with the sword at the siedge of â—elphos in Greece Bochas They were the sonnes of Mulmutius Donwallo Belinus brought Denmarke to â—butary to Brittaine they were a paire of worthy broâ—â—â—â— Gâ—rguintus 373. GVrguintus was Belinus first-borne sonne Victoriously he Denmarkâ— ouer-runne â—â—e the vnpeopled Ireland did supply â—eign'd nineteen yeeres a King and then did dye This King gaue leaue to a company of stragling â—â—â—â—ssed Spaniards to possesse themselues in Ireland hee â—â—â— buried at Caerlion Yeeres before Christ. Guinthelinus 456. HE married Merciâ— a renowned Dame From whom the iust â— wise Merâ—â—â—an Statutes came He sixe and twenty yeeres the Scepter swaide And then with honour in his Tombe was laide He was the sonne of Gurguintus he builed Warwick and lyâ—th buried at London Cecilius 330. Kimarus 223. SEuen yeeres Cecilius kept the Regall Chaâ—re Three yeeres Kimarus rul'd as his â—ole Heire The Syre with loue did well and â—ustly reigne His sonne Kimarus was a hunting slaine About this time a sauage people called the Picts beg'd habitation of the King of Scots and liued in the Marâ—â—es betweene England and Scotland Kimarus was a vicious Prince and killed by wild Beasts as hee was hunting he was the sonne of Cecilius Cecilius was buried at Caerlion Elanius 321. ELanius as most Histories agree Was King of Brittaine yeeres iust three times three What Acts he did or what Lawes he decreed They are vnwrit and therefore are vnread Elanius was the sonne of Kimarus Yeeres before Christ. Morindus reigned 8 yeeres 311. THis King Morindus valiant more then wise A rau'ning Monster from the Sea did â—ise Which many people to destruction brought Who kil'd this braue King as he brauely fought He killed the Monster after the Monster had deâ—â—â—red him for he was in the belly of it liuing and found dead with his dagger in his hand Gorbomanus 303. THis King eleuen yeers wore the Brittain crown He founded Cambridge built Grantham Town His subiects peace past Kingdomes he prefer'd Lou'd and bewaiâ—'d at London was inter'd He built the Townes of Cambridge and Grantham Archigalo and Elidurus 392. THese brothers were not Kings both at one time But for extortion an vnkingly crime The Eldest hauing gaind his Subiects hate Depos'd and Elidurus got the State But he not greedy after worldly reigne To Archigalo gaue it vp againe Rul'd tenne yeeres more thus twenty yeeres in all His State Maiesticke did twice rise and fall Archigalo put away from him and reiected the true and ancient Nobility and Gentry and in their roomes was supplyde with the counsels of flatterers and parasites which was his downefall Yeeres before Christ. Elidurus 272. Vigenius Peredurus 270. THen Aâ—chigale beeing dead and gone Good Elidure two yeers kept Brittaines Throne Vigenius Peredurus two yeeres more Thrust Elidure from all the sway he bore But they both dy'd the third time he was crown'd Elidurus 261. And reigned foure yeeres more belou'd renown'd Once subiect twice a slaue and thrice a King Thus Fortunes fauours vp and downe did sling Heere because Hystories make little or â—o mention of any the doings of the Kings from the reigne of Elidurus to King Lâ—â— I thinke it fit onely to insert their names and the times of their reignes with their yeeres before Christ. 258. Gerbonian reigned ten yeeres 248. Morgan foureteene yeeres 224. Emeriaâ—â—s seuen yeeres This King was deposed from alâ—â—â— gall gouernment for his tyranny 227. Iuall twenty yeeres This King was a iust and â—â—â— Prince Yeeres before Christ. 207. Rimo sixteen yeeres His reigne was blest with abundance of Peace and Plenty 191. Geruncius twenty yeeres 171. Catillus ten yeeres Catillus caused all the oppressors of the poore to be hanged vp but since his time they are doubly increased 161. Coylus twenty yeeres A peaceable King and a quiet reigne 141. Porrex fiue yeeres A good Prince 136. Chirimus one yeere Chirimus through excessiue drinking got his death 135. Tulgon two yeeres 133. ELâ—red one yeere Yeeres before Christ. 132. Androgius one yeere 131. Varianus one yeere Varianus giuen all to lust purchsed himselfe a short reigne and it may bee perceiued that all these Princes either by treason or their own bad liues were soon brought to their ends for 25 of them did not reigne aboue 62 yeeres 12â— Eliud fiue yeeres 120. Dedamius fiue yeeres 118. Gurginius three yeeres 115. Merianus two yeeres 113. Blodunus two yeeres 110. Capenus three yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 108. Quinus two yeeres 106. Silius two yeeres 94. Bledgabredus ten yeeres A great louer of Musicke and a good Patron to Musicians 92. Archemalus two yeeres 90. Eldolus two yeeres 88. Rodianus two yeeres 86. Redargius three yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 84. Samullius two yeeres 81. Penisellus three yeeres 78. Pirrhus two yeeres 76. Caporus two yeeres 74. Diuellus foure yeeres A Noble and verâ—nous Prince 70. Hellius one yeere The I le of Ely tooke the nâ—mâ—â—â—tion from this Prince There hee â—â—â—â— a Palace and there he dying was buried Lud reigned 11. yeeres 66. A Long time after Troynouant was fram'd It was by Lud Kair-Lud or Lud-stoâ—s nam'd Yeeres before Christ. â—â—e made it strong with Battlements and Towres â—â—â— against foes inuasiue pow'rs â—â—â—free Stone for Free-men Ludgate hee founded â—â— here freemen wanting freedom are confounded â—â—dy'd and left two Sonnes too young for reigne Therefore his brother did the Crowne obtaine Some Writers doe affirme that this King builded London from Ludgate to London-stone and that the stone â—â—â—â— thereof was called Luds stone Cassibelan 17. yeeres 58. Vâ— dead the nobles crown'd Cassibelan â—â—â— whose reign here the Romanes conquest wan â—â— Iulius Caesar sailed out of France â—in this Land his Eagle did aduance â—â—â—â—â— bold scorn'd base at first to stoope â—â—â— Caesar fled before their warlike troope â— Ciuill warres this Kingdome ouer-runnes â—twixt Cassibelan and Luds two Sonnes â—â—â— they vnnaturall sought each others fall â—â—â— Romanes tooke aduantage conquer'd all Tâ—â—â— Caesar by his high Imperiall doome â—â—â— Britaine Tributary vnto Rome Nemias a valiant Duke of this Kingdome receiued deaths wound of Caesar Yet after that he tooke Caesars â—â—â—nd from him and with the same kil'd Labianus a Romane Tribune and lastly was she field and dyed Caesar â—the Castles of Douer Canterbury and the Tower â—â— London Theomantius 37. THen Theomantius of the royall blood The sole Sonne liuing of his Father Lud â—â—ign'd three and twenty yeeres a King in State â—hose Picture stands on Luds vnlucky gate Yeeres before Christ. Cimbilinus IN this Kings reigne the glorious King of Kings In person came and mans saluation brings When through the world all bloody wars did cease For our soules peace then came the Prince of peace Our Sauiour Iesus Christ was borne his reigne in the 42. yeere of Augustus Caesar then being Emperour of Rome Cimbelinus was the Sonne of Theomantins Guiderius anno Christi 21. THis King and Subiects brauely nobly ioyne To hold from Rome the tributary Coyne But
By whom the Christians all were slaine or vext Constantius was a victorious Prince and triumphed in Rome yet â—â—â—â—uell oppressor and an Arian hereticke 89 Maximinianus 375. NExt Iulian raigned Valentiâ—iaâ— And after him succeeded Grasiâ—â— Maximianus was of life depriu'd 'Cause he with Gratian for the Empire striu'd How like Bauius these tyrants consumed onâ— another these were all Emperours of Rome Kings of Brittaine 90. Gratian. 376. THen Gratian claim'd this Kingdome as his right But hauing gain'd it he was slaine in fight Fierce warres the Romane Empire did deuide And Caesars and their Viceroyes fought and dyde Honorius Romes Tribunall did obtaine Next after him did Theodosius raigne Then did the Scot ioyne with the barbarous pict This headlesse Kinglesse Kingdome to afflict The Romane Scepter we had long obayd Foure hundred eightythree yeeres Tribute payd And now this land shook off their wrongd comand When Ciuill discord had neer spoyl'd this Land In one â—â—â—â—â— the whole nation of the Picts were â—â— Yeeres after Christ. â—â—â—â—â—â—shed about this time the Romanes gouernment â—â—here Gratian was a Brittaine Emperour but someâ—â— 91 Vortiger 447. THis King through murder did the Throne ascend And had a troublous Raigne and murdrous end â—â—â—â—â—â— Constantines lawfull Heyre and Sonne By vortigers false meanes to death was done For which to keepe the Crowne vniustly gain'd The Saxons for his ayde he entertain'd Then Hengâ—st with his Brother Horlus crue â—â— Britaine 's best bloud did their blades embrew King Vortiger with doting loue inthral'd â—atch't Hengists daughter beauteous Rowan cal'd â—â—â— Saxons troopes on troopes came in so fast That Britaines did depriue the King at last Hee murdered his lawfull Prince and vsurping the Throne was enforced to haue ayd of the Saxons who at the â—â— almost ouer-ran this Kingdome but the Brittaines â—â—â—â—ed Vortiger and crowned his Sonne Vortimer 92. Vortimer 454. THen * On the Plaine of Salisbury at Stonching where the Stones are to be seene as this day Vortimer the Sonne of Vortiger Vpon the Saxons made successfull warre Till he by Rowan was by craft o'r-tane From whose false hands he dy'd by poys'nous bane Deposed Vortiger his Sonne once slaine His ill gain'd ill kept Crowne he gain'd againe Hengistus with his Saxon fresh supplies The Plaines of Salisbury did all surprize The King tooke counsell of his Brittaine Lords And all in generall to a Peace accords The Saxons and the Brittaines did agree That at this meeting all vnarm'd should be â—â—xt traitrous Hengist did a watch-word speake Which did the Law of Armes and Honour breake Yeeres after Christ. The Saxons vnsuspected drew forth Kniues Foure hundred threescore Lords all lost their liues All Brittaine Nobles then the Saxons there Surpris'd the King constraining him through feare To giue Kent Sussex Suffolke Norfolke and That Hengist King should in those Lands command But after nineteene yeeres were quite expir'd * The King Queene burnt to death Reuenging Fire the King in 's Castle fir'd And thus the Saxons and Great Hengists Heyres Won Shire to Shire till Brittaine all was theirs Vortiger married his owne daughter to his third wife 93. Aurelius Ambrose 466. IN honour of the Nobles basely slaine This King set vp the Stones on Sarum plainâ— The Gospell with great zeale he dignifi'd Raign'd thirty two yeeres and by poyson dy'd This King was a Romane and brother to Vter Pendragon that succeeded him 94. Vter Pendragon raigned 18 yeeres 498. THis King by Merlins meanes a skilfull man Igrene the Duke of Cornewals Dutchesse wan On her he got though illegittimate The Christian Worthy Arthur stilde the Great Vter Pendragon poysoned by the Saxons after he had reigned 18 yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 95. Arthur 516. OF the nine Worthies was this Worthy one Denmarke and Norway did obey his Throne In twelue set Battels he the Saxons beat Great and to make his Victories more great The Faithlesse Sarazens he ouercame And made them honour high Ichonah's Name The Noble order of the Table round At Winchester his first inuention found Whilst he beyond Sea fought to win Renowne His Nephew Mordred did vsurpe his Crowne But he return'd and Mordred did confound And in the fight great Arthur got a wound That prou'd so mortall that immortally It made him liue although it made him dye Full sixteene yeeres the Diadem he wore And euery day gaind Honour more and more Arthur the great was buried at Glastenbury 96 Constantine the fourth 542. 97 Aurelius Conanus 545. COnstantine was by King Aurelius kil'd Aurelius ' Brittaine thirty three yeeres held Seuen Kingdomes heere at once the Saxons held And slaughter launc'd when proud ambition sweld This Constantine was kinsman to King Arthur and was slaine by Conanus Constantine was a wicked Prince and slaine in battell by his kinsman Conanus when he had reigned neere 3. yeeres Of the tyme of this Aurelius Conanus his reigne there is much variation in Histories Yeeres after Christ. Heere beganne the Heptarchy or 7 Kingdomes iâ— this Land namely Kent South-Saxons West-Saxons East-Saxons Northumberland Mercia and East-Angles which diuision continued more then 600. yeeres be fore it was all vnited into one Monarchy â—â—e names of the Kings times of their reignes and limits of their Kingdomes are hereunder expressed 1 KEnt was only a kingdome which had 17 Kings namely 1 Hengist 2 Eâ—â—â—â—sâ— 3 Octa 4 Ymerick 5 Ethelbert who was the first Christian King of Kent hee was an aydeâ— and helper of Sebert King of the East-Saxons in the famous and memorable buildings of S t Pauls Church in London and Saint Peters at Westminster 6 Eabald 7 Ercombert 8 Eglâ—â—â— 9 Lother 10 Edrick 11 Withred 12 Eaberâ— 13 Edelbert 14 Alick 15 Ethilbert 16 Cuthred 17 Baldred These Kings reigned in Kent 372 yeeres from the yeere of Grace 455. till the yeere 827. 2 The kingdome of the South-Saxons contained the Counties of Suffex and Surrit â—â— continued from the yeere 488. vntill the yeere 601. being 113 yeeres they had three Kingsâ— namely 1 Ella 2 Cissa 3 Ethelwolse a Christian King 4 Berthrum 5 Authum 3 The West-Saxons kingdome whose beginning was in the yeer 519. and ended Annoâ— 166. lasted 561 yeeres hauing 17 Kings namely 1 Cherdick 2 Kenrick 3 Chequilen 4 Cealick 5 Chelwold 6 Kingils a Christian 7 Kenwald 8 Eskwin 9 Kentwin 10 Ceadwald 11 Inas 12 Ethelarc 13 Cuthred 14 Sigebat 15 Kenwolse 16 Brightrik 17 Egbert These Kings had vnder their gouernments the Counties of Cornewall Deuonshire Somersetshire Wiltshire Hampshire and Barkshire 4 The East-Saxons reigned 281 yeeres beginning Anno. 527. and ending in the yeere 827. Their bounds were Essex and Middle-Sex and their Kings were in numberâ— 14 namely 1 Erchenwin 2 Sledda 3 Sâ—â—â—â—â— a Christian King that assisted Ethelbert Yeeres after Christ. King of Kent it in the building of the â—hurches of saint Paul and Saint Peter aforeâ—â—â— 4 Seward 5 Sigebert 6 Sigibert 7 Switheâ—â—â— 8 Sighere 9 Sâ—bba 10 Sigherd 11 Seoâ—â—l
eldest daughter to Henry the 7. from whom our graciâ—â—â— soueraigne is â—ineally descended Henry the eight An. Dom. 1509. FRom both the Lines and both the Ioynes did spring Of York Lancaster this mighty King Katherine that was his brothers wife of late He tooke to wife and crown'd her Queene in state Empson and Dudley lost their heads at Tower For racking the poore Commons by their power Warres dreadfull wars arose 'twixt vs and French Lord Edward Howard drowned by mis-chance At Brest he was high Admirall in fight Cast ouerboord dy'd like a valiant Knight In England Suffolks Duke did lose his head The King to Turwin did an army lead Turney he wonne with his victorious blade King Iames of Scotland England did inuade But Surries Earleâ— the Scotsh King ouercame Who lost life there but wonne immortall fame Now Cardinall Wolsey in the Kings high Grace Was rais'd to honours from great place to place Lordship on Lordship laid vpon his backe Vntill the burthen was the bearers wracke The Duke of Buckingham his head did lose And Laâ—ber stoutly did the Pope oppose â—â—finde ignorance that long had look'd awry Began to see Truth with a clearer eye And then the King inspir'd with seruent Zeale Reformed both the Church and Common weale â—â—â—â—â— with his power Omnipotent Did make this King his gracious Instrument â—â—T'vnmaske his Truth from Antichristian fables And purge this wofull Land from Babels bables This king at Boloigne was victorious â—â— peace and warre Magnifique Glorious â—â— his rage bounty he did oft expresse His Liberality to bee excesse â—â—â— Reuels Iusts and Turnies he spent more Then fiue of his Fore-fathers did before His Auarice was all for Noble fame Amongst the Worthies to inrole his Name A valiant Champion for the Faiths defence Was the great Title of this mightie Prince â—â—â—â— wiues he had 3 Kates 2. Aunes one Iane Two were diuorc'd two at the blocke were slaine One sonne and two faire daughters he did leaue Who each from other did the Crowne receiue The first was Edward Mary next whose death Left State and Realme to Queene Elizabeth He thirty eight yeeres kept this Royall Roome At windsor hee 's enter'd without a Tombe Lâ—â—th Edenbourgh and diuers other parts of Scotland were spoyled by Sir Iohn Dudley Lord Viscount â—sle Lord high Admirall of England with a Navy of 200 tall Ships Anno 1544. King Henry went to Boloigne hee â—â—â—â— France the 13. of Iuly and into Boloigne the 25. of September in which yeere were taken 300. French â—hips for prices Edward the sixt An. Dom. 1546. HAd this Kings reigne bin long as it was good Religion in a peaceable state had stood What might haue his age bin when his blest youth â—o valiantly aduanc'd Gods sacred truth At nine yeeres age the Crowne on him hee tooke And ere sixteene he Crowne and life for sooke Too good for earth th' Almighty tooke his spirit And Westminster his Carkas doth inherit In his 5. yeere a strange Earth-quake did much harmâ— in diuers places of Surry and a sweating sicknesse generally ouer England that dispatched those that were in good health in 12. houres or 24. at the most In one weeke there dyed of it in London 806. the most of them being men of best strength Queene Mary An. Dom. 1553. AFter a while this Queene had worne the Crown Idolatry was rais'd and Truth put downe The Masse the Images the Beades and Altars By tyrannie by fire and sword and Halters Th'vngodly bloudy Antichristian sway Men were force perforce forced to obey Now burning Bonner London Bishop he Was from the Maâ—sâ—al-sea againe â—â— free Iohn Dudley great Duke of Northumberland And Sir Iohn Gates dyed by the Headsmans hand With them Sir Thomas Palmer likewise dy'd Hoping for heau'n through â—â—â—â—â— Crucified In Latine Seruice must be sung and said Because men should not know for what they praâ—'d The Emp'rors sonne great Philip King of Spaine A marriage with Queene Mary did obtaine Against which match Sir Thomas Wyat rose With powers of Kent the Spaniards to oppose But Wyat was or'throwne his armie fled And on the Tower hill after lost his head Lord Gray the Duke of Suffolke also dy'd An Axe his Corps did from his head diuide A little after the Lord Thomas Gray The Dukes owne brother went that headlesse way A Millers sonne assum'd King Edwardâ— name And falsely in that name the Crowne did claime But he was tane and iustly whip'd and tortur'd And claiming it once more was hang'd quarterd King Philip won Saint Quintins with great cost But after to our shame was Callice lost Callice was lost which threescore yeeres and ten Had beene a Garrison for Englishmen Thus by Gods mercy Englands Queene did dye And England gain'd much ease and rest thereby Fiue yeeres and 4. months was her bloudy reigne And all her glory doth one graue containe Though of her selfe this Queene was well inclin'd Bad-minded counsell altred much her minde She married Philip King of Spaine on Saint Iames his day 1554. at Winchester Callice was won by Edward the 3. in the 21. of his reigne 1347. and it was lost the I. of Ianuary 1557. after the English-men had possest it 210. yeeres August 7. 1558. a tempest neere Nottingham beat downe 2. Townes and Churches and cast the Bels to the further side of the Church-yard threw whole sheetes of Lead 400. foot into the fields where they were crumpled together like burns parchment the streame and mud of the Riuer of Trent was blowne a-land a quarter of a mile a childe blowne out of a mans hand 100. foot and kild there fell hayle 15. Inches about Queene Elizabeth An. Dom. 1558. A Debora a Iudith a Susanna A Virgin a Virago a Diana Couragious Zealous Learned Wise and Chasle With heauenly earthly gifts adorn'd and grac'd Victorious glorious bountious gracious good And one whose vertues dignifi'd her bloud That Muses Graces Armes and liberall Arts Amongst all Queens proclaim'd her Queen of hearts She did repurifie this Land once more From the infection of the Romish whore Now Abbies Abbots Fri'rs Monks Nuns Stews Masses and Masse-priests that mens soules abuse Were all cast downe Lamps Tapers Relikes Beads And Superstitions that mans soule misse-leads All Popish pardons Buls Consessions With Crossings Cristening bels Saints Intercessions The Altars Idols Images downe cast All Pilgrimage and Superstitious Fast Th'acknowledging the Pope for supreme head The holy water and the god of bread The mumbling Mattins and the pickpurse Masse These bables this good Queene did turne to grasse She caus'd Gods seruice to be said and sung In our owne vnderstanding English tongue In Scotland and in France fierce warres she held The Irish she subdu'd when they rebeld The Netherlands her name doe still admire And Spaine her like againe doth not desire When forty foure yeers reigne was past and gone She chang'd her earthly for a heauenly Throne At Greenwich she was borne at Richmond dy'd At
