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B07424	The great Plantagenet. Or, A continued succession of that royall name, from Henry the Second, to our sacred soverainge King Charles. By Geo. Buck, Gent..	Buck, George, fl. 1623-1646.; Buck, George, Sir, d. 1623. Daphnis polystephanos.	1635 (1635)	STC 3997; ESTC S106071	21,009	66

continually seized thereof untill this day * His Maiesties Title to France see it more at large in the Argument So likewise his title to the crowne of France sheweth it selfe cleerely in the ancient possessions of these royall Plantagenets here presented His Majesties Progenitors first Dukes of Normandy then of Aquitaine Earles of Poictou of Aniou of Maine of Touraine and of Britaine and after Angolesme and lastly Kings of all France in the right of † Vide Iohn Froissard Tom. 3. Isabell or Elizabeth sole Daughter and Heire of Philip le bell King of France Mother of King Edward the third who made a most renowned and happy entry upon that his Royall inheritance And he his great Heires were not onely Titular Lords but also Actuall possessors of France many yeares and yet to this day in token of that ancient right have seisin of a * Gersey Gernesey Alderney c. are parcels of Normandy so consequently of France yet possessed by the King of England part of that Kingdome notwithstanding that counterfeit-heathnish law Salica maintained by al the power of France many ages against them His Majesties title and descent from the ancient Kings of Great Britaine and which is least knowne may thus readily be derived * His Majesties Title frō the British Kings The Welch Bardes as also our best Heralds Record that 1 Ruffin Rhese-ap-Gruffith surnamed Argluid Prince of South-Wales about the yeare of our Lord 1196 and issued from Cadwallader the last British King had a Daughter named 2 Faire Iulian Gwenlhiam married to 3 Edmund Edneuet Vachan Lord of Bransencle and chiefe Justice of Wales and bare to him a sonne called 4 Gerion or Jeronim Grono this Grono had 5 Theodore Tedor Tedor had Grono Grono had Tedor Tedor had 6 Veridik Meredith Meredith had Owen which Owen married Katherine Widdow of King Henry 5 and Daughter of the French King Charles the sixt by whom he had Edmond created Earle of Richmont by King Hen. 6. his Brother Vterine And this Edmond was father of King Hen. 7 who was Father of Queene Margaret his Majesties great Grandmother And lastly to finish his Majesties Titles to all those Diadems mentioned in this Poësie His Majesties title from the Saxon Kings I have inserted a Genealogie of the Saxon Kings drawne from the first uniter of the Heptarchy and the Godfather of Anglia King Egbert unto Matilda the Empresse Daughter and Heire of King Hen. 2. Ancestour of all the English Kings untill this day from whom this Poësie is a continued Pedegree unto his Majesty and his most excellent Sonne c. But it may be objected why I derive not his Title and Genealogie from some of the ancient Monarchs of this Isle Britons or Saxons or at the least from K. William the Conqueror I must answere that to have chosen any of the most ancient Kings I must have looked so farre backe as I should not onely have beene too tedious but also lost my selfe in obscure wayes as they know which know what our ancient Stories bee But as for William the Conquerour there bee many reasons why I should not begin with him although I goe as neare him as his Sonnes Daughter for first he was a Bastard Vide Lib. 5. Stephani Cadomensis de Gulielmo Conquestore editum An. Dom. 1603. and yet not that of the blood Royall of England his chiefe Title to the Crowne being but violence and his Sword as he confessed with remorse of conscience at his Death Secondly he was never possessed of one halfe of Britaine for hee had neither Scotland nor Wales and in Ireland not one foote Furthermore Girard Du. Haillan and other French Antiquaries according to their Salike Heraldry say that his line ended in his Sonne King Hen. 1. Philosalicus for all they hold as a Maxime La famille se cotinuè es masles et se finist aux filles and yet Du. Haillan notwithstanding or forgetting this affirmeth in another place that the race of the Kings of England issued out of the house of Aniow viz. from our great Henry and his ancestours continueth untill this day from whom there be many reasons on the other side why I should deduce the Genealogies of our Kings passed K. Henry 2. the greatest King c. and of our present Soveraigne Lord King Charles for this great Henry was not