MouÌ„ster and had taken a ring from the Image of S. Patrike which the Erle of Desmond had offred and giuen it to his lemman Many other crymes were layd to him by the sayd Bishop of Lismore and Waterford which he exhibited in writing Also in the same Parliament there rose coÌ„tention betwixt Adam Pain bishop of Clone an other prelate whose church he would haue annexed vnto his see At length after the Parliament had continued for the space of xviij days it brake vp Herewith came newes of y e slaughter of the Lord Tho. of LaÌ„caster duke of Clarence y t had bin L. The Duke of Clarence slaine in Fraunce lieutenant of Ireland vpoÌ„ the .vij. of May certaine of the Erle of Ormondes men were ouerthrown by the Irish nere to the Abbey of Leys xxvij Englishmen were slain there of whom the chief were two geÌ„tlemeÌ„ the one named Purcel the other Grant Also .x. were takeÌ„ prisoners and two C. escaped to the foresayde Abbey so sauing themselues About the same time Mac Mahun Mac Mahun an Irish lord did much hurt within the couÌ„try of Vrgile by burning and wasting all afore him Also vpon the morrow after Midsommer day the Erle of Ormond Lord lieutenant entred into the Countrey about Leys vpon Omordris for the space of foure dayes togither did muche hurt in sleaing and spoyling the people till the Irish were glad to sue for peace ¶ Henrie the sixt LIeutenants to Henrie the sixt ouer the realme of Irelande were these Edmonde Earle of March and Iames Erle of Ormond his deputy Iohn Sutton Lord Dudley sir Tho. Strange knight his deputie Sir Thomas Stanley and sir Christofer Plunket his deputie Henry Marleâ—… Thys sir Thomas Stanley on Michaelmasse day Here endeth Marleburgh and all that foloweth is taken out of Campion in the twelfth yeare of King Henrye the sixth wyth all the Knightes of Methe and Irrell fought agaynste the Irishe slue a greate number and tooke Neill Odonell prisoner Lion Lord Welles the Earle of Ormonde his deputie Iames Earle of Ormonde by hym selfe Iohn Erle of Shrewesburie and the Archbishop of Dublin Lorde Iustice in his absence Richard Plantagenet Duke of Yorke father to King Edwarde the fourth and Earle of Vlster had the office of Lieutenaunte by the Kings letters patents during the tearme of tenne yeeres who appoynted to rule vnder him as his deputies at sundry times the Baron of Deluin Richarde Fitz Eustace Knight Iames Earle of OrmoÌ„d and Thomas Fitz Morice Erle of Kildare To this Richard Duke of Yorke and Vlster then resident in Dublin Campion out of the Records of Christs Church George Duke of Clarence borne at Dublin Iacke Cade was borne within the Castell there his secoÌ„d sonne the Lord George that was after Duke of Clarence his Godfathers at the fontestone were the Erles of Ormond and Dismonde Whether the commotion of Iacke Cade an Irishman borne naming himself Mortimer and so pretending cosinage to diuers noble houses in this land proceeded from some intelligeÌ„ce with the Dukes friends here in Ireland it is vncertayne but surely the Duke was vehemently suspected and immediately after began the troubles whiche through him were reysed Whyche broyles being couched for a time the Duke helde himselfe in Ireland being lately by Parliamente ordeyned protector of the Realme of Englande he left his agent in the Court his brother y e Erle of Salisburie Lord Chancellor to whom he declared the troth of the troubles then towarde in Ireland which letter exemplyfyed by Sir Henry Sidney Lorde Deputie a greate searcher and preseruer of antiquities as it came to Campions hands and by hym set downe we haue thoughte good likewise to present it here to your viewe To the right worshipfull and with all mine hart intierly beloued brother the Earle of Salisburie The copie of a letter RIght Worshipfull and with all my harte intierly beloued brother I recommende me vnto you as hartily as I can And like it you to witte sith I wrote last vnto the King our Soueraigne Lorde his highnesse the Irish enemie y t is to say Magoghigam and with him three or foure Irishe Captaynes associate with a greate felowship of English Rebells notwithstandyng that they were within the King our Soueraygne Lord his peace of greate malice and againste all truth haue maligned against their legiance and vengeably haue brent a great towne of myne inheritance in Meth called Ramore and other villages thereaboutes and murthered and breÌ„t both men womeÌ„ and children withouten mercy the whiche enimies be yet assembled in Woods and fortes aweighting to do the hurt and greeuance to the Kings subiects that they can thinke or imagine For whiche cause I write at this tyme vnto the Kings highnesse and beseeche his good Grace for to hasten my payment for this lande â—â—rding vnto his letters of warrant nowe late directed vnto the Treasorer of Englande to the intente I may wage men in sufficiente number for to resist the malice of the same enimies and punish them in such wise that other which wolde do the same for lacke of resistance in time maye take example For doubtlesse but if my paymente be had in all hast for to haue men of warre in defence and safegard of this land my power caÌ„not stretch to keepe it in the â—…ings obeysance and very necessitie will compell me to come into England to liue there vpon my poore liuelyhood for I had leuer be dead than any inconuenience â—â—oulde fall therevnto in my default for it shall neuer bee chronicled nor remayne in Scripture by y e grace of God that Ireland was lost by my negligeÌ„ce And therefore I beseeche you right Worshipfull brother that you will holde to your handes instantly that my paymente may bee had at thys time in eschewing all inconueniences For I haue example in other places more pitie it is for to dread shame and for to acquit my troth vnto the Kings highnesse as my duetie is And thys I pray and exhort you good brother to shewe vnto his good grace and that you will be so good that this language may bee enacted at this presente ParliameÌ„t for mine excuse in time to come Roger Roe and that you will be good to my seruant Roger Roe the bearer of these and to my other seruaunts in such things as they shall pursew vnto the kings highnesse and to giue full faith and credence vnto the report of the said Roger touching the sayde matters Right worshipful and with all my hart intierly beloued brother our blessed Lorde God preserue and keepe you in all honor prosperous estate and felicitie and graunte you righte good life long WritteÌ„ at Dublin y e .15 day of Iune Your faithfull true brother Richarde Yorke Of suche power was Magoghigam in those dayes who as he wan and kept it by the sworde Magoghigam his power so nowe his successors in that state liue but as meane
substanciallye declared vnto you at Paules Crosse on Sunday last passed the right and title that the most excellent prince Richarde Duke of Gloucester nowe Protectour of thys Realme hath vnto the Crowne and kingdome of the same For as the worshipfull man groundly made open vnto you the children of K. Edward the fourth were neuer lawfully begotten forasmuche as the king leauing his verie wife Dame Elizabeth Lucy was neuer lawfully maried vnto the Queene their mother whose bloud sauing that be set his voluptuous pleasure before his honor was full vnmeetly to bee matched with hys and the mingling of whose blouds togither hath beene the effusion of great part of the noble bloud of this realme Whereby it may well seeme the mariage not wel made of which there is so much mischiefe growne For lacke of which lawful accoupling and also of other things which the sayd worshipfull doctor rather signified than fully explayned and which things shall not be spoken for me as the thing wherin euery man forbeareth to say that hee knoweth in auoyding displeasure of my noble Lord Protector bearing as nature requireth a filiall reuerence to the Duches his mother for these causes I say before remeÌ„bred that is to wit for lacke of other issue lawfully coÌ„ming of the late noble prince Richard duke of Yorke to whose royall bloud the Crowne of England and of Fraunce is by the high authoritie of Parliamen entayled the right and title of the same is by the iust course of enheritaunce according to the common lawes of this lande deuolute and common vnto the moste excellent Prince the Lorde Protector as to the very lawfully begotteÌ„ son of the foreremembred noble duke of Yorke Which thing well considered and the greate knightlye prowes pondered with manifolde vertues which in his noble person singularly abound the nobles and commons also of this realme and speciallye of the north part not willing any bastarde bloud to haue the rule of the lande nor the abusions before in the same vsed any longer to continue haue coÌ„discended and fully determined to make humble petition to the moste puissaunte Prince the Lorde Protectour that it may lyke his grace at our humble request to take vpon him the guiding and gouernaunce of this Realme to the wealth and encrease of the same according to his verie right and iust tytle Which thing I wore it well hee will bee loth to take vppon hym as he whose wisedome well perceyueth the labor and studie both of minde and bodie that shall come therewith to whomesoeuer so will occupie the rowme as I dare say hee will if he take it Which rowme I warne you well is no childes office And that the great wise man well perceyued when he sayd Veh regno cuius rex puer est VVo is that Realme that hath a childe to their king Wherfore so much the more cause haue we to thanke God that this noble personage which is so righteously intituled therevnto is of so sad age and thereto so great wisedome ioyned with so great experience which albeit hee will hee loth as I haue sayd to take it vpon him yet shall be to our petition in that behalf the more graciously incline if ye the worshipfull Citizens of this the chiefe citie of this realm ioyne with vs the nobles in our saide request Which for your owne weale we doubt not but ye wil and nathelesse I hartily pray you so to do wherby you shal do great profit to all this realme beside in choosing theÌ„ so good a king and vnto your selfe special commoditie to whoÌ„ his maiestie shal euer after bear so much the more tender fauor in how much he shall perceiue you y e more prone beneuoleÌ„tly minded toward his election Wherin dere friends what mind you haue we require you plainly to shew vs. When the Duke had sayde and looked that the people whome he hoped that the Maior had framed before should after this proposition made haue cried king Richard king Richarde all was husht and mute and not one worde answered thervnto wherwith y e duke was maruellously abashed and taking the Maior nearer to hym with other that were aboute him priuie to that matter sayde vnto them softly what meaneth this that this people be so still Sir quoth the Maior percase they perceyue you not well That shall we mende quoth he if that will helpe And by and by somewhat