of the same by the space of nine or ten daies togither at last they resolued vpon an act of parlement to be made and to reuiue the execution of the said debt against the said Welden which was principall debter and to discharge the said Ferrers But before this came to passe the common house was diuided vpon the question howbeit in conclusion the act passed for the said Ferrers woone by fourtéene voices The king then being aduertised of all this procéeding called immediatlie before him the lord chancellor of England and his iudges with the speaker of the parlement and other of the grauest persons of the nether house to whome he declared his opinion to this effect First commending their wisedomes in mainteining the priuileges of their house which he would not haue to be infringed in anie point he alleged that he being head of the parlement and attending in his owne person vpon the businesse thereof ought in reason to haue priuilege for him and all his seruants attending there vpon him So that if the said Ferrers had beene no burgesse but onlie his seruant yet in respect thereof he was to haue the priuilege as well as anie other For I vnderstand quoth he that you not onelie for your owne persons but also for your necessarie seruants euen to your cookes and horssekéepers inioie the said priuilege in somuch as my lord chancellor here present hath informed vs that he being speaker of the parlement the cooke of the Temple was arrested in London and in execution vpon a statute of the staple And for somuch as the said cooke during all the parlement serued the speaker in that office he was taken out of execution by the priuilege of the parlement And further we be informed by our iudges that we at no time stand so highlie in our estate roiall as in the time of parlement wherein we as head and you as members are conioined and knit togither into one bodie politike so as whatsoeuer offense or iniurie during that time is offered to the meanest member of the house is to be iudged as doone against our person and the whole court of parlement Which prerogatiue of the court is so great as our learned councell informeth vs as all acts and processes comming out of anie other inferiour courts must for the time cease and giue place to the highest And touching the partie it was a great presumption in him knowing our seruant to be one of this house and being warned thereof before would neuerthelesse prosecute this matter out of time and therevpon was well worthie to haue lost his debt which I would not wish and therefore doo commend your equitie that hauing lost the same by law haue restored him to the same against him who was his debter And if it be well considered what a charge hath it béene to vs and you all not onelie in expense of our substance but also in losse of time which should haue béene imploied about the affaires of our realme to fit here welnigh one whole fortnight about this one priuat case he may thinke himselfe better vsed than his desert And this may be a good example to other to learne good maners not to attempt anie thing against the priuilege of this court but to take their time better This is mine opinion and if I erre I must referre my selfe to the iudgement of our iustices here present and other learned in our lawes Whervpon sir Edw. Montacute lord chiefe iustice verie grauelie told his opinion cōfirming by diuers reasons all that the king had said which was assented vnto by all the residue none speaking to the contrarie The act in déed passed not the higher house for the lords had not time to consider of it by reason of the dissolution of the parlement the feast of Easter then approching Bicause this case hath beene diuerslie reported and is commonlie alleged as a president for the priuilege of the parlement I haue endeuored my selfe to learne the truth thereof and so set it forth with the whole circumstance at large according to their instructions who ought best both to know and remember it This yeare in Maie the king tooke a lone of monie of all such as were valued at fiftie pounds and vpward in the subsidie bookes The lord priuie seale the bishop of Winchester sir Iohn Baker and sir Thomas Wriothesleie were commissioners about this lone in London where they so handled the matter that of some head citizens they obteined a thousand markes in prest to the kings vse They that laid line 10 forth anie summe in this wise had priuie scales for the repaiment thereof within two yeares next insuing Diuerse of the Irish nobilitie came this yeere into England and made their submission to the king as in the Irish chronicle it is more particularlie touched Also wars fell out betwixt England and Scotland the causes whereof as appeereth by a declaration set forth by the king of England at this present in effect were these First there were diuerse of the English rebels such as had moued the commotion line 20 in the north and Lincolneshire that fled into Scotland and were there mainteined and although request had béene made that they might be deliuered yet it would not be granted Moreouer where the king of Scots had promised to repaire vnto Yorke the last yeare and there to méet his vncle the king of England wherevpon the king of England to his great charges had made preparation for their méeting there the same was not line 30 onelie disappointed but also at the kings being at Yorke in lieu thereof an inuasion was made by the Scots as it were in contempt and despite of the king of England who notwithstanding imputing the default of méeting to the aduise of his nephues councell and the inuasion to the lewdnesse of his subiects was contented to giue courteous audience vnto such ambassadors as the same king of Scots sent into England which came to the king at Christmas last and with manie swéet and pleasant words excused that which was doone amisse sought to persuade line 40 kindnesse and perfect amitie in time to come And for the better accomplishment thereof they offered to send commissioners to the borders there to determine the debate betwixt them of the confines if it would please the king likewise to send commissioners for his part which to doo he gratiouslie condescended desirous to make triall of his nephue in some correspondence of deeds to the faire and pleasant messages in words which he had receiued from line 50 him Herevpon commissioners were sent from either king the which met and talked But where the Englishmen chalenged a peece of ground vndoubtedlie vsurped by the Scots being for the same shewed such euidence as more substantiall or more autentike can not be brought forth for anie ground within the realme the same was neuerthelesse by the Scots denied and reiected onelie for
twentith of Maie the French armie came and incamped beyond Bullongne at the church on the hill and the morrow after the earle of Hertford marched with his power to a place within two miles of them and certeine footmen and horssemen went foorth and skirmished with them and in the meane time the artillerie ceassed not to shoot off as well from the French campe and fortresse as from line 60 Bullongne and the Old man This daie were slaine fouretéene Frenchmen and two taken prisoners and thrée of the English part were likewise taken and so the earle of Hertford returned to his campe and left the lancequenets vpon the hill incamped before the enemies faces not two miles distant from them in which place a fort was begun to be raised which was after called the fort of Bullongne Berg. The next daie to wit the thrée and twentith of Maie the soldiors of Bullongne and the lancequenets skirmished with the Frenchmen slue and tooke of them seuen score and aboue of the which there were fortie that were in cotes of veluet and diuerse also with chaines Here you must vnderstand that now in this meane while by the motion of diuerse princes a méeting was had of sundrie commissioners appointed to treat of some peace to be concluded betwixt the two kings of England and France Herevpon there came to Guisnes for the king of England the earle of Hertford the bishop of Winchester sir Iohn Dudleie vicount Lisle baron of Maupas and high admerall of England sir William Paget the kings secretarie and doctor Nicholas Wootton deane of Canturburie For the French king there came to Ard monsieur Claude Danebault admerall of France being also one of the foure marshals of that realme the bishop of Eureux monsieur Reimund chiefe president of Rone the secretarie Bouchetell Diuerse times they met betwixt Ard and Guisnes and after long debating of matters and diuerse breakings off yet at length the seauenth of Iune a peace was concluded and proclamed as well in the court as in the citie of London on Whitsundaie the thirtéenth of Iune with sound of trumpet according to the manner and in like sort the same daie it was proclamed at Paris and at Rone The chiefest article of which peace was this that the French king paieng to the king of England 800000 crownes within the terme of eight yeares should haue Bullongne againe to him restored which in the meane time should remaine in the hands and possession of the king of England as a pledge and gage for assurance of the said moneie On the seuen twentith of Iune doctor Crome recanted at Paules crosse which recantation was vrged vpon this occasion When the chanteries colleges were giuen by act of parlement into the kings hands as is aboue remembred which was about the moneth of December 1545 the next lent following doctor Crome preaching in the mercers chappell among other reasons and persuasions to rouse the people from the vaine opinion of purgatorie inferred this grounding vpon the said act of parlement that if trentals and chanterie masses could auaile the soules in purgatorie then did the parlement not well in giuing awaie monasteries colleges chanteries which serued principallie to that purpose But if the parlement did well as no man could denie in dissoluing them bestowing the same vpon the king then is it a plaine case that such chanteries and priuat masses doo nothing conferre so reléeue them in purgatorie This Dilemma of doctor Crome no doubt was insoluble but notwithstanding the charitable prelats for all the kings late exhortation vnto charitie were so charitable to him that they brought him Coram nobis and so handled him that they made him recant his words ¶ On the sixtéenth of Iune were letters patents deliuered to sir Thomas Cheinie treasuror of the kings houshold and lord warden of the cinque ports wherby he was authorised to be the kings agent in christening the Dolphins daughter of France named Elizabeth A true copie of which letters patents is here recorded bicause the said action hath béene ignorantlie transferred from the said sir Thomas Chemie to sir Henrie Kneuet as appeareth in Holinsheds chronicle published 1577 pag. 1608. A true copie of the kings letters patents to sir Thomas Cheinie HEnricus octauus Dei gratia Angliae Franciae Hiberniae rex fidei defensor in terra ecclesiae Anglicanae Hibernicae supremum caput Praedilecto fideli consiliario nostro Thomae Cheinie sacri ordinis nostri garterij militi domino gardiano quinque portuum hospitij nostri thesaurario salutem Cùm illustrissima princeps ac consanguinea nostra charissima domina Katharina illustrissimi principis consanguinei filij nostri charissimi Henrici Franciae Delphini christianissimi principis Francisci Francorum regis fratris amici confoederati nostri perpetui filij primogeniti coniunx praeclarissima nuper diuina cooperante clementia prolem foeminam enixa sit nos summoperè cupientes pacis amicitiae vnionis vinculum line 10 inter praefatum christianissimum Francorum regem nos iam nuper redintegratum firmioribus quibus possumus nexibus astringi admaiorem ipsius corroborationem firmitatem ac vt dicto illustrissimo filio nostro in hac parte gratificemur etiam compaternitatisfoedus duximus adijciendum Quocirca ad leuandum de sacro fonte vice nomine nostro dictam prolem ex praefata illustrissima domina Katharina dicti illustrissimi line 20 principis coniuge consanguinca nostra a charissimanatam illique nomen Elisabethae imponendum ipsam nomine Elisabethae in illius baptismo nominandā caeteráque omnia singula in praemissis circa ea necessaria seu quouismodo oportuna nomine nostro faciendum exercendum etiamsi maiora existant superiùs expressis mandatum de se exigant magis speciale quà m superiùs est insertum te commissarium ac ambassiatorem line 30 procuratorem nostrum specialem ordinamus facimus constituimus per praesentes promittentes nos ratum gratum firmum habituros quicquid per te gestum procuratum siue actum fuerit in praemissis In cuius reitestimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes Teste me ipso apud Greenewich sextodecimo die Iunij anno regni nostri tricesimo octauo Henrie Rex The king hauing passed ouer the foresaid letters line 40 patents to sir Thomas and he in forwardnesse to execute his charge to the intent that his retinue and attendants should no waies offensiuelie behaue themselues against the French with whom the king was verie carefull to continue and mainteine the peace interchangeablie agreed vpon and concluded his maiestie to preuent and cut off all occasions that might anie waie impeach interrupt or violate this peace commanded the lords of his councell to direct letters with all expedition to the said sir Thomas line 50 then vpon his voiage into France conteining a
with himselfe in that he had doone vndiscréetlie yet now when that which was doone could not be vndoone he caused all the Nobles and lords of the realme togither with the king of Scots and hiâ— brother Dauid to doo homage vnto his said sonne thus made fellow with him in the kingdome but he would not release them of their oth of allegiance wherein they stood bound to obeie him the father so long as he liâ—â—d ¶ Howbeit some write that he renouncâ—â— his estate first before all the lords of the land and after caused his sonne to be crowned but in such vncerteine points set foorth by parciall writers thaâ— is to be receiued as a truth which is confirmed by the order and sequele of things after doone and put in practise For true it is that king Henrie the father so long as his sonâ—e liued did shew himselfe 〈◊〉 as fellow with his sonne in gouernment and sometime as absolute king and after his sons decease he continued in the entier gouernment so long as he liued But to procéed The French king hearing that his sonne in law was â—hus crowned and not his â—aughter the wife of Henrie the sonne was highlie offended therewith and threatned to make war against king Henrie the father except 〈◊〉 daughter Margaret might 〈…〉 crowne also as quéene immediatâ—â—e The French king 〈…〉 homewards and king Henrie returning came to Uernon where he fell into so great a sicknesse that anon it was noised ouer all the countrie Insomch that he was in such despaire of life that he made his testament wherein he assigned his sonne Richard the dutchie of Aquitaine and all those lands which came by quéene Elianor the mother of the same Richard And to his sonne Geffrey he bequeathed Britaine with the daughter of earle Conan which he had purchased to his vse of the French king And to line 10 his sonne king Henrie he gaue the dutchie of Normandie and all those lands which came by his father Geffrey earle of Aniou And to his yoongest sonne Iohn he bequeathed the earledome of Mortaine And finallie appointed where he would haue his bodie to be buried In the meane time Henrie the sonne remaining at home in England fell from all good order of measure kéeping and gaue himselfe to all excessiue riot spending and wasting his reuenues inordinatelie line 20 Of which behauiour his father being aduertised returned into England where he taried not long but passed ouer againe into Normandie hauing his said sonne in his companie meaning thereby to remooue him from the companie of those that were verie like to corrupt his nature and frame the same to all lewdnesse for he knew that commercia turpia sanctos Corrumpunt mores multi hoc periere veneno Labimur in vitium facilè ad pâ—iorâ— mouemur line 30 In this meane while Thomas the archbishop of Canturburie remained in exile almost six yeares and could not be restored till partlie by swelling threats of the pope and partlie at the earnest suit of Lewes the French king Theobald earle of Blois and others king Henrie began somewhat to shew himselfe conformable towards an agréement Wherevpon the two kings met diuerse times and the archbishop Thomas comming with the French king at one time humbled himselfe so to the king of line 40 England that knéeling downe at his féet he said My souereigne liege lord I commit the whole cause of the controuersie betwixt your grace and me vnto your maiesties order Gods honour onelie reserued The king offended with that ambiguous exception said to the king of France Whatsoeuer displeaseth this man is taken as he interpreteth it contrarie to Gods honour and so by that shift will he chalenge to himselfe all that belongeth vnto me But bicause line 50 you shall not thinke that I go about to resist Gods honour or him in any reasonable order looke what the greatest and most holie of all his ancestors haue doone vnto the meanest of mine ancestours let him doo the same vnto me and I am contented therewith All the companie present cried that the king humbled himselfe enough My lord archbishop said the French king will you be greater than saints and better than saint Peter Wherof stand you in doubt line 60 Behold your peace is at hand The archbishop made answer in commendation of the present state of holie church as thus My holie predecessours in their time although they cut not all things away that extolled it selfe against God yet did they cut off diuers but if they had plucked vp all by the hard roots which might offend who should now haue raised the fire of temptation against vs We are in much better case thanks be to God and as we haue laboured in their lot and number so are we partakers of their labour and reward What if any of them had béene defectiue or excessiâ—e in any point are we bound to â—ollow the example of their defection or excesse We blame Peter for his denieng of Christ but we praise him in reproouing of Neros violence with danger of his life The church hath risen and increased out of manie dangerous oppressions our fathers haue suffered manie things bicause they would not forsake the name of Christ and ought I to suppresse his honour to be reconciled vnto any mans fauour God forbid God forbid When the Noble men present heard this answer of a subiect against his souereigne they all held against him imputing the fault to the archbishops arrogancie that the peace was not made betweene the king and him insomuch that there was an erle which openlie said Sith he resisteth the will of both the realmes he is not worthie to be succoured by either of them from hencefoorth and therefore being cast out of England let not France receiue him The councell then being broken vp the kings departed without bidding the archbishop farewell and such as were mediatours for peace in departing from this meeting spake manie reprochfull words to him alledging that he had béene euer stout and wise in his owne conceit and a folower of his owne will and opinion adding that it was a great hinderance to the church that he was ordeined archbishop and that by him the church was alreadie in part destroied and would shortlie be altogither brought to vtter ruine But the archbishop setting a watch before his mouth kept silence as though he had not heard and folowed the French king with his people Manie said by the waie as they iourneied Behold the archbishop yonder which in talke the last night would not for the pleasure of the king denie God nor kéepe his honor in silence After this when the archbishop was come to Sens and aduised with himselfe whether it should be best for him to go at length he said God is able in the last point of miserie and distresse to helpe those that be his Herewith came a messenger from the French king to bring him to the
