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A35219	England's monarchs, or, A compendious relation of the most remarkable transactions, and observable passages, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, which have hapned [sic] during the reigns of the kings and queens of England, from the invasion of the Romans to this present adorned with poems, and the pictures of every monarch, from William the Conquerour, to His present Majesty, our gracious sovereign, King Charles the Second : together with the names of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, the nobility, bishops, deans, and principal officers, civil and military, in England, in the year 1684 by R.B., author of the Admirable curiosities in England, The historical remarks in London and Westminster, The late wars in England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1685 (1685)	Wing C7314; ESTC R21089	148,791	242

Philip growing still more angry and pretending to fear some secret League between King Richard and the Turks to the prejudice of himself and his Followers he withdrew all the Troops belonging to the Emperour the Archduke and himself and leaving the King of England returned home Yet did not this discourage the gallant King Richard but with his own Forces and those of some other Christian Princes who submitted to his Conduct he prosecuted his Designs victoriously in all Places where he came It is related That there being a fair Opportunity for the taking of Jerusalem King Richard and the Duke of Burgundy marched in two Bodies from Acon to surprise it but when they approached near it Burgundy envying Richard's Glory signified to him That he would retire with his Soldiers because it should not be said the English had taken Jerusalem While this Message was delivering and King Richard grieving that such a glorious Enterprise should miscarry by Emulation an English Soldier came suddenly and cried out Sir Sir come hither and I will shew you Jerusalem But Richard throwing his Coat of Arms over his Face and weeping spake thus aloud Ah my Lord God I beseech thee that I may not see thy Holy City Jerusalem since I am not able to deliver it out of the Hands of thine Enemies The same Author writes That this Prince was so renowned for Valour that he was more dreaded among the Saracens than any Christian King ever was insomuch that when their Infants cried the Mothers to still them would say King Richard will come and take you which would affright them into stilness Yea when their Horses started at any time the Turks would spur them and cry What you Jades you think King Richard is here But while Richard was triumphant over his Enemies abroad his Affairs in England were very badly managed by the Bishop of Ely who being the Grandson of a Plowman and the Son of a Cow-keeper in the North after such high Advancement as Lord Chancellor and Protector of the Kingdom he grew insolent and exercised unusual Oppressions and Tyrannies over all sorts of Persons both in Church and State yea so ambitious and vain-glorious was he that when he rid abroad for his Recreation he would be attended by above a thousand Horse and would be waited on by the Sons of the Principal Nobility to whom he would marry his beggarly Kindred with little or no Fortunes But perceiving himself at length generally hated and abhorred he resolved to forsake the Kingdom and disguising himself in the Habit of a Country-man with a Piece of Cloth under his Arm he travelled toward Dover but being there discovered he was furiously assaulted by the People and dragged along upon the Sands after which being sent to London he was by the Nobility committed to the Tower where he cont nued till the King's Return but was then restored to his Liberty and Offices though he enjoyed them not long for he died soon after travelling to Rome to the great Joy of the wronged English Subject King Richard heard of these Transactions and of the great Discontent of his Brother John who out of hatred to the Bishop of Ely had seised divers Towns Forts and Castles into his Hands and onely wanted the Peoples Favour to make himself King He had advice likewise of the Inroads and Invasions of Philip the French King into Normandy in his absence These Tidings enforced him for preserving his Royalty to make a Peace with the Turks for three years even when he was in the height of Success and to return home In the way he again won the Isle of Cyprus from the Knights Templars to whom he had formerly sold it and then exchanged it with Guy of Lusignan for the City of Jerusalem he being the last Christian King thereof upon which Richard was called King of Jerusalem and so were many of his Successors long after Proceeding in his Voyage homeward he was by a violent Storm Shipwreck'd upon the Coast of Istria near Venice and travelling into the Territories of Leopold in Austria he was taken Prisoner and by him sold to the Emperour Henry the Sixth for 6000 Marks who taking good Security of Richard for paying him 