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england_n	king_n	lord_n	normandy_n	2,598	5	10.9032	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43488	Observations vpon historie by W.H., Esq.	Habington, William, 1605-1654.	1641 (1641)	Wing H166; ESTC R20802	24,559	176

if not innocent The least traine of wicked pollicie undermining the firmest edifice of empire That hereafter when the Fathers death shall prepare the passage to the sons government the entry not being violent might bee happie and carrying with it no cloud of sinister practises might shine glorious For the present he intreated that patience which the Divine Law commanded and all humane customes had still observed Withall he perswaded him to tame his wild ambition ambition which if naturall is a sickenesse destroyes the body it possesses if infusive a venome ministered by the most malicious against which there is no antidote but ruine That his association into the Kingdome was not prejudice the present authority of the Father but to confirme the greatnesse of the sonne in future That it was high ingratitude to retribute disobedience for so unexampled a favour But reason forc't by strongest arguments was to weak to prevaile against those many Castles built high in the ayre of his vaine thoughts And seeing his desires batter'd by his fathers just resolutions when he expected no resistance pride perswaded him to seeke remedie abroade and to force what he could not intreate Suddenly therefore hee conveyes himselfe and all his passions to King Lewis of France whose daughter he had married but never bedded King Henry the Father carefully providing against the consummation of those Nuptialls least his Sonne might by the alliance increase in power and dependencies But this pollitick barre which divided the young Princes mature for love created rage in the young King disdaine in the Ladie in Lewis discontent but in Queene Aeleanor Henry the fathers wife an impious jealousie For she who in her youth had made forfeite of her honour and in her lust repugnant to Christian Lawes chose a Sarazen for her Lover interpreted this restraint of the young Kings wife to a vicious designe in the old King and that all the cautions pretended were onely with the more artifice and secrecie to secure the fruition of his injurious pleasures And shee seem'd to have ground for her suspitions in the much liberty of his former life which seldome had in his restraint condemn'd that action dishonest which his blood prompted was delightfull This calumnie wrought the old King into the peoples hard censure and brought compassion to the young King whose injuries seem'd of that qualitie as might authorize disobedience So that not onely Lewis of France who as being a Neighbour King was concernd to foment that discord but even many of the subjects to the Crowne of England prepared their Armes for an unnaturall warre The chiefe heads of which Rebellion at home were the Earles of Chester and Leicester who to give their King despaire of any suddaine quiet fortified their Castles and other strong holds with so much Art as if they design'd to perpetuate mischiefe And what encouraged them to danger was beside hopes of greatnes in the change of government confederacie with the King of Scotland by whose power joyn'd to that of France they doubted not either to advance their fortunes by warre or make an honorable retreate by peace For when did unquiet subjects presume to arme without promise of ayde from forraigne Princes And when bad attempts with them proved unsuccessefull what stranger but disavowed all under-hand darke intelligence But the wonder of this mischiefe was that Richard and Geoffrey brothers to the young King entred into this conspiracie as if the blood of Princes had not flowed according to the course of Nature and the eminencie of birth had elevated them above the Lawes of filiall Dutie To wrest justice to either quarrell both betrayd themselves for infamie and rage shot no arrow to wound the others honour but repercussively flew backe Even he who most apparently proved himselfe injured being guilty and no man safe to fame who had best title to defame his enemie So unhappily had nature cimented them that their fortunes and honours could admit no disunion and none could triumph but when part of him was ruin'd The Father amaz'd at the irreligious quarrell forgot not neverthelesse that he was to maime himselfe if he destroy'd his enemie and therefore by most loving addresses courted his Sonnes to more peacefull thoughts He urged them to returne to dutie with confidence that he retain'd a mercie greater than their errour That their demand should end in no deniall provided that Reason gave it moderation and that they would not chide with time which yet enlarged their father life That from their best confederates they could expect nothing but the breach of faith and who could bee more interessed to advance their businesse than a father All other allies onely dissembling friendship to entrap their youth and nourishing this discord to dissolve all the Ligaments of our Empire and purchase safety at the cost of our ruine But no perswasion could humble the young Kings desires his cause now justified by a generall sentence and his Armie increast by an universall confluence of his confederates For into conspiracie of mischiefe how easily are men drawne who value the justice of the quarrell at the rate of their owne profit All the territories belonging to the Crowne of England were now on fire the King of France with the unnaturall sons wasting Normandie and Aquitain the King of Scotland with the disloyall Lords destroying England In the meanetime the innocent people were offer'd a victim to both their furies and the honest labourer forc't to the sweate of warre to obey the passions of those Lords whose quarrell hee understood not So cruell is the fortune of the vulgar that they can make no just account of their owne lives or states when Princes are pleas'd to follow the disorder of their rage For at the expence of the common blood highest discords are maintain'd and at their losse chiefely the ambition of the Mighty is purchast Victory at length brought the old King to the Majestie of a Father and the young King inclin'd to obedience when by overthrow of the King of Scots and the English rebells he found his faction weakned For adversitie hath a more powerfull Oratory than all the wit of Pietie to perswade the proud from their usurped height And seldome can we stoope to confesse our frailty till compel'd by some accidentall weakenesse But the Father had his armes open when ever the Sonne would throw himselfe into his embraces never wanting affection to entertaine humility And concord was thus restored when the Sonne perceiv'd his inabilitie longer to continue impious and the father found that his revenge would be most cruell to his owne Nature The young King was to consummate his marriage with the Daughter of France for in all tragedies the amorous businesse acts a part with an allowance great as the dignity he wore but no Soveraign power For the Father gain'd by this treatie from his Sonne the liberty to live a King All discor'd by this agreement appear'd rooted up when indeede nothing but the branches were

