p. 15. Sir Fancis Drake in two years and ten months went round the world Speeds Maps p. 15. Henry Holland Duke of Excester and who had â—arried King Edward the fourth his Sister was seen to beg his bread in France Main Amber near Pensans in Cornwall is a rock which mounted on others of meaner size hath so equal a poyse that a man may move it with a push of his finger but no strength remove it Id. p. 21. At Dunster in Somersetshire a great Lady obtained of her husband so much pasture ground in common by the townes side for the good and benefit of the Inhabitants as she was able in a whole day to go about bare-footed Id. p. 23. At Calne in Wilâ—shire in the year nine hundred seventy seven a Synod was held by Dunstan against married Priests in an upper room The floor fell down only Dunstans chair stood whereupon the married â—riâ—sts lost the day though it was done by device Id. p. 25. In Salisbury Cathedral there are as many Windows as days cast marble pillars as houres and Gates as months in the year Ibid. Edward the third King of England was born in Windsor Castle and after had at the same time John King of France and David King of Scots Prisoners in it In the Chappel of which Castle lyes interred Henry the sixth and Edward the fourth Kings of England whom living the whole land could not contain At Finchamsteed in Bark-shire in the year one thousand one hundred a Well boyled up with streames of blood and fifteen dayes together continued that spring whose waters made red all other where they came to the great amazement of beholders Speeds Maps p. 27. In the year one thousand five hundred eighty one an Army of Mice so over-run the Marshes in Dengry Hundred in Essex near unto South-Minster that they shore the grass to the very roots and so tainted the same with their venemous teeth that a great Murrain fell on the cattel that grazed on it In Colchester Lucius H lena and Constantine the first Christian King Empress and Emperor in the World was born Id. p. 31. A Fish in all parts like a man was taken near Oxford in Suffolk and for six months was kept in the Castle whence afterwards he escaped and got again into the Sea Id. p. 33. Betwixt Oxford and Aldebrough in the County of Suffolk in the year one thousand five hundred fifty and five in a time of great dearth a Crop of pease grew in the rocks without tillage or sowing so that in August there had been a hundred quarters gathered and so many more left blossoming where never grass before grew or Earth was seen on the hard solid rock Id. p. 33. Between January and July in the year one thousand three hundred forty eight there died in Norwich of the plague fifty seven thousand five hundred and four p. 35. Breakespear an English-man born at Langley in Hâ—rtfordshire known by the name of Pope Hadrian the fourth whose stirrop was held by Frederick the Emperor was killed by a Fly that flew into his mouth p. 39. Before the Civil Wars between Lancaster and York in the year one thousand three hundred ninety and nine the River Owse near Harwood in Bedfordshire stood suddenly still and went not forward so that men passed three miles together on foot in t e depth of the Channel and backward the Vâ—ater swelled to a great height Speeds Map p. 41. King Offa's Leaden Tomb in t e River Owse like some fantastical thing appeareth to them that seek it not but to them that seek it it remaineth invisible Id p. 49. At Askridge in Buchingamshire was grâ—at resort to the blood supposed to floâ— out of Christs side brought out of Germany by Henry the Eldest â—on of Richard Kiâ—g of the Romanes which was afterwards discovered to be clarified Honey coloured with Saffron Id. p. 43. The Lands of Condemned Persons in some parts of Glocestershire fall to the King only for a year and a day and then revert to the right Heirs Id. p 47. In Herefordshire near Richards Castle there is a Well called Bonewell wherein aâ—e continually found little Fishes Bones but not a Finne seen and being wholly cleansed will notwithstanding have again the like whether naturally produced or in Veines thither brought none knowes Id. p 49. Marcley-Hill in Herefordshire in the â—ear one thousand five hundred seventy one moved it self in thre dayes four hundred Yards without any stay overturned Kingston Chappel and turned two wâ—ves near a hundred paces from their usual Paths p. 49. In the year one thousand four hundred sixty one on the day of the urification of the â—irgin there was a great Battel fought by James â—utâ—er Earl of Ormond against Edward Earl of March betwixt Ludlow and little Hereford before which Bâ—ttel on the same daâ— appeared in the Firmament three Suns which after a while united into one Sp. M. p. 49. Tâ—e Citizens of Coventry having offended their first Lord had their Priviledges infringed and themselves oppressed with many heavy tributes Whose Wife the Lady Godiva pittying their Estatâ— incessantly sued to her Husband for their peace which he granted on this condition that