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The famous historie of Albions queene VVherein is discoursed King Edwards ielosie, Queene Katherines chastetie, the Duke of Suffolkes loyaltie, and the Barron of Buckinghams treacherie.
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R. G., fl. 1600.
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1600
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STC 11502; ESTC S105725
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natures of English-men be euermore such that they wil not indure nor sustame the burthens of any forraine Prince In the reformation of which rule they did not onely dispirse suâ—â—y infamous slaunders against him throughout the whole â—â—untrey but also trayterously conspired the finall distruction of his life which wilfull treacheries might haue easely bin preuented had not Lord Essricke misliked the sweete and pleasant mariage estate of virtuous Siluia his wife for after hir company became loathsome to his good liking the dominion could not long continue vnhazarded Lord Essricke was not only now led with an ambitious and princely desire but also had his affections ouer mastered with witlesse cogitations feruently burning with the strange Iust of the English Ladies and being thus vainely intended he disdayned the comely beauty and honorable personage of faire Siluia whereby bright gold seemed drosse pure wine reputed stinking water and the pleasant flowers before smelling sweetely were now esteemed stinking weedes Thus his holsome senses being corrupted with lust faire Siluias vertues in his eyes seemed nothing delightsome so loathsome he accompted her presence to his company that he dayly practised a meane wherby she might be dispatched but at last after many deuises touching her death he consulted about the same with a doctor of Phisicke who although well qualletied and singulerly experienced deepely seene in that noble and reuerent science yet a couetous gaine and a desire of estimation as a lewde instrument to any vile purpose puffed him vp and made him consent to the ouerthrow and fatall finishyng of the sweete and tender life of Lady Siluia who hauing receiued an earnest of a rich rewarde from Lord Essricke he prepared a fatall potion to cast her into her euerlasting sleepe The which Potion or rather deadly Poyson being no sooner ministred by the Phisitian and receiued by faire Siluia but presently she was drowned in a deadly and vnwakefull sleepe wherein her vitall senses were so mortified that her sweete body loosing both strength and operation yeelded vp her dellicate life without hope of â—â—â—ouerie The vncertaintie of Siluias death being reported abroad caused many doubtfull surmises to be made some one way some another of her tragicall end but yet to salue this contagious sore Lord Essricke her husband by proclamation published throughout the dominion of England her honorable and liberall Funerall the which was openly solemnized in the cittie of London not only to creepe into the fauours of the vulgar sort of people but also to cloake and burie the murther vp in hidden secrecie by which cunning meanes he thought the more safer to climbe to the highest top of the Kingdome without either stop or impedimented stay by any one whatsoeuer After the honorable funerall of Lady Siluia was finished and her dellicate body intombed in the grauelled earth certaine English Priestes by a generall speach dayly giuen out by the common sort heard reported that Lady Siluia was buried by her husbandes appoyntment with great store of treasure about her to the attayning thereof to the number of fourtie officiall Priestes in a night secretly attempted to digge vp the Ladyes body thereby to inrich themselues with inestimable store of treasure that all their liues afterward might be stored with plentie of wealth But now to put this exployet and vile enterprise in practise in the mddle houre of the night they met all together at Siluâ—â—es Tombe where they speedely delued digged vp her sanctified body the which being taken vp they perceiued their intentes to be frustrate and missing the gaiue of that which they most desired they sodainly departed and lett the coarse naked vpon the bare ground the which so openly was left to be seene of euery one that all the beholders might easely perceuie that she had her death contriued by the violence of poyson The body of Sâ—â—â—ia being thus priuily vntombed present newes of the same was transported to he hearing of Lord Essricke who fearing his vnnaturall murthering of her daintie life would be brought in publique question to the worlde therfore presently sending for the Phisitian whose counsell he chiefly reâ—uired in this cause and diligently fadomed the deapth thereof how Lord Essricke might best regard his owne person defend his credite and possesse the Kingdome in the honour of the people But now such was the frawdullem attempts of these two secret murtherers by inâ—â—â—sition they found that the conspiracie treason in digging vp of Siluias body proceeded from the English Prelacie for which fact most execrable crueitie was prepared for them for by the worthy and diligent search and the Phisitians pollecie the general number of those English priestes which were at the fact doing were found out taken and apprehended and by order of law put to death Thus were the end of the said wicked Prelates who at their dying howers inwardly mourned and greeuously lamented their misspent lyues and their ill disguysed manners in the religion which they professed before God whose soules were drawned in the lake of couetousnes extortion in pride letcherie and ambition which Priestes were the rather put to death because the common sort of people dayly complayned of their wicked conuersations then their wilfull practises at faire Siluias Tombe Lord Essricke to throw him selfe into the fauour of the vulgar sort as well to disguise his owne leawd life as to appease the peoples murmurations he made a resolute determination vtterly to displease the religious Prelates all which nothing preuayled to couer his wickednes or make him the better liked amongst the ruder people whose natures alwayes loatheth and mislyketh strange vnnaturall gouernments yet this was the Phisitians counsell to tame and chastice the manners of the people which cannot be performed sayd he except by cruelty tirrany inissgouernment vsurpation taxes heauie tributes and such lyke all other gentle meanes helped not but rather made them more fircer and in manners and conditions the more ruder But now discourse we againe of the vertuous Queene Katherine that in the middest of there troubles in England had her fame and renowne made lorious in forraigne Nations for during her abode in the Normaine Court shee preferred the late Lorde high Marshalls daughter of England to Duke Robert in marriage estate who not long before had buried his Dutchesse and committed her vertuous spirit to the mighty and supernall maiesty of heauen This young Lady which nowe the Normaine Duke had matched withall by the motion and preferment of Queen Katherine was the Lorde Marshals daughter whose father spent the best bloud of his heart and yeelded his life with his famely in the right and defence of Queene Katherines chastery as you heard before discouered in the beginning of the history in recompence wherof the Queene thus preferred and aduanced his onely child and daughter being of long time vnder her tuition educated in honorable manner instructed But now by the appointment of the immortal powers of heauen Queene Katherine