100000 l. he gave him his Liberty In short time he arrived in Normandy and raising a stout Army he quickly revenged himself on the French for their Injuries against him and recovered all that had been unjustly taken from him While the King was thus employed his Brother Jo●n came to him and humbly desired his Pardon alledging That what he had done was onely occasioned by the unsufferable Pride and Insolence of the Bishop and therefore he now freely surrendred all again into his Hands The King being mollified by this ingenuous Confession said God grant that I may as easily forget your Offences as you may remember wherein you have offended and then not onely gave him his Pardon but received him into his special Grace and Favour He then returned into England and summoning a Parliament he caused himself to be crowned the second time imposing very heavy Taxes upon the People for his Ransom and seising the Treasures of several Monasteries And to increase his own Revenue he resumed into his Hands all those Honours Mannors Castles Privileges and Offices which he had formerly sold to his Subjects forcing them to be contented with the Profits they had received By which ways he got together 80000 l. toward his Ransom the rest Leopold forgave him being curst by the Pope for making Richard a Prisoner coming from the Holy War After this the King transported another Army into France where he fought very successfully against the French and in one Battel took 100 Knights on Horseback 200 great Horse 140 of them being barbed and armed with Iron In these Wars Philip Bishop of Beavoirs and Peer of the Blood-Royal fighting valiantly in a Skirmish was taken Prisoner and order'd to be committed and Irons put on his Legs as being an inveterate Enemy to King Richard This hard Usage being complained of to the Pope he writ earnestly to Richard not to detain his dear Son an Ecclesiastical Person and a Shepherd of the Lords but to send him back to his Flock The King in a pleasant Bravery sent the Head-piece Back and Breast of Iron in which he was taken to the Pope with the Question of Jacob's Sons to their Father Behold this we found him in Is this thy Sons Coat Nay says the Pope it is the Coat neither of my Son nor a Son of the Church but of some Son of Mars therefore let him procure his Liberty as well as he can for I will not concern my self therein Soon after King Richard was cut off in the midst of all his Glory for the Lord Limoges having found a vast Treasure of Gold and Silver he sent the greatest part thereof to him as Lord thereof but the King resolving to have all came to besiege the Castle of Chalms where he judged

Suffolk resolving to get what Forces she could and try her Right by Arms being there divers of the Nobility and Gentry resorted to her offering their aid to establish her in the Throne provided she would make no alteration in Religion which she faithfully promised with many solemn Asseverations yet soon made it appear That no Faith is to be kept with Hereticks The Lords hearing she raised Forces they did the like and sent them under the Duke of Northumberland against her but his Commission being limited that he could do nothing without daily orders from the Council he was forced to march slowly which was his utter ruine for the Lady Mary sent to several of the Nobility to come in to her assistance as the Earls of Sussex Oxford and Bath and other Lords and Gentlemen who came with their Tenants and other Commoners relying upon her Promise not to alter Religion but especially the Suffolk men and yet Mr. Fox observes that she burnt and put to death more of that County for Religion than of any other County in England so fatal was the belief of her promises to them The Fleet which was sent to surprise her joyning likewise with her and the People in general being for her the Council saw it in vain to withstand and therefore sent to the Duke of Northumberland to dismiss his Army whereupon the Lady Mary was proclaimed Queen and the Lady Jane who had only personated a Queen for ten days was sent to the Tower Soon after the Duke of Northumberland was condemned and beheaded with Sir John Gates and Sir Tho. Palmer And a Parliament being called all the Laws concerning the Illegitimacy of the Queen and those against the Pope and his Usurpations were repealed In her second year and the thirty seventh of her Age the Queen began to think of marrying and at last was Contracted to Philip King of Spain and Son to the Emperour Charles the Fifth which caused great dissatisfaction among her Subjects fearing that the Spaniards having once got footing in England would enslave the Nation and deprive them of their Ancient Laws and Customs This alienated them from the Queen so that several private Consults were held about deposing Queen Mary and re-establishing the Lady Jane who remained under Sentence of death in the Tower of London but these contrivances being discovered the Fomentors had recourse to Arms for their own security the first of