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A08452	The valiant actes and victorious battailes of the English nation: from the yeere of our Lord, one thousand three hundred twentie and seuen: being the first yeare of the raigne of the most mightie Prince Edvvard the third, to the yeere 1558. Also, of the peaceable and quiet state of England, vnder the blessed gouernement of the most excellent and vertuous Princesse Elizabeth: a compendious declaration written by C.O. And newly translated out of Latine verse into English meeter. By I.S.; Anglorum prælia, ab anno Domini. 1327. anno nimirùm primo inclytiss. principis Eduardi eius nominis tertii, usque ad annum Do. 1558. carmine summatim perstricta. English	Ocland, Christopher, d. 1590?; Ocland, Christopher, d. 1590? Eirēnarchia. English. aut; Sharrock, John.	1585 (1585)	STC 18777; ESTC S110231	101,841	114

Valloy●… The Bridge a Paris built b●… the English campe in tw●… dayes Phaeton th●… sonne of Ph●… bus by misgouernyng his fathers chariot●… had almost burn the whole world The Britaine proceeding●… to Callice pitch their tentes neare the forrest of Cr●…sse or Cr●…ssey Valoys Insu●… eth the English army with a grea●… boost King Edwardes exhortation t●… his souldiou●… before th●… battaile 〈◊〉 English battailes placed The first battaile was led by the Prince of VValles beyng but xviii yeares of age The king causeth his army to retire neare the woode to auoyde backe oss●… The French●… 〈◊〉 ●…king the 〈◊〉 to hau●… fled insues and assailes them The horses of the Frenchmen hurt with arrowes throw their riders and breake the rayes The noblest of the French army 〈◊〉 slayne The Duke of ●…orreine The Duke of Alanson or Dalanson The king and 〈◊〉 Eddward his sonne fight valiantly Thirtie thousand Prench men s●…yne Valois seeing such slaughter of his men flyeth The Britaine victor Mutabilis alea Martis The next da●… after the battaile the Frenchmen gathered them selues againe who by these thre●… Ba●…les of VVarwike Huntington and Northampton were clean●… subuerted distroyed Callice besieged Dauid king of Scottes 〈◊〉 instigation 〈◊〉 the French king inuad●… England Prince Edward and the ●…ench kyng oyne battaile ●…care 〈◊〉 King Iohn ●…aken There were ●…ken in this ●…attade at Poytiers ●…500 of the ●…iefest of all ●…aunce The two ●…inges Dauid of Scotland ●…nd Iohn of ●…aunce 〈◊〉 with ●…he rest of the ●…aptiues Edward the 〈◊〉 dyeth ●…efore the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one ●…f the three ●…adies of 〈◊〉 whiche ●…tts the ●…ed of mans 〈◊〉 ●…ward the ●…ther dyeth ●…ichard the ●…cond began 〈◊〉 raigne ●…377 〈◊〉 Go●… desse of Battaile Iustes 〈◊〉 nyng at the Tilt between Englimen fo●…reyners Foure and twenty Britayne Pee●… prouoke as many as will come Southfield Most in 〈◊〉 ber ●…oth the Englishmen and ●…einers be●…aues them●…elues stoutly Iohn of Ga●… Duke of Lancaster desired aide of king Ri●…o inuado spaigne Gaunt The aunswee●… of king Ri. Spaigne inuaded by the Duke of Lancaster The Sp●…nvard ●…teth For peace Peace graunted Constāce the Dukes eldest daughter ma●…ed to the kyng of Spayne Anne the second daughter to the kyng of 〈◊〉 An insolent challenge of 〈◊〉 Sco●… 〈◊〉 the Englishmen The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Torney Ireland sub●… by ky●…g Richard Henry the fourth began to raigne 1●…99 Henry 〈◊〉 fi●…t succedeth his father 1412. Henry banisheth from the Court all his leude cōpanions left they should corrupt him by their euill counsell Legates sent into Fraunce to require the king of Englandes right The Oration or speech of th●… English Legate The reply of the king of Fraunce Henry sayleth into Fraunce Seine a mightie ●…uer 〈◊〉 from a 〈◊〉 floweth by Roan ●…nd through a great part of Fraunce at length falleth in at Ca●… or K●…d Ca●… where are two strong townes Henry goeth agayne into Fraunce Henry offreth the Dolphin battaile which he refuseth Henry taken with a feuer The speach of Henry before his death Henry in his death bed committe●… his h●…yre H●…ry with hi●… wife Queen●… Catherine to his brothers and exho●…teth the●… to loue and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Henry the sixt his 〈◊〉 was crowned at Paris 1422. For the. Duke of yorke claimed the crown whose sonne and heire Edward Earle of ●…h afterward ' obtained it by name of Ed●…ward the fourth VVilliam cōquerour first