she would ride naked through the Streets of the City at Noon day which she accordingly performed letting down her Hair which covered her Body p. 53. At Newingham Regis in Warwickshire there is a Soveraign Spring against the Stone green Wounds Vlcers and Impostumes The VVater of which if drunk i th Salt looseneâ—h if with Sugar bindeth and turneth sticks that fall into it into stone Sp. M. p. 53. If any Nobleman come into the Mannour of Okam in Rutlandshire he forfeiteth one Shoe of the Horse he rideth as an Homage to the Lord Harrington Lord of it Sp. M. 59. King Henry the second at the siege of Bridge-North had been slain with an Arrow aimed at him had not Sir Hubert Sinclere received it by stepping betwixt the shaft and his Soveraign and so lost his own Life to save his Lords Sp. M. p. 71. At Pitchford in Shropshire in a private mans Yard there is a VVell whereon floateth a thick Scum of Liquid Bitumen which being clear off to day will gather the like to Morrow a lively emblem of our in-being corruption Sp. M. p. 71. King Edgar being in Chester nad the Homage of eight other Kings who rowed his Barge from St. Johns to his Palace himself holding the Helme as their Supreme p. 73. Certain Trees are reported to float in Bagmeere in Cheshire only against the death of the Heir of the Breertons and after to sink and disappear till the next like Occasion At Steingrave a little Village in Yorkshire some seventy years since was caught a Fish called a Sea-man that for certain days fed on raw Fishes but espying his opportunity escaped again into his Watry Element p. 81. There are certain Fields near Whitby in Yorkshire over which Geese flying fall down Speeds Maps p. 81.
being pacified when singing of Mass they came to that Verse Hunc diem gloriosum fecisti there was a loud voice heard in the air Hunc diem bellicosum ego feci which while the generality trembled at the Emperor boldly answered Thou author of all mischief hast made this day troublesom but I through Gods Grace will make it acceptable to the poor And the Mass being ended caused it to be proclaimed that all the provision of Victuals that was provided for himself and his Courtiers should be given to the poor which was accordingly done Gulielm Malmsb. p. 44. In the time of King Edmund a woman was born in the Confines of Normandy with two bodies above the Navil and one below one did laugh and eat and talk the other did weep was hungry and silent The one died three years before the other which by the weight and stench of the dead was at last suffocated Id. p. 48. Etheldretha Wiburga Virgins King Edmund Arch-Bishop Alphege five English Saints whose bodies being deâ—d did not consume Id. p. 49. Edith the Daughter of Edgar having been sometimes dead when they intended to have removed her to a more Honourable place they found her all putrified excepts her Thumb which Dunstan seeing her oft cross her self with prayed might not corrupt and her belly quae sunt infra ventrem at which some wondring the Virgin appeared to one in his sleep and told him that those parts did not putrifie as others hiving not been abused by gluttony or wantonness Id. p. 51. Fulco Earl of Anjou in his old Age minding the welfare of his Soul according to the Religion of those days went in Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and having bound his servants by Oath to do what he should require was by them drawn naked to Christs Sepulcher the Pagans looking on while one drew him with a wooden Yoke put about his neck the other whipt him on the naked back he in the mean time saying Receive O Lord a miserable perjured and Runaway servant vouchsafe to receive my soul O Lord Christ Id. p. 55. In the daies of William the Conqueror in tâ—e City of Nantes there were two Priests of intimate but vitious acquaintance who made this agreement between them That he of them which died first should within thirty daies appear to the Survivor that so they might know whether Epicurus that affirmes the Soul to vanish into air or Plato that maintains it immortal were in the right Not long after one of these Priests dies the Survivor expects him and after tâ—irty daies the dead Priest appears who asking the Survivor whether he knew him was answered Yes and that he was not troubled at his present appearing as at his long absence The dead Priest replied That his present coming could nothing advantage himself who was condemned to eternal torments and when his friend answered that he would give all he had to the poor and Monasteries and fast night and day to relieve him he replied It would be in vain Gods sentence being irreversible But that thou maist learn by it behold some part of my misery He held out his hand sanioso ulcere stillantem and behold saith he this is one of the least of my miseries and the other replying that that seemed but a small thing he sprinkles three drops of it one on each Temple and the third on his Fore-head which with burning heat entring left three holes