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A32793 Anthologia historica containing fourteen centuries of memorable passages and remarkable occurrents, collected out of the English, Spanish, Imperial, and Jewish histories, and several other authors, and writers. Chetwynd, John, 1623-1692. 1674 (1674) Wing C3793; ESTC R6733 198,797 474

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Grey at Pomfret had his own head stricken off by the command of Richard Protector at London the same day He was warned that morning by the Lord Stanley to fly his Horse twice or thrice stumbled going to the Tower though he told one Hastings a Pursuivant whom he met not above two hours before his death that he was never more merry nor in greater surety p. 705. Lambert Symnel who was set up as Richard Duke of York the second Son of Edw. the fourth to claim the English Crown after a terrible Battel fought in his quarrel was taken and by King Henry the seventh put first into his Kitchin to turn the Spits and was after advanced to be Falconer in which Office he lived and died Richard the third being as Galba reckoned a good Prince but a bad Man was unnaturally born his Mother being cut with his Feet forward and Teeth in his Head He was contented that Doctor Shaw in a Sermon at Pauls cross should proclaim his own Mother an Adulteress and his two elder Brothers Bastards that he might thereby strengthen his Title to the Crown by which dealing together with the wicked Murder of his two Innocent Nephews he became so hated that after his death the White Boar his Cognizance was torn down from every sign that his Memorial might perish as did the Moneys of Caligula which were all melted by the decree of the Senate Sp. Hist p. 706-725-737 That tempest that drove Philip King of Spain into England threw down the Golden Eagle from Pauls steeple which in its fall battered and broke down the Black Eagle in Pauls Church-yard which accident was held omin●us to the Imperial Family This King Philip the Emperors son shortly after dying As that lighting which struck the letter C out of Caesars name in his statue whence it was gathered that Caesar should live but a hundred dayes and then be called a God Aesar in the old Hetrurian Language so signifying which accordingly happened Sp. p. 76. A Cornish Smith being executed for a treasonable insurrection in the time of Henry the seventh comforted himself with this at his Execution that he hoped thereby his name and memory should be everlasting p. 754. The Earl of Kildare being at Hay with the Lieutenant of the Tower at Shuffleboard when a Mandate was brought for his Execution seeing the Lieutenant strucken into a su●dain sadness said By St. Bride Lieutenant there 's some mad game in that scrole but fall how it will this throw is for a huddle But the Lieutenant applying himself to the King Henry the eigth had a Countermand and the Earls life was saved p. 775. When the Pope held out his Toe to be k●st by the Earl of Wiltshire sent Embassador from Henry the eighth a Spaniel of the Earles caught his toe in his teeth the Embassador scorning to kiss after his Dog lost that especial favour profered to him Speeds Hist p. 782. The total number of the Ecclesiastical Benefices in England is eight thousand three hundred and twenty seven In VVales nine hundred and five In all nine thousand two hundred thirty and two In the year of our Lord 1524. upon certain predictions foreshewing a great deluge Prior Bolton of St. Bartholomews in London was so fearful that he built him an house upon the height of Harrow hill storing it with provisions necessary to keep himself from drowning p. 785. When Oliver Sinclere a man of mean extraction but favourite to King James the fifth of Scotland was by him declared General The Scots Nobility out of disdain forbare to fight and gave up themselves Prisoners to the English For grief of which the King shortly after died Edward the sixth was born of the Lady Jane Seymour her womb being cut and her life lost to save his on whom were made these verses Phoenix Jana jacet nato Phoenice dolendum Saecula Phoenices nulla tulisse duas Speed Hist p. 892. The fire Cross in Scotland is only set up in time of most extream danger unto which all men are to repair that are between sixteen and sixty p. 832. In the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred forty eight one Boyer Mayor of Bodwin in Cornwall having been active in a Rebellion Sir Anthony Kingston Provost Marshal sent word to him he would visit him at Dinner but before he sate down commanded the Mayor to cause a gallows to be set up and the Table taken away he willed the said Mayor to accompany him to the place and saw him hanged ere he departed Id. p. 832. In Cornwall dwelt a Miller who had been a busy doer in the Rebellion vvho knovving his danger willed his Man to take the name of his Master if any enquired for him Sir Anthony Kingston Provost Marshal came to the Mill enquired for the Master the Man in his name presented himself and was