LXXVI To Sir R. Gr. Knight and Bar. Noble Sir I Had yours upon Maunday Thursday late and the reason that I suspended my answer till now was that the season engaged me to sequester my thoughts from my wonted negotiations to contemplat the great work of mans Redemption so great that wer it cast in counterballance with his creation it would out-poyze it far I summond all my intellectuals to meditat upon those passions upon those pangs upon that despicable and most dolorous death upon that cross wheron my Saviour suffer'd which was the first Christian altar that ever was and I doubt that he will never have benefit of the sacrifice who hates the harmeles resemblance of the altar wheron it was offer'd I applied my memory to fasten upon 't my understanding to comprehend it my will to embrace it from these three faculties me thought I found by the mediation of the fancy som beames of love gently gliding down from the head to the heart and inflaming all my affections If the human soul had far more powers than the Philosophers afford her if she had as many faculties within the head as ther be hairs without the speculation of this mystery would find work enough for them all Truly the more I scrue up my spirits to reach it the more I am swallowed in a gulf of admiration and of a thousand imperfect notions which makes me ever and anon to quarrell my soul that she cannot lay hold on her Saviour much more my heart that my purest affections cannot hug him as much as I would They have a custom beyond the Seas and I could wish it wer the worst custom they had that during the passion week divers of their greatest Princes and Ladies will betake themselves to som covent or reclus'd house to wean themselves from all worldly encombrances and convers only with heaven with performance of som kind of penances all the week long A worthy Gentleman that came lately from Italy told me that the Count of Byren now Marshall of France having bin long persecuted by Cardinall Richelieu put himself so into a Monastery and the next day news was brought him of the Cardinalls death which I believe made him spend the rest of the week with the more devotion in that way France braggs that our Saviour had his face turnd towards her when he was upon the Cross ther is more cause to think that it was towards this Island in regard the rays of Christianity first reverberated upon her her King being Christian 400 yeers before him of France as all Historians concur notwithstanding that he arrogates to himself the title of the first Son of the Church Let this serve for part of my Apologie The day following my Saviour being in the grave I had no list to look much abroad but continued my retirednes ther was another reason also why because I intended to take the holy Sacrament the Sunday ensuing which is an act of the greatest consolation and consequence that possibly a Christian can be capable of it imports him so much that he is made or marr'd by it it tends to his damnation or salvation to help him up to heaven or tumble him down headlong to hell Therfore it behoves a man to prepare and recollect himself to winnow his thoughts from the chaff and tares of the world beforehand This then took up a good part of that day to provide my self a wedding garment that I might be a fit guest at so precious a banquet so precious that manna and angels food are but cours viands in comparison of it I hope that this excuse will be of such validity that it may procure my pardon for not corresponding with you this last week I am now as freely as formerly Fleet 30. Aprill 1647. Your most ready and humble Servitor J. H. LXXVII To Mr. R. Howard SIR THer is a saying that carrieth with it a great deal of caution from him whom I trust God defend me for from him whom I trust not I will defend my self Ther be sundry sorts of musts but that of a secret is one of the greatest I trusted T. P. with a weighty one conjuring him that it should not take air and go abroad which was not don according to the rules and religion of frendship but it went out of him the very next day Though the inconvenience may be mine yet the reproach is his nor would I exchange my dammage for his disgrace I would wish you take heed of him for he is such as the Comic Poet speaks of plenus rimarum he is full of Chinks he can hold nothing you know a secret is too much for one too little for three and enough for two but Tom must be none of those two unless ther wer a trick to sodder up his mouth If he had committed a secret to me and injoynd me silence and I had promis'd it though I had bin shut up in Perillus brasen Bull I should not have bellowed it out I find it now true that he who discovers his secrets to another sells him his Liberty and becoms his slave well I shall be warier heerafter and learn more wit In the interim the best satisfaction I can give my self is to expunge him quite ex albâ—… amicorum to raze him out of the catalogue of my frends though I cannot of my acquaintance wher your name is inserted in great golden Characters I will endeavour to lose the memory of him and that my thoughts may never run more upon the fashion of his face which you know he hath no cause to brag of I hate such blatâ—…roons Odi illos seu claustra Erebi I thought good to give you this little mot of advice because the times are ticklish of committing secrets to any though not to From the Fleet 14. Febr. 1647. Your most affectionat frend to serve you J. H. LXVIII To my Hon. frend Mr. E. P. at Paris SIR LEt me never sally hence from among these disconâ—…olat Walls if the literall correspondence you please to hold so punctually with me be not one of the greatest solaces I have had in this sad condition for I find so much salt such indearments and flourishes such a gallantry and neaâ—…nes in your lines that you may give the law of lettering to all the world I had this week a twin of yours of the 10 and 15 current I am sorry to hear of your achaques and so often indisposition there it may be very well as you say that the air of that dirty Town doth not agree with you because you speak Spanish which language you know is us'd to be breath'd out under a clearer clyme I am sure it agrees not with the sweet breezes of peace for 't is you there that would keep poor Christendom in perpetuall whirle-winds of war but I fear that while France sets all wheels a going and stirres all the Cacodaemons of hell to pull down the house of Austria shee may chance at last to
that Tragedie and he pleas'd to relate unto me the particulars of it which was thus When Henry the fourth was slain the Queen Dowager took the Reins of the Government into her hands during the young Kings Minority and amongst others whom she advanc'd Signor Conchino a Florentin and her Foster-Brother was one Her countenance came to shine so strongly upon him that he became her onely confident and favourit insomuch that she made him Marquis of Ancre one of the twelve Marshals of France Governour of Normandy and conferr'd divers other Honours and Offices of trust upon him and who but he The Princes of France could not endure this domineering of a stranger therefore they leagu'd together to suppresse him by Arms The Queen Regent having intelligence hereof surpriz'd the Prince of Conde and clap'd him up in the Bastile the Duke of Main fled hereupon to Peronne in Pycardie and other great men put themselves in an Armed posture to stand upon their guard The young King being told that the Marquis of Ancre was the ground of this discontentment commanded Monsieur de Vitry Captain of his Guard to Arrest him and in case of resistance to kill him This busines was carried very closely till the next morning that the said Marquis was coming to the Louvre with a ruffling train of Gallants after him and passing over the Draw-Bridge at the Court-Gate Vitry stood there with the Kings Guard about him and as the Marquis entred he told him that he had a Commission from the King to apprehend him therefore he demanded his Sword the Marquis hereupon put his hand upon his Sword some thought to yeeld it up others to make opposition in the mean time Vitry discharg'd a Pistoll at him and so dispatch'd him The King being above in his Gallery ask'd what noise that was below one smilingly answer'd nothing Sir but that the Marshall of Ancre is slain who slew him The Captain of your Guard why Because he would have drawn his Sword at Your Majesties Royall Commission then the King replied Vitry hath done well and I will maintain the act Presently the Queen Mother had all her Guard taken from her except six men and sixteen Women and so she was banish'd Paris and commanded to retire to Blois Ancre's Body was buried that night in a Church hard by the Court but the next morning when the Laquays and Pages who are more unhappy here then the Apprentises in London broke up his Grave tore his Coffin to peeces rip'd the Winding-Sheet and tied his Body to an Asses Tail and so dragg'd him up and down the Gutters of Paris which are none of the sweetest they then