Roderike king of Ulnestre being sore offended raised a mightie line 30 host and comming into the field fought with the lord cheefe iustice and in the end receiued tooke the ouerthrow at his hands although the lord cheefe iustice at that encounter lost no small number of his men Amongst prisoners that were taken the bishop of Dun was one whom yet the lord cheefe iustice released and set at libertie in respect of a request and suit made to him by a cardinall the popes legat that was there in Ireland at that time line 40 This cardinals name was Uiuiano intituled the cardinall of S. Stephan in Mount Celio he was sent from the pope the yeare before and comming into England though without licence was pardoned vpon knowledging his fault for his entring without the kings leaue first obteined and so permitted to go into Scotland whither as also into other the northwest regions he was sent as legat authorised from the pope Now when he had ended his businesse in Scotland he passed ouer into Man and there held line 50 his Christmasse with Euthred king of Man and after the feast of the Epiphanie sailed from thence into Ireland and chanced the same time that the Englishmen inuaded that countrie to be in the citie of Dun where he was receiued of the king bishops of that land with great reuerence The inuasion then of the Englishmen being signified to them of the countrie aforehand they asked counsell of the legat what he thought best to be doone in that matter who streightwaies told them that line 60 they ought to fight in defense of their countrie and at their setting forward he gaue them his benediction in waie of their good speed But they comming as ye haue heard to encounter with the Englishmen were put to flight and beaten backe into the citie which was herewith also woone by the Englishmen so that the Romane legat was glad to get him into the church for his more safegard and like a wise fellow had prouided afore hand for such haps if they chanced hauing there with him the king of Englands letters directed to the capteins in Ireland in the legats fauour so that by the assistance and authoritie of the same he went to Dublin and there in the name of the pope and the king of England held a councell But when he began to practise after the manner of legats in those daies somewhat largelie for his owne aduantage in the churches of that simple rude countrie the English capteins commanded him either to depart or else to go foorth to the wars with them whervpon he returned into Scotland hauing his bags well stuffed with Irish gold for the which it seemed he greatlie thirsted ¶ Where we haue to note the drift of the pope and all popelings to be far otherwise than they pretend For who vnlesse he will be wilfullie ignorant knoweth not that he and his neuer attempt any thing but the same beareth the hew and colour of holinesse and honestie Hereto tend the sendings out of his legats and cardinals to make pacifications to redresse disorders to appease tumults I wot not what infinit enormities for he must haue his ore in euerie mans bote his spoone in euerie mans dish and his fingers in euerie mans pursse but the end and scope of all his dooings consisteth in this namelie to set himselfe aboue all souereigntie to purchase and assure to himselfe an absolute and supereminent iurisdiction to rob christian kingdomes to impouerish churches chapels and religious places Our chronicles are full of these his pranks and here we haue one practised by a lim of his who as you sée verie impudentlie and licentiouslie preied vpon the church-goods and conuerted the same to his owne profit and commoditie which he had if not trembled yet blushed to doo considering that the goods of the church are the treasurie of Christ or at leastwise ought to be and that none ought to alienate or change the propertie of such goods as the canon law hath prouided Besides the wretch ought to haue remembred that which euen the verie pagans did not forget namelie Haud vllas portabis opes Acherontis ad vndâ—s Nudus ad infernas stulte vehere rates But now to the dooings of Iohn de Curcie and of those Englishmen that were with him who did not onelie defend such places as they had woone out of the Irishmens hands against those kings and their powers but also inlarged dailie more and more their frontiers and wan the towne of Armach wherein is the metropolitane see of all that land with the whole prouince thereto belonging About the same time came ambassadours vnto king Henrie from Alfonse king of Castile and Garsias king of Nauarre to aduertise him that in a controuersie risen betwiâ—t the said two kings touching the possession of certeine grounds néere vnto the confines of their realms they had chosen him for iudge by compromise promising vpon their oths to stand vnto abide his order and decrée therein Therfore they required him to end the matter by his authoritie sith they had wholie put it to his iudgement Furthermore either king had sent a most able and valiant knight furnished with horsse and armour readie in their princes cause to fight the combat if king Henrie should happilie commit the triall of their quarrell vnto the iudgement of battell King Henrie gladlie accepted their request so that thervpon calling his councellors togither he consulted with them of the thing and hearing euerie mans opinion at length he gaue iudgement so with the one that the other was contented to be agreeable therevnto Within a while after Philip earle of Flanders came ouer into England to doo his deuotions at the toome of Thomas archbishop of Canturburie of whome the most part of men then had conceiued an opinion of such holinesse that they reputed him for a saint The king met him there and verie fréendlie enterteined him and bicause he was appointed shortlie after to go ouer into the holie land to war against Gods enimies the king gaue him fiue hundred marks in reward and licenced William Mandeuile earle of Essex to go in that iourneie with other lords knights and men of warre of sundrie nations that were of his dominions The king then returning vnto London tooke order for the establishing of things touching the suertie of the realme and his owne estate And first he appointed the custodie of such castels as were of most importance by their situation vnto the keeping of certeine worthie capteins To sir William de Stuteuille line 10 he assigned the custodie of Rockesburgh castell to sir Roger de Stuteuille the castell of Edenburgh to sir William Neuille the castell of Norham to sir Geffrie Neuille the castell of Berwike and to the archbishop of Yorke he deliuered the castell of Scarborough and sir Roger Coniers he made capteine of the tower of Durham which he
with the king of France without either others consent first thereto had and that if after anie agréement taken betwixt them and the king of France he should chance to make warre against either of them then should the other aid and assist him against whom such warre should be made to the vttermost line 60 of his power This league was accorded to remaine for euer betwixt them and their heires with suerties sworne on either part and for the king of England these whose names insue William Marshall earle of Penbroke Ranulfe earle of Chester Robert earle of Leicester Baldwine earle of 〈◊〉 William earle of Arundell Ralfe earle of Augi Robert de Mellet Hugh de Gourney William de Kaeu Geffrey de Cella Roger câ—â—estable of Chester Ralfe Fitz Water William de Albanie Robert de Ras Richard de Montfichet Roger de 〈◊〉 Saer de Quincie William de Mâ—ntchenise Peter de Pratellis William de Pooâ—e alias de 〈◊〉 Adam de Port Robert de Turneham William Mallet Eustace de Uescie Peter de Brus William de Presennie Hubert de Burgh William de Maâ—sey and Peter Sauenie For the earle these were suerties Anselme de Kaeu Guy Lieschans Ralfe the said earles brother c. But now to returne After that the earle of Bullongne was expelled out of France as before ye haue heard he came ouer to king Iohn and was of him ioifullie receiued hauing thrée hundred pounds of reuenues in land to him assigned within England for the which he did homage and fealtie vnto him Shortlie after this also died William de Breuse the elder which fled from the face of king Iohn out of Ireland into France and departing this life at Corbell was buried at Paris in the abbeie of S. Uictor In the meane time pope Innocent after the returne of his legats out of England perceiuing that king Iohn would not be ordered by him determined with the consent of his cardinals and other councellours and also at the instant suit of the English bishops and other prelats being there with him to depriue king Iohn of his kinglie state and so first absolued all his subiects and vassals of their oths of allegiance made vnto the same king and after depriued him by solemne protestation of his kinglie administration and dignitie and lastlie signified that his depriuation vnto the French king and other christian princes admonishing them to pursue king Iohn being thus depriued forsaken and condemned as a common enimie to God and his churcâ— He ordeined furthermore that whosoeuer imploied goods or other aid to vanquish and ouercome that disobedient prince should remaine in assured peace of the church as well as those which went to visit the sepulchre of our Lord not onlie in their goods and persons but also in suffrages for sauing of their soules But yet that it might appeare to all men that nothing could be more ioifull vnto his holinesse than to haue king Iohn to repent his trespasses committed and to aske forgiuenesse for the same he appointed Pandulph which latelie before was returned to Rome with a great number of English exiles to go into France togither with Stephan the archbishop of Canturburie and the other English bishops giuing him in commandement that repairing vnto the French king he should communicate with him all that which he had appointed to be doone against king Iohn and to exhort the French king to make warre vpon him as a person for his wickednesse excommunicated Moreouer this Pandulph was commanded by the pope if he saw cause to go ouer 〈◊〉 England and to deliuer vnto king Iohn such letters as the pope had written for his better instruction and to séeke by all means possible to draw him from his naughtie opinion In the meane time when it was bruted through the realme of England that the pope had released the people absolued them of their oth of fidelitie to the king and that he was depriued of his gouernement by the popes sentence by little and little a great number both of souldiers citizens burgesses capteins and conestables of castels leauing their charges bishops with a great multitude of preests reuolting from him and auoiding his companie and presence secretlie stale awaie and got oueâ— into France Notwithstanding that diuerse in respect of the popes cursse and other considerations them 〈◊〉 otherlie refused in this manner to obeie king Iohn yet there werâ— manie others that did take his Part and mainteine his quarell verie earnestlie as his brother William earle of Salesburie Alberâ—ke de â—â—eere erle of Oxford Geffrey Fitz Peter lord chéefe iustice of England also thrée bishops Durham Winchester and Norwich Richard de Marish lord chancellour Hugh Neuill chiefe forrester William de Wroshing lord warden of the ports Robert Ueipount and his brother Yuan Brian de Lisle Geffrey de Lucie Hugh Ballioll and his brother Barnard William de Cantlow and his son William Fulke de Cantlow Reginald de Cornehull shiriffe of Kent Robert Braibrooke and his son Harrie Philip de Louecotes Iohn de Bassingborne Philip March line 10 Chatelaine of Notingham Peter de Maulley Robert de Gaugy Gerard de Athie and his nephue Ingelrand William Brewer Peter Fitz Hubert Thomas Basset and Foulks de Brianta Norman with many other too long here to rehearse who as fautors and councellors vnto him sought to defend him in all causes notwithstanding the censures of the church so cruellie pronounced against him knowing that they were bound in conscience to sticke to him now speciallie in this generall apostasie of his péeres and line 20 people For they were opinioned that it was Turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci Turpe laborantem deseruisse ratem The same yeare king Iohn held his Christmasse at Windsor year 1212 and in the Lent following on midlent sundaie being at London he honoured the lord Alexander sonne and heire to the king of Scots with the high order of knighthood And as I find it mentioned by some writers wheras he vnderstood how there were diuerse in Scotland that contemning their naturall line 30 lord and king by reason of his great age king Iohn went thither with an armie to represse the rebels and being come thither he sent his men of war into the inner parts of the country who scowring the coasts tooke Guthred Macwilliam capteine of them that moued sedition whom king Iohn caused to be hanged on a paire of gallowes This Guthred was descended of the line of the ancient Scotish kings and being assisted with the Irishmen and Scots that fauoured not the race of the kings that presentlie line 40 reigned wrought them much trouble as his father named Donald had doone before him sometime secretlie vnder hand and sometime againe by way of open rebellion Shortlie after the Welshmen began to sturre also who rushing out of their owne confines fell vpon their next neighbours within the English marshes wasted the countrie and ouerthrew diuerse castels
demilances 220 of Welshmen 5000 and of such footmen as were of the earle of Leicesters owne retinue 2000 so that there died in all to the number of ten thousand men as the same Southwell affirmeth Among whom of noblemen these are reckoned Hugh Spenser lord chéefe iustice the lord Rafe Baâ—â—et the lord Peter de Montfort the lord Iohn Beauchampe sir William Yorke the lord Thomas de Esterlie the lord Walter de Creppings Guie de Bâ—lioll a Frenchman the lord William de Mandeuill the lord Roger S. Iohn the lord Robert Tregoz and others This ruine fell to the baronâ— by the discord which was sproong latelie before betwixt the earles of Leicester and Glocester through the insolencie and pride of the earle of Leicesters sonnes who as I said before despising other of the nobilitie and forgetting in the meane time the nature of true and vnstained noblenesse wherof it is said and trulie remembred that Nobilitas morum plus 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—genitorum spake manie reprochfull words by the said earle of Glocester and vsed him in such euill sort that he vpon displeasurâ— thereof had not onelie procured the scape of prince Edward but ioined with him in aid against the said earle of Leicester and other of the barons to the vtter confusion â—â—th of them and of their cause The bodie of the same earle was shamefullie abused cut in peeces his head and his priuie members were cut off and fastened on either side of his nose and presented vnto the wife of the lord Roger Mortimer The people conceiued an opinion that this earle being thus slaine fighting in defense of the liberties of the realme performance of his oth as they tooke it died a martyr which by the bruted holinesse of his passed life and miracles ascribed to him after his death was greatlie confirmed in the next age But the feare of the kings displeasure staied the people from hastie honouring him as a saint at this time where otherwise they were inclined greatlie thereto reputing him for no lesse in their conscience as in secret talke they would not sticke to vtter There were wounded taken besides the other that were slaine at that battell of Euesham Guie de Montfort the earle of Leicesters sonne the lords Iohn Fitz Iohn Henrie de Hastings Humfrie de Bohun the yoonger Iohn de Uescie Peter de Montfort the yoonger and Nicholas de Segraue with others The king being deliuered out of his aduersaries hands and likewise the king of Romans went vnto Warwike and there increasing his power determined to pursue his enimies But first about the Natiuitie of our ladie was a parlement holden at Winchester where the statuts of Oxford were cleerelie repealed Also all such as had fauoured the barons and were as then either in prison or abroad should be disherited It was also ordeined at this parlement that the wealthiest citizens of London should be cast into prison and that the citie should be depriued of hir liberties Also that the stulps and cheins wherewith the stréets were fensed should be had awaie bicause that the citizens had aided the earle of Leicester against the king and his realme All this was doone for the chéefe citizens were committed to ward within the castle of Windsor till they had paid no small summes of monie for their fines The liberties of the citie were suspended and the towre of London was made stronger by the stulps and cheins which were brought into it out of the citie Moreouer bicause Simon de Montfort might not agrée with the king being come to this parlement vpon assurance he was restored to the castell of Killingworth After this in the feast of the translation of S. Edward a parlement was holden at Westminster and the sentence of disheriting the kings aduersaries was pronounced against them whose lands the king forthwith gaue vnto his trustie subiects where he thought good Some of the disherited men redéemed their possessions with a portion of monie in name of a fine Other of them flocking togither got them into the woods and desert places where kéeping them out of sight as outlawes they liued by spoiles and robberies The cheefest of them was Robert erle of Ferrers who neuerthelesse was restored to his lands but yet with condition that if afterwards he fell into the like crime he should forfeit his earldome for euer The Londoners with much adoo at length obteined pardon of the king The maior and aldermen line 10 of the citie were glad to submit themselues though the commons without consideration of the great perill which they were in would haue stood still at defiance with the king and defended the citie against him It was no maruell though they were of diuerse and contrarie opinions for in those daies the citie was inhabited with manie and sundrie nations which then were admitted for citizens At length vpon their submission the king tooke them to mercie vpon their fine which was seized at twentie thousand line 20 marks About Alhallowentide cardinall Othobone came from the pope into England as his legat to helpe towards some agréement to be had betwixt the king and his barons He was committed to prison as some write by the Londoners for that he spake against their dooings when they shut their gates against the king but he was shortlie released as should appeare On the sixt day of Nouember in the fiftith yeare of his reigne king Henrie came to line 30 Westminster and shortlie after he gaue awaie the number of threescore houses with the houshold stuffe in the same conteined so that the owners were compelled to redeeme them againe of those his seruants to whome he had giuen the said houses togither with all such lands goods and cattels as the same citizens had within any part of England Then was one called sir Othon made custos or gardian of the citie who was also conestable of the tower he chose to be bailiffes and to be accomptable to the kings vse line 40 Iohn Adrian and Walter Henrie citizens of the same citie The king also tooke pledges of the best mens sonnes of the citie which pledges he caused to be put in the tower and there kept at the costs of their parents ¶ The king by aduise of his councell ordeined that within euerie shire of the relme there should be a capteine or lieutenant appointed with necessarie allowance of the king for his charges the which with the assistance of the shiriffe should punish and keepe downe the wicked outrage of théeues and line 50 robbers which in time of the late ciuill warres were sproong vp in great numbers and growen to excéeding great boldnesse but now through feare of deserued punishment they began to ceasse from their accustomed rapine and the kings power came againe in estimation so that peace after a manner tooke new root and increase Upon S. Nicholas euen the king departed from Westminster towards Northampton where the cardinall
