Bechellouin in Normandy he had receyued Vrbane for Pope and therefore whatsoeuer chaunced he might not goe frō hys obedience and subiection promised to hym Moreouer while the matter was in consultation among the Bishops another of the Kyngs Counsel a Knight came before Anselme in place where hee sate almost alone to looke for an aunswere by them from the Kyng whiche Knyghte kneeling downe before the Archbishop spake these words vnto him Reuerend father your humble children besech your grace not to haue your heart troubled with these things whiche you heare but call to remembrance that blessed man Iob vanquishing the Deuill on the Dounghill and reuenging Adam whome he had ouercome in Paradice Which words the Archbishop cōsideryng with a friendly countenance perceyued that the mindes of the people remayned on his syde wherof both he and such as were about him were right ioyfull and greatly comforted hauing a cōfidence according to the Scripture that the voyce of the people was the voyce of God When the King vnderstood all these things he was maruellously disquieted in his mind and therfore perceiuing that the Bishops and other of hys counsell had promised more than they coulde performe blamed them for it vnto whome the Bishoppe of Durham that was the chiefe doer in thys matter shaped thys aunswere hee spake so fayntly quoth hee and so coldly at the fyrst that he seemed not to haue any store of wit or wisedome at all Finally the matter was deferred vntill the next morning and then the sayd Bishop of Durham alledging that they coulde not well ouercome hym by argumentes so long as he grounded hys opinion in suche wise vpon the scripture and the authoritie of Saint Peter The best way therefore sayde hee shall bee to compell hym by force eyther to agree to the Kyngs mynde or else to depriue hym of hys Ring and staffe and after banish hym the Realme but the Lordes of the Counsell allowed not the Bishops wordes heerein wel sayth the King and what other way will you thynke good if thys lyke you not so long as I may lyue I will not surely suffer any to be my peere within my Realme and if you knewe hys cause to be so good why dyd you suffer mee to begynne thys action agaynste hym goe youre wayes therefore and take aduice togyther for by Goddes face for that was hys othe if you condemne hym not at my will I will reuenge my selfe vpon you but when hee was enformed that bycause hee was an Archbishop they had no power to iudge or condemne hym though his cause prooued neuer so euill whiche they could not perceyue so to be He tolde them yet they mighte at the leastwise renounce their obedience to him and forsake hys company which they said they might do Then do it sayth the King with speede that hee may when hee shall see hymselfe abandoned and despised of all men repent that hee hathe followed Vrbane and neglected mee his soueraigne Lorde and master And that yee may doe it the more safely I firste of all doe depriue hym of the suretie and allegiance whiche he may pretende to haue of me within all my dominions The King renounceth the Archbishop for his subiecte and from hencefoorth I will haue no affiance in hym nor take hym for an Archbishop The Bishops woulde fayne haue perswaded Anselme to haue shewed himselfe conformable to the Kyngs pleasure and therefore trauelled with hym earnestly in that behalfe but all woulde not serue hee answered indeede very curteously but hys benefice he would not renounce as touching the name and office though in exterior thyngs he were neuer so muche disquieted The King perceyuing hym to stande stiffe in hys opinion sayd vnto hys Lordes his words are euer contrary to my mynde and I will not take hym for my friende whosoeuer doth fauour hym I shall therefore require you that bee peeres of my Realme to renounce all the fayth and friendshippe whyche you beare hym that hee maye see what hee hath gayned by that allegiance whyche to the offending of my pleasure hee obserueth to the Apostolike See The Lords aunswered herevnto As for vs we were neuer hys menne and therefore cannot we abiure any fealtie whiche we neuer acknowledged He is oure Archbishop and hath the gouernaunce of matters perteynyng to the Christian religion within this lande and for that cause we which are Christians may not refuse hys authoritie whylest we remayne heere on earthe namely syth there is no blemishe of haynous crime that toucheth hym whyche may constreyne vs otherwise to doe The Kyng refrayned to declare hys wrath least he should prouoke them further to displeasure by speakyng against theyr reason The Bishops driuen to their shiftes how to shape an answere The Bishops were greatly abasshed heerewith and were broughte to a shrewde pinche When immediately after the Kyng required to know of euery of them a part whether they vtterly renounced all manner of subiection and obedience vnto Anselme withoute any condition intermitted or else that only whiche hee did pretende by authoritie of the Pope When the Byshoppes did aunswere heerevnto diuersly the Kyng appoynted those to sitte downe by hym as faythfull subiects whyche acknowledged that theyr renunciation was absolutely made withoute intermittyng of anye manner of condition but the other whyche protested that they renounced theyr subiection and obedience vnto hym but onely in that whyche hee presumed vppon the behalfe of the Pope hee commaunded them asyde to remayne in a corner of the house to heare the sentence of their condemnation pronounced against them They therefore beeyng putte in a maruellous feare gote them asyde but yet strayghte wayes they deuised a shifte whyche they hadde beene well acquainted withall before The meane to pacifie the King that is to witte they presented to the Kyng a greate masse of money to appease hys wrathe and so thereby they were restored to hys fauoure The stiffenes of Anselme in withstanding the Kings pleasure Anselme notwithstandyng stoode still stiffe in hys opinion so that in the ende when no other way coulde be hadde the sentence touching this controuersie betwixt hym and the King was respited till the Octaues of Pentecost nexte ensuing All whyche thyngs were notifyed well ynough to the Pope Math. Paris who lyke a wary Prelate vsed the matter with suche moderation that by secrete aduertisementes gyuen hee tooke away from hys breethren all rigorous wayes of proceedings saying Dum furor in cursu est currenti cede furori but the Kynges enmitie towardes Anselme was openly declared and that chiefly for the denyall of the money which he demaunded at length gote it though not with any free beneuolent will of the Archbishop in somuch that he was reputed of the Kyng giltie of treason The Bishop of Alba reconcileth the Pope to the Kings fauour But within a few dayes after Walter the Bishop of Alba bringing to him hys Palle with wisdome reconciled the
and after .xij. dayes siege had that Citie deliuered vnto him by composition that the Captaine sir Philip Hall with his people and moueables myght depart in safetie After that Troyes was yeelded the communaltie of Chaalons rebelled agaynst Sir Iohn Awbemonde theyr Captaine and constreyned him to deliuer the towne vpon lyke composition In semblable maner did they of Reimes desiring him to giue safeconduct to all the Englishe men safely to depart When Reimes was thus become French the foresayde Charles the Dolphin in the presence of the Dukes of Lorrainne and Barre and of all the noble men of his faction was sacred there King of Fraunce by the name of Charles the sixt The French K. â—…ed with all rytes and ceremonies thereto belonging They of Auxerre when the terme of their appointment was expired submytted themselues to him and so likewise did all the Citie and townes adioyning The Duke of Bedford aduertised of all these doings assembled his power about him and hauing togither ten thousand good Englishmen beside Normans departed oute of Paris in Warlike fashion and passing through Brie to Monstreau fault YoÌ„ne sent by his Herault Bedford letters to the Frenche King signifying to hym that where hee had contrarie to the finall conclusion accorded betweene his noble brother King Henrie the fifth and king Charles the sixte father to him the vsurper by allurement of a diuelishe witche taken vpon him the name tytle and dignitie of the king of Fraunce and further had by murther stealing craft and deceytfull meanes violently gotten and wrongfully kept diuerse cities and townes belonging to the king of Englande his nephewe for proufe whereof hee was come downe from Paris with his armie into the Countrey of Brie by dynt of sworde and stroke of battaile to proue his wryting and cause true willing his enimie to choose the place and in the same he would giue him battaile The new French king being come froÌ„ Ryems to Dampmartyne studying howe to compasse them of Paris was halfe abashed at this message But yet to set a good countenance on the matter hee answered the Herault that hee woulde sooner seeke his maister than his maister should need to pursue him The Duke of Bedforde hearing this answere marched towarde the king and pitched his fielde in a strong place The French king though at the first he ment to haue abydden battaile yet when he vnderstâ—…d that the Duke was equall to him in number of people he chaunged his purpose and turned with his armie a little out of the way The Duke of Bedford perceyuing his faynt courage followed him by hilles and dales till hee came to a towne not farre from Senlis where he found the French king and his armie lodged wherefore hee ordred his battailes like an expert chieftaine in martiall science setting the Archers before and himselfe with the Noble men in the maine battaile and put the Normans on both sides for wings The Frenche king also ordred his battailes with the aduise of his captaines Thus these two armies lay two dayes and two nightes eyther in sight of other without any great doing except a few skirmishes wherein the Dukes light horsemen did verie valiauntly At length in the deade of the nighte as priuily as myght he the French king brake vp his campe and fled to Bray The Duke of Bedford had much ado to stay his people in the morning from pursuyte of the Frenche armie but for that hee mistrusted the Parisians hee woulde not depart farre from that Citie and so returned thyther againe In this season Pope Martine the fifth of that name meaning to subdue the Bohemers that dissented from the Church of Rome in matters of Religion appoynted Henrie Beaufort Bishop of Winchester and Cardinall of Saint Eusibie to be his Legate in an armie that shoulde inuade the Kingdome of Beame and to bring a power of men with him out of Englande Boheme And bycause the warre touched religion he licenced the Cardinal to take the tenth part of euerie spirituall dignity benefice and promotion This matter was opened in the Parliament house and assented to wherevpon the Bishoppe gathered the money and assembled foure thousand men and aboue not without greate grudge of the people which dayly were with tallages and aydes weryed and sore burdened As this Bishop was come to Douer readie to passe the seats ouer into Flaunders the Duke of Gloucester hauing receyued letters from the Duke of Bedford conteyning an earnest request to relieue him with some speedie ayde of men of warre was constreyned to write vnto the Bishop of Winchester willing him in time of suche neede when all stoode vpon losse or gaine to passe with all his armie toward the Duke of Bedford to assyst him agaynst his aduersaries which thing done and to his honour atchiued he might perfourme his iourney agaynste the vngracious Bohemers The Cardinall though not well contented with this countermaunde yet least he should run into the note of Infamie if he refused to ayde the Regent of Fraunce in so great a cause passed ouer with his power brought the same vnto hys cousin to the Citie of Paris About the same season the French king in hope to bee receyued into the townes of Compeigne and Beauvois by reason of the fauor and good will which the Inhabitantes bare towardes him was come with an armie towardes Compiegne whereof the Duke of Bedforde being aduertised and hauing nowe his hoste augmented with the newe supply which the Cardinall had of late brought vnto him marched forward with great speede towarde the place where hee vnderstoode the French king was lodged And coÌ„ming 〈◊〉 Senlis he perceiued how his enimies were encamped vpon the Mount Pilioll betweene Senlis and Compiegne Here might eyther armie beholde the other wherevpon for the aduoyding of daungers that myght ensue the campes were trenched and the battayles pitched and the fields ordred as though they should haue tryed the matter by battaile but nothing was done except with skirmishes in the which the Normans sore vexed the Frenchmen and therfore receyued great commendations and prayses of the Lorde Regent who vndoubtedly determined to haue giuen battaile to his enimies if they woulde haue abydden it But after the armies had thus lyen eyther in sight of other for the space of two dayes togither the Frenche King determining not to aduenture in an open battaile the whole chaunce of the game least he might thereby receyue a perpetuall checkmate in the night seasoÌ„ remoued his campe and fled to Crespy though his number was double to the English armie The Duke of Bedford seeing that the French king was thus Cowardly reculed with all hys power and armie returned again to Paris An. reg â—… euer suspecting the deceytfull fayth of the Parisians The Bishoppe of Wynchester after that the Frenche king was retreated backe went into Beame and there did somewhat Boheme though shortly after without anye great prayse or gaine hee returned into Englande more
thinke sufficiently of such lawes as were in vse before the conquest Nowe it resteth that I should declare the order of those that haue béene made sith the comming of the NormaÌ„s but for asmuch as I am no lawier therfore haue but lyttle skyll to procéede in the same accordingly it shall suffice to set downe some generall dyscourse of such as are vsed in our daies and so much as I haue gathered by report and common here saye We haue therfore in EnglaÌ„d sundry lawes and first of all the ciuile vsed in the chauncery admiraltie and dyuers other courtes in some of which the seuere rygor of Iustice is often so mittigated by conscience that dyuers thinges are thereby made easie and tollerable whyche otherwyse woulde appeare to be méere iniurye and extremity We haue also a great part of the Cannon lawe daily practised among vs especially in cases of tithes contracts of matrimony and such lyke as are vsually to be séene in the consistories of our Bishoppes where the exercyse of the same is verye hotely followed The third sorte of lawes that we follow are our owne and those alwaies so variable and subiect to alteration and change that oft in one age diuers iudgementes doe passe vpon one maner of casse wherby the saying of the Poet Tempora mutantur nos mutamur in illis maye very well be applyed vnto such as beyng vrged with these wordes in such a yeare of the Prince this opinion was taken for sounde lawe doe aunswere nothing else but that the iudgement of our lawyers is nowe altered so that they saye farre otherwyse The regiment that we haue therefore after our owne ordinaunces dependeth vpon Statute lawe Common law Customary law Prescription Parliament law The first is deliuered vnto vs by Parliament which court is the highest of all other and consisteth of thrée seuerall sortes of people that is to say the Nobility Clergy and commons of thys Realme and there to is not somoned but vppon vrgent occasion when the prince doth sée his time and that by seueral writtes dated commonly ful sixe wéekes before it begin to be holden Such lawes as are agréed vpoÌ„ in the higher house by the Lordes spirituall and temporall and in the lower house by the commons and bodye of the realme wherof the conuocation of the cleargy holden in Powles is a member there speaking by the mouth of the knights of the shire and burgesses remaine in the ende to be confirmed by the Prince who commonly resorteth thither vppon the first and laste daies of thys court there to vnderstande what is done giue his royall consent to such estatutes as him lyketh of Comming therefore thither into the higher house and hauing taken his throne the speaker of the Parliament for one is alwayes appoynted to go betwéene the houses as an indifferent mouth for both readeth openlye the matters there determined by the sayde thrée estates and then craueth the Princes consent and confirmation to the same The king hauing heard the somme principall pointes of each estatute briefly recited vnto him aunswereth in French with great deliberation vnto such as he lyketh Il nous plaist but to the rest Il ne plaist whereby the latter are vtterly made voyde and frustrate That also which his Maiestie liketh of is euer after holden for law except it be repealed in any the lyke assembly The number of the commons assembled in the lower house beside the clergie coÌ„sisteth of ninetie Knights For eache shyre of England hath twoo gentlemen or knights of greatest wisedome and reputation chosen out of the bodye of the same for that only purpose sauing that for wales one only is supposed sufficient in euerie countie whereby the number afore mentioned is made vp There are likewyse fourtie and sixe Citizens 289. Burgeses and fourtéene Barons so that the whole assembly of the layetie of the lower house coÌ„sisteth of foure hundred thirtie and nine persons if the iust number be supplyed Of the lawes here made lykewyse some are penall and restraine the common lawe and some againe are founde to inlarge the same The one sort of these also are for the most part takeÌ„ strictlye according to the letter the other more largely and beneficially after their intendement and meaning The Common Lawe standeth vppon Sundrye Maximes or Princyples Common Lawe â–ª and yeares or tearmes which doe conteine such cases as by great studye and solemne argument of the iudges and thereto the déepest reach foundations of reason are ruled and adiudged for lawe Certes these cases are otherwise called plées or actioÌ„s wherof there are two sortes the one criminall the other ciuile The meanes messengers also to determine those causes are our writtes wherof there are some Originall and some Iudiciall The parties plaintife and defendant when they appeare procéede if the case do so require by plaint or declaration aunswere replication and reioynder and so to issue the one side affirmatiuely the other negatiuely Our trialles and recoueries are eyther by verdict and demourre confession or default wherein if any negligence or trespasse hath béene committed eyther in processe forme or in matter iudgement the partie grieued may haue a writte of errour to vndoe y e same but not in the same court where the former iudgement was giuen Custoâ—… Laâ—… Customarie law consisteth of certaine laudable customes vsed in some priuate country entended first to beginne vppon good and reasonable considerations as gauell kinde which is all the male children to inherite coÌ„tinued to this day in Kent or Burrow kinde where the yongest is preferred before the eldest which is the custome of many countries of this region so forth of such like to be learned else where Prescription is a certayne custome Prescripâ—…tion which hath continued time out of minde but it is more particular then customarie lawe as where onely a parish or some priuate person doth prescribe to haue common or a way in another mans soyle or tithes to be payde after this or that maner I meane otherwyse then the common course order of the lawe requyreth whereof let thys suffice at thys tyme in stéede of a larger discourse of our owne lawes least I shoulde séeme to enter farre into that whereof I haue no skill For what hath the meditation of the lawe of God to doe with any precise knowledge of the law of man sith they are seuerall trades and incident to diuers persons There are also sundrie vsuall courtes holdeÌ„ once in euery quarter of the yeare which we commonlye call tearmes of the latin worde Terminus Terâ—… wherin all coÌ„trouersies are determined that happen within the Quéenes dominions These are commonly holden at London except vpoÌ„ some great occasion they be transferred to other places at what times also they are kept the table insuing shal easily declare Finally howe well they are followed by sutetâ—… the great welth of our lawiers without any traueyle of mine
