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A51537	A most choice historical compendium fitted for the use of all ingenious and inquisitive persons who are curious to know what wonderfull events have come to pass for almost 1000 years, under the figure 8, from 818 to 1688 inclusive : wherein is briefly comprised, the life and death, rise and fall of kings, queens, noblemen, clergymen, warriors and several famous poets : with many other curious remarks and observations, not here mention'd / written in a plain method, by A.M., Gent.	A. M., Gent.	1692 (1692)	Wing M3; ESTC R9727	48,168	167

Chastity either in Man or Woman ought by Gods Laws to be observed 5. That private Masses were necessary for the people and agreeable to the Law of God 6. That Auricular Confession was expedient to be retained and continued in the Church of God Now I hope none will deny that what mischief and confusions ensued and caused by him as the Papists deeply condemn him for to this day and tell us our Religion came out of his That he lived and dyed as severe a Roman Catholick as any of them hath shewed themselves in this our Age. And for his Wives he was dextrous in changing beheading one of them and the very next day marrying another but hear him on his death bed speaking thus Three Kates two Nans and one dear Jane I wedded One Spanish one Dutch and four English Wives From two I was divorced two I beheaded One dyed in Childbirth and one me survived They that will be more and better informed of this King's Reign let them read his Life written by that excellent and learned Lord Herbert Sir Tho. Offley of Cheshire bred a Merchant Taylor in London whereof he became Lord Mayor in his Mayoralty he began the custom of Night Bellmen He was the Zacheus of London for his high Charity bequeathing the half of his Estate being 5000 pound to the poor though he had children of his own yea he appointed that 200 l. left to his Son Hen. should be taken out of the other half and imployed to charitable uses Mr. Hugh Offley Leather-Seller Sheriff of London An. 1588. gave 600 pound to the City to put forth young men Mr. Rob. Brother to Hugh gave 600 pound for 24 young men in Chester whereof 12 were Apprentices On the first of these I suppose these Rhimes were made Offley three dishes had of dayly Roast An Egg an Apple and the third a Toast Feasting himself moderately that he might feed others by his bounty Miles Coverdaile of Yorkshire became an Augustine Fryer but afterwards quitting that profession he went into Germany he laboured greatly in translating the Bible and writing other books He was made D. D. at Tubing and returning into England was made Bishop of Exeter by K. Edw. 6. An. 1. Mary he was deposed though saved from Martyrdom by the mediation of Fred. King of Denmark being enlarged he went over into Germany whence in the Reign of Queen Eliz. he returned into England but not to Exeter He was one of those that solemnly consecrated Matthew Parker Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth He dyed 1588. and lies buried in St. Bartholomews behind the Exchange London Sir Christ Wray Knight was born in the Parish of Bedal Yorkshire which made his Daughter Frances Countess of Warwick scatter her benefactions thicker in that place His Ancestors came out of Cornwal where his name is right ancient being bred in the Law he was by Q. Eliz. made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench he was moved with no fear but that of the Judge of the world he was pro tempore Lord privy Seal and sat chief in the Court when Secretary Davison was sentenced in the Star Chamber concurring with the rest of the Commissioners to lay a Fine on him His benefaction to Magdalen college in Cambridge was both bountiful and seasonable This worthy Judge dyed May 8th 1588. Rob. Crowley of Northamptonshire bred in Oxford confuted Miles Hogheard who writ against the poor Protestants He fled to Frankford in Queen Mary's days and in the Reign of Queen Eliz. was made Vicar of St. Giles without Cripplegate London where he lies buried having dyed 1588. Cock was in 1588. a Cock of the Game being the only man of note amongst the English who fighting a Volunteer in his own Ship lost his life to save his Queen and Country Sir John Howard of Barkshire Kt. Son to Sir Rob. Howard soon after was created a Baron by Edw. IV. and Duke of Norfolk by K. Rich. III. as Kinsman and one of the Heirs of Anne Dutchess of York and Norfolk whose Mother was one of the Daughters of Tho. Mowbray D. of Norfolk Soon after he lost his Life in Bosworth-Field in the quarrel of him who had given him his Honour From him descended the noble and numerous Family of the Howards of whom 4 Earls viz. Arundel Nottingham Suffolk and Barkshire and 2 Barons viz. Mowbray and Escrick sat in the last Parliament of K. Charles I. Verstegan the great Antiquary will have their Name to be Holdward Keeper of a Castle or Trust and they have well answered unto their Name Did not Tho. Howard Earl of Surrey well hold his ward by Land when in the Reign of Henry VIII he conquered the Scots in Flodden-Field and took James the 4th their King Prisoner And did not Charles Howard afterwards Earl of Nottingham hold his ward by Sea in 1558 when the Armado was defeated William Howard Son to Thomas D. of Howard was by Queen Mary created Baron of Effingham and made Lord-Admiral of England He was one of the first favourers and furtherers of the discovery of Russia He died 1548. whose Son Charles succeeded his Father in