the Statutes Ordinances and Judgments made given and render'd in our Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of the Month September in the one and Twentieth Year of our Reign and in the same Parliament continued at Shrewsbury and there holden and also all the Ordinances Judgments and Establishments the 16th day of September in the 22th Year of our Reign at Coventry and afterwards at Westminster the 18th day of March in the Year aforesaid by the Authority of the said Parliament And likewise all other Ordinances and Judgments which shall hereafter happen to be made by Authority of the said Parliament But otherwise if our said Successor shall refuse to do the Premises which we do not believe Then we will that Thomas Duke of Surry Edward Duke d' Auamale John Duke of Exeter and William le Scrope Earl of Wiltshire paying first the Debts of our Houshould our Chamber and our Wardâ—obe and reserving Five or Six Thousand Marks as abovesaid shall have and hold all the said Residue above mentioned for to support and defend the said Statutes Establishments Ordinances and Judgments to their utmost power even unto Death if it be necessary Upon all which and every part we do hereby charge and burden their Consciences as they will answer in the day of Judgment By which Article it may evidently enough appear That the said King did obstinately strive to maintain and desend those Statutes and Ordinances which are erroneous and unjust and repugnant to all Law and Reason And this not only during his Life but after his Death too neither regarding the Peril of his own Soul nor yet the utter destruction of his said Kingdom or Leige People XXXII Item in the 11th Year of the said King Richard he the said King in the Chappel of his Mannor of Langley in the presence of the Dukes of Lancaster and York and very many other Lords desiring as it hath appeared that is Uncle the Duke of Glocester then there present should fully confide in the Good will of him the said King did voluntarily and of his own accord swear before the venerable Sacrament of the Lords Body there placed upon the Altar that thenceforwards he would never endammage trouble or grieve him the said Duke of Glocester for any of his deeds which are said to have been committed against the Person of him the said King But did cheerfully and totally forgive him all his offence if any were Yet afterwards notwithstanding such Oath the said King did horribly and cruelly cause the said Duke to be murdered for such the before pretended offences thereby incurring the Guilt of damnable Perjury XXXIII Item After one of the Knigots of the Shires of the said Kingdom having a voice in Parliament had Impeached the said Lord Thomas Arch-bishop of Canterbury upon certain defaults committed against the Kings Majesty as was untruely suggested And the said Archbishop presently then and there offered himself ready to answer the matters charged upon him and desired that he might be thereunto admitted by the King not doubting as he said but he shall be able sufficiently to shew his Innocence Yet the said King contriving by all the ways and means he could to oppress the said Bishop of Canterbury and ruin his Estate as the Event of the matter has declared speaking graciously and with a cheerfull countenance of the said Archbishop from his Royal Seat did advise and very earnestly request him that at that time he would hold his Peace and expect a better and more fit time to make his defence which day being passed the said King from day to day for Five days or more did fraudulently and treacherously deceive the said Archbishop counselling him and perswading him that he would not come to the Parliament but wait at home without any fear because as the said King faithfully did promise him there should not in his absence any loss or prejudice be done or happen to him Notwithstanding all which the said King in his Parliament aforesaid did in the mean time adjudge the said Archbishop to be banished during the Kings pleasure though absent and never any way called to answer and without any resaonable cause whatsoever and also voluntarily against the Laws of the Kingdom and all Justice Confiscated all his Goods whereby he likewise became Guilty of Perjury But furthermore the said King being willing to Palliate his Malice and Subtilty by flattering discourses which he oft-times had with the said Arch-bishop did endeavour to clear himself of such injury done and make as if it were the doings of others insomuch that the Arch-bishop discoursing with the King and with the Duke of Nâ—rfolk and other Lords and great men of the Kingdom And happening to say by way of Lamenting his own Condition That he was