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A66697	The honour of merchant-taylors wherein is set forth the noble acts, valliant deeds, and heroick performances of merchant-taylors in former ages, their honourable loves, and knightly adventures ... together with their pious acts and large benevolences, their building of publick structures, especially that of Blackwell-Hall, to be a market place for the selling of woollen cloaths ... / written by VVilliam VVinstanley.	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1668 (1668)	Wing W3064; ESTC R41412	58,050	83

the eminent danger of my Native Country shall perswade me any more to arms rest then thy self contented my dearest Dorothy Nothing but Death our company shall sover Thine I am now and will be so for ever According to this loving agreement Sir William fell freshly again close to his Trade continued his old customers gained every day more new ones so that he increased in his estate exceedingly He still maintained the same number of Journey-men that he did before added to the number of his Prentices and kept such a bountiful house that his fame rang all over London none being so much spoken off as Sir William Elsing for so was his sirname Thus did he spend his dayes In much joy his wife loving his servants singing and his estate thriving But what condition in this world is long permament how soon ●it the pleasures of this life being like to flowers flourishing in the morning and withered in the Evening For not long after it pleased God to send agrievous Pestilence and mortality quite thorough London which swept away many thousands amongst others Sir William Lady his Children and all his Servants leaving himself alone of his numerous family so that beeing brought now into a disconsolate condition he uttered to himself this dolorous complaint Oye immortal powers said he why ha●e ye laid this heavy punishment upon me O why was I born unto this day to be so suddenly deprived of that sweet society which should make life comfortable unto me Oh how vain is whatsoever we hear do possess nothing certain but uncertainty Ounconstant world unstable fortune mutable prosperity with how many changes do we turn upon the binges of our uncertain Fate to day flourishing full of friend and acquaintance tomorrow disconsolate left alone and deprived of all In this manner complained the woful Knight filling each corner of the house with his sad lamentations at last he resolved with himself to bid adien to the worlds vanities and to spe●d the res●oue of his dayes in a religious course of life according to this Godly purpose no sooner was the City free from infection but he began to put his resolutions into performance and at the North end of Gay-spurlane in the parish of Alderman-bury where formerly was a ruined house of Nuns he purchased the same and built thereon an hospitall for the number of a hundred poor blind people which for a long time after was called Elsings spitle and is now the same that is called Sion Colledge at the end of this hospital he built a Cell wherein he became an Anchorite living therein till the day of his death which hapned on the twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord 1340. After his death he was canoni●ed for a Saint and the day whereon he dyed for a long time after celebrated by the Company of Merchant Taylors as the twenty fift of October is by the Company of Cord-wayners or Shoomakers in the honor of St. Crispin and Crispianus but now through the continuance of long time the celebration of this twenty third of May is discontinued CHAP. XIII How Sir John Hawkwood in releif of the Citizens of Florence encountred with a Sagitary Hun and overcame him how he killed a Dragon and afterwards dyed in great love and honour in the City of Florence COme we next to speak of the renowned Merchant Taylor Sir John Hawkwood whom we left in the Court of Pardinando King of Cilicia of whose praise sufficiently to speak would wear a pen of steel to the stumps and tire the hand of the most industrious writer long had he not been there after the marriage of the Prince Arrialdo with the Lady Mariana as you have heard but he received Letters out of Italy from the State of Florence imploring his assistance against the Huns a barbarous people who had invaded their Province having to their Leader a certain Saggitary who was half man and half horse by whose invincible strength and swiftness of body they had over run all the Country and had then laid siedge to the cheif City of Florence it self The Letters contained these words Most renowned Knight Having had experience of your eminent valour of which each Country in the world rihgs