kept in following hir before she lost hir vsuall light Offa. After that Offa had stayne Bernred the vsurper of the Kingdome of Mercia as before is mentioned the same Offa tooke vppon hym the gouernment of that Kingdome .758 a man of such stowtnesse of stomacke 758 Mat. VVest that he thought he should be able to bring to passe all things whatsoeuer he conceyued in his mind He raigned .xxxix. yeares His doings were great and marueylous VVil. Mal. and suche as some tymes his vertues surpassed hys vices and sometyme againe his vices seemed to ouermatch his vertues The Kentishmen he ouercame in a great battayle at Otteforde The 〈◊〉 of king Offa. Mat. VVest 779 and the Northumbers also were by hym vanquished and in battaile put to flight With Kenvulfe King of West Saxons hee fought in open battaile and obteyned a noble victorie wyth small losse of hys people althoughe the same Kenwulfe was a right valyaunt Prince and a good Captaine Againe perceyuing that to proceede wyth craft shoulde sooner aduaunce his purpose than to vse open force agaynst Egilbert King of East Angles vnder fayre promises to giue vnto him hys daughter in maryage Falsehed is feloship hee allured him to come into Mercia and receyuing him into hys Palayce caused his heade to be stryken off and after by wrongfull meanes inuaded his kingdome and got it into his possession yet hee caused the bones of the first Martyr of this lande Saint Albone by a myraculous meanes brought to light to bee taken vp and put in a riche shrine adourned with golde and stone buylding a goodly Churche of excellent workemanshippe and founding a Monasterie in that place in honour of the same Saint which he indowed with great possessions The Archbishops sea remoued from Canterburie to Lichfielde Hee remoued the Archbishops Sea from Canterburie vnto Lichfield thereby to aduaunce his Kingdome of Mercia as well in dignitie and prehemineÌ„ce of Spirituall power as Temporall He made great suyte to bring that his purpose to passe in the Court of Rome and at length by great giftes and rewardes he obteyned it at the handes of Pope Adrian the first 785 â—â—t VVest as then gouerning the Romaine Sea And so Eadulfus as then Bishop of Lichfielde was adourned with the Pall and taken for Archbishop hauing all those Bishops within the limittes of King Offa his Dominion Suffraganes vnto him as Denebertus Byshop of Worcester Werebertus Bishop of Chester Eadulfus Bishop of Dorchester Wlâ—…nardus Bishop of Hereforde Halard Bishop of Elsham and Cedferth Bishop of Donwich There remayned onely to the Archbishop of Canterburie the Bishops of London Wynchester Rochester and Shireburne â—…he Archbiâ—â—op Lambert â—â—â—ended his 〈◊〉 And this separation continued all the life time of the Archbishoppe Lambert although he trauayled earnestly to maintayne his prerogatiue insomuch for that hee styll defended his cause and woulde not consent to his will Offa depriued him of all his possessions and reuenues that he helde or enioyed wythin any part of his dominions Neyther was Offa satisfied herewith but he also tooke into his handes the possessions of manye other Churches and namely hee fleeced the house of Malmesburie of parte of hir reuenues Offa allyeth himselfe with â—…ther Princes Bycause of these and other his harde doings doubting the malice of hys enimes hee procured the friendship of forraine Princes Vnto Brightricke king of the West Saxons hee gaue hys daughter Ethelburga in mariage And sending diuerse Ambassadors ouer vnto Charles the great Mat. VVest that was both Emperour and king of Fraunce at length he purchased his friendshippe although before there had depended a peece of displeasure betwixt them The entercourse of marchants stayed insomuch that the entercourse for trade of Merchandize was stayed for a tyme. One of the Ambassadors that was sent vnto the said Charles as is reported was that famous clearke Albine Alcuine an EnglishmaÌ„ or Alâ—…wine by whose perswasion the same Charles 〈◊〉 two Vniuersities as in place conuenient it may more largely appeare Finally king Offa as it were for a meane to appease Gods wrath whiche hee doubted to bee iustly conceyued towardes him for his sinnes and wickednesse graunted the tenth part of all hys goodes vnto Church men and to poore people He also endowed the Church of Hereforde with great reuenues Polidor and as some write he builded the Abbay of Bathe placing Monkes in the same of the order of Saint Benet as before hee had done at Saint Albons Moreouer hee went vnto Rome about the yeare of our Lorde .775 and there following the example of Inas King of the West Saxons 775 he made his realme subiect by way of tribute vnto the Churche of Rome appoynting that euerye house within the limits of his dominions shoulde yearely pay vnto the Apostolike Sea one pennie which payment was after named Rome Scot Peter pâ—…nce or Rome Scot. and Peter pens After hys returne from Rome VVil. Malm. 797 perceyuing himselfe to drawe into yeares hee caused his Sonne Egfride to bee ordeyned King in hys lyfe tyme and shortly after departing oute of this Worlde lefte the Kingdome vnto hym after hee had gouerned it by the space of .xxxix. yeares Offa departed this life Amongst other the doings of this Offa which surely were great and marueylous this may not passe with silence that he caused a mightie greate ditch to be cast betwixte the Marches of hys Countrey and the Welche confines to deuide thereby the boundes of their dominions This Ditche was called Offeditch euer after Offditch and stretched from the South side by Brystowe vnder the Mountaynes of Wales running Northwarde ouer the Ryuers of Seuerne and Dee vnto the verie mouth of Dee where that Ryuer falleth into the Sea Hee likewyse buylded a Church in Warwikeshire whereof the towne there taketh name and is called Offchurch euen to this day Egfred taking vpon him the rule beganne to follow the approued good doings of his father Egfride king of Mercia and first restored vnto the Churches theyr auncient priuiledges which his father sometime had taken from them Great hope was conceyued of hys further good proceedings but death cut off the same taking him out of this lyfe after he had raigned the space of foure Monethes not for his owne offences as was thought but rather for that hys Father hadde caused so muche bloud to bee spylte for the confyrming of hym in the Kingdome which so small a time he nowe enioyed After that Eadbert or Egbert king of Northumberlande was become a Monke Eadbert king of Northumberlande 758 Simon Dun. H. Hunt his sonne Osoulphus succeeded him but after he had raigned onely one yeare he was traterously murthered by his owne feruants at Mikilwongâ—…on on the .ix. Kalends of August Then succeeded one Molle otherwise called Edilwold or Edilwald but not immediately Edilwold king of Northumberland Simon Dun. Henric. HuÌ„t for he
as hath bin thought for y e murthering of his cousin or as some say his brother Earle Biorne he went on pilgrimage to Ierusalem died by the way in returning homeward of cold which he caught as some write in Zicia Ran. Higd. VVil. Mal. William Duke of Normandy commeth ouer into England but other affirme that he fell into the hands of Sarafins that were robbers by the high wayes and so was murthered of them The foresayd William Duke of Normandy that after conquered thys lande during the time of Goodwines outlary came ouer into this lande with a faire retinue of men WilliaÌ„ Duke of Normandy commeth ouer into England and was ioyfully receyued of the King and had great cheere and after he had tarried a season he returned into his countrey not without great giftes of iewels and other things whiche the K. most liberally bestowed vpon him And as some write Polidor King Edwards promise to duke William the King promised hym at that tyme to make hym his heire to the Realme of England if he chaunced to die withoute issue Shortly after or rather somewhat before died O. Emme the kings mother and was buryed at Winchester After that Earle Goodwin was restored to the Kyngs fauoure by cause hee knewe that Robert the Archbishop of Canterbury hadde bin the chiefe procurer of the Kings euill will towards him he founde meanes to weare him out of credite and diuers other specially of the Normans bearing the world in hande that they had soughte to trouble the state of the Realme to set variance betwixte the King and the Lordes of the Englishe nation whereas the Normans agayne alleaged that Earle Goodwin and hys sonnes abused the Kings soft and gentle nature and woulde not sticke to iest and mocke at hys curteous and milde proceedings But howsoeuer the matter weÌ„t the Archbishop Robert was glad to depart out of the Realm The Archbishop of Canterbury banished and going to Rome made complaynte in the Court there of the iniuries y t were offered him but in returning through Normandy he dyed in the Abbey of Gemmeticum where he had bin Monke before his roÌ„myng into England Dyuerse other were compelled to forsake the Realme at the same time both spiritual men and temporal as William Bishoppe of London Normans banished the Realme and Vlf Bishop of Lincolne Osberne surnamed Pentecost and his companyon Hugh were constreyned to surrender their Castels and by licence of Earle Leofrike withdrewe through his countrey into Scotlande where of Kyng Mackbeth they were honorably receyued These were Normans for as partly yee haue hearde Kyng Edwarde broughte with him no small number of that nation when he came from thence to receyue the Crowne and by them hee was altogither ruled to the greate offending of his own naturall subiects the EnglishmeÌ„ namely Earle Goodwine and his sonnes who in those dayes for their greate possessions and large reuenewes were had in no small reputation with the English people After that the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert was departed the Realme as before ye haue hearde Stigand Archbishop of CaÌ„terbury Stigand was made Archbishop of Canterbury or rather thrust him selfe into that dignitie not being lawfully called in like manner as he had done at Winchester for where as he was first Bishop of Shireborne he left that Churche and tooke vpon him the Bishopricke of Winchester by force and nowe atteyning to be Archbyshop of CaÌ„terbury Ran. Higd. Fabian Stigand infamed of Simony he kept both Winchester and Canterbury in his hand at one instant Thys Stigand was greatly infamed for his couetous practising in sale of possessions apperteyning to y e Church He was nothing learned but that want was a common fault amongst the Bishops of y e age for it was openly spoken in those dayes that he was meete onely to be a Bishop which coulde vse the pomp of the world voluptuous pleasures rich rayment and set himselfe foorthe with a iolly retinue of gentlemen and seruauntes on Horsebacke What 〈◊〉 of men 〈◊〉 to be Bishops in these dayes for therein stoode the countenance of a Bishop as the worlde then framed and not in study how to haue the people fed with the word of lyfe to the sauing of their soules King Edward now in the twelfth yere of his raigne Polidor hauing brought the state of the Realme quite from troubles of warre both by Sea and land he began to foresee as well for the welth of his subiects as for hymselfe being naturally enclined to wish well to all men He therfore considered how by the manifold lawes which had bin made by Britaynes Englishmen and Danes within this lande occasion was ministred to manye whiche measured all things by respect of their owne priuate gaine and profit to peruert iustice and to vse wrongful dealing in steede of righte clouding the same vnder some braunche of lawe naughtily misconstrued wherevpon to auoyde that mischiefe he piked out a summe of that huge and immesurable masse and heape of lawes suche as were thought most indifferent and necessary and therewith ordeyned a fewe and those most wholesome to bee from thencefoorth vsed according to whose prescript men might liue in due forme and rightfull order of a ciuill life The lawes of Saint Edward instituted These lawes wer afterwards called the common lawes and also Sainte Edwarde his lawes so muche esteemed of the Englishmen that after the Conquest when the Normans oftentimes wente about to abrogate the same there chaunced no small mutenies and rebellions for reteyning of those lawes But heere is to bee noted that although they were called Saint Edwardes lawes they were for the more part made by King Edgar but now by K. Edwarde restored after they had bin abrogated for a time by the Danes About this time 1053 or 1054 Hec. Boetus Polidor VVil Malm. Math. VVest Erle Goodwin died suddainly as some haue recorded as he sate at table with the King and vpon talke ministred of the deathe of Alfred the Kyngs brother to excuse himselfe he tooke a peece of bread and eate it saying God let mee neuer swallow this bread downe into my chest but that I may presently bee choked therewith if euer I was weeting or consenting vnto Alfredes deathe and immediately therewith Ran. Higd. ex Marianâ—… â–ª hee fell downe starke dead Other say that hee ended his life at Winchester where beeing suddaynely surprised with sicknesse Simon Dun. This is the likeliest tale as hee sate at the Table with the King vpon an Easter Monday he lyued yet till the Thursday following and then dyed Hys Earledome was giuen vnto his sonne Harrold Harrolds Erledome which was Oxeford was gyuen vnto Algar the son of Leofricke This Goodwill as hee was a man of greate power wise hardie and politike so was hee ambitious desirous to beare rule and loth that any other person should passe him in authoritie But yet whether all be true that Writers
by the Earle of March and cōming to the sayd towne tooke it slue all the English men founde within it put theyr goodes to the sack and after set the towne on fire and so departed The English men inuade Scotlande Herevpon the English men shortly after enter with an armie into Scotlande burning doing much hurt vpon the landes of sir Iohn Gordon for that they ioyned to the Erle of Marches lāds Sir Iohn Gordoun right desirous to reuenge this iniurie came into Englande with an armie and getting togither a great bootie of Cattell returned therwith homewardes but being encountred by the way at a place called Carran or Carram by Iohn Lilborne and other English men there was a sore fight betwixt them the victorie for a time shewing it selfe so variab◅e and vncertaine that sir Iohn Gordon was sore wounded and the Scottes were fiue tymes that day had in chase and as often got the like aduantage of their enimies The English men discomfited Sir Iohn Lylborne taken In the ende the Englishe men were clearely discomfited and theyr Captayne sir Iohn Lylborne with his brother diuerse other brought prisoners into Scotlande To reuenge these displeasures Henrie Percie Erle of Northumberland Henrie Percie Erle of Northumberland entred into Scotlande with seuen thousande men and comming vnto Duns there pytch◅d downe his tents but in the night following came the Herdes and other people of the countrey hauing prepared certayne bagges made and sowed togither of drie leather like to Bladders A policie to afright horses into the whiche they had put small pebble stones and running vp and downe about the place where the English men were encamped made suche a noyse with those bagges full of stones that the Englishe mens Horses breaking theyr Halters and Brydles wherewith they were tyed ranne from theyr maisters and keepers and were scattered so abrode in the countrey that the Scottishe men got holde of them and so in the morning the English men that had watched al night for doubt to haue beene assayled by theyr enimies perceyuing themselues set on foote returned home without any further attempt In the meane time Thomas Musgraue captaine of Barwike taken prisoner Thomas Musgraue captaine of Barwike comming to the succors of the Earle of Northumberlande chaunced to meete with sir Iohn Gordon vpon the way by whome he was takē led into Scotland as his prisoner Neyther had the Scottes the better thus only on the East Marches but also on the West where sir Iohn Iohnstoun had sundrie skyrmishes with the English men and went euer away with the vpper hande About this time Pope Gregorie the .xj. A Legate from the Pope sent a Legate from Auignion to king Robert forbidding him in any wise to meddle with the goodes perteining to the Church after the deceasse of any Bishop person or vicar On the .xxij. day of October in the yere .1378 1378 Dauid Stewarde was borne which afterwards was made Duke of Rothsay and on Saint Androwes day next following Barwike taken by Scottes the towne of Barwike was taken by sir Iohn Gordon and .vj. or vij other knightes but it was not long kept Recouered againe out of their handes for a