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The true and vvonderfull history of Perkin VVarbeck, proclaiming himselfe Richard the fourth
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Gainsford, Thomas, d. 1624?
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1618
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of these hurliburlies came ouer Embassadours from the French King who must be answered he grew somewhat perplexed againe till shaking off all the hindrances of his amasement he fell to practise and orderly performances Whereupon he called his Councel together they without any great difficulty determined the busines in this manner To attend vpon the Scots Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey a puissant and politike Captain prisoner at the ouerthrow of King Rich. the 3. and within two yeares set at liberty and after Iohn Lord Dinham made high treasurer of England was appointed to muster the forces of the Countie Palatine of Durham the borders round about so atteÌ„d that seruice To represse the Western Rebels the Lord Dawbney with his whole power prepared for Scotland was recalled to march against theÌ„ wheresoeuer they encamped to look vnto France Calice and Guisnes with the Garisons were much augmented and prouided for To preuent Flaunders the Nauy was prepared the Staples for the Merchants setled To keep Warbeck from comming into England ioining with the Rebels the whole nobility combined themselues especially the earle of Essex Lord Montioy who came of purpose to London to offer their seruice to his Maiesty so all places were looked vntâ— with a vigilant eye manned with strength of soldiers and to answere the Embassadors of Charles the French King he sent honourable persons to receiue them and conueigh them to Douer and there a while to detaine them till some of these tumults and rebellions were extinguished and suppressed which indeed was so wisely and politikely handled that none of the Embassadors were troubled so much as with the rumors of these commotions But see the horror of despight and with what a contracted brow misfortune can looke vpon Kings themselues so that a man may well say to this Rebellion as Ouid did to Cupido in his first booke of Elegies Sunt tibi magna puer nimiumque potentia regna Cur opus affectas ambitiose nouum For as these Rebels and Cornish men departed from Wels they entertained for their chiefe Captaine Iames Twichet Lord Audley whose countenance and authoritie in the Countrie strengthened them much For by this occasion they went without intermission to Salsbury and so to Winchester and from thence into Kent hoping for further and further assistance but they were deceiued in their expectation For the Earle of Kent George Lord Aburgaueâ—y Iohn Brooke Lord Cobham Sir Edward Poinings Sir Richard Guilford Sir Thomas Burchier Sir Iohn Pechy William Scot and many others with a well mustred army were not only ready to defend their Countrie from al mischiefe and destruction but determined to offend them in their facinorous attempts and preiudiciall intrusion which loialtie somewhat rebated the forwardnesse of the Cornish-men and they began to suspect themselues being so farre from their Countrie and remote from any supply Notwithstanding loth to disâ—earten their spirits with any depressing humor they cast away all doubts and presuming on their owne strength and forces as also animated by their leaders and conductors they were now asmuch exasperated against the Kentish-men for deceiuing their assistance as against the King for vsurping their liberty swearing reuenge against both In which â—age and heat of repining they came as farre as Black-Heath within foure mile of London and tooke a field in an arrogant ouer-daring manner on the top of an hill supposing all things consortable to their arrogancy and deceiuable hopes because as yet they passed and repassed without fighting or strong encounters But alas Blanditiae Comites tibi erunt terrórque furorque and they were abused with a vale of ignorance and couering of obstinacy For the King disposed of his affaires with great policie and circumspection not determining to giue them battaile or exagitate them at all till he had them farre from their proper dwellings and flattering friends till they were in despaire of reliefe and wearied with long and tedious iournies till their treasure was spent their vitaile consumed and prouision failing till their company dropped from them like rotten hangings on a moistned wall and their whole designes and expectation quite disanulled and then when he imagined their soules vexed with the terror of a guiltie conscience their