encountred with a Nauie of .xxx. ships besyde the Iles of Orkeney These Shippes were fraught with men and women and had to theyr Captayne one called Bartholoin or Partholin Mat. VVest Gal. Mon. The which beeyng bâ—…ought to the presence of King Gurguint declared that hee with hys people were banished oute of Spayne and were named Balences or Basclenses Basques and had sayled long on the Sea to the ende to fynde some Prince that woulde assigne to them a place of habitation vnto whom they would become subiects See more here of in Ireland and hold of him as of theyr soueraigne gouernour Therefore hee besought the King to consider theyr estate and of his greate benignitie to appoynte some voyde quarter where they might inhabite The King with the aduice of hys Barons graunted to them the I le of Irelande whiche as then by report of some Authours lay wast and without habitation But it shoulde appeare by other wryters Pâ—…lidâ—â— that it was inhabyted long before those dayes by the people called Hibernenses of Hiberus theyr Captayne that brought them also out of Spaine After that Gurguintus was returned into hys Countrey hee ordeyned that the lawes made by his 〈…〉 shoulde be duely kept and obserued And thus â—â—â—ynistring iustiâ—…e to hys subiectes for the tearme of .xix. yeares he finally departed this lyfe and was buried at London or as some haue at Cairleon Caiâ—â— In hys dayes was the Towne of Cambridge wyth the Vniuersitie fyrst founded by Cantaber brother to the aforesayde Bartholoin according to some wryters as after shall appeare Guintolinus This Guintoline was a prudent Prince graue in counsell and sober in behauiour He had also a wife named Martia a woman of passing beautie and wisedome imcomparable as by hir prudent gouernment and equall administration of iustice after hir husbandes decease during hir sonnes minoritie it most manifestly appeared It is thought that in an happy time this Guintoline came to the gouernance of this kingdome being shaken and brought out of order with ciuill dissentions to the ende he might reduce it to the former estate which he earnestly accomplished for hauing once got the place hee studyed with great diligence to refourme of newe and to adorne with iustice lawes and good orders the Brytish common wealth by other Kings not so framed as stoode with the quietnesse thereof But afore all things hee vtterly remooued and appeased suche ciuyll discorde as seemed yet to remaine after the maner of a remnant of those seditions factions and partakings which had so long time raigned in this lande But as he was busie in hande herewith death tooke him out of this life after he had raigned .xxvij. yeares and then was he buried at London Sicilius By reason that Sicilius was not of age sufficient of himselfe to guide the kingdome of the Brytaynes his mother that worthie Ladie called Martia had the gouernance both of his reason and person committed to hir charge She was a woman expert and skilful in dianâ—…e sciences â—â—ene Marâ—â—gouerneth â—â—r sonnes â—…ruth but chiefely beeing admitted to the gouernance of the realme she stâ—…died to preâ—â—â—e the common wealth in good quiet and wholsome order â—â—maketh â—â—s and therefore deuised established proâ—â—table conueniente lawes the which after were called Martian laws of hir name that fyrst made them These lawes as those that were thought good and necessarie for the preseruation of the common wealth Alfred or Alured that was long after king of England translated also out of the Brytishe tongue into the English Saxon speâ—…che and then were they called after that translation Marchenelaghe â—â—t VVest that is to meane the lawes of Martia To conclude this worthie woman guided the lande during the minoritie of hir sonne right politiquely and highly to hir perpetuall renowme and commendation And when hir sonne came to lawfull age she deliuered vp the gouernaunce into his handes How long he raigned wryters varie some auouche but seuen yeares â—â—t VVest â—â—ton though other affyrme xv whiche agreeth not so well with the accorde of other Hystories and tymes He was buried at London Kimarus KImarus the sonne of Sicilius began to raign ouer the Brytaynes Kimaâ—â—s in the yeare of the world 3657. and after the buylding of Rome .442 and in the first yeare of the .117 Olympiade This Kimarus being a wild yong man and giuen to follow his lustes and pleasure â—â—â—ian was 〈◊〉 by some that were his enimies as he was abrode in hunting when hee had raigned scarcely three yeares Elanius ELanius y e son of Kimarus Elanius or as other haue Mâ—…tâ—… VVest his brother â—â—gan to 〈◊〉 the Brytaines in the yere after the creationâ—… of y e world â—…061 after the building of Rome .445 after the deliuerance of the 〈…〉 in â—…he â—…th yâ—…re of the 〈◊〉 after which account the bookes of Machabeâ—…s doe recken which beganne 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 after the 〈…〉 This 〈…〉 the Englishe Chronicle is named also 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Daâ—…ius and by an 〈…〉 with 〈◊〉 muche followed Elanius 〈…〉 shoulde seeme to be our person but other 〈…〉 and say that he raigned 〈◊〉 vill 〈◊〉 Morinde This Morindus in the Englishe Chronicle is called Morwiâ—…h and was a man of worthie fame in 〈◊〉 and Martial doings but so cruell withall that his vnmercifull nature could vneth be satisfied with the tormeÌ„ts of them that had offended him although oftentymes with his own handes he cruelly put them to torture and execution He was also beautifull and comely of personage liberall and bounteous and of a meâ—…uellous strength In his dayes a certaine king of the people called Morlani with a great army landed in Northumberlande G. Mon. and beganne to make cruell warre vpon the inhabitantes But Morind aduertised hereof assembled his Brytaines came against the enimies and in battaile put them to â—â—ight and chasing them to thâ—…y'r shippeâ—… 〈◊〉 great number of them prisoners whom to the