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A20811	The barrons vvars in the raigne of Edward the second. VVith Englands heroicall epistles. By Michael Drayton	Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631.; Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631. England's heroical epistles. aut; Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631. Idea. aut; Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631. Mortimeriados.	1603 (1603)	STC 7189; ESTC S109887	176,619	413

vaward led Heere Talbot charg'd and heere the Frenchmen fled Heere with our Archers valiant Scales did lie Heere stood the Tents of famous VVilloughbie Heere Mountacute rang'd his vnconquered band Heere forth we march'd and heere we made a stand VVhat should we stand to mourne and grieue all day For that which time doth easily take away VVhat fortune hurts let patience onely heale No wisedome with extremities to deale To know our selues to come of humane birth These sad afflictions crosse vs heere on earth A taxe imposd by heauens eternall law To keepe our rude rebellious will in awe In vaine we prise that at so deere a rate vvhose best assurance is a fickle state And needlesse we examine our intent vvhen with preuention we cannot preuent vvhen we our selues fore-seeing cannot shun That which before with destinie doth run Henry hath power and may my life depose Mine honour mine that none hath power to lose Then be as cheerefull beautious royall Queene As in the Court of Fraunce we erst haue beene As when arriu'd in Porchesters faire roade vvhere for our comming Henry made aboad vvhen in mine armes I brought thee safe to land And gaue my lou● to Henries royal hand The happy houres we passed with the King At faire South-hampton long in banquetting vvith such content as lodg'd in Henries brest vvhen he to London brought thee from the VVest Through golden Cheape when he in pompe did ride To VVestminster to entertaine his Bride Notes of the Chronicle Historie Our Faeulcons kinde cannot the Cage indure HE alludes in these verses to the Faulcon which was the ancient deuice of the Poles comparing the greatnes and hautines of his spirit to the nature of this bird This was the meane proud Warwick● did inuent To my disgrace c. The Commons at this Parliament through Warwick● meanes accused Suffolk of treason and vrged the accusation so vehemently that the king was forced to exile him for fiue yeares That onely my base yeelding vp of Maine Should be the losse of fertile Aquitaine The Duke of Suffolke being sent into France to conclude a peace chose Duke Rainers daughter the Ladie Margaret whom he espoused for Henry the sixt deliuering for her to her Father the Countries of Aniou and Maine and the Citie of Mauns Wherevpon the Earle of Arminach whose daughter was before promised to the King seeing himselfe to be deluded caused all the Englishmen to be expulsed Aquitaine Gascoyne and Guyen With the base vulgar sort to win him fame To be the heire of good Duke Humfreys name This Richard that was called the great Earle of Warwicke when Duke Humfrey was dead grew into exceeding great fauour with the Commons With Salisbury his vile ambitious Sire In Yorks sterne breast kindling long hidden fire By Clarence title working to supplant The Eagle Ayrie of great Iohn of Gaunt Richard Plantaginet Duke of Yorke in the time of Henry the sixt claimed the Crowne being assisted by this Richard Neuell Earle of Salisburie and father to the great Earle of Warwicke who fauoured exceedingly the house of Yorke in open Parliament as heire to Lionell Duke of Clarence the third Sonne of Edward the third making his title by Anne his Mother wife to Richard Earle of Cambridge Sonne to Edmund of Langley Duke of Yorke which Anne was daughter to Roger Mortimer Earle of March which Roger was sonne and heire to Edmund Mortimer that married the Lady Phillip daughter and heire to Lionell Duke of Clarence the third sonne of King Edward to whom the Crowne after Richard the seconds death lineally descended he dying without issue And not to the heires of the Duke of Lancaster that was younger brother to the Duke of Clarence Hall cap. 1. Tit. Yor. Lanc. Vrg'd by these enuious Lords to spend their breath Calling reuenge on the Protectors death Humfrey Duke of Glocester and Lord Protector in the 25. yeere of Henry the sixt by the meanes of the Queene and the Duke of Suffolke was arrested by the Lord Beumond at the Parliament holden at Berrie and the same night after murthered in his bed If they would know who robd him c. To this verse To know how Humfrey died and who shall raigne In these verses he iestes at the Protectors wife who being accused and conuicted of treason because with Iohn Hun a Priest Roger Bullenbrooke a Negromancer and Margerie Iordane called the Witch of Eye shee had consulted by sorc●rie to kill the King was adiudged to perpetuall prison in the I le of Man to do penance openly in three publique places in London For twentie yeeres and haue I seru'd in Fraunce In the sixt yeere of Henry the sixt the Duke of Bedford being deceased then Lieuetenant generell and Regent of Fraunce this Duke of Suffolke was promoted to that dignitie hauing the Lord Talbot Lord