being deceased hee obtained a place amongst them of the Fleet-Royall to reade Prayer a short time after he was chosen Deacon being made Vicar of Vpnore vpon the Riuer Medway where the Nauy lay at Road he was constrained by pouerty to place his sonne with a neighbouring Pylote who by daily exercise hardened him to the Saylors labours in a little Barke wherewith hee sayled vp and downe the Coast guided Ships in and out of Harbours and sometimes transported Merchandize into France and Zeland This young man being diligent and plyable gaue such testimony of his care and diligence to the old Pylote that he dying issuelesse in his Will bequeathed as a Legacy the Barke to him wherewith Drake hauing gathered a pretty some of money and receiuing intelligence that Iohn Hawkins made preparation of certaine Ships at Plimouth for the voyage of America which was called the New-World he made sale of his Barke and accompanied with certaine braue and able Mariners he left Kent and ioyned his labours and fortunes with Hawkins in the yeere 1567. but with vnfortunate successe For the English being as is related surprized by the Spaniards in the Port of Saint Iohn de Vllua hee with the losse of all his meanes hardly escaped Fiue yeeres after that is to say in the yeere 1572. hauing gathered together a sufficient summe of money by his traffique and Pyracy with an intent to recouer his losses which he had receiued by the Spaniards which a Preacher of the Nauy easily perswaded him to be lawfull he made a voyage the second time into America with a Ship of Warre called the Dragon with two other small Ships without the knowledge of any but his Companions where hee surprized a Towne called Nombre de Dios in the passage to the I le Dariene which he presently lost Then receiuing intelligence by the fugitiue Negro's which are called Cimarons that certaine Mule-driuers were to transport a great quantity of Gold and Siluer to Panama hee set vpon them and pillaged them vpon the way carrying the Gold into his Ships but the Siluer because he could not commodiously transport it ouer the Mountaines he left it and buried part thereof in the ground after that hee burned a large Store-house of Merchandize called the CROSSE vpon the Riuer Chirague And as he sometimes made excursions vpon the neighbouring places he discouered from the top of high mountaines the South Sea hereupon he was so inflamed with a desire of glory and wealth that hee burned with an earnest longing to sayle into those parts and in the same place falling vpon his knees he heartily implored the Diuine assistance to enable him that he might one day arriue in those Seas and discouer the secrets of them and to this he bound himselfe with a religious vow From that time forward was his minde night and day troubled and as it were excited and pricked forward with goads to performe and acquite himselfe of this Vow Now beeing abundantly rich silently reuolued these thoughts in his minde Iohn Oxenham who in the former voyages had beene a Souldier Mariner and Cooke vnder him hauing by his valour obtained the name of Captaine among the Saylors to tread in the foot-steps of his Masters fortune in taking the Mules loaden with wealth and to sayle the Australe or Meridian-Sea he in the yeere 1563. begun to sayle in those places with a Ship onely and equipage of seuentie men where being arriued hee communicated his designe to the Negro's and learning out that those Mule-driuers who vsed to transport riches to Panama were conueyed with armed men brought his Ship to Land hiding her vnder thicke bowes in place secure causing likewise his greatest Cannons to be brought ashoare with victuals and prouision afterwards he and his people with tenne Negro's who were their Guides in that Countrey came to a Riuer which ends in the Meridian-Sea and there cut Trees wherewith they built a small Ship with which he traded in the Iland called Margaret which abounds in Pearles situated in the same Sea and not farre off in which hauing stayed tenne daies for the Ships comming from Perou he tooke one which carried sixty pound weight of Gold and another with an hundred pound weight of Siluer and in those Ships hee returned into the said Riuer This Prize being soone diuulged by those Spaniards which Iohn Oxenham had released and set on shoare Iohan Ortega a Spaniard forthwith pursued him with an hundred men and finding that there was three waies to enter the Riuer hee stayed a time not knowing which to take but at last he plainely discouered Oxenhams trace by reason of the number of feathers of such Fowles and Hens as the English had eaten which were swimming vpon the water and following them he found the Gold among the bushes and thickets and the English in discord and strife about the bootie who neuerthelesse prouiding to their common