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A68202	The first and second volumes of Chronicles. [vol. 3 (i.e. The Third Volume of Chronicles)] comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland: first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others: now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) to the yeare 1586. by Iohn Hooker aliàs Vowell Gent and others. With conuenient tables at the end of these volumes.; Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. vol. 3	Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?; Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.; Stow, John, 1525?-1605.; Thynne, Francis, 1545?-1608.; Hooker, John, 1526?-1601.; Harrison, William, 1534-1593.; Boece, Hector, 1465?-1536.; Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?	1587 (1587)	STC 13569_pt3; ESTC S122178	4,305,113	1,536

stocke but he kept all these things secret till his returne to his master When the pageant was plaied the king had the messengers of the constable to haue him commended to his brother their master and to declare to him that as newes rose grew he would therof aduertise him so gaue them licence to depart to their master who thought himselfe now to be in great suertie of his estate when in déed he was neuer so neere his fall and perdition estéeming the duke of Burgognie to be his assured fréend who hated him more than a Painime or Turke accompting also the French king to haue no ill suspicion in him who neither trusted nor yet beléeued anie word writing or message that was either written or sent from him Such end hath dissimulation such fruit springeth of double dealing and craftie conueieng For if either the constable had béene faithfull to the king his master as of bounden dutie and allegiance he ought to be or else had kept his promise made to the king of England and duke of Burgognie and not dallied and dissembled with them he had suerlie in his extremitie béene aided succoured and comforted of one of these three at the least where now he was of all three forsaken and yet not forsaken but sought for looked for and watched for not for his profit or promotion but for his vndooing and destruction whereof he was the principall procurer as manie a one besides wherto the poet had an eie when he made this outcrie of inward gréefe seasoned with sorrow and repentance Heu patior telis vulnera facta meis After the peace was concluded the Englishmen were permitted to enter into the towne of Amiens and there to buie all such necessarie things as they wanted and had plenti● of wine for the French king had sent into their armie a hundred carts of the best wine that could be gotten and good cheere made them of his owne costs For at the enterie of euerie gate there were two long tables set on euerie side of the street where they should passe and at euerie table fiue or six gentlemen of the best companions of all the countrie were appointed to interteine the Englishmen as they entered not onelie to sée them serued without lacking but also to drinke and make good cheere and kéepe companie with them And euer line 10 as they entered into the towne they were taken by the bridels and in maner inforced to drinke wheresoeuer they came they paied no monie but were sent scot free This chéere lasted thrée or foure daies not onelie to the French kings cost but also to his vnquietnesse at length doubting to haue béene dispossessed of his towne For on a daie there entered the number of nine thousand Englishmen well armed in sundrie companies line 20 so that no Frenchman durst once forbid them to enter But finallie order was taken by the king of England who meant no deceit that no greater number should enter than was conuenient and the other were called backe so that the French king and his councell were well quieted and rid of casting further perils than néed required After this both the kings enteruiewed togither at Picquenie on the water of Some thrée leagues aboue Amiens shewing great courtesie either to other The letters of both their agréements were opened and red then either prince line 30 laid his right hand on the missall and his left hand on the holie crosse as it was termed and tooke there a solemne oth to obserue and kéepe the treatie for nine yeares concluded betwéene them with all their confederates and alies comprised mentioned and specified in the same and further to accomplish the marriage of their children There was with either prince twelue noble men at this méeting which was vpon a bridge cast ouer the water of Some a grate being set ouerthwart the line 40 same in the midst so from side to side that the one prince could not come vnto the other but onelie to imbrace ech other in putting their armes through the holes of the grate There were foure Englishmen appointed to stand with the Frenchmen on the bridge to sée their demeanour and likewise foure Frenchmen were appointed to the Englishmen for the same purpose There were with the king of England his brother the duke of Clarence the earle of Northumberland the bishop of Elie his chancellor line 50 the lord Hastings his chamberleine and eight others They had louing and verie familiar talke togither a good space both afore their companie and secretlie alone whilest their companie of courtesie