vshers of the Mortimers intollarable aspiring conetousnesse and destruction and which was most insupportable there were for all most 20 yeers space the plagues and desolation of the King and kingdomes After great coutentions were betwixt the 2 Realmes of England and Scotland a peace was concluded and Dauid-le Bruce the young Prince of Scotland was married to Iane King Edward the 3 sister K. Edward maried with the Lady Philip daughter to the Earle of Henault at Yorke with whom she liu'd 42 yeers She sounded Queens Colledge in Oxford She was mother to that mirrour of manhood and stâ—â—â—â— of Chiuâ—â— it Edward surnamed the black Prince There was a dreadfull batell sought at Hallidon hill in which were slaine 8 Earles 80 Knights and Baroness and 35000 Common soldiers on the Scots side the losses on the English side through the parciality of Writers were not set downe About the 12 yeers of this Kings reigne a quarter of Wheate was sold for 28 an Oxe 6 d a Geose 2d a fat Sheepe 6 d fixe Pidgeons and a fat Pigge for 2 d. The King claimed the Crowne of France and with 200 ships sought with 300 French ships and flew 33000 of the French This King first instituted the Honorable Order of the Garter at Windsor there being alwaies 26 in number The King sought the battell of Cressie in France wherein was slain the King of Bohemia with 10 Princes 80 Knights Baroness and 1200 Knights with 330000 Common Soldiers The King made 4 inroades into Scotland with great armies and was still victorious Anno 1338 the arms of France were quartered wth the armes of England the King prepared a great armie against France and on the Sea neere Sluce in Flanders he vanquished 400 French ships with the losse of 30000 of their men Then was France taken or halfe a yeere the wars againe renewing King Edward besieged Callice and â—ocke it An. 1347 Dauid King of Scotland was taken prisoner by one Iohn Copland an Esquire of the North. At the battell of Potiers Edward the black Prince of Wales had a glorious victory for there hee â—ocke King Iohn of France with his Sonne Phillip the Dolphin prisoners There were slaine of the French 52 Neblemen 1700 Knights and Esquires and 600 Common men 100 Ensignes and many men of note taken prisoners Dauid King of Scots was set at liberty hauing bin a prisoner 11 yeers paying 100000 marks stâ—â—â—ing Iohn K. of France after 4 yeeres imprisonment set free paying 1000000 â— for his ransome Finally neuer was English King more triumphant and fortunate in war in the fruition of a vertuous Queen 7 sons and daughters a glorious and lang reign of 50 yeeres buried at Sheene Anno Domini 1378. RICHARD THE IJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND c. A Sunshine Morne precedes a showry day A Calme at Sea ofttimes foreruns a storme All is not gold that seemes so glistring gay Foule Vice is fairest features Canker-worme So I that was of blood descent and forme The perfect image of a Royall Stock Vnseason'd young aduice did me deforme Split all my hopes against despaires blacke rock My Regall name and power was made a mock My Subiects madly in rebellion rose Mischiefe on mischiefe all in troopes did flock Oppos'd depos'd expos'd inclos'd in woes With wauering fortunes troublously I raing'd Slaine by soule mur ther peace and rest I gain'd Anno Dom. 1377 June 21 Sunday Richard the second borne as Burdeux the â—â—â—â—â— nate Grandebilde and son of the two 〈…〉 and Paragons of Armes and all Noble vertues Edward the third and his euer-famous sonne Edward the â—â—â—â—â— Prince was crowned at Westminster by the 〈…〉 mond Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury the Kâ—â—â— being but 11 yeeres old The glory of the English Nâ—â—â— was in a continual Eclips the most part of this Kâ—â—gâ—â—â— his youth with all the frailties incident vnâ—â—â—â— with â—â—â—â— gouernours both of his Kingdome and person 〈…〉 main Ruines of the King almost the Realm The 〈…〉 of his fortunes after his Coronation was that 50 French ships landed at Rye in Suffex who burnt and spoyled the Towne and diuers other parts of the kingdome and â—â—â— Alexander Ramsey a valiant Scottish Gentlemen with but 40 men withhim tooke the Castle of Barwicke which the Earle of NorthuÌ„berland man from him â—â—â—â— with a great number The French did so far preuaile â—â—â—â—â— they came to Granesend and burnt and rifled it Tâ—â—â— Comment arose in rebellion in diuers places as Kent â—â—â—â— sex Surrie Suffolk Norfolk Cambridge the Kâ—â—â—â— men being 50000 came to London where the â—â—â—â— cammitted many outrages vnder the cemmanâ—â— of â—â—â—â—â— solent rebels Wat Tyler and Iack Sraw who â—â—â—â—â— mated to that mischief by one Iohn Ball anâ—â—â—â—â—â— priest but Tyler was killed by the famous Sir William Walworth Lord Maior of London the rebele dispeâ—â—â—â— Iack Staw and Ball the Priest extented the Comâ—â—â—â— pardoned and all at peace for a short time These Bascalls had beheaded Sinon Tibald Archbishop of Canterburyâ—â— and Sir Robert Hales Lord Treasurer of England â—â—â— burnt and spoylea the Sahoy the like they had â—â—â— Lanibeth destroying all the Rowles and Record of â—â—â—â—â— Chancerie Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster the King vnckle was accused for Treason by a Carmilite Fryer â—â—â—â— the Fryer was cruelly murdered and the Duke suspiciâ—â—â—â— cleared Barwick was wonne againe by the Scots â—â—â—â— againe recouered by the Earle of Northumberland The French prepare a great Nauy and Army purpa â—â—â—â— inuade England King Richard raiseth a â—â—â—â—â— intending to conquer Scotland all which desigâ—â—â—â—â— neither good or profitable euents 1386 mischiefe and â—â— serie hauing sate long abroad began to batch the â—â—â—â—â— insulting on the one side and the people rebellious â—â—â— other did Bandy the regall power in to hazard The Scott enter England vnder the command of the valiant Sir William Dowglasse and are met and â—â—â—â— tred by the Right Noble Lord Henry Hotspurre Dowglasle was staine and Hotspur taking Ireland rebel'd the King went thither in person and lest England the whilest he bring forced to surrender himselfe but Crowâ—â—â— and kingdome to his kinsman Henry Bullingbrooke Son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster 1400. HENRY THE IV KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND c. FRom right wrong-doing Richard I did wrest His Crowne mis-guided but on me mis-plac'd Vnciuill Ciuill warres my Realme molest And English men did England spoyle and wast The Sire the Son the Son the Father chas'd Vndutifull vnkind vnnaturall Both Yorke and Lancaster were rais'd and rac'd As Conquest did to either Faction fall But still I grip'd the Scepter and the Ball And what by wrong I won by might I wore For Prince of Wales I did my Son install But as my Martiall Fame grew more and more By fatall Fate my vitall threed was cut And all my Greatnesse in a graue was put Anno Dom. 1399 September 19 Munday Crownes misplaced on vnrightfull heads are commonly lined with
sword or Royall Scepter being a most vnfortunate Prince in all his worldly attempts the Peers in England bandied factions against each other the Duke of York claimed the Crowne the coÌ„mons of Kent vnder the leading of their captiain lack Cade being in number 50000 came to London the Rebels murdered the Bishop of Sali bury and beheaded the Lord Say at the standard in Cheape the King was taken prisoner by the Duke of Yorke at the bartell of Saint Albans the French with 15000 men landed at Sandwich spoyled the Towne fierd it stew the Maior with all in authority there and likewise hauing burnt and pillaged many other places in Deâ—onâ—â—â—â—shire and the West they departed Queene Margaret the wife to King Henry the 6 met the Duke of Yorke with an Army neere Wakefield where the victory fell to the Queen the Duke being slaine with his son the Earle of Rutland and many others Thus for the space of 60 yeeres the three Kings Henries the 4,5 and 6 kept the Crowne in the Lancastrian line the house of Yorke got the soueraignty King Henry hauing reign'd 38 yeers â— months 4 daies he was ouercome by King Edward at a place called Mortimers Crosse neere Ludlow more of this vnfortunate Prince shall be spoken in the reigne of the next King Edward EDWARD THE IIIJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND c. I Yorkes great heire by fell domesticke Warre Inthroaned was vn-King'd and re-inthroan'd Subiecting quite the house of Lancaster Whilst wofull England ouer-burthen'd groan'd Old Sonlesse Sires and Childlesse Mothers moan'd These bloody broyles had lasted three score yeares And till the time we were in peace attoan'd It walked fourescore of the Royale Peeres But age and time all earthly things out-weares Through terrours horrors mischiefe and debate By trult by treason by hopes doubts and feares I got I kept I left and Lost the State Thus as disposing heauens doe smile or frowne So Cares or Comforts wait vpon a Crowne Edward the fourth was Earle of March some and heire to Richard Duke of Yorke sonne to Richard Earl of Cambridge sâ—nto Edmund of langley â—â—â— of York 4 sento Edward the 3 King of England This King Edward the fourth Was borne at Roane is Normandy and in the yeere 1461 the 29 of Iune heeâ—â— crowned at Westminister by the hands of Thomas Bourgchier Arcbishop of Canterbury Henry the fixt hauing a great power in the Norâ—â— was â—â—â— and encountred by King Edward neere Towton on Palmssunday where betâ—â—â—xt the two Kings was fought aâ—â—â—â— battell which continued ten houers in which cruell conflict the English ground dranke the sangkired â—â—â—â— of â—â—â— 37000 of her naturall englishmen after â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— as Hexam by the Lord Montracute King Henry was again put to fight with great lesse be was afterwardâ—â—â— disquid'd â—â—â—â—â—isoned â—â— the Towre of London Edward new supposed all was well his minde was on mâ—â—rujâ— wherefore he sent Richard Neuill The great King â—â— ker Exâ—le of Warwich into France so treate forth Lady Bona sister to the French Quene but with meane space King Edward prouâ—ed himselfe man home and was married to the Lady Elizabeth Gray â—â—â— match was so deslatefull to Warwick that hee â—â—â—â—â—â— fals aff from King Edward after which he took the King Prisoner but he escaping againe fled beyend the Saw The Earle of Warwick tooke King Henry out of the Tâ—â—nt and caused him againe to be crowned King Edward landed agains in England at Bornet sâ—ld tra 〈…〉 London his Army was met by the Earles of Warwick and Oxford King Henry being them againe â—â—â—â—â—â—â— sâ—â—er where was fought a fierce battell where Edward was Vector the Earle of Warwicke with â—â—â—â— Nâ—â—â—â— men were slaintâ— and comment on eath sides 10000 King Henry was againe committed to the Tonre Edward Prince of Wales the son of Henry the first wasâ—â—â— the battel of Tewxbury murdred by Richard â—â—â— of Gloecether Soon after the bastard Lord â—â—â— vaised an Army of 17000 men against King Edward but the bastard was soons supprest and the most â—â—â—â—â— King Edward the fixt freed from his longâ—â—â— being murdred by the bloody hands of Richard â—â—â— of Glocester The King bâ—â—ing through must â—â—â— â—â—â— peacs â—â—â— himselfe â—â—â—â—â—â— Iane Shore his Combine â—â—â— pleasures were mixed with greife for his â—â—â— George Duke of Clarence who was â—â—â— of Malmsey the Towre of London 1475. â—â—â— of Scotland threatned was against England Richard Duke of Glocester was some against the Scots â—â—â—â—â—â— king Edward â—â—â— haning â—â—â— Aprill 9 1483 â—â—â— at Windsor EDWARD THE V KING OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND IF birth if beauty innocence and youth Could make a Tyrant feele one sparke of grace My crooked Vncle had beene mou'd to ruth Beholding of my pitty-pleading face But what auailes to spring from roy all Race What suerty is in beauty strength or wit What is command might eminence and place When Treason lurkes where Maiesty doth sit My haplesse selfe had true false proofe of it Nipt in my bud and blasted in my bloome Deprâ—'d of life by murther most vnfit And for three Kingdoms could not haue one tombe Thus Treason all my glory ouer-topt And â—â—â— the Fruit could spring the Tree was lop't Edward the fifth borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster Sonne of King Edward the fourth beganne his short reigne ouer the Realâ—â—â— of England at the age of â—3 yeeres but â—â—y the cunning dealing of Richard ' Duke of Gloucester his vnnaturall Vnckle he was neuer crowned â—â—â— young King with his younger brother Richard Duke of Yorke was at London with his mother and in the guidance of his Vnckle by the mothers side named Sir Anthony Wooduill Lord Riuers but by the â—â—â— and crafty dealing of the Duke of Glouster all the Queene kindred were remoued from the King and the Lord Riuers sent from Northampton to Pomfret with others whence they were imprisoned and beheaded The protector Richard hauing the King in his keeping and power his onely â—ynâ—â— was next how to get into his hands â—â—â— person of Richard Duke of Yorke the Kings brother whom the Queene their mother kept close in the Sanctuarie at Westminster which Prince was gotten from the said Sanctuary by the â—â— till plots and perswation of the Lord protector and the Duke of Buckingham The poore innocent Lambs being as it were put into the greedy Iawes of the Wolfe their rauenous Vnckle for safegard and protection and at the first approach of Richard Duke of York into his Vnckles presence he was entertained in all seeming reuerence with a Iudas kisse by his Vnckle The Duke of Buckingham was promised by the Protector for his trusty seruices to him in heloâ—â—â— him to the person of this Prince and for his future seruices to ayde him in his vnlawsfull attaining the Crowne of England that Gloucesters Sonne should be married to Buckinghams daughter and netball that Buckingham should haue the Earledome of Hertford with many other
Edmund and foure daughters Margaret Elizabeth Mary and Katherin reigned 23 yeeres 8 moneths dyed at Richmond buried at Westminster in the most â—â—â— Chappell of his owne building 1508. HENRY THE VIIJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND TO both the Royall Houses I was Heyre I made but one of long contending twaine This realme diuided drooping in despaire I did rebind in my auspicious Raigne I banisht Romish Vsurpation vaine In France I Bullen Turwin Turney Wan The Stile of Faiths Defender I did gaine Sixe wiues I had three An's two Kates one lane In my expences Royall beyond measure Striuing in Noble Actions to exceede Accounting Honour as my greatest Treasure Yet various fancies did my frailty feede I made and marr'd I did and I vndid Till all my Greatnesse in Graue was hid Anno Dom. 1509 Aprill 22 Sunday Henry the eight with his beautcous queen â—â—â—dy Catherin who had bin before the wife of his â—â—â— borhter Prince Arthur on Sunday the 25 of Iune were both crowned King Queen of England â—â—â— minster by the bvnds of William Warham â—â—â— bishop of Canterbury He entre France wish as and was the strong Towns of Terwin and Tumayâ— valiant King lames the sourth of scotland â—â—â— land with a great Host and was met and sought â—â—â— by the Noble Lord Thomas Howard Earleâ—â—â— and at a place called Flodden in Northumber king lames vailiantly fighting was â—â—â— Bishops 2 Abbots 12 Earles 17 Lords and â— common Soldiers Thomas Wolsey from meaâ—â— some say the sonne of a Butcher in Ipswich by â— mounted to the tope Fortunes wheel â—â—â— to be a scholem after next a seruant to the Treasâ— Callis 3 to be one of the Kings chaplainer 4 the â—â— Almoner 5 he was made Deane of Lincoâ—â—e 6 â—â—â— chosen for priuy Councellour 7 be was â—â—â— shop of Tornay 8 after that Archbishops of Yorke â—â— ated Cardinall 10 ne was Lord Chancellor 11 â—â—â— all these boneurs at once with the Bishoprick of â—â—â— ster Worcester Bathe Heresord â—â—â— Saint Albans Lastly all these â—â—â— which in many yeeres hee attained were in aâ—â—â— the kings displeasure and his own â—â—â— lost The King had the Title of Defender of the â—â—â— from Rome neuer was any King of England â—â—â— nificent hee was visited three times by the â—â—â— and one of them Maximillian serued â—â—â—â—â—â— warres in France the other Charles â—â—â— England so likewise did the King of Denmarkeâ— Queene who all were most Royalty entertained King Henry waâ—â—he first of the English King â—â—tuled â—â—â— himselfe King of Ireland In the â—â—â— Citie of Rome was taken by the French Clement with 23 cardinakâ— imprisoned â— moneths King Henry and thepope fell atâ—â—â— that the King causedâ— all â—â—â—â— obedience to â—â— den and in the tempest of histurie seased â—â—â—â— power in These his Dominiens â—â—â—â— to him â—â—â— Land hauing too long borne the â—â— of Antichristian Tyramny for the which â—â—â— King caused to bee suppressed in England and 283 â—â—â— 215 Prâ—ries 108 â—â—â—â—â—â— 84 colleages 9 cells and 103 Hospitals Henry reigned 37 years 9 moneths and â—â—â— 28 of January 1546 buried at Windsor EDWARD THE VI KING OF ENGLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Desender of the Faith c. â—â—â— Seem'd in wisedome aged in my youth â—â—â— A Princly patterne I reform'd the time â—â—â— With zeale and courage I maintain'd Gods truth â—â—d Christian faith 'gainst Antichristian crime â—â—â— Father did begin lâ—in my prime â—â—h Baal and Beltall from this Kingdome droue With concords true harmonious heauenly chime â—â—â—'d be said and sung Gods truth and loue â—â—â— vertue vnto vertue still I stroue â—â—â—'d beloued both of God and men â—â—y soule vnto her Maker soar'd aboue â—â—â—y earthly part return'd to earth agen Thus Death my faire proceedings did preuent And Peeres and People did my loffe lament Anno Dom. 1546 Ianuary 28 Thursday Edward the 6 borne at Hampton Court the only son and Heire to King Henry the 8 at 9 yeers of age began his reigne ouer this kingdome hee was crowned the 27 day of February 1547 at Westminster by the hands of Thomas Cranmer Arcbishop of Canterbury his vnkle by the mother side Edward Earle of Hestford and Duke of Somerset was gouernomy of his person and kingdome This King was a second losias inreforming many errors on the Church he was contracted to the Lady Mary this young Queene of Scotland daughter and sole beyre to King Iames the fiâ—â—t mother to our late King Iames deceased and Grandmother to our gracious Someraigne King Charles now reigning but some â—â—â— spirits brake of the match which caused much blood shed for the Duke of Somerset entred Scotland with a strong Army whom the Scottish Nobitâ—â—â— with their powers met at a place neere Musklebrough where was sought a fierce and sharpe battell where many men at â—â—â— on both sides but in the end the victory tell to be English us the meane space the young Queene was conveyed into France where afterward she â—â—â— the Dolphin Rebellion in Cornewall commotion in Norfolke descention in many places and lastly in the Northren parts of England some striuâ—ng to bold vp the rotten fragments of Romish Religion some seeking lawlesse liberty to haue all things in command to lay open all enclosures so that much mischief was done and at last ended with executions of the slaughter and executions of many of the Rebels in diuers places of this Lasâ—â—i Malice and mischiefe had no sooner done amongst the Commons but they thrust themselues amongst the Nobilsty The Lord Protector procured or tollerated his brother the Lord Thomas Seimer to be beheaded and shortly after himselfe followed the same way whose death was much bewailed by the poore Commons and the King neuer haâ— he heath or ioy after the deathes of both his Vnkles This hopefull France was endued with wisdom farre about his yeeres he was tearned and a louer of learning he was exceedingly delighted in reading the Scriptures he was iust merestull â—â—â—ing and beloued hee ended his late at Greenwich fifth day of Iuly Anno 1552 in the fix entbyeere at his age when he had reigned sixe yeeres nine months eight dayes He was buried at westminster MARY QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Desender of the Faith c. NO sooner I possest the Royall Throne But true Religion straight was dispossest Bad Councell caus'd Rome Spaine and I as one To persecute to martyr and molest All that the vnstain'd truth of God profest All such as dar'd oppugne the pow'rfull Pope With grieuous tortures were opprest and prest With Axes Pire and Faggot and the Rope Scarce any Land beneath the Heauenly Cope Afflicted was as I caus'd this to bee And when my Fortunes were in highest hope Death at the fiue yeeres end arrested mee No Bale would serue I could command no ayd But I in prison in my graue was laid Anno. Dom. 1553 Iuly 6 Thursday Queene Mary was borne at Creenwich elder daughter to King Henry the eight and sister
the next By whom good Hezekiab was perplext But when blasphemous Pagans puft with pride Contemptuously the God of gods deside The Lord of Lorâ—s whom no pow'r can withstand Tooke his owne gracious glorious cause in hand He vs'd no humane Arme or speare or sword But with his All-commanding mighty Word One Angell sent to grisly Plutoes den A hundred eighty and fiue thousand men Then fiftly was Ierusalem subdude In Iudaes blood th' â—â—â—yrians hands imbrude Manasses godlesse Glory did expire All yeeld vnto th' insulting foes desire Vsurping Conquest all did seaze vpon The King in chaines-bound sent to Babylon Till he repenting to his God did call Who heard his cry and freed him out of thrall Then sixtly Pharaob-Necho Egypts King To great distresse all Iudaes Land did bring With fell confusion all the Kingdome fill'd And with a Dart good King Iosias kill'd The Shepheard for his wandring sheep was strook The godly Prince from godlesse people tooke So this iust zealous and religious Prince Whose like scarce euer Raign'd before or since Th' Almighty to himselfe did take agen As knowing him too good for such bad men Nabuchadnezer next made them obey When Zedekiah did the Scepter sway King Kingdome Peeres and people all o'rethrown All topsie-turuy spoyld and tumbled downe The curst Caldeans did the King surprize Then slew his Sons and next pluck'd out his eyes Then vnto Babylon he was conuayde In Chaines in Priso and in Darknesse layde Till death his Corps did from his soule deuide He liu'd a slaue and sadly gladly dyde The Citty and the Temple burnt and spoyld With all pollution euery place was soyld The holy vessels all away were borne The sacred Garments which the Priests had worne All these the Caldees voyde of all remorce Did cary vnto Babylon perforce Which seuenty yeeres in slauery and much woe They kept and would by no meanes let them goe Till Persian Cyrus did Earths glory gaine Who freed the Iewes and sent them home againe He rendred backe their vessels and their store And bad them build their Temple vp once more Which many yeeres in glorious state did stand Till Piolomy the King of Egypts band Surpriz'd the Iewes and made them all obey Assaulting them vpon the Sabbath day Next after that from Rome great Pompey came And Iudaes force by force perforce did tame Then did the Caesars beare the earthly sway The vniuersall world did them obey And after that the Romane pow'r did place The Idumean Herods gracelesse Grace Him they created Tetrarch demy King 'Gainst whom the Iewes did boldly spurne and â—ling For they had sworne that none but Dauids seed In the seat Royall euer should succeed But Sossius and King Herods Armies strength Did ouer-run them all in breadth and length By hostile Armes they did them all prouoke To beare the burthen of their awfull yoke And lastly when the Romanes ouer-run By valiant Titus old Vespasians sonne Then fell they to an vnrecouer'd wane They all in generall were or slaine or tane Then was the extirpation of them all Their iust worst last most fatall finall fall Thus mercy being mock'd pluckd iudgmeÌ„t down Gods fauour being scorn'd prouokes his frowne Aboue all Nations he did them respect Below all Nations he did them deiect Most vnto them his fauour was addicted Most vpon them his fury was inflicted Most neere most deare they were to him in loue And farthest off his wrath did them remoue He blest he curst he gaue and then he tooke As they his Word obeyde or else forsooke How oft Iebouab seem'd his sword to draw To make them feare his precepts and his Law How oft he raisd them when they hedlong fell How oft he pardond when they did rebell How long did Mercy shiue and Iustice winke When their foule crimes before Gods face did stinke How oft Repentance like a pleasing sauour Repurchasd Gods abused gracious fauour When he did blessings vpon blessings heape Then they ingratefull held them meane and cheape Their plenty made them too too much secure They their Creators yoke would not endure They gracelesse fell from goodnesse from grace And kick'd and spurn'd at Heau'ns most glorious face The Prophets and the Seers that were sent To warne them to amendment repent They ston'd they kill'd they scorn'd they heat they bound Their goodnesse to requite their spight did wound The Prophets came with loue and purchas'd hate They offred peace and were return'd debate They came to saue and were vniustly spill'd They brought them life and were vnkindly kill'd No better entertainment they afford Vnto the Legates of their louing Lord. Thus were the Lab'rers in GODS Vineyard vsde Thus was their loue their care their paines abusde Their toyles and trauailes had no more regard Bonds death and tortures was their best reward At last th' Almighty from his glorious seat Perceiu'd his seruants they so ill intreat No more would send a Prophet or a Seer But his owne Sonne which he esteem'd most deare He left his high Tribunall and downe came And for all Glory enterchang'd all shame All mortall miseries he vnderwent To cause his loued-louelesse Iewes repent By Signes by Wonders and by Miracles By Preaching Parables and Oracles He wrought sought their faithlesse faith to cure But euer they obdurate did endure Our blest Redeemer came vnto his owne And 'mongst them neither was receiu'd or knowne He whom of all they should haue welcom'd best They scorn'd and hated more then all the rest The GOD of principalities and pow'rs A Sea of endlesse boundlesse mercy showres Vpon the heads of these vnthankefull men Who pay loue hate and good with ill agen Their murdrous-minded-malice neuer lest Till they the Lord of life of life bereft No tongue or pen can speake or write the story Of the surpassing high immortall glory Which he in pitty and in loue forsooke When he on him our fraile weake nature tooke To saue Mans soule his most esteemed â—era And bring it to the new Ierusalem From Greatest great to least of least he fell For his belouee chosen Israel But they more mad then madnesse in behauiour Laid cursed hands vpon our blessed Sauiour They kill'd th'ternall Sonne and Heirs of Heau'n By whom and from whom all our liues are giu'n For which the great Almighty did refuse Disperse and quite forsake the saithlesse Iewes And in his Iustice great omnipotence He left them to a reprobated sence Thus sundry times these people fell and rose From weale to want from height of ioyes to woâ—â—â— As they their gracious GOD forsooke or tooke His mercy either tooke them or forsooke The swart Egyptians and the Isralites And raging Rezin King of Aramnes Then the Assyrians twice and then againe Th' Egyptians ouer-run them all amaine Then the Caldeans and once more there came Egyptian Ptolomy who them o'recame Then Pompey next King Herod last of all Vespasian was their vniuersall fall As in Assyria Monarchy began They lost it to the