not the first that had suffered Banishment nor should he be the last For he thought in a short time the Duke of Norfolk and other Lords would follow him and confidently aâ—erred to the King That all the Rigour of these Proceedings would finally be returned back on his own Head To which the said King as astonished incontinently replied that he verily thought it might so happen and that he himself might and indeed ought to be expell'd his Kingdom by his Leige People And further the King said that if the same should happen He would convey himself to the same place where the said Archbishop should be And that the Archbishop might the rather Credit his words He shewed him a certain great Jewel Mâ—nile a Brooch or Tablet Curiously formed underneath the skirt of his outward â—estment Intimating for certain to the said Archbishop that when ever he should send that Jewel for a Token he would not delay to come thither where the said Arch-bishop should be resident And that the said Arch-bishop might more confide in him the said King sent to him advising him that he should Privately send all his Jewels and other things of value belonging to his Chappel unto him the said King For the safe keeping thereof lest by colour of the before mentioned Judgment any one should wrongfully seize the same Which under the greatest confidence in the World being done the said King caused him to reposite the said Goods in certain Coffers and the said Coffers to be locked up and sealed by one of the Archbishops Clerks and keeping the said Coffers by him returned the Keys thereof by the said Clerk to the Archbishop Yet afterwards unknown to the said Archbishop caused the said Coffers to be broken open and disposed of the goods therein at his will and pleasure Furthermore the said King faithfully promised the said Archbishop that if he would but repair to the Port of Hampton in order to go out of the Realm he would at least by the Intercession of the Queen get him Recalled And if it should happen that he the said Archbishop should go out of the Realm he should without fail return into England before Easter next following nor should
again in England The Appeal or Charge exhibited against them in Parliament tho' long is yet remarkable and not being extant in English I shall so far presume on the Reader 's Patience as to insert it Translated from the Original as we find it in Knyghton de Eventibus Angliae Col. 2713. as follows viz. TO our Most Excellent and redoubted Lord the King and his Council in this present Parliament do shew Tho. Duke of Glocester Constable of England Henry Earl of Derby Richard Earl of Arundel and Surry Thomas Earl of Warwick and Tho. Earl Marshal That whereas they the said Duke and Earls as Loyal Subjects of our Lord the King for the profit of the King and Realm on the Fourteenth day of November last past at Waltham-Cross in the County of Hertford did before the most Reverend Fathers in God William Bishop of Winchâ—ster Thomas Bishop of Ely late Chancellour of England John Waltham then Lord Privy Seal John Lord Cobham the Lords Richard le Scrope and John Denross then Commissioners of our Lord the King Ordain'd and made in the last Parliament Appeal Accuse or Charge Alexander Archbishop of York Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland Michael de Pole Earl of Suffok Robert Tresylian the false Justice and Nicholas Brember the false Knight of London of several High Treasons by them committed against the King and his Realm and did offer to prosecute and maintain the same and sufficient Sureties to find praying the said Lords to certifie the same to their said Soveraign Lord which the same day the said Commissioners did accordingly certifie to the King at Westminster where most of the said persons so Appealed being present were fully informed and certified of such Appeal And whereas shortly after by the Assent of the King and his Council the said Thomas Duke of Glocester c. coming to Westminster in presence of the King and of his Council there for the profit of the King and his Realm did again Appeal the said Arch-bishop of York and other false Traytors his Companions appealed of High Treasons by them committed against the King and his Realm as Traytors and Enemies to the King and Realm in affirmance of their former Appeal offering to pursue and maintain it as aforesaid Which Appeal our Lord the King did accept and thereupon assigned a day to the said Parties at his first Parliament which should be holden on the Morrow after Candlemass next insuing then to have receive full Justice upon the said Appeal and in the mean time took into his safe and most special protection the said Parties with all their people