a pestilent Serpent is ambitioÌ„ Ambition desire of vaine glory soueraintie which amoÌ„g states where he once entreth créepeth forth so farre til w t deuision variaunce he turneth all to mischiefe first longing to be next the best afterward egall with the best at last chiefe aboue y â— best Of which immoderate appetite of worship thereby of debate dissentioÌ„ what losse what sorowe what trouble hath w t in these few yéeres grown in this Realme I pray God aswel forget as we wel remeÌ„ber Which things if I could aswel haue foreséen as I haue w t my more paine theÌ„ pleasure proued by godes blessed Lady y â— was euer his othe I would neuer haue won y â— courtesie of mens knées w t y â— losse of so many heads But sithen things passed cannot be gainecalled much ought we the more beware by what occasion we haue taken so great hurt afore that we eft soones fall not in that occasion againe Now be those griefs passed and all is God be thanked quiet likely right well to prosper in wealthfull peare vnder your cousins my children if God send them life and you loue Of which two things the lesse losse were they by whom though God did his pleasure yet should the Realme alway finde Kings and peraduenture as good Kings But if you among your selues in a childes raigne fall at debate many a good man shall perish and haply he to and ye to ere this land finde peace againe Wherfore in these last wordes that euer I looke to speake with you I exhorte you and require you all for the loue that you haue euer borne to mée for the loue that I haue euer borne vnto you for the loue that our Lord beareth to vs all from this time forward all griefes forgotten eche of you loue other Which I verely trust you will if ye any thing earthly regarde eyther God or your King affinitie or kinred this Realme your owne countrey or your owne suertie And therewithall the King no longer induring to sit vp laid him downe on his ryghte side his face toward them and none was there present that could refraine from wéeping But the Lordes recomforting him with as good wordes as they could and answering for the time as they thought to stand with his pleasure there in his presence as by theyr wordes appeared eche forgaue other and ioyned their handes together when as it after appeared by their déedes their hartes were farre a sunder As soone as the King was departed the noble Prince his sonne drew toward London which at the time of his deceasse kept his housholde at Ludlowe in Wales which countrey béeing farre off from the lawe and recourse to Justice was begon to be farre out of good will and waxen wylde robbers and reuers walking at libertie vncorrected And for this encheason the Prince was in the life of his father sent thither to y â— eude y â— the auâ—thoritie of his presence shoulde refraine euill disposed persons fro the boldenesse of their former outrages To the gouernaunce and orderyng of this yoÌ„g prince at his sending thither was there appointed sir Anthonie Woodâ—ile Lorde Riuers and brother vnto Lord Riuers the Quéene a right honorable man as valiant of hande as politike in Counsell Adioyned were there vnto him other of the same partie and in effect euery one as he was nearest of kinne vnto the Quéene so was planted nexte aboute the Prince That drifte by the Quéene not vnwisely deuised wherby hir bloude might of youth be rooted in the Princes fauor the Duke of Glocester tourned vnto theyr destruction and vpon that grounde sette the foundation of all his vnhappye building For whom soeuer he perceyued eyther at variaunce with them or bearing himselfe their fauour he brake vnto them some by mouth some by writing and secret messengers that it was neyther reason nor in any wise to bée suffered that the yong King theyr Maister and kinsman shoulde be in the handes and custodie of his mothers kinred sequestered in maner from theyr companye and attendaunce of whiche euerye one ought him as faithful seruice as they and many of them farre more honorable parte of kinne than hys mothers side Whose bloud quoth he sauing the Kings pleasure was full vnméetelye to be matched with hys whiche nowe to be as who saye remoued froÌ„ the King and the lesse noble to be left about him is quoth he neyther honorable to his maiestie nor vnto vs and also to hys grace no suretie to haue the mightiest of his friends from him and vnto vs no little ieopardie to suffer oure well proued euill willers to growe in ouer great auctority wyth the Prince in youth namely which is light of beliefe and soone perswaded Yée remember I trowe King Edward himselfe albeit he was a manne of age and discretion yet was hée in manye things ruled by the bende more than stoode eyther wyth hys honour or our profitte or with the commoditie of any man else excepte onely the immoderate aduancemente of themselues Which whether they sort thirâ—ted after their owne weale or our wo it were harde I wene to gesse And if some folkes friendship had not holden better place with the King than any respect of kinred they might peraduenture easilye haue