slic'd off his Ears and nail'd them upon the Gates of the City they cut off his Genitories and they say he was hung like an Asse and sent them for a present to the Duke of Main the rest of his Body they carried to the New-Bridg and hung him his Heels upwards and Head downwards upon a new Gibbet that had bin set up a little before to punish them who should speak ill of the present Government and it was his chance to have the Maiden-head of it himself His Wife was hereupon apprehended imprisond and beheaded for a Witch som few dayes after upon a surmise that she had enchanted the Queen to dote so upon her Husband and they say the young Kings Picture was found in her Closet in Virgin-Wax with one Leg melted away a little after a processe was form'd against the Marquis her Husband and so he was condemn'd after death This was a right act of a French popular fury which like an angry torrent is irresistible nor can any Banks Boundaries or Dikeâ—… stop the impetuous rage of it How the young King will prosper after so high and an unexampled act of violence by beginning his Raign and embrâ—…ing the Walls of his own Court with blood in that manner ther are divers censures When I am settled in Spain you shall hear from me in the interim I pray let your Prayers accompany me in this long journey and when you write to Wales I pray acquaint our frends with my welfare So I pray God blesse us both and send us a happy enterview Paris 8. of September 1620. Your loving Brother J. H. XX. To my Cousin W. Vaughan Esq from Saint Malo Cousin I Am now in French Britany I went back from Paris to Roüen and so through all low Normandy to a little Port call'd Granville wher I embark'd for this Town of Saint Malo but I did purge so violently at Sea that it put me into a Burning Feavour for some few dayes wherof I thank God I am newly recovered and finding no opportunity of shipping here I must be forc'd to turn my intended Sea voyage to a long land journey Since I came to this Province I was curious to converse with some of the lower Bretons who speak no other Language but our Welsh for their radicall words are no other but 't is no wonder for they were a Colony of Welsh at first as the name of this Province doth imply as also the Latin name Armorica which though it passe for Latin yet it is but pure Welsh and signifies a Countrey bordring up the Sea as that arch Heretick was call'd Pelagius a Pelago his name being Morgan I was a little curious to peruse the Annals of this Province and during the time that it was a Kingdom ther wer four Kings of the name Hoell whereof one was call'd Hoell the Great This Town of Saint Malo hath one rarity in it for ther is here a perpetuall Garrison of English but they are of English Dogs which are let out in the night to guard the Ships and eat the Gardens up and down the Streets and so they are shut up again in the morning It will be now a good while before I shall have conveniency to send to you or receive from you howsoever let me retain still some little room in your memory and somtimes in your meditations while I carry you about me perpetually not onely in my head but in heart and make you travell all along with me thus from Town to Countrey from Hill to Dale from Sea to Land up and down the World and you must be contented to be Subâ—…ect to these incertain removes and perambulations untill it shall please God to fix me again England nor need you while you are thus my concomitant through new places evry day to fear any ill usage as long as I farewell St. Malo 25. of September 1620. Yours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 J. H. XXI To Sir John North Kt. from Rochell SIR 〈◊〉 Am newly com to Rochell nor am I sorry that I went somwhat out of my way to see this Town not to tell you true out of â—…ny extraordinary love I bear to the people for I do not find â—…em so gentle and debonnair to strangers nor so Hospitable aâ—…â—…e rest of France but I excuse them for it
in his tent how therby his Army much encreas'd and so rush'd further into the heart of the Countrey but passing neer Magdenburg being diffident of his own strength he suffer'd Tilly to take that great Town with so much effusion of bloud because they would receive no quarter your Lordship hath also heard of the battell of Leipsick where Tilly notwithstanding the Victory he had got ore the Duke of Saxony a few daies before receav'd an vtter discomfiture upon which victory the King sent Sir Thomas Roe a present of two thousand pounds and in his letter calls him his strenuum consultorem he being one of the first who had advis'd him to this German war after he had made peace 'twixt him and the Polander I presume also your Lordship heard how he met Tilly again neer Auspurg and made him go upon a woodden leg wher of he died and after soundly plunder'd the Bavarian and made him flee from his own house at Munchen and rifled his very Closets Now your Lordship shall understand that the said King is at Mentz keeps a Court there like an Emperour there being above twelve Ambassadors with him The King of France sent a great Marquis for his Ambassador to put him in mind of his Articles and to tell him that his Christian Majesty wondred he would cross the Rhine without his privity and wondred more that he would invade the Church-lands meaning the Archbishop of Mentz who had put himself under the protection of France The Swed answer'd That he had not broke the least title of the Articles agreed on and touching the said Archbishop he had not stood Neutrall as was promised therfore he had justly set on his skirts The Ambassador replied in case of breach of Articles his Master had eighty thousand men to pierce Germany when he pleas'd The King answer'd that he had but twenty thousand and those should be sooner at the walls of Paris then his fourscore thousand should be on the frontiers of Germany If this new Conquerer goes on with this violence I beleeve it will cast the pollicy of all Christendom into another mould and be get new maximes of State for none can foretell wher his monstrous progress will terminat Sir Henry Vane is still in Germany observing his motions and they write that they do not agree well as I heard the King should tell him that he spoke nothing but Spanish to him Sir Robert Anstruther is also at Vienna being gon thither from the Diet at Ratisbon I hear the Infante Cardinal is design'd to com Governor of the Netherlands and passeth by way of Italy and so through Germany his brother Don Carlos is lately dead So I humbly take my leave and rest My Lord Your Lopps most humble and ready Servitor J. H. Westmin 23 Apr. 1630. XXXVIII To my noble Lady the Lady Cor. Madam YOu spoke to me for a Cook who had seen the world abroad and I think the bearer hereof will fit your Ladiships â—…urn He can marinat fish make gellies he is excellent for a pickant sawce and the Haugou besides Madame he is passing good for an ollia He will tell your Ladiship that the reverend Matron the olla podrida hath intellectualls and senses Mutton Beef and Bacon are to her as the will understanding and Memory are to the soule Cabbage Turnips Artichocks Potatoes and Dates are her five senses and Pepper the common sense she must have Marrow to keep life in her and som birds to make her light by all meanes she must go adorn'd with chaines of Sausages He is also good at Larding of meat after the mode of France Madame you may make proof of him and if your Ladyship find him too sawey or wastfuli you may return him whence you had him So I rest Westmin 2 Iun. 1630. Madame Your Lapps most humble Servitor J. H XXXIX To Mr. E. D. SIR YOu write to me that T. B. intends to give money for such a place if he doth I feare it will be verified in him that a fool and his money is soon parted for I know he wil be never able to execut it I heard of a laâ—…e secretary of State that could not read the next morning his own hand writing and I have read of Caligulas horse that was made Consull therfore I pray tell him from me for I wish him well that if he thinks he is fit for that Office he looks upon himself through a fals glass a trotting hors is fit for a coach but not for a Ladies saddle and an ambler is proper for a Ladies saddle but not for a coach If Tom undertakes this place he wil be as an ambler in a coach or a trotter under a Ladies saddle when I com to town I will put him upon a far fitter and more feasable busines for him and so comend me to him for I am his and Westmin 5 Iune 1630. Your true friend J. H. XL. To my Father SIR THer are two Ambassadors extraordinary to go abroad shortly the Earl of Leycester and the Lord M'eston this latter goes to France Savoy Venice and so returns by Florence a pleasant journey for he carrieth presents with him from King and Queen The Earl of Leycester is to go to the King of Denmark and other Princes of Germany The maine of the Embassy is to condole the late death of the Lady Sophia Queen Dowager of Denmark our Kings Grandmother She was the Duke of Meclenburgs daughter and her husband Christian the third dying young her portion which was forty thousand pound was restor'd fier and living a Widdow forty four years after she grew to be so great a huswife setting three or four hundred people at worke that she died worth neer two millions of dollars so that she was reputed the richest Queen of Christendom By the constitutions of Denmark this estate is divisible amongst her children wherof she had five the King of Denmark the Dutchess of Saxony the Dutchess of Brimswick Queen Ann and the Dutchess of Holftein the King being Male is to have two shares our King and the Lady Elizabeth is to have that which should have belong'd to Queene Anne so he is to returne by the Hague It pleas'd my Lord of Leycester to send for me to Baynards Castle and proffer me to go Secretary in this Ambassage assuring me that the journey shall tend to my profit and credit So I have accepted of it for I heaâ—… very nobly of my Lord so that I hope to make a boon voyage of it I desire as hitherto your prayers and blessing may accompany me so with my love to my Brothers and Sisters I rest London 5 May 1632. Your dutifull son I. H. XLI To Mr. Alderman Moulson Governor of the Merchant adventurers SIR THe Earl of Leicester is to go shortly Ambassador extraordinary to the King of Denmark and he is to pass by Hamburgh I understand by Mr. Skinner that the Staple hath som grievances to be redress'd If this
My Lord I Have deliverd Mr. Secretary Coke an account of the whole legation as your Lordship inordred me which contain'd neer upon twenty sheets I attended him also with the Note of your extraordinaries wherin I find him somthing difficult and dilatory yet The Governor of the Eastland Company Mr. Alderman Clethero will attend your Lordship at your return to Court to acknowledge your favor unto them I have delivered him a Copy of the transactions of things that concern'd their Company at Rhensberg The news we heard at Sea of the King of Swedens death is confirm'd more and more and by the computation I have been a little curious to make I find that he was kill'd the same day your Lordship set out of Hamburgh But ther is other news com since of the death of the Prince Palatin who as they write being return'd from visiting the Duke De deux Ponts to Mentz was struck there with the Contagion yet by speciall ways of cure the malignity was expelld and great hopes of recovery when the news came of the death of the King of Sweden which made such impressions in him that he dyed few dayes after having overcom all difficulties by concluding with the Swede and the Governor of Frankindall and being ready to enter into a repossession of his Countrey A sad destiny The Swedes bear up still being somented and supported by the French who will not suffer them to leave Germany yet A Gentleman that came lately from Italy told me that ther is no great joy in Rome for the death of the King of Sweden The Spaniards up and down will not stick to call this Pope Lutherano and that he had intelligence with the Swede T is true that he hath not been so forward to assist the Emperor in this quarrell and that in open Consistory when ther was such a contrasto 'twixt the Cardinalls for a supply from Saint Peter he declard That he was well satisfied that this war in Germany was no war of Religion which made him dismiss the Imperiall Ambassadors with this short answer That the Emperor had drawn these mischiefs upon himself for at that time when he saw the Swedes upon the Frontires of Germany if he had imployed those men and moneys which he consum'd to trouble the peace of Italy in making war against the Duke of Mantova against them he had not had now so potent an enemy So I take my leave for this time being Westm. 3 Iune 1632. Your Lordships most humble and obedient Servitor J. H. IX To Mr. E. D. SIR I Thank you a thousand times for the Noble entertainment you gave me at Berry and the pains you took in shewing me the Antiquities of that place In requitall I can tell you of a strange thing I saw lately here and I beleeve 't is true As I pass'd by St. Dunstans in Fleet street the last Saturday I stepp'd into a Lapidary or Stone-cutters shop to treat with the Master for a stone to be put upon my Fathers Tomb and casting my eyes up and down I might spie a huge Marble with a large Inscription upon 't which was thus to my best remembrance Here lies John Oxenham a goodly young man in whose Chamber as he was strugling with the pangs of death a Bird with a white brest was seen fluttering about his Bed and so vanish'd Here lies also Mary Oxenham the sister of the said John who died the next day and the same Apparition was seen in the Room Then another Sister is spoke of Then Here lies hard by James Oxenham the son of the said John who died a child in his Cradle a little after and such a Bird was seen fluttering about his head a little before he expir'd which vanish'd afterwards At the bottom of the Stone ther is Here lies Elizabeth Oxenham the Mother of the said John who died sixteen years since when such a Bird with a white brest was seen about hex Bed before her death To all these ther be divers Witnesses both Squires and Ladies whose names are engraven upon the Stone This Stone is to be sent to a Town hard by Exeter wher this happen'd Were you here I could raise a choice Discours with you hereupon So hoping to see you the next Term to requite som of your favors I rest Westmin 3 Iuly 1632. Your true frend to serve you J. H. X. To W. B. Esq. SIR THe upbraiding of a courtesie is as bad in the Giver as ingratitude in the Receiver though which you think I am loath to believe be faulty in the first I shall never offend in the second while VVestmin 24. Octob. 1632. J. Howell XI To Sir Arthur Ingram at York SIR OUr greatest news here now is that we have a new Attorney Generall which is news indeed considering the humor of the man how hee hath been always ready to entertain any cause wherby he might clash with the Prerogative but now as Judg Richardson told him his head is full of Proclamations and Divices how to bring money into the Exchequer Hee hath lately found out amongst the old Records of the Tower som precedents for raising a tax cald Ship-money in all the Port Towns when the Kingdom is in danger Whether we are in danger or no at present 't were presumption in me to judg that belongs to his Majesty and his Privy Counsell who have their choice Instruments abroad for Intelligence yet one with half an eye may see wee cannot be secure while such huge Fleets of men of War both Spanish French Dutch and Dunkâ—…rkers som of them laden with Ammunition Men Arms and Armies do daily â—…ail on our Seas and confront the Kings Chambers while we have only three or four Ships abroad to guard our Coasts and Kingdom and to preserve the fairest Flower of the Crown the Dominion of the Narrow-Seas which I hear the French Cardinall begins to question and the Hollander lately would not vail to one of his Majesties ships that brought over the Duke of Lenox and my Lord Weston from Bullen and indeed we are jeer'd abroad that we send no more ships to guard our Seas Touching my Lord Ambassador Weston he had a brave journey of it though it câ—…st dear for 't is thought 't will stand his Majesty in 25000 pounds which makes som Criticks of the times to censure the Lord Tresurer That now the King wanting money so much hee should send his son abroad to spend him such a sum only for delivering of Presents and Complements but I believe they are deceiv'd for ther were matters of State also in the Ambassie The Lord Weston passing by Paris intercepted and open'd a Packet of my Lord of Hollands wherin ther were some Letters of Her Majesties this my Lord of Holland takes in that scorn that he defied him since his comming and demanded the combat of him for which he is confin'd to his House at Kensinton So with my humble service to my Noble Lady I rest Westmin