The Gauntiners still mainteined warre against the earle of Flanders during his life and after his deceasse against Philip duke of Burgogne by such aid and comfort as they had from time to time of the king of England till finallie this yeare about the eightenth daie of December a peace was concluded betwixt the said duke and the towne of Gaunt and sir Iohn Bourchier that had laine a long season there as capteine vnder the K. of England and Peter de Bois one of the chéefe capteins of the Gauntiners before the concluding of this peace were safelie conducted to Calis by vertue of the duke of Burgogne his safe conduct and so they came ouer into England and the king gaue vnto Peter de Bois a pension of an hundred marks sterling yearelie to be paid to him out of the staples of the woolles in London This yeare king Richard holding his Christmasse at Eltham thither came to him Leo king of Armenia whose countrie and realme being in danger to be conquered of the Turks he was come into those west parts of christendome for aid and succour at the hands of the christian princes here The king honorablie receiued him and after he had taken counsell touching his request he gaue him great summes of monie and other rich gifts with a stipend as some write of a thousand pounds yearely to be paid to him during his life After he had remained here two moneths space he tooke leaue of the king and departed The chiefest point of his errand was to haue procured a peace betwixt the two kings of England and France but destinie would not permit so good a purpose to take effect for the hatred which either nation bare to other would not suffer their loftie minds to yeeld in any one point further than seemed good in their owne opinions In this ninth yeare of king Richard though by other writers it should séeme to be rather in the yeare following the duke of Lancaster with a great power of men of warre went into Spaine year 1386 and lead with him thither his wife the ladie Constance a daughter which he had by hir named Katharine and two other daughters which he had by his former wife He had béene about the preparing of an armie and all furniture necessarie for this iournie two or thrée yéeres before and therefore hauing now seauen gallies and eightéene ships sent to him out of Portingale which arriued at Bristow he caused all such vessels as he had prouided to resort likewise thither where making his generall assemblie when all his men of warre were come togither he bestowed them aboord with all their horsses and purueiances and causing sailes to be hoissed vp set forward on his line 10 long wished iournie This was in the moneth of Maie when the seas were calme the aire swéet and the winds pleasant and agréeable to his purpose He appointed for admerall of his whole fléet sir Thomas Percie and sir Iohn Holland that was after created earle of Huntington and had married one of his daughters was ordeined constable of the hoast and sir Thomas Moreaux hauing married his bastard daughter was one of his marshals There were that attended him in this iournie manie line 20 other lords and knights of honor as the lord Lucie the lord Talbot the lord Basset the lord Willoughbie the lord Fitz Walter the lord Poinings the lord Bradston the lord of PoÌ„miers a Gascoigne the lord Yonne fitz Warren Henrie lord Beaumont William lord Beauchampe sir Richard Burlie that was another of the marshals of the armie sir Hugh Spenser sir William Windsore sir Iohn Daubreticourt sir Hugh Hastings sir William Farrington sir Thomas Tresham sir Mauburin line 30 de Liniers sir Thomas Worcester sir Iohn Sowtrie sir Robert Clinton sir Philip Tirrell sir Lewes Rochester Huguelin Caluerlie Dauid Holgraue Thomas Alerie Hobequin Beaucester and diuerse other they were in all to the number of fifteene hundred men of armes whereof a thousand at the least were knights and esquiers besides foure thousand archers and other men of warre so perfectlie appointed and arraied as could be thought méet and conuenient Of this chosen companie attendant vpon the line 40 duke of Lancaster of this his voiage into Spaine the said C. Okland speaketh no lesse trulie according to the report of our annales than honorablie Ocyus instructa pro bello classe futuro Milite stipatus generoso traijcit aequor Fluctisonum cum vxore pia natÃsque duabus c. ¶ Henrie Knighton reporteth of this voiage as followeth in somewhat a differing sort from this alreadie laid downe On Easter daie saith he Iohn the duke of Lancaster with his wife came to the king line 50 to take their leaue to the which duke the king gaue a crowne of gold and the quéene likewise gaue an other crowne of gold to the duchesse Besides this the king commanded his people that they should call him king of Spaine and doo him honour in all things He had with him a power of 20000 chosen men of which number noted in the marshals bill or scroll 2000 were men of armes and 8000 were archers As they passed by Britaine they landed at Brest the capteine whereof at that time named sir Iohn line 60 Roche finding himselfe greatlie annoied by the Frenchmen that were lodged in two bastides erected before the castell declared to the duke in what state he stood Wherevpon he caused the said bastides to be assailed which was doone by the lord Fitz Walter and others who bare themselues so manfullie that the bastides were woone broken downe and a great preie with prisoners obteined although not without losse of diuerse valiant personages Thus were they within Brest castell deliuered of their vnfreendlie neighbours by the duke of Lancaster and his people Who hauing doone their feat tooke the seas and sailed foorth till they came on the coasts of Gallis where on S. Laurence eeuen they arriued in the hauen of Groigne otherwise called Coron and there they vnshipped all their prouisions determining to inuade the countrie on that side ¶ Héere bicause it is not vnprofitable to know the absolute truth of things doone by the collection of writers I haue translated the beseeging of Brest as the same is set downe by Henrie Knighton in his annales in a larger and more ample sort with a fuller certificat of circumstances than hath hitherto béene declared At the same time saith he the duke of Britaine had laid siege both by sea and land to a certeine towne in Britaine in old time subiect to the king of England which was called Brest with a great multitude of Frenchmen and Britains Now on the twelfth of the kalends of Iulie he began to build a fort before the said towne of Brest of a woonderfull bignesse the walles thereof being ten foot thicke and seauen towres about it A thousand workemen did worke daie by daie vpon it
for the bearing of the armes of this same Iohn Hastings without difference great contention line 10 grew betwéene sir Edward Hastings knight descended of Isabell Spenser and Reinold Greie lord Greie of Ruthine sonne of Reinold Greie sonne of Roger Greie that married Elizabeth daughter of Isabell Ualence for both the said lord Greie and sir Edward Hastings were descended by two venters as partlie before and partlie hereafter shal be shewed from one man Iohn Hastings husband to both said Isabels For the explanation whereof and lineall descent to conueie the said sir Edward Hastings line 20 from the said Iohn Hastings first lord of Aburgauennie of that surname I must here repeat a little of that which I haue alreadie written which is that the said Iohn Hastings first lord of Aburgauennie hauing two wiues both Isabels by his first wife Isabell Ualence had Elizabeth maried to Roger Greie and by his second wife Isabell Spenser he had issue sir Hugh Hastings knight from whome we are to deduce the said sir Edward Hastings in this sort Hugh Hastings knight lord of Folliot in the right line 30 of his wife being sonne of the second wombe of Isabell Spenser and Iohn Hastings sonne of Henrie Hastings married Margerie the daughter and heire of sir Richard Folliot by whom he came to be lord of Folliot and alwaies bare the armes of Hastings with a difference of a second brother of a second venter This marriage was procured and made by Isabell his mother who purchased the said ward for him This Hugh died in the yeare of Christ 1347 in the one and twentith yeare of Edward the third and line 40 was buried in the church of Elsing in Elsrug in Northfolke which he builded his wife Margerie died in the yeare 1349 being the thrée and twentith yeare of Edward the third and was buried in the chappell of Fornewell This Hugh had issue by his wife Hugh Hastings his heire and a daughter married to sir Robert de la Mare Hugh Hastings knight the sonne of Hugh and Margerie Folliot did marrie the daughter of Adam de Eueringham by whom he had Hugh Hastings line 50 his sonne and heire and two daughters the one married to Winkfield and the other to a knight called Elmham This Hugh died at Calkewelhell or Gwines and was buried in the friers of Doncaster in the yeare of our Lord 1369 about the foure fortith yéere of Edward the third This man for him and his heires in difference from the other Hastings earles of Penkroke his kinsmen by the halfe blood did beare the Hastings armes with the labell quartered with the armes of Folliot Hugh Hastings line 60 knight the sonne of Hugh and Margaret Eueringham married Anne the daughter of Edward Spenser earle of Glocester by whom he had issue Hugh Hastings and Edward Hastings which contended with Reinold Greie lord of Ruthine This Hugh tooke his pilgrimage to Ierusalem died in Spaine after whose death dame Anne Spenser his wife was maried to Thomas lord Morleie Hugh Hastings eldest son of Hugh Hastings and dame Anne Spenser married the daughter of sir Wil. Blunt knight this Hugh died at Calis at the mariage of Richard the second to Isabell the daughter of the king of France about the 19 yeare of the reigne of the said Richard being the yeare of our redemption 1395 who dieng without issue all his right and title came to his brother Edward Edward Hastings knight brother of the last Hugh began the contention with Reinold Greie lord of Ruthine for the right of the lands honors and armes without difference of the last Iohn Hastings earle of Penbroke This sute began about the eight yeare of Henrie the fourth and continued at least vntill the fift yeare of Henrie the fift if not longer but in the end notwithstanding manie false pedegrees counterfeited by this Hastings and his vncle Henrie bishop of Norwich one of the house of the Spensers yet it was adiudged against the said sir Edward Hastings in the marshals court that the lands honors and armes without difference as the last Iohn Hastings earle of Penbroke did beare them with the armes of William Ualence earle of Penbroke should be onelie borne by the said lord Greie of Ruthine and his heires as being of the whole blood and next heire to the said last Iohn Hastings earle of Penbroke and that the said Edward Hastings should vtterlie be barred to beare the armes of Hastings but quartered with the armes of Folliot as onelie descending of the halfe blood to the said last earle of Penbroke of that name And that all other pedegrees what so euer except this are false and of purpose contriued as appeareth by a notable booke and monument thereof remaining in the hands of Henrie Greie now earle of Kent descended of the said Reinold Greie of Ruthine conteining all the processe examinations witnesses pedegrees iudgements thereof more plainelie maie appeare In which contention there was shewed a matter by the deposition of sir William Hoo knight not vnworthie to be remembred though it touch not the Hastings concerning armorie and bearing of differences in armes which was that the said sir William said on his oth in the tenth yeare of Henrie the fourth that before the times of Edward the third the labell of three points was the different appropriat and appurtenant for the cognizance of the next heire but the same king made his sons to beare the entire armes with labels of thrée points with certeine differences in the said labels to be knowen the one from the other except his sonne the duke of Glocester who bare a border about the armes of France and England And thus this much Francis Thin touching the name of Hastings In this yeare Thomas earle of Lancaster for the opinion which had béene conceiued of him by reason of miracles and other respects was canonized for a saint The mondaie next after the feast of saint Hilarie a parlement was begun at Westminster in which there was a bill exhibited by the commons that the lords and great men of the realme should not giue to their men badges to weare as their cognizances by reason that through the abuse thereof manie great oppressions imbraseries vnlawfull maintenances and wrongs were practised to the hinderance of all good orders lawes and iustice The lords would not consent altogither to laie downe their badges but yet they agreed that none should weare any such cognizance except their seruants of houshold and such as were in ordinarie wages by the yeare ¶ In the same parlement certeine persons that had gone about some new rebellion in Kent being apprehended were condemned and so were drawne and hanged ¶ There was also an act made against such as should passe the seas to purchase prouisions as they termed them in any church or churches And if any from thencefoorth attempted so to doo he should be reputed and taken as a rebell Also there was
the tents the Frenchmen tooke their leaue but at their departing they remembring themselues required the English lords for the loue of God that the truce might indure till the sunne rising the next daie to the which the lords assented When the French commissioners were returned into the citie without any conclusion of agréement the poore people ran about the streets crieng and calling the capteins and gouernors murtherers and manquellers saieng that for their pride and stiffe stomachs all this miserie was happened threatning to slea them if they would not agrée vnto the king of Englands demand The magistrats herewith amazed called all the townesmen-togither to know their minds and opinions The whole voice of the commons was to yeeld rather than to sterne Then the Frenchmen in the euening came to the tent of sir Iohn Robsert requiring him of gentlenes to mooue the king that the truce might be prolonged for foure daies The king therevnto agréed and appointed the archbishop of Canturburie and the other seuen before named for his part and the citizens appointed a like number for them The tents were againe set vp and dailie they met togither and on the fourth daie they accorded on this wise that the citie and castell of Rone should be deliuered vnto the king of England at what time after the middest of the ninetéenth daie of that present moneth of Ianuarie the said king willed the same and that all the capteins and other men whatsoeuer dwelling or being within the said citie and castell should submit them in all things to the grace of the said king and further that they should paie to the said king thrée hundred thousand scutes of gold whereof alwaies two should be woorth an English noble or in stead of euerie sâ—ute thirtie great blankes white or fiftéene grotes Moreouer it was accorded that euerie soldier and stranger being in the said citie and castell should sweare on the euangelists before their departure not to beare armour against the king of England before the first daie of Ianuarie next to come Also they line 10 within the towne should suffer all the poore people lieng in ditches or about the ditches of the citie which for penurie were chased out to enter the citie againe and to find them sufficient food till the said ninetéenth daie of Ianuarie There were diuerse other articles in all to the number of two and twentie agréed aswell on the behalfe of the citizens as of king Henrie who granted that all the souldiers strangers and other within the said citie and castell at that time being not willing to become his lieges should depart line 20 after that the citie and castell was once yéelded fréelie without let leauing to the said king all their armors horsses harnesse goods except the Normans which if they should refuse to become lieges to him were appointed to remaine as his prisoners togither with one Luca Italico and certeine others When the daie of appointment came which was the daie of saint Wolstane sir Guie de Buttler and the burgesses deliuered the keies of the citie and castell vnto the king of England beséeching him of fauour line 30 and compassion The king incontinentlie appointed the duke of Excester with a great companie to take possession of the citie who like a valiant capteine mounted on a goodlie courser first entered into the citie and after into the castell The next daie being fridaie the king in great triumph like a conquerour accompanied with foure dukes ten earles eight bishops sixtéene barons and a great multitude of knights esquiers and men of warre entered into Rone where he was receiued by the cleargie with line 40 two and fourtie crosses and then met him the senat and the burgesses of the towne offering to him diuerse faire and costlie presents In this manner he passed through the citie to our ladie church and there hauing said his orisons he caused his chapleins to sing this antheme Quis est tam magnus dominus Who is so great a lord as our God This doone he came to the castell where he continued a good space after receiuing homages and fealties of the burgesses and townesmen and setting orders amongst them He also reedified diuerse fortresses line 50 and townes during which time he made proclamation that all men which would become his subiects should inioy their goods lands offices which proclamation made manie townes to yéeld and manie men to become English the same season The duke of Britaine vnderstanding that if the king of England should continue in possession of Normandie his countrie could not but be in great danger if he prouided not to haue him his freend vpon line 60 safe conduct obteined for him his retinue came to Rone with fiue hundred horsses and being honorablie receiued of the king after conference had betwixt them of diuerse things at length they agréed vpon a league on this wise that neither of them should make warre vnto the other nor to any of the others people or subiects except he that meant to make war denounced the same six moneths before Thus this league being concluded the duke tooke leaue of the king and so returned into Britaine About the same time at the sute of certeine bishops and abbats of Normandie the king confirmed vnto them their ancient priuileges granted by the former dukes of Normandie and kings of France except such as were granted by those whome he reputed for vsurpers and no lawfull kings or dukes He also established at Caen the chamber of accounts of the reuenues of his dukedome of Normandie In Rone he began the foundation of a strong tower behind the castell that from the castell to the tower and from the tower to his palace the men of warre appointed there in garrison might passe in suertie without danger of the citie if herhaps the citizens should attempt any rebellion In this sixt yeare whilest these things were adooing in Normandie quéene Ioâ—e late wife of king Henrie the fourth and mother in law to this king was arested by the duke of Bedford the kings lieutenant in his absence and by him committed to safe kéeping in the castell of Leeds in Kent there to abide the kings pleasure About the same time one frier Randoll of the order of Franciscanes that professed diuinitie and had béene confessor to the same queene was taken in the I le of Gernesey and being first brought ouer into Normandie was by the kings commandement sent hither into England and committed to the Tower where he remained till the parson of the Tower quarelling with him by chance slue him there within the Tower ward It was reported that he had conspired with the quéene by forcerie and necromancie to destroie the king Whilest the king remained in Rone to set things in order for the establishment of good policie in that citie he sent abroad diuerse of his capteins with conuenient forces to subdue certeine townes castels in