Goods and Chattels and caused the same to be then proclaimed and published And whereas also on Monday next after the day of the Nativity of our Lord Christ next after the said Duke of Gloucester c. in the presence of the King in the Tower of London as Loyal Subjects of the King and his Realm did appeal the said Archbishop of York c. as false Traytors c. Whereupon the King assign'd them a day in the next Parliament to pursue and declare their Appeal and by the advice of his Council did cause Proclamation to be made in all the Counties of England by Writs under his great Seal That all the said persons so Appealed should be at the said Parliament to answer thereunto Which Appeal the said Duke of Gloucester c. the Appealors are now ready to pursue maintain and declare and do by these Presents as loyal Subjects of our Lord the King for the profit of the King and Realm Appeal the said Archbishop c. of High Treasons by them committed against our Lord the King and his Realm as Traytors and Enemies of both King and Kingdom which Treasons are declared and fully specified in certain Schedules hereunto annexed and they do pray that the said persons Appealed may be called and Right and Justice done in this present Parliament Imprimis Thomas Duke of Gloucester Constable of England Henry Earl of Derby c. do Appeal and say that Alexander Archbishop of York Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland and Michael de la Pole Earl of Suffolk false Traytors to the King and Realm seeing the tender Age of our said Lord the King and the Innocency of his Royal Person have by many false Contrivances by them without Loyalty or Good Faith imagined and suggested endeavoured wholly to Ingross his Majesties Affection and to make him intirely give Faith and Credence to what they should say though never so pernicious to himself and his Realm and to hate his Loyal Lords and People by whom he would more faithfully have been served Encroaching and assuming to themselves a power to the endefranchising our Lord the King of his Soveraignty and imparing his Royal Prerogative and Dignity making him so far obey them that he hath been sworn to be govern'd and counsel'd only by them by means of which Oath and the power they have so trayterously usurped great inconveniencies mischiefs and destructions have hapned as by the subsequent Articles will appear 2. Item Whereas the King is not bound to make any Oath to any of his Subjects but on the day of his Câ—ronation or for the common profit of him and his Realm the said Bishop Duke and Earl false Traytors to the King and Realm have made him swear and assent to them that he will maintain and defend them and live and die with them And so whereas the King ought to be of a free condition above any other in his Realm they have brought him more into Servitude and Bondage against his Honour Estate and Royalty contrary to their Allegiance and as Traytors unto him 3. Item The said Traytors by the Assent and Councel of Robert Tresylian the false Justice and Nicholas Brember the false Knight of London by their false Covin would not at all suffer the great Persons of the Realm nor the good Subjects of the King to speak to or approach the King to give him wholsome advice nor the King to speak to them unless in the presence and hearing of them the said Duke of Ireland c. or two of them at their will and pleasure or about such things as they thought fit to the great disgrace of the Nobles and good Counsellors of the King and to the preventing of their good will and service towards the King thereby encroaching to themselves the Royal power and a Lordship and Soveraignty over the person of the King to the great dishonour and peril of the King his Crown and Realm 4. Item The said Archbishop c. by such their false devices and pernicious Councels have diverted the King from shewing due countenance to his great Lords and Liege People so that they could not be answered in their Suits and Rights without the leave of them the said Archbishop c. Thereby putting the King besides his Devoir contrary to his Oath contriving to alienate the Heart of our Lord the King from