the Spaniards 54 Of the old Duke of Larma 54 Materiall thinks of the Match 55 The witty Speech of the Marquis of Montesclares 57 Of Count Mansfields notable retreat to Breda his chiefest exploit 58 Of our Prince his arrival at the Court of Spain his usage there and som passages of Gondamars 60 Of his comportment in courting the Lady Infanta c. 64 A witty saying of a Spanish woman 63 Of their baiting of Bulls with men 64 Verses upon the Prince his wooing 66 The monstrous manner of Osman the great Turks death with som Observations theron 70 Of his ominoâ—…s dream and the grand Visiers Prediction to Sir Tho. Roe 73 A Discours 'twixt our Prince and the King of Spain 74 Of our Prince his departure thence 76 How matters stood after his departure 77 Preparations made for the wedding day 79 The Earl of Bristolls Audience upon his receiving a new Commission 80 Probabilities that the Spaniard intended a Match with England 79 My Lo. Pagetts witty Speech in Parlement 80 Of the Bishop of Halverstadt 81 The notable Plot the two Spanish Ambassadors invented to demolish the Duke of Buck. 82 The high proffers that wer made the Earl of Bristoll if he would stay in Spain 97 Of the manner of the proceedings of the Spanish Match by way of comparison 83 The breach of the Spanish Match by a Philosophical comparison 83 An Abstract of the Spanish Monarchy of its growth of the soyl and the humor of the Inhabitants from 87 to 93 Of things happen'd at the siege of Bergen op Zooma A pleasant Tale of a lame Captain 94 Of the vertu of Familiar Letters 96 Of that stupendous Monument the Escurial 96 Of the late famous Duke of Ossuna divers passages 98 Of writing by Cypher 99 A memorable Passage of the Jesuits 98 A facetious Tale of a Soldier 100 This third Section contains divers intrinsecall Passages more of the Treaties both of Match and Palatinat The fourth Section OF the Jewels that were left in the Court of Spain to be presented at the Betrothing day 101 Of the fruitfulnes of frendship 103 Of Count Mansfelt 104 An exact Relation of his late Majesties death by an eye-witnes 106 Of my Lo Verulam after his fall 108 Cautions for Marriage 109 The disasterous death of young Prince Frederic 110 Of the Treaty of a Match with France and of Cardinal Richelieu 111 How lively Letters represent the inward man 112 The Capitulation of the Match with France 114 Of Monsieurs marriage 115 The rare perfections of the late Marchioness of Winchester 116 Of Grave Maurice's death of the taking of Breda 117 The sorry success of our Fleet to Cales under the Lord Wimbledon 119 Som advertisements to the Duke of Buckingham before the Parlement 121 The tru nature of love 12â—… Of Count Mansfelt 124 Cardinall Richelieu's first rise 111 A facetious saying of the Queen of France touching Co Mansfelt 124 A clashing 'twixt Buckingham and Bristoll 124 A Comparison 'twixt the Infanta and the Daughter of France 126 A facetious Pasquil in Rome 125 The speedy conclusion of the French Match and a facetious tale of the Pope 125 Her Majesties arrivall in England 126 The dissolution of the Parlement at Oxon and of the Lord Keeper Williams 127 Of the Renvoy of her Majesties French servants c. 130 The reasons alleaged for Lone-monies 131 A memorable example in the person of a Spanish Captain how strangely a sudden conceit may work within us 132 The fifth Section A Northern Letter 135 Our breach with France and our ill success at the Isle of Rets 139 The Lord Denbighs sorry return from before Rochell 140 Of the Wars in Italy about the Dutchy of Mantoua 137 A circumstantiall relation of the D. of Buck death by an eye-witness 141 The Lord of Lindseys return from before Rochel the taking and dismantling of her by the French King 143 Colonell Grayes quick device to save his life out of a saltpit 139 A methodicall Incitement for an Oxford Student 144 Of the taking the great Royall Ship the Holy Spirit of the French by Sir Sackvil Trever 145 A dehortatory letter from swearing with examples of all sorts 147 A Hymn therupon 149 The properties of a Foot-man 151 Of Ben Iohnsons Genius 154 Of tardy Courtesies 156 Som amorous Sonnets of black eyes c. 158 A check against habit of drinking 162 A Poem upon the British language 164 A witty reply to Sir Ed Coke by a Country man 155 A character of Sir Posthumus Hobby 156 The first rise of the Lord Strafford 156 The King of Swedens first rushing into Germany 165 The King of Denmarks ill success against Tilly and the favourable peace he obtained 165 Of a ragged illegible hand 166 The proud inscription the French King left upon a triumphant Pillar on one of the Alpian hills 167 Of Sir Ken Digbies Exploits against the Venetian Galleasses c. 168 A geere put upon Sir Tho. Edmonds being Ambassadour in France 169 Another geere of the French Ambassadour 169 Of Sir Tho. Wentworth's violent rising up 170 Of the King of Swedens monstrous Progres his clashing with the English and French Ambassadors 173 A Letter of thanks 172 A discription of an Ollapodrida 174 Of the Spanish Inquisition 178 The death of the Queen Dowager of Denmark His Majesties Grandmother the richest Princess of Christendom c. 175 The sixth Section AN exact relation of the Erl of Leicesters Embassie to the King of Denmark and other Princes 188 Som remarkable passages in the Danish Court 183 Of Hamburgh and the Hans Towns their beginning and the famous quarrell they had with Queen Eliza. 184 The marvelous resemblance of Holsteyn men with the English c. 187 The King of Swedens related by an eye-witnes his aversion to the English c. 193 The Palsgraves death 193 The late Pope's compliance with him 191 A strange apparition happened in the West about a dying Gentleman 194 Of Noy the Atturney and of ship-money 196 Of the Lord Westons Embassie to Italy and a clashing 'twixt my Lord of Holland and him 196 The Queen Mothers and Monsieurs retirement to Flanders 195 A Christmas Hymn 197 Of the condition of the Jewes squanderd up and down the World how they came to be so cunning and hatefull from whence they expect their Messias c. 202 〈…〉 The sudden comfort of Letters 203 Of a strange Pattent given a Scotchman 203 Of Atturney Noy's death and the od wilâ—… he made c. 204 The arrivall of the Prince Elector and of Prince Rupert to England their designes 205 Monsieur steales from Brussells 206 A Herald of Armes sent from France to denounce War against Spaine 206 Of Mountmorencys death 206 A memorable example of the force of affection in the person of a French Lady 207 Of Peter van Heyns mighty Plaâ—…e prize c. 210 Of judgements fallen upon disobedient children 211 The Earl of Arondels return from the German
greatest town of Europe whence arose the Proverb Les flamen tient un gan qui tiendrá Paris dedans But the beautifullest richest strongest and most privileg'd City is Antwerp in Brabant being the Marquisat of the holy Empire and drawing nere to the nature of a Hans Town for she payes the Prince no other Tax but the Impost Before the dissociation of the seventeen Provinces this Town was one of the greatest Marts of Europe and greatest bank this side the Alpes most Princes having their Factors here to take up or let out moneys and here our Gresham got all his wealth and built our Royall Exchange by modell of that here The Merchandise was brought hither from Germany France and Italy by Land and from England Spain and the Hans towns by Sea was estimated at above twenty Millions of Crowns every year but as no violent thing is long lasting and as t is fatall to all Kingdomes States Towns and Languages to have their period so this renown'd Mart hath suffer'd a shrewd eclipse yet no utter downfall the Exchange of the King of Spains money and some small land trafic keeping still life in her though nothing so full of vigor as it was Therfore there is no town under the Archduke where the States have more conceal'd friends than in Antwerp who would willingly make them her Masters in hope to recover her former commerce which after the last twelve years truce began to revive a little the States permitting to passe by Lillo's sconce which coÌ„mands the river of Skeld and lyeth in the teeth of the Town som small cross-saild ships to passe hither There is no place hath been more passive than this and more often pillag'd amongst other times she was once plunder'd most miserably by the Spaniards under the conduct of a Priest immediatly upon Don Iohn of Austria's death she had then her Stat-house burn'd which had cost a few years before above twenty thousand Crowns the building and the spoils that were carried away thence amounted to forty Tuns of gold Thus she was reduc'd not only to poverty but a kind of captivity being commanded by a Citadell which she preferr'd before a Garrison this made the Merchant retire and seek a more free Randevous som in Zeland som in Holland specially in Amsterdam which rose upon the fall of this Town as Lisbon did from Venice upon the discovery of the Cape of good Hope though Venice be not nere so much crestfall'n I will now steer my discours to the united Provinces as they term themselves which are six in number viz. Holland Zeland Frisland Overyssell Gronninghen and Utrecht three parts of Gilderland and some Frontire Towns and places of contribution in Brabant and Flanders In all these ther is no innovation at all introduc'd notwithstanding this great change in point of Government except that the College of States represents the Duke or Earl in times pass'd which College consists of the chiefest Gentry of the Countrey surintendants of Towns and the principall Magistrates Every Province and great Town choose yearly certain Deputies to whom they give plenary power to deliberat with the other States of all affairs touching the public welfare of the whole Province and what they vote stands for Law These being assembled consult of all matters of State Justice and War the Advocat who is prime in the Assembly propounds the busines and after collects the suffrages first of the Provinces then of the Towns which being put in form he delivers in pregnant and moving speeches and in case ther be a dissonance and reluctancy of opinions