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A19622	The mansion of magnanimitie Wherein is shewed the most high and honorable acts of sundrie English kings, princes, dukes, earles, lords, knights and gentlemen, from time to time performed in defence of their princes and countrie: set forth as an encouragement to all faithfull subiects, by their example resolutely to addresse them selues against all forreine enemies. Published by Richard Crompton an apprentice of the common law. 1599. Whereunto is also adioyned a collection of diuerse lawes ... with a briefe table, shewing what munition ought to be kept by all sorts of her Maiesties subiects ...	Crompton, Richard, fl. 1573-1599.	1599 (1599)	STC 6054; ESTC S105166	85,768	121

a ring with a diamond therein as I haue heard valued at xv hundreth pounds a thing meet to remaine as an heire loome to that house for euer for a remembrance thereof And now to returne to the valiant seruice of diuerse others to their Prince and countrey let me tell you of Iohn late Duke of Northumberland Iohn Duke of Northūberland of whose fall by his disloyalty to his Prince though there be great pitie yet his courage valiancy and hardinesse in wars and his great aduenture therein I trust without offence may here be remembred as an incouragement to others to follow his steps therein who being in king Edward the sixt his time sent as Generall to suppresse the rebellion of Ket in Norfolke Holinsh 1672. his number being but small by reason his whole power was not yet come to him and the rebels were many was by some of his army aduised to regard his owne safety and to leaue the City of Norwich for that it was thought he was not able with his small company to defend the same against the sayd rebels to whom with noble courage shewing an inuincible hart he sayd that so long as any life was in him he would not consent to such dishonor but rather would suffer whatsoeuer either fire or sword should worke against him and thereupon did draw out his sword as other of the honourable and worshipfull then there present likewise did and commaunded that each one should kisse the others sword according to an auncient custome vsed amongst mē of war in time of great danger wherupon they all made a vow binding it with a solemne oath that they would not depart from thence vntill they had either vanquished the rebels or lost their liues in manfull fight for defence of the kings honour Ambrose Earle of Warwicke Ibid. 1532. How valiantly did Ambrose Earle of VVarwicke in the fourth yeare of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie that now is defend the towne of Newhauen in Fraunce notwithstanding they died in great numbers of the plague so as they wanted men and other things necessarie for defence yet would not yéeld the towne by force but manfully stood ready in the breaches to receiue the assault whē the Frenchmen had with their Cannon made great breaches verie easie for the enemie to enter wherupon the Frenchmen perceiuing the resolutenesse of the Englishmen sounded their Trumpet of parley and so vpon honorable agréement then concluded vpon the towne was yéelded vp to the Frenchmen Besides how valiantly did Sir Iames Wilford and other Captaines with their souldiers defend the towne of Haddington in Scotland against the French and Scots being about eightéene thousand in king Edward the sixt his dayes and would not yéeld it although they had scarsitie of men and munition and were also greatly visited with the plague so as manie died thereof dayly but most valiantly and with inuincible courages defended the same Holinsh 1638. so as it was not surprised by the enemie How valiantly resolutely did the Lord Gray of Wilton Lord Iohn Gray the Lord Ed. Seymer Edward Shelley Preston and others to the number of seuen and twentie all Gentlemen set vpon the foreward of the battell of the Scots at Musclebrough in Scotland Expedition paten folio in king Edward the sixt his time meaning to haue broken their array but the Scots had so strongly fortified themselues that they could not enter and so in their retiring they were all slaine sauing the Lord Gray of Wilton and the Lord Iohn Gray and Lord Ed. Seymer who not without wounds and marks vpon their bodies of their being there escaped By these examples it appeareth that those Noblemen and others respected not their liues nor any painfull seruice or extremities in the seruice of their Prince and countrey for which they shall liue in fame for euer Mē may not respect any trauell or pain to serue their Prince and country He that hath desire to liue in name when he is dead in bodie must indeuour himselfe according to his calling as God hath indowed him to leaue some memorie whereby it may appeare that once hee liued as these verses following shew 1 THough Death the fatal threed of ech man cuts in twaine Yet vertues ay shall liue and worthie acts remaine 2 For others to ensue their painefull steps therein Whereby they may attaine like lasting praise to winne 3 But such as not regard to leaue some deed of fame When they are dead shall lie without regard or name 4 And soone shall be forgot as they had neuer bin And shall not be thought of no scarce amongst their kinne 5 What difference shall be then twixt great and meanest man When of their worthie acts no booke record ought can 6 What booteth titles