necessity fell vpon the Spaniards who were in greater number for the most part of the English were killed and the rest were taken among which Iohn Oxenham who was brought to LIMA and there examined whether he were entred into the King of Spaines Dominions with Queene ELIZABETH's leaue and permission or no and not able to satisfie them with any answere hee was most lamentably put to death and cruelly executed as a Pyrat and common enemy of humane kinde with the Pylot and others and thus his worthy enterprize was preuented which was both great and memorable Drake not knowing what was become of Oxenham that he might get into the South Sea which hee still meditated vpon and try his fortune there departs from Plimouth the thirteenth of December 1577. with fiue ships and one hundred sixtie three men of which number there were scarce two who knew his designe or whither they were bound and arriued on the fiue and twentieth at Canten a Cape or Promontory in Barbary then hauing refreshed themselues at Maio a very pleasant Iland and abounding with sweet Grapes at San-Iacobina they tooke a Portugal laden with Wine and hauing set the Mariners a shoare carryed the vessell with N. la Forest the Pylote away with them to serue them for a watch and skout vpon the Coasts of Brasil which were well knowne vnto him From thence he passed to the I le of Folgo which casteth out sulphurous flames and from thence to la Braue vnder which the Mariners assure vs that the Sea is very high And as he came vnder the Equinoctiall prouiding for the health of his people causeth euery one of them to be let blood and after hauing bin long becalmed and endured much Lightening and Thunder he found he had made very little or no way in three weekes and been 55. daies without seeing any Land vntill in the end he discouered the Countrie of Brasill The 26. of Aprill being entered the riuer of Plate they saw an infinite number of Sea-calues and from thence being
or enterprize ought in France the King according to equitie would chastise them but whatsoeuer they had done in England the King would neither enquire after nor execute the Law vpon them That all Kingdomes were free and open to fugitiues and that euery King should labour to defend the liberties of his Kingdome That ELIZABETH her selfe had not long before receiued into her Realme Montgomerie the Prince of Conde and others of the French Nation And that at that time Seguri the King of Nauarre his Ambassador remained in England plotting new deuices against the King of France Whilst these things past on Bernardin Mendoza Spaines Ambassador in England secretly past into France murmuring and raging as if he contrarie to the right of Ambassie had beene forc'd out of England being indeed a man of violent and turbulent nature and hauing himselfe abused the holy and sacred rights of Ambassadors did deserue according to the opinion of many after the ancient seueritie to bee pursued with sword and fire Hee was commanded to depart the Realm because he had intermixt himselfe amongst those wicked conspiracies with Throckmorton and others that laboured for the bringing in of Strangers into England and dispossessing of the Queene for which being gently reproued he in stead of excusing and purging himselfe by a modest reply accused the Queene and her Councel about the money which was detained from the Geneuois for the aide and succours which were sent to the States of the Netherlands to the Duke of Anjou and to Antonio King of Portugall and also for the Pyracies of Drake But lest the King of Spaine should thinke the rights of Embassie vvere violated by this and not the offence of Mendoza reuenged W. Waade one of the Queenes Councell for the expedition of Letters was dispatched into Spaine there plainely to demonstrate how mischieuously Mendoza had behaued himselfe in his Ambassage And to signifie likewise lest the Queene should be thought by returning of Mendoza to renounce the ancient friendship between the Kingdomes that she was ready to performe all Offices of humanitie towards him if the King in Mendoza's place would send any other more carefull for the maintaining of friendship prouided that the like might be performed to her Ambassador in Spaine But the King disdaining to receiue or conferre with Waade referred him to his Councell Whereat Waade somewhat incensed boldly declared that it had beene an ancient custome ouer all that the Ambassadors should bee admitted to speake in presence euen of their enemies and in time of Warre And that the Emperor Charles the fifth father of the King gaue admittance to the Herald that denounced warre against him from the King of France refusing to impart to the Councell the tenour of his Ambassie Now Idiac Secretarie to the King of Spaine endeuoured himselfe much to come to the knowledge