the Admiralty an hearty Gentleman and cordial to his Soveraign of a most proper Person one reason why Queen Elizabeth reflected so much upon him The first evidence he gave of his prowess when the Emperors Sister the spouse of Spain with a Fleet of 130 Sail passed the narrow Seas his Lordship accompanied with 10 Ships only environed their Fleet and enforced them to stoop Gallant and strike Sail. In 88. at the first news of the Spaniards approach he towed at a Cable with his own hands to draw out the harbour-bound Ships into the Sen. He was Commander of the Sea Forces at the taking of Cadiz and for his good service there he was made Earl of Nottingham He resigned his Admiralty in the Reign of K. James to the D. of Buckingham and died not long after D. of Medina Sidonia Admiral of the Spanish Fleet An. 88. beholding Mount Edgcomb in Cornwall that belongs to Sir Rich. Edgcomb who at one time for some good space gave Entertainment to the English Spanish and Dutch Admirals and many other Nobles at Mount Edgcomb a square Structure having a stately Hall affording a delicate sound as one entreth it a Parlour and Dining-Room giving a large prospect both of Sea and Land It is near Plimouth the Ground about it being stored with Wood Timber Fruit Deer and Conies sufficient Pasture Meadow and Arable Land Marle Stone c. and of an high situation And this Medina was so much in love with it was resolved to have it for his own possession in the partage of this Kingdom which should have been in 88. And here I think it very necessary before we proceed any further to make a small description of this Spanish Invasion called The Invincible Armado which put England into such a consternation when it should have been invaded in the Reign of Q. Eliz.

and Hill were all apprehended examined and committed to Newgate and at their Tryal upon Prance's Oath and Evidence against them they were found guilty of the murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey and upon Feb. 8. 1678. were executed all living and dying Papists Now observe in all this his own Sword that was thrust through his Body was never mentioned as the cause of his death for if that Sword had been made a party by the Owner it would have equalized the Romances of St. Dennis and St. Winifrid Now remember also that Kelly and Fitzgerald the two Priests were at the murder and they would have run Sir Edm. through with their own Sword in Somerset-House but the other Homicides would not suffer them saying the Blood would be a means to discover them And the abovesaid Mr. Fitzgerald soon after the murder said in the hearing of Mrs. James then living in Katherine-Stree That the PAPISTS had murdered Sir Edmondbury Godfrey and that it would be their destruction And when Mr. Edward Coleman heard of the same Murder he struck his hand on his Breast with these words Then we are undone And now to bring this relation to a period I shall only add That Prance always told me for many years That what he had so oft declared to me of that murder was true and that he would justifie it to the last drop of his blood And here we must leave him being now turned Protestant till 88 where you may find him a Papist again But to proceed the House desired the King to give Bedloe the 500 l. reward for his discovery which Mr. Wrenn had not long before put into his head Capt. Bedloe gets the Mony but contrary to agreement of dividing it betwixt them the Capt. would not give one crum of comfort to the Wrenn There were also in this year several Gentlemen and others imprisoned in the Country and some brought to London to see the Tower but being they neither suffered death nor were Fined we shall pass them and come to a year of more strangeness and wonder than this Anno. 1688. This year is ushered in with so much wonder that if it be set down here for a real History not one of a Thousand will believe it however it must be left to every one 's own choice Upon the great hopes of the Queen's conception the King orders some of the Bishops to make an Order of Thanksgiving in behalf of the King the Q. and the Royal Family upon occasion of the Queen's being with Child which was performed accordingly throughout England Then followed by the instigation of the Priests and Papists to the King a Proclamation was procured for the reading a Declaration for Liberty of Conscience in all Churches and Chapels in England This proved very unhappy to the King in disgusting his best Subjects the Church of England nay almost the generality of the Non-Cons did not approve of it The Romans did use their utmost endeavours to promote it knowing thereby their Religion would be introduced and extirpate all but their own the Quakers and Anabaptists did run with the stream and Will. Penn the Quakers chief Illuminator was a daily Sollicitor to the King and Father Peters his Brother Priest for Liberty of Conscience The King or at least the Priests being not satisfied brought the King to put forth a second Declaration to the same purpose All the Clergy except some few ignorant and Popishly affected stoutly refused to read the said Declaration The Bishops also had a Conference about it and not finding it consentaneous to their Consciences but on the contrary would open the door to let in all Heresies and Irreligion and nothing should have been settled in England but Slavery Popery and Poverty The Archbishop of Canterbury being Dr. William Sancroft Dr. Kenn Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. Lloyd Bishop of St. Asaph