lowder he rehearsed them the same matter agayne in other order and other wordes so well and ornatelye and naythelesse so euidently and plaine wyth voyce gesture and countenance so comly and so conuenient that euery man much maruelled that heard him and thought that they neuer had in theyr liues heard so euill tale so well tolde But were it for â–ª wonder or feate or that eche lookt that other should speake first not one word was there aunswered of all the people that stoode before but all was as still as the mydnightâ—… not so muche as rowning amongest them â–ª by which they might seeme to commune what was best to doe When the Maior sawe this hee with other partners of that Councell drew aboute the duke and sayde that the people had not beene accustomed there to be spoken vnto but by the Recorder which is the mouth of the Citie and happily to him they will aunswere â—…r William 〈◊〉 With that the Recorder called Fitz William a sad man and an honest whiche was so newe come into that office â–ª that he neuer had spoken to the people before and loth was with that matter to beginne nor withstanding therevnto commaunded by the Maior made rehearsall to the Commons of that the Duke had twise rehearsed them himselfe But the Recorder so tempered his tale that he shewed euerie thing as the dukes wordes and no part his owne But all this noting no chaunge made in the people which alway after one stoode as they had beene men amased wherevpon the duke rowned vnto the Maior and sayd this is a maruellous obstinate silence and therwith he turned vnto the people again with these words Dere frieÌ„ds we come to moue you to that thing which peraduenture we not so greatly needed but that the Lords of this realme the coÌ„mons of other parties might haue sufficed â–ª sauing y t wee suche loue beare you so much set by you y t we would not gladly do without you that thing in which to be partners is your weale honor which as it seemeth either you see not or wey not Wherefore wee require you giue vs aunswere one or other whether you bee minded as all the nobles of the realm be to haue this noble prince now protector to be your king or not At these words the people began to whisper among themselues secretly that the voice was neither lowd nor distinct but as it were the sound of a swarme of Bees till at the last in the neather end of the Hall a bushment of the dukes seruants and Nashfieldes and
the March to haue their homages released whose good will therin they obtayned so that for the same release they shoulde pay to thys king Edward thirtie thousand poundes sterling in thrée yeares next following that is to say tenne thousand pounde sterling yearely But bicause the nobilitie commons of this realme woulde not by parliament consent vnto it their king being within age the same release procéeded not albeit the Scottes ceased not their practises with thys Quéene and Earle But before those three yeres in which their money if y e bargaine had taken place shoulde haue béene payed were exspired our king Edwarde inuaded Scotlande and ceased not the warre vntill Dauid the sonne of Robert le Bruse then by their election king of scotlande absolutelye submytted hymselfe vnto hym But for that the sayde Dauid Bruse had before by practise of the Quéene and the Earle of Marche marryed Iane the sister of this king Edward he mooued by naturall zeale to his sister was contented to giue the realme of scotlande to this Dauid Bruse to the heires that shoulde be degotten of the body of the sayde Iane sauing the reuersion and meane homages to this king Edwarde and to his owne children wherewith the same Dauid Bruse was right well contented and therevpon immediately made his homage for scotlande vnto him Howbeit shortly after causelesse conteyning cause of displeasure this Dauid procured to disolue this same estate taâ—…ly and thervpon not onely rebelled in scotlande but also inuaded englande whylest king Edwarde was occupyed about hys warres in France But this Dauid was not onely expelled englaÌ„d in th end but also thinking no place a sufficient defence to his vntrueth of his owne accorde fled out of scotlaÌ„d wherby the couÌ„treis of Annandale Gallaway Mars Teuydale Twedale and Ethrike were seased into the king of englandes handes and new Marches set betwéene englande and scotland at Cockburnes pathe and Sowtry hedge which wheÌ„ this Dauid weÌ„t about to recouer againe his power was discomfited and himself by a few englishmen taken and brought into englande where he remayned prysoner eleuen yeres Duryng thys tyme kyng Edwarde enioyed Scotlande peaceably and then at the contemplacion and wery suite of his sorowfull sister wyfe of this Dauid he was contented once againe to restore him to the kingdome of Scotlande wherevpon it was concluded that for this rebellion Dauid shoulde paye to king Edward the somme of one hundred thousande markes sterling and thereto destroy all his holdes and fortresses standing agaynst the english borders further assure the crowne of scotland to the children of thâ—â— kyng Edward for lacke of heire of his owâ—â— bodye all which thinges he dyd accordingly And for the better assurance of his obeisance also he afterward deliuered into the haÌ„ds of king Edward sundry noble men of scotlaÌ„d in this behalf as his pledges And this is the effect of the history of Dauid touching his dâ—â—lings now let vs sée what was done by Edwarde Bailioll whereof our Chronicles doe make report as followeth In y e yere of our lord 1326. Edward y e third king of england was crowned at Westminster and in the 5. yere of his reigne Edward Bailiol right heire to y e kingdome of scotlaÌ„d came in claymed it as due to him Sundry lordes and gentlemen also which had title to diuers landes there either by themselues or by their wiues did y e like wherupoÌ„ the sayde Bailiol they went into scotland by sea and landing at Kinghorne with 3000. Englishmen discomfited 10000. Scottes and slewe 1200. and theÌ„ went forth to Dunfermeline where the scots assembled against them with 40000. men and in the feast of s Laurence at a place called Gastmore or otherwyse Gladmore were slaine v. Erles xiij BaroÌ„s a hundred and thrée score knightes two M. men of armes and many other in all xl M. and there were slaine on the english part but xiij persons only In the eight yere of the raign of kyng Edward he assembled a great hoste and came to Barwike vpon Twéede laid siege thereto To him also came Edward Bailiol king of scots w t a great power to strength aide him against the scottes who came out of scotland in foure battailes well armed and arayed Edwarde kyng of england and Edwarde king of scottes apparelled their people either of them in foure battailes and vppon Hâ—…lidon hyll beside Barwike met these two hostes and there were discomfited of y e scots xxv M. and vij C. whereof were slayne viij erles a thousand and thrée hundred knightes and gentlemen This victory done the kyng returned to Barwike and the towne wyth the castell were yelded vp vnto him In the eyght yeare of the reigne of king Edward of englande Edward Bailiol kyng of scottes came to Newcastell vpon tine and dyd homage In the yeare of our Lorde 1346. Dauid Bruys by exhortacion of the king of France rebelled and came into england with a great hoste vnto Neuilles crosse But the Archbishoppe of Yorke with diuers temporall men fought w t him and the said king of scots was takeÌ„ and William earle Duglas Morrise earle of Strathorne were brought to LondoÌ„ many other Lords slayne which wyth Dauid dyd homage to Edward king of england And in the thirtie yere of the kings reigne and the yeare of our Lorde 1355. the scottes wanne the towne of Barwicke but not the Castell Hereupon the king came thither w t a great hoste and anone the towne was yéelden without any resistance Edwarde Bailiol considering that God dyd so many marueylous gracious thinges for kyng Edwarde at his owne will gaue vp the crowne and the realme of scotland to king Edwarde of england at Rokesborough by his letters patents And anon after the king of england in presence of all his Lordes spirituall and temporall let crowne himselfe kyng there of the realme of scotlande and ordayned all thinges to hys intent and so came ouer in englande Richarde the sonne of Edward called the blacke prince sonne of this kyng Edward was next king of Englande who for that the sayde Iane the wyfe of the sayde king Dauyd of Scotland was dâ—â—â—â—ed without issue and being enformed how 〈◊〉 Scottes deuised to their vttermost power to breake the limitacion of this inheritance touching y e crowne of scotland made forthwith war against theÌ„ wherin he brent EdeÌ„brough spoyled all their countrey tooke all their holdes and maintained continually warre against them vnto his death which was Anno domi M.CCC.xcix Henry the fourth of that name was next kyng of englande he continued these warres begun against them by king Richard ceassed not vntyll Robert king of scots the third of y e name resigned hys crowne by appointment of this kyng Henry and deliuered hys sonne Iames beyng then of the age of nyne yeares into his handes to remayne at his custodie wardship and disposition as of his superiour Lord according to the olde lawes of king Edwarde the
of the aforesayd moneth the flower beginneth to appeare of a whitish blewe colour and in the ende shewing it selfe in the owne kinde it resembleth almoste the Lencoâ—…ion of Theophrast Sée Rembert sauing that it is loÌ„ger and hath in middest thereof either thrée or four chiues very red and pleasant to behold These flowers are gathered in the mornyng before the rising of the Sunne whyth would cause them to welke or flitter and the chiues being picked from the flowers these are throwne in to the dunghill the other dryed vpon little kelles couered wyth straigned canuasses ouer a soft fire wherby and by the weight that is layed vpon theÌ„ they are dried pressed into cakes then bagged vp for y e benefite of theyr owners In good yeares we gather an 100. poundes of the wette Saffron of an aker which being dried doth yeld twentie pound of dry and more Wherby and sith the price of Saffron is commonly about twentie shillings in money it is easie to sée what benefit is reaped by an acre of thys commoditie toward the charges of the setter Raising The heads are raised euery third yeare about vs and commonly in the first yeare after they be set they yéelde very litle increase yet that which commeth is couÌ„ted the finest and called Saffron du hort The next crop is much greater but the third excéedeth and then they raise againe In thys Periode of time also the heads are sayd to childe that is to yelde out of some partes of them dyuers other hedlets wherby it hath bene séene that some one head hath bene increased to 3. or 4. or 5. or 6. whych augmentation is the onely cause whereby they are sold so good cheape For to my reÌ„embrance I haue not knowne a quarter of them to be valued