as in our Courts and all other places of Our Realm And by what persons Our Revenues and the substance of Our Crown have been withdrawn or diminished or the Common Law interrupted or delayed or any other Damage that hath happened to Vs. Giving and by these Presents Granting of Our Authority and by the Advice and Assent of Our said Subjects unto Our said Counsellors or any Six of them and to Our Great Officers aforesaid full Power and Authority General and Special to enter Our Palace and Houshold and to call before them all Our Officers and to command all Rolls Records and other Minuments and Evidences and all Defaults Wastes and Excesses found in Our said Houshold and in other Courts and Places and all Deceits Extortions Oppressions Damages and Grievances whatsoever that are to the prejudice damage and distress of Vs and Our Crown and the Estate of Our said Realm in general though not herein particularly expressed or specified To Amend Correct Repair Redress Reform and put into good and due Order and Establishment And also to hear and receive the Complaints of all Our Liege People as well for Vs and themselves against our said Officers and Counsellors And all Oppressions Wrongs and Injuries which cannot so well be amended and determined in the Courts of the Common Law And to discuss and finally determine all the Matters aforesaid and full Execution thereof to Award as to them shall seem most meet for the Honour and Profits of Vs Our Estate and the Redintegration of the Rights and Profits of Our Crown and the better Governance of the Peace and Laws of Our Kingdom and the Relief of Our said People In which Proceedings if difference of Opinion happen amongst Our said Counsellors the same shall be concluded by Majority of Votes And We Command and Charge all Prelates Dukes Earls Barons Sheriffs the Treasurer and Controller and all other Officers of Our Houshold Justices de Banco and other Officers Ministers and Liege Subjects whatsoever That to Our said Counsellors and Officers in manner aforesaid they be Obedient Aiding and Assisting In Witness whereof c. Given under Our Great Seal the 19th day of November BUT notwithstanding all these Provisions no sooner was the Parliament Dissolv'd but the King look'd upon all they had done to be Dissolved likewise or at least De facto he esteem'd as nothing all their Complaints against de Pole the Duke of Ireland the Archbishop of York and the rest for he soon received them into greater Favour and Confidence if it might be than ever before Who being full of Revenge themselves were not wanting to blow their Poyson into his Royal Breast for thus their fatal Whispers and Suggestions are exprest by Trussel in his Continuation of Daniel's History of England Fol. 9. These Triumvirs saith he incensed the King against the Nobles that were best deserving partly upon Disgraces desertfully done unto them partly upon malicious Emulation to see others so generally Belov'd except of the King and themselves so Contemptible And that their private Spleen might carry some shew of Publick Respect they suggested to the King he was but half yea not half a King For said they If we respect matters of State you bear the Sword but they sway it you have the Shew but they have the Authority of a Prince using your Name as a colourable Pretext to their Proceedings and your Person as a Cypher to make their Number the greater by the Addition thereof without which they could be nothing neither are you any thing more by being so placed Look to the Duty of your Subjects and you shall finde it is at their Devotion For you cannot Command nor Demand but with such Limitations and Exceptions as they please to propose And for your private Actions your Bounty the most to be Celebrated Vertue in a Prince is restrained your Expences measured and your Affections confined to Frown or Favour as they shall please to prescribe you What Ward is so much under Government of his Guardian Wherein will or can they more abridge you except they should take from you the Place as they have done the Power of a Prince c. Thus these Scycophants whisper'd their venomous Suggestions to exasperate the King against his best Subjects whose Youth and Weakness rendred him too much disposed for such Impressions and framed his conscious Mind to a full but needless fear He was much incensed at the Removal of his Chancellor and Treasurer out of their Offices and that the Duke of Ireland rather than part with whom he would hazard All must go out of the Realm supposing it a Restraint to his Regal Authority not to have Absolute Power in all things to give and forgive at his pleasure Now when these private Incendiaries perceived the King's Humour once sharpned they so ply'd him with plausible perswasions that though naturally he was not of any cruel Disposition yet they drew him into many violent and indirect courses partly through negligence to search out the Truth partly through delight to be flattered and a vain resolute humour to support those beyond Reason whom he had Advanced without Merit In the beginning of March 1387. the Earls of Arundel and Nottingham pursuant to the Order of the late Parliament put to Sea with a Fleet which they manag'd with such Courage and Conduct that before