should haue fled abode the earles comming and so receiued him who though he first with manfull courage and sore fighting wan the entrie of their campe yet at length they compassed him about and shooting him through the thigh with an handgun slue his horsse and finallie killed him lieng on the ground whome they durst neuer looke in the face while he stood on his féet It was said that after he perceiued there was no remedie but present losse of the battell he counselled his sonne the lord Lisle to saue himselfe by flight sith the same could not redound to anie great reproch in him this being the first iournie in which he had béene present Manie words he vsed to persuade him to haue saued his life but nature so wrought in the son that neither desire of life nor feare of death could either cause him to shrinke or conueie himselfe out of the danger and so there manfullie ended his life with his said father There died also the earles bastard sonne Henrie Talbot and sir Edward Hull elect to the order of the garter and thirtie other men of name and right valiant personages of the English nation The lord Molins was taken prisoner with thréescore others The residue of the English people fled to Burdeaux and other places of whome in the flight were slaine aboue a thousand persons Thus at this battell of Chatillon fought the thirteenth daie of Iulie in this yeare ended his life Iohn lord Talbot and of his progenie the first earle of Shrewesburie after that he with much fame and most victorie had valiantlie made warre and serued his prince and countrie by the space of foure and twentie yeares in the parties of beyond the seas line 10 whose corps was left on ground and after was found by his fréends and conueied to Whitchurch in Shropshire where it was interred After this discomfiture diuerse lords fled to Burdeaux but the earle of Candall the lords of Montferrant of Rosaine of Dangladas entered into the castell of Chatillon which by the space of ten daies they defended but in the end despairing of all succours they rendred the fortresse and came safe to Burdeaux After this the townes of saint Million Liborne line 20 and all other which the erle of Shrewesburie had conquered rendred themselues to the Frenchmen Burdeaux onelie excepted Which citie being the last reâ—uge of the English people the French king in person besieged with all his puissance and in conclusion constreined both the garrisons and inhabitants to yéeld so that the Englishmen Gascoignes might safelie depart into England or into Calis with all their substance and that the lords de Lesparre Duras and thirtie others should neuer vpon paine of line 30 death be found within anie of the French kings dominions which lord de Lesparre being after taken in Gascoigne disguised was made shorter by the head When this composition was agréed and sealed the Englishmen were shortlie transported ouer into England in the moneth of October this present yeare Thus was the duchie of Aquitaine which had continued in the English possession from the yeare of our Lord 1155 vnto this present yeare which is neere line 40 hand thrée hundred yeares by the mariage of Elenor daughter and heire to William duke of Aquitaine wife to king Henrie the second finallie reduced and brought againe to the French obedience and seruitude Within that onlie duchie be foure archbishops foure and twentie bishops fifteene earledomes two hundred and two baronies and aboue a thousand capteinships and baliffewikes whereby ye may consider what a losse this was to the realme of England On the thirteenth daie of October this yeare was the line 50 quéene deliuered at Westminster of a faire sonne who was christened and named Edward His mother susteined not a little slander and obloquie of the common people who had an opinion that the king was not able to get a child and therefore sticked not to saie that this was not his sonne with manie slanderous words greatlie sounding to the queenes dishonour much part perchance vntrulie After the birth of this child he highlie aduanced his line 60 brethren on his mothers side for Edmund he made earle of Richmond which was father to king Henrie the seuenth and Iasper he created erle of Penbroke which died without issue ¶ This yeare Iohn Stafford archbishop of Canturburie departed this life and Iohn Kempe archbishop of Yorke was remoued from that sée to succeed in place of the said Stafford being the thrée score and second archbishop there Iohn Booth bishop of Couentrie and Lichfield was translated to Yorke being the one and fiftith archbishop of that church ¶ On Bartholomew daie at the wrestling neere vnto Clerkenwell a gentleman belonging to the prior of saint Iohns made a rumor or tumult for the which by the commandement of the maior he was arested by Richard Allie one of the shiriffes and deliuered to Paris a sergeant But such resistance was made by parts taking that the shiriffe was faine to craue helpe of the maior who with his brethren the aldermen arose from the game and strengthened the shiriffes And for the rescue of the said gentleman one named Caâ—is came out of saint Iohns with a great strength of archers to resist the maior in the which fraie a yeoman of saint Iohns was slaine and manie other sore hurt The maior himselfe escaped hardlie for his cap was smitten from his head with an arrow but the maior with his citizens put the other to flight sent the principall of them to Newgate and then tooke his place againe till the games were ended by which time the citizens had gathered themselues in great number and fetched him home neuer maior so stronglie nor so honorablie * This yeare was Thomas Bourchier bishop of Elie sonne to the countesse of Stafford and brother to Henrie Bourchier earle of Essex remooued to the see of Canturburie who in the yeare after the word became flesh and appeared in humane shape 1443 first obteined the sée of Elie although once before he was by the king put backe from thence after his election of the couent therevnto and confirmation of the pope being translated from Worcester to the said sée of Elie the twelfth daie of March in the said yeare 1443. This man after that he had remained at Elie ten yeares thrée and twentie wéekes and fiue daies was as is before said in this yeare 1454 remooued to Canturburie by Nicholas the fift then bishop of Rome After this he was made chancellor which office he obteined the seauenth of March in the yeare 1455 being the thrée and thirtith yeare of king Henrie the sixts reigne Lastlie he was aduanced to the dignitie of cardinall by pope Paule the second in the yeare of our Lord 1465 of whome is made a more liberall discourse in a tretise of the liues of the chancellors of England a place of no small authoritie
and vagabunds which desiring to liue by rapine were glad to serue him And thus furnished he tooke such ships as his fréends had prouided for him and departing from Flanders towards England he arriued vpon the Kentish coast there cast anchor purposing to prooue how the people there were affected towards him and therefore he sent certeine of his men to land to signifie to the countrie his arriuall with such power that the victorie must incline to his part The Kentishmen vnderstanding that Perkin was but Perkin and had none with him to make account of but strangers borne like faithfull subiects determined to fall vpon those that were thus new come to land and to trie if they might allure the whole number out of their ships so to giue them battell But Perkin wiselie considering that the maner of a multitude is not to consult and sagelie to aduise with themselues in anie deliberate sort but suddenlie and rashlie to run headlong into rebellion would not set one foot out of his ship vntill he saw all things sure Yet he permitted some of his souldiers to go on land which being trained foorth a pretie waie from their ships were suddenlie compassed about and beset of the Kentishmen and at one stroke vanquished and driuen backe to their ships Of these discomfited soules were taken prisoners an hundred and fortie persons whereof fiue Montfort Corbet White Belt Quintin or otherwise Geâ—in being capteins were brought to London by sir Iohn Pechie shiriffe of Kent railed in ropes like horsses drawing in a cart after vpon their arreignment confessed their offense and were executed some at London and other in the townes adioining to the sea coast And thus Perkin missing of his purpose 〈…〉 into Flanders In this verie season deparâ—â—◠〈…〉 Cicilie duchesse of Yorke moother to king 〈◊〉 the fourth at hir castell of Berkhamstéed 〈◊〉 of small stature but of much honour and 〈◊〉 parentage and was buried by hir husband in the college of Fodringcie The king being aduertised that his enimies were lâ—nded leauing off his progresse purposed to haue returned to London but being certified the next day of the luckie speed of his faithfull subiects continued line 10 his progresse did send sir Richard Gilford both to commend the fidelitie and manhood of the Kentishmen and also to render to them most hartie thanks for the same He also caused order to be taken for the erecting of beacons and watching of them Perkin then perceiuing that he should not be receiued into England sailed into Ireland trusting there to augment his numbers and then to returne towards the coast of England againe and to take land in the West countrie if occasion serued but if not then he line 20 determined to saile streight into Scotland to séeke fréendship there After he had therefore staid a while in Ireland and perceiued that the hope of victorie consisted not in the Irish nation being naked people without furniture of armour or weapon he tooke the sea againe at Corffe and sailed into Scotland where comming to the presence of king Iames be forged such a painted processe to mooue him to beléeue that he was the verie sonne of king Edward that the Scotish king line 30 whether blinded with errour or vsing dissimulation that he might vnder a colourable pretext make war against England began to haue Perkin in great honour and caused him openlie to be called duke of Yorke And to persuade the world that so he was indeed he caused the ladie Katharine daughter to Alexander earle of Huntleie his nigh kinsman to be espoused to him But yer we passe anie further you shall sée and peruse if you will the said painted processe of Perkin as it is leâ—t in record by Edward Hall line 40 for an example what working force is in words speciallie where the hearers are easie to be seduced and not to be ouer hastie to giue them too quicke hastie credit For the poet saith of gaie words void of truth Verba nitent phaleris at nullas verba medullas Intus habent The colourable oration or counterfeit tale that Perkin told the king of Scoâ—s to iustifie his false title line 50 I Thinke it is not vnknowne vnto you most noble king and puissant prince into what ruine the stocke house and familie of Edward the fourth of that name king of England is now of late brought to and fallen in either by Gods permission or by diuine punishment whose indubitate sonne if you know line 60 not alreadie I am and by the power of almightie God preserued aliue to this houre from the mightie hand of a tyrant For my father king Edward when he died appointed his brother Richard duke of Glocester to be our gouernour protector and defendor whome the more that he loued studied to aduance and promote the better he thought that he would loue fauour and tender his children But alas my vnfortunate chance I may say how hath his trust beene turned into treason and his hope into hinderance all men know and I feele Our vncle was not the tutor and preseruer of our stocke and linage but the confounder destroier of our bloud and progenie For that tyrant blinded and glutted with the desire of ruling and souereigntie commanded Edward my brother me to be slaine and dispatched out of this mortall life Wherevpon that person to whome the weightie and cruell charge was committed and giuen to oppresse and destroie vs poore innocent infants and giltlesse babes the more that he abhorred this heinous and butcherlie offense the more he feared to commit it And so wauering in mind and doubtfull what to doo at the length willing in part to stanch the bloudie thirst of the vnnaturall tyrant and in part to absteine from so heinous detestable homicide he destroied my brother and preserued me like the good preest Ioiada who saued little Ioas when all the children of the bloud roiall were commanded by Athalia the queene to be slaine and vtterlie destroied And further to the intent that my life might be in suertie he appointed one to conueie me into some strange countrie where when I was furthest off and had most need of comfort he forsooke me suddenlie I thinke he was so appointed to doo and left me desolate alone without freend or knowlege of anie releefe or refuge And so king Richard did obteine the crowne as a preie mischeefouslie gotten by the dispatching awaie of my brother and me So that I thus escaping by reason of my tender infancie forgat almost my selfe and knew not well what I was But after long wandering from countrie to countrie and from citie to citie I perceiued and learned by little and little what was my estate degree and so in conclusion came to mine owne aunt the ladie Margaret lieng in Flanders which was sometime married to Charles duke of Burgognie which as ioifullie receiued and welcomed
the long warres of those regions To this was ioined the memorie of Mahomet his grandfather who with a power farre lesse than his and with a small name sent vpon the coasts of the realme of Naples had woone by assault the citie of Oâ—ronto and sauing he was preuented by death had both opened the way and established the meane to persecute the regions of Italie with continuall vexations so that the pope togither with the whole court of Rome being made astonished with so great successe and no lesse prouident to eschew so great a danger making their first recourse vnto the aid and succour of God caused to be celebrated through Rome most deuout inuocations which he did assist in presence bare-footed And afterwards calling vpon the helpe of mâ—n line 10 he wrote letters to all christian princes both admonishing them of the perill and persuading them to lay aside all ciuill discords and contentions and attend spéedilie to the defense of religion their common safetie which he affirmed would more and more take increase of most grieuous danger if with the vnitie of minds and concordances of forces they sought not to transferre the warre into the empire of the Turks inuade the enimie in his owne countrie Upon this aduise and admonition was taken line 20 the examination and opinion of men of warre and persons skilfull in the discouerie of countries the disposing of prouinces and of the nature and vsage of the forces and weapons of that kingdome and therevpon a resolution was set downe to make great leuies of monie by voluntarie contributions of princes and vniuersall imposts of all people of christendome It was thought necessarie that Cesar accompanied with the horssemen of Hungaria and Polonia line 30 nations warlike and practised in continuall warre against the Turke and also with the footmen of Germanie should saile along Danubi into Bossina called ancientlie Misia and from thence to Thracia and so to draw neare Constantinople the seat of the empire of Ottomanes that the French king with all the forces of his kingdome the Uenetians and the other potentates of Italie accompanied with the infanterie of Swizzerland should passe from the port of Brindisi in Albania a passage verie easie short to inuade Greece a countrie full of christian inhabitants line 40 and for the intollerable yoke of the Turkes most readie to rebell that the kings of Spaine of England and Portugall assembling their forces togither in Cartagenia and the ports thereabouts should take their course with two hundred ships full of Spanish footmen and other souldiers to the streict of Galipoli to make rodes vp to Constantinople hauing first of all subdued the castels and forts standing vpon the mouth of the streict and the pope to take the same course imbarking at Ancona with line 50 an hundred ships armed With these preparations séeming sufficient to couer the land and ouerspread the sea it was thought that of a warre so full of deuotion and pietie there could not be but hoped a happie end speciallie adding the inuocation of God and so manie seuerall inuasions made at one time against the Turkes who make