number of English men entring by a posterne of the Castell recouered the towne easily againe out of the Scottish mens handes After this 1380 William Erle of Dowglas came with .xx. thousande men to the Fayre of Pennire within England and spoyled all the goods found as then in the same Fayre The Fayre of Pennyre and so returned with great ryches into Scotlande but the Scottishe men smally reioysed at this gaynes for with such cloth other wares as they brought away with them from the foresayde Fayre they brought into the Countrey suche a violent and sore pestilence The thirde time that the pestilēce came in to Scotland that the thirde part of all the people where it came dyed therof This was the third time that the pestilence was knowne to haue don any great hurt in Scotlād being in the yeare after the incarnation .1380 1380 The English men to reuenge the displeasure done by the Earle of Dowglas at Pennyre raysed a great army The English men inuade the Scottish borders and came with the same ouer Sulway inuading y e Scottish borders on that side most cruelly spared neither fire nor sworde Ambassadours frō the French king Charles the sixt as then French king hearing of suche prosperous aduentures dayly chauncing to the Scottes sent ouer his Ambassadours vnto king Robert exhorting him to followe his good fortune and occasion thus offered to reuenge old iniuries agaynst the Englishe men nowe that their heartes seemed to fayle them through losses susteyned diuerse wayes of late at the Scottishe mens handes An other cause of their message was also as the Scottes doe write to renue the olde league and bande betwixt Scotland and France The renuing of the league betwixt Scotlande and Fraunce which being done in solemne wise according to the maner they returned into Fraunce and with them went Ambassadors from king Robert vnto their maister the sayd King Charles Walter Wardlaw Cardinall and Bishop of Glasgew wyth many other noble men who in like maner there renued the same league and bond of friendship to the high contentation of both the Princes This was in the eleuenth yeare of King Robert hys raigne The Chauncelor of Scotland slaine In which yeare Iohn Lion Chauncelor of Scotlande was slaine by Iames Lyndesay Erle of Crawford This Iohn Lion grewe into so high fauour with king Robert that he gaue to him his daughter the Ladie Elizabeth in mariage with diuerse possessions and landes called Glammis Of him the surname of the Lions is descended and in memorie thereof they beare in their armes the Lion and Lillyes wyth the tresse in fourme and fashion as the King of Scotlande beareth hys saue that theyr Lions are placed in a blacke fielde The cause why the Earle of Crawford thus slue the Chancelor was only vpon enuy spite Enuie and spite for that after he had maried the kings daughter he atteyned to such estimatiō and authoritie that he might do all things with the king according to his owne will and pleasure The Earle of Crawford in exile For this offence the Erle of Crawford remayned in exile certaine yeares after and durst not returne home til finally through earnest sute made to the king by the Erles of Dowglas and March His pardon is begged his pardon was begged and then at length he was reconciled to the kings fauour In the meane time Edward king of England the third of that name departed this life and Richard of Burdeaux sonne to the blacke Prince Edward that was sonne to the said K. Edward succeeded in the fourth yeare of whose raigne being after the byrth of our Sauiour .1181 1381 English Ambassadors sent into Scotland
as touching the King who was as yet yong in yeeres hee loued him as his soueraigne Lord and woulde keepe him defend both him his Realm against all other that would attempt to inuade y e same according to his conscience honor dutie And as touching the Erle of Angus he had vsed towards him all clemencie mercie notwithstāding his euil demerites and that principally for the Queenes cause whom he woulde honor as mother to his soueraigne Lorde Thys answer being reported to the king of Englande cōtented him nothing at all and therefore prepared to make warre The tenth of Aprill 1522 there came seuē great ships into y e Forth vnto Inchkeith to haue spoyled y e Ships inuaded y e coast there But they were so stoutly resisted kept off y t they were not suffered to do any great exploit so they returned without pray or prise The death of the Archbishop of saint Androwes Iames Beaton succeeded him In thys season Androw Formā Bishop of S. Androws deceased and Bishop Iames Beaton Archbishop of Glasgo Chancellor of Scotlād was remoued to S. Androws made Abbot also of Dūfermeling the Archbishoprike of Glasgo was giuē to a yong man one Gawin Dunbar that was the kings Scolemaster In the moneth of May A sturre in Edenburgh ther was a great adoe in Edenburgh by y e falling out of y e seruants of y e Erles of Murrey Errol with the seruauntes of the Earle of Huntley by reason whereof the whole towne fell to partakings but the Duke comming suddenly from the Abbey of Holy Roode house stayed the matter committed the said Earles vnto warde within y e Castell The Emperor commeth into Englande The Emperour came into Englād perswaded y e K. there to moue warres against y e French K. and so not only y e Frenchmen but also the Scots were commanded to auoide out of Englād Scottes and Frenchmen banished forth of Englande their goodes confisked they cōueyd forth of y e land w t a white crosse sowed vpō their vppermost garmēt The Earle of Shrewesburie inuadeth Scotland In Iuly the Erle of Shrewesburie was sente by the king of England vnto the bordures with commission to rayse the power of the Northe partes to inuade Scotlande who vpon the suddayne entred and came to Kelso where he burnt one parte of the towne but the bordurers of the Mers and Teuidale not being halfe so many in number as the other set vpon them slewe tooke many prisoners and so constreyned them to returne into Englande with small honor The Duke of Albany hearing of the greate preparation that y e Erle of Shrewesburie made to raise an army of fourescore thousande men to inuade Scotlande hee likewise sente vnto all the Earles The Duke of Albany reyseth an Army to inuade Englande Lords and Nobles of the Realme willing them to raise all suche power as they coulde make in defence of their coūtrey which they did and so being assembled the Duke with a mighty army of Scottishmen and certayne Frenchmen with greate artillerie marched forwarde till bee came to the water of Eske foreaneynst Carkle and perceiuing that the English armie came not then forwarde he did what he could to perswade the Noble men to enter into Englande but as they were in counsell togither about that earnest motion made to them by the Duke a certayne graue personage sayde to them in this manner My Lords The words of a Counseller hither be we come by the commaundement of my Lord gouernor Duke of Albany albeit we be ready to defende our owne natiue Realm cōtraire y e inuasiō of our auld enimies of Englande yet neuerthelesse it seemeth not guid nor for the weale of our realme of Scotlande to passe within England with our army to inuade the same at this time and the earnest perswasiōs whilke the gouernoure makes to vs to doe the same proceedes alane◅ly for y e pleasure of Frāce it appeareth to be sufficiēt ynough for vs so lang as the king our soueraigne Lord is within age to defende our owne Realme and not to inuade otherwise we mar put the hayle countrey and nobilitie thereof in hazard of Tinsall for K. Iames the fourth brought the Realme of Scotlande to the best that it euer was and by the warre it was brought to the worst almost that might bee for by that warre was hee and his nobilitie tinte whilke Scotlande sare laments Wherefore by mine aduice let vs goe to the gouernor knowe of him the cause why he waulde perswade vs to inuade England Then they all came to the gouernours tente and the Earle of Arrane an aunciente wise man spake for them al The Earle of Arrane declareth to the gouernor the mind of the Lordes and sayd My Lord gouernor by your will and commandement here is assembled the maist of the nobilitie of Scotlande with their power vpō a pretēce to enter within England my Lords here wauld know the cause and quarrell why this warre is begun gif it myghte please your goodnesse it should well satisfie theyr mindes The Duke studied a little space The Dukes answere to the Erle of Arrane and sayde this question woulde haif bin demaunded ere now for well you know that I for very lufe I beare to the Realme of Scotland of y e whilke I haue my name honor and liguage haife passed the Seas from the noble Realme of Fraunce into this Realme of Scotlande and great cause there was for me so to do to bring you to a vnitie when ye ware in diuision by reason whereof youre Realme was like to haue bin conquered and destroied And also the king of France by my suites intercession will ioyne with you in aide against y e English nation and when this warre was determinate in the Parliamente you made me Captayne authorising me to inuade England with Banner displayde Then was no demaund made of the cause or quarrell and that I haif done is by your assente and agreemente and that I will iustifie But to answere youre demaund me thinke you haife iust cause to inuade England with fire swoorde and bloud gif ye bee not forgetfull and without you will beare dishonor and reproch for euer For yee knowe that this Realme of Scotland is our inheritance as a portion of the worlde allotted to our nation and auncestors whome we succeede then where may there bee better warre than to maintayne thys our naturall inheritance Is it not dayly seene the greate inuasions that the Englishmen on vs make the greate manslaughter and murders with thefts and spoyles that they do daily Is not this one cause of warre to defend the countrie is the office of a king the honor of noble men and the very seruice of chiualrie and the dutie naturall of the communaltie for I thinke it a iust quarrell gif we mighte conquere the Realme of England and
agreement and free consent Moreouer immediately after the Kynges death bycause he deceassed without making any will or taking any direction for the gouernemente eyther of the Realme or custody of the yong Queene hys daughter Dauid Beaton Dauid Beaton Cardinall Cardinall and Archbyshop of S. Androwes the speciall minister and factor of the Frenche causes to the aduancement and continuaunce thereof â—…forging of â—…ll inuented and forged a will and Testament of the late King now departed in whiche among other things hee established hymselfe chiefâ—… regent adioyning with him the Garles of Murreyâ—… baâ—…e brother to the Kyng deceassed Huntley and Argile not once mentioning the Garle of Lennox then absent in Fraunce nor yet Iames Earle of Arraine his Cousin The Protestants espyed the Cardinals craftie iugling beeing there present in Scotland Those that professed the reformed Religion being then called Protestantes to whome the sayde Cardinall was â—…uerâ—… cruell enimie and sharp scourge espyed forth his vniust dealing in this behalfe and trusting by the gentle nature and good inclination of the sayd Earle of Arraine to haue some libertie to imbrace the Gospell set him againste the Cardinall so that by the helpe of his owne and their friendes he remoued the Cardinal and his adherents from the vsurped roomth and authoritie and therewith was the sayde Earle of Arraine proclaymed gouernour and protector of the Realme This Earle of Arrane made a title to haue and enioy that office and roomth as nexte in bloudâ—… yong Queene as discended from a sister of King Iames the third married to his Grandfather Lord Hamilton in the yere .1475 by reason of whiche marriage hee was created Earle of Arrane as by acte of Parliament holden the same yeare at EdeÌ„burgh it was agreed and ordeyned The King of Englande that noble Prince Henrye the eyght aduertised of the death of the King of Scottes considered with good aduise that now there was offered a most ready meane and iust occasion whereby the two Realmes of Englande and Scotland might be broughte into one â—…tier Monarchie without warre or bloudshed by the marriage of his sonne Prince Edwarde beeyng then little past sixe yeares of age with the yong Queene of Scotlande The King of England talketh with the Lords of ScotlaÌ„d prisoners for a marriage betwixt his sonne and their Queene Hee therefore being resolued fully to bring the same to passe eyther by quiet meanes or by force and sending for the Erles of Cassill and Glencarne the Lordes Maxwell and Fleming and other Prisoners y t had bin taken at Soloway Muffe caused them to bee conueyd vnto Hampton Court where the seauen and twentith of December they being right curteously enterteined hee made vnto them an ouerture of his purpose and whole intent proponing the whole matter vnto them requesting them for their partes to help with their consents that a contract of marriage mighte bee made betweene his sonne the Prince and their yong Queene promising to them libertie without raunsome besydes other pleasures and benefytes if they would doe theyr indeuour to perswade the Gouernoure and other of the nobilitie of Scotland to be agreeable heerevnto The Scottishe Earles and Lords accepted the Kings offer and withall promised to doe their diligence to perswade the rest of the nobilitie in Scotland at their coÌ„ming home wherevpon they were licenced to depart and so comming to Newcastell remayned there with the Duke of Suffolke then the Kings Lieutenant of the North partes till he had receyued forthe of Scotlande certayne pledges of the chiefest of these Lordes for performance of their promises The Earle of Angus sente home into Scotlande Likewise the King of England sent wyth them the Earle of Angus and his brother Sir George Dowglas with his letters to the Gouernoure requesting effectuously y t they mighte be restored to their roomthes lands and possessions in that Realme 1542 These Lords arriuing at Edenburgh aboute the middes of Ianuary declared to the Gouernoure their message and proposition made by the King of Englande with such efficacie that the Gouernour beeyng perswaded thereto by their wordes sente for the Lords and nobilitie of the Realme to come vnto Edenburgh to a conuention A conuention of the Scottish nobilitie there to be holden the seauen and twentith of that present moneth where they concluded that a Parliamente shoulde bee kepte in Marche next ensuing and doubting least the Cardinall beeing there present should goe about to perswade the nobilitie not to consent to their desires they caused hym to be put in warde within the Castell of Dalketh The Cardinall committed to warde the Lord Seton being appoynted to haue the custody of him Also hee commaunded not onely the Cardinall as before ye haue heard but also ordeyned that the Queene mother should remayne in Lithgow with the yong Queene hir daughter vnder some manner of safe custody and the Cardinall to be remoued vnto his owne Castell of Saint Androwes with warders about hym to see him safely kept Theâ—… Realme beeing thus brought in quiet and vnder good gouernement The French King misliketh of the match with Englande the French King sore misliking this new coniunction of y e Scots with England and doubting least the olde former bond of aliance betwixt France and Scotland might therby be vtterly dissolued and shaken off he sent for Mathew Earle of Leuenox Mathew Earle of Lennox then abrode in his seruice in the warres of Italy and vppon his comming backe from thence to the Court hee declared to him the deceasse of the late King of Scottes the intrusion of Arrane and the attemptes in that Realme begun with all the circumstances from poynt to point as he knewe and further discoursed with hym what wrong hee had to be sette aside and displaced from hys ryghte of gouernemente and therefore exhorted hym to repayre home to recouer the same offering not only to assist him with men money and munition but also to ioyne hys friendes in Scotlande with hym in ayde to attayne the place of regimente and to remoue Arrane and others from it The Earle of Leuenox heerevpon with commission and instructions deliuered to him by the French King had also letters from him directed to the Lordes that were of the French faction wherein the sayde Kyng requested them to remaine and continue in their former good meanings towards him and to assist the Erle of Leuenox in all things as should be thought expedient â—…e Earle of 〈◊〉 pasâ—… into â—…d The Earle therefore fully instructed by the Frenche Kyng howe to deale and proceede tooke his leaue and with all speede taking the Sea directed hys course into Scotlande where after his arriual he came to Edenburgh in which towne all the Lords being assembled togither with the Gouernoure hee declared to them the effect of hys commission from the French Kyng his request to them and good affection to maynteyne them against England if in case they woulde continue the