Dr. White Bishop of Peterborough Dr. Lak● Bishop of Chichester Sir John Trelauny Bishop of Bristol Dr. Turner Bishop of Ely These seven Bishops on the 8th of June applied themselves to His Majesty by way of an humble Address to let him understand They could not safely and with a good Conscience suffer the Clergy in their several Dioceses to read the said Declaration The King enraged at this the said Bishops were all sent to the Tower and there remained Prisoners their Crime being a pretended scandalous Petition to the King To let him know they could not read the said Declaration c. And there they remained to the 15th day of June and then was called to the King 's Bench-Bar and upon their own recognizance upon 100 l. a piece was Bailed to appear 14 days after upon which day being the 29th of June a Jury being sworn the Indictment read and argued on both sides by the learned Counsel for several hours the Verdict was brought in Not Guilty to the great encouragement and comfort of good Christians and for levelling the pride and insolence of the haughty Papists and their adherents And now 19 days before this happy Verdict had delivered the Bishops from their Prisons I suppose you expect to hear of another delivery that is what became of the Queen's Concept Now I must beg of you this favour to remember that if the Concept was not believed the Birth will be as little credited however we had it by Tradition as Papists have most of their Religion whether Articles of Faith or matter and form of Worship and so are imposed upon easie Believers But if you will be so careful to go to find out the Pope's Infallibility the inerrability of the Roman Church the Supremacy of St. Peter's Successors pardons for sin at a cheap rate the exact time of blowing up the Fire of Purgatory praying to Saints long since departed but a moiety of the Sacrament to the lay People worshipping of Images cum multis aliis such-like improbable Follies after all your pains and enquiries be forced to take all upon trust and without any plain mathematical demonstration sit down with an implicit Faith and believe as the Church believes not contradicting their report for as there was a resolute party did believe and did also publish it abroad after the murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey committed by others he was his own selo de se by sheathing his own Sword in his own Body yet how far that was congruous to reason let the discreet man give sentence Now after this digression you may understand that there was upon the 10th of June Anno 1688. ● day long before appointed and very precisely too for that purpose a Man-child brought forth into the presence of many persons of great Quality but of the implicit Faith Madam Wicks the Mid-wife or Woman of Honour being a knowing Artist and well instructed in such affairs gave to every one of her own perswasion a full and satisfactory account of the whole matter from the very begining to the end That He was the true product of the forementioned

Perswasions of the Irish Priests closely and hourly made and applied to the Earl of Tyrconnel then Lord Deputy or at least Governour of Ireland he also hoping by his not submitting to gain great Honour and Preferment if not the whole Country for his own proper use and benefit but therein he ●ight easily perceive his errour for Iewis that aspi●ing Monarch had design'd it long before to be annexed to his Flower de luces but the poor Irish Harp would have caused but doleful Musick to the Hibernians yet a melodious tune to the wooden shoo'd French which would presently have bin dancing in that Country however the reasons before mentioned m●de Tyrconnel so obstinate that with what Forces and that little Courage he was possessed of to defend and preserve Ireland for his two M●sters what the event was some few years will tell you however this light you shall have at present that things proved quite contrary after several Conflicts and Battels to his expectation But let us return into England and there behold how many potent Enemies the King had secured in several Prisons for the security of Their Majesties Persons and the Kingdoms Welfare Peace and Happiness viz. George Jefferies Baron of Wem and Lord High Chancellor of England the Earl of Peterborough the Earl of Salisbury the Lord Castlemain the Lord Preston the Earl of Feversham the Lord Chief Justice Wright Baron Jenner Sir Edward Hale formerly Governour of Dover and after Lieutenant of the Tower of London and let Miles Prance the Silver-Smith a timely Discoverer have the honour to be taken at Gravesend with a false Pass and there committed to Prison by the Secretary of War when he intended to pass the Seas There were many more persons of high and low rank taken into custody but by reason their Deliverances or Trials hereafter will make them more publick I shall at present omit them all except Dr. Obadiah Walker the Proselyte-maker at Oxford who was sent to the Tower of London but not amongst the Records to make search for the place of Purgatory but foretell his own fortune either by calculating his Nativity by the often Singing of his Ave Maria or numbring his Beads at their appointed Seasons whether by day or night but let Obadiah rest being accounted but one of the small There were also in this Juncture of time many persons secured in several Counties of England alway● having an eye and great care of the Red Letter-men and of those ho● headed-persons that took places of Trust and Commissions from