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B09176	The faithful analist:, or, The epitome of the English history: giving a true accompt of the affairs of this nation, from the building of the tower in London, in the days of William the Conquerour, to the throwing down the gates of the said city, by the command of the Parliament, which state before the secluded members were admitted, in the yeer 1660. In which all things remarkable both by sea and land from the yeer 1069. To this present yeer of 1660 are truly and exactly represented.	G. W.	1660 (1660)	Wing G69; ESTC R177297	114,611	376

was buried at Westminster in the new Chappel which he caused to be builded he left issue Henry Prince of Wales who succeeded in the Kingdome Lady Margaret Queen of Scots and Lady Mary promised to Charles King of Castile Henry the Eighth An. Reg. 1 HEnry the Eighth at the age of eighteen years began his reign the 22 of April Anno 1590. of personage he was tall and mighty in wit and memory excellent the third of Iune he married Lady Katherine his first wife who had been late wife to Prince Arthur deceased On Midsommer day the King and Queen were crowned at Westminster An. Dom. 1510 Sir Richard Emson Knight and Edmond Dudley Esquire who had been great Councellors to King Henry the seventh were beheaded on Tower-hill the eighteenth of August An. Dom. 1515 Richard Hunne a Merchant-Taylor of S. Margarets Parish of Bridge-street who had been put in the Lollards Tower about the end of October was now the fifth of December found hanged in the same place and after burned in Smithfield An. Dom. 1517 The Thames was frozen that men with horse and carts might pass betwixt Westminster and Lambeth An. Dom. 1517 An. Reg. 9 On May-eve was an insurrection of young men and Apprentices of London against Aliens of the which divers were hanged vvith their Captain Iohn Lincorn a Broker the residue Ill May-day to the number of four hundred men and eleven vvomen tyed in ropes all along one after another in their shirts came to Westminster-hall vvith halters about their necks and vvere pardoned An. Dom. 1518 Many died in England of the svveating sickness and especially about London wherefore Trinity Term was one day at Oxford and then adjourned to Westminster An. Dom. 1521 The 27 of May was Edward Duke of Buckingham beheaded King Henry wrote a book against Luther and therefore the Pope named him Defender of the Faith An. Dom. 1524 In December in the City of Coventry Francis Philip Christopher Pickering and Anthony Mainle intended to have taken the Kings treasure of his Subsidy as the same came towards London therewith to have raised men and to have taken the Castle of Killingworth and then to have made wars against the King for the which they were drawn hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn the other of their conspiracy were executed at Coventry An. Dom. 1526 The eleventh of February four Merchants of the Still-yard did penance at Pauls and Doctor Barnes bare a faggot An. Dom. 1527 An. Reg. 19 In November December and Ianuary fell abundance of rain that thereof ensued great floods which destroyed corn-fields pasture and beasts then was it dry till the twelfth of April and from that time it rained every day and night till the third of Iune Such a scarcity of bread was then at London and all England over that many died for want of succour The bread-carts coming from Stratford to London were met by the way and the people were ready to p●ll it out of the carts insomuch that the Mayor and Sheriffs were forced to go and rescue the same and see the carts brought to the markets appointed Wheat was then at fifteen shillings the quarter shortly after the Merchants of the Still-yard brought from Dansk such store of wheat and rye that it was better cheap in London then in any part of the Realm beside An. Reg. 23 Richard Rice a Cook was boiled in Smithfield for poysoning divers persons at the Bishop of Winchesters house The eleventh of April seven men with their horses and a ferry man were drowned at Lambeth Thomas Bilney was burned at Norwich An. Reg. 24 An. Dom. 1532 The 25 of May was taken between London and Greenwich two great fishes called Hurlepools Five men were hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn for coyning and clipping of money A great fish was taken at Blackwall which was brought to Westminster to the King An. Reg. 26 The 15 of May was a great fire at Salters Hall in Bredstreet The fourteenth of August was a great fire at Temple-bar the sixteenth of August was the Kings Stable burned at Charing-cross wherein were burned many great horses and great store of hay An. Dom. 1537 The Prior of the Charter-house at London the Prior of Beval the Prior of Exham Reynolds a Brother of Simon and Iohn Hail Vicar of Thisleworth were all condemned drawn and hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn the fourth of May. The eighteenth of Iune three Monks of the Charter-house of London Exmewe Middlemore and Nidigate were hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn The 22 of Iune Doctor Iohn Fisher Bishop of Rochester was beheaded on the Tower-hill The sixth of Iuly Sir Thomas Moor was beheaded on Tower-hill Within a while after the Lady