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The history and life and reigne of Richard the Third composed in five bookes by Geo. Buck.
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Buck, George, Sir, d. 1623.
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1647
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Wing B5307; ESTC R23817
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State and best of a King both groaned and complained but had not the sting and infection of King Richards adversaries who did not onely as the proverbe saith cum larvis luctare contend with his immortall parts but raked his dust to finde and aggravate exceptions in his grave having learnt their piety from the Comicall Parasite obsequium aâ—nicos verit as odium parit and finding it as well guerdonable as gratefull to publish their Libels and scandalous Pamphlets a piece of policy and service too to the times and an offence to resent any thing good of him they gave their pens more gâ—ll and freedome having a copy set by Doctor Morton who hâ—ad taken his revenge that way and written a Booke in latine against King Richard which came afterward to the hands of Mr. Moore sometime his servant so that here the saying of Darius which after became a proverbe hath place Hoc Caleeamentum consuit Histiaeus induit autem Aristagoras Doctor Morton acting the part of Histiaeus made the Booke and Master Moore like Aristagoras set it forth amplifying and glossing it with a purpose to have writ the full story of Richard the third as he intimateth in the title of his Booke but it should seeme he found the worke so melancholy and uncharitable as dulâ—d his disposition to it for he began it 1513. when he was Under-sheriffe or Clerke to one of the Sheriffes of London and had the intermission of twenty two yeares which time he tooke up in studies more naturall to his inclination as law and poetry for in them lay his greatest fancy to finish it before he died which was in 1535. but did not yet lift himselfe so happily into the opinion of men that his commendations had more fortune then observation and past him under the attributes of learning and religion though in both he came short of what was ascribed to him for if he understood the Latine and Greeke then held great learning yet was he so farre under the desert of an excellent Scholler as the learned censured him a man of slender reading and Germanus Brixius Irruditus i. unlearned for the sanctity of his life Iohn Baleus who tooke not up his knowledge of him an age off as some of his admirers but from the originall thus gives us his draught Hoc nos probe novimus qui eramus eidem Thomae Moro viâ—iniores quod pontisicum pharisaeorum crudelitati ex avaritia subserviâ—ns omni tyraÌ„ng truculentior ferociebat imo insaniebat in eos qui aut Papae primatum aut purgatorium aut mortuorum invoâ—â—tiones aut imaginum cultus aut simile quiddam oliabolicarum imposturarum negabant a vivisiâ—a Dei veritate ita edocti Consentire hic Harpagus noluit ut Rex Christianus in suo Regno primus esset nec quod ei liceret cum Davide Salomone Iosaphato Ezechia Iosia sâ—cerdotes Levitas rejectâ— Romanensium Nembrodorum tyrannide in proprio ordinare dominio c. Adding the attribute of tenebriâ— of veritatis evangelicae perversissimus osâ—r of obstinaâ—us â—alophanta of impudens Christi adversarius and saith of his end that decollatus suit in Turre Londinâ—nsi sexto die Iulij Anno Dom. 1535. Capite ad magnum Londini pontem ut proditoribus fieri sâ—let sâ—ipiti imposito nihilominus a Papistis pronovo Martyre colitur Thus he became a Martyr and a Saint but we shall finde other cause of his condemnation by his owne testimony for when he stood at the Barre arraigned some exceptions having been urg'd against him for seeming to uphold and maintaine the Popes supremacy in England his reply was he could not see quomodo laicus vel secularis homo possit vel debeat esse caput status spiritualis aut ecclesiastici yet insinuated that this opinion was taken hold off but for a pretext to supplant him the greatest cause of the Kings displeasure being for his withstanding the divorce between him and Katharine of Castile his wife and his second marriage with the Lady Anne Bullen Marquesset of Pembrooke And his owne words spoken to the Judges as they were set downe by his deare friend George Courinus in a short discourse upon his death are non me pudet quamobrem a vobis condemnatus sum videlicet ob id quod nunquam voluerim assentiri in negotium novi matrimonij Regis which uttered after sentence of condemnation when no evasion or subterâ—ugies would availe must proceed surely from his conscience and before this he wrote a letter to Mr. Secretary Cromwell which I have seene wherein he protested he was not against the King either for his second marriage or for the Churches supremacy But wisheth him good successe in those affaires c. which renders him well looked upon not so stout a Champion for the Pope as many of his partiall friends and Romanists supposed neither so sound in his Religion for I have seene amongst the multitude of writings concerning the conference about the alteration of Religion and suppressing of Churches and Religious houses that his connivance and consent was in it nor could he excuse it with all his policy and wisdome neither had the King ever attempted it had not the Pope and his Agents opposed that second marriage an error and insolency Rome hath ever since repented But it prov'd a happy blow of Justice to this Kingdome cutting of him and his authority which else had hazarded the best Queene that ever was the sacred and eternally honoured Elizabeth to whose growing glory and virtue Master Moore became an early and cruell adversary even before she was in rerum natura To know him further let me referre you to the Ecclesiasticall History of Master Iohn Fox in the raigne of Henry the eight who describes him graphically for his historicall fragment it shewes what great paines he tooke to item the faults and sad fortunes of King Richard the third and how industrious he was to be a time observer it being the most plausible theame his poeticall straine could fall on in those times and could not want acceptance nor credit well knowing in what fame he stood and that the weaker Analysts and Chroniclers of meane learning and lesse judgement would boldly take it upon trust from his pen who tanquam ignotum servum pecus have followed him step by step without consideration or just examination of their occurrents and consequents And the reputation of him and Doctor Morton being both Lord Chancellours of England might easily mislead men part blind who have dealt with King Richard as some triviall clawing Pamphleters and Historicall parasites with the magnificent Prelate Thomas Wolsey Cardinall and Archbishop o Yorke A man of very excellent ingredients and without Peere in his time yet his values had the sting of much detraction and the worth of his many glorious good workes interpreted for vices and excesses to such it must be said quod ab ipso