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A20131	Strange histories, of kings, princes, dukes earles, lords, ladies, knights, and gentlemen With the great troubles and miseries of the Dutches of Suffolke. Verie pleasant either to bee read or sunge, and a most excellent warning for all estates.	Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.	1602 (1602)	STC 6566; ESTC S105282	16,744	48

STRANGE HISTORIES Of Kings Princes Dukes Earles Lords Ladies Knights and Gentlemen With the great troubles and miseries of the Dutches of Suffolke Verie pleasant either to bee read or sunge and a most excellent warning for all estates LONDON Printed by William Barley the assigne of T. M. and are to be sold at his shop in Gracious streete 1602. Cum Priuilegio THE TABLE Cant. I The Kentishmen with long tayles Cant. II. Of King Henrie the first and his children The Dutchesse of Suffolkes calamitie Cant. III. King Edward the second crowning his Sonne King of England Cant. IIII The Imprisonment of Queene Elenor Cant. V. The death of King Iohn poisoned by a Frier Cant VI. The Imprisonement of King Edward the second Cant. VII The murthering of King Edward the second being kild with a hot burning spit Cant VIII The banishment of the Lord Matreuers and Sir Thomas Gurney Cant IX The winning of the Yle of Man Cant X The rebellion of VVat Tilor and Iacke Straw A speech betweene Ladies being Shepheards on Salsburie plaine The valiant courage and policie of the Kentishmen with long tayles whereby they kept their ancient Lawes and Customes which William the Conquerer sought to take from them Cant. I. Or to the tune of Rogero WHen as the Duke of Normandie with glistering speare and shield Had entred into faire England and foild his foes in fielde On Christmas day in solemne sort then was he crowned heere By Albert Archbishop of Yorke with many a noble Peere Which being done he changed quite the customes of this land And punisht such as daily sought his statutes to withstand And many Citties he subdude faire London with the rest But Kent did still withstand his force which did his lawes detest To Douer then he tooke his way the Castle downe to fling Which ●ruiragus builded there the noble Brutaine king Which when the braue Arch-Bishop bolde of Canterburie knew The Abbot of ● Austines eke with all their gallant crue They set themselues in armour bright these mischiefes to preuent With all the yeomen braue and bold that wer in fruitfull Kent At Canterburie did they meete vpon a certaine day With sword and speare with bill and bowe and stopt the conquerers way Let vs not liue like bondmen poore to Frenchmen in their pride But keepe our ancient liberties what chance so ear betide And rather die in bloudie field in manlike courage prest Then to endure the seruile yoake which we so much detest Thus did the kentish Commons crie vnto their leaders still And so march foorth in warlike sort and stand at Swanscombe hill Where in the woods they hid themselues vnder the shadie greene Thereby to get them vantage good of all their foes vnseene And for the Conquerours comming there they priuily laid waite And thereby suddainely appald his loftie high conceipt For when they spied his approch in place as they did stand Then marched they to hem him in each on a bow in hand So that vnto the conquerers sight amazed as he stood They seemd to be a walking groue or els a mouing wood The shape of men he could not see the bowes did hide them so And now his hart with feare did quake to see a forrest goe Before behind and on each side as he did cast his eye He spide these woods with sober pace approch to him full nye But when the kentishmen had thus inclos'd the conquerer round Most suddenly they drew their swords and threw the bowes to ground There banners they displaid in sight there Trumpets sound a charge There ratling Drummes strickes vp alarme there troopes stretch out at large The Conquerour with all his traine were hereof fore agast And most in perill when he thought all perill had beene past Vnto the kentish men he sent the cause to vnderstand For what intent and for what cause they tooke this warre in hand To whom they made this short replye for libertie we fight And to enioy S. Edwards lawes the which we hold our right Then said the dreadfull conquerer you shall haue what you will Your ancient customes and your lawes so that you will be still And each thing els that you will craue with reason at my hand So you will but acknowledge me chiefe King of faire England The kentishmen agreed here on and laid their armes aside And by this meanes King Edwards lawes in Kent do still abide And in no place in England else those customes do remaine Which they by manly pollicie did of Duke William gaine FINIS ¶ How King Henry thé first had his children drowned in the sea as they came out of france Cant. II. Or to the tune of the Ladies daughter AFter our royall King had foild his foes in France And spent the pleasant spring his honor to aduance Into faire England he returnde with fame and victorie What time the subiects of his land receiued him ioyfully But at his home returne his children left he still In France for to soiourne to purchase learned skill Duke William with his brother deare Lord Richard was his name Which was the Earle of Chester then who thirsted after fame The Kings faire daughter eke the Ladie Marie bright With diners noble Peeres and manie a hardie Knight All those were left together there in pleasure and delight When that our King to England came after the bloodie fight But when faire Flora had drawne forth her treasure dri●t That winter colde and sad with hoarie head drewe nie Those Princes all with one consent prepared all things meete To passe the seas for faire England whose sight to them was sweet To England let vs hie thus euerie one did say For Christmas draweth nie no longer let vs stay But spend the merrie Christmas time within our Fathers court Where Ladie pleasure doth attend with manie a Princely sport To sea these Princes wene fulfilled with mirth and ioye But this their meriment did turne to deare annoy The Saylers and the shipmen all through foule excesse of wine Were so disguisde that at the sea They shewd themselues like swine The sterne no man could guide the master sleeping lay The saylers all beside went roelling euerie way So that the Ship at randle roode Vpon the foaming flood Whereby in pe●●ll of their liues the Princes alwayes stood Which made distilling teares from their faire eyes to fall Their heartes were fild with feares no helpe they had at all They wisht themselues vpon the land a thousand times and more And at the last they came in sight of Englands pleasant shore Then euery one began to turne their sighes to smiles There coulours pale and wan a cheerefull looke exciles The princely Lordes most louingly their Ladies do imbrace For now in England shall we be quoth they in little space Take comfort now they said behold the land at last Then be no more dismaid the worst is gone and past But while they did this ioyfull hope with comfort entertaine The goodly ship vpon