Ann Queen was had to the Tower and there for things laid to her charge was shortly after beheaded The nineteenth of May the Lord Rochford Brother to the said Queen Henry Norrice Mark Smeton William Brierton and Francis Weston all of the Kings Privy Chamber about matters touching the Queen were put to death In the beginning of October at an Assise for the Kings subsidie kept in Lincolnshire the people made an insurrection and gathered nine and twenty thousand persons together against those the king did send the Duke of Suffolk the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Earl of Rutland with a strong power whereof when the Rebels heard they desired pardon brake up their Army and departed home but their Captains were apprehended and executed The ninth of October a Priest and a Butcher were hanged for speaking in the behalf of the Lincolneshire men they were hanged at VVindsor After began an insurrection for the sames causes in York-shire the people gathered to the number of forty thousand against those Rebels the king sent the Duke of Norfolk the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Marquess of Exceter with a great Army with whom a battel was appointed to be fought on the Eve of Simon and Iude but there fell such rain the night before that the two armies could not meet whe●eupon they desired the D. of Norfolk to sue to the King for a pardon and that they might have their liberties whi●h the Duke promised and rid post to the king then lying at Windsor to know his pleasure and so appeased them Ask that was the chief in this rebellion came to London and was not onely pardoned but rewarded with gifts the king dealt with this Ask as his Father did with Perkin Warbeck let him alone a while to see what he would do and these kings did but just play with these miscreants as the cat playes with the mouse for they were both of them hanged The twelfth of December the Thames being frozen the king and Queen Iane rode through London to Greenwich The third of February was Thomas Fitz Garret son and heir to the Earle of K●ldare beheaded and five of his Uncles drawn hanged and quartered at Tiburn in this moneth Nicholas Musgrave Thomas Gilby and others stirred a new rebellion and besieged the City of

the country came down so fast upon them that the French men fled Some certain ships of the Kings Ships called Hedgehogs one of them had a mischance before Westminster a firkin Men burned of powder took fire and killed seven men and the eighth man was drowned The 20 of Iuly the King being at Another mischance Portsmouth the goodly ship called the Rose with Sir George Carrow the Captain and many other Gentlemen were drowned in the midst of the Haven The French were beaten off at the Isle of Wight and likewise in Sussex at a place called New-haven One William Foxley Potmaker for the Mint in the tower of London fell asleep the 27 of April who could not be wakened neither by kicking cramping or pinching till the first day of the next term whi●h was full fourteen daies and fifteen nights the cause of this his thus sleeping could not be known though the same were diligently enquired after by the Kings Physitians and men of learning yea the King himself examined him and he was in all points found as he had slept but one night and he was living till the year of our Lord 1587. The 16 of Iuly were burned in Smithfield for the Sacrament Anne Askew Iohn Lassels Nicholas Overden Priest Iohn Adlam taylor and Doctor Shaxton sometimes Bishop of Salisbury preached at the same fire and recanted perswading them to do the like but they would not The Admiral of France came to England where he was gallantly and honourably entertained the English in those daies kept them at a distance and forced them to submit The 12 of December Thomas Duke of Norfolk and Henry Earl of Surrey his son was sent to the tower Henry Howard Earl of Surrey was beheaded on the tower-hill the 19 of Ianuary The 28 of Ianuary King Henry deceased and left the Crown to his son Prince Edward Lady Mary his daughter by Katherine and the third Lady Elizabeth by Queen Anne of Bullen he deceased when he had reigned 37 years nine moneths and odd daies and was buried at VVindsor Edward the Sixth An. Reg. 1 EDward the sixth began his reign the 24 of Ianuary 1546. when he was but nine years old King Henry his Father had appointed by his Will for his Privy-Councel the Archbishop of Canterbury the Chancellour the Bishop of Durham with others to the number of sixteen The sixth of February the Earl of Hertford was elected to be Protector to the Kings person the sixth of February the Lord Protector in the Tower of London endued King Edward with the Order of Knighthood King Edward was crowned at Westminster the twentieth of February An. Dom. 1557 The fifteenth of May Doctor Smith recanted at Pauls-Cross The Lord Protector and the rest of the Councel sent Commissioners into all parts of the Realm willing them to take down all images out of their Churches for the avoiding of idolatry with them were sent divers preachers to perswade the people from their Beads and at that time procession was forbidden The Church-Service read in English to the people On Saint Peters day Stephen Gardner Bishop of Winchester preached