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A44299 The honour of the taylors, or, The famous and renowned history of Sir John Hawkwood, Knight containing his many rare and singular adventures, witty exploits, heroick atchievements, and noble performances relating to love & arms in many lands : in the series of which history are contained likewise the no less famous actions and enterprizes of others of the same art and mystery : with many remarkable passages relating to customs, manners &c., ancient and modern : illustrated with pictures and embelished with verses and songs wonderfully pleasant and delightful : to which, as an appendix, is added a brief account of the original of the Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors, as to their being incorporated &c., ...; Honour of the Merchant Taylors Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698. 1687 (1687) Wing H2599; ESTC R7888 66,825 61

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THE Honour of the Taylors OR The Famous and Renowned HISTORY OF Sir Iohn Hawkwood Knight CONTAINING His many rare and singular Adventures witty Exploits heroick Atchievements and noble Performances RELATING TO LOVE ARMS In many Lands In the SERIES of which History are contained likewise the no less Famous Actions and Enterprizes of Others of the same Art and Mystery With many Remarkable Passages relating to Customs Manners c. Ancient and Modern Illustrated with PICTVRES and Embelished with VERSES and SONGS wonderfully pleasant and delightful To which as an Appendix is added A Brief Account of the Original of the Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors as to their being Incorporated c. Their Progress and Success from time to time The Favours they have received from divers Kings and Princes c. Their many Structures of Magnificence and Charity With many other things exerting their true Worth and Grandeur This may be Printed R. P. LONDON Printed by Alexander Milbourn for William Whitwood at the Golden Dragon next the Crown Tavern in West-Smithfield 1687. The History of Sir John Hawkwood Knight Behold the Merchant-Taylor and in 's Hand A Measure whilst a Lady fair does stand Patient without a Blush and lets him do What brave Gallants dare not pretend unto When others pine but for a Glance or Kiss By him the coyest Beauty handl'd is Nor is his Trade inferiour to the best For Art helps Natures Beauty when well drest And Beauty is by Comliness exprest First of all Trades this was and did entice Adam to use it ev'n in Paradice Books printed for W. Whitwood c. The Illustrious Lovers or Princely Adventures in the Courts of England and France containing sundry Transactions relating to Love-Intrigues noble Enterprises and Gallantry being an Historical Account of the Famous Loves of Mary sometimes Queen of France Daughter to Henry the 7th and Charles Brandon the Renowned Duke of Suffolk Discovering the Glory and Grandeur of both Nations Written Originally in French and now done into English The Lives and Actions of several notorious Counterfeits who from the most Abject and Meanest of the People have Usurped the Titles of Emperors Kings and Princes containing the History of Twelve Infamous Impostors Viz. 1. The false Smerdis only Brother of Cambyses King of Persia and of the Medes 2. The false Nero. 3. The false Messias called Benchochab Leader of the revolted Jews 4. The counterfeit Moses 5. John Bulcold King of the Anabaptists 6. The false Clotaire called Gondoald 7. The counterfeit Baldwin Earl of Flanders 8. The counterfeit Don Sebastian King of Portugal 9. The counterfeit Voldomar Elector and Marquess of Brandenburgh 10. The false Mustapha Son of Baj●zet the first of that Name Emperor of the Turks 11. James Heraclides the false Despot of Moldavia and Walachia 12. Perkin Warbeck or the counterfeit Duke of York Written by the Sr. J. B. de Rocoles Historiographer of France and Brandenberg And now done into English An exact Survey of the grand Affairs of France in their particular conduct and management since the conclusion of the Peace at Nimeguen As they relate to that and other Kingdoms but more especially Spain Savoy and the Hungarian Wars with the Turks and Rebels under the Leading of Count Teckeley in Negotiations and other Affairs of State. Written lately in French by a person of Quality made English The Spanish History or a Relation of the Differences that happened in the Court of Spain between Don John of Austria and Cardinal Ni●ard with other transactions of that Kingdom together with all the Letters politick Discourses Decrees and other publick Acts that past between persons of Quality relating to those Affairs The Fortunate the Deceiv'd and the Unfortunate Lovers three excellent new Novels containing many pleasant and delightful Histories Printed in English and French for the Ingenious Written by the Wits of both Nations Reflections on several of Mr. Dryden's Plays particularly on the Conquest of Granada by E. Settle Gent. A Treatise of Lythotomy or of the Extraction of the Stone out of the Bladder wherein an account is given of the various Instruments used and the Method observed in that curious but difficult part of Chyrurgery Illustrated with Twenty Figures curiously engraven on Copper Plates written in French by Monsieur Tolit Lythotomist of the Hospital of the Charity at Paris translated into English by A. Lovell Cochelearia Curiosa or the Curiosity of Scurvy-Grass being an exact scrutiny