of those matters but his Art and policies failing him hee was fully instructed out of France of the whole passage by Mendoza Whereupon laying aside the quality of a publike person he familiarly declared to Waade that to his griefe hee saw many men which bent all their studies to breake and seuer with mischieuous deuices the Leagues and amity of Princes and to increase their enmities That the iniury was done to the King of Spaine himselfe and not to Ambassadors first on the person of Dispez and then of Mendoza That there was no reason why he should any more accuse Mendoza to the King that had receiued for his fault if hee committed any sufficient punishment being so ignominiously and disgracefully sent backe That the Catholique King had dealt iustly in rendering like for like and as the Queene had dismissed Mendoza without hearing but appointed him to bee heard by her Councell the King in like manner had appointed him to the Cardinall Granuellan To this Waade made answer that there was a large difference between himselfe that had neuer giuen the least distaste to the Catholike King and Mendoza who had highly grieuously offended the Queene hauing insolently a great space disdained and refused to come neere her and committed many things vnfitting and vnworthy an Ambassador Notwithstanding all this Waade could not bee admitted but returned into England without being heard All those crimes for the most part which were obiected against Mendoza were taken out of the confession of Throckmorton For when Throckmorton saw himselfe at the point of being apprehended hee sent vnto Mendoza a little trunke wherein were contained his secrets neuerthelesse his other trunkes being diligently searched there were found two Catalogues in one of which were contained the names of the Ports which were most appropriate and conuenient for the landing of their troopes in the other the names of such Noblemen in England as did entertaine and imbrace the Roman Religion Which Catalogues when hee saw produced he cryed out aloud that they were things suborned and that he neuer saw them before that time and that they were purposely inserted into his trunke by some that plotted his destruction and being tortured to force him confesse hee still persisted but tortures being applyed the second time he confessed all that he knew and being examined touching the Catalogues to what end they were written he made this Declaration THat a few yeares since taking his iourney to the waters of Spaw with one Ieney and Englefield they consulted among themselues of the meanes by which England might bee inuaded of the strangers and the forme of the gouernment changed and to that end the names of the Ports and Noblemen were set downe in those Catalogues That Morgan had signified to him by Letters out of France that the Catholique Princes had already deliberated vpon the inuasion and by the auspicious succours of the Duke of Guise to set at libertie the Queene of Scots the Guise wanting nothing but money and some helping hands in England That to procure these things C. Paget vnder the assumed name of Mopus was sent into Sussex where the Guise had determined first to land his troops That he had communicated the businesse and shewed the names of the Ports and Noblemen to Mendoza who was now perfectly instructed by the rect of the conspiracie Neither doth he deny that hee had promised his owne helpe and industry And had also aduertised Mendoza with what Noblemen being a publique personage he might conferre with with whom he himselfe being but a priuate man could not without danger hold parley And with him found the meanes by some of the principall Catholiques to take vp souldiers in the Queenes name then when the stranger forces should ariue to bee ioyned with them These things he freely confessed Neuerthelesse being accused publikely in the Court at London hee precisely denied all affirming that hee had spoken out of his owne inuention and not the truth onely to free himselfe from the tortures againe and openly accused the Queene of cruelty and those of the Inquest of falshood framing
