Brutus, son of Silvius, son of Aschanius, son of Aeneas, ruled first in Britain. It was said of him in prophecies that he would kill his mother and father, and so it came to pass in the following manner. For his mother died in giving birth to him and, at the age of fifteen, the boy killed his father while he was hunting, striking him inadvertently with an arrow because he thought he was a wild beast. On account of this he was banished from Italy. Driven out as an exile, he went to Greece, where Trojans, living in exile under King Pandrasus, gathered around him. With the help of these Trojans, Brutus made war on Pandrasus to set them free, defeating and capturing him. But, on the advice of the leading men of the kingdom, Innogen, Pandrasus's daughter, was given to Brutus in marriage, along with gold, silver, and three hundred and twenty-four ships loaded with corn, wine and oil, and everything necessary for a journey. The king was released from prison and the Trojans were freed from exile and, together with their liberator, they set to sea. After they had sailed two days and one night they landed on an island where there was a temple to Diana. Brutus made sacrifices and prayed to the goddess, as follows:

And the reply to him was: