had raigned the terme of .viij. yeares leauing behinde him fiue sonnes Gorâ—…omannus Archigâ—…llo Elidurus Vigenius or Nigenius and Peredurus Gorbonian A righteous and religious Prince This Gorbonianus in the Englishe Chronicle is named Graubodian and was a righteous Prince in his gouernment and very deuont according to such deuotion as he had towardes the aduauncing of the religion of his Gods and thervpon he repayred all the olde Temples throughe his kingdome and erected some of newe He buylded also the townes of Cambridge and Grantham as Caxton wryteth and was beloued both of the rich and poore for he honored the rich and relieued the poore in time of their necessities In his time also was more plentie of al things necessarie for the wealthfull state of man than had beene before in any of his predecessors dayes He dyed without issue after hee had raigned by the accorde of most wryters about the terme of ten yeares There be that write that this Gorbonian built the townes of Cairgrant now called CaÌ„bridge 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉 and also Grantham but some thinke that those which haue so written are decâ—…yued in mistaking the name for that CaÌ„bridge was at the first called Granta and by that meanes it might bee that Gorbonian built onely Erantham and not CaÌ„brige namely bicause other write how that CaÌ„bridge as before â—…s said was builâ—…in the dayes of GurguÌ„tius the sonne of Beline by one Cantaber a Spaniard brother to Partholoin which Partholoin by the aduiâ—…e of the same GurguÌ„tius got sâ—…ates for himselfe and his companie in Ireland as before ye haue heard The sayd Cantaber also obteyning licence of Gurguntius â—…uylded a town vpon the side of the ryuer called Canta which he closed with walles and fortified with a strong tower or Castell and after procuring Philosophers to come hither from Athens where in his youth he had bene a student he placed them there and so euen then was that place furnished as they say with lerned men and such as were redie to instruct others in knowledge of letters Philosophicall doctrine But by whoÌ„ or in what time soeuer it was built certaine it is that there was a Citie or towne walled in that place before the coÌ„ming of the Saxons called by the Brytaynes Cairgâ—…aunt and by the Saxons Grantchester This towne â—â—ll so in ruyne by the inuasion of the Saxons that at length it was in maner left desolate and at this day remayneth as a village But neare thervnto vnder the Saxon kings another towne was buylt now called Cambridge where by the fauor of K. Sigebert Felix a Bâ—â—gunian that was Bishop of Dunwich a schoole was erected as in place coÌ„uenient it shal appeare Archigallo ARchigallo Archâ—…gallo â–ª the seconde sonne of Morindus brother vnto Gorbonianus was admitted King of Brytayn in the yeare .3686 after the buylding of the citie of Rome .470 after the deliuerance of the Israelites out of captiuitie .255 and in the first yeare of Sosthenes king of Macedonia This Archigallo in the English Chronicle called Artogaill 〈◊〉 nourish 〈◊〉 followed not the steppes of hys brother but giuing himselfe to dissention strife ymagined causes agaynst his Nobles that hee might displace them set such in their rowmthes as were men of base byrth and of euill coÌ„ditions Also he sought by vnlawfull meanes to bereaue his wealthie subiects of their goods and riches so to enrich himselfe and impouerish his people For the which his inordinate doings his Nobles coÌ„spired agaynst him and finally depriued him of all his honor kingly dignitie after he had raigned about the space of one yeare Elidure This Elidurus in the English Chronicle named Hisider or Esoder proued a most righteous Prince and doubting least he should do otherwise than became him if hee did not take care for his brother Archigallos estate A man might wonder what diligence he shewed in traueyling with the Nobles of the Realme to haue his brother restored to the Crowne againe And as it chaunced one day being abrode on hunting in the Wood called Calater neare vnto Yorke he found his brother Archigallo wandring there in the thickest of that wildernesse By this it â—…hould seeme â—…hat Alâ—…liud should not be in Scotland â—…ontrary to the Scottish Authours whom in most louing maner he secretly conueyed home to his house being as then in the Citie of Aldud otherwise called Acliud Shortly after he feyned himselfe sicke and in al hast sent Messengers about to assemble his barons who being come at the day appoynted hee called them one after another into his priuie chaÌ„ber there haÌ„dled theÌ„ in such effectuous sort with wise and discrete wordes that hee got their good willes to further him to their powers for the reducing of the kingdome eftsoones into the handes of his brother Archigallo And after this he assembled a counsel at York where he so vsed the matter with the commons that in conclusion when the sayd Elidurus had gouerned the land well and honourably the space of three yeres he resigned wholy his Crowne and kingly title vnto his said brother Archigallo who was receyued of the Brytaynes againe as King by mediation of his brother in maner as afore is sayde An example of brotherly loue A rare example of brotherly loue if a man shall reuolue in his mind what an inordinate desire remayneth amongest mortall men to atteyne to the supreeme soueraintie of ruling and to keepe the same when they once haue it in possession For this greate good will and brotherly loue by hym shewed thus towards his brother he was surnamed the godly or vertuous Archigallo againe WHen Archigallo was thus restored to the kingdome and hauing learned by due correction that he must turne the leafe and take out a new lesson by chaÌ„ging his former trade of liuing into better if he would raigne in surtie he became a new man vsing himselfe vprightly in the administration of iustice behauing himselfe so worthily in all his doings both towards the Nobles and commons of his realme that he was both beloued and dread of all his subiects And so continuing the whole terme of his life finally departed this worlde now after he had raigned this second time the space of tenne yeares and was buryed at Yorke Elidure againe ELidurus brother to this Archigallo Mat. VVest was then again admitted king by consent of al the Britaynes .3700 of the worlde But his two yonger brethren Vigenius and Peredurus Brother agaynst brother enuying the happie state of this worthie Prince so highly for his vertue and good gouernaunce esteemed of the Brytaynes of a grounded malice conspired agaynst him and assembling an armie leuied war agaynst him and in a pight field tooke him prisoner and put him in the Tower of London Elidure committed to prison there to be kept safely as a prisoner after he had raigned now this last time the space of one yeare Vigenius and
twentith yeare after his comming into this land he obteyned the title of the West partes thereof and gouerned there as King so that the Kingdome of West Saxons began vnder the sayde 〈…〉 icus in the .519 519 of Christ as 〈…〉 shall be shewed Thus may yee see that if Aurelius Ambrosius did succeede after Vortigerne and raigned in the tyme supposed by the Brittish histories 〈◊〉 before is alledged the lande euen in his dayes was full of trouble and the olde inhabitauntes the Britaynes sore vexed by the Saxons that 〈…〉 ed the same so that the Britaynes dayly were hampered and brought vndersubiection to the valiante Saxons or else driuen to remoue further off and to giue place to the victorers But nowe to proceede with the succession of the Brittishe Kings as in their Histories wee fynde them registred whiche I delyuer suche as I fynde but not suche as I do wishe being written with no suche couloure of credite as we may safely put foorthe the same for an vndoubted truth Vter Pendragon AFter that Aurelius Ambrosius was dead his brother Vter Pendragon whome Harrison calleth Math. West noteth Aurelius Vterius Ambrosianus was made King in the yeare of our Lorde 500 500. in the seuenth yeare of the Emperour Anastasius and in the sixteene yeare of Clodoueus King of the Frenchmen The cause why hee was surnamed Pendragon was for that Merlyne the greate Prophete likened him to a Dragons head that at the tyme of his natiuitie maruellously appeared in the firmamente at the corner of a blasing Starre as is reported But Harrison supposeth that hee was so called of his wisedome and serpeÌ„tine subtiltie or for that he gaue the Dragons head in his Banner About the same time Vter departed out of this life saith Polydore so that his accompte agreeth nothing with the coÌ„mon accompte of those authors whom FabiaÌ„ and other haue folowed For either must we presuppose that Vter reigned before the time apointed to him by the said authors either else that the siege of Badon hill was before he began to reigne as it should seeme in deede by that which Wil. Malmsbury writeth therof as hereafter shal be also shewed Finally according to the agreemente of the Englishe writers Vter Pendragon died of poyson when he had gouerned this land by the ful terme of .16 yeres The deceasse of Vter Pendragon Stonchenge chorea gigantn was after buried dy his brother Aurelius at StonheÌ„g otherwyse called Chorea GigantuÌ„ leauing his son Arthur to succede him Here must ye not that the scottish chronicles declare that in al the warres for the more parte wherein the Britons obteyned victorie against the Saxons the Scots ayded them in the same warres and so likewyse did the Picts but the same chronicles do not only varie from the Brytish writers in accompt of yeres but also in the order of things done as in the same Chronicles more playnly may appere and namely in the discourse of the incideÌ„ts which chanced during the reign of this Vter For wher as the British histories as ye haue heard attribute great praise vnto the same Vter for his victories atchieued against the Saxons and theyr king Occa whom he slew in battaile and obteined a greate victorie the Scottishe writers make other report affirming in deed that by the preseÌ„ce of bishop Germane hee obteyned victorie in one battaile against them but shortly after the Britons fought again with the Saxons were discomfited although Occa in following the chase ouer rashly chaunced to be slaine after whose deceasse the Saxons ordeyned his sonnâ—… named also Occa to succeede in his place who to make himselfe strong against all his enimies sent into Germanie for one Colgerne the whiche with a greate power of Tentshmen came ouer into this our Britayne and conquered by Oâ—…s appointment the countrey of Northumberland situate betwene Tyne Tweede as in the Scottish chronicles it may further appeare Also this is to be remembred that the victorie which was got against the Saxons by the Brytons at what time Germane bishop of Aurerre was presente Hector Boetius affirmeth by the authoritie of Veremond that wrote y e Scottishe chronicles to haue chanced the secoÌ„d time of his coÌ„ming ouer into this lande where Beda anoncheth it to be at his first bring here Againe the same Boetius writeth that y e same victory chaÌ„ced in the dayes of Vter Pendragon whiche can not be if it be true that Beda writeth touchyng the tyme of y e death of y e sayd German for where he departed this life before the yere of oure Lorde 459. as aboue is noted Vter Pendragon began not his reigne till the yere of our Lord .500 475. sayth â—â— arison or as the same Hector Boetius hath .503 so that bishop Germane was dead long before that Vter began to reign In deede some writers haue noted that the third bataile which Vortimer sought against the Saxons was the same wherin S. Germane was present and procured the victorie with the crie of Alleluya as before ye haue heard whiche seemeth to be more agreeable to a truthe and to stand also with that which holie Bede hath writen touching the time of the beeing heere of the sayd German than the opinion of other whiche affirme that it was in the tyme of the reigne of Vter The like is to bee founde in the residue of Hector Boetius his booke touching the tyme specially of the reignes of the Brytish kings that gouerned Brytaine aboute that season For as he affirmeth Aurelius Ambrosius beganne his reigne in the yeare of our Lorde .498 and ruled but seuen yeres and then suceeded Vter whiche reigned .xviij. yeres and departed this life in the yeare of our Lorde .521 BVt here is to be remeÌ„bred that whatsoeuer the British writers haue recorded touching the victories of this Vter had against y e Saxos and how that Osca the sonne of Hengist should be slaine in battayle by him and his power In those olde writers whiche haue registred the Acts of the Englishe saxon kyngs wee fynde no suche matter but wee fynde that after the deceasse of Hengist hys sonne Osca or Occa reygned in Kente .24 yeares Osca 34. hath Henry Hnnt. in corrupted copies defendyng hys kyngdome onely and not seekyng to enlarge it as before is touched After whose death his sonne Oth and Irâ—…rike sonne to the same Oth succeeded more resemblyng their father than their grandfather or greate grandfather To their reignes are assigned fiftie and three yeares by the Chronicles but whether they reigned ioyntely together or seuerally a parte eyther after other it is not certaynly perceyued King Nazaleod perceiuing that the wing which Certicus ledde was of more strength than the other whiche Kenrike gouerned he set fyrst vpon Certicus thinking that if he might distresse that part of the enimies armie he should easily ouercome the other Mat. VVest Hen. Hunt Stuff and VVightgar Math. VVest noteth the yere of
that the sayde Cheldrike made prouision of menne and shippes Matâ—… VVest hath but 〈◊〉 hundred and came hymselfe ouer iâ—…to Scotlande hauing in his company .xv. hundred sayles of one and other When Arthur was aduertised thereof he reysed his siege and withdrewe to London sending letters with all speede vnto Howell king of little Britayne in Fraunce that was his sisters sonne requiring hym in moste earnest wyse of ayde Hovvell 〈◊〉 of Britayn â—…meth ouer a ayde of 〈◊〉 Howell incontinentely assembled hys people to the number of xv thousande men and taking the sea landed with them at Southampton where Arthure was ready to receyue hym with great ioye and gladnesse From thence they drewe Northewardes where both the hostes of Arthur and Howell beeing assembled together marched forewarde to Lyncolne whiche Citie Cheldrike did as then besiege Heerevpon the Brytons takyng good host ages for assuraunce permitted the Saxons to go their ways and so Cheldrike and his people got them to theyr shippes in purpose to returne into their countrey but being on the sea they were forted by wynde to chaunge theyr course and comming on the coastes of the Weast partes of Britayne they arriued at Totnesse and contrarye to the couenaunted articles of theyr laste composition wyth Arthure inuade the countrey of newe and taking such armure as they could fynde marched foorth in robbing and spoyling the people til they came to Bathe which towne the Brytons kepte and defended agaynst them not suffryng them by any meanes to enter there Bathe besieged wherevppon the Saxons enuironed it with a strong siege There were slayne both Colgrime and Bladulff howbeit Cheldrike himselfe fled out of the fielde towardes his shippes but beeing pursued by Cador Earle of Cornewall that had with him .x. Cheldrik slayne by Cador duke of Cornvvall thousande men by Arthures appoyntement he was ouertaken and in fight slayn with all his people Arthur himselfe retourned from this battayle foughten at Bathe with all speede towardes the marches of Scotlande for that he hadde receyued aduertisement K. Hovvell besieged by the Scottes howe the Scottes had besieged Howell kyng of Brytayne there as hee laye sicke Also when Cador had accomplished his enterpryse and slayne Chelderike hee retourned with as muche speede as was possible towardes Arthure and founde him in Scotlande where he reskued Howell and afterwarde pursued the Scottes which fled before him by heapes Guillomer About the same tyme one Guillomer king of Ireland arriued in Scotlande with a myghtie power of Irishmen neare to the place where Arthur lodged to healpe the Scottes agaynste the Britons whervpon Arthur turning his forces towardes the same Guillomer vanquished him and chased him into Irelande This don he coÌ„tinued in pursute of the Scots til he caused theÌ„ to sue for pardon and to submit themselues wholly to him and so receiuing them to mercie and taking homage of them hee returned to Yorke Guenever and shortly after tooke to wyfe one Guenhera a right beautifull Lady that was neere kinswoman to Cador Erle of Cornwall In the yeare folowing VVil. Harrison noteth it to be which Harison noteth to be 525. he went into Irelande and discomfiting king Guillomere in battayle 525. hee constrayned him to yelde and to acknowledge by doing his fealtie to holde the realme of Ireland of him It is further remembred in those Britishe histories Gothlandâ—… that hee subdued Gutlande and Iseland with all the Isles in and about those seas Also that hee ouercame the Romaines in the countrey aboute Parys wyth theyr capitayne Lucius and wasted the moste parte of all Fraunce and slewe in syngular combates certayne Gyauntes that were of passyng force and hugenesse of stature And if he had not bene reuoked home to resist his cousin Mordred that was son to Loth king of Pightlande that rebelled in his countrey he had passed to Rome intending to make himselfe Emperour and afterwarde to vanquishe the other Emperoure that then ruled the Empire but for so muche as there is not anye approued authour dothe speake of any suche doings the Britons are thoughte to haue registred mere fables in stede of true matter vpon a vayne desire to aduaunce more than reason woulde thys Arthur theyr noble champion as the Frenchemen haue doone by their Roulande and others But to proceede At his returne into Britayne he foundâ—… that Mordred had caused himselfe to be made kyng Rather Cerdick as Io. Leland thinketh and hauing alyed himself with Cheldrike a Saxon not hym whome Galfride as yee haue heard supposeth to haue ben slaine before was readie to resist his landing so that before he could come a lande he lost many of his men but yet at lengthe hee repulsed the enimies and so tooke lande at Sandwiche where he fyrste arriued and then ioyning in battayle wyth his enimies discomfited them but not without great losse of his people specially hee sore lamented the death of Gawayn the brother of Mordred whyche lyke a faythfull gentleman regarding more his honour and loyall truthe than nearenesse of bloud and cousinage chose rather to fight in the quarell of his liege king and louing maister than to take parte with his naturall brother in an vniust cause and so there in the battaile was slayn together also with Angussell to whome Arthur afore tyme had committed the gouernemente of Scotland Mordred fled from this battayle and getting shippes sayled Westwarde and fynally landed in Cornewall King Arthur caused the corps of Gawayâ—… to be buryed at Douer Gawaâ—â—ed at 〈◊〉 as some holde opinion But Willyam Malmesburie supposeth he was buryed in Wales as after shall be shewed The dead bodie of Anguyssell was conueyed into Scotlande and was there buryed After that Arthur hadde put his enimies to flight and had knowledge into what part Mordred was withdrawne wyth all speede he reinforced his armie with newe supplyes of souldiours called out of diuers parties and with hys whole puissaunce hasted forwarde not resting tyll hee came neere to the place where Mordred was encamped wyth suche an Aâ—…iye as hee coulde assemble togither oute of all such parties where he had any frendes Here as it appeareth by Iohn Leylande in his booke entitled The Assertion of Arthure it may be doubted in what place Mordred was encamped but Geffrey of Monmouthe sheweth that after Arthure hadde discomfyted Mordred in Kent at the firste landyng it chaunced so that Mordred escaped and fledde to Wynchester whyther Arthure followed hym and there gyuyng hym battayle the seconde tyme didde also put hym to flyght And following him from thence foughte eftesoones wyth hym at a place called Camblan or Kemelene in Cornewall or as some Authours haue neere vnto Glastenbury 〈…〉 the middle thighe of a ryghte tall manite 〈◊〉 Monke of that 〈◊〉 hath 〈◊〉 whyche did lyue in those dayes and 〈◊〉 it But Girâ—◠〈…〉 whyche also lyued in 〈◊〉 dayes and spake with the â—â—ot of the place by whome the 〈◊〉 of thys
purpose indeede was not to haue poysoned the King but onely the yong Gentleman the which drinking after the King died also the poyson was so strong and vehement A 〈◊〉 of the kings of the West Saxons agaynst their wiues For hir heynous cryme it is sayde that the Kings of West Saxons woulde not suffer their wyues to be called Queenes nor permitte them to sit with them in open places where their Maiestie shoulde bee shewed of manye yeares after Ethelburga fearing punishment fledde into Fraunce with greate ryches and treasure and was wel cherished in the Court of King Charles at the first but after she was thrust into an Abbey and demeaned hirself so lewdly there The ende of Ethelburga Simon Dan. in keeping companie with one of hir owne Countrey men that shee was banished the house and after died in great miserie Egbert king of Mercia departing this lyfe after he had raigned foure Monethes VVil. Mal. Kenulf ordeyned his cousin Kenulfe to succeede in his place which Kenulfe was come of the lyne of Penda king of Mercia as rightly decended from hys brother Kenwalke This Kenulfe for his noble courage wisedome and vpryght dealing was worthie to be coÌ„pared with the best Princes that haue raigned His vertues passed hys fame nothing hee dyd that enuye coulde with iuste cause reproue At home hee shewed hymselfe godlye and â—â—ligious in warre hee became victorious The Archbishops sea restored to Canterburie hee restored the Archbishoppes Sea agayne to Canterburie wherein hys humblenesse was to be praysed that made no accounte of any worldly honour in hys Prouince so that the order of the auncient Canons might be obserued Hee had warres left him as it were by succession from his Predecessour Offa agaynste them of Kent and therevppon entering that Countrey wyth a mightie armie wasted and spoyled the same and encountering in battayle wyth King Edbert or Ethelbert otherwise called also Preâ—… The king of Kent takeâ—… prisoner ouerthrewe his armie and tooke him prysoner in the fielde but afterwardes he released him to his great prayse and commendation For where as hee buylded a Churche at Winchcombe vpon the day of the dedication thereof hee ledde the Kentishe King as then hys prysoner vp to the highe Aulter and there sette him at libertye declaring thereby a greate proufe of hys good nature There was present at that sight Cuthred whoÌ„ he had made king of Kent in place of Ethelbert or Edbert with .xiij. Bishoppes and ten Dukes The noyse that was made of the people in reioysing at the kings bounteous liberalitie was merueylous For not only he thus restored y e Kentish King to libertie Kenulfes liberality-towards Churchmen which was not forgotten by them in their histories but also he bestowed greate rewards vpon all the Prelates and noble men that were come to the feast euery Priest had a peece of golde and euery monke a shilling Also hee gaue away great giftes amongst the people and founded in that place an Abbey endowing the same with great possessions Finally after he had raigned .24 yeares he departed this life and appoynted his buriall to be in y e same Abbey of Winchcome leauing behind him a son named Kenelme who succeeded his father in the Kingdome but was soone murthered by hys vnnaturall sister Quenbred the seuenteenth of Iuly as hereafter shall be shewed After that Alrike the last of K. Witchtredes sonnes which raigned in Kent successiuely after their father was dead the noble ofspring of the kings there sore decayed and begaÌ„ to fade away so y t euery one which eyther by flattering had gote riches togither or by seditious pertaking was had in estimation sought to haue the gouernmeÌ„t and to vsurp y e title of King abusing by vnworthy meanes the honor and dignitie of so high an office Amongst other Edbrigâ—â— one Edbert or Edelberte surnamed also Prenne gouerned the Kentishmen for the space of two yeres was in the ende vanquished by them of Mercia and taken prisoner as before is said so that for a time he liued in captiuitie although afterwardes he was set at libertie yet was he not receyued againe to the Kyngdome so that it is vncertaine what end he made Cuthred that was appointed by Kinevulfe y e K. of Mercia to raigne in place of the saide Edberte or Edelbert continued in the gouernement eyght yeres as king rather by name than by acte inheriting his predecessors euill happe and calamitie through factions and ciuill discord After that Iambrith or Lambert the Archbishop of Canterburie was departed this life Lambert one Edelred was ordeined in his place vnto whome the primacie was restored which in his predecessors time was taken away by Offa K. of Mercia as before is recited Also after y e deathe of Eubalde Archbishop of Yorke another of the same name called Eubald the second was admitted to succeede in that see After that Brightrike y e K. of West Saxons was departed this life messengers were sent with all speede into Fraunce to giue knowledge thereof vnto Egberte which as before is shewed was constreined by the saide Brightrike to departe the countrey At the first he withdrew vnto Offa K. of Mercia with whom hee remained for a tyme til at length through suite made by Brightrike he perceiued hee mighte not longer continue there withoute danger to be deliuered into his enimies hands and so Offa winking at the matter he departed out of his countrey and gote him ouer into Fraunce but being now aduertised of Brightrikes death and required by earnest letters sente from his friends to come and receiue the gouernment of the Kingdome he returned with al conuenient speede into his countrey and was receyued immediately for King Egbert receyued King of West Saxons His lignage by the generall consent of the West Saxons as well in respect of y e good hope which they had conceiued of his worthy qualities and aptnesse to haue gouernement as of his royall lignage beeing lineally discended from Inegild the brother of K. Inas as sonne to Alkemounde that was the sonne of one Eaffa which Eaffa was sonne to Ope the sonne of the foresayd Inegild THis Egbert began his raigne in the yeare of our Lord 8â—… Egbert 802. as Simon Dunel and M. W. hath 〈◊〉 but 801. as William Harrison 〈◊〉 it our of Mal. whiche was the fourth yeare almost ended after that the Emperour Eirine began the seconde time to rule the Empire and in the â—…4 yere of the raigne of Charles the great K. of France whiche also was in the same yere after he was made Emperour of the West and about the second yere of Conwall King of Scottes VVil. Mal. After that Cuthred K. of Kent had raigned .8 yeres as before is mentioned he was constreyned to giue place vnto one Baldred that tooke vppon him the gouernment and raigned the space of .18 yeres without any greate authoritie for his subiects regarded him but
were vsed in those dayes he was highly rewarded at the kings handes and euer after named Skrimgeour Skrimgeour that is to meane an hardie fighter He had also his armes encreased with a rampaunt Lion holding a crooked sword as is to be seene in the armes of his posteritie vnto this day Other there be that say he got the surname of Skrimgeour bycause he slue an English man in a singular combate The principall of this surname in our time helde the Constableship of Dundee bearing in hys armes a crooked Sworde in fashion of an hooke After that king Alexander had appeased the intestine commotions thus within his Realme The Abbey of Scone he set in hande to repayre the Abbey of Scone wherein he placed regular Chanons dedicating the Church in the honour of the Trinitie and Saint Michael Not long after this also he chaunced to come into Saint Colmes Inche Saint Colmes ynche where he was constrayned to abide three dayes togither through violent rage of weather and tempestes and bycause he founde some reliefe of meate and drinke by meanes of an hermit that dwelled within the same Inche and kept a Chappell there dedicate to Saint Colme he made of that Chappell an Abbey of regular Chanons The Abbey of Saint Colm◅ ynch builded in the honor of saint Colme endowing it with sundrie landes and tents for the maintenance of the Abbot and conuent of that house He also gaue vnto the Church of Saint Androwes the landes called the Boarrinke Landes named the Boarrink so named for that a great Boare was slain vpon the sayde grounde that had done much hurt in the Countrey thereabout Boare tuskes The tuskes of this Boare doe hang in Chaynes vppon the stalles of the Quier in Saint Androwes Church afore the high aulter and are a .xvj. ynches in length and foure ynches in thicknesse Moreouer the Abbey of Dunfirmling was finished by king Alexāder The Abbey of Dunfirmling and endowed with sundrie landes and possessions Whilest king Alexander was thus occupied in buylding and repayring of religious houses Dauid brother to king Alexander his brother Dauid liued in Englande with hys sister Queene Maulde and through fauor which the king hir husbande bare towardes him he obteyned in maryage one Maulde Woldosius Earle of Northumberland Huntingtō daughter vnto Woldosius or rather Waltheof Earle of Huntington and Northumberland begot of his wife the ladie Iudith that was neece vnto king William y e Conquerour for y t the sayd Woldosius or Waltheof had no other issue to inherite his lands Dauid in right of his wife Mauld enioyed the same The landes of Huntington and Northumberland annexed to the crowne of Scotland and was made Earle of Huntington Northumberland had issue by his wife a sonne named Henrie by whom the lands of Huntington some part of Northūberland were annexed vnto the crown of Scotlād as after shal appeare Mauld the daughter of king Henrie Beauclerke was maried vnto Henrie the Emperor the fourth of that name William Richard Eufeme the residue of y e issue which the same Henry had by his wife surnamed for hir singular bounteousnesse the good Queene Matilde in comming forth of France to repasse into England perished in the sea by a tempest to the great dolour of the king their father and to all other his subiects of eche estate and degree The death of king Alexander Their mother the sayde Maulde was before that time departed out of this life It was not long after but that Alexander deceassed also and was buryed in Dunfermling bysydes hys fathers sepulture in the .xvij. yeare of his raigne complete and from the incarnation of Christ 1125. 1124. H.B. yeares In the dayes of this king Alexander the kynred of the Cummings The beginning of the Cummings had their beginning by one Iohn Cumming a man of great prowes and valiancie obteyning of the king in respect thereof certaine small portions of landes in Scotlande The house of these Cummings rose in proces of time thus from a small beginning to highe honour and puissance by reason of the great possessions and ample reuenues which they afterwardes atteyned At length as often happeneth the importable height of this lynage was the onely cause of the decay and finall ruine thereof as in the sequell of this Hystorie ye may at full perceyue Knightes of the Rodes Also in the dayes of king Alexander the order of knights of the Rodes had their beginning and likewise the order of white Monkes White Monks the authour whereof was one Nodobert Richard de sancto Victore About the same time liued that holye man Richard de Sancto Victore a Scottish man borne but dwelling for the more part of his time at Paris in Fraunce where he dyed and was buryed within the Cloyster of the Abbey of Saint Victor being a brother of the same house This Dauid according to the ensample of his noble Parents set his whole care about the due ministring of Iustice to the honour of almightie God and the weale of his realme He had no trouble by warres with any forraine enimies so long as king Henrie Beauclerke liued Therefore hauing oportunitie of such a quiet time he rode about all the parties of his realme and vsed to sit in hearing of iudgement himselfe specially cōcerning poore mens causes and matters The care of king Dauid for the poore but the controuersies of the Lordes and barrons he referred to the hearing of other Iudges If he vnderstoode that any man were endomaged by any wrongful iudgement he recōpensed the partie wronged A rightuous iudge according to the value of his losse hinderance with the goods of the iudge that pronounced the iudgement Thus in the first yeares of his raigne hee did many things to the aduauncement of the common welth Banketting cheare banished and banished such banketting cheare as was vsed amongst his people after the ensample of the Englishe men perceyuing the same to breede a great weakning and decay of the auncient stoutnesse of stomacke that was wont to remaine in the Scottish nation He buylded the number of .xv. Abbeyes King Dauid built .xv. Abbeyes part of them in the beginning of his raigne before the warres were begon which he had with the Englishe men and part after the same warres were ended The names of those Abbeyes are as followeth Holy Roode house Kelso Iedburgh The names of the Abbeys buylded by king Dauid Melrosse Newbottell Holmecultrane Dundranane Cambuskenneth Kynlois Dunfirmling Holme in Cumberland also two Nunries the one at Carleil the other at north Barwike with two Abbays beside Newcastel y e one of S. Benedicts order and the other of white Monks He erected also foure Bishoprikes within his Realme Rosse Brechin Dunkeld Foure Bishops seas erected in Scotland and Dublane endowing them with riche rentes fayre landes and sundrie
English wings sore annoyed the Scottes till finally Edwarde Bruce came on theyr backes with a thousande Speares and brake them asunder in suche wise that they did but little more hurt that day Thirtie thousand English horsemen ouerthrowne in trenches Albeit incontinently herewith a battaile of horsemen to the number of .xxx. thousande came rushing togither all at once in shocke to haue borne downe and ouerridden the Scots but being so in their ful race gallopping with most violence towards thē they tumbled into the fosses pittes before mentioned in such wise one vpon an other that the most part of thē were slain without all recouerie Neuerthelesse the Scots in maner oppressed through the huge multitude of the enimies were neare at the point to haue bin vanquished But herevpon those that were appointed to attend the cariage as carters wainmen lackeys the women beholding in what daūger their maisters friends countrymen stood put an shirtes smockes and other white lynens aloft vpon their vsuall garments and herewith binding towels napkins to their speares and to other such slaues as they got in theyr handes placed themselues as wel as they might in array of battail and so making a great muster shew of new came downe the hill syde in the face of their enimies with such a terrible noyse hideous clamor that the English men fighting as then with most fury against the Scots with vncertaine victorie and beholding this new reenforce comming down the hill on their faces supposing verily it had bene some new armie their hearts began to faint The English mens hearts begin to faint the more in deede for that they saw themselues vneth able to sustain the violent encounter of the Scots thē present The English men put to flight And herevpon they began to turne their backs and fell to running away as people clearly vanquished on whom the Scottes folowed with insatiable yre slue thē downe on all sides where they might ouertake thē Sir Iames Dowglas with .iiij. C. chosen horsmen was cōmaunded by king Robert to pursue the king of England with all speede to trie if he might ouertake him The Dowglas according to his charge followed him in chase vnto Dunbar casting betwixt that and the borders lay in awayt to haue taken him if he had returned by land King Edwards escapeth but hee being receyued into the Castell of Dunbar by Patrike Dunbar Erle of March with .xv. Erles in his companie was by the same Earle of Marche conueyed into certaine vessels lying there at anker with the which he passed alongst by the shore into England The vnsicker state of worldly puissance to shew an example of the vnsicker state and glorie of princes for though thys Edwarde was that daye in the morning right proude of the great puissance and number of people which he had about him not vnlike somtime to the great armie of king Xerxes yet he was cōstrayned before the Euening of the same day to saue his life in a poore fishers boate In this battail were slain .l. M. Englishmen as the Scottish writers affyrme amongst whō was the Erle of Gloucester with .ii. C. knightes On the Scottish part were slaine about foure thousand amongst other two valiant knights The number of Scottes slaine sir William Wepount and sir Walter Ros. The spoyle was so great of golde siluer and other iewels gotten in the field that the whole number of the Scottishe arme was made riche thereby and besyde thys they got lyttle lesse money and ryches by raunsoming of prisoners taken at this battaile than of spoyle gotten in the fight campe and field But the death of sir Giles Argentine that dyed amongst other in this mortall battaile was so displeasant to king Robert Sir Gyles Argentyne slain for the familiaritie which he had sometymes with him in England that he reioyced little of all the gaine got by so famous a victorie He caused his bodie to be buryed right honourably in Saint Patrikes Church besyde Edenbourgh The Queene king Roberts wife restored to hir husbād The Queene king Roberts wife who had bene kept in captiuitie the space of .viij. yeares in Englande was now deliuered by exchaunge for one of the nobles of Englande which was taken at this battaile The rich clothes of Silkes Veluet and gold which were founde in the English campe were distributed to the Abbayes and Monasteries of the realme to make therof vestments copes and frountalles for aulters The Carmelite Frier of whom ye heard before brought thither by king Edward to describe the victorie of the Englishmen was taken prisoner amongest other and commaunded by King Robert to write contrarily the victorie of the Scots according as he had seene who therevpon made certaine rude verses begynning thus Verses made by Robert 〈◊〉 on the Carmelite De planctu cudo metrum cum carmine nudo Risum retrudo dum tali themate ludo Which may be englished thus VVith barraine verse this rime I make Bewayling whilst such theme I take There be some that haue iudged howe thys victory was attayned by the singular fauor of almightie God by reason of myracles whiche they rehearse to happen at the same time The night before the day of the battaile there came to the Abbay of Glastenburie two men in complete armour desiring to lodge there for the night The Abbot keeping an house of great hospitalitie receyued them right gladly and making them good cheare Miracles if ye left to beleue them demaunded what they were whither they wer going who answered that they were the seruants of God and going to helpe the Scottes at Bannockesborne On the morrow the chamberlain found them departed before any of the gates were opened and the beddes fayre made and not styrred otherwise than as they left them ouer night The same day that the battail was foughten a knight clad in fayre bright armour declared to the people at Aberdene how the Scots had gotten a famous victorie against the English men and was sene shortly after to passe ouer Pictland Fyrth on horsebacke It was supposed by the people that this was S. Magnus somtime prince of Orkney and for that cause K. Robert endowed y e church of Orkney w t .v. lb sterling of y e customs of Aberdene to furnish the same church with bread wine wax Many noble men for their approued manhood shewed in this conflict were highly rewarded at the handes of king Robert One Robert Flemeyn Robert Flemeyn rewarded for his faythful seruice by whose meanes he reuenged the treason wrought agaynst him by Iohn Cumyn with slaughter of the same Iohn had the lands of Cumnernald giuen him whiche were of the inheritāce belonging to y e said Cumin It is reported by writers that two knights of Brabant that serued amongst the English men chaunced to heare many reprochfull wordes spoken in the Englishe campe against king Robert who being somewhat moued
Realmes of Scotland and Fraunce and also to get some power of Scottes to passe into Fraunce to support the sayd Charles against the Englishmen whiche as then sore inuaded his Realme Wherevpon shortly after by decree of councell it was ordeyned An army of Scottes sent into Fraunce that Iohn Stewarde Earle of Buchquhane second sonne to Duke Robert and Archimbald Dowglas Earle of Wigton should passe into Fraunce with .vij. thousande armed men The King of Englande enformed heereof to cause the Scottes to keepe their menne at home The King of England menaceth the Scottes menaced to inuade Scotland with a puissant army and that in all hast Whiche rumor beeyng spred ouer all the boundes of his Realme caused the Scottes for doubt thereof to lie all the nexte sommer on the bordures but in the meane tyme King Henry passed ouer into Normandy to pursue his Warres agaynste Fraunce with all diligence At length through procurement of the Duke of Burgoine vnder certayne conditions and couenauntes of agreemente The King of Englande marieth the daughter of Fraunce King Henry tooke to Wife the Lady Katherine daughter to the French King And amongst other Articles of the same agreement it was concluded The articles of agreement that after the decesse of Charles the Frenche King the Crowne of Fraunce should immediately descend vnto King Henry as lawfull inheritour to that Realme withoute all contradiction by reason whereof Charles the Dolphine and sonne to the sayde King Charles was cleerely excluded from all clayme to the same but this notwithstandyng The Dolphin of Fraunce maynteyneth the warre against the Englishmen the Dolphine did not only refuse to surrender hys title but also soughte to mainteyne the warre againste King Henry as his aduersarie and open enimie to the Realme In the meane while also the Earles of Buchquhan and Wigton with Alexander Lindsay brother to the Earle of Crawford and Thomas Swyntoun Knightes Scottish souldiours arriued in Fraunce accompanyed with seuen thousand well armed men arriued in Fraunce to the greate reioycing of the Dolphine as hee well declared in the thankfull receyuing and most hartie welcomming of them Finally Chatelon in Touraine deliuered to the Scottishmen the towne Castell of Chatelone in Tourayne was deliuered to them that they might haue a place at all times to resorte vnto at their owne will and pleasure Shortly after The battell of Bauge The Duke of Clarēce slaine they were employed in seruice at the battell of Bauge soughte on Easter euen where y e Duke of Clarence brother to the King of Englāde the Earle of Riddisdale otherwise called the Earle of Angus the Lord Rosse y e Lorde Gray diuers other great Barons were slayne beside other of the meaner sort in all to the number of sixteene hundred Prisoners taken There wer also a great company of prisoners taken at the same iourney amongst whome as principall were these the Earle of Huntington and the Earle of Sommerset with his brother both of them being breethren to the Lady Iane that was after married to King Iames the first Kyng of Scotlande For the high valiauncie of the Scottishmen shewed in this battel the Dolphin created the Earle of Buchquhan high Cōnestable of Fraunce The Earle of Buchquhane is created Connestable of Fraunce gaue him sundry townes Castels and Lands therwith the better to maintayne his estate The King of Englande sore moued for the death of his brother came ouer with all speede into France with a mighty host and had with him Iames the Scottishe King The King of England taketh the Prince of Scotland ouer with him into Fraunce or rather Prince of Scotland for all this while the Scottes reputed him not as King for y t he was not as yet crowned nor set at libertie out of the Englishmens hands into the which as before ye haue hearde he chaunced to fall by his fathers life time The cause why King Henry did take thys Iames ouer with him at y e present into Fraunce was for that he hoped by his meanes to procure all the Sccottishmen that were in seruice with the Dolphin to forsake him and to returne home into their owne countrey but when he had broken thys matter vnto the saide Iames and promised that if he could bring it to passe he woulde not only remitte his raunsome but also send hym into Scotlande highly rewarded with greate riches The answere of Iames the king or rather prince of Scotlande Iames aunswered herevnto that hee maruelled much why he did not consider how he had no auctoritie ouer the Scottes so long as he was holden in captiuitie and as yet had not receyued the Crowne but sayeth he if it were so that I might be set at libertie had receyued y e Crowne according to the accustomed manner togyther with the othes and homages of my subiectes I could thē in thys matter do as should be thought to stande with reason but in the meane time I shall desire your grace to holde mee excused and not to will mee to doe that whiche I may in no wise performe King Henry toke it for a sufficient aunswere King Henry maruelling at the high wisedome which appeared to be planted in the head of that yong Prince left off to trauell with hym any further in this matter In the meane time the warres continuing betwixte the King of Englande and the Dolphin of Fraunce many townes were besieged wonne and sacked and sundry light bickerings and skirmishes chanced betwixte the parties as occasion serued The crewell dealing of the Englishmen towardes the Scottes But the Englishmen shewed themselues to beare suche hatred towarde the Scottes that so many as fell into their handes neuer needed to strayne their friendes for their raunsomes which crueltie they put not in practise against their enimies being of any other nation At length The death of Henry King of Englande King Henry fell into a greeuous disease whiche in shorte time made an ende of hys lyfe notwithstandyng all the helpe that eyther by Phisicke or otherwayes myght be ministred vnto him The same yeere 1422 The death of Charles the French King that is to witte .1422 the French King Charles the syxt of that name deceassed after whome succeeded his sonne Charles the seuenth before named the Dolphin as the custome there is By the death of these Kings the warres were not altogither so earnestly followed as before wherevppon the Earles of Buchquhane and Wigtoun returned into Scotlande and shortly after was an army leuyed and siege layde both to Roxburgh and to Barwike Roxburgh and Barwike beseeged but for that they lay long abroade and did no good returnyng home withoute gayne this iourney in derision was called the durty rode The Dyrtin rayde or as the Scots terme it the dirtin rayde But now to speake somewhat concerning the order of the common wealth in Scotlande yee shall vnderstande that after
Edvvine promiseth ayde too the Pictes agaynste the Scottes 171. 75 Edvvine King of NorthumberlaÌ„d slaine 146.55 Edvvine made King of Northumberland 143.74 Edvvine pretendeth causes that hee can not ayde the Pictes 171. 95 Eganus murthereth his brother Dorstologus 168.47 Eganus created king of Pictes 168. 50 Eganus maryeth his brothers vvidovv 168.54 Eganus strangled in his bed by his vvife 168.70 Egelred king of England 226.93 Egelred chased by the Danes into Northumberland 228.44 Egelred hauing gotten ayde of the Scottes agaynst the Danes ioyneth bataytle vvith them 228. 67 Egeldred and his army discomfited by the Danes 228.72 Egeldred escapeth into Normandie 229.3 Egeldred maryeth Emme daughter to Richarde Duke of Normandie 229.6 Egelred slaine by Canute 241.26 Egelvvin or VVilliam Bishop of Durham 257.99 Egfred King of Northumberland 150. 37 Egfred breaketh the truce betvveene him and Eugenius 150. 56 Egfred denounceth open vvarre agaynst Eugenius 150.68 Egfred slaine 151.48 Egfred slaine by Pictes and not by Scottes as Beda vvryteth 151. 10â—… Egypt plagued 1.47 Elanius or Esdadus King of Brytaine 10.94 Element appeareth full of starres tvvo vvhole dayes togither 135. 4â—… Elgarine resigneth the Fortes iâ—… Northumberland vnto the Danes 240. â—…3 Elgerine taken and dravvne in peeces vvith vvilde horses 205. 4â—… Elizabeth Queene mother to Dauid Bruce Prince of Scotlande dyeth 228.5 Eliduâ—…us King of Brytaine 13. â—…5 Ella and Osbert Kinges of Northumberlande 182.105 Ella and Osbert slaine by the Danes 191.37 Elphinston George Arches of the corps to the French King taken prisoners on the borders by the Englishmen 464 9â—… Elphingston VVilliam Bishop of Aberdene dieth 424.49 Emme daughter to Richard duke of Normandie maryed to Egeldred of England 229.6 Emperor commeth into England 431. â—â— Engid called a Sovv 345.32 English armie discomfited slaiâ—… by the Scottes â—…51 50 Englishmen flee from the Pictes by cause of their vnrulinesse 174. 72 English Saxons breakers of promise 161. â—…5 Englishmen put to flight and slainâ—… by the Pictes 166.9 Englishmen vanquished by myracle 166.55 Englishmen and Brytaynes promise to ayde the Pictes exiled agaynst the Scottes 182.107 Englishmen and Brytaynes conclude a league 182. â—â— Englishmen Brytaines and Pictes inuade Scotland 183.3 English Ships vvith prouision taken by the Scottes and burnt 183. 3â—… Englishmun drovvned by a tempest â—…84 6â—… Englishmen graunt peace too the Scots vpon conditions 184.16 Englishmen deliuer the Daâ—…he Nobilitie in Barvvike vnto the Scottes 193 2â—… English menne renue their olde league vvith the Scots adding nevv conditions 205.79 Englishmen and Danes confederate fall out and fight 203 1â—… Englishmen and Scottes conclude a peace 201. â—…0 Englishmen and Danes conclude a peace 201.25 EnglaÌ„d deuided into tvvo realmes 241. 56 Englishmen inuade Northumberland vvith an armie 265.79 Englishmen discomfited at Northallerton by the scottes 265.93 English borderers make forreyes into Scotland 272.115 English men vaquish the Scottes by policie 273.63 Englishmen retire from the Scots of purpose 273.79 Enuernes taken and burned by rebels 284.97 Englishmen come vvith a greate povver by sea and lande to besiege Barvvike 300.85 English Shippes some taken some chased by the Scottes 300.89 Englishmenne auoyded out of all spirituall and temporall preferments was in Scotland 303.19 English army sent into Scotland agaynst the rebels of king Edvvarde 306.62 Englishe armye passeth through Scotland from the south to the North. 307.55 English armye vnder conduct of 〈◊〉 Cunun discomfited 313.102 Englishmen discomfited and 〈◊〉 by the Scottes vnder conduct of Sir Iames Dovvglas 320 9â—… Englishmen â—…plaine to the Pope of the Scottes iniuries 323.50 Englishmenne passe tittle for the Popes commaundement 320.56 English nauie sent into Scotland â—â—â— 85 English nauie lost and crovvned 〈◊〉 a tempest 353.50 Englishmen inuade Scotlande vvith an army 357.25 English armie and their Captaine Sir Iohn Lisborne discomfited by the Scots 357.40 Englishmen discoÌ„fited and drovvned in the vvater of Sinvvey â—â— 14 English army sent by sea and land against the Scottes 359.72 English armie discomfited by the Scottes in Fiâ—…e 360.13 English fleet encountereth in â—…eet 〈◊〉 Spaniardes 383.28 Englishe nauie inuadeth and doeth â—…me in Scotland 403.29 English Ships taken and drovvned by the Frenche menne 4â—…6 80 English Shippes taken by Robert Barton a Scottishe Piâ—…ate 4â—…6 88 English fugitiues vvhich misliked of the diuorce of king Henrye â—…e eight of England siâ—…m Qu Cathrine covvager receyued â—…to Scotland 442.52 English armie marcheth tovvards Edenbourgh 461.73 English armie landeth by Lieth â—…61 27 Englishmen prouoked too fight vvith the Scottes 467.91 English horsemen beaten back by the Scottes 468. â—…5 Englishmen discomfited by the Scottes in entring into Mers 4â—… 36 horsemen ouerthrovvne as Hadington 474.93 Englishmen repulsed by the Scots at Saint Alenettes 475.70 put to the vvorst at a â—…kirmish nere to Hadington 475.103 Eâ—…pa or Copa a Saxon Monke 113. 103 Epiake vvoon by the Romaines 47. 31 Epiake taken and burnt 408.55 Epiake chiefe Citie of Gallovvay 25. 46 Earles of Lennox and Ormounde ioyce with the Lorde of the Iles to inuade all Scotlande 465. 36 Earles of Fiffe and their posterities priuiledges 252.58 Eiâ—…engard daughter to Richard vicount of Beaumont maryed to king VVilliam of Scotlande 2â—…6 72 Eâ—…kin Iames secretarie sent Ambassador into France 442.13 Eâ—…ton Thomas a great propheâ—…er 296.74 Eâ—…skin Iohn Lord of Dun. 475.63 Eâ—…s son to Ethodius 94.73 Eâ—…uakes right terrible 280.6 Eâ—…a stepmother to Edvvarde L. of England 218.75 Eâ—…n in Bogdale 253.36 East saâ—…ons and South saxons receyue the christian faith 242.31 Ethiopians 〈◊〉 Egypt 1.19 Ethion son to Fandufus king of Scottes 5.60 Ethus king of Pictes 10.109 Ethodius chosen king 66.43 Ethodius requireth of the Romans restitution 〈◊〉 his subiects goodâ—… 66. â—… 12 Ethodius â—…eth the king of Pictes to 〈◊〉 vvarre agaynst the Roâ—…aâ—…s 66 3â—… Ethodius suppâ—…eth the Ilande rebelles 68.75 Ethodius murthâ—…ed by a Musâ—…tian 69.52 Ethodius the second of that name created K. of Scots 73 3â—… Ethodius the second proued a verie soole 73.36 Ethodius being giue to couetousnesse is slaine by his ovvne seruants 735â—… Ethodius and Buâ—…genius sonnes to Fincoâ—…mak conueyed into the I le of Man 84.115 Ethodius ouerthrovveth the Picts 89. 50 Ethodius â—…oâ—…e vvounded committed to the cure of Surgeons 90. 59 Ethodius banished into Denmark 92. 4 Ethodius liueth in Denmarke in right honourable estate 94.50 Ethelbert king of Kentish Saxons baptised 142 â—…5 Ethelbâ—…ert King of the middle Angles 143.67 Etâ—…ne inuested king Scotland 155. 25 Ethâ—…ne appoynted foure gouernors ouer the realme 155.43 Ethsine dieth 155.79 Ethus brother â—…o Constantinus crovvned King of Scotlande â—…90 76 Ethus for his svviftnesse in ruÌ„ning surnamed lightfoot 191.69 Ethus arested by his Nobles and committed to prison 191.93 Ethus dieth 191.114 Etius Lieutenant of Fraunce sendeth an armie into Britain 101.13 Etius refuseth to ayde the Brytaynes 104.95 Euan Lieutenaunt of Dunstasage conspireth against CoÌ„stantinus 187. 2 Euan is taken and hanged 187.86 Euers VVilliam Lord and his son sir Raufe Euers conductours of the horsmen sent out of