betrapped and brought to confusion some of vs ere this Why not as easilye as they haue done some other alreadye as néere of his royall bloude as wée But our Lorde hath wrought his will and thankes be to his grace that peril is past Howbeit as great is growing if we suffer this yoÌ„g king in our enemies haÌ„d which without his witting might abuse the name of hys commaundement to any of our vndoing which thing God and good prouision forbidde Of whiche good prouision none of vs hath any thing the lesse néede for the late made attonement in which y â— Kings pleasure hadde more place than the parties willes Nor none of vs I beléeue is so vnwise ouersoone to truste a newe friend made of an old foe or to thinke that an hourely kindenes sodainly contracte in one houre continued yet skant a fortnight should be déeper settled in their stomacke than a long accustomed malice manye yeares rooted With these wordes and writings and suche other the Duke of Glocester soone set a fire them that were of themselues eathe to kindle and in especial twayne Edwarde Duke of Buâ—kingham and Wiliam Lord Hastings and Chamberlain both men of honour and of great power The tone by long succession from his auncestrie the tother by his office and the Kings fauour These two not beryng eache to other so muche lone as hatred both vnto the Quéenes parte in this point accorded togither wyth the Duke of Glocester that they would vtterly amoue from the Kings company all hys mothers friendes vnder the name of theyr enimies Uppon this concluded the Duke of Gloucester vnderstanding that the Lordes whyche at that time were about
and went on the left hand At this time Vespatian who was after Emperor was sent by Claudius into Brytain wher he fought 30 times with the Brytaines subdued to the Romane Empire two worthy nations aboue 20. townes and the I le of Wight OStorius was appointed lieuetenaunt in Brytaine for the 50 Romans who at his first entry in the beginning of Winter assayleth the Brytaines purposeth to pen them vp and include theÌ„ with riuers fortificatioÌ„s wherfore y e Ioeni made an insurrectioÌ„ which wheÌ„ he had pacified w t some slaughter he marched against y e Gangi for raging al the Cuntries as he passed but was forced by new tumults to tourne from them against y e Brigants whoÌ„ with some slaughter promise of pardon he pacified TheÌ„ he made prouisioÌ„ against y e Silures which inhabited South-wales bearing theÌ„selues bold vpon y e puissaÌ„ce of Caratacus a valiant Brytain who being skilful of y â— Countrey remoued y e war into Shropshire wher he fortified amoÌ„gst craggie mountaynes a place strong by situation where neuerthelesse the Romanes preuayled The wise daughter and brethren of Caratacus were taken and he flying to CartismaÌ„dua a q. ruling in Yorkshire was by hir deliuered captiue to his enemies ix yeares after the warres began who sending him to Rome was ther in open assembly brought before Claudius with his wife daughter brethren and friendes and such spoyles as had bin taken froÌ„ him wher he nothing dismayed in spirit or countenance spake after this sort to Claudius If my moderation of prosperous successes had bin correspondeÌ„t to my state and nobilitie I might haue come to this Citie rather a friende than a Captaine neyther you haue disdayned to admit me into league being descended of noble parentage and soueraigne ouer many nations This present state of mine as it is villanous toward me so it is honorable to you I had horsse men money munition what wonder is there if I had lost them vnwillingly For if you will rule and raigne ouer all of necessitie all must come into slauerie if I had yéelded at the first neyther my fortune nor thy glorie had bin renoumed the obliuion of me had ensued immediately after my execution but if you saue my life it shall be an euerlasting example of your clemency At these words Claudius remitted his offence graunted him life the Senate adiudged In Ostorius time certaine Cities vvere giuen to Cagidunus a Brytish king and a Colonie of Romanes vvas placed here Ostorius worthy to triumph but in the mean time the inhabitaunts of South-wales to reuenge Caratacus captiuitie intercepted discomfited certain bands of y e Romans amidst which new wars Ostorius tired w e trauel departed this life CLaudius sent Didius to supply the place of Ostorius nowe 52 â—acâ—â—us 3. Hâ—sto departed but in the mean time y e Silures fought fortunatly against the legions which was vnder the conduct of Manlius Valens In this time war brake out betwéene Cartismanda Q of the Brigants Venutius hir husband whom she refused matched hir self with Vellocatus his Esquire wherevpon Venutius fauored of the people assayled hir territory and she succoured by y e Romains after she had intercepted by trechery Venutius brother allies fought with him Wher after a sharp fight she by the ayde of y e Romaines preuayled as also Caesius Nasica did w t his legion against the Brytans in an other place for Didius vsed others in these matters bicause he was aged onely kept y