straight commanded to the Gallows The Servant then seeing the danger of death confest he was not the Master but the Man Well said the Knight Thou canst never do thy Master better Service than to hang for him and thereupon trust him up a the next tree Speeds Hist p. 833. The Lord Edward Seymor Protector condemned for Felony for coming Armed into the Kings Counsel neither by himself nor learned Counsel demanded his Clergy which would have saved his life p. 838. When Cranmer and others urged King Edward the sixth to let his Sister Mary to have Mass in her house the King having answered all their arguments and they not taking Nay burst forth into tears and sobbing desired them to be content Speed p. 839. Queen Mary was so affected with the loss of Calice that she was wont to say that the loss of Calice was written in her heart and might there be read when her body should be opened p. 856. The head of the Admiral Chastillon murthered in the Massacre at Paris was embalmed and sent by the Queen of France as an acceptable present to the Pope 856. Con O Neale sirnamed Bacco cursed all his Posterity in case they learned English sowed wheat or built them houses p. 863. Doctor Story a bloody persecutor in Queen Maries daies in the Raign of Queen Elizabeth was entrapped at Antwerp where he had got a Commission to search for English books all ships that came in by one Parker an English Merchant Whose Ship Story searching for Heretical books was clapt under Hatches brought into England and there executed for a Traytor Speeds Hist p. 87. Queen Elizabeth told Doctor Reinolds of CCC that her reading of Seneca de Clementia had done her much good but some would perswade her it had done her State as much harm p. 874. England was divided into Parishes by Honorius Arch-bishop of Canterbury in the year of our Lord 636 and there are 9285 Parishes under 27 Bishops whereof two are Metropolitans Canterbury and York in manner following Canterbury Bishopricks Shires Parishes Canterbury Kent 256. Rochester Kent 98. London Essex Middlesex Hartfordshire
he did Id. f. 248. A Woman of Berckley in Glocestershire having long used evil Arts as she sate at a feast a Crow that she kept creked lowder than she was wont The Woman then said O my Saul is come to sorrow this day sent for her Children confest her sins and wisht them to bind her in her Coffin with Chains and if she ●ay four days to bury her but she was fetcht by the Devil out of the Church set upon a Black Horse and carried away with terrible cryes Id. fol. 257. A Citizen of Rome named Lucianus having married a Wife called Eugenia after his Wedding dinner went to the Fields and being to play put his Ring upon the Finger of an Image that stood by when he had done his play coming for his Ring he could not get it off At night Bedding his Wife something between him and his Wife lay by him and said Lye with me I am the Goddess Venus thou hast Wedded this day and so did many nights At last his Friends applied themselves to one Palumbus a Priest that was a Negromancer by whose means he got his Ring and afterward heard no more of his bed-fellow Polycron f. 247. In the Province of Apul●a was an Image of Marble with an head of Brass and had a Garland on which was Written The first day of May I shall have a head of Gold A Saracen Prisoner understood what it meant and came the first day of May and took notice of the shadow of the Image in length and breadth and found under the shadow a great treasure with which he paid his ransome Id. fol. 258. Patronus an Anchorite in an Abbey of Scotland The Abbey was on Fire and he might have escaped and would not go fourth but was willingly and willfully burnt But saith Trevisa the Translator of Polycronicon God grant he be not damned for his blind devotion fol. 258. Oliver a Monk of Malmsbury in his youth arrayed himself to fly as Daedalus did but fell down and lamed himself in his thighs all his life after Which he imputed to his neglect or forgetfulness in not making himself a Tail Id. 260. Walter Bishop of Hereford in the time of William the Conqueror fell in love with a Sempster of that City and when he could not prevail b words he would have forced her but she ran him into the belly with her Scissers of which he died Id. 262. Johannes de Temporibus who was Esquire to Charles the great died in the dayes of King Stephen of England when he had lived three hundred sixty and one years Id. When the Physicians and Prelates perswaded King Lewes of France to make use of a VVoman in his return from the Holy land because he was so far from his Queen and sick for want of that Evacuation He answered them That he had rather dye than live in spouse breach and so put himself in Gods hand and was suddainly made well Polycron f. 285. When one brought King Lewes a Bull from the Pope whereby was granted to the King to have the first benefice in every Cathedral Church in his realm He threw the Bull in the fire saying That he rather would that tha● should fry in the fire t●an his own Soul in Hell Id. 