much aboue two shillings eight peÌ„ce except in some odde yeres when ouer great store of winters water hath rotted y e most of them as they stood w tin the ground It is thought that at euery raising they encrease coÌ„monly a third part In Norffolke and Suffolke they raise but once in seuen yeres but as theyr Saffron is not so fine as that of Cambridge shyre and about Walden so it wil not tigne nor holde colour wyth all wherin lieth a great part of the value of thys stuffe Some craftie iackes vse to mixt it wyth the flower of Sonchus whych commeth somewhat neare in déede to the hew of our good Saffron â–ª but it is 〈◊〉 bewrayed both by the colour and â—…ardâ—… Such also was the plenty of Saffron on aâ—… 20. yeares passed that some of the towâ—… men of Walden not thankful for the abâ—…dance of Gods blessing bestowed vpon thâ—…â—â—s wishing rather more scarcitie the roâ—… because of the keping vp of the prices in 〈◊〉 contemptuous manner murmured agaâ—â— him saying that he â—…id shite Saffron 〈…〉 present therwith to choke y e market But 〈◊〉 they shewed them selues unlesse theâ—… ingâ—… infidels in thys behalfe so the Lord conâ—…ring theyr vnthankfulnesse gaue them 〈◊〉 since suche scarsitie as the greatest mutherers haue now the least store and moste of them are eyther worâ—…e out of â—…crupying â–ª or remain scarse able to maintain there greâ—… wythout the helpe of other men â–ª Certâ—… hath generally decayed about Walden since the sayd time vntill now of late wythin the two yeares that men began againe to phâ—… and renew the same But to procéede when the heads be raised and taken vp they 〈◊〉 remaine 16. or 20. daies out of the earth 〈◊〉 I know it by experience in that I haue â—…ed some of them to London wyth me and nâ—…twythstanding that they haue remayned there vnset by the space of 25. daies yet sâ—… of them haue brought forth 2. or 3. flowereâ—… péece and some flowers 4. or 5. chiues to the great admiration of such as haue gathered the same and not bene acquainted wyth the countrey where they grew The Crokers iâ—… Saffron men doe vse an obseruation a litâ—… before the comming vppe of the flower 〈◊〉 opening of the heads to iudge of plentye 〈◊〉 scarcitie of thys commoditie to come Foâ—… they sée as it were many small heary vaines of Saffron to be in the middest of the bulâ—â— they pronounce a frutefull yeare And to say truth at the cleauing of each head a maÌ„ shall discerne the Saffron by the colour and sâ—… wherabouts it will issue out of the roote Warme nights swéete dewes fat grouÌ„ds chiefly the chalky and misty mornings are very good for Saffron but frost and cold doe kill and kéepe backe the flower And this much haue I thought good to speake of English Saffron whych is hote in the seconde and dry in the first degrée Now if it please you to heare of any of the vertues thereof I will note these insuing at the request of one who required me to touche a fewe of them wyth whatsoeuer breuitye I listed Therfore our Saffron is very profitably mingled with those medicines whych we take for the diseases of the brest of y e longes of the liuer and of the bladder It is good also for the stomacke if you take it in meate for it comforteth the same and maketh good digestion being sodden also in wine it not only kéepeth a man from dronkennesse but encourageth also vnto procreation of issue If you drinke it in swéete wine it enlargeth the breth and is good for those that are troubled with the tesike and shortnesse of y e wind Mingled wyth milke of a woman and layed vpon the eyes it stayeth such humors as desend into the same and taketh away the red wheales and pearles that oft groweth about them It is verye profitably layde vnto all inflammations painefull Apostemes and the shingles and doth no small ease vnto dyuers if it be mingled wyth such medicines as are beneficiall vnto the eares It is of great vse also in riping of botches and al swellings proceding of raw humors Or if it shal please you to drinke the roote therof with Maluesie it will maruellously prouoke vrine dissolue and expell grauell and yéelde no small ease vnto them that make theyr water by droppe meales Finally thrée drammes thereof taken at once whych is about the weighte of one shil 9. pence halfepeny is deadly poyson as Dioscorides doth affirme There groweth some Saffron in many places of Almaine and also about Vienna in Austria whych later is taken for y e best that springeth in other quarters In steade of thys also some doe vse the Carthamus called amongst vs bastarde SaffroÌ„ but neyther this is of any value nor the other in any wise comparable vnto ours whereof let this suffice as of a commoditye brought into this Ilande not long before the time of Edward the third and not commonly planted vnitll Richard y e second did raign It would grow very well as I take it about Chiltern hilles in all the vale of the whyte horse Of Quarries of stone for buylding Cap. 15. 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as others of the coÌ„â—â—ny sect in seruise maner addicted to gather good and spende their times in role excesse riot seâ—…ing their errours iustly reprehended the dishonor gotten thereby openly reuealed will the rather addresse themselues to reformation of their estate thereby to recouer the auncient renowme of their Forefathers in answering to their prowes than proâ—…e a reproche vnto their successours thorow their lewde behauiours neuer to be forgotten This also I protest before al men that what soeuer I shall speake of the euill maners of our times I do not meane it vnto all but â—…hose only whome blind 〈◊〉 loue couetousnesse intemperancy excesse and abuse of al Goddes good giftes haue so touched that they desâ—…rue much more to be reprehended then I will vouchsafe to attempt in this my 〈◊〉 treatize therefore if any man shall 〈◊〉 him selfe to be rubbed on the gall â—…y me I counsell him that he conceale not his infirmity by 〈◊〉 reuenge on othermeÌ„ but eâ—…theâ—… 〈◊〉 to procure the remedy in first acknowledging his misdemeanors whiche is the one and better halfe of his cure Our elders although they were right vertuous both iâ—… warre abrode and at home in peace were yet neuerthelesse in conuersation behauiour very temperate whiche is the fountaine originall of al vertues In sleepe they were coÌ„petent in meate drinke sober conteÌ„ted with such foode as was ready aâ—… hande and prepared with litle cost Their bread consisted of suche stuffe as grew most readily on y e ground without al maner of sifting and bousting wherby to please the palate but baked vp as it came froÌ„ the mill without any suche curiosity whiche is a great abasing of the force therof vnto our dayly nourishment The flesh whereon they chiefly fed was either such as they gate by hunting wherin they tooke great deâ—â—e which increased not a litle their strength and nimblenesse or els suche tame caâ—…tell as they bredde vp at home wherof â—…eefe was accompted the principall as it is yet in our dayes though after another maner faâ—… discrepant from the vse and custome of other countries The stickes or young befettes vngelded we either kill youÌ„g for veale or geld to the end that they may 〈◊〉 afterwarde for tillage â—…n eaâ—…ng vp of the ground but the â—…owcalfes and heighâ—…ers are neuer killed till they be with Calf for then are they fattest most delicious to the mouth The common meate of our elders was fish howbeit not only or somuch for the plenty therof as for that one landes lay ofteÌ„ wast and vntilled bicause of the great warres which they coÌ„monly had in hand They breake also their fast early in the morning w t some sleÌ„der repast so coÌ„tinued without any other diet vntill supper time in whiche they had but one dish whereby it came to passe y t their stomackes were neuer ouercharged nor their bones desirous of rest thorow the fulnesse of their bellies At suche time as they determined of set purpose to be mery they vsed a kinde of Aquavite voyde of al spice only consisting of such hearbes and rootes as grew in their owne gardens otherwise their common drinke was Ale but in tyme of warre when they were inforced to lie in campe they contented theÌ„selues with water as rediest for their turnes Eche souldier also had so much meale as might serue him for a day whiche he made vp in cakes and baked on the coles as the Romaines sometimes vsed to do and the Emperour Caracalla himselfe as Herodian hath remeÌ„bred Seldome did they eat any flesh in their tentes except they gate it froÌ„ their aduersaries such as they had likewise was eaten half rawe bycause they supposed the iuyce therof so vsed to nourish very abundantly But fishe was much more plentifull amongst them especially when they waÌ„ted their vsuall prayes or could not attayne vnto them They brought furthermore from their houses to the field with them a vessel of butter cheese meale milke vineger tempred togither as a shoote ancre against extreme hunger on whiche they would feede sucke out the moysture when other prouision coulde not be gotten In like maner whensoeuer they had entred into league and amity with their enimies they would not liue in such security that therby they would suffer their bodies and forces to degenerate but they did keepe themselues in their former actiuity and nimblenesse of limmes eyther with continuall hunting a game greatly esteemed among our auncestors or with running from the hilles to the valeys or from the valeys to the hilles or with wrestling and such kindes of pastime wherby they were neuer idle Their heads were alwayes shaueÌ„ after the maner of y e auÌ„cient Spaniardes with a litle tuft of heare only left on their forepartes neuer couered except wheÌ„ they were troubled w t sickenesse by whiche meanes it came to passe that fewe of our nation in olde time was seene to be balde hearelesse They went also bare footed or if they had any shone they dipped them first in y e water ere they did put theÌ„ on especially in Winter when sharpest weather shewed it self to the end that y e soles of their feete which were wel hardned in Sommer with heate and in winter with cold might be more strong and able to susteyne great labour and dayly trauaile Their apparell was not made for brauery poÌ„pe but as should seeme best to couer their bodies serue their appointed vses their hosen were shaped also of linnen or wollen whiche neuer came higher than their knees their breches were for the most part of heÌ„pe clokes also they had for winter made of course wooll but in the sommer time they ware of the finest that coulde be gotten They slept moreouer eyther vpon the bare floore or pallets of straw teaching their childreÌ„ euen from theyr infancy to eschew ease practise the like hardnesse sith it was a cause of suspitioÌ„ of the mothers fidelity towarde hir husbande to seeke a strange nurse for hir childreÌ„ although hire milke fayled ech womaÌ„ wold take intollerable paines to bring vp nourish hir owne children They thought them furthermore not to be kindly fostered except they were so well nourished after their birthes with the milke of theyr brestes as they were before they were borne with y e bloud of their owne bellies nay they feared least they should degenerate grow out of kinde except they gaue them sucke themselues and eschewed strange milke therfore in labour painefulnesse they were equall and neither sexe regarded the heate in sommer or cold in winter but trauailed barefooted in time of warres the meÌ„ had their cariages victuals trussed behinde theÌ„ on their horses or els vpon their owne shulders without refusall of any labour enioyned vnto them by their Captaines If it hapned them at any time to be vanquished they fled with such speede to y e mountaines that no horse might ouertake