was e're thy siyt King Edwards raigne Yet long before his time I was in value As read in good true written Stories shall you My stamp when Rome did keept the world in awe Was foure swift Steedes that did a Chariot draw Which figur'd that I to and fro should runne An endlesse Iourney that would ne'r be done I am made endlesse round which doth portend Till the world end my Iourney ne'r shall end And men may plainely in my roundnesse see An Emblem of the world rotundity Round is the Globe round is the Hemisphere Rond runs the Moon and Sun each month and yeere Round ran the Empire from th' Assiran Kings Round vnto Persian Greece and Rome it flings Round to great Britame it is come I know Whence hem'd round with the Sea it cannot goe But the maine cause that makes it stay and stand Is where 't is guarded by th' Almighties hand Round from the North to East to South and West All Arts haue still runne round t is manifest The Iewes th' Egyptians Caldies Persians Deuis'd Arts and were Astrologians And true experience doth approue it thus Their knowledge is runne round from them to vs. The age of man goes round a child at first And like a child returnes vnto his dust His body and his limbs his eyes his head All in round formes are made and fashioned The roots the fruits the flowers and the Trees All in a round conformity agrees Our drinking healths run round with nimble quicknes Vntill at last too many healths brings sickenes When store of money to mens hands doe come They say they haue receiu'd a good round summe And when a man doth take a Knaue vp soundly 'T is said he told him of his faults most roundly The Hang-man hangs a Traytor or a Thiefe And is about his businesse round and briefe Round are the dishes where we put our meate Our Cups wherein we drinke are round compleat Round is our Butter round our Cheeses are RouÌ„d are the cloaths which on our backs we weare Beasts fowles and fish that euery where abound Are for the most part euery where made round Round are all wedding Rings implying will Mens cares runne round like horses in a mill Thus hauing plainely shew'd why and wherefore I am made round now to my taske once more About my circle I a Posie haue The Title God vnto the King first gaue The circle that encompasseth my face Declares my Soueraignes Title by Gods grace Vpon my other side is * In English I haue put or placed God my helper POSVI DEVM Whereto is added ADIVTOREM MEVM The which last Poesie Annagrammatiz'd Wisdome admit me power true compriz'd Wisdome at first vpon me did bestowe Such power that for a Shillinh I should goe When Wisdome gaue me power I was then A seruant not a Master vnto men Now Power * Anaagram of the Latine Motto of Posui plac'd into English words Wisdome admit me Power makes me wisedome force perforce Improper like the Cart before the Horse For in this Age so many friends I finde My power 's before and Wisedome comes behinde He that for me and for my kin can rake Hi's wife although a Coxcombe for my sake He that wants me shall be esteem'd an Asse Although he be as wise as e're man was * The Annagram turn'd backward Wisedome comes behind money For there 's such league one in Triplicity Sworne firme betwixt the Deuill the world andâ— That those who to the one true seruants be Are captiue bondslaues vnto aâ—l the three Great sway vpon the earth to vs is giuen Por well we know we ne'r shall come in heau'n And all that in vs take delight and mirth Their onely heau'n is here vpon the earth And couetous they are not in this case Because they couet for no better place So much for that now to my shape againe You see my face is beardlesse smooth and plaine Because my Soueraigne * King Edw. was crowned at nine yeeres of age and dyed before he was sixteene was a child 't is knowne When as he did put on the English Crowne But had my stamp beene bearded as with haire Long before this it had beene worne out bare For why with me the vnthrists euery day With my face downwards do at shoue-boord * Edw. shillings for the most part at vsed at shooue boord play That had I had a beard you may suppose Th 'had worne it off as they haue done my nose Yet doth my bare face sometimes now and than Make a young beardlesse Boy outface a man For any Boy and I doe both agree To outface any man that doth want me A crosse * vpon the crosse of a Twelue-pence I beare vpon my other side A glorious figure of true Christian pride And with that crosse I any man can crosse From wrong to iniury from harme to losse And in me is such working powerfulnesse That those that haue me can both crosse and * Heere I meane generally of money and not simply of our Twelue-pence blesse The English and French Armes the Lyons flowres Shew es France a subiect once to Englands pow'rs And when my Master did respire his breath His sisters Mary and Elizabeth Ordain'd new Twelue-pences with me to ioyne But altred not my badge vpon my Coyne Except a little which King Philip did Which Queene Elizabeth did soone forbid But since the comming of my Soueraigne Iames The badge vpon my * K. Edw. Q. Mary Q. Elizabeth and king Iames all their shillings of equall weight and value and therâ—fore my twelue-pence hath vpon his backe the Royall Aâ—â— here expressed in verse back more worth proclaimes And to mixe state with truth truth with delight Vpon the Armes I carrie thus I write Vpon the Kings Armes THree Lyons Passant borne by former Kings Subdues the Harp quarters the * Ireland flowres of * The Flower de â—â—â— of France France Fourth Lyon Rampant equall honour brings Though hauing power to war doth peace aduance * Lyon of Scotland vnited in great Iames this Royall stile â—â—ng of great Britaine France and Irelands Ile â— Thus Readers hauing printed for your reading â—y birth my rising my estate and breeding â—y Badge my face my Crosse my Annagram â—ow mighty in my great command I am â—ow will tell some trauels I haue had â—â—me as I remember I 'le recite â—â—ould I name all 't were almost infinite â—Ne ask'd the * Diogenes Cinnicke wise Athenian â— The cause why siluer look'd so pale and wan â—o in reply was quicke and answer'd straite â—â— because so many for it lay in waite â—nd did men thinke in what diuersity â—f fashions men for me in waite doe lye â—hey would agree together in a tale â—hat I had reason to looke wan and pale â—haue of Treason bin made Instrument â—â— betray Kingdomes and to circumuent â—â— vndermine and to subuert the states â—f
is not seene in thee Would'st haue a Whore a coach smoke drinke or dice Money will bring thee all at any price Woul'dst haue all pleasures in variety Money will thy insatiate wantâ— supply Then seeting money can doe what it will Haue not men reason to regard it still Some things there are that money cannot win But they are things men take small pleasure in As Heau'n and a good Conscience Vertue Grace He that loues Money cannot these imbrace For he whose heart to Money is inclin'd Of things Coelestiall hath but little minde If Money were a woman I doe see Her case most pittie pittifull would bee Because I thinke she would â—â—â—â—â—â—â— haue Except a Goâ—ty miserable Knave One that all night would by her lye and Grone Grip'd with the Coâ—â—icke or tormenting Stone With stinking coughing gruting spitting spauling And nothing â—ut Contagâ— us Catterwalâ—ing Besides hee 'd be so Iealous day and night He would not suffer her goe out of sight That sure I thinke her Case farre worie would be Then is the Turkish Galley slauery â—or none but such as thâ—se whome Age hath got Are in the Loue of Money extreme hot And when as Hearing Sent and Teste and sight Are gone yet â—eeling Money 's their delight The whilest a Young-man full of strength and pride Would make her goe by water Run and Ride Force in all things to supply his neede For Recreation or to Cloath and Feede Compell her to maintaine him fine and braue And in a word make her his Drudge or Slaue And all his Loue to her would be â—ose For hee 'd but kiâ—e her and so let her goe Thus if It were a Woman as I say Her Case were lamentable euery way For Old men * Old mâ—n loue money viâ—â— within Doores would euer worr'y her And youngmen round about the world would hurry her That were she matched with either yong or old Her miseries would still be manifold But this Commanding bright Imperious Dame Vsde well or ill Shee 's euermore the same Locke her or Let her loose the cares not which She still hath power the whole world to bewitch I call to minde I heard my Twelue-pence say That he hath â—â—â— at Christmas beene at play At Court at th' Innes of Court and euery where Throughout the Kingdome being farre and neere At Passage and at * Strange alteration Mumchance at In and in Where Swearing hath bin counted for no Sinne Where Fullam high and Low-men bore great sway With the quicke helpe of a â—â—ard Cater â—rey My sâ—illing said such swaggering there would be Among the wrangling Knaues for me quoth he Such sâ—outing â—â—â—â— dring thrusting thronging setting Such striuing crowding iustling and such betting Such storming â—retting â—uming chasing sweating Refuse â—enounce me â—â—â—ne me sweâ—ring cheating So many heauy curses pâ—â—gues and poxes Where all are losers but the Butlers boxes That â—â—re in hâ—ll the Dâ—â—â—â—â— are in â—â—â—â—â— â—â— curse and to blasphemeâ— as they â—â—â— there Whilst without â—â—â— of â—â—â—â—â— offence They abuse th' 〈…〉 And this wicked â—â—â— that they doe make Is me from one another hâ—â—â— to rake * And tâ—wâ—â—y games â—â—â—â— * â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— That though I were a Pagan borne I see They make themselues much worse to pocket me * My shilling is no Putitan for all this These Gamâ—sters make this time a time of mirth In memory of their blest Sauiours birth Whose deare remembrance they doe annually Obserue with extreme edious gluttony With gurmandizing beastly belly filling With swinish drinking and with drunken swilling With ribald Songs Iigges Tales gawdy cloathes With bitter cursings and most fearefull oathes That svre my shilling saith the * I speake not against honest mirth friendly Gaming nor good cheere but against the vnlawfull vse of these Recreations and abuse of God Heathen will Not entertaine the Deuill halfe so ill But worship Satan in more kinde behaviour Then some professed Christians doe their Sauiour In Saturnes raigne when money was vnfound Then was that age with peace and plenty crown'd Then mine was thine Thine mine and all our liues All things in common were except our wiues But now the case is altred as they say Quite topsie-turuy the contrary way For now mens wealth is priuatly kept close The whilst their wiues are commonly let loose For he whom loue of money doth besot For 's owne soule or 's wiues body much cares not It bewitch'd Achan at the siege of Ai For which the Israelites did lose the day It made Geâ—ezi false in his affaires And gain'd the Leprosie for him and 's heires It with th' Apostle Iudas bore such sway That it made him the Lord of life betray And * Ioshua 7. Ananias and his wretched wife By suddaine death it made them lose their life And Diuine stories and prophane recite Examples of such matters infinite * 2 Kings 5. 'T is said in Salomons Dominions That Siluer was as plenty as the Stones But sure the sinne of Couerise was not Amongst them either borne or scarce begot For all that Siluer and a great deale more Rak'd and Rip'd from the Europian shore From Asia and Sun-parched Africa And from the wombe of vast America * Acts 5. From which last place the Potent King of Spaine Eleuen millions in one yeere did gaine And from Pottozy Mines he daily had Three hundred thirty thousand Ryals made To speake what mighty summes King Dauid won And left them vnto Salomon his Son * 1 Kings 10. 27. Of Gold one hundred thousand Talents fine Siluer one Thousand and thousand from the Mine Besides from Ophir he had at the least Three thousand Golden talents of the best * Purchas Iosephus doth of Dauids Tombe thus write How th'hidden Treasure there was infinite The Basons Candlesticks and Censors all Lampes Organs Instruments most musicall Ports Altar Tables Hindges the Gates to hold They were all made of pure Refined Gold Besides six hundred Shields and Targets more The King causd all with Gold be plated o're Besides the Richnes of his Royall Throne The like whereof elsewhere * 1 Chro. 22. A Talent of Gold is in value 600. Crownes was neuer none When the Great Macedonian did subdue Darius * Ioseph in the seuenth Booke of his Antiquitâ—â—â— and his haples Persian Crue 'T is said his Treasure did so much abound Twenty nine thousand Talents there was found And more he saith if we may credit this How that in Susa and * And more the Captaines 5000. Talents and 10000 â—â—â—â— of Gold and 10000. Talents of Siluer besides Brasse â—â— Iron Persepolis They found of Siluer to encrease their store One hundred seuenty thousand Talents more When Cyrus Conquer'd Croesus * Quintus Curtius Croesus lost Three hundred millions of good Gold almost 'T is writ that Midas * Two Cities in Persia. Treasure so amounted Innumerable not be Accounted Sardanapalus an Assyrian * Aâ—â—â—
Idolatrous Egyptians did formerly adore and Worship Onions and Garlicke And as there are many that for desert are worthy Pilots Steeremen and Mariners in the worship and are ship'd into her onely for their merits so there are a great many and more then a good many that by falsehood and indirect courses haue ship'd themselues in her â—â—â— for as Cornelius Agrippa saith in his Vanity â—â— Sciences some haue goten the worship by coâ—ting throats in the wars some by being great mens Bawdes or Cuckolds in peace some for marrying cast stale Concubine or Bastardâ—â— some by bribery extortion or oppression some by false weights and measures some by â—â—â— cessiue drunkennesse of others some by these some vpon credit some for ready money and some for fauour which is a word crept â—â—â— the place of merit â—ince the dayes of Quinâ—â—â— the Oratour the most corrupted Iustice â—â—â— boord her the slothfullest Diuine will hauen Cabin in her the carpet Knight will be shipâ—â— in her the most cowardly Captaine will enteâ—â—â— her and many of least faith and conscience will lay clayme to her shee hauing store oâ— such false owners I say no more of her bâ—â— commit her to the mercy of Wind Tide aâ—â—â—â— Time There went with her in her Regiment these that follow 1 The Abuse an old ship too much iâ— vse 2 The Purchasse a vessell all for Simony â—â—â— ready money 3 The Mittimus a dangerous Barke whose word is At your perill The Huntsmans-SHIP or Woodman-SHIP with her Squadron or Regiment A Good Huntsman is a good Woodman and a Wood-man is a mad man in the North parts of England for when they thinke that a man is distracted or frenzy they will say The man is Wood meaning Mad the reason why it is called Woodman-SHIP I take it to be thus deriued as first a ship hath a multiplicity of Ropes Cordage Masts Rigging and Ground-tackle which I haue partly named before in the Lady-ship so hath this Woodman-ship diuers and sundry tearmes Art almost past numbring as you must â—â—â— Rowse a Bucke Start a Hare and vnkennell a â—â—â— againe you must Harbour a Hart and Lodge â—â—agge or a Bucke and in processe of time wayes a Hars or a Bucke doe come to perfeâ—on which many men through imperfeâ—on doe neuer attaine to as a Bucke is first â—â—aune the second yeere a Priket the third â—â—ell the fourth a Sore the fifth a Bucke of â—â— first head and the sixt yeere a Bucke so a â—â—rt is the first yeere a Calse the second a Broâ—â—â— the third a Spaide the fourth a Staggard the â—â—th a Stagge and the sixt yeere a Haâ—t but â—â—me are of the mind that a Stagge cannot be Hart vntill some King or Prince haue almost â—â—nted his heart out besides these ambiguous â—ntigrigated Phrases the hornes haue many â—â—gmaticall Epithites as a Hart hath the Burs â—e Pearles the Antliers the Surantlers the Royâ—â— â—â—â— the Surroyals and the Croches A Buckes â—â—rnes are composed of Burre Beame Branch â—â—duancer Palâ—â—e and Spelier And to decline â—â—m the Crowne or horne to the Rump or â—â—rouper A Deere Bore a Hare a Foxe â—d a Wolfe haue no more tayle then a Iackeâ—â—esâ—â—-Apes for it is a Deeres Single a Bores â—â—ath a Hare or Connies Scut a Foxes Bush â—â—d a Wolfes Stern besides there are most excellent Terragraphicall and mundified names â—d titles for that which is in Welch a Baâ—r â—â— French a â— Marde I could name it in English but Sir Reuerence for that in Woodâ—â—-ship it is cald a Deeres Fewmets a Bore or eares Leasses a Hare or Conneys Crottores a â—oxe or a Badgers Feance and an Otters â—â—aintes all which in English is a T c. I â—â—inke Nimrod the great Hunter would haue â—ere a made man or a Wood-man if he had â—â—died halfe the wild and harebraind tearmes â—at belongs to this SHIP and sure it made â—â—cteon horne-mad in his too vehement purâ—te of the Game for what Necromanticke â—â—ell are Rut Vault Slot Pores and Enâ—â—â—yes Abatures and Foyles Frayenstockes â—ith and Fell Layres Dewclawes and Dowlâ—â—â—rs drawing the Couert Blemishes Sewelâ—â—â—g Auant-laye Allaye Relaye Foreloyâ—ng Hunt-cownter Hunt-change Quarry Reward and a thousand more such Vtopian fragments of confused Gibberish that should I proceed farther I should in stead of an vnderstanding Wood-man shew my selfe to be an ignorant mad man Is it not a worthie peece of seruice for fiue or sixe men in the Countrey whose dwellings are foure or fiue miles asunder to make a mad match to meete together on such or such a morning to hunt or course a Hare where if she be hunted with Hounds shee will leade them such dance that perhaps a Horse or two are kil'd or a man or two spoil'd or hurt with leaping hedges or ditches at the least after foure or fiue dayes preparation and some ten pounds charge among men horses and dogs besides an infinite deale of toyle and trouble and an innumerable number of oathes and curses after this great deale of doo the maine purchase can bee â—â—o more then a poore silly Hare which is but a dry meate and will take more butter in the basting then her carkasse is worth Our ancient Progenitor or first King of this Iland Brute was so expert in this Woodman-ship that he kil'd his owne father Siluius shooting him with an arrow mistaking him for a Hart a Stagge or a Bucke and William the second surnamed Rusus King of England was by the like mischance of a shot made at a Deere by Sir Walter Tâ—â—â—ell Knight slaine with the glance of an arrow agoinst a tree in the Newforrest in Hampshire I thanke Coopers Dictionary that tells mee that Venator is a Hunter and Venatrix a Huntresse or a Woman Hunting and that Meretrix is a Whore or a Woman Hunted all these words hauing deriuation from or allusion to â—enersuâ— â—â—â—â—â—â—â—hâ—â—â—â—us for though Diana the hunting Goddesse of Chastity bee a constant Venatrix yet Venus the Queene of Loue neuer failes a right Wâ—â—â—man of a Meretrix But if Venator and Venatriâ—â—â— â—â—ald hunt as much as Meretrix is or â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— hunted I thinke verily that there hath not beene or in time would not be one Deere left in many of the greatest Forrests Parkes and Chases of Christendome Besides there is not a perfect Mariner in the Woodman-SHIP but hee hath ingrafted in him a most abundant gift of promising for one of them will sweare and vowe to giue more Deere away to sundry persons then there are vnder the keeping and command of six or seuen of them and I haue heard that one white Bucke in a small Parke in a place which I could name within the Walles of Christendome hath beene giuen away at least to a thousand seuerall persons by one Keeper and the said Keeper is so kind that hee will neuer deny a Bucke to whosoeuer will aske A Deere friend whom I loue Deere did promise mee a Decre foure yeeres since and foure Deere iourneyes I made