cut downe For no free delivery of all the prisoners taken in the late battle and fully re-invested in their greatnesse no over liberall allowance no solemne protestations of a Father could winne authoritie with the Sonne New disgusts on the least grounds were built by his owne unquiet spirit and the suggestions of cunning instruments For he wanted that absolute power his title challeng'd from which he was debar'd by his fathers life and fortune they who had adherd heard to his disobedience expected recompence for mischeife and hee unable to pay them for their sinnes rewarded their humour with discontent His disease of minde was incapable of cure for no Phificke without the mixture of his Fathers vitall blood could minister releefe that the old King preserved against all practise And to a resignation of Empire no Argument could perswade him not willing to encoffin himselfe in a Church solitude till death enforc't him At length unquiet thoughts destroy'd the young King who disdain'd to live and not to raigne and since he could be onely the mockery of his owne title he was willing not to bee at all For while with his brother Geoffrey he was in armes against his Father and found no successe to his designes a violent fever with a flux seiz'd and admonisht him he was to dye which he entertain'd with little horrour till at last the conscience of his many crimes frighted him with apprehension of that world he was suddenly to travaile to The racke which put his soule to the extreamest torture was the injurie hee had contriv'd against his father which hee redeem'd by humble penitence for the old King sent his signer whether he durst not trust his person and assured his sonne a pardon which gave courage to his death and made him with lesse trouble resolve for his last account Having by his preposterous association into the Soveraigne title created to his father disquiet and repentance and to himselfe onely enlarg'd the shadow The death of Richard the first King of England THe severall parts of humane life are distinguisht by our vices The smoothnesse of youth is tyranniz'd by sensuall pleasure the body growing to more strength ambition engageth to action but when age inclines toward the grave Avarice preposterous to reason forceth man then to reckon upon treasure when death threatens to cancell all the bonds and Out him from the world with no more gaietie than at his birth hee entred Thus are we mockt by our owne sinnes vainely providing for the safetie of life when the tombe layes claime to our wrinckles and infirmitie holds before our eyes Times houre-glasse with the last graine of sand readie to fall downe The soule busying its thoughts with setting long leases when it is suddenly to be turn'd out of its owne weak cottage Richard the first of England varied not from this common path having stain'd his youth with lust honour'd his maturer yeares with triumphs but leaning now toward age permitting Avarice to be night the glory of his former actions And so vainly did this wretched vice mis-governe him that as wandring by the conduct of an ignis fatuus hee followed the acquisition of an imaginary treasure For vvhile he pursued the punishment of some Rebell Lords in Poitou vvho had assisted contrary to alleigance the French Kings affaires during the late vvarres hee vvas inform'd that Widomer a Vicount of base Britaine had possest himselfe of much vvealth fortune unavvares to his endeavours having leade him to a secret cave vvherein foolish Avarice or feare of some sudden surprise had buried vast treasures This severe pursute thrust the distracted Lord into severall passions vvhich councel'd him rather to foregoe his alleigance than his fortune and knovving hovv safe even innocence and integrity are against the assault of povver hee having no such vvarrant fled into Limosin a Country which owed to King Richard no obedience but what his just title and sharpe sword did force and in the strongest towne there hee inclosed himselfe and the purchase of that treasure which created him so many feares and so little safety By the communication of his gold he brought the townesmen into association of his danger for where they are interested in a regard to profit what tye hath fealtie upon the conscience and how little is a life esteem'd when money that supreame felicitie of fooles is concern'd The King disdained thus to be opposed threatning ruine and devastation to that place which could so easily sell its homage and in the heate of rage and power he assaulted it ventring for a poore bargaine the Crowne of England and his principalities in France and Ireland For if his life miscarried in the attempt what interest could death reserve for him to Empire who wanting children despair'd even to survive in that imaginary vanitie But when did passion take advice of truth Or when powerfull Avarice inclined to revenge what reason could give a bound to mischiefe But the Towne resolv'd to oppose since no conquest could bring more desolation than to yeeld to that passion which hath no affinitie with mercie And while the King when violence receiv'd repulse labourd by Art to master the place an envenomed Arrow shot by a revengfull hand strucke him into the shoulder Which wound being drest by a rude unskilfull Surgeon made the anguish insupportable to any man whom rage arm'd not with a new kinde of patience For neglecting all complaint he so seriously used his wit and courage to prosecute his designe that within twelve dayes he brought the towne to yeeld to mercie Where after narrow search hee found the treasure hee so vainely followed a deceitfull vision that misled him to his ruin This conquest finisht he began to acknowledge he was but man for death commanded him away and hee obeyd the summons Then hee found another law to over-rule his spirits and being to appeale from the severity of the eternall Iustice hee laboured in himselfe to practise mercie And in this short intervall betweene the glorious thoughts of life and his last houre hee left his vertue an example to the most religious as his valour had beene an envie in the most ambitious For when the Paracide in a pride of the high mischiefe hee had committed refused to lay fault on errour but impiously aver'd hee did that great sinne to revenge his Father and two brothers slaughtered by the King the King forgave him with so much pietie that hee rewarded even the Executioner and conjured his servants that this unhappie man might enjoy the comfort of his revenge and survive a Trophee of so eminent a mercy But this pious Testament had no obedient Executors the King no longer obey'd than he had liberty from death to command For justice then unsheath'd her sword and least the example of too much favour might afterward become an injurie the Paracide was fleade and hang'd upon a gibbet In the horrid silence of his punishment more effectually expressing his owne treason and the