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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	duke_n	king_n	uncle_n	3,395	5	10.3622	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03193	Englands Elizabeth her life and troubles, during her minoritie, from the cradle to the crowne. Historically laid open and interwouen with such eminent passages of state, as happened vnder the reigne of Henry the Eight, Edvvard the Sixt, Q. Mary; all of them aptly introducing to the present relation. By Tho: Heywood.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.; Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601, engraver.; I. S., fl. 1631-1638, artist.	1631 (1631)	STC 13313; ESTC S104056	51,982	256

wither the King feeling himself dangerously sick many infirmities growing more and more vpon him cal'd his Councell about him made his last will and Testament part of which so much as concernes this present Discourse shall be deliuered as it hath been extracted out of the originall Coppie still reserued in the Treasury of the Exchequer Dated the Thirtieth day of December 1546. Item I giue and bequeath vnto our two Daughters Mary and Eliâ—abethâ— if they shall be marâ—â—ed to any outward Potenâ—â—tes the Summe of tennâ—â—housand pounds a peecee â—nd that to be paid them by â—he consent of our Councell ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Money Plate Iewels and Houshold-stuffe if wee beâ—â—ow them not in our life â—ime or a larger Summe â—t the discretion of our Exâ—cutors or the most part of â—hem And both of them vpon our blessing to be ordeâ—ed aswell in marriage as â—ll other lawfull things by â—he aduice of our fore said Councell and in case they will not that then those Summes are to be diminiâ—hed at our Councels pleasure Further our will is that from the first houre of our death vntill such time as they can prouide either of them or both of an honourable Marriage they shall haue either of them or both of them three Thousand pounds vltra Reprisas to liue vpon I haue knowne many a Noble Man's Daughter left as great a Legacie nay a larger Dower who neuer had any claime or alliance to a Crowne but so it pleased the King at that time Vpon the nineteenth day of Ianuary following the King lying vpon his death-bed euen when hee was ready to giue an accompt to God for the aboundance of bloud already spilt when hee knew himselfe was no longer able to liue hee â—imprisoned the Duke of Norfolke the Father signed a warrant for the execution of the Earle of Surrey the Sonne within nine dayes after he himselfe expired and on the eighteenth of February following was with great State and magnificence interred at Windsore On the same day wherin the Father deceased was the Sonne inauguraâ—ed King of England by the name of Eâ—ward the â—â—xth being of the age of 9. yeares on the nineteenth of February following he rode with his Vncle the Lord Protector Duke of Sommerset through the Citie of London and the next day ensuing was anoynted King at West-minster by Thomas Cranmer Arch-bishop of Canterbury whoâ— that day administred the holy Eucharist together with sundry other Ceremonies appropriated for such Solemnities Great is the person oâ— a King reigning heereâ— vpon earth amoÌ„gst men hee is a liuely Embleme of the high and glorious Maiesty of God in heauen The King was no â—ooner crowned but the Lady Elizabeth gaue â—ay to his State there â—as now a discontinuâ—nce of that frequent â—nd priuate familiarity â—suall betwixt them â—ormerly she loued him â—s a Brother now she hoâ—ours him as her Soueâ—aigne Honour and Royalty make difference â—etwixt the Sonne and â—he Father the degrees â—f State distinguish beâ—wixt brother and Sister â—hey which liued sociaâ—ly in all familiarity together now doe not so â—uch as talke but at a distance The death of â—he Father which raysed him to the Crowne remoued her from the Court set him in the Throne sent her downâ— into the Countrey iâ— which retirement being nobly attended as welâ— by diuers voluntary Ladies and Gentle-womeâ— as her owne traine anâ— houshould Seruants shâ— led there though a morâ— solitary yet a much more contented life as hauinâ— now more leisure houre to contemplate and ruminate on those Rudiments and Exerciseâ— wherein she had for merly beene conuersant Diligence is the breeâ—eâ—â— and productor of Arts but practise and exercisâ— doth nourish and cherish them She in her great discretion made gainfull vse of tâ—is Soliâ—ude as is apparant by â—he future Being setled in the Country to adde vnto her Reuenue shee had many gifts and visits â—ent her from the King who was very carefull â—oth of her honour and â—ealth shee liued under â—he charge of a noble â—nd vertuous Lady who â—as stil'd her Gouerâ—esse scarce was she yet â—ull fourteene yeares of â—ge when one of her Vncles then in great office and place about the King brought vnto her ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Princely Suitor as great in means as comeâ—â—y in Person A stranger richly habited and nobly attended whose name my Author giues notâ— he after much importunitie both from himselfe and friends yet at last crost in his purpose by modest repulses and cold answeres and finding her immutable disposition solely addicted to a single life as not enduring the name of a husband setled in his mind though not satisfied in her denyall retyred into his Countrey for though it may be said of women in generall that they are spare in their answeres and peâ—â—remptory in their demands purposes thaâ— their affections are stil in â—e extreames either so â—assionate as by no counâ—ell to be redressed or so counterfeit to be by no man beleeued and again â—f they are beautiful they are to be won with prayâ—es if coy with prayers if â—roud with gifts if coâ—etous with promises yet â—his sweet L. tho her beauâ—y were attractiue yet by â—o flattery could be reâ—oued froÌ„ her setled reâ—olution and being concious neither of Pride â—oyness or couetousnes â—ould not be easily drawn â—ithin the compas of any â—â—btile temptation This â—â—rst vnwelcome motion â—f Marriage was a ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ why shee liued afterwards more solitary and retyred If at any time the King her Brother vpon any weighty or important occasion had sent to enioy her company at Court she made no longer Residence then to know his highnesse pleasure and to make humble tender of her duty and allegiance That done with all conuenient returned backe into the Country where she spent the entire season of her Brothers Raigne The King had 3 Vncles left him by the Mothers side Edward Thomas and Henry Seymour Edward was Lord Pro-Protector and Thomas high Admirall of England These two Brothers being knit and ioyned together in amity were like a Bunch of Arrowes not easily broke asunder but once dispersed distracted betwixt themselues they made but way for their Aduersaries how to assaile them with little disaduantage The two great Dukes of Northumberland and Suffolke Dudley and Gray murmuring that his Maiesties two Vncles should beare such great sway in the Kingdome by which their glory seem'd to bee eclipsed and darkned sought all meanes how to oppose this great vnited strength of Fraternall loue but finding that there was no other way leâ—t to cast this yoake from off their necks which their Ambition held to be intolerable but onely by making a disiunction of that brotherly loue which had so long continued and doubting how to worke it by their Seruants tooke a neerer course to effect it by their wiues and so to draw their ruines out of their owne bosomes and most successiuely to their owne purposes thus it happened Sir Thomas Seymour

perplexed with the newes of the Proclamation of the Lady Iane as Queene of England but more especially vnderstanding that it was done by the consent of the whole Nobility herevpon the Suffolke men assemble themselues about her not liking such shuffling in State profer'd their free and voluntary seruice towards the attaining of her lawfull inheritance this being bruited at Court the great Duke of Northumberland hauing a large Commission granted and sigâ—ed with the great Seale of England by the vertue thereof raised an Army with purpose to suppress and surprize the Lady Mary the designe was no sooner aduanced and on foote but the Lords in generall repenting them of so great an iniurie done to the Kings Sister and the immediate Inheritrix sent a Countermand after him the Nobility forsooke him the Commons abandon'd him so that being come to Cambridge he with his Sons and some few seruants were left alone where notwithstanding he and his associates proclaimed the Lady Mary Queene of England in the Market-place yet for all this hee was arrested of high treason in the Kings Colledge from thence brought to the Tower and on a Scaffold on the Hill the 12. day of August lost his head This was the end of the great