into their Countrey So that he earnestly disswaded me from the iourney if I loued my life and welfare at last he concluded his discourse with me by a summe of mony that he threw downe from a window thorow which he looked out into a sheete tied vp by the foure corners and hanging very neere the ground a hundred pieces of siluer each worth two shillings sterling which counteruailed ten pounds of our English mony this businesse I carried so secretly by the helpe of my Persian that neither our English Ambassadour nor any other of my Countrymen sauing one special priuate and intrinsicall friend had the least inkling of it till I had throughly accomplished my designe for I well knew that our Ambassadour would haue stopped and Barracadoed all my proceeding therein if he might haue had any notice thereof as indeed he signified vnto mee after I had effected my proiect alleaging this forsooth for his reason why he would haue hindred me because it would redound somewhat to the dishonour of our Nation that one of our Countrey should present himselfe in that beggerly and poore fashion to the King out of an insinuating humour to craue money of him But I answered our Ambassadour in that stout and resolute manner after I had ended my businesse that hee was contented to cease nibbling at me neuer had I more need of money in all my life then at that time for in truth I had but twenty shillings sterling left in my purse by reason of a mischance I had in one of the Turkes Cities called Emert in the country of Mesopotamia where a miscreant Turke stripped me of almost all my monyes according as I wrote vnto you in a very large letter the last yeere which I sent from the Court of this mighty Monarch by one of my Countrymen that went home by Sea in an English shippe laden with the commodities of this India which letter I hope came to your hands long since After I had beene with the King I went to a certain Noble and generous Christian of the Armenian race two dayes iourney from the Mogols court to the end to obserue certaine remarkeable matters in the same place to whom by meanes of my Persian tongue I was so welcome that hee entertained me with very ciuill courteous complement and at my departure gaue mee very bountifully twenty pieces of such kind of mony as the King had done before counteruayling forty shillings sterling About ten dayes after that I departed from Azmere the court of the Mogoll Prince to the end to begin my Pilgrimage after my long rest of fourteene moneths backe againe into Persia at what time our Ambassadour gaue mee a piece of Gold of this Kings Coyne worth foure and twenty shillings which I will saue if it bee possible till my ariuall in England so that I haue receiued for beneuolences since I came into this countrey twenty markes sterling sauing two shillings eight pence and by the way vpon the confines of Persia a little before I came into this country three and thirty shillings foure pence in Persian money of my Lady Sherly aâ— this present I haue in the City of Agra where-hence I wrote this letter about twelue pounds sterling which according to my manner of liuing vpon the way at two pence sterling a day for with that proportion I can liue pretty well such is the cheapnesse of all eateable things in Asia drinkable things costing nothing for seldome doe I drinke in my pilgrimage any other liquor then pure water will maintaine me very competently three yeeres in my trauell with meat drinke and clothes Of these gratuities which haue beene giuen me willingly would I send you some part as a demonstration of the filiall loue and affection which euery child bred in ciuility and humility ought to performe to his louing and good mother but the distance of space betwixt this place and England the hazard of mens liues in so long a iourney and also the infidelity of many men who though they liue to come home are vnwilling to render an account of the things they haue receiued doe not a little discourage mee to send any precious token vnto you but if I liue to come one day to Constantinople againe for thither I doe resolue to goe once more by the grace of Christ and therehence to take my passage by land into Christendome ouer renouned Greece I will make choice of some substantiall and faithfull Countriman by whom I will send some prety token as an expression of my dutifull and obedient respect vnto you I haue not had the oportunity to see the King of Persia as yet since I came into this country but I haue resolued to goe to him when I come next into his Territories and to search him out wheresoeuer I can find him in his Kingdome for seeing I can discourse with him in his Persian tongue I doubt not but that going vnto him in the forme of a Pilgrime hee will not onely entertaine me with good words but also bestow some worthy reward vpon me beseeming his dignity and person for which cause I am prouided before-hand with an excellent thing written in the Persian-tongue that I meane to present vnto him and thus I hope to get beneuolences of worthy persons to maintaine me in a competent manner in my whole pilgrimage till come into England which I hold to be as laudable and a more secure course then if I did continuall carry store of mony about mee In the letter which I wrote vnto you by an English ship the last yeere I made relation vnto you both of my iourney from the once holy Hierusalem hither and of the state of this Kings Court and the Customes of this Country therefore I hold it superfluous to repeat the same things againe but what the Countryes are that I meane to see betwixt this and Christendome and how long time I will spend in each country I am vnwilling to aduertise you of at this present desiring rather to signifie that vnto you after I haue performed my designe then before howbeit in few words I will tell you of certaine Cities of great renoune in former times but now partly ruined that I resolue by Gods helpe to see in Asia where I now am namely ancient Babylon and Nimrods Tower some few miles from Niniue and in the same the Sepulcher of the Prophet Ionas spacious and goodly Câ—â— in Egypt heretofore Memphis vpon the famous Riuer Nilus where Moses Aaron and the children of Israel liued with K. Pharaoh whose ruined Palace is shewed there till this day and a world of other moueable things as memorable as any City of the whole world yeeldeth sauing onely Ierusalem but in none of these or any other Cities of note doe I determine to linger as I haue done in other places as in Constantinople and Azmere in this Easterne India onely some few daies will I tarry in a principall citie of fame to obserue euery
principall matter there and so be gone In this city of Agra where I am now I am to remaine about 6. weeks longer to the end to expect an excellent opportunity which then wil offer it selfe vnto me to goe to the famous riuer Ganges about 5. dayes iourney from this to see a memorable meeting of the gentle people of this countrey called Baicans whereof about foure hundred thousand people goe thither of purpose to bathe and shaue themselues in the Riuer and to sacrifice a world of gold to the same Riuer partly in stamped money and partly in massie great lumpes and wedges throwing it into the Riuer as a sacrifice and doing other strange Ceremonies most worthy the obseruation such a notable spectacle it is that no part of all Asia neither this which is called the great Asia nor the lesser which is now called Natolia the like is to be seene This shew doe they make once euery yeere comming thither from places almost a thousand miles off and honour their Riuer as their God Creator and Sauiour superstition and impiety most abominable in the highest degree of these brutish Ethnicks that are aliens from Christ and the common-wealth of Israel After I have seene this shew I will with all expedition repaire to the city of Lahore twenty dayes iourney from this and so into Persia by the helpe of my blessed Christ. Thus haue I imparted vnto you some good accidents that happened vnto me since I wrote a letter vnto you the last yeere from the Kings Court and some little part of my resolution for the disposing of a part of my time of abode in Asia Therefore now I will â—â—aâ— to a conclusion the time I cannot liaâ—â— when I shall come home but as my merciful God and Sauiour shall dispose of it A long rabble or commendations like to that which I wrote in my last letter to you I hold not so requisite to make at this present Therefore with remembrance of some few friends names I will but vp my present Epistle I pray you recommend me first in Odcombe to Master Gallop and euery good body of his family if hee liueth yet to Master Bâ—râ—b his wife and all his family to all the Knights William Chum Iohn Selly Hugh Donne and their wiues to Master Atkins and his wife at Norton I pray you commend mee in Euill to these to old Master Seward if hee liueth his wife and children the poore widow Darby old Master Dyer and his Sonne Iohn Master Ewins old and young with their wiues Master Phelpes and his wife M. Starre and his wife with the rest of my good friends there I had almost forgotten your husband to him also to Ned Barbor and his wife to William Ienings commend me also I pray you and that with respectfull termes to the godly and reuerent fraternity of Preachers that euery second Friday meet at a religious exercise at Euill at the least if that exercise doth continue pray read this letter to them for I thinke they will be well pleased with it by reason of the nouelties of things And so finally I commit you and all them to the blessed protection of Almighty God From Agra the Capitall City of the Dominion of the great Mogoll in the Easterne India the last of October 1616. Your dutifull louing and obedient Sonne now a desolate Pilgrim in the World THOMAS CORIAT The Copy of a speech that I made to a Mahometan in the Italian tongue THe Copie of a speech that I made extempore in the Italian tongue to a Mahometan at a City called Moltan in the Eastern India two daies iourny beyond the famous Riuer Indus which I haue passed against Mahomet and his accursed Religion vpon the occasion of a discourtesie offered vnto me by the said Mahometan in calling mee Giaur that is infidell by reason that I was a Christian the reason why I spake to him in Italian was because he vnderstood it hauing been taken slaue for many yeeres since by certaine Florentines in a Gally wherein he passed from Constantinople towards Alexandra but being by them interrupted by the way he was carried to a City called Ligerne in the Duke of Florences Dominions where after two yeeres hee had learned good Italian but he was an Indian borne and brought vp in the Mahometan Religion I pronounced the speech before an hundred people whereof none vnderstood it but himselfe but hee afterward told the meaning of some part of it as farre as he could remember it to some of the others also If I had spoken thus much in Turky or Persia against Mahomet they would haue rosted me vpon a spit but in the Mogols Dominions a Christian may speake much more freely then hee can in any other Mahometan Country in the world The speech was this as I afterward translated it into English BVt I pray thee tell me thou Mahometan dost thou in sadnes call mee Giaur That I doe quoth he Then quoth I in very sober sadnes I retort that shamefull word in thy throate and tell thee plainly that I am a Musulman and thou art a Giaur For by that Arab word Musulman thou dost vnderstand that which cannot be properly applied to a Mahometan but onely to a Christian so that I doe consequently inferre that there are two kindes of Muselmen the one â—n Orthomusulman that is a true Musulman which is a Christian and the other a Pseudo-musulman that is a false Musulman which is a Mahometan What thy Mahomet was from whom thou dost deriue thy Religion assure thy selfe I know better then any one of the Mahometans amongst many millions yea all the particular circumstances of his life and death his Nation his Parentage his driuing Camels through Egypt Syria and Palestina the marriage of his Mistris by whose death hee raised himselfe from a very base and contemptible estate to great honour and riches his manner of coozening the sottish people of Arabia partly by a tame Pigeon that did flye to his eare for meat and partly by a tame Bull that he fed by hand euery day with the rest of his actions both in peace and warre I know aswell as if I had liued in his time or had beene one of his neighbours in Mecca the truth whereof if thou didst know aswell I am perswaded thou wouldest spit in the face of thy Alcaron and trample it vnder thy feet and bury it vnder a laâ—e a booke of that strange and weake matter that I my selfe as meanly as thou dost see mee attired now haue already written two better bookes God be thanked and will here after this by Gods gracious permssion write another better and truer yea I would haue thee know thou Mahometan that in that renouned Kingdome of England where I was borne learning doth so flourish that there are many thousand boyes of sixteene yeeres of age that are able to make a more learned booke theaâ— thy Alcason neither was it as thou and the rest of you Mahometans
and contriu'd it still He laid the Plot and did the Act fulfill So that of all the Bawdes that euer were The Deuill himselfe the bell away doth beare Yet all his whoring base Idolatry Did seeme Religious zealous sanctitie As thus He blinded and withdrew people so faâ—â— from the seruice and knowledge of the trâ—â— God that they prayed to Pomona for the â—â—â—â— crease of their fruit to Ceres for Corne anâ—â—â—â—â— Graine to Siluanus for wilde-fowle to Bacâ—â— for wine to Neptune for fish to Mars for thâ— successe of Warres and Captaines to Phoebus for Physicke and Musicke to Saturne for â—â—â—â— bourers and workmen in husbandry to Pallâ—â— for valour to Minerua for wisdome to Iâ—â—â—â— for men of state and port to Iuno for Pompâ—â— and Iewels to Vulcan for fire and lightening to Venus for beauty and lasciuious pleasure to Luna for calmnes and faire weather to Plâ—â—â—â— for riches to Mercury for learning and eloâ— quence to Flora for flowers to Proteus for disguises to Pan for Pypers to Eolus for winâ—â—â—â— and stormes to Bellona for battels and conquests to Lucina for women with child to Faunus for Goats and Venison to Clothâ— for spinning out the threed of life to Lachesis for wynding or reeling it and to Atropos for cutting it off nay he led them into more indiculous sorts of spirituall adultery as to worship with religious adoration Cats Dogges Toades Beetles Serpents Fooles Madmeâ— Priuies Onions Garlicke and many other damnable inuentions not to be numbred Neuerthelesse whosoeuer will but looke into the lying Legend of Golden Gullery there they shall finde that the poore seduced ignorant Romanists doe imitate all the idolatrous fornication of the Heathen Pagans and Infidels and that they put their Hee and Shee Saints to farre more baser and ignominioâ—s offices then these vnbeleeuers of former ages did dare to put vpon their vaine imaginarie gods as they make Saint Crespin a Shoomaker and Saint Roch the Patron Sowters and Coblers they put Saint Wendelin to keepe sheepe and they make Saint Pelage a Cowheard or Neatheard Saint Anthony hath the protection of their Swine Saint Vitus or Vitellus alias Saint Calfe an excellent patron or proctor to cure those that are bitten of a Spider called Tarrantulla or Phallanx They acknowledge Saint Gertrude for an excellent Rat-catcher and Saint Hubert for a good Dogge-keeper some say a cunning Hâ—â—â—isman the Smiths must pray to Saint Eloye the Painters to Saint Luke the Baâ—ers must inuocate Saint Honore the Mariâ—â—rs Saint Nicholas Saint Yue is for the Lawyers and Saint Anne to finde things that are stolne or lost whilst Saint Leonard is the onely Saint to set prisoners at liberty by opening the doores in the night and make their Shacâ—les fall off without any noyse or knocking Besides they make Iob a Physician to cure the Pox when as that foule disease was not known in any part of the world in many hundred yeeres after Iobs daies for in the yeere 1496 Charles the eight being then the French King the Pox was brought from Naples into France hauing but a little before beene very thriftily by the Spaniards purchased from the Americans or West Indians And therefore they doe Iob wrong to make a Mountebank of him in ascribing cures to him beyond his skill or knowledge but all is one for that he must be content with his office as Saint Valentine is with the falling sicknesse Saint Roch with â—cabbes and scurfes Saint Schastian with the Plague Saint Euâ—rope the dropsie Saint â—â—â—â— the Gout Saint Petronella the Ague be any Feuer Saint Apollonia the Tooth-â—ch * A Glister of holy water I thinke would better driue on the Deuill Saint Romane they say dispossesseth â—ineâ—s out of the possessed and Saint Maâ—â—â—â— is the madde mens Saint to cure the â—â—enzie It is to be doubted that Physicians and Chirurgians haue small takings where all these skilâ—full Saints are so imployed except â—ow and then they get a Patient by chance when the good Saint is ouer-busâ—ed or not at â—â—â—â—â—ure Moreouer there is a great contention amongst them to whatâ— Saint they shall commit the keeping of their Ceese some will haue Saint Anâ—och some Saint Gâ—llâ—â—ct and some Saint Fortall the businesse is very weighty and requires mature deliberation and ripe iudgement some there are that would depriue Saint Wendeliâ—â— before named of his keeping Sheepe and bestow the place vpon Saint Wolfe which is a very vnsurable name for a Shepheard By this which hath beene said the Reader may perceiue what a cunning Bawd the Deuil is to adulterate the true seruice of the eternall God with these whorish Inuentions And so though I could amplifie this point to a larger extent in describing spirituall Bawdes and Bawdry yet now I thinke fitting to auoid rediousnesse and to treat of this subiect in other garbes and fashions It is reported by Henry Stephens in his Apologie or defence of Herodotes the first Booke 21. Chapter page 182. That a merry disposed Priest got a pretty lasse behinde the high Altar vpon a Good Friday in the morning where he thought all the Hee and Shee Saints were contented to keepe Counsell but it was knowne to the Legate of Auinion by the intelligence of no Saint which Legate after hee had wisely considered on what day and time and in what place the cleanly conueyance was acted hee out of his charity concluded a Priest to be mortal and that flesh was fraile for which respects vpon promise of amendment he was absolued and released Moreouer great * Emperours haue beene Bawdes Emperours and Kings haue beene Bawdes as Suelonius Tranquilius writes of Tyberius Cesar that hee had Cells Caues and Vaults in his house where hee had a nursery of whores and oftentimes would haue the execrable â—â—â—â— committed in his presence The Emperour Domitian followed his admirable example and Heliogabolus went so farre beyond them in the art of Bawdry that hee made Punyes of them both And of later yeeres a * A king of Castile or Spaine Bawd to his owne wife King of Castile called Henry the vnable because hee could not haue a childe by his wife to inherit after him he kindly entreated one of his Lords to take the paines to beget an heire for him There was a rich Burger of Antwerp a Mercer by his trade who was a Bawd to his owne wife though it was against his will or knowledge but I blame him not for I doubt hee hath many more fellowes as innocent and ignorant as himselfe but this was the case his wife wearing Corke shooes was somewhat light-heel'd and like a foule player at Irish sometimes shee would beare a man too many and now and then make a wrong Entrance The summe was that shee lou'd a Doctor of Physicke well and to attaine his company shee knew no better or safer way then to faine her selfe sicke that hee vnder the colour of visitation might feele her pulses and apply such cordiall Remedies as might
ne'r are paid agen 'T is said that Iacob counsel'd by his mother Did steale his fathers blessing from his brother This was a theft which few wil imitate Their fathers blessings are of no such rate For though some sonnes might haue them for the crauing Yet they esteeme them scarcely worth the hauing Their fathers money they would gladly steale But for their blessings they regard no deale And by their waters you may guesse and gather That they were sicke and grieued of the Father But on such Thieues as those I plainly say A hansome hanging were not cast away Some Thieues may through an admirable skill An honest Common-wealth both pole and pill These fellowes steale secure as they were Millers And are substantiall men their Countries Pillers Purloyning polers or the Barbers rather That shaue a Kingdome cursed wealth to gather These Pillers or these Caterpillers swarmes Grow rich and purchase goods by others harmes And liue like Fiends extremely fear'd and hated And are and shall be euer execrated A King of Britaine once Catellus * He was the fortyth King after Brute and he raigned â—â—â— Christs birth 171. yeeres nam'd Vpon Record his Charity is fam'd His iustice and his memory was so ample He hang'd vp all oppressours for example If that Law once againe were in request Then of all trades a Hangman were the best These are the brood of Barrabas and these Can rob and be let loose againe at ease Whilst Christ in his poore members euery day Both suffer through their Theft and pine away And sure all men of whatsoe'r degree Of Science Art or Trade or Mystery Or Occupation whatsoe'r they are For truth cannot with Watermen compare â—â— know there 's some obiections may be made How they are rude vnciuill in their trade But that is not the question I propound â—â— say no Theft can in the trade be found Our greatest foes by no meanes can reueale Which way we can deceiue or cheat or steale We take men in and Land them at their pleasure And neuer bate them halfe an inch of measure Still at one price our selues we waste and weare Though all things else be mounted double deare And in a word I must conclude and say A Waterman can be a Thiefe no way Except one way which I had halfe forgot He now and then perhaps may rob the pot Steale himselfe drunke and be his owne Purspicker And chimically turnes his coyne to liquor This is almost a vniuersall Theft A portion Fathers to their Sonnes haue left â—â—en are begot and doe like their begetters And Watermen doe learne it of their betters Ther 's nothing that doth make them poore bare â—â—ut b'cause they are such true men as they are For if they would but steale like other men The Gallowes would deuoure them now and then Whereby their number quickly would be lesse Which to their wants would be a good redresse Their pouerty doth from their truth proceed Their way to thriue were to be Thieues indeed If they would steale and hang as others doe Those that suruiue it were a helpe vnto Truth is their trade truth doth keepe them poore But if their truth were lesse their wealth were more All sorts of men worke all the meanes they can To make a Thiefe of euery Water-man And as it were in one consent they ioyne 1 The Anagram of Water-man is A TREWâ—MAN To trot by land i' th' dirt and saue their coine Carroaches Coaches Iades and Flanders Mares Doe rob vs of our shares our wares our Fares Against the ground we stand and knocke our heeles Whilest all our profit runs away on wheeles And whosoeuer but obserues and notes The great increase of Coaches and of Boates Shall finde their number more then e'r they were By halfe and more within these thirty yeeres Then Water-men at Sea had seruice still And those that staid at home had worke at will Then vpstart Helcart-Coaches were to seeke A man could scarce see twenty in a weeke But now I thinke a man may daily see More then the Whirries on the Thames can be When Queene Elizabeth came to the Crowne A Coach in England then was scarcely knowne Then 't was as rare to see one as to spy A Tradesman that had neuer told a lye But now like plagues of Egypt they doe swarme As thicke as Frogs or Lice vnto our harme For though the King the Counsell and such States As are of high superiour rankes and rates For port or pleasure may their Coaches haue Yet 't is not sit that euery Whore or Knaue And fulsome Madams and new scuruy Squires Should iolt the streets in pomp at their desires Like great triumphant Tamberlaines each day Drawne with the pamper'd lades of Belgia That almost all the streets are choak'd out-right Where men can hardly passe from morne till night 1 The Wherries were want to haue all the Whores till the Guaches robd them of their custome Whilest Watermen want worke and are at ease To carry one another if they please Or else sit still and poorely starue and dye For all their liuings on foure Wheeles doe flye Good Reader thinke it not too long or much That I thus amply on this point doe tutch Now we are borne we would our worke apply To labour and to liue vntill we dye And we could liue well but for Coaches thieuing That euery day doe rob vs of our liuing If we by any meanes could learne the skill To rob the Coachmen as they rob vs still Then in the Sessions booke it would appeare They would be hang'd fiue hundred in a yeare Besides it is too manisfestly knowne They haue the Sadlers trade almost o'rthrowne And the best Leather in our Kingdome they Consume and waste for which poore men do pay Our Bootes Shooes to such high price they reare That all our profit can buy none to weare I in Bohemia saw that all but Lords Or men of worth had Coaches drawne with cords And I my necke vnto the rope would pawne That if our Hackney ratlers were so drawne With cords or ropes or halters chuse ye whether It quickly would bring downe the price of Leather The Watermen should haue more worke I hope When euery hireliug Coach drawne with a rope Would make our Gallants stomacke at the matter And now and then to spend their coyne by water Without all flattery here my minde I breake The Prouerb saies Giue loosers leaue to speake They carry all our Fares and make vs poore That to our Boates we scarce can get a d The Wherries were wont to haue all the Whores till the Coaches robd them of their custome Whore Some honest men and women now and then Will spend their moneyes amongst Watermen But we are growne so many and againe Our fares so few that little is our gaine Yet for all this to giue the Diuell his due Our honest trade can no wayes be vntrue If some be rude amongst the
