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A01354	The flovver of fame Containing the bright renowne, & moste fortunate raigne of King Henry the viii. Wherein is mentioned of matters, by the rest of our cronographers ouerpassed. Compyled by Vlpian Fulwell. Hereunto is annexed (by the aucthor) a short treatice of iii. noble and vertuous queenes. And a discourse of the worthie seruice that was done at Hadington in Scotlande, the seconde yere of the raigne of king Edward the sixt.	Fulwell, Ulpian, fl. 1586.; Harman, Edmund.	1575 (1575)	STC 11475; ESTC S102758	42,413	130

The Flovver Of Fame Containing the bright Renowne moste fortunate raigne of King Henry the viii Wherein is mentioned of matters by the rest of our Cronographers ouerpassed Compyled by Ulpian Fulwell ¶ Hereunto is annexed by the Aucthor a short treatice of iii. noble and vertuous Queenes And a discourse of the worthie seruice that was done at Hadington in Scotlande the seconde yere of the raigne of king Edward the sixt Viuit post funera virtus 1575. Imprinted at London in Fleete streate at the Temple gate by VVilliam Hoskins To the ryght honorable and his singuler good lorde sir William Cecill Baron of Burghleygh Knight of the moste noble order of the Garser Lorde high Treasorer of Englande master of the courtes of wardes and Liueries Chauncellour of the Uniuersitie of Cambridge and one of the Queenes Maiesties priuie Counsaile Ulpian Fullwell wisheth long health with encrease of honor BEeing at stryse with my selfe Right honorable whether I might presume to exhibite the dedication of this my vnpolished labour vnto your good Lordship or not I was as oft abashed as I vewed the homelinesse of my style and eftsons vtterly discomfited But contrary wise while I considered with my selfe as it were waying in the other Balaunce your noble nature in accepting the good will of the geeuer aboue the valure of the gift I am againe recomforted And in the ende of this conflict the noble curtesie of your honour wonne in mee the victorie whereupon I was not onely enboldened my self humbly to desyre your L. Patronage but also as muche as in mee laye encouraged my Aucthour master Edmunde Harman to offer vnto you the grosse fruites of this our labours The matter meriteth the Pen of the best writer although it hath nowe happened to the handes of an vneloquent Compyler But if it may please your honour to accept the protection hereof I doubt not but bothe the matter and the worthinesse of the Patrone will stirre vp some of exquisite skill to furnishe my defect by the renuyng of this my begonne attempt VVhich I confesse to be by mee taken in hande more willingly then wittilye respecting more the truthe of the woorkes then the eloquence of wordes Thus ceasing to trouble your good Lordship any longer at this present with my rough and ragged style In moste humble wise I submit my selfe and this my sclender trauaile vnto your honour praying allmightie God to preserue and prosper you in all your noble affaires to the great comfort of this Realme Your honours most humble Vlpian Fulwell A Table of the contents of this booke A Commendations of King Henries noble vertues Fol. 1 A Resitall of King Henries fortunate raigne 2 A briefe discourse of the vnyting the two noble houses of Lancaster and Yorke From whych vnyted house King Henrye was the first kinge that proceaded 4 Of the Battaile fought at Bosworth betweene King Henry the seuenth and king Richarde 8 Of the byrth of King Henry the eyght 10 Of King Henry the eyght in the tyme of his minoritie 12 Of his ryding to the Tower of London before his Coronation 13 Of his Coronation 14 Of the winning of Turwin and Turney 16 The Historie of King Iames of Scotlande that was slayne at Branxston fielde And of his lamentation 22 The Historie of King Iamies sonne who after the death of his father was king of Scottes being but a chylde That tooke his death after the ouerthrowe of his menne at Solomos and of his Complaint 24 How the Kinges of England and of Fraunce met at Morguison An. 1532. 29 Of the winning of Bullaine 32 Of the death of King Henry the eight 36 An Epitaph of his death 37 A Treatice of iii. noble vertuous Queenes 39 The Historie of the noble seruice that was at Hadington in Scotlande 49 A Commendation of the English Souldiers that serued at this siege of Hadington with the Capitaines names as neare as coulde be called to remembraunce 56 To the frindly Reader Vlpian Fullwell wisheth health THE wyse sage Philosopher Solon noting the insolencie of Cressus who esteemed him self the happiest man lyuing because of his abundant welth tolde him that no man is to bee reputed happie during his lyfe tyme because he knoweth not whether it shall ende with renowne or infamie Concluding hereby that a goodly lyfe a godly death maketh a perfect happie man. Nowe seing our late soueraigne Lorde Kynge Henrye the eyghth hath hit the marke of trewe felicitie and wonne the game of ioyfull immortalitie what ruthe were it that so singuler an example shoulde not be recorded in the golden booke of perpetuall Fame His noble lyfe his Godly proceedinges his inuicted raygne his fortunate successe his whole race of lyfe and ende of the same deserueth to be engraued in letters of pure Golde