it fell out in the ende that a foole had the keeping thereof The aduentures of the yong Fitz Girald sonne to the Lady Gray Counselle of Kildare But to returne to the course of the Hystorie when Thomas and his vncles were taken hys second brother on the father his syde named Girald Fitz Girald who was after in the raigne of Queene Marie restored to the Earledome of Kildare in which honor as yet he liueth beeing at that time somewhat past twelue and not full thirtene yeares of age lay sick of the smal pocks in the Countie of Kildare at a towne named Donoare Donoare then in the occupation of Girald Fitz Giralde Thomas Lenrouse Thomas Lenrouse who was the childe his schoolemaister and after became Bishop of Kildare mistrusting vpon the apprehension of Thomas and his Vncles that all went not currant wrapt the yong pacient as tenderly as he could and had him conueyed in a cleefe with all speede to Ophaly where soiourning for a short space with his sister the Ladie Mary Fitz Giralde vntill he had recouered his perfite health his schoolemaster caryed him to Odoon his Countrey where making his aboade for a quarter of a yeare he trauayled to Obrene hys Countrey in Mounster and hauing there remayned for halfe a yeare bee repayred to hys aunte the Ladie Elenore Fitz Giralde who then kept in Mack Carty Reagh Elenore Fitz Giralde hir late husband his territories This noble woman was at that time a widow alwayes knowne and accounted of eche man that was acquainted with hir conuersation of life for a paragon of liberalitie and kindnesse in all hir actions vertuous and godly and also in a good quarell rather stout than stiffe To hir was Odoneyl an importunate suyter and although at sundrie tymes before she seemed to shake him off yet considering the distresse of hir yong innocent nephew how hee was forced to wander in Pilgrimwise from house to house eschuing the punishment that others deserued smarted in his tender yeares with aduersitie before he was of discretion to enioy any prosperitie ▪ she began to encline to hir wooer his request to the ende hir nephew should haue bene the better by his countenaunce shouldered and in fine indēted to espouse him with this caueat or prouiso that he shoulde safely shield and protect the sayde yong Gentleman in this his calamitie This condition agreed vpon shee road with hir nephew to Odoneyl his countrey and there had him safely kept for the space of a yeare But shortly after the Gentlewoman either by some secrete friend enformed or of wisedome gathering that hir late maryed husbande entended some trecherie had hir nephew disguised scoring him like a liberall and bountifull Aunt The Ladie Elenors liberalitie with seuen score Porteguses not onely in valoure but also in the selfe same coyne incontinently shipped him secretly in a Brytons vessell of Saint Malouse betaking him to God Fitz Giralde sayleth to Fraunce and to their charge that accompanied him to wit maister Lenrouse and Robert Walsh somtime seruant to his father the Earle The Ladie Elenore hauing this to hir contentation bestowed hir nephew she expostulated verie sharpely with Odoneyle as touching hys villanie protesting that the onely cause of hir match with him proceeded of an especiall care to haue hir nephew countenanced and now that he was out of his lashe that mynded to haue betrayed him he should well vnderstande that as the feare of his daunger mooued hir to annere to such a clownish Curmudgen so the assuraunce of his safetie should cause hir to sequester hirselfe from so butcherly a cuttbrote that would be like a pelting mercenarie patche hyred to sell or betray the innocent bloud of his nephew by affinitie and hirs by consanguinitie And in thys wise trussing vp bag and baggage she forsooke Odoneyle and returned to hir countrey The passengers with a prosperous gale arriued at Saint Malouse which notified to the gouernour of Brytayne named Monsieur de Chasteau Brian Chasteau Briā he sent for the yong Fitz Giralde gaue him verie heartie enterteynment during one Monethes space In the meane season the gouernor posted a Messenger to the Court of Fraunce aduertising the King of the arriuall of this Gentleman who presently caused him to be sent for and had him put to the Dolphyn named Henrie who after became king of France Sir Iohn Wallop who was then the English Ambassadour vnderstanding the cause of the Irish fugitiue his repayre to Fraunce Sir Iohn Wallop demaundeth Fitz Giralde demaunded him of the French king ▪ according to the newe made league betwene both the princes which was that none shoulde keepe the other his subiect within his dominion contrarie to eyther of their willes adding further that the boy was brother to one who of late notorious for his rebellion in Ireland was executed at London To this answered the King ▪ first The king denyeth him that the Ambassadour had no Commission from hys Prince to demaunde him and vppon his Maiestie his letter he shoulde knowe more of his mynde secondly that hee did not deteyne him but the Dolphyn stayed him lastly that howe grieuously soeuer his brother offended hee was well assured that the silly boy neither was nor coulde be a traytour and therfore there rested no cause why the Ambassadour shoulde in suche wise craue him not doubting that although hee were deliuered to his king yet he woulde not so farre swarue from the extreeme rigour of Iustice as to embrew his handes in the innocent his bloud for the offence that his brother had perpetrated Maister Wallop herevppon addressed his Letters to Englande specifying to the Counsaile the French kings answere and in the mean tyme the yong Fitz Girald hauing an ynckling of the Ambassadour his motion Fitz Giralde flieth to Flanders fledde secretely to Flaunders scantly reaching to Valencie when Iames Sherelocke one of Maister Wallop his men Iames Sherlocke pursueth Fitz Giralde did not onely pursue him but also did ouertake him as he soiourned in the sayd towne Wherevpon maister Leurouse and such as accompanied the childe stept to the Gouernour of Valencie complayning that one Sherelocke a sneaking spie lyke a pykethanke promoting Varlet did dogge their maister from place to place and presently pursued him to the towne ▪ and therefore they besought the gouernour not to leaue such apparant villaynie vnpunished in that he was willing to betray not onely a guiltlesse child but also his owne Countryman who rather ought for his innocencie to bee pityed than for the deserte of others so eagrely to bee pursued The Gouernour vpon this complaint sore incensed sent in all hast for Sherlocke had him sodainly examined and finding him vnable to colour his lewde practise with any warrantable defence Sherlocke imprisoned he layd him vp by the heeles rewarding his hote pursute with colde interteynment and so remained in gaole vntill the yong Fitz Giralde requiting the
that he restored to that sea .xxv. manor places For amongst other Edmerus where Odo the Bishop of Bayeux that was also Erle of Kent bearing great rule in Englande vnder his nephewe King William the Conquerour had vsurped diuerse possessions whiche belonged to the Sea of Canterburie and also had seazed the franchises into his handes apperteyning to the same Lanfranke by sute and earnest trauaile hee recouered the same againe and being impleaded about that matter by the sayd Odo he so defended his cause that in the ende although with much ado he had his wil and so remayned in quiet possession of his right after that so long as he lyued wythout any trouble or vexation concerning the sayde possessions and liberties Also where not only Walkhem the Bishop of Winchester but also diuerse other Bishops in England were in mind to haue displaced Monks out of their Cathedrall Churches Lanfranke praysed for holding with the Monkes and to haue brought Canons into their roomes Lanfranke withstood them and deserued therefore high commendations both of them and also of the Pope After Lanfrankes death the king beganne to forget himselfe verie farre in al his dealings The king giuen to sensuall lust and couetousnesse insomuch that he kept many concubines and wexed very cruel and inconstant in all his wayes so that he became an heauie burthen vnto his people Furthermore he became so much addicted to gather good that hee considered not what apperteyned to the Maiestie of a king so that nothing that seemed to make for his gaine and satisfying of his appetite was esteemed of him vnlawfull measuring his dutie by gaine and not by that which should most of all become him He kept also the Sea of Canterburie foure yeares in his handes to see who would giue most for it and in the meane time tooke the profits making the most thereof that could be deuised by any meanes towne of Winchcombe where by force of thunder lightning a part of the steeple of the Church was throwne downe and the Crucifix with the Image of our Ladie also standing vnder the rood lost was likewise ouerthrowne broken and shattered in peeces and withall there followed a foule noysome and most horrible stinke in the Church Also on the .xvij. day of the same moneth was much harme done in the Citie of London with an outrageous winde A mightie winde whose violence ouerturned or rent in peeces aboue the number of fiue hūdred houses and the roofe of S. Mary Bow Church in Cheape was also ouerthrowne wherewith two men were slaine Moreouer at Salisburie was much hurt done with a like winde and thunder Anno reg ◅ 1092 for the top of the steeple was ouerthrowne and many other buyldings sore shaken and caste downe whereof let this which we haue sayde suffice for this present and nowe to speake somewhat of the doings of Scotlande as occasion moueth Whilest in such wise as yee haue heard the variance was depending betwene king William and his brother Duke Robert the Scottish king Malcolme made sore warres vppon the inhabitants of Northumberlande The Scottes inuade England fetching great booties and prayes out of that Countrey which he inuaded euen to Chester in the streete King William therefore soone after his returne called his power togither and spedde hym Northwards But king Malcolme hearing of his reproche and great strength sent to him for peace which was graunted in the ende But here such writers as we haue seene doe not wholy agree for some beside their confusion of time and account of the yeare affyrme that king William prepared a great army both by sea and lande agaynst Malcolme VVil. Malm. Sim. Dun. and that his nauy bring abrode on the Seas was by tempest lost and the most part of the shippes drowned Also that the armie by lande entring into Scotlande suffred many losses through want of vitailes and so recoyled Finally that Duke Robert lying on the borders with an army in his brothers name whereby it should appeare that the king himselfe was not there by the help and furtherance of Edgar Edelling which then serued king Malcolme in his warres ▪ made a peace betwixt his brother and the sayd Malcolme by the articles whereof certaine places in Northumberlande were restored vnto Malcolme which he had helde in William Conquerours dayes Some write in like maner that King Malcolme did homage vnto king William and also Duke Robert reconciled the sayde Edgar Edelling vnto the fauour of the king But howsoeuer the truth of the storie doth appeare in this behalfe certaine it is that the king returned out of Northumberlande into the west partes of the Realme still reteyning with hym Duke Robert who looked dayly when he shoulde perfourme such couenants as were concluded betwixt them in their late reconciliation But when he saw that the king ment nothing lesse than to stand to those articles how he did only protract delay the time for some other secrete purpose he returned into Normandie in great displeasure tooke with him the sayd Edgar Edelling of whō he always made a very great account Soone after K. Wil. returned into the North parts again and as it chaunced he stayed a few dayes aboute Carleil where being delited with the situation of the town which had bin destroyed by the Danes two hundred yeares before hee set workemen in hande to repayre the same meaning to vse it in steade of a Bulwarke agaynste the Scottes on those West Borders and after hee had fenced it in with walles The repairing and new peopling of Carleil and buylded a castell in the moste conuenient place thereof hee caused also Churches and houses to bee made meete for such a multitude of people as he had determined to bring vnto the same This being done he placed therein a Colonie of Southren men with theyr wyues and children and gaue large priuiledges vnto the towne which they enioy vnto these our times Mat. VVest Here haue I thought good to aduertise you of an error in Mat. West crept in eyther by wrong placing of the matter by some exemplifier either else by the Authours mistaking his accounte of yeares as .1072 for .1092 referring the repayring of Carleil vnto William Conqueror at what time he made a iourney agaynst the Scots in the sayde yeare .1072 And yet not thus contented but to bewray the error more manifestly he affirmeth that the king exchaunged the Earledome of Chester with Raufe or Randulfe de Micenis alias Meschines for y e Erledome of Carleil which the said de Meschines helde before and had begon there to build and fortifie that towne Where as it is certain y t Ranulfe de Meschines came to enioy the Erledom of Chester by way of inheritāce as after shall appeare And for the better proufe thereof ye shall vnderstand that we finde by auncient records how that one Hugh Lou or Lupus enioyed the Erledome of Chester all the dayes of
intreate any man by reason of the inditemente founde agaynst them nor yet clayme to haue any Corporation of themselues within that towne that then the sayde Richarde and the sayde Inhabitauntes theyr heyres successours and assignees shall remayne acquyted and discharged of al the residue of the said .17666 poundes thirteâ—… shillings foure pens for thee and the sayde Abbot and conuent â—…o graunt for them 〈◊〉 their successor â–ª that their intention is not that if any singular person of his owne priuate malice shall ryse agaynste the sayde Abbot and conuent their suâ—…cessoures Monkes Baylyffes or seruauntes 〈◊〉 do them or any of them iniurie or displesure that those which do not partakes of the offence shall bee in anye wyse punished for the same so that the offenders bee not maynteyned by any of the same towne but that the inhabitauntes there doe assist the Abbot and conuents their successoures Bayliffes seruauntes and officers that the same offenders may be punished according to theyr dementes as reason and lawe shall aâ—…de Thys was the effecte of the agreemente at lengthe had and made betwixte the Abbot and Monkes of Burye on the one parte and the inhabitauntes of that towne on the other parte and for the more confirmation thereof it pleased the King to put his Seale to the charter conteyning the same agreement But howe soeuer it chaunced it shoulde appeare by suche recordes as came to the hands of master Foxe â—…he alledgeth in the firste thome of his booke of actes and monumentes this agreement was but sorilye kept This mighte come to passe before the agreement vvas made in the .v. yeare of the Kyngs raigne as aboue is mentioned and so therevppon he mighte be restored for diuers of the former offenders bearing grudge towardes the abbot for breaking promisse with them at London did confederate themselues togither and priuily in the night comming to the Mannor of Chennington where the abbot then did lye braste open the gates and entring by force first bounde all his seruants and after they had robbed the house they took the abbot and shauing hym secretely conueyed him to London and there remouing hym from streete to streete vnknowne hadde hym ouer the Thames into Kent and at lengthe transported hym ouer vnto Diste in Brabant wher they kept him for a time in much penurie thraldome and miserie vntill at length the matter being vnderstood they were al excoÌ„municate first by the Archb. and after by the Pope At the last his frendes hauing knowledge where he was they found meanes to deliuer him out of the haÌ„de of those theues finally brought him home with procession so he was restored to his house again Thus muche touching those troubles betwixt the townsmeÌ„ of Bury the abbot Monks there now we wil return to other general matters touching the publike state of the realme And first you shal vnderstaÌ„d y t in the beginning of this kings raign the land truly semed to be blessed of God for the earth became fruitful the aire temperate the sea calme quiet This king though he was as yet vnder y e gouernmeÌ„t of other neuertheles he begaÌ„ within a short time to shew tokeÌ„s of grit towardnes framing his mind to graue deuices and fyrst he prepared to make a iorney agaynst the Scottishemen the whiche in his fathers tyme had done so many displeasures to the Englishmen and nowe vpon confidence of his minoritie ceassed not to inuade the borders of his realme namely the verie selfe nyght that folowed the day of this kinges coronation R. Southwell Robert Manners capitayne of Norham castell they had thoughte by skalyng to haue sâ—…olne the Castell of Norham but Robert Maners Captayne of that place vnderstandyng of their enterprise aforehand by a Scottishman of the garnison there so well prouided for their comming that where a sixeteene of them boldely entred vpon the wall he slew nyne or ten of them and toke fiue This was thoughte an euill token that they shuld still be put to the worse in this kyngs time sith they had so badde successe in the verie beginning of his reigne but they continuing in their malicious purposes about Sainte Margaretes tyde inuaded the lande with three armies the Earle of Murrey hauyng the leading of one of the same armies The Scots inmade Englande and Iames Douglas of another the third was guyded by the Earle of Mar. Kyng Edwarde aduertised hereof assembled not onely a great power of Englishmen but also required Iohn Lorde Beaumonte of â—…nault The 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 whome he had lately sente home ryght honourably rewarded for his good assistance to come againe into Englande wyth certayne handes of men at armes and he should receyue wages and good entertainement for them The Lorde Beaumount as one that 〈◊〉 deedes of armes was glad to accomplishe Kyng Edwardes requeste Caxton and so therupon with seuen hundred menne at armes or fyue hundred as Frossart hath came ouer into England agayn to serue agaynst the Scottes The generall assemble of the armie was appoynted to bee at Yorke and thyther came the sayd lorde Beaumont with his people and was ioyfully receyued of the Kyng and his Lordes Some write that ther wer slayn to the number of three hundreth Englishemenne yet bycause the Haynuyers came to ayde the Kyng their peace was cried vppon paine of life And further Froissart it was founde by an enquest of the citie that the quarrell was begunne by the Englishemen the which as some write were of the Lincolne shire men Caxton Froissart of those that sometyme belonged to the Spencers and to the Earle of Arundell so that there was cause why they bare euill will to the Haynnuyers whych had aided as ye haue heard to bring the saide Earle and Spencers to their confusion In this meane time the Scottes beeyng entred into Englande hadde done muche hurt and were come as farre as Stannop Parke in Wyredale Stanhop parke Caxton and thoughe they hadde sent theyr Ambassadours to treate wyth the Kyng and hys counsell for peace yet no conclusyon followed of their talke At the same tyme bycause the English souldiours of this armie were cloathed all in coates and hoodes embroudred with Floures and branches verye seemely and vsed to nourishe theyr beardes the Scottes in derision thereof made a ryme whiche they fastned vppon the Churche dores of Sainct Peter towarde Stangate conteyning as followeth Long beardes hartelesse A ryme inâ—…â—…ion of the Engliâ—… Paynted hoodes wytlesse Gaye coates gracelesse Make Englande thriftlesse The Kyng when he sawe it was but a vaâ—… thing to stay any longer in coÌ„munication with the Ambassadors about peace departed froÌ„ York with his puissant armie and getting knowledge how the Scots were closely lodged in the woods of Stanop parke he coÌ„meth stoppeth all the passages so it was thought that he should haue had them at his pleasure but through treason as was after reported of the Lord
