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A05048	A letter: whearin, part of the entertainment vntoo the Queenz Maiesty, at Killingwoorth Castl, in Warwick Sheér, in this soomerz progress 1575. iz signified: from a freend officer attendant in the coourt, vnto his freénd a citizen, and merchaunt of London	Patten, William, fl. 1548-1580.; Laneham, Robert, 16th cent, attributed name.	1585 (1585)	STC 15191; ESTC S108211	34,732	88

SUB CRUCE ●AN● Sr John Percivale Baronet of Burton in the County of Cork in Ireland A LETTER Whearin part of the entertainment vntoo the Queenz Maiesty at Killingwoorth Castl in Warwik Shéer in this Soomerz Progress 1575. iz signified from a freend officer attendant in the Coourt vntoo hiz fréend a Citizen and Merchaunt of London DE REGINA NOSTRA ILLVSTRISSIMA Dum laniata ruāt vicina ab Regna tumultu Laeta suos inter genialibus ILLA diebus Gratia Dijs fruitur Rūpantur ilia Codro While that oour neighboourz ●●amz asaid vprore dooth rend asunder In ●i●th amoong the subiects that her Maiesty an Vnder She thanks too God leads pleazaunt daiz let spite mallis ●un●●● Vntoo my good freend Master Humfrey Martin Mercer AFter my hartie commendacionz I commende mee hartily too yoo Vnderstande yée that sins throogh God good fréends I am placed at Coourt héer as yée wot in a woorwipfull room whearby I am not onlie acquainted with the most and well knoen too the best and euery officer glad of my company but also haue poour a dayz while the Councell sits not to go and too sée things sight worthy and too bée prezent at any sheaw or spectacl only whear this Progresse reprezented vnto her highness And of part of which sportez hauing takin sum notez and obseruationz for I can not bée ●dl at ony hand in the world az well too put fro me suspition of sluggardy az too pluk from yoo doout of ony my forgetfulnes of fréendship I haue thought it méet too impart them vntoo yoo az frankly az fréendly and az fully az I can Well wot yée the blak Prins waz neuer stained with disloyaltee of ingratitude towarde ony I dare bee his warrant hee will not beginne with yoo that hath at hiz hand so déeply dezerued But héerin the better for conceyuing of my minde and instruction of yoors ye must gyue mee leaue a littl az well to preface vntoo my matter az to discoors sumwhat of Killyng woorth Castl A Territory of the right honorabl my singular good Lord my Lord the Earl of Leyceter of whooz incomparabl cheeryng and enterteynment thear vntoo her Maiesty noow I will shew yoo a part heer that coold not sée all nor had I seen all coold well report the hallf Whear thynges for the parsons for the place time cost deuisez straungnes and aboundauns of all that euer I sawe and yet haue I been what vnder my Master Bomsted and what on my oun affayres whyle I occupied Merchaundize both in Frauns and Flaunders long and many a day I saw none ony where so memorabl I tell you plain The Castl hath name of Killingwoorth Killingwoorth Castl but of truth grounded vppon feythfull storie Kenelwoorth It stonds in Warwykshyre a lxxiiii myle northwest from London and az it wear in the Nauell of Englande foure myle sumwhat South from Couentree a proper Cittee and a lyke distauns from Warwyk a fayre Sheere Tonn on the North In ayr sweet and hollsum raised on an eazy mounted hill iz sette eeuenlie coasted with the froont straight intoo the East hath the tenaunts and Tooun about it that pleasantly shifts from dale too Hyll sundry whear wyth sweet Springs bursting foorth and iz so plentifullie well sorted on euery side intooarabl meado pasture wood water good ayr● az it appeerz to haue need of nothing that may perteyn too liuing or pleazure Too auauntage hath it hard on the West still nourisht with many liuely Springs a goodly Pool of rare beauty bredth length deapth and store of all kinde fresh water-fish delicat great and fat and also of wildfooul byside By a rare situacion and natural amitee seemz this Pool conioynd to the Castl● that on the West layz the head az it wear vpon the Castlz boosom embraceth it on either side Soouth and North with both the armz settlz it self az in a reach a flightshoot brode stretching foorth body and legs a myle or too Westward between a fayre Park on the one side which by the Braiz is linked too the castl on the South sprinckled at the entrauns with a feaw Coonyez that for colour and smallnes of number séem too bée suffered more for pleasure then cōmoditée And on the oother side North and