If Alexander the myghtie Monarche of Macedon was offended with a Schoolemaster in whose Schoole he founde not the fame of Vlisses written by Homer howe much more maye wee deeme he woulde checke and reproue all Englyshe Gentlemen that laye not before their faces the booke of King Henryes lyfe if he were nowe amongst vs But happely it will be sayd vnto mee Sir if you weare as good an Englyshe Poet as Homer was in Greeke or if the worthinesse of your style were comparable to the matter wee would the better esteeme of your woorke If that bee thy obiection gentle Reader I cannot excuse my selfe For I confesse I haue not the gifte of flowing eloquence neyther can I enterlace my phrase with Italian termes nor powder my style with frenche Englishe or Inkhorne Rhethoricke neyther cowche my matter vnder a cloake of curious inuentions to feede the daintie eares of delicate yonkers And as I cannot So if I could I woulde not For I see that manye men are so affected with these premisses that manye good matters are obscured the Aucthors encombred the woorkes but meanely commended and the Reader deceaued For while he coueteth to come to the purpose he is lead amasked in the wylde Desert of circumstance and digression seeking farre and finding little feeding his humor on pleasant woordes of slender wayght guyded or rather giddyed with plaucible eloquence I do not herein condempne neither discomende the noble Science of Rhethorike nor the eloquent Rhethoritian but rather wishe that excellent skill to be employed onlye on such matters as may both commende the speaker and the thing spoken or the writer and the thing written hauing alwayes the cheefe respect to tyme place For as it would sounde verye absurde to the eares of the skilfull Musitian to heare a gallyard or any other daunce playde on the solemne Organs So no lesse contrarie is it to daunce after an Hymn or other cunning voluntarie Thus gentle Reader I desyre at thy handes that thou accept the matter beare with my crabbed meeter Considering well that often tymes is founde good graffes vppon a Crab tree stocke Take then the fruite and accepte my good will. And if

That cyuill Sworde long tyme had bred And calmed eke the warlyke toyle wherewith this Realme but earst was fed Our thraldome then shee did remoue And freedome sent from God aboue The houses wayne that long had beene At deadly foode for regall throne Of Lancaster and Yorke I meane were then by God conioynde in one This Mariage made Sir Mars geeues place And eche man thankt God for his grace But he that doth all thinges foresee And knowes the sequell of the same Knewe that a Braunche of that same tree Shoulde bring forth fruite of endlesse fame And yelde such sapp as should delyghte The Heauens and eke eche English wyght The natall day by Gods decree Approched on with luckie speede When as the blossome of this tree Should shewe the fruite of happie seede Whereat both heauen and earth reioyce and shewe the same with cheerefull voyce The fower vertues myght you viewe Descend from Heauen in Golden Cloude And to beholde the heauenly crewe that ioyed this birthe with voyce full loude Did sounde suche tryumphes in the skyes That through the worlde rounde it flyes Then Iustice tooke the Diadem That shee her selfe was wont to weare Her Ballaunce eke and ioyned them whereby shee wonts eche cause to heare And yeldeth them vnto his grace In equitie to run hys race When Iustice had her selfe thus yelde Came Fortitude with cowrage stoute And deckte this Babe with Sworde shyelde To conquere all the raging rowte That shoulde attempt or take in hande His princely power to withstande Then Temperance and Prudence eke So decked there his sacred mynde As neuer earst was seene the lyke Such grace from God to him was synde For Solon there did yelde his fame And Salomon eke did the same The Muses all obeysaunce made And echeone gaue a Lawrell crowne Sir Mars did there him selfe disgrade And yeldeth vp his large renowne This Prince did Ioue himselfe ordaine In endlesse fame on earth to raygne And though he were a seconde sonne yet God foresawe what shoulde ensue The Royall race that he should run Ere he was borne ryght well he knewe And in the wombe did him appoint with sacred Oyle and king annoynt When tract of tyme had brought this Prince Unto the age of eyghteen yeres His raygne began in this prouince whose noble courage then appeares That English hartes great ioy did make And forayne Foes then gan to quake ¶ Of Prince Henries towardlynes in the tyme of his Minoritie AS this noble Prince grewe in age so he encreased in vertue and princely demeanure Using suche exercises as was commendable in so noble a personage wherein he excelled all other of his tyme As in Learning Rydyng and martiall feates In so muche that when he was the onely hope of this Realme he was no lesse feared of forreine foes then entierly loued of his owne countrey men And had he not set the feare of God before his eyes with speciall regarde of obedience towardes his Father no doubt but he had bene seduced by the wicked suggestions of faccious flatterers that often tymes inueagled him to take vppon him the gouernaunce of this Realme his Father being alyue As he him selfe hath reported after he came to the Crowne