[1] [figure appears here on page 33] AFter ye de|ceaſe of the ſame Helie,Lud. his eldeſt ſon Lud begã his raign, in the yeare af|ter the creation of the worlde 3895. after the buylding of the Citie of Rome 679. be [...]ore the comming of Chriſt .72. and before the Romaines entred Brytaine .xix. yeares.
[1] [2] [3] This Lud proued a right worthie prince,A worth [...] prince. a|mending the lawes of the realme that were defec|tiue, aboliſhing euill cuſtomes and maners vſed amongſt his people, and repairing old Cities and townes which were decayed: but ſpecially he de|lyted moſt to beautifie & enlarge with buildings the Citie of Troynouant, which he cõpaſſed with a ſtrong wall made of lime and ſtone,London en|cloſed with a wall. Iohn. Hard. in the beſt maner fortified with diuerſe fayre towers: and in the weſt part of the ſame wall he erected a ſtrong gate, which he commaunded to be cleped after his name, Luds gate, and ſo vnto this day it is called Ludgate, [...]he, s, only drowned in ye pronunciatiõ of the word. In the ſame citie alſo he ſoiorned for the more part,Fabian. Gal. Mon. Mat. VVeſt. by reaſon whereof the inhabitants encreaſed and many habitations were buylded to receyue them, & he himſelfe cauſed buildings to be made betwixt London ſtone & Ludgate, & buyl|ded for himſelf not farre from the ſayd gate a faire palace, which is the Biſh. of Londons palace,The Biſhop [...] palace. be|ſide Paules, at this day (as ſome think) yet Hariſ. ſuppoſeth it to haue bin Bainards caſtel, wher the black friers now ſtandeth. He alſo builded a faire Temple nere to his ſaid palace, which temple (as ſome take it) was after turned to a church, and at this day cleped Paules. By reaſon that K. Lud ſo much eſtemed ye citie before al other of his realme, enlarging it ſo greatly as he did, and cõtinually in manet remained there, the name was chãged,The name of Troynouan [...] chaunged and called London. ſo ye it was called Cairlud, yt is to ſay, Luds towne: & after by corruptiõ of ſpeech it was named Lõdon. [page 34] Beſide the princely doings of this Lud touching the aduancement of the cõmon wealth by ſtudies aperteyning to the time of peace, hee was alſo ſtrong and valiant in armes, in ſubduing his eni|mies. He was alſo bounteous and liberall both in giftes and in keeping a plentifull houſe, ſo that he was greatly beloued of all the Brytaynes Fi|nally, when he had thus raigned with great ho|nor for the ſpace of .xj. yeres, he died, and was bu|ried nere Ludgate, leauing after him two ſonnes, Indrogeus and Theomancius or Tenancius.