West a goodlie Chase wast wyde large and full of red Déer and oother statelie gamez for hunting beautified with manie delectabl fresh vmbragioous Boowz Arberz Seatz and walks that with great art cost diligens wear very pleazauntly appointed which also the naturall grace by the tall and fresh fragrant tréez soil did so far foorth commēd az Diana her selfe might haue deyned thear well enough too raunge for her pastime The leaft arme of this pool Northward had my Lorde adoo●urned with a beautifull bracelet of a fayr tymbred bridge that iz of xiiii foot wide and a six hundred foot long railed all on both sidez strongly planked for passage reaching from the Chase too the Castl that thus in the midst hath clear prospect ouer théez pleasurz on the backpart and forward ouer all the Toun and mooch of the Countrée beside Héertoo a speciall commoditee at hand of sundrie quarreiz of large building stone the goodnes whearof may the eazlyar be iudged in the bilding and auncienty of the Castl that az by the name by storiez well may be gathered waz first reared by Kenulph and hiz young sun and successor Kenelm born both indeed within the Ream héer but yet of the race of Saxons Florileg fo 221. 225. and reigned kings of Marchlond frō the yeer of oour Lord. 798. too 23. yéerz toogyther aboue 770. yéer ago Although the Castl hath one auncient strong and large Kéep that iz called Ceazarz Tour rather az I haue good cauz to think for that it iz square and hye foormed after the maner of Guil. Malmesb li. 1. Cezarz Fortz then that euer he bylt it Nay noow I am a littl in Master Martin I le tell you all This Marchlond that Storyerz call Mercia iz numbred in their bookes the fo●urth of the seauen Kingdomes that the Saxons had whilom heer diuided among them in the Ream Began in Anno Domi. 616. 139. yéer after Hors●●s and Engist continued in the race of a 17. kings a. 249. yéer togyther and ended in Ann. 875. Reyzed from the rest sayz the book at first by Pendaz prezumption ouerthroun at last by Buthreds Hascardy and so fel to the kingdoom of the West Saxons And Marchlond had in it London Mi●delsex Mercia héerin a Bishoprik Had more of Shyrez Gloceter Woorceter and Warwik and héerin a Bishoprik Chester that noow we call Chesshyre Darby and Staffoord whervntoo one Bishop that had also part of Warwik and Shrewsbery and hiz See at Couentree that waz then aforetime at Lychfeeld Héertoo Hereford wherin a Bishoprik that had more too iurisdiction half Shreusbury part of warwik and also of Gloceter and

booget of Demaunds the hundred Mery talez the book of Riddels the Seauen sororz of wemen the prooud wiues Pater noster the Chapman of a peniwoorth of Wit Beside hiz auncient playz Yooth charitée Hikskorner Nugize Impacient pouerty and héerwith doctor Boords breuiary of health What shoold I rehearz héer what a bunch of ballets songs all auncient Az Broom broom on hil So wo iz me begon troly lo. Ouer a whinny Meg. Hey ding a ding Bony lass vpon a gréen My bony on gaue me a bek By a bank az I lay and a hundred more he hath fair wrapt vp in Parchment and bound with a whipcord And az for Allmanaks of antiquitée a point for Ephemerides I wéene hee can sheaw from Iasper Laet of An●warp vnto Nostradam of Frauns and thens vnto oour Iohn Securiz of Salsbury To stay ye no longer héerin I dare say hee hath az fair a library for théez sciencez az many goodly monuments both in proze poetry at afternoonz can talk az much without book az ony Inholder betwixt Brainford and Bagshot what degree soeuer he be Beside thiz in the field a good Marshall at musters of very great credite trust in the toun héer for he haz béen chozē Alecūner many a yéere when hiz betterz haue stond by euer quited himself with such estimation az yet too the tast of a cup of Nippitate hiz iudgement will be taken aboue the best in the parish be hiz noze near so re●d Captain Cox cam marching on valiantly before cléen trust gartered aboue the knée all fresh in a veluet cap master Goldingā lent it him floorishing with hiz tonswoord and another fensmaster with him thus in the foreward making room for the rest After thē proudly prickt on formost the danish launsknights on horsbak and then the English each with their allder poll martially in their hand Eeuen at the The couentree play first entrée the méeting waxt sumwhat warm that by and by kindled with corage a both sidez gru from a hot skirmish vnto a blazing battail first by speare and shield outragious in their racez