satisfying of his cruell nature he caused to be slaine euen in his presence Some of them were headed some strangled some panched and some he caused to be slain quicke These people who Gal. Mon. nameth Moriani The like may be thought of those Murreys or Morauians of whom H.B. speaketh Fabian I take to bee eyther those that inhabited about Terrouane and Calice called Moâ—â—ni or some other people of the Gaulles or Germalues and not as some esteeme them Moranians or Merhenners whiche were not knowne to the world as Humfrey Llhuid hath verie well noted tyll about the dayes of the Emperour Mauritius which miscoÌ„structioÌ„ of names hath brought the Brytishe Hystorie further out of credite than reason requyreth if the cyrcumstaunces be duely considered But now to ende with Morindus At length this bloudie Prince heard of a Monster that was come a lande out of the Irish sea with the which when he woulde needes fight he was of the same deuoured after he
cleane rased Wherat the king taking great ioy presently called to certain of the Lordes of the counsel that were by and sayd How say you my Lords Chatillons garden the new forte is layd as flat as this floore One streight amongst them gaue iudgement That he â—…as had done it was worthy to lose his headâ—… The king streight replyed he had rather lost a dozen such he 〈◊〉 as his was thaâ—… so iudged 〈…〉 such seruants as had done it And herew t he coÌ„manded y t the L. Greys pardon shuld â—…ly be made y e which with a letter of great â—…kes and promise of rewarde was returned by the sayd sir Thomas Palmer to the sayd Lord Grey but the reward fayled the king not continuyng long after in lyfe the like happeÌ„ wherof had oftentymes happened vnto diuers of his worthie auncestors vpon their due desertes to haue bin considered of and therfore the cafe the lesse straunge This haue I set downe the more willyngly for that I haue receiued it from them which haue herd it reported not only by the L. Greys owne mouthe but also by the relation of Syr Thomas Palmer and others that were present The same not tendyng so muche to the Lord Greys owne prayse as to the betokening of the kings noble courage and the great secret trust which he worthyly reposed in the sayde Lord Grey Here is to be noted also least any man shuld mistake the matter as if the K. dealt indirectly herein that his Maiestie knowyng howe the Frenchmen in goyng about to buyld this fort did more than they might by the couenaÌ„ts of y e peace therfore was resolued at the first aduertisement thereof to haue it rased But yet for y t it might haply haue bin signified ouer vnto the freÌ„chmen before my L. Grey could haue accoÌ„plished the feate he therfore wisely wrote one thing in his letters whervnto many might be priuie sent secrete knowledge by words contrarie to the contents of the same letters so as if the messenger were trustye hys pleasure mighte not bee discouered to the hinderance or disappointing of the same but nowe to oure purpose The French king after this bycause as yet he woulde not seeme to breake the peace commaunded the trenches and newe fortifications made aboute thys fortresse called Chatillons Garden thus cast down to be filled by his own people and so it rested during the lyfe of king Henry but afterwardes it was begon againe and finished as after ye shall heare The Duke was atteynted by Parliament and the Atteynder after reuersed in the fyrste yeare of Queene Mary The euill hap as well of the father as of the sonne was greately lamented of many not onely for the good seruice which the Duke had done in his dayes in defence of this realme but also for that the Erle was a Gentleman well learned and knowne to haue an excellent witte if he had bin thankfull to God for the same and other suche good giftes as he had endued him with The king maketh his Testament The King now lying at the point of death made his last wil and testament wherin he not onely yelded himselfe to Almightie God but also tooke order that during the minoritie of his sonne Prince Edward his executors shuld be counsellors and ayders to him in all things as well concerning priuate as publike affairs They wer .xvj. in number whose names were as here foloweth His executors Thomas Cranmer Archebishop of Canterbury Thomas Wrioshlley Lord Chancellor Sir William Paulet knight of the order lord Saint Iohn great maister of y e houshold Sir Edward Seimer knight of the order erle of Herâ—…ford high ChaÌ„berlain of England Sir Iohn Russell knighte of the order Lorde Priuie seale Sir Iohn Dudley knighte of the order â—â—rout Lisle and baron of Manpas high Admirall of Englande Cutbert Tunstall bishop of Durham Sir Anthony Brown knight of the order and maister of the horsse Sir Edmund Montacute knight chiefe Iustice of the common place Sir Thomas Bromeley knighte one of the Iustices of the kings benche Sir Edward North knighte Chauncellour of the Augmentation Sir William Paget knight of the order Sir Anthonie Denny knight Sir William Herbert knight Sir Edwarde Wotton knighte Treasourer of Caleys The deceasse of king Henry the eyght Nicholas Wotton deane of Canterburye and Yorke So soone as the sayde noble King had finished his laste wyll and testamente as afore is sayde he shortly thervpon yelded vp his spirite to Almightie God departing this world the xxviij daye of Ianuarie in the thirtie and eyghte yeare of his reigne and in the yeare of our lord 1546. after the accompt of the churche of England but after the accompt whiche we follow here in this booke .1547 begynning our yeare the first of Ianuarie He reigned .xxxvij. yeares .ix. monethes and odde days His body according to his wil in that behalf was conueyd to Wyndsoxe with all funerall pompe and in the Colledge there enterred This noble Prince was ryght fortunate in all his dooings so that coÌ„monly what soeuer he attempted had good successe as well in matters of peace as of warres Of personage hee was tall and mightie in his latter dayes somewhat