withdrew somewhat backe ¶ But it is noteworthie which I read touching both the kings méeting the manner of their attire and demeanour namelie that when the token of méeting by the shot of the artillerie was knowne the French king with twelue noble men entered the bridge and line 60 came to the ●losure with whome was Iohn duke of Burbon and the cardinall his brother a prelat more méet for a ladies carpet than for an ecclesiasticall pulpit and ten other amongst whome the lord of Argenton was in like disguised attire as the French king ware for so was his pleasure that daie to haue him adorned The king of England and foure other with him were apparelled in ●●oth of gold frised hauing on his bonet of blacke velue● a flower delice of gold set with verie rich and orient stones he was a goodlie faire and beautifull prince beginning a litle to grow in flesh Now when he approched néere the grate hée tooke off his cap and made a low and solemne ob●isance the French king made to him an humble reuerence but after his fashion somewhat homelie King Lewes imbraced king Edward through the barriers saieng Coosine you be right heartilie welcome into these parties assuring you that there is no man in the world that I haue more desired to sée and speake with than with you and now landed be almightie God we be here met togither for a good and godlie purpose whereof I doubt not but that we shall haue cause to reioise The king of England thanked him and answered to his words so soberlie so grauelie and so princelie that the Frenchmen thereat not a litle mused The chancellor of England made there a solemne oration in laud and praise of peace concluding on a prophesie which said that at Picquenie should be concluded a peace both honorable and profitable to the realmes of England and France When the oth was taken and sworne as before you haue heard the French king said merilie to king Edward Brother if you will take pains to come to Paris you shall be feasted and interteined with ladies and I shall appoint you the cardinall of Burbon for your confessor which shall gladlie absolue you of such sinnes if anie be commited The king of England tooke these words pleasantlie and thankefullie for he was informed that the cardinall was a good companion and a chapleine

Englishmen would that king Charles should haue nothing but what it pleased the king of England and that not as dutie but as a benefit by him of his méere liberalitie giuen and distributed The Frenchmen on the other part would that K. Charles should haue the kingdome franklie and fréelie and line 60 that the king of England should leaue the name armes and title of the king of France and to be content with the dukedomes of Aquitaine and Normandie and to forsake Paris and all the townes which they possessed in France betwéene the riuers of Some and Loire being no parcell of the duchie of Normandie To be bréefe the demands of all parts were betwéene them so farre out of square as hope of concord there was none at all The cardinals séeing them so farre in sunder minded not to dispute their titles but offered them reasonable conditions of truce and peace for a season which notwithstanding either of frowardnesse or of disdaine on both parts were openlie refused Insomuch that the Englishmen in great displeasure departed to Calis and so into England ¶ One writer affirmeth that they being warned of a secret conspiracie mooued against them suddenlie departed from Arras and so returned into their countrie But what cause so euer hindered their accord and vnitie sith this and that may be surmized certeine it is that the onelie and principall cause was for that the God of peace and loue was not among them without whom no discord is quenched no knot of concord fastened no bond of peace confirmed no distracted minds reconciled no true fréendship mainteined for had he beene among them their dissenting and waiward willes had sounded the swéet harmonie of amiable peace which of all things that God hath bestowed vpon man is the verie best and more to be set by than manie triumphs as the poet excellentlie well saith pax optima rerum Quas homini nouisse datum pax vna triumphis Innumeris potior pax custodire salutem Et ciues aequare potens Now whiles this treatie of peace was in hand the lord Talbot the lord Willoughbie the lord Scales with the lord Lisle Adam and fiue thousand men of warre besieged the towne of saint Denis with a strong band The earle of Dunois hearing hereof accompanied with the lord Lohac and the lord Bueill with a great companie of horssemen hasted thitherwards to raise the siege and by the waie incountred with sir Thomas Kiriell and Matthew Gough riding also toward saint Denis betwéene whom was a great conflict But suddenlie came to the aid of the Frenchmen the garrison of Pont Meulan which caused the Englishmen to returne without anie great harme or damage sauing that Matthew Gough by foundering of his horsse was taken and carried to Pont Meulan In the meane time was the towne of saint Denis rendered to the Englishmen the which raced the walles and fortifications sauing the walles of the abbeie and of the tower called Uenin Shortlie after the towne of Pontois where sir Iohn Ruppelleie was capteine rebelled and by force the Englishmen were expelled the inhabitants