az ramz at their rut with furious encoounterz that togyther they tumbl too the dust sumtime hors and man and after fall too it with sworde target good bangz a both sidez the fight so ceassing but the battail not so ended folloed the footmen both the hostez ton after toother first marching in ranks then warlik turning thē frō ranks into squadrons then in too trianglz frō that intoo rings so winding oout again A valiant captain of great prowez az fiers az a fox assauting a gooz waz so hardy to giue the first stroke then get they grisly togyther that great waz the actiuitée that day too be séen thear a both sidez ton very eager for purchaz of pray toother vtterly stoout for redemption of libertie thus quarrell enflamed fury a both sidez Twise the Danes had the better but at the last conflict beaten doun ouercom and many led captiue for triumph by our English wéemen This waz the effect of this sheaw that 〈…〉 and vnrulines of the people waz cauz that this solemnitee of Brideale dauncing had not the full muster waz hoped for and but a littl of the Couentrée ple● her highnes also saw commaunded thearfore on the Tuisday folloing to haue it ful oout az accordingly it waz prezented whearat her Maiestie laught well they wear the iocunder and so mooch the more becauz her highnes had giuen them too buckes and fiue marke in mony to make mery togyther they prayed for her Maiesty long happily to reign oft to cum thither that oft they moought sée héer what reioycing vpon their ampl reward and what triumphing vpon the good acceptauns they vaunted their play waz neuer so dignified nor euer any players afore so beatified Thus though the day took an éend yet slipt not the night all sléeping awey for az neyther offis nor obsequy ceassed at any tyme too the full to perform the plot hiz honor had appoynted So after supper waz thear a play prezented of a very good theam but so set foorth by the Actoourz wel handling that pleazure mirth made it seeme very short though it lasted too good oourz and more But stay master Martyn all iz not doon yet After the play oout of hand folloed a most delicioouz and if I may so terme it an Ambrosiall Banket whearof whither I myght more muze at the deintynesse shapez and the cost or els at the variete number of the disshez that wear a thrée hundred for my part I coold littl tel thē and noow less I assure yoo Her maiesty eat smally or nothing which vnderstood the coorsez wear not so orderly serued sizely set dooun but wear by and by az disorderly wasted coorsly consumed more courtly me thought then curteously But that was no part of the matter moought it pleaz and be liked do that it cam for then waz all well inough Vntoo this banket thear waz appoynted a mask for riches of aray of an incredibl cost but the time so far spent and very late in the night noow waz cauz that it cam not foorth to the sheaw And thus for Sondayz seazon hauing stayd yoo the lenger according too the matter heer make I an eend ye maye breath yee a while Munday the eyghteenth of this Iuly Munday 10 the weather being hot her highnes kept the Castl for coolness till aboout fiue a clok her Maiesty in the Chase hunted the hart az afore of fo rs that whyther wear it by the cunning of the huntsmen or by Psal 24. the naturall desyre of the Deer or els by both anon he gat him too soyl agayne which reyzed the accustomed delight a pastime indéede so intyrely pleazaunt az whearof at times whoo may haue the ful and frée fruition can find no more sacietée I wéen for a recreation then of theyr good v●aundes at timez for their sustentation Wéll the game waz gotten and her highnes returning cam thear vppon a swimming Mermayd that from top too tayl waz an eyghtéen foot long Triton Neptunes blaster whoo with hiz trūpet foormed of a wrinkld wealk az her Maiesty waz in sight gaue soound very shrill sonoroous in sign he had an ambassy too pronoouns anon her highnes waz cummen vpon the bridge whearunto he made hiz fish to swim the swifter and he then declared how the supreame salsipotent Monarch Neptune the great God of the swelling seaz Prius of profunditées and Soouerain Segnior of al Lakez freshwaterz Riuerz Créekes Goolphs vnderstanding how a cruel Knight one syr Bruse sauns pitée a mortall enmy vntoo Ladiez of estate had long lyen about the banks of this pooll in wayt with his bāds heer to distress the Lady of the lake whearby she hath béen restrayned not only from hauing any vse of her ancient liberty and territoriez in