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death_n	body_n	love_n	soul_n	5,983	5	5.1532	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20134	Thomas of Reading. Or, The sixe worthy yeomen of the west. Now the fourth time corrected and enlarged by T.D.	Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.	1612 (1612)	STC 6569; ESTC S105320	56,723	76

the sorrow of many daies for it payeth euer that which it promiseth which is nothing els but continuall trouble and vexation of the mind Do you thinke if I had the offer and choice of y ● mightiest princes of Christendome that I could match my selfe better then to my Lord Iesus No no he is my husband to whom I yeeld my selfe both body and soule giuing to him my heart my loue and most firme affection I haue ouerlong loued this vile world therefore I beseech you farther dissuade me not When her friends by no meanes could alter her opinion the matter was made knowne to his Maiestie who against the time that she should be receiued into the monasterie came to Glaucester with most part of his Nobility to honour her action with his princely presence All things being therefore prepared the yong Lady was in most princely wise attired in a gowne of pure white sattin her kertle of the same imbrodered with gold about the skirts in most curious sort her head was garnished with gold pearles and precious stones hauing her haire like thréeds of burnisht gold hanging downe behind her in maner of a princely bride about her iuory necke iewels of inestimable price were hung and her handwreasts were compassed about with bracelets or bright shining diamonds The streets through the which she should passe were pleasantly deckt with greene ●aken boughs Then came the yong Lady most like an heauenly Angell out of her masters house at what time all the bells in Gloucester were solemnly rung she being led betwixt the Kings maiesty hauing on his royall robes and imperiall crowne and the chiefe Bishop wearing his Miter in a Cope of cloth of gold ouer her head a Canopy of white silke fringed about in princely manner before her went an hundred priests singing and after her all the chiefe Ladies of the land then all the wiues and maidens of Gloucester followed with an innumerable sort of people on euerie side standing to behold her In this sort she passed on to the cathedrall church where she was brought to the Nunry gate The Lady Abbesse receiued her where the beautiful maiden knéeling downe made her praier in sight of all the people then with her own hands she vndid her virgins faire gowne and tooke it off and gaue it away to the poore after that her kertle then her iewels bracelets and rings saying Farewell the pride vanity of this world The ornaments of her head were the next she gaue away and then was she led on one side where she was stripped and instead of her smocke of soft silke had a smocke of rough haire put vpon her Then came one with a paire of sheares and cut off her golden coloured lockes and with dust and ashes all bestrewd hir head and face Which being done she was broght again into the peopls sight barefoot and barelegd to whom she said Now farewell the world farewell the pleasures of this life farewell my Lord the King and to the Dukes swéet loue farewell now shall my eies wéep for my former transgressions and no more shal my tongue talke of vanity farewell my good master and dame and farewell all good people With which words she was taken away and neuer after séene abroad When duke Robert heard thereof hee desired that at his death his body might be buried in Gloucester in that towne quoth he where first my cleare eies beheld the heauenly beuty of my loue and where for my sake she forsooke the world which was performed accordingly The King also at his death requested to be buried at Reading for the great loue he bare to that place amongest those Clothiers who liuing were his hearts comfort Gray dying wonderous wealthy gaue land to the monastery whereinto Margaret was taken William Fitzallen also died a most rich man hauing builded many houses for the poore whose sonne Henry after was the first Maior that euer was in London Sutton of Sailsbury did also at his death much-good and gaue an hundred it to be yearely lent to poore weauers of the towne to the worlds end Simon of South-hampton gaue a most bounteous gift towards the building of a monasterie at Winchester Hodgekins of Halifax did also great good and so did Cutbert of Kendall who had married xx ij couples out of his owne house giuing ech of them x. li. to beginne the world withall Martin Byram of Manchester gaue toward the building of a frée schoole in Manchester a great masse of money And thus gentle Reader haue I finished my Storie of these worthy men desiring thée to take my paines in good part which will incourage me to greater matters perceiuing this curteously accepted FINIS