with the fame thereof and knowing the nobleness of your mind ever ready to assist those that are in distress this spoke aloud unto us to desire your aid against a merciless enemy who with savage cruelty hath harazed our Country being as monstrous in his proportion as in his actions make haste great Prince unto our rescue then which no action can be attended with more honour and which shall be accompanied with the prayers off Your deplorable servants the people of Florence Sir John Hawkwood having received this Letter acquainted King Fardinando therewith as also his resolution to hasten to their releife The Kingthough loath to part with his company yet it being upon so honorable an account most willingly condescended rewarding him very liverally for his noble atcheivements and to the rest of the Captains and Officers he gave Iewels and store of money yea the meanest of the souldiers tasted liberally of his bounty so that every one praised him for a most honorable and renowned Prince At the prefired day for his departure the Prince Arnaldo presented him 〈◊〉 a rich sword the hilt whereof was all cu●io●sly enchased with diamonds of an inestimable value and the most beautiful Mariana gave him a rich Diamond King of so great price that it was esteemed to be worth a Kings ransome So after many complemental expressions of acknowledgement and gratitude the renowned Knight took his leave marching with all the speed he could to Italy and ceased not till he came within the borders of Florence where he found all things turned toysy turvy stately buildings converted into ruinous h●aps of ashes Towns lay desolate and Villages without inhabitants the fruitful fields crowned with corn and the fat pastures covered with cattel were now destitute of both the harbarous foe spareing nothing which had either life in it or which was for the sustentation and maintenance of life Sir John Hawkwood marching into the City of Florence was received by the C●tizens with great joy hoping now they should be able to deal with the insulting enemy who regardless of being encountred with kept not themselves in an entire body but dispersinglylay in several companies Sir John Hawkwood having notice of this their careles security resolved not to let slip so golden an opportunity wherefore the next morning he marched out against them when not four miles off he found a party of them of about two thousand some of which were singing some dancing some brinking but none of them prepared or siting to fight the English souldiers encompassing them round killed them all leaving not one of them alive to carry the sad tidings to the rest of their fellows how they sped Then marched they with their Army five miles further where was

Tylar before Sir Ralph Blackwel desiring Justice against him for the death of his Father the Tylar pleaded chance medly and that he did not kill him either wi●tingly or willingly but nothing would serve the young man but that the Tylar must be sent to prison no perswasions could prevail to talk to him of reason was to set a blind man to discern of colours or a deaf man to judge of musique nothing could satisfie for the death of his father but the life of the Tylar Sir Ralph seeing his obstinacy that reason could take no place in him adjudged that to make him satisfaction the Tylar should stand in the same place where his father was killed and the young man if he would might go up to the top of the house and tumble down upon him but this the man refusing to do the Tylar was discharged He used to look very narrowly after the Bakers that they should not make their bread too light causing one John of Stratford for making bread lesser then the Assize to be drawn on a wooden horse which went with wheels quite through the streets of the City having a fools hood on his head and loaves of bread about his neck many other examples of his Justice might be produced too long here to re●i●e we shall refer the Reader to the Chronicles of those times which discourse much of his commendations Sir Ralph having 〈◊〉 to see 〈◊〉 building finished and put to the use for which he 〈…〉 not long after departed this 〈◊〉 having some few years before 〈…〉 Arabella who had been to him a constant faithful and loving wife 〈◊〉 great 〈◊〉 unto the poor especially those of his own Company as also several some● of money to bind p●or children out ●pprent●ces He was 〈…〉 great 〈◊〉 by the Company ● Merchant Taylors whom hee truste 〈◊〉 the Estate he le●t behind him to be 〈…〉 aforesaid who e●ected upon his Grave a most magnificent Monument which time the devourer of all things hath since consumed upon which was engraven this Ep●●aph Here lyes the honour of his trade and