deuyse to the Kyng and where hee perceyued by hys cheere and countenaunce that hys heart was full of pensiue griefe carefull thought and heauynesse he comforted hym in the beste maner that hee myght and sayd to him Moste noble King there is no cause wherefore your grace shoulde be pensiue The Prince cheereth the French king though God this daye didde not consente to followe youre will For your noble prowes and dignitie royall wyth the supreme type of youre Kyngly Maiestye remayneth whole and inuiolate and whatsoeuer maye rightly bee called yours so that no violente force of time shall blotte out or diminishe the same Paulus Aâ—…milius the Almightie God hath determined that the chaunce of warre shall rest in his disposition and will as all other things Your elders haue atchieued bothe by lande and sea many noble enterprices The whole compasse of Europe al the East parts of the world all places and countreys bothe farre and neare are full of monumentes witnessing the noble victories attained by the Frenche people The cause of godlie liuing and religion the dignity and preheminence of Christianitie hathe bene defended and augmented by you againste the moste mightie and puissaunt capitaines of the infidels enemies to the said Christian religion All ages shall make mention of your worthie praises no nation there is but shall confesse it selfe bounden at one time or other for benefites receiued at your handes neyther is there any people but suche as hope to be hereafter bounden to you for reliefe and benefites to proceede from you in time to come one or twoo batails haplye haue chaunced amongest so many triumphs otherwise than you wold haue wished Chaunce woulde it shoulde be so whiche maye enfeeble and make weake the power of horses armor and weapon your inuincible courage and royall magnanimitie lyeth in your power to reteyne neyther shall this day take any thing from you or yours And this realme of Fraunce whiche hathe procreate and brought foorth norished so many of my noble progenitors shall perceyue my good meanyng towardes hir and not forgetfull of myne elders and towarde your maiestie if you will vouchsafe that I shoulde glorye of that name a most humble kinsman There are manye occasions of loue and freendshippe betwixte you and my father whiche I truste shall take place for I knowe all his thoughtes and inwarde meanings you shall agree and come to an attonement right easily togither and I pray God he neuer take me for his sonne except I haue you in the same degree of honour reuerence and faithfull loue whiche I owe towardes hym The king as reason wold acknowleged this to proceede of great curteste The Frenche King thanketh the Prince shewed towardes him in the prince and thanked him accordingly And the Prince performing in deede that whiche hee spake with worde ceased from further vsing of fire or other endomaging of the Frenche dominions taking his way through the countreys of Poictow and Xaintonge by easie iourneys The prince returneth to Berdeaux Froissart he and his people came to Blay and so passed ouer the water to Burdeaux in good safetie with all their riches and prisoners The Prince gaue to the lorde Iames Audeley who hadde receiued in the battaile many sore woundes v. C. The lord Audley revvarded markes of yearely reuenues assigned foorth of his landes in Englande the whiche gifte the knight graunted as freelye as he hadde receiued it vnto foure of his Esquiers whyche in the battaile hadde bene euer attendaunt aboute his person without whose ayde and valiant support he knewe well that he had bene slaine sundrie times in the same battaile by his enimies When the Prince hearde that he hadde so done hee marueiled what his meaning was therby and caused him to be brought beefore his presence and demaunded of hym wherefore he hadde so lightlie giuen away that rewarde whiche hee had bestowed vpon hym and whether hee thought that gifte to meane for him or not The Lorde Audeley so excused himselfe in extosting the good seruice done to him by his Esquiers throughe whome he hadde so many times escaped the daungers of deathe that the Prince did not onelie confirme the resignation of the fiue hundred marks giuen to the esquiers but also rewarded the lord Audley wyth vj. C. markes more of like yearely reuenues in maner and forme as her had receiued the other When the newes of this greate victorie came into Englande of the ouerthrowe of the Frenchemen and taking of the Frenche king yee may bee sure there was greate ioy shewed by outwarde tokens as bonfiers made Bonfiers feastes and banquets kept throughe the whole realme likewise the Gascoignes and englishemen beeing come to Burdeaux made greate reuell and pastime there spending freely that gold siluer which they had won in the battell of Poictiers and else where in that iourney This yeare in Aprill the Prince of Wales tooke shipping with his prisoners at Burdeaux and the fifthe of Maye arriued at Plimmouth 1357 An. reg 32. The foure and twentieth day of May bee was with greate honour ioyfully receiued of the citizens into the citie of London Ad. to Merimouth The prince bringeth the Frenche King ouer into Englande and so conueyed to the pallace of Westminster where the Kyng sitting in Westminster hall receyued the Frenche king and after conueyed hym to a lodging appointed for him where he laye a season but after hee was remoued to the Savoy whiche was at that time a goodly house apperteining to the Duke of Lancaster though afterwardes it was brent and destroyed by Wat Tyler and Iacke Strawe and theyr companie In this place the Frenche Kyng laye and kept house a long time after In the Winter followyng were royall Iustes holden in Smithfielde at the whiche were presente the Kings of England A Iustes holden Smithfielde Fraunce and Scotland with many greate estates of all their three kingdomes of the whiche the more parte of the straungers were as then prisoners It was reported that the French kyng could nor so dissemble nor cloke his inwarde thought but that there appeared some tokens of griefe in his countenaunce whilest hee behelde these warlike pastimes and when the king of Englande The Frenche King fâ—…vvfull and his sonne Prince Edwarde with comfortable wordes required hym after supper to put all pensiue cares out of his fantasie and to bee merrie and sing as other did he shoulde make this aunswere with a smyling countenaunce Quomodo cantabimus canticum in terra alienae Tho. VVals Frâ—…rt Aboute the same time there came ouer into Englande twoo Cardinalles the one called Talirande beyng bishoppe of Alba and commonly named the Cardinall of Pierregort Caâ—…a 〈◊〉 Englands and the other hight Nicholas intitled Cardinall of Saint Vitale or as Frossart hath of Dargell they were sente from Pope Innocent the sixte to entreate for a peace betwixte the Kinges of Englande and Fraunce but they coulde not
beeyng there with his men woulde not suffer him to returne as he gladly would haue done if he might but being enclosed with the Sea on the one side and the rockes on the other hauing his aduersaries so neere at hande before hym hee coulde not shift away by any meanes for if he shoulde haue fledde backe they mighte easily haue ouertaken hym ere he could haue got out of theyr daunger and thus of force hee was then constreyned to goe with the Earle who broughte him to Rutlande where they dyned and from thence they rode vnto Flint to bed The King hadde very fewe about him of hys friendes except only the Earle of Salisburie the Byshop of Careleill the Lord StepheÌ„ Scroupe Sir N. 〈◊〉 Fereby a sonne also of the Countesse of Salisburie and Ienico Dâ—…is A constaunt seruaunt a Gascoigne that still ware the cognisance or deuise of his master King Richarde that is to witte a white hart and would not putte it from him neither for perswasions nor threates by reason whereof when the Duke of Hereforde vnderstood it hee caused hym to bee committed to prison within the Castell of Chester Thys man was the last as sayth myne Author whiche ware that deuise and shewed well thereby his constant heart towardes hys maister for the whiche it was thoughte hee shoulde haue lost his life but yet hee was pardoned and at length reconciled to the Dukes fauour after hee was King But now to oure purpose King Richarde being thus come vnto the Castell of Flint on the Monday the eyghtenth of August and y e Duke of Hereforde beeyng still aduertised from houre to houre by postes how the Earle of Northumberlande spedde the morrowe following beeyng Tuisday and the nintenth of August he came thither and mustred hys armye before the kings presence whyche vndoubtedly made a passing fayre shewe beyng very well ordered by the Lorde Henry Percye that was appoynted generall or rather as wee maye call hym maister of the Campe vnder the Duke of the whole armye There were come already to the Castell before the approching of the mayne armie the Archebyshoppe of Caunterburye the Duke of Aumarle the Earle of Worcetor and dyuers other The Archebyshoppe entred fyrste and then followed the other commyng into the firste warde The King that was walking aloft on the brayes of the walles to beholde the commyng of the Duke a farre off myghte see that the Archebyshoppe and the other were came and as hee tooke it to talke with him wherevpon hee forthwith came down vnto them and beholding that they did theyr due reuerence to hym on theyr knees hee tooke them vp and drawing y e Archebyshop aside from the residue talked with hym a good while and as it was reported the Archebyshoppe willed him to bee of good comforte for hee should bee assured not to haue any hurte as touching his person but hee prophesied not as a Prelate but as a Pilate as by the sequeale it well appeared Some write as before in a marginall note I haue quoted that the Archbyshop of Caunterbury went with the Earle of Northumberlande vnto Conwey and there talked with him further that euen then the King offered in consideration of his insufficiencie to gouerne freely to resigne the Crowne and his Kingly title to the same vnto the Duke of Hereforde but for as much as those that were continually attendante about the Kyng during the whole tyme of hys abode at Conwey and tyll hys commyng to Flynt doe playnly affirme that the Archbyshop came not to hym till this Tuisday before hys remouing from Flint vnto Chester it maye bee thought the circumstances wel considered that he rather made that promise heere at Flint than at Conwey although by the tenor of an instrument conteyning the declaration of the Archbyshop of Yorke and other commissioners sent froÌ„ the estates assembled in the nexte Parliamente vnto the saide Kyng it is recorded to be at Conwey as after ye may read But ther may be some defaulte in the copie as taking the one place for the other But whersoeuer this offer was made after that the Archbyshoppe hadde now heere at Flynt communed with the King hee departed and taking his horse agayne rode backe to meete the Duke who began at that presente to approche the Castell and compassed it rounde about euen downe to the Sea with his people araunged in good and seemely order at the foote of the mountaynes and then the Earle of Northumberlande passing foorth of the Castell to the Duke talked with him a whyle in sighte of the King being againe got vp to the walles to take better viewe of the armie beeyng nowe aduaunced within two bowe shootes of the Castell to the small reioycing yee maye bee sure of the sorowfull King The Earle of Northumberlande returnyng to the Castell appoynted the King to bee sette to dynner for hee was fasting till then and after he had dined the Duke came downe to the Castell himselfe and entred the same all armed hys bassenet onely excepted and beeing within the firste gate hee stayed there tyll the Kyng came foorthe of the inner parte of the Castell vnto hym The Kyng accompanyed with the Bishop of Careleill the Earle of Salisburie and Sir Stephen Scrope Knight who bare the sword before hym and a fewe other came foorthe into the vtter warde and sate downe in a place prepared for hym forthwith as the Duke gote sighte of the Kyng hee shewed a reuerente duetie as became him The Dukes behauiour to the king at their meeting in bowing his knee and coÌ„ming foreward did so likewise the seconde and thirde time till the King tooke him by the hande and lift him vppe saying deere Cousin ye are welcome the Duke humbly thanking him sayde My souâ—… Lorde and Kyng the cause of my comming at this presente is your honour saued The dukes 〈◊〉 to haue agayne restitution of my person my landes and heritage through your fauourable licence The King heerevnto aunswered deare Cousin I am ready to accomplish your will â—…o that yee maye enioy all that is yours without exception And thus commyng togither they came foorthe of the Castell and the King there called for wine and after they had dronke they mounted on horsebacke and rode that nyght to Flint The king and the duke iourneys together towards London and the nexte daye vnto Chester the thirde vnto Nantwich the fourth to Newcastell heere with glad countenaunce the Lorde Thomas Beauchamp Earle of Warwike mette them that had beene confyned into the Isle of Man as before ye haue hearde but now was reuoked home by the Duke of Lancaster From Newcastel they â—…e to Stafford and the sixth daye vnto Lichefielde and there rested Sonday all day After this they rode forthe and lodged at these places ensuing Couentrie Dauntree Northhampton Dunstable Sainte Albons and so came to London neyther was the King permitted all this while to chaunge his apparrell but rode still through all
did descend into hell neither yet to beleeue in the Catholike Church nor the communion of Saints Also that he held howe the vniuersall Church might erre in matters of fayth And that it is not of necessitie to beleue that that which is allowed ordeyned and determined in fauour of fayth and the health of mans soule by a generall Counsaile or by the vniuersall Church ought to be allowed and holden of all christian people Moreouer he helde that it was lawfull to euerie man to vnderstande the scriptures in the literall sense and that none is bounde to cleane vnto any other sense vpon anye necessitie of saluation King Henrie and his adherentes perceyuing that the Duke of Yorke lay still and styrred not returned to London and there called a great couÌ„saile openly declaring that the French and Scots enboldned by the ciuill discorde within this realm would attempt to annoy the same as of late they had shewed apparant tokens of theyr euill malicious meaning and would not ceasse vpon occasions to doe further displeasures tyll they perceyued a perfite concorde and an vnfeyned amitie to be concluded betwene him and his friendes and those of the contrarie part and confederacie And to the intent that he woulde be the chiefe Author of peace hee promised so to entertaine the Duke of Yorke and his sautors that al old gâ—…ueges being not onely inwardly forgotten but also outwardly forgiuen should be the cause of perpetuall loue and assured amitie This deuise was of all men present will taken and adiudged for the best Wherevpon dyuerse graue persons were sente to the Duke of Yorke and al other the great estates of the realm whiche since the battaile of Saint Albons neuer met nor communed togither commaunding theÌ„ for great causes and reasonable considerations to resort to the kings Palace without delay At his coÌ„maundement came to London Rychard Duke of Yorke with foure C. men and was lodged at Baynards castell being his owne house The peeres of the Realme called to a treatie and after him came the Erle of Salisburie with fiue hundred men and was likewise lodged at his owne house called the Herber Then came the Dukes of Exceter and Somerset with .viij. hundred men and were lodged without Temple Barre and the Earle of Northumberlande the Lorde Egremonde and the Lord Clifforde came with .xv. C. men and lodged withoute the Citie The Erle of Warwicke also came from Calais with six hundred men in red Iackets embrodered with white ragged staues behind and before and was lodged at the gray Friers Thus were all those of the one faction lodged within the citie and those of the other without in Holborne towarde Westmynster and in other places of the Suburbs as who sayd y t as the Iewes disdeined the companie of the Samaritains so the Lancastrians abhorred the familiaritie of the Yorkish lynage After y e these Lords were thus come vnto LoÌ„don the King and the Queene shortly followed comming thither the .xvij. day of Marche and lodged in the Bishops Palace Bicause no riotous attempt or bickering shuld be begon betweene any of the parties or their retinues the Maior and Aldermenne of the Citie kept great watch as well by day as by night ryding about the citie by Holborne and Fleetstreet with fiue thousand men well armed arrayed to see good order and peace on all sides kept The Lordes which lodged within the city held a dayly counsaile at the black Friers The other parte soiourning without the walles assembled lykewise in the Chapiter house at Westminster At length by the diligent trauaile good exhortation and prudent aduice of the Archb. of Cant. other vertuous Prelates both parties were perswaded to come to a communication and so did where after long debating of their grieuaunces they were accorded promising to forget all olde rancors The Lords are brought to agree and to be friendes eche to other and obedient to the King whereof writings were sealed signed and deliuered The principall poyntes whereof the king beeing named and reputed as whole arbitratour consisted herein VVhetham The awarde First that at the costs charges and expences of the Duke of Yorke The cleergy 〈◊〉 resure in those dayes to lose nothing by these contentions howe so euer the world went the Erles of Warwik and Salisburie xlv poundes of yearely rent shoulde be lawfully assigned giuen and assured by waye of a mortizement for euer vnto the Monasterie of Saint Albones for Suffrages and Obites to be kept and almes to bee employed for the soules of Edmond late duke of Somerset Henry late Erle of Northumberland and Thomas late L. Clifford which being slaine in the late battaile of S. Albones were buried there in the Abbey Church and also for the soules of all other slaine in the same battaile The saide Duke of Somerset the Earle of Northumberlande and L. Clifforde by vertue of the same award were declared for true and faithfull liegemen to the king so to be holdeÌ„ and reputed in the day of their deathes aswel as y e said duke of York the erles of Warwik Salish Moreouer it was decreed that the D. of York should giue to Elenore Duchesse of Somerset to Henrie Duke of Somerset hir son the summe of fiue thousand Markes of good assignments of debts which the K. ought to him for his wages due during the time of his seruice in IrelaÌ„d to be diuided as the K. should think coÌ„uenient betwixt the brethren sisters of the sayd D. of Somerset Also that the Erle of Warwick should giue to the Lorde Clifforde the summe of a thousande Markes in good and sufficient assignmentes of debts which the king ought to him to be destributed betwixt the said L. Clifford his brethren and sisters Also where Thomas Percie knight The Lord Egrâ—…mond L. Egremond Richard Percy his brother sonnes of the Lady Elenor Countesse of Northumberland had bin in a Sessions holdeÌ„ within y e countie of Yorke before Richard Bingham â—…ause Pole the kings Iustices other coÌ„missioners coÌ„demned vnto the Erle of Salisburie in the sum of viij M. marks to the same erle and to his wyfe Alice in the sum of fiue M. marks to Tho. Neuil knight sonne to the said Erle of Salisburie in the summe of a. M. marks to the said Thomas Mawd his wife in the sum of two M. markes and to Iohn Neuil knight son to the said Erle of Salisburie in the summe of .viij. C. markes for transgressions trespasses there found to bee done by the said L. Egremond Richard his brother vnto the said erle of Salisb Alice Thom. Neuil Mawd Iohn Neuil as by the record appeared It was ordeyned that the saide Erle his sonnes should release all the said summes of money the executions thereof and likewise release vnto Rauâ—… Verney Iohn Steward late Sherifes of London vnto whose custodie the saide L. Egremond had bin for the same coÌ„demnations coÌ„mitted