grosse or as we terme it bourly in wit memorie verie perfect of suche maiestie tempered with humanitie ' as best became so noble high an estate a great fauorer of learning as he that was not ignorant of good letters himselfe and for his greate magnificence and liberalitie his renoune was spread through the whole world Of learned men that lyued in the dayes of this moste famous prince we fynde many as first Iohn Colet deane of Paules and founder of the Schoole there he was borne in London of honest parentes William Lillie borne in the towne of Odiham in Hampshire was the first Schoolemaister of Paules Schoole after it was erected Tho. Linacer or rather Linaker borne in Derbyshire a learned Physitian and well seen in the toungs Iohn Skelton a pleasant Poet Richard Pace that succeded Iohn Colet in the roome of Deane of Poules Iohn Fisher Bishoppe of Rochester of whome yee haue herd before Tho. More born in London of whom likewise meÌ„tion is made in the life of this kyng Will. Horman born in Salisburie viceprouost of Eaton Colledge a lerned man as by his woorkes it appeareth Iohn Frith borne in London William Tyndall of whiche two persons ye haue hearde lykewyse in the historie of this King Roberte Wakefield excellently seene in the toungs Iohn Rastell a citizen and Stacioner of London Christofer Saint German an excellente Lawyer Roberte Barnes of whome also wee haue made mention beefore Syr Thomas Eliot knight Edward Lee Archebishop of Yorke Iohn Lerlande a diligente searcher of Antiquities Anne Askewe wrote certayne treatises concernyng hir examinations Sir Iohn Bourchier knyght Lorde Berners translated the Chronicles of sir Iohn Froissarte out of Frenche into Englishe William Chubb es Henry Standyshe a Frier Minor
at y e least doe kéepe yearly two visitations or Sinodes as the Byshop doth in euery thirde yeare wherin they make diligeÌ„t inquisition serch aswel for y e doctrine behauiour of the Ministers as the orderly dealing of the Parishioners in resorting to their parish churches conformity vnto religioÌ„ They punish also w t great seuerity al such trespassers as are presented vnto them or if the cause be of y e more weight as in cases of Heresie pertinacie coÌ„tempt such lyke they refer them eyther to y e Bishop of the Diocesse or his chauncellour or else to sundrie graue persons set in authoritye by vertue of an high coÌ„mission directed vnto them froÌ„ the Prince to that end Highe Commisâ—…ioners who in very courteous maner doe sée the offenders geÌ„tly reformed or else seuerly punished if necessitie so inforce A proâ—…hesye or conference Beside this in many of our Archedeaconries we haue an exercise lately begunne which for the most part is called a prophecie or conference and erected only for the examination or triall of the diligence of the cleargie in their study of holy scriptures Howbeit such is the thirstie desire of the people in these dayes to heare the worde of God y t they also haue as it were with zealous violence intruded themselues among them but as hearers only to come by more knowledg thorowe their presence at the same Herein also for the most part two of the yonger sorte of Ministers doe expounde eache after other some péece of the scriptures ordinarily appointed vnto them in their courses wherein they orderly go thorow with some one of the Euangelistes or of the Epistles as it pleaseth theÌ„ to choose at the first in euery of these conferences and when they haue spent an houre or a little more betwéene them then commeth one of the better learned sort who supplyeth the rowme of a moderator making first a briefe rehearsall of their discourses and then adding what him thinketh good of his owne knowledge wherby two houres are thus coÌ„monly spent at this most profitable méeting WheÌ„ al is done if the first speakers haue shewed any péece of diligence they are commended for their trauaile and encouraged to go forward If they haue béene fouÌ„d to be slacke their negligence is openly reproued before all their brethren who go aside of purpose from the laitie after the exercise ended to iudge of these matters and consulte of the next speakers quantie of the text to be handled in that place The laytie neuer spake but are onely hearers as it is vsed in some places wéekely in other once in fouretéene dayes in dyuers monethly and elsewhere twise in a yere so is it a notable spurre vnto all the ministers therby to apply their bookes which otherwyse as in tymes past dyd giue themselues to hawking hunting tables cardes dyce typling at the Alehouse shooting and other like vanities nothing commendable in such as shoulde be godly and zealous stewards of the good gifts of GOD faithful distributers of his worde vnto the people and diligent pastours according to their calling Ministers Deacons Our Elders or Ministers and Deacons for subdeacons and the other inferiour orders sometime vsed in the Popish church we haue not are made according to a certaine forme of consecration concluded vpon in the time of king Edwarde the sixt by the clergy of Englande and soone after confirmed by the thrée estates of the realme in the high court of ParliameÌ„t And out of the first sort that is to saye of such as are called to the ministery are Bishops Deanes Archedeacons such as haue the higher places in the Hierarchy of the church elected these also as al y e rest at the first coÌ„ming vnto any spirituall promotion doe yéeld vnto y e Prince the entire taxe of their liuings for one whole yeare if it amount in value vnto ten pounde and vpwardes and this vnder the name of first fruites They paye the tenthes yearely also of theyr sayde liuynges First fruites and tenthes accordyng to such valuations as haue béene made latelye of the same for the receyt of which two paymentes an especial office or court is erected which beareth name of first fruits and tenthes wherevnto if the party to be preferred doe not make his duetifull repayre by an appointed tyme after possession