Duke of Northumberland Now those two great opposing Dukes Somerset and Northumb whose vnlimited Ambitions England the gouernement therof could not satiate one peece of ground containes them They lye quietly together in one small bed of earth before the Altar in St. Peters Church in the Tower betwixt two Queenes wiues of K. Henry the 8th Queene Anne and Queene Katherine all foure beheaded All their greatnesse and magnificence is couered ouer with these two narrow words Hic iacet Northumberland oâ—erthrew Somerset and â—aised himselfe vpon his Ruines Mary who was friend to neither but indifferent to both easily dispenced with the cutâ—ing off Northumberland thinking her selfe to stand more firme by his fall and ruine The Lady Elizabeth residing at her Mannour in â—he Country much lamented the death of her Brother being strangeâ—y perplexed in her mind as not knowing by any probable coniecture what these strange passages of State might come to but considering that amongst these tempestuous stormes her Sister Marie's and her owne were now at an Aduenture in one bottome she resolutely first ayded her Sister with 500. men her selfe the formost Prima ibi ante omnes then the storme being ouer shee attended her Maiestie in her Barge to the Tower where was released the Duke of Norfolke the Lord Courtney and Dr. Gardiner soone after diuers Bishops suspended in the dayes of her Brother Edward were restored viz. Dr. Gardiner to Winchester and Iohn Poynet put out Dr. Bonner to London and Nicholas Ridley confind ' â—ohn Day to Chichester â—nd Iohn Scory excluded Dr. Tonstall to Duresme Dr. Heath to Worcester â—ohn Hooper excluded â—nd committed to the Fleete Dr. Vesey to Exeâ—er and Couerdaleâ—ashier'd â—ashier'd The miseraâ—le face of a wretched Kingdome began now â—o appeare They that â—â—oulâ— dissemble their Religion tooke no great are how things went â—ut such whose consciâ—nces were ioyned to â—uth perceiuing that â—e Lamps of the Sanctuâ—y began to shine dim â—eing those bright Taâ—ers pull'd out of their â—ckets and extinguiâ—shed concluded that coles were now kindled which would proue the destruction of many a good Christian which accordingly happened From the Tower of London the Queene rode through the City towards her Pallace at West-minster The Lady Elizabeth to whom all this while shee shewed a pleasant and gracious out-side rode in a Chariot next after her drawne with sixe Horses trapt in cloath of siluer the Chariot being couered with the same wherein sate only to accompany her the Lady Anne of Cleue The fifth day of October shee was crown'd at West-minster by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester Dr. Thomas Cranmer being at that time in the Tower The Lady Elizabeth was most Princely attended at her Sisters Coronation fiue dayes after began the Parliament wherein besides the supplantation of the reformed Religion Guilford Dudley and the Lady Iane his wife lately proclaymed Queene were both arraigned and conuicted of treason As for the Lady Iaâ—e how vnwilling shee was to take the imperiall dignitie vpon her doth appeare by this letter following sent to her Father a little before her death FAther althoug it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you by whom my life should rather haue been lengthened yet can I so patienâ—ly take it that I yeeld God more hearty thanks for shortning my wofull dayes than if all the world had beene giuen into my possessions with life lengthened at my owne will And albeit I am very well assured of your impatient dolours redoubled many wayes both â—â—bewaâ—ling our owne wo â—nd espâ—cially as I am informed my wofull estate yet my deare father if I may without â—ffence reioyce in my owne mishaps herein I may account my selfe blessed that washing my hands with the innocence of my fact my guiltless blood may cry before the Lord mercie to the innocent And yet though I must needes acknowledge that being constrained and as you know well enough continually assayed yet in taking vpon me I seemed to consent and therein grieuously offended the Queene and hâ—r Lawes yet do I assuredly trust that this my offence towards God is so much the lesse in that being in so Royall estate as I was my enforced honour neâ—uer mingled with mine innocent heart And thus good father I haue opened vnto you the state wherein I presently stand my death at hand althought to you perhaps it may seeme wofull yet to mee there is nothing that can bee more