fiue miles from Cartagena they left their ships and vnder the conduct of Carlile they in the silence of the night being ranged in order of battell marched alongst the shore whilest Drake with his armed Shallops in vaine assailed the Port of the towne which was fortified with a rampire and a chaine extended in length To Carlile a troope of horse shewed themselues but straight retired he pursued them till hee came to a narrow passage fortified with a stone wall betwixt the inward Hauen of the Port of the Ocean which was so straight that scarce a Cart could passe It was defended with Barracadoes full of stones and fiue great Cannon wherwith they often discharged vpon the front of his companies yet without effect whilest Carlile by the benefit of the darknesse being politick in auoiding dangers taking opportunitie by the ebbing of the Ocean drew his men down lower by the sands iust to the entrance which they couragiously forced notwithstanding two great Ships from the inward Hauen of the Port which caried eleuen great pieces and three hundred Musquetiers furiously thundered against their flanke This done they easily gained the Barricadoes which were placed at the entrance of euery street and chaced the Spaniards and Indians which cast poysoned darts amongst them Being thus Masters of the towne they made sixe weekes aboade there and receiued for the ransome of the towne 110000 Crownes which were paid presently downe and distributed man by man to the Mariners and Souldiers and especially to the neediest But the pillage was little for the Inhabitants being forewarned by them of Hispaniola had remoued all their most precious and richest things in to farre distant places The disease called Calentura still remaining amongst them and much diminishing their numbers they were constrained to leaue off their designe of surprising Nombre de Dios and make sayle for their returne by the Cape of the I le Cuba which is called Saint Anthony where they tooke in fresh water out of raine pits Then sayling along the coast of Florida they seized vpon two townes Saint Anthony and Saint Helena which were abandoned by the Spanish Garisons and burned them and being caried further vpon a ragged and rocky coast they found the English in the Plantation of Virginia so called in the honour of ELIZABETH the Virgin Queene which Sir Walter Raleigh whose worth and vertues purchased him the honour to be one of the Queenes chiefest fauourites by his neuer enough praised labours in the discouerie of remote Countries and promulgation of the glory of the English Nauy had placed there as Colony Drake offered to Ralph Lan President there all offices of humanity two ships with prouision and some men if they thought good to remaine there and prosecute what they had begun if not to transport them for England But whilest prouision was prepared for these ships there arose a violent storm and extraordinary furious tempest which seuered and dispersed the whole Nauy in such sort that it could not be collected together againe vntill they all ariued in England Insomuch that Lan and the rest that were with him being oppressed with penury and much diminished in their number they all with one voice requested Drake to giue them passage for their Country which he willingly agreed to These were the first that I know of that brought at their returne into England that Indian Plant called Tobacco or Nicotiana which they vsed being instructed by the Indians against crudities of the Stomack And certes since that time it is growne so frequent in vse and of such price that many nay the most part with an insatiable desire doe take of it drawing into their mouth the smoke thereof which is of a strong sent through a Pipe made of earth and venting of it againe through their nose some for wantonnesse or rather fashion sake and other for healths sake insomuch that Tobacco shops are set vp in greater number then either Alehouses or Tauernes And as one said but falsely the bodies of such Englishmen as are so much delighted with this plant did seeme to degenerate into the nature of the Sauages because they were caried away with the selfe-same thing beleeuing to obtaine and conserue their health by the selfe-same meanes as the barbarians did In this voyage perished seuen hundred men and almost all of that disease called Calentura The pillage was esteemed to be worth 60000 pounds of English money besides two hundred and forty great pieces of artillery as well Brasse as Iron which were taken from the Enemies Whilest these things thus passed in America vnder the torride Zone Iohn Dauis made search vnder the frigide Zone for a way to the East India by the vpper part of America with two ships at the expences of William Sanderson a man who by setting forth Globes hath well deserued in the studies of Geography and of other inhabitants of London He tooke his course towards the North and being fiue hundred miles from the Cape of Not in Ireland he discouered the Coasts of Greeneland whose Cliffes being white by reason of the snow which couered them might easily afarre off be discerned so round begirt with Ice as with a forewall for the space of two miles from the shore that it was inaccessible The course of this coast hee followed which bent first towards the West and then Northward to 64 degrees in Latitude from thence passing the Ice his course brought him amongst certaine greene flourishing Ilands where he found the Inhabitants of a middle stature little eyes without beards and of milder disposition then