â— which others had heretofore conquered CLaudius being now poysned by Agrippina his wife Nero 61 hir son obteyned y e Romain Empire about the. 7. yeare of his raigne Verennus was appointed lieutenant here who died within y e first yere of his gouernmeÌ„t saying y â— he would haue subdued prouinces had he suruiued but. ij yeares but about this time great slaughter was here of the Romaines SVetonius Paulinus was theÌ„ sent hither who at his arriual purposing to subdue Anglesey whither many Brytains had 62 w e drawne theÌ„selues he invessels w t flat kéeles ferried ouer his footmeÌ„ bringing ouer his horsemeÌ„ by some fourdes wher as on y e shores stood closely togither great nuÌ„bers of BrytaÌ„s among theÌ„ women gadding vp down frantickly in mourning wéedes their haire hanging about their ears shaking firebraÌ„ds y e Druydes also casting vp their haÌ„ds toward heaueÌ„ thundred out cruel execrations w t which vncomely sightes y e Romaines at first stoode dismayed but after encouraged by y â— Dion Casstus Generals perswasion they brust in among theÌ„ made greate slaughter got y e possession of y e Ile felled down y e woods coÌ„secrated to supersticious vses two Citties beloÌ„ging to y â— Romains wer takeÌ„ 80 000. of their people slaine the whole IlaÌ„d reuolted to the Romanes reproch the slaughter was coÌ„mitted by a womaÌ„ being foretold theÌ„ by many strange signes tokeÌ„s For in y â— court was heard a noise w t much slaughter In the Theatre a greate tumulte and muche wondering when there was no man ther that either spake or mourned Besides in the riuer of Thames certaine houses or buildings were séen The Image of the goddesse Victoria in the Temple of Camulodunum tourned hir backe as though she had yéelded to hyr enimies the women ranne as madde here and there saying and singing Destruction is at hande Finally betwixt the Iland Fraunce the Ocean sea appeared as it flowed with bloud The occasioÌ„ of this war was a coÌ„fiscation of the Brytains goods which being remitted by Claudius the Emperoure Decianus Catus then Procurator of the I le saide that it ought to haue bene renued To this cause was added that wheras against theyr wils Seneca had lent them fourtie Sestercies vpon great vsurie he now wyth greate force and all kinde of violence compelled them to paye all the whole summe at one payment and also persuaded them to make warre on the Romaines Bunduica of Brytaine a woman of noble byrth not onely wyth muche honour ruled amongst them but also was the soueraigne in theyr wars had in déed a stomack more maÌ„ly than womanlike who hauing gotten togyther an armye of 120000. men gotte hir vpon hyr seate made of Marrishe turues after the manner of the Romaines and being a tall woman of comely shape and seuere countenaÌ„ce sharp voice with yealowe haire hanging downe to hyr skyrtes Ponticus Virunius saith to hir thyghes she ware a great chayne of Ponticus Virunius golde and hadde on hyr backe a coate of sundrye colours a playted Kirtle WheÌ„ she was thus apparelled and had in hir hands a gret speare she spake vnto them to this effect First she commended libertie shewing them how pouertie wyth libertie was farre better than great riches in miserie and bondage on the other side wyth great eloquence shée declared the mischiefes and calamities they suffered at the handes of the Romaines
England and his Quéen were lodged in the Castell of Lowre and the King of France and his Quéene were lodged in the pallace of Saint Paule King Henrie hearing that the Dolphen with a great power besieged the Towne of Guisney he determined to goe himselfe to the raysing of the siege and so came to the town of Corbeil and so to Senlis where he waxed so sicke that hée was constrayned to tarry and send his brother the Duke of Bedforde to rescue theÌ„ of Cosney but the Dolphin raysed hys siege and departed thence King Henrie his disease increasing he departed this life in the Castell called Boyes de Visceme not far from Paris on the last of August in the yeare 1422. when he had raigned nine yeares fiue monethes and odde dayes There was present at his death King Charles of Fraunce and the two Quéenes but before his death this most prudent King disposed the guarde of the yong Prince his sonne and the defence of the realme of Englande to hys brother Humfrey Duke of Glocester but the custodie of the body of this yong Prince the King committed to his vncle the Duke of Excester and the reuenues of the Dutchie of Normandie he bequethed to his brother Iohn Duke of Bedforde for the gouernaunce of the same Dutchy and of the Realme of France In his life time he reedified his royall manour that then was called Shine nowe Richmount hée founded two Monasteries vpon the Thamis not farre from Richmount the one of Carthusians whiche he named Bethlem the other of religious men and women of Saint Bridget and that he named Sion He founded Gartar principal Kyng at armes of all Englishmen and also the brotherheade of Sainte Gyles without Creple Gate of London Shortlye after hys departing his