Athirco doubting to be forsaken of his owne meÌ„ if it came to the triall of battaile coÌ„uâ—…yed himselfe from amoÌ„gst them and considered of what force and power they were and how feeble his part was through want of good willes in his people hee priuily stale away from them and woulde haue passed ouer into Ila one of the westerne Isles to haue procured some succour there but being embarqued and set from the shore he was by contrarie windes driueÌ„ backe againe to land where doubting to come into his enimies handes hee chose rather to slea himselfe Athirco slayeth himselfe and so ended his wretched life in suche miserable extremitie after hee had raigned the space of xij yeares His raigne continued till the dayes of the Emperour Gordian the third or as other say till the time of the Emperour Valerian 242. H. B. But as Master Harison hath gathered hee raigned in the dayes of the Emperour Aurelius Claudius Doorus the brother of Athirco coâ—â—yeth himselfe out of the way Doorus the brother of Athirco vnderstaÌ„ding of the death of his brother disguised himselfe in beggers weede for doubte of death and went into Pictlande with .iij. of his Nephewes sonnes to the same Athirco whose names were Sindock Carance and Donald Howebeit Natholocus hauing knowledge whither he was fled Natholocus seeketh the life of Doorus sent forth certaine of his seruants with coÌ„maundement to searche him out commaunding furthermore very straightly that if they founde him they should dispatch him out of life for feare of further mischiefe But they that were sent finding one in all features proportioÌ„ of body resembling Doorus slew the one in steede of the other so returning home to their Master they made him very ioyfull of y e newes although in deede they came not neare to Doorus Then Natholocus causing the estates of the Realme to assemble he handled the mater in such wise by disswading theÌ„ to choose any of Athircos bloud to raigne ouer theÌ„ for doubt least they should seeke any meanes how to reueÌ„ge his death that in the ende Natholocus is chosen to be king this Natholocus was elected himself more by force than by any coÌ„mon coÌ„sent of the nobles for diuers of them doubting y e craftie nature whiche they knew to be in him wished rather that the issue of Athirco hauing deserued nothing why to be defrauded of y e kingdome saue only in respect of the fathers offences might haue enioyed that whiche of right they ought to haue had that is either one of theÌ„ to be king or els some neare kinsman of theyrs to raigne as king til the eldest of them might come to sufficient yeares to beare the rule himselfe BVt Natholocus beyng once proclaymed king by the multitude Natholocus and Athircos bloud attaynted of treason and so published according to the custome he tooke the othes of those that were present Natholocus goeth vnto Dunstafage to be â—â—â—sed and then repayred vnto Dunstafage there to be inuested according to the manner This done hee called suche aside as he suspected and talking with them alone hee exhorted them to be faithfull Natholocus seeketh to procure loue of the nobilitie through bribes promising to be theyr assured good Lorde and Maister and for an earnest thereof he gaue vnto diuers of them very great rewardes Generally vnto all men he shewed himselfe very gentle and tractable thereby to winne their loues for the better establishment of his newe atchieued estate And hereto he employed suche riches as the former kings had heaped togither amongst the Nobles studying by all meanes to auoyde all seditious quarels and secrete discordes amongst them Thus â—â—ling the realme at his will for certaine yeares Fortune fauoring Natholâ—…cus for a 〈◊〉 began to chaunge couÌ„tenance at length fortune began to shewe a chaunge of countenance after hir olde accustomes guile For Doorus the brother of Arthirco whom as ye haue heard Natholocus supposed to haue bene dead wrote certaine letters signifying his owne estate with the welfare of his Nephewes the children of Athirco vnto certaine Scottishe Lordes Doorus wryteth vnto certaine Scottish lords to moue them to rebelâ—â—â— whome hee knewe to fauour his cause Whiche letters hee deliuered vnto a Pictishe woman appoynting hyr how and to whome she shoulde deliuer the same but the woman apprehended by the way and brought vnto Natholocus hee caused hyr secretely to be sacked and throwen into a riuer Afterwardes sending for suche of the Nobles as the direction of the foresayde letters had giuen him occasion to haue in some suspâ—â—ion Natholocus putreth such to death as he suspecteth to fauour Doorus he committed them first to pryson and at length caused them to be secretely strangled A rebellion against Natholocus Whiche wicked deede being once notified abroade moued so the hartes of theyr friends and alies that they procured the people to rebell and so gathering them togither they raysed open and cruell warres against him Natholocus enformed of their determinations withdrewe himselfe priuily into Murray lande there to get togither an armie to resist his enimies and for that he was desirous also to vnderstande somewhat of the issue of this trouble Natholocus sendeth vnto a witche to know the conclusion of his enimies attemptes he sent one of his trustie seruaunts being a gentleman of that countrey vnto a woman that dwelt in the Isle of Colmkil otherwise called Iona esteemed very skilfull in foreshewing of things to come to learne of hyr what fortune should happe of this warre whiche was already begunne 252. H. B. This chaunced in the yeare of our Lord .280 and in the .xj. yeare after the first entring of Natholocus into the estate The Lordes of the realme assemble togither to choose a new king After Natholocus was thus dispatched the peeres asseÌ„bled togither to ordeyne for y e gouernment of the realme where in the ende it was amongst them concluded that the sonnes of Athirco should be sent for into Picteland and Findock receiued for king The sonnes of Athirco are sent for the eldest of them named Findock chosen to raygne The Morauian that slew Natholocus was appointed to fetch them who according to his commission comming into Pict lande conueyed them right honorably into Argile where Findocke beyng already chosen king was placed on the stone of marble with all the ceremonies in that case appertayning The leagues with the Brytaines Findock obserueth the leagues confirmed of former tymes with his neybours Those of the out Isles inuade the couÌ„treys of Rosse and Murray lande Pictes and Romains hee firmely obserued But as peace with forrayne enimies breedeth ofttimes ciuill discorde at home so came it then to passe with him at this present for one Donald of the Isles a noble man borne came ouer with an armie into Rosse and Murray land fetching from thence a great spoile bootie not without great slaughter of suche as
highly rewarded for their paynes trauayle therein sustayned being exempt from charges of goyng forth into the warres and also of all maner of payments belonging to publike dueties as tributes and suche like The body of king Duffe honorably buried These things being thus ordered the body of king Duffe was takē vp and in most pompous maner conueyed vnto Colmekill accompanied all the way by Culene and a great multitude of Lordes both spirituall and temporal with other of the meaner estates There be y t haue written how his bodie though it had layne .vj. moneths vnder the groūd was nothing empayred eyther in colour or otherwise when it was taken vp but was founde as wholle and sound as though it had bene yet aliue the skarres of the woundes onely excepted Meruaylous things are seene But to proceede so soone as it was brought aboue the groūd the ayre began to cleare vp and the sunne brake foorth shining more brighter than it had bene seene afore time to any of the beholders remembrance And that which put men in most deepe cōsideration of al was the sight of manifold flowers which sprang forth ouer all the fieldes immediatly therevpon cleane contrary to the time season of the yeare Within a fewe yeares after there was a bridge made ouer the water in the same place where the bodie had bene buried a village builded at the one end of the bridge whiche is called vnto this day Kyllflos Killflos that is to say the church of flowers taking that name of the wonder there happened at the remouing of the kings bodie as the same authours woulde seeme to meane But there is now or was of late a rich abbey standing with a right fayre church cōsecrate in the honour of the virgine Marie Monstrous sightes also that were seene within the Scottishe kingdome that yeare were these Horses eate their owne fleshe horses in Lothian being of singuler beautie and swiftnesse did eate their owne flesh would in no wise taste any other meate In Angus there was a gentlewoman brought forth a childe without eyes nose hande or foote A monstrous childe A sparhauke strangled by an Owle There was a Sparhauke also strangled by an Owle Neither was it any lesse wonder that the sunne as before is sayd was continually couered with clowdes for .vj. moneths space But all mē vnderstood that the abhominable murder of king Duffe was the cause hereof whiche being reuenged by the death of the authours in maner as before is sayde Culene was crowned as lawfull successour to the same Duffe at Scone with all due honour and solemnitie in the yeare of our Lord .972 after that Duffe had ruled the Scottish kingdome about the space of foure yeares 972. The Danes came to the riuer of Tay. From thence the army of the Danes passed through Angus vnto the riuer of Tay all the people of the countreys by the whiche they marched fleing afore them King Kenneth at the same time lay at Sterlyng where hearing of these grieuous newes King Kenneth gathered a great armie determined foorthwith to reyse his people and to go against the enimies The assemble of the Scottishe army was appointed to be at the place where the riuer of Erne falleth into the riuer of Tay. Here when they were come togither in great numbers at the day appointed the day next following woorde was brought to the king