them was Sir Thomas Wiat who made an Insurrection in Kent and by declaring himself for the defence of his Countrey and Religion raised 3000 of the Commons The Duke of Suffolk his Brother the Lord Gray and Sir Peter Carew of Devonshire and others designed the like in Cornwal Devonshire and Suffolk but resolving not to shew themselves till the Spaniards landed they were detected and forced to fly However Wiat increased daily in power and threatned the Herald who was sent with a Pardon to Pistol him if he endeavoured to withdraw the Souldiers from him and one Colonel Bret made an incouraging Oration to them to this purpose Valiant Countreymen we now ingage our selves in a cause to vindicate our Common Liberties against the Insolencies of the cruel Spaniard you whose degenerate Spirits can endure slavery continue in it in Gods name but as for me I had rather undergo the most painful death than betray my Rights to the Spaniards and I here enroll my self under Wiats Colours and am confident that some of you for the Vindication of the Ancient Glory of the English Nation will follow my example He had scarce ended this Speech but they threw up their Caps and cried out a Wiat a Wiat so that the Duke of Norfolk the Earl of Arundel and Sir Henry Iirningham who approached them at Rochester Bridge turned Tail and fled In the mean time the Queen mistrusting the Londoners whom she knew hated Popery came to Guildhall and in a Speech declared to them that though Wiats pretences were against the Match with Spain yet his real design was to plunder and therefore she left with them the Lord Howard and the Lord Treasurer to assist the Lord Mayor in defending the City against the Rebels At length Wiat arrived in Southwark and with his great Guns beat down divers Houses but being opposed by the Queens Forces and about twenty of ●hem slain he soon after submitted upon hope of Mercy and was committed to the Tower his fol●owers dispersing themselves and twenty pair of Gallows were set up in divers places in the City whereon many were executed This Rebellion being supprest the Popish Faction reflected on the Lady Jane as the cause thereof and soon after she and her Husband the Lord Guilford Dudley were beheaded Wiat in hope of pardon accused the Lady Elizabeth and the Marquess of Exeter as Accomplices but at his Death he again cleared her Then the Duke of Suffolk and his Brother suffered as likewise Sir Nicholas Throgmorton and ●he Lady Elizabeth was in great danger of her life at this time and indeed all the Reign of her Sister yet still happily escaped The Queen having removed all obstacles Philip of Spain arrived in England and married her Upon which succeeded the Reconciliation of the whole Kingdom by Cardinal Pool which he did in these words Our Lord Jesus Christ whom the Father hath appointed head ●ver all the Church absolve you and we by the Apostolick Authority given us by the most Holy Lord Pope Julius the Third his Vicegerent on Earth do absolve and deliver you and every of you with the whole Realm and the Dominions ●hereof from all Heresy and Schism and from all and every ●udgment censures and pains for that cause incurred and also we do restore you again to the Vnity of our Mother the Holy Church as in our Lettters of Commission more plainly shall appear The Queen next endeavoured to prevail upon the Parliament to restore the Abby Lands but they were so divided among the Nobility and Gentry that it proved ineffectual And being now thirty eight years old it was reported she was with Child and ●ll things were provided for her lying in yea a Popish Priest ventured to describe the excellent Features of the Infant before it was born and Bells and Guns ●roclaimed the joy but at length it came all to no●hing which caused much laughter The Reign of Queen Mary seemed hitherto only sprinkled with Blood but now the blessed Martyrs come thick to Act their parts for the Protestant Clergy were not only deprived of their Livings but all sorts without respect of Sex Age or Quality began to feel the severity of her Laws the pourtraicture whereof cannot be better expressed than in the words of the Reverend Bishop Jewel in his vindication of the Protestant Religion against the Romanists wherein he thus deciphers their hard usage toward the Reformers You have saith he imprisoned your Brethren you have stript them naked you have scourged them with Rods you have burnt their Hands and Arms