taken there to compounde for the payment of his fruites he incurreth the daunger of a great penalty lymited by a certayne estatute prouided in that behalfe against such as doe intrude into the ecclesiasticall functioÌ„ They pay likewise subsides wyth the temporaltie but in suche sort that if these paye after foure shillinges for lande Subsidies the cleargye paye commonly after sixe shilings of the pounde so that of a benefice of twentye pounde by the yeare the incumbent thinketh himselfe well acquited if all thinges being discharged he may reserue fiftéene pounde towarde his owne sustentation and maintenance of his family Seldom also are they without the compasse of a subsidye for if they be one yeare cleare from this payment they are lyke in the next to here of another graunt so that I saye agayne they are seldome wythout the limite of a subsidie The laity maye at euery taxation also helpe themselues and so they doe thorowe consideration had of their decaye and hinderaunce and yet their impouerishmeÌ„t cannot but touch also the Parson or Vicar as is daily to be séene in their accounpts and tythings The other paimeÌ„tes due vnto the Archbishop and Bishop at their seuerall visitatioÌ„s of which the first is double to the latter and suche also as the Archedeacon receyueth at hys Synodes c. remaine still as they dyd wythout any alteration onely thys I thynke be added within memory of man that at the comming of euery prince hys appointed officers doe commonly visite the whole realme vnder the forme of an ecclesiasticall inquisition in which the cleargy doe paye double fées as vnto the Archbishop Hereby theÌ„ by those already remembred it is founde that the Church of Englande is no lesse commodious to the Princes coffers then the laitye if it doe not farre excéede the same since their paimentes are certayne continuall and seldome abated howesoeuer they gather vppe their owne dueties or haue their lyuinges otherwise hardly valued vnto the vttermost fardings or shrewdely canceled by the couetousnesse of the patrones * The very cause why weauers pedlers glouers haue béene made Ministers for y e learned refuse such matches so that yf the Bishops in times past hadde not made such by ouersight friendship I wote not howe such men shold haue done wyth their aduousons as for a glouer or a tayleâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…e 〈…〉 or 10. 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 and 〈…〉 shalt 〈…〉 all the 〈◊〉 so he 〈◊〉 be 〈…〉 of whom some do bestowe aduousons of benefices vpon theyr Bakers Butlers Cokes and horsekéepers in stéede of other recompeÌ„ce for their long
the feast of Saincte Andrewe nexte ensuyng the late mencioned agreement Fabian And this shoulde seeme true for wheras these Authours whiche reporte Ran. Higd. that Earle Edryke was the procurer of his death they also write that when he knewe the acte to be done hee hasted vnto Cnute H. Hunt and declared vnto hym what he had brought to passe for his aduauncement to the gouernement of the whole realme Whervppon Cnute abhorryng suche a detestable facte sayde vnto hym Bycause thou haste for my sake made awaye the worthyest bodye of the world I shall rayse thy head aboue all the Lordes of Englande and so caused him to be put to death Thus haue some bookes Howbeit this reporte agreeth not with other writers whiche declare howe Cnute aduaunced Edryke in the beginning of his reigne vnto high honour and made hym gouernour of Mercia Some thinke that he vvas Dâ—…e of Mercia before and novv had Essex adioyned therto and vsed his counsell in manye things after the death of king Edmund as in banishing Edwin the brother of kyng Edmunde with his sonnes also Edmunde and Edward His body was buryed at Glastenbury neere his vncle king Edgar With thys Edmunde surnamed Ironsyde fell the glorious Maiestie of the English kingdome The whiche afterwarde as it had beene an aged bodye beyng sore decayed and weakened by the Danes that nowe got possession of the whole yet somewhat recouered after the space of .xxvj. yeres vnder kyng Edward surnamed the Confessor and shortely thervpon as it had bin falne into a resiluation came to extreme ruine by the inuasion and conquest of the Normans as after by gods good helpe and fauorable assistance it shall appeare Canute or Cnute Canute shortely after the death of king Edmunde assembled a Councell at London in the whiche he caused all the nobles of the realme to do vnto him homage in receiuing an othe of loyall obeysance Hee deuided the realme into foure parts assigning Northumberlande vnto the rule of Irke or Iricius Mercia vnto Edrike Eastangle vnto Turkyl reseruing the west part to his own gouernance He banished as before is sayd Edwyn the brother of king Edmunde but such as was suspected to bee culpable of Edmundes death he caused to be put to execution wherof it should appeare that Edrick was not then in any wyse detected or once thought to bee giltie VV. Malm. The foresayd Edwyn afterwards returned and was then reconciled to the Kings fauour as some do write and was shortly after trayterously slaine by his owne seruants Ran. Higd. He was called the king of Churles King of Churles VVil. Mal. Other write that he came secretely into the realme after he had bin banished and keeping himselfe closely out of sighte at length ended his lyfe and was buried at Tauestocke Moreouer Edwyn and Edwarde the sonnes of king Edmund were banished the lande and sent first vnto Sweno king of Norway to haue bin made awaye Ran. Higd. but Sweno vppon remorse of conscience sent them into Hungarie where they founde great fauour at the handes of king Salomon in so muche that Edmunde married the daughter of the same Salomon but had no issue by hir Edward was aduaunced to marry with Agatha the daughter of the Emperour Henrye and by hir had issue two sonnes Edmunde and Edgar surnamed Adelyng as many daughters Margarete and Christine of the whiche in place conuenient more shall be sayd