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A20133	Strange histories, or, Songs and sonnets, of kinges, princes, dukes, lords, ladyes, knights, and gentlemen and of certaine ladyes that were shepheards on Salisburie plaine : very pleasant either to be read or songe, and a most excellent warning for all estates / by Thomas Delone.	Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.	1612 (1612)	STC 6568; ESTC S1079	30,294	97

and paine Despised disdained and banished quite the coaste of our country so sweete to our sight Alacke and alacke alas may we cry that euer we forced King Edward to die thē farevvell faire England vvherein vve vvere borne our friends our kindred vvill hold vs in scorne Our honours and dignities quite haue vve lost both profit and pleasuere our fortune hath crost Our parkes and our chases our mansions so faire our Iems and our Ievxels most precious and rare Alacke and alacke and alas may vve cry that euer vve forced King Edvvard to die Then farevvell deere Ladyes and most louing vviues might vve mend your miseries vvith losse of our liues Then our silly children vvhich begs at your hand in griefe and callamities long should not stand Nor yet in their Country despised should bee that lately was honored of euery degree Alacke and alacke and alas we may crie that euer we forced King Edward to die In Countries vnknowne we range too and fro cloying mens eares with report of our vvoe Our food is vvild berries greene banks are our beds the Trees serue for houses to couer our heads Brovvne bread to our tast is dainty and svveete our Drinke is cold vvater tooke vp at our feete Alacke and alacke and alas vve may crie that euer vve forced King Edvvard to die Thus hauing long vvandred in hunger and cold despising liues safety most desperate and bould Sir T. Gurney tovvard England doth goe for loue of his Lady distressed vvith vvoe Saying how happy and blessed were I to see my sweet Children and wife ere I die Alacke and alacke and alas we may cry that euer we forced King Edward to die But three yeares after his wofull exile behold how false fortune his thoughts doth beguile Comming toward England was tooke by the way and least that he should the chiefe murderers bewray Commaundement was sent by one called Lea. he should be beheaded foorthwith on the Sea Alacke and alacke and alas did he crie that euer we forced King Edward to die Thus was Sir Thomas dispatched of life in comming to visit his sorrowfull wife Who was cut off from his wished desire which he in his heart so much did require And neuer his Lady againe did he see nor his poore children in their misery Alacke and alacke and alas did he cry that euer we forced King Edward to dye The Lord Matreuers the Story doth tell in Germany after long time did he dvvell In secret manner for feare to be seene by any persons that fauoured the Queene And there at last in great misery he ended his life most penitently Alacke and alacke and alas did he say that euer vve made King Edvvard avvay FINIS The second part of Strange Histories or Songs and Sonnets A new Song of King Eegar of England how he was depriued of a Lady which he Loued by a Knight of his Court Cant 10. To be sung in the old ancient sort or else to the tune of Labandalashot WHen as King Edgar did gouerne this land a downe downe downe downe downe And in the strength of his yeares did stand call him a downe a. Much praise was spread of a gallant Dame which did through England carry fame And she is a Lady of high degree the Earle of Deuonshires daughter was she The King which lately had buried the Queene and that long time had a widdower beene Hearing the praise of that gallant maide vpon her beauty his loue he laid And in his sighes he would often say I will go send for that Lady gay Yea I will send for that Lady bright which is my treasure and hearts delight Whose beauty like Phoebus beames doth glister through all christian realmes Then to himselfe he would reply and say how fond a Prince am I To cast my loue so base and low and on a Girle I do not know King Edgar will his fancy frame to loue some princely pearelesse dame The Daughter of some royall King that may a worthy Dowry bring Whose matchlesse beauty brought in place may Estrelds colour quite disgrace But sencelesse man what doe I meane vnto a broken Reede to leane And what fond fury doth me mooue thus to abase my dearest loue Whose visage grac'd with heauenly hue doth Helens honour quite subdue The glory of her beauties pride sweete Estrelds fauour doth deride Then pardon my vnseemely speech deere loue and Lady I beseech And I my thoughts henceforth will frame to spread the honour of thy name Then vnto him he called a Knight which was most trusty in his sight And vnto him thus did he say to Earle Orgarus goe thy way And aske for Estrild comely dame whose beauty runnes so farre by fame And if thou finde her comely grace as fame hath spread in euery place Then tell her father she shall be my crowned Queene if she agree The Knight in message did proceede and into Deuonshire went with speede But when he saw the Lady bright he was so rauished at her sight That nothing could his passions mooue except he might obtaine her loue And day and night while he there staid he courted still that gallant maide And in his suite did shew his skill that at the length wonne her good will Forgetting quite the duty tho which he vnto the King did owe Then comming home vnto his grace he told him with dissembling face That these reporters were too blame that so aduanst the maidens name For I assure your Grace quoth he she is as other women be Her beauty of such great report no better then the common sort And farre vnmeete in euerything to match with such a noble King But though her face be nothing faire yet sith she is her fathers heyre Perhaps some Lord of high degree would very glad her husband be And if your Grace would giue consent I could my selfe be well content The Damsell for my wife to take for her great land and liuings sake The King whom thus he did deceaue incontinent did giue him leaue For in that point he did not stand for why he had no need of land Then being glad he went his way and wedded straight that Lady gay The fayrest creature bearing life had this same Knight vnto his wife And by that match of high degree an Earle soone after that was hee Ere they long time had married beene others that had her beauty seene Her praise was spread both farre and neere the King thereof againe did heare Who then in heart did plainely prooue he was betrayed of his loue Though therewith he was vexed sore yet seemd he not to grieue therefore But kept his countenance good and kinde as though he bare no grudge in minde But on a day it came to passe when as the King full merrie was To Ethelwood in sport he said I muse what cheere there should be made If to thy house I should resort a night or two for Princely sport Hereat the Earle shewed countenance glad though in his heart