the late King James never regarding the Penal Laws and Test the Priests likewise were apprehended as soon as discovered yet not many for knowing their sins to be of a dark colour they would not abide the reckoning but went off with the next Oars Also about this time the King was vigilant over his Army that served under the late King James not suffering any of them at present to come for London especially in any great Parties but sent them into several Parts and Counties of England by degrees modelling of them a new first breaking the old Regiments both of Foot and Horse c. and then formed them into new Bodies so as to take away all suspicion of their disloyalty to their King which perhaps was unjustly cast upon them however by this honest Stratagem of War all the known Papists and those that appeared disaffected to the King and Government were quite cashiered and then the King was so well satisfied with the remaining part that they were sent to Whitehall and took their Guard-days in the same manner as they had formerly part of that Army which came out of Holland being of the Guards there were either all or in part removed from that Station By this time the Reader may be pondering with himself that there is an absolute necessity for great Sums of Money not only for defraying the charge of the Fleet that brought the King and his Army over into England but likewise the vast expence and charges which our English Fleet and Army had brought upon the Nation and these two Fleets and two Armies united and all to be paid by one Master would in a short space of time rise and multiply to an incredible account The Parliament taking this and other matters of the like nature being of great concern into their consideration after mature deliberation Voted several Sums for that purpose to be raised viz. by additional Excise of Ale Beer some small Branch of the said Revenue being ready to drop down was by a new A●t reunited also a Land-Tax at 12 d. per Pound was Enacted by Parliament the Customs and several other Duties belonging to the Crown were by the said Authority confirmed and settled upon the King and Queen The Affairs of the Kingdom now being in a hopeful way of Settlement as so small a time had bin allowed for so great a change and new modelling both of Persons and Offices the King and Parliament in all matters very well concurring the King was pleased amongst other of his favours and elemency to declare he would stand by and defend the Protestant Religion the Church of England as by Law established to his utmost power against all opposers whatsoever and withal care should be taken for the Non Con's and differing Opinions the Kings gracious pleasure being thus published made all his Subjects to be filled with joy admiration and liberality to that degree that the Citizens of London of their own accord proffered to lend the King what Money His Majesty pleased and almost in an instant great and vast Sums of Money were brought into Guildhall and that Citizen thought himself the most happy which was the first leader and brought the biggest Bags for which at present they were very willing to accept of the Kings word for their several securities The King by this time being the latter end of March having got into possession some money but that which equalized or rather exceeded it the affections of his People would have bin very happy together by his peaceable Reign over his Subjects here in England had not the Rebels in Scotland and Ireland by the fair promises of Rewards and Preferments of the late King James and Lewis the 14th of France bi● instigated and hurried into Arms and bloody Wars against this King William so that both Scotland and Ireland wanted his assistance and being willing and ready the King resolved to reduce them both to his obedience but this Year being drawn to its period and my figure to be out of date because I will not leap into another but conclude my Eighty Eight a Year full of Wonders and Changes yet in hopes it will be the introducer of England's Glory and do verily believe that future Generations will call it happy because it restored Our Lives Religion Laws and Liberty and I desire it may make us all truly thankful to him who was the beginner and finisher of so great and

good a work By this time the Reader may give this account that any man of reason being 58 years of Age in this Year of Jubilee 1688. may demonstrate and make it plainly appear to others of younger dates that he has lived under Eight Governours and Governments viz. In the Reign of King Car. I. Car. II. James II. William and Mary and is truly called Monarchy then under the power and Tyranny of two persons Regalwise in respect they were single persons and had the power of Calling and Dissolving Parliaments making War and Peace to condemn or save guilty Malefactors Robbers and Rebels and indeed Oliver's power did much exceed that Authority which King Charles I. did take upon himself yet this Oliver and his short-Reign'd Successor Richard wanted the Crown the Royal Title of a King and were content to enjoy the Nomination of Protectors with this addition upon the Great Seal of England inscribed By Divine Providence c. He then was under the arbitrary will and disposal of Parliaments ends and pieces formerly called the Rump Parliament which in the last eight Years of King Charles I. were the sole Lords and Rulers of England raising War against their King and likewise great Funds of Money which was also raised by imposition of the first