and from thē escaped al actions which they or any of thē might haue against the saide Verney Steward for the same escape But yet it was decreed by this award that the sayd Lorde Egremonde should be bound by recognisance in the Chancerie to keepe the peace against the sayde Earle and his wife their children seruants and tenants Also where diuerse knights Esquiers and other seruaunts and tenaunts to the sayd Earle of Northumberland to the sayd lord Egremond were by their seuerall Obligations bound by occasion of the sayde debates vnto the sayde Duke of Yorke Earle of Salisburie or any of theyr children to stande to theyr order and gouernement it was ordeyned that the same obligations shoulde be deliuered to them that so stoode bound before the feaste of Saint Peter ad Vincula nexte ensuing at the Citie of Yorke or else that the parties so bounde shoulde haue sufficient acquittances in discharge of the same obligations It was further awarded that all variaunce discord debates controuersies appeales actions personels that were or had beene betwixt any of the persons aforesayde or anye of theyr seruants or tenants should be for euer determined and ended sauing to euerie one his title action right which he had by any euidēce of arrerages of rents or seruices accompts detinues or debtes due by reason of anye lawfull contract or deede had and made for any reasonable considerations other thā the variance before sayd And for the more assurance of both parties it was ordeyned that eyther should release to other all maner of actions that were mere personals and appeales whiche anye of them mighte haue against the other by reason of the variaunces and discordes afore mentioned Also it was decreed that if any action suyte or quarell chaunced betwixt any of the seruantes or tenants of any of the parties for matter or tytle supposed to be had occasioned or moued before this time that from thenceforth none of the sayd partyes should maintaine support or ayde any of them that will so sue and moue strife and debate but should rather so deale as the matter may be brought to peace and quietnesse It was further awarded that if any man cōplayned pretended or surmised that this awarde was not kept but in some poynt broken by anye of the parties for y t which breach he would haue a Scire facias or some other action prosecuted in the kings name vpon any recognisance made to the king for the performāce of this award yet should not the same Scire facias or action be prosecuted till the kings counsaile might be throughly certified of the matter by the complaynant and vpon consideration see iust cause why the same Scire facias or action ought to be had prosecuted in the kings name And if any variaunce rose betwixt the counsayle of both the partyes in making of the recognisaunces releases acquittaunces or other wrytings the same variaunce shoulde bee deterned by the two Lords chiefe Iustices that should be fully instructed of the kings intention in thys behalfe And besydes this it was notifyed and declared by the same awarde that the parties being seuerally bounde in the Chauncerie in great sums to obey and performe this awarde ordinance and iudgement made by the King it was the Kings will and pleasure that the same recognisaunces should stand in force and no parcels of the sums therein conteyned to bee pardoned in anye wise withoute the agrement and consent of the partie for whose assurance the same recognisaunce was taken And if any of the sayde summes or anye parcell thereof shoulde bee recouered by action or execution taken prosecuted in the kings name vpon any of the sayde recognisaunces the partie to whose hynderaunce the awarde was broken shoulde haue the one halfe of the money so recouered and the other moitie shoulde be assigned to the Treasorer of the kings house towardes the charges and expences of the same house This ordinance award and agreement was giuen vp vnder the kings great seale at the kings Palace of Westminster the .xxiiij. day of March in the .xxxvj. yeare of his raigne For the outwarde publishing of this ioyfull agreement A solem◅ne procession at Paules there was vpon our Ladie daye in Marche a solemne Procession celebrate within the Cathedrall Churche of Saint Paule in the Citie of London at the which the king was present in his habite royall with his Crowne on his heade Before him went hand in hande the duke of Somerset the Earle of Salisburie to Duke of Exceter and the Erle of Warwike and so one of the one faction and another of the other and behinde the King the Duke of Yorke and the Queene with greate familiaritie to all mennes sightes though their heartes were as farre in sunder as their bodies were then nere ioyned by that their mutuall leading hande in hande For notwithstanding this cloaked pageant and dissembling Procession it shortly after appeared that theyr thoughtes were all inuenomed and full of ranke poyson though their tongues and flattering countenaunces vttered the taste of moste sweete and pleasant sugred confections But as fire inclosed in a strayte place An. reg 37. will by force vtter his flame and as the water beeing stopped will in processe of time burst out and win passage so this canered Crocodrile coulde not long lurke in malicious myndes but in conclusion according to hir nature shee shewed hirselfe For after this apparant concord and inward discorde according to the verie propertie of dissimulation diuerse noble men of byrth finally regarding theyr honours forgot theyr othe and brake theyr promise For not long after this dissimuled amitie The frule of dissimulation 1459 a certaine fray eyther by chaunce or of a pretenced purpose was made vpon a yeoman of the Erles of Warwike by one of the kings seruants in the which the assaylant was sore hurt but the erles man fled The kings meniall seruauntes seeing theyr fellow hurt and the offender escaped assembled togither and watched the Earle when hee returned from the counsaile chamber towardes hys Barge The Erle of Warwicke assaulted and sodainly set on him the yeomen with swordes and the blacke garde with spittes and fireforkes After long fight and many of the Earles men maymed and hurt by helpe of hys friendes hee tooke a Wherry and so escaped to London The queenes purpose The Queene aduertised hereof incontinently commaunded that he shoulde bee apprehended and committed to the tower where if he had bin taken he had shortly ended his dayes By this vnhappy fray there arose anon after such trouble and terrible warre that the whole Realme was thereby disquieted For after thys displeasure done to the Earle and the Queenes good minde towardes him by his secrete friendes reuealed he with all diligence tooke his iourney to Warwicke and after into Yorkshire where he found the Duke of Yorke and the Erle of Salisburie declaring vnto them the assault made vpon him by the kings
noble maiestie wherfore with whome rather than with hys owne brother And if any man thinke this consideration whiche I thinke no man thinketh that loueth the King let him consider that sometyme without small thinges greater cannot stande And verily it redoundeth greately to the dishonor both of the Kinges highnesse and of all vs that bene about his grace to haue it runne in euery mans mouth not in this Realme only but also in other lands as euill wordes walke farre that the kings brother shoulde bee fayne to keepe Sanctuarie For euery man will weene that no man will so do for naught And such euil opinion once fastned in mens heartes harde it is to wrast out and may growe to more griefe than any man can heere deuine Wherefore me thynketh it were not worst to sende vnto y e Queene for the redresse of this matter some honorable trustie man suche as both tendereth the Kynges wealt and the honour of his counsayle and is also in fauoure and credence with hir For all whiche considerations none seemeth mee more meetely than our reuerende father heere present my Lorde Cardinall who maye in this matter doe most good of any man if it please him to take the payne whiche I doubte not of hys goodnesse he will not refuse for the Kyngs sake and ours and wealth of the yong Duke himself the kings most honorable brother and after my soueraiâ—… Lorde hymselfe my moste deere nephewe considered that thereby shall be ceassed the slaunderous rumor and obloquie nowe goyng and the hurtes auoyded that thereof myghte ensue and muche rest and quiete growe to all the Realme And if she bee percase so obstinate and so preciselie sette vppon hir owne will that neyther hys wise and faythfull aduertisemente cannot moue hir nor anye mans reason contente hir then shall we by myne aduice by the kyngs authoritie fetche hym out of that prison and bryng him to his noble presence in whose continuall companie hee shall be so well cherished and so honorablie intreated that all the worlde shall to our honor and hir reproche perceyue that it was only malice frowardnesse or follie that caused hir to keepe him there this is my mynde in this matter for this time except any of youre Lordshippes any thing perceyue to the contraise for neuer shall I by Goddes grace so wedde my selfe to myne owne will but that I shall be readie to change it vpon your better aduises When the Protector hadde sayde all the Counsayle affirmed that the motion was good and reasonable and to the King and the Duke his brother honorable and a thing that shoulde ceasse great murmure in the Realme if y e mother mighte be by good meanes enduced to delyuer him Which thing the Archbishop of Yorke whome they all agreed also to bee thereto most conueniente tooke vppon hym to moue hir and therein to doe his vttermost deuoire Howbeit if she could be in no wise intreated with hir good will to deliuer him then thought he and such other as were of the Spiritualtie presente that it were not in anye wise to bee attempted to take him out against hir wil. For it would be a thing that should turne to the great grudge of all men Sanctuary and high displeasure of God if the priuiledge of that holy place shoulde nowe be broken whyche had so manie yeares be kept whiche both Kings and Popes so good had graunted so many hadde confirmed and whiche holy grounde was more than fyue hundred yeares agoe by S. Peter in his owne person in spirite accompanyed with great multitude of Angels by nighte so specially halowed and dedicate to God for the priâ—…t whereof they haue yet in the Abbey Saynt Peters Cope to shew that from that time hyâ—…ward was there neuer so vndeuout a King that durst that sacred place violate or so holy a Byshop that durst it presume to consecrate And therefore quoth the Archebyshop of Yorke God forbid that any man shuld for any thing earthly enterprise to breake the immunitie and libertie of y e sacred Sanctuarie that hath bin y e safegard of so many a good mans life and I will quoth hee with Goddes grace wee shall not neede it But for any manner neede I would not we shoulde doe it I trust that shee shall bee with reason contented and all thynges in good maner obteyned And if it happen that I bryng it not so to passe yet shall I towarde it so farrefoorth doe my best that yee shall all well perceyue that no lacke of my deuoire but the mothers dread and womanishe feare shall bee the lette Womanishe feare naye womanishe frowardenesse quoth the Duke of Buckyngham â–ª For I dare take it vpon my soule she well knoweth shee needeth no suche thyng to feare eyther for hir sonne or for hir selfe For as for hir heere is no man that will be at warre with women Woulde God some of the men of hir kinne were women too and then shoulde all be sonne in rest Howheit there is none of hir kynne the lesse loued for that they hee hir kynne but for there owne euill deseruing And nathelesse if we loued neither hir nor hir kinne yet were there no cause to thynke that we should hate the kings noble brother to whose Grace we once selfe bee of kynne Whose honoure if she as muche desired as our dishonoure and as muche regarde tooke to hys wealthe as to hir owne will shee woulde hee as loth to suffer hym from the King as any of vs he For yf yee haue anye witte as woulde God shee had as good will as shee hathe shrewde witte she reckoneth his selfe no wiser than shee thynketh some that be heere of whose faythfull mynde shee nothyng doubteth but verily beleeueth and knoweth that they would bee as sorie of hys harme as hir selfe and yet woulde haue hym from hir if shee hyde there And we all I thynke content that both he with hir if shee come thence and byde in suche place where they may with theyr honour be Nowe then if shee refuse in the deliueraunce of him to followe the reconsaile of them whose wisedome shee knoweth whose trueth she well trusteth is ethe to perceyue that frowardnesse letteth hir and not feare But go to suppose that she feare as who may lette hir to feare hir owne shadowe the more shee feareth to deliuer hym the more ought we feare to leaue him in hir â—…aÌ„d 〈◊〉 For if shee cast such fond doubtes that she feare his hurt then will she feare that he shall bee sette thence For she will soone thynke that if menne were sette whych God forbidde vpon so greate a mischiefe the Sainctuarie woulde little lette them which good menne myghte as me thynketh without sinne somewhat lesse regard than they doe Nowe then if she doubte least hee myghte be fetched from hir is it not lykely ynough that she shal send hym some where out of the realme Verily I looke for 〈◊〉 other And I doubte not but shee
sayde Iohn Cheyney vnto the French King to aduertise him that his Ambassadours sent into England should be dallyed with only to driue of the time till the winter season were past and that then in the beginning of Sommer king Richarde ment to make warre into Fraunce inuading that realme with all his puissance and so by this meanes to perswade the French king to ayd the Erle of Richmonde his partakers in their quarell against king Richard Further that the sayd William Collingborne beeing confederate with the sayd Erle other his adherents aswell within the Realme as without the .xviij. day of Iuâ—… in the said second yeare within the Parishe of S. Gregories in Faringdon ward within had deuised certaine bylles and wrytings in tyme is the ende that the same beeing published myghte stirre the people to a commotion against the king and those billes and writings in rime so deuises written the same Collingborne the day and yere last mentioned had fastened and set vppon dyuerse dooers of the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paule for the more speedie furthering of hys intended purpose Thus farre the Inditement But whether he was guiltie in part or in all I haue not to say King Richard being thus disquieted in 〈◊〉 and doubtfull for the suretie of his owne estate called to remembraunce that confederations honest bandes and pactes of amitie concluded and had betwixt Princes and gouernours are the efficient cause that Realmes and common wealthes are strengthned with double power that is with ayde of friendes abroade and their owne forces at home Wherevpon he deuised howe to conclude a league and amitie with his neighbour the King of Scottes who not long before had made diuerse incursions and roades into the Realme of Englande And although he had not much gotten yet verily hee lost not much and nowe euen as King Richard could haue wished he of himselfe made suyte for peace or truce to be bad betwixt him and king Richarde who wyllingly giuing eare to that suyte Commissioners were appoynted to meet aboute the treatie thereof Pag. 404 405 as in the Historie of Scotlande it maye appeare at length agreed vpon a truce for three yeares a truce betwixt England and Scotland and withall for a further encrease of fyrme frindshippe and sure amitie betwixt hym and the King of Scottes King Richarde entered into a treatie also of alliaunce for the concluding of a maryage betwyxt the Duke of Rothesay eldest sonne to the King of Scottes and the Ladie Anne de la Poole daughter to Iohn Duke of Suffolke and the Duches Anne Sister to King Richarde whiche Sister hee so muche fauoured that studying by all wayes and meanes possible howe to aduaunce hir lynage hee did not onely thus seeke to preferre hir daughter in maryage but also after the death of hys sonne hee proclaymed Iohn Earle of Lyncolne hir sonne and hys Nephewe heyre apparant to the Crowne of Englande disinheriting King Edwards daughters whose brethren as yee haue heard hee moste wickedly had caused to be murthered and made away The King of Scottes standing in neede of friendes althoughe not so greatlye as King Richarde did willyngly consent to that motion of maryage fyrst droched by King Richarde in somuche that it tooke effect A marriage â—…cluded betwixt the â—…ce of Roth 〈◊〉 and Duke â—…ffolkes king 〈◊〉 and by Commissioners was passed and