his Kingdome And let vs but marke and consider the plagues and punishments that God hath inflicted vpon Murderers Adulterers and incestuous persons First Cain although by his birth hee was the first man that euer was borne a Prince by his birth and heire apparant to all the world yet for the Murther by him committed on his brother he was the first Vagabond and Runnagate on the face of the earth almost fearefull of his owne shaddow and after he had liued a long time terrifide in Conscience was himselfe slaine as is supposed by Lamech Simeon and Leui the sonnes of Iacob were accurst of their Father for the slaughter of the Sichemites Ioab the Captaine of Dauids Host was slaine for the murthering of Abner Dauid himselfe for the death of Vrlas and the Adultery committed with Bethsheba was continually plagued and vexed with the Sword of Warre with the Rebellion of his owne sonnes and with the vntimely deaths of Aâ—non and Absolen Baanah and Rechab for the slaying of Ishbesheth the sonne of Saul they were both by Dauids commandement put to death who had both their hands and feete cut off and were afterward hanged ouer the Poole in Hebron Samuell 2. 4. The examples are infinite out of diuine and humane Histories that God did neuer suffer Murder to goe vnrewarded and this miserable man of whom I haue here related is a most mainfest spectacle of Gods reuenging vengeance for that crying and hainous sinne As concerning Lust and Incontinency it is a short pleasure bought with long paine a hunnied poyson a Gulfe of shame a Pick-purse a breeder of Diseases a gall to the Conscience a corrofide to the heart turning mans wit into foolish madnesse the bodies bane and the soules perdition to it is excessiue in youth and odious in age besides God himselfe doth denounce most fearefull threats against Fornicators and Adulterers as the Apostle saith that Whormongers and Adulterers shall not inherit the Kingdome of Heauen 1. Cer. 6. 9. And God himselfe saith that hee will bee a swift witnesse against Adulterers Mal. 3.5 And the Wise man saith that because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a â—â—â—â—â—â— of bread and a woman will hunt for the precious lifâ— of a man For faith he can a man take fire in â—â—â— bosome and his cloathes not bee burnt or can â—â—â— man goe vpon hot Coales and his feet not be burnt So hee that goesh in to his neighbours Wife â—â—â— not be innocent Prou. 6. 27 28 29. Abimelech one of the sonnes of Gedeon murdered three score and ten of his Brethren and in reward thereof by the iust Iudgement of God a woman with a piece of a Milstone beat out his braines after he had vsurped the Kingdome three yeeres Iudges the 9. Our English Chronicles make mention that Roger Mortimer Lord Baron of Wallingford merdered his Master King Edward the second and caused the Kings Vncle Edmund Earle of Kent causelesly to bee beheaded but Gods Iustice ouertooke him at last so that for the said Murders he was shamefully executed Humphâ—â—â— Duke of Glocester was murdered in the Abbey of Bary by William de la Poole Duke of Suffoâ—â—â— who afterward was beheaded himselfe on the Sea by a Pyrat Arden of Feuersham and Pâ—â—â— of Plimmouth both their Murders are fresh â—â—â— memory and the fearfull ends of their Wiue and their Ayders in those bloudy actions will neuer be forgotten It is too manifestly known what a number of Stepmothers and Strumpets haue most in humanely murdred their Children and so the same haue most deseruedly beene executed But in the memory of man nor scarcely in any History it is not to be found that a Father did euer take two Innocent Children â—â—â— of their beds and with weeping teares of pâ—â—ilesse pity and vnmercifull meroy to drown them shewing such compassionate cruelty and sorrowfull sighing remorcelesse remoâ—â—â— in that most vnfatherly and vnnaturall deed All which may be attributed to the malice of the Diuell whose will and endeauour that none should be saued who layes out his traps and snares intangling some with Luâ—â—â— some with Couetousnesse some with Ambition Drunkennesse Enuy Murder Sloth or any Vice whereto he sees a man or a woman moâ—â—â— inclined vnto as he did by this wretched maâ—â—â—lulling him as it were in the cradle of sensâ—â—â— and vngodly delight vntill such time as â—â—â— his meanes reputation and credit was â—â—â— and nothing left him but misery and â—â—â— Then hee leads him along through â—â—â— and feares to haue no hope in Gods â—â—â— perswading his Conscience that â—â—â— sinnes were vnpardonable and his estate â—â—â— credit vnrecouerable With these suggestions hee led him on to despaire and in desperation to kill his Children and make shipwracke of his owne soule in which the diligence of the Diuell â—â—â— that hee labours and trauels vnâ—â—â— and as Saint Bernard saith in the â—â—â— day shall rise in condemnation against vs because hee hath euer beene more diligent to destroy soules theÌ„ we haue been to saue them And for a Conclusion let vs beseech God of â—â—â— infinite mercy to defend vs from all the â—â—â— temptations of Satan IOHN ROVVSE his Prayer for pardon of his lewd life which bee vsed to pray in the time of his imprisonment GOD of my Soule and Body haue mercy vpon mee the one I haue cast away by my Folly and the other is likely to perish in thy Funy vnlesse in thy great mercie thou â—â—â— My Sinnes are deepe Seas to drowne me I am swallowed vp in â—â—â— bottomlesse gulfe of my owne â—â—â—gressions With Cain I haue beene Murtherer and with Iudas a Betrayer me Innocent My body is a slaue to â—â—â— and my wretched Soule is deúouâ—â—â— vp by Hell Blacke haue beene my â—â—â— and blacker are my deeds I haue beene the Diuels instrument and am now become the scorne of men a a Serpent vpon earth and an Outcast from Heauen What therefore can become of mee miserable Caitifle If I looke vp to my Redeemer to him I am an Arch Traytor if vpon Earth it is drowned with Blood of my shedding if into Hell there I see my Conscience burning in the Brimstone Lake God of my Soule and Body haue mercy therefore vpon mee Saue mee O saue mee or else I perish for euer I dye for euer in the world to come vnlesse sweet Lord thou catchest my repeÌ„tant Soule in thine Armes O saue me saue me saue me JOHN ROVVSE of Ewell his owne Arraignment Confession Condemnation and Iudgement of himselfe whilst hee lay Prisoner in the White Lyon for drowning of his two Children I Am arraign'd at the blacke dreadfull Barre Where Sinnes sored as Scarlet Iudges are All my Inditements are my horrid Crimes Whose Story will affright succeeding Times As now they driue the present into wonder Making Men treÌ„ble as trees strucke with Thunder If any askes what euidence comes in O 'T is my Conscience which hath euer bin A thousand witnesses and now it tels
good in me â—â—â— I am sure there is much lesse in thee That â—â—â— thou bear'st me prethee beare me still â—â—â—â— good with enuie all thy veines shall fill â—â—â— they swell and burst thy angry gall Then if â—rue I will lament thy fall And on thy graue this Epitaph bestow For to be read for either friend or foe Epitaph HEre lyes a Carkasse in this Graue Who while he lin'd would rayle and raue Borrow his wit from others worth And in his owne name â—â—â—t forth He row'd from Tyber to the Thames And there his tongue himselfe proclaimes The luster of all Watermen To row with Scull or write with Pen. O had he still kept on the Water And neuer come vpon Theater He might haue liu'd full merrily And not haue di'd so lowsily O 't was that foolish scuruie Play â—â—t Hope that tooke his sence away â—et he to blot out all his shame â—â—â— the fault on Fennorâ—s name And rayl'd at him like a mad bodie Liu'd a bare Foole di'd a base Noddie But if you 'l know what was his name I willingly will shew the same No Land-Poet nor Sea-Saylor But a poore Sculler call'd Iohn Taylor And had not hate this wonder slaine He would haue liu'd a Knaue in graine Thus Iack thou feest what friendship I would doe Garnish thy Graue out with a verse or two But yet thou art aliue and I surmise Thou wilt not dye till Crowes peck out thy eyes I 'd wish thee sayle vnto some forraine Places Where they haue neuer heard of thy disgraces The Baramoodes Tongue thou dost professe The name of Poet there thou may'st possesse There spread thy Pamphlets make them vnderstand Thou art the chiefest Poet in that Land Thou say'st my pate a mint of lyes can forge Indeed t' hast wit ynough thy lyes to scourge For I was neither rid South North nor East But into Warwick-shire direct North-west Nor did I thither ride to shun thy Play But 't was my Fathers will call'd me away And for th' obedience that he in me found He gaue me his blessing with a hundred pound Then Sculler know that was no Tinkers gift Nor had I need for thy poore Crowne to shift But he that told thee I was gone in 't Kent Spoke halfe as true as thou dost lies inuent But see how enuie in thy heart doth trot Thou grieuest that I a poore mans pardon got Is thy eye euill then cause mine is good Or wouldst thou stop my Fountaine with thy mud No spigh of thee thou Canniball to man I will not cease to doe what good I can Nor doe I looke for Siluer for my meed When poore men want if I can helpe their need For though thou rayld'st on me at the Beare garden Rather then see thee hang'd I 'd beg thy pardon Although it cost me more the suing forth In ready money then thy Boat is worth So much tender man though bred by Nature As being image of his high Creator But thou that of mans liâ—e art no esteemer What mercy canst thou hope from thy Redeemer Say I had wrong'd thee thou good-names betrayer Thou call'st for vengeance in toy Sauiours prayer I will not say so but it doth appeare Thou scarce dost say thy prayers once a yeere Thou must forgiue if thou wouldst be forgiuen For if thou fear'st not hell ne'r hope for heauen Thou dost cause the King as well â—or Graunts As men for Sutes but leaue these bitter taunts And learne intime blacke tayle of insolence To arme thy heart with Christian patience Thus haue I answer'd all thy false alarmes Now it remaines for me to blaze thy Armes For thou hast falsely set vp mine in blue Wherefore I meane to haue a bowt with you Thy Heraldrie shall not out-strip my braine But I 'l deuise as good for thee againe And first because all Sculls thou dost excell A siluer Oare will for thy Crest doe well A paire of Armer bound in a Sable Scarffe In a sad field as large as Wapping Wharffe Out of the water shall appeare one dead A halter and a crosse-barre o' t his head And on his Shield this Motto shall be found Taylor the Sculler was both hang'd and drown'd In all this blazing thee no hurt I meane But hang thee till the Tide hath wash thee cleaner And when the billowes o'r thy head are flowing And AEolus 'gainst Neptunes brow is blowing And Oares and Sculls aboue thy crosse-barre failing There is great hope thou wilt forget thy rayling Thus haue I answer'd thee in three dayes space And yet my Pen ranne but an ambling pace Thus much I mildly write in hope 't will mend thee If not the Thames or Wapping shore will end thee And last to shew what course I would direct thee Vse honesty from Tiburne to protect thee Thiâ—e more then thou desirest Will. Fennor his Maiesties Riâ—â—â—g Poet. To my kinde Friends in generall NOw you haue read and vnderstand my minde I hope your wonted fauors I shall finde In spight of rayling basenesse whose lowd tongues Are Saâ—hans instruments for stand'rous wrongs Sure I haue satisfi'd your expectation And vsde the Sculler in his owne vocation But if you thinke my answer ouer-milde Know this I would not haue my tongue defilde With such vnciuill tearmes much lesse my pen Which now giues satisfaction to all men Of truth I will auouch in spight of ill My answer was set vp in Taylors Bill Falsely without my knowledge or consent Then was not that a cause sufficient To giue my purpose suddaine alteration When I was plai'd the knaue with in that fashion But though we could not then meet face to face I hope my pen hath follow'd him space If I be not deceiu'd it hath out-stript him And spight of all his rods in pisse ' tath whipt him And made his howling hollow voyce to rore Yet for your loues I 'l giue him one lash more FENNORS finall Fareâ—ill to TAYLOR with his blue Bitch and Cods bellie BLadder of enuie one word more with you I must hunt out your Bitch of Azure hue You that at Roterdam haue Spies to honer And in Cods bellies transport Slanders ouer And without Licence helcheth them abroad 'T were fit she should be seartcht to see her Load For in her head her bellie and her crookes I doubt there wil be found some dang'rous Bookes For he that vndertooke this Worke for thee Perhaps prints Romish Doctrine for a fee Or matters preiâ—diciall to the State Or things Schismaticall to breed debate If it be found so spight of your Reuenge You and your Bitch may in a halter swinge And your Cods bellie starue for want of water To you all three I doe commend this Satyre And to my Country all my loue and skill To root out all such instruments of ill FINIS A CAST OVER THE VVATER BY IOHN TAYLOR Giuen Gratis to WILLIAM FENNOR the Rimer From London to the Kings Bench. DEDICATED To all that vnderstand English By
cloth is hungers flagge of Truce â—â—â— in the fight the Napkins are your friends â—â—â— wait vpon you at your fingers ends â—â—â— Dinner and your Supper ouer-past â—â—â— linnen in your beds you are imbrac'd â—â—â—â— 'twixt the sheetes refreshing rest you take â—â—turne from side to side and sleepe and wake â—â—re the sheetes in euery Christian Nation â—â— walles or limits of our generation â—â—â— where desire and loue combined meets â—â—â— there 's braue doings 'twixt a paire of sheets â—â—â— where a Harlots lust doth entertaine â—â—here one sheets pennance bides the shames of twaine â—â—â— all degrees my counsaile here is such â—â—â— of the lower sheet take not too much â—â—â— from our beds we doe oft cast our eyes â—â—Linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise Which is a garment shisting in condition â—â—nd in the Canting tongue is a Commission â—â—â—â—eale or woe in ioy or dangerous drifts â—â—â— will put a man vnto his shifts â—â—vnto it belongs this fatall lot â—â—â— makes him shift that hath or hath it not â—â—he man that hath a shirt doth shift and chaunge â—â—he that hath no shirt doth shift and raunge â—â—â— the conclusion of this point must fall â—â—â— shifteth most that doth not shift at all â—â— a shirt most magically can â—â— if it 's owner be an honest man â—â—he washing will his honesty bewray â—â—â— the lesse soape will wash his shirt they say â—â—â— men Cleans shirts at such esteeme doe prize â—â—â— the poor'st thiefe who at the gallowes dyes â—â—â— but his shirt is cleane his mind is eas'd â—â—â— hangs the hansomer and better pleas'd Next at the smocke I needs must haue a sâ—irt Which is indeed the sister to a shirt 'T is many a females Linnen tenement Whilest twixt the quarters she receiues her rent A Smock's her store-house or her ware-house rather Where shee her commings in doth take and gather Her gaines by it are more then can be told 'T is her reuennue and her copy-hold Her owne fee simple shee alone hath power To let and set at pleasure euery houre 'T is a commodity that giues no day 'T is taken vp and yet yeelds ready pay But for most other wares a man shall bee Allow'd for payment dayes three months and three Yet hath a Smocke this great preheminence Where honour's mix'd with modest innocence It is the Roabe of married chastitie The vaile of Heauen-belou'd Virginitie The chaste concealemeÌ„t of those fruits close hidden Which to vnchaste affections are forbidden It is the Casket or the Cabinet Where Nature hath her chiefest Iewels set For whatsoe'r men toyle for farre and nere By sea or land with danger cost and feare Warres wrinkled brow the smooth face of peace Are both to serue the smocke and it's increase The greatest Kings and wisest Counsellours Stout Soldiers and most sage Philosophers The welthieft Merchants and Artificers Pleibeians and Plow-toyling labourers All these degrees and more haue woo'd and praid And alwayes to the smocke their tributes paid Besides 't is taken for a fauour great When one his mistris kindly doth intreat He holds these words as Iewels dropt from her You first shall doe as doth my Smocke sweet Sir This Theame of smocke is very large and wide And might in verse be further amplifide But I thinke best a speedy end to make Lest for a smel-smocke some should me mistake I first began it with a flirt or flout And ending with a mocke I will goe out The Anagram of SMOCKE I find is MOCKES And I conclude a pox of all strait smockes Now vp aloft I mount vnto the Russe Which into foolish mortals pride doth pusse Yet Ruffes antiquity is here but small Within this eighty yeeres not one at all For the eighth Henry as I vnderstand Was the first King that euer wore a Band And but a falling Band plaine with a hem All other people knew no vse of them Yet imitation in small time began To grow that it the Kingdome ouer-ran The little falling-bands encreac'd to Ruffes Ruffes growing great were waited on by Cuffes And though our frailties should awake our care We make our Ruffes as carelesse as we are Our Ruffes vnto our faults compare I may Both carelesse and growne greater euery day A Spaniards Ruffe in follio large and wide Is th' abstract of ambitions boundlesse pride For roundnesse 't is the Embleme as you see Of the terrestriall Globes rotunditie And all the world is like a Ruffe to Spaine Which doth encircle his aspiring braine And his vnbounded pride doth still persist To haue it set and poaked as he list The sets to Organ-pipes compare I can Becausethey doe offend the Paritan Whose zeale doth call it superstition And Badges of the Beast of Babilon Ruffes onely at the first were in request With such as of abilitie were best But now the plaine the stich'd the lac'd and shagge Àre at all prices worne by tagge and Ragge So Spaine who all the world would weare shall see Like Ruffes the world from him shall seat'red bee As for the Cuffe 't is pretily encreac'd Since it began two hand fulls at the leaft At first 't was but a girdle foe the wrist Or a small circle to enclose the fist Which hath by little and by little crept And from the wrist vnto the elboe leap't Which doth resemble sawey persons well For giue a Knaue an inch hee 'l take an ell Ruffes are to Cuffes as 't were the breading mothers And Cuffes are twins in pride or two proud brothers So to conclude Pride weares them for abuse Humalitie for ornament and vse A Night-cap is a garment of high state Which in captiuitie doth captines â— The braine the reason wit and sense and all And euery night doth beare sway capitall And as the horne aboue the head is worne So is the Night-cap worne aboue the horne And is a Sconce or Block-house for the head Wherein much matter is considered And therefore when too much wee sucke the tap 'T is truly called a considering Cap. By day it waits on Agues Plurisies Consumptions and all other malladies A day worne Night-cap in our Common-wealth Doth shew the wearer is not well in health Yet some mens folly makes my muse so smile When for a kib'd heele broken shin or bile Seab'd hams cut fingers or a little sâ—arâ— Aâ— royne Bumpe or a Goose from Winchester When I see Night-caps worne for these poore vses It makes my worship laugh at their abuses Thus is a Night-cap most officious A Captaine Captrous and Capritious And though vnmarried young men may forbeare â—â—â— Yet age and wedlocke makes a man to weare it A Handkerchiefe may well be cal'd in briefe Both a perpetuall leacher and a thiefe About the lippes it's kissing good and ill Or else 't is diuing in the pocket still As farre as from the pocket to the mouth So is it's pilgrimage with age or youth At Christining-banquets and at funerals At weddings Comfit-makers festiuals A Handkerchiefe doth filch most manifold