their principall foundation of defense to fight in the plaine field These matters were solicited with no small industrie and to stop all matter of imputation line 60 against the office of the pope the minds of princes were throughlie sounded and an vniuersall truce for fiue yeares betweene all the princes of christendome published in the consistorie vpon paine of most grieuous censure to such as should impugne it So that the negociation continuing for all things apperteining to so great an enterprise he assigned ambassadours to all princes to the emperour he sent the cardinall S. Sisto to the French king he dispatched the cardinall of S. Maria in Portico the cardinall Giles to the king of Spaine and the cardinall Campeius to the king of England All cardinals of authoritie either for their experience in affaires or for opinion of their doctrine or for their familiaritie with the pope All which things albeit they were begun with great hope and expectation and the vniuersall truce accepted of all men and all men with no little ostentation and brauerie of words made shew of their readinesse with their forces to aduance so good a cause yet what with the consideration of the perill estéemed vncerteine and farre off and extending more to one prince than to another and what by the difficulties and long tract of time that appeared to introduce a zeale and vnion so vniuersall priuat interests and respects particular séemed to preuaile more than the pietie of the expedition insomuch that the negociation stood not onelie naked of all hope and issue but also it was followed verie lightlie and as it were by ceremonie This being one propertie in the nature of men that those things which in their beginnings appeare fearefull doo dailie take such degrées of diminution and vanishing that vnles the first feares be reuiued by new accidents they lead men in processe of time to securitie Which propertie of negligence both touching the affaires publike and affection of priuate and particular men was well confirmed by the death that succéeded not long after to Selim who hauing by a long maladie suspended the preparations of the warre was in the end consumed by the passions of his disease and so passed into the other life leauing so great an empire to Soliman his sonne yoong in yeares and iudged to beare a wit and mind not so disposed to the warres although afterwards the effects declared the contrarie At this time appeared betweene the pope and the French king a most great and streict coniuncton for the king gaue to wife to Laurence his nephue the ladie Magdalen noblie descended of the bloud and house of Bullognie with a yearelie reuenue of ten thousand crownes whereof part was of the kings gift and the residue rising of hir owne patrimonie Besides the king hauing borne to him a sonne the pope required that in his baptisme he would impose vpon him his name By which occasion Laurence making preparations to go to marrie his new wife for his more spéed performed his iournie by post into France where he was receiued with manie amities and much honour of the king to whome he became verie gratious and of deare account the rather for that besides other generall respects he made a dedication of himselfe wholie to the king with promise to follow in all accidents his fortune And now to returne to cardinall Woolsie who grew so into excéeding pride that he thought himselfe equall with the king For when he said masse which he did oftener to shew his pompe rather than for anie deuotion he made dukes and earles to serue him of wine with a say taken and to hold to him the bason at the lauatorie Thus was the pride of the cardinall and other priests so past the compasse of reason
of maister Hunnings seruants that was also one of the takers of fresh fish for the prouision of the queenes house was set on the pillorie in Cheapside in the fish market ouer against the kings head hauing a bawdrike of smelts hanging about his necke with a paper on his forehead written For buieng smelts for twelue pence the hundred and selling them againe for ten pence the quarter He stood so likewise on the eightéenth and the twentith daie of the same moneth euerie one of those three daies from nine of the clocke till twelue The last daie he should haue had one of his eares slit if by great sute made to the councell by the lord maior of London he had not béene pardoned and released out of prison This penance was assigned to him by the quéenes owne appointment when to hir grace his trespasse was reuealed Whereby shée gaue a tast to the people of a zealous mind to haue iustice dulie ministred and faults accordinglie punished namelie of those which vnder pretense of hir graces authoritie should go about to wrong and oppresse hir louing subiects line 10 This yéere in the Easter holidaies on the mondaie preached at the Spittle doctor Bill on the tuesdaie doctor Cox on the wednesdaie doctor Horne the first was hir maiesties chapleine the other two had remained at Geneua and in other places beyond the seas all queene Maries time On low sundaie maister Samson made the rehearsall sermon but when the lord maior and aldermen came to their places in Paules churchyard the pulpit doore was locked the keie could not be heard of Whervpon line 20 the lord maior sent for a smith to open the locke which was doone and when the preacher should enter the place it was found verie filthie and vncleanlie Moreouer the verger that had the custodie of the keie which opened the doore of the place where the prelats and other vse to stand at the sermon time would not open the doore but the gentlemen with a foorme brake it open and so came in to heare the sermon This disorder chanced by reason that since Christmasse last past there was not a sermon preached line 30 at Paules crosse by meanes of an inhibition sent from the councell vnto the bishop of London that he should admit no preacher because of the controuersie betwixt the bishops and other of the clergie that were now returned into the realme from the parties of beyond the seas The last of March the parlement yet continuing was a conference begun at Westminster concerning certeine articles of religion betwixt the bishops and other of the clergie on the one part and certeine line 40 learned preachers of whome some had beene in dignitie in the church of England before that time on the other part The declaration of the procéeding wherin and the cause of the breaking vp of the same conference by default and contempt of certeine bishops parties of the said conference was published in a little treatise and imprinted by Richard Iug and Iohn Cawood printers to the quéenes maiestie as here followeth The quéenes most excellent maiestie hauing heard of diuersitie of opinions in certeine line 50 matters of religion amongst sundrie of hir louing subiects and being verie desirous to haue the same reduced to some godlie christian concord thought it best by the aduise of the lords and other of hir priuie councell as well for the satisfaction of persons doubtfull as also for the knowlege of the verie truth in certeine matter of difference to haue a cōuenient chosen number of the best learned of either part to confer togither their opinions and reasons and therby to come to some good and charitable agreement line 60 And herevpon by hir maiesties commandement certeine of hir priuie councell declared this purpose to the archbishop of Yorke being also one of the same priuie councell required him that he would impart the same to some of the bishops and to make choise of eight nine or ten of them and that there should be the like number named of the other part and further also declared to him as then was supposed what the matters should be And as for the time it was thought meet to be as soone as possible might be agreed vpon And then after certeine daies past it was signified by the said archbishop that there was appointed by such of the bishops to whome he had imparted this matter eight persons that is to saie foure bishops and foure doctors who were content at the quéenes maiesties commandement to shew their opinions and as he termed it render account of their faith in those matters which were mentioned and that speciallie in writing although he said they thought the same so determined as there was no cause to dispute vpon them It was herevpon fullie resolued by the quéenes maiestie with the aduise aforesaid that according to their desire it should be in writing on both parts for auoiding of much altercation in words and that the said bishops should bicause they were in authoritie and degree superiors first declare their minds and opinions in the matter with their reasons in writing and the other number being also eight men of good degrée in schooles and some hauing béene in dignitie in the church of England if they had anie thing to saie to the contrarie should the same daie declare their opinions in like manner And so ech of them should deliuer their writings to the other to be considered what were to be improoued therein and the same to declare againe in writing at some other conuenient daie and the like order to be kept in all the rest of the matters All this was fullie agreed vpon with the archbishop of Yorke and also signified to both parties And immediatlie herevpon diuerse of the nobilitie and states of the realme vnderstanding that such a meeting and conference should be and that in certeine matters wherevpon the court of parlement consequentlie following some lawes might be grounded they made earnest meanes to hir maiestie that the parties of this conference might put and read their assertions in the English toong and that in the presence of them of the nobilitie and others of the parlement house for the better satisfaction and inabling of their owne iudgements to treat and conclude of such lawes as might depend herevpon This also being thought verie reasonable was signified to both parties and so fullie agréed vpon and the daie appointed for the first méeting to be the fridaie in the forenoone being the last of March at Westminster church where both for good order and for honour of the conference by the quéenes maiesties commandement the lords and others of the priuie councell were present and a great part of the nobilitie also And notwithstanding the former order appointed and consented vnto by both parts yet the bishop of Winchester and his colleagues alleging that they had mistaken that their assertions and reasons
déepe in the shallowest and otherwise being driuen by the wind verie boisterous in the northeast on banks one ell or a yard a half déepe In the which drifts of snow farre deeper in the countrie manie cattell and some men and women were ouerwhelmed and lost It snowed till the eight daie of that moneth and frised till the tenth and then followed a â—haw with continuall raine a long time after which caused such high waters and great flouds that the marishes and low grounds being drowned for the time and the water of the Thames rose so high into Westminster hall that after the fall thereof some fishes were found to remaine in the said hall The seuentéenth of Februarie an Irishman for murdering of a man in a garden of Stepenheth parish was hanged in chaines on the common called Mile end gréene This common was sometimes yea in the memorie of men yet liuing a large mile long from White chappell to Stepenheth church and therefore called Mile end greene but now at this present by gréedie and as séemeth to me vnlawfull inclosures and building of houses notwithstâ—nding hir maiesties proclamation to the contrarie it remaineth scarse halfe a mile in length The twentith daie of Februarie deceased sir Nicholas Bacon lord kéeper of the great seale of England who was honourablie buried vnder a sumptuous monument or toome by him in his life time erected in S. Pauls church of London on the ninth daie of March This sir Nicholas Bacon in his life time gaue for six scholers to be found in Bennets college in Cambridge to each of them three pounds six shillings and eight pence the yeare for euer ¶ The said sir Nicholas Bacons toome aforesaid bearing certeine representations of his wiues and children in imagerie worke is adorned with a notable epitaph wherein is pithilie described the meanes whereby he grew to be noble as also immortall The same being conteined in these verses following and iustifiable by the verie epitaph whereof this is a true transcription great pitie but it shuld be perpetuall Hic Nicolaum ne Baconum conditum Existima illum tam diu Britannici Regni secundum columen exitium malis line 10 Bonis asylum caeca quem non extulit Ad hunc honorem sors sed aequitas fides Doctrina pietas vnica prudentia Non morte raptum crede qui vnica Vita perennes emerit duas agit Vitam secundam coelites inter animus Fama implet orbem vita quae illi tertia est Hac positum in ara est corpus olim animi domus Ara dicata sempiternae memoriae This yeare in the moneth of Aprill to wit on the line 20 foure and twentith daie fell such a snow betwéene the hours of foure of the clocke in the morning nine of the clocke before noone of the same daie that in London the same snow was found to lie one foot déepe The 25 daie of Aprill sir Thomas Bromleie knight was made lord chancellor of England The chancellors of England collected out of sundrie ancient line 30 histories THe creation of this sir Thomas Bromleie lord chancellor hath occasioned me to treate of the chancellors of England a matter which I haue béene the willinger to set downe because I would minister cause to others who haue long wanted of their cunning in this matter to impart to the world some of their great knowledge herein to the benefit of their countrie But since I doubt that they will line 40 not accept this in good part till that come And as I may perhaps doo in this somewhat more largelie than in the iudgement of others shall seeme answerable to the most receiued opinion touching the chancellors treat of the antiquitie of them so yet I haue no mind to erre or to leade anie other into error Wherefore if things be not in perfection vpon this first rough hewing as nothing is at the first so exquisit as time dooth not after amend it yet disdaine it not sith this may giue more light than line 50 before was knowen And I determine God willing either to amend or to confesse and auoid in the large description of their liues whatsoeuer imperfections haue now distilled out of my pen either for mistaking or misplacing of name person or time and so to the matter It hath beene some question amongst the best antiquaries of our age that there were neuer anie chancellors in England before the comming of Edward the confessor out of Normandie whome they line 60 suppose to haue brought the same officer with him from thense into this realme But sith I am with manie reasons and ancient authorities led to beleue the contrarie I will imbrace the contrarie opinion therevnto and hold in this discourse as the order thereof shall prooue that there were chancellors before saint Edwards time for the confirmation whereof and for the authoritie of them for the etymologie and originall of the name and for the continuance of their office thou shalt find an ample discourse in my booke purposelie written of the liues of the chancellors whervnto I wholie refer thée who I hope shall within these few yeares be partaker thereof and in the meane time giue thee this tast of the age and names of the chancellors and vicechancellors and such keepers of the great seale as serued in place of chancellors For euerie one that was kéeper of the great seale was not intituled chancellor no more than euerie chancellor was intituled the keeper of the greatseale But because the one did serue in the vacancie of the other so that after a certeine sort the kéeper of the great seale was vicechancellor and possessed the place though not the name of a chancellor as in our age sir Nicholas Bacon did we therefore haue set downe the names of the one and the other as they followed in succession of time after this manner Turketill chancellor to Ethelbald who began his reigne about the yeare of Christ 718 which Turketill gaue six manours to the abbeie of Croâ—land as I haue séene noted Saint Swithin bishop of Winchester was chancellor and chiefe of councell to the great monarch king Egbert though some attribute him to Edgar which Egbert began his reigne about the yeare of Christ 802. Wlfinus chancellor to king Athelstan who began his reigne in the yeare of our redemption nine hundred and foure and twentie Adulphus chancellor to king Edgar who began his reigne in the yeare that the world became flesh nine hundred fiftie and nine of this man speaketh Hugo Petro Burgensis and Leland calleth this Adulph Cancellarium archigrammatum chancellor or chiefe secretarie Alsius or Aelsius the second abbat of Elie chancellor to king Etheldred who began his reigne in the yeare of Christ nine hundred seuentie and eight this man being by Ethelwold bishop of Winchester consecrated abbat at the appointment of the said king Ethelred or Egelred