he labors to accord and reconcile them concluding alwayes with the major voyces Touching the administration of Justice the President who is monthly chang'd with the great Counsell have the supreme judicature from whose Decrees ther 's no appeal but a revision and then som of the choycest Lawyers amongst them are appointed For their Opidan Government they have variety of Officers a Scout Bourgmasters a Balue and 〈◊〉 The Scout is chosen by the States who with the Balues have the judging of all criminall matters in last resort without appeal they have also the determining of Civill Causes but those are appealable to the Hague Touching their chiefest Governor or Generall rather now having made proof of the Spaniard German French and English and agreeing with none of them they lighted at last upon a man of their own mould Prince Maurice now their Generall in whom concurr'd divers parts suitable to such a charge having been train'd up in the wars by his Father who with three of his Uncles and divers of his kindred sacrific'd their lives in the States quarrell he hath thriven well since he came to the Government hee clear'd Friesland Overyssell and Groninghen in lesse than 18 months He hath now continued their Governor and Generall by sea and land above 33 years he hath the election of Magistrats the pardning of Malefactors and divers other Prerogatives yet they are short of the reach of Soverainty and of the authority of the ancient Counts of Holland Though I cannot say 't is a mercenary employment yet he hath a limited allowance nor hath he any implicit command when he goes to the field for either the Counsell of War marcheth with him or els he receives daily directions from them moreover the States themselves reserve the power of nominating all Commanders in the Army which being of sundry Nations deprive him of those advantages he might have to make himself absolut Martiall-Discipline is no where so regular as amongst the States no wher are ther lesser insolencies committed upon the Burger noâ—… robberies upon the Countrey Boors nor are the Officers permitted to insult ore the common soldier When the Army marcheth not one dares take so much as an apple off a tree or a root out of the earth in their passage and the reason is they are punctually paid their pay els I believe they would be insolent enough and were not the pay so certain I think few or none would serve them They speak of sixty thousand they have in perpetuall pay by Land and Sea at home and in the Indies The King of France was us'd to maintain a Regiment but since Henry the Greats death the paiment hath been neglected The means they have to maintain these Forces to pay their Governor to discharge all other expence as the preservation of their Diâ—…es which comes to a vast expence yearly is the ancient revenue of the Counts of Holland the impropriaâ—… Church living Imposts upon all Merchandise which is greater upon exported than imported goods Excise upon all commodities as well for necessity as pleasure taxes upon every Acre of ground which is such that the whole Countrey returns into their hands every three years Add hereunto the Art they use in their bank by the rise and fall of money the fishing upon our Coasts whither they send every Autumâ—… above 700 Hulks or Busses which in the voiages they
wives and merchandizing which they are now permitted to do contrary to their first institution which makes them more worldly and less venturous This disgracefull return from Poland stuck in Osmans stomach and so studied a way how to be revengd of the Ianizaries therfore by the advice of his grand Visier a stout gallant man who had bin one of the chief Beglerbegs in the East he intended to erect a new Soldiery in Asia about Damasco of the Coords a frontier people and consequently hardy and inur'd to Arms. Of these he purpos'd to entertain 40000. as a lifegard for his peâ—…son though the main design was to suppress his lazie and lustfull Ianizaries with men of fresh new spirits To disguise this plot he pretended a pilgrimage to Mecha to visit Mahomets Tomb and reconcile himself to the Prophet who he throught was angry with him because of his late ill success in Poland but this colour was not specious enough in regard he might have performd this Pilgrimage with a smaller train and charge therfore it was propounded that the Emir of Sâ—…dm should be made to rise up in arms that so he might go with a greater power and treasure but this plot was held disadvantagious to him in regard his Ianizaries must then have attended him so he pretends and prepares only for the Pilgrimage yet he makes ready as much treasure as he could make and to that end he melts his plate and furniture of horses with divers Church lamps this fomented som jealousie in the Ianizaries with certain words which should drop from him that he would find soldiers shortly should whip them Hereupon he hath sent over to Asias side his pavilions many of his servants with his jewells and treasure resolving upon the voyage notwithstanding that divers petitions were delivered him from the Clergy the civill Magistrate and the Soldiery that he should desist from the voyage but all would not do therupon upon the point of his departure the Ianizaries and Spâ—…ies came in a tumultuary manner to the Seraglio and in a high insolent language disswaded him from the Pilgrimage and demanded of him his ill counsellors The first he granted but for the second he said that it stood not with his honor to have his neerest servants torn from him so without any legall proceeding but he assur'd them that they should appear in the Divan the next day to answer for themselves but this not satisfying they went away in a fury and plunderd the Grand Visiers Palace with divers others Osman hereupon was advis'd to go from his private gardens that night to the Asian shore but his destiny kept him from it so the next morning they came armd to the Court but having made a covenant not to violate the Imperiall Throne and cut in peeces the Grand Visier with divers other great Officers and not finding Osman who had hid himself in a small lodge in one of his gardens they cried out they must have a Musulman Emperor therfore they broke into a Dungeon and brought out Mustapha Osmans Unkle whom he had clapt there at the beginning of the tumult and who had bin King before but was depos'd for his simplicity being a kind of santon or holy man that is twixt an Innocent and an Idiot This Mustapha they did reinthronize and place in the Oâ—…toman Empire The next day they found out Osman and brought him before Mustapha who excus'd himself with tears in his eyes for his rash attempts which wrought tendernes in som but more scorn and fury in others who fell upon the Capi Aga with other Officers and cut them in peeces before his eyes Osman thence was carried to Prison and as he was getting a horsback a common soldier took off his Turban and clapt his upon Osmans head who in his passage begd a draught of water at a Fountain The next day the new Visier went with an Executioner to strangle him in regard ther were two younger brothers more of his to preserve the Oâ—…tomans race where after they had rushd in he being newly awakd and staring upon them and thinking to defend himself a robust boysterous rogue knockt him down and so the rest fell upon him and strangled him with much adoe Thus fell one of the greatest Potentats upon earth by the hands of a contemptible slave for ther is not a free born subject in all that vast Empire Thus fell he that Entitles himself most puissant and highest Monarch of the Turks King above all Kings a King that dwelleth upon the earthly Paridise son of Mahomet keeper of the grave of the Christian God Lord of the Tree of Life and of the River Flisky Prior of the earthly Paridise Conqueror of the Macedonians the seed of great Alexander Prince of the Kingdoms of Tartary Mesopotamia Media and of the martiall Mammaluckâ—… Anatolia Bithynia Asia Armenia Servia Thracia Morta Valachiâ—… Moldavia and of all warlike Hungary Soverain Lord and Commander of all Greece Persia both the Arabia's the most noble kingdom of Egypt Tremisen and African Empire of Trabâ—…sond and the most glorious Constantinople Lord of all the white and black Seas of the holy City Mecha and Medina shining with divine glory commander of all things that are to be commanded and the strongest and mightiest Champion of the wide world a Warrior appointed by Heaven in the edge of the sword a Persecutor of his Enemies a most perfect jewell of the blessed Tree the chiefest keeper of the crucified God c. with other such bombardicall Titles This Osman was a man of goodly Constitution an amiable aspect and of excesse of courage but sordidly covetous which drove him to violat the Church and to melt the Lamps therof which made the Mufti say that this was a due judgment faln upon him from Heaven for his Sacrilege He us'd also to make his person too cheap for he would go ordinarily in the night time with two men after him like a petty Constable and peep into the Cauphhouses and Cabarets and apprehend Soldiers there And these two things it seems was the cause that when he was so assaulted in the Seraglio not one of his Domestic servants wherof he had 3000 would liâ—…t an Arm to help him Som few days before his death he had a strange dream for hee dreamt that he was mounted upon a great Camell who would not go neither by fair nor foul means and lighting off him and thinking to strike him with his Cimitier the body of the beast vanisht leaving the Head and the bridle only in his hands when the Mufti and the Hoggies could not interpret this dream Mustapha his Uncle did it for he said the Camell signified his Empire his mounting of him his excesse in Government his lighting down his deposing Another kind of Prophetic speech dropt from the Grand Visier to Sir Thomas Roe our Ambassador there who having gone a little before this Tragedy to visit the said Visier told him what whisperings and mutterings there were