and careful description of the Nature and Medicinal Vertue of Scurvy-Grass in which is exhibited to publick use the most best preparation for Medicines either for internal or external use in which that Plant or any part thereof is imployed together with an account of the several sorts thereof engraved on several Copper Plates written in Latin by Dr. Melimbrochius of Lipswick and Englished by Tho. Sherley M. D. The History of the Siege of Rhodes the first in the Reign of Mahomet the Great Emperour of the Turks the last under the command of Solyman the Magnificent who at the Expence of 100000 Lives totally subdued that Famous City and Island desended by the Valour of Peter d' Ambusson Grand Master of Rhodes and the Christian Knights of the Order of St. John against the whole power of the Ottomon Empire for 230 years The Art of Short-Writing according to Tachigraphy First Composed by Mr. Tho. Shelton and Approved by both Universities In which Variety of Examples to each Rule are drawn Also Mr. Jer. Rich his Method of Contractions by Ideas and Symbolical Characters improved to the Rul●s and Methods of this with great Ease and no less Benefit and Delight And dive●s eminent Histories out of the Old and New Testament are repeated in words at length and also in Characters And lastly how to write the terms of the Law in Characters The History of the damnable Life and deserved Death of Dr. John Faustus the famous Conjurer of Germany newly printed according to the corrected Copy printed at Frankfort in Germany A true and perfect Account of the Examination Confession Tryal Condemnation and Execution of Joan Perry and her two Sons John and Richard Perry for the supposed Murther of Will. Harrison Gent. being one of the most remarkable Occurrences which ha●h happened in the memory of man. Sent in a Letter by Sir Tho. Overbury of Burton in the County of Glocester Knight and One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace to Tho. Shirley Dr. of Physick in London Likewise Mr. Harrison's own Account how he was conveyed into Turkey and there made a Slave for above Two years and then his Master which bought him there dying how he made Escape and what hardship he e●dured who at last through the providence of God returned to England while he was supposed to be murthered here having been his man-servant Arraigned who falsly impeached his own Mother and Brother as Guilty of the mur●her of his Master They were all Three Arraigned Convicted and Executed on Broadway
to her House where finding what they little expected they with Tears of Ioy embraced their Daughter and being made fully sensible of all that had happened freely consented That as their Hearts was joyned their Hands should not be kept asunder So that the Ceremony being performed in the presence of a great number of worthy persons a Feast of ten days ensued with such Mirth and Iollity as beseemed the consummation of so great a Happiness Nor were Gilbert and the fair Lucrina wanting to express the many obligations they had laid upon them nor less did she wonder when she knew how she had been mistaken yet not repenting of what she had done Songs and Musick with all manner of Varieties spoke the welcome of the Guest who resorted from all parts to behold these Miracles of Constant Love. The Solemnity and Feastival being over whilst the whole Kingdom rung of their Constancy and Fame they provided them Houses and lived in great Splendor encreasing in Riches and in the Love of All so that coming to great Preferment and behaving themselves couragiously in the Wars abroad for the Honour of their Country and in their great Offices and Trust at home John Hawkwood and Francis Lovewell for their good Services received the Honour of Knighthood carrying afterward the Fame of true English Valour into many Lands and being blest with a happy Off-spring ended their days in Peace and left their Memories blessed to Posterity So Worthies live although They lose their breath Their Fame does live and even conquers Death The End of the History c. THE APPENDIX OR A Recital of several Worthy Magnificent and Charitable Acts of the Merchant-Taylors as they are found upon Record and visibly extant to the no small Honour of that Worshipful Society c. HAving delivered a History in it self as I take it not a little pleasant I shall now come to a more serious Relation of many things worthy of note which I have chosen to fix as an Appendix not think●ng it so convenient to bring it into the foregoing Pages which take as followeth The Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors have been a Guild or Fraternity time out of mind by the Name of Taylors and Linnen-Armourers For I find that Edward the First in the 28th Year of his Raign confirmed this Guild under the Names aforesaid and gave to the B●ethren thereof Leave and Licence every Midsummer to hold a Feast and then to chuse them a Governour or Master with Wardens Whereupon on the said day in the Year 1300. they chose Henry de Rayl to be their Pilgrim for the Master of this Mystery as one that travel'd for the whole Company was so called until the Eleventh Year of Richard the Second and the four Wardens then called Purve●ors of Alms now known by the Name of Quartridge of the said Fraternity The stately Hall belonging to the Company of Merchant-Taylors is scituate in Threadne●dle-street sometimes the House of a Worshipful Gentleman named Edmond Crepin who in the Sixth of Edward the Third Anno 1331. for a