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A66697	The honour of merchant-taylors wherein is set forth the noble acts, valliant deeds, and heroick performances of merchant-taylors in former ages, their honourable loves, and knightly adventures ... together with their pious acts and large benevolences, their building of publick structures, especially that of Blackwell-Hall, to be a market place for the selling of woollen cloaths ... / written by VVilliam VVinstanley.	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1668 (1668)	Wing W3064; ESTC R41412	58,050	83

so much honored that he made them the second Company in his own Regiment all things being thus ready with a spredy march they hasted against the Scots who were than harazing with fire and sword in the Bishoprick of Durham to whom the King sent this following message That he wondered his Brother of Scotland without any cause shown should so unjustly invade his kingdome and exercise such cruelty upon the English as would make Pagans blush to own such actions that therefore he required satisfaction of him for all those injuries done or he would right himself the best he could with his sword To this the Scottish King returned answer that the King of England has made war against the French King his Allie and friend and hath done him much mischeif in his Country that in revenge of those injuries he had drawn his sword against the English and was resolved not to sheath it up again till he had taken a ful revenge on them for those damages they had done to the French The King having received this answer f●aught with anger and 〈◊〉 marcheth up within fight of their Army but the Scots had 〈◊〉 possessed themselves of so 〈…〉 that there was no 〈…〉 without eminent danger 〈◊〉 the King caused his 〈…〉 deep 〈…〉 about them to keep them from forraging that for want of victuals h● might at last compel them 〈…〉 Seven days together did the Armie his face one another when at last out comes a challenge from Sir ●urnbu● the Scotish Champion which containe● these wer●s Think not proud English that by our lying thus still we are not able or afraid to fight with you no this is bu● only to give you time 〈◊〉 your long march to refresh your selves that when the time comes you may be the better able to encounter with us least when you are beaten i● might be your excuse to say your Army was o●e wearied but if in the mean space there be any one amongst you that dares to fight with me hand to hand to show the Armies some little spor● he shall find me ready to answer him to morrow morning by eight of the clock in the meadow which lyeth on the left side of our Camp 〈◊〉 will attend his arrival with much zeal and impatiency Turnbul This Challenge being read in the English Army the noble Captain 〈…〉 King that he might accept thereof to which the King 〈…〉 whereupon by the same Messenger he returned 〈…〉 I received your challenge which promises much in the contents what ever will be performed in the Chapter according to your 〈◊〉 you shall be answered at the time and place appointed where if you perform with your sword what your pen hath promised you 〈◊〉 add to your renown if not you will onely make mirth to the English and become the Trophee of R. Blackwel King Edward having obtained this considerable victory as soon as the field was cleared commanded Captain Blackwel to put a Basenet on his head for he would Knight him the Captain desired to be excused saying he was neither worthy nor able to take such an estate upon him b●t the King made him to put it on notwithstanding all excuses and then with a sword in both his hands as the manner then was he strongly struck him on the neck and so Kni●hted him giving him a hundred pound lands a year for this noble atcheivement which he had accomplished The victor thus obtained King Edward returned with honour and triumph to London Sir Ralph Blackwel bringing along with him the Scotish Champion Sir Turnbul as his prisoner whom the King out of especial favour had bestowed upon him who was afterwards ransomed by the Scotish King for five hundred ma●ks of 〈◊〉 The Citizen● of London received them with great jo● ●inging of bells making of honesties and other devices such slocking about to beh●ld Sir Turnbul whose same was spread in all parts as was wonderful to behold Sir Ralph was no sooner returned home and that the King had dismissed him with communications and 〈◊〉 but he returned again as●esh to his trade honours in him not 〈◊〉 manners well knowi●g that tra●ing the great prop which uphol● and supports a kingdome 〈◊〉 makes the inhabitants th●reof 〈…〉 thereof for he encreased in his 〈…〉 is that 〈…〉 of ours If thou wouldst thrive `th world and wealthy he Keep thy shop ROBIN and that wil keep thee Not long after 〈◊〉 was a great 〈…〉 hom● called the Go●den Adventure which had been five years 〈◊〉 trading in the East Indies and was very rich●● laden with divers commodities I 〈…〉 Sir Ralph had 〈…〉 pa●t which so advanced his esta●r tha●●● was 〈◊〉 chosen to be Sheri●● of London in which office he beha●ed himself very 〈◊〉 kept a noble house and executed Justice to al● men impartially neither favouring the rich for th●i● mightiness nor d●laying the poor because of th●●●pove●ty but to every one dealt with so eve a hand that it grew to be a proverb as good goe to empty the Sea with a spoon as to perswade Sir Ralph from doing Justice to give some instances of his 〈…〉 ma● not be 〈…〉 unpleasant to the Reads● A rich covetous Churle had lost a bag of mony containing one hundred pound wherefore be caused it to be published by the Cryer that whosoever had found the same and wou●d restore it he should have ten pounds for his pains It hap●●d an honest poor man found it who brought it to the Churle requiring ten pound for his pains as was promised but this covetuous Carren minding to deceive the poor man deeply swore there was a hundred and ten pounds wherfore he would not give him a 〈◊〉 thereupon the poor man had a Warrant for him and brought him before Sir Ralph Blackwel where each of them having told his tale Sir Ralph commanded the mony to be produced which being done he said to the rich Churle you lost a bag of money with an hundred and ten pounds in it and this poor man found one which had onely an hundred pounds therein therefore by your own confession this is not lively to be the bag which you lost therefore here honest man doe thou take it and employ it we ●l for the good of thy wife and children and if thou finde● a bag with an hundred and ten pounds therein then b●ing it to this 〈◊〉 in the mean time keep that 〈◊〉 doest The rich Churle hearing him to decide the business so cryed out that his bag had but an hundred pounds in it and therfore desired that he might have it but Sir Ralph told him it was then too late to speak and so dismissed him without it At another time it so hapned that a Tylar being at work upon a house chanced to slip his hold and so tumbled down but by great fortune to him it was his hap to fall upon another man as he was walking by whereby he killed the other man the son of the dead man hereupon brings the