Duke of Normandie At S. Albons was foght the first battaile betweene kyng Henry and the Duke of Yorke Blore heath field 2. The onse●… giuen valiand by the Asc●… Duke of B●…●…layne Some of 〈◊〉 nobles of Fraunce s●…yne 〈◊〉 God o●… 〈◊〉 ●…l these cit●…tances ex●…ressed in son ●…y places ●…ane no●…ing els but ●…e dyed as ●…ndyng to ●…utoes king●…es to 〈◊〉 the riuers 〈◊〉 c. The Citizens ●…f London ●…eaue home ●…e kyng ●…th great solempnitie ●…o in like ma●…er doe the 〈◊〉 ●…vgismunds ●…he Empe●…our cōmeth ●…o England ●…o treat a ●…ce be●…weene kyng 〈◊〉 and ●…he French ●…yng ●…he speach of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…halfe of 〈◊〉 Frankes The Frenchmen viola●… their 〈◊〉 Sygismond 〈◊〉 Henry strike a league during their 〈◊〉 Sygismond departeth The kyng of England reneweth his warres in Fraunce Many townes in Normandie subdued Roane besieged Eight dayes truce ●…ded Englishmen goe to inhabite Harflu their owne country left Bridges 〈◊〉 Some Henry was aduertise 〈◊〉 a great 〈◊〉 of French●… approching Sol the sunne Henry a little before night calleth his Lordes to Counsaile as concernyng their daunger through the multitude of their enemies Thetis Goddesse of the sea vsed for the Sea A stratageme o●… sleight to intrapt the the enemy by fraude The English army set in order Henry rising out of his bed prayeth God to ayde him The Duke of Yorke beseecheth the king that he might lead the forefront of the batt●…e The kyng graunted the Duke of Yorke the con lucting of the forefront The Earle of Suffolke The Earle of VVarwicke The kyng of England exhorteth his souldiours to fight At Northa●…ton was foughten the third battaile where the kyng was taken prisoner in the field The fourth famous battaile was at VVakefield where the Queenes pow et slue the Duke of York with his sonne the Earle of Rutland and destroyed his hoast The fift battaile fought at S. Albons againe where in the Queene discomfited her enemies and deliuered her husband The battaile at Exam fought betweene Eddward the fourth and the Lord Mo●… tague lieuetenaunt of the North to recouer the crowne for kyng Henry the sixt The battailes at Banbury Barnet Todeastell and Teuxbury were fought in Edward the fourthes dayes Henry Earle of Richmond at Bosworth slue Richard the third beyng third brother of Edward the fourth and then maried the Lady Elizabeth daughter to kyng Edward and obtaineth the crowne he first ioyned the houses of Lancaster and Yorke beyng long tyme at variaunce ●…try 〈◊〉 509. A great expedition into Frantic●… ●…ir Rice ap Thomas Turwyn 〈◊〉 Maximilian the Emperour se●…ues kyng Henry for pay Turwyn wonne Tornay rendred payes the king ten thousand duckets for yearely rent VVhilst kinge Henry is busie in Fraunce Iames King of Scottes inuadeth England Lord Haward admirall and his brother in blacke harnish The Scott had pitcht then tents on flodden hill Iames king of Scots slain and all his armie discomfited A Scottish legate comes into England The Scots ●…reaking into ●…ngland ●…ore Carlile VVharton with two M. ●…uldiours ●…bdues the ●…cots and ●…uts them to ●…ght ●…ames King of ●…cots swim●…ing ouer a ●…uer as some ●…y was drow ●…ed The Chiefest 〈◊〉 Scotland ●…aken priso●…ers sent to ●…he Towre The clemen of King Hery The oration of the Scottish Captiu●… to King He●… rie King Henryes ●…cence The Scots set ●…t freedome and pardoned without any ●…aunsome on them The S●…ts d●… h●…t the Queene 〈◊〉 m●…ying h●… daughter to the Englishe Prince Edward 〈◊〉 of He●…forde and Iohn Dudley Lord admi●…all with a nauy of ship

THE VALIANT ACTES And victorious BatTAILES OF THE ENGlish nation from the yeere of our Lord one thousand three hundred twentie and seuen being the first yeare of the raigne of the most mightie Prince EDVVARD the third to the yeere 1558. ALSO OF THE PEACEABLE AND quiet state of ENGLAND vnder the blessed gouernement of the most excellent and vertuous Princesse Elizabeth A compendious declaration written by C. O. And newly translated out of Latine verse into English meeter By I. S. Nob●… so la ●…statque vinica virtus AT LONDON Printed by Robert Walde-graue ¶ The names of the kinges of England in whose dayes these warres and great aduentures haue bene made Edward 3 Richard 2 Henry 4 Henry 5 Henry 6 Edward 4 Richard 3 Henry 7 Henry 8 Edward 6 Phillip and Mary ¶ TO THE RIGHT WORshipfull Sir William Mohun