Scales and the Lord Mountacute to assist him Against great Charles and bastard Orleance This was Charles the seauenth that after the death of Henry the fifth obtained the crowne of Fraunce and recouered againe much of that his father had lost Bastard Orleance was sonne to the Duke of Orleance begotten of the Lord Cawnies wife preferred highly to many notable offices because he being a most valiant Captaine was continuall enemie to the Englishmen daily infesting them with diuers incursions And haue I seene Vernoyla's batfull fields Vernoyle is that noted place in Fraunce where the great battell was fought in the beginning of Henry the sixt his raigne where the most of the French Cheualry were ouercome by the Duke of Bedford And from Aumerle with-drew my warlike powers Aumerle is that strong defenced towne in Fraunce which the Duke of Suffolke got after 24. great assaults giuen vnto it And came my selfe in person first to Towers Th'Embassadours for tru●e to entertaine From Belgia Denmarke Hungary and Spaine Towers is a Citie in Fraunce built by Brutus as he came into Brittaine where in the twentie and one yeere of the raigne of Henry the sixt was appointed a great diet to be kept whether came the Embassadours of the Empire Spaine Hungary and Denmarke to intreat for a perpetuall peace to be made betweene the two Kings of England and France By true descent to weare the Diadem Of Naples Cicile and Ierusalem Rayner Duke of Aniou Father to Queene Margaret called himselfe King of Naples Cicily and Ierusalem hauing the title alone of King of those Countries A fifteenes taxe in Fraunce I freely spent The Duke of Suffolke after the marriage concluded twixt King Henry and Margarit daughter to Duke Rayner asked in open Parliament a whole fifteenth to fetch her into England Seene thee for England but imbaqu'd at Deepe Deepe is a Towne in Fraunce bordering vpon the Sea where the Duke of Suffolk with Queene Margaret tooke ship for England As when arriu'd in Porchesters faire Roadel Porchester a Hauen Towne in the South-west part of England where the King tarried expecting the Queenes arriuall whom from thence

should touch the halowed shrine To surfet sicknes on the sound mans diet To rob Content yet still to liue vnquiet And hauing all to be of all beguild And yet still longing like a little child● VVhen Marques Dorset and the valiant Grayes To purchase fame first crost the narrow Seas vvith all the Knights that my associates went In honour of thy nuptiall turnament Thinkst thou I ioy'd not in thy Beauties pride vvhen thou in triumph didst through Paris ride vvhere all the streets as thou didst pace along vvith Arras Bisse and Tapestry were hong Ten thousand gallant Cittizens prepar'd In rich attire thy princely selfe to guard Next them three thousand choise religious men In golden vestments followed on agen And in procession as they came along vvith Hymeneus sang thy marriage song Then fiue great Dukes as did theyr places fall To each of these a Princely Cardinall Then thou on thy imperiall Chariot set Crown'd with a rich imperled Coronet vvhilst the Parisian Dames as thy traine past Their precious Incence in aboundance cast As Cinthia from the waue-embatteld shrouds Opening the west comes streaming through the clouds vvith shining troupes of siluer-tressed stars Attending on her as her Torch-bearers And all the lesser lights about her throne VVith admiration stand as lookers on vvhilst shee alone in height of all her pride The Queene of light along her spheare doth glide VVhen on the tylt my Horse like thunder came No other signall had I but thy name Thy voyce my trumpet and my guide thine eyes And but thy beautie I esteem'd no prize That large● limd Almaine of the Gyants race vvhich bare strength on his breast feare in his face vvhose sinewed armes with his steele-tempered blade Through plate and male such open passage made Vpon whose might the French-mens glory lay And all the hope of that victorious day Thou saw'st thy Brandon beate him on his knee Offring his shield a conquered spoile to thee But thou wilt say perhaps I vainely boast And tell thee that which thou alreadie know'st No sacred Queene my valour I denie It was thy beautie not my chiualry One of thy tressed curles vvhich falling downe As loth to be imprisoned in thy Crowne I saw the soft ayre sportiuely to take it To diuers shapes and sundry formes to make it Now parting it to foure to three to twaine Now twisting it and then vntwist againe Then make the threds to dally with thine eye A sunny candle for a golden flie At length from thence one little teare it got vvhich falling downe as though a star had shot My vp-turnd eye pursues it with my sight The which againe redoubleth all my might T is but in vaine of my descent to boast vvhen heauens Lampe shines all other lights be lost Faulcons gaze not the Eagle sitting by vvhose broode suruayes the sunne with open eye Else might my blood finde issue from his force In Bosworth plaine beate Richard from his horse vvhose puissant Armes great Richmond chose to weeld His glorious colours in that conquering feeld And with his sword in his deere soueraignes fight To his last breath stood fast in Henries right Then beautious