welcome than from this vale of misery to aspire to that hâ—â—uenly thrâ—ne of all ioy and pleasure with Christ my Sauiour in whose stedfast faith if it may be lawfull for the daughter so to write to the father the Lord that hath hitherto strengthened you so continue to keepe you that at the last wee may meet in heauen with the Father Son and holy Ghost I am Your obedient Daughter till death IANE DVDLEY Shee was no way conscious of those illegall proceedings practised against the Queene by her owne and her husbands father much griefe there was for the Lady Iane the Queene her selfe tooke the sadnesse of her estate into consideration gaue her leaue to walke in the Queenes Garden not debarring her of any pleasant prospect belonging to the Tower and had not her father after first offence remitted ran headlong into a second it is generally conceiued shee would haue pardoned her life his mis-councelled rashnes hasten'd the deaths of these 2 Innocents Guilford and Iane The Statists of that time especially such as were addicted to the Romish faction held it not policie to suffer any that were addicted to the contrary faction to liue especially if they could entrap them being fallen into any lapse of the law therfore vpon the

nisi regni haeredibus coÌ„â—ingere solet Qu. Anne was â—herefore crowned beâ—ause it is an honour soâ—y conferred vpon such whose issue are capable of â—â—ccessioÌ„ wherby it is proâ—able that the Kings purâ—ose was to adnihilate and â—â—tinguish the Title of his â—aughter Mary and to â—aue the Crowne and digâ—â—ty Royall to the sole â—eires of Q. Anne For this â—use were the two young â—adies brought vp apart â—hich may be a reasoÌ„ why â—ey were after so different in their dispositions and so opposite in theiâ— Religions both of them though not sucking thâ— milke yet as well imitaâ—ting the mindes as following the steps of their moâ—thers Queene Katharinâ— liuing and dying a conâ—stant Romane Catholique Queene Anne both in heâ— life and death resolute ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the defence of the Reforâ—med Religion which ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the most probable conieâ—ctures haue left to vs vpâ—on file was by the instigaâ—tion of some Romists theâ— powerfull with the Kingâ— who was not then fully seâ—â—led in those tenents whicâ— he after made his maximâ— the prologue to her fall anâ— â—â—ues Catastrophe which ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ long after hapned On May day A no 1536. â—as a great iusting held at â—â—eenewich in the which â—â—e chiefe challenger was â—â—e Lord Rochford brother ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the Queene and the deâ—â—ndants were one Henry â—orrice of the Kings Bedâ—amber with others they â—aÌ„naged their armes with â—eat dexterity and euery â—urse which they ranne â—me off with the lowd apâ—â—â—ause of the people insoâ—uch that the King at first â—â—ght seemed in outward â—ewe to be wonderously â—lighted but about the â—iddle of the triumph â—e a storme in the midst â—a quiet Sea the King arose suddenly from hâ—â— seat and attended with ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ persons only tooke Bargâ—â— and was row'd to Westmiâ—â—â— leauing no small amazâ—â—ment behinde him euâ—â—ry one wondring and coâ—â—iecturing as their affectâ—â—ons led them what migâ—â— be the occasion thereoâ— All things were with ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ night husht vp and in qâ—â—â—et no appearance of dâ—â—content eyther in King ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Courtier perceiued bâ— no sooner did the day peâ—â—â— out but the King 's discoâ—â—tent appeared w th it Geoâ—â— Bulleine Lod Rochford ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Queenes brother and Heâ—â—ry Norrice the defendaâ—â— were saluted with a coâ— breakfast next their heaâ—â— ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ their beds both conâ—eyed to the Tower the â—ewes being brought to â—he Queene struck as cold â—o her heart and hauing â—ast ouer dinner with difâ—ontent â—ecause the King ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ his custome was had â—ent none of his waiters to â—id Much good doe it her ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the Table but perceiâ—ing her seruants about â—er some with their eyes glazed in teares but all with looks deiected on the earth it bred strange