bin there and s● king to pursue them by their footesteps they went a cleane contrary way by reason that the horses were shod backward when in vaine they had long persube them they returned being neuer the ●éere Now VVallis vsde his feate so long that at length he was taken and two more with him whereupon according to the priuiledge of the Towne they put Halters about the théeues neckes presently to hang them vp When they were come to the place appointed VVallis and the rest being out of all hope to escape death prepared themselues paciently to suffer the rigor of the law And there with the rest laying open the lewdnesse of his life greeuously lamenting for his sinnes at length commending their soules to God they yeelded their bodyes to the graue with which sight the people were greatly mooued with pitty because they had neuer séene men come to hanging before but when they should haue beene tyed vp Hodgekins willed one of his neighbours to play the Hangmans part who would not by any meanes do it although he was a very poore man who for his paines should haue beene possest of all their apparell When he would not yeeld to y ● office one of those which had his cloth stolen was commaunded to do the deed but he in like maner would not saying When I haue the skil to make a man I will hang a man if it chance my workmanship do not like me And thus from one to another the office of the Hangman was poasted off At last a Rogue came by whom they would haue compelled to haue done that deed Nay my Masters qd he not so but as you haue got a Priuiledge for the Towne so you were best to procure a Commission to make a hangman or else you are like to be without for me Neighbor Hogekins quoth one I pray you do this office your selfe you haue had most losse and therefore you should be the most readiest to hang them your selfe No not I quoth Hodgekins though my losse were ten times greater than it is notwithstanding look which of these théeues will take vppen him to hang the other shall haue his life saued otherwise they shall all to prison till I can prouide a hangman When Wallis saw the matter brought to this passe he began stoutly to reply saying My masters of the towne of Halifax though your priuiledge stretch to hang vp men presently that are found stealing your goods yet it giues you no warrant to imprison them till you prouide them a hangman my selfe with these my fellowes haue here yéelded our selues to satisfie the Law and if it be not performed the fault is yours and not ours and therefore we humbly take our leaue from the gallowes the xviij of August And with that he leapt from the ladder and cast the halter at Hodgekins face When the Clothiers saw this they knew not what to say but taking them by the sléeues intreated to haue their owne againe Not so qd VVallis you get not the valew of a plack or a ●awby we haue stolne your cloth then why do you not hang vs Here we haue made our selues ready and if you wil not hang vs chuse A plague on you quoth he you haue hindred me God knowes what I made account to dine this day in heauen and you keep me here on earth where there is not a quarter of that good cheare The foule euill take you all I was fully prouided to giue the gallows a box on the eare and now God knowes when I shall be in so good a mind againe and so he with the rest of his companions departed When Hodgekins saw that notwithstanding their théeuery how they flowted at their lenity he was much moued in mind and as he stood in his dumps chewing his cud making his dinner with a dish of melancholy a grey Frier reuerently saluted him in this sort All haile goodman Hodgekins happinesse and health be euer with you and to all suppressors of lewd liuers God send euerlasting ioyes I am sory goodman Hodgekins that the great priuiledge which our King gaue to this towne comes to no greater purpose better far had it bin that it had neuer beene graunted then so lightly regarded the towne hath suffred through their owne yée●ishnes an euerlasting reproch this day onely because foolish pitty hath hindred iustice Consider that compassion is not to be had vpon théeues robbers pitty onely ●ppertayneth to the vertuous sort who are ouerwhelmed with the waues of misery and mischaunce What great cause of boldnes haue you giuen to bad liuers by letting these fellowes thus to escape and how shall you now kéepe your goods in safety séeing you fulfill not the law which should be your defence neuer thinke that theeues will make any conscience to carry away your goods when they find themselues in no danger of death who haue more cause to prayse your pitty then to commend your wisdome wherefore in time seeke to preuent the insuing euill For my owne part I haue that care of your good that I would work al good means for your benefit yet not so much in respect of your profit as for the desire I haue to vpholde iustice and seeing I find you and the rest so womanish that you could not find in your hearts to hang a theefe I haue deuised how to make a gin that shal cut off their heads without mans helpe and if the King will alow thereof When Hogekins heard this he was somewhat comforted in mind and sayd to the Frier that if by his cunning he would performe it he would once againe make suite to the King to haue his grant for the same The Frier willed him to haue no doubt in him and so when he had deuised it he got a Carpenter to frame it out of hand Hodgekins in the meane time posted vp to the Court and told his Maiesty that the priuiledge of Halifax was not worth a pudding Why so sayd our King Because quoth Hodgekins we can get neuer a hangman to trusse our theeues but if it shall like your good Grace quoth he there is a feat Frier that will make vs a deuice which shall without the hand of man cut off the cragges of all such Carles if your Maiesty will please to alow thereof The King vnderstanding the full effect of the matter at length granted his petition whereupon till this day it is obserued in Halifax that such as are taken stealing of their cloth haue their heads choyt off with the same gin How the Bailifes of London could get no man to be a catch pole and how certaine Flemings tooke that office vpon them whereof many of them were fled into this Realm by reason of certaine waters that had drowned a great part of their country Chap. 9. THe City of London being at this time gouerned by Bayliffes it came to passe that in a certaine fray two of their catch-poles were killed for at that time they