great of honour for to haue Or Croesus golden store when men lie in the graue 7 More worth a thousand fold t is famous for to be For vertues and noble acts then all the rest to thee 8 That moued mightie kings and great States of this land And manie others mo great things to take in hand 9 Some kingdomes to subdue by sword both farre and neare Their persons ventred haue and dangers did not feare 10 And manie worthy Peeres their Prince to serue in field And countrey to defend great acts with speare and shield 11 Performed haue which fame with blast of trumpe hath spread Whereby they liue in name though they in graue ly dead 12 And some haue Churches built in honor of our Lord Where they did giue him thanks and praise with one accord 13 Some Colledges for such as learning list embrace Their countrey and their Prince to serue in euerie place 14 Some Schooles to traine vp youth in skill and vertues lore While tender yeares do last in age to haue in store 15 Some Hospitals for poore where they may be relieued When crooked age of strength to worke hath them bereaued 16 And these they haue endow'd with liuing and with land To their immortall fame for euermore to stand 17 These for their Founders pray and benefactors all And for their off-spring eke on God cease not to call 18 For their prosperitie and foes eke to withstand That all things prosper may which they do take in hand 19 And when they are gone hence that in the latter day They may rise vp with Christ in ioyes to dwell alway 20 None only for himselfe but for his countrey too Is borne and bound for her the best he can to do 21 The Brutish kings that long did beare the scepter here Faire temples to their gods and Castles strong that were 22 And cities large and townes erected manie one The enemie to defend they walled them with stone 23 And manie famous men the founders of our skill Their learned works haue left to studie on that will 24 Before that Christ was borne whose glorie liues this day And while the

be published in his or their custody contayning such matters as aboue are mentioned against the present order and gouernement of the Church of England or the lawfull ministers thereof or against the rites and ceremonies vsed in the Church and allowed by the lawes of this Realme that they and euery of them should presently after with conuenient speede bring in and deliuer vp the same vnto the Ordinary of the Diocesse or of the place where they inhabite to the intent they might be vtterly defaced by the sayd Ordinary or otherwise vsed by them And that from thenceforth no person or persons whatsoeuer should be so hardy as to write contriue print or cause to be published or distributed or to keepe any of the same or any other bookes libels or writings of the like nature and qualitie contrarie to the true meaning and intent of her Maiesties sayd proclamation and likewise that none after should giue any instruction direction fauour or assistance to the contriuing writing printing publishing or dispersing of the same or such like bookes libels or writings whatsoeuer as they tendered her Maiesties good fauour and would auoyd her Highnesse displeasure and as they would answere for the contrarie at their vttermost perils and vpon such further paines and penalties as by the law any way might be inflicted vppon the offenders in any of these behalfes as persons maintaining such seditious actions which her Maiestie affirmeth by that proclamation she mindeth to haue seuerely executed And if any person had knowledge of the anthors writers printers or disperers thereof that they should within one moneth after the publication of the sayd proclamation discouer the same to the Ordinary of the place where he had such knowledge or to any of her Maiesties priuie Councell as by the same proclamation plainly appeareth After that Martin Marprelate and his fellowes were restrained of setting foorth their seditious bookes they and such like vsed to assemble themselues in conuenticles where they had exercises as they termed them of religion contrary to the law whereupon a Statute was very necessarily made in the fiue and thirteth yeare of her Maiesties raigne to the effect following 35. El. cap. 1. If any aboue sixteene yeares of age shall obstinately refuse to come to some vsuall place of Common prayer to heare diuine Seruice established by the Queenes Maiesties lawes by the space of one moneth without lawfull cause or shall by printing writing or expresse words aduisedly and purposely practise or go about to moue or perswade any within her Maiesties dominions to denie withstand and impugne her Highnesse authority in causes ecclesiasticall vnited to the Crowne or to that end or purpose shall aduisedly and maliciously moue or perswade any whatsoeuer to forbeare or abstaine from comming to Church to heare diuine Seruice and receiue the communion according to her lawes or to come to or be present at any vnlawfull assemblies conuenticles or meetings vnder colour or pretence of any exercise of religion contrary to the Statutes of this Realme as afore is sayd euery person thereof conuicted shall be imprisoned without bayle or maynprise vntill they shall confirme themselues to come to Church and heare diuine Seruice according to her Highnesse lawes and make such open submission and declaration of their conformity as is there set