Right Honourable Thomas Lord Ridgewaye Treasurer THOMAS RIDGEWAYE Anagramma God Armes thy way Againe Age is made worthy THough sinne and hell worke mortals to betray Yet 'gainst their malice still God Armes thsway When life and lands and all away must fade By Noble actions Age is worthy made Certaine Sonnets made in the forme of AEquiuoques on the destruction of Troy VVHen Hellen was for Priams sonne a mate From Greece berest by Parto his Band Which caus'd the Greekes the Troian mâ—rds amaâ—e Som curl'd the boy and other some they band The strum pet Queene which brought the burning brand That Illion fir'd wrack'd old I'â—amâ— Race And on their Names long liuing shame dâ—d brand For head-strong lust runnes an vnbounded â—ace This beauteous peece whose feature radiant bâ—aze Made Menelaus horne-mad warre to wage And set all Troy in a combustious blaze Whose ten yeeres triumphs scarce was worthâ—â—â— wage For all their conquests and their battring Rams Their leaders most return'd with heads like Rams To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Grandison Anagramma Harts Ioyne in loue THy loyall seruice to thy King doth proue That to thy Countrey thy Hart Ioyns in loue VVIth raging madnesse and with fury fell Great Diemed and Atax left their Tents And in the throat of death to blowes they fell To make more worke for plaisters and for tents With blood imbruing all the Phrygian Clime Whilst men like Autumne leaues drop dying downe Where som th'row blood wouÌ„ds to honor clime And some their mangled hims bestrows the downe Whilst Parâ—s with his Hellen in his Armes Imbraces her about the wastfull wast Saw many a Gallant Knight in burnisht Armes Who from their Teuts made haste to make more waste Who to their Teuts did ne'r returne again Thus warres makes gaine a losse and losse a gaine HAd Priams Queene in Cradle slaine her Sonne The lustfull Paris hoplesse boy I meane Then Illions Towers might still haue brau'd the Sun His death to saue their liues had beene the meane Vnlucky lucke when Iuno Venus Prllas Did craue his censure vpon Ida Mount Whence sprung the cause that Troy Priams Palace Were burnt which erst the skyes did seem to mouÌ„t Had he been drown'd or strangled with a cord He had not rob'd Oenon of her heart Or had he dy'd ere Hellen did accord With him to head her husband like a Hart. But Troy it is thy fate this knaue and Baggage Confounds thy state and fire thy bag baggage TRoyes fruitfull Queene did many children beare So braue heroicke and so stout a Crue Who all in noble actions did accrue When age had made their Parents bald and bare They made their daintlesse courage to appeare Amidst the throngs of danger and debate Where wars remorselesse stroke kil'd many a Peer Whil'st swords not words their couÌ„sels did debate But bloud on bloud their fury could not sate For fierce Achilles did braue Hector gore To guerdon which the Grecian in his gore Did wallow whilest the Troians laughing sate Thus did Achilles bid the world adiew For Hectors death Reuenge did claime a due TEn wearie yeers these bloudy broyles did last Vntill the Greeks had form'd a woodden Steed Which they on Priam would bestow at last When force preuailes not falshood stands in stead False Sinon who so well could forge a lye Whose traitrous eyes shed many a trech'rous teare Knew well that in the horses wombe did lye The wolues that Troy did all in pieces teare Polyxena Achilles deare-bought deare Was hew'd in gobbets on her louers graue King Queene and Troy for Hellen paid too deare All felt the Grecian rage both young and graue To Kings and Commons death's alike all one Except AEneas who escap'd alone LO thus the burden of Adultrous guilt I showring vengeance Troy and Troiâ—nes saw No age no sexe no beauty Gold or guilt Withstood foretold Cassandraes sacred saw She often said false Hellens beautious blast Should be the cause the mighty Grecian pow'r Their names and fames with infamy should blast And how the gods on theÌ„ would vengeance powre But poore Cassandra prophesied in vaine She clam'rous cries as 't were to sencelesse Rocks The youths of Troy in merry scornefull veine Securelesse slept whil'st lust the cradle rocks Till bloudy burning Indignation came And all their mirth with mourning ouercame Certaine Sonnets variously composed vpon diuers subiects Sonnet 1 True Nobility GReat is the glory of the Noble minde Where life and death are equall in respect If fates be good or bad vnkinde or kinde Not proud in freedome nor in thrall deiect With courage scorning fortunes worst effect And spitting in foule Enuies cankred face True honour thus doth baser thoughts subiect Esteeming life a slaue that serues disgrace Foule abiect thoughts become the mind that 's base That deemes there is no better life then this Or after death doth feare a worser place Where guilt is paid the guerdon of Amisse But let swolne enuy swell vntill shee burst The Noble minde defies her to her worst Sonnet 2. Enuy and Honour COuld Enuy dye if Honour were deceast She could not liue for Honour's Enuie's food She liues by sucking of the Noble blood And scales the loftie top of Fames high Crest Base thoughts compacted in the abiect brest The Meager Monster doth nor harme nor good But like the wane or waxe of ebbe or flood She shunnes as what her gorge doth most detest Where heau'n-bred honour in the Noble minde From out the Cauerns of the brest proceeds There hell-borne Enuy shewes her hellish kind And Vultur like vpon their actions feeds But here 's the ods that Honour's tree shall grow When Enuie's rotten stump shall burne in woe Sonnet 3. Beauties luster DEw drinking Phoebus hid his golden head Balm-breathing Zephyrus lay close immur'd The silly Lambs and Kyds lay all as dead Skies earth and seas all solace had abiur'd Poore men and beasts to toylesome tasks inur'd In dropping manner spent the drowzy day All but the Owle whose safety night assur'd She gladly cuts the ayre with whooting lay When lo the blossome of blooming May From out her Coach maiestickly doth rise Then Tytan doth his radiant beames display And clouds are vanisht from the vaulty skies Sweet Zephyris gales reuiueth beasts and men Madge Howlet scuds vnto her nest agen Sonnet 4. Hope and Despaire DOmestick broyles my tortur'd heart inuades Twixt wau'ring Hope and desp'rate black Despaire To prosecute my sute the one perswades The other frustrates all my hopes with cares Hope sets me on infer's shee 's fayrest faire â—dire disdaine doth dwell in foulest Cels And fell despaire calls beauty Enuies heire â—hich torments me more then ten thousand hels â— thus my former hope despaire expels â—â—st which extremes what 's best for me to doe â— open armes despaire 'gainst me rebels â—ope traytor-like giues free consent thereto And till these traytors twaine consume my citty â— restlesse rest to rest vpon her pitty
labours and takes paine May with a better Conscience sleepe in bed Then he that is with ill got thousands sped So well I like it and such loue I owe Vnto it that I 'll fall againe to Rowe 'T will keepe my health from falling to decay Get money and chase Idlenesse away I 'm sure it for Antiquity hath stood Since the worlds drowning vniuersall Flood And howsoeuer now it rise or fall The Boate in Noahs Deluge carried all And though our wits be like our purses bare With any Company wee 'll make compare To write a Verse prouided that they be No better skild in Schollership then wee And then come one come thousands nay come all And for a wager wee 'll to Versing fall Epilogue to those that know what they haue read and how to censure TO you whose eares and eyes haue heard seene This little pamphlet and can iudge betweene That which is good or tol'rable or ill If I with Artlesse Nature wanting skill Haue writ but ought that may your thoughts content My Muse hath then accomplisht her intent Your fauors can preserue me but your frownes My poore inuentions in obliuion drownes With tolerable friendship let me craue You will not seeke to spill what you may saue But for the wrymouth'd Critick that hath read That mewes puh's and shakes his brainlesse head And saies my education or my state Doth make my verse esteem'd at lower rate To such a one this answer I doe send And bid him mend before he discommend His Enuy vnto me will fauours prooue The hatred of a foole breeds wise-mens loue My Muse is iocund that her labours merits To be malign'd and scornd by Enuious spirits Thus humbly I craue pardon of the best Which being gaind Sir reuerence for the rest FINIS A MEMORIALL OF ALL THE ENGLISH MONARCHS being in number 151. from Brute to King CHARLES TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE LIONEL Lord Viscount Cranefield Earle of Middlesex c. MY humble Muse in lofty manner sings a The y. Kingdomes were 1. Kent 2 â—â—â— Sussx and Surry 3 â—â—â—â— â—â—â— Norfolke and Cambridge-shire 4 â—â—â—â—â—â— â—â—â— Somersetshire and Corneâ—â—â— 5 Mertia Glostershire Hertfordshire Worcester Shraâ—â—â— Staffordshire Cheshire Warwike Leycester North Oxford Buckingham Bedford and halfe Hartfordshire 6 East-Saxon Essex Middlesex and halfe Hartfordshire 7 Northumberland diuided to two Kingdomes Deyrs and all brought to one Monarchy by Eghert King of saeâ—â—â— and called England 1968. yeeres after Brute A Catalogue of Englands mighty Kings At first I do begin with Troian BRVTE And following Chronicles I do dispute Proceeding briefely with their Raignes and Names Till these blest dayes of our best Monarch IAMES T is but an Argument that 's written here That in such time such and such Princes were But he that meanes their Actions were to know May read Boetius Hollinshed or Stow Or our true labouring Moderne Master How Which Authors Learned Iudgement do allow Or if you le see how former times doe runne Reade the laborious paines of Middleton We haue had Kings since Brute of royall Blood One hundred forty sixe some bad some good Foure Queenes in all this time did only Raigne Whose Memories in Histories remaine So in two thousand and seuen hundred yeeres We had thrice 50 Princes it appeares This Kingdome here was fiue times won and lost And Kings as God decreed oft chang'd and tost Sometimes one swaid the Scepter sometime twaine And sometime seuen at once did rule and raigne Till sixe by bloudy warres lost life and throne And valiant Egbert ioyn'd them all in one But since through Heauens high prouidence I see T is growne more great and greater like to be Long may He liue by whom in one 't is guided And may they sinke that wish't againe diuided â—â—â—e Noble Lord with good acceptance take â— Poem for the Royall Subiects sake â—â—though it be not compleate as it should â—â—with it and accept of what I could â—â—â—â—â— matter 's worthy though the manner 's poore Which makes me heere your Patronage implore And may you be externall and internall Blest and aduanc'd to happinesse eternall Your Honours in all obseruance to be commanded Iohn Taylor BRVTE THE FIRST KING OF BRITTAINE began his Reigne 1. BRVTE â—â—â—â—â—â—munds 2858. Before Christ 1108. AENE AS from subuerted Troy exilde In Tuscais wedded King Latinus childe By whom the Realme of Italy he gain'd And after he had 3. yeeres fully raign'd He died and left Ascanius in his stead To whom Siluius Posthumus did succeed From which Posthumus Royall loynes did spring â—â—â— Great Brutus Brittaines first commanding King The people then were here all voyd of pride Borne Naked Naked liu'd and Naked dy'd Three Sonnes Brute left Locrinus was his Heire To England Cambria Wales was Cambers share To Albanact the youngest 't was his lot To sway the Scepter of the valiant Scot. Thus 'mongst his Sonnes this Ile he did diuide And after twenty foure yeeres Reigne he dy'd Brute being of the age of 15 yeeres as he shot at a wild beast the arrow glanced unfortunately and slew his Father Sinius AEneas for the which he was exiled and came on this â—â—â—â—â— then called Albyon I follow the common opinion for many Writers doe neither write or allow of Brutes being here accounting it a dishonor for our Nation to haue originall from a Paâ—â—â—ide and one that deriued his descent from the Goddesse alias strumpet Venus Howsoeuer Histories are obseured and clouded with ambiguities some burnt left defaced by antiquity and some abused by the malice ignorance or partialitie of Writers so that truth is hard to be found Amongst all which variations of Times and Writers I must conclude there was a BRVTE Locrine 20. yeeres 1034. LOcrinus Eldest of old Brutus Sonnes By Valour vanquisht the inuading Hunnes He chas'd them their power did quite confound And their King Humber was in a The Riuer of Humber tooke the name from the drowned King of the Huns now Hungarians Humber drownd This Locrine had a Queene faire b Guendoline was daughter vnto Corineus Duke of Cornewall Estrild was a beautious Lady of King Humbers whom Locrinus tooke prisoner Guendolin Yet folly led him to the Paphaean sinne Besotted sence and blood with lust inflam'd He lou'd a beautie Beautious Estrild nam'd By whom he had a Daughter Sabrin hight In whome the King had whole and sole delight For which the Queene made war vpon her Lord And in the Fight she put him to the Sword And after a reuengefull bloody slaughter Queene Guendoline tooke Estrild and her daughter And drownd them both to quéch her ielous flame And so from Sabrine Seauerne got the name Yeeres before Christ. Q. Guendoline 1064. About this time Saul was King of Israel VVHen 15. yeeres this Queen'had wisely raign'd She dy'd then her Son the kingdome gain'd Queene Guendoline was allowed the gouernment in her Sonne Madans minority whose prudent reigne is applausefully recorded in histories Madan
1009. VVHen forty yeers this King had rul'd this Ile As Stories say he died a death most vile The wide-mouth'd Wolfe and keene-tusk'd brutish Bore Did eate his Kingly flesh drinke his gore Madan was a vicious and wicked Prince the Sonne of Locrine and Guendoline Hee was a great Tyrant He built the Towne of Doncaster Hee had two Sonnes Mempricius and Manlius Mempricius raigned 20. yeeres 991. MEmpricius base his brother Manlius slew And got the Crowne by murder not as due Maids wiues and widdowes he by force destowr'd He liu'd a Beast and dy'd by a Beast deuour'd Hee killed his elder brother trecherously as hee was parlying with him Hee was eaten of Wolues at hee was hunting Hee was so beastly that he was taxed in histories to be a Sodomite with Beasts in his time Yeeres before Christ. Ebranke 989. King Dâ—â—uid â—â—â—â—â—â— At Edinburgh the Castle he did found Alcluid Tork he built new from the ground He builded Bambrough and reigned sixty yeeres Belou'd as it in Chronicles appeares Ebranke had 21. wiues by whom he had 20. Sonnes and 30. Daughters hee inuaded Gallia now Frâ—â—â— He was the Sonne of Mempricius In his Reigneâ—â—â—â— King Salomon Alcluid is Dumbreton in Scotland Brute the second 929. IF any noble act Brute Greeneeshield did Hee 's wrong'd because from Histories th' are hiâ—â—â— Twelue yeeres he rul'd that 's all I of him read And how at Yorke hee lyeth buried This Brute was the Sonne of Ebranke and some histories write doubtfully that he conquer'd France and thâ— after he receiued a great soyle in field by Brinchild Brinchillus Prince of Henoway or Henault Leil 917. LEil Carleile built and raign'd yeeres twenty fiue And as Fame still keepes dead mens acts aliue So Leil though dead shall euer liue by Fame He lyes at Carleile which himselfe did frame Leil was the Sonne of Brute Greeneshield It is â—â—â— written that he built the Citie of Chester Lud or Rud hudibras was the Sonne of Leil a religious Prince â—â—â— way of Paganisâ—â— for in those 3. Townes â—â— built hee erected 3. Temples and placed 3. â— Pagan Bishops in them Yeeres before Christ. Rudbudibrasse 892. His King built Canterbury Winchester And Shastbury he from the ground did reare â—â— after twenty nine yeeres reigne was past â—â— bester sore sicke he breath'd his last Bladud reign'd 20. 863. BLathe was by Bladud to perfection brought By Necromanticke Arts to flye hee sought â— from a Towre he thought to scale the Sky â— brake his necke because he soar'd too high This Bladud had beene a Student in Athens from â—â— hee brought many learned men bee built Stamâ—â— a Colledge I thinke the first in England striuing to â—â—â— the foule or the foole he brake his necke on the Temâ—â—â— of Apollo in Troynouant Leire 844. LEire as the Story saies three daughters had The youngest good the other two too bad â—et the old King lou'd theÌ„ that wrong'd him most â—e that lou'd him he banisht from his Coast. â—â—â—â—â— and Ragan he betweene â—â—â— the Kingdome making each a Queene But young Cordeilla wedded was by chance To Aganippus King of fertile France The eldest Daughters did reiect their Sire For succour to the young'st hee did retire By whose iust aide the Crowne againe he gain'd And dyed when he full forty yeeres had reign'd Leire built Leicester and was a good Prince At Leycester he built a Temple to Iames Bifrons or Iames with two faces Yeeres before Christ. Qu. Cordeilla 805. MAd Morgan an vnmanner'd Cunedagus Their AuÌ„t Cordeilla with fierce war did plagues They vanquish'd her and her in Prison threw And hauing reign'd fiue yeeres her selfe she flew She reigned with her Husband Aganippus till he dyed and then in her widowhead her cruell kinsmen opprest her Shee stabb'd her selfe in prison being tyrannously vsed in despaire of her liberty Morgan Cunedagus 800. THen Morgan did 'gainst Cunedagus contend And at Glamorgan Morgan had his end Then Cunedagus sole King did abide Full three and thirty yeeres and then he dyed Morgan was the Sonne of Gonorel Leires eldest Daughter and Cunedagus his kinsman was the Sonne of Ragan The Prophet Esay prophefied about this time Yeeres before Christ. Riuallo before Christ 766. THree daies it rain'd blood when Riuallo reign'd And great mortalitie the Land sustain'd Hee forty six yeeres rul'd in Kingly State And then surrendred to all humane Fate This Land in this Kings reigne was almost vnpeopled with dearth death and desolation In his time Rome was builded 356. yeeres after Brute Innumerable multitudes of Horse-flyes or Hornets spring out of the blood thus raind which flyes strong many people to death Riuallo was buried as Yorke Gurgustus 721. Scicillius 684. A Common Drunkard was this wicked King Which vice did many other vices bring Yeeres thirty eight the Diadem he wore Scicillius next raignd nine and forty more Gurgustus and Scicillius were bretbrâ—n I finde little mentioned of any good they did though they rsigned long They were both the Sonnes of Riuallo Iago 636. Kimmaâ—m 612. OF these two Kings small mention I doe finde They left bare Names for memorie behinde One twentie fiue yeares th' other fifty foure Had in this Land Commanding Regall power Iugo was a kinsman to Gurgustus and by his vicious life he got asleepy disease called the Lethargy â—â—â—â— dyed These two Kings were both buried at Yorke Yeeres before Christ. Gorbodug 559. GOrbodug next did in the Throne succeed Was sixty three yeeres King and last decâ—â—â—â—â— 'Twixt his two Sonnes this Kingdome to diuide â— At Yorke hee 's buried where in peace hee dy'd Some write that he reigned but 42. years and â—â—â—â— he was buried at Troynouant Ferex and Porex 496. POrex in Fight his brother Ferex kil'd For which their mother Porex heart blâ—d sâ—â— These murthers mercilesse did quite deâ—ace These Princes last of Royall Brutus Race Ferex and Porex were the sonnes of Corâ—odâ—â— Their mother and her maides chopped Porex in â—â—â—â—â— reuenge of her sonne Ferex they reigned fiue yeeres â—â—â— whose death the Land was a long time diuided â—â—â— Kingdomes Mulmutius Donwallo 441. THe Land vnguided Kinglesse did remaine Till great Mulmutius did the Wreathe â—â—â—â—â— Yeeres before Christ. He builded Temples made Lawes Ploughs high-waies And 40. yeeres he liu'd infame and praise Mulmutius â—lew Pinnar Slater and Rudack three Kings of seuerall parts of this I le and at last brought the â—â— Kingdome to his sole obedience He was the Sonne of â—â—â—â—ten Duke of Cornewall He was the first of all the Kings of this Land that wore a crowne of Gold Bellinus and Brennus reigned 26. yeeres 401. THese brethren did diuide the Realme in twaine But Kings can brooke no partnership in reigne They fell at oddes and Brennâ—s fled subdude With slaughter of his warlike multitude To France he scap'd and was receiu'd in State In London Belline builded Bellinsgate â—â—â—ane Brennus conquer'd Italy and Rome Bellinus lies heere in an honour'd Tombe Brennus slew himselfe
Claudius Caesar with an Army came The Britaines bold rebellious hearts to tame One Hamen there a Romane did deuise Himselfe like to a Britaine to disguise Guiderinâ— brauely chaâ—de his foes amaine Was by disguised Hamon falsely slaine When Guiderius was King of Britaine our Râ—â—â—â—mer suffered vnder Claudius Tiberius Caesar being the Romane Emperour Guiderius was a valiant Prince Aruiragus 44 STout Aruiragus being in the fight The Kings death added fury to his might Perceiu'd the Britaine Host almost dismaide In 's brothers Armour hee himselfe atray'd Yeeres after Christ. The Souldiers thought the King againe suruiu'd With courage new through euery veine deriu'd Braue Aruiragus like a Tempest goes And pell mell topsieturuy throwes his foes Great Caesar with his Romane army fled The King tooke Hamon and cut off his head And more with sharp reuenge his wrath t' appease Hew'd him piece-meale and cast him in the Seas The place long time this name did then allow Of Hamons hauâ—n or Southampton now The Emperour would quite the tribute free If Brittaines King his Sonne in law would be Then Aruarigue did faire Genisse marry And Claudius Caesar heere a while did tarry He builded Glostâ—r whil'st he heere remain'd The King dyed hauing twenty eight yeeres reign'd Marius 73. IN this Kings reigne the lawlesse proling Pict A Nation strange did the North part afflict But Marius in a battell slew their King And all their power did to subiection bring The Picts from Scythia into Scotland came Rude barbarous ingratefull hard to tame For by the Scotisâ— Kings fauour hauing got Possession they oft warr'd vpon the Scot. And more and more that Kingdome they annoy'd Till Kennith Scotlandâ— King them all destroy'd Yeeres fifty three reign'd Marius iust and wise Dyed and at Carlâ—â—â— his Corps royall lies Much about this time Ioseph of Arimathea after he had buried Christ being hated for it of the mis-beleeuing Iewes came into this Land and first planted Christianity heere built a Chapell at Ghastenburgh Some writers say that he repaired Chester and was buried there Coylus 124. IN Rome this King was fostred all his youth He lou'd Peace Iustice Fortiude and Truth Yeeres after Christ. He builded Colchestâ—r and did suruiue Till he had reign'd a Kings yeeres fifty fiue Coylus was the Sonne of Marius hee was buried â—â— Yorke Lucius 179. THe first of Kings that was a Christian nam'd Was Lucius with the spirit of God inflam'd The Bread of life he did receiue with ioy The Pagan Idols hee did all destroâ— The Flamines and Arch â—â—mines he downe cost And Bishops and Archbishops here he placâ—d He lou'd and fear'd th' eternall Three in one And dyed when he had 12. yeeres kept the Throne This was the first Christian King of Brittaine â—â—eeâ—â—â—ed twentie eight Idolatrous Temples of thy Pagan god â—â— he made Cathedrall Churches for the seruice of the â—â—â— God Elutherius was then Bishop of Rome King â—ucâ—â—â— was buried at Glocester hee dyed leauing no â—â—â—â—â—â— that this Land was in a hurly-burly 15 yeeres tâ—â—â—â—â— want of a King Seuerus 194. THis was a Romane Emperour and was slaine At York the eighteenth yeere of his proud reigne Hee was an Alien and a stranger heere And therefore bought his vsurpation deare Seuerus was 60. yeeres old when hee tooke the â—â—â—â—â—â— and caused a wall of Turse to be made betwixt Englaâ—â— and Scotland to kepe this Land from the incursions of tâ—â— Scots and Picts the wall reached from Tyme to â—â—â— Scottish Seas 112. miles Yeeres after Christ. Bassianus 212. SEâ—â—rus here did wed a British Dame By whom this King their Son the Crowne did claime â— after sixe yeeres time he left this Land â—ad had the Romane Empire at 's command Bassianus was brought from Rome by his Father â—â—â—â—rcus Carausius 290. Alectus 291. â—â—â— Carausiâ—â—â—â—â— Dioâ—â—â—â— was â—â—â—â—â— THis king of meane birth did the Crown attain After seuen yeeres was by Alectus slaine Three yeeres Alectus did in state recide â—ur Protomartyr then Saint Alban dyde Dioâ—esian and Maximilian ruled the Romane Emâ—â—â—â— when saint Albane suffered Alectus was sent from Rome against Carausius this Alectus was a cruell â—â—â—â—â— and was also slaine by Asclepiodatus Asclepiodatus 299. ASclepiodatus in a mortall Fight Sabdude the Romane Generall Gallus might Kil'd him and cast him head-long in a Brooke Whence Gallus or Wallbrooke for name it tooke And as Alectus did Carausius kill So did this King Alectus life bloud spill And a free two yeeres reigne in mortall strife Asclepiodatus slaine lost Crowne and life Glallus brooke or Wallbrooke tooke the name from Glallus â—â— Rome to Captaine slaine by Asclepiodatus and throwne into that Brooke Asclepiodatus was after slaine by Coil Duke of Colchester Some write that Asclepiodatus reigned 30. yeeres Yeeres after Christ. Coil raigned 14. yeeres 301. COlchesters Duke Coil in the Throne inuested Was by Constantius Caesar much molested Till Coil gaue's Daughter to him for his Bride And paid Romes tribute that was long denide The Lady was of beauty most diuine Faire Hellen Mother to great Constantine The King at Colchester dead laide in 's Tombe His Sonne Constantius did supply his roome This Hellen râ—â—defied Ierusalem and adorned it with goodly Churches She also waâ—eâ— Ladon and Colchester Constantius 305. SPaine Italy France Britaines Emperor Foure yeeres he raign'd heere with Maiesticke power True Honour was the ayme at which he shoâ— Iust Valiant these reports his Actions got This Constantius was Grandfather to Constantine the Great he came from Rome to this I le and was buried at Yorke Constantine 306. GReat Emp'ror Constantine surnam'd the Great In all respects a worthy Prince compleate Yeeres after Christ. The glorious Gospell he ador'd and fear'd Constantinople famously he rear'd Maxentius Romes great Tyrant most abhor'd He made him flie from his Imperiall sword Belou'd bewail'd high honor'd and admir'd In grace with God and men his dayes expir'd This worthy Prince Constantine was borne in this Land the Sonne of Constantius and Hellen. After Constantius decease our Land was molested by Octauius Maximus and others for many yeers These times are so diuersly written of in Histories that a man knowes not which to beleeue most 84. Constantinus 337. 85. Constans 340. THese two were Brothers of the Royall line And Sonnes vnto the Emperour Constantine Ambition and debate for Kingly Raigne Was the vnnaturall cause they both were slaine Kings and Louers can brook no partners for these two brothers were each others destruction 86. Octauius 345. 87. Traherus 349. OCtauius Duke of Windsore tooke the Crowne Traherus came from Rome and put him downe The Land was full with hurly-burlies fild Traherus by Octtauius last was kild Theodosius was Emperour of the East and Macrinus of the West Some write that Octauius reigned 54. yeeres Non credo Yeeres after Christ. 88. Constantius the third 353. The Romane Empire he did closely sway And as a King this Land did him obay Th'Apostate Iulian was the Emp'rour next