Pope sent two proud Legats into England Pandulphus and Durandus who persuaded the King to agree with Langton and restore the Prior and Monks of St. Austins to their Lands and Offices To which John for fear of the Popes Curse and to prevent any further Quarrels yielded onely desiring to be excused as to the Election of the Archbishop yet protesting That if another might be chosen he would prefer Langton to some other Bishoprick But the Legats in stead of gratifying the King in his Request proceeded immediately to excommunicate him pronouncing the Popes Curse against him and absolving all his Subjects from their Oaths of Allegiance toward him Yea he required all Christian Princes to make War upon him as the Arch and Grand Enemy of the Church of God Nay he published the Sentence of Deprivation against him and gave his Crown and Kingdom to Philip the French King of which he was to take Possession as soon as he could expel or murder John either by some secret Plot or by open Violence and Hostility Thus did this Unholy Father out of his Usurping Arrogance and Hellish Pride presume to dispose of Kings and Kingdoms at his pleasure and all on the cursed Pretence of the Honour of God and Holy Church But the King not fearing these Thunderbolts was resolved to stand his Ground and to that end took a solemn Oath of his Subjects for his Defence and their Fidelity And then raising a strong Army he entred Scotland against King Alexander for supporting divers Rebellious Clergymen and others who adhered to the Popes Authority against him but the King of Scots finding he should gain nothing but Ruine and Destruction by Opposition humbly submitted himself to King John and an entire Friendship and Amity was concluded betwixt them The French King resolving to take Possession of the Popes Gift provided great Forces to invade the Kingdom but by the diligence of King John 300 of his Ships loaden with Corn Victuals and other Warlike Provisions were seised and thereby Philip's vain Hopes at that time prevented However the Pope accursed the King again and again so that despairing of ever b●ing quiet without the Advice of his Council or Nobility he all on a sudden submitted himself upon his Knees to Pandulphus the Popes Legat confessing his Disobedience and begging Pardon and by a Publick Instrument in Writing under his Hand and Seal he resigned his Crown and Scepter to the Pope which Pandulphus kept four days for the Popes Use and then gave them both back to John and his Heirs upon Condition to hold his Kingdom from the Pope and pay 1000 Marks a year to him as a Tribute This base Submission so alienated the Affections of his Nobility and Men of War that they revolted from him and fled to his Enemy the French King who resolved to make his Son Lewis Monarch of this Realm and sent him hither with a numerous Army where he did much mischief though often encountred But the Pope being now for King John forbid Philip to proceed any further against him since he and his Kingdom were now reconciled to him and the Church and that the Crown was held from the See of Rome But the French King refused to obey affirming That no King could give away his Kingdom nor the Protection of his Subjects which were committed to him by God without the Consent of the Nobility Gentry and Commons and that therefore this Kingdom could not be holden of the Church of Rome nor protected by her This Answer so vexed the Pope that he presently sent Cardinal Guallo into England who cursed King Philip and Lewis his Son with all the English Nobility who took part with them Though the wiser sort little regarded what the Cardinal did yet the Common People and Soldiers who were ignorantly devout were so amazed that they fled to their Houses and Ships and others entred into the Houses and Grounds of the Excommunicate Lords and Gentry robbing and spoiling all before them supposing that their Robberies were pleasing and meritorious before God by which means the Lords were much distressed and even ready to starve for want of Sustenance none daring to relieve them so that they were at last necessitated to throw themselves at the Kings Feet and crave his Mercy who though by their means he had been reduced to the utmost Extremities yet being of a merciful Disposition he easily pardoned them and restored them to their Honours and Lands By which means the French finding themselves forsaken were forced to return back to France and all their vast Designs perished in a moment But the Pope intending to make his Proceedings against King John a President to other Princes assembled a General Council at Lateran wherein he gave a full Account of all Transactions with the Kings Grant of his Kingdom and the Tenure whereby it was held from the Church of Rome And in the same Council Otho the Emperour Peter King of Arragon Raymond Earl of Tholouse and divers other Sovereign Princes were Excommunicated and others Interdicted with their Kingdoms and Provinces for Heresie as was pretended though the real Design was to make Princes Slaves and Vassals to the Will and Pleasure of the Pope and to enrich himself with their Ruine For in this Council wherein they say were 1215 Catholick Doctors it was positively concluded That the Pope might depose Kings absolve their Subjects from their Allegiance and give away their Kingdoms Likewise That such as spoke evil of the Pope should be damned in Hell and that none should be Emperour till he had sworn Homage to the Pope and had received his Crown from him Also Auricular Confession and Transubstantiation were then decreed and