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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

him all was past When thus he was deposed quite of that which was his lawfull right In prison ws he kept full close without all p●ttie or remorce And those that shewd him fauour still were taken from him with ill will Which when the Earle of Kent did here who was in bloud to him full neere He did intreate most earnestly for his release and libertie His words did much the Queene displease who said he liu'd too much at ease Vnto the Bishop did shee goe of ●ertford his deadly foe And ●uell letters made him wright vnto his keepers with dispight You are to kind to him quoth shee henceforth more straighter looke you bèe And in their writing subtillie they sent them word that he should die The Lord Matreuers all dismaid vnto Sir Thomas Gourney said The Queene is much displeas'd quoth he for Edwards too much libertie And by her letters doth bewray that soone he shall be made away T is best Sir Thomas then replide the Queenes wish should not be denide Thereby we shall haue her good-will and keepe our selues in credite still Of King Edward the second being poysoned The Argument ¶ How the King was poisoned and yet escaped and afterward how when they saw that thereby he was not dispatched of life they locked him in a most noysome filthie place that with the stinke thereof he might be choaked and when that preuailed not how they thrust a hot burning spit into his fundament till they had burnt his bowels within his bodje whereof he dyed Or how can the te●e Cant. vjj. THe Kings curst keepers ayming at reward hoping for fauour of the furious Queene On wretched Edward had they no regard far from their hearts is mercie mooued cleene Wherefore they mingle poyson with his meate Which made the man most fearefull for to eate For by the taste he oftentimes suspected the venome couched in a daintie dishe Yet his faire bodie was full sore infected so ill they spiced hath his fleshe and fishe But his strong nature all their craft beguiles the poyson breaking foorth in blames and byles An vgly scabbe ore spreds his Lyllie skinne foule botches breake vpon his manly face This sore without and sorrowfull within the dispisde man doth liue in loathsome case Like to a Lazer did he then abide that shewes his sores along the hiewaies side But when this practise prooued not to their minde and that they saw he liu'd in their dispight Another dam'd deuice then they finde by stinking fauours for to choake him quight In an od corner did they locke him fast hard by the which their carrton they did cast The stinch whereof might be compared well nie to that foule lake where cursed Sodome stood That poysoned birdes which ouer it did flie euen by the sauour of that filthie mud Euen so the smell of that corrupted den was able for to choake ten thousand men But all in vaine it would not doe God wot his good complexion still droue out the same Like to the boyling of a seething pot that castes the scumme into the fierce flame Thus still he liu'd and liuing still they sought his death whose downefall was alreadie wrought Loathing his life at last his keepers came into his chamber in the dead of night And without noise they entred soone the same with weapons drawne torches burning bright Where the poore prisoner fast asleepe in bed lay on his belly nothing vnder his head The which aduantage when the murderers saw a heauie table on him they did throw Wherewith awakt his breath he scant could drawe with waight thereof they kept him vnder so Then turning vp the cloathes aboue his hips to hold his legges a couple quickly skips Then came the murtherers one a horne had got which far into his fundament downe he thrust Another with a spit all burning hot the same quite through y e horne he strongly pusht Among his intrels in most cruell wise forcing hereby most lamentable cries And while within his body they did keepe the burning spit still rolling vp and downe Most mournefully the murthered man did weepe whose wailefull noise wakt many in the towne Who gessing by his cries his death drew neere tooke great compassion on that noble Peere And at each bitter skroeke which he did make they praide to God for to receiue his soule His gastly grones inforst their harts to ake yet none durst goe to cause the bell to towle Ha me poore man alacke alacke he cried and long it was before the time he dyed Strong was his heart a long it was God knowes ear it would sleepe vnto the streke of death First was it wounded with a thousand woes before he did resigne his vitall breath And being murdered thus as you doe heare no outward hurt vpon him old appeare This cruell murder being brought to passe the Lord Matreuers to the Court doth hies To shew the Queene her will performed was great recompence he thought to get thereby But when the Queene the sequell vnderstands dissemblingly shee weepes and wrings her handes Ah cursed traytor hast thou slaine quoth shee my noble weded Lord in such a sort Shame and confusion euer light on thee O how I griefe to heare this vile reporte Hence cursed catiue from my sight shee said that hath of me a wofull widdow made Then all abasht Matreuers goes his way the saddest man that euer life did beare And to Sir Thomas Gurney did bewray what bitter speech the Queene did giue him there Then did the Queene out-law them both together and banisht them faire Englands bounds for euer Thus the dissembling Queene did seeke to hide the heinous act by her owne meanes effected The knowledge of the deed shee still denied that shee of murder might not be suspected But yet for all the subtiltie shee wrought the truth vnto the world was after brought Of the Lord Matreuers and Sir Thomas Gurney being banished The Argument ¶ The dolefull lamentation of the lord Matreuers and Sir Thomas Gurney being banished the Realme Cant. VIII Or to the tune of light of loue Alas that euer that day we did see that false smiling fortune so fickle should bee Our miseries are many our woes without end to purchase vs fauour we both did offend Our deedes haue deserued both sorrow and shame but woe worth the persons procured the same Alacke and alacke with griefe we may crie that euer we forced king Edward to die The Bishop of Hereford ill may he fare he wrote vs a letter for subtiltie rare To kill princely Edward feare not it is good thus much by his letter we then vnderstood But curst be the time that we tooke it in hand to follow such counsell and wicked command Alacke and alacke with griefe we may crie that euer we forced King Edward to die Forgiue vs sweet Sauiour that damnable deed which causeth with sorrow our harts for to bleed And taking compassion vpon our distresse put far from thy pretence our great

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