good to doe And with these words her lilly hands shee wrongfull often there And downe along her louely cheekes proceeded many a teare But nothing could this furious Queene therewith apeased bee The cup of deadly Poyson fild as she sat on her knee Shee gaue the comely Dame to drinke who tooke it in her hand And from her bended knee arose and on her feete did stand And casting vp her eyes to heauen she did for mercie call And drinking vp the Poyson then her life she lost withall And when that Death through euery lim had done his greatest spight Her chiefest foes did plaine confesse she was a glorious wight Her body then they did intombe when life was fled away At Godstow neere Oxford towne as may be seene this day FINIS The valiant courage and policie of the Kentishmen with long tayles whereby they kept their auncient Lawes and Customes which William the Conquerour sought to take from them Cant. 2. To the tune of Rogero WHhen as the Duke of Normandie with glistring Speare and Shield Had entred into faire England and told his foes in fielde On Christmas day in soleme sort then was he crowned heere By Albert Archbishop of Yorke with many a noble Peere Which being done he changed quite the custome of the land And punisht such as dayly sought his Statutes to withstand And many Citties he subdude faire London with the rest And Kent did still withstand his force which did his Lawes detest To Douer then he tooke his way the Castle downe to fling Which Aruiragus builded there the noble Brittaine King Which when the braue Arch-bishop bold of Canterburie knew The Abbot of S. Austins eke with all their gallant crew They set themselues in Armour bright these mischiefes to preuent With all the Yeomen braue and bold that were in fruitfull Kent At Canterburie they did meet vpon a certaine day With Sword and Speare with Bill and Bow and stopt the Conquerors way Let vs not liue like Bond men poore to Frenchmen in their pride But keepe our auncient libertie what chaunce so ere betide And rather die in bloudy fielde in manlike courage prest Then to indure the seruile yoake which we so much detest Thus did the Kentish Commons cry vnto their Leaders still And so marcht foorth in warlike sorte and stood at Swanscombe hill Where in the Woodes they hid themselues vnder the shady greene Thereby to get them vantage good of all their foes vnseene And for the Conquerors comming there they priuily layde waite And thereby sodainely appald his loftie high conceite For when they spyed his approach in place as they did stand Then marched they to hemme him in each one a Bough in hand So that vnto the Conquerours sight amazed as he stood They seem'd to be a walking Groue or else a moouing Wood. The shape of men he could not see the Boughes did hide them so And now his heart with feare did quake to see a Forest goe Before behinde and on each side as he did cast his eye He spide these Woodes with sober pace approch to him full nye But when the Kentishmen had thus inclosed the Conquerour round Most sodainely they drew their swords and threw their Boughs to grownd Their Banners they displaide in spight their Trumpets sound a charge Their ratling Drummes strike vp Alarume their troopes stretch out at large The Conquerour with all his traine were hereat sore a gast And most in perill when he thought all perill had beene past Vnto the Kentishmen he sent the cause to vnderstand For what intent and for what cause they tooke this Warre in hand To whom they made this short reply for libertie we fight And to enioy K. Edwards Lawes the which we hold our right Then sayd the dreadfull Conquerour you shall haue what you will Your auncient Customes and your Lawes so that you will be still And each thing else that you will craue with reason at my hand So you will but acknowledge mee chiefe King of faire England The Kentishmen agreed hereon and layd their Armes aside And by this meanes King Edwards Lawes in Kent doth still abide And in no place in England else those Customes doe remaine Which they by manly pollicie did of Duke William gaine FINIS How King Henrie the first had his Children drowned in the Sea as they came out of France Cant. 3. To the tune of the Ladyes daughter AFter our royall King had foyld his Foes in France And spent the pleasant Spring his Honour to aduance Into faire England he return'd with fame and victorie What time the subiectes of this Land receiu'd him ioyfully But at his home returne his children left he still In France for to soiorne to purchase learned skill Duke William his brother deare Lord Richard was his name Which was the Earle of Chester then who thirsted after fame The Kings faire Daughter eke the Lady Mary bright With diuers noble Peeres and many a hardy Knight All those were left togeather there in pleasure and delight When that our King to England came after the bloudy fight But when faire Flora had drawne foorth her treasure dry That Winter cold and sad with hoarie head drew ny Those Princes all with one consent prepared all things meete To passe the seas for faire England whose sight to them was sweete To England let vs hie thus euery one did say For Christmas draweth me no longer let vs stay But spend the merry Christmas time within our Fathers Court Where Lady Pleasure doth attend with many a Princely sport To Sea those Princes went fullfilled with mirth and ioy But this their merriment did turne to deare annoy The Saylers and the Shipmen all through foule excesse of Wine Were so disguis'de that at the Sea they shewd themselues like Swine The Sterne no man could guide the Maister sleepeng lay The Saylers all beside went reeling euery way So that the Ship at randome rode vpon the foaming Flood Whereby in perill of their liues the Princes alwaies stood Which made distilling teares from their faire eyes to fall Their hearts were fild with teares no helpe they had at all They wish themselues vpon the land a thousand times and more And at the last they came in sight of Englands pleasant shore Then euery one began to turne their sighes to smiles Their colours pale and wan a chearefull looke exiles The Princly Lordes most louingly their Ladyes did imbrace For now in England shall we be quoth they in little space Take comfort now they sayd behold the Land at last Then be no more dismayde the worst is gone and past But while they did this ioyfull hope with comfort entertaine The goodly Ship vpon a Rocke on sunder burst in twaine With that a greeuous shreeke among them there was made And euery one did seeke on something to be stayde But all in vaine such helpe they sought the Ship so soone did sinke That in the Sea they were constrain'd to take their latest