fury asswaged with compunction and penitency their spirits daunted with repentance and remorse and all their army affrighted with madnesse and doubtfull extacies would he set vpon them and in some conuenient place circumuent and inuiron them to his owne best aduantage and their irrecouerable damage and destruction As for the Citie of London I cannot but remember and compare it vnto Rome both when Hannibal passed the Alpes to threaten the Monarchy being yet farre off himselfe and also Marius and Silla couered her fields with armed men and trampled on the bosome of their Countrie with ambitious steps and cruell feet of vsurpation then spake the Poet in this manner Quoties Romam fortuna lacessit Hâ—c iter est bellis gomitu â—ic quisque latenti Non aufuâ—timuisse palam Vox nulla dolori Credita There was chaining the streetes shutting vp the shops making strong the gates doubling the watches hiding their treasure cries feares terrors and euery one more disturbed for the losse of his priuat goods then the encuÌ„brances of the Common-wealth Here was mustering of soldiers watching all day in armor staccadoing the riuer filling the streets with companies of horse and foot cutting down the Bridge locking vp their dores shutting the Gates and what else named before to be put in practise with aduantage of many peeces of ordnance both in Southwarke and the Suburbs and the strength of the Tower which they knew was reserued for the King himselfe Notwithstanding such was the instabilitie of the Citizens being a little disturbed from their quietnesse and rest their dainties and ease their banquetings and meetings their feasts and sumptuousnesse their pastimes and pleasures that they rather complained on the King and his Councell for the first occasion of these tumults then exprobrated the rebell for ingratitude and disobedience But the King without further disputing against their peeuishnesse or laying open the abuses of such refractary people deliuered them of this feare For he presently sent Iohn Earle of Oxford Henry Burchier Earle of Essex Edmond de la Poole Earle of Suffolke Sir Rice ap Thomas Humphrey Stanley and other worthy martiall men with a company of Archers and horsemen to enuiron the Hill where the Rebels were encamped round about Him-selfe with the maine battaile and forces of the Citie much ordnance and great prouision tooke St. Georges field where on a Friday at night he quartred himselfe and on the Saterday very early in the morning he poasted Lord Dawbney to Dertford who by breake of day gat the bridge of the Strand in despight of resisters which manfully defended it a while shooting arrowes a full yard long and demeaning themselues like scholerly and eloquent
my grand-father Direck Orsbeck after whose decease my grand-mother married Peter Flamine Receiuer of Tourney Deane of the boat-men ouer Lescheld my mothers father was called Peter De Faro which kept the keyes of St. Thomas gate within the said towne I had also an vnckle Mr. Iohn Statime of St. Pias Parish with whom I dwelled very young hee married mine aunt Iane and brought me vp very well yet my mother not contented as being very chary of mee had mee to Antwerp to leaâ—â—e Flemish more exactly to a kinsman of my fathers Iohn Steinbeck with whom I remained a full halfe yeare but by reason of the wars I returned to Tourney where I was placed with Mr. Barlo who within another yeere carried me to the mart at Antwerp where I fell sicke awhile and so was boorded in a Skinners house much conuersant with the English nation whereby I learnt the language as you see From thence I went to Barrow mart lodged at the old man Afterward Mr. Barlo left me at Middle-borough with Iohn Strew a Merchant who first made me beleeue I was better then I was From Antwerp I sailed into Portugall with my Lady Brampton in a ship called the Queenes ship serued a Knight in Lichborne called Don Peter Las de Cogna who had but one eye yet the manner of his behauiour and order of his house made mee tarry a yeere Then Pregent Meno a Brittaine carried mee into Ireland and either commanded so by my Lady Margaret who as shee said was my aunt or proiecting something for his own priuate would needs perswade me I was a Plantaginet of the house of Yorke For when I arriued in Corck because I was somwhat haÌ„dsomly apparrelled they would needs bestow vpon me the title of the E. of Warwick sonne to George Duke of Clarence formerly in Ireland which Iohn Le Wellin the Maior maintained and for as much as my deniall was contrary to their expectation they brought me to the crosse and made me sweare which I did disclaiming him or any of his kinred vntill Stephen Poitron with