upon which the living Priest witnessing the greatness of his pains by his crying out the dead replies Lo this is a document of my miseries and shall be except thou neglect it a singular help to thy safety wherefore whilst thou maist change thy mind change thy habit and become a Monk At which when he answered nothing he adds Here wretch read these letters and withall held up his hand engraven with black Characters wherein Satan and his Angels return their hearty thanks to the Church-men of that time who indulging themselves in all sorts of pleasures through their idleness and neglect of Preaching had sent a greater number of Souls to Hell than in former Ages had been Upon this the dead Priest disappeared and the living repented of his wicked life and shore himself a Monk at St. Melanius Gulielm Malms p. 55. Henry the Son of Henry the fourth Emperor in the quarrel of the Pope rose against his own Father but when his Father being dead he himself was Emperor he then maintained the same quarrel abouâ— investiture of Bishops against the Pope which his Father before did Id. 64. Godfry the first Christian King of Jerusalem would never wear any Royal Crown for Honour when Christ wore a Crown by way of scorn and when dying he was demanded whom he would nominate his Successor he would not name any only answered in general He who should be worthy Id. p. 81. Herbert sirnamed Losing having bought of William Rufus the Bishoprick of Thetford and for his Father the Abbey of Winchester a Po t of those daies made on them these verses Surgit in ecclesia Monstrum genitore Losinga Simonidum secta Canonum virtute rejecta Petre nimis tardas nam Simon ad ardua tentat Si praesens esses non Simon ad alta volaret Proh dolor Ecclesiae nummis venduntur aere Filius est Praesul Pater Abbas Simon uterque Quid non speremus si nummos possideamus Omnia nummus habet quod vult facit addit aufert Res nimis injusta Nummis fit Praesul Abbaâ— Id. p. 72. Roger the Son of Tancred Prince of Antioch being taken in a battel by the Turks and required to give up his Sword he answered he would not to any but the Commander in chief as being his equal who holding out his hand to receive the Sword Roger striking at him with all his might cut off his head and then run himself through to avoid slavery p. 85. In the second year of Henry the first King of England when extream long hair was in fashion a Soldier of Quality that took great pride in his hair dream'd that one had strangled him with his locks awaking he cut off what vvas superstuous and by telling his dream and by his example prevailed vvith many for a time to moderation Gulielm Malms p. 99. Herfast Chaplain to William the Conqueror a man of no Learning but greatly conceited coming in great Pomp to the Abbey of Becco Lanfrank the Abbot to refell the mans pride caused an A B C to be layd before him whereby he being provoked laboured and procured from the Conqueror Lanfrank banishment out of Normandy He coming to take his leave hapned to ride upon a lame Horse which moving the Conqueror to laughter occasioned the reversment of his banishment p. 136 Dunewulph was made Bishop of VVinchester by King Alfred who had been formerly a Swinebeard and had then entertained the King unknown in the nature of a servant Will. Malms p. 138. Elphegus Bishop of VVinchester having in one day
bosome of every one of my Subjects who are all ready to venture all for my service Which when the other two Princes heard they answered that in truth it was the most precious Jewel and wealth Luthers Coll. Mens p. 459. Ernestus Prince of Lunenburg complaining to Luther of the immeasurable drinking that was at Courts Luther replying that Princes ought to look thereto Ah Sir said he we that are Princes do so our selves otherwise it would long since have gone down Manent exempla regentum In Vulgus When the Abbot throweth the Dice the whole Convent will play Idem p. 459. Alphonsus King of Aragon besieging Cajeta and being advised to kill the women and children that were turned out of the City answered God preserve me from so doing I would not practise such Tyranny for the whole Kingdom of Naples were it worth ten times more than it is And Frederick Prince of Saxony being perswaded to besiege Erfort and told that the taking of it would not cost the life of five men he answered that the life of one man to be there lost was too much Luther Coll. Mens p. 462. Maximilian the Emperour said of himself that he was King of Kings because his Subjects would obey him no farther than they pleased That the French King was King of Asses the King of England King of men Idem p. 463. When the men of Antwerp caused to be wrought in a fair and rich piece of Arras the battail fought before Pavia in which the French King was taken Prisoner and offered it as a present to the Emperour Charles the fifth he refused to accept of it saying unto them that he rejoyced not at the miseries of other Princes and people Idem p. 465. John Prince of Saxony had six Pages attending on him in his Chamber that every day read to him six hours out of the Bible Idem p. 467. When Charles the Fifth Emperour read the Protestant confession at Auspurgh he openly spake these words I would wish that this Doctrine were taught throughout the world Prince George likewise expressed his liking of it had it come from the Pope but he would not receive it of a run-away Friar Idem p. 468. Luther not long before his death sent a fair Glass to Doctour Justus Jonas and therewith these following Verses Dat vitrum vitro Jonae vitrum ipse Lutherus Se similem ut fragili noscat uterque vitro Idem p. 471. Tamerlain when he laid Siege to a City or Fort first erected a white Flag thereby offering Peace the second time a red to signify blood Thirdly he shewed them a black Ensigne denoting devastation and destruction Idem p. 488. When Darius King of Persia propounded peace to Alexander he refused to accept thereof Then Parmenio his chief Counsellour said If I were Alexander I would accept of it Alexander replied so would I if I were Parmenio intimating that what becometh one doth not another Idem p. 488. Luther relates this Law-case A Miller had an Ass which ran out of his Yard and came to a River side where he went into a Fisherman Boat that was in the River and would drink thereout but the Boat being not tyed swam away with the Ass insomuch that the Miller lost his Ass and the Fisher his Boat The Miller thereupon complained of the Fisher in that he neglected to tye his Boat fast the Fisher accuseth the Miller for not keeping his Ass at home and desired satisfaction for his Boat Now the question is what the Law is Who was in fault Took the Ass the Boat away or the Boat the Ass Luther Coll. Mens p. 496. Demosthenes perswading the Grecians against Philip of Macedon did them harm by this false argument Who hath an evil cause hath no good Fortune since the greater Knave the greater Luck Idem p. 449. The Hebrew tongue is necessary for a Divine for though the New â—estament be written in Greek yet it is full of the Hebrew kind of speaking Hence it is truly said the Hebrews drink out of the Fountains the Grecians out of the Streams the Latines out of Pits Idem p. 502. Luther passing a Censure on himself Erasmus Carlstad and Melancthon thus expresseth himself Res verba Philippus Verba sine re Erasmus Res sine verbis Lutherus Nec res nec verba Carolastadius Idem p. 510. A Jew resolved to be baptized but would first go to Rome Luther disswaded him from going fearing lest he should be scandalized by the wickedness he would see there But the Jew went and when he had sufficiently seen abominable practices he returned and desired to be Baptized For saith he I will willingly serve the God of the Christians whom he said was a patient God that could endure and forbear notwithstanding such wickedness and villany as Rome was full of Idem p. 518. Candia was very much infested with Robbers The Venetian State set forth a Proclamation that they would receive to favour all such that should come in and bring wi h them the Head of ano her by which means one VVretch killed another and he Island was rid of those Vipers Idem p. 524. All things are not every where to be spoken To illustrate which Luther relates this Fable The Lion called into his stinking Den many Beasts and asked them how they liked his Royal Palace The VVolf answered it stinketh the Lion killed him The Ass answered it smelt very well tha â—ion killed him But the Fox being askâ— answered I have got such a Cold I smell nothing Luthers Mens Col. p. 532. John Huss in the year 1415. as he was to be burned at Constance said This day you roast a Goose but a hundred years hence you shall hear a Swan Him you shall not be able to roast nor overcome Huss signifies a Goose and Luther a Swan Now â—uther began to oppose the Pope 1515. and died peaceably in his Bed 1546. Idem p. 534. Publick Persons Magistrates and Ministers should hold their places as Fleta reports it was â—he Honour of the Judges of England about Edward the first 's time Nec prece nec precio nec premio Such as Joshua was to be wise and valiant and to resolve as Luther did to despise while doing their duty all opposition who when news was brought to him that both Pope and Emperor threatned his Ruine answered Contemptus est à me Româ—nus favor fervor Boltons 4 last things Eple When the Memory of the Just is blessed the Name of the VVicked shall rot of whom it may be said what of Pope Boniface the eighth He entred as a Fox he reigned as a Lion and went out as a Dog Mr. Boltons life Mr. Bolton before his Conversion hearing Mr. Perkins whose plain and sound Doctrin meeting in him with a curious Palate and unsanctified Heart quite turned his Stomach against thaâ— good Man and pronounced him a barren empty Fellow and a passing mean Scholer Though Keckerman and Bishop Abbot pronounce him Doctissimum
it was to Crown the Scottish King in her Brothers absence had stolen from her Husband with all his light Horses to set the Crown on Bruces head being taken by Edward the second was set in a wooden Cage made Crown-wise on the Walls of Barwick Castle for all to wonder at 561. The Scots at Bancksborn obtained a famous Victory over the English under Edward the second by this stratagem Before their Battalions they digged certain Trenches three foot deep and three foot broad which having fixed sharp stakes in them with their points upwards they covered so with hurdles that foot men treading warily might pass but not Horse in which King Edward's Cavalry were intrapped and so miserably slain and the battel lost King Edward the second having put to death Thomas Earl of Lancaster a Courtier of mean birth being condemned many potent Favorites pressed the King on his behalf The King brake forth into these most vehement words A Plague upon you for cursed whisperers malicious backbiters wicked Counsellors Intreat you for the life of a most notorious Knave who the longer he lives the more Villanies will he commit and would not speak a word for the life of my near kinsman the noble Earl Thomas He shall therefore dye the death he hath deserved Id. p. 569. When Queen Isabel rose in rebellion against King Edward the second her husband Adam de Olton Bishop of Hereford her bosome Counsellor at Oxford chose this Text My head my head aketh 2 King 4.19 On which he delivered to them the reason of the Queens coming with an Army concluding more like a Butcher than a Divine That an aking and sick head of a Kingdom was of necessity to be taken off and not to be tampered with by any other Physick Speeds Hist p. 574. The Commission sent to put Edward the second to death was a witty but wicked Amphibology being written and left uncomma'd in these words Edvardum occidere nolite timere bonum est which being comma'd after Timere was a command after Nolite was a prohibition and so occasioned the death of the King and the Ruine of those that did it p. 579. Edmund Earl of Kent by the practice of his Enemies was condemned to death for endeavouring to set at liberty his brother King Edward the second who was dead before and had his head stricken off at Winchester Castle Gate having stood from noon till five at night and none found to behead him till a base wretch of the Marshalsea was sent and did it p. 579. Edward the third in his Minority being over-ruled by Mortimer things went much to wrack on which was made this Rime Long beards heartless painted Hoods witless Gay Coates graceless make England thriftless When the Sea forces of Edward the third had spoiled the Abbey of St. Colmes in Scotland the whole Fleet as a punishment for that sacrilege was battered with a tempest and some of them perisht At another time the like sacrilege being perpetrated the ship in which the sacrilegious goods were sunk into the bottom without any Tempest Id. p. 581. When Edward the third and Philip of Valois had brought two mighty Armies of an hundred thousand men apiece into the Field to face one another by the mediation of Jane of Valois Sister to Philip and Mother in Law to Edward they withdrew and struck not a stroak Speeds H. p. 585. Small matters many times occasion great effects Edward the third King of England dancing with the beautiful Lady Joan Countess of Salisbury her Garter falling off the King took it up at which the Nobles smiling the King seriously said it should not be long before there should be Soveraign honour done to that Silken Tie whereupon he instituted the honor of the Garter whose Motto is Honi soit qui mal y pense p. 588. The black Prince at the battel of Cressy being overpressed and in danger the Lords that were with him sent to his Father to come and succour him Who made this answer Let them send no more to me for any adventure that may befall while my Son is alive But let him either vanquish or dye because the honor of this brave day shall be his if God suffer him to live p. 590. King Edward the third besieging Callis the Enemy turned forth fifteen hundred of the poorer sort whom the good King turned not back but relieved them with victuals and money and suffered them safely to pass through his Camp Speeds Hist 591. Henry Earl of Lancaster at the taking of the Town of Brigerack by assault had permitted every Souldier to seize any House and to convert the same and what was in it to his own proper use A certain Souldier named Reeth having broken into a House where the Moneyors had stowed all the Moneys of the Country not thinking that the Generals pleasure was that so great a Treasure should be converted to a private use He acquainted the General with it who answered That the House and all therein was his according as he had first proclaimed let them be worth what they would And when the Souldier again told him of the great Treasure there found He replied What tellest thou me of the greatness of the Treasure Go take enjoy For to give then to take it back again is childs play I have once