When Kyng Cnute hadde established thynges as hee thoughte stoode moste to his suretie he called to remembrance that he had no issue but two bastarde sonnes Harrolde and Sweno Polidore K. Cnute marieth Queene Emme the vvidovv of Egelred in Iuly anno 1017. begotten of his concubine Alwyne Wherfore he sent ouer vnto Richarde Duke of Normandie requiring that he mighte haue Queene Emme the widow of king Egelred in mariage so obteyned hir not a little to the wonder of manye which thought a great ouersight both in the woman and in hir brother that woulde satisfye the requeste of Cnute herein considering hee hadde bin such a mortall enimie to hir former husbauÌ„d But Duke Richarde did not only consent Polidore that hys sayd sister should be maryed vnto Cnute but also he hymselfe tooke to wyfe the Lady Hestâ—â—tha syster to the sayd Cnute Heere ye haue to vnderstande that this mariage was not made without greate consideration and large couenants granted on the part of king Cnute for before he could obtain queene Emme to his wife it was fully condiscended and agreed that after Cnutes deceasse the crowne of Englande should remaine vnto the issue borne of this mariage betwixte hir and Cnute The couenant made at the mariage betvvixt Cnute and Emme whiche couenant although it was not perfourmed immediatly after the deceasse of kyng Cnute yet in the ende it tooke place so as the right seemed to bee deferred and not to be taken awaye nor abolished for immediatly vpon Haroldes death that had vsurped Hardicnute succeeded as right heire to the crown by force of the agreement made at the tyme of the mariage solemnised betwixt his father and mother and being once established in the Kingdome hee ordeyned his brother Edwarde to succede hym whereby the Danes were vtterly excluded from all ryghte that they hadde to pretende vnto the Crowne of this land and the Englishe bloud restored thereto The Englishe bloud restored The praise of Quene Emme for hir vvisedome chiefly by that gracious conclusion of this mariage betwixt king Cnute and Queene Emme for the which no small prayse was thoughte to bee due vnto the sayd Queene sith by hir politike gouernement in making hir matche so beneficiall to hir selfe and hir lyne the Crowne was thus recouered out of the handes of the Danes and restored againe in time to the right heire as by an auncient treatise whiche some haue intitled Encomium Emmae Encomium Emmae and was written in those dayes it doth and may appere Whiche booke although there bee but fewe Copies thereof abroade gyueth vndoubtedly greate light to the historie of that tyme. But nowe to our purpose Cnute the same yeare in whiche he was thus maryed Mat. VVest thorought perswasion of his wyfe Queene Emme sent away the Danishe nauie armie home into Denmark giuing to them fourscore and two thousande poundes of siluer whiche was leuied thoroughout this lande for their wages In the yeare a thousande and eighteene VVil. Mal. Edrycke de Streona Erle of Mercia was ouerthrowen in his owne turne for being called afore the King into his priuie chamber and there in reasoning the matter about some quarell that was piked to him hee beganne very presumptuously to vpbrayde the king of suche pleasures as he had before tyme done vnto him I did sayde he for the loue which I bare towardes you forsake my soueraigne Lorde king Edmunde and at length for your sake slewe him At whiche wordes Cnute beganne to change
and twentie years one Monethe and eyght dayes died at Westminster the ninth day of Aprill the yeare of our redemption a thousande foure hundreth foure score and three leauyng muche fayre issue that is to witte Edwarde the Prince a thirteene yeare of age Richarde Duke of Yorke twoo yeare yonger Elizabeth whose fortune and grace was after to bee Queene wyfe vnto Kyng Henry the seuenth and mother vnto the eyght Cicelie not so fortunate as faire Briget whyche representyng the vertue of hyr whose name shee bare professed and obserued a religious life in Dertforde an house of close Nunnes Anne that was after honourablye married vnto Thomas then Lorde Hawarde and after Earle of Surrey And Katherine which long time tossed in either fortune somtime in wealth ofte in aduersitie at the laste if this be the laste for yet shee liuethe is by the benignitye of hir Nephewe King Henry the eyghte in very prosperous estate and worthy hir birthe and vertue This noble Prince deceassed at his Palaice of Westminster and wyth greate funerall honour and heauinesse of his people from thence conueyed The loue of the people was enterred at Windsor A King of such gouernaunce and behauiour in time of peace for in warre eche parte muste needes bee others enimye that there was neuer any Prince of this lande attainyng the Crowne by battaile so hartelye beeleued wyth the â—…staunce of the people nor he hymselfe so speciallye in anye parte of hys life as at the time of hys deathe Whiche fauour and affection yet after hys deceasse by the crueltie mischiefe and trouble of the tempestuous worlde that followed highelye towarde him more increased At suche tyme as he died the displeasure of those that bare hym grudge for Kyng Henryes sake the sixte whome he deposed was well â—…ged and in effect quenched in that that many of them were deade in more than twentye yeares of hys raigne a greate parte of a long life And many of them in the meane season growen into his fauour of whiche he was neuer strange He was a goodlye personage Description of Edvvarde the fourthe and Princely to beholde of harte couragious pollitique in counsell in aduersitie nothyng abashed in prosperitie rather ioyfull than proud in peace iuste and mercifull in warre sharpe and fierce in the fielde bolde and hardye and nathelesse no further than wisedome woulde aduenturous whose warres who so wel consider hee shall no lesse commende hys wisedome where hee voyded than his manhoode where he vanquished Hee was of visage lonelye of body mightye strong and cleane