Excise of Ale and Beer in England and not only publick but every private House paid for all the Beer they brewed and consumed the Butchers in all places paid so much for a Cow or Heifer a Bull or Ox so much a Calf and also for Sheep and six pence in the pound for all Woollen Cloth that was made and fold and there was an imposition upon Salt and several other things in this Nation This Domus Communis for brevities sake Dom. Com. Voted down the House of Lords called the Upper House and Voted themselves the Supream Power of the Nation and this was performed by an intrinsick vertue and an occult quality latent in their unknown Prerogatives their Ordinances were more efficacious than our Acts are in these days A blind Order from a beggerly Committee would fetch up a Delinquent put him into Prison take his Estate and no Appeal to be made but at Goldsmiths or Haberdashers-Hall and there your composition was made upon such hard terms that the poor Cavalier was forced to sell part of his Estate to save the rest and this punishment was inflicted upon those that out of a Principle of Loyalty took up Arms in defence of their Prince and Country let us pass by the two Aping and counterfeit Kings Oliver and his Son and Successor Richard only tell you that the former would whip a Parliament out of the old House in a moment and because he would have an able Parliament he caused his own men as well Troopers as Officers to be chosen Members thereof Let us not forget Barebon's Parliament that zealous Leather-seller who was taking care by bringing his Bills into the House to extirpate the Family of the Stewarts Root and Branch How he came by the name of Praise-God-Barebones is uncertain but some of the Family has informed me that the Constable and Watchmen of St. Martins Ludgate were his Godfathers however I am in hopes that before he departed this life he repented of his bad actions and for the Act of Grace did truly Praise God or else Fare ill Barebones Then a Committee of Safety was appointed to regulate and govern this poor tossed Commonweal much distempered and so much out of Order that this new-formed Commissioned Company knew not how to behave themselves in their New Corporation only made some small offers of Reformation and of setling a firm peace to their simple and ignorant Admirers put out their new lights seeing they could proceed no farther every man dissolved his own individual body and retreated into the old Dom. Com. and there stayed till General Monk came out of Scotland for London and played a new Game with them and made the lawful King Charta Dominatrix to rule over all the rest These last four Milcellanies Hotchpotch Gallimawf●y Governments at least so called must be denominated Democracy being a fu●ious and confused Government of the uncertain and dissatisfied People of England this last Page had been omitted not falling under my figure but it gave clear demonstrations how to bring in 48 and 58. Their dark actions being discovered in these intervals I judged they might seasonably in this place be interposed And now Reader having brought thee according to my promise under the figure of 8 to the year 1688 I leave thee there and bid thee Meditate on what was acted therein and heartily wish that the remembrance of that 88 may admit no FINIS AN APPENDIX REginald Pole Born at Stoverton Castle in Staffordshire was second Son to Sir Richard Knight of the Garter and nearly related to King Henry 7. His Mother Margaret Countess of Salisbury was Niece to King Edward 4. and Daughter to George Duke of Clarence He was bred in Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford preferred afterwards Dean of Exeter Henry the 8th allowing him a Pension sent him beyond the Seas He studied at Padua conversed much with the Patricians of Venice and in sine became a perfect Italian and could not be prevailed upon by the King or his friends to return to England whereupon his Pension was withdrawn living afterwards in a Venetian Monastery He attained great Credit for his Eloquence Learning and good Life It was not long before he was made Deacon Cardinal by the Title of St. Mary in Cosmedin by Pope Paul the 3d who sent him Ambassador to the Emperor and French King to incite them to War against K. Henry the 8. He afterwards retired to Viterbo in Italy where his House was the Sanctuary of the Lutherans where he himself became a racking but no through-paced Protestant insomuch that being appointed one of the three Presidents of the Council of Trent he endeavoured to have Justification determined by Faith alone during his living at Viterbo he was taxed for getting a Bastard which Pasquil published in Verses affixed to his Pillar that Blade being made of all tongue and teeth would not stick to tell where the Pope trod his holy Sandals awry Yet he had some Relation to the Beast in the Apocalypse in that under the name of Pasquil there has been a Successive Corporation of Satyrists After the death of Paul 3. Pole was at Midnight in the Conclave chosen to succeed him the refusal whereof under the notion of a Deed of Darkness was by the Italians lookt upon as a piece of dulness in our Cardinal next day expecting a re-election he saw Julius the 3 d. his professed Enemy chosen in his place yet afterwards he became alterius Orbis Papa when made Archbishop of Canterbury by Queen Mary He was a person free from Passion His youthful Books are full of the flowers of Rhetorick whilst those of his old age are dry and dull He died a few hours