said and my word being once passed cannot with honor be revoked Speeds Hist p. 592. It is observed of King Edward the third that he had alwayes fair weather in his passage into Erance and foul weather in his return p. 593. Henry Pecard Lord Mayor of London at one time feasted four Kings viz. of England Scotland France and Cyprus p. 594. A terrible tempest that destroyed many horse and men in Edward the third's Army occasioned him to encline to agreements of peace which before he was utterly averse to p. 595. Edward Son to the Earl of Cambridge married the daughter of the King of Portugal but afterwards neither would the Earl leave his Son behind as suspecting the Portugals Faith nor the other entrust his daughter to the Earl so that they remained disjoyned in body however united in Ceremony Wat Tylers Companions in an holy outrage burning the Savoy threw one of their felâ—ows into the flames because he had thrusts piece of stollen plaâ—â— into his bosome p. 607. When Richarâ— the second entered Scotland the Scâ—ts had so retired thâ—mselves and all their goods that when the English came they could see no quick then left but Owles 611. A Monk bestows this Epitaph on Wicklif The Divels Instrument Churches Enemy Peoples Confusion Hereticks Idol Hypocrites mirrour Schismes broacher Hatreds sower Lies Forger Flatteries sink who at his death despaired like Cain and stricken by the horrible judgment of God breathed forth his wicked Soul to the dark mansions of the black Divel Whereby Gods children may learn not to regard while they live the malice nor to expect after their death ought else but the
him to death instead of the said Picard Which being after made knovvn to the Kings Council the Provost vvas put to the like death Id. p. 188. In the year of our Lord one thousand three hundred sixty one were seen two Castles in the Air one in the East the other in the West Out of which at Noon-tide appeared two Hosts of men to issue forth what came from the East appeared White the other Black which encountred each other and the White that seemed at first to be Victorious at last was worsted and so it disappeared Id. p. 245. In the year of our Lord One thousand three hundred ninety six upon the death of Gregory the Eleventh were chosen two Popes Urban the Sixth by the Italians and Clement the Seventh by the French Which double Head of the Romish Synagogue continued by several Elections thirty nine years Fabian p. 262. At the Siege of the Rock of Arnan in Brittaine kept by the English the Commander of the French hung a Purse and fifty Scutes of Gold on a Speares End with promise that who first entered the Town should have the said fifty Scutes of Gold which so encouraged the Souldiers that within four hours they entred and took it Id. p. 277. In a Parliament held in England in the twelfth year of Edward the Third and in the year of our Lord one thousand three hundred thirty seven it was Enacted that no man should wear any manner of Silk in Gown Coat or Doublet which could not spend of good Rents an hundred pound by the year Id. p. 214. When John King of France was Prisoner in England the three Estates of Languedock ordained that no man should wear any Furres of any great price and that women should leave their rich Attire off their heads and wear neither Pearl nor Gold upon them nor Silver upon their Girdles so long as the King remained Prisoner and also that all manner of Minstrells for that season should be put to silence Fabian p. 284. Charles King of Navar being a man of great Age and very feeble was by Counsel of Physicians sowed in a sheet washed with Aqua-Vitae to revive heat in him He that sowed the sheet taking a Candle to burn off the end of the thread suddainly the Aqua-Vitae inflamâ—d and so burnt his flesh that he shortly after died with it p. 361. Certain Noblemen disguising themselves in Linnen clothes glued to their bodies with Pitch and coloured with Oyl entred into the presence of Charles the seventh of France to make him disport by Torch-light which Garments suddenly took fire and the disguisers after much torment with great difficulty by running into waters saved themselves Fabian p. 363. Henry the fourth doing his devotions at St. Edwards Shrine vvas suddenly taken sick and so carried into the Abbots Lodging where enquiring what the Chamber in which he lay was call'd it being answered Jerusalem He presently replied I know I shall now die it being foretold him that he should die in Jerusalem and so he did p. 389. William Mandevil a Weaver of Abington having raised a Commotion against King Henry the sixth give out in a vaunting manner that he would make Priests-heads as cheap as Sheeps-heads and sell three for a penny but was himself taken Hang'd Drawn and Quarter'd Id. p. 422. IMMANUEL Historical Collections Century XII THe English and French fighting one named Bonsapriest a French Knight for fear fled and hid himself in a Covert of Bushes till the fight was ended two English