Knight longlyfe and heauenly felicitie IF Maroes Muse if Homers sacred vaine VVhich auncient Poets intombed lye in molde Parnassus Nimphes had bett into my braine If that their skill my slender quill did hold Then worthy sir your prayses manifold VVith Troian Dukes should lifted be to skie Or Thetis Impes whose fame shall neuer die But bitter Fate and cruell destinies doome Such cunning rare denide haue to bestowe On me poore lad to Homers lofty roome I may not clime but cowching lye full lowe VVith Cherilus and Virgills vaine forgoe They of their store did spred and blase their skill I of my want do testifie my will VVherefore in worth accept my willing hart VVhich what I could not what I would haue brought Of Artaxerxes play the princely part Of fountayne flouds who drunke a harty drought VVhich to his mouth with handes Synaetes rought Let Macedonian Phyllips courteous minde Right worshipfull within your brest be shrinde The Persian king in bosome shrouded close A silie bird which shund the hawke by flight And did her selfe for safetie there repose Till that her foe were soared out of sight So these my toyles accept with countenaunce bright VVhich I present here humbly to your hand Your like or loth may cause them fall or stand Here Martiall feates by valiant Brutes atchiu'de Here hard exploites here battailes fiercely fought then the valew of the gift Howbeiti the toyle and labour in trnaslatyng was myne t●…●…ectation and pleasure in reading shall be yours if any be which I would it were as much as I could wishe to your contentation and good like and to my great cōfort and hartes desire Both incouragements to incense me hereafter to attēpt some other thing which shall be peraduenture more pleasant I will not say more profitable vnto you for besides the notable gestes and high exploites of our Britaine kings and other particular personages deciphered in this small volume here also are liuely expressed blased forth the haut stomackes famous actes of our English natiō in generall their cōquests in Fraunce their victorious ba●…les in Scotland their memorable aduētures in Spaine their valure in Iustes combates at home their order of battaile their kinde of munition Artillery whereby they haue atchieued so many cōquests and haue bene most redoubted and terrible to their enemies I meane Archery which laudable and martiall exercise how greatly it is now in these our dayes falne into decay we shall I feare me if constrained to indure those bruntes and attēpt those aduentures and perills which our forefathers haue done to soone for our selues though it to late repent I haue not presented it here as a thing exquisitely done but as a worke rudely ouerranne rather then curiously absolued and perfited If any one hereafter to the better explication of the Poets meaning to the liuelier bewtifiyng of his Countries exploytes and famous attempts and to the greater delight and vtilitie of the reader shall in a more loftie vaine and heroicall stile polishe and publish this Authour a new who I confesse deserueth a trāslatour farre better then I am then let these my toyses be brent and cōsumed to ashes deuoide of farther name memory In the meane space if you vouchsafe to turne them ouer for your solace at vacant times I hope you shall reape some vtility be the matter though not by the meeter in which though you here and there finde a scape I beseech you passe it ouer with patience and perswade your selues that if God send me lyfe and health vpō information thereof it shall be in the next Aeditiō reformed As for you my Maisters and Teachers which read this Author in s●…koles you must not be offended though euery verse aūswere not your expectation according vnto the Latin for as the worshipfull Tho. Phaer in his Preface to his Aeneads affirmeth beside the differēce of a construction a trāslatiō there are many things which seeme delectable and pleasaunt in the Latine tong which cōuerted into English would either be so intricate that none could vnderstād them or so vnpleasaunt that none would vouchsase the reading of them Wherfore I haue Imitated the counsaile of Horace in his booke intituled De Arte Poetica where he commendes and allowes him as a good interpretour amongst other pointes Qui quae non sperat nitescere posse relinquit and haue somewhat in some places omitted though i●… but little and