aduentured lim and life line 10 against the enimies of the English commonwelth and therefore in respect of his excellent seruices deserued no lesse remembrance than is alreadie extant of him in print whereof this following is a parcell satrapas praeclarus fortis audax Elisabetha tui speciosi corporis acer Et fidus custos discrimen adire paratus Quodlibet inuicto Mauortis pectore campo Cui virtus persaepè herbam porrexit Hibernus Quem pugnis fulgâ—ns ornat victoria parta line 20 Sanguineis sed laus huic maxima iudicis aequi Edmund Grindall doctor of diuinitie archbishop of Canturburie deceassed at Croidon in Surrie on the sixt daie of Iulie was there buried This good man in his life time was so studious that his booke was his bride and his studie his bridechamber whervpon he spent both his eiesight his strength and his health and therefore might verie well not actiuelie but passiuelie be named as he was Grindall for he groond himselfe euen to his graue by mortification line 30 Of whome much might be spoken for others imitation siâ—h the vse of the historie is to instruct succéeding ages but this shall suffice that as his learning vertue were inseparable companions so the reward of both is the good name which he hath left behind him as a monument perpetuall bicause vertue was the founder of the same according to the true saieng of the late poet importing no lesse Virtutis merces eadem labor illa tropheum est Soláque dat nigrae vincere mortis iter line 40 Nam nisi virtutis quaeratur gloria factis Omnis in extremos est abitura rogos Barnard Randolfe esquier common sargeant to the citie of London deceassed on the seauenth of August This man in his life time somewhat before his death gaue and deliuered to the companie of the Fishmongers in London the summe of nine hundred pounds of good and lawfull monie of England to be imploied towards the conducting of Thames water cesterning the same in lead and castelling line 50 with stone in the parishes of saint Marie Magdalene and saint Nicholas cold abbeie néere vnto old Fishstréet seauen hundred pounds The other two hundred pounds to paie for euer yearelie the summe of ten pounds that is towards the maintenance of a poore scholar in the vniuersitie of Oxenford yearelie foure pounds Towards the mending of the high waies in the parish of Tisehurst in the countie of Sussex where the said Barnard was borne euerie yeare foure pounds And to the poore people of the line 60 parishes of saint Nicholas Oliue in Bredstréet and saint Marie Magdalene néere to old Fishstreet fortie shillings to wit twentie shillings to either parish for euer More he willed and bequeathed by his last will and testament to be bestowed in land or annuities to the reléefe of the poore inhabiting in the wards of Quéenehiue and castell Bainard in the citie of London and in the aforesaid parish of Tisehurst in the countie of Sussex the summe of one thousand pounds This yeare in the moneth of Iune were sent to the seas a ship called the barke Talbot and a small barke both manned with a hundred men vnder the charge of William Borough esquier clerke of hir maiesties nauie for the apprehending of certeine outragious searouers who for that they were manie in number and well appointed contemning the small strength that was set out against them so boldlie behaued themselues as that shortlie after it was confidentlie bruted that they had vanquished in fight the said ship and barke But within few daies after beyond all expectation they were by the said William Borough and his companie discomfited and taken to the number of ten saile whereof three were prises some of the chiefe pirats namelie Thomas Walton alià s Purser Clinton Atkinson William Ellis William Ualentine alià s Bagh Thomas Beuen and foure more on the thirtith of August were hanged at Wapping in the ooze besides London Walton as he went to the gallowes rent his venecian breeches of crimsin taffata and distributed the same péecemeale to such his old acquaintance as stood néere about him but Atkinson had before giuen his murrie veluet dublet with great gold buttons and the like coloured veluet venecians laid with great gold lace apparell too sumptuous for sea-rouers which he had worne at the seas wherein he was brought vp prisoner from Corse castell in the I le of Porbeke to London vnto such his fréends as pleased him before he went to Wapping ¶ This Clinton Atkinson a personable fellow tall of stature and well proportioned of acceptable behauiour when he kept shop for himselfe being a free man of London and like enough to doo well if he had taken good waies had his name of the late earle of Lincolne now deceassed who christened him being an infant by whose speciall meanes being growne a proper man he was not long before saued from the like death and yet thorough want of grace making relapse fell within danger of law He descended of honest parents his father speciallie being a man of verie honest name one that loued the truth for the testimonie wherof he forsooke his owne natiue countrie leading a hard life with his familie beyond the seas in queene Maries daies returning to England at the inthronization of our gratious queene Elisabeth in the seat roiall was made minister in which vocation he died in Gods fauour and the good opinion of his neighbors leuing behind him among other sonnes this his eldest sorted as you sée to the shame which malefactors of that qualitie and so conuinced can not auoid This auoweth he that knew the man as well as the right hand from the left Where to conclude we are to marke that it is not alwaies true that good parents haue good children for here is an example of degeneration procured not by euill education for this Clinton wanted no good bringing vp but by bad companie and libertie the verie spoile of many a one that otherwise might liue thriue Wherin by the way we are to woonder at the counsels of God who suffreth children so much to varie from their parents in qualitie as if they had not receiued their birthright but were bastards changlings but to end with the prophet Dauids saieng Intima consilij non penetranda Dei On the eighteenth daie of September Iohn Lewes who named himselfe Abdoit an obstinate heretike denieng the godhead of Christ and holding diuers other detestable heresies much like to his predecessor Matthew Hamont was burned at Norwich On the two and twentith of September Albertus de Lasco palatine of Siradia in Poland before spoken of now when he had well viewed the order of our English court and nobilitie with other places of this realme especiallie the vniuersitie of Oxenford c taking leaue of hir maiestie and of the nobilitie he departed towards Poland But before we make
as persons that did renounce their quarrell and seemed to cursse or to blame such as sent them to so vnfortunate and desperate a voiage But though these reasons grounded vpon rules of naturall reason shall satisfie a great number of the aduersaries who will yeeld that by good order of ciuill and christian policie and gouernement hir maiestie line 40 could nor can doo no lesse than she hath doone first to subdue with hir forces hir rebels and traitors and next by order of hir lawes to correct the aiders abettors lastlie to put also to the sword such forces as the pope sent into hir dominions yet there are certeine other persons more nicelie addicted to the pope that will yet séeme to be vnsatisfied for that as they will tearme the matter a number of sillie poore wretches were put to death as traitors being but in profession scholers or priests by the names of seminaries Iesuits or simple schoolemaisters that line 50 came not into the realme with anie armour or weapon by force to aid the rebels and traitors either in England or in Ireland in their rebellions or wars of which sort of wretches the commiseration is made as though for their contrarie opinions in religion or for teaching of the people to disobeie the lawes of the realme they might haue beene otherwise punished and corrected but yet not with capitall paine These kinds of defenses tend onelie to find fault rather with the seueritie of their punishments than to line 60 acquit them as innocents or quiet subiects But for answer to the better satisfaction of these uice and scrupulous fauourers of traitors it must be with reason demanded of them if at least they will open their eares to reason whether they thinke that when a king being stablished in his realme hath a rebellion first secretlie practised and afterward openlie raised in his realme by his owne seditious subiects and when by a forren potentate or enimie the same rebellion is mainteined and the rebels by messages and promises comforted to continue and their treasons against their naturall prince auowed and consequentlie when the same potentat and enimie being author of â—he said rebellion shall with his owne proper forces inuade the realme and subiects of the prince that is so lawfullie and peaceablie possessed in these cases shall no subiect fauouring these rebels and yéelding obedience to the enimie the inuador be committed or punished as a traitor but onelie such of them as shall be found openlie to carrie armour and weapon Shall no subiect that is a spiall and an explorer for the rebell or enimie against his naturall prince be taken and punished as a traitor bicause he is not found with armour or weapon but yet is taken in his disguised apparell with scrolles and writings or other manifest tokens to prooue him a spie for traitors after he hath wandered secretlie in his souereignes campe region court or citie Shall no subiect be counted a traitor that will secretlie giue earnest and prest monie to persons to be rebels or enimies or that will attempt to poison the vittels or the founteins or secretlie set on fire the ships or munition or that will secretlie search and sound the hauens and créeks for landing or measure the depth of ditches or height of bulworks and walles bicause these offendors are not found with armor or weapon The answer I thinke must needs be yéelded if reason and experience shall haue rule with these aduersaries that all these and such like are to be punished as traitors and the principall reason is bicause it can not be denied but that the actions of all these are necessarie accessaries and adherents proper to further and continue all rebellions and warres But if they will denie that none are traitors that are not armed they will make Iudas no traitor that came to Christ without armour colouring his treason with a kisse Now therefore it resteth to applie the facts of these late malefactors that are pretended to haue offended but as scholers or bookemen or at the most but as persons that onelie in words and doctrine and not with armour did fauour and helpe the rebels and the enimies For which purpose let these persons be termed as they list scholers schoolemaisters bookemen seminaries priests Iesuits friers beadmen Romanists pardoners or what else you will neither their titles nor their apparell hath made them traitors but their traitorous secret motions practises their persons haue not made the warre but their directions and counsels haue set vp the rebellions It is trulie to be pondered that the verie causes finall of these rebellions and warres haue béene to depose hir maiestie from hir crowne the popes bull hath roared it so to be The causes instrumentall are thâ—se kind of seminaries and seedmen of sedition their secret teachings and reconciliations haue confirmed it The fruits and effects thereof are by rebellion to shed the bloud of all hir faithfull subiects the rewards of the inuadors if they could preuaile should be the disinheriting of all the nobilitie the clergie and the whole communaltie that would as they are bound by the lawes of God by their birth and othes defend their naturall gratious quéene their natiue countrie their wiues their children their familie and their houses And now examine these which you call vnarmed scholers and priests wherefore they first fled out of the realme why they liued and were conuersant in companie of the principall rebels and traitors at Rome and in their places where it is proued that they were partakers of their conspiracies Let it be answered why they came thus by stealth into the realme Why they haue wandered vp downe in corners in disguised sort changing their titles names and maner of apparell Why they haue intised and sought to persuade by their secret false reasons the people to allow and beléeue all the actions and attempts whatsoeuer the pope hath doone or shall doo to be lawfull Why they haue reconciled and withâ—â—wne so manie people in corners from the lawes of the realme to the obedience of the pope a 〈◊〉 potentate and open enimie whome they kâ—â—w to haue alreadie declared the queene to be no lawfull queene to haue mainteined the knowne rebels and traitors to haue inuaded hir maiesties dominions with open warre Examine further how these vagarant disgised vnarmed spies haue answered line 10 when they were taken and demanded what they thought of the bull of pope Pius Quintus which was published to depriue the quéenes maiestie and to warrant hir subiects to disobeie hir whether they thought that all subiects ought to obeie the same bull and so to rebell Secondlie whether they thought hir maiestie to be lawfull queene of the realme notwithstanding the said bull or anie other bull of the pope Thirdlie whether the pope might giue such licence as he did to the earls of Northumberland and line 20 Westmerland and other hir maiesties subiects to rebell as
not to liue without your fauour and dieng will wish from my hart that my end may be the beginning of your maiesties securitie and my death the preseruation of your life and the increase both to your maiestie and to this your most flourishing commonwealth of all the most happie blessings of almightie God Your maiesties most wofull subiect in that he hath offended you Francis Throckemorton He sent vnto hir maiestie togither with the said submission a declaration written likewise with his owne hand conteining the effects of the most principall points of his treasons formerlie confessed retracting onelie the accusation of his father and some other particularities of no moment to cléere him of his treasons the effect wherof followeth in his owne words as he set them downe The declaration which Throckmorton sent to hir maiestie with his letter of submission THe onelie cause why I coined the practise first by me confessed and vniustlie touched my father was for that partlie I conceiued that the paper written so long since could not now by law haue touched me but principallie for that I was willing thereby to colour the setting downe of those names and hauens in Romane hand which were written long after the time by me confessed vpon occasion of conference betwéene the Spanish ambassador and me of this latter practise Mine intelligence with the Scotish queene began a little before Christmas was two yeares the cipher I had from Thomas Morgan in France the first letter I receiued by Godfrie Fulgeam by whome also came all such others as I after receiued for the most part vnlesse it were such as came to me by F. A. his hands who as he told line 10 me receiued them of the fellow by me spoken of in my former confessions whose name I protest before God I know not nor whense he is And for such letters as came vnto me in the absence of Fulgeam they were inclosed vnder a couerture from Fulgeam and were deliuered me by the hands of Robert Tunstead his brother in law vnto whome I deliuered such as I had for the Scotish quéene couered with a direction vnto Fulgeam and once I remember or twise I sent by one of my men called line 20 Butler letters for the Scotish queene to the house of the said Tunstead néere Buckestones couered with a direction to Tunstead and vnder a letter to Fulgeam In such letters as came to me from the Scotish quéene were inclosed letters to F. A. manie times and most times some for Thomas Morgan Hir letters to me conteined c. But before I returned mine answer vnto hir I vnderstood of the death of the duke of Lenox and withall heard from Morgan with whome all mine line 30 intelligence was for with my brother I neuer had anie other than that the matters by me written to Morgan were by him imparted vnto my brother most times that by the persuasion of the pope and the king of Spaine the duke of Guise had yeelded to performe the iournie in person and that it was thought that the next waie to atteine libertie for the Scotish quéene and to reforme Scotland was to begin here in England And therefore he desired to know from me whether in mine opinion line 40 catholikes would not backe any such force as should be sent considering a demand of tolerance in religion for them should insue the well performing of the said enterprise and what I thought the force would amount vnto both of horsse and footmen and where I thought to be the fittest landing Mine answer was that as then I saw no great probabilitie of the good successe of such an enterprise for that the catholikes were timorous dispersed the matter perillous to be communicated vnto manie without which I saw not how anie estimat could be line 50 made of the forces besides that it was an imminent danger vnto the Scotish quéene whereof I saw no remedie I tooke notice of this matter in my next letters to the Scotish quéene whose answer was that she latelie heard of that determination c. Upon my former answer vnto Morgan he desired me that I would conferre with the Spanish ambassador to whom I should be recommended from thense Herevpon line 60 the said ambassador sent for me and brake with me in this matter assuring me that in his opinion he found it verie easie to make great alteration here with verie little force considering the disuse in men to warre and troubles would so amaze them as he thought that they would be as soone ouerthrowne as assailed he could not thinke but in such a case catholikes would shew themselues sith the purpose tended to the obteining for them libertie of conscience and therefore he desired me to acquaint him what I thought men would doo in such a case and where I thought the fittest landing and what holds in these parts were easiest to be surprised I answered him that as it séemed the enterprise stood vpon great vncerteinties if it depended of the knowledge of a certeine force to be found here which no man could assure him of vnlesse he had sounded all the catholikes which was not possible without a manifest hazard of the discouerie of the purpose For as for anie great personage I know no one to be drawne to this action that could carrie anie more than his ordinarie retinue the onlie waie in such a case was I told him for such as would be drawne into this matter and were of credit in their countries to leuie forces vnder colour of the princes authoritie But for that these things depended vpon vncerteine grounds which was not fit to be vsed in so great an action I said it was to be resolued that the force to be sent should be of that number that what backing soeuer they should find here they might be able of themselues to incounter with anie force that might be prouided to be sent against them and therfore they could not be lesse than fiftéene thousand men For the place of their landing I said it depended much vpon the force that should be sent for if that were in great number it mattered not where they landed if in a small companie then was it requisit that it should be in the countries best affected furthest from hir maiesties principall forces which I said to be in the northerne parts on either side To the danger of the Scotish quéene by me obiected he said he knew no remedie vnlesse she might be taken awaie by some two hundred horsse which I told him I saw not to be possible for that I knew not anie gentleman in those parts which were men if anie to performe it that I durst wish to be made acquainted with the matter before hand Finallie our conclusion was that I should informe him of the hauens as particularlie as I could and within few daies after finding by him that the force intended hither was farre inferior vnto that I spake of
