Longimanus, the fifth King of the Perſiãs. This Mulmutius Donuallo is named in the Engliſh Chronicle Donebaut, and proo|ued a right worthy Prince. He builded within ye Citie of London then called Troynouant a Tẽ|ple, and named it the Temple of peace: the which (as ſome holde opinion,) I wote not vpon what ground, [...]ab. was ye ſame which now is called Black|wel halle, [...]e [...] more in [...]he deſcriptiõ. where the market for bying and ſelling of clothes is kept.
[1] M.W. [...]awes made.He alſo made many good lawes, the whyche were long after vſed, called Mulmutius lawes, turned out of the Brittiſh ſpeech into the Latine by Gildas Priſcus, and long time after trãſlated out of Latine into Engliſhe by Alfrede Kyng of England, and mingled in his eſtatutes.
[1] Moreouer, this Mulmutius gaue priuileges to Temples, to ploughes, to Cities, and to high wayes leading to the ſame, ſo that whoſoeuer fled to them, ſhould be in ſafegard from bodily harme, and from thence he might depart into what coũ|trey he would, without indemnitie of his perſon. Some authors write,Caxton and [...]olicron. that hee began to make the foure great high wayes of Britayne, the whyche were finiſhed by his ſonne Belinus, as after ſhall be declared.
The Chronicle of Englãd affirmeth, that this Mulmutius whom ye olde booke nameth Molle, builded ye two townes Malmeſbery,Malmesbery [...]nd the Vi [...]s [...]uilt. & the Vies.
[1] After he had eſtabliſhed his land, & ſet his Bri|tons in good & conuenient order,The firſt King that was crow| [...]ed with a goldẽ Crowne he ordeyned him by ye aduice of his Lords a Crowne of golde, and cauſed himſelfe with great ſolẽnitie to be Crow|ned, according to the cuſtome of the Pagan laws then in vſe: and bycauſe he was the firſt that bare Crowne heere in Britayne, after the opinion of ſome writers, he is named the firſt King of Bri|tayne, and al the other before rehearſed are named Rulers, Dukes, or Gouernors.
[1] Amongſt other of his ordinances,Polid. Weightes and meaſures. Theft puni|ſhed. Fab. he appoyn|ted weightes and meaſures, with the which men ſhould buy & ſell. And further he deuiſed ſore and ſtreight orders for the puniſhing of theft. Finally, after he had guided the land by the ſpace of fortie yeeres, he died, and was buried in the foreſayde Temple of peace which he had erected within the citie of Troynouant nowe called London, as be|fore ye haue heard. Appoynting in his life tyme, that his kingdome ſhould be deuided betwixt his two ſonnes, Brennus, & Belinus (as ſome men do coniecture.)