somewhat altered though not much altogether for the ease of the reader and the better vnderstanding of the whole worke The Authors meaning as neare as I could I haue kept perfect and inuiolate And so fare ye well most frendly Gentlemen Yours to vse IOHN SHARROCK ¶ William Bluett studient in the Vniuersitie Colledge in Oxenford in praise of the work and Author CEASE cease hence forth you worthy Englishe wightes at straungers deedes to take such admiration Since far they come behinde the noble Knights VVhich fostred haue bin in our Englishe nation Cease cease henceforth to wonder at the actes Of martiall Caesar and renowmed Pomp●… Cease cease to talke of Alexanders factes Of Scipio Hanniball or the warlike Fabie Cease cease a while to turne the books of Liuius Plutarch Tacitus Appian and Curtius Of Homers tales or Virgill very fables Of Thucidid or Herodotus bables Behold a wight from Parnasse lately prest Hath Phoebus sent whose penne of auncient name Our noble Henries Edwardes and the rest Enrolled ha●…h in bookeof lasting same VVhere you may see the virtues manifolde Of this your countrie done in former yeeres Patternes to followe where ●…keyou may behold If you will imitate such noble Peeres Nowe if his voice you do not vnderstand Or l●…iffer had in speache of this our land This Autor read harke what the Muses haue Of that decreed and done which you do ●…aue They praied Syr Phoebe in humble wise of late From out his sacred mount to send some on That might this worke into our tongue translate VVho looking round about his Helicon Sharrocke espied amongest his learned b●…nd VVho●… straight as apt and able both hee bindes This worthy worke

Applauding euerie one their inward 〈◊〉 did they bewray UUhich noble conquest is to mortall men ●…nt to defray These thinges in August done Then after in Decembers frost The Frenchman it besieging was vnhappy Callice lost Unspeakable mishap which adge and feeble folke contaynd For the most part within her walles fewe souldiers fresh remaind Howbeit fewe souldiers cannot force of many men abide This auncient sort neglected and a woman Prince beside whome then a trecherous prelate made by peruerse councell stray Her noble spowse in forraine coastes disseuered far away Hereto add rough and boistrous flouds which raging sweld that tide And farre disiung'd beyond the seas the sandy Callice banke Unwilling it to take the towne might thrust vnto the Franke. This fortresse lost the Spanyardes wife gan to consume away whom eating eares with parching griefe brought to her fatall day Thus endeth the second Booke ELIZABETH QUEENE OR A SHORT AND compendious declaration of the peaceable state of England vnder the gouernment of the most mighty and vertuous Princesse ELIZABETH ¶ Wherevnto is added a briefe Catalogue or rehearsall of all the noble men which being nowe dead haue been or yet liuyng are of her Maiesties Counsaile Written in Latin verse by C. O. Done into Engl●…she by Iohn Sharrock Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit vtile dulci. AT LONDON Printed by Robert Walde-graue Anno. 1585. To the worshipfull his approued good frend M. IOHN ESTMOND Bacheiler of Law one of the fellowes of Sainte Mary Colledge commonly called the Newe Colledge in Oxenford WHen as at the request and earnest instigatiō of some of my frends worshipfull M. ESTMOND I had done into English meeter the two first bookes of that Poeme of C. O. cōtainyng the battailes high aduentures of the English Nation I was determined there to stricke sayle and to cast myne anker knowing that the longer my craced keele scoured the seas the more water she would leake fearing least that Scilla escaped I should be sunke in Charibdis or Libia shunned I should be swallowed in Syrtes If Cherilus that fielie Poet had brought but a brief Pamphlet when he dedicated a huge Volume vnto the Macedonian kyng Alexander his gayne peraduenture had bene the more his paine vndoubtedly the lesse in escaping a great many lashes whiche he suffred to his extreme grief and endlesse infamie Euen so was I perswaded of my selfe that the more I wrote the more want of skill I shewed whereby I might heape the more dislike and so by a consequēce the more reproch But when I called vnto mind Gentle Syr How greatly I should dye in your dett for your manifold benefites frendly yea rather fatherly affection where with you