285. When King Richard the first of England had long chased the King of Cyprus from place to place The King proffered to yield himself so he might not be put into Irons which King Richard granted him but instead of Iron he put him into Chains of Silver Id. f. 294. Stephen Procurator of Angeow under King Richard the first consulted with a Negromancer who sent him to enquire of a Brazen head that had a Spirit enclosed He enquired shall I never see King Richard the Spirit answered No How long shall my Office endure to thy lives end said the Spirit Where shall I die in Pluma Hereupon he forbad his Servants to bring feathers near him but he prosecuting a Noble man the Noble man fled to his Castle called Pluma and Stephen following was there killed Id. f. 296. Albericus Earl of Northumberland not contented with his own estate consulted with a Friend which told him he should have Graecia whereupon he went into Greece but the Graecians knovving of it Robbed him of vvhat he had and sent him from them He after being vveary of Travail came to King Henry into Normandy vvho gave him a Noble Widdow to Wife vvhose name vvas Graecia Id. f. 296. The Epitaph of Richard the first King of England Viscera Carleolum Corpus Fons servat Ebardi Et Cor Rothomagum Magne Richarde tuum In tria dividitur unus quia plus fuit uno Non superest uno Gratia tanta Viro. Polyc. f. 299. In the year one thousand two hundred tvventy four vvhile the Bish p of London said Mass in Pauls Church fell so great thicknes● of Clouds and darkness vvith thundering and lightning and stink that it vvas intolerable so that the people vvent all out of the Church and left the Bishop and his Servants alone Id. f. 302. Luelline Prince of VVales vvas taken and beheaded by the English in the time of Edward the first on vvhom his Countrymen made this Epitaph Hic jacet Anglorum Tortor Tutor Venedorum Princeps VVallorum Luellinus regula morum Gemma Coaevorum Flos regum praeteritorum Forma Futurorum Dux laus lex lux populorum Ansvvered by the English VVallornm jacet hic Princeps Praedoque Virorum Proditor Anglorum fax livida secta reorum Numen VVallorum Trux dux horrenda Piorum Fax Trojanorum Stirps Mendax Causa Malorum Saint Edmund of Canterbury vvas like the Olive Tree vvhich yieldeth the Sweetness of it's Oyl to others but keepeth the bitterness in it's ovvn rinde so vvas he hard to himself and easy and gentle to others Polycr f 304. Pope Boniface the eighth vvas taken by VVilliam de Longaret a Frenchman and set upon a vvild Horse vvithout Bridle and his face to the tail and so killed vvith riding and hunger f. 310. In the raign of Edward the third about the year one thousand three hundred and sixty a Scholar in Lubeck slept continually by the space of seven years and aftervvards he avvoke and lived a long time Henry the fifth King of England erected two Houses of Religion the one called Zion the other Charter-house the River Thames parting them in which he was perpetually prayed for For when they of Zion rested Charter-house Monks began and so enterchangeably the Bells giving notice from one to the other Id. fol. 333. Constantine King of Brittain made a law that every Prince should give the tenth part of his possessions to the building and maintaining of Churches the which law he first executed and af●er with a Pick-axe with his own hands brake the ground of St. Peters Church in Westminster and bore twelve Baskets full of earth out of the Foundation on his own shoulders Fabian Hist 1. part p. 55. Lotharius King
of France having taken Cramyris his Eldest Son in battel who had rose in Rebellion against him as an example to all disobedient Children he enclosed him and his wife and Children in a House set it on fire and burned them in it Id. p. 91. Fredigund wife to King Chilperick resting on her bed her husband passing by with a little wand struck her upon the back the Queen not looking up and supposing the King gone a hun●ing said Landry why strikest thou me thus the King hearing these words made semblance as though he had not heard them but she perceiving it was the King for fear co●trived and procured his death the same day as he came from Hunting Id. p. 109. Brunchild the wife to Segebert the fourth Son of Lotharius the first King of France having been a great stickler in the French affairs and the death of no less than ten Princes was at last by the King and Peers of France condemned to be tied to a Wild Horse-tail by the hair of her head and so to be drawn till she was dead which accordingly was done Id. p. 131. Clodoveus Son of Dagobert King of France in a great dearth caused the Church of St. Dennis which his Father had covered with Plates of Silver to be covered with lead and the Silver given to the relief of the poor Id. p. 151. Aelfrid King of the VVest Saxons being naturally inclined to Incontinency praied that God would send him such a disease that might hinder his lust but not unfit him for the managing he affairs of his Kingdom And he accordingly had the disease called Ficus Fabian