Captaines yeelding their winâ—â—â—gs to y e stronger This is the miserie of lawlesse people resembling the rudenesse of the rude world wherin euery maÌ„ was richer and poorer than other as he was in might violence more or lesse enabled Here began factions of the nobilitie in Irelande fauoring diuers sides that stroue for the Crowne of England For the Duke of Yorke in those ten yeeres of his gouernemente exceedingly wanne the hartes of the noblemen and Gentlemen of that land of the whiche diuers were slayne with him at Wakefielde as the contrary part was the next yeere by his sonne Edward Erle of Marche at Mortimers Crosse in Wales In which mean time the Irishe grewe hardy and vsurped the Englishe countreys insufficiently defended as they had done by like oportunitie in the latter end of Richard the second These two seasons set theÌ„ so a flote y t heÌ„ceforward they could neuer be cast out from their forcible possessions holding by playne wrong all Vlster and by certayne Irishe tenures no small portions of Monster and Connagh least in Meth and Leynister where the ciuill subiects of the Englishe bloud did euer most preuayle Edwarde the fourth And Edward the fifth Lieutenaunts and Deputies in king Edward the fourth his dayes THomas Fitz Morice Earle of Kildare Lord Iustice vntill the thirde yeere of Edward the fourth after whiche time the Duke of Clarence brother to the King had the office of Lieutenant while he liued and made his deputies by sundry turnes Thomas Erle of Desmond Iohn Tiptoft Erle of Wurcetor the Kings cousin Thomas Earle of Kildare and Henry Lord Grey of Ruthin Great was the credit of the Giraldines euer wheÌ„ the house of Yorke prospered The Butlers and likewise the Butlers thriued vnder the bloud of the Lancasters for whiche cause the Earle of Desmond remayned many yeres Deputie to George Duke of Clarence his good brother but when he had spoken certayne disdaynefull words againste the late marriage of king Edward with the Lady Elizabeth Gray the sayd Lady beeing nowe Queene caused his trade of life after the Irishe manner contrary to sundry olde statutes enacted in that behalfe The Erle of Wurceter to be sifted and examined by Iohn Earle of Wurcetor his successor so that hee was atteynted of treason coÌ„demned and forthe same beheaded at Droghedagh 1467 Campion out of Saint leger in his collections Iames the father of this Thomas Earle of Desmond being suffered and not controlled during the gouernemeÌ„t of Richard Duke of Yorke his godcept and of Thomas Erle of Kildare his kinsman put vpon the Kings subiects within the countries of Waterford Corke Keary Irish impositions and Limirike the Irish impositions of Quinio and Liuery Cartings Cariages lodings Cocherings Bonnaght and such like which customes are the very breeders maynteyners and vpholders of all Irishe enormities wringing from the poore tenantes euerlasting ceasse allowaÌ„ce of meate and money whereby their bodies and goodes were brought in seruice and thraldome so that the meÌ„ of warre Horses and their Galloglaghes lye stil vpon the fermors eate them out begger the couÌ„trey foster a sort of Idle vagabonds ready to rebell if their Lord commaund them euer non sled in stelth and robberies These euill presidents giuen by the father the sonne did exercise being L. Deputie to whome the reformation of that disorder specially belonged Notwithstanding the same faulte beeing winked at in other and with such rigor auenged in him was manifestly taken for a quarrell sought and procured 1469 Two yeeres after the sayd Earle of Wurcetor lost his head while Henry the sixt takeÌ„ out of the Tower was set vp againe king Edward proclaymed vsurper and then was Kildare enlarged whom likewise atteynted they thought also to haue rydde and shortly both the Earles of Kildare and Desmond were restored to their bloud by ParliameÌ„t Restitution to bloud Sir Rouland Eustace 1470 Fiatsbery sometime Treasorer and Lord Chancellor was lastly also Lord Deputie of Ireland He founded S. Francis Abbey beside Kilcollen bridge King Edwarde a yeere before his death honored his yonger son Richard Duke of Yorke with the title of Lieutenant ouer thys lande which he enioyed til his vnnaturall Vncle bereft both him and his brother King Edwarde the fifth of their naturall liues ¶ Richard the third Richard the third WHen this Monster of nature and cruell Tyrant Richard the third had murthered his two yong Nephewes and taken vpon hym the Crowne and gouernement of England hee preferred his owne sonne Edward to the dignitie of Lorde Lieutenante of Ireland whose deputie was Geralde Earle of Kildare that bare that office all the reigne of King Richard and a while in Henry the seuenth his dayes ¶ Henry the seuenth TO the which Earle came the wilie Priest Henry the seuenth Sir Richard SimoÌ„d Priest Lambert couÌ„terfeyt to be the Erle of Warwicke sir Richard Simond bringing with him a lad that was his Scholer named Lambert whome hee feygned to bee the sonne of George Earle of Clarence lately escaped foorth of the Tower of London And the boy could reckon vp his pedegree so redily and had learned of the Priest suche Princely behauiour that hee lightly moued the sayde Earle and many other y e nobles of Ireland tendering as well the lignage royal of Richard Plantagenet Duke of Yorke and hys sonne George their CountreymaÌ„ borne as also maligning the aduancement of the house of Lancaster in Henry the seuenth eyther to thinke or to faine y t the world might beleeue they thought verily this child to be Edward Earle of Warwike the Duke of Clarence his lawfull sonne And although King Henry more than halfe marred their sporte in shewing the right Earle through all the streetes of London yet the Lady Margaret Duches of Burgongne sister to Edwarde the fourth hyr Nephewe Iohn de la Poole The Lorde Louell 〈◊〉 Thomas Broughton y e Lord Louell Sir Thomas Broughton Knighte and dyuers other Captaynes of this conspiracy deuised to abuse the coloure of this yong Earles name for preferring their purpose which if it came to good they agreed to depose Lamberte and to erect the very Earle indeede nowe prisoner in the Tower for whose quarrell had they pretended to fight they deemed it likely hee shoulde haue bin made away Wherefore it was blazed in Irelande that the King to mocke hys subiectes had scholed a boy to take vppon hym the Earle of Warwikes name and hadde shewed him about London to blinde the eyes of the simple folke and to defeate the lawfull inheritour of the good Duke of Clarence theyr countreyman and protector duryng his life vnto whose lignage they also deriued title in right to the Crowne In all hast they assembled at Dublin and there in Christs Churche â—â—mberte â—â—â—ned they Crowned thys Idoll honoring him with titles imperiall feasting and triumphing reysing myghtie shoutes and cryes carrying him from thence to the Castell vpon tall
demaunded in right of his wife the Empresse the whole kingdome of England to be at an ende with him king Stephen was contented to satisfie him with a yearely pension of fiue thousand Markes which composition he willingly receyued King Stephen maketh hast to rescue the north partes The Scottes retire In the meane time king Stephen hearing of this pitifull spoyle hasted forwarde with greate iourneyes to come to the reskue of the Countrey The Scots put in feare of his spedie comming to encounter them withdrew home into Scotland but he followed them King Stephen burnt the south partes of Scotland and entring into their couÌ„trey he burned and destroyed the South partes of that realme in most pitifull maner Whilest king Stephen is thus about to beate backe the foreyne enimies and to reuenge himself on them be is assayled by other at home and not without the iust vngeance of almightie god who ment to punish him for his periurie committed in taking vpon him the Crowne contrary to hys othe made vnto the Empresse and hir children For Robert Erle of Gloucester Robert Earle of Gloucester base brother vnto the Empresse and of hir priuie Councell sought by all meanes howe to bring king Stephen into hatred both of the Nobles and Commons that by theyr helpe hee mighte bee expulsed the realme and the gouernment restored to the Empresse and hir sonne Such earnest trauaile was made by this erle of Gloucester that many of his friends which fauored his cause now that king Stephen was occupied in the North parties ioyned with him in conspiracie agaynst their soueraigne And first the sayde Earle himselfe tooke Brystowe Bristow taken And after this diuerse other townes and Castelles there in that countrey were taken by him and others with full purpose to keepe the same to the behoofe of the Empresse and hir sonne Sim. Dun. Talbot Mat. Paris Louvell Paynell Amongst other William Talbot tooke vpon him to defend Hereforde in Wales William Louell helde the Castell of Cary Paganell or Paynell kept the Castell of Ludlow William de Moun the castel of Dunestor Robert de Nichol the Castell of Warram sustace Fitz Iohn Fitz Iohn Fitz Alayn â—…he castle of WaltoÌ„ WilliaÌ„ Fitz Alain the castle of Shrewsbury WheÌ„ word hereof came to K. Ste. he was â—â—rueylously vexed for being determined to haue pursued the Scots euen to the vttermost limits of their couÌ„trey he was now driuen to change his mind and thought it good at the first to stop the proceedings of his enimies at home least in geuyng them space to increase their force they might in processe of tyme grow so stroÌ„g that it wold be an hard matter to resist them at the last HereupoÌ„ therfore he returned Southward coÌ„ming vpoÌ„ his enimies S. Dunel M. Paris The castle of Douer deliuered to the queene Polid. recouered out of their haÌ„ds diuers of those places which they held as Hereford the castle of Shrewsbury about the same tyme one Walkelyne yielded the castle of Douer vnto the Queene who had besieged him within the same But K. StepheÌ„ knowing how the Scots wer not like long to continue in quiet he returned Northwards agayn And coÌ„ming vnto Thurstain the archb of Yorkes he coÌ„mitted the keeping of the countrey vnto his charge Thurstayne archbish of Yorke made LieutenaÌ„t of the North partes coÌ„mandyng hym to be in areadyues to defend the borders vpon any sodaine inuasion Which thing the couragious archb willingly vndertooke By this meanes kyng Stephen being eased of a great part of his care fell in hande to besiege the residue of those places which the rebels kept but they fearing to abide the daunger of an assault fled away some into one part and some into an other Whom the kyngs power of horsmen styl pursuyng and ouertakyng them by the waye slew and tooke no smal number of them prisoners in the chase Thus was the victory in maner wholy atchieued and all those places recouered which the enimies had fortified In like maner wheÌ„ king Dauid heard that the kyng was thus vexed with ciuill warre at home The Scottes eftsoones inuade Northumberland he entred England againe in most forcible wise and sendyng his horsmen abroade into the countrey coÌ„maunded them to waste spoyle the same after their accustomed maner But in the meane tyme he purposed with him selfe to besiege Yorke which citie if he might haue wonne he determined to haue made it the froÌ„tier hold against kyng StepheÌ„ and the rest that tooke part with hym Hereupon callyng in his horsemen from straying further abroade he marehed thitherwards and comming neare to the citie pitched downe his Tentes In this meane while the archbish Thurstaine to whoÌ„ the charge of defendyng the countrey chiefly in the kings absence apperteyned Archbishop Thurstayne raiseth a povver to fight vvith the Scots called together the Nobles and Gentlemen of the Shyre and parties adioyning whom with so pithy and effectual words he exhorted to resist the atteÌ„pts of the Scots whose cruel doings cold kope no measure that incoÌ„tinently all the power of y e Northparts was raysed vnder the leadyng of WelliaÌ„earle of Albernacle Walter Espekâ—… S. Dunel Captaynes of the army William Penerell of Nortingham and two of the Lacyes Walter and Gylbert offred to the vttermost peryll of lyfe and lymme to trye the matter with the Scottes in a pight fielde and eyther to driue them out of the countrey or els to loose their lyues in the quarell of their prince It chaunced at this time that the archb Thurstaine was diseased with sicknesse and could not come therfore into the fielde himself but yet he sent Raufe Bishop of Durham to supply his roume Raufe B. of DurhaÌ„ supplieth the roume of the Archbishop who though he sawe and perceyued that euery man was ready enough to encouÌ„ter with their enimies yet he thought good to vse some exhortatioÌ„ vnto theÌ„ the better to encourage them in maner as here ensueth Most noble English men and ye right valiant Normans M. Paris S. Dun. of whose courage the Frenchman is afrayde by whose power Englande is kept vnder by you also Apulia doth florish and vnto you IerusaleÌ„ Antioch haue yelded their subiectioÌ„ We haue at this present the rebellious nation of Scotland which of right ought to be subiect to the crowne of England come into the fielde against vs thinking for euermore to rid them selues of their subiection to bring both vs and our countrey into their bondage thraldome And now albeit I see in you courage sufficient to beate them backe from any further attempt yet least when you shal come to the tryall by any maner of chance you shold loose any peece thereof I lamentyng the state of my countrey whose displeasures I wishe you shoulde redresse do meane to vse a â—…ewe wordes vnto you not for that I woulde exhort you to doe any man wrong but rather to
the Erle of Hereford departed this life at Groby The Oâ—… of Wâ—… depâ—…â—…e a Manor place belonging to hir husband the Earle of Winchester a little besides Leycester and was buried at Brackley The sayde Earle shortly after maryed an other wise in hope of issue For neither by this his laste wife Mat. Pâ—… neyther by his first that was daughter to the Lord Alane de Galoway he had any childreÌ„ Also the same yeare The 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 de Lâ—… Wigâ—… that noble Ladie Margaret Countesse of Lisle surnamed Riuers somtime wife to Fouâ—…s de Brent departed out of this worlde about the second day of October In the .xxxvij. yeare of king Henries raigne Aâ—… 〈◊〉 one of the Popes notaries called Albiet came into England to offer vnto Richard erle of Cornâ—…wall the kings brother The Pâ—…fereth 〈◊〉 kingâ—… Sicall 〈◊〉 Earle 〈◊〉 wall the kingdomeâ—… of â—…ples and Sicill But the Erle supposing it not to stande with his honour to depriue his nephewe Henry son to the Emperor Frederick the seconde by his wife the Empresse Isabell that was â—…e to y e said erle refused to take that honor vpoÌ„ him About the same time that is to say in the Octaues of Saint Martin Boniface the Archbishop of Canterburie arriued in Englande comming from the Court of Rome where he haâ—… bin long resiant The same time there chauâ—…ed a great occasion of strife betwixt the sayd Archbishop and the Bishop of Winchester For where maister â—…ustace de Linne oâ—…all to the said Archbishop had first excomunicate after for his coÌ„tumacie â—…ansed to be attached a priest which by authority of y e elect of Winchester as diocesane there was â—…red into possession of an Hospitall in Southwarke as gouernour thereof by the name of Prâ—… â—…thout consent of the Officiall whiche presâ—…ded tytle as Patrone in hys Maisters name the sayd elect of Winchester caused a ryotous sorâ—… of persons after the maner of warre to seeke â—…nge hereof the whiche after manye outrages done came to Lambeth and there by violence tooke the sayde Eustace out of his owne house and ledde him to Farnham where hee was kepte as prisoner The Archbishop here of aduertised at his first comming ouer and taking the same but for a homely welcom was maruelously offended and comming to London accompanied with the Bishops of Chichester and Hereforde in the Church of Saint Mary Bowe being reuested in Pontificalibus pronounced all those accursed whiche were Authours or fauourers of such a rashe and presumptuous deede and further commaunded all the Bishops within his Prouince by vertue of their obedience to denounce the same in their Churches euery Sunday and holy day The Bishop of Winchester on the other part sent coÌ„maundement to the deane of Southwarke to resist the Archbishop to his face to denounce his cursse to be voyde vaine and of no force but deuised of a craftie purpose and wicked meaning The Archbishop continuing in his conceiued displeasure went to Oxforde and there on the morow after Saint Nicholas day renued the same curse in solemne wise before all the learned men students 1253 and scholers of the vniuersitie At length yet the matter was taken vp betwixt them for the king in his brothers cause and the Queene for hir vncle the Archbishop 〈◊〉 Archb. of â—…erourie â—…he Bishop Winchester â—…e friends â—…liam de â—…ence and 〈◊〉 de Warâ—… tooke some payne to agree them And so in the Octaues of the Epiphanie they were made friendes and those assoyled that were excommunicate in which number William de ValeÌ„ce and Iohn de Warren were thought to be conteyned as those that shoulde be present in vsing the force against the Official as before ye haue heard By inquiry takeÌ„ about this time by the diligence of the Bishop of Lincolne it was found that the yearely profites and reuenues of spiritual promotions 〈◊〉 value of â—…uall lyâ—…gs in stranâ—… handes and liuings resting in straungers hands preferred by the Popes prouisions amounted to the summe of .lxx. thousand Markes which was more by two thirde partes than the kings reuenues belonging to his crown The Earle of Gloucester and the Lord Wil. de Valence went ouer into Fraunce in most triumphant maner to conclude a maryage betwixt the sonne of the sayde Earle of Gloucester and the daughter of the Lorde Guie of Engolesme Which mariage the king had mocioned for the affection which he bare towardes the aduauncement of his linage by the mothers syde Whereat bicause they were strangers the English nobilitie somwhat repined And wheras like lustie yoÌ„g geÌ„tlemen they attempted a Iustes and tourney to shewe some prouse of theyr valiaunt stomackes they were well beaten by the French men that disdeyned to see yong men so presumptuous to prouoke olde accustomed warriours to the tryall of such martiall enterprises About the beginning of Lent the new Moone was seene foure dayes before she ought to haue appeared by hir common course The newe Moone appeared before hir time The king by a shift got of the LoÌ„doners .1000 Markes For as it happened about the same time the youthfull Citizens for an exercise and triall of their actiuitie had set forth a game to runne at the Quintine Running at the Quintine and whosoeuer did best shuld haue a Peacocke which they had prepared for a prise Certaine of the kings seruants bycause the court lay then at Westminster came as it were in spight of the Citizens to the game The Londoners called Barons giuing reprochfull names to the Londoners which for the dignitie of the Citie auncient priuiledges which they ought to haue enioyed were called Barons the sayd LoÌ„doners not able to beare so to be misvsed fell vpon the kings seruaunts and bet them shrewdly so that vpon coplaint the king caused the Citizens to fine for their rash doings Moreouer for the better preseruation of peace and quietnesse amongst his people he appoynted watch to be kept by night in Cities borough townes And further by the aduice of the Sauoysynes An ordinance agaynst robbers which were about him he ordeyned that if any man chaunced to bee robbed or by anye meanes damnified by any theefe or robber he to whom the keeping of that Countrey chiefly apperteyned where the robbery was done shoulde competently restore the losse and this was after the vsage of Sauoy but was thought more hard to be obserued here than in those partyes where are not so many bypathes and starting corners to shift out of the way The Gascoignes continued in their seditioâ—…s doings and namely Gascon de Bierne who renouncing his duetie and obedience to the king of England ioyned himselfe to the king of Spaine through his help to be the stronger and more able to anoy the English subiectes The euill entreating vsed towards the Gascoigns which brought hyther Wines in that the same were oftentymes taken from them by the Kings officers The 〈◊〉 â—…ed 〈◊〉
Edwarde At the solempnitie of this coronation there were let goe at libertie catche them that catche myght fiue hundred great horses by the King of Scottes the Erles of Cornwall Caxton Gloucester Pembroke Warren and others as they were alighte beside theyr backs On saint Nicholas euen there chaunced suche an earthquake with lightning and thunder and therewythall the appearing of the breÌ„ning drake and a blasing starre called a comete that the people were brought into no small feate vpon consideration thereof But nowe to the poynte of the historie Kyng Edward at the fyrste like a prudente prince chose foorth of the wysest and worthyest men to be of his cousell to purchase the loue of his subiects whose myndes were somwhat offended towardes his father by reason that he refused to keepe promise wyth them touchyng the restitution of gentle and fauourable lawes Kyng Edwarde shewed himselfe so gentle towardes all degrees of men that he seemed to excede the reasonable bonds of curteous humanitie muche more than became his royall estate After this 1275. An. Reg. 3. he reformed dyuers lawes and statutes and deuised some new ordinaÌ„ces greatly for the wealthe of the realme He helde his first Parliament at Westminster A parliament where the ordinances were made called the statute of Westminster the first The statute of VVestminster The Prince of VVales Llevvellin To this Parliament was the prince of Wales Lewelin summoned to come and doe his homage hauing bin requested first to come to the kings coronation but he refused and nowe hauing summonance to come to this Parliament he excused hymself affirming that hee durste not come for feare of certayne noble men that laye in wayte for his life requiring to haue pledges deliuered for his safe comming and going the Kyngs son and Gilbert Earle of Gloucester with Robert Burnell the Lord Chauncellour The Kyng was greatly offended with suche a presumptuous demaunde but passed it ouer till after the ende of the Parliament The king coÌ„meth to Chester and then repairing to Chester he sent eftsoones messengers to the said Llewelin requiring to come and doe his homage but hee still detracted time so that in the ende the Kyng reysed an armye meanyng to recouer that by force whiche otherwise he could not obteine by quiet meanes This yeare the people payd a fifteenth to the Kyng of all theyr temporall goodes which was sayde to be graunted firste to his father Mat. VVest Bracton bishop of Hereforde departeth this lyfe The same yeare departed this life Iohn Breton bishoppe of Hereford who being very experte in the lawes of the lande compiled a booke of them called to Bâ—…eton The eleueâ—… September 〈◊〉 generall earthquake chauâ—… betwixt the first houre and thirde of the 〈◊〉 daye the Church of Saint Michaell on the 〈◊〉 wythout Glastenbury was therwyth throwen downe to the grounde 〈◊〉 after this it rained bloude in the countrey 〈◊〉 Wales It raiâ—… 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 prodigy â—…se euill token to that â—…tion wyth whose bloude shortly after that Region was in many places maysted and stayned For as it chaunced shortly after 1276 An. reg â—… Lleweâ—…n the sonne of of Griffyn came to haue the gouernement of Wales who partly to reyse newe sediâ—… in England and partly to purchase hym friendship and alyaunce in Fraunce sente vnto the Phillippe requiring of him that he myght 〈◊〉 in marriage the Ladye Eleanor daughter to Symon Mauntfort Earle of Leycester the whiche togyther wyth hir mother and 〈◊〉 Emerike remayned as banyshed persoâ—… in France The French K. granted his request and sent hir vnder the conducte of hir saide â—…ther to be conueyed into Wales vnto Lâ—…lin who had promised to marry hir Bâ—…e they approched to Wales at the Isle of â—…y bothe the brother and sister were taken by â—…e shippes of Bristowe The 〈◊〉 Mâ—… 〈…〉 pâ—… 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 the owners wherof that so tooke them sent them vnto Kyng Edwarde When Llewelin vnderstood that his wife was takeÌ„ from him by the way as she was coÌ„ming he was not a little wrothe Lâ—… priâ—… 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 and incontinously beginneth to make warre vppon Kyng Edwardes subiectes that bordered neare vnto Wales killing the people spoiling their goods and brenning vp theyr Townes and houses 〈◊〉 eche side The Kyng appoynting 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 signâ—… 〈…〉 Lorde Robert de Tâ—… to take on othe for hym and ancthorising the saide Robert Authoâ—… Bâ—… 〈…〉 de Sâ—…hampton 〈◊〉 prouinciall of the fâ—…ers preache â—…s commissione is a 〈…〉 his behalfe to receyue the 〈◊〉 the of the saiâ—… Leweâ—… Which Llewelin apâ—…oynted â–ª 〈◊〉 â—…missioners for his parte 〈◊〉 â—…ap Edâ—… and Gronâ—… Hâ—…lin the whiche â—…issioâ—… 〈◊〉 wyth good â—…liberation 〈◊〉 vpon 〈◊〉 poyntes and articles of whyche the principall wâ—… as followeth First that the saide Llewelin shoulde set 〈◊〉 liberte all prisoners whiche hee helde in captiuitie for the Kyng of Englandes cause â—…ty and without all chalenge â—…e articles of â—…ment beâ—…wixt King â—…vvarde and â—…vvellin Also to haue peace and the Kings of Englands sâ—… he shulde giue vnto the saide king fiftye thousand pound sterling the dayes of the payment whereof to reste in the Kyngs will and pleasure Also y t the lande of the four Candreds without all contradiction shoulde 〈◊〉 for euer to the King and his heyres with all lands conquered by the Kyng and his people the Isle of â—…ngâ—… y e exâ—…epted Anglesey whiche Isle was graunted to the Prince to that he shulde pay for the same yerely the 〈◊〉 of one thousand marks and fiue thousand maâ—… for an income and if the Prince 〈◊〉 to dye without issue then y e said Isle 〈◊〉 again 〈◊〉 the kings hands Also that the Prince shall come to Rothelan or Râ—… 〈◊〉 it is commonly called there so the 〈◊〉 to the Kyng and before his coÌ„ming thitheâ—… he shuld be assoyled and haue the interdâ—… of his landes released and at his being aâ—… Rotheâ—… daye shall be appoynted hym by the â—…ing for his comming to London there to doe 〈…〉 And herevpon was order taken for his 〈◊〉 conduit alâ—… in his comming to 〈◊〉 the â—…aâ—… as to LoÌ„don â–ª Ther be that wryte that 〈…〉 appoynted to come vnto London at the 〈◊〉 the Natiuitie of our Lord. Also it waâ—… 〈◊〉 couenanted that all the homages of â—…es should remaine to the Kyng except 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 barons which inhabited neare vnto that 〈◊〉 of Snowdon for otherwise the said 〈…〉 could not conueniently call himselfe Prâ—…e except he had some Barons vnder him 〈…〉 he shoulde reteyne the title and name of Prince so long as he liued and after his deceaâ—…e the homages of those fiue barons shoulde reuâ—… to the Kyng and to his heyres for euer â–ª Moreouer the kyng graunted vnto the saide Llewlin N. Triuet Dauid Llevvel lines brother prouided for the landes that belonged to his brother Dauid for term of the said Llewlins life and in recompence thereof was contented to satisfie