downe If the offender aforesayd being thereof conuicted shall not within three moneths conforme himselfe in comming to Church and making submission and confession being required by the Bishop of the Diocesse or a Iustice of peace of the Shyre where the person shall be or be the Minister of the Parish the offender there so warned or required by a Iustice of peace where the offender shall be shall abiure the Realme by his oath afore the Iustice of peace at the quarter Sessions or Assises as was vsed by the Common law in case of fellony If he refuse to abiure or shall not go or returne without her Maiesties licence it is fellony and he shal loose his cleargie If any offender aforesayd afore they should abiure come to Church on some Sunday or Holy day and then and there heare diuine Seruice and make open submission and declaration of his conformitie to the lawes he should be discharged of all penalties and punishments appointed by this Satute And also if any after such submission refuse or forbeare to come to Church or come to such conuenticles as aforesayd he shall loose the benefit of this Act and be and stand in such case as though no such submission had bene had ne made Likewise if any keepe in his house or otherwise relieue any that shall obstinately refuse to come to Church and shall forbeare to come to Church by a moneth together euery person so doing after notice to him giuen by the Ordinary Iustice of Assise Iustice of peace Curate of the parish or Church-warden shall forfeit ten pounds for euery moneth that he doth retaine or relieue any such person The Satute extendeth not to mens wiues children father mother wards sisters not hauing houses of Popish recusants or feeme couerts shall not be compelled to abiure The persons that shall abiure or refuse to abiure vt suprà shall forfeit their goods and chattels and all his lands during his life This act was made to continue to the end of the next session of Parliament and now is continued in the Parliament holden in the fortieth yeare of her Maiesties Raigne THE FORME OF submission I A. B. do humbly confesse and acknowledge The submission that I haue grieuously offended God in contemning her Maiesties godly and lawfull gouernment and authority by absenting my selfe from Church and from hearing diuine Seruice contrary to the godly Lawes and Statutes of this Realme and in vsing and frequenting disordered and vnlawfull conuenticles and assemblies vnder pretence and colour of exercise of Religion and I am hartily sory for the same and do acknowledge and testifie in my conscience that no other person hath or ought to haue any power or authority ouer her Maiestie and I doe promise and protest without any dissimulation or any colour or meanes of any dispensation that from hencefoorth I will from time to time obey and performe her Maiesties Lawes and Statutes in repayring to the Church and hearing diuine Seruice and will euer hereafter do mine vttermost indeuor to maintaine and defend the same ¶ Of diuerse and sundry victories obtayned in former time by the English nation both by sea and land against their forreyne enemies to the great encouragement of the posterity to maintaine the honor gotten by their progenitors CHAP. 11. ANd now as in the last part of this encouragement The last cause of incouragement what notable victories hath our nation obtayned against the French and Scots aswell in their owne territories and countries as when they haue inuaded this Realme and how most gaciously Almightie God hath alwayes assisted vs in our rightfull causes against our enemies when they haue greatly

violence vpon paine of death and shortly after they fired the towne and tooke the seas and they brought also with them into England diuerse of the best sort of the Spaniards taken in the said Citie as prisoners to abide their ransome what the king will do being herewith moued I know not but no doubt her Maiestie will prouide to defend the worst as good pollicie willeth Salomon saith Beatus qui semper timet hoc est qui cautus prouidens est ad omnia mala quae possunt in illum incursare depellenda paratissimus How most graciously Almighty God hath dealt for her Maiestie to defend her her kingdomes from forraine forces inuasion you may sée in that in the beginning of winter about three yeares last past when the king of Spaine had gathered together as great a number of Shippes as he could furnish from all partes of his dominions or could recouer by imbarking all other shippes of seruice which came for trade into Spaine or Portugall intending to haue inuaded her Maiesties realme of England and yet such was the prouidence of God contrary to his expectation intētion by hastening of his enterprise in a time vnlooked for to surprise some place in England or Ireland before her Maiesty could haue had her owne force in readinesse she still prouiding to haue liued in peace which she professeth both to her self all Christēdome it pleased him who frō heauen with iustice beholdeth all mens purposes sodainly most strāgely to drowne make vnseruiceable diuerse of his best ships of warre being vnder saile comming from Lisbone and verie neare to the deffined hauen of Ferroll with destruction of no smal numbers of souldiers and mariners among which manie of those Irish rebels which were entertained in Spaine to haue accompanied either that Nauy