before the King for the which he was sent to the Tower An. Reg. 2 An. Dom. 1548 The seventh of Iuly a Priest was hanged and quarter'd in Smith-field for killing one Mr. Body one of the Kings Commissioners other of his Fellows were put to death in other places A great pestilence in London The 16 of September Saint Anns Church within Aldersgate was burnt An. Reg. 3 The 16 of Ianuary Thomas Seimer Lord Admiral was sent to the Tower of London he was Brother to the Lord Protector on the 20 of March he was beheaded on the Tower-hill An. Dom. 1549 The 23 of April six houses at Broken-wharf were burned In May by reason of a Proclamation for Inclosures the Commons of Sommersetshire and Lincolnshire made a commotion and brake up certain Parks of Sir VVilliam Herberts and the Lord Sturtons but Sir VVilliam Herbert slew and executed many of those Rebels In Iuly the Commons of Essex and Kent Suffolk and Norfolk rose against Inclosures and pulled down many parks and houses Also the Commons of Cornwall and Devonshire desired not only the inclosures might be disparked but also to have their old Religion these besieged the City of Exeter which was valiantly defended Iohn Lord Russel with a number of Souldiers enter'd the City of Exeter slew and took prisoners more then four thousand and after hanged a number of them in the town and about the country the Lord Grey likewise with strangers horsemen slew many people and spoiled the country The last of Iuly VVilliam Lord Marquess of Northampton entered the City of Norwich and on the morrow the rebels also entered the town burnt part thereof put the Lord Marquess to flight and slew the Lord Sheffield Divers persons were executed as aiders of the aforesaid rebels of the which one was hanged within Algate and an other at the Bridg-foot towards Southwark The rebels in Norfolk and Suffolk incamped themselves at Mount Surrey near unto Norwich against whom Sir Iohn Dudley Earl of VVarwick went with an army where meeting with the rebels they had thought all to have died in the place but God brought it to pass as well there as in all other places they were partly by power constrained partly by promise of a pardon perswaded to submit themselves the Earl of VVarwick enter'd the City of Norwich the 27 of August when he had slain above five thousand rebels and taken their chief Captain Robert Kett of Windam tanner The twentieth of September Edmond Bonner Bishop of London was sent from Lambeth to the Marshalsey for a Sermon which he preached at Pauls-cross on the first of December on the first of October he was deprived of his Bishoprick and sent again to the Marshalsey for disobeyding the Kings order in Religion The twentieth of November Robert Kett and VVilliam Kett his brother were d●livered out of the tower of London to Sir Edward Windam Sheriff of Norwich where Robert Kett was hanged in chains on the top of Norwich castle and William Kett hanged on the top of Windam-steeple The nineteenth of Ianuary were murdered by St. Sepulchres Church without Newgate in London two Captains that had served the King at Boloigne and elswhere the one that was murdered was Sir Peter Gambo the other Filieirga which murders were committed by Charles Gavero a Flemming who came post from Barwick to do that act the next morning he with three of his companions were taken in Smith-field and carried to Newgate and the twenty fourth of Ianuary they were all 4 hanged in Smithfield Charles Gavero Balthazar Gavero Nicholas Dissalveron and Francis Devalasco The twenty seventh of Ianuary Humphrey Arundel Esquire Thomas Holmes VVinslowe and Bury captains of the rebels in Devonshire were hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn The tenth of February one Bell was hanged and quarter'd at Tyburn for moving a new rebellion in

for which he was fined a thousand pound and a charge was voted to be brought in against him The Wel●h being up in arms to the number of eight thousand foot and four hundred horse were defeated by Colonel Horton There were several insurrections in Kent Cornwal Essex Suffolk Cambridge-shire and other places There was a sharp incounter at Maidstone betwixt the Kentish forces and those of the Parliaments the fight continued six houres at the last the town was taken and 1400 prisoners with good store of booty The Seamen revolt and refuse to serve the Earl of Warwick the Earl of Holland riseth in arms with the Lord Francis brother to the Duke of Buckingham the Lord Francis was killed about King-stone and the Earl of Holland flying to Saint Needs was taken by Col. Scroope and sent prisoner to Warwick Castle Sir Iohn Owen is taken prisoner in Wales the Kentish being scattered did put themselves in the town of Colchester which being strongly besieged by Sir Thomas Fairfax did yield upon composition Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle were there shot to death and the noble L. Capel was reserved for the scaffold where he looked death in the face with an undaunted magnanimity The marriners that revolted being discontented that prince Rupert and prince Mauris were there Admirals fell off with the greatest part of their ships and return again to the Earl of Warwick Lieutenant General Cromwel having reduced Wales and the