name Brave Sir Ralph Blackwel of deserved Fame Whose acts proclaim`d his worth both near and far And did renown his name in Peace and War Where we will leave him resting in his Grave in peace and return to speak of William whom we left newly married to his Masters maid the witty fair Misteres Dorothy CHAP. XII How William slew a dreadful 〈…〉 built 〈◊〉 Hospital wherein he 〈…〉 and was after his Death Canonized for a Saint VVIliam having entered into mar●iage 〈◊〉 begun to ●o side● 〈◊〉 himself that there was more belonged to w●d then four 〈…〉 whereas before he wanted a wise he 〈…〉 thing else there was a Bed to 〈…〉 let B●ankets C●●tains Table cloaths ●a●kins Chairs Steel●s 〈◊〉 Table Brass Pewter Andirons Fire-shovel 〈…〉 Spits 〈…〉 Wash-boul Hand-boul ●ubs Cupboard Candlesticks W●rmin-pan Frying-pan Gri●●ion Chasting-d●sh 〈◊〉 iron 〈◊〉 Skelets Powdring-tub Trayes Flee-fork Drinking-pots and so many several implements besides as nigh 〈◊〉 his purse of all his silver ho● best 〈…〉 having good customers and following his work he 〈◊〉 recruited his stock Now in a short space he grew to be so famous for his excellency ●a workmanship that he was taken notice of at Cou●t and preferred to be Taylor to Queen Phillippa King Edwards wife by which means he gained the custome of the most Eminent Ladies at Court for as it is commonly seen for the Lords to be of the Kings religion so it is as usual for the Ladies in their cloaths to follow the Queens fashion By making to those great Persons he soon attained to a great Estate but as his wealth encreased so did his charge for Dorothy was very fruitful bringing him almost every year a child besides he kept thirty journey-men and had twenty prentices whom he maintained all in one livory so that he came to be of great esteem in the place where be lived passing through all the Offices in the Parish as Scavenger Headbrough Constable Overseer for the Poor and Church-warden and not long after his abilities being more throughly taken notice of he was chosen one of the common Councel of the City in all which Offices he behaved himself with much prudence and understanding 〈◊〉 after it came to pass that William being at Cou●t with 〈…〉 he had to do for the Queen that there came thither a 〈…〉 King of Fra●ce who proclaimed a 〈◊〉 hunting 〈…〉 the Province of Picardy which had destroyed 〈…〉 and turned that fruitful Country into a bar●en wilce●ne the 〈◊〉 all the●e round about being u●●nhabited for dread of that 〈…〉 This 〈◊〉 hunting was proclaimed in the Cou●ts of all the 〈…〉 whereupon a number of acted spi●●t whose comages promy●ed them on to valerous enterprizes prepared th●m●elves to go The news o● this noble adventure set such an edge on Williams valor that he likewise resolved to make one in that gallant assembly and coming home imparted his resolutions unto his 〈◊〉 which made the 〈◊〉 to ti●●kle down her chéeks and her heart 〈…〉 Dear Husband said she hath the desire of same accompanied with so eminent danger more 〈◊〉 to call you hence away then my unseigned affection and the Paternal care of your sweet Babies to prevail with you to stay at hom● were we not so tyed together in Hymens Bands that nothing but death should unloose that Gordian Knot O why then should Neptunes waves separate us asunder consider with your self he danger of the ●ourney the more danger in the enterprize in which 〈◊〉 of us are concer●ed as in a Ship of Merchandize wherein are many partner● that being sunk or taken the loss redounds unto them al● your Children claim a part in it I claim a part 't is not your self alone you adventure let younger spirit follow Mars hi● Train age soon enough will hasten on grim death you need not to go meet him thus half way and by thrusting your self into need ess dangers force Atropos to cut your thread of life which otherwise might be spun out unto a longer date My second self replyed William whose Love I prize far more then Indian Gold or all the treasures wherewith America is inriched withall seek not for to disswade my mind from going when fame and honour b●th do call me forth you say there is danger in the enterprize the greater is the honour in the conquest he that fears to have his hands stung by the Bees shall never sweeten his lips with their honey Fames breath co●●s pains and sweat to purchase it and the path that leads to Honour is rugged and full of intricate Meanders Yet fear not dearest wife whom the Gods love they will preserve and expect me home again with fresh Lawrels interwoven with those which I purchased before I was married unto thee Dorothy séeing him so resolved to go and knowing the Iourney to be attended with Honor left off any fu●th disswading him and like an