made Howbeit in his latter dayes wyth ouer liberall dyer somewhat corpulent and boorely and â—…atheles not vncomely hee was of youth greately giuen to fleshely wantonnesse from which health of body in great prosperity and fortune without a speciall grace hardely refraineth Thys faulte not greately greeued the people for neyther coulde anye one mans pleasure stretche and extende to the displeasure of verye manye and was wythout violence and ouer that in hys latter dayes lessed and well lefte In whiche time of his latter dayes this Realme was in quiet and prosperous estate no feare of outwarde enemyes no warre in hand nor none towarde but suche as no man looked for the people towarde the Prince not in a constrained feare but in a willyng and louyng obedience among themselues the commons in good peace The Lordes whome hee knewe at variaunce hymselfe in his deathe bed appeased hee hadde lefte all gathering of money whiche is the onely thing that withdraweth the hartes of Englishemen fro the Prince nor any thing intended he to take in hande by whyche hee shoulde bee driuen thereto for hys tribute 〈…〉 〈◊〉 of Fraunce hee hadde before obteyne do And the yeare foregoing his deathe 〈◊〉 hadde obteyned Warwicke And albeit that 〈◊〉 the time of his raigne hee was wyth his people so beâ—…igne coueâ—…ous and so families that no part of his vertues 〈◊〉 more esâ—…emen yet y t condition in the ende of his dayes in whyche many Princes by along continued 〈…〉 â—…tie â—…like 〈…〉 proud â—…porâ—… from â—…boâ—…ain bâ—…â—…r 〈◊〉 their beginnyng warde 〈◊〉 flye in hym grewe and increased so farre forth that in 〈◊〉 the â—…e that 〈◊〉 sawe hys hâ—…m 〈◊〉 being at Wiâ—…â—…unting thee for the Mâ—…or and Aldermâ—… of London to hym for none 〈◊〉 errande and to 〈◊〉 them hâ—…band and heâ—… mâ—…rye with hym where hee made them not so â—…ly but so friendely and so familiar cheare and fence veâ—…son from thence so freely into the Citie that no â—…ng in many dayes before gaâ—… hym eyther mâ—… heartes or more heartye fauour amongest the common people whiche oftentimes more esteeme and take for greater kindnes a little courtesie than a greate benefite So deceassed as I haue sayde this noble King in that time in whiche his life was moste desired Whose loue of hys people and their entire affection towarde him â–ª hadde bene to hys noâ—… children haâ—…ng in themselues also as manye gifts of nature 〈◊〉 many Princely vertues asmuche goodlye towardnesse at their age coulde receyue a 〈◊〉 â—…lloâ—… fortresse and fate armour if diuision dissention of their friendes had not vnarmed them and lesse them destitute and the execrable desire of souerainty prouoked hym to their destruction whiche if eyther kinde of kindnesse hadde houlden place muste needes haue bene their chiefe defence For Richarde the Duke of Gloucester by nature their vncle by office their protectour to their father beâ—… to themselfe by othe and allegiaunce boâ—…nden all the bandes broken that bindeâ—… maâ—… and man togyther wythout anye respecte of God or the worlde vnnaturally contriued to berene them not only their dignitie but also their liues But for asmuche as this Dukes demeanor ministreth in effect all the whole matter whereof this booke shall intreate it is therefore conuenient somewhat to shewe you ere wee farther goe what manner of man thys was that coulde finde in his harte so muche mischiefe to conceiue Richarde Duke of Yorke Richarde duke of Yorke a noble man and a mightie beganne not by warre but by lawe to chalendge the Crowne puttyng hys claime into the Parliament where his cause was eyther for righte or fauour so farre forthe auaunced that King Henry his bloude albeit he has a goodly Prince vtterly reiected the Crowne was by aucthoritie of parliament entailed vnto the Duke of Yorke and his issue male in remainder immediatly after the deathe of Kyng Henry But the Duke not induryng so long to carry but entendyng vnder pretexte of dissention and debate arising in the Realme to preuent his time and to take vppon hym the rule in Kyng Henry his life was with many nobles of the Realme at Wakefielde slaine leauing three sonnes Edwarde George and Richard All three as they were greate states of birth so were they great and stately of stomack greedy and ambitious of auctoritie Edvvarde and impatient of partners Edwarde reuenging his fathers deathe depriued Kyng Henry
faithfull Chaplayne and glad would haue bin that hys chylde hadde succeeded him Howbeit if the secrete iudgemente of God haue otherwise prouided I purpose not to spurre against a pricke nor labour to sette vp that God pulleth downe And as for the late Protector and now King And euen there he left saying that he had already meddled to muche with the worlde and woulde from that day meddle with his Booke and hys heades and no farther Then longed the Duke sore to heare what hee woulde haue sayd bycause he ended with the King and there so suddaynely stopped and exhorted hym so familiarly betweene them twayne to be bolde to say whatsoeuer he thought whereof he faithfully promised there shoulde neuer come hurte and peraduenture more good than hee woulde wene and that himselfe intended to vse his faithfull secrete aduise and counsell whiche hee sayde was the onely cause for which he procured of the King to haue him in his custody where hee might recken himselfe at home and else had hee bin putte in the handes of them with whome hee should not haue founden the like fauoure The Byshop right humbly thanked him and sayde in good faith my Lord I loue not to talke much of Princes as thing not all out of perill though the word be without fault for asmuch as it shall not bee taken as the partie meante it but as it pleaseth the Prince to construe it And euer I thinke on Esops tale that when the Lion hadde proclaymed that on payne of death there should none horned beast abyde in that wood one that had in his forhead a bunche of fleshe fled awaye a great pace The Foxe that saw hym runne so