12 Offa 13 Sâ—lred 14 Suthred 5 Northumberland was sometimes diuided into two kingdomes It contained the â—â—ies of Yorkshire Durham Lancashire Westâ—land Cumberland and Northumberland this Kingdome beganne in the yeere of our Lord â—7 and expired in 926. continuing 379. â—eeres vnder 23 Kings whose names were 1 â—â— 2 Adâ—â—a 3 Theodwald 4 Frethulfe 5 Theâ—â—â—â—â—â—ick 6 Ethelrick 7 Ethelâ—rid 8 Edwin 9 Osâ—â—â— 10 Oswy 11 Egfrid 12 Alkfrid 13 Ofred 14 â—â—red 15 Oswolfe 16 Ceolnuph 17 Egbert 18 Oswicke 19 Edilwald 20 Alured 21 Ethelâ—â—â— 22 Alswald 23 Osred Amongst these â—dwin was their first Christian King 6 The East Angles vnder 15 seuerall Kings continued 353 yeeres beginning in Anno 575. â—â—d ended in 914. their Territories were â—â—lolke Norfolk Cambridgeshire and the â—â— of Ely their Kings names were 1 Vffa 2 â—â—â—lus 3 Redwald their first Christian King â—â—â—wold 5 Sigebert 6 Egrik 7 Anna 8 â—â—â—bert 9 Ethwald 10 Aldwolâ—e 11 Aswald 12 Beorn 13 Ethelred 14 Ethelbert 15 Edmund â—â—â— The seuenth Kingdome were the Merâ—â—â—â—â—â— who had 20 Kings and 17 shires â—nder their command their Kings wereâ—â— Creda 2 Wibba 3 Cheorle 4 Penda 5 Peada â—heir first Christian King 6 Wolfere 7 â—â—helred 8 Kenred 9 Chelred 10 Ethebald 11 Offa 12 Egfrid 13 Kenwolfe 14 Kenelme 15 Chelwolfe 16 Bernulfe 17 Ludecan 18 â—â—itlafe 19 Bertwolfe 20 Burdred Their â—ounds and dominions were 17 Counties as of Northampton Leister Darby Lincolne Huntington Rutland Notingham Cheshire Oxfordshire Staffordshire Worcestershire Glostershire Shropshire Warwickeshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire and â—artfordshire Yeeres after Christ. 98 Vortiporus 578. 99 Malgo 581. THis Vortipore from good Kings did decline Kept his wiues Daughter as his Concubine And Malgo pâ—t his Wiâ—â—e to broady slaughter To liue in â—ncest with his brothers Daughter About this time Augustine the Monke Mellitus Iustus and Iohn all â—â—â— men came from Rome and preached the Gospell to the English mâ—n Vortipore reigned 4. yeeres Malgo his raignâ—â— was short and wicked 100. Careticus 586. GVrmundus hither out of Ireland came And with the Saxons ioyn'd with sword and flame The King to Wales did flye his ifeâ—tâ— saue Whereas he chang'd his Kingdome for a Graue He reigned 3. yeeres and now the Saxons had all England the Brittaines and their Kings being expulsed and chased to the West sides of the Riuers Seauerne and Dâ—â— Cadwane 613. THis Cadwane did the Saxon â—orce withstand Of Ethelfridus of Northumberland And made him to entreate and sue for peace Raign'd two and twenty yeeres then did decease Yeeres before Christ. 102. Cadwallin 635. CAdwallin slew King Edwin Egfrids Sonne He Penda Merciaes King did ouer-runne He neuer fought but Conquest home did bring And eight and forty yeeres did raigne a King Cadwallin was buried at London in Saint Martins Church neere Ludgate 103. Cadwallader 685. THis King renowned was both neere and farre The last of Brittaines Kings Cadwallader The name of Brittaine was quite alterd then The Kings of England subiects Englishmen Then in this Land of Kings there raign'd so many That Subiects knew not to obey all or any Their names and times of raigne I meane to tell Should I write more my Book too big would swell Here the inhabitants lost the name of Brittaines the land being called Anglia or England and the people Englishmen 687. Cadwallader left his Crowne went to Rome and dyed there These Kings following were of the West Saxons 726 Ethelard was King of the West Saxons Yeeres before Christ. 740. Cuthred succeeded him 757. Sigebert next him was slainâ— by a Swineheard 758. Kenulphus was slaine by Kinsman of Sigebert 786. Brithricus In his time iâ— rained blood IN the 800. yeere of Christ the Danes landed at Poâ—â—land but Brithricus beat them backe and afterâ—â—â—â— was poysoned by his wife Ethelburga Egbriâ—us King of West-Saxons 839. â—â—â— 839. Adelnulphus ouercame â—â— Danes that came to inuaâ—e the Kingdome with 350. ships 857. Athelbald Yeeres after Christ. 860. Athelbrict 866. Etheldrid 872. AElfred 900. Edward surnamed Seâ—ior Heere end the Kings of the West-Saxons now follow the Kings of Britaine 104. Athelstane reigned 15. yeeres 905. THis King did tame the Welsh the Danes subdu'd He conquered Scotland and the Marches rude The Danish Gyant Colebrand in Hyde-meads â—y Gâ—y the Earle of Warwick was struck dead King Athelstane was crowned at Kingstone hee fought this Land againe to one sole Monarchy hee was buried at Mâ—lâ—â—â—bury Yeeres after Christ. 105. Edmund 940. 106. Eldred 640. EDmund reign'd next his brother Athelstane And after fiue yeeres was vntimely slaine Nine yeeres was Eldrid Englands King instil'd Th' insulting Danes he from this Realme exilde Edmund was buried at Glastenbury Eldred was brother to Edmund hee was crowned as Kingstone hee expelled the Danes and was buried at Winchester 107. Edwin 955. 108 Edgar 959. THen Edwin as his right obtain'd the Crowne For Rape and brutish Lust he was put downe His brother Edger a man iust and wiâ—e By Edwins fall vnto the Throne did rise The Church and Commonweâ—le long time deform'd He by his Iustice and good Lawes reform'd Raign'd sixteen yeeres and then by death assail'd As he had liu'd belou'd he dy'd bewail'd Edwin was Eldreds kinsman crowned a Kingstone he deftowred his owne kinswoman and slew her husband for which â—â—â— acts hee was deposed of all Kingly dignity and his brother Edgar was in his stead crowned at Bathâ— Edgar had 3600 skips to withstand the inuasion of his enemies hee founded and repaired 47. religious houses hee was buried at Glastenbury 109 Edward 975. 110 Etheldred 978. EDward was slain by his accurst Stepmother Ayded by Etheldred his cruell brother This Etheldred caus'd all the Danes be slaine And dyed the thirty eightth yeere of his raigne He was crowned at Kingstone be reigned 3. yeeres and was buried at Shaftsbury Etheldred was buried in St. Pauls Church in London 111 Edmond Irònside 1016. THe Danes came to reuenge with sword and fire Both Kings to Combat single did desire On equall tormes their valours both were tride In loue the Realme betwixt them they deuide Edricus a traitor murdered King Edmond Ironside for the which Canutus the Dane caused him to bee tormented to death griâ—â—uously as he deserued 112 Canutus 1018. THis mighty Danish King foure Kingdomes held Danes Norway England Scotland he compeld Taxes and toles he rais'd in England here And dyed when he had gouern'd twenty yeere In Canutus his raigne the Danes possessed all England he â—â—â—â— buried at Winchester 113 Harold 1038. 114 Hardianutus 1041. HArold from England did exile his Mother And kild Allured his King and his Brother Hardianutus then the Crowne obtain'd Who quaâ—â—ing died when he 3. yeeres had raign'd Harold was a Tyrant hee was called Hartfoott â—â— hâ—â—â—â—â—â—â— running be murdered Prince Allured hee raigned three yeeres and was buried at Westminster Hee caused the body of Harold to be digged out of the graue and cast into the Thames in reuenge of his brother Allureds death he
was buried at Winchester 115. Saint Edward 1043. 116. Harold the second 1066. SAint Edward from the Danes this Kingdom freedâ— And for he had no Heyre he heere decreed That William Duke of Normandy should be Next King but Harold seem â—â—â— to agree As soone as Edward was laid in his Toombe This hasty Harold mounted in his roome But William came from Normanay amaine By whom King Harold was vnking'd and slaine The end of the first part The second part William Conquerour An. Dom. 1066. VVHen Britains Romanes Saxons Danes had done The Normans fiftly Englandâ— glory wonâ— New Lords brought in new Lawes incontinent And all were Conquer'd but the County Kent King William after he had all surpriz'd Insulted domineer'd and tyranniz'd All Englishmen like slaues their doores must lock On paine of death each night at eight of clocke The English from all Officâ— were disgrac'd And in their places the proud French were plac'd â—â—ill beating down the right with wrong on wrong Disdaining men should speake the English tongue And so to bring our memory to naught The Grammar and the Lawes in French were taught King Swanus Sonnes with Danes a mighty band Arriu'd in Humber to inuade the Land Then Yorke was burnt the wealth away was borne And Danes on Composition home did turne A dearth in England was so great that heere Cats Dogs and mans flesh was our wofull cheere The Mercians and Northumbers they rebel'd Strong warres the Scott within our Country held The I le of Ely did the King surprize He caus'd the Rebels lose hands feet and eyes The Normans did rebell and were subdu'd Danes came and fled with all their multitude The Kings sonne Robert by the French Kings ayd Did diuers parts of Normandy inuade The Scots spoild England with all might and maine And Durbans Bishop in a broyle was slaine Heere euery Acre of mens Lands were measur'd And by a heauy taxe the King was treasur'd Slaine by a Deere the Kings sonne lost his life And Glassenbury Monkes were kill'd in strife The English Nobles almost were decay'd And euery place of rule the Normans swai'd And all mens goods and lands and coyn were rated Through England and vnto the King related The French mens pride did England ouerwhelme And grieuous tributes did oppresse the Realme Churches and Chappels were throwne down with speed â—o make New Forrest as the King decreed Who hauing rul'd in trouble toyle and care And tryannously pol'd this Kingdome bare Neere twenty one yeeres death was then his bane He lyes in Normandy enterr'd at Cane William Conquerour was crowned on Christmas-day 1067 the yeere then beginning on that day In the â—â—â—â— Forrest in Hampshire called New Forrest â—â—ere this King had defaced many Churches wherein the â—â—â— of God was called vpon and placed wild Beasts for His disportun the same Forrest two of his owne sonnes were â—â—â—â— Prince Robert killed by a Deere and William Rufus by a Knight shooting at a Deere William Rufus An. Dom. 1087. WIlliam the cruell Conquerours second Sonne With ease got what his Fathers paines had won Oppressed England he opprest and prest And great Exactions wrongfully did wrest For Symony and base corrupting gold The King most Churches and Church-liuings sold And more his Subiects vilely to abuse Against them he in armes did arme the Iewes And swore if they the victory did gaine That he their faithlesse faith would entertaine Vpon his eldest brother hee raysd warres His youngest brother troubled him with iarres At London such a furious winde did blow Which did sixe hundred houses ouerthrow The City Gloster was by Welshmen sack'd Northumberland was by King William wrack'd William de Oue and William de Aluery In cruell torments dyed at Salisbury Duke Robert laid all Normandy to gage Vnto the King warres with the Turkes to wage Westminster Hall was built the Danes came in And th' Orchades and the I le of Man did win But as the King was hunting in Hampshire Sir Walter Tâ—rrâ—ll shooting at a Deere The Arrow glauncing'gainst a Tree by chance Th' vnhappy King kild by the haâ—lesse Glaunce A Comers Cart to Winchester did bring The Corps where vnbemoand they laid the King Rufus In the 8. yeere of his reigne the Christian Army went to Ierusalem vnder the conduct of Godfry Duke of Bulleine in which warres serued Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother who pawned his Dukedome for 16666. pounds weight of siluer In the 11. yeere the Lands of the late Earle Godwine sunk in the sea and are to this day called Godwine â—ands This King died the 2. of August 1100. He reigned 12. yeeres 11. Moneths and was buried at Winchester Henry the first An. Dom. 1100. THis Henry for his wisedome Beuclarke nam'd Th'vnlawfull Lawes and measures he reclaim'd The Norman Duke eld'st Brother to the King To claime the Crowne a mighty Hoast did bring Saint Bartholâ—mewes was founded and Saint Gyles And Henry stop'd Duke Roberts mouth with wiles Then peace was made but after warres did rise The King tooke's brother and put out his eyes Here Windsor Church and Castle were erected And Wales rebeld most sharpely was corrected All the King's Sonnes and eight score persons more Were drown'd by tempest neere the Norman shore Thus all his Ioy in Childrens losse bereft Saue onely Maud the Widdow Empresse left Whom Geffrey Anioy's Earle to wife did get From whom did spring the name Plantagenet The King proclaim'd his Daughter or her seede After his death should in the Realme succeede And after thirty fiue yeeres time was past King Henry by a surfet breath'd his last Much trouble in his dayes this Kingdome wearied He dyed and dead at Redding he lies buried Thus God that lifts the low casts downe the high Caus'd all the Conquerors sonnes vntimely dye Henry the â— He held the Crowne wrongfully from his elder brother Robert Duke of Normandy and ouercomming him in battell most vnnaturally put out his eâ—es he reigned 35. yeeres his braines eyes and bowels were buried at Roane in France and the rest of his body at Redding his Phisicion that opened his head was killed suddainely with the stench of his braiâ—er King Stephen An. Dom. 1135. STephen Earle of Bâ—loigâ— th' Earle of Bloyâ— his son From th' Empresse Mâ—nd this famous Kingdome won Domestike forraigne dangerous discords 'Twixt factions factions of the King and 's Lords Wars 'twixt the King and th' Empresse for the crown Both tasted Fortunes fauours and her frowne Now vp now downe like balles at Tennis tost Till Stephen gain'd the goale and th ' Empresse lost And after eighteene yeeres were come and gone The King not hauing any lawfull Sonne He dyed and chang'd his Kingdome his strength For a small Sepulcher of sixe foote length King Stephen He was noble valiant liberall and politique and almost in continuall trouble In the 1. yeere of his reigne a fire burnt all the streete from London-stone East to Pauls and West to Algate and within 2.
yeeres after the cities of York Rochester and Bathe were burnt Hee reigned 18. yeeres 10 moneths and was buried at Feuersham Henry the second An Dom. 1154. THis King vnto the Empresse Maud was Heyre And lawfully obtain'd the Regall Chayre He was couragious and yet most vnchaste Which Vice his other Vertues all defac'd He lou'd faire Rosamond the worlds faire Rosâ— For which his wife and children turn'd his foes He made his sonne Copartner in his Crowne Who rais'd strong warres to put his Father downe Faire Rosamond at Woodstock by the Queene Was poyson'd in reuengefull iealous spleene In toyle and trouble with his Sonnes and Peereâ— The King raign'd almost fiue and thirty yeeres Hee neere his death did curse his day of birth Hee curst his Sonnes and sadly leâ—t the earth Hee at Founteuerard in his Tombe was laid And his Son Richard next the Scepter swaâ—d Henry the 2. In the 12. yeer of this King an earthquâ—â—â— in Norfolk Suffolk and Eiye that made â—â—â—â—â—â— shaking the sleeples and ouerthrew men that stood on this feete Nicholas Breakespeare an English man was â—â—ope of Rome and was named Adrian the fourth hee gaue â—â—â— Lord-shippe of Ireland to King Henry Richard Cordelion An. Dom. 1189. THis braue victorious Lyon-hearted Prince The foes of Christ in â—â—â—y did conuince Whilst at Ierusalem he wan Renowne His Brother Iohn at home vsurp'd his Crowne And as he home return'd his owne to gaine By Austria's Duke the King was Prisoner â—ane His ransome was an hundred thousand pound Which paid in England he againe was crown'd Yet after nine full yeeres and 9. months raigne Hee with a Shot was kild in Aquitâ—ne His buriall at Founteuerard was thought meet At his dead Fathers second Henries feet Richard the 1. he conquered the kingdome of Cypresse and he tooke from the Infidels the Cities of Acon Ioppa and deliuered them to Christians In his 2. yeere the â—â—s of the renowned King Arthur were found at Glastenbury King Richards bowels were buried at Chalne Castle in Aquitane his heart at Roane and his body at Founteuerard King Iohn An. Dom. 1199. IOhn Earle of Morton tooke the regall Seate His state his toyle his pompe his cares all great The French the Welsh the Scotsh all prou'd his foes The Pope King Iohn did from his Crowne depose His Lords rebel'd from France the Dolphin came And Wasted England much with sword and flame And after seuenteene yeeres were full expir'd King Iohn being poysoned to his graue retir'd King Iohn In the 8. yeere many men Women and cattell â— slainâ— with thunder and many houses burnt and the â—â—â—â— was beaten downe with haile as bigge as goose egges Some say the King was poyson'd by a monke and others â—rite that he died of a surfeit at Newark but his life was full of troubles and after his death he was by base villaines â—â—â—d and lâ—â—t naked without any thing to couer the corpes hee was buried at Worcester Henry the third An. Dom. 1216. Wars bloody wars the French in England made Strong holds Towns Towres Castles they inuade â—â—t afterwards it was K. Henries chance By force perforce to force them backe to France Great discord 'twixt the King and Barons were â—nd factions did the Realme in pieces teare A world of mischiefes did this Land abide And fifty sixe yeeres raign'd the King and dy'd Henry the 3. This King was born at Winchester crowned at Glocester buried at Westminster In the 17. of his reigne on the 8. of Aprill 1233. there were 5 Sonnes in the firmament and the naturall Sun was as red as blood Edward Long-â—hanks An. Dom. 1271. THis was a hardy wise Victorious King The Welshmen he did to subiection bring He Scotland wan and brought from thence by fate Their Crowne their Scepter Chaire and Cloth of state That Kingdome with oppression sore he brusde Much tyranny and bloodshed there he vsde When thirty fiue yeeres he the Crowne had kept At Westminster he with his Father slept Edward the 1. In the 13. yeere his sonne Edward was borne at Carnaruan who was the first sonne of any King of England that was Prince of Wales Edward of Carnaruan An. Dom. 1307. THe hard mis-haps that did this King attend The wretched life and lamentable end Which he endur'd the like hath ne'r bin seene Depos'd and poyson'd by his cruell Queene Which when the poyson had no force to kill Another way she wrought her wicked will Into his Fundament a red hot Spit Was thrust which made his Royall heart to split In his 8. yeere such a death that dogges and horses were good food many ate their owne children and old prisoners tore such as were newly committed in pieces and deuoured them halfe liuing The King reigned 19. yeeres 6. moneths Edward the third An. Dom. 1326. IN Peace and warre this King was right good He did reuenge his murdred Fathers blood Hee and the blacke Prince his most valiant Sonne The Field at Cressle and at Poytiers wonne At first and last in his victorious raigne Of French and Scots were six score thousand slaine And more his glory further to aduance He tooke the Kings of Scotland and of France The noble order of the Garter he At Windsor instituted caus'd to be When fifty yeeres this Land had him obaid At Westminster he in his tombe was laid In his 12. yeere he quartered the Armes of England and France as they are at this day Henry Pichard Vintuer in his Moralâ—y feasted at once Edward King of England Dauid King of Scotland Iohn King of France the King of Cypres the Prince of Wales the Dolphin of France with many other great Personages of Honour and Worship Richard the second An. Dom. 1377. YOng King rash coâ—sell lawes right neglected The good put downe the bad in State erected The Court with knaues flat'rers here did swarm The Kingdome like a Farme was let to Farme The Commons tost in Armies Routes and throngs And by soule treason would redresse soule wrongs In this Kings raigne began the Ciuill warre Vnnaturally 'twixt Yorke and Lancaster Oppression on oppression breedes Confusion Bad Prologue bad Proceeding bad Conclusion King Richard twenty two yeeres raign'd misse-led Deposed and at Poâ—â—râ—s knock'd ith'head This King was Grandchild to Edward the 3. and sonne to the black Prince he was borne at Burdeux in France and was but 11. yeeres old when he was crowned so that all his miserable Calamity may be imputed to him not hauing or not regarding good counsell Henry the fourth An. Dom. 1399. THe Crown wrong got froÌ„ the wrong'doing king More griefe then ioy did to King Henry bring France England Scotland Wales arose in Armes And menac'd Henry with most fierce Alarmes Hot Percy Dowglas Mortimer Glendowre At Shrewsbury the King orethrew their power He fourteene yeeres did raigne and then did dye At Canterbury buried he doth lye Henry the 4. Hee began his reigne the 29. of September 1399. and the 14.