or some part therof into Irelād were also cast away by which manifest act of Almightie God the Armie was so weakened as the same could not put to the seas according to his former purpose And here I protest that I write not anie thing to disgrace anie Prince or nation against whom our nation hath so often preuailed but that you may by the said examples sée that God giueth the victorie where it pleaseth him although the said other Princes be right couragious and valiant in armes That notwithstanding the difference of religiō or anie other cause whatsoeuer we ought all to ioyne together for the defence of our Prince and countrey against the enemie with a repetition of certaine lawes tending chiefly to the preseruation of her Maiesties person and the safetie and defence of the realme CHAP. 12. ANd though we be deuided for religion which God of his mercie bring to vnitie yet I trust that we will wholly Though we be deuided for religion yet we must ioyne against the enemie faithfully and as we are bound and belongeth to good and loyall subiects and naturall men to their countrey ioyne together in this seruice of defence of our Prince and countrey against the enemie following the good example of the Iewes who although great dissention and ciuill discord was among themselues as Iosephus writeth in his booke de bello Iudaico yet when the enemie did inuade their countrie Lib. 6. cap. 10 they ioyned together and valiantly defended thēselues So did the Romans as Bodinus writeth his words be these Bodinus 563 Cùm enim aliquando in visceribus vrbis Romanae patres cum plebe capitalibus odijs inter se contenderent hostis in Capitolium inuasit repentè ciues ad concordiam adducti hostem repulerunt rursus parta pace cùm ciuiles discordias relapsas intuerentur venientes Romanos agros vastare coeperunt repent è ciuilis motus conquieuit vt hostes propulsarent That is When the chiefe of the citie of Rome with the common sort of the Citizens there were at deadly hate the enemie entred the Capitoll wherupon sodainly the Citizens being reduced to concord they did driue away the enemie and by that meanes peace being obtained when they againe fell into ciuill discord the enemy that perceiuing they destroyed the fields at Rome whereupon the commotion ceased that they might repulse the enemie To that effect he writeth of the troubles of Spaine Ibidem 563. thus Nec verò motus ciuiles Hispanorum aliter sedare potuerunt cum absente Carolo quinto Imperatore nouum creauissent regem Gallorum exercitu in Cantabriam Nauarram tunc irruente quas regiones Galli occupauerant sed Hispani repentè conciliatis animis hostiles impetus represserunt amissa recuperarunt That is The ciuill warres and troubles in Spaine could not otherwise be appeased when Charles the fift Emperour being absent they made a new King at which time an armie of the Frenchmen entredinto Cātabrie and Nauarre and possessed the same but the Spaniards sodainely according within themselues did expell them and recouered againe those losses By these examples the naturall affection which these men had and euerie man ought to haue to the preseruation and safetie of their countrie doth euidētly appeare And whatsoeuer the cause be that moueth ciuill warres yet that ought not to worke such malice in them as the safetie and good of their countrie should thereby be endangered or neglected wherby the saying of the Poet Ouid may appeare to be true Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine cunctos Ducit immemores non sinit esse sui And because there are many good lawes ordained Diuerse lawes meet to be set downe and knowne in these dangerous dayes as well in the time of our most gracious Soueraigne Ladie that now is as also of her noble Progenitors by the authority of their high Courts of Parliament touching the securitie of her Highnesse person and the safety and defence of the realme which be necessarie at all times but especially now in these dangerous dayes to be knowne I haue thought good here to make mention of them to the end men should not be ignorant thereof although in truth the ignorance of the law doth not excuse German fol. 52. but of the déed as the saying is Ignorantia legis non excusat sed ignorantia facti And first touching her Maiesties person 25. E. 3. cap. 2 Compasse or imagine the death of the Queene it is ordained by a Statute made in the fiue and twentieth yeare of Edward the third which some hold to be but a confirmation of the common law that if anie compasse or imagine the death of her Maiestie whom Almightie God of his great mercy vouchsafe to preserue and to graunt her life with most prosperous health in high felicitie long to cōtinue and to raigne ouer vs to the ouerthrow of her enemies confusion of all traitors this is high treason Treason B. 24. 1. Mariae These words ompasse or imagine the death of the King or Quéene are large words for he that doth deuise how the Prince shall come