conâ—epâ—ions in her yet being â—onfident in her own innoâ—â—ency bred in her rather â—mazement then feare The same day entred inâ—o her chamber Sr Thomas â—udley L. Chancellor the Duke of Norfolke Thomas Cromwell Secretary and â— dâ—â—â—â—â—ce after them Siâ— William Kinsman Constabâ—e of the Tower at their first apppearance her apprehension was that they were sent from the King to comfort her about the imprisonment of her brother but obseruing them to looke more austerely vpon her then vsually they were accustomed shee beâ—gan to mistrust their message but casting her eye beyond them and espying the Constable of the Tower to accompany them in their vnwelcome visit she grew then confident that her death was now approaching and that these were the Heralds to preâ—are it so expressing more â—odesty then Maiesty â—oth in her behauiour and â—ountenance she prepared â—er selfe to attend their â—essage which the Chanâ—ellor deliuered vnto her in â—ew words telling her â—hat it was his Maiesties â—oÌ„mand that she must inâ—antly be conveyed from â—hence to the Tower there â—o remaine during his â—ighnes pleasure to which â—he answered that her inâ—ocence and patience had â—â—med her against all adâ—ersities what soeuer and ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ such were his Maiesties â—ommand and pleasure â—hey both should with all â—umility be obeyed so â—ithout change of habit or any thing necessary foâ— her remooue shee put herâ— selfe into their safe custody and by them was conueyed into her Barge Iust vpon the stroke oâ—fiue she entred the Towerâ— the Lords with the Luieâ—tenant brought her to heâ— Chamber to whome aâ— their departure she spokâ— these few words following falling vpon her knees I beseech God Almighty to ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ my assistance and helpe onely so farre forth as I am nâ—â—guiltie of any iust crime that may be layd against me theâ— turning to the Lords I inâ—treat you to beseech the King in my â—ehalfe that it wilâ— please him to be a good Lorâ— vnto mee which wordâ— were no sooner vttered but they departed The fifteenth of the same moneth the Lords of the Councell met at the Tower the Queene was called toâ— to the Barre and arraigned before the Duke of Norfolk who sate as Lord high Steward the Lord Chancellor on the right hand and the Duke of Suffolke on the left hand with diuers others Marquesses Earles and Barons the Earle of Surrey sonne to the Duke of Norfolke sate directly before his father a degree â—ower as Earle Marshall of England the Queenâ— sitâ—ing in a chaire diuers accusations especially touching inconstancy were obiected against her to all which she answered punctually with such grauity and discretion that it appeared to her Auditory she could not bee found guilty of any aspersion whatsoeuer But when in their fauourable censures they were readye not without great applause to acquit her The Iury brought in a contrary verdict by which shee was convicted condemned and had her iudgement to be burned or else her head to be cut off at the Kings pleasure The Sentence being denounced the Court arose and she waâ— conueyed backe againe to her Chamber the Laâ— Bullein her Aunt and the Lady Kinsman wife to the Constable of the Tower onely attending her Two dayes after were brought vnto the Tower-Hill George Lord Rochford Henry Norris Marke Smeton Medlin Brierton Francis Weston all of them of the Kings Priuy Chamber who seuerally suffered and had their heads stricken off no other account of their sufferings being giuen out abroad but that they deseruedly dyed for matters concerning the conuicted Queene Two dayes after the Queene was brought to the greene within the Tower and there mounted on a Scaffold where were present most part of the Nobility ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Lord Mayor of London with certaine Aldermen and many other Spectators her last words were these My honourable Lords and the rest here assembled I beseech you all to beare witnesse with me that I humbly submit my selfe to vndergoe the penalty to which the Law hath sentenced me as touching my offences I am sparing to speak they are best knowne to God and I neither blame nor accuse any man but commit them wholly to him beseeching God that knowes theâ— secrets of all hearts to haue mercy on my Soule next I beseech the Lord Iesus to blesse and saue my Soueraigne Master

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