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A31597	The present vvarre parallel'd, or, A briefe relation of the five yeares civil warres of Henry the Third, King of England with the event and issue of that unnaturall warre, and by what course the kingdome was then setled againe / extracted out of the most authenticke historians and records.	Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.	1647 (1647)	Wing C1846; ESTC R36298	18,912	26

Earle of Leicester and the Earle of Glocester because his Excellency minding his own private more then the publique good of his fellow Rebels without any respect had to his adjutants ingrosses all to himself disposes of the Royall prisoners at his own pleasure seized on the revenues of the Crown and composition of Delinquents for his own use whereas they had privately agreed before Ea omnia aquâ sorte inter eos dividenda fore In briefe he shared all places of power and profit betweene himselfe his sonnes and his allies Whereat Glocester as good a man as he stomackt and fell off with his followers to the Prince who by this time disponente domino clavigero carcerum every thing working for the King had made his escape out of prison at Hereford for being allowed by his keepers to aire himself sometimes on horse back in the town meadow after he had tyred two or three at length he mounts a speciall fleet Nag and putting spurs custodibus valedixit and came safe to Wigmore Castle where the Lord Mortimer lay with his forces raised for the King so marcht on with a great power taking in as they went some strong garrisons of the rebels plunder'd their houses drave their cattel c. Here the warre grew hot each side fortifying towns and houses plundering and driving all round about to store the garrisons Mens houses which were wont to be their own castles were now made castles but the owners were least Masters all left to the mercy of the rude souldier the poor Countrymans dwelling house pillaged every where and searcht * usque ad lectorum stramentum to the very bedstraw nor onely mens houses but even Gods houses the very Churches were not free from the prophane hands of plunderers the high wayes lay unoccupied no passing from town to town without danger of robbing When the Prince the Earle of Glocester the Earle of March with the reliques of the royal army were united and well ordered they resolved to give his Excellency the Earle of Leicester bat●ell At Evesham in Worcestershire by a speedy and unexpected march they came upon him The Earle seeing himselfe engaged to fight gave order that his own coat-armour should be put upon the King who was then a prisoner in the Army and that the King for the safety of his person forsooth should be placed in the front of the battell that so if the battell went against him the King might be aimed at as Generall and his Excellency thereby make his escape But the King at first charge called out to the loyall army that he was their King and so was preserved yet not without the losse of some of his own being wounded by a javelin as well as his subjects blood the battell was very violent and went sore against the Rebels at length the Earle himselfe the head of this Rebellion was cut off at the instant of whose death there happened such extraordinary lightening thunder and thicke darkenesse that it struck a generall horrour and amazement into the hearts of the Rebels as if the King of Kings would now at last visibly revenge the Kings quarrell or as if they had seen Gods immediate hand against them as once against Corah and the 250. Assembly men Numb. 16. v. 35. for the like rebellious practises In this signall Battell were slaine besides the Earle and his sonne sixteen Lords and Knights and about ten thousand more of the Rebells part The Earles Corps was strangely though not undeservedly handled by the people who were so inraged against him the chief actour and authour of their so much mischiefe and misery that in despight of him they lopt off his head hands feet and privie members and sent them in scorn for tokens to severall places his body was buried in Evesham Church Notwithstanding this there were many ignorant people who had been by specious pretences abused and seduced to that side that were of opinion for a long time after that he died a Martyr because it was in defence of their holy as they thought but indeed impious Covenant and Oath Two of the Earles sonnes were at the same fight taken Prisoners not long after they made an escape out of Prison but could not escape Gods vengeance on Rebells for in France In miseriis dies suos finiverunt The Countesse being banished died a Nunne in France All the Earls Honours and Possessions were conferred upon Edmond Earle of Lancaster the Kings second son And thus ended this great fiery Meteor in a stench Thus fell ou● English Catalin● as M. Cambden stiles him a man in show faire and honest but indeed Vir pravo ingenio profundâ perfidiâ of a perverse disposition and treacherous beyond any mans suspition after his Soveraigne had heaped upon him many high favours as the Earledom of Leicester and that high and honourable office of Lord high Steward and to endear him the more had given him his own Sister in marriage In token of thankfulness he doth his utmost endeavour to diminish the Kings known authority to subject him to the wills of his Subjects to pull down Monarchicall government and set up a factious Oligarchy and all under that faire common pretence of restoring Religion to its purity and the People to their Liberty The King thus happily preserved and almost miraculously all things considered set at liberty about a Month after calls a Parliament at Winchester no more at London untill it was more loyall and lesse tumultuous where by a full Convention it was enacted That all Statutes and Ordinances made by the former Parliament called the wood or mad Parliament should be repealed and all writings and bonds then sealed by the King for observing the sam● should be cancelled and made void That the City of London ob suam Rebellionem for this her Rebellion should be deprived of all her ancient Priviledges and Liberties and the Ring-leaders of them juxta voluntatem ipsius Regis plecti to suffer such punishment as his Majesty was pleased to inflict Et ditiores Civitatis in carcerem truderentur saith Matth. Westm. Pro eo quod Simoni in Regis contemptum etiam damnum Regni fortiter adhaeserint that the wealthier Citizens should be cast in prison because they had in contempt of his Majesty and great dammage and mischief of the Realm assisted the Earle Furthermore it was there enacted that all such as had favoured the Rebels were they now in prison or at large should forfeit all their estates Afterward the King marcht with a great power to Windesore resolving as the fame then went to destroy the whole City of London Many of the Rabble and wild Commoners saith Fabian were as resolved to defend the City against him but the wiser sort thought better to become humble petitioners for their pardon of what was past then to incense his Majestie any farther and to that end drew up an humble Petition and presented it to the King but