But he alwayes abhorred their vngodly instigations At last it pleased God to call his Father from the Earth to dwell with him in Heauen when he had raygned 23. yeres And then this royall Prince his sonne succeded him in this Realme as hereafter foloweth ¶ King Henry the eyght being proclaimed king of Englande the xxii day of Aprill 1509. goeth to the Tower of London BEholde the happie day at hande For him to weare the Regall crowne Whereby to rewle this noble lande And wield the same with high renowne Which was declarde by Tromp of Fame That all Europa hearde the same Unto this blast of golden sounde Did forrein Princes bende their eares The noyse to heauen eke did rebounde That Englandes Foes then quake in feares And frendes vnto the English Roye with clapping handes gan shewe their ioye Then as the auncient custome was To London Tower is he brought With Regall porte he so did passe That all men ioyde in worde and thought His countinaunce of Regaltie shewde forth a kingly Maiestie So that if thousandes in his way had right resemblance of his face Yet euery man myght iudge and saye Lo this is hee God saue his grace He did the rest excell so farre as doth the Sunne the dimmest Starre Within this noble Castle nowe This Royall king his seat hath take Whose speciall carke and care is howe In order good his Realme to make His whole desire and studye is for to reforme that was amisse Where Prudence rules with good foresyght The common wealth doth prosper well Where wisedome guydes eche thing aright Thear Commons seeldome do rebell But serue their Prince with loyall hartes And nothing slack to do their partes The stately porte that Princes beare With Iustice ioynde ryght to mayntaine Both holdes the Subiect in due feare And trewe allegeance doth rem ayne This king did his affaires so frame As made men feare and loue his name ¶ Of the Coronation of king Henry the viii IF Fame foresawe what woulde ensue As well as thinges forepast Shee woulde not rashly sentence geeue In blowing vp her blast Ne woulde shee iudge eche tryumph then at first for to excell But that another might succeede to beare away the bell What meanst thou Fame in auncient tyme to call the learned trayne To paynt the Pageaunts that were shewde when Caesar gan his raygne And cause them then with painfull toyle the same so to commende As though it neuer shoulde take foyle but last vnto thé ende If thou hadst knowne as now thou doest Of this moste happie day I doubt not but thou wouldste haue causde their painfull Pennes to staye Yet is this thing not so far past but that thou maist reclayme If thou recant thy former blast by calling backe againe Reuoke therefore thy rashe exployt whereat I must needes grudge And when thou hast perpended well Thy selfe shalt be the Iudge And plainly see that Caesars gestes Ne his tryumphing fame Nor yet his blased pompouse daye was equall with this same Against the tyme this pierles Prince The stately towne shoulde passe That London hight whose gorgious stretes So richely decked was That Rome whereof so many write In pompe for to excell Was neuer yet adornde so braue Nor furnisht halfe so well More lyke a pleasant Paradice That noble Citie seemde Then lyke a place of earthie moulde As men might well haue deemde So sumptuously the stately streates were deckt with euery thing As though that Ioue from heauen were come to be their earthly king So ioyde men in this Royall Prince when he his Crowne should take That Sorroes all were set to sleepe and solace did awake The worthie Pageaunts that were shewde My Pen cannot discharge And to descrybe the same aright will fill a

eke my Courte a Pallas meete Wherein my wretched corps for aye must lye Wo worth those subiectes that aspire so highe To rule the Prince whome they ought to obay Such subiectes rule hath purchast my decaye ¶ Now that I haue passed thorow these tragicall histories of the. ii kinges of Scottes I will returne to the declaration of the ioyfull meeting of the kinges of Englande and Fraunce betweene Callis and Bullaine whiche was in the yeare of our Lorde 1532. And althoughe there was a solemne meetyng betweene the Kynges of these sayde Realmes and also betweene the Emperoure and Kyng Henrie in the yeare of oure Lorde 1520. Yet because my Anothor was not there to note anye thing more then is already mentioned by Halle in his Cronicle and was present at this that foloweth I haue vsed his enstruction herein referring thee to the aforesayd Cronicle to reade of the other whereas it is very well described ¶ Howe King Henry and the King of Fraunce met together betweene Calice and boloigne by a place called Morguison 1532. My glauncing Pen nowe glyded ys From Mars his bluddie broyle And eke my muse desyres to rest a whyle in frindships soyle As way warde warre bereues the breath of many worthie wyghtes So frindly peace preserues the lyues of noble valyant knyghtes And Tully doth preferre that peace which grounded is on yll Before the warre whose quarell ryght The blood of man doth spill In faithfull league of frindships force where Princes knitt the knot Unto those realmes whyle it doth last is sure a happie lott The Princes sleepe is not vnsounde For doubt of forraine foes The Souldiérs werye wounded limmes to rest