returned out of Gascoigne The Lorde Tiptost setting vpon them tooke them with little a doe and sleaing neare hand the thirde part of all the Mariners sent the ships into England â—…rd earle â—…ancaster 〈◊〉 to the â—…ch king In the meane time K. Edwarde sendeth his brother Edmond Erle of Lancaster to be his attorney to make answere for him before all such Iudges as might haue hearing of the matter but the Iudges meaning nothing lesse thaÌ„ to trie out the truth of the cause admit no reasons that the Erle could allege in his brothers behalf so pronounce K. Edward a rebel decree by arest â—…ng Edward â—…emned in 〈◊〉 French â—…gs Court that he had forfeyted all his right vnto the Duchie of Guienne These things thus done he sendeth priuy messengers vnto Burdeaux to procure the citizens to reuolt froÌ„ the Englishmen â—…old de â—…le sent inâ—… Gascoigne 〈◊〉 an army appointed the Conestable of France the L. Arnold de Neall to follow with an army who coÌ„ming thither easily brought theÌ„ of Burdeaux vnder the French dominion being alredy minded to reuolt through practise of those that were lately before sent vnto them from the French king for that purpose After this the said Conestable brought the people neare adioyning vnder subiection partly moued by the example of the chiefe and head Citie of all the Countrey and partly enduced thervnto by bribes and large giftes The English men that were in the Countrey after they perceiued that the people did thus reuolt to the French king withdrew incoÌ„tinently vnto the townes situate neare to the sea side but especially they fled to a towne called the Rioll which they fortifie with all speed Thus sayth Polidor 〈◊〉 Triuet Nicholas Triuet writing hereof declareth the beginning of this warre to be on this maner The English Marchants being diuersly vexed vpon the seas made coÌ„plaint to the K. for losse of their marchandice â—…ie eare of â—…olne The king sent the Erle of Lincoln Henrie Lacie vnto the French king instantly requiring that by his assent there might some way be prouided with speed by them and their counsel for some competent remedie touching such harmes and losses by sea as his people had susteined In the meane time whilest the Earle tarieth for answere a nauie of the parties of Normandy coÌ„teyning two C. ships and aboue being assembled togither that they might the more boldly assayle their enimies and the more valiantly resist suche as should encounter them sailed into Gascoigne determining to destroy all those of their aduersaries that should come in their way But as these Norman ships returned back with wines glorying as it were that they had got y e rule of the sea onely to themselues they were assayled by .lx. English ships which toke them and brought theÌ„ into EnglaÌ„d the Fryday before Whitsunday all the men were eyther drowned or slaine those only excepted which made shift to escape by boates The newes hereof being brought into France did not so much moue the K. the counsel to wonder at the matter as to take therof great indignation The king of England hearing this message The Bishop of London sent with an answer vnto the french king tooke therein deliberation to answere and then sent the Bishop of London accompanied wyth other wise and discreete persons into Fraunce to declare for aunswere vnto the French King and his Counsayle as followeth that is Where as the King of Englande hath his regall Courte without subiection to any man if there were therefore anye persones that founde themselues hurt or endomaged by hys people they myght come to hys Court and vppon declaration of theyr receyued iniuries they shoulde haue speedie iustice and to the ende they might thus do without all daunger whosoeuer mynded to complayne hee woulde giue vnto them a safeconducte to come and goe in safetye through hys lande But if this way pleased not the Frenche King then he was contented that there shoulde bee Arbitratours chosen on bothe sydes the whiche weighing the losses on bothe partyes might prouide howe to satisfie the complaynts and the King of Englande woulde for hys parte enter into bondes by obligation to stande to and abyde theyr order and iudgement herein so that the French king would likewise be bound for his part and if any such doubt fortuned to arise which could not be decyded by the sayde arbitrators let the same be reserued vnto the kings themselues to diseasse and determine and the king of Englande vpon a sufficient safeconduct had woulde come ouer to the Frenche King if he woulde come downe vnto any haâ—…n towne neare to the Sea coast that by mutuall assent an ende might be had in the businesse but if neither this waye shoulde please the Frenche king nor the other then let the matter bee committed to the order of the Pope to whom it apperteyned to nourish concorde among Christian Princes of bycause the Sea was as then voyde â–ª let the whole Colledge of Cardinals or part of them take order therin as should be thought necessarie that strife and discord being taken away and remoued peace might again flourish betwixt them and their people as before time it had done The French counsaile weyed nothing at all these offers would not so much as once vouchsafe to giue an answere vnto the English Ambassadors earnestly requiring the same Finally the French king sent vnto the Citie of Aniou which is knowne to belong vnto the Duchie of Guienne The king of England cited to appeare where he there caused the king of England to be cited to make his appearance at Paris at a certaine day to answere to the iniuries and rebellions by him done in the Countrey of Gascoigne at the which day when he appeared not the French king fitting in the seate of iudgement in hys owne proper person Sentence geueÌ„ against the king of Englande gaue sentence there agaynst the king of Englande for making default and withall commaunded the high Conestable of Fraunce to cease into his handes all the Duchie of Guienne and eyther take or expulse al the king of Englandes officers souldiours and deputies which were by him placed within the sayde Duchie The king a little before had sent thither a valiant knight named the Lord Iohn Saint Iohn which had furnished all the Cities townes Castels and places with men munition and vyttayles for defence of the same An. Reg. 22. In the meane time the king of Englande desirous to be at quiet with the French men appoynted his brother Edmunde Earle of Lancaster as then soiourning in France to go vnto the Frenche kings counsaile to procure some agreement which both might be allowed of the French king and not bee dishonourable vnto him But when the Erle could not preuaile in his sute hee tooke his iourney towardes Englande vtterlye dispayring to procure any peace But eâ—…e be came to the sea side 1294 he was
sent for backe againe by the two Queenes of Fraunce Ioan wife to King Philip and Marie his mother in lawe whiche promised to frame some accorde betwene the 〈◊〉 kings so therevpon after diuerse comâ—…ons by them had in the matter with the said 〈◊〉 of Lancaster at length it was accorded that for the sauing of the French kings honour which seemed to bee touched by things done by the king of Englandes ministers in Gascoigne The 〈◊〉 thâ—… 〈◊〉 sixe Castels shoulde remaine at the sayde kings pleasant as Sanctes Talemonde Turnim Pomorall Penne and Mount Flaunton Also there should be let a seruant or sergeant in the Frenche kings name in euerie Citie and Castell within all the whole Duchie of Guienne except Bâ—…rdeâ—… Bayon the Rioll And further hostages should be deliuered at the French kings pleasure of all ministers to be placed by the king of England in Gascoigne and other places throughe all the Countrey These things done the French king shoulde reuoke the summonance published and pronounced in the Court of Paris agaynst the king of England Also he should restore all the Castels his seruants being remoued which he had placed in the same togither with the pledges incontineÌ„tly at the request of the same Queenes or of either of them The king of Englande hauing a safe conduct should come to Aâ—…iens that there meeting with the French king peace and â—…ie might be confirmed betwixt them Then â—…re there writings made and engrossed touching the foresayd Articles of agreement one part deliuered to the erle sealed with the seales of the Queenes and other remayned with the foresayd Queenes sealed with the seale of the Earle The k. of EnglaÌ„d certified hereof Lâ—… 〈◊〉 sent his letters patents directed vnto all his officers ministers in Gascoigne commaunding them to obey in all things the French kings pleasure These letters patents were first sent vnto the Erle of LaÌ„caster that he might cause theÌ„ to be conueyd into Gascoigne when he should see time The Earle hauing receyued those letters doubting whether the French king would obserue the agreement which the Queenes had made concluded or not he required of theÌ„ that he might heate the French K. speake the worde that he would stande vnto that which they had concluded Whervpon in the presence of the said Erle his wife Blanch Queene of Nauaâ—…re mother to the French Queene also of the duke of Burgoigne Hugh Veâ—…on to the Erle of Oxford of a Chaplain cleped sir Iohn Lacie the French king promised in the fayth of a Prince that he would fulfill the promises of the said Queenes and the couenants by them accorded Shortly herevpon was sent into Gascoigne a knight of the Erles of Lancaster called sir Geffrey de Langley with letters from the French K. directed to the Conestable Sir Gâ—… Laâ—… to call him back again from his appoynted enterprise And the foresayd Chaplaine sir Iohn Lacy was sent also thither with the letters patents of the king of England directed vnto his officers there in forme as is aboue mentioned wherevpon the Lorde Iohn Saint Iohn the king of Englands lieutenant in Gascoigne vnderstanding the conclusions of the agreemeÌ„t sold all such prouisions as he had made and brought into the Cities townes and fortresses for the defence of the same and departing out of Gascoigne came towardes Paris to returne that way into England But beholde what followed The Frenche â—…ings minde â—…aunged sodainly by the enimie of peace was the French kings minde quite chaunged And where the king of England was come vnto Canterburie and kept there his Easter that immediately vpon the receyt of the safeconduct he might transport ouer the seas and so come to Amiens according to the appointment made by the agreement â—…s vniest â—…ing now not only the safeconduct was denied but also the first letters reuocatorie sent vnto the Conestable to call him backe by other letters sent after were also made voyde and he by the latter letters appoynted to keepe vpoÌ„ his iourney so that y e Conestable entring into Gascoine with a power found no resistance the Captains officers submitting themselues with the townes fortresses at his pleasure according to the tenor of the letters patents lately to them deliuered All the officers and captains of the fortresses were brought to Paris as captiues and pledges Within a few dayes after the Erle of Lancaster required the Queenes that they would ' cal vpon the king to grant his safeconduct for the K. of EnglaÌ„d to reuoke the citatioÌ„ or summonaÌ„ce to restore the lands taken from him and to delyuer the pledges 〈◊〉 French K. â—…unceth â—…t he had â—…e but the French king by the mouthes of certain knights sent vnto the Erle renouÌ„ced al such couenants as before had bin coÌ„cluded The Earle of Lancaster then perceyuing that both he and his brother king Edward were mocked thus at the French kings hands returned into Englande and informeth the king and hys counsaile from poynt to poynt of all the matter Herevpon a Parliament being called at Westminster at the which the king of Scotlande was present it was decreed by the estates that those landes which were craftily taken so from the king should be recouered againe by the sworde And the king herewith sent vnto the French King a Frier Preacher named Hugh of Manchester â—…h of Manâ—…er a Frier â—…to the â—…ch king and a Frier Minor called William de Gaynesbourgh both being wise and discreete men and Doctours of Diuinitâ—… to declare vnto him that sithe he woulde not obserue suche agreements as had beene concluded betwixt their ancesters and further had broken such couenantes as were now of late agreed vpon betwixt theÌ„ by the trauaile of hys brother Edmonde Earle of Lancaster The king of England renounceth the French king there was no cause why hee ought to accounte hym being King of Englande and Duke of Guien as hys liegeman neyther did he intende further to bee bounde vnto hym by reason of hys homage About the same time did the King of Englande sende the Archebishop of Dubline Ambassadorâ—… sent into Germanâ—…e and the Bishop of Dutesme into Germanie aboute the concluding of a league with Adolph King of Romaines to whom was giuen a great summe of mony as was sayd vpon couenantes that he shoulde ayde the king of Englande agaynst the French king with all his maine force that neyther of them should conclude peace with the sayd French king without consent of the other About the Ascention tide Wolles stayed Fabian king Edward stayed the woolles of this lande aswell belonging to spirituall men as temporall men till the marchants had fined with him for the same A subsidie raysed of woolles so that there was a subsidie payed for all surpliers of wool that went out of the realme and in semblable wife for felles and hydes He also sent an army by sea into Gascoigne A
to the Queene his mother Some bookes haue thre thousande pound she hauing assigned to hir a thousand poundes by yeare for the maintenaunce of hir estate being appointed to remayne in a certayne place and not to goe else where abroade yet the King to comforte hir woulde lyghtely euerye 〈◊〉 once come to visite hir After that the Earle of Marche was â—…ted as ye haue hearde dyuers noble men that were departed the Realme bycause they coulde not abyde the pride and presumption of the sayd Earle Adam Merâ—…uth howe returned Aâ—… the sonne and heyre of the Earle of Arundell the Lorde Thomas Waâ—…e the Lorde Henry Beaumont sir Thomas de Rosselyn Sir Foulâ—…e Fitz Wâ—…reyne Sir Gryffyn de la â—…oole and 〈…〉 other 1331 An. reg 3. Edvvard â—…alâ—… commeth â—…to Englande In the fifth yeare of King Edwardes 〈◊〉 Edward 〈…〉 came 〈◊〉 of Fraunce 〈◊〉 Englande and obteyned suche 〈◊〉 for our the assistance of the Lorde Henrye Beaumont the Lord Dauid of Scrabogy Earle of 〈◊〉 the Lorde Geffrey de Mowbray the lord Walter Câ—…yâ—… and other that king Edward granted hym licence to make his prouision in Englande to passe into Scotlande wyth an 〈◊〉 of men to attempte the recouerie of his right to the crowne of Scotlande with condition that if he recouered it he shoulde acknowledge to holde it of the kyng of Englande as superiour Lorde of Scotlande The commyng awaye of Edwarde Balliolie oute of Fraunce is dyuerselye reported by writers Caxton some saye that hee was ayded by the French king whose sister he had maryed and other saye â—…ohn Barnabie that he being in prison in Fraunce for the escape of an Englishman one Iohn Barnabye Esquier which had slaine a Frenchman by chance of quarelling in the town of Dampierre where the same Barnabie dwelled with the saide Edwarde Balliol it so came to passe that the Lord Henrie Beaumont hauing occasion of busynesse wyth the Frenche Kyng The Lorde Beaumont that fauoured him wâ—…ll came ouer into Fraunce and there vnder standing of Balliols imprisonement procured his deliueraunce and brought him ouer into Englande and caused him to remayne in seâ—… wise at the Manor of â—…all vppon 〈◊〉 Yorkeshire with the Ladie â—…esâ—…ie till hee had purchased the Kinges graunt for him to make his promisâ—… of men of warre and ships within the Englishe dominions In the â—…te yeare of King Edwards raigne Reignolde Erle o Gelderland maried the Ladie Eleanor sâ—…er to this King Edwarde the thirde 1332. An. reg 6. Croxden The Earle of Gelderlande who gaue vnto the sayde Earle wyth hir for hir portion fifteene thousande poundes sterlyng Isabell the kinges daughter was borne also this yeare at Woodstocke After that Edwarde Balliol had prepared and made readâ—… his purueyances for his iourney and that his men of warre wer assembled come togither being in al not paste 〈…〉 of armes and about twoo thousande archers and other footemen hee tooke thoseâ—… at Rauenspurgh in Yorkeshire and 〈◊〉 thence directing his course Northewarde he arriued at lengthe in Scotland Edvvard Ballioll crovvned K. of Scotland wher he atchieuing gâ—…t victâ—…es as in the Scottish chronicle yee may reade more at large was finally crowned king of that Realme It may seeme a wonder to many â—… that the king of Englande woulde persuit Edwarde Balliol to make his prouision thus in Englande and to suffer his people to aide him againste his brother in lawe Kyng Dauid that had married his sister as before yee haue heard In deede at the firste hee was not â—…erie readâ—… to graunt theyr sute that moued it The cause that moued K. Edvvarde to ayd the Ballioll but at lengthe hee was contented to dissemble the matter in hope that if Edwarde Balliol had good successe hee shoulde then recouer that againe whiche by the conclusion of peace during his minoritie hee had throughe euill counsel resigned out of his handes The Scot â—…neuerthelesse in December chased theyr newe Kyng Edwarde Balliol out of Scotlande so that hee was faine to retire into Englande and celebrated the feaste of the Natiuitie at Carleil in the house of the Friers minors and the morrows after beeing Sainct Stephens daye hee wente into Westmerlande where of the lorde Clifforde hee was right honourably receyued Ro. Southwell Edvvard Ballâ—…oll chased out of Scotlande 1333 to whome hee then graunted Douglas Dale in Scotlande whiche had bene graunted to the saide lord Cliffords grandfather in the dayes of Kyng Edwarde the first if hee might at any time recouer the Realme of Scotlande out of his aduersaries handes After thys he went and lay a tyme with the Ladie of Gynes An. reg 7. that was his kinsewoman Finally about the .x. day of Marche hauing assembled a power of Englishemen and Scottishmen he entred Scotlande Borvvike besieged and besieged the towne of Berwike duryng the whyche siege many enterprises were attempted by the parties and amongest other the Scottes entred Englande by Carleile doing muche mischiefe in Gillestande by brennyng killyng robbing and spoylyng The king aduertised hereof thought himselfe discharged of the agreement concluded betwixte him and Dauid Bruce the sonne of Rob. Bruce that had married hys syster and therfore tooke it to be lawfull for hym to ayde his cousin Edw. Ballioll the lawfull king of Scottes The Scottish writers confesse that the Scottishemen lost to the number of .xiiij. thousande Bervvike deliuered On the morrowe folowing being S. Margarets day the towne of Berwike was rendred vnto king Edward with the Castell as in the Scottishe Chronicle ye maye reade with more matter touchyng the siege and battaile aforesayde and therefore here in fewe words I passe it ouer King Edward hauing thus spâ—… his busines left a power of men with Edward Balliole The lord Richard Talbot vnder the conduct of the lord Richard Talbot and returned himselfe backe into Englande appoynting the Lorde Percye to bee gouernoure of the Towne of Berâ—…re and sir Thomas Greye knight his lieutenant The Lord Iohn Daroy lorde chiefe Iustice of Ireland The Lorde Iustice of Ireland commeth into Scotlande leauyng the Lord Thomas Burgh his deputie in that countrey paâ—…d ouer wyth an armye into Scotlande to ayde the Kyng who as ye haue hearde was there the same tyme in person And so by the kyng on one syde and by the Irishmenne on an other Scotlande was subdued and restored vnto Balliole who the morrowe after the Octaues of the Natiuitie of our Ladie helde a Parliament at Sainct Iohns towne in the whiche he reuoked made voyde all actes whyche the late King of Scots Roberte Bruce hadde enacted or made and further ordeyned that all suche landes and possessions as the sayde Bruce hadde giuen to any manner of person should bee taken from them and restored to the former and true inherytoure Thys yere about the twelfth of October Simon Mepham Archbish of Canterbury departed this life in whose place succeded Iohn Steet
being incensed against the duke of Lancaster 1385 meant that he shuld haue bin arrested and arraigned of certain points of treason before sir Robert Tryssyllyan chiefe Iustice as Tho. Walsing sayth and peraduenture there might be some suche reporte that suche was the Kings meaning But yet how this may stand considering he was to be tried by his peeres in case that any the like matter had bin pretended I see not The Duke of Lancaster getteth him to hys castell of Pontfaet and fortifyeth it But how soeuer it was he being warned therof by some of the counsell got him to his castell of Pontâ—…ret which he fortified and banded him self so with his frendes that it appeared he wold defend his cause with force of armes rather than to come to his tryall by order of lawe afore such a Iudge and by reason hereof it was greately doubted least some ciuile warre wold haue broken foorth The Princesse of VVales maketh an attonement betvvene the kyng the duke of Lancaster But through the earnest labor of the kings mother that notwithstanding hir indisposition of bodie to trauaile by reason of hir corpulencie riding to and fro betwixt them made an agreement betwixt the Kyng hir sonne and the Duke to hir greate comforte and contentation of mynde and no lesse suretie of quietnesse to the whole realme About the same tyme the Frenche kyng had a great fleete of Shippes in Flaunders so that it was doubted leaste he meant some inuasyon into Englande Wherevppon there was sente to the sea the Lorde of Saincte Iohnes and 〈◊〉 Thomas Percye wyth a strong Nauyesâ—… they didde no good sufferyng the Frenche 〈◊〉 dyuers tymes to passe by them and not 〈◊〉 offered to sette vpon them But the Shippes 〈◊〉 Portesmouth and Dertemouth bestirred thâ—…-selues better for entirng into the riuer of Sayâ—… The 〈◊〉 Pâ—… 〈…〉 beâ—… 〈…〉 they drowned foure of theyr enimyes shyppes and tooke other foure wyth a Barque of the Lorde Clissons one of the fayrest that was to be founde eyther in Fraunce or Englande In these vesselles the Englishemenne hâ—… a ryche praye of Wynes and other Merchâ—…dyses The Kyng vppon some occasion tooke great displeasure agaynst William Courteney Archbishoppe of Canterburye stormyng against him so as fewe durste speake any thyng in hys excuse The Lord Chancellour Michael de la â—…le seemyng to fauour his cause was lykely to haue runne in hygh displeasure Syr Thomas Triuet and Syr Iohn Deuereux intreatyng for hym were sore rebuked at hys handes Yet at length after that the Archebyshoppe was wythdrawne had kept hym close for a tyme he was thorough mediation of some freendes recounciled to the kinges fauour About the same tyme the Frenche kyng 〈◊〉 into Scotlande the Admyrall of Fraunce Ia. Mâ—…r Froissart The Frenche king 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 with a thousande men of armes knyghtes and Esquiers besides Crossebowes and other to ioyne with the Scots and to make warres in EnglaÌ„d The Scottes encouraged wyth thys newe ayde sente to them out of Fraunce leuyed a power and so together wyth the Frenchemenne The Scoâ—… made the â—…tion of 〈◊〉 enter into the Englyshe confynes and beginne to rob and spoyle and further tooke certain Castels and houses of defence The King of Englande aduertised hereof An. reg 9. assembled an huge power of menne of warre and fyrste sente before hym the Duke of Lancaster wyth parte of the Armye The K. goeth vvith an anye agaynst the Scottes and afterward followed hymselfe wyth all conuenyent speed 〈◊〉 myght bee At hys commyng into the parties aboute Yorke he was enformed that the Scottes and Frenchemen were withdrawne vppon the duke of Lancasters approche towardes them but the kyng thought to kepe on his iourney Whylest hee was lodged in those parties a greate myschaunce happened by reason of variaunce that fell betwixte certayne persones of the retinewe of Sir Iohn Hollande brother vnto the Earle of Kente Variaunce â—…tvvene sâ—… Holland â—…uants 〈◊〉 Richard Staffordeâ—… and halfe brother to the Kyng and other of the retinue of the Lorde Rycharde Stafforde sonne to the Earle of Stafforde The cause of their falling out was aboute a knight of Boheme called sir Miles that was come to see the Queene This Knight kepte companie moste an end with the L. Richarde Stafforde and chauncing to be at words with twoo of Sir Iohn Hollandes seruantes there came twoo Archers perteynyng to the Lorde Stafford which blamed them that were so aboute to mysuse the stranger in words as they tooke it the strife hereby grewe to that point in the ende The Lord Richard Stafford â—…layne by Sir Iohn Holland that one of the archers shotte at one of sir Iohn Hollandes seruantes and slewe him This mishap being reported to sir Iohn Holland sette him in suche a furie by reason of the loue which he had to his seruant that immediatly he rushed foorth of his lodging to reuenge his deathe and throughe misfortune meeting with the Lorde Stafforde slewe hym doubting in what sorte his deede myghte be taken fled straight vnto Beuerley there tooke Sanctuarie The Erle of Stafford tooke this misaduenture right heuily as reason was yet bycause he would not trouble the hoste nor disappoint the iourney whiche they had in hand vppon the kings promise that he would doe vpright iustice in the mater as should be thought meete and conuenient he bare his griefe so patiently as he might so that he wanne himselfe muche praise for his wisdome therin shewed The King aduauncing forwards with his army Hâ—… Boetius K. Richard enâ—… 〈◊〉 Scotland and spoyâ—… dyuers â—…s and â—…aces came to y t borders entring into ScotlaÌ„d passed thorough Mers and Louthian wasting spoiling all the towns houses and villages in his way The abbeis of Melros Dryburgh Newebottell were brente and those Monkes and other prople that were founde in the same were slaine Edenborough 〈◊〉 by king Richarde At his comming to Edenburghe he founde all the people fled out of the towne but the houses buildings hee consumed with fier togither with the Churche of saint Giles At the humble sute of his vncle the Duke of LaÌ„caster Holyrood house was preserued from hurt for that the same Duke in tyme of the rebellion of the commons here in England was lodged in that house and found muche gentlenesse and frendshippe in the Abbot Conuent Thus when the King had reuenged the displesure afore receyued at the Scots frenchmeÌ„s hands remained in Edenburgh a fiue dayes he retourned without proffer of battell or any notable encounter The Admirall of Fraunce was earnestly in hande with the Scottish lords to perswade them to haue gyuen battell to the Englishe army The Frenche admirall perswadeth the Scottes to 〈◊〉 vvith the English hâ—…e till he diuers other Knights of Fraunce were brought to the top of a mouÌ„taine from whence they might beholde all the Englishe army as the same passed