the most part of Northerne people From whence sayling to 66 Degrees in Latitude he encountred a shore which discouered it selfe by little and little towards the West with a sea of equall largenesse into which being entred forty miles and being full of hopes hee turned sayle homeward vpon the end of August The following yeare hee entred fourescore miles into these Straights where hee obserued this sea to be on all sides well stored with Ilands and in his returne found it full of fish The third time he set forth with two ships appointed for fishing and a third for the discouerie of passages in which hauing sailed to 83 degrees into this Sea and discouering it to bee forty miles in breadth hee returned During this an Edict was published in England to represse the auarice of some priuate persons that had conuerted the fertilest fields and pastures into grounds to sow Woad in for the vse of Dyers not without much losse to the Cloath-workers and Husbandmen which are commonly fed with Milke Cheese and such like meats Whereupon it was forbidden to sow that hearbe within eight miles of any of the Kings houses and foure miles of Cities Market-townes and of other places wheresoeuer Drapery is vsed But to the intent that English Cloathes might be sold to greater gaines it was permitted to the Earle of Warwicke
Ormond pursues the Rebels The Earle of Desmond writes to the Lord Chiefe-Justice Booke 2. 1580. James taken being wounded to death Desmond miserably oppressed Arthur Lord Gray Deputie of Ireland He pursues the Rebels They kill the English Italians and Spaniards land in Jreland They raise a Fort. They are besieged They answer to the Deputies demands They disagree Their Generall shewed himselfe a Coward They aske a parley They yeeld vpon discretion Strangers slaine with the Sword the Subiects hanged Excesse in apparell reformed The taking of Malines in Brabant The sacriledge of the English An Earthquake The Papists begin to be afflicted The beginning of English Seminaries Their Doctrine is then thought The euent proceeding thereof New Seminaries are sent into England To what end Jesuites doe steale priuately into England A Proclamation against Seminaries and Iesuites Robert Persons and Edmond Campian English Iesuits came into England Power granted to the Papists Who and what haue beene these Jesuits The English Fugitiues doe moue and excite strangers to war against their Prince and Countrey Queene Elizabeths declaration against them The seuerall Sects of Holland The house of LOVE A Proclamation against these Sects Francis Drake His originall extraction Francis Drakes education Drakes expedition in America A Vow Iohn Oxenham sayleth into America Jsla de Perlas John Oxenham depriued of life falls from a great and famous enterprize Drakes second voyage Doughtey beheaded Passeth the straightes of Magellan Eclipse of the Moone South Stars Little clouds of Magellan Drake finds booty both by land and sea Meets by chance with great wealth Sir Francis Drake takes a Spanish ship called Shite-Fire which hee made shite Siluer He thinkes of his return Drake discoueres a land which hee called the Nouam Albion He arriued at the Molucques Falls into a great danger He passeth beyong the Cape of Bona Esperance Returnes into England Drakes ship is consecrato perpetuall memory Francis Drake is knighted by Queene Elizabeth The King of Spaine by his Ambassadour demandeth Drakes goods which he had pirapirated He is answered The Spaniard hath part of Drakes money deliuered backe Iackman and Pets Nauigation to seeke away to the East-Jndies The death of the Earle of Arundell who was the first that brought the vse of Coches into England The Lord Gray represseth the Rebels in Ireland Innocency is an assured comfort Rebels supprest The Earle of Lenox is enuied of the Scots They accuse him in England Consultation holden against him They rayse false reports against him The Scots will not admit Bowes to accuse him Hume excuseth it Burghley's admonitions to him Morton imprisoned These Noble Knights for their worth and Vertues were honoured with the dignity of Knighthood by Qu. Elizabeth most of them in that Honourable euer-remembred Voyage of C. Howard Earle of NotinghaÌ„ L. high Admirall and that renowned Souldier the late Generous Earle of Essex c. in Spaine bâ—fore Cadiz taken ranâ—acked by the English Iun. 26. Anno 1â—96 * Their Honourable Predecessours were for their deserts aduanced both to Honour Dignity Sir Ch. Hatton was Lord Chancelor of England vnder Qu. Elizabeth he dyed in Hatton house the 20. of Nouember 1590. * Sir Walter Rawleigh Knighted and employed about diuers worthy affaires of waight and consequence by Queene Elizabeth * Wray Lord Keeper of the priuy Seale * And wherefore It is that these Noble persons haue by their worthy liues purchased