certain Sum of Money made his Grant thereof by the Name of his Principal Messuage to John Yakely the King's Pavilion-maker and was thereupon called New-Hall or Taylors-Inn And in the 21. Year of Edward the Fourth Sir Thomas Holm one of the Kings of Arms granted by his Patent this Company for their Arms Viz. In a Field of Silver a Pavilion between two Royal Mantles Purple garnished with Gold in a chief Azure a Holy Lamb incircled with Rayes the Crest upon the Helm a Pavilion purple garnished with Gold c. As a further mark of Honour King Henry the Seventh favoured this Company with condescending to be free of it as many of his Predecessors the Kings of England had been Viz. Richard the Second Henry the Fourth Henry the Fifth Henry the Sixth Edward the Fourth Richard the Third c. And for that divers of that Fraternity trading in Merchandise abroad and at home to the great enriching and advantage of the Kingdom c. Therefore did the said Henry the Seventh by his especial Grant Incorporate them by the Names of Masters and Wardens Merchant-Taylors of the Fraternity of St. John Baptist in the City of London Thus having spoken briefly of the Original Rise and Encrease of this worthy Company I now proceed to tell of what more redounds to their Honour Viz. They have in their Care and Protection a famous Grammar-School known by the Name of Merchant-Taylors Free-School founded by the Master and Wardens of that Company Anno 1561. in Suffolk-lane in the Parish of St. Lawrence Pountney and near to it divers Alms-houses in which are generally placed Seven decayed Men of the Company and their Wives if they have any and had at first the Allowance of Fourteen pence a week each but since encreased to the Sum of Five pounds four shillings the Year to each pay'd Quarterly besides Firing and yet more to each of them Twenty shillings yearly being the Gift of Walter Fish sometime Master of the said Company At the West-End of Hog-street by Tower-Hill they have divers fair Alms-houses wherein live fourteen poor single Women who receive better than Sixteen pence a week each being pay'd weekly beside Eight pound Fifteen shillings pay'd yearly out of the common Treasury for the provision of Fewel Nor has the bounteous Liberality of private Members of this Company at any time been inferiour to the best of which that their Fame may live as a Pattern to others to emulate or imitate I shall particularize a few Viz. Robert Thorn Merchant-Taylor dying Anno 1532. bequeathed by his Testament to sundry charitable uses in Goods and Moneys upward of the value of Four Thousand pounds together with Five Thousand One Hundred and Forty pounds to his Relations and yet proceeding to a Charity no less than the former he over-and-above forgave his Debtors all they owed him Sir Thomas Whirt who was Lord Mayor of the Honourable City of London Anno 1534. and a Brother of this Society founded St. John Baptist College in Oxford erected Schools at Bristol Reading and another College at Higham Fer●ies and distributed several Thousands of pounds to other Charitable Vses Sir Thomas Row Knight Lord Mayor of the honourable City of London Anno 1568. a Member of this Society erected the new Church-Yard in Bethlehem and gave an Hundred pounds to be sent to Eight poor men without Vse and Forty pounds a Year for ever to maintain Ten poor Men to be chosen out of five several Companys Viz. Cloth-workers Armourers Tylers Carpenters and Plaisterers Sir Thomas Offly Merchant-Taylor and Mayor of London who dyed Anno ●●80 appoin●ed by his Testament the one half of his Goods and Two hundred pound to be deducted out of the other half to be given to charitable Vses And thus I might name many more who have not only been Famous for Deeds of Charity and Conduct in Magisterial Affairs and encouraging Arts and Sciences but for Loyalty and valiant Vndertakings for the service of their King and Country have approved themselves not only Men but such men as have been an Ornament to the English Nation Whose Names in Fame's Record shall ever stand Whilst Seas begirt our happy Fruitful Land And prove them such as durst attempt to do Whate'er their Prince or Fortune call'd 'em to Who both in War and Peace Applause have gain'd Righting the wrong'd and the Just Cause maintain'd A SONG to be sung by the Merchant-Taylors on St. William's Day To the Tune of Now now the Fight 's done 1 THe Taylor 's a Man come deny it who dare He'as Wit Wealth and Courage enough and to spare He 'l shew those dull Noddys that scoff at his Trade That to him 's beholden both Fool Spark and Blade Each Lady that 's gallant depends on his Skill The Peasant and Prince do both come in his Bill Warm he does keep one and make t'other shine Without him all Pomp and all Grandeur decline 2 As his Trade was the first and in Paradice found So since with Esteem e'ry Age has it crown'd Kings and great Potentates daigning to be Members of us as in Records we see The coyest bright Beauties for whom Gallants mourn And sigh all in vain still requited with scorn Freely their Bodies commit to o●r hands And readily yield to our modest Demands 3 Whilst we the soft Char 〈◊〉 do ●lasp in our Arms They strive not nor bl●●t ●s fearing no harms Our Virtue they trust w●●●om others they fly Who languish and sigh s●●lance of the Eye Then a Health to our T● Boys and let it encrease Whilst we prove good S● 〈◊〉 in War and in Peace Live merry and jolly w●●rink love and sing Cloath well our Count● 〈◊〉 fight for our KING FINIS