yeare 1570 I was sworne hir line 20 maiesties seruant from which time vntill the yeare 1580 I serued honored and loued hir with as great readinesse deuotion and assurance as anie poore subiect in England In the end of that yeare and vntill Midsummer 1582 I had some trouble for the hurting of a gentleman of the Temple In which action I was so disgraced and oppressed by two great men to whome I haue of late béene beholden that I neuer had contented thought since There began my misfortune line 30 and here followeth my wofull fall In Iulie after I laboured for licence to trauell for thrée yeares which vpon some consideration was easilie obteined And so in August I went ouer with doubtfull mind of returne for that being suspected in religion and not hauing receiued the communion in two and twentie yeares I began to mistrust my aduancement in England In September I came to Paris where I was reconciled to the church and aduised to liue without scandale the rather for that it was mistrusted line 40 by the English catholikes that I had intelligence with the greatest councellour of England I staied not long there but remooued to Lions a place of great traffike where bicause it was the ordinarie passage of our nation to and fro betwéene Paris and Rome I was also suspected To put all men out of doubt of me and for some other cause I went to Millaine from whense as a place of some danger though I found fauour there after I had cléered my conscience and iustified my line 50 selfe in religion before the inquisitor I went to Uenice There I came acquainted with father Benedicto Palmio a graue and a learned Iesuit By conference with him of the hard state of the catholikes in England by reading of the booke De persecutione Anglicana and other discourses of like argument 1 I conceiued a possible meane to relieue the afflicted state of our catholikes if the same might be well warranted in religion and conscience by the pope or some learned diuines I asked his opinion he line 60 made it cléere commended my deuotion comforted me in it and after a while made me knowen to the Nuntio Campeggio there resident for his holinesse By his meanes I wrote vnto the pope presented the seruice and sued for a pasport to go to Rome and to returne safelie into France Answer came from cardinall Como that I might come and should be welcome I misliked the warrant sued for a better which I was promised but it came not before my departure to Lions where I promised to staie some time for it And being indéed desirous to go to Rome and loth to go without countenance I desired Christofero de Salazar secretarie to the king catholike in Uenice who had some vnderstanding by conference of my deuotion to the afflicted catholikes at home and abroad to commend me to the duke 〈◊〉 Noua terra gouernour of Millaine and to the countie of Oliuaris Embi then resident for the king his master in Rome which he promised to doo effectuallie for the one and did for the other And so I tooke my iournie towards Lions whither came for me an ample pasport but somewhat too late that I might come go In verbo pontificis per omnes iurisdictiones ecclesiasticus absque impedimento I acquainted some good fathers there of my necessitie to depart towards Paris by promise praied their aduises vpon diuerse points wherein I was well satisfied And so assuring them that his holinesse should heare from me shortlie it was vndertaken that I should be excused for that time In October I came to Paris where vpon better opinion conceiued of me amongst my catholike countriemen I found my credit well setled and such as mistrusted me before readie to trust and imbrace me And being one daie at the chamber of Thomas Morgan a catholike gentleman greatlie beloued and trusted on that side amongst other gentlemen talking but in verie good sort of England I was desired by Morgan to go vp with him to another chamber where he brake with me and told me that it was hoped and looked for that I should doo some seruice for God and his church I answered him I would doo it if it were to kill the greatest subiect in England whom I named and in truth then hated No no said he let him liue to his greater fall and ruine of his house 2 it is the quéene I meane I had him as I wished and told him it were soone doone if it might be lawfullie doone and warranted in the opinion of some learned diuines And so the doubt once resolued though as you haue heard I was before reasonablie well satisfied I vowed to vndertake the enterprise for the restitution of England to the ancient obedience of the sée apostolike Diuers diuines were named doctor Allen I desired Parsons I refused And by chance came master Wats a learned priest with whome I conferred and was ouerruled 3 For he plainelie pronounced the case onelie altered in name that it was vtterlie vnlawfull with whome manie English priests did agrée as I haue heard if it be not altered since the booke made in answer of the execution of the English iustice was published which I must confesse hath taken hard hold in me and I feare me will doo in others if it be not preuented by more gratious handling of the quiet and obedient catholike subiects whereof there is good and greater store in England than this age will extinguish Well notwithstanding all these doubts I was gone so far by letters and conference in Italie that I could not go backe but promised faithfullie to performe the enterprise if his holinesse vpon my offer letters would allow it grant me full remission of my sinnes 4 I wrote my letters the first of Ianuarie 1584 by their computation tooke aduise vpon them in confession of father Aniball a Codreto a learned Iesuit in Paris was louinglie imbraced commended confessed and communicated at the Iesuits at one altar with the cardinals of Uandosmi and Narbone whereof I praied certificat and inclosed the same in my letter to his holines to lead him the rather to absolue me which I required by my letters in consideration of so great an enterprise vndertaken without promise or reward 5 I went with Morgan to the Nuntio Ragazzoni to whome I read the letter and certificat inclosed sealed it left it with him to send to Rome he promised great care of it and to procure answer and so louinglie imbraced me wished mee good spéed and promised that I should be remembred at the altar 6 After this I desired Morgan that some speciall man might be made priuie to this matter least he dieng and I miscarieng in the execution and my intent neuer trulie discouered it might sticke for an euerlasting spot in my race Diuerse were named but none agréed vpon for feare of bewraieng 7 This being doone
places and the court was so swift line 20 that there could be no staie made but the courts must run ouer them and yet no great harme hath happened that waie And I my selfe haue séene a court loden with earth passe ouer the bellie or stomach of the driuer and yet he not hurt at all therby Manie courts also being vnloden for expedition were driuen at low waters through the chanell within the pent from maister lieutenants wall whereby they gained more than halfe the waie and so long as by anie possibilitie they might passe that line 30 waie they were loth to go about And when the flood came the chanell did so suddenlie swell as manie horsses with their courts and driuers which rode in them were ouertaken or rather ouerwhelmed with water and were forced to swim with great hazard of life though therat some tooke pleasure For sometimes the boies would strip themselues naked and ride in that case in their courts through the chanell being so high as they were ducked ouer head and eares but they knew their horsses would swim and carrie them through the streame which ministred line 40 to some occasion of laughter and mirth Finallie this summer being in the yeare of our Lord one thousand fiue hundred eightie and thrée was verie hot and contagious the infection of the plague that yeare more vniuersallie dispersed through England than in manie yeares before and that towne verie much subiect therevnto by means of through-fare and common passage and had béene extremelie visited therewith not long before so as the towne line 50 was abandoned of most men yea of some of the inhabitants themselues for that cause and yet God blessed so the works as in this extraordinarie and populous assemblie there was in no part of the towne anie death or infection either of townsmen or workmen which resorted thither from all the parts of England And one thing more in mine opinion is to be noted and commended herein that is to saie that in all this time and among all these people there was neuer anie tumult fraie nor falling out to the disquieting line 60 or disturbance of the works which by that means were the better applied and with lesse interruption For they neuer ceased working the whole daie sauing that at eleuen of the clocke before noone as also at six of the clocke in the euening there was a flag vsuallie held vp by the sargent of the towne in the top of a tower except the tide or extraordinarie busines forced the officers to preuen◠the houre or to make some small delaie staie therof And presentlie vpon the signe giuen there was a generall shout made by all the workers and wheresoeuer anie court was at that instant either emptie or loden there was it left till one of the clocke after noone or six of the clocke in the morning when they returned to their businesse But by the space of halfe an houre before the flag of libertie was hanged out all the court driuers entered into a song whereof although the dittie was barbarous and the note rusticall the matter of no moment all but a iest yet is it not vnworthie of some briefe note of remembrance because the tune or rather the noise thereof was extraordinarie and being deliuered with the continuall voice of such a multitude was verie strange In this and some other respect I will set downe their dittie the words whereof were these O Harrie hold vp thy hat t' is eleuen a clocke and a little little little past My bow is broke I would vnyoke my foot is sore I can worke no more This song was made and set in Romneie marsh where their best making is making of wals and dikes and their best setting is to set a néedle or a stake in a hedge howbeit this is a more ciuill call than the brutish call at the theatre for the comming awaie of the plaiers to the stage I thinke there was neuer worke attempted with more desire nor proceeded in with more contentment nor executed with greater trauell of workemen or diligence of officers nor prouided for with more carefulnesse of commissioners nor with truer accounts or duer paie nor contriued with more circumspection of the deuisers and vndertakers of the worke nor ended with more commendation or comfort sauing that vpon the seuen twentith of Iulie being S. Iames his daie the verie daie when the crosse wall and the long wall met and were ioined together and in effect finished for both wals were brought aboue the high water marke and nothing remained to be done of the same but highthening which might be doone at anie time after sir Thomas Scot the principall piller of that worke fell sicke vpon the wals and was conueied thense in a wagon to his house where he remained six wéeks more likelie to die than to liue whose ladie and wife being a most vertuous and noble matrone a liuelie paterne of womanhood and sobrietie the daughter of sir Iohn Baker knight and the mother of seuentéene children vsed such diligent attendance and continuall care for hir husbands recouerie of helth as thereby she brought hir selfe into so weake state of bodie as being great with two children she fell sicke and after hir vntimelie trauell being deliuered of a sonne and a daughter she ended hir mortall life This sicknesse of sir Thomas Scot and that which fell out therevpon was no small discomfiture to him and all his And the workmen at Douer made such mone for his sicknesse and also for his absence that euerie stréet was replenished with sorrow and gréefe and the people would be comforted with nothing more nor anie waie be better incouraged to worke lustilie than to be told that sir Thomas Scot was well recouered and would shortlie be amongst them againe And in truth they translated their barbarous musicke into a sorrowfull song and in stéed of calling to Harrie for their dinner they called to God for the good health and returne of their best freend sir Thomas Scot and that with a generall and continuall outcrie euen in their old accustomed tune time But the courts procéeded in highthening the wals vntill they were raised about two foot higher than they were on S. Iames his daie when the wals met togither so as the crosse wall is ninetie foot broad in the bottome and about fiftie foot in the top The long wall is seuentie foot in the bottome and almost fortie foot in the top in so much as vpon either wall two courts may méet and passe or turne without troubling ech other The length of the crosse wall is fortie rods the length of the long wall a hundred and twentie rods The charge of these two wals with the appurtenances amounted to two thousand and seauen hundred pounds as appeareth in the expenditors books If there were anie issue or draining of water vnder the wals it was soone stopped by the peise
Richmond renew his sute and put him to his shifts 752 a 60 He hath men and monie of the French king for hostages he is gréeued at the newes of king Richard the thirds intended marriage with his néece 752 b 30 50 Ciuill among Noblemen prosecuted with sword and slaughter note 672 a 10 60. b 10 c. Betwixt the duke of Glocester and the bishop of Winchester 590 b 60 591 a 10. c. Orâ—er taken by the lords for the pacifieng thereof 594 b 30 c 595 a 10 c. 620 a 30 50 c. Ciuill and the inconuenience thereof 645 b 20. Among the Scotish nobilitie 531 b 40. Betwixt prince Edward and the earle of Glocester 262 a 60 Dissimulation of Edward the seconds wife 336 b 30. To auoid danger note 498 b 60 490 a 10. Of yoong king Henrie note 106 b 30. Notable of a wench counterfetting a spirit 1117 b 60. Of Wolseie 909 a 10. Of the French king 774 b 40. Of the duke of Glocester dangerous 715 b 40. To auoid imminent danger 124 a 20. Of Richard the first did him no good note 135 b 50. Most profound and notable 721 a 40. Singular of duke Richard the third 731 b 10 732 a 30 40. Of the erle of Warwike 667 b 20. Of the king of Cipres 128 a 10. Of Edward the fourth to passe the countries without danger and bring his purpose to passe 679 a 40 c b 10 c. Of the duke of Clarence 681 b 60. Of the high constable of France 695 a 50. Of the French king vpon a naughtie meaning 698 b 30. With other ill qualiâ—ies note 600 b 10 c. Notable 548 b 10. Oâ— Parrie notorious 1393 b 20 1382 b 10. ¶ Sée Flatterie and Policie Diuell appeareth in the likenesse of a frier 520 a 50 Diuision in a realme and the mortall mischéefe thereof 630 b 60 Diuorse sought betwéene honorable personages 458 a 10. Betwéene Henrie the eight and queen Katharine ¶ Sée Quéene Katharine Dog in a rochet vnder the name of Gardiner 1143 a 20 Dolphin of France commended 560 b 20. Fléeseth his old mother of hir treasure and what mischeefe rose therof 560 b 30. Causeth solemne iusts to be proclamed at Paris 833 a 10. c. He is hurt in the hand b 50. His secret malice 60. Commeth before Bullen with a great powâ—r 969 b 60. Causeth himselfe to be proclaimed king of France 585 b 50. He is tempering with the English 586 a 10. Sentence against him for the murther of Iohn duke of Burgundie 578 b 30. Pursued by Henrie the fift 580 b 60. Whie called king of Berrie 581 a 10. Calling himselfe king of Sicill 552 a 40. Deceaseth 556 a 60. Whie the sunne and heire of euerie French king is so called 1141 b 60 Dolphins taken in the Thams 1083 a 50. At London bridge 447 a 40 Douer robbed by the French 295 b 10. A conuenient and perpetuall harborough for ships 1545 a 10 c. The castell inuincible 191 b 50. Deliuered to Henrie the third 271 b 60. ¶ Sée Castell Dowrie verie large demanded note 124 b 40 Drake sir Francis ¶ Sée Uoiage Drake sir Bernard knight deceaseth 1547 b 60 1548 a 40 Drake burning séene in the aire 277 b 40. Dragon fierie séene in diuerse places 484 b 30. Two séene fighting in the aire 216 b 30. Dreame of a knight that had long haire note 46 a 10. Of Richard the thirds foretelling him of his end 755 a 50. Of William Rufus note 26 b 10. Of a moonke concerning William Rufus 26 b 20 Dreames of Henrie the first strange and troublesome 43 b 60. Horrible that vexed Richard the second after the execution of the earle of Arundell 492 a 20. Import somewhat to befall 44 a 10. And prognosticat the true euent of an action 723 a 30 Dreux besieged and rendred to the Englishmen 580 b 30 Drie wednesdaie 818 b 20 Drinke more than ordinarie taken causeth forgetfulnesse of good aduise 26 b 30 Dronkennesse the ouerthrow of right and manhood note 626 b 20 Drought 284 a 40. In the spring 249 a 30. At Michaelmas 249 a 30. Great 245 b 40 785 a 30. Excéeding great 381 a 40. ¶ Sée Summer Drowning of a lad in a kenell 1260 a 10. Of people cattell c. by the breaking in of the sea 220 a 60. Of aboue a thousand men in one place and more in others note 423 a 60 b 10 c. Drurie capteine his good seruice at the rebellion in Norffolke 1038 a 40. Knight his militarie seruice his aduancement 1216 b 10 40 Duchesse Katharine of Suffolke hated of Stephan Gardiner note 1142 a 60 b 10 c. Hir trouble persecution and voluntarie banishment 1143 1144 1145. Of Glocester deceaseth 514 b 10. Of Yorke mother to Edward the fourth deceaseth 779 b 10. Of Salisburie beheaded 703 b 10. Of Bedford deceaseth 607 b 50 Of Burgogne hir appeale 578 a 30. ¶ See Margaret Of Saxonie deliuered of a child 106 a 10 107 b 60. Of Sauoie sends for aid to king Henrie the eight against the duke of Gelders 810 a 50 Bestoweth new cotes on the English souldiors 810 b 60. Of Angolesme meet about a tretise of peace 909 b 60 Duchmen come into England holding a contrarie opinion to the Romish church 68 a 50 Two of strange and monstrous stature 1322 a 10 Dudleie chosen spâ—aker for the commons at the parlement 791 b 60. ¶ Sée Empson Dudleie knight lord admerall setteth foorth from London towards Scotland 961 b 40. Went into France to receiue the French kings oth his interteinment 975 a 10 c. Lord Howard impeacheth the French power 1140 b 60. Lord Henrie slaine at the besieging of saint Quinuns 1134 b 10 20. Bishop of Durham of honorable descent deceaseth 761 b 40. Robert the creation of him baron of Denbigh and earle of Leicester 1207 a 60 b 10. ¶ Sée Earle Duke Alan of Britain 52 b 10 51 b 60. Of Albanie leuieth an armie to inuade England 875 b 20. Albert of Holland commeth into England 556 b 60. An earnest mediator for peace entreth in league with Henrie the fift 557 a 10 b 20 Albert of Saxonie his policie to get the towne of Dam he sendeth for aid to Henrie the seauenth to win Slâ—is 772 a 20 50 Duke of Alanson commeth into England 1322 a 40. Departeth out of England with all the nobilitie and gentlmen attending vpon him 1329 Attempteth diuerse expâ—oits vnfortunatlie falling out 1349 b 60. His ambition spreading like a canker glad to retire notwithstanding a confident clamor he sickneth 1350 a all Arriueth at Flushing 1331 a 20. Receiued at Middleborough 40. Refuseth to ride on horssebacke b 60. Goeth to see the towne of Ermwiden 1332 b 10. His ships painted with his owne colours 20. He prepareth to make his entrie into Antwerpe 40. His roiall interteinment note 50. Created duke of Brabant the states promise their loialtie an offer of