Honour to their noble selues or else their Prodecessors haue by their Vertues deserued both Honour and Dignity from this vnparalel'd Empresse who as she was a true aduancer of Vertue and destroyer of Vice did liberally bestowe her Royall gifts of Honour vpon those and their Ancestors Booke 3. Randolphes intercession for Morton against Lenox The King of Scots his answer Randolph complaineth to the Nobles of Scotland Endeauoreth to raise Rebellion Getteth him out of Scotland Morton beheaded His friends fled for England Norris victorious in Friezland Is discomfited * Albanois A ridiculous combate Drunkennes brought out of the Low-Countries into England The King of Spaine possesseth Portugall By what right The Queene of France her title to Portugall fetcht farre and reiected Inciteth the Q. of England secretly against the Spaniard Antonio banisht Portugall commeth into England Delegates sent into England from France about the Duke of Anjous mariage Couenants of mariage concluded vpon A reseruation added The King of France vrgeth the mariage The Queen of England deferreth Wherefore Duke d' Anjou returneth againe into England Queene Elizabeth giueth a Ring vnto the D. of Anjou A motion of sundry conceits in Court The Queen greatly disquieted Her Maiesty thinks what inconueniencies might ensue in contemning and despising the Match with the Duke of Anjou Reasons disswading her from marying A book published in print against the mariage The Queens Declaration against this pernicious Libell The Author discouered and he that had dispersed the bookes Right hands cut off The Iesuite Edm. Campian with other Priests are put to death The punishing of Catholikes needfull Suspition of them increased By their tergiuersation False positions spread abroad Booke 3. New Lawes against Papists The Duke d' Anjou sayleth into Flanders Hee is made there Duke of Brabant c. Certaine English reuolt from him Generall Norris carieth himselfe generously and behaueth himself valorously The Duke d'Anjou departed from Flanders with shame A Comet Queene Elizabeth bestoweth the Order of the Garter vpon the King of Denmarke * Or the Coller of Esses The Merchants complaint not regarded The Treaty with the Queene of Scots is deferred Gowry and others begin tumults in Scotland Gowries conspiracie They intercept the King The Duke of Lennox driuen out of Scotland An Embassie from the French King sent to deliuer the King of Scots Mary Q. of Scotland her Letter to Quene Elizabeth The Q. of Scots deploreth her sons intercepting and her owne desolation Lidington and de Grange Booke 3. The Duke of Lenox's returne through England It is consulted about the deliuery of the Q. of Scots The Scots of the English faction are against it The English and French in emulation striue to obtaine the fauor of the King of Scotland The King of Scotland seekes the loue of the Queene of England The Lord Esme Stuart Duke of Lenox reputed a Papist by some malicious ill-willer of his dyed at Paris a true and sincere Protestant The King of Scotland sets himselfe at libertie His Maiesty vseth kindly those who formerly had seaz'd themselues of his Royal person Cals to the Court all such Nobles as stood and were of his side Walsingham is sent into Scotland from Q. Elizabeth The King of Scotland answers him freely Walsingham â—emonstrations to his sacred Maiestie The King answered them The King propounds a Pardon to those who had seaz'd themselues of his person Hee commands such as refus'd it to void the Kingdome His Maiesty re-established the Reputation and Honor of the Duke of Lenox causing
them that her Seruants might be gently vsed that they might enioy the things she had giuen them by her Will that they might be permitted to be with her at her death and lastly might be safely conducted and sent home into their Countries Her two first requests they granted but for the hauing of her Seruants by at her death the Earle of Kent seemed scrupulous fearing there might be some superstition in that To him she said Feare you not Sir the poore wretches desire nothing but to take their last leaues of me And I know my Sister the Queene of England would not you should deny me so small a request For for the honour of my sex my Seruants should be in presence I am the nearest of her Parentage and Consanguinitie grand-childe to Henry the seuenth Dowager of France and anointed Queene of Scotland Which when shee had said and turned her about it was granted her to haue such of her Seruants as shee would nominate Then she named Meluine Bourgon her Physician her Apothecarie her Chyrurgion two of her Maides and some others of which Meluine carryed vp her traine Then the Noblemen the two Earles and the Sherife of the Shire going before she came to the Scaffold the which was built at the vpper end of the Hall vpon the which