that the Danes hauing passed ouer Tay They lay siege before Bertha were come before the towne of Bertha and had layde siege to the same Then without further delay he raysed with the whole armie and marched streight towardes his enimies comming that night vnto Loncarte a village not farre distant from the riuer of Tay famous euer after by reason of the batayle fought then neare vnto the same The Danes hearing that the Scottes were come detracted no time but foorthwith prepared to giue battayle King Kenneth set his men in aray Kenneth as soone as the sunne was vp beholding the Danes at hand quickly brought his armie into order Then requyring them earnestly to shewe theyr manhood he promiseth to releasse them of all tributes and payments due to the kings cofers for the space of fiue yeares next ensuyng and besides that he offered the summe of tenne pound or els landes so muche woorth in value to euery one of his armie that should bring him the head of a Dane The king exhorted the Scottes vnto valiantnesse He willed them therefore to fight manfully and to remember there was no place to attaine mercie for eyther muste they trie it out by dinte of swoorde or els if they fledde in the ende to looke for present death at the enimies handes who would not ceasse till time they had founde them foorth into what place so euer they resorted for refuge if they chanced to be vanquished The Scots being not a litle encouraged by the kings woordes kepte their order of bataile according as they were appointed stil loking when the onset should be giuen The order of the Scottishe batayle aray Malcolme Duffe prince of Cumberland led the right wing of the Scots Duncane lieutenāt of Atholl the left king Kenneth himself gouerned the battell The enimies on the other parte had taken theyr ground at the foote of a litle moūtaine right fore aneynst the Scottish campe The Danes had the aduantage of a litle mountayne thus bothe the armies stoode ready araūged in the field beholding either other a good space till at length the Scots desirous of batayle and doubting lest the Danes would not come foorth vnto any euen grounde aduaunced forewarde with somewhat more haste than the case requyred The Scottes begin the batayle beginning the batayle with shotte and throwing of dartes right freshly The Danes being backed with the mountaine were constreyned to leaue the same and with al speede to come foreward vpon their enimies that by ioyning they mighte auoyde the daunger of the Scottishmens arrowes and dartes by this meanes therefore they came to hand strokes in maner before the signe was giuen on eyther parte to the batayle The fighte was cruell on bothe sides and nothing hindered the Scottes so muche as going about to cut off the heades of the Danes euer as they mighte ouercome them whiche maner being noted of the Danes and perceyuing that there was no hope of lyfe but in victorie they rushed foorth with suche violence vppon theyr aduersaries The twoo wings of the Scottes fledde that firste the righte and then after the lefte winge of the Scottes was constrayned to retyre and flee backe the middle warde stoutly yet keepyng theyr grounde but the same stood in suche daunger being now left naked on the sides that the victorie muste needes haue remayned with the Danes had not a renewer of the batayle come in time by the appointment as is to be thought of almightie God For as it chaunced
others are sent to the Pope they open the whole circumstance of the matter from the beginning to the ende declaring howe that betwixt Thomas the Archebishop of Canterburie and the king there was a controuersie moued and by bothe their consentes a day appoynted for the hearing and determining therof as Iustice should require At the whiche day by the kings commaundement all the chiefest lordes of the realme both spirituall and temporall were called together to the ende that the more generall the Assemblie should be the more manifeste might the discoueryng of the fraude and malice of the Archbishop appeare Vpon the daye appoynted there came saye they before the Catholike Prince his presence the nobles of his Realme and amongest other the Archebishop the disquieter bothe of the kingdome and Churche who as one not well assured of the qualitie of his owne deseruings blessed himselfe with the signe of the Crosse at his comming into the house as thoughe he shoulde haue come before some tyraunt or schismaticall person and for al this was not the kings maiestie any thing offended therwith but coÌ„mitted y e iudgement of his cause to the faythfull order of the Bishops so to delyuer himself of all suspition of wrong dealing And thus it rested in the Bishops handes to make an ende of the controuersie and to set al things streight betwixt them But the Archebishoppe woulde none of that alledging howe it shoulde bee a derogation to the sea Apostolike and dignitie thereof for hym to stand before the king in iudgement or any other temporall Magistrate And albeit saye they some derogation might haue chanced to the dignitie of the Churche by that iudgemente yet it had bin his parte to haue dissembled the matter for the tyme to the ende that peace mighte haue bene restored to the Church He further obiected ascribyng to hymselfe the name of Father the whiche seemed to smell somewhat of arrogancye that the chyldren ought not to come togyther to iudge the fathers causes where it had bin farre more necessarie rather that the humblenesse of the sons should mitigate and temper the pride and ambition of the father To conclude after this the kings Ambassadors made earnest suite that two Legates mighte bee sente from the Pope to haue the hearyng and discussing of all the master betwixt the king and the Archebishop without any other appealyng The kings tale coulde not be hearde But the kings tale coulde not bee hearde in that Courte the Archebishoppe hauyng already perswaded the Pope to the contrarie For comyng to the Pope hee vttered his complaynte as followeth The Archebishop Becket Mat. Paris Moste holye father I doe here come for succor to your audience lamenting that the state of the Church the liberties therof are brought to ruine by the couetous dealyng of Kinges and Princes Wherfore wheÌ„ I thought to resist the disease aproching I was sodenly called before y e king to reder accoÌ„pts as a lay maÌ„ about certaine wards the which while I was the kings Chancellour I had notwithstanding accompted for and also when I was made bishop and entred into the dignitie of ruling the Archebishops sea I was released discharged of al accompes and bondes by the kings eldest sonne and by the chief Iustice of the Realme so that nowe where I looked so haue found ayde I was destitute therof to my great hinderance and vexation Consider furthermore I pray you howe my lordes and brethren the Bishoppes are readye at the pleasure of the noble then of the Courte to giue sentence against me so that all men being about to run vpon me I was almoste oppressed and therfore am now come as it were to take breath in the audience of your clemencie whiche doth not forsake youre children in their extreeme necessitie afore the whiche I heere stand readye to declare and testifye that I am not to be iudged there nor yet at all by them For what other thyng shoulde that bee but so plucke awaye the rightes of the Churche what else then to submit spirituall things to temporall This ensample therefore once sprong vp myght giue an occassion too manie enormities to followe The bishoppes doe say Those things that are Cesars ought to be restored to Cesar but admitte that in manye thinges the King is to be obeyed Is he yet therefore to bee obeyed in thinges wherein he is no King For those belong not to Cesar but to a tyrant In the whyche if for my cause they woulde not yet oughte the Bishops for their owne causes to haue resisted him For what should bee the cause of suche hatred that so destroye mee they shoulde destroy them selues Therfore whylest for temporall thyngs they neglecte spirituall they fayle in bothe Weygh therfore moste holye father my fleeing awaye and my persecution and howe for your sake I haue bene prouoked with iniuryes vse therefore your rigour constrayne them to amendement thorough whose motion thys hathe chaunced lette them not be borne out by the king who is rather the obstinate minister of this practise than the fynder out of it The Pope hauyng hearde his woordes tooke deliberation in the matter wyth aduice of hys Cardinalles and thervpon answered the Archbishop in effecte as foloweth The Popes ansvvere to 〈◊〉 Archbishop That the lower power maye not iudge the greater and chiefly hym whome hee is bounde to obeye as the lawes bothe of God and manne doe witnesse and the ordinaunces of the Auncient Fathers do manifestly declare And herevpon wee to whome it appertayneth to reforme disorders doe clearely reuerse and make voyde the Iudgement pronounced agaynst you by the Barons and Bishoppes wherby as well against the order of Lawe as agaynste the customes of the Churche your goodes were adiudged forfayte where as the same goodes were not yours but the churches of Canterburye ouer whyche you haue the only cure and charge But if those that haue violently entred vppon the possessions and goodes of youre Churche and haue thereby wronged eyther you or yours will not vpon admonition gyuen to them make restitution with sufficiente amendes then maye you iâ—… you shall thincke conueniente exercise ecclesiasticall Iustice vpon them and wee shall allowe of that whiche you shall reasonably doe in that behalfe But as touching the King himselfe we wil not giue you any speciall commaundement neither yet do we take from you any right belonging to your bishoplike office whiche you receyued at your consecration But the king only wee will spare and preserue out of the daunger of all your excomunications and censures The Archebishop resigneth his Palle The archbishop resigned his Palle vnto the Pope but the Pope gaue it vnto him againe and appoynted him to remaine at Pountney an Abbey of Monkes Cisteaux in the diocesse of Auxerre tyll the matter were brought to some good ende betwixt the king and him This was done in the yeare of our Lorde .11164 The king hauing knowledge by his ambassadors what aunswere the Pope had