Westminster his gifts to the hospitals 1083 a 20 Shooting in the long bow when first it came into England 15 b 50 Shores wife king Edward the fourth his concubine note 722 b 60. More sued vnto than all the lords in England 729 a 40. Spoiled of all that she had put to open penance described 724 b 10 c. Shordich knight his words to the pope and the popes to him 365 b 40 50 Shrewesburie towne partlie burnt 218 a 30 Sickenesse extreame among people in all places 14 a 60 Strange at Oxford assise whereof iudges c died note 1270 a 40 b 10 c. Strange in Excester at a sessions there held like that of Oxford note 1547 b 30 c. Sidneie sir Henrie knight sent ambassador into France 1195 a 40. The historie of his life and death 1548 b 10 c. Sidneie sir Philip knight dead of a wound right honourablie reported of beyond and on this side the seas note 1554 a 60 c. Sidneie ladie the said knights mother deceaseth hir godlie end 1553 b 30 Sights in the aire fearefull and strange 1270 a 20. 1313 a â—0 484 b 10 c. 3â—5 a 60 210 b 50.249 a â—0 Of fieâ—e impressions in the aâ—â—e 1208 a 40.1260 a 30 1201 b 60. Out of the earth 220 a 10. ¶ See Moone Pagents Shews Woonders Siluer mines found in Deuonâ—shire note 316 b 3â— Simon a fraudulent and seditious preest 7â—5 a 10 Simenell the counterfeit earle of Warwike 763 a 20. He is honourablie receiued into Ireland a 60. Proclamed king of England 766 a 10 He 〈◊〉 all his adherents landeth in England b 10 He is taken pardoned and in place of homelie seruice vnder Henrie the seuenth 767 a 10 â—0 Simonie wherein note Anseimes opinion 24 a 50. A practiâ—e in William Rufus his time 24 a 30. A thousand pounds for a bishoprike 26 a 50. Greatlie abhorred by an archbishop of Canturburie note 213 a 60. ¶ Sée Abbasies and Bishopriks Simplicitie abused 1063 b 30 Siward duke of Northumberland 5 a 10 Six articles fued for to be renewed 1003 b 10. ¶ Sée Staâ—uâ—e Skinks valourous seruice against the Spaniards 1431 a 10 c. Taketh the towne of Warie 1429 b 10. Whie he burned â—â— 30 Knighted 1434 a 10. His good seruice against the enimie 60 b 10 c. Skipwiâ—h Richard ¶ Sée Iusts triumphant Slander that went of king Richard for the death of the marquesie of Montferrat 135 b 3â— Against king Edward the fourth confirmed note 729 b 50 60. ¶ Sée Sermon Slanders deuised by malicious heads against quéene Elisabeth ¶ Sée Books seditious Libell and Quéene Elisabeth Slaughter of fiue or six people by the fall of a wall 1413 a 60 Of eight persons by the fall of a scaffold at Paris garden 1353 a 30. ¶ See Murther Sleepe of foureteene daies and as manie nights 972 b 20 Smith Thomas esquire and customer a good common-wealth man note 1539 a 20 Smith doctâ—r his recantation 980 a 10 Smith embroderer ¶ Sée Charitie Smithfield sometimes a common laistall and place of execution 31 a 30. And to that vse since oftentimes applied ¶ Sée Arden and Horssestealers Snow great in Aprill 1272 a 20 In Maie 290 a 50 Sodomitrie punished in clergiemen and laiemen 31 a 10 Soldan king of Soria and Egypt his state by whose election they were chosen two of them slaine and all Soria Egypt subdued 846 a 60 b 10 c. Soldiors forren arriue to aid king Iohn against his barons 187 b 60. Set altogither vpon the spoile 192 b 40 Of certeine ordinances deuised by them to be obserued 125 a 50. English inriched 770 b 60. Trained vp in turmes 145 b 60. Make a fraie against the lord maior of London 636 a 20. Commended with words and rewarded with spoiles 560 a 10 English haue new coâ—es bestowed vpon them by the duchesse of Sauoie 810 b 10 Their vnrulie and drunken behauior noted 809 b 30 810 a 10. Their misbehauior against the L. admerall 814. a 50. Of Tornaie rewarded of K. Henrie the eight 850 b 10. Euill vnder a good capteine 942 b 30. Slaie their capteine 10 a 50. Their wages borne by the lords and péeres of the realme 14 a 60. How well affected William Rufus was to them 27 a 10. Prest and released for ten shillings or twentie shillings a man note 21 a 60 b 10. Their outrage a proclamation to restreine it 1197 a 60. Good orders proclamed to be kept amongst them 1196 b 40. Hanged for reuolting 1201 a 10. Executed for drawing vpon their capteins c 1202 b 30. Transported into Ireland to vanquish Shane Oneale 1209 b 30. Yoong trained vp in the field at the citie of Londons charge 1228 a 50 60. Transported into Ireland 1314 a a 30. Sent ouer sea to aid the low countries 1413 b 10. To what shifts they fall afâ—er discamping 1050 a 60. Reteined on all sides by king Richard the second against the lords 457 b 60. Hardie of préests and religious men 443 a 60 A great abuse in the châ—ise of them 45â— a 60. Called the crossed souldiors 441 a 60 442 a 20. Incouraged by hope of gaine 443 b 40. Out of wages by meanes of peace doo much hurt in France 395 b 10. Defrauded of their wages and the partie executed as a traitor 411 b 10. Of the French in a poore estate 199 b 40. Doo much hurt they spoile Westminster they are sacked and are throwne into the Thames 273 b 20 Their paâ—â— a thing preferred before race of men 229 b 20 ¶ See Aduentures Law marshall Mutinie Soliman Ottoman besiegeth and taketh Rhodes 876 b 20. It is yéelded vp vnto him his contempt of christian religion 877 a 10 20. Successour after Selims deceasse 847 b 20. Sophie of Persia. ¶ Sée Selim Sorcerie and inchantment ¶ Sée Coniuror and Elenor Cobham Sound most strange and woonderfull heard 226 a 10 Southhampton burned 355 b 50 Southwell knight his words in the parlement house touching quéene Maries child yet vnborne 1124 a 50 Southwell the archbishop of Yorke his manor 35 b 30 Southworke in the iurisdiction of an alderman 1062 a 60 b 10. Liberties purchased for it 1062 a 40 Spaine a deadlie bâ—ne vnto the English soldiors 4â—0 a 60 b 10. The king theroâ— his armie vnder the conduct of the duke of Alua the kingdome of Nauarre ioined vnto his 813 b 30 c. His clame to the empire 8â—1 a 50 60. He is chosen emperour 852 a 30. Philip his proclamation against English merchants 1206 a 10. His officers 〈◊〉 of tyrannicall lordlinesse and vilianie 1335 a 50. Chased and driuen out of his realme 397 b 10 60. His egernes to be reuenged his dissimulation 399 a 50 60 Sendeth an herald vnto prince Edward of Wales 3â—8 a 60 Spaniards ioined with the English armie against the French 879 b 60. Asâ—aâ—t Rome take it sacke it kill and slaie without exceptioâ— note 896 a 10
The earle of Kent rescued and conueied into Wales Polydor. The king entreth into Wales with an armie Polydor. The king returneth out of Wales The earle of Penbroke in danger He is rescued The Poictouins discomfited Dearth Tempests An earthquake A death Matth. Paris Iohn Monmouth receiueth an ouerthrow Polydor. Matth. Paris A part of the towne of Shrewsburie burnt Polydor. Matth. Paris Matth. Paris The earle of Penbroke passeth ouer into Ireland He is taken prisoner Geffrey Maurish The death 〈◊〉 the earle of Penbroke Polydor. Matth. Pariâ— Gilbert Marshall earle of Penbroke Officers called to accounts The truce ended Welshmen sent ouer to the aid of the earle of Britaine The earle of Britaine submitteth himselfe to the French king Anno Reg. 19. 1235 Polydor. Fabian * Sée the like in pag. 56. col 1. Matth. Paris The emperor Frederike marieth the king of Englands sister A great and sumptuous feast Matth. Paris Usurers called Caorsini of whome sée more in pag. 211. col 1. The bishop of London his doctrine Anno Reg. 20. King Henrie marrieth the ladie Elianor daughter to the earle of Prouance Matth. Paris The earle of Chester The constable of Chester The earle of Penbroke The wardeÌ„s of the cinque ports The earle of Leicester Erle Warren The earle of Hereford Lord William Beauchampe The citizens of London The citizens of Winchester A parlement at London Polydor. Strange sights Matth. Paris Great raine Matth. Paris Matth. West A great thunder A drie summer Gilbert Norman founder of Merton abbeie Anno Reg. 21. High tides Matth. Paris Wisbech people perishing by rage of waters A subsidie Matth. Paris Iohn Scot earle of Chester departed this life Ran. Higd. His sisters Cardinall Otho or Othobon The lords grudge at the king for receiuing the cardinall without their knowledge The legat praised for his sober behauiour A tournie at Blie Earle Bigot Anno Reg. 22. The legat holdeth a synod at London The legat coâ—meth to Oxford A fraie betwixt the legats men and the scholers of Oxford A cookes almes The legats cooke slaine The legat complaineth to the king The earle Waren sent to apprehend the offendors The legat cursseth The regents of yâ— Uniuersitie absolued Polydor. Matth. Paris The emperor of Constantinople coÌ„meth into England The countesse of Peâ—broke sister to the king married to Simon de Montford Polydor. The archbishop of Canturburie displeased with the marriage He goeth to Rome to coÌ„plaine of the king The earle of Cornewall â—â— also offended for the same marriage Matth. Paris The earle of Leicester gathereth 〈◊〉 He goeth to Rome to get â— dispensation or rather confirmation of his marriage Aid sent forth of England â—â— the emperour Henrie Trubleuille Iohn Mansel Wil. Hardell The bishop of Winchester departeth this life Matth. Paris A naughtie wretch meant to haue destroied the K. * Sée his end in pag. 230. Seneca in Octa Hippol. Anno Reg. 23. 1239 Matth. Paris Uariance betwixt the king and the earle of Penbroke Simon earle of Leicester fled ouer into France The birth of king Edward the first Polydor. A strange star Matth. Paris Ranulfe Briton taken out of his house and led to the tower Great raine The legat beginneth to looke to his owne coÌ„moditie Sir Robert de Twing The Iewes punished by the pursse A synod holden at London Anno Reg. 24. 1240 Matth. Paris Matth. West Baldwin de Riuers earle of the I le of Wight The woods about Leicester féeld Leolin prince of Wales departeth this life Griffin ap Maddockeâ— King Henrie aided the pope with monie against the â—â—â—perour Complaint to the king of the collections made for the pope The answer of the king Polydor. The causes that mooued archbishop Edmund to depart the realme Matth. West Matth. Paris Polydor. The death of Edmund archbishop of Canturburie surnamed of Pontney A Charterhouse moonke apprehended Iustices itinerants William de Yorke Robert Lexinton iustices The earle of Cornewal goeth into the holy land The earle of Leiceâ—ster goeth thither also The earle of Albemarle The dedication of the church of S. Paule in London The death of Isabell the countesse of Cornewall The lord Iohn Fitz Robert A comet A battell betwixt fishes Matth. Paris The kings manour at Mortlake A great wind An oth receiued The seneshall of Aquitaine Peter Rosso Peter de Supino got a vintiesme that is the 20 part of préests benefices Anno Reg. 25. 1241 Boniface de Sauoie elected archb of Canturburie Matth. Paris The earle of Cornewall 〈◊〉 intercessor 〈◊〉 a peace to be had betwixt the pope and the emperour He returneth into England Warres betwéene the Welshmen King Henrie goeth into Wales with an armie Dauid driuen to his wits end Dauid deliuereth his brother to the K. Matth. Pariâ— page 765. Matth. Paris page 830. Iohn Maâ—â—sell Death of â—â—â—ble men Lacie lâ—ft 〈◊〉 issue maâ—e behind him so that his daughters inheritâ—â— his lands Cardinall Somercotean Englishman An eclipse Anno Reg. 26. The death of the empresse Isabell. Wars renued betwixt the kings of England France The earle of March Gaguinus Matth. West Sundrie opinions in the kings councellers Charugage a certeine dutie for euerie Plowland The bishops of Durham sent into Scotland The king of Scots warden of the English marshes The archbishop of Yorke gouernor of the realme Thirtie barrels of English coine The king passeth ouer into France The French king inuadeth the earle of Marches land The number of the English armie Tailborge Xainctes An encounter betwixt the English and French The valiancy of the earle of Leicester and others Iohn Mansell Sir Iohn Barris Wil. de Sey. Gilbert de Clare slaine The earle of March is reconciled to the French king Matth. Paris The countesse of Bierne The reuolting of other French lords Sée pag. 42 43 44. pag. 152. of the historie of England Death in the French camp Truce 〈◊〉 betwixt the two kings Polydor. The queen 〈◊〉 England deliuered of a daughter William Marisch executiâ— Sée pag. 223. The seas trâ—ebled with men of warre Escuage gathered 20 shillings of euerie knights fée Matth. West Death of noble men Anno. Reg. 27. The earle of Cornwal and other returne home Prouision of graine and victuals taken vp and sent to the king The king led by strangers He is euill spoken of A truce taken for fiue years Nicholas de Mueles his lieutenant in Gascoigne Death of Noble men Hugh Lacie Fabian Matth. Paris Stars fallen after a strange manner Anno Reg. 28. The countesse of Prouance mother to the quéene commeth ouer into England The earle of Cornewall maried to the ladie Sanctia William Ralegh bishop of Norwich He is consecrated bish of Winchester by the pope He steleth out of the realme He giueth to the pope 6000 marks Martine the popes collectour Antichasis de Christi papae facinorb sub authore anâ—nymo The nobles complain◠〈◊〉 the king 〈…〉 popes 〈◊〉 The king writeth to the pope Polydor. The king asâ—keth counsel how to procâ—â— in
collection out of Parries indictment Certeine speciall matters vnder writing read in open audience of the multitude for their satisfaction Parries confession was not Coacta but Voluntaria ergo more credible Parries confession of his treasons was read by his owne assent A letter of cardinall di Como vnto Parrie also read Parries letter of the eightéenth of Februarie to the lord treasuror and the earle of Leicester read The quéenes atturnie requireth iudgement Parrie had for his credit aâ—ore time said verie secretlie that he had béene solicited beyond the â—â—as to commit the fact but he would not doo it â— wherewith he crastâ—â—iâ— abused both the quéenes maiestie those two counâ—â—llors wâ—erof he now would helpe himselfe with these speeches against most manifest proofs Maister vicechamberleins spéeches proouing manifestlie Parries traitorous intentiâ—ons Notâ— all this charge of maister vicechamberleine to be a recapitulatioÌ„ of all or most the treasons of Parrie Parrie chargeâ—h the lords of the councell with vnâ—ruth Parrie râ—prooued of false spéeches and so by himselfe also confessed The magnanimitie of the quéenes maiestie notified by sir Christopher Hatton The lord of Hunsdons spéeches conuincing Parrie manifestlie of hie treason Parries exclamation of outrage and vnpatientnesse Parrie abuseth the honorable and woorshipfull of the bench with termes vncouth and darke spéeches More libertie of speech giuen to Parrie than by law was allowable Parries treaâ—ons recapitulated by the lord chiefe iustice both for maner and matter The occasions and meanes that induced Parrie to these treasons The danger damnablenessâ— of popish bookes either read or listened vnto of papists c. The forme of iudgement against the traitor pronounced by the lord cheefe iustice Parrie rageth at the iustice bar without all reuerence William Parrie the traitor executed Parrie euen at the time of his death séeketh to cleare and purge himselfe as innocent of the treasons for the which he was condemned A description of Parrie both by linage person education and qualitie c. Parrie baselie borne and baselie brought vp Parrie a verie runnaâ—â—te and vagâ—rant rakehell in his yoong yeares Note Parries ambitioÌ„ and how the priest forgetteth that euer he was parish clerkâ— Parrie matcheth himselfe in marriage with a widow in Southwales Parrie a shiâ—ter in debt danger he marrieth a rich widow c. Parrie defloureth his wiues owne daughter and sundrie waies abuseth the old mother Parrie condemned for burgularie is pardoned of the quéene Parrie pretended a conscience of religion being vtterlie prophane and of as religion Parries voluntarie oth thrise taken in 22 yeares of obedience to hir maiestie And this is most like for what will not 〈◊〉 pope dispense withall Parries twâ— beaupéers the cardinals of Uand oâ— me Narbone What a notable dissembler was this Parrie peâ—iured towards hir maiestie perfidious to the pope c. No trust nor certeine dealing vsed by Parrie to or fro Buch. in psalm 58. Benedicto Palmio a Iesuit mentioned before pag. 1385. Thomas Morgan and Wats the one termed a catholike gentleman pag. 1385. They cannot be found in loialtie that are vnfound in religion Ergo how caâ— they giue Caesar his right that denie God his due and true seruice Aniball a Iesuit in Paris of whome before pag. 1385. Ragazzoni the Nuntio sée before pag. 1385. Sée before pag. 1386. Sée beforâ— pag. 1386. Cardinall di Como of whom sée bâ—fore pag. 1385. and his letter to Parrie pag. 1388. Sâ—â— beforâ— pag. 1386 Sâ—â— beforâ— pag. 1386. part of Parries voluntarie confession Note the pâ—â—nicious dealing of Parrie euerie waie hurtfull Taâ— principi quà m populo deiâ—ceps sibimeâ— oâ— proditori sumâ—â— pag. 1386. All these circumstances prooue that Parrie was resolute and by prepared both in hart and by hand to put in practise his conceiued vnnaturall treason How could this heihound die an innocent for intent the premisses considered A dilemmâ— or reason of aduantage concluding that Parrie died a periured traitor Abr. Fl. ex lib. manuscripto Situs nuper domus fratrum praedicatoruÌ„ vocata le Blacke-friers in villa Cantabrigiae The parlement dissolued The quéenes maiesties oration in the parlement house O the care that hir maiestie hath of true religion the lord of life lengthen hir graces life Hir maiesties reuerend estimation of Gods word and sacred scriptures O most princelie resolution and persuasion * The God of vengeance and iustice roote them out that the Lords annointed maie be frée from all feare of hurt What subiect would thinke life and lands too déere to lose if néed were for so gratious a quéene C. O. in sua Elisabetha Abr. Flem. The death of pope Gregorie the thirtéenth read of this popes practises against England in Parries treasons pag. 1382 c. The pope is verie busie by his owne presumptuous proud enterprises to impeach christian libertie This hath beene doone in such sort by a mathematician stranger that he is bold to chalenge anie holding the contrarie opinion to a reproofe of his examination Vide M. Michaelem Maestlinum Gaeppingensem in Tibuigensâ— academia Mathematicum c. A good and plausible beginning if the procéeding were agreeable Popish diuines doo rather imitate anie duns than the prophet Dauid who setteth downe the age of man to consist of 70 yeares A further examination of mans age by popish learning Happie newes to the true church when the membes of antichrist decrease This is no adulation to a dead carrion what did this fellow thinke you to the beast when he was aliue A comparison abused to the commendation of lewd pope Gregorie Childish reasons and worse diuinitie How did this fellow flatter Gregorie aliue whom he so magnified being dead A fit child and scholer for so bad a father and maister No spouse but a strumpet spotted with spirituall fornication Beastlie and blasphemous diuinitie fit for so lewd a bishop and so vnlearned a chapleine Noblie borne no doubt was this Gregorie otherwise called Hugh the good fellow A similitude of a pretious stone set in gold and verâ—tues in personages noblie descended Gregorie perceiued all things but it would be knowen how A long similitude most foÌ„dlie and most ridiculouslie applied Marke this principallie that Gregorie was mortified if the text lie not Iesu what a woonder is this and well woorthie to be placed in Legenda aurea The head which sought to ouerthrow the true church to dissuadâ— subiects from their allegiance to their prince and to mainteine his owne pompe and glorie For all that is hitherto spoken is méere ridiculous idle and méere lip-labour Notes that he would in time prooue a strong piller of idolatrie The continencie and virginitie of the popish clergie dooth consist in kéeping of concubines Note how Gregorie is extolled by waie of comparison A great studeÌ„t was Gregorie but in no good facultie Better had that liberalitie bene exhibited to théeues than to sacrilegious beasts c. Gregorie a good companion to traitors but an ill companion to the godlie It is