established And thus all these Troubles which had continued ten years came now to an end But the Clergy would by no means be reconciled to King John for such was their inveterate Hatred toward him that under pretence of Kindness he was poysoned by a Monk at Swinstead Abby near Lincoln who to make all sure poysoned himself that he might not fail to do the same to the King And thus died King John when he had reigned Seventeen years in 1216. and lies buried at Winchester He was Politick and exceeding Valiant Bountiful and Liberal to Strangers not given to Revenge for when he was shewed how Honourably one of his Rebellious Barons was Intombed and advised to deface the Monument No by no means says he I wish all 〈◊〉 Enemies were as honourably buried When several Greeks came hither and offered to prove that there were several Errours in the Church of Rome at that time he rejected them saying I will not suffer our Faith which is established to be called in question with doubtful Disputations He left behind him four Sons Henry who succeeded him Richard created King of the Romans William of Valentia and Guido Disnay with three Daughters one married to the Emperour Frederick a second to William Marshal Earl of Worcester and the third

to the Earl of Leicester HENRY the THIRD King of England AMidst great Troubles and Confusions I In Youth ascended to the English Throne England was then opprest with Misery By Frenchmen who by me were overthrown For the brave English under my Command Did soon expell those their insulting Foes My Barons did my Sovereignty withstand And brought upon themselves and me great Wo●● For in each Battel none but I did lose I lost my Subjects Lives on every Side From Civil Wars no better Profit grows Friends Foes my People all that beat or died My Gain was Loss my Pleasure was my Pain These were the Triumphs of my troublous Reign AFter the Death of King John Henry his eldest Son of nine years old was Crowned King the Earl of Glocester who had married one of his A●●●s and was Learned Wise and Valiant being made Protector of him and the Kingdom who administred Justice faithfully among the People The Youth of the King and the Treachery of many of the English Nobility encouraged Philip of France and Lewis his Son to land fresh Forces in the Realm to whom the Welch likewise joyned all the Forces they could raise But the new Protector raised an Army against them and in many Encounters defeated them And Pope Honorius finding the French slighted his Thunderbolts sent out new Curses more sharp and severe than any of his Predecessors whereupon Prince Lewis seemed at present to be affrighted and to prepare for his Departure though his Father Philip still sent new Forces over But Hugh de Burgh Governour of the Ci●●u●-Ports preparing a gallant Fleet valiantly encountred them at Sea and took all their Ships This great Victory brought Lewis to treat of Peace and being absolved by Guallo the Popes Legat and receiving a considerable Sum of Money he surrendred all the Forts Towns and Castles he had taken and with all his Forces sailed back to France leaving his English Friends who had assisted him all these Wars to the rigour of the Law whereby they were cut off by miserable and cruel Deaths The Kingdom having now time to breathe a Parliament was called wherein the Laws of King Edward were revived and the Grand Charter called then Magna Charta containing several Laws for the Liberty Ease and Security of the Subject was confirmed and a Tax granted for sending an Army into France to recover Poictiers and Gascoigne under Richard the Kings Brother which had been injuriously seised by the French for some years Those Provinces were soon regained wholly back to the English which in a short time produced a Peace between both Nations But then worse Troubles succeed it at home for the King confiding onely in some leud Officers about him disregarded his Nobility and most Loyal Subjects invading their Liberties and Estates and vexing them with many grievous and unnecessary Taxes which were levied upon them by his Officers with all manner of severity At length a Parliament was called at Oxford wherein his Designs were altogether crossed and the Proceedings therein of such ill Consequence that it was stiled Insa●um Parliamentum or the Mad Parliament For when Multitudes came to complain of their Wrongs and Oppressions the Lords and Commons for redress thereof established many things which they judged necessary but highly intrenching upon the Kings Prerogative for they chose Twelve of the most Considerable Persons in the Kingdom whereof the Earl of Glocester and Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester were Chief who were called Les Douze Pieres or The Twelve Peers to whom full and absolute Power was granted by a Patent sealed by the King though unwillingly to support and maintain the Laws they had made The Parliament being ended the Commissioners began strictly to put those Statutes into Execution whereby they dismissed