Midsummer-day besides other famous Exploits they had taken about One hundred and sixty French Ships richly laden But the Court-Ear-wigs the Duke of Ireland and the rest enviously misrepresented all their Services unto the King whispering That they had onely undone a few Merchants which it would have been more for our Honour and Interest to have let alone so that at their Return instead of Respect and Thanks the King whose equal unhappiness it was to grace undeserving men and disgrace the deserving lookt upon them but ill and the Duke of Ireland would not look upon them at all Whereupon the Earls in discontent retir'd from Court to their own Country-houses And still more to exasperate both Nobles and People the said Duke of Ireland would now needs be divorced from his Wife Philippa Grand-daughter to King Edward the Third by his Daughter Isabel and the Arch-Duke of Austria a Lady of sufficient Beauty and irreproachable Vertue and in her stead preferred to his Bed one Lancerona a mean Bohemian that waited on the Queen Daughter some say of a Vintner or as others will have it of a Joyner The King took no notice of this Affront offered to his Cousin-german but the Duke of Gloucester her Uncle resented it highly and waited for an opportunity to Revenge it which the other well perceived and was resolved to strike first Easter was now come and past the time limitted by Parliament for the Duke of Ireland's being gone but he though so largely hired to it as aforesaid cared not for that Voyage Onely to wheadle the People the King went down with him into Wales on
where finding but cold Entertainment he went to Vtrecht and after two or three years rambling up and down as a Fugitive died at Lovâ—â—n in Brabant Though his War-horse and Armour being found on the Brink of the River raised a general Report that he was Drown'd which probably might facilitate his escape Amongst his Baggage was taken a very considerable sum of Gold and what was of greater value the Kings Letters ordering his present Repair to London and promising to live and die with him against all Opposers But this Disaster Thunder-struck the whole Cabal The Earl of Suffolk in disguise flies to Calice where his own Brother being Governour of the Castle refused to harbour him without the consent of the Lord William Beauchamp Governour of the Town who return'd him back as a Prisoner into England to the King But the King not onely let him go at large but sent for over and for some time Committed the said Beauchamp for such his honest diligence The rather 't is supposed because he had formerly for the Kings Interest thwarted his pleasure for on the late Bargains and private Intrigues with France King Richard having as aforesaid sold Calice to the French King sent a Knight with Letters under his Privy-Signet commanding Beauchamp to deliver up the Town to him and one Sir John Golofre with other Letters to the French King but he knowing the vast Importance of the place and believing the King imposed upon by wicked Councel resolutely answered That the Custody and Government of the Town was committed to him in the Presence and by the Authority of the King and the Nobles of the Realm openly and publickly and he would not surrender it in Hugger-mugger nor part with his Command but in their presence And also he took Golofre's Letters to the French King from him and privately transmitted them to the Duke of Gloucester For which Affronts fronts the King waited an opportunity to be reveng'd and had proceeded 't is thought more severely but that the said Beauchamp was a person extreamly beloved and the King was not at present in a condition to use rigours and so by the Mediation of Friends he was quickly discharg'd The rest of the hated Faction as the Archbishop of York Justice Tresylian and others ran every man like Coneys to their Covert and were not to be heard of Nay the King betook himself to the Tower of London and there made Provision for his Winter-Quarters all his Designes being frustrated first by Rashness in taking Arms and afterwards by Cowardise in using them And to adde to his Confusion about the same time an Envoy from the French King was taken with Letters whereby the French King Licens'd King Richard the Duke of Ireland and some others with Attendants to such a number to come into Boloign where he would be ready to receive them with great Pomp and from them receive the Possession of Calice and other strong Holds for which he had says Walsingham fol. 332. already paid King Richard The Lords therefore perceiving such considerable Territories ready to be lost abroad as well as Extravagancies practised at home hasten'd their March first to S. Albans and