concluded in maner as in the Hystorie of Scotlande it likewyse appeareth But albeit that by this league and amitie thus couenanted and concluded it mighte bee thought that all conspiracies coniurations and confederacies agaynst King Richarde had beene extinct especially considering the Duke of Buckingham and his allyes were dispatched oute of the way some by death and some by flight and banishment into farre Countreys yet King Richarde more doubting than trusting to his owne people and friendes was continually vexed and troubled in mynde for feare of the Earle of Richmondes returne which dayly dreade and hourely agonie caused him to liue in dolefull miserie euer vnquiet and in maner in continuall calamitie Wherefore he intending to be relieued and to haue an ende of all his doubtfull daungers determined clearely to extyrpate and plucke vp by the rootes all the matter and grounde of his feare and doubtes Wherefore after long and deliberate consultation had nothing was for his purpose and intent thought eyther more necessarie or expedient than once againe with price prayer and rewardes to attempt the Duke of Brytayne in whose territorie the Earle of Richmonde then abode to delyuer the sayde Earle into his hands by which onely meanes he shoulde be discharged of all feare of perill and brought to rest and quietnesse both of bodie and mynde Wherefore incontinent he sent certayne Ambassadours to the Duke of Brytayne whiche tooke vpon them besyde the greate and ample rewardes that they brought wyth them into Brytaynt that king Richarde shoulde yearely pay and aunswere the Duke of all the reuenues rentes and profites of the seigniories landes and possessions as well belonging and apperteyning to the Earle of Richmonde as to any other Noble or Gentleman which then were in the Earles companie if hee after that tyme woulde keepe them in continuall Pryson and restrayne them from lybertie The Ambassadors furnished with these and other instructions arryued in Brytain and came to the Dukes house where with him they coulde haue no matter of communication concernyng their weightie affayres by reason that hee beeyng faint and weakned by a long and dayly infirmitie began a little so war ydle and weake in hys wit and remembrance For whiche cause Peter Lanâ—…yle his chiefe Treasorer a man â—…oth of pregnant wit and great authority ruled and adiudged all things at his pleasure and commaundement for which cause as men set into authority bee not best beloued he excited prouoked agaynst him the malice and euill will of the nobilitie of Brytaine which afterward for diuers great offences by him duryng his authoritie perpetrate committed by their meanes was brought to death and confusion The English Ambassadors moued their message and request to Peter Landoyse Peter Landolâ—… and to him declared their maisters commauÌ„dement instantly requiring and humbly desiring him in whose power it lay to do all things in Brytayn that he woulde friendly assent to the request of King Richarde offring to hym the same rewardes and landes that they shoulde haue offred to the Duke This Peter whiche was no lesse disdeyned than hated almost of all the people of Brytayne thought that if he did assâ—… and saâ—…sfie king Richardes petition and desire he should be of power and abilitie sufficiently to withstande and reâ—…eâ—… the malicious attempts and disdainfull inuentions of his enuious aduersaries Wherefore hee faithfully promised to accomplish king Richards request and desire so that he kept promise wyth him that he might be able to withstand the cankerd malier of his secrete enimies This act that he promised to doe was not for any grudge
Nunc vidi dixi haec est mutatio dextrae excelâ—… The death of the king of Scotlande The King of Scottes tooke such griefe and inwarde thought for his ouerthrow and also for the murther of an Englishe Herault that was stayne at Dunbar by one Leeche an Englishe man the whiche for the rebellion in Lincolne shire was fledde into Scotlande that he fell into a hote ague and therof dyed although many reported that he was at the byckering and receyued there his deathes wounde and fledde therewith into Scotlande But of his death and of the birth of his daughter ye may see more in the historie of Scotlande â—…xiiiâ—… hath Hall Of these prisoners before named xxj of them were brought vp to London and on the xix â–ª of December entred into the Citie by Bishops gate and so were conueyed to the tower where they remained for the space of two dayes and vpon Saint Thomas daye the Apostle Scottes prisoners brought to London being the xxj of December they were conueyed to Westminster sir Iohn Gage Constable of the Tower ryding before them and the Lieutenant of the same Tower ryding behinde them They roade two and two togither and eyght of them being Earles and Lordes had newe gownes of blacke Damaske furred with black Conse cotes of blacke Veluet and doublers of Saâ—…m with shiâ—…es and other apparell bought aâ—…we for 〈◊〉 at the Kings charges Thus being soltiâ—…elye conueyed through the streetes of London vnto Westminster The Scottes prisoners before the Counsell in the staâ—… Chamber they came before the Counsell sitting in the Starre Chamber and there the Lorde Chauncellour declared to them their vntruth vnkindenesse and false dissimulation declaring further howe the King had cause of war agaynst them both for the denying of their homages and also for their trayterous inuasions made into his Realme without defiance and also for keeping his subiectes prisoners without redemption contrarie to the auncient lawes of the Marches for whiche doings God as they might perceyue had scourged them Howbeit the King more regarding his honour than his Princelye power was content to shewe them kyndenesse for vnkyndenesse right for wrong And although he might keepe them in strait prison by iust lawe of armes yet he was contâ—… that they shoulde haue libertie to be with the nobles of his Realme in their houses and so according to their Estates they were appoynted to Dukes Earles Bishoppes Knights and Gentlemen which so entertayned them that they confessed themselues neuer to be better vsed nor to haue had greater cheare in all their life times The Earle of Cassils was appointed to be with the Archbishoppe of Caunterburie the Earle of Glencarne with the Duke of Norffolke the L. Flemming with the Lorde priuie seale the Lord Maxwell with sir Anthonie Browne the Lord Somerwel with the Lord Chancelor the Lord Oliphant with sir Thomas Lee Oliuer Sencler with the Duke of Suffolke Robert Ersâ—… with the Bishop of Westminster the lord Monteth with sir Anthonie Wingfielde the Lorde MouÌ„keth with sir Raufe Sadler George Hame with the Earle of Hertforde the Lorde of Gragie with sir Thomas Cheiney the Lorde of Gredon with maister Gastwike Henrie Maxewell with sir Richarde Long Thomas Clifforde with sir Arthur Darcy Patrick Heâ—…forde with sir Thomas Wriothesley Iames Prâ—…gel with sir Richard Rich Iohn Mariâ—…d with sir Edwarde North the Lorde Grey Iames Sencler and Iohn Lesley were apointed to men of such credit as were thought mere to aunswere for their safe keping The .xxij. of DeceÌ„ber 〈◊〉 came of the king of Scottes death and vpâ—… S. Iohns day in Christmas weeke y e foresaid â—…rds of ScotlaÌ„d were brought to y e court which was then at Grenewich where they had great châ—…e went before the King to y e chappel were â—…odged within the court Here vpoÌ„ ye must coÌ„sider y e where as the K. of Scots had left no issue behind him in life but only one daughter y e King hys Counsell perceyuing a meane nowe offered wherby without warre the two Realmes might be vnited these Scottishe Lordes hauing first made the motion themselues for a mariage to be had betwixt Prince Edwarde and their yong Queene the king required them to helpe to the â—…t hâ—…rance of that matter which myght be such a benifit to themselues and their countrie This they promised faithfully to doe and aswell by themselues as their friendes to being the same to effect so muche as the king coulde require Wherevpon the king was not only couâ—…ed to release them home but also highly rewarded them with rich gyftes in most bountifull wise The xxx of December they departed from the Court and the morrow after eyght of them dyned with Sir Iohn Coates thou Lorde Maior of London and the rest with the Sherifes and had very great cheare On Newyeares daye they departed from London honâ—…wardes towardes Scotlande 1543 and roade to Enfelde to see the Prince and there dyned that daye greatly â—…oyâ—…ng as by their wordes and countenance is sâ—…ared to beholde so propet and towardly anyâ—…ped From thence they kept on then iourney till they came to the North partes where they founde the Duke of Suffolke the Kings Lieutenant there and with him remayned till suche pledges were come forth of Scotlande as it was couenanted they should leaue behind them The Duke then after he had receyued the hostages permitted them to depart and so they returned into Scotlande where they were gladlye welcommed by their kinsemen and frendes With them went also the Earle of Augus who had bene banished Scotlande and hauing remayned here in Englande a long time receyued of the Kings fee a thousande marke by yeare and likewise his brother Sir George Douglas who had fiue hundreth markes yearely likewise of the Kings gift They were nowe both restored home into their countrie and that as was sayde by the last Kings will The sayde Earle of Angus and diuerse of the Lordes that had bene prisoners here in Englande were made of the priuie Counsell of the Realme by the Earle of Arrayne that was chosen gouernour to the yong Queene and of the Realme as next heire apparent Nothwithstanding that the Archbishop of Saint Andrewes and Cardinall of the sea of Rome enimie mortall to the King of Englande for the Popes cause and partlye set on by the French king had forged a will expressing howe the king had made him gouernour associate with two Earles of his affinitie as well of the Queene as Realme contrarie to the lawes of Scotland Wherevpon the said Earle of Arceyne according to his right as he pretended with the helpe of his frendes The Earle of Arraine tooke vppon him the authoritie of Gouernour and put the sayde Cardinall in poson and deliuered Sir Robert Bowes Sir Robert Bowes deliuered and the other Englishe prisoners by their handes according to the custome of the marches All this yeare was neyther perfect peaconor open warre betwixt
had ment to set vpon the vowarde The Scots offer to impeach the Englishe mens passage but being manfully assayled by the harquebutters fiue hundred in number and shrewdly by them curried and galled they had no mynde to come forwarde but perceyuing how willing the Englishmen were to encounter with them after certaine shot on both sides The â—…ts 〈◊〉 to Edenburgh they made a sodaine retreate and leauing their artillerie behinde them they fled to Edenburgh The first man that fled as the talke went was the Cardinall who perceyuing the deuotion which the Englishmen had to see his holynesse had no minde to tarie With him also fled the Gouernour the Earles of Huntley Murrey and Bothwell The Englishmen thus hauing put their enimies to flight and seazed vpon their Artillerie The English armâ—… 〈◊〉 into Lyâ—… made streyght to the towne of Lythe and entred it without any great resistance wherein they encamped themselues the same night to their most ease and aduantage and afterwardes landed their vittayles and great artillerie They founde also in this towne such plentie of riches as they looked not to haue founde in anye one towne of Scotlande The sixt of May they went towards Edenburgh and as they approched neare the towne The prouâ—… of Edenburghs request the Prouost of the same towne accompanied with one or two Burgesses and two or three officers at armes desired to speak with the kings Lieutenant in the name of all the towne sayde that the keyes of the towne shoulde be deliuered vnto his Lordship condicionally that they might go with bagge and baggage and the towne to be saued from fire The Earle of Hereforde answere Wherevnto aunswere was made by the sayde Lord Lieutenant that where the Scots had so manifestly broken their promises confirmed by othes and seales and certified by the whole Parliament as was euidentlye knowne to the world he was sent thither by the Kings highnesse to take vengeance of then detestable falshoode to declare and shewe the â—…ce of his highnesse sworde to all such as shoulde make any resistance vnto his Graces power sent thither The names of the Knightes made at Leith after the brenning of Edenburgh by the Earle of Hertforde generall of the Kings army there on sunday the eleuenth of May in the sixe and thirtith yeare of the raigne of Kyng Henry the eight Anno Christi 1544. as they were deliuered to me by Sir Gilbert Dethike Knight alias Garter King of armes THe Lord Clinton The Lord Conyers Sir William Wroughton Sir Thomas Holcroft Sir Edward Dorrell Sir Iohn Luttrell Sir Iohn Ienins Sir Thomas Waterton Sir Charles Howard Sir George Blount Sir Peter Mewtas Sir Edward Warner Sir Raufe Bulmer Sir Hugh Cholmeley Sir Tho. Lee commonly called Doctor Lee. Sir Richard Legh Sir Peter Legh Sir Iohn Legh of Boothe Sir Laurence Smith Sir William Vauasour Sir Richarde Shirburne Sir Robert Stapleton Sir Thomas Holt. Sir William Dauenport Sir Raufe Leycester Sir Humfrey Bradborne Sir Thomas Maliuerey Sir Frauncis Hothome Sir Iohn Massy Sir Leonard Beckwith Sir Thomas Cokayne Sir Peter Freshwell Sir Richard Egerton Sir Anthony Neuill Sir Iohn Neuill Sir William Radeliffe Sir George Bowes Sir Vrian Brereton Sir William Brereton Sir Roger Brereton Sir Edward Waren Sir Brian Leyton Sir Robert Wurseley Sir Thomas Talbot Sir Hugh Caluerley Sir Iohn Clere. Sir Richard Holland Sir Thomas Venables Sir Iohn Connestable Sir Edmund Trafford Sir Iohn Atherton Sir Richard Cholmeley Sir Philip Egerton Sir Hugh Willoughby Sir Thomas Connestable Sir William Woodhouse Sir Edmond Sauage Sir Thomas Gerard. These names must come in at the .1593 page second Collome and second line for that purpose And therefore he told them resolutely that vnlesse they woulde yeelde vp their towne franklye without condicion and cause man woman and chylde to issue forth into the fields submitting them to his will and pleasure he would put them to the sword and their towne to the fire The Prouost aunswered that it were better to stand to their defence Whervppon commaundement was giuen to the sayde Prouost and officer at armes vpon their perill to depart and forthwith the Lorde Lieutenant sent to the â—…warde commaunding that they shoulde marche towarde the towne which right hardely they did and the English gunners manfully assayled the gates Sir Christopher Morice namely sir Christopher Morice Maister of the ordinaunce insomuche that the Scottes were beaten from their ordinance and the gate called Canogate beaten open with shot of the great attillerie therewith the Englishmen entring the same gate by fine force â—…gh enâ—…d by force bee downe slew a great nuÌ„ber of Scots and continually without staying was the great ordinance drawne vp the streete to the Castell gates but those that were within the Castell shot so freely at the Englishmenne thus approching with their great artillerie that diuerse were slayne the artillerie of the Castell beate so directly alâ—…ngst the high streete as the Englishe men came vp the same At length also one of the Englishmens Caâ—…gâ—… 〈◊〉 striken and â—…mounted therevpon they were forced to retire backe and giue 〈◊〉 their interprise of making 〈◊〉 to the Caâ—… wanting Pioners baskets 〈◊〉 other things necessarie for such a purpose This daye the Englishmen set free in diuers partes of the towne but they had not leysure to maintaine it by reason of the smoke ryding and troubling them so extremely that no great hurt coulde be boâ—…e that daye for that the night also came 〈◊〉 and so they departed backe againe to their campe at Lythe 〈◊〉 the next daye a certaine â—…bes of Englishmen vnder these â—…ing at 〈◊〉 â—…r Deigh went againe to Edenburgh and did what they coulde â—…ly to destroye the whole towne with 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 continued all that day â—…che two dayes 〈◊〉 following The L. â—…rs brought a power of horsmen from the 〈◊〉 In the meane time foure thousaÌ„d light horsmen 〈◊〉 the leading of the Lord 〈◊〉 came from 〈◊〉 borders as byâ—… it was taken afore and ioyned themselues with the 〈◊〉 thus lying in 〈…〉 of Edenburgh had for the safetie of the same conueyed out of the towne The xiiij day the English men brake downe the pyre of the hauen of Lythe and brent euerye sticke of it This done and hauing shipped their great artillerie and taken forth all such Scottish shippes as were meete to serue appointing them to attende on their shippes they tooke vpon them to returne home by lande Amongst other ships which the Englishmen had in Lythe hauen there were two of notable fayrenesse the one called the Salamander giuen by the French king at the mariage of his daughter and Scotland and the other called the Vnicorn made by the late Scottishe king The dalast of these two shippes was Canon shot which they founde in the towne to the number of foure score thousande The rest of the Scottish shippes being taken away togither with their owne ships which they brought with