Duke of Britayne restored to his Dukedome as a banished Prince but at length they beeyng ouercome with irkesomnesse of his long absence with generall consents sent for him home so that there were but fewe of the Brittishe nobilitie that withdrew their dutifull obedience from him and those were only suche as firmely linked in seruice with the French King were loth to forgoe suche roomthes and dignities as vnder him they enioyed namely the Constable of Fraunce sir Berthram de Cleaquin the Lord Clisson the Lorde de Rohen and the Lord Rochfort and certayne others The Lord de la Vall amoÌ„gst other came to him as we finde in Thomas Wals offering him his seruice as well as the residue At his landing he was likely to haue lost all such furniture as well of vittailes apparell hangings bedding armour and other things which either he or hys trayne had broughte with them for the Frenche galleys espying their time immediately as hee and his company were set a land before y e Ships in which the sayd furniture was fraughte coulde enter the hauen whiche was somewhat straighte and narrow came vppon them Sir Hugh Caluerly and had them at such aduantage that if sir Hugh Caluerley with his Archers hadde not caused the master of hys Shippe euen against his will to returne agayne to the rescue the Galleys had taken and gone away with the other Shippes but through the manfull prowesse of sir Hugh the Galleys were repulsed and the Shippes saued for according to his wonted valiancy hee would not returne till hee sawe all other in sauetie and then defendyng himselfe so well as he might withdrewe into the hauen landed safely with the residue About the same time was an haynous murther committed in London of a Merchant Genewes An heynous murther of a merchante stranger whom certayne English Merchants vpon a spite and enuie which they bare towards him caused to bee slayne one euening in the streete before his owne gates The cause that moued the merchaunts so to procure his death was for that hee vndertooke to furnishe this lande hauing the staple allowed hym at SouthhamptoÌ„ of all such wares as came foorth of Leuant so plentifully as was to be had in any place in all these west partes of Christendome In the Sommer of this yeare Great death in the North Countrey a greeuous mortalitie afflicted the Northe partes of this land so that the Countrey became almost desolate and to the increase of that miserie the Scottes thynkyng the tyme to serue theyr turne Great spoyle by the Scottes in the death time inuaded the bordures and most cruelly harried robbed and spoyled the same not letting passe any parte of most cruell murthering of the people that were left aliue and not made away by that sore contagious sicknesse The number of Cattell was infinite which they droue out of the lande with them not sparing heardes of Swine which they tooke at this time where they neuer medled with that kind of Cattell before that presente Before the Scottes made this iourney into Englande whilest the mortalitie was most in force they calling vnto certayne of the Englishe bordurers asked of theÌ„ how it came to passe that so great a death raigned amoÌ„gst theÌ„ The Englishmen as good playne and simple meanyng men tolde them that truely they knewe not the cause for Gods iudgements were hid from them in such behalfe but one thing they knewe that all calamitie deathe and aduersitie that chaunced vnto them came by the speciall grace of God to the ende that beeing punished for theyr synnes they myghte learne to repent and amende theyr wicked liues The Scottes hearing this when they shoulde enter this lande vnderstandyng lewdely what the Englishmen hadde tolde them concerning the disease and the grace of God deuised a blessing forsooth to bee sayd euery morning of the most antient person in euery family as thus Benedicite saide hee dominus sayde the residue then began hee agayne saying God and Saint Mango Saint Romayne and Sainct Andrewe shielde vs thys daye fra Goddes grace and the foule deathe that Englishmenne dyen vpon Thus the senselesse men misconstruing thys worde the grace of God prayed for their owne destruction whiche if not in this worlde yet for theyr brutishe crueltie vsed at that presente agaynste the miserable creatures which the hand of God had spared in time of that grenous mortalitie it is to be feared least in another worlde it came to them as the very words of their prayers imported About the same time Iohn Schakell Esquier was set at libertie y e K. coÌ„pounded with him for his prisoner giuing fiue C. markes in ready money lands to the valew of a C. markes by yere When he should bring foorth his prisoner and deliuer him to the Kyng this is to bee noted as a thing very strange and wonderfull for when hee shoulde appeare it was knowen to bee the very grome that had serued him in all the time of hys trouble and would neuer vtter himselfe what hee was A notable example of a faythfull prisoner before that time hauing serued hym as an hyred seruaunte all that while in prison and out of prison in daunger of life when his other maister was murthered where if he would haue vttered himselfe hee might haue bin enterteyned 〈◊〉 suche honorable state as for a prisoner of his digree hadde bin requisite so that the faithfull 〈◊〉 and assured constancie in this noble Gentleâ—… was highly commended and no lesse maâ—…ed at of all men To the like ende came sir Thomas Banester sir Nicholas Trumpington and Sir Thomas Dale impeaching each others as they leapt forth of the Shippe also an Esquier one Mufarde a most seemely personage and a bolde and another Esquier named Denyoke being almost out of daunger were fetched away by the surges of the sea and so perished with many other Robert Rust a cunning sea man belonging to Blackney in Northfolke and master of the Shippe wherein sir Iohn Arundell was embarqued was the first that got to lande giuing ensample to others how to shift for themselues but when hee saw his chiefe Captayne the sayd Sir Iohn Arundell gâ—… foorth to the sands and as one thinking himselfe past all daunger to shake his wette garments about him the sayd Rust waying the daungerous state wherein the sayd Sir Iohn Arundell yet stoode came downe and raught to hym his hand enforsing hymselfe to plucke hym to the shore but whilest hee tooke care for an other mans safetie and neglected his owne hee lost his life and so they both perished togither for through a mighty billowe of the raging Seas they were both ouerthrowen and with returning of the waues back drawen into the deepe so that they coulde neuer recouer footeholde agayne but were drowned The sayd Rust was much lamented bycause he was not onely knowen to be a skilfull master but also counselled the sayd Sir Iohn Arundell in no wise to goe to sea at
Kyng at length was deposed and his sonne slayn and his Queene sent home agayne with as muche myserie and sorrowe as she was receyued with pompe and triumph such is the instabilitie of worldly felicitie and so wauering is false flattering fortune This yere after the deceasse of Henry Chicheley Archbishop of Canterbury succeeded Iohn Stafford in gouernment of that sea being translated from Bathe and Welles He was the .lxj. Archbishop as Polydore noteth During the tyme of the truce Richard duke of Yorke and dyuers other capitaines repaired into Englande both to visite their wyues children and frendes and also to consult what shuld be done if the truce ended For the whiche cause a Parliament was called An. reg 24. in the which it was especially cōcluded that by good foresight Normandie mighte be so furnished for defence before the ende of the Truce 1446 that the Frenche king should take no aduantage through wante of tymely prouision for it was knowne that if a peace were not concluded the Frenche kyng did prepare to imploye his whole puissance to make open warre Herevppon money was graunted The Duke of Somerset made Regent of Normadie an armye leuyed and the Duke of Somerset appoynted to be Regent of Normandie and the Duke of Yorke therof discharged I haue seene in a Register booke belongyng somtime to the Abbey of S. Albons that the D. of Yorke was established Regent of France after the decease of the duke of Bedford to continue in that office for the terme of .v. yeres which being expired he returned home and was ioyfully receiued of the king with thanks for his good seruice as he had full well deserued in tyme of that his gouernement and further that now when a newe Regent was to be chosen sent ouer to abide vpon safegard of the countreys beyond the seas as yet subiect to the English dominion the said duke of Yorke was estsoones as a man most mete to supplie that roomth appointed to go ouer again as Regent of Fraunce with all his former allowances But the Duke of Somersette still maligning the Duke of Yorkes aduauncement as hee had soughte to hinder his dispatche at the firste when he was sent ouer to be regent as before ye haue heard he likewyse nowe wrought so that the king reuoked his graunt made to the duke of Yorke for enioying of that office the terme of other fiue yeares and with helpe of Williā Marques of Suffolke obteyned that graunt for him selfe Whiche malicious dealing the Duke of Yorke mighte so euill heare that in the ende the heate of displeasure burst out into suche a flame as consumed at length not only bothe those two noble personages but also many thousandes of others though in dyuers tymes seasons as in places hereafter as occasion serueth it shal more euidently appeare But nowe to returne to the Parliament The Marques of Suffolke supposing that all men had as well lyked his doinges duryng the tyme of hys Legation in Fraunce as the same pleased himselfe The Marques of Suffolkes requestes the seconde daye of Iune in the fyrst Session of this Parliamente before all the Lordes bothe Spirituall and Temporall in the hygher house assembled openly eloquently and boldly declared his payne trauaile and diligence susteyned in his sayde Legation as well for the takyng and concluding an abstinence of warre as in the making of the marriage opening also to them that the sayd truce expired the firste of Aprill next comming except a small peace or a farther truce were concluded in the meane season and therfore he aduised them to prouide and forsee things necessarie for the warre as though no concorde shoulde succede least happly the Frenchemen perceyuing them vnprouided wold take theyr aduantage and agree neyther to peace nor amitie saying vnto them that syth hee hadde admonyshed the Kyng and them accordyng to hys duetie if anye thyng happened otherwyse than well hee was therof innocente and guyltlesse and hadde acquyted hymselfe like a true and louyng subiecte and a faythfull counsayloure praying the Lordes to haue it in remembraunce Lykewyse on the morrowe after he descended into the common house accompanyed with certain Lordes and there declared the same matter to the Knyghtes Citizens and Burgeses praying the Commons for hys discharge that as well all hys dooyngs and proceedyngs in the Kyngs affaires beyonde the sea as also his aduertisemente and counsell opened to the Lords and Commons nowe together assembled might bee by the Kyng and them enacted and enrolled in the Recordes of the Parliament Wherevppon the morrow after the Speaker William Burleye and the company of the lower house repayred vnto the Kyngs presence then syttyng amongst the Lordes of the vpper house and there humblye required that the request of the Marques myght be graunted and so likewise the Lords made the like petition kneling on