that no maner of person charge any of the forenamed either priuily or apertly in word or deed to hurt theÌ„ or cause any hurt to be done to them but all quarels and demaundes agaynst them to be remitted vnto the next Parliament prefixed And to haue all things in more perfect readinesse and remembrance when the estates shoulde be assembled certain of the Lords were appointed to sit in the meane time to deuise how they might proceed orderly in redresse of such matters 〈◊〉 to require some speedie reformation 〈◊〉 did they think it good to depart in sunder for 〈◊〉 to be entrapped through the malicious practise of their aduersaries which their doubt 〈◊〉 Afterward to stand them in steed of great wisedome for immediately after their sayd aduersaries câ—…me to the king and declared howe they were dayly 〈◊〉 daÌ„ger of their liues by reason of y e malice which the Lords had conceyued against them onely 〈◊〉 the kings sake not for any matter of their 〈◊〉 And where the king had promised that theâ—… 〈◊〉 appeare at the next Parliament whiche 〈◊〉 haÌ„d they told him plainly that they neither durst nor would put their bodies in such manifest daâ—…ger The king considering hereof withdrew himselfe from the companie of the Lordes that were assigned to sit at London to deliberate of matteâ—…s that were to bee talked of ordred in the Parliament and so that counsaile was deferred layde aside and the kings counsailors that stood in danger of their liues through the malice of the Lords confederated with the duke of Gloucester got theÌ„ from the Court withdrew some into this place and some into that Among other the erle of Sâ—…ffolke fied ouer vnto Calais in secrete wise The erle 〈◊〉 â—…folk 〈◊〉 ouer to Caâ—… by the helpe of a knight called sir William Hoo who holpe to conuey him thither He had chaunged his apparell and shauen â—…s hearde and so disguised counterfeyted himselfe to be a Poulter and to sell certaine foule whiche hee had gotten by whiche meanes hee was not knowne till at length comming to the gates of the Castell whereof hys brother sir Edmonde de la Poole was Captaine hee discouered to hym scarcely knowing who he was by reasoÌ„ he was so disguised the whole occasion of his repayring thyther requyring him to keepe his counsayle and that hee mighte remayne with him in priuie maner for a tyme tyll hee myght heare more howe things wente in Englande from whence hee was thus fled to auoyde the bloudie handes of his enimies that sought his life His brother doubting what might be layde to his charge if he shoulde conceale this matter from the Lorde William Beauchampe Lord Deputie of the towne streyghtwayes aduertised hym thereof who tooke order that the Earle shoulde foorthwith bee sâ—…nt backe agayne into Englande to the King Graftâ—… who receyued hym wyth small thanks to them that brought him ouer insomuch as some write his brother being one was committed to Pryson for disclosing him But yet bycause it shoulde not seeme that hee imprysoned hym for that cause hee was shortlye after set at libertie and returned againe to his charge at Calais The Erle was also permytted to go whither he woulde although the king had vndertaken to present him and others at the â—…ext Parliament to answere theyr offences as the same might bee layde to theyr charge But here it may be doubted by the vncertentie of writtes whether the Erle of Suffolke thus fled ouer to Calais before the iourney at Raâ—…câ—…te bridge or after but whether it chaunced eyther after or before it is certain that 〈◊〉 the time that the Lordes had enforced the King to promise to exhibite him and others at the â—…xt Parliament to abide their trials he durst not openly remaine in the Court but taking leaue of the king departed from him Wherevpon the King being oute of quiet for the absence of him and other his best beloued counsaylers whome hee so much esteemed and namely of the Duke of Irelande and the sayd Erle of Suffolke he appoynted one Thomas Molineux Conestable of the Castell of Chester a man of high valiauncie and great power in the parties of Chesshire and Lancashire A commission to the Sherif of Châ—…shire to sâ—…onduct 〈◊〉 Duke of â—…land to the kings preseÌ„ce to rayse an armie of men with the assistance of the Sherife of Chesshire to whome his commission of authoritie in that behalfe vnder the great scale was directed to the ende that they might conuey the duke of Irelande in all safetie vnto the kings presence The Sherife hauing receyued this commission togither with the sayd Thomas Molineux raysed a power and such as refused to serue in respect of such good will as they bare to the Lordes he committed to prison commaunding the Iaylers to keepe them streyte in Irons wyth bread and water till his returne Moreouer the king sent to sir Raufe Vernon and sir Richarde Raâ—…cliffe willing them to assist the other And so thus they set forwarde with the number of fiue thousande men The lordâ—… seke to stop the passage of the Irelande When the Lordes vnderstoode that the duke of Irelande was marching towardes London with such a power of menne meaning to ioyne with the Londoners and so to make as it had bin an inuinâ—…ble armie they besturred themselues and fell in hand to arme theyr men and to exhort one another that nowe they shoulde not bee negligent in their owne defence but to make hast for the dispatching of those that craftily had gone about to conspire their deathes And so these lords to wit the duke of Gloucester the Erles of Wardiâ—… Arundell Warwike and Notingham asseÌ„bled their powers oute of all quarters to encounter with the Duke of Irelande and when they had got their companies togither they forelayde al the wayes by which hee was thought to come But the Duke of Irelande hauing wyth him Molineux Vernon and Ratclise roade forwarde in stately and glorious arraye with an armie as yee haue hearde of fiue thousande men supposing that none durst come forth to wythstande him Neuerthelesse when he came to Ratâ—…oâ—…e bridge not passe foure miles from Cheping Norton which bridge the coulde haue passed he had beene out of the daunger of an enimies hee sodainely espied where the armie of the Lordes lay not farre distant from him readie in the midst of a â—…alley to 〈◊〉 his comming Some of the Erle of Darâ—â—es company had broken the bridge and so stopped his passage He therefore perceyuing his enimies intention stayed and 〈◊〉 the kings banner to be spred and began to 〈◊〉 a good countenance of the matter and to exhort his people to shew themselues valiant and herewith causeâ—… the trumpets is to founde But when it appeared that as some were readie to fight in his quarel so there were other that quite forsooke him The Duke of Ireland his soldiers reuolt from him and sayde â—…atly they woulde not fight
Almayne In the vij yeare of Henrie the seconde of that name king of Fraunce and in the xj of Marie Queene of Scotlande The Duke of Northumberland arrested The xx of Iuly the Duke of Northumberlande being come backe vnto Cambridge beard that the Proclamation of Queene Marie was come thither whereof he being aduertised called for a trumpetter and an Heralt but none could be founde Wherevpon he ryding into the market place with the Maior and the Lorde Marques of Northampton made the Proclamation himselfe and threwe vp his cappe in token of ioy The Lorde Marques after this wente to Queene Marie but the Duke for that he was appoynted generall of the armie in the quarrell of the Ladie Iane of Suffolke was by the Maior of Cambridge and a Sergeaunt at armes arrested of treason and the xxv day of the sayde Moneth he with Frauncis Earle of Huntington Iohn Earle of Warwicke sonne and heire to the sayde Duke and two other of his yonger sonnes the Lorde Ambrose and the Lorde Henrie Dudley Sir Andrewe Dudley Sir Iohn Gates Captaine of the Garde to king Edwarde the sixth sir Henrie Gates brethren Sir Thomas Palmer Knightes and Doctor Sandes were brought to the tower by the earle of Arundell But as they entered within the tower gate the Earle of Arundell discharged the Lord Hastings taking him out of the tower with him The xxvj of Iulye the Lorde Marques of Northampton the Bishop of London the L. Robert Dudley and Sir Robert Corbet were brought from the Queenes Campe vnto the Tower The xxviij of Iuly the Duke of Suffolke was committed to the tower but the xxj of the same Moneth he was set at libertie by the diligent suite of the Ladie Frauncis grace his wife After that Queene Marie was thus with full consent of the Nobles and Commons of the Realme proclaymed Queene shee being then in Norffolke at hir Castell of Framingham Queene Marie commeth to London repayred with all speede to the Citie of London and the thirde day of the sayd moneth of August she came to the sayde citie and so to the tower where the Ladie Iane of Suffolke late afore proclaymed Queene with hir husbande the Lorde Guilforde a little before hir comming were comitted towarde and there remained almost after fiue monethes And by the waye as the Queene thus passed she was ioyfully saluted of all the people without anye misliking sauing that it was much feared of manye that she woulde alter the religion set forth by King Edwarde hir brother whereof then were giuen iust occasions bicause notwithstanding diuers lawes made to the contrarie shee had daylye Masse and Latine seruice sayde before hir in the Tower At hir entrie into the Tower there were presented to hir certaine prisoners Prisoners discharged namely Thomas Duke of Norffolke who in the last yeare of king Henrie the eyght as you haue hearde was supposed to be attainted of treason but in the Parliament holden in this first yeare of Queene Marie the sayde supposed attaindour was by the authoritie and acte of Parliament for good and apparaunt causes alledged in the sayde acte declared to be vtterlye frustrate and voyde Also Edwarde Courtney sonne and heyre of Henrie Marques of Exceter cosin germaine to king Henrie the eyght and Cuthbert Tunstall Bishop of Durham with other persons of great calling but especiallye Stephen Gardiner bishop of Winchester whome she not onely released of imprisonment Stephen Gardiner made L. Chancelor but also immediately aduaunced and preferred to bee Lorde Chauncelor of Englande restoring him also to his former estate and Bishopricke and remoued from the same one Doctor Poynet who a little before was placed therein by the gifte of King Edward the sixth And touching Edwarde Courtney she not aduaunced him to the Earledome of Deuonshire Edward Courtâ—…y created Earle of Deuonshire but also to so muche of his fathers possessions as there remayned in hir hands whereby it was then thought of many that she bare affection to him by way of mariage but it came not so to passe for what cause I am not able to giue any reason but surely the subiectes of Englande were most desirous thereof Vpon the receyuing of this newe Queene all the Bishops which had bene depriued in the time of King Edwarde the sixth hir brother for the cause of religion were nowe againe restored to their Bishoprickes and such other as were placed in King Edwarde his time remoued from their seates and other of contrarie religion placed Amongst whome Edmonde Bonner Doctor of the lawes late afore depriued from the sea of London and committed prisoner to the Marshalsee by order of King Edwards Counsayle was with all fauour restored to his libertie and Bishopricke maister Nicholas Ridley Doctor in Diuinitie late before aduaunced to the same sea by the saide King was hastily displaced and committed prisoner to the tower of London The cause why such extremitie was vsed towardes the sayde Bishop Ridley more than to the rest was for that in the time of Ladie Iane he preached a sermon at Paules crosse by the commaundement of King Edwardes Counsayle wherein he dissuaded the people for sundrie causes from receyuing the Ladie Marie as Queene The xiij of August Doctor Bonner restored nowe to his Bishopricke againe appointed one late a chaplaine of his called Doctor Borne Doctor Borne to preach at Paules crosse who was then promoted to the Queenes seruice and not long afterwarde was made Bishop of Bathe the sayde Doctor taking occasion of the Gospell of that day spake somewhat largely in the iustifying of Bishop Bonner being present at the Sermon whiche Bishop as the sayde Preacher then openly sayde for a Sermon made vpon the same Text and in the same place the same day foure yeares afore passed was most vniustly cast into the vile dungeon of the Marshalsee among theenes and there kept during the time of king Edwardes reigne This matter being set forth with great vehemencie so muche offended the eares of part of the audience that they brake silence and began to murmure and throng togither in such sort as the Maior and Aldermen with other of the wiser sort then present feared muche an vprore A dagger throwne at the preacher During which muttering one more feruent than his fellowes threwe a dagger at the Preacher but who it was came not to knowledge by reason of which outrage the Preacher withdrewe himselfe from the Pulpil and one maister Bradforde at the request of the Preachers brother and others standing there tooke the place and spake so mildely to the people that with fewe wordes he appeased their furie and after the sayde maister Bradforde and maister Rogers although men of contrarie religion conueyed the sayd Preacher into Paules schole and there left him in safetie The next Sundaye following for feare of a like tumult or worse order was taken that the Queenes garde shoulde be present in the place to defende the Preacher with weapons
Whervpon the wiser men perceyuing suche a number of weapons and that great perill was not vnlike to ensue by suche apparance of late not accustomed woulde not bee present at the Sermon by reason whereof there was left a small auditorie Wherefore afterwarde there was a commaundement giuen by the Lorde Maior that the auncients of the companies shoulde be present at the nexte Sermon in their liueries and so they were whereby all became quiet The xviij of August next folowing The Duke of Northumberland arreigned the Duke of Northumberlande the Lorde Marques of Northampton and the Earle of Warwicke sonne and heire to the sayd Duke were brought into Westminster hall and there arreygned of highe treason before Thomas Duke of Norfolke high Stewarde of Englande The Duke of Northumberland at his comming to the barre vsed great reuerence towards the Iudges and protesting his faith and allegiance to the Queenes maiestie whome he confessed grieuously to haue offended he sayde that he ment not to speake any thing in defence of his facte but woulde first vnderstande the opinion of the Court in two points first whether a man doing any act by authoritie of the Princes counsayle and by warrant of the great seale of Englande and doing nothing without the same maye be charged with treason for anye thing which he might do by warrant therof Secondly whether any suche persons as were equallye culpable in that crime and those by whose letters and commaundementes he was directed in all his doings might be his iudges or passe vppon his triall as his peeres Wherevnto was answered that as concerning the first the great seale which he layde for his warrant was not the seale of the lawfull queene of the Realme nor passed by authoritie but the seale of an vsurper and therefore coulde be no warrant to him As to the seconde it was alledged that if any were as deepely to be touched in that case as himselfe yet so long as no atteyndor were of recorde against them they were neuerthelesse persons able in lawe to passe vpon any triall and not to be chalenged therefore but at the Princes pleasure After whiche aunswere the Duke vsing a fewe wordes declaring his earnest repentaunce in the case for he sawe that to stande vpon vttering any reasonable matter as might seeme woulde little preuayle he moued the Duke of Norffolke to bee a meane to the Queene for mercie without further answere confessed the inditement by whose example the other prisoners arreygned with him did likewise confesse the inditementes produced against them and therevpon had iudgement The xix of August Sir Andrewe Dudley Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Henrie Gates brethren and Sir Thomas Palmer Knightes were arreygned at Westminster and confessing their inditements had iudgemēt which was pronounced by the Marques of Winchester high Treasurer of Englande that sate that day as chiefe Iustice The Duke of Northumberland beheaded The xxij of the sayde moneth of August the sayde Duke Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer were executed at the tower hill and all the rest shortlye after had their pardons graunted by the Queene who as it was thought coulde also haue bene contented to haue pardoned the Duke as well as the other for the speciall fauour that she had borne to him afore time The Archbishop of Canterburie committed to the tower Soone after this Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterburie and late before of King Edwards priuie Counsayle was committed to the tower of London being charged of treason not onely for giuing aduise to the dishinheriting of Queene Marie but also for ayding the D. of Northumberlande with certayne horse and men against the Queene in the quarrell of the Ladie Iane of Suffolke The last day of September next following the Queene passed from the tower through the Citie of London vnto Westminster Queene Marie crowned and the next daye being the first of October shee was crowned at Westminster by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester for the Archbishops of Caunterburie and Yorke were then prisoners in the tower as before yee haue hearde at the time of whose coronation there was published a generall pardon in hir name being interlaced with so manye exceptions A pardon with exceptions as they they needed the same most tooke smallest benefite thereby In which were excepted by name no smal number not onely of Bishops and other of the Clergie namely the Archbishops of Caunterburie and Yorke the Bishop of London but also many Lordes Knightes and Gentlemenne of the laytie beside the two chiefe Iustices of Englande called Sir Edwarde Mountague and Sir Roger Cholmeley and some other learned men in the lawe for counsayling or at the least consenting to the depriuation of Queene Marie and ayding of the foresayde Duke of Northumberlande in the pretensed right of the afore named Ladie Iane the names of whiche persons so being excepted I haue omitted for shortnesse sake Assoone as this pardon was publyshed and the solemnitie of the feast of the Coronation ended Commissioners there were certayne Commissioners assigned to take order with all such persons as were excepted out of the pardon and others to compounde with the Queene for their seuerall offences which Commissioners sate at the Deane of Paules his house at the west ende of Paules Church and there called afore them the sayde persons apart and from some they tooke their fees and offices graunted before by King Edwarde the sixth and yet neuerthelesse putting them to their fines and some they committed to warde depriuing them of their states and liuings so that for the time to those that tasted thereof it seemed verye grieuous God deliuer vs from incurring the lyke daunger of lawe agayne The v. daye of October next following A Parliament the Queene helde hir highe Court of Parliament at Westminster which continued vntill the xxj day of the sayde moneth In the first session of whiche Parliament there passed no more Actes but one and that was to declare Queene Marie lawfull heire in discent to the crowne of Englande by the common lawes next after hir brother king Edwarde Treason Felonie Premunire and to repeale certaine causes of treason felonie and premunire contayned in diuerse former Statutes the whiche acte of Repeale was for that Cardinall Poole was especiallye looked for as after ye shall heare for the reducing of the Church of Englande to the Popes obedience and to the ende that the sayde Cardinall nowe called into Englande from Rome might holde his Courtes Legantine withoute the daunger of the Statutes of the Premunire made in that case wherevnto Cardinall Wolsey when he was Legate had incurred to his no small losse and to the charge of all the Clergie of Englande for exercising the like power the which acte being once passed forthwith the Queene repayred to the Parliament house The Parliament proroged and gaue therevnto hir royall assent and then proroged the Parliament vnto the xxiiij day of the sayde Moneth In