place and to fortifie the same for their further strength and vppon this resolution they determine to goe with all speede vnto Mouseholde a place as they tooke it mete for their purpose The rebels request licence to passe thorowe Norwich and therfore sent to the Maior of Norwiche requesting him of licence to passe through the Citie bicause it was their nearest way promising not to offer any iniurie or violence to anye person but quietlye to marche through the Citie vnto their place appoynted but the Maior did not only denie them passage but also with sharpe and bitter speach reprouing their rebellious doings told them what woulde followe thereof if they gaue not ouer in time from further proceeding in suche wycked attempts The next daye being Thursdaye sir Roger Woodhouse Sir Roger Woodhouse with seauen or eyght of his householde seruauntes came to them bringing with him two cartes laden with Beare and one cart laden with other victualles for a recompence whereof he was stripped out of his apparell had his horses taken from him and whatsoeuer else he had the Rebels accounting the same a good pray He himselfe was cruelly tugged and cast into a diche of one Mores of nether Arleham by Heylesdon bridge where the same daye the Rebels being disappointed of their purpose to passe through Norwich found meanes to passe and coming to maister Corbets house of Sprowston intended to haue brent the same house but yet being persuaded to spare it from fire they spoyled his goodes defaced a Doue house of his whiche had bene a Chappell and afterwardes got them to Mouseholde and coming to Saint Leonardes hill on which the Earle of Surrey had built a right stately house called Mont Surrey Mont Surrey they enkennelled themselues there on the same hill and in the woodes adioyning that lie on the West and South side of the same hil as the commons or pasture called Mousehold heath lyeth on the East side Mousehold which conteyneth foure or fiue miles in length and three or foure in bredth They put sir Roger Woodhouse and other prisoners whiche they had caught in streyte warde within the foresaid house of Mont Surrey on which they seazed and spoyled whatsoeuer they founde within it In the meane time the Maior of Norwich taking aduise with his brethren the Aldermen what was best to doe in this case whether presentlye to issue forth and distresse the Rebelles nowe in the beginning least time might giue them meane to increase in power or rather to staye till they had aduertised the Counsell of the whole matter in the ende they agreed that this last aduise was moste surest and so they dispatched a Poste with all speede to the Courte Rising chase Beside this great Campe as they termed it at Mouseholde there was a lesser at Rysing chase neare to Linne but the Rebels there by y e good diligence and circumspect policy of the Iustices and Gentlemen of those parts were speedilye repressed and driuen from thence Notwithstanding afterwards they assembled togither at Watton Watton and there remayned about a fortnight stopping the passages also at Thetfort and Brandon ferrie within nine myles of the sayde Watton and at length came and ioined themselues with these other at Mousehold by appointment of their generall Captaine as they tooke him the foresaide Robert Ket Moreouer there came flocking from Suffolke and other partes a great multitude of lewde disposed persons raysed by firing of beacons and ringing of belles Also a number of rascals and naughtie lewde persons stale out of the Citie of Norwich and went to the campe And thus being gotte togither in great multitude they added one wickednesse to an other for to cloake their malicious purpose with a counterfeyt shewe of holynesse Counterfeyt ◅eligion they cause one Conyers Vicar of Saint Martins in Norwich to saye seruice morning and euening to praye to God for prosperous speede in that their vngodly enterprise Moreouer they go about to ioyne to their cause diuerse honest men and right commendable for religion doctrine vertue and innocencie of life amongest whome were Robert Watson a preacher Thomas Codde Maior of Norwich and Thomas Alderiche of Mangrene hall These three although sore against their willes were constrayned to bee present with them in all matters of Counsell and to take vpon them as associates with Captaine Ket the administratiō and order of euery thing whiche happened well for manye for when eyther Kette himselfe or any other of the Captaines throughe setting on of the outragious multitude purposed any mischiefe as often it came to passe in one place or other through their graue aduise and approued industrie their furie was sundrie times staide and calmed Although Ket bent to all vngraciousnesse woulde diuerse times grant forth cōmissions abusing now and then the names of honest men thereby appointing his vnthriftie mates to fetch in vittayles to furnish their camp withall The tenor of one of the which commissions here ensueth We the Kings frendes and Deputies The forme of a warrant graunted out by the rebels to take vp vittailes doe graunt licence to all men to prouyde and bring into the Campe at Mouseholde all maner of cattaile and prouision of vittayles in what place soeuer they may finde the same so that no violence or iniurie be done to any honest or poore man commaunding all persons as they tender the Kings honour and royall Maiestie and the reliefe of the Common welth to be obedient to vs the gouernours and to those whose names ensue Signed ROBERT KET Then followed in order a long list of names for the number of the gouernors was great as they that beside the chiefe Captaines had chosen out of euery hundred two and there were xxvj hundreths By vertue of such cōmissions many that were of good worship and credite in the coūtrie Gentlemen imprisoned whome the Rebelles in their rage had condemned were fetched from their houses and other places where they might be founde and being brought to the Campe were committed to prison Also the diches and hedges wherewith the cōmons abrode in the countrie were inclosed were throwne downe and many were warned and called forth from sundrie partes to come and take part with thē in these tumultuous vprores and all these things were done the Maior maister Watson and maister Aldrich not only holding their peace and winking thereat but also sometime after a maner giuing their consent to the same For to haue resisted them had bene but folly and the way to haue put themselues in danger of destruction and their countrie too The honest Citizens of Norwiche in this meane whyle remayned in greate perplexitie hearing nothing from the King nor his Counsell They therefore being vncertaine what to doe aboade in the Citie till they might vnderstande what order it shoulde please the King to take for the quieting of these troubles The cause why the Counsell was thus stack in prouiding remedie
duties sake and my whole Countreys cause I will at this present declare vnto you Ye which be bounde by Gods worde and to obey for feare lyke men pleasâ—â—s but for conâ—…edence sake like Christians haue contrarie to Gods holy will whose offence is euerlasting beaâ—â— and contrarie to the godly order of quietnesse set out to vs in the Kings Maiesties â—â—wes the breache whereof is not vnknowne to you taken in hande vnrulled of God vnsent by men vnfitte by reason to calle awaye your bounden duetyes of obedience and to put on you agaynste the Magistrates Gods office committed to the Magistrates for the reformation of your pretensed iniuries In the which doing ye haue first faulted grieuously against God next offended vnnaturally our soueraigne Lorde thirdly troubled miserablie the whole common wealth vndone cruelly many an honest man and brought in an vtter miserie both to vs the Kings Subiectes and to your selues being false Rebelles and yet ye pretende that partly for Gods cause and partly for the coÌ„mon welthes sake ye do arise when as your selues cannot denie but ye that seeke in worde gods cause do breake in deed Gods commaundement and ye that seeke the common wealth haue destroyed the common wealth and so ye marre that ye would make and break that ye would amend bycause ye neither seeke any thing rightly nor would amend any thing orderly He that faulteth faulteth agaynst Gods ordinance who hath forbidden all faultes and therefore ought againe to be punished by Gods ordinance who is the reformer of faults For he sayth leaue the punishment to me and I will reuenge them But the Magistrate is the ordinaunce of God appoynted by him with the sworde of punishment to looke streightly to all euil doers And therefore that that is done by the Magistrate is done by the ordinance of God whom the Scripture oftentymes doth call God bycause he hath the execution of Gods office Howe then do you take in hande to reforme Be ye kings By what authoritie or by what succession Be ye y e kings officers By what commission Be ye called of God By what tokens declare ye that Gods worde teacheth vs that no man should take in hand any office but he that is called of God lyke Aaron What Moyses I pray you called you What Gods Minister bade you rise Ye rise for religion What religion taught you that If ye were offred persecution for religion ye ought to flie so Christ teacheth you and yet you intend to fight If ye woulde stande in the truth ye ought to suffer like Martyrs and you woulde sley like tyrants Thus for religion you keepe no religion and neither will follow the counsaile of Christ nor the constancie of Martyrs Why rise ye for religion Haue ye any thing contrary to Gods booke Yea haue ye not al things agreeable to Gods word But the new is different from the old and therfore ye will haue the olde If ye measure the old by truth ye haue the oldest if ye measure the olde by fancie then it is harde bycause mens fansies chaungeth to giue that is olde Ye will haue the olde still Will ye haue any older than that as Christ left and his Apostles taught and the first Church after Christ did vse Ye will haue that the Canons doe establish Why that is a great deale yonger than that ye haue of later tyme and newlyer inuented Yet that is it that ye desire Why then ye desire not the oldest And doe you preferre the Bishoppes of Rome afore Christ mennes inuention afore Gods law the newer sort of worship before the older Ye seeke no religion ye be deceyued ye seeke traditions They that teach you blinde you that so instruct you deceyue you If ye seeke what the olde Doctors say yet looke what Christ the oldest of all sayth For he sayth before Abraham was made I am If ye seeke the truest way he is the verye truth if ye seeke the readiest way he is the verie way if ye seeke euerlasting life he is the verye life What religion would ye haue other nowe than his religion You would haue the Bibles in againe It is no maruaile your blinde guides would leade you blind stil Why be ye Howlets and Backes that ye cannot looke on the light Christ sayth to euerie one search ye the Scriptures for they beare witnesse of Christ You say pull in the scriptures for we wil haue no knowledge of Christ The Apostles of Christ wil vs to be so readie y t we may be able to giue euerie maÌ„ an account of our faith Ye will vs not once to read the Scriptures for feare of knowing of our faith S. Paule prayeth that euerie man may encrease in knowledge yee desire that our knowledge might decay againe A true Religion ye seeke belike and worthie to be fought for For without the sworde indeede nothing can help it neither Christ nor truth nor age can mainteyne it But why shoulde ye not like that which Gods worde establisheth the prematiue Church hath authorised the greatest lerned men of this Realme hath drawen the whole consent of the Parliament hath confirmed the Kings Maiestie hath set foorth Is it not truly set out Can ye deuise any truer than Christes Apostles vsed ye thinke it is not learnedly done Dare ye Commons take vpon you more learning than the chosen Bishops and Clearkes of this Realme haue Thinke ye follie in it Ye wer woÌ„t to iudge your ParliameÌ„t wisest now wil ye sudainly excell them in wisedom Or can ye thinke it lacketh authoritie which the King the Parliament the learned the wise haue iustly approued Learne learne to knowe this one point of Religion that God will be worshipped as he hath prescribed not as wee haue deuised and that his will is wholye in his Scriptures which be full of Gods spirite and profitable to teach the truth to reproue lyes to amend faults to bring one vp in righteousnesse that he that is a Gods man may be perfite and readie to al good woorkes What can bee more required to serue God withall And thus muche for Religion Rebels The other rable of Norffolke Rebelles yee pretende a common wealth How amende ye it by killing of Gentlemen by spoyling of Gentlemen by imprisoning of Gentlemen A marueylous tanned commoÌ„welth Why should ye thus hate them for their riches or for their rule Rule they neuer tooke so much in hand as ye doe now They neuer resisted the king neuer withstood his counsail be faithful at this day when ye be faithlesse not onely to the King whose Subiectes ye be but also to your Lordes whose tenaunts ye be Is this your true duetie in some of homage in most of feaultie in all of allegeance to leaue your duties goe backe from your promises fall from your fayth and contrarie to lawe and truth to make vnlawfull assemblyes vngodly companies wicked and detestable Campes to disobey your betters to obey your Tanners to change your obedience
could get any that wold kil him he shuld haue ten pounds for a reward This Greene hauing doings for his maister sir Anthonie Ager had occasion to goe vp to London where his maister then lay and hauing some charge vp with him desired one Bradshaw a Goldsmith of Feuersham that was his neighbour to accompanie him to Grauesend he wold content him for his paintes This Bradshaw being a verie honest man was content and roade with him when they came to Rainhaâ—â— vowes they chaunced to see three or foure seruing men that were comming from Leedes and therewith Bradshaw espied comming vp the hill from Rochester one Blackwill a terrible cruth ruffian with a sword and a buckler and an other with a great staffe on his necke Then sayde Bradshaw to Greene we are happie that here commeth some companie from Leedes for here commeth vp agaynst vs as murthering a knaue as any is in EnglaÌ„d if it were not for them we might chance hardly to escape without losse of our money and liues Yea thought Greene as he after confessed such a one is for my purpose and therefore asked which is he Yonder is he quoth Bradshaw the same that hath the sword and Buckler his name is blacke Will Howe knowe you that sayde Greene Bradshaw aunswered I knew him at Bollongne where we both serued he was a souldiour and I was sir Richard Cauendishes man and there he committed many robberies and beynous murders on such as trauailed betwixt Bollongue and France By this time the other companie of seruing men came to them they going all togither met with black Will and his fellow The seruing men knew black Wil and saluting him demaunded of him whither he went he answered by his bloud for his vse was to sweare almost at euery word I know not nor rate not but set vp my staffe and euen as it falleth I got If thou quoth they wilt go back againe to Grauesend we will giue thee thy supper by his bloud sayd he I care not I am coÌ„tent haue with you and so he returned againe with them Then black Will tooke acquaintance of Bradshaw saying felow Bradshaw how dost thou Bradshaw vnwilling to renue acquaintance or to haue ought to do with so shamelesse a ruffian said why do ye know me yea y t I do quoth he did not we serue in Bollongne togither But ye must pardon me quoth Bradshaw for I haue forgotteÌ„ you TheÌ„ Green talked with black Wil. said wheÌ„ ye haue supped come to my hostesse house at such a signe I will giue you the Seck suger by his blud said he I thank you I wil come take it I warrant you According to his promise he came and there they made good chere TheÌ„ black W. G. went talked apart froÌ„ Bradsh ther coÌ„cluded togither y t if he would kill maister ArdeÌ„ he should haue ten pound for his labour then he aunswered by hys wounds that I wil if I may knowe him marie to morrow in Poules I will shew him thee sayd Greene. Then they lefte their talke and Greene hade hym got home to his hostes house Then Greene wrote a letter to mistres Arden and among other things put in these words we haue gote a man for one purpose we may thanke my brother Bradshaw Now Bradshaw not knowing any thing of this toke the letter of him and in the morning departed home agayne and deliuered the letter to mistresse Arden Greene and blacke Well went vp to London at the tide At the time appoynted Greene shewed blacke Will maister Arden walking in Poules Then sayde blacke Will what is hee that goeth after him marie sayd Greene one of his men by hys bloud sayd blacke Will I wil kil them both nay said Greene do not so for he is of counsel with vs in this matter by his bloud sayd he I care not for that I will kill them both nay sayde Greene in any wise do not so Then blacke Wil thought to haue killed maister Arden in Poules Churchyarde but there were so many Gentlemen that accompanyed him to dinner that he missed of his purpose Greene shewed all this talke to maister Ardens man whose name was Michael whych euer after stoode in doubt of blacke Will least hee should kill him The cause that this Michael conspired with the rest against his maister was for that it was determined that he should marrie a kinswoman of Mosbyes After this maister Arden lay at a certaine Personage which he held in London and therefore his man Michaell and Greene agreed that blacke Will should come in the night to the personage where he should fynd the dores left open that hee mighte come in and murther maister Arden This Michael hauing his maister to bed left open the dores according to y t appointment His master then being in bed asked him if he had shut fast y e dores and he sayd yea but yet afterwards fearing least black Will woulde kill him as well as his maister after hee was in bed himselfe hee rose agayne and shut the dores bolting them fast so that black Wil comming thither and finding the dores shutte departed being disappoynted at that time The nexte day blacke Wil came to Greene in a great chase swearing and staring bycause hee was so deceyued and with many terrible othes threatned to kil maister Ardens man first wheresoeuer he met him No said Greene do not so I will first know the cause of shutting the dores Then Grene met and talked with Ardens man and asked of hym why he did not leaue opeÌ„ the dores according to his promise marie said Michael I will shew you the cause My master yesternight did that he neuer did before for after I was a hedde he rose vp and shut the dores and in the morning rated me for leauing them 〈◊〉 And herewith Greene black Wil were pâ—…cified Arden being ready to goe homewarde 〈◊〉 came to Gâ—…ne said this night wil my maister goe downe wherevppon it was agreed that blacke Will shoulde kyll him an Raynam downe When maister Arden came to Rochester his man stil fearing y e blacke Wil would kil him with his maister pricked his horse of purpose made him to hault to the ende he mighte protract the time tarriâ—… behinde hys maister asked him why his horse halted he said I know not wel quoth his maister when ye come at the Smith here before betwene Rochester and the hil foote ouer againste Chentani remoue hys shot and search him then come after me So maister Arden to be on and ere he came at y e place where blacke Wil lay in waite for him there ouertooke him diuers GentlemeÌ„ of his aquaintaÌ„ce who kept him company so that black Will mist here also of his purpose After y e maister ArdeÌ„ was come home he sent as he usually did his man to Shepey to sir Tho. Cheny then L. Warden of y e cinque ports about