fast asked hym whyther he made all that haste And he answered In fayth I neyther wote nor recke so I were once hence bicause of this proclamation made of horned beastes What foole quoth the Foxe thou mayst abyde well ynough the Lion meant not by thee for it is none horne that is in thine head No mary quoth hee that wote I well ynough But what and hee call it an horne where am I then The Duke laughed merily at the tale and sayd My Lorde I warrant you neyther the Lion nor the Bore shall pyke any matter at any thing heere spoken for it shall neuer come neere their eare In good faith Sir sayde the Byshop if it did the thing that I was about to say taken as well as afore God I meant it could deserue but thanke And yet taken as I wene it woulde mighte happen to turne mee to little good and you to lesser Then longed the Duke yet much more to witte what it was wherevppon the Byshoppe saide in good fayth my Lorde as for the late Protector sith he is nowe King in possession I purpose not to dispute his title but for the weale of this Realm whereof hys grace hath nowe the gouernaunce and whereof I am my selfe one poore member I was about to wishe that to those good habilities whereof he hath already right many little needing my prayse it mighte yet haue pleased God for the better store to haue giuen hym some of suche other excellente vertues meete for the rule of a Realme as our Lord hathe planted in the person of youre grace and there lefte agayne The Duke somewhat maruelling at his suddayne pauses Here endeth Sir Thomas More and this that followeth is taken out M. of Hall as though they were but parentheses with a high countenaunce sayd My Lorde I euidently perceyue and no lesse note your often breathing and suddayne stopping in youre communication so that to my intelligence your words neyther come to any direct or perfect sentence in conclusion whereby either I might perceyue and haue knowledge what your inwarde intent is now toward the King or what affection you beare towarde me For the comparison of good qualities ascribed to vs both for the whiche I may selfe knowledge and recognise to haue none nor looke for no prayse of any creature for the same maketh me not a little to muse thynkyng that you haue some other priuie imaginatiō by loue or by grudge engraued and emprinted in your hart which for feare you dare not or for childish shamefastnesse you be abashed to disclose and reueale and specially to me being your friend which on my honour do assure you to hee as secrete in this case as the deaffe and dumme person is to the singer or the tree to the hunter The Byshop beeing somewhat bolder considering the Dukes promise but most of all animated and encouraged bycause he knew the Duke desirous to be exalted and magnified and also he perceyued the inwarde hatred and priuie rancor which he bare toward King Richard was now boldened to open his stomacke euen to the very bottome intending thereby to compasse howe to destroy and vtterly confound King Richard and to depriue him of his dignitie royall or else to set the Duke so a fyer with the desire of ambition that hee himselfe mighte be safe and escape out of all daunger and perill whiche thing hee brought shortly to conclusion both to the kings destruction and the Dukes confusion and to his owne safegard and finally to hys high promotion And so as I sayde before vpon trust and confidence of the Dukes promise the Byshoppe sayd my singuler good Lord sith the time of my captiuitie which being in your graces custodie I may rather call it a liberall libertie more than a straighte emprisonmente in auoyding idlenesse mother and nourisher of all vices in reading Bookes and auntient Pamphlets I haue founde this sentence written that no manne is borne free and in libertie of himselfe onely for one part of duetie he oweth or should owe to his parents for his procreation by a very natural instincte and filiall curtesie another parte to hys friendes and kinsfolke for proximitie of bloud and natural amitie doth of very duetie chalenge and demaunde But the natiue Countrey in the whiche hee tasted firste the sweete ayres of thys pleasant and flattering world after his natiuitie demaundeth as a debt by a naturall bond neyther to bee forgotten nor yet to be put in obliuion which saying causeth me to consider in what case this Realme my natiue Countrey nowe standeth and in what estate and assurance before this time it hath continued what gouernour we now haue and what ruler wee mighte haue for I playnely perceyue the Realme beeing in this case must needes decay and bee broughte to vtter confusion and finall exterminion But one hope I haue encorporate in my brest that is when I consider and in my mynd do diligently remember dayly behold your noble personage your iustice and indifferencie your feruent zeale and ardente loue towarde youre naturall Countrey and in like manner the loue of your Countrey toward you the great learning pregnaunt witte and goodly eloquence which so much doth abounde in the person of your grace I muste needes thinke this Realme fortunate yea