col 1. lin 14. Carew Peter knyght conspireth with the Duke of Suffolke 1727.53 fleeth beyond the seas ead 58. Causes why Geffrey Archbyshop of Yorke was depriued 549.2 Castleford pag. 1311. col 1. lin 26. Cassels in Ireland ordeyned an Archbyshopricke 386.32 Carton cited 266.7 Castels wonne by the Scottes 855.47 b. Cantorbury Colledge in Oxford founded 1003.50 a. Cassibellanes dominion where it lay by likelihood 41.39 Cassibellane made generall of the Britaine 's agaynst the Romanes 41.46 Carausius made kyng of the Britaines 81.55 Carausius slayne in the feelde by Alectus 81.89 Cantorburie destroyed by the Danes 206.113 Edmund Earle of Cambridge married Isabel daughter to the kyng of Spayne 992.4 a. Cardinall of Piergort trauayleth to make peace 958.23 a. Castles deliuered to the keping of Fouks de Brent by kyng Caen Abbey in Normandy builded 315.91 Caen wonne by the Englishmen 930.50 a Cadwane king of Northwales 154.67 Geffrey lord Charmey discomfited at Calais 944.30 b. is taken prisoner there 945. 4. a. Camber second sonne to Brute 16.33 Cambria allotted to Camber nowe called Wales 16.40 The Carricke burnt 1476.36 Cay doctor cited 2.76 and 3.8 and .3.94 and .4.2 and 4.47 Cartimandua refuseth her husband Venutius and marrieth Vellocatus 58.82 Cartimandua deliuered from her enimies by the Romanes 58.106 Camulodunum taken by the Britaines and sacked 63.91 Castalio Balthasar knight enstalled for the Duke of Vrbice 1461.45 Caerleil citie and castle taken by the Scottes 366.68 Cardinall Cualo cōmeth ouer into England to kyng Iohn 600.55 he excommunicateth Lewes the Frēch kings sonne by name 600.61 Caerleil citie recouered from the Scottes 397.3 Castles names geuen by kyng Richard the fyrst to his brother Iohn 475.38 Carpwald slayne by an Ethnicke 162.38 Cause why the French Kyng warred agaynst the Britaines 562.52 Caergrant nowe called Cambridge 30.59 Casinare Marques of Randealme Ambassadour from the Emperour 1458.40 Cary George sonne to the lorde Hunsdō made knight 1846 45. his letter of chalenge to the lord Fleming with his answere and Syr George his replie 1848.29 Castle Galiard besieged and deliuered to the French king 557.19 Calice hauen in vayne attempted to be destroyed 1526.11 Caxtons Chronicle cited 24.41 and .30.48 Cambridge possessed by the Danes 212.38 Cambridge Towne builded 30.47 and .30.72 Castle of Maydens in Albania builded 18.13 Cardiffe castle in Wales 346.18 Cardinal Gualo 592.3 Chatoau Valyard besieged pag. 1198. col 2. lin 45. Cardinals reuenues in England seased into the kynges handes 929.43 a. Cantorburie the head citie of the kyngdome of Kent 147.69 Cassander vsurpeth the kyngdome of Macedonie 29.93 Castles fortified by kyng Iohn 601.25 Caius Volusenus looke Volusenus Calater wood in Scotland 24.29 Calphurmus Agricola sent Lieutenant into Britaine 76.74 Cardiffe castle builded 351.55 Castle built nygh to Cryde Abbey called Huberts folly 632.21 Capitoll of Rome saued by the noyse of Ganders 26.66 Cambridge burned by the Danes 245.60 Castle Chinon and Sawmer 542.23 Castle and citie of Angiers deliuered to the Duke of Britaine 542.27 The Cardinall of Saint Andrewes imprisoned 1589. 4. is deliuered out of prison and dasheth the mariage betweene Prince Edward Marie y e Scottishe Queene 1591.55 Carew the Baron of Carew slayne 1478.22 Causes which moued Cesar to make warre on y e Britaines 34.103 Cardinall Hispanus 844.13 b. Cambridge Vniuersitie when founded and by whom 28.78 Carewe Nicholas knight knight of the Garter maister of the kinges house beheaded 1571.17 the speache which he used at his execution ibidem Caen besieged and yeelded to the French pag. 1276. col 2 lin 2. Castles wonne by the byshop of Durisme 832.20 a. Caxton cited 122.9 Calice in old tyme called Icius Portus 35.14 Caircone castle fortified against kyng Henry the fyrst 339.60 Caradoc Lancarnanensis in what time he liued 394.46 Caleis inhabited with Englishmen 943.35 a. Carow Edmūde knight 1450 41. Caboto Sebastian discouereth Moscouia 1714.26 Chateau Galiard castle in Normandie builded 539.53 Cambridgshire annexed to the Sea of Ely 349.94 Catesby Willyam atteinted 1415.46 Cantorburie burned with casuall fire 191.90 Candida Casa now Whiterne 192.27 Causes which mooued Duke William of Normandie to assay the cōquering of England 285.81 Caleis besieged by the Duke of Burgoigne pag. 1259. col 2 lin 15. he breaketh vp hys siege 1260. col 1. lin 53. Caen castle repayred 359.59 Canutus and Harold sonnes to king Swanus of Denmarke sent into England with a Nauie 300.25 Canutus Harold with their armie put to flight by kyng William escape to theyr shippes 301.18 Causey made through the fens of the I le of Ely 306.101 Cardinals appoynted to treat of peace 991.12 b. Cambrey besieged by king Edward the third 904.55 a. Capitaine Hanson pag. 1304. col 1. lin 15. beheaded col 2. lin 13. Cairbadon now called the citie of Bathe 21.97 Captaines flourishing in the dayes of Richard the first 541.53 Cardinall of Saint Prarede dealeth al for money 1023.14 b. Cardinals come into England to treat of peace 901.53 b. Caernaruan burned 810.19 b. Cadsant I le 901.23 b. Cataractone towne 170.54 Caerbranke citie nowe called Yorke by whom buylded 18.10 Canute Prudan marryeth Githa daughter to Osgote Clappa 268.1 Carausius commaunded to bee slayne escapeth 83.19 Cadwan elected kyng of the Britaines 156.75 Carlile besieged 853.48 b. Cenwalch or Chenwald succeedeth his father Cinegiscus in the kingdome of West Saxons 171. Cenwalch putteth awaye hys wyfe receyueth her againe 171.44 Celwalch driuen out of his coūtrey flieth to the Eastangles 171.46 Cenwalch receiueth the Christian fayth 171.53 Cenwalch recouereth his kingdome 171.58 Cedda a vertuous Priest sent to preach the Gospell to the East Saxons 174.23 Cedda ordeined Byshop of the East Saxons 174.37 Cedda borne in Northumberland 174.103 Cenwalch king of west Saxons departeth this lyfe 180.63 Centwine succeedeth Escuinus in the kingdome of the west Saxons 180 88. Celiestline Abbey in Irelande buylded 208.203 Ceolwolfe expulsed his kingdome by Bernwolfe 205.72 Ceorlus succeedeth his kinsmā Wibbas in the kingdome of Mercia 153.9 Ceolred sonne to king Ethelred 189.10 Ceolred succeedeth Kenred in the kingdome of Mercia 189.47 Coelred dyeth and is buryed at Litchfield 189.48 Ceadwalla entreth Kent wyth a armie is put to flight by the Kentishmen 186.64 Ceadwalla succeedeth Centwine in the kingdome of the west Saxons 183.100 Ceolwolfe succeedeth his Nephew Kenelme in the kyngdome of Mercia 205.70 Cerdicus gouerneth the West partes of Britaine as kyng 127.9 Cerdicus doeth homage fealtie vnto K. Arthur 137.78 Cedda dyeth in Lestinghē Monasterie 175.28 Chesshyre wasted by the welchmen 381.41 Cerdiceore supposed to be Yermouth in Northfolke 126.108 Certicestshore 130.46 Ceolwolfe dyeth 196.11 Cealtide Synode 199.11 Celling William 1463.11 Cedferth Byshop of Donwich 195.14 Cedwallo looke Cadwallo Ceorle Earle 207.11 Cesar cited 3.49 3.62 and 4.77 5.62 Ceowuif departeth this lyfe 155.43 Celtica kingdome what countryes in conteined 1.101 Cerdicus a Saxon arriueth with a power in Brytaine 126.103 Chesshyre a great part destroyed by Norway Pirates 238
Gyantes and were not so called only of their monstrous greatnesse as the common people thinke although in deede they exceeded the vsuall stature of men nowe in these dayes but also for y e they tooke their name of the soyle where they were born VVâ—…at gigantes signifyeth for Gigantes signifieth the sons of the earth the Aborigines or as Cesar calleth them Indigina that is borne and bred out of the earth where they inhabited Thus some thinke but verily although that their opinion is not to be allowed in any condition Against the opinion of Aborigines which maynteyne that there should be any Aborigines or other kynde of men than those of Adams lyne yet that there haue bin menne of farre greater stature than are nowe to be founde is sufficiently proued by the huge bones of those that haue bin founde in our tyme or lately before whereof here to make further relation it shall not neede sith in the description of Britain herevnto annexed ye shall fynde it sufficiently declared But now to our purpose Bale Bergion brother to Albion â–ª As Albion held Britayn in subiection so his brother Bergion kepte Irelande and the Orkeneys vnder his rule and dominion Hercules Lybicus and hearing that their cousin Herrucules Libicus hauing finished his Conquestes in Spayn ment to passe through Gallia into Italye against their brother Lestrigo that oppressed Italy vnder subiection of him and other of his brethren the sons also of Neptune as well Albion as Bergion assembling their powers togither passed ouer into Gallia to stoppe the passage of Hercules whose intention was to vanquishe and destroy those tyrantes the sonnes of Neptune and their complices that kepte dyuerse countreys and regions vnder the paynefull yoke of their heauie thraldome The cause that moued Hercules thus to pursue vpon those tyrantes nowe reignyng thus in the world The cause vvhy Hercules pursued his cousins was for that not long before the greatest part of them had conspired together slayne his father Osyris notwithstanding that they were nephues to the same Osyris as sonnes to his brother Neptune and not contented with his slaughter they deuided hys carcasse also among them so that eche of them got a peece in token of reioycing at their murderous atchieued enterprise For this cause Hercules whonie Moyses calleth Laabin proclaymeth warres agaynst them al in reueÌ„ge of his fathers death first he killeth Tryphon and Busyris in Egypt then Anteus in Mauritania the Gerions in Spayne whiche enterprise atchieued he led his army towards Italy and by the waye passeth through a part of Gallia Pomp. Mola where Albion and Bergion hauing vnited theyr powers togither were ready to receyue him with bataile and so nere to the mouth of the riuer called Rhosne in latin Rhodanus they met and fought At the first there was a right terrible and cruell conflicte betwixte them And albeit that Hercules hadde the greatest number of menne yet was it verye doubtefull a greate whyle to whether parte the glorye of that dayes worke would bend whervpon when the victorie beganne outrighte to turne vnto Albion and to his brother Bergion Hercules perceyuing the daunger and likelyhode of vtter losse of that battayle specially for that his men had wasted their weapons he caused those that stood stil and were not otherwyse occupied to stoupe down and to gather vp stones Hercules discomfiyeth his enimyes wherof in that place there was great plentie whyche by his commaundemente they bestowed so freely vpon theyr enimies that in the ende hee obteyned the victorie and dyd not only put his aduersaries to flighte but also slew Albion there in the fielde Albion is slayn together with his brother Bergion and the moste parte of all theyr whole armie This was the ende of Albion and his brother Bergion by the valiant prowes of Hercules who as one appointed by the prouidence of GOD to subdue the cruell and vnmercifull tyrants spent his tyme to the benefite of mankynde deliuering the oppressed from the heauie yoke of myserable thraldome in euery place where he came And by the order of this battayle wee maye learne whereof the Poets hadde their inuention The occasion of the fable of Iupiters helping his sonne Hercules when they fayne in their writings that Iupiter holpe his sonne Hercules by throwyng downe stones from heauen in this battayle agaynst Albion and Bergion Moreouer fro heÌ„ceforth was this Isle of Britayn called Albion Hovve this Isle vvas called Albion of the giaunt Albion as before we haue sayde after the name of the sayde Albion bicause he was established chief ruler and kyng thereof bothe by his grandfather Osyris and his father Neptune that cunning saylour Bale reigning therein as Bale sayth by the space of .xliiij. yeares till finally he was slayne in manner afore remembred by his vncle Hercules Lybicus After that Hercules had thus vanquished and destroyed his enimies hee passed to and fro thorough Gallia suppressing the tyrantes in euerye part where he came and restoring the people vnto a reasonable kynde of libertie vnder lawfull gouernours and as we fynde he buylded the citie of Alexia in Burgongne nowe called Alize Moreouer by Lilius Giraldus in the lyfe of Hercules it is auouched that the same Hercules came ouer hither into Britayne And this dothe Giraldus write by warraunt of suche Brytons as sayth he haue so written themselues which thing peraduenture he hath redde in Gildas the auncient Bryton poet Whiche booke he confesseth in the .v. Dialogue of his histories of Poets that he hath seen The same thing also is confirmed by the name of an head of land in Britayn called Promontorium Herculis as in Ptolomie ye may reade whiche is thought to take name of his arriual at that place Thvs much for Albion and Hercules But nowe where as it is not denyed of anye Dyuers opâ—…ons vvhy I le vvas calâ—… Albion that this I le was called aunciently by the name of Albion yet there be dyuers opinyons how it came by that name for many doe not allow of this historie of Albion the Giannte But for so muche as it appertayneth rather to the description than to the Hystorie of this Isle See 〈…〉 of in the description to rippe vp and lay foorth the secrete mysteries of such matters and bicause I think that this opinion which is heere auouched howe it tooke that name of the foresayd Albion sonne to Neptune may be confirmed with as good authoritie as some of the other I here passe ouer the reste and thus proceede with the historie When Albion chiefe Capitayn of the Gyants was slayn the residue that remayned at home in the Isle continued without any rule or restraint of lawe in so muche that they fell to such a dissolute order of lyfe that they seemed little or nothing to differ from brute beastes those are they which our auncient Chronicles call the Giants who were so named as well of
yeares This Kenwalk was such a Prince Mat. 〈◊〉 dereg 〈◊〉 as in the beginning he was to be compared with the worst kind of rulers but in the middest and later ende of his raigne hee was to bee compared with y e best His godly zeale borne towards the aduancing of the Christian religion wel appeared in the building of the Church at Winchester where the Bishops Sea of al that prouince was theÌ„ placed His wife Sexburga ruled the Kyngdome of West Saxons after him a woman of stoutues ynough to haue atchieued actes of worthy remeÌ„brance but being preuented by deathe ere she had raigned one whole yeare she could not shewe any full proofe of hir noble courage I remember that Math. West maketh other report hereof declaring that the nobilitie remoued hir from the gouernement But I rather followe William Malmes in this matter TO proccede therefore after y t Sexburga was departed this life or deposed Escuinus if you wil nedes haue it so Escuinus or Elcuinus whose Grandfather called Cuthgislo y e brother of K. Kinigils succeded in gouernmeÌ„t of y e West Saxons VVil. Mal. reigning about y e space of two yeres and after his decesse one Centtuinus or Centwine tooke vppon him the rule and continued therein the space of nine yeares But Bede sayth that these two ruled at one time and deuided the kingdom betwixt them Elcuinus fought against Vulfhere Kyng of Mercia a greate number of men being slayne on both parties Hen. 〈◊〉 though Vulfhere yet had after a manner the vpper hand as some haue written In the same yere that the Sinode was holden at Herford Beda lib. â—… cap. sup 〈◊〉 that is to say in the yeare of our Lord 673. Ecgbert the King of Kent departed this life in Iuly King Locius and lefte the Kingdome to his brother Lothore which held the same eleuen yeares and seuen monethes VVil. Malm. Beda dereg lib. 1. Thunnir A vile maâ—…ther Some haue written that King Egbert by the suggestion of one Thunnir who had the chiefe rule of the kingdome vnder him suffered the sayde Thunnir to put vnto death Ethelbert or Ethelbright whiche were the sonnes of Ermenredus the brother of King Ercombert that was father vnto king Egbert for doubt leâ—…t they being towardly yong Gentlemen myghte in tyme growe so into fauor with the people that it shoulde bee easie for them to depriue both Egbert and his issue of the Kyngdome Also that they were priuily put to death and priuily buried at the firste but the place of their buriall immediately beeyng shewed after a miraculous manner theyr bodyes long after in the dayes of Kyng Egilrede the sonne of Kyng Edgar were taken vp and conueyed vnto Ramsey and there buried And although Egbert being giltie of the death of those his cousins did sore repent him for that he vnderstoode they dyed giltlesse yet hys brother Lothaire was thought to be punished for that offence as after shall be shewed Bishop Winfrid deposed Winfrid Bishop of the Mercies for cause of disobedience in some poynt was depriued by the Archbishop Theodore Sexvulfe ordeyned Bishop of the Mercies and one Sexvulfe that was the buylder and also the Abbot of the Monasterie of Meidhamstede otherwise called Peterborrough was ordeyned and consecrated in his place 675. as Math. West hath Bishop Erkenwalde About the same time Erkenwalde was ordeyned Bishop of the East Saxons and appoynted to hold his See in the Citie of London This Erkenwalde was reputed to bee a man of great holynesse and vertue Before he was made Bishoppe hee buylded two Abbeyes the one of Monkes at Chertsey in Sowtherie where hee himselfe was Abbot and the other of Nunnes at Berking within the prouince of the East Saxons Ethelburga where he placed his sister Ethelburga a woman also highly esteemed for hir deuout kinde of life Iohn Capgraue She was firste brought vp and instructed in the rules of hir profession by one Hildelitha a Nunne of the parties of beyond the Sea whome Erkenwald procured to come ouer for that purpose Waldhere Sebby king of East SaxoÌ„s Beda lib. 4. cap. 61. After Erkenwald one Waldhere was made Bishop of London in whose dayes Sebby king of the East Saxons after hee had raigned thirtie yeares beeing nowe vexed with a greeuous sicknesse professed himselfe a Monke whiche thyng he would haue done long before if his wife hadde not kept him backe Hee died shortly after within the Citie of London and was buried in the Church of Saint Paule King Sighere whyche in the beginning raigned with him VVil. Malâ—… and gouerned a parte of the East Saxons was departed thys life before so that in his latter time the foresayde Sebby had the gouernemente of the whole prouince of the East Saxons and left the same to his sonnes Sighard and Sewfred About the yeare of our Lorde .675 675 Vulfhere King of Mercia departed this life after hee hadde raigned as some haue .19 yeares VV. Mal. But other affirme that â—â— raigned .17 yeares Beda Peada or rather Weada but as other affirme hee raigned but .17 yeares Howbeit they which reckeÌ„ nineteene include the time that passed after the slaughter of Penda wherein Oswy and Peada held the aforesayde Kingdome King Ethelred The Bishoppe of Rochester Putta after that his Church was spoyled and defaced by the enimies wente vnto Sexvulfe the Bishop of Mercia and there obteyning of him a small â—â—re and a portion of ground remayned in that countrey not once labouring to restore his Church of Rochester to the former state but wente aboute in Mercia to teach song instruct suche as would learne musicke wheresoeuer hee was required or could get entertaynement Herevpon the Archbishop Theodore consecrated one William Bishop of Rochester in place of Putta and after when the sayd William constreyned by pouertie left that Church Theodore placed one Gebmound in his steede In the yeare of our Lord .678 in the moneth of August 678 A blasing Starre a blasing Starre appeared with a long bright beame like to a piller It was seene euery morning for the space of three monethes togither The same Ecgfrid king of Northumberland Mat. VVest Beda li. 4. cap. 12. Bishop Wilâ—…rid banished Hlagustald Hexam Eadhidus Lindesferne â—…oly ilande banished Bishop Wilfrid vppon displeasure taken with hym out of his See and then were two Bishops ordeyned in his place to gouerne the Church of the NorthuÌ„bers y e one named Bosa at Yorke the other called Eata at Hagustald or Lindesferne Also one Eadhidus was ordeined about the same time Bishop of Lindsey the which prouince king Egfride hadde of late conquered and taken from Vulfhere the late King of Mercia whome he ouercame in battel and droue him out of that couÌ„trey The said three Bishops were consecrated at Yorke by the Archbishop of Canterbury Theodorus the whiche within three yeares after ordeyned two Bishops more in that prouince of the
countenaunce as one meruaylously abashed and streightwayes gaue sentence against Edrike in this wise Thou art worthy saith he of death and dye thou shalte whiche art giltie of treason both towardes God and me sith that thou hast slayne thyne owne soueraigne Lorde and my deare alyed brother Thy bloud therfore be vpon thyne owne head fith thy toung hath vttered thy treason And immediately hee caused his throate to be cut Edrike put to death and his bodie to be throwen out at the chamber windowe into the riuer of Thames This was the ende of Edryke surname de Stratten or Streona a man of greate infanie for his craftie dissimulation falshod and treason used by him to the ouerthrowe of the Englishe astate as partly before is touched Simon Dun. But ther be that concerning that cause of this Edriks death seeme partly to disagree from that whyche before is recited declaryng that Enute standing in some doubt to be betrayed thorough the treason of Edricke Encomium Eâ—… soughte occasions howe to rydde him and other whome hee lykewyse mystrusted out of the waye And therfore one daye when Edryke craued some preferremente at Cnutes handes and alledged that he had deserued to be wel thought of sith by his flight from the battaile at Ashendone the victorie therby inclined vnto Cnutes parte Cnute hearing hym speake these wordes made this aunswere And canst thou quoth he be true to me that through fraudulent meanes diddest deceyue thy souerain Lorde and maister but I will rewarde thee according to thy desertes so as from hencefoorth thou shalte not deceyne any other and so forthwith coÌ„maunded Erick one of his chief captains to dispatch him who incoÌ„tineÌ„tly cut off his head with his are or halbert Verly Simon Dunelmens sayth kyng Cnute vnderstanding in what forte both king Egelred and his sonne king Edmunde Ironside had bin betrayed by the sayde Edricke he stoode in great doubt to be lykewyse deceyued by him and therfore was glad to haue some pretended quarrell to dispatche both hyâ—… and other whome he lykewyse mystrusted as it well appeared For at the same tyme there were put to death with Edricke Earle Norman the sonne of earle Leofwyn and brother to Earle Leofryke also Adelwarde the sonne of Earle Agelmare and Brightricke the sonne of Alfegus gouernour of Deuonshire without all guilt or cause as some wryte And in place of Norman his brother Leofryke was made earle of Mercia by the king and had in great fauour This Leofricke is coÌ„monly also by writers named Earle of Chester After this likewise Cnute banished Iric and Turkyll two Danes the one as before is recited gouernor of Northumberland and the other of Norfolke and Suffolk or Eastangle Then rested the whole rule of the realme in the kings hands whervpon he studied to preserue the people in peace and ordeyned lawes according to the whiche bothe Danes and Englishmenne shoulde bee gouerned in equall state and degree Diuers greate lordes whome hee founde vnfaithfull or rather suspected he put to death H. Hunt Lordes put to death as before ye haue hearde besyde suche s he banished out of the Realme He raysed a tare or tribute of the people A 〈…〉 amounting to the summe of fourscore two thousand pound beside xj M. pound which the Londoners payde towards the maintenance of the Danish Armie In the thirde yeare of his reigne hee sayled with an armie of Englishemen and Danes into Denmarke to subdue the Vandals there 1019. King Cnute passeth into Denmarke whiche then sore annoyed and warred agaynst his subiectes of Denmarke Erle Goodwyn which had the souerain conduct of the Englishmen Erle Goodvvin his seruice in Denmarke the night before the day appoynted for the battayle gote him foorthe of the campe with his people sodeynly assaylyng the Vandals in their lodgings easily distressed them sleaing a great number of them and chaâ—…ing the residue In the morning early when Cnute herd that the Englishemen were gone foorth of their lodgings he supposed that they were eyther fled awaye or else tourned to take part with the enimies But as he approached to the enimies camp he vnderstode howe the matter wente for hee founde nothyng there but bloud deade bodyes and the spoyle For thys good seruice Cnute had the englishmen in more estimation euer after Cnute had the â—…nglishmen in estimation for their good seruice and highely rewarded theyr leader the same Earle Goodwâ—â— When Cnute had ordered all things in Denmarke as was thoughte â—…houefull he â—…tansd agayne into Englande And within a few days after hee was aduertised that the Sâ—… were made warre against his subiectes of Denmarke 1028 vnder the leading of two greate Princes Vâ—…fe and Eâ—…râ—… Mathewe Westm recounteth that at thys tyme Earle Goodwyn and the Englishmenne wrought the enterprise aboue mentioned of assaultyng the enimies campe in the night season after Cnute had fyrste loste in the daye before no small number of his people And that then the foresayde princes or kyngs as hee nameth them Vlfus and Aulafus which latter he calleth Eiglafe were constrayned to agree vpon a peace The Danish Chronicles alledge that the occasion of this warre rose hereof Albertus Crantz This Olauus ayded Cnute as the same writers reporte against kyng Edmunde and the Englishemenne But when the peace should be made betweene Cnute and Edmunde there was no consideration had of Olauus where as throught hym the Danes chiefly obteyned the victorie Herevpon Olavus was fore offended in hys mynde againste Cnute and nowe vpon occasion sought to be reuenged But what soeuer the cause was of this warre bewirte these two Princes the ende was thus That Olavus was expulsed out of his kingdome and constrained to flee to Ger. thaslaus a duke in the parties of Gastlande And afterwarde retourning into Norwayt was slayne by suche of his subiects as tooke part with Cnute in manner as in the historie of Norway it appereth more at large with the cotratretie soud in the writing of them which haue recorded the histories of those North regions But heer is to be remembred Magnus Olavus that the fame and glorie of the English nation was greately aduaunced in these warres as well againste the Swedâ—…ers as the Norwegians Fabian Polyd. H. Hunt so that Cnute began to loue and trust the Englishmen muche better than it was thought he woulde euer haue owne Shortly after that Cnute was retourned into Englande that is to wiâ—… as some haue in the .xv. yeare of his reigue Other say that he vvente forth of Denmark to Rome he went to Rome to perform his vow which he had made to visite the places where the Apostles Peter and Poule had their burial Sim. Dunel He was honorably receyued of Pope John the xx that them held the sea An. 103â—… When he had vone his deuotion there hee retourned into Englande In the yeare following 1032 VVil. Malm. Mat. VVest he made