men their party having the worst fled into the same Covâ—rt by whom the Knight perceiving that the French had the better he became so Couragious that he forced the said Englishmen to become his Prisoners and with them entred the French Host and bare a Countenance as if he had won them in the aforesaid fight but when his demeanour was known he was had in great derision and by the chief Captain deprived of his Prisoners Fabian p. 429. In the year of our Lord one thousand four kindred thirty six all the Lions in the Tower died which had continued a long season there Id. p. 454. In the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and thirty nine died Sir Robert Chichley who had been twice Lord Mayor of London who by his Will appointed that on his mind day a good dinner should be provided for two thousand four hundred poor men and two pence a piece to be bestowed on them Id. p. 436. Charles the eighth of France having concluded a Marriage between his daughter Magdaline and Ladislaus King of Bohemia while the Bride with great Pomp was conveighed toward her intended Husband he was taken suddainly with sickness and died Id. p. 478. Lewes the eleventh King of France Warring against Charles Duke of Burgoigne committed the charge of his Army to John Balna Priest and Cardinal whereat the Temporal Lords disdaining the Earl of Damptmartin in their name said to the King Most Soveraign Lord it hath pleased your Highness to commit to a Spiritual man the charge of this Host and he not fearing God hath taken it upon him to the effusion of Christian blood wherefore may it like your most noble Grace to send me a Temporal man to visit his Diocess and to take the charge of his Flock which is as fit for me as the other is for him Of the which the King made game but did as to him seemed best Fabian p. 486. Charles the eighth of France being troubled with the Leprosy he commanded to be brought before him all the cunning Musicians that by their Melody he might be eased but when he had assembled a hundred and twenty yet a few Shepherds Pipes vvere to him more solace than all the other and therefore commanded them every day at a certain distance from the place he lay to play to him Fab. p. 491. One Mr. Dominick Physician to King Edward the fourth assured him that the Queen was conceived of a Son This Physician when the Queen vvas in travail vvaited in the second chamber that he might be the first that might bring tidings to the King of the birth of the Prince And when he heard the child cry he called secretly at the Chamber door to know what the Queen had To whom it was answered by one of the Ladies Whatsoever the Queens Grace hath here within sure it is that a Fool standeth there without And so confused with that answer he departed without seeing the King for that time Fab. p. 496. One William Colingborn Esquire being condemned for making this Rime on King Richard the third The Cat the Rat and Lovel our Dog Rule all England under the Hog vvas put to a most cruel death for being hanged and cut down alive his bowels ript out and cast into the fire when the Executioner put his hand into the bulk of the body he said Lord Jesus yet more trouble and so died to the geat sorrow of much people Id. p. 519. In the
Consecrated three Monks Priests viz. Dunstan Ethelwold and Ethelstan prophesied that the two first should be Bishops and the third an Impious Apostate which accordingly came to pass Id. p. 138. The Monks and Clergy of Durham being met in the days of King Ethelred to choose their Bishops they being divided it happened to be present one Edmund a man of comely presence but mean literature who in a jesting manner said Choose me and make me Bishop they accepting this though spoken in jest as a Heavenly designation agreed all in the choice of him who proved above what was expected a profitable Pastor Id. p. 157. VVaâ—stan Bishop of VVorcester in the time of VVilliam the Conqueror a man of great simplicity and integrity when he was perswaded instead of Lambskins to wear Catskins answered That he had never heard sung Cattus Dei but Agnus Dei and therefore would not change and when in his time the Church which Saint Oswald had meanly built was more stately re-edified all the rest rejoyced he was sorrowful and being asked the reason answered That former Holy men were careless of stately walls but careful of Christian souls but we neglect them and for our own glory raise magnificent structures Id. 159. VValter Bishop of Hereford in the Raign of VVilliam the Conqueror attempting to force the Chastity of a woman who being a Semster was out of pretence of cutting out work brought into his chamber was by her with her Scissers thrust into the belly with which he died Id. p. 163. Remigius translating his Sea from Dorchester in Oxfordshire to Lincolne having built his C urch and intending to consecrate it procured from the Conqueror his Royal Edict to convene all the Bishops of England to that solemnity only Robert of