their knees in so muche that the Kyng condescended to their desires and so the labors demeanors diligences and declarations of the sayde Marques together wyth the desyres not only of the Lordes but also of the commons as wel for the honor of him and his posteritie as for his acquitall discharge were enacted enrolled in the records of the Parliament By y e Quenes meanes shortly after also was the said Marques aduaunced so in authoritie that hee ruled the Kyng at his pleasure and to his hyghe preferment obteyned the wardships both of the bodye and landes of the Countesse of Warwike and of the Ladie Margaret sole heire to Iohn Duke of Somerset whiche Ladie was after mother to King Henry the seuenth and beside that caused the kyng to create Iohn de Foys sonne to Gaston de Foys Earle of Longvile and the Captaw de Bueff Earle of Kendall whiche Iohn had maryed his neece and by his procurement the king elected to the order of the garter the sayde Gaston and Iohn his sonne giuyng to the sonne towards the mayntenaunce of hys degree landes and castelles amounting to the summe of one thousande poundes whiche landes name and style the issue and lyne of the sayde Earle of Kendale at this daye haue and enioye These things being thus in doing the French king seeyng that the Towne of Mans was not deliuered accordyng to the appoyntement taken by force of the mariage raysed an armie for to recouer the same Wherof the king of England beeing aduertised least the breache of the truce should come by him caused the towne to be deliuered without any force A commotion in Norvviche This yeare was a great commotion in Norwiche agaynst the Prior of the place At length the Citizens opened the gates to the Duke of Norffolke whiche came thyther to appease the matter though at the fyrst they woulde not suffer hym to enter The chiefe offenders were accordyng to their demerites The liberties of Norvviche seased into the kings handes greuously punished and executed and the Mayre was discharged of hys office Sir Iohn Clyfton
those Lordes of hir honorable kynne whyche as yet remayned vnder arrest shoulde vppon the matter examined doe well ynough and as towarde hir noble person neyther was nor could be any manner ieoperdy Whereby shoulde I trust that quoth the Queene in that I am giltlesse as though they were giltie in that I am with theyr enimies better loued than they when they hate them for my sake in that I am so neere of kynne to the King and howe farre they be of if that would helpe as God sende grace it hurt not and therefore as for me I purpose not as yet to depart hence And as for thys Gentleman my sonne I mynde that hee shall bee where I am tyll I see further for I assure you for that I see some menne so greedie without any substantiall cause to haue hym thys maketh me much the more fearder to delyuer hym Truely madame quoth hee and the fearder that you bee so deliuer hym the fearder bin other menne to suffer you to keepe him least your causelesse feare myghte cause you farther to conuey him and many bee there that thynke he can haue no priuiledge in thys place whiche neyther 〈◊〉 will to aske it nor malice to deserue it and therefore they recken no priuiledge broken though they fetche hym out whyche if yet fâ—…nally refuse to delyuer hym I verily thynke they will So muche dread hathe my Lorde hys Vncle for the tender loue hee beareth him least your grace should hap to send him away A Syr quod the Queene hath the Protector so tender zeale The Queene that hee feareth nothyng but leaste hee shoulde escape hym Thyâ—…keth hee that I woulde sende hym hence whyche neyther is in the plyghte to sende oute and 〈◊〉 what place coulde I recken hym sure if hee 〈◊〉 not sure in thys Sanctuarie whereof was 〈◊〉 neuer Tyraunt yet so diuellyshe that durste presume to breake And I truste God is as strong nowe to withstande hys aduersaries as euer he was But my foure can deserue no Sanctuarye and therefore he can not haue it Forâ—… hee hathe founden a goodlye glose by whyche that place that may defende a Theefe maye not saue an Innocente But hee is in no ieopadye nor hathe no neede thereof wolde God hee hadde not Troweth the Protecture I praye GOD hee maye proue a Protectoure troweth hee that I perceyue not where vnto hys paynted processe draweth It is not honourable that the Duke byde heere It were comfortable for them both that hee were wyth hys brother bycause the Kyng lacketh a play fellowe bee ye sure I praye God sende them bothe better playfellowes than hym that maketh so 〈◊〉 a matter vppon suche a tryfelyng proceede 〈◊〉 thoughe there coulde none bee founden to playe wyth the Kyng but if hys brother that hath 〈◊〉 luste to playe for sickenesse come out of sanctuarye out of hys safegarde to playe with hym As though princes as yoÌ„g as they be could not play but with their peeres or children coulde not play but with their kinred with whom for the more parte they agree much woorse than withstrangers But the chylde can not requyre the priuiledge who told him so he shal heare him ask it he wil. Howbeit this is a gay matter suppose he coulde not aske it suppose he woulde not aske it suppose he woulde aske to goe oute if I say he shall not if I aske the priuiledge but for my selfe I say he that agaynst my will taketh him oute breaketh the Sanctuarie Serueth this libertie for my person onely or for my goodes 〈◊〉 Ye may not hence take my horse fro me and maye you take my childe fro me He is also my ward for as my learned counsaile sheweth me sithe hee hath nothing by dissent holden by knightes seruice the lawe maketh his mother his gardaine Then may no man I suppose take my warde fro me out of Sanctuarie without the breache of the Sanctuarie And if my priuiledge coulde not serue him nor be aske it for himselfe yet sith the lawe committeth to me the custodie of him I may require it for him except the law giue a child a gardaine onely for his goodes and landes discharging him of the cure and safekeeping of hys bodie for whiche onely both landes and goodes serue 〈◊〉 that is 〈◊〉 betwene 〈◊〉 marke * â—…d it is marke 〈◊〉 witâ—… by him in â—…glish but is â—…ed out 〈◊〉 this History which he 〈◊〉 â—…aâ—…en And if examples be sufficient to obteyne priuiledge for my childe I neede not farre to seeke For in this place in which we now be and which is nowe in question whether my childe may take benefite of it mine other sonne nowe king was borne and kept in his Cradle and preserued to a more prosperous fortune which I pray God loÌ„g to continue And as all you know this is not the first time that I haue taken Sanctuarie For when my Lord my husbande was banished and thrust out of hys kingdome I fled hither beeing great with childe and here I bare the Prince And when my Lorde my husbande returned safe againe and had the victorie then went I hence to welcome him home from hence I brought my babe the Prince vnto his father when he first tooke him in his armes And I pray God that my sonnes palace may bee as great sauegarde vnto him now raigning as this place was sometyme to the kings enimie In which place I intende to keepe his brother sithe c. Wherefore here intende I to keepe him since mans law serueth the gardaine to keepe the infant The law of nature will the mother keepe hir childe Gods lawe priuiledgeth the Sanctuarie and the Sanctuarie my sonne sithe I feare to put him in the Protectors handes that hath his brother alreadie and were if both fayled inheritor to the crowne The cause of my feare hath no man to do to examine And yet feare I no farther than the lawe feareth which as learned men tell me forbiddeth euerye man the custodie of them by whose death he may inherite lesse lande than a kingdome I can no more but whosoeuer he be that breaketh this holy Sanctuarie I pray God shortly sende him neede of Sanctuarie when hee may not come to it For taken out of Sanctuarie would I not my mortall enimie were The Lorde Cardinall perceyuing that the Queene waxed euer the longer the farther off and also that she began to kindle and chafe and spake more byting wordes agaynst the Protector and such as he neither beleeued and was also loth to heare he sayd to hir for a finall conclusion that he would no longer dispute the matter but if she were content to deliuer the duke to him and to the other Lordes present he durst lay his owne bodie and soule both in pledge not onely for hys suretie but also for his â—…state And if she woulde giue 〈…〉 â—…re answere to the contrarie hee woulde forthwith depart therewithall and shyfte who so woulde with this businesse
receyued and in their presence the sayde Ladie Regent tooke a corporall othe in solemne wise and according to the custome in such cases vsed to performe all the articles and couenants passed and concluded in the league and treatie of peace by hir CoÌ„missioners The Emperour was nothing pleased in that the king of Englande had thus concluded peace with the Frenchmen and therefore the English merchants were not so courteously dealt with as they had bene afore time In this winter was great death in London so that the Terme was adiourned and the king kept his Christmas at Eltham with a small number The still Christmas and therefore it was called the still Christenmas In Ianuarie was a peace concluded betwixt the Realmes of Englande and Scotland for iij. yeares and sixe monethes 1526 The Cardinall about this time comming to the Court which then laye as before ye haue hearde at Eltham tooke order for altering the state of the Kings house Many officers and other seruaunts were discharged and put to their pencious and annuities In which number were lxiiij yeomen of the garde which before hauing xij d the day with checke were nowe allowed vj.d. the day without checke The Cardinal altereth the state of the kings housholde and commaunded to go home into their countries Diuers ordinaÌ„ces were made at that season by the Cardinall touching the gouernaÌ„ce of the kings house more profitable than honorable as some sayde The statutes of Eltham were called long after the statutes of Eltham On Shrouetuesdaye there was a solemne iustes helde at the manor of Grenewich the king and xj other on the one part and the Marques of Exceter with xj other on the contrarie parte At those iustes by chauÌ„ce of shiuering of a speare sir Frauncis Brian lost one of his eyes The xj of Februarie being Sunday the Cardinall with great pompe came to the Cathedrall Church of Paules where he sate in Pontificalibus vnder his cloth of estate of rich cloth of gold and there D. Doctor Barnes beareth a fagot Barnes an Augustine frier bare a fagot for certaine points of heresie alledged against him and two merchants of the Stilyarde bare fagots for eating flesh on a Friday and there the Bishoppe of Rochester Doctor Fisher made a sermon against Martine Luther which certaine yeares before that is to witte about the yeare 1518. had begonne to preach and write against the authoritie of the Pope All this