was slain by chaunce through glauncing of an arrow shot at a Deare in y e new Forest then hoping to succeed him in the kingdome of England he preferred that honor to the other wherein he sawe to be more trauaile than gaine Henrie Beauclerke king of Englande But at his comming home he found that his yongst brother Henrie surnamed Beauclerke was placed in the kingdome of England and so was Duke Robert his hope frustrate of both the kingdomes and that worthily as moste men thought for that he refused so necessarie a dignitie wherein he might haue serued the common cause of the christian common wealth Maude king Edgars sister Vnto Henry Beauclerke in the seconde yeare of his raigne king Edgar maried the one of hys sisters called Maulde The other named Marie hee coupled wyth Eustace Earle of Bulloigne Eustace Earle of Bulloigne Of the whiche mariage was borne a daughter that was the only heyre of the same Eustace in the Countie of Bulloigne the which when she came to womans state was maried vnto Stephen Earle of March in England of Mortaigne in France Nephew to Henrie Beauclerke by his sister The king of Englande Henrie had issue by Queen Mauld two sonnes and two daughters William and Richard Eufamie and Maulde But now to returne to king Edgar to shew some token of thanks towards saint Cutbert for his ayd shewed as was thought in the battaile agaynst his vncle Donalde The landes of Coldingham Canulph Bishop of Durham he gaue vnto the Monkes of Durham the lands of Coldingham and to the Bishop of Durham called Canulph he gaue the towne of Berwike but for that the same Bishop wrought afterwardes treason agaynst him he lost that gyft and the king resumed that towne into his handes againe I do not finde that Edgar had any warres any way forth during all the time of his raigne Edgar rather reuerenced than dred a prince rather reuerenced than dred amongst hys subiects for his singular equitie vpright dealing He departed out of this life at Dundee in the ix yeare of his raigne 1107. Io. Ma. 1109. H. B and after the byrth of our Sauiour 1107. AFter the decease of this Edgar succreded his brother Alexander the fierce so called for his rigorous valiancie in pursuing of theeues and robbers Alexander In the beginning of his raigne the inhabitants of Murrey lande and Rosse beholding him to bee moste an ende in the Church at his prayers and diuine seruice after the maner of his parents supposed he would proue no great quick iusticier in punishing offenders therupon most presumptuously they began to rob and reaue on eche side Theues of Murrey land and Rosse not sparing to kill and slea all suche as came in their handes without respect to age or sexe in somuche that the yong infants smyling vpon the murtherers beeing aboute to execute their detestable crueltie The crueltie of theeues passed by the Sworde as well as the resysters suche rooted malice remayned in theyr beastly heartes which vpon renuing theyr olde grudges they now accordingly shewed King Alexander therefore aduertised hereof came into those parties with a competent armie Execution and apprehending the chiefe authours and captaynes stroke of their heades As he returned backe through the Mernes there came a woman vnto him weeping in lamentable sorte who fell vppon hir knees at his feete beseeching him to pitie hir case hauing lost both hir husbande and sonne The Earle of Mernes sonne by the tyrannous crueltie of the maister of Mernes who for that they had called him afore a iudge in an action of debt had slaine and murthered as well the one as the other The king moued with this detestable kinde of iniurie lyght beside his Horse and woulde not alight vp againe A righteous Iusticier till hee had seene the Authour of that heynous trespasse hanged vppon a Gybet After this comming into Gourie The Castell of Baledgar hee tooke in hande to finishe and make vp the Castell of Baledgar the foundation whereof his brother Edgar had begun that it might be an ayde to chastice a sort of theeues robbers which haunted the Wooddes thereaboutes to the great disquiet of all the Countrey He gaue also to the maintenance of that house certain landes which the Earle of Gowrie had giuen him at the Fout stone when he became his godfather Whilest he was thus busie about the furtherance of that worke diuerse of those theeues that were acustomed to liue by robberies in those parts perceiuing that this castell which the king was about to build shoulde turne vnto their destruction Treason of conspirators to haue slaine the king they conspired his death winning by rewards promises the help of the kings chamberlain to the accōplishing of their traiterous and most diuelishe practises they entered one night through a priuie into his lodging in purpose to haue slaine him as he had slept in his bed chāber but he by Gods prouidence hauing knowledge of their cōming started out of his bed caught a sword which hung neare at hand wherewith he slue first his chamberlain that had brought them in The kings manhood and then dispatched a six of the other traitors which were alreadie entred his chamber with singular force manhood the other fearing least with the noyse his seruants that lodged within the house should haue bin raised so haue hasted to assaile thē on the backs fled in all hast possible Neuerthelesse suche pursute was made after them that many of them were apprehended and vpon their examination beeing brought before the king they declared plainly howe they were encouraged to worke that treason whiche they had gone aboute by sundrie great Barons and gentlemen of the countrey Finally the matter was so handled with them that they disclosed the names of those that had thus procured them to the treason Wherevpon the king gathering an army The water of Spay he marched forth to pursue them but before he came vnto the water of Spay the conspirators had gotten togither their power were lodged on the further side of the same water to stop him from passing ouer Sir Alexander Carron The king seeing them thus assembled to impeach his passage sent his Banner man sir Alexander Carron with a chosen part of his army to passe the water The Rebels are vāquished and to fight with his enimies where by the hardie onset of the sayde sir Alexander they were quickly put to flight many of them that were taken in the chase suffered death according as they had well deserued The realme after this execution done of these offenders continued many yeares after in good tranquilitie This Alexander Carron also for that he was seene in the kings sight that day to fight moste manfully in sleaing diuers of the rebelles with a crooked sworde whiche he had in his hande of whiche sort many
downe when he sawe he was not able to defend it against the English power comming towards hym King Edwarde hauing thus accomplished hys desyre returned backe into Englande leauing behynde hym wyth the Ballyoll Richard Talbot manye greate Lordes of Englande amongest whom as chiefe was Rycharde Talbot that vsyng the aduice and councell of them hee might rule the Realme of Scotlande as should he thought expedient Edwarde Ballyoll herevppon wente thorough all the boundes of Scotlande placing garnysons of Englishmen in moste part of all the strengthes and castels of the realme Al the fortresses of ScotlaÌ„d in the Balliols landes fiue only except for he had them al at his commandement fiue of them onely excepted whyche were kepte by suche Scottishmen as woulde not renounce their allegiance promised to king Dauid For Dounbryton was kepte by Malcolme Flemmyng of Cummirnalde Lochlevyn by Alane of Vepount The Castell of Kyldrummy by Christine Bruce And Vrquharte by Roberte Lawder The uyle of Lowdoun a strong thyng of so small a compasse was in the keeping of one Iohn Thomson These Capitaines would by no meanes neyther yeeld themselues nor their fortresses to Edward Ballyol but defend them to the vtterance for the behoofe of their soueraine Lord and maister king Dauid The Popes ambassadours not regarded In the meane tyme Philip king of Fraunce laboured to the Pope that he mighte by his authoritie cause the Englishmen to surceasse from further vexing the Scottes by their cruell inuasions made into their countrey But when the Popes ambassadours came aboute this matter into Englande they were so little regarded that they could not get licence to declare y e message so were they glad to returne without dooing any thing in the matter whereabout they were sent A parliamente a Perth Shortlye after was a Parliamente called at Perthe where Edwarde Ballyoll was confirmed Kyng of Scotlande a greate number of the nobles promising there by solemne othes neuer to moue anye rebellion agaynste him in tymes to come In the meane tyme rose great alterâ—…ation betwixt Henry Beaumont â—â—yfe betwixt Mowbray and Beaumount and Alexander Moubraye for certaine landes in Buchquhane Henry Beaumount claymed those lands by the right of his wyfe that was daughter to the sayd Alexander but the Mowbraye claymed them as heire to his brother After long contention Mowbray hadde the landes adiudged to him by sentence of the Ballyoll by reason wherof Dauid Cumyn Earle of Athole and Richarde Talbot fauouring the cause of Henry Beaumont began to practise suche conspiracies against the Ballyoll that to auoyde further daunger he was glad to repeale the former sentence by him gyuen on the behalfe of Alexander Mowbraye and by newe sentence adiudged the landes vnto Henry Beaumounte for that as was alledged he had maryed the inheritour therof Thus thoroughe puissaunce of the parties the truthe in decydyng of the Controuersye myghte not haue place and also the Ballyoll constrayned to haue the one of them to hys enimyes Not long after this Edward Ballyol came to Rainfrewe and there receyuyng the people into his obeysaunce The castels of Rothsay and Dunnone deliuered to the Ballyoll hadde the keyes of the castell of Rothsaye and Dunnone broughte vnto hym by sir Alane Lyle Sheriffe of Bute Thus didde the Ballyoll encrease in puissaunce by suche confluence of people as daylye submitted them selues vnto hym and hee enryched them liberally wyth landes and goodes still as they came vnto him therby to winne their good willes He soughte by all meanes possible to haue gotten Roberte Stewarde into hys handes Robert Stewarde as the persone whome hee knewe to haue moste ryghte next vnto kyng Dauid to the Crowne of Scotlande but thorough the dyligent forsyghte of hys friendes Thys Roberte Stewarde beeyng aboute the age of fyfteene yeares was conueyed to the castell of Dunbreton where hee was ioyefully receyued by Malcolme Flemyng the Captais The Ballyoll beeyng sore offended that suche Castelles as were kepte by his enimies were so greate an impedimente to hys enterprises by succouring and relieuyng hys aduersaryes to maynteyne warres agaynst him he got togyther an armye Lochleuyn besieged and the nexte yeare layde siege vnto the Castell of Lochlevyn But perceyuyng that thys Castell myghte not bee wonne without long siege he appoynted Syr Iohn Striuelyng to continue the siege wyth a greate power of menne vntill the Castel were yeelded There were lefte also with him Michaell Hereot Dauid Wemis and Richarde Maleville with diuers other These capitaines aduising the place and syte of the Castell lodged themselues within the Churcheyarde of Sainte Serfâ—… beside Kinrosse makyng Bastyles and other defenses within the same for their more safegarde Within the Castell were two valyant captaynes to defende it Alane Vepont Iames Lamby captains of Lochleuyn the one named Alane Vepount and Iames Lamby Citesins of Saint Androwes The enimies assayd al the means that might be deuised to haue wonne this castel but al was in vayne At length they deuised a subtill sleight wherby to compasse their intent on this wyse They wente aboute to damme vp the mouth of the ryuer where it issueth out of the Loche wyth earth A deuyse to drowne the castell trees and stones that the water beyng so kepte in might ryse to such an heighte that it shoulde ouerflowe the Castell and so drowne all the people wythin it and to cause the Loche to swell more speedyly they tourned the course of dyuers ryuers and brookes in the countrey thereaboutes and broughte them into the same loche It chaunced at the same tyme that sir Iohn Striuelyng capitayne of the siege with a great parte of the armie went vnto Donfermling for deuotion sake to visite the shrine of Saint Margaret sometyme Queene of Scotlande Whereof Alane Vepount then capitayne of the Castell hauyng vnderstanding about midnight prepared three boates and takyng certayn souldiours with hym rowed foorth to the heade of the damme or water and there with such engines as he had deuysed for the purpose assayed to boate thorough and make a hole in the banke or rampier that kepte vp the water which when they had brought to passe they returned quickely agayne to the castell The water hauing once gotten an issue within a whyle ware the hole so large that entryng with more violence it finally brake downe the banke rushed foorth with such an huge stream that it bare downe all afore it drowning vp the bastils and tentes of them that lay at siege there The bastiles and tentes of them that laye at siege drowned and carryed the same with men and all downe into the deepe sea they were so sodenly taken ere they could make any shift to escape Alane Vepount wheÌ„ the water was fallen to the olde marke issued forth of the castel and setting vpon those that had escaped the daunger of the water slew part of them and put the remnant to flyght Iohn Striuelyng hearing the
French captaine 477.49 Dusdere tovvne b◅rn◅ 472.105 E. EArle of Gloucestor vvith dyuerse other nobles of Englād taken prisoners 265 9◅ Earle of Huntleyes armie taken and slaine by the English menne 419. 100 Earle of Surrey Lieutenant to K. Henrie the eight cōmeth vvith an army to meete Iames the .iiij. King of Scottes 420.20 Earle of Arrane stealeth avvaye vvith the Lorde Hume and hys brother 427.27 Erle of Arrane pardoned 426.44 Earles of Lennox and Derneleyvvhence discended 247.67 Earldomes in Scotlande 252.27 Earle of Glencarne sent by Lennox to the King of Englande 461. 5 Earle of Hertfort and the Lorde Lisle conductors of the armye sent into Scotlande by the Erle of Lennox 461.25 Erle of Cathnes depriued of hys Earledome and landes 258 1◅ Erle of Angus the L. Maxvvel committed to vvard by the gouernor of Scotland 460.106 Earle of Namure landeth in England vvith an army to ayde king Edvvarde agaynste the Scottes 311. 103 Earle of Namure and his armye discomfited 341.109 Erle of Murrey taken prisoner by the English men 342.54 Earle of Athole reuolteth to the Ballioll and is made gouernor of Scotland 342.60 Earle of Athole slaine in battaile 342. 88 Earle of Glencarne false to the Earle of Lennox and goeth about to betray him 462.86 Earle of Argulle shooteth at the Erle of Lennox ships out of the castell of Dynmine 463.3 Earle of Salisburie taken prysoner by the Scots 348.26 Earle of Salisburie exchaunged for the Earle of Murrey 348.98 Erle of Northumberland Lieutenant of the North and generall against the Scottes 350.73 Earle of Marche and VVilliam Dovvglas enter into Englande vvith an armie 352.65 Earle of Mar stain in his bed and his armie discomfited 333.101 Erles of the surnames of the dovvglasses 392.27 Earle of Murrey returneth forth of France 341.24 Earle of Athole submitteth himselfe to King Dauid 341.44 Earle of Cathnes pardoned and restored to his landes 285.36 Earle of Cathnes murthered by his ovvne seruants 285.41 Earle of Surrey inuadeth Scotlād vvith an armie 410.73 Earle of Shrevvesburie inuadeth Scotlād vvith an army returneth vvith small honour 432.10 Earle of Huntley taken prisoner by the Englishemen 469.8 entereth band for the raunsomes of his Countreymen 469.22 Earle of Lennox besiegeth and vvinneth the tovvne of Annand 470.2 returneth back into Englande 470.58 entreth into scotland vvith an armie 470.112 his trustinesse vnto the king of England 473.50 Earle of Dovvglas dieth 360.22 Earle of Dovvglas taketh avvay Hērie Percies staffe at the barriers 362.66 Earle of Dovvglas slaine 364.3 Erle of Northumberland and his kinsfolkes flee into Scotlande 370. 66 Earle of March restored home into Scotlande 373.1 Earle of Buchquhan created high Conestable of Fraunce 375.10 Earle of Dovvglas duke of Touraine slaine 376.36 Earle of Dovvglas made Duke of Touraine 376.32 Earle of Buchquahane high Conestable of France slaine 376.35 Ebba taketh the sea vvith a boate alone and arriueth at saint Ebbas head 143. ◅0 Ebba professeda Nunne 143.97 Eclipse of the sunne vvith terrible darkenesse 380.116 Ederus escapeth murdring 24.108 Ederus sente too Ep◅ake to bee brought vp in princely nurture 25. 46 Ederus receyued for king 27.33 Ederus muche delited in hunting and keeping of houndes 27.40 Ederus sendeth ayde to the Brytains against the Romains 28.43 Ederus dieth 21.69 Edelfred king of Northumberlād 139. 75 Edelfredes policie in egging the Pictes to make vvarre agaynste the Scottes 13◅ 85 Edelfred and Brudeus vvith their Saxons and Pictes inuade Gallovvey 140.106 Edelfred King of Northumberland slaine 143.65 Edenburgh in olde tyme called Agneda by vvhom builded 10. 108 Edenbourgh taken by the Englishmen 301. ◅7 Edenbourgh taken by the English men and redeemed for money 359. 78 Edenbourgh tovvne and Abbay burnt 433.113 Edenburgh Castell furnished for defence 461.68 Edēburgh entred by force by the English men 461.82 and burnt vvith the Abbey of holy Rood house 461.93 Edenburgh Castell recouered too the gouernours vse 459.40 Edelfred King of Northumberland defieth the Kentish South and East Saxons for receyuing the Christian fayth 142.36 Edelfrides sonnes receyue the Christian fayth in Scotlande 143. 110 Edelfredes sonnes flee into Scotland 143.83 Edgar dyeth 261.51 Edgar sonne to Malcolme sente for into Scotland 260.52 Edgar crovvned king of Scotlād 260. 101 Edgar first king of Scots that vvas annoynted 260.114 Edmond created King of Englād 204. 46 Earthquake on Christmasse daye 238. 66 Earthquake through England Scotland 414.114 Edvvarde King of Englande demaundeth Northumberlande Cumberland and VVestmerlād of the Scottes 200.75 Edvvard King of England slaine 201. 35 Edvvarde sonne to Edgar King of England sendeth Ambassadors into Scotlande too renue theyr league 218.74 Edvvard sonne to Edgar slain by the treason of Esculda his stepmother 218.75 Edvvard king of England buyeth peace of the Danes for money 222. 100 Edvvard requireth ayde of Malcolm against the Danes 222.107 Edvvarde maketh peace vvyth the Danes 222.113 Edvvarde the thirde of Englande dyeth 358.66 Edvvarde prince of Scotlande dieth 258.70 Edvvard the first crovvned king of England 295.53 Edvvard passeth ouer into France vvith a greate nauie of Shippes 302. 65 Edvvard inuadeth Scotland vvith an armie 305.35 Edvvardes officers chased oute of Scotland 306.80 Edvvard King of England surnamed Longshanke seeketh meanes to obteyne the Kingdome of Scotland 298.15 Edvvarde returneth to Barvvike to giue sentence vvho shall bee King of Scotland 299.47 Edvvard checked by the Earle of Gloucester for his vntrue dealing 299.91 Edvvard cōcludeth a peace vvith the French King 300.19 Edvvardes sonne maried too the French Kings daughter 300.22 Edvvard king of England dyeth 313. 58 Edvvards crueltie noted by Scottish VVriters 313.61 Edvvard the second called Edvvarde of Carnaruan crovvned King of England 313.72 Edvvarde goeth into Scotlande vvith an armie 314.13 Edvvardes vvonderfull prouision to conquer Scotland 315.30 Edvvardes huge armie vanquished and put to flight by the Scottes 318. 84 Edvvard brother to King Robert of Scotland proclaimed king of Ireland 320.45 Edvvard king of Ireland slaine 320. 82 Edvvard inuadeth Scotland vnto Edenbourgh 324 27 Edvvarde and his armie putte to flight by the Scottes 324.51 Edvvard deposed and murthered 325. 61 Edvvard the third crovvned king of England 325.66 Edvvard goth forth vvith a mightie armie agaynste the Scottes 326. 37 Edvvardes demaunde to an Heralde at armes concerning the three most valiant captaynes of that tyme. 328.81 Edvvard commeth vvith an armie to inuade Scotlande 332.30 Edvvard returneth home bootelesse and dischargeth his army 332. 67 Edvvarde the first crovvned king of Scotlande 334.64 Edvvardes army discomfited and put to flight 335.61 Edvvard purposeth to make a cōquest of Scotland 336.51 Edvvarde inuadeth Scotlande againe both by sea and lande 340. 58 Edvvard entreth into Scotlande vvith an army 341.93 Edvvarde the fourth inuadeth Scotland by Sea and lande 403. 65 Edvvard commeth into Scotland vvith an army to rayse the siege of Lochyndoris 343.40 Edvvarde slayeth his ovvne brother Heltam 344.17 Edvvard prince of VVales ouerthrovveth the Frenche armie and taketh King Iohn and hys yongest sonne prisoners 353.72
Bartolenus Bartolenus or Bastolenus Clem. lib. 4. Cambreid li. 3. or Bastolenus who encouraged with the late attempte and successe of Nimrod kinseman to Nimus then newely intruded vppon the Monarchie of Assyria serched so farre west intending to atteyn vnto some gouernement where hee mighte rule without any partener in authoritie till at length Fortune broughte him and his people vppon the coast of Irelande Here he settled himselfe with his three sonnes Languinna Salamis and Ruthurgus right actiue and stout Gentlemen who searching the lande from syde to syde and from ende to ende lefte remembraunces of their names in certayn notable places named after them as Languini Stragrnus and mount Salanga since named Sainte Dominickes hill and Ruthurgus his poole Ruthurgi stagnum Little is remembred of Bartolenus sauing that in shorte space with many handes working at once he ridde and made playne a great part of the countrey ouergrowen with wooddes and thickets Ireland â—â—ost inhabited Thus was Irelande inhabited by this people vnder the gouernemente of those three sonnes of Bartholenus and their ofspryng aboute the space of three hundred yeares Ruanus hovve long he lyued And hereby lyeth a vayne tale among the Irishmen Ruanus hovve long he lyued that one of the Giants named Ruanus chancing to be preserued from this mortalitie liued forsooth about .2041 yeres which is more thaÌ„ twice the age of Mathusalem By this man say they S. Patrike was enformed of all the estate of the couÌ„trey and after that vpon request he had receiued baptisme of the sayd Patrike he deceased in the yere after the birth of our sauior .430 as in the Irishe histories hath bene vnaduisedly registred But suche foolishe tales and vayne narrations may warne the aduised reader how to beware of yelding credite vnto the lyke idle fantasies forged tales when they hap to lyght vpon suche blynde Legendes For where some of the Poets vsed for inuention sake to fayne such dreaming Fables Forged tales fables vvinne credit in tyme to passe among the vnskilfull people for true histories for exercise of their stiles and wits afterwarde thorough errour and lacke of knowledge they haue ben taken with the ignorant for verie true and moste assured histories But nowe to the matter as we fynde it recorded of an infinite number of Giants slayne and made away in maner afore rehersed certain there were that got them into some lurking dennes or caues and there kepte them till lacke of victuals enforced them to come foorth and make shift for sustenaunce and perceyuing no resistance bycause the lande was in maner lefte desolate they waxed bolder and when they vnderstoode howe things had passed they settled them selues in the best part of the countrey easily subduing the poore sillie soules that remayned and so reuiuing theyr lignage they became lordes of the whole Iland keping the same in subiection for the space of three score yeares together Gene. 10. Among Iaphets sonnes we reade in Genesis that Magog was one who planted his people in Scythia neere Tanais Anno mundi .2317 Nemodus 〈◊〉 his foure leâ—…ies from whence aboute the yeere of the world .2317 Neniodus with his .iiij. sonnes Starius Garbaneles Anuinus Fergusius capitaynes ouer a faire companye of people were sent into Ireland who passing by Grecia and taking there suche as were desirous to seeke aduentures with them at length they landed in Irelande inhabited the countrey Irelande eftsones inhabited by the ofspring of Iaphet and multiplyed therein although not without continuall warre which they helde with the Giantes for the space of two hundred and sixteene yeeres in the ende of whiche terme the Giauntes preuayling The Giaunts preuayle chased them theÌ„ce again so that they retired into Syria This was aboute the yeere after the creation as by their accoumpte it shoulde seeme 2533. 2533. from whiche tyme the Giauntes kepte possession of the lande without forrain inuasion till the yeare .2714 but yet in all that space they were not able to frame a common welth for falling at variaunce among them selues and measuring all things by might seditiously they vexed ech other Whiche thyng comming to the knowledge of the Grecians moued fiue brethren sonnes to one Dela The sonnes of Dela a Grecian skilfull in the arte of sayling being notable sea men and skilfull Pilots to rigge a nauie and to attempte the conquest of this Ilande These were of the posteritie of Nemodus and named Gandius Genandius Sagandus Rutheranius and Slauius When all things were readye and their companies assembled they tooke the sea They passe into Ireland and destroyed the Giaunts They deuide the countrey into four parts and finally arriuing here in Irelande founde the puissance of the Giants sore weakened throughe their owne ciuill dissention so that with more ease they atchieued theyr purpose and wanne the whole countreye vtterly destroying and rootyng out that wicked generation enimies to mankinde and after deuided the Ilande into fyue partes and in eche of them they seuerally reigned Furthermore to satisfie all sydes and auoyde contention they concluded to fixe a merestone in the myddle poynte of Irelande to the whiche eche of their kyngdomes shoulde reache so as they myght bee equally partakers of the commodities founde within that countrey soyle These are also supposed to haue inuented the distribution of shires into Cantredes A cantred euery cantred or baronie conteyning one hundred townshippes At lengthe desyre of soueraigntie sette the fyue bretherne at variance Desire of soueraintie cause of variance and greatly hindered theyr growyng wealthes But Slanius gettyng the vpper hande and bringing his four brethren to a lowe ebbe tooke vpon him as chiefe aboue his other brethren encrochyng founde aboute the myddle stone for the space of certayne myles whiche plotte in tyme obteyned the priuiledge and name of one entier parte and nowe maketh vp the number of fyue partes into the whiche Irelande is sayde to bee deuided and is called Methe and in Latine Media taking that name as some haue guessed for that in respecte of the other it conteyned bot the moytie of canâ—…redes that is .xvj. where eche of the other comprehended .32 a peece or else for that it lyeth in the middest of the lande This parte Slanius ioyned as a surplusage ouer and aboue his inheritaunce vnto the Monarchie whiche parte notwithstanding grewe to a seuerall kingdome Thirtie yeares the monarchie yet continued in this order but finally Slanius departed this lyfe Slanius departed thy lyfe and was buryed in a mountayne of Meth that beareth hytherto as they say the name after him Then the Princes subiecte to him beganne to stomacke the matter and denied their obeysaunce to his successour wherevpon ensued continuall warres betwixte them falling still at debate for the lande of Methe whiche strife of long tyme might neuer fully be appeased In the necke of these troubles also there arriued in Ireland a new armie of Scythians
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