helpe of the said persons being commanded to serue in warres or otherwise to find men on horses or on foot within this realme or without nor for the gift reward aid or helpe reserued or couenanted to be paid or giuen to anie person appointed to serue in warres or to find horse or man to serue by reason of anie grant couenant reseruation custome or tenure any thing in the said act to the contrarie notwithstanding as by that Act and Prouiso more plainly appeareth Yet by the said Act of 4 and 5 of Philip and Marie it is enacted that no person or persons shall or may by colour of the Prouiso mentioned in the sayd Act of 2 and 3 of Edward the sixt Imployed in seruice exact or demaund or leauie any summe or summes of money horse armour or any other thing other then shal be imployed forthwith in the present seruice of those warres for which it is leauied the which summe or summes of money horse armour or other thing Money rendred backe or asmuch thereof as shall not be left spent or consumed in the said seruice shall be rendred and restored to such person or persons as paid or deliuered the same vpon the penalties and forfeitures contained in the said Act. And by a braunch in the statute of 4 and 5 of Philip and Marie cap. 2. it is ordained Sale of harnesse horse or weapon that if any souldier shall make sale of his horse harnesse and weapons or any of them contrarie to the forme of the statute made in the second and third yeare of Edward the sixt that then not only the said souldier shall incurre the penalties of the statute but also that the said sale made by such souldiers Sale void against the setter forth by anie person knowing him to be a souldier shall be void against him that sold or set forth the said horse harnesse and weapon or any of them to or for the furniture of such souldier to serue with the same Also touching Sea-markes Sea-marks for that they are necessary for the safetie of her Maiesties Nauie and others to be conueyed into the Ports and hauens it is ordained by a statute made in the eight yeare of the Quéenes Maiesties raigne that now is 8. Eliz. that the Maisters wardens and assistants of the Trinitie house at Detford Scrond shall at all times at their costs make erect and set vp such Beacons markes and signes of the sea in such places of the sea shores and lands neare the sea coasts or fore-lands of the sea onely for seamarks Beacons Markes as to them shall séeme most méet néedfull and conuenient wherby the danger may be auoyded and escaped and ships come into their ports without perill And that all the said Beacons marks signes at the sea coasts shall be continued Renued renewed and maintained from time to time And it is further ordained by that statute Steeples Trees that no stéeples trées or other things now standing as Beacons or marks for the sea whereof to the owner or occupier of the place where the same doth grow or stand before the first day of March next comming Notice notice shall be giuen by the Quéenes Maiestie vnder her signet shall be at anie time after taken downe felled or otherwise cut downe vpon paine of an hundred pound Forf 100 li. and if the offender be not worth so much then to be déemed outlawed ipso facto to all intents and purposes And lastly Outlawed Statute of Armour for that there is a notable law set downe touching how euerie man must furnish himselfe with harnesse and armour for the warres I haue thought good to set downe this Table whereby you may shortly see the effect of the statute concerning the same made in the fourth and fift yeares of Philip and Mary And thus with my most humble prayers to the Lord of Hosts for the preseruation of the Quéenes Maiesties person and this noble Realme and to giue vs grace to be true and faithfull subiects to her Highnesse and her Crowne and to discouer all traiterous and false hearted Subiects to the same in time I end this simple Treatise the 20 day of Ianuarie 1599 in the one fortieth yere of the most peaceable raigne of our most gratious Qnéene whom Almightie God for his great mercie graunt long to liue and raigne ouer vs. Amen Armour Euerie person tēporall shall keepe c. which hath estate of inheritance or freehold in lands c. Horses or geldings demilā●es with armour for them whereof the one halfe shall be horses at the least with furnitue Light Horses with th●r furniture of harnesse weapon o●stets furnished Almain riuets plate coates Brigādines or Cor slets furnished Pilies Long bowes Sheafes of arrowes Steele caps or Sculs Blacke Bils or halbards Harquebuses Morians or Salets 1000 lib. 6 10 40 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 20 1000 marks 6 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 400 lib. 2. 4 20 20 20 15 15 15   6 6 200. lib. 1. 2 10 10 10 8 8 8   3 3 100. lib. 2 3 3 3 3 3 3   2 2 100 marks 1 2 2 2 2 2 2   1 1 40 lib   2 2 2 1 1 1   2 2 20 lib.   1   1 1 1 1   1 1 10 lib.   1 1   1 1 1   1 1 5 lib.     1   1 1 2 1 1   Goods 1000 markes 1 or 18 corslets furnished 1 2 2 2 4 4 4   3 3   400 lib. 1 or 9 Corslets   1 2 2 2 2   1     200 lib.   1 2 1 2 2 2   1 1   100 lib.   1 1 1 2 2 2         40 lib.     2   1 1 1 1       20 lib.     1   2 2 2 1       10 lib.         1 1 1 1     Penalties forfeited for not hauing in three moneths to the Queene an informer c. 10 lib. the horse 3 lib. the furniture 3 lib. the demilance 10 lib. the gelding 3 lib. the furnit 40. shillings 20 shillings   10 shillings 10 shillings 10 shillings 10 shillings 101 shillings 10 shillings THE AVTHOVR TO his Booke Farewell to learned skill thy selfe submit Of this to write I thinke thou art not fit For TVLLIES eloquence a thing more meet How to perswade with words both mild sweet Yet maist thou serue I hope without disgrace Till better come then thou must giue place