rupture of the Treaties with Spain which was done by the advice of both Houses This is the ground that His Majesty hath lately sent out privy Seals for Loan Moneys untill a Parliament may be calld in regard that the King of Denmark is distress'd the Sound like to be lost the Eastland Trade and the Staple at Hamborough in danger to be destroied and the English Garrison under Sir Charls Morgan at Stoâ—…d ready to be starv'd These Loan moneys keep a great noise and they are imprison'd that deny to conform themselves I fear I shall have no more opportunity to send to your Lordship till I go to York therfore I humbly take my leave and kiss your hands being ever My Lord Your obedient and ready Servitor J. H XXVIII To Mr. R. L. Merchant I Met lately with I. Harris in London and I had not seen him two years before and then I took him and knew him to be a man of thirty but now one would take him by his Hair to be near threescore for he is all turnd gray I wonderd at such a Metamorphosis in so short a time hee told me 't was for the death of his Wife that nature had thus antidated his years 't is true that a weighty setled sorrow is of that force that besides the contraction of the Spirits it will work upon the radicall moisture and dry it up so that the Hair can have no moisture at the Root This made me remember a Story that a Spanish Advocat told me which is a thing very remarkable When the Duke of Alva was in Brussels about the beginning of the tumults in the Netherlands he had sat down before Hulst in Flanders and ther was a Provost Marshall in his Army who was a Favorit of his and this Provost had put som to death by secret Commission from the Duke Ther was one Captain Bolea in the Armie who was an intimat friend of the Provosts and one evening late he went to the said Captains Tent and brought with him a Confessor and an Executioner as it was his custom He told the Captain that he was com to execut his Excellencies Commission and Marshall Law upon him the Captain started up suddenly his hair standing at an end and being struck with amazement ask'd him wherin he had offended the Duke the Provest answer'd Sir I com not to expostulat the busines with you but to execut my Commission therfore I pray prepare your self for ther 's your Ghostly Father and Executioner so he fell on his knees before the Priest and having don the Hangman going to put the Halter about his neck the Provost threw it away and breaking into a laughter told him ther was no such thing and that he had don this to try his courage how be could bear the terror of death the Captain lookâ—… ghastly upâ—… him and said then Sir get you out of my Tent for you have don me â—… very ill office The next morning the said Captain Bolea though â—… young man of about thirtie had his hair all turnd grav to the admiration of all the world and of the Duke of Alva himself who questioâ—… him about it but he would confess nothing The next year the Duâ—… was revok'd and in his journey to the Court of Spain he was to pasâ—… by Saragossa and this Captain Bolea and the Provost went alonâ—… with him as his Domestics The Duke being to repose some days in S. ragossa the young old Captain Bolea told him that ther was a thing in that Town worthy to be seen by His Excellency which was a Casa de Locos a Bedlam-house for ther was not the like in Christendom Well said the Duke go and tell the Warden I will be there to morrow in the afternoon and wish him to be in the way The Captain having obtaind this went to the Warden and told him that the Duke would com to visit the House the next day and the chiefest occasion that mov'd him to it was that he had an unruly Provost about him who was subject oftentimes to fits of frenzie and because he wisheth him well he had tried divers means to cure him but all would not do therfore he would trie whether keeping him close in Bedlam for som days would do him any good The next day the Duke came with arâ—…ffling train of Captains after him amongst whom was the said Provost very shining brave being entred into the house about the Dukes person Captain Bolea told the Warden pointing at the Provost that 's the man so hee took him aside into a dark Lobby wher he had plac'd som of his men who muffled him in his Cloak seiz'd upon his gilt Sword with his Hat and Feather and so hurried him down into a Dungeon My Provost had lain there two nights and a day and afterwards it happen'd that a Gentleman comming out of curiosity to see the house peep'd in at a small grate where the Provost was The Provost conjur'd him as he was a Christian to go and tell the Duke of Alva his Provost was there clap'd up nor could be imagin why The Gentleman did the Arrand wherat the Duke being astonish'd sent for the Warden with his prisoner so he brought my Provost en cuerpo Madman like full of straws and Feathers before the Duke who at the sight of him breaking out into a laughter ask'd the Warden why he had made him his Prisener Sir said the Warden 't was by vertue of your Excellenciâ—…s Commission brought me by Captain Bolea Bolea step'd forth and told the Duke Sir you have ask'd me oft how these hairs of mine grew so suddenly gray I have not reveal'd it yet to any soul breathing but now I le tell your Excellency and so sell a relating the passage in Flanders And Sir I have been ever since beating my Brains how to get an equall revenge of him and I thought no revenge to be more equall or corresponding now that you see he hath made me old before my time than to make him mad if I could and had he staied som days longer close Prisoner in the Bedlam House it might haply have wrought som impressions upon his pericranium The Duke was so well pleas'd with the Story and the wittines of the revenge that he made them both friends and the Gentleman who told me this passage said that the said Captain Bolea was yet living so that he could not be less than ninety years of age I thank you a thousand times for the Câ—…phalonia Muscadell and Botargo you sent me I hope to be shortly quit with you for all courtesies in the interim I am York this 1 of May. 1626 Your obliged friend to serve you J H. Postscript I Am sorry to hear of the trick that Sir Iohn Aires put upon the Company by the Box of Hailshot sign'd with the Ambassadors Seal that he had sent so solemnly from Constantinople which he made the world beleeve to be full of Chequins and Turky gold
are safely com to Germany Sir Iohn Penington took us aboard in one of His Majesties Ships at Margets and the Wind stood so fair that wee were at the mouth of the Elve upon Munday following It pleas'd my Lord I should Land first with two Footmen to make haste to Glukstad to learn wher the King of Denmark was and he was at Rensburgh som two daies journey off at a Richsdagh an Assembly that corresponds our Parliament My Lord the next day Landed at Glukstad wher I had provided an accommodation for him though he intended to have gon for Hamburgh but I was bold to tell him that in regard ther were som ombrages and not only so but open and actuall differences 'twixt the King and that Town it might be ill taken if he went thither first before he had attended the King So I left my Lord at Glukstad and being com hither to take up 8000 rich Dollars upon Mr. Burlamacâ—… Bils and fercht Mr. Avery our Agent here I return to morrow to attend 〈◊〉 Lord again I find that matters are much off the Hinges 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 King of Denmark and this Town The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sweden is advancing apace to find out Wallestein and Wallestein 〈◊〉 and in all apparance they will be shortly engag'd No more now for I am interpell'd by many businesses when you write deliver your Letters to Mr. Railton who will see them safely convey'd for a little before my departure I brought him acquainted with my Lord that he might negotiat som things at Court So with my service and love to all at Westminster I rest Hamburgh Octo. 23. 