onely rightfull Heire and King of England but also the greatest King of whom there is any credible Story extant which hath beene in this Isle of Britaine since the time of the Roman Emperours who were reputed Lords of all the World which thus I demonstrate briefly He was King of England in the right of his Mother Matilda King Malcolm Knighted this King Henry 2. at 15. yeares of age Neubrig who writeth much in the honour of this K. Malcolm lib. 2. Cap. 20. the Empresse Daughter and Heire to King Henry the first by Matilda Bona Daughter of King Malcolm Canmoir and of Margaret his wife who was the Daughter of Edward Exul the Saxon Prince the Sonne of Edmund Ironside King of England Anno Dom. 1016. This Edmund was Sonne and Heire to King Etheldred who in ancient Charters is written Totius Britanniae Rex quod nota because an Anonymus in a little booke dedicated to King Iames affirmeth that never any Prince was King of this whole Isle untill then but hee is deceived for besides Constantius Chlorus and his Sonne our Country-man Constantine the great Constans Aurelius Ambrosius Vter and others which were Lords of all great Britaine Edgar also the Father of this King Etheldred was absolute Monarch of this Island and so puissant in forces both by Land and Sea as he was surnamed the Great and was styled Totius Albionis Basileus Anglici Orbis Basileus as G. Malmsburiensis Florentius Wigorniensis witnesse Britaria ab adventu Saxonum in insulam appellatur Anglica Ioan. Salisb. in Policratico Whereupon to note also by the way some thinke that the word Anglia was sometimes used for the whole Isle and which Ion Lidgate disertly assevereth in King Arthurs complaint in these words Great Britaine now called England and so likewise doth Geoffry Chaucer in the Franklins tale viz. Ranulfus Higeden in Polichronic in England that Clepid was Britaine and Ranulphus Cestrensis a graver Authour peremptorily affirmeth that King Egbert after his Conquests ordayned and commanded that the Saxons and Iutes should be called Angles and this Britaine should be called England but I leave this to be discussed by Antiquaries And to returne to the ancient Saxon Kings Progenitors of this Henry and also possessors of the whole Isle it is to be shewed for the better confirmation of that which hath beene said against the opinion of the Anonymus in diuers ancient Records and Charters of Donations of these Kings to Monasteries and to Cathedrall Churches Ex archiv is Ciscestrensis

ended as it was begunne 31. She and her Richmond on'd by sacrament K.H. 7. Earle of Richmond married Eliz. Plant. Da. and heire of K. Ed. 4. for them Christopher Columb offered todiscover the Indies Ric. Hacklet 3. Refus'd the golden offer of Colone Foreseeing that the riches and the rent Would hardly countervaile the keepers care And had beside a secret reed that one Who should hereafter sit in Arthurs Chaire Should fetch the fleece when he occasion saw And hold the golden Monarke in his awe H. Earle of Richmond got both the field and Crowne at Bosworth Marga. his mother was an heire of the house of Somerset he extinguished the heire Male of the house of Yorke 32. This Richmond was a very prudent Prince And therefore was surnamed Solomon The world hath seen great workes accomplisht sincē Which were projected by his active braine This man of Fate did happily attone The civil feud which long before did raigne Betwixt the Rose which first grew in the wood And that which Venus coloured in her blood Vid. Ovid in Metam these Roses were the devises of Yorke and Lancaster 33. These happy plants have overspread this Isle By Henry and more fruitfull Margaret Marg. their da. was married to Iam. 4. K. of Scotland by whom he had K. Iam. 5. who married Mary Da. to Claud. Du. of Guise who bare to him Mary Qu. of Scotland and France heire apparant of Eng. grandmother to our Soveraigne Lord K. Charles But Henryes branches flourish'd but a while She is the roote of this immortall seede Whence Iames the wise and new Plantagenet Did spring and was her father who did breed heere The great Polistiphan as shall appeare When they are past which come triumphant 34. This is that Henry whose great soule did first Giue a check-mate unto the pride of Rome K. H. 8 married Katherne Da. of Ferdinand K. of Castile by whom he had Queene Mary hee had Q. Eliz. by Anne of Bolein Da. of the Earle of Wiltshire he had K. Ed. by Iane sister of the Du. of Somer A stirring worke which else no Monarch durst What he avowes he executes