yeare was continuall suite made to the Emperour and his Counsell by the Ladye Regent of France other for the deliueraunce of the French king A peace concluded and finally vpoÌ„ certaine articles there was a peace and league coÌ„cluded the king of Englande included in the same Amongst other articles it was couenaÌ„ted and the French king promissed to discharge 〈◊〉 Emperor against the king of Englande for the fâ—… of .200000 crowns which the empeâ—… 〈◊〉 then to the king of England and to 〈…〉 the Emperour a sure acquitance for the foure The king of England hearing that the French K. shuld now be deliuered sent to him a knight of his chamber called sir Tho. Cheney to signifie to him the great ioy gladnes which he coÌ„ceiued for his restitution to libertie y e conclusion of the generall peace for which kindnes curteous remeÌ„brance the French king thought himselfe much bound to the king of Englande thanked him greatly therfore After that this peace was accorded the French king deliuered y e Emperor maried y e Lady Isabell daughter to Emanuell king of Portingal had wyth hir xj C.M. ducats Ye must here note that y e Emperor being at Winsor in the .14 yeare of the kings raigne couenaunted amongest other things to take to wife y e Lady Mary daughter to the king of England but now vpon coÌ„siderations his minde changed for the whiche the Englishemen sore murmured against him An. reg 18. The .29 of Aprill being Sundaye y e Cardinall song a solemne Masse in the kings Chapell at Greenwich after the same was ended the king sware in presence of the Ambassadors of France Kyng Henry svvorn to perâ—… the leagâ—…e concluded of the Ambassadors of Rome of y e Emperor of Venice of Florence to obserue keepe the peace league concluded beetwixte him and his louing brother perpetuall allie y e Frenche king during his life one yeare after In this mean while there was a secrete league concluded betwixt the Pope the Venetians y e Florentins A secret league betvvixte the Pope and certain states of Italye Francis Sforza duke of Millan into the which league the French king also entred after he was returned into France Ther was also place lefte to the king of England to enter into the same league and likewise to all other kings princes if the King of EnglaÌ„d wold he should be admitted as protector of the same But the Emperor might not be admitted till he had deliuered the French kings children hauing a reasonable sum of mony for the same and hadde restored the Duke of Millan to his whole Dutchy It was thought in deede that the Emperor being wrongfully enformed against this Duke rather through enuy of some of the Emperors Captaines than for any cause ministred by the Duke dealte very straightlye with him and ment to defeat him of his Duchie For redresse whereof and also to prouide that the Emperour should not grow to strong to Italy to the daunger of other estates 〈◊〉 league waâ—…â—…ed â—…rce whereof â—…ght 〈…〉 to reason if he wold reâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…ffâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…ent ways of a â—…t This league was â—…ed the 〈◊〉 â—…d twentith of May in this yeare What â—…ed thereof yee maye reade more at large in the â—…ries of 〈◊〉 and FraÌ„ce where the warres are more at large of 〈◊〉 whiche 〈◊〉 in that 〈…〉 Emperour and the Comâ—…â—…tes and 〈◊〉 the â—…mperiall â—…aye tooke the Citie of Boâ—…e and besiegyng the Pope in Castell Sainct Angelo conâ—…ed him to â—…e This yeare in the â—…te of London a greate grudge was conceiued agaynst merchaÌ„t â—…ngers for that they by vertue of licences Creat grudge againste straungers fer procuring licences to sell vvoad whiche they hadde purchased to bring woade into the realme contrary to a statute thereof prouided broughts ouer such plentie thereof and vttered it aswell in the citie as abroade in the country so frankely that Englishemennes woade laye vnbought At length the Maior called a counsal wherin to bâ—…le these strangers it was enacted that no citizen nor freeman should buy or fell nor exchange or haue to due wyth certayne strangers whose names were expressed In this season the angell noble was iust the sixt part of an ounce Troy Valuation of certain coyne so that .vj. Angels were iust an ounce which was .xl. ss sterling and the angell was worth two â—…ces of siluer so that sixe Angelles were worth .xij. ounces which
from a King to a Ket to submit your selues to Traytours and breake your faith to your true King and Lordes They rule but by lawe if otherwise the Lawe the Counsaile the King taketh away theyr rule Ye haue orderly sought no redresse but yee haue in tyme founde it In Countreys some must rule some muste obey euerie man may not beare lyke stroke for euerie man is not like wise And they that haue seene most and be best able to beare it and of lust dealing byside be most 〈◊〉 rule It is an other matter to vnderstande a mans owne griefe and to 〈…〉 wealthes sore and therefore not they that knowe 〈…〉 ease an euery 〈◊〉 doth but they that vnderstand the common wealthes state ought to haue in Countreys the preferment of ruling If ye felt the paine that is ioyned with gouernours as yee see and like the honour ye would not hurt others to rule them but rather take great paine to be ruled of them If ye 〈…〉 of the Kings Maiestie committed vnto you it were wel done ye had ruled the Gentlemen but now ye haue it not and cannot beare their rule it is to thinke the Kings Maiestie â—…lish and vniust that hath giuen certaine rule to them And seeing by the scripture ye ought not to speake euill of any Magistrate of the people why do ye not only speake euil of them whom the kings Maiestie hath put in office but also iudge euill of the king himselfe and thus sediciously in field stand with your 〈…〉 against him If riches offende you bycause ye â—…ould haue the like then thinke that to be no common welth but enuie to the common wealth Cnute it is to appayre another mans estate without the amendment of your owne And to bare an Gentlemen bycause ye be none your selues is to bring downe an estate and to mende none Woulde ye haue all alike riche That is the ouerthrow of labour and vtter decay of worke in this Realme For who will labour more if when he hath gotten more the ydle shall by lust without right take what him lust from him vnder pretence of equalitie wyth hym This is the bringing in of ydlenesse whiche destroyeth the common wealth and not the amendment of labour that mainteyneth the common wealth If there shoulde be such equalitie then ye take awaye all hope away from yours to come to any better estate than you nowe leaue them And as manye meane mennes children commeth honestlye vp and is great succour to all theyr stocke so shoulde none bee hereafter holpen by you but bycause yee seeke equalitie whereby all can not bee riche ye woulde that belyke whereby euerye man shoulde be poore And thinke besyde that riches and inheritaunce be Gods prouidence and gyuen to whome of his wisedome hee thinketh good To the honest for the encrease of theyr godlinesse to the wicked for the heaping 〈◊〉 of theyr damnation to the simple for a recompence of other lackes to the wise for the greater setting out of gods goodnesse Why will your wisedome now stop Gods wisedome and prouide by youre lawes that God shall not enrich them whom he hath by prouidence appointed as him like the God hath made the poore and both made them to bee poore that be might shew his might and set them aloft when he listeth for such cause as to him seemeth and plucke 〈◊〉 the rich to this state of pouertie his paines as he dispâ—…seth to order theâ—… â–ª 〈…〉 and cast all your 〈◊〉 on him for he careth for you He teacheth the waye to all good things at Gods band is to be humble and you exalt your selues Ye seeke things after such a sort as if the seruant should anger his maister when he seeketh to haue a good turne on him Ye woulde haue ryches I thinke at Gods hande who giueth all riches and yet yee take the waye cleane contrarie to riches Knowe ye not that he that exalteth himselfe God will throwe him downe Howe can yee get it then by thus setting out your selues Ye shoulde submit ye by humilitie one to another and ye set vp your selues by arrogancie aboue the Magistrates See herein howe much ye offende God Remember ye not that if ye come nigh to god he will come nigh vnto you If then ye goe from God he will go from you Doth not the Psalm say he is holy with the holy and with the wicked man he is frowarde Euen as he is ordered of men he will order them againe If ye woulde follow his will and obey his commaundements ye should eate the fruites of the earth sayth the Prophet if not the sworde shall deuour you Yee might haue eaten the fruites of this seasonable yeare if yee had not by the obedience rebelled against God Now not onely ye cannot ease that which yourselues did first how by 〈◊〉 and â—â—â— destroy by seditioÌ„ but also if the kings Maiesties sworde came not against you as iust policie requireth yet she iust vengeaunce of God woulde light among you as his worde promiseth and your cruell wickednesse deserueth For what soeuer the causes bee that haue moued your wilde affections herein as they bee vniust causes and increase your faults much the thing it selfe the rysing I meane 〈…〉 wicked and horrible afore God and the vsurping of authoritie and taking in hand of rule which is the sitting in Gods seate of iustice and prouede clyming vp into Gods high throne must needes be not onely cursed newâ—â— by him but also hath beene often punished afore of him And that which is done to Gods officer God accounteth it done to him For they despise not the Minister as he sayth himselfe but they despise him and that presumption of chalenging Gods seat doth shew you to haue beene Lucifers and sheweth vs that God will punish you like Lucifers Wherefore rightly looke as ye duely haue deserued either for great vengeance for your abhominable transgression or else earnestly repent with vnfeyned mindes your wicked doings and either wyth example of death bee content to dehorte other or else by faythfulnesse of obedience declare howe great a seruice it is to God to obey your Magistrates faythfully and to serue in subiection truly Well if ye had not thus grieuously offended God whome ye ought to worship what can ye reasonably thinke it to be no fault agaynst the king whome ye ought to reuerence Ye be bound by Gods worde to obey your King and is it no breake of duetie to withstand your King If the seruaunt be bounde to obey his maister in the family is not the subiect bound to serue the King in his Realme The childe is bounde to the priuate father be we not all bound to the common wealthes father If we ought to be subiect to the King for Gods cause ought we not then I pray you to be faythfully subiect to the king If wee ought dutifully to shew all obedience to heathen kings shall we not willingly and truly be subiect to Christian