most of the Kings Menial Servants from their Attendance on him placing others of their Mind in their State This above all other things did most disturb the King and thereupon he grew extreme melancholy But hoping for better Success he summoned another Parliament wherein he with extreme Passion and Grief complain'd of his hard Usage by the Twelve Peers but the Lords and Commons were so far from remitting any thing that they further ratified all that had been done and the Archbishop with nine other Bishops publickly denounced a solemn Curse against all that by Advice or Assistance should oppose those Laws or the Authority of the Twelve Peers This still encreased the Kings Discontent who could take no delight in any thing he enjoyed and therefore went over to divert himself with Lewis King of France who treated him with all manner of Kindness and Magnificence About this time Hugh de Burgh Earl of Kent was accused by the Bishop of Winchester and others That he had scandalised and abused the King That he had enticed and trayterously defiled the King of Scots Daughter whom he married in hope to succeed her Brother in her Right That he stole out of the Jewel-house a Jewel of such excellent Vertue as to make those who had it Invincible which he had bestowed upon Llewellin Prince of Wales the King's Enemy These and many other Articles was he charged with who doubting the Power of his Enemies retired into Essex where he was seised by Soldiers who sent for a Smith to make Shackles for him to prevent his escape but the Smith understanding who they were for fetching a deep Sigh said Do with me what you pl ase and God have mercy on my Soul but as sure as the Lord lives I will never make Iron Shackles for him but will rather die for most cruel Death imaginable For is not this the most Loyal and Courageous Hubert who hath so often preserved England from being destroyed by Strangers and restored England to England Let God be Judge between him and you for using him so unjustly and inhumanely requiting his most excellent Deserts with the worst of Recompences However the Commander bound him and carried him Prisoner to the Tower of London from whence by the means of the Bishop of London he was a while after released The King being continually tormented with the diminishing of his Regal Authority endeavoured to procure some Remedy from abroad and to that end with great expence of Money he secretly obtained tw● Bulls from Pope Alexander the Third whereby the King and all those who had sworn to maintain the new Laws and Ordinances and to support the Authority of the Twelve Peers were freely absolved and discharged from keeping those Oaths But this being kept private the Twelve Peers ruled all and were so diligent in their Business that they left the King nothing to do so that he was King in Name onely not in Power Soon after Hugh Spencer being Lord Chief Justice and a great Favourite with the King was removed by the Twelve Peers being charged with Corruption and Arbitrary Proceedings They likewise dismissed such Sheriffs and Justices as the King had made chusing others in their Places which

Sicily trembled at my Courage bold King Tancred bought his Peace and did agree To pay me Threescore ounces of pure Gold Whilst I abroad won Honour many ways Ambitious John my Brother vext my Realm In Austria I was Pris'ner many days Thus Floods of Troubles did me overwhelm At length I home return'd my Ransom paid But soon my Glory in the Grave was laid RIchard the eldest Son living of King Henry was in Normandy at the time of his Fathers Death and because there were many things amiss he was resolved to continue there some time but yet gave immediate Order for the Release of his Mother Queen Eleanor who was closely imprisoned by her Husband for the Death of Rosamond and her continual reproving him for his lascivious Course of Life And because she was very discreet virtuous and wise King Richard committed the whole Government of the Kingdom in his absence to her management who having experimentally known the Troubles and Sorrows of Prisoners and Captives she released such as were committed for small Offences and paid the Debts of divers others that they might be freed and in all things used great Moderation and Justice till the return of her Son who was received and Crowned King with much Joy and Solemnity And he imitating the mild Disposition of his Mother commiserating the Afflicted provided in the whole Course of his Government that Justice should be extended with Mercy toward all He conferred many Honours upon his Brother John whom he created Earl of Lancaster and gave him the Counties of Nottingham Devon and Cornwal marrying him to the Daughter and Heir of the Earl of Glocester from whom he had the Lordship of that County also but in stead of obliging him these Favours made him Ambitious and ingratefully to affect the Crown and to boast that his Parts and Endowments were sufficient to make him a King This King for his invincible Courage was