yeelding themselues to the French king This towne was small but the losse was great bicause it was the keie that opened the passage betwixt the cities of Paris and Rone But now to returne to the communication at Arras which after the departure of the English commissioners held betwixt the Frenchmen Burgognians till at length a peace was concluded accorded and sworne betwixt king Charles and duke Philip of Burgognie vpon certeine conditions as in the French histories more plainlie appeareth And after the duke of Burgognie to set a veile before the king of Englands eies sent Thoison Dore his chéefe herald to king Henrie with letters excusing the matter by way of information that he was constreined to enter in this league ●ith K. Charles by the dailie outcries complaints and lamentations of his people alledging against him that he was the onlie cause of the long continuance of the wars to the vtter impouerishing of his owne people and the whole nation of France Therefore sith he could not otherwise doo but partlie to content his owne people and chéefelie to satisfie the request of the whole generall councell was in manner compelled for his part to growe vnto a peace and amitie with king Charles He likewise wished that king Henrie vpon reasonable and honorable conditions of agréement offered should in no wise refuse the same whereby the long continued warre at length might ceasse and take end to the pleasure of almightie God which is the author of peace and vnitie hereto he promised him his aid and furtherance with manie gaie words which I passe ouer The superscription of this letter was thus To the high and mightie prince Henrie by the grace of God king of England his welbeloued cousine Neither naming him king of France nor his souereigne lord according as euer before that time he was accustomed to doo This letter was much maruelled at of the councell after they had throughlie considered all the contents thereof they line 10 could not but be much disquieted so far foorth that diuerse of them offended so much with the vntruth of the duke that they could not temper their passions but openlie called him traitor But when the rumor of the dukes reuolting was published amongst the people they left words and fell to bestowing of stripes for being pricked with these euill tidings they ran in great outrage vpon all the Flemings Hollanders and Burgognions which then inhabited within the citie of London and the line 20 suburbes of the same and slue and hurt a great number of them before they by the kings proclamation could be staied from such iniurious dooing for the king nothing more minded than to saue innocent bloud and to defend them that had not offended The officer at armes was willed to tell his maister that it stood not with his honor to be enimie to the English nation and that his dutie had béene to kéepe his ancient truth and allegiance rather than to be occasion of new warre And what a new reconciled enimie line 30 was in respect of an old tried fréend he might shortlie find When the messenger with this answer was dispatched and vpon consultation found a matter standing both with good policie in forceing the proud subiect to know his obedience and also with great equitie to twitch a quareller with such pinsars as wherewith afore he had nipt an other so was it anon brought about that sundrie of his good townes and cities rebelled against him whereby lesse to his liking than to his deseruing he was verie well made line 40 to bite of a chokepeare of his owne grafting This yeare the fourtéenth daie of September died Iohn duke of Bedford regent of France a man both politike in peace and hardie in warre and yet no more hardie than mercifull when he had the victorie whose bodie was

knights readie armed their bases and bards of their horsse gréene sattin embrodered with fresh deuises of bramble branches of fine gold curiouslie wrought powdered all ouer And after them a great number of hornes blowne by men apparrelled in gréene cloth with caps and hosen of like sute as foresters or kéepers a pagent made like a parke paled with pales of white and gréene wherein were certeine fallow deare and in the same parke curious trees made by cra●● with bushes fernes and line 60 other things in likewise wrought goodlie to behold The which parke or deuise being brought before the quéene had certeine gates thereof opened the deare ran out therof into the palace the greiehounds were let slip and killed the deare the which deare so killed were presented to the quéene and the ladies by the foresaid knights Crocheman which the daie before brought in the speare of gold there declared that the same knights were seruants to Diana and being in their pastime of hunting newes were brought vnto them that dame Pallas knights were come into those parts to doo déeds of armes wherefore they had left their hunting and chase and repaired also thither to encounter with the knights of Pallas and so to fight with them for the loue of ladies to the vtterance saieng that if Pallas knights vanquished the other or made them to leaue the field then they to haue the deare killed and the greiehounds that slue them And in case Dianas knights ouercame the other they to haue their swords and none other thing more Wherevpon the queene and ladies