another company of them about four thousand more whom they served as they did the other but scearcely had they so done when the Scouts brought them word that the main body of the Enemies was not above three 〈…〉 thence whereupon the noble Knight Sir John Hawkwood drawing up his m●n vpon the side of an hill Inh●● he m●ght be conveniently heard of them all he there speake to them these words Four valours renowned souldiers and companions in Arms have been so often tryed and approved in fights that it may seem superfluou● at this present for me to say any thing to encourage you on I shall now rather advise yee to have a care of being too forward that you may not be encompassed with their numerous army and so valour be enforced to give place to multitude yet would I not by this Oration take off the edge of your valour but only to desire you to use it ●ith discretion and being thus forewarned let us march on God and good fortune be our good speed These words being uttered both Armies drew near to each other the Huns as to an assured victory by reason of their vast numbers the English confident as being always used to conquer The barbarous people seeing so few opposers never put themselves into order as accounting themselves sure enou●h of their prize but the noble Hawkwood soon made him to perceive the odds between an Eagle an a Kite for drawing out h●s sword he with an unres●istable courage set upon them giving as many wounds as blows and as many deaths almost as wounds lightning courage and thundring smart upon them as put a stop to their over high proceedings the other English Comma●de●s writing after the fair ●eppy that he had set laid about them like emaged Lions making legs and arms goe complaning to the earth how ill their Masters had kept them but fearing least in long fight they should be conquered by conquering they drew back towards the City but drew back in such sort that still their terrour went forward like a valiant Mastife whom when his Master pulls back by the tail from the Bear though his pace be backward his gesture is forward The Huns having tasted so liberally of the English valour were not over hasty to fellow so that now some space of ground being betwix them and a c●ssation from fighting for the present the Sagita 〈◊〉 Hun 〈◊〉 ●●th between the two armies and spake as followeth Proud Christians whose desperate fortunes has emboldned you to this stout resistance if there he any one amongst you that dares lay a particular claim to valour and in whose strength you can so much confide as to vemure your cause upon his success set him here appear before me that we may encounter together and if he overcome me we shall willingly yeild to you but if 〈◊〉 overcome by me we shall expect that you shall become servants to us This proud challenge who no sooner 〈◊〉 but that the invicible Hawkwood steped unto him saying monster 〈…〉 thy shope ten times worse then it is or ha●st thou the strength of Al●des who cleansed the Augean stables or the might of Arlas who is sa●d to 〈◊〉 port the heaven with his back yet would I no fear to 〈…〉 with thée therefore prepare thy self to receive by my sword the just reward for all those cruelties thou hast 〈◊〉 and think not by sight to scape thy deserved punishment for now is the time come that must p●t a period to all your bloody in humani●ies These words being ultered both parties encountred each other with invincible courage so that in short time their armor slew in peices and the blood ran abundantly down from either pa●ty in which most cruel fight they continued together for the space of two hours at last Sir John Hawkwood enraged at the valour of his adversary and knowing it was now no time of dalliance séeing the Monster he in 〈◊〉 faint he so redoubled his blows and laid on with such invinsible courage that at last he brought the Saggitary to the ground who at his fall sent forth such a hideous yell as if Pluto's Court were broken open or that he were a howlling out his Dirge for the loss of his bel●v●d Proserpine With this fall of their General fell the courage of the Hunns who immediately betwook themselves to flight the English par●uing them made such slaughter of their bodies that the earth-drunk wi●h their bloud spewed it up in crimson streams and the slaughter●d ca●kasses lay on such heaps as if they intended to make mountains of humain bodyes thirty thousand was the least that fell in this days encounter the rest with much fear aud confusion returning to their Country The magnanimous Hawkwood having received this v●ctory ●ell down on his knées in the field where he was returning thanks to the Almighty for that great deliverance not attributing ought in the hast to himself but ascribing all to the immort●● Deity without whose he 〈◊〉 can do nothing And now the souldiers being weary of Killing the fields cleared and no danger to be expected from the Enem● the renowned English with their victorious General returned in Triumph to the City of Florence where they were entertained in such gallant manner that I want art to describe the same The Bells rung Musique played the Conduits ran Wine the Maidens with gar●●ios on their h●ads sang and danced in the streets and generally there was such a rejoycing as had ●ever been seen in that City all of them with one voice chancing forth the praifes of the renowned Merchant Taylor Sir J. Hawkwood Having thus in triumph marched up to the Moot-hall or cheif meeting place in a● the City he was by the Recorder thereof accosted with this fellowing Ora●ion Most renowned Sir to whom we must acknowledg that we owe whatsoever we are by whose unconquerable valour our City and Country hath been wrested out of the jaws of destruction and preserved from utter ruine and desolation had I as many tongues as Bria●ius had hands or Argus eyes yet were all of them insufficient to set forth your deserved praises whose deeds have been such that Babes unborn in time to come shall chant forth these your noble atcheivements vouchsafe great Sir to accept the humble thanks of this our City and a greateful acknowledgment of your inestimable benefits bestowed upon us which time shall not obliterate but shall be preserved in brazen Statutes that after ages may be informed of your noble facts and how much posterity is indebted to your immortal memory This speech being ended they presented him with a rich purse wherein was contained five hundred peices of Gold then did the Trumpets sound and the souldiers gave such a volly of shot as made the earth to ring with the sound thereof this Joy continued for the space of six weeks together each day affording them fresh varieties of pleasures at last an honourable employment summoned our noble Merchant