three Captains that were the ringleaders having yielded themselves whose names were Langhorn Poyer and Powel two whereof were afterwards shot to death he marched against the Scotts in Lanchashire who allthough they were formidable in their numbers yet he discomfits them takes all their Foot Canon Armes Ammunition the Duke did render himself prisoner to the Lord Gray Sir Marmaduke Langdale and Lievtenant General Middleton were both taken prisoners Following this blow Lie Ge. Crom. advanceth into Scotland suppressed all those that did there oppose him and had the towns of Barwick and Carlile delivered to him In the mean time the Parliament recal the Votes of no addresses to the King and ordered that a personal treaty should be at Newport in the Isle of Wight but the Commissioners sent thither spent so much time before they drew towards a conclusion that they gave the Officers of the Army the oppertunity to frame a remonstrance in which it was declared that the King was the sole cause of all that bloodshed which had been in the kingdome and nothing could be more expedient then to bring him to the barr of Justice in persuance whereof some of the officers having seized upon his person did bring him over to Hurst Castle in Hampshire and from thence by degrees to Windsor and at last to Westminster In the mean time the Army having purged the House of all those Members whom they conceived to be opposite to them they did erect a High-Court of Justice Serjeant Bradshaw being chosen to be presis●dent of it On Saturday Ianuary the twentieth his Majesty was brought from the Palace of Saint Iames unto Westminster-hall where being brought up into the Court he was no sooner sate but the Lord president told him that they were assembled by the authority of the Commons of England to proceed to his tryal for betraying the trust reposed in him by the people and commanded his charge to be read which was to this effect That being admitted King of England and intrusted with a limited power to govern according to the laws for the good of the people out of a wicked design to hold up a tyrannical power to overthrow the peoples rights he the said Charles Stuart hath trayterously and malitiously leavied war against the parliament particularly on or about the 13 of Iune 1642 at Beverley and on the 24 of August at Nottingham where he set up his Standard of war and on the 23 of October at Edgehil and at many other times in other places by which cruel and unnatural war by him levied much innocent blood hath been spilt much treasure wasted and some parts of the land spoyled even to desolation by which and by granting Commissions to the prince his son it appeareth that the said Charles Stuart is the author and contriver of the said unnatural war and thereby guilty of all the murders and Treasons committed in the said war for the which he is impeached as a Tyrant Traitor and Murtherer and it was desired that he may answer the premises that such procedings and sentences may be had upon him as are agreeable to Justice Lord President Sir you heard your Charge read and it is desired that in the behalf of the Commons of England you do put in your answer to it King I would know by what power I was called hither I was not long agoe in the Isle of Wight how I came thither it is too long to relate I would know by what lawfull Authority I was brought from thence and when I know that I shall answer Remember I am your King and what sins you bring upon your heads and think well upon it I say think well upon it before you go from one sin to a greater I will not betray my trust by answering to a new and unlawfull Authority Lord Presi If you had been pleased to have observed what had been-hinted to you you would have known by what Authority it is by that Authority which Authority require you in the name of the people of England by which you are Elected King to answer them King Sir I deny that Lord Presi If you acknowledge not the Authority of the Court they must proceed King Let me know by what Authority I am called hither I stand more for the priviledge of my people then any that is seated here Lord Press The Court desires to know whether this is all you will answer King I do desire that you would give me and all the World satisfaction in this It is no slight thing you are about I am sworn to to God for the peace of my Countrey and therefore you may do well first to satisfy God and afterwards the World by what Authority you do this There is a God in Heaven that will call you and all that gives you power to account Lord Pres The Court expects your finall Answer you desire satisfaction of their A●●hority It is by Gods Authority and that 's our present worke King That Which you have said satisfies no reasonable Man Lord Pres That is in your apprehension We that are your Iudges think it reasonabl The President commanded the King to be taken who accordingly was convayed back to S. Iamses On the Munday following the Court having met in the Painted Chamber did order that the King should be suffered to argue to the Iurisdiction of the Court which if he did the President should give him to understand That the Commons in England Assembled in Parliament have Constituted this Court whose power may not nor