1632. Your faithfull servitor J. H. II. To my Lord Viscount S. from Hamburgh My Lord SInce I was last in Town my Lord of Leicester hath attended the King of Denmarke at Rensburg in Holsteinland he was brought thither from Glukstad in indifferent good equipage both for Coaches and Waggons but he stayed som dayes at Rensburg for Audience we made a comly gallant shew in that kind when we went to Court for wee were neer upon a hundred all of one peece in mourning It pleas'd my Lord to make me the Orator and so I made a long Latin Speech alta voce to the King in Latin of the occasion of this Ambassie and tending to the praise of the deceased Queen and I had better luck then Secretary Nanton had som thirty yeers since with Roger Earl of Rutland for at the beginning of his Speech when he had pronounc'd Serenissime Rex he was dash'd out of countenance and so gravell'd that he could go no further I made another to Christian the fifth his eldest Son King elect of Denmark for though that Crown be purely electif yet for these three last Kings they wrought so with the people that they got their eldest Sons chosen and declar'd before their death and to assume the Title of Kings elect At the same Audience I made another Speech to Prince Frederic Archbishop of Bâ—…eme the Kings third Son and he hath but one more besides his naturall Issue which is Prince Ulriâ—… now in the Warrs with the Duke of Sax and they say ther is an alliance contracted already 'twixt Christian the fifth and the Duke of Sax his Daughter This ceremony being perform'd my Lord desir'd â—…o find his own diet and then he fell to divers businesses which is â—…ot fitting for me to forestall or impart unto your Lordship now 〈◊〉 wee staied there neer upon a moneth The King feasted my Lord once and it lasted from eleven of the clock till towards the Evening during which time the King began thirty five healths the first to the Emperour the second to his Nephew of England and so went over all the Kings and Queens of Christendom but he never remembred the Prince Palsgraves health or his Neece's all the while The King was taken away at last in his Chair but my Lord of Leicester bore up stoutly all the while so that when ther came two of the Kings Guard to take him by the Arms as he was going down the stairs my Lord shook them off and went alone The next morning I went to Court for som dispatches but the King was gon a hunting at break of day but going to som other of his Officers their servants told me without any apparance of shame That their Masters were drunk over night and so it would be late before they would rise A few daies after we went to Gothorp Castle in Sâ—…eswickland to the Duke of Holsteins Court where at my Lords first audience I made another Latin Speech to the Duke touching his Gran-Mothers death our entertainment there was brave though a little fulsom my Lord was log'd in the Dukes Castle and parted with Presents which is more then the King of Denmark did thence we went to Husem in Ditzmarsh to the Dutchess of Holsteins Court our Queen Anns youngest Sister wher we had also very ful entertainment I made a speech to her also about her Mothers death and when I nam'd the Lady Sophia the tears came down her cheeks Thence we came back to Rhensburg and so to this Town of Hamburgh where my Lord intends to repose som daies after an abrupt odd journey wee had through Holsteinland but I beleeve it will not be long in regard Sir Iohn Pennington stayes for him upon the River We expect Sir Robert Anstruther to com from Viâ—… hither to take the advantage of the Kings Ship We understand that the Imperiall and Swedish Army have made neer approaches one to the other and that som skirmishes and blows have bin already twixt them which are the forerunners of a battle So my good Lord I rest Hamburgh 9 Octo. 1632. Your most humble and faithfull Sâ—…vitor J. H. III. To the Right honble the Earl R. from Hamburgh My Lord THough your Lordship must needs think that in the imployment I am in which requires a whole man my spirits must be distracted by multiplicity of businesses yet because I would not recede from my old method and first principles of travell when I came to any great City to couch in writing what 's most observable I sequestred my self from other Affairs to send your Lordship what followeth touching this great Hans-Town The Hans or Hansiatic lâ—…gue is very ancient som would derive the word from hand because they of the society plight their faith by that action Others derive it from Hansa which in the Gothic toung is Counsell Others would have it com from Han der see which signifies neer or upon the Sea and this passeth for the best Etymology because their Towns are all seated so or upon som navigable River neer the sea The extent of the old Hans was from the Nerve in Livonia to the Rhin and contain'd 62 great Mercantil Towns which were divided to four Precincts The chiefest of the first Prâ—…cinct was Lubâ—…ck wher the Archiss of their ancient Records and their prime Chancery is still and this Town is within that
pence for every Oath which the Justices of Peace and Constables had power to raise and have still but this new Patentce is to quicken and put more life in the Law and see it executed He hath power to nominat one or two or three in som Parishes which are to have Commission from him for this Public Service and so they are to be exempt from bearing Office which must needs deserve a gratuity And I beleeve this was the main drift of the Scot Patentce so that he intends to keep his Office in the Temple and certainly he is like to be mighty gainer by it for who would not give a good peece of money to be freed from bearing all cumbersom Offices No more now but that with my dear love to my sister I rest Westmin 1 Aug. 1633. Your most affectionat Brother J. H. XVII To the Right honble the Lord Vicount Savage at Long-Melford My Lord THe old Steward of your Courts Master Attorney-Generall Noy is lately dead nor could Tunbridg-waters do him any good Though he had good matter in his brain he had it seems ill materialls in his body for his heart was shrivelled like a Leather peny-purse when he was dissected nor were his lungs sound Being such a great Clerk in the Law all the World wonders he left such an odd Will which is short and in Latin The substance of it is that having bequeathd a few Legacies and left his second son 100 Marks a year and 500 pounds in Money enough to bring him up in his Fathers Profession he concludes Reliqua meorum omnia progenito meo Edoardo dissipanda nec meliùs unquam speravi lego I leave the rest of all my goods to my first-born Edward to be consum'd or scatterd for I never hoped better A strange and scarce a Christian Will in my opiniâ—… for it argues uncharitablenes Nor doth the World wonder less that he should leave no Legacie to som of your Lordships children considering what deep Obligations he had to your Lordship for I am confident he had never bin Attorney Generall els The Vintners drink Carowses of joy that he is gon for now they are in hopes to dress Meat again and sell Tobacco Beer Sugar and Fagots which by a sullen Capricio of his he would have restraind them from He had his humors as other men but certainely he was a solid rational man and though no great Orator yet a profound Lawyer and no man better versd in the Records of the Tower I heard your Lordship often say with what infinit pains and indefatigable study he came to this knowledge And I never heard a more pertinent Anagram then was made of his name William Noye I moyle in law If ans be added it may be applied to my Country-man Judge Iones an excellent Lawyer too and a far more Gentile man William Iones I moile in laws No more now but that I rest Westmin 1 Octo. 1635. Your Lopps most humble and obliged Servitor J. H. XVIII To the Right honble the Countess of Sunderland Madam HEre inclos'd I send your Ladiship a Letter from the Lord Deputy of Ireland wherin he declares that the disposing of the Attorniship in York which he passed over to me had no relation to my Lord at all but it was meerly don out of a particular respect to me your Ladyship may please to think of it accordingly touching the accounts It is now a good while the two Nephew-Princes have bin here I mean the Prince Elector and Prince Robert The King of Swedens death and the late blow at Norlingen hath half blasted their hopes to do any good for recovery of the Palatinat by land Therfore I hear of som new designes by Sea That the one shall go to Madagascar a great Island 800 miles long in the East Indies never yet coloniz'd by any Christian and Captain Boâ—…d is to be his Lieutenant the other is to go with a considerable Fleet to the West Indies to seize upon som place there that may countervail the Palatinat and Sir Henry Mervin to go with him But I hear my Lady Elizabeth opposeth it saying that she will have none of her sons to be Knights-errant Ther is now professed actuall enmity twixt France and Spain for ther was a Herald at Arms sent lately to Flanders from Paris who by sound