Hist 1. part p. 216. A noble man named Hebert having invited Charles the simple King of France to his Castle there treacherously murthered him Lewes the fifth his Son long time after attaining the Crown intends revenge Having convened his Nobles amongst which Hebert was one a Messenger brought him a letter which while he read and smiled his Nobles asked what that letter imported he told them that a Kinsman of his in England had acquainted him that a husbandman inviting his Lord to dinner treacherously slew him and desired to know of him what such a one deserved and since they were thus met he desired their opinion They all and Hebert amongst them adjudged him to a shameful death The King turning to Hebert told him Thou art the man who hast treacherously slain my Father and therefore I Judge thee out of thy own mouth and accordingly he was immediately executed Id. p. 237. King Edward Son of Edgar being slain by his step-mothers command and buried in VVimborn she intending to Visit him by way of Pilgrimage could not by any means make the Horse she rid on come nigh the place of his burial Fabian Hist 1. part p. 255. Robert Duke of Normandy being chosen King of Jerusalem hearing of the death of his Brother VVilliam Rufus King of England minding to succeed him refused Jerusalem but as Authors say for that refusal of providence never prospered after Id. 319. Philip the Eldest Son of Lewes Son of Philip King of France being a youth riding through the streets of Paris for his disport a Hog suddainly started up which frighted his Horse so that he threw him off with so great Violence that he died that night Id. p. 332. Emanuel Emperor of Constantinople when the VVestern Princes about the year one thousand one hundred and fifty went against the Saracens sold them Meal mingled with lime whereof many of the Christian Army perisht 341. King Henry the second returning out of Ireland when on VVhitsunday he was taking horse suddainly appeared unto him a Man of pale and wan colour barefoot in a white Kirtyl and said Sir King Christ greeteth thee well and commandeth thee strictly that no Market or servile work be holden upon the Sunday in the lands of thy Lordship out take what belongeth to the dressing of meat and if thou so dost all shall prosper with thee The King bad the Knight that held his Horse ask him whether he had dreamed this The man replied whether I have dreamed or no take thou heed of my saying that if thou mend not thy life thou shalt shortly hear such things as shall make thee sorry to thy lives end This spoken the man suddainly vanisht and the King not amending himself was unfortunate ever after Fabian Hist p. 349. Epitaphium H. 2. Regis Angli Sufficit hic tumulus cui non suffecerit Orbis Res brevis est ampla cui fuit ampla brevis Rex Henricus eram mihi plurima regna subegi Multiplicique modo Duxque Comesque fui Cui satis ad Votum non ●ssent omnia terrae Climata Terra modo sufficit octo pedum Qui legis haec pensa discrimina mortis in me Humanae speculum conditionis habe Quod potes instanter operare bonū quia mundus Transit incautos mors inopina rapit Id. p. 356. Epitaphium Frederici Imper. Si probitas sensus Virtutis gratia census Nobilitas ortûs possent resistere morti Non foret extinctus Fredericus qui jacet intus Fabian Hist 2. Vol. p. 53. In the year of our Lord one thousand two hundred seventy two at Greenwich near London a Lamb was yeaned having two perfect bodies with all their members but one head Id p. 99. In the ye●r of our Lord one thousand two hundred eighty six a Woman in Switzerland was delivered of a Child that from the Nav●l upwards had two compleat bodies and downward was but one and another woman bore a Child whose head and face was like a Man and all the rest of the body like a Lion Boniface the eighth minding to get the Popedom hired one of the Chamberlains to Coelestine the fifth who was a good and holy but simple man in the dead of the night to speak in a reed and say Coelestine if thou wilt be saved renounce this Pomp of the VVorld and serve me as thou didst before He having often heard the voyce took it for a Divine warning resigned the Popedom and would have retired into the VVilderness But Boniface fearing his restauration held him Prisoner and so used him that he shortly after died Id 158. The three wives of the three Sons of Philip the fair King of France which wives were Sisters Daughters to the Duke of Burgoigne were at one time accused of Spouse-breach the two eldest convict and the youngest was cleared the two wives put in Prison and the two paramours hanged The youngest vvas restored to her husband Charles after King of France but from him aftervvards divorced because her Mother vvas Godmother to her husband Fabian Vol. 2. p. 163. 189. In the third year of the raign of Philip the fifth of France the Provost of Paris having in his Prison a Picard a man of great riches vvhich vvas judged to be hanged The said Provost being hired thereunto vvith great Sums of Money took another Innocent Man and put