did imbrace me beyng your pupill in Oxon to my no lesse comfort the commoditie It were incredible to thinke with what celeritie and disdayne I shooke of those terrifying causes how ardently I burned with a vehement desire yet at the least by this kinde of writtyng in as much as I cannot otherwise sufficiently expresse my zeale and true affectiō to testifie my good wil and my hart full of all humilitie and sinceritie towardes you and to bring to passe if I might that in all ages and posterities as long as euer these my watchynges and writtynges shall liue amongst men your name should neuer dye but remayne as a patterne to our nephewes and ofspring of all gentilitie courtesie and humanitie and that as euery fautor and maintainer of good letters is called ALTER MAECENAS an other MAECENAS so euery one which imbraceth his frend with faythfull loue hateth no man is free from all basenes and slauerie of the mynd as beseemeth a gentleman might be named ALTER ESTMONDVS an other ESTMOND Take therfore well in worth deare Syr these my simple indeuours beyng a compendious declaration and treatise of the peaceable raigne of our renowmed Lady ELIZABETH compiled by Maister O. by me metrized as a certaine testimony and the expresse tipe of my good will Communicate them with your frendes shroude them from my foes This is all I doe request this me thinkes I already see your Courtesie and gentlenes to graunt me The Lord preserue you in health wealth and felicitie AMEN Yours assured in that he may Iohn Sharrock ❧ TO THE NOBLE AND most vertuous Lady indued with all kinde of good Literature excellent both in the Greek and Latine tongue the Lady MYLDRED Wife to the right honourable Lord Baron of Burghley Lord high Treasurer of England REnowmed Greece in elder age with learned dames did shine Whose written workes remaine as yet with phrase mellifluous fine Of Muses bright besprinckled drawne out of Parnassus spring Of female sexe erst mighty Rome a hugie troupe did bring All expert in the Latine tong how heit they lesser prayse Adornd with natiue language wanne their fame to heauen to rayse And euerlasting memorie by writing to attaine Than due is to those Noble Nymphes which seuered farre remaine In externe Regions wide in tender yeares whose natiue tong Is to be learnd the Romayne then by toiles and labours long Of forme renewde with limites straight and bondes incompast round As English Ladies many may of worthie name be found Which florish at this day which through the world swift Fame doth blase Who ioyne like learned men the Greekish tong with Latine phrase Yea which is more like skilfull Poets in dulcet verse they floe Wherewith Homerus frought his bookes or Mantuan Maro If cause requirde ex tempore their meeters framing fine O Nymphes O noble Sisters foure but Myldred vnto thine High fauour as the chiefest I appeale be thou mine aide And like an other Pallas let thine Aegis strong be laide Before my brest that this my booke feele not the byting i●… Of Theon Viper fell or carping Zoils slaunderous flawes If me beholding with thy shining lookes thou wilt defend The Enuious and Malicious crue dare not me once to rend So as in sanctuary shut I shall no daunger feere Inferiour farre I know my Muse vnto the vertue cleere Of the renowmed Prince howbeit the will of subiect true May here appeare if that the iust and courteous reader view And pondering way the worke aright and not with censure hard If that this long and prosperous peace hereafter 〈◊〉 ●…clarde By trompe more shril I wish and b●… these writinges vnto nought By sparkling flames to be consumde meane time I them haue brought Renowmed Lady to be shrinde vpheld and set in stay By your high honour turne not from your Clyent I you pray This doth your true Nobilitie and manners meeke in brest Ingraft this doth your Godlines require aboue the rest Your Ladiships in all humilitie C O. ¶ To the gentle Reader IF verses you delight with stately stile and sounding wordes VVhich loftie swell seeke Poetts bookes which such high thinges You will perchance affirme that of so high mighty a Queene affords A worke should of more maiestie and