a rocke on suddaine burst in twaine With that a grieuous screeke among them there was made And euery one did seeke on something to be staid But all in vaine such helpe they sought the ship so soone did sinke That in the sea they were constraind to take their latest drinke There might you see the Lords and Ladies for to lie Amidst the salt sea foame with manie a grieuous crie Still labouring for their lines defence with stretched armes abroad And lifting vp their Lillie handes for helpe with one accorde But as good fortune would the sweet yong Duke did get Into the Cock-boat then where safely he did sit But when he heard his sister crie the Kings faire daughter deere He turnd his boat to take her in whose death did draw so neere But while he stroue to take his sweet yong sister in The rest such shift did make in Sea as they did swimme That to the boate a number got to many that at last The boate and all that were therein was drownd and ouercast Of Lords and Gentlemen and Ladies faire of face Not one escaped then which was a heauie case Threescore and ten were drownd in all and none escaped death But one poore Butchee which had swome himselfe quite out of breath This was most heauie newes vnto our comly King Who did all mirth refuse this word when they did bring For by this meanes no child he had his kingdome to succeede Whereby his Sisters Sonne was King as you shall plainely reede The Dutchesse of Suffolkes Calamitie Or to the tune of Queene Dido WHen God had taken for our sinne that prudent Prince K. Edward away Then bloudie Bonner did begin his raging mallice to bewray Al those that did the Gospell professe he persecuted more or lesse Thus when the Lord on vs did lower many in prison did he throwe Tormenting them in Lollards tower whereby they might the truth forgoe Then Cranmer Ridlie and the rest were burnt in fire that Christ profest Smithfield was then with Faggots fyld and many places more beside At Couentry was Sanders kild at Gloster eke good Hooper dyed And to escape this bloudie day beyond seas many fled away Among the rest that sought reliefe and for their faith in danger stood Lady ELIZABETH was cheefe King Henries daughter of royall bloud Which in the tower prisoner did lye Looking each day when she should die The Dutches of Suffolke seeing this whose life likewise the Tyrant sought Who in the hope of heauenly blisse which in Gods word her comfort wrought For feare of death was faine to flye and leaue her house most secretly That for the loue of Christ alone her landes and goodes she left behinde Seeking still for that pretious stone the word of truth so rare to finde She with her nurse her Husband and childe in poore aray their sights beguild Thus through London they past along each one did take a seuerall streete Thus all vnknowne escaping wrong at Billinsgate they all did meete Like people poore in Grauesend Barge they simply went with all their charge And all along from Grauesend Towne with easie tournets on foote they went Vnto the sea coast they came downe to passe the seas was their intent And God prouided so that day That they tooke Ship and saild away And with a prosperous gale of wind in Flaunders safe they did ariue This was to their great ease of mind which from their harts much woe did driue And so with thankes to God on hie They tooke their way to Germanie Thus as they traueld thus disguisde vpon the hie waie sudainely By cruell theeues they were supprisde assailing their small company And all their treasure and their store They tooke away and beat them sore The Nurse in middest of their sight laide downe the childe vpon the ground She ran away out of their sight and neuer after that was found Then did the Dutches make great mone With her good husband all alone The thoenes had there their horses kilde and all their money quite had tooke The prettie babie almost spild was by their Nurse likewise forsooke And they farre from friends did stand all succourlesse in a strange land The skies likewise began to scowle it hailde and rainde in pittious sort The way was long and wonderous foule then may I full well report Their griefe and sorrow was not small When this vnhappy chance did fall Sometime the Dutchesse bore the child as wet as euer she could be And when the Ladie kinde and milde was wearie then the childe bore he And thus they one another casde and with their fortunes were well pleasde And after many wearied steppes all wet-shod both in dyrt and myre After much griefe their heart it leapes for labour doth some rest require A towne before them they did see but lodgd therein they could not be From house to house they both did goe seeking where they that night might lie But want of money was their woe and still the babe with colde did crie With cap and knee they courtsey make But none on them would pitie take Loc here a Princesse of great blood doth pray a Peasant for reliefe With teares be dewed as she stood yet few or none regards her grief Her speech they could not vnderstand But gaue her a penny in her hand When all in vaine the paines was spent and that they could not house-roome get Into a Church-porch then they went to stand out of the raine and wet Then said the Dutchesse to her deare O that we had some fier heere Then did her husband so prouide that fire and coales he got with speede Shee sate downe by the fires side to dresse her daughter that had neede And while she drest it in her lap her husband made the Infant pay Anon the Sexten thither came and finding them there by the fire The drunken knaue all voyde of shame to driue them out was his desire And spurning forth this noble Dame her husbands wrath it did inflame And all in furie as he stood he wroung the Church keyes out of his hand And strooke him so that all of bloud his head ran downe where he did stand Wherefore the Sexten presently for helpe and aide aloud did crye Then came the Officers in hast and tooke the Duchesse and her child And with her husband thus they past like Lambs to set with Tigers wilde And to the Gouernour were they brought who vnderstood them not in ought Then Master Bartue braue and bolde in Latine made a gallant speech Which all their miserie did vnfolde and their high fauour did beseech With that a Doctor sitting by did know the Dutchesse presently And therevpon arising straight with minde abashed at this sight Vnto them all that there did waight he thus brake forth in words aright Beholde within your sight quoth he a Princesse of most high degree With that the Gouernour and the rest were all amazde the same to heare And welcomed these new come guests