was a Chaire a Cushion and a Blocke all couered with blacke So soone as she was set and silence commanded Beal read the Warrant or Mandate to which she listened attentiuely as if it had beene some other thing Then Doctor Fletcher Deane of Peterborough made a large discourse of the condition of her life past and present and of the life to come Twice she interrupted him intreating him not to importune her Protesting that she was setled and resolued in the ancient Romane Catholike Religion and ready euen now to shed her blood for the same He vehemently exhorted her to be repentant and with an vndoubted Faith to put her whole trust and confidence in Christ But shee answered him That she had beene borne and brought vp in this Religion and was ready to die in the same Then the Earles saying they would pray for her Shee replied shee would giue them great thankes if they would pray together with her but to communicate in Praier with them which are of a different Religion were a scandall and great sinne Then they bade the Deane to pray with whom whilst the Assembly about him ioyned in Prayer Shee falling on her knees and holding the Crucifix betwixt her hands prayed in Latine with her owne people out of the Office of our blessed Lady After the Deane had ended his Praiers shee prayed in English for the Church for her Sonne and Elizabeth Queene of England beseeching God to turne his heauy wrath from this Iland and protesting as she held vp the Crucifix that she reposed her hope of Saluation in the blood of Christ Iesus shee called vpon the holy Company of Saints in Heauen to make intercession for her vnto him Shee forgaue all her enemies then kissing the Crucifix and making the signe of the Crosse she said As thy armes ôh Lord Iesu-Christ were spred forth vpon the Crosse so receiue me into the same armes of thy Mercy and pardon me my trespasses Then the Executioner asked forgiuenesse whom shee forgaue and her seruants she making haste tooke off her vpper garments crying and lamenting aloud yet neither by her kissing or crossing of them did she euer change her cheerfull countenance but bade them forbeare their womanish weeping saying That shee was at the end of all her calamities Likewise turning her selfe towards her other seruants most pitiously weeping she signed them with the signe of the Crosse and smilingly bade them all Adieu Then hauing a linnen cloth before her face and laid her head vpon the Blocke she recited the Psalme In thee O Lord haue I put my trust let mee not be confounded for euer Then stretching forth her body and many times together ingeminating these words Lord into thy hands I commend my Spirit her Head at the second blow was cut off the Deane crying aloud and saying So perish all the Enemies of Queene Elizabeth to which the Earle of Kent answerd Amen so likewise did the people weeping Afterwards her body being imbalmed and solemnly made ready was with Princely Funerals interred in the Cathedrall Church of Peterborough And in Paris were her Obsequies in most magnificent manner also celebrated by the Guises who neither in her life omitted any offices of loue or kindred toward her nor yet after her death to their great land and glory Here you haue seen what was the lamentable end of the life of Mary Queen of Scotland daughter to Iames the Fift King of Scotland grand-childe to Henry the seuenth King of England by his elder daughter of 46. yeares of age and the 18. yeare of her imprisonment A woman most constant in her Religion of singular zeale and sanctimonie towards God of inuincible animositie and courage in wisedome aboue her Sexe of surpassing beautie and worthy to be recorded in the Catalogue of those Princes who of happy and prosperous became miserable and vnfortunate Being yet an Infant shee was with great sedulitie sought for both by Henry the eighth King of England for his sonne Edward and by Henry the second King of France for Francis the Dolphin Shee was sent into France at fiue yeares of age and at ten marryed to the Dolphine After the death of her husband returning into Scotland and being marryed to Henrie Lord Darley she had by him IAMES the First Monarch of Great Britanne Shee was persecuted by Murrey her base Brother and others her disloyall and ambitious subiects deposed from the Kingdome driuen into England circumuented as some worthy persons haue conceiued by certaine in England carefull for the retaining of their Religion and the preseruation of Queene Elizabeths life exposed into perilous attempts by others desirous of re-establishing the Romish Religion and brought to ruine by the intimations or witnesses of her absent Secretaries who as it is thought were corrupted with coine By her Tombe was fixed and soone after taken away this following 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