white as winters snow tall pight His buttockes brode bespred his brest and backe most faire in sight As mightie Alexanders steede throughout the world renownd Bucephalus or courser fierce of Castor whom men sound Of Laedaes egge esprong this in all pointes resembling those So with his hoofes carreieing in the thinne aire swift he goes For of a stripling tought that arte by riders till this time He doth delight on loftie steedes all fierie fierce to clime UUhere when he came and license had to come vnto her sight On bended knees he prostrate falles and duetie doth aright Here Robert Dudley then of comely corpes and stature tall UUhome fresh and blooming youth commended goodly therewithall Assigned maister of the horse by her most royall grace Doth alwayes on her maiestie attend from place to place As often as she rides and like a true Achates kinde His mistres serues her person next insuing ioint behinde And takes for guerdon of his paynes and meede for vertue true An honourable name with large reuenewes thereto due with portlike houses faire and stately turretts huge in hight whome Leycester her Earle acknowledgeth and whom by right with honour one all Albion land doth worship and imbrace For he exalted vp aloft and set in royall place By lowly mind and courteous deedes hath wonne the Britaines heartes Pale Enuy and of mallice fell the sharpe and poysoned dartes The myndes uf many noble men with venome blacke bespott●… Howbeit this Peer is free from raging Enuies filing dropps He labreth all to helpe not damage on poore men to heape When that he can hath still redound vnto his glory great Most bountefull with stretched hand he allmes deuout doth giue Which aged and decrepit folkes erect'd for to reliue His hospitall at Warwicke shewes with annuall rentes thereto And Couentry can testifie where godly Preachers doe Continually the blessed word of hye Iehoue set downe To these annexed comes which Huntington with chief renowne Adornes and guidaunce great of Britaines Northarne borders large UUith Fame augmented high extolls wherof long time the charge UUith Counsaile rare much grauitie and faith vnspotted bore To him deserued prayse hath wonne and Princesse fauour more Increasd and natiue Countries peace and safetie made succeed He in his yong and tender yeares did auncient authors reed UUhich wisedome and Philosophie in Greeke or Latine tong Containde play mate to Edward Prince of auncient race esprong Of mighty kinges their bookes and grauer studies layd apart The Preachers word this Potentate hard with attentiue hart UUhose life with vertuous manners most coruscant glorious shind The Warwicke Earle renownd in armes of mighty Warwickes kind From noble stocke of Grandsiers old esprong of stomacke stout In skirmage grim despising death and glory seeking out More pretious then his life And Bedford Earle which Iustice seedes And godlynesse doth dayly sow religious in his deedes Professour true of Iesus Christ a fosserer of the sicke And needy soules in Counsaile both to Britaine Monarch sticke To these that mighty Lord renowmed Hunsden ioyntly ioynes whose noble aunt the gratious Queene deliuered from her loynes Espouso in Hymens sacred bandes to Henryes royall grace what should I all recite one yet remaynes who in this place Demeritts not with sinallest laud to be remembred here Of noble stocke of grandsiers old yet he himselfe a Peere Far more reno●… theri they Sir Henry Sidney prudent knight with the most noble order of the golden Garter dight whom Ireland thrise Embassadour holding the royall mace Hath seene and exceuting lawes set in his Ladies place Nor onely seene but felt yea feard and eke imbrac'd with loue That no man hath as true report and fame the same can proue That Region entred in with greater fauour of the same Gouernde in greater awe or with more wailyng from it came Nor onely externe Irish coastes his noble laud resound But Wales on part of Albion land which doth on Seuerne bound Seuerne a mighty floud which twixt the borders sliding flowes Her Presidentes most worthy prayse with trompe of Fame out blowes Under whose prudent gouernement she long hath florisht free From daunger that it doubtfull seemes where they more happy he Beyng there President exult or equall Iudge reioyse Long since renowmd Elizabeth Fraunce hard his sugred voyce Thy Legate being than of goodly stature comely sett Nor Pary shall I thee ydrencht in Lethe floudes forgett Which in extreme aduersitie a faithfull counsailour wast When Fortune had not yet the crowne vpon thy Lady cast And shewdst thy selfe a seruaunt