and his iourneyes appointed by the Counsayle to the intent he woulde not seeme to doe any thyng but vppon warrant And as he was nowe forwarde on his way what a doe there was what stirring on euerye side what sending what ryding and posting what letters messages and instructions went to and fro what talking among the souldiers what hartburning among the people what faire pretences outwardly inwardly what priuie practises there were what speeding and sending forth ordinance out of the tower yea euen the same day that Queene Marie at euen was proclaymed Queene what rumors and comming downe of souldiers as there was from all quarters a worlde it was to see and a processe to declare ynough to make as sayeth maister Foxe a whole volume euen as bygge as an Ilias The greatest helpe that made for the Ladie Marie was the shorte iourneyes of the Duke which by Commission were assigned to him before as aboue is mencioned and happilye not without the politike forecast of some in fauour of the Ladie Marie for the longer the Duke lingered in his voyage the Ladie Marie the more increased in puissance the heartes of the people being mightily bent vnto hir Wherevpon she in the meane time remayning at Fremingham hearing of this preparatiō against hir gathered togither such power of the noblemē and other hir frendes in that countrie as she coulde get And first of all the noblemen that came vnto hir aide were the Earles of Sussex Bathe and Oxeforde the Lorde Wentworth Sir Thomas Cornewalleys Sir Henrie Ierninghan Sir William Walgraue with diuerse other Gentlemen and Commons of the counties of Norfolke and Suffolke Here as maister Foxe noteth the Suffolke men being the first that resorted to hir promised hir their ayde and helpe to the vttermost of their powers so that she woulde not go about to alter the religion whiche hir brother had established and was nowe vsed and exercised through the Realme To this condicion she agreed with such promise as no man woulde haue doubted that anye innouation of matters in religion shoulde haue followed by hir sufferance or procurement during hir reygne but howe soone she forgate that promise it shall shortlye after appeare In this meane season the Lorde Windsor Sir Edmonde Peckham sir Robert Drurie and Sir Edwarde Hastings raysed the Commons of the shire of Buckingham to whome Sir Iohn Willyams which afterwarde was Lord Willyams of Thame and Sir Leanarde Chamberlaine with the chiefe power of Oxefordshire And out of Northhamptonshire came Sir Thomas Tresham and a great number of Gentlemen out of diuerse partes whose names were to long to rehearse These Captaines with their companies being thus assembled in warlike maner marched forwarde towardes Norffolke to the ayde of the Ladie Marie and the further they went the more their power encreased The Lords of the counsel being in this meane whyle at London after they vnderstoode howe the better part of the Realme were enclyned and hearing euery daye newes of great assemblies began to suspect the sequele of this enterprise so that prouiding for their owne suretie without respect of the Duke who nowe was at Burie they fell to a newe counsayle and lastly by assent made Proclamation at London in the name of the Ladie Marie by the name of Marie Queene of Englande Fraunce and Irelande defender of the faith and of the churches of Englande and Irelande supreme heade Of whiche Proclamation after the Duke of Northumberlande being then at Burie was aduertised by letters from the Counsayle he incontinently according to the newe order receyued from them returned with his power againe to Cambridge and suche a sodayne chaunge of myndes forthwith appeared in his armie that they whiche late before seemed most forwarde in that quarrell beganne first to flie from him and so euerye man shifting for himselfe he that late before was furnished of such multitude of souldiers was sodenly forsaken of all sauing a fewe whose perils were ioyned with his But nowe before I proceede any further in the historie of Queene Marie that was nowe receyued proclaymed Queene as then to succeede hir brother I will speake somewhat of the lerned men that wrote and published any pamphlets or treatises in his dayes as in deede there were many but for that the more part of them dyed in Queene Maries time or in the Queenes Maiesties time that nowe is or else are yet liuing I doe omit those here meaning to speak of them hereafter if God shall permit as occasion may serue For the residue that ended their liues in this Kings dayes these I finde Dauid Clapham a lawyer and well seene in the Latine tongue wrote sundrie treatises Robert Talbot a Prebendarie of Norwich very skilfull in antiquities Edwarde Hall a Counsaylour in the Common lawe but excellently seene in hystories wrote a notable Chronicle of the vnion of the two houses of Yorke and Lancaster Richarde Tracie of Todington in Glocestershire an Esquire and verye well learned sonne to Willyam Tracie Doctor Ioseph an excellent Preacher George Ioye a Bedfordeshire man that wrote diuerse treatises concerning Diuinitie and dyed eyther in the last yere of King Edwarde or in the beginning of Queene Maries reygne as appeareth by maister Bale Alexander Barkeley a Scotte a notable Poet and a good Rhetorician departed this life in the yeare M.D.LII. Willyam Hugh a Yorkeshire manne wrote beside other things a notable treatise called the Troubled mans medicine he deceased by the bursting of a veyne in the yeare M.D.XLIX Thomas Sterneholde borne in Southampton turned into Englishe meeter xxxvij Psalmes chosen forth of Dauids Psalter Of straungers that liued died here in this Kings days excellently learned and renoumed for such treatises as they published to the worlde Martine Bucer and Paulus Fagius are most famous To ende nowe with this parte of the booke concerning King Edwarde I haue thought good to set downe Cardanes verses written as an Epitaph of him as here followeth Carmen Epitaphicum Cardani in obitū Regis Edouardi FLete nefas magnum sed toto flebilis orbe Mortales vester corruit omnis honor Nam Regum decus Iuuenū flos spesque bonorū Delitia secli gloria gentis erat Dignus Apollineis lachrymis doctaeque Minerua Flosculus heu miserè concidit ante diem Te cumulo dabimus musae supremaque flentes Munera Melpone tristia fata canet Queene Marie Queene Marie MArie eldest daughter of King Henrie the eyght by the Ladie Katherine of Spayne his firste wife and sister vnto King Edwarde the sixth by the fathers side beganne hir reygne the vj. day of Iulye which daye the King hir brother dyed and she was proclaymed at London as is before remembred in the ende of the historie of King Edwarde the sixth 1552 the xix daye of the same moneth Quene Marie proclaymed in the yeare of our Lorde 1553. After the creation of the worlde 5520. In the xxxv yeare of Charles the v. Emperour of