next to London where with an Army of Forty thousand men they Arrived on S. Stephen's day the Citizens furnishing them with Victuals and whether more out of Fear or Love I cannot say offered to let them into the City but they chose rather to quarter in the Suburbs proâ—â—sting not to depart without personal Conference with the King which at last he granted permitting them first to search the Tower to prevent any Surprize The Duke and Earls then waited upon him and after a few cold Complements laid before him the Confederacy against their Lives at Nottingham his Letters to the Duke of Ireland contrary to his Royal Word together with his dishonourable Treaty to deliver up Calice to the French King c. The King heard them at first with silence and patience and afterwards with a dejected Countenance and not without some Tears seemed to acknowledge that he could neither deny or justifie what they complain'd of and certainly the Stomachs of the Lords must needs more Relent to those luke-warm drops than they would to his greatest violence So agreed it was that he would meet them next day at Westminster there to treat of these and other necessary Affairs of the Realm But no sooner were they gone but some Abusers of the Royal Ear suggested that his going thither would be neither Honourable nor safe but bring both his Person into present danger and contempt and occasion a future Abridgment of his Authority Whereupon the Kings Mind turned and began to Retract his promise This heated the Lords so much that being flusht with opportunity and power they sent him peremptory word That if he did thus faulter with them and would not appear to Consult the good of the Realm they would take other measures Intimating no less than the Election of another This so work'd upon the King that he was pleased to meet them and to consent though not without some Reluctancy that several of his Minions should be banisht the Court as Nevil Archbishop of York the Bishop of Durham Friar Rushok the Kings Confessor and Bishop of Chichester but both he and York had already shewed them a fair pair of Heels The Lords Souch Harmyworth Burnel and Beamont and several Knights as Sir Alberick Vere Sir Balwyne Bereford Sir John Worth Sir Thomas Clifford Sir John Lovel c. Together with certain Ladies Quae non tantum inutiles sed infames Who were saith Walsingham not only unnecessary useless and unprofitable at Court but likewise scandalous and infamous And these were the Lady Mowen the Lady de Molyng and the Lady Ponyngs Wife to the said Sir John Worth who all were obliged to appear next Parliament There were likewise actually taken into Custody Sir Simon Burley Sir Thomas Trivet Sir Nicholas Brember and divers other Knights Clifford Lincoln and Motford Clerks John Beauchamp de Holt the Kings Steward or Privy-Purse Nicholas Lake Dean of the Chappel and John Blake Barrister at Law who were all disposed in several Castles After Candlemas 1388 the Parliament began at London though the King used many means to dash or defer the same The Lords came attended with sufficient Strength to suppress any Rebelliâ—n or Tumult that might happen and continâ—â—d their Sitting till Whitsuntide to the great Fear of some Hope of others and Expectation of all Part of their first Work was for several days to Summon the Duke of Ireland the Archbishop of York Michael de Pole Earl of Suffolk Tresylian the Chief-Justice and Sir Nicholas Brember Citizen of London to answer to the Treasons wherewith they stood charged but none of them appearing they were all Out-law'd and their Lands and Goods forfeited and seized into the Kings hands with a provision by common consent in Parliament that they should never be pardon'd or permitted to appear
first or more strangely quash'd at last oâ— prov'd more fatal to the undertakers or to the said late deposed King Richard we must refer to the Reader 's censure For in short so it was Tâ—at the Duke of Aameric riding towards Oxford 〈◊〉 joyn the rest of his Associates at their pretendâ—◠〈◊〉 calling by the way on his Father the Duâ—◠〈◊〉 York and having in his bosom an Indenture containing the Heads of the Conspiracy mutually Sign'd and Seal'd by the principal Agents therein the old Duke happening to spy it as they sat at Dinner ask'd what it was And the Son in some disorder answering that it no way concerned him the Father swore by St. George that he would see it and pluck'd it from him by which perceiving their Plot he upbraided his Son and told him he would presently acquaint King Henry But Aumerle got out of the House and rode with such speed that he got to Windsor where the Court then was before his Father and begging the King's Pardon first of