Iohn a Water came vnto me as resolued I was King Richards bastard-sonne then in the hands of the King of England perswading mee not to bee afraid or daunted at any thing For they would ayd me assist me euen to the obtaining the crowne of England yea they knew of their owne knowledge the Earles of Desmond and Kildare were ready to aduenture their liues and estates for my sake After this they carried mee into Flanders to Lady Margaret Regent and Duches of Burgundy who preuailed so far with me that I took vpon me the person of Richard Duke of Yorke second sonne of King Edward the fourth and so with reasonable preparation I returned backe againe into Ireland where the sayd Iohn a Water Stephen Poinings Iohn Tiler Hubert de Brough the foresayd Earles and many others entred with mee into a dangerous rebellion and I was proclaimed by them Richard the fourth From hence the King of France sent for me by Loyte Lucas and Stophen Frian but making peace with England he left me to my fortunes Then I sayled into Flanders where my supposed Aunt made more of me then before so I attempted England but was driuen backe againe into Flanders from whence I went into Scotland and from thence againe into Ireland and so into England When the people had heard him out they wondred both wayes at the matter and stood as it were confounded betwixt shame and indignation If it were a coâ—lusion to thinke how grossely the Kingdome and some of the best therein yea many Kingdomes had beene abused with such an imposture to the prosecuting seuerall â—acinorous actions and disturbance of the peace and tranquility of the Common-wealth If it were not so and that for feare of life hee confessed the contrary being the true Plantaginet and a Prince borne to so great a fortune then they wondred if any man could bee so base as to deiect himselfe to such ignominy and opprobrious disgraces when to die had been honorable to sell ones life in the field far better then to plead on a scaffold where the many changes must needs distract him and make a poore soule neither fit for life nor death But whatsoeuer he was they could not chuse but deplore his estate and misfortune as naturally and ordinarily all men are bemoaned in aduersity especially such an one that was so forward in the race and iourney to Maiesty and pulled backe so often by the sleeue and turned with a fury into the house of desolation and dungeon of disconsolate wretchednesse when to haue perished at once had beene a fauour of death and fortune indeede according to our Poet Mitins ille perit subita qui mergitur vnda Quam sua qui liquidis brachia lassat aquis When the King had this way satisfied himselfe and pleased the people as he thought hee made no more adoe but to preuent inconueniences clapt him in the Tower from whence he escaped not vntill hee was carried to Tiborne and there swallowed vp by the neuer satisfied paunch of Hell for his former abuses and intolerable wickednesse which hapned very shortly after For iust at this instant a roguish Augustane Frier called Patricke on the borders of Suffolke after Peter Warbecks example taught a poore scholler one Ralph Wilford to take vpon him the title of the Earle of Warwicke as yet in the Tower of London but supposed to escape as corrupting his keepers intimating the glory of the action and the brauery of such an enterprize wherein who would be so base and cowardly as not aduenture his life and put in practise any designe to attaine to a Diadem especially by so easie meanes as personating a Prince and assuming the title of the next heire to the crowne And when some of his better vnderstanding friends laid open the danger impossibility of the attempt with the odiousnes perfâ—diousnes of the Treason he answered the first with one Poet Faâ—naque post Cineres maior venit mihi nomen Tum quoque cum vinis annumerarer erat And the latter with another Si enimiiniustè facere opportet potissimumpropter Imperium ius violandum est alias pium esse conuenit But although this mischiefe was quietly blowne ouer like a weake and thin cloud suddenly dispeirced by a forcible winde For both Master and Scholer were quickly apprehended the one hanged on Shrouetuesday at Saint Tho. Watrings and the Fryar condemned to perpetuall imprisonment yet it left such an impression behinde to the troubâ—â—â—g as a man may say the whole Region of the aire that the King would dally no longer but like the Sunne in his full strength at the next incensing of his maiesty dissolued all such vapours and gaue the law leaue to play her part to the finall extirpation of the very roots of sedition which presently was thus set on worke Peter Warbeck impatient at this