the greatest Heroe at that time in the Christian World so that he was called Coeurdelion or the Lions Heart who would attempt any thing though never so difficult if it were honourable His Fathers great Treasure which he left behind him furnished him sufficiently with Gold and Silver but such was his contempt of Riches that he freely bestowed Gifts upon all deserving Persons and in a little time by his extreme Bounty had disposed of most of it not considering that future Occasions might cause great Expences as it soon appeared For in the beginning of his Reign the Pope by many strong Sollicitations and Promises of his Blessings persuaded him to go in his own Person and fight against the Saracens in the Holy Land and to recover Jerusalem from the Infidels which he at length undertook being assisted therein by Frederick Emperour of Germany Philip Augustus King of France Leopold Archduke of Austria and many other Christian Princes who had raised Men and Money and made all other Provisions to that purpose All entring into Covenants That their Rendezvouz should be in Sicily and that all the Wealth and Booty they should meet with should be equally divided among them These things being concluded though the Kings Liberality and Expences had made him necessitous yet he was resolved not to burden his People with any Tax to supply himself but raised great Sums of Money out of his own Estate and among others he sold the Castles of Berwick and Roxborough to the King of Scots for 10000 l. and the Lordship of Durham to Hugh Pudsey the Bishop thereof creating him likewise Earl of it laughing heartily while he was investing him and sa●ing I think I am very cunning and a Crafts master in my Business that can make a young Earl of an old Bishop He likewise sold divers Honours Mannors Offices Privileges and Royalties and many other things protesting That for performing that great and honourable Service ●● would be willing to sell his City of London if he could find any able to buy it rather than he would be chargeable to others Having thus provided himself with all Necessaries for his Journey and raised a gallant Army wherein were many Lords Knights and Gentlemen and gathered a Sum of no less than 1100000 l. he left the Principal Command of the Kingdom to William Longchampe Bishop of Ely the Popes Legat and Lord Chancellor of England concluding a firm Friendship with William King of Scots he then set sail for the Holy Land with a Royal Navy to the Island of Cyprus where Isacius the discourteous King in stead of relieving them with Necessaries pillaged and abused them whereat King Richard being enraged landed his Men and soon conquered the whole Kingdom carrying away the King and his Daughters Prisoners and selling the Country to the Knights Templars for 30000 Marks From thence according to Agreement he sailed to Sicily where he met Philip the French King Upon their first Enterview there was great Familiarity and Endearment betwixt them but Philip being denied any part of the Spoil of Cyprus both because he was absent and likewise King Richard affirming That the Agreement extended onely to such things as they should gain in the Holy Land Philip thereupon grew angry and discontented which Richard disregarded declaring publickly That let the French King do what he durst he should never be a Partner in that Booty Yet Philip knowing the Eyes of all Christendom were upon him would make no open Breach and so they again embarqued Tancred the Usurping King of Sicily having either out of love or fear given King Richard above 6000 Ounces of Gold before his departure Sailing from thence with a Navy of above 300 Ships they met with a rich Argosey or Ship with French Flags but Manned with no less than 1500 Turks and Saracens and all manner of Warlike Provisions as Fire-works Barrels and Cages of venomous Serpents all designed for the Relief of the City of Acon formerly called Ptolemais this Vessel he took drowning 1300 Saracens and then landing at Acon in company with King Philip they sate down before it there being already Christians of divers Nations as Genoways Florentines Flemings Almains Danes Dutch Pisans Friezelanders Lumbards and some English under Hubert Bishop of Sarum wich the Knights Templars and several Asians During the Siege Sultan Saladine beheaded 1500 Christian Slaves in revenge whereof King Richard killed 2500 Tarks in sight of their Army After a long and sharp Siege the City of Acon was taken upon the entring whereof a forward Knight advanced the Banner and Ensign of Leopold Archduke of Austria but King Richard seeing it he himself ran up to the Wall pluck'd them down and trampled them under his Feet whereat the French King was still more incensed speaking high Words but Richard slighting his Anger affirmed That if any were offended thereat they might do what they pleased since he had onely righted himself in those Injuries done against him and that he was ready to maintain what he had acted with his Sword in the Field King