do then repose The Marchant sendes hys hoysed sayles the surging Seas to sheare Which scowreth through the wandring waues deuoyde of doubtfull feare The publyke state of common wealth then lyues in quyet rest So that recourse from sundrie soyles 〈◊〉 worke all for the best 〈◊〉 ●●●ey helpeth other then and what one lande doth want Another doth supply the same no needefull thinges are scant And the through concorde sclender thinges to 〈◊〉 great encrease 〈◊〉 d●corde both consume as fast men set vs praye for peace Which causeth worldly wealth to ryse 〈◊〉 ●●●●dly 〈◊〉 to flowe As ●horher hath contrarye force and makes wealth ebbe as lowe Nowe 〈◊〉 that long tyme had sought to kni●●● within her bande The king of Fraunce vnto the noble King of this oure lande Fo●nde o●● a tyme conuenient and eke indifferent place Whereas these noble Princes bothe together myght embrace To treate of faithfull frindships lore with one consent they meere Where they with ioye and tryumphes greate eche other then do greete The thing that bothe Realmes long desyrde at that tyme myght you viewe The order of which ioyfull sight hereafter doth ensue ¶ The declaration of the meeting of these two noble kinges at the place aboue mencioned ALthough there was bluddie warre and mortall hatred betweene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce in the fifth yere of this kings raigne in whiche yere the king of Englande wan from the Frenche men the towne of Turwin and the great citie of Turnay as is before declared yet for the concluding of a perfect peace betweene bothe the Realmes the same yere a Mariage was made betweene the king of Fraunce and the Ladye Marye sister vnto the king of England but shortly after the saide king of Fraunce dyed and the Duke of Suffolke maryed the Queene his wyfe A peace also was concluded betweene the young king of Fraunce and the king of Englande And within a whyle the Citie of Turnay was rendred vnto the Frenche king For the whiche he shoulde paye to the king of Englande a notable summe of Money But this amitie did not long continue for the Frenche king refused to paye his tribute to the king of England and also detayned the Queenes dowrie And moreouer caused all Englishemens goodes to bee arrested at Burdeaux whereupon the Frenchemens goods were arrested at London and they cast in Prison But in fine in the xix yere of the king his raigne a generall peace was proclaymed betwene the kinges of Englande and Fraunce during bothe their lyues And defyaunce sent vnto the Emperour from bothe the kyngs and a great power sent into Italy againste the Emperour who then warred with the Pope and constayned him to take a Castell wherein he remained as prisoner vntill the Armyes that the kinges of Englande and Fraunce had expelled the Emperours power out of that parte of Italye The circumstance whereof ys very largely declared by Sleydon This peace taken betweene the kinges of Englande and Fraunce continued a good whyle vnuiolate In whiche meane-tyme the Ambassadour Ledger of Fraunce that then laye in London grewe in suche fauour with kynge Henry that he was often tymes admitted to sit in presence with the king This Ambassadour made humblesuite vnto the kinges grace that hee woulde vouchesaue to meete with the kynge of Fraunce his Master in some conuenient place to salute eche other declaring that it woulde bee an occasion to knitt them togeather in the insoluble knott of perfect frindship and amitie Whereunto the king of Englande willingly condiscended and agreed And the rather because the Frenche king appointed to haue met with the Pope at Marsiles by meanes wherof king Henry hoped that the Frenche king might perswade the Pope to some conformitie in the controuersie of his deuorce from the Ladye Katherin wherefore he requested the sayde Ambassadour so to informe the kynge of Fraunce his Master which he nothing slacked to do And in conclusion a tyme was appointed when these twoo noble kinges shoulde meete by a place called Morguison whiche is betweene two greate hilles and the midway betwixt Callice Boloigne According to the apointment the king of Englande set forwarde and came to Callice The Frenche king lykewise lay at Bolloigne and on the appointed day they bothe met by the sayde place called Morguison with a noble trayne of Dukes Earles Lordes Knightes Gentlemen on both sydes And while these noble Princes embraced eache other a Bishop of Fraunce threwe off a cast of great Hawkes called Sakers which Hawkes being cast off killed a Kyte ouer the kinges heades to the great pleasure of bothe the kinges Then passed they forwarde with Princely pastymes vnto the towne of Boloigne where was greate preparation and noble tryumphes to entertaine and welcome the King of Englande When king Henry had passed certaine dayes at Boloigne with moste royall solace and pleasure he Inuited the King of Fraunce to the lyke at his graces towne of Callice who in lyke maner came vnto Callice with king Henry where as his former entertainment vnto the king of Englande his trayne was noblye acquyted And whyle these two royall Kinges were thus at Callice the king of Heraldes came vnto king Henries grace declaring vnto him that according to the auncient custome and also being parcell of hys othe he