Empresse thinke this safe delay Shall be the euen to a ioyfull day Fore-sight doth still on all aduantage lie vvise-men must giue place to necessity To put backe ill our good we must forbeare Better first feare then after still to feare T were ouer-sight in that at which we ayme To put the hazard on an after-game vvith patience then let vs our hopes attend And till I come receiue these lines I send Notes of the Chronicle Historie When Longauile to Mary was affied THE Duke of Longauile which was prisoner in England vpon the peace to be concluded between England France was deliuered and maried the Princesse Mary for Lewes the French king his master● How in a storme thy well rigg'd ships were tost And thou c. As the Queene sayled for Fraunce a mighty storme arose at sea so that the Nauy was in great danger was seuered some driuen vpon the coast of Flanders some on Brittaine the ship wherin the queene was was driuen into the Hauon at Bullen with very great danger When thou to Abuile heldst th' appointed day King Lewes met her by Abuile neere to the Forrest of Arders and ●rought her into Abuile with great solemnitie Appear'dst vnto him like the Queene of Light Expressing the sumptuous attire of the Queene her traine attended by the chiefe of the Nobilitie of England with 36. Ladies all in cloth of siluer their horses trapped with Crimson veluet A cripple King laid bedrid lo●g before King Lewes was a man of great yeeres troubled much with the gout so that he had of long time before little vse of legs When Marques Dorset and the valiant Grayes The Duke of Suffolk when the proclamation came into England of Iusts to be holden in Fraunce at Paris he for the Queenes sake his Mistres obtained of the King to goe thither with whom went the Marques Dorcet and his foure brothers the Lord Clynton Sir Edward Neuell Sir Gyles Chappell Tho. Cheyney which went all ouer with the Duke as his assistants When thou in triumph didst through Paris ride A true description of the Queenes ●ntring into Paris after her co●onation performd at S. Dennis Then fiue great Dukes as did their places fall The Dukes of Alansoon Burbon Vandome Longauile Suffolke with fiue Cardinals That large-limd Almaine of the Gyants race Frauncis Valoys the Dolphin of France enuying the glory that the Englishmen had obtained at the tilt brought in an Almaine secretly a man thought almost of incomparable strength which encountred Charles Brandon at Barriers but the Duke grappling with him so bea● him about the head with the pomel of his sword that the blood came out of the sight of his Caske Else might my blood find issue from his force In Bosworth c. Sir William Brandon standard-beater to the Earle of Richmond after Henry the 7. at Bosworth field a braue and gallant Gentleman who was slaine by Richard there this was Father to this Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke FINIS To my most deere friend Maister Henry Lucas sonne to Edward Lucas Esquire SIR to none haue I beene more beholding then to your kind parents far I must truly confesse aboue the measure of my deserts Many there be in England of whom for some particularitie I might iustly challenge greater merit had I not beene borne in so euill an houre as to be poisoned with that gaule of ingratitude to your selfe am I ingaged for many more curtesies then I imagined could euer haue beene found in one of so few yeares nothing doe I more desire then that those hopes of your toward and vertuous youth may prooue so pure in the fruite as they are faire in the bloome long may you liue to their comfort that loue you most and may I euer wish you the encrease of all good fortunes Yours

he conuayed to South-hampton Queene Margaret to William de la Pole Duke of Suffolke WHat newes sweet Pole look'st thou my lines should tell But like the tolling of the dolefull bell Bidding the deaths-man to prepare the graue Expect from me no other newes to haue My brest which once was mirths imperiall throne A vast and desart wildernes is growne Like that cold Region from the world remote On whose breeme seas the Icie mountaines flote vvhere those poore creatures banish'd from the light Doe liue imprison'd in continuall night No ioy presents my soules eternall eyes But diuination of sad tragedies And care takes vp her solitarie In vvhere youth and ioy their Court did once begin As in September when our yeare resignes The glorious Sunne vnto the watrie signes vvhich through the clouds lookes on the earth in scorne The little bird yet to salute the morne Vpon the naked branches sets her foote The leaues now lying on the mossie roote And there a silly chirripping doth keepe As though she faine would sing yet faine would weepe Praysing faire Sommer that too soone is gone Or sad for VVinter too fast comming on In this strange plight I mourne for thy depart Because that weeping cannot ease my hart Now to our ayde who stirs the neighbouring Kings Or who from Fraunce a puissant Armie brings VVho moues the Norman to abet our war Or stirs vp Burgoyne to ayde Lancaster VVho in the North our lawfull claime commends To win vs credite with our valiant friends To whom shall I my secret griefe impart vvhose breast I made the closet of my hart