of February following king Richard the 2. being in prison at Poâ—â—fret-Castle â—â—â— murdered The raigne of King Henry was accâ—â—â—â—â— warre and trouble Henry the fift An. Dom. 1412. THis was a King Renowned neere and farre A Mars of men a Thunderbolt of warre At Agencourt the French were ouerthrowne And Henry heyre proclaim'd vnto that Crowne In nine yeeres raigne this valiant Prince wan more Then all the Kings did after or before Intomb'd at Westminster his Carkas lyes His soule did like his Acts ascend the skies Henry the 5. In his 3. yeere hee past the sea with 1000. saile of Ships and Veâ—â—els into France His tombe or â—â—â—â— was couered with siluer but this yrâ—n age â—â—th â—â—â—â—â—â— Henry the sixt An. Dom. 1422. THis Infant Prince scarce being nine moneths old The Realmes of France and England he did hold But he vncapable through want of yeeres Was ouer-gouern'd by mis-gouern'd Peeres Now Yorke and Lancaster with bloudy wars Both wound this kingdome with deep deadly scars Whilst this good King by Yorks oppos'd depos'd Expos'd to dangers is captiu'd inclos'd His Queene exilde his sonne and many friends Fled murdred slaughtred lastly Fate contends To crowne him once againe who then at last Was murdred thirty nine yeeres being past King Edward the sixt being 10. yeers old was crowned King of France in Paris but with the strife betwixt the Nobility and the Commons in England the most part of France was lost againe which was neuer recouered â—â—â—â—â— Edward the fourth An. Dom. 1460. EDward the 4. the house of Yorks great heire By bloudy wars attain'd the Regall Chaire The poore King Henry into Scotland fled And foure yeeres there was royally cloath'd and fed Still good successe with him was in the wane â—â—e by King Edwardâ—â— power at last was tane Yet yet before the tenth yeere of his reigne Hence Edward fled and Henry crown'd againe By Warwicks meanes sixe moneths he held the same Till Edâ—ward backe in armes to England came And fighting stoutly made this kingdome yeeld And slew great Warwicks Earle at Barnot field Thus Ciuill wars on wars and broyles on broyles And England against England spils and spoyles Now Yorke then Lancaster then Yorke againe â—uels Lancaster thus ioy griefe pleasure paine â—â—oth like inconstant waters â—bbe and flow Ones rising is the others ouerthrow King Edward twenty two yeeres rul'd this Land And lies at Windsor where his Tombe doth stand Edward the 4. In the first yeere on Palme-sunday 1460. there was a battell fought betwixt King Edward and King Henry neere Todcaster wherein were sâ—aine of English-men on both sides 53000 700 and 11. persons The bloudy victory fell to King Edward In the 10. yeere of his reigne he was forced to forsake this Land whereby King Henry was restored againe to the Crowne But shortly after Edward returned and Henry was murthered Edward the fifth An. Dom. 1483. HIgh birth blood state and innocent in yeeres Eclips'd and murdred by insulting Peeres This King was neuer crown'd short was his raigne For to be short hee in short space was slaine Edward the 5. Within 3. moneths after the death of his father hee and his brother Richard Duke of Yorke were depriued both of their liues and he of the Crowne by their tyrannous Unkle Richard Duke of Gloster Richard the third An. Dom. 1483. BY Treason mischiefe murder and debate Vsurping Richard wonne the royall state Vnnaturally the children of his brother The King and Duke of Yorke he caus'd to smother For Sir Iames Tirrell Dighton and Blacke â—ill Did in the Tower these harmlesse Princes kill Buckinghams Duke did raise King Richard high And for reward he lost his head thereby A fellow to this King I scarce can finde His shape deform'd and crooked like his minde Most cruell tyrannous inconstant stout Couragious hardy t' abide all dangers out Yet when his sinnes were mellow ripe and full Th' Almighties iustice then his plumes did pull By bloudy meanes he did the kingdome gaine And lost it so at Bosworth being slaine This Richard was neuer a good subiect but when he had got the Crowne be striued by all meanes to be a good King for in his Short reigne of two yeeres two moneths he made very profitable Lawes which are yet in force by which it may be perceiued how willing he was to redeeme his mis-spent time Henry the seuenth An. Dom. 1485. VVHen Ciuill wars full fourescore yeers more Had made this kingdome welter in her Gore When eightie of the royall blood were kild That Yorke and Lancasters crosse faction held Then God in mercy looking on this Land Brought in this Prince with a triumphant band The onely Heire of the Lancastrian line Who graciously consented to combine To ease poore England of a world of mone And make the red Rose and the white but one By Marriage with Elizabeth the faire Fourth Edwards daughter and Yorks onely heire But Margret Burgunds dutches storm'd frown'd That th' heire of Lancaster in state was crown'd A counterfeit one Lambert she suborn'd Being with Princely ornaments adorn'd To claime the State in name of Clarence sonne Who in the Tower before to death was done Wars'gainst the French King Henry did maintaine And Edward braue Lord Wooduile there was slaine Northumberlands great Earle for the Kings right Was slaine by Northerne rebels in sharpe fight The King besiedged Boloigne but a Peace The French king fought and so the siedge did cease Still Burgunds Dutchesse with inueterate hate Did seeke to ruine Henries Royall state She caus'd one Perkin Warbacke to put on The name of Richard Edwards murdred sonne Which Richard was the youngest of the twaine Of Edwards sonnes that in the Tower was slaine The King at last these traitors did confound And Perkin for a counterfeit was found Sir William Stanley once the Kings best friend At Tower hill on a Scaffold had his end On Blacke Heath Cornish rebels were o'rthrowne A Shoomaker did claime King Henries Crowne The Earle of Warwicke lost his haplesse head And Lady Katherine did Prince Arthur wed But ere sixe moneths were fully gone and past In Ludlow Castle Arthur breath'd his last King Henry built his Chappell from the ground At Westminster whose like can scarce be found Faire Margret eldest daughter to our King King Iames the fourth of Scotland home did bring Where those two Princes with great pompe and cheare In State at Edenborough married were But as all Mortall things are transitory So to an end came Henries earthly glory Twenty three yeeres and 8. months here he swaid And then at Westminster in 's Tombe was laid He all his Life had variable share Of Peace Warre Ioy Griefe Royaltie and Care In his I. yeere in 7. weekes space there dyed in London 2. Maiors and 6. Aldermen besides many hundred others of a strange sweating sicknesse 1485. Anno Reg. 12. at Saint Needâ— in Beafordshire there fell hail-stones 18. inches about King Iames the 4. of Scotland married Margret
was kil'd by a Deere his son K. William Rusus kil'd for a Deer Henry his grandchilde strucke into the iawes with a bough and hanged so till he was found dead Neuerthlesse he built many Abbies Priories Garisons Houses and Caslles amongst the which the Towre of London was one He died at Roane 1087 September 9. he was not onely robd and risted of all his goods and Kingly ornaments and riches but barbarously stripped and left naked on the floore not hauing any one to attend his carcasse but for saken of all Such is the frailty and misery of earthly greatnesse Lastly he had much adoe to get a graue which in the end with great difficulty was purchased for him at Cane in Normandy WILLIAM THE IJ Surnamed RVFVS KING OF ENGLAND And DVKE OF NORMANDY VVHat my triumphant Father wan I held I pill'd poll'd this Kingdom more then he Great Tributes from my people I compeld No place in Church or Common-wealth was freee But alwaies those that would giue most to me Obtain'd their purpose being wrong or right The Clergy I enforced to agree To sell Church-plate and Chalices out-right Vntill at last by the Almighties might My Kingly power and force was forcelesse made My glorious pompe that seem'd t'eclips mens sight Did vanish by a glance by chance and fade For hunting in new-forrest voyd of feare A Subiect flew me shooting at Decre Anno 1087. September 26. being Sunday William the second surnamed Rufus by â—â— son of his ruddy or red colour was crowned at Westminster by Lanfrank Archbishop of Canâ—â—terbury his elder brother Robert being Duke â—â— Normandy who likewise claimed the Crowne â—â— he was pacified with the mediation of the friends â—â— William and the promise of 3000 markes a yeere â— Robert departed this Land after is had beene â—â— wasted with their contentions Then after little breathing time the Welsh arose in Armes and Malcolme King of Scots Inuaded England burning and spolying as farre as Chester â—â— soone as the peace was made betwixt the King William and Malcolme the two brothers William and Robert sell at oddes again and again are appeased After that Malcolme King of Scoâ—â—â— made an inroad into England againe whom Roâ—bert Moubray Earle of Northumberland lyâ—â— in ambush suddenly slew in which action Edwâ—â— King Malcolms sonne likewise was slaine Afâ—â— which the third time the 2 brothers Robert â—â— William sell againe at variance and after â—â— trouble are againe reconciled Then Duke Robertâ—â— goeth to Ierusalem and conquers it In the yeere 1099. the Schisme began there beeing 2 Popes â— at Rome the other at Auigniou in France The K. William was as valiant a prince as the warâ— yeelded and a great opposer of the indirect coursâ—â— the see of Rome Many fearefull things happened in his reigne as earthquakes dreadfull lightning and Apparitions Blazing Commets in strangeâ— gures Inundations Deluges to the destruction is people and much land ouerwhelmed with theâ—neuer to be recouered amongst the which â—â— Goodwins lands were drowned and are now câ—â—â— Goodwin sands At Finchamsted in Barkinâ— there was a Well of blood which flowed 15 dayes When this King had reigned neere 13 years he was vnfortunately slaine by a French Knight S t Water Tirrell and brought to Winchester in a Câ—liers cart and there buried Anno 1100 Angâ—â—â— HENRY THE FIRST Surnamed BEAVCLARKE KING OF ENGLAND And DVKE OF NORMANDY MY Father and my Brother Kings both gone With acclamations Royall I was crown'd Had hauing gain'd the Scepter and the Throne I with the name of Beauclarke was renown'd The English Lawes long lost I did refound False waights and measures I corrected true The power of Wales in fight I did confound And Normandy my valour did subdue Yet I vnmindfull whence these glories grew My eldest Brother Robert did surprise Detain'd him and vsurp'd his Royall due And most vnnat ' rally pluckt out his eyes Kings liue like Gods but yet like men they dye All must pay Natures due and to did I. Anno 1100. August I Wednesday Henry the I a Prince of incomparable wisdom learning for which indowments he was surnamed Beauclark he mollified the seuentty of his Father and brother lawes he cashierd and punished all flatrers parasites froÌ„ his Court but his elder brother Robert Duke of Normandy hearing of the death of his brother Rufus makes haste from is Conquest and Kingdome of Ierusalem if hee had pleased and comming into England landed at Portsmouth claiming the Crowne but by aduice of the Nobles on either part it was agreed that King Henry should pay vnto Duke Robert 3000 markes yeerely but by the instigation of some discontented persons the two brothers disagree againe and in the fift yeere of King Henry Duke Robert landed in England again then there was a â—ayned peace made between them which in the 7 yeere of this king was broken and in the 8 yeere King Henry tooke his brother Duke Robert and caused his eyes to be put out Thus iust the same day forty yeers that the Duke of Normandy conquered England that very day did this Henry the first King of England conquer Normandy Henry the fourth Emperour of Germany marryed Maude the Daughter of king Henry This King was the first thai ordained the High court of Parliament In the yeare 1020. Prince William the sonne of king Henry of the age of 17 crossing the Seas from France towards England with his wife the Duke of Anious daughter and his sister Maud the Lady Lucy a Neece of the Kings the Earle of Chester with diuers other Noblemen Ladies and others to the number of 160 were all most miserably drown'd not any of them saued but a poor Butcher The king hauing no children left but his daughter Maude the Empresse The Emperor her Husband beeing dead she came into England to whom the king her father caused his Nobles to sweare allegeance as to his lawfull heire after his decease which Empresse after was married to Ieffrie Plantagenet Earle of Aniou The King after many troubles with the French Welsh Scots and Englsih with forraigne and Ciuill warres vnfortunate and vntimely losse of children and friends after 35 yeeres reigns he dyed at Saint Dennis in Normandy whose corpes were brought into England and buried at Reding 1135. STEPHEN KING OF ENGLAND AND DVKE OF NORMANDY BY wrested Titles and vsurping claime Through storms tempests of tumultuous wars The Crowne my fairest marke and foulest ayme I wonne and wore beleaguerd round with iars The English Scots and Normans all prepares Their powers exposing to oppose my powers Whilst this land ladeo and o'rwhelm'd with cares Fndures whilst war wo want and death deuoures But as yeers months weeks days decline by houres Houres into minutes minutes into nought My painfull pompe decai'd like fading flowers And vnto nought was my Ambition brought Thus is the state of transitory things Ther 's nothing can be permanent with Kings Anno 1135. December 26. Munday On Saint Stephens
day Stephen Earle of Mortaigue and Bulloyne the Sonne of Stephen Eâ—â—â— Bloys and Champaine was crowned at Westminster by William Corbell Archbishop of Canterbury takâ— Gouernement vpon him vsurpingly compare to his â—â— made to King Henry the I in the behalf of Maudth ' Empresse for the which his whole reigne was full of comoâ— all troubles For the Empresse claiming her right great parties weere taken on each side the King had on his part his brother Henry Bishop of Winchester William Archbishop of Canterbury Roger Bishop of Salisbury Hugh Bigott late Lord Steward to King Henry the first On the Empresse part were Robert Earle of Glocester her halfe brother Dauid King of Scotland Owen and Cadwallader sent to Griffith ap Coâ—â— Prince of Wa es and in Normandy Geffry the Empresse Husband made hauocke in the right of his â—â—â—â— in which space the King was dangerously sicks recouered and went into Normandy appeasing the tumults and leauing his Sonne Eustace Duke there makes league with France buyes his peace with the Empresse for 5000 marks yeerely and returnes into England after which Dauid King of Scotland with his valiant Sonne Preâ—â— Henry wasted and spoyled call the North parts of England till by Thurstane Archbishop of York and Ralpâ— Bishop of Durham He was â—â—â—â— and discomfited In â— me and space K. Stephen in diuers parts of this Kingdom was victortous chasing and killing many of those but aâ—â—â—â— posed him inforcing Robert Earle of Glocester to â—â—â— into France â—â—whilst Stephen in England â—â—â—â— â—â—â—â—â— and Castles After in a great â—â—â—â— the King was â—â—â—â— at Lincolne by th' Empresse and committed â—â—â—â— Bristow Castle but the Nobility distastins the â—â—â—â— sâ—rict gouernment fell off from her to King Stephens â—â— againe In these broyles more the â—â—â—â— Charâ—â—â—â— burnt in Winchester with almost the whaâ—â—â—â—â— med to ashes In the end Robert Eearle of Glocester was taken prisoner and exâ—hanged for King Stephenâ— the warres more and more encreasing till at last â—â—â—â— mercy looking on this miserable Land was pleased â—â—â—â— Stephen should ordaine Henry the Empresse form Sonneâ—â— Hetre after him vpon which conditions peace â—â—â—â— blished The King aged at Douer and was buried at Feuersham October 25 1154. hauing reigned â—â—â—â— all vexation neere 19 yeeres HENRY THE SECOND KING OF ENGLAND DVKE OF NORMANDY Guyen and Aquitaine c. TO th' Empresse Maud I was vndoubted Heyre And in her Right my Title being iust By iustice I obtain'd the Regall Chayre Fayre Rosamond I soyled with soule lust For which Heauens lustice hating deeds vniust Stir'd vp my Wife and Sonnes to be my foes Who sought to lay my Glory in the dust And he m'd me round with cruell warres and woes They poys'ned my sweete beautious tainted â—â— By Isabels deuice my furious Queene My very bowels 'gainst me did oppose Such fruit hath lust such force hath iealons spleene My cursed crossâ—s made me curse my birth With her I liu'd raignd died and arm'd to earth Anno â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— RICHARD THE FIRST Surnamed CVER DE LYON KING OF ENGLAND DVKE OF NORMANDY Guyen and Aquitaine c. THrough my Creators mercy and his might Ierusalem conquer'd and set free False mis-beleeuing Iewes and Turkish spight From Iury force perforce I forc'd to flee The Realme of Cypresse was subdude by me Suâ—ha trembled at my prowesse bold King Tanered bought his peace and did agree And paid me threescore ounces of fine gold Whilst I abroad won Honour manifold Aspiring Iohn my brother vext my Realme In Austria I was tane and laid in hold Thus noods of griefe each way me ouer whelme At last I home return'd my ransome paid My earthly glory in a Graue was laid Anoo 1189 Iuly 6 Thursday Richard the first surnamed Cuer De Lyon or Lyons Heart was crowned at Westminster by Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury Shortly after his Coâ—â—â—tion he sold and pawned lands and gathering a great sum of 1100000â— he left England in the guidance of William Longchamp Bishop of Ely the Popes Legate and Lord Chancelor of England William king of Scotla'd being in amity with King Richard this king sailed in France with whom the French K. Philip went with their armies toward the holy Land in their voyage they touched the kingdom of Sicilia where Tancred the vsurping King of that Country gaue king Richard 6000. ounces of â— I know not whether it was for loue or feare He saild from thence and in a Tempest his Nauie was disperst and foâ— wrack'd neere the I le of Cyprus whom lsakius the by courteous King of that kingdome would not harbour vnlieue but contrarily pillaged and abused king Richard and inraged landed conquerd Cyprus carrying the king and his daughter away prisoners leauing the kingdoms vds â—â— two trusty Viceryes hee put againe to Sea bit â—â—â—â—â— number more then 300 he met with a great Argâ—â—â—â—â—â—â— the Sarazens with 1500 men in her and furâ—â—â— munition and victuals for their friends at Acon â— Argosey the King tooke after hee sailed to Acon â— ciently called Ptol omais which City he likewise conquered Philip king of France being with him and â—â—â—med 1500 Christians that were there in bondage The king of France weary or ennious of King Richards â—â— ries returned home In the meane time Earle Iohn Kings brother driues the proud gouerning Bishop of Eâ— out of his gouernment and this kingdome Tâ—â—â—â—â—â—â— King Richard fortified Ascalon marched before Ienâ—â— lem fought with the Salladine took 7000 Câ—â—â—â—â— other beasts killing the Infidels in heaps At last â—â—â— Duke of Burgundy forsakes the warres whereby thâ—â—â— was inforced to come to truce with the Saladine for â—â—â—â— yeeres Hee returning in disguise like a Marchâ—â— â—â— discouered and taken by Leopoldus Duke of Austria â— the Emperor took him from him In the meant space â—â—â— the Kings brother vseth all the foule play he c 〈…〉 Crowne After 15 moneths imprisonment the king â— released paying a great Ransome be landed in England was crowned againe at Winchester for gaue his brother Iohn sailed into Normandy against his mortall eâ—â—â—â— the King of France who fled from the siege of Vernoyâ—â— so soene as he heard of Richards comming yet newâ—â—â—â— arose betweene them wherein King Richard wasâ—â—â— Victorius Lastly at the battell of Gisors 1192 after â—â—â—â— sion he was most infortunately slain at the siege of â—â—â—â— named Chaluz with an Arrow the 6 of April 119â—â— hauing reigned nobly and prosperously neere 10 yeere IOHN KING OF ENGLAND DVKE OF NORMANDY Guyen and Aquitaine LORD OF IRELAND c. ROmes mighty miter'd Metropolitan I did oppose and was by him depos'd He turn'd this cursed blessings to his ban And caus'd me round to be with cares inclos'd The English and the Normans me oppos'd And Lewis of France my Kingdome did molest Whilst I to all these miseries expos'd Consum'd my Kingly dayes in restlesse rest At last the Pope was pleas'd and I reblest Peace was obtain'd proclaim'd I re-inthroan'd This was my raigne with
woes opprest and prest Blest curst friends foes diuided and aron'd And after seuenteene yeeres were gone and past At Swinsted poys'ned there I dranke my last Anno 1199 Aprill 6 Tuesday Iohn â—â—â—â—stly intruded the Crowne it being by right his nephew Arthurs who was sonne to Ieffry Duke of Britaine Iohns eldest brother howsoeuer Iohn was crowned on the 6 of May at Westminster by Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury but after a false reconciliation betwixt Philip King of France Iohn king of England and Arthur ' Duke of Britaine the said Duke Arthur was murthered some Authors in malice taxing king Iohn with the murther and some Writers altogether clearing him Hoasoeuer he had not one quiet day in his whole-Reigne his Principalities in France seazed only the French Wales in combustion Ireland in vproare Scotland preparing against him England all in confusion defender and hurliburly the King the Peeres the Prelates and Commons at perpetuall diuisioen The Pope of Rome thunders out his Excommunications against the King and all that obeyed him and interacts the whole Realme Soe that for three yeeres no Church was opened either for Gods Seruice to be exercised or Sacraments administred There was no Christian buriall allowed to any but the Carcasses of the dead were barbarously laid in vnhallowed places or cast like dogges into ditches yet all this time many of the English Nobilitie loyally serued their Soueraigne mangre the Papall Anathemizing The King went into Ireland and finding it shattered into contentions fractures ioynes and vnites it againe and returnes into England When suddenly Lewilyn Prince of Northwales who had married King Iohns daughter inuades the Marches of England but Lewilyn was soyled and Wales conquered But in the yeere 1211 the Popes set all curse beganne to fall heauy vpon king Iohn which curse also made many great Lords and other to far from the King neuerthelesse Scotland being in contention by a Traytor that claimed the Crowne there â—â—â— Gothred King John went thither aided his friend K. William and in that expedition set all in good peace taking the Traitor Gothred caused him to be hanged The Pope very liberally gaue the kingdome of England to Phil. of France An. 1112. More then 3000 people were burn'd drown'd on vnder London bridge in the space of 4 yeers King John made his peace with the Pope surrendred his Crown to Pandulphus the Legat for money and good words was blest and had his Crowne againe Philip of France attempts Englands inuasion his Fleet is beaten discontented sunke scattered taken by king Iohn Lewis the Dolphin of France landed at Sarawich with 650 ships came to London and tooke oaths of Allegeance of the Barons and Citizens in Pauls yet at last Lewis it forsaken of the English Lords yet holds possessions heere King Iohn being thus freed from Inuasion and Forraigne assaults was assaulted with poyson by a Monk in Swinsted Abbey hauing reigned more powerfull then fortunate 17 yeeres 5 moneths and odde dayes was interred at Worcester HENRY THE THIRD KING OF ENGLAND LORD OF JRELAND DVKE OF NORMANDY Gâ—â—en and Aquitaine c. IN toyle and trouble midst contentions broyles â—â— z'd the Scepter of this famous land Then being gready wasted with the spoyles Which â—â—â—â— I made with his French furious band But I with Peeres and people brauely mand Repald repulst expaâ—st insulting foes My â—â—â—ons did my Soueraignty withstand And wrap themâ—â— and me in warres and woes But in each Battell none but I did lose I lost my Subiects lines on euery side From Ciuill warres no better gaining growes Friends foes my people all that fought or died My gaines was losse my pleasure was my paine These were the triumphs of my troublous raigne Anno 1216 October 19 Wednesday Henry the third the eldest sonne of King Ioha and Isabel which was the daughter of Aymâ—r Earle of Aâ—golesme Thus Henry was borne at Winchester â—â— first crowned at Gloucester by Peter Bishop of Winchester Iosseline Bishop of Bath and after agâ—â—man with his Lords he was againe crownes at Westminster by Stephen Langton Archbishop of Conterbury â—â— Whitsanday God in mercy lookes gentle 〈…〉 calamities that this wofull Land pressed by forraigne warres and ciuill discord It all turned to a happy â—â—â—â— betwixt the King and his Lords which continued a long time Gualo the Popes Legate the Bishop of Winchester William Marshall Earle of Pombroke being the protector of the Kings Realme the King â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— old by whose good gouernment Lewts the â—â—â—â—â—â— of France with all his French Armies were expâ—â—ed out of the kingdome The King forgâ—â—e all of the Laâ—â—â—â— the had taken part with Lewis but he made the Clergâ—â—â— great sines Alexander the King of Scotland was married to the Leaytane sister to King Henry at which misiery Dragons wereâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— the â—â—â—â—â—â— counâ—â—â—â—â— fellow said he â—â—â— Iesus Christ sheuing the markes â—â—â— were of Nayles in his hands feet â—er the which blaâ—â—â—â— my bewaâ— Crucified at a place called Atterbury neare the Towne of Banbury Some say hee was 〈…〉 two walls and started at Cathnes in Scotland The Bishop did excem 〈…〉 the people because they would â—â— pay their Tithes for the which they burned the Bishop aliue for reward of which wicked act their King caused 400. of the chife offenders to be â—arged golded â—â—â—â—â—â—â— drâ—â— and put the Earle from his Earledoms Iohn King of Ierusclem came into England to â—raue â—â— deâ—â—f King Henry But the King was so busied here that he coâ—alâ—â— ayd him K. Henry with a great Arm went into Britaine against Lewis King of France and spoyled the Câ—â—â—â— mighty till at last a Peace was coâ—â—lâ—ded The Emperor Fredâ—rick married the Lady Isabell the King â—â—â—â— Eigâ—â—â—â— Iewes were hanged for cruâ—â—ring a â—â—â—â—dre Lincolne Richard Earle of Cornwall the Kingsâ—â—â— ther was made King of the Romanes The King lâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— lands in France except the Duchy of Aquitaine Wales was in insurrection Ireland in rebellion England in a hurty-burly â—â—stoy all Diuision betwixt the King and his â—â—â— Lords Anno 1233. 5 Sunnes were â—eâ—u 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—â—â— in the East one in the West one in the South â—â— in the North â—â—â—â—â— the fifth in the mâ—â—st of the firmament The King entertaines Poictouines out of France and giues them places of great honour in Court and â—â—â—â—â—â—â— which made the English Barons raise Atâ—â—â— aganâ—â—â—â— King The Earl of Leicester and Gloucester â—â—â—â—the King of England in the battell at Lewes The Lord Chiefe iustueâ—â—â—'d in Westminster-â—â—â— â—â—â—â—â— after all these ones the King dyed in peace hauing reigned 56 yeeres â—â—â— burried at Westminster 127â— EDWARD THE FIRST KING OF ENGLAND LORD OF IRELAND DVKE OF AQVITAINE c. MY Victories my Valour and my strength My actions and my neuer-conquer'd name â—ere spred throughout the world in bredth leÌ„gth â—â— mortall deeds I want immortall Fame â—â—ebellious Wales I finally did tame â—â— made them Vassalls to my princely Sonne â—â—red Scotland fierce with
Sword and Flame â—â—d almost all that Kingdome ouer-run â—â—ll where I fought triumphantly I won â—hrough Blood and Death my glory I obtain'd â—â— in the end when all my Acts were done â—â— Sepulcher was all the game I gain'd For though great Kings contend for earthly sway Death binds them to the peace and parts the fray An. Dom. 1272. Nouember Wednesday Edward the first was 35 yeares old when he beganne to reigne but at the death of his Father he was in warres in the Holy Lâ—â—d against the Saracens So that he returned not home till the next yeere a â—time hee was crowned the 14 day of December in the second yeere of his reigne the â—â—â—â—minsâ—ty of â—â—â— Coroâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— performed by Robert Kâ—lwarby Arâ—â—â—â—â—â— of Canterbury at Westminster Thus King brought Wales wholy vnto subsection to the crowne of England he effect â—â—â—â— peace be caused all coâ—â—â—â—tred Iudges and Officers of Note to be must exemplertly pâ—â—nâ—â—ea with sines â—â— priâ—â—men and bantshment A Nauy of 60 English sâ—â—ps ouâ—â—â—ams and tooke 800 ships of France An. 1293. Sir William Wallace A Noble vaâ—â—â—ant Scoâ— aâ—d warrâ— vpon King Edward and in the seruice of his Countrey did much â—â—â—â—â—â— to England The King caâ—â—â— this Sonne Edward being an inâ—â—rt to be the first Prince of Wales that was of toâ— English blood Since when all the Kings of Englands elaest Sonnes are by right Princes of Wales 284 Iewes were executed for â—â—â—ptes of the Kings coyne An 1280. King Edward caused Bayâ—trds Castle to be buils in London now the mansion house of the Right Honourable Earle of Pembâ—â—â—â— In the 15 yeers of this kings reigne Wheate was sold for 3 d the Bâ—sheâ— and the next yeere being