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england_n	john_n	king_n	lord_n	19,972	5	4.1650	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02935	The first booke of the preseruation of King Henry the vij. when he was but Earle of Richmond, grandfather to the Queenes maiesty compiled in English rythmicall hexameters.		1599 (1599)	STC 13076; ESTC S116380	30,171	107

Knight to the Duke his whole minde wofuly distrest Plainely without any guile or dissimulation exprest Lastly by perswasions this wise Duke rul'd by the Counsell Of good Iohn Chewlet who this Earles state knew to be feebel Sent Peter Landoyse chiefe Treasurer only the foresaid Embassadors to delay that th' Earle might safely be conuai'd Vnto the Sanct'ary there which was with speede then efected Which so delighted his heart that his health there quickly reuiued Like as an Hart in a chace that is hurt or pincht with a greyhound Similie Bounceth away on a maine and runnes most swiftly to get ground Yer that he should b'imbost fro the greyhound speedily doth get And priuy lewnes in a brake imbaies himselfe in a thicket There to recouer his hurt So this Earle escapte from a daunger Liu'd in a place priuiledg'd his former health to recouer Would to God euery Prince that ruleth in euery Kingdome Would be so rul'd by the good wise counsell and by the wisdome Of plaine trouth-speakers and also that euery Courti'er Would not aledge any lyes to the Prince to defame on another Now to my matter againe When these Embasadors perceiu'd they were so deluded Grafton fol. 739. Edw 4. Both of an Earle their prey and of gould freely deliuer'd Tould Peter Landoyse their king would take it in ill part They to retorne so deceiu'd of their Earle and mony homeward But Peter Landoyse assured them that he should be Safe in a sanct'ary kept which they would warily foresee Or to be streightly detein'd in a safer custody forthwith So they neede not at all to doubt or feare any mischiefe They pacifi'd by the meanes of Landoyse curteus answere Thought it a folly to stay in Brittain Realme any longer But willed Landoyse to the Duke their duty remembring Those promises to be kept their leaue there then fuly taking Who promised that he would So these Embasadors sail'd thence and landed in England Grafton fol. 755. Edw. 4. And there tould to the King each chiefest point of his arrand Who when he heard their speach perswaded partly by reason How that he should be detein'd there safe or safe in a prison He not at all fearing th'intendment of fory persons Shew'd himselfe as a Prince more bountiful vnto the Commons And liberal to the poore But time his course hath time staylesse daiely doth happen Sentences With swift breach curelesse with gould not againe to be gotten O wauering fortune when thou seem'st most to be smiling Poeticè Mutabil intendment meanest and mischievus ending Euery time hath an end O worldly varietie neuer Knowne to remaine constant What is here that permaneth euer For stout king Edward when he found himselfe to be sore sick And when he thought that he was in a manner past any physick Streight to the Queenes kindred did send on away in a poste-hast Grafton fol. 760. fol. 761. Edw. 5. Vnto the Lord Riuers whom he knew to be firme to be stedfast And to the Lord Hastings Lord Chamberlaine then of England And to the Lord Marquesse whom she first had by her husband Named Sir Iohn Gray which was made knight in a battell Fought at Saint Albons and there was slaine who did excell In valor of Knighthood Willing them to repaire to the Court with speedines eftsoones And to resort to the King for diuers and many reasons VVho to the Court in al hast did come who courtly saluting Were resaluted againe on another semblably greeting Euery Lord that came to the Courte by the King his apointment VVent to the Kings presence When he saw them there to be present He took them by the handes though inward panges with a sorrow Greatly molested his hart and vnderset with a pillow Spake to them as foloeth My Lordes and kynsmen your presence hartily welcom King Edwards last will or admonition to the Queene his children and Nobility Whose frendshippes I found more sure to me than a kingdom My life is but a blast I feele death woful aproching And I reioyce that I haue my freendes here at my departing My body wasteth away I fynd my self to be feebel Also my blud to decay I feele my self but vnabel For to pronounce many wordes Therefore my Lordes to me listen Concord in friendship be faythfull vnto my chyldren And to my Sonne your Prince I charge you for to be loyall Safe to preserue his Grace to defend this Realme vniuersall For the Cicil tyrrants could find no greater a torment Then cruel enuy that hagge which fosters deadly reuengement Seneca in Epist lib. 14. Marcus Agrippa declar'd that small thinges daily by concord Eftsoones grow to be great and great thinges fondly by discord Quickly declyne to ruine Plutark in reg Apo. theg Stob. ser 82. That graue ould sapient Scyllurus nam'd Chironensis Fowre score sonnes who begate when he lay sick thus did he publish Euery one deare sonnes in his hand here take but an arrow And break them forthwith Which they did speedily But now Each on a sheafe of shaftes my sonnes take forcibly break them Which to do each did asay but could not Then with a solemne Similie Speach thus he spake As you could not them break So my children Trew fyrme and constant coniunction of many brethren No body can dissolue Therefore liue frendly together If so be you seperate your selues each one from an other Then shall your enemies as a prey snatcht vp of a Tyger You disagreeing so with a small force easily conquer So my beloued Lordes if you by malicius enuy Shall fall at variaunce which of you standes in a safety Prosperus are Kingdomes publick weales statefuly florish Sentence Where States concording do perfect amity stablish But when a Realme disagrees that Realme is seene very seldom Long to remaine a Monarche For certaine euery Kingdome Hatefuly disseuered fayth and tranquillity wanting Turned is vp side downe ruinus disconsolat ending Hate doth a Realme ruinate Therefore my Lordes I beseech you Euery one to be frendes my precepts duly to follow Euery Lord by the hand there present tooke on an other Who did apeare to be frendes though their heartes were far asunder And then he spake to the Queene sore greev'd who mournefuly looking Teares from hir eyes gusht forth as bubbling blobbes from a welspring Farewell dearly belov'd your children charily cherish See them well to be bred with good and singular aduise And you my children be dutiful vnto the mother Vse these your kinsmens counsayle in stead of a father For litel yong children should wisely be rul'd by the counsayle Of wity graue Senators whose fame and vertue doth excell And with a sorroful hart his children sadly beholding Stretched his hand to them all these same wordes faintily speaking God blesse you children farewell Lordes dearly beloued Who with trickling teares sad sighing wofully mourned And then he held vp his handes to the Lord his mercy beseeching And to receiue