true which safetie didst respect Of thy deare mistresse when thou didst those traitours guiles detect Into this sacred company the Duke of Northfolke chose Euen in the floure of all his time his vitall breath did lose Smith both with pregnant witt adornd commended eke beside With all the noble sciences whose councell hath bene tride Both iust and sound by destinies tane doth closd in Tombe abide Let here Syr Frauncis Knolls obtaine his seat amongst the rout A man of wondrous constancie religious graue a stout Defendour of the fayth who least he should destruction dire Behold and godly men consumde with scorching brands of fire The blouddy English Clergy then incenst with outrage fell He fled his natiue soyle in externe costes and those to dwell Amongst the Germaines rather there to read a lothsome life In mestiue grief and there to dye then painted Idols rife In sacred temples see Nor happy England had at all Him backe retournd beheld nor rich possessions home could call But that renownd Elizabeth her fathers regall crowne Most glorious did sustaine on whom her neace in duetie bownd Sir Frauncis loyall spouse attendant serud at euery 〈◊〉 The valiant courage of their mynde his auncestours did deck Aboue three hundred winters past and corps most goodly pight With dread not to be daunted when of yore that mighty knight Edward the third did blouddy warres agaynst the Celtanes reare Then doughtie Knolls most valiantly himselfe in armes did beare And did atchiue such hard exploites as may the myndes delight Of such as reed our Cronicles whose noble ofspring bright Yet florishing at this day shall make their nephewes yet to cente To florish more if mighty Ioue which sitts in highest rome The godlines and righteous minde of the aged Siet regard Next Ambrose Caue insues Then Hatton which the Princes gard Of yeoman call doth lead with chearefull hart to Studentes pore A liberall Moecenas none Religion fauouring more What should I tell the giftes ingraft within his vertuous mynde Or sharpnes of his witt if cause you vrge it out to finde In hearing of the Senate graue with what mellifluous phrase And dulcett voyce he speakes how louing he doth all imbrace And puissant men couragious doth affect and hurtes no wight Ralfe Sadler with his penne and Gwalter Mildmay scanning right The

pes enter Sotland I eithe and Edenborowe ransacked The Scottes placed their ordinau●… full ag●… their g●… The Scottes forsake their Ordinaunce Preparation of wars against Fraunce The king of Fraunce his league with the Turke The Dukes of Northfolk●… and Suffolk●… the Earle of Arundeil Lord Paulet Lord Russell appointed chiefe in this warfar●… Sir Anthonie browne master of the horse Or Tita●… set that is or when the Sunne is set The discription of king Henry th●… 8. ●…ulcanus The descrip●…ion of the workeman ●…hip of kyng Henries har●…ish King Henry landeth at Callice Bullen besiged The English giue assault The gall●… resist The vse of the great gunne Iohn Dadley be●… chec●… the king that bee with his marriners might first scale the was Corona mur●… lis in old time he that first entred the Enemies fort wanne great honour and therefore crowned with a garland in the triumphe The oration of Iohn Dud●… ley to his m●… riners The King considering the daunger that Dudley with his men wear like to runne into commaundes them to desist Bullen rendred Iohn Dudley Lieuetenant of Bullen Preparation of the Frank against England The Frenchmen with a great nauy it uade the I le of wight ●…enry 8. af●…er 3●… yeares ●…yeth ●…dward the sixt begunne ●…o ●…aigne ●… 546. The Earle of 〈◊〉 created Duke of Sommerset Iohn Dudley made Earle of VVarwicke Expedition of souldiours into Scotland The Duke of Sommerset Ealre of VVarwicke and Lord Dacies assigned chiefe in this warfare Lord Grai●… captaine of the horsemen A light skirmage of the horsemen of both partes the day before the battaile VVhori it was neare sunne set The Farle Arreine gouernour of Scotland sen. deth an Herault vnto the the Duke of Somerset and the Harle of Huntley prouoketh him had to hand Huntley challenged The Duke of Somersets reply The aunswere of the Earle of VVarwick to the messenger The Earle of VVarwicke chalengeth Huntley to single cumbat The Engli●… army is set order The on set ●…uskelborow ●…lde The Scots send into Frauncc to intreate a league betweene the