his coÌ„ming backe into England he found the duke of Lancaster at the sea syde with a great power of menne readye to haue come ouer The bishop of 〈◊〉 where 〈◊〉 into â—…lande out â—…ders althoughe some thought that he deferred tyme of purpose for that he myslyked of the Bishops whole enterprist and now 〈◊〉 cause it hadde 〈◊〉 â—…rayleâ—… â–ª he blamed the Bishop for his euill gâ—…emenâ—… the 〈◊〉 but sir Hughe Caluerley he reteyned with hym a tyrkâ—… dâ—…ng hiâ—… all honour by reason of the owe appâ—… valiancie that had bin 〈◊〉 founde in 〈◊〉 And this was the end of the Bishop of Nâ—… The Scots in the 〈◊〉 why be safe not â—…all but made roades into England toke 〈◊〉 brent the castel of Wark Mâ—…er VVarke castell brent by the Scottes whilest the â—…gâ—… laye before â—…s Nines the Frenchmen 〈◊〉 contain vessels and sent them â—…o the sea namely haâ—… valengers as wel to intercept such as should pâ—…sse betwene Englande and Flanders as also to stop such as were apointe 〈◊〉 gâ—… ouer 〈◊〉 â—…aoyn that were souldiors also of the Croysey appointed thither vnder the â—…g of the Lorde Britâ—…ale de la Breâ—…te and certain others When they of Portesmouth 〈…〉 â—…hat theâ—… fiue ships were abroade they 〈◊〉 forth to the Sea and meeting with their aduersaâ—… sought â—…yth them a â—…e cruel battaile and in the 〈◊〉 slow â—…ll the enimies 〈◊〉 excepted and toke all theâ—… vessels Dyuers French shippes taken by the Englishmen An other fleet of Englishmen took â—…ij freÌ„ch ships which had aboord 〈◊〉 omits of good wines that comforted the Englishmens greatly About the feast of al Saintâ—… was a parliameÌ„t holden at London A parliament at London in which was granted to the K. one moytie of a fifteenth by y e laytie shortly after a maytie of a tenth by the clergie The temporalties of the bishoprike of Norvvich seysed into the kings handes for the bishops disobedience Moreouer the K. toke into his hands the temporalties y t belonged to the Bishop of Norwich bicause he obeyed not the kings coÌ„mendemeÌ„t when he was sent for at the time when he toke the seas to passe into Flanders The knights also y e had not shewed such obedience to the bishop as was requisite in that iorney were coÌ„nulted to prison but shortly after they were set at libertie vpon sureties that vndertooke for them it was also decreed in this parliament that the Erle of BuckingaÌ„ the kings vncle shoulde goe to the borders against Scotland with a thousand launces and ij M. Archers to represse the presumptuous attempts of the Scots who aduertised therof sent embassadors to treat of peace but they were dispatched home againe withoute obteyning that which they came to sue for At the motion instance of the duke of Britain immediatly vpon the returne of the English armie out of Flaunders there was a meeting of certain commissioners in the marches of Caleys A treatie of peace betvven Englande and Fraunce at a place called Lelleghen for the treatie of a peace to be concluded betwixte the two Realmes of Englande and Fraunce There appeared for king Richard the duke of Lancaster and his brother y e Erle of Buckingham sir Iohn Hollande brother to the Kyng Sir Thomas Percye and a Bishop For the Frenche king thither came the Dukes of Beâ—…y and Bâ—…gongne the Bishop of Laon and the Chauncellor of Fraunce There were also the duke of Britain the erle of Flanders Also there came a bishop with other coÌ„missioners from the king of Spayne for the Frenchmen would nothing doe except the K. of Spayne might be also comprised in the treatie and conclusion They were .iij. wekes in coÌ„moning of an agreemente but when nothing else coulde be brought to passe they concluded a truce to endure till the feaste of S. Michaell A truce taken 〈◊〉 betvvene Enâ—…glande and 〈◊〉 Fraunce which shoulde be in the yeare .1384 The erle of FlaÌ„ders was iudged most in blame for y t no peace could be accorded bicause he wold not that the Gantiners should be comprised therin but the Englishmen would not agree either to truce or peace except regard might be had of the Gantiners as their frends and alies The kings of Spayn and Scotland were comprised in this truce as confederates to the Frenchmen whiche shuld haue signified the same into Scotlande but did not til great harme folowed through negligeÌ„ce vsed in that matter as after ye shal perceiue Tho. VVals The same yere in the nighte of the feast of the Purification of our Lady great lightenings and thunders chaunced which put many in no small feare so huge and hideous was that tempest Shortly after there rose no small adde in the citie of London about the electioÌ„ of their Maior for such as fauored the late Maior Io. Great contention aboute the election of the Maior of London de Northamton otherwise called Iohn de Comberton stood against sir Nicholas Brambre knight that was chosen to succeede the sayde Iohn de Northampton insomuch that a shoemaker that was one of the same Iohn de Northamptons partakeâ—…s profuine through a number of wyâ—… were ready to fauor haâ—… Sir Robert Knolles to take vppon 〈…〉 May 〈◊〉 but through the counsell of sir 〈◊〉 Kâ—…tsis knyght he was sodeinly vppâ—… 〈◊〉 drawne and be handed as â—…ell anâ—… 〈…〉 the kings peace In the Lent season the 〈◊〉 of Lancaster with his brother the Erle de Bâ—…kingham weÌ„t towards the borders The duke of Lancaster â—…â—…adeth Scotâ—… vvith 〈…〉 hauing 〈◊〉 him a mightie power of knights esquiers Archers and after he had remained a certain tyme vpon the borders Edâ—…â—…deâ—…e about Easter he entred Scotland and coÌ„ming within three myles of â—…burghe he stayed there a three dayes 〈…〉 meane tyme the Scottes conueyed all thilt goodes out of the towne ouer the water of 〈◊〉 so that when the armie came thither they 〈◊〉 nothing but bare walles which grieued 〈◊〉 â—…diours not a little The Scots would not 〈◊〉 forth to giue any battaile to the EnglishmeÌ„ but got them into woods and mountains or else passed ouer the riuer of Firth suffering the Englishmen to fight with the vehemeÌ„t cold wether that then sore anoyed those parts in so much that â—…n Easter daye at nighte thorough snowe that fell and suche extreme colde and boysterous stormes as sore afflicted the Armye beeing encamped within the coÌ„passe of a mareis grounde for their more suertie there died aboue .v. hundred horsses Great death of horses and 〈◊〉 in the Englishe â—…oste by reason of extreme colde to let passe the losse of men that perished the same time of whom we make no meÌ„tion To coÌ„clude after the duke his brother the Erle had remained a tyme thus in Scotlande and brent certain townes they returned into Englande The king being yong both in yeares and discretion when he had heard the Fryers information called two of his
Chaplaynes vnto hym one sir Nicholas Slake and an other and asked their aduise what they thoughte good to be done in such a weighty cause And as they were busye in talk about y e same the duke of LaÌ„caster came into the kings chamber after his wonted maner not vnderstanding any thing of the mater wherof they were in talk The king with a stern couÌ„tenance beheld the duke not doing him the honor that he was accustomed The Duke suspecting that the king had somwhat in his head y e touched his person withdrew In the mean time those ij that were thus in couÌ„sel w t the king fearing haply the Dukes power or els vpon good will they bare towards him perswaded the king that in any wise he should call him to see and heare what was laid to his charge The duke after he had red the bill of his accusation made such answere so excused himself in declaring his innocencie that the king gaue credite to his words and receiued his excuse herewith the duke besought the king that the Frier might be kept in safegarde till the time came that he might purge himselfe of that he had charged him with that the Lorde Iohn Holland the Kings halfe brother might haue the custodie of hym till the day appointed that the Duke should come to his full triall The night before whiche day the sayd Lord Holland and sir Henry Greene knight came to this Fryer and putting a corde about his necke tied the other end about his priuie members and after hanging hym vp from the grounde A â—…rable â—…l â—…ure layde a stone vpon his bely with the weight wherof and peyse of his body withall he was strangled and tormented so as his very back bone burst in sunder therewith besides the strayning of his priuie members and thus with three kind of tormentings be ended his wretched lyfe The morow after they caused his dead corps to be drawne about the town to the end it might appeare he had suffered worthily for his greate falsehoode and treason But now to the Parliament At length when the K. had obteined of the laytie a graunt of an halfe .xv. the same parliament was dissolued In the sommer folowing the borderers of EngaÌ„ld ScotlaÌ„d A reade into 〈◊〉 made rodes ech into others couÌ„tries to the great disquieting of both the realms Amongs other roades that the Englishmenne made shortely after Easter as Froissarte hath the Earles of Northumberlande and Nottingham reysing an armye of two thousande speares and six thousande Archers entred Scotlande by Rockesburgh brente the countreye euen to Edenburgh and so returned without damage In the meane time came messengers froÌ„ from the Frenche king to aduertise the Scottes of the conclusion of the truce But the Scots prouoked with this last inuasion made by the Englishemen into theyr countrey wold not heare of any truce till they had in parte reuenged their displeasure vpon the Englishemen One mischiefe aske the another And so wyth certaine men of armes of Fraunce that lately before were come thyther not yet vnderstandyng of any truce they roaded into Northumberland doing what mischief they might so that for the Sommer season of this yeare eyther part sought to endomage other as Walsingham hath although Froissart write y t through the earnest trauaile of the messengers that came to intimate the abstinence of warre takeÌ„ the parties now that their stomacks were wel eased with the enterchange of endomaging either others confines agreed to bee quiet and so the truce was proclaimed in both realms and accordingly obserued About the beginning of August in the eighte yeare of this kings reigne An. reg 8. The Duke of Lancaster sente into Fraunce to treate of a peace the duke of Lancaster went ouer agayn into France to treate of peace but after he had remained there a long time and spent no smal store of treasure he returned with a truce to endure only till the first day of Maye then next ensuyng Whilst the duke oâ—… Lancaster was thus forth of the realme Iohn â—…f Northampton Iohn de Northampton late Maior of LondoÌ„ coÌ„demned to perpetuall prison and all his goodes confiscate that had borne suche rule in the Citie of London whylest hee was Mayre and also after as partely ye haue heard was accused by a Chaplain that he had in his house of seditious sturres whiche he went about so that being arraigned therof he was in the ende condemned to perpetual prison and the same not to be within the space of one hundred miles at the least of the citie of London All his goodes were confiscated and so hee was sent to the Castell of Tyntagill in Cornewall and the Kyngs officers seysed vppon his goodes and cattels Aboute the feast of Saint Martine a parliament was called at London in whiche money was demaunded of the clergie and temporaltie towards the mayntenance of the kings warres During this parliamente also A Combate a combat was fought within lists betwixt an english Esquier named Io. Walshe an Esquier of Nauarre that accused the said Walche of treason though not iustly but moued through displesure conceiued of an iniury don to him by the same Walch whilest he was vnder captain or vice deputie as we may cal him of Chierburgh The Appeltane being vanquished is adiudged to be hanged in abusing the Nauarrois wife Whervppon when the Nauarrois was vaÌ„quisht confest y e trouth he was adiudged by the K. to be drawne to the place of execution and hanged notwithstaÌ„ding that the Quene diuers other made ernest sute for him Also before that this parliament was dissolued newes came foorth of the North partes that the Scots had won the castel of Berwike Barvvike castel vvonne by the Scottes for which the Erle of Northumberland that was captaine thereof was put in high blame for that he hadde not committed the keeping thereof to more circumspect persons The Duke of Lancaster that bare no good will to the saide Earle was well apayde that he had so good mater to charge his aduersarie withal so that through his meanes the Erle of Northumberlande was sore accused and had muche adoe to escape the daunger of beeyng reputed a traytour Wherevpon great occasion of malice and displeasure grew betwixt those two noble personages as after it well appered But howsoeuer the matter was handled the Earle was licenced by the king to go into his couÌ„trey seke to recouer agayne possession of the castell thus lately loste Wherevpon he reysing an armie Bervvike castel recouered by the Earle of Northumberlande and besiegyng the Scots that were within y e castel so constrayned them that for the summe of .2000 markes they surrendred the fortresse into his hands their liues and goodes saued and so the Erle of Northumberlande recouered the Castell againe out of the Scottishmennes handes beeing taughte to committe it to more warie kepers than the other before The king
those Lordes of hir honorable kynne whyche as yet remayned vnder arrest shoulde vppon the matter examined doe well ynough and as towarde hir noble person neyther was nor could be any manner ieoperdy Whereby shoulde I trust that quoth the Queene in that I am giltlesse as though they were giltie in that I am with theyr enimies better loued than they when they hate them for my sake in that I am so neere of kynne to the King and howe farre they be of if that would helpe as God sende grace it hurt not and therefore as for me I purpose not as yet to depart hence And as for thys Gentleman my sonne I mynde that hee shall bee where I am tyll I see further for I assure you for that I see some menne so greedie without any substantiall cause to haue hym thys maketh me much the more fearder to delyuer hym Truely madame quoth hee and the fearder that you bee so deliuer hym the fearder bin other menne to suffer you to keepe him least your causelesse feare myghte cause you farther to conuey him and many bee there that thynke he can haue no priuiledge in thys place whiche neyther 〈◊〉 will to aske it nor malice to deserue it and therefore they recken no priuiledge broken though they fetche hym out whyche if yet fâ—…nally refuse to delyuer hym I verily thynke they will So muche dread hathe my Lorde hys Vncle for the tender loue hee beareth him least your grace should hap to send him away A Syr quod the Queene hath the Protector so tender zeale The Queene that hee feareth nothyng but leaste hee shoulde escape hym Thyâ—…keth hee that I woulde sende hym hence whyche neyther is in the plyghte to sende oute and 〈◊〉 what place coulde I recken hym sure if hee 〈◊〉 not sure in thys Sanctuarie whereof was 〈◊〉 neuer Tyraunt yet so diuellyshe that durste presume to breake And I truste God is as strong nowe to withstande hys aduersaries as euer he was But my foure can deserue no Sanctuarye and therefore he can not haue it Forâ—… hee hathe founden a goodlye glose by whyche that place that may defende a Theefe maye not saue an Innocente But hee is in no ieopadye nor hathe no neede thereof wolde God hee hadde not Troweth the Protecture I praye GOD hee maye proue a Protectoure troweth hee that I perceyue not where vnto hys paynted processe draweth It is not honourable that the Duke byde heere It were comfortable for them both that hee were wyth hys brother bycause the Kyng lacketh a play fellowe bee ye sure I praye God sende them bothe better playfellowes than hym that maketh so 〈◊〉 a matter vppon suche a tryfelyng proceede 〈◊〉 thoughe there coulde none bee founden to playe wyth the Kyng but if hys brother that hath 〈◊〉 luste to playe for sickenesse come out of sanctuarye out of hys safegarde to playe with hym As though princes as yoÌ„g as they be could not play but with their peeres or children coulde not play but with their kinred with whom for the more parte they agree much woorse than withstrangers But the chylde can not requyre the priuiledge who told him so he shal heare him ask it he wil. Howbeit this is a gay matter suppose he coulde not aske it suppose he woulde not aske it suppose he woulde aske to goe oute if I say he shall not if I aske the priuiledge but for my selfe I say he that agaynst my will taketh him oute breaketh the Sanctuarie Serueth this libertie for my person onely or for my goodes 〈◊〉 Ye may not hence take my horse fro me and maye you take my childe fro me He is also my ward for as my learned counsaile sheweth me sithe hee hath nothing by dissent holden by knightes seruice the lawe maketh his mother his gardaine Then may no man I suppose take my warde fro me out of Sanctuarie without the breache of the Sanctuarie And if my priuiledge coulde not serue him nor be aske it for himselfe yet sith the lawe committeth to me the custodie of him I may require it for him except the law giue a child a gardaine onely for his goodes and landes discharging him of the cure and safekeeping of hys bodie for whiche onely both landes and goodes serue 〈◊〉 that is 〈◊〉 betwene 〈◊〉 marke * â—…d it is marke 〈◊〉 witâ—… by him in â—…glish but is â—…ed out 〈◊〉 this History which he 〈◊〉 â—…aâ—…en And if examples be sufficient to obteyne priuiledge for my childe I neede not farre to seeke For in this place in which we now be and which is nowe in question whether my childe may take benefite of it mine other sonne nowe king was borne and kept in his Cradle and preserued to a more prosperous fortune which I pray God loÌ„g to continue And as all you know this is not the first time that I haue taken Sanctuarie For when my Lord my husbande was banished and thrust out of hys kingdome I fled hither beeing great with childe and here I bare the Prince And when my Lorde my husbande returned safe againe and had the victorie then went I hence to welcome him home from hence I brought my babe the Prince vnto his father when he first tooke him in his armes And I pray God that my sonnes palace may bee as great sauegarde vnto him now raigning as this place was sometyme to the kings enimie In which place I intende to keepe his brother sithe c. Wherefore here intende I to keepe him since mans law serueth the gardaine to keepe the infant The law of nature will the mother keepe hir childe Gods lawe priuiledgeth the Sanctuarie and the Sanctuarie my sonne sithe I feare to put him in the Protectors handes that hath his brother alreadie and were if both fayled inheritor to the crowne The cause of my feare hath no man to do to examine And yet feare I no farther than the lawe feareth which as learned men tell me forbiddeth euerye man the custodie of them by whose death he may inherite lesse lande than a kingdome I can no more but whosoeuer he be that breaketh this holy Sanctuarie I pray God shortly sende him neede of Sanctuarie when hee may not come to it For taken out of Sanctuarie would I not my mortall enimie were The Lorde Cardinall perceyuing that the Queene waxed euer the longer the farther off and also that she began to kindle and chafe and spake more byting wordes agaynst the Protector and such as he neither beleeued and was also loth to heare he sayd to hir for a finall conclusion that he would no longer dispute the matter but if she were content to deliuer the duke to him and to the other Lordes present he durst lay his owne bodie and soule both in pledge not onely for hys suretie but also for his â—…state And if she woulde giue 〈…〉 â—…re answere to the contrarie hee woulde forthwith depart therewithall and shyfte who so woulde with this businesse
rising least they shuld be resisted they deuised that some should be murthered in churches some in their houses some in seruing the king in commission other as they might be caught and to picke quarels to theÌ„ by alteration of seruice on the holy dayes and thus was the platforme cast of theyr deuice according as afterwarde by their coÌ„fession at their examinations was testified and remayneth in true record Thus they being togither agreed Oindler and Dale and others by their secret appointment so laboured the matter in the parish of Semer Wintringham and the towns about that they were infected with the poyson of this confederacie in such sort that it was easie to vnderstande wherevnto they woulde encline if a Commotion were begonne the accomplishment whereof did shortly follow For although by the wordes of one drunken fellow of that conspiracy named Caluers at the Alehouse in Wintringham some suspition of that rebellion began to be smelles before by the Lord President and gentlemen of those parties so preuented in that place where the Rebels thought to beginne yet they gaue not ouer so but drewe to another place at Seâ—â—r by the Seawast and there by â—…ight 〈◊〉 to the Beacons at Staxton and set it on side and so gathering togither a rude route of rascals yet of the townes neare about being on a slur Oindler Thomas Dale Baxton and Robert Dale hasted forthwith with the Rebelles to master Whytes house to take him who notwithstanding being an horsebacke miâ—…ting to haue escaped their handes Dale Ombler and the rest of the Rebels tooke him and â—…lopton his wiues brother one Sauage a Marchaâ—…dâ—…f Yorke and one Berry serualint to sir Walter Mudmay Which foure without cause or quarell sauing to fulfill their seditious prophecie in foure part and to giue a terrour to other Gentlemen they cruelty murthered after they had 〈◊〉 them one mile from Samer towarde the Wolde and there after they had stripped them of their clothes and purses left them naked behind them in the plain fieldes for Crowes to feede on vntill Whites wife and Sauages wife then at Semer caused them to be buryed Long it were 〈…〉 tedious to recite what reuell these Rebels kept in their raging madnesse who rauaging about the Countrey from towne to towne to enlarge their vngracious and rebellious bande taking those with force which were not willing to go and leauing in no town where they came any man aboue the age of .xvj. yeares so encreased this number that in short time they had gathered three thousand to fauour their wicked attempts and had like to haue gathered more had not the Lordes goodnesse through prudent circumspection of some interrupted the course of theyr furious beginning For first came the kings gracious and free pardon discharging and pardoning them and the rest of the Rebelles of all treasons murthers felonies and other offences done to his Maiestie before the .xxj. of August Anno .1549 Whiche pardon althoughe Ombler contemptuously reading persysting stil in his wilfull obstinacie disswaded also the rest from the humble accepting of the kings so louing and liberall pardon yet notwithstanding wyth some it did good To make shorte it was not long after this but Ombler as hee was ryding from Towne to Towne twelue myles from Hummanbie to charge all the Conestables and Inhabitaunts where he came in the Kings name to resort to Hummanbie by the way hee was espyed and by the circumspect diligence of Iohn Worde the yonger Iames Aslabey Raufe Twinge and Thomas Conestable Gentlemen he was had in chase 〈◊〉 capâ—… of the 〈◊〉 taken and at last by them apprehended and brought in the nyght in sure custodie vnto the Citie of Yorke to answere to his demerits After whome within short time Thomas Dale â—…nes of rebels taâ—… execuâ—… Yorke Henrie Baxton the first Chieftaines and ringleaders of the former Commotion whiche Iohn Dale Robert Wright WilliaÌ„ Peacocke Weatherell and Edmonde Buttrie busie styrrers in this sedition as they trauayled from place to place to drawe people to theyr faction were lykewise apprehended committed toward lawfully conuicted and lastly executed at Yorke the xxj of September Anno. 1549. â—… Actis iudicij publici registro exceptis notatis Whilest these wicked commotions and tumults through the rage of the vndiscrete Commons were thus raysed in sundrie partes of the Realme to the great hynderaunce of the common wealth losse and daunger of euerye good and true subiect sundry wholsome and godly exhortations were published to aduertise them of their duetie and to lay before them theyr heynous offences with the sequele of the mischiefes that necessarily folowed therof the which if they shoulde consider togyther with the punishment that hanged ouer their heades they myght easily be brought to repent theyr lewde begonne enterprices and submit themselues to the kings mercie Among other of those admonitions one was penned and set forth by sir Iohn Cheeke whiche I haue thought good here to insert as a necessarie discourse for euerie good English subiect The hurt of sedition how grieuous it is to a common wealth set out by sir Iohn Checke Knight Anno. 1549. The true subiect to the Rebell AMong so many and notable benefits wherewith God hath alreadye liberally and plentifully endued vs there is nothing more beneficiall than that we haue by his grace kept vs quiet froÌ„ rebellion at this time For we see such miseries hang ouer the whole state of the common welth through the great misorder of your sedition that it maketh vs much to reioyce that we haue beene neither partners of your doings nor conspirers of your counsayles For euen as the Lacedemonians for the auoyding of drunkennesse did cause their sonnes to beholde their seruants when they were drunke that by beholding their beastlinesse they might auoyd the like vice euen so hath God like a mercifull father stayed vs from your wickednesse that by beholding the filth of your fault we might iustly for offence abhorre you like Rebels whom else by nature we loue like Englishmen And so for our selues we hau great cause to thanke God by whose religion and holy worde dayly taught vs we learne not only to feare him truly but also to obey our king faithfully and to serue in our owne vocation like subiects honestly And as for you wee haue surely iust cause to lament you as drethren and yet iuster cause to â—…yse against you as enimies and most iust cause to ouerthrow you as rebels For what hurt could bee done either to vs priuately or to the whole common wealth generally that is now with mischief so brought in by you that euen as we see now the flame of your rage so shall we necessarily be consumed hereafter with the miserie of the same Wherefore consider your selues with some â—…ight of vnderstanding and marke this grieuous and horrible fault which ye haue thus vilely committed how heynous it must needes appeare to you if ye will reasonably consider that whiche for my