indeed And is not startled with their Churches doome And see how duely vertue hath her meed For the Pope himselfe * Doctor Coop Bi. of Linc. in Chronici as the Bishop saith First stiled him defendor of the Faith 35. His hopefull sonne brought happily to passe K. Ed. 6. What was attempted by that hardy King For he abolished the Romish Masse Qnem Dij diligunt moritur Iuvenis Menander Timely resolv'd to maintaine Christian truth And as his yeares so did his vertues spring But envious fates untimely nipt his youth Then let this serve to make compleat his praise Whom Gods do love he dyes in tender daies 36. This is King Henries eldest daughters place A Queene endued with heavenly vertues many Devout sans dout a Mary full of grace Just of her word as any prince hath beene Her liberall hand was never clos'd to any whose need requir'd or where a want was seen And whatsoever piously is given Q. Mary married Phillip 2. K. of Spain Is with great usury restor'd in heaven 37. Her younger Sister next to her doth set Q. Eliz. 2 addeth Virginia to her Empire Who was in acts and age the happier much And therefore weares the braver Chappelet A Queene whose state so happily did stand That men did say seeing her greatnesse such This Lady leadeth Fortune in her hand A virgin that her sexes Fame exceld And for her rarenesse was a Phoenix held 38. For weigh her peace established at home And next her victories atchive'd abroad As well in Indies as in Christendome Then her safe guarding her confederates Her zeale to the true worshiping of God Her wisely moderating her three estates Those spok her name with wōder love feare Which al the world did with amazement heare 39. Adde more which joyn'd strange Scepters to their plants Ri. Earle of Cornewall Brother to K. Hen. 3. elected King of Almaine or Romans Jo. of Gant Du. of Lancast K. of Castile and Lyon by Q Constāce his wife As Cornewall did the Scepter of Almaine And that of Castile royall Ion of Gant Progenitor by sonnes and either daughter Of all the Kings of Britaine and of Spaine Without Sir * K. Hen. 4. ut supra Bolenbrook who for the slaughter Of a King inunct ashamed hid his eyes In the darke bosome of a strange disguise 40. But Bedford shall his Fathers place supply Jo. Duke of Bedford 3 son of K. Hen. 4. Regent of France where hee tooke the great Champion of France Jeane la Pucille overthrew the Vicount of Narbone at Sea wan the battaile at Vervell which as Ceres sayth Fasoit porter dueil a toute la France Who though no King yet was a great Viceroy And in his place behav'd him royally Th'arm'd sorceresse committed to the flame Narbone Alanson and their * K. Charles 7. was called in scorne le petit Roy de bourges petty roy Vanquaish'd at Vernveil witnesse wel the same And while he liv'd preserv'd th' inheritance Of his dread Liege and kept in aw all France 41. Some more great Genesters recount I may Whose frōts shold with this crown have circled beene But they wer absēt at the sacring day As Arthur heire unto the greatest King Artur Plantag Earle of Britaine son of Geffrey 3 sonne of K. Hen. 2. Heire apparant proclaimed by K. Ri. 1. Ma. Da. and heire of James 5. K. of Scotland by Mary de Louraine Da. of the Duke of Guise ut supra 38. St. Peter calleth the crown of immortall glory 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Epist Cap. 5. And she that was of France Scotland Queene Whose vertues praises all the Muses sing And weares instead a Chappelet of Plants In Heaven a Diadem of Amarants 42. And divers others set on Fortunes knee Highly advanc'd for Vertues just respects Have worne a branch of this Imperiall Tree Farther they neither did presume nor might For they were men and had some light defects But yet they past as farre each other wight As hee that followes here eclipseth them Who in his Cradle wore the Diadem 43. This is that Olive bearer of this Isle Sic Minerva dicta Olivifera ab Ovidio K. James high Senescall of England Scotland Frāce by private heritages viz. by Leicester ab Aniou He married Anne daughter of Fredericke the second King of Denmarke Who did by high preordinance divine That great intestine quarrell reconcile Which so unnaturally so long had beene Betwixt Brutes sonnes Albanact and Locrine As Theodore did that which was betweene The bloody brothers Lancaster and Yorke And was a figure of this greater worke 44. To this his reunited Albion Let us annexe the Crowne of Pharamound And faire Hibernias joyning three in one Tria juncta in uno it is the Motto