sent to the king to haue his aduise and pleasure in this behalfe His grace conceiuing that there was some grudge and displeasure betwéene them thinking if such request were to them granted some inconuenience might insue would not therevnto agrée so that for the appeasing thereof it was awarded that both parties should tourneie togither giuing but some certeine strokes which doone they departed and so these iusts brake vp and the prises giuen to euerie man after his deserts The king pardoned the lord Henrie brother to the duke of Buckingham committed to the Tower as yee haue heard vpon suspicion of treason but when nothing could be prooued against him he was set at libertie and at the parlement after created earle of Wilshire Also this yeare the king ordeined fiftie gentlemen to be speares euerie of them to haue an archer a demilance and a custrell and euerie speare to haue thrée great horsses to be attendant on his person of the which band the earle of Essex was lieutenant and sir Iohn Pechie capteine This ordinance continued but a while the charges was so great for there were none of them but they and their horsses were apparrelled and trapped in cloth of gold siluer goldsmithes worke This yeare also was a great pestilence in the towne of Calis so that the king sent one sir Iohn Pechie with thrée hundred men to tarrie there vpon the defense of that towne till the sicknesse was ceassed Furthermore this yeare the king summoned his parlement in the moneth of Nouember to begin in the moneth of Ianuarie next ensuing whereof sir Thomas Inglefield was chos●● speaker At this parlement sir Richard Empson knight and Edmund Dudleie esquier late councellors vnto king Henrie the seauenth were atteinted of high treason They were charged with manie offenses committed in the late kings daies as partlie before yée haue heard who being brought before the councell as they were graue and wise personages and both of them learned and skilfull in the lawes of the realme so had they vtterance verie readie whereby to deliuer the conceipts of their minds with singular dexteritie speciallie in a case of importance in so much that when the said parties were conuented before the assemblie of the lords they alleged for themselues right constantlie in their owne defenses much good and sufficient matter of whome Empson being the elder in yeares had these words A speech vttered by Empson to the lords of the councell to find fauour I Know right honorable that it is not vnknowne to you how profitable and necessarie lawes are for the good preseruation of mans life without the which neither house towne nor citie can long continue or stand in safetie Which lawes heere in England thorough negligence of magistrates were partlie decaied and partlie quite forgotten and worne out of vse the mischeefe whereof dailie increasing Henrie the seauenth a most graue and prudent prince wished to suppresse and therefore appointed vs to see that such lawes as were yet in vse might continue in their full force and such as were out of vse might againe be reuiued and restored to their former state that also those persons which transgressed the same might be punished according to their demerits Wherein we line 10 discharged our dueties in most faithfull wise and best maner we could to the great aduantage commoditie no doubt of the whole commonwealth Wherfore we most humblie beseech you in respect of your honours courtesie goodnesse humanitie and iustice not to decree any greeuous sentence against vs as though we were worthie of punishment but rather to appoint how line 20 with thankfull recompense our paines trauell may be worthilie considered Manie of the councell thought that he had spoken well and so as stood with great reason but yet the greater number supposing that the reuiuing of those lawes had procéeded rather of a couetous meaning in the king and them than of anie zeale of iustice and hauing also themselues felt the smart latelie before for their owne offenses and transgressions had line 30 conceiued such malice towards the men that they thought it reason that such as had béene dealers therein were worthie to lose their heads in like sort as they had caused others to lose their monie Héerevpon their accusors were mainteined and manie od matters narrowlie sought out against them as by two seuerall indictments framed against sir Richard Empson the copies whereof I haue séene it may well appeare line 40 In the one he is charged that to win the fauour and credit of the late king not weieng his honor nor the prosperitie of him or wealth of his realme hee had in subuersion of the lawes of the land procured diuerse persons to be indicted of diuerse crimes and offenses surmised against them and therev●on to be committed to prison without due proces of law who not suffered to come to their answers were kept in durance till they had compounded for their fines to their great importable losses and vtter impouerishment Also diuerse vntrue offices of intrusions and line 50 alienations made by sundrie the late kings liege people into manors lands and tenements were found it being vntrulie alleged that they held the same of the king In capite And when such persons as were thus vexed offered to trauerse those offices they could not be admitted thereto in