all discover'd the whole Intrigue himself The King provides for his own safety retires to London and the Conspirators perceiving the business had taken Air prompted on by despair betook themselves to Arms and having with them one Maudlin a Priest that very much resembled King Richard they attired him in Royal Robes and gave out that he was King Richard escaped out of Prison By which Fiction they drew together a considerable Army and such as might have shockt King Henry's scarce-well-setled Crown had not Fortune always his Friend scattered them in a moment by the most unexpected accident in the World For their Troops being encamped near Cicester and the Duke of Surrey and the Earl of Salisbury taking their Quarters within the Town at one end and the Duke of Exeter and the Earl of Glocester in another The Bayliff of the Town I am sorry his Name is not recorded for a stout brave fellow no doubt he was that durst attack such mighty Peers that had so numerous an Army within a Mile or two of the Town understanding that they were in Rebellion against the King gathering a Company of Townsmen in the night assaulted the Inn where Surrey and Salisbury lay who after a long defence being in danger of being taken a Priest of their Party set divers Houses in the Town on Fire hoping thereby to divert the Assailants from prosecuting the Lords to save their Houses But this enflam'd them the more so hotly they pursued the Skirmish that they slew the said two Noblemen and cut off their Heads In the mean time from the other Inn Exeter fled to his Camp intending to bring the whole Army to rescue his Friends But the Soldiers having heard a Clamour and seeing the Town on Fire imagined King Henry had been come with all his Forces and so in a pannick fear fled and dispersed themselves and the said Duke of Exeter having skulk'd up and down for some time was taken and Beheaded at Plashey in Essex The very place where by his Council and Contrivance the Duke of Glocester had been apprehended and sent away to Calâ—ce to be murdered Though King Richard being all this while a Prisoner cannot be supposed to have much hand in this Insurrection yet being undertaken for his sake it might possibly hasten his End He was now remov'd from Leeds to Pomâ—ract Castle and as we know not the certain time of his Death so likewise is the manner of it variously reported Some write That he was every day serv'd in with abundance of costly Dishes but not suffered to touch or tast one of them and so perished with Famine but such barbarous unnatural Cruelty seems wholly fabulous Others relate That King Henry having at Table been oveâ—heard to say with a sigh Have I never a Friend that will rid me of him whose Life will brâ—ed destruction to me and disquiet to the Realm One Sir â—ierce Exton taking this for a Warrant goes down to â—ontefract and first commanded his 〈…〉 to take the Essay of his Meat as formerly 〈◊〉 at which Richard being offended and being told 〈◊〉 was by K. Henry's Order said to his Squire The Devil take Henry of Lancaster thee together upon which Sir Pierce entered the Chamber with eight Armed Men which King Richard perceiving wrung the Bill out of the hands of the for most and slew four of them but was at last himself knock'd down by Sir Pierce with a Pole-Axe Which Relation likewise seems a little Romantick Walsingham tells us that after the Defeat of his Friends the Duke of Exeter c. finding all hopes of his Restoration destroyed he fell into such a sullen Melanchâ—ly that he would tast no Food and so voluntarily starved himself But which way soever he came by his End King Henry it seems was willing to let all the World know he was dead for his Body Embalm'd and covered with Lead all save the 〈◊〉 was brâ—ught to London where for three days together it was exposed at Paul's to publick view and then buried in the Church of Predicant Friars at Langley in Buckinghamshire But afterwards by King Henry the Fifth removed to Westminster and there honourably Eâ—tombed Yet some Scottish Historians affirm That he escaped out of Prison and led a 〈◊〉 and virtuous life in that Kingdom for divers years and lies buried as they say in the Black Friers at Sterling So different iâ— the 〈◊〉 of Fame touching this unhappy Prince's exit out of the World who lived therein about 3â— years and Reiâ—nâ—d 22 years and 3 months FINIS * See Doctor James of Oxford his Apology for Wickliff shewing his Conformity with the new Church of England Printed An. 1608. * That is only for offences against Gods Law * This is wrested to a worse sense than Wickliff intended * This is the same Calumny with the Fourth Heresie * Sir W. Ch. p. 247. Knyghton Col. 2701. Knyghton Col. 2698.