of Trumpet denounced and proclaimed open War against the King of Spain and all his Dominions this Herald left and fixed up the Defiance in all the Townes as he passed so that wheras before the War was but collaterall and auxiliary there is now proclaim'd Hostility between them notwithstanding that they have one anothers sisterâ—… in their beds evry night What the reason of this War is truly Madame I cannot tell unlesse it bee reason of state to preveâ—… the further growth of the Spanish Monarchy and ther be multitude of examples how Preventive Wars have been practisâ—… from all times Howsoever it is too sure that abundance of Christian bloud will be spilt So I humbly take my leave and rest Westminster 4 Iune 1635. Madame Your Ladiships most obedient and faithfull Servitor I. H. XIX To the Earl of Leicester at Penshurst My Lord I Am newly returned out of France from a flying Journey as far as Orleans which I made at the request of Mr. Secretary Windâ—… bank and I hope I shall receive som fruits of it hereafter Ther is yet a great resentment in many places in France for the beheading of Montmorency whom Henry the fourth was us'd to say to be a better Gentleman than himself for in his Colors he carry'd this Motto Dieu ayde le premier Chevalier de France God help the first Knight of France Hee dyed upon a Scaâ—…told in Tholouze in the flower of his years at 34 and hath left no Issue behind so that noble old Family extinguish'd in a snust His Treason waâ—… very foul having received particular Commissions from the King to make an extraordinary Levy of men and money in Languedoc which he turn'd afterwards directly against the King against whose person he appear'd arm'd in open field and in a hostile posture for fomenting of Monsieurs Rebellion The Insante Cardinall is com to Brussells at last thorow many difficulties and som few days before Monsieur made semblance to go a Hawking and so fled to France but left his mother behind who since the Arch-Dutchess death is not so well look'd on as formerly in that Countrey Touching your busines in the Exchequer Sir Robert Pye weâ—… with me this morning of purpose to my Lord Tresurer about it and told me with much earnestnes and assurance that ther shall be a speedy cours taken for your Lordships satisfaction I deliverd my Lord of Linsâ—…y the Manuscript he lent your Lordship of his Fathers Embastie to Denmark and herewith I present your Lordship with a compleat Diaâ—…y of your own late legation which hath cost me som oil and labor So I rest always Westm. 19 Iune
1635. Your Lopps most humble and ready Servitor J. H. XX. To my Honored Frend and Fa. Mr. Ben Johnâ—…n Fa. Bâ—…n BEing lately in France and returning in Coach from Paris to Roüen I lighted upon the Society of a knowing Gentleman who related unto me a choice Story wherâ—…f peradventure you may make som use in your way Som hundred and odd yeers since ther was in France one Captain Coucy a gallant Gentleman of an ancient extraction and Keeper of Coucy Castle which is yet standing and in good repair He fell in love with a young Gentlewoman and courted her for his wife ther was reciprocall love between them but her parents understanding of it by way of prevention they shuffled up a forced Match twixt her and one Monsieur Faiâ—…l who was a great Heir Captain Coucy hereupon quitted France in discontent and went to the wars in Hungary against the Turk where he received a mortall wound not far from Buda Being carried to his lodging hee languished som days but a little before his death he spoke to an ancient Servant of his that he had many profs of his fidelity and truth but now he had a great busines to intrust him with which hee conjur'd him by all means to do which was That after his death he should get his body to be opened and then to take his heart out of his brest and put it in an earthen Pot to be bak'd to powder then to put the powder into a hansome Box with that Bracelet of hair he had worn long about his left wrist which was a lock of Madamoisâ—…lle Faiels hair and put it amongst the powder together with a little Note he had written with his own bloud to her and after hee had given him the Rites of Buriall to make all the speed he could to France and deliver the said box to Madamoiselle Faiel The old Servant did as his Master had commanded him and so went to France and comming one day to Monsieur Faiels house he suddenly met him with one of his servants and examin'd him because he knew he was Captain Coucy's servant and finding him timerous and faltering in his speech hee search'd him and sound the â—…aid Box in his pocket with the Note which expressed what was therin He dismiss'd the Bearer with menaces that he should com no more neer his house Monsieur Faiel going in sent for his Cook and deliver'd him the Powder charging him to make a little well-relish'd dish of it without losing a jot of it for it was a very costly thing and commanded him to bring it in himself after the last cours at Supper The Cook bringing in the Dish accordingly Monsieur Faiel commanded all to void the room and began a serious discours with his wife how ever since he had married her he observ'd she was always melancholly and he feared she was inclining to a Consumption therfore he had provided for her a very precious Cordiall which he was well assured would cure her Therupon he made her eat up the whole dish and afterwards much importuning him to know what it was he told her at last she had eaten Coucy's heart and so drew the Box out of his pocket and shewed her the Note and the Bracelet in a sudden exultation of joy she with a far-fetch'd sigh said This is a precious Cordiall indeed and so lick'd the Dish saying It is so pretious that t is pity to put ever any meat upon 't So she went to bed and in the morning she was found stone-dead This Gentleman told me that this sad story is painted in Coucy-Castle and remains fresh to this day In my opinion which vails to yours this is choice and rich stuff for you to put upon your Loom and make a curious Web of I thank you for the last regalo you gave me at your Musaeum and for the good company I heard you censur'd lately at Court that you have lighted too foul upon Sir Inigo and that you write with a Porcupins quill dipped in too much Gall. Excuse me that I am so free with you it is because I am in no common way of frendship Westmin 3 of May. 1635. Yours I. H. XXI To Captain Thomas Porter Noble Captain YOu are well returned from Brussels from attending your Brother in that noble employment of congratulating the Infante Cardinalls comming thither It was well that Monsieur went a Hawking away before to France for I think those two young spirits would not have agreed A French-man told me lately that was at your Audience that he never saw so many compleat Gentlemen in his life for the number and in a neater equipage Before you go to Sea I intend to wait on you and give you a frolick So I am De todas mis entranas Yours to dispose of I. H. Westmin 1 Novemb. 163â—… To this I le add the Duke of Ossuna's Complement Quisiere aunque soy chico Ser enserville Gigante Though of the tallest I am none you see Yet to serve you I would a Giant be To my Cousin Captain Saintgeon Noble Cousin THe greatest news about the Town is of a mighty Prize that was taken lately by Peter van Heyn of Holland who had met som stragling Ships of the Plate-fleet and brought them to the â—…exel they speak of a Million of Crowns I could wish you had been there to have shared of the Booty which was the greatest â—…n money that ever was taken One sent me lately from Holland this Distic of Peter van Heyn â—…hich savors of a little profaness Roma sui sileat posthà c miracula Petri Petrus apud Batavos plura stupenda facit Let Rome no more her Peters Wonders tell For Wonders Hollands Peter bears the bell To this Distic was added this Anagram which is a good one PETRUS HAINU'S HISPANUS RUET So I rest Totus tuus Yours whole I. Howell Westmin 10 Iuly XXIII To my Lord Viscount S. My Lord HIs Majesty is lately return'd from Scotland having given that Nation satisfaction to their long desires to have him com thither to be Crownd I hear som mutter at Bishop Lauds carriage there that it was too haughty and Pontificall Since the death of the King of Sweden a great many Scotch Commanders are com over and make a shining shew at Court what trade they will take hereafter I know not having been so inur'd to the Wars I pray God keep us from commotions at home 'twixt the two Kingdoms to find them work I hear one Colonell Lesley is gon away discontented because the King would not 〈◊〉 him The old rotten Duke of Bavaria for he hath divers Issues aboâ—… his body hath married one of the Emperors Sisters a young Lady little above twenty and he neer upon fourscore ther 's another remaining who they say is intended for the King of Poland notwithstanding his pretences to the young Lady Elizabeth about which Prince Razevill and other Ambassadors have been here lately but that King being Electif must mary