heires of Sc●… land and Fraunce Hymen God of wedl●…k To Dusson dale The Rebels ●…nclosed themselues with their cariages on euery side ●…o keep of the assaults of the Barle of war wickes horsemen The Harle of VVarwicke subdueth the rebels in Northsolke The Giants in old ti●…e rebelled against the Gods and would haue pulled ●…ubiter out of heauē The Earle of VVarwicke created Duk●… of Northumberland The death of king Edward King Edwards praise Mary beginneth to raign 1553. Queene Mary marrieth to king Phyllip S●…itium ●…ernum is 〈◊〉 the eight Calendes of Ianuary Christmas he meaneth Henry of Fraunce inuadeth Flaunders Preparation of warres against the Frenchmen Diuers nations in phillips 〈◊〉 Saint Quintinnes besieged Saint Quintines ●…ted Henry Dudley slayne Saint Quintinnes taken The Castell 〈◊〉 Houne taken ransackt The Admiral of England with too shipps sayleth into Fraunc●… and burneth Conque Sir VVilliam VVinter with many of the Queenes shipps taketh ●…gayne Alderne I le ●…ō he handes of ●…e Frenchmen The words of Sir VVilliam VVinter to his souldiours Sir VVillim VVinter meeting with the Frenche Captaine slaieth him valiantly The Frenchmen subdued C●…lice lost Thirlby Bishoppe of Elye Queene Mary dyeth Aegis the shield of Pallas The Censures of the Vniuersities of Italy and Fraunce against the Pope The toune Princes of Europe more or le●…se are ment to be as ten hornes vnto this beast Hymeneus or Hymen God of mariage A solempne pompe at the mariage of Henry and Anno. Anne great by King Henry Anne crowned which hapneth to none but to the heires of the kingdom Nestor li●…ed three hudred yeares The condui●… ran with wine at the coronation of Queene Anne VVhit●…hall Sainct Peters at VVestminster Thomas Duke of Northfolke made chiefe Steward of England ●…rle of Arundeil T●…ster Phoebe two sillables vsed for the Moone Elizabeth borne on tht seuenth day of December being the sabboth day Elizabeth baptised and confirmed in the true faith Her sureties were the Archbishop of Cannterbury the duthesse of Norfolke and the Lady M●…ques of Exeter Elisabeth po●…laimed heite vnto the Crowne by ●…n Herault The surties giue gifts of p●…e gold The Englis●… people by o●… vowe their loyaltie and obedience vnto Queen Elizabeth The toward nes of Elizabeth in her childhood Description of the spring tyme. ●…orpheus ●…od of drea●…es ●…he dreame 〈◊〉 Queene 〈◊〉 where●… she was ●…ed of 〈◊〉 death at 〈◊〉 and of ●…ny other ●…ble c●…es A foreshew ●…ng of the exterminating and io●… ting out of Idols Rest●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by k●…g ●…dward Acheron o●… of t●…e ●…ue 〈◊〉 uers of hell where 〈◊〉 are ●…mented Maries gou●… nement Anne declareth her dreame vnto a noble matrone Anne dyeth Annes prayse for almes giuing Henry marieth Queene Iane. Edward borne Prince Edward and Elizabeth skilfull in the Greeke and Latin tong Henry 8. dyeth Edward 6. crowned Hatfield Periphrasis sixe yeare for the Sunne once a yeare ouerg es the x●… signes so that be meaneth by ouertaking the signes vi times vi yeare Edward the. 6 dieth Queene Mary ruleth The Bishoppe of VVinchester Holie sort Ironia cuius contrarium ve●… est licolas Ba●…ns Lord priuy seale Thomas Brockley Lord chauncolour VVilliam Paulet Marques of VVin chester Lord Cicill high treasurer of England Ae lus God the windes Baron of Burghley The Earles o Arundell an Penbroke Stewardes o the Queenes house Clinton Lord Admirall Earle of Lin colne Villiam ho●…ard ●…he Earle of ●…ssex high ●…hamberlaine ●…f England ●…e also was ●…esetenant in ●…eland Robart Dudly Castor Pol●…ux hatched ●…fan agge by ●…eda whom ●…upiter rauish ●…ed in forme of 〈◊〉 swanne Master of the horse Achates companion of Aeneas in all his toiles trauailes Farle of Lecester Hospitall built by the Earle Lecester Earle of Huntington liefe tenaunt of Yorke Scoolefellow and plaimare with king Edward the 6 Earle of warwicke Earle of Bedford Iord Hunsdon liesecenant of Barwicke Queene Anne aunt to the Lord Hunsden Syr Henry Sidney Lord President of wales Thomas Pary The Duke of Northsolke Syr Thomas Smith Syr Frauncis Knolls Syr Frauncis Knolls in Q. Maries dayes fled into Germanie Syr Ambrose Caue Syr Christopher Hatton master of the Garde Sir Raph Sadler Syr Gwaltor Mildmay Syr Iames a Crostes Secretary VValsingha●… D. VVilson 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