[1] ¶It should appeare by some writers, that this mul|titude of Flemings consisted not of such onelie as came ouer about that time by reason their countrie was ouerflowne with the sea (as ye haue heard) but of other also that arriued here long before, Wil. Malm. euen in the daies of William the Conqu [...]rour, through the freendship of the quéene their countriewoman, si|thens which time their number so increased, that the realme of England was sore pestered with them: wherevpon king Henrie deuised to place them in Penbrokeshire, as well to auoid them out of the o|ther parts of England, as also by their helpe to tame the bold and presumptuous fiercenesse of the Welsh|men. Which thing in those parties they brought ve|rie well to passe: for after they were setled there, they valiantlie resisted their enimies, and made verie sharpe warres vpon them, sometimes with gaine, and sometimes with losse.