The ancient Heroes fame thou didst reuiue And didst from them thy memory deriue Nature by thee both gaue and taketh all Alone in Pole shee was too prodigall Of so diuine and rich a temper wrought As heauen for him perfections deepe had sought VVell knew King Henry what he pleaded for vvhen he chose thee to be his Orator vvhose Angell-eye by powrefull influence Doth vtter more then humaine eloquence That when Ioue would his youthfull sports haue tride But in thy shape himselfe would neuer hide VVhich in his loue had beene of greater power Then was his nimph his flame his swan his shower To that allegiance Yorke was bound by oath To Henries heires and safety of vs both No longer now he meanes record shal beare it He will dispence with heauen and will vnsweare it He that 's in all the worlds blacke sinnes forlorne Is carelesse now how oft he be forsworne And now of late his title hath set downe By which he makes his claime vnto the crowne And now I heare his hatefull Dutches chats And rips vp their descent vnto her brats And blesseth them as Englands lawfull heires And tels them that our Diadem is theirs And if such hap her Goddesse fortune bring If three sonnes faile she 'le make the fourth a King He that 's so like his Dam her youngest Dicke That foule ill-fauoured crook-back'd stigmaticke That like a carcas stolne out of a Tombe Came the wrong way out of his mothers wombe VVith teeth in 's head his passage to haue torne As though begot an age ere he was borne VVho now will curbe proud Yorke when he shall rise Or Armes our right against his enterprize To crop that bastard weede which dayly growes To ouer-shadow our vermilian Rose Or who will muzzell that vnrulie Beare vvhose presence strikes our peoples harts with feare VVhilst on his knees this wretched King is downe To saue them labour reaching at his Crowne vvhere like a mounting Cedar he should beare His plumed top aloft into the ayre And let these shrubs sit vnderneath his shrowdes vvhilst in his armes he doth embrace the clowdes O that he should his Fathers right inherit Yet be an alien to that mightie spirit How were those powers disperc'd or whether gone Should sympathize in generation Or what apposed influence had force To abuse kinde and alter natures course All other creatures follow after kinde But man alone doth not beget the minde My Daysie-flower which erst perfum'd the ayre vvhich for my fauours Princes once did weare Now in the dust lyes troden on the ground And with Yorkes garlands euery one is crownd VVhen now his rising waytes on our decline And in our setting he begins to shine Now in the skies that dreadfull Comet waues And who be starres but VVarwicks bearded staues And all those knees which bended once so low Grow stiffe as though they had forgot to bow And none like them pursue me vvith despite vvhich most haue cryde God saue Queene Margarite VVhen fame shall brute thy banishment abrode The Yorkish faction then will lay on loade And when it comes once to our VVesterne coast O how that hag Dame Elinor will boast And labour straight by all the meanes she can To be call'd home out of the I le of Man To which I know great VVarwicke will consent To haue it done by act of Parlement That to my teeth my birth shee may defie Slaundring Duke Rayner with base beggerie The onely way she could deuise to grieue me vvanting sweet Suffolke which should most relieue me And from that stock doth sprout another bloome A Kentish Rebell a base vpstart groome And this is hee the vvhite-rose must prefer By Clarence daughter match'd with Mortimer Thus by Yorkes meanes this rascall pesant Cade Must in all hast Plantaginet be made Thus that ambitious Duke sets all on worke To sound what friends affect the claime of Yorke VVhilst he abroad doth practise to commaund And makes vs weake by strengthning Ireland More his owne power still seeking to increase Then for King Henries good or Englands peace Great VVinchester vntimely is deceas'd That more and more my woes should be encreas'd Beuford whose shoulders proudly bare vp all The Churches prop that famous Cardinall The Commons bent to mischiefe neuer let vvith Fraunce t' vpbraid that valiant Sommerset Rayling in tumults on his souldiours losse Thus all goes backward crosse comes after crosse And now of late Duke Humfreys old alies vvith banish'd Elnors base accomplices Attending theyr reuenge grow wondrous crouse And threaten death and vengeance to our house And I alone the wofull remnant am ● endure these stormes with wofull Buckingham I pray thee Pole haue care how thou doost passe Neuer the Sea yet halfe so dangerous was And one fore-told by water thou should'st die Ah foule befall that foule tongues prophecie And euery night am troubled in my dreames That I doe see thee tost in dangerous streames And oft-times shipwrackt cast vpon the land And lying breathlesse on the queachy sand And oft in visions see thee in the night vvhere thou at Sea maintain'st a dangerous sight And with thy proued Target and thy sword Beat'st backe the Pyrate which vvould come abord Yet be not angry that I warne thee thus The truest loue is most suspitious Sorrow doth vtter what vs still doth grieue But hope forbids vs sorrow to belieue And in