bowels were enterred in the Church of Sainte More de Fosses and his corps well enbaulmed and seared was closed in leade and accompanyed with all the Lords Enguerant estates and commons of England that were there presente with also many Lords and great estates as well of France Normandie Burgondie and Picardie was brought with greate honour to Paris and set in the Churche of our Ladie where were done for him right solemne exequies with distributioÌ„ of mony and great almes to the poore From thence he was broughte to Roane where he aboade long When all things necessarie were prepared for the conueyaunce of the deade King into Englande hys body was layde in a Chariot whiche was drawen by foure great horsses and aboue the dead corpes they layde a figure made of boyled hydes or leather representing his person as nyghe to the semblaunce of him as could be deuised painted curiously to the similitude of a liuing creature vpon whose heade was set an Emperiall Diadem of golde and precious stones and in his right hand he helde a Scepter royall and in his lefte hand a ball of gold And in this manner adorned was this figure layde in a bedde in the sayde Chariot with hys vnsage vncouered toward the heauens and the couerture of hys bedde was of red silke beaten with golde and besides that when the body shoulde passe through anye good Town a Canapie of maruaylous great value was borne ouer the Chariot by men of great worshippe In this manner accompanyed of the King of Scottes and of all Princes Lordes and Knightes of hys house he was broughte from Roane to Abeuile where the corpse was set in the Churche of Sainte Offrâ—ne From Abuile he was broughte to Hedin and from thence to Menstreull so to Bulloigne and to Caleis In all thys iourney were many men about the Chariot clothed al in white which bare in theyr handes torches burning after whom followed al the housholde seruauntes in blacke and after them came the Princes Lordes and estates of the Kyngs bloud adorned in vestures of mourning and after all thys from the sayde Corpse the distaunce of two Englishe myles followed the Quéene of Englande righte honourably accompanyed In thys manner they entred Caleis from whence after a fewe dayes they departed and continued theyr iourneys by water and lande vntyll they came to London where they arriued about the tenth of Nouember so were conuaied by London bridge through Cheap to the Cathedrall Churche of Saint Paule vppon the couering of the for moste of the foure horsses that conuayed the Chariot wer imbrodered the auntient armes of EnglaÌ„d vpon the couerture of the seconde horsse were the armes of England and Fraunce in one shielde quarterly vppon the couerture of the thirde horsse was imbrodered the armes of Fraunce without any maner of difference and on the fourth horsse were the armes of King Arthur When his exequies were solemnized at Saint Paules Church in London hée was brought from theÌ„ce to be enterred in the Abbay of Saint Peter at Westminster amongst hys noble auncestoures Thus thys most victorious and renoumed Kyng entred the way decréed for euery creature in the floure most lustie time of hys age to witte but sixe and thirtie yeares olde ⸪ ¶ King Henry of Windsor HEnrie the sixth being an infant of eight moneths old beganne Anno reg 1. Titus Liuius his raigne the last of August in the yeare 1422. Continuing the time of his youth the gouernance of the Realme was committed to y e Duke of Glocester and the gard of his person to the Duke of Excester and to the Duke of Bedford was giuen the regiment of France who right wisely and nobly ruled the same so long as he liued This Henry was of witte and nature simple gentle and méeke he loued better peace than warre quietnesse of mind than businesse of the world honestie than profite rest and â—ase than trouble and care all iniuries that euer happened to him which were many he suffered patiently and reputed them to be worthely sent of God for his offences William Gastfield Robert Tatarsale the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior William Walderne Mercer the 28. of October The xxj of October Charles King of France passed out of this world and was buried at S. Denis in France after he haâ— History of Loys Duke of Orleance Charles le bievv King of France dyed bin Crowned King 46. yeares He was greatly beloued of his people all his life time and therefore was called Le Roy Charle le biew ame but yet he had a sicknesse the more part of his raigne that being out of his witte he woulde strike all that came néere him it tooke him first in the Citie of Mans shortly after he had bin in Flanders to reduce the Flemings to obedience There was by reason héereof great trouble in France bycause those that were néere to him in lignage sought euery one to haue the chiefe gouernement in theyr hands When he thus dyed the Realme was left in miserable state for people of each strange nation were gouernoures in the Realme First the Englishmen had conquered a great parte and sought to haue the rest and the Duke of