Hereford refused to come and declared the cause thâ—t he knew by the starres that that Church should not be consecrated in the life-time of Remigius which accordingly came to pass he dying the morrow before the solemnity vvas to be performed VV. Malms p. 165. A Barbarous Dane taking away a costly Herse-cloth that covered the Tomb of St. Ethelred and striking the marble of her Tomb with a Pickax intending a farther violence a small piece of the broken Marble flew up into his Eye and kill'd him He falling dead his Companions left him and the rest of the Sepulchres untoucht Id. p. 167. When Titus was reproved by his Friends for his over-much liberality he made this noble answer That it was not fitting that any Suitor should go sad away from the presence of an Emperor And when Trajan was blamed for beâ—ng too courteous and affable he answered that â—e would so carry himself being Emperor towards his subjects as he would have them towards him if they were Emperors and he a Subject W. Huntingd. 174. Huntingdom gives Constantine the Great this Commendation that in the beginning of his Empire he was to be compared to the best of Princes in the end puft up with prosperity to the middle sort Id. 177. When Genserick besieged Hippo St. Austin the Bishop thereof that he might not see the destruction of his City died the third month of the siege Id. Ibid. The Saxons and Picts joyning against the Britains the Britains implored the aid of Saint German who coming to them undertook the Conduct of the Army and when the battels were on joyning he commanded all his Army to cry out three times Allelujah which was no sooner the third time pronounced but the enemies fled and left a most glorious but bloodless Victory to the Britains Id. 178. In the last year of Cedwald King of Mercia there was a great fight between Birds and in the daies of King Henry the second in Normandy near Roan above a thousand Birds were found dead before the battel wherein Henry the King of England fled and left a most glorious but bloodless victory to the Britains H. Huntingd. f. 178. When Cedda Bishop of the West Saxons had excommunicated a noble man for his unlawful Marriage King Sigebert notwithstanding went to this noble mans House and dined with him whereat the Bishop being offended told the King that he should die in that House which accordingly came to pass the same noble man conspiring against him and killing of him Id. f. 191. William Rufus in the sixth year of his raign falling dangerously sick gave freely the Archbishoprick of Canterbury to Anselm and other preferments to others but being recovered repented his goodness and became worse than before and extorted from Robert Bluet to whom he had given the Bishoprick of Lincoln five thousand pound Id. f. 213. Godfry Duke of Bovillon fighting against the Infidels in the time of the Holy Wars cut off an Infidel in the middle so that one part fell into the ground the lower part was carried by the Horse he sate on into his armes At the sight of which he astonished hastily fled H. Hunt 7. f. 215. In the raign of Henry the first in a Council held by Anselm where the Clergy of England were forbid to marry a course though some thought holy yet by others judged dangerous lest whilst they aspired after a Purity above their strength they should as after they did fall into abominable and unnatural filthiness Id. 217. Queen Mawd the wife of King Henry the first hath this Commendation left her Prospera non laetam fecêre nec aspera tristem Aspera Risus ei Prospera error erant Non decor effecit fragilem nec sceptra superbam Sola potens humilis sola pudica decens Thus in English When prosperous not o'rejoy'd when crost not sad Things flourishing made her fear adverse made glad Sober though fair lowly though in throne plac't Great and yet humble beautiful yet chast King Stephen immediately before his fight at Lincoln with Robert Earl of Glocester bastard brother to Mawd the Empress as he was offering the VVax-Candle broke in his hand and the Pix fell down and broke and the Sacrament fell out which was apprehended as a foretoken of the Kings discomfiture in battel H. Huntingt f. 224. Ethelward King of the VVest Saxons and Monarch of England in the year of our Lord eight hundred fifty and five gave unto God for the Maintenance of his VVorship the tenth of all his land Roger Hoveden f. 232. Pleasures undo men at any time but to meet them at first iâ— most danger Craesus counselled Cyrus if he meant to hold the Lydians in Slavery he should then teach them to sing and play and drink and dance and dally and that would do it without his endeavour Ovids Fable of Argus points to this Wherein compare the Divel to Mercury his Pipe to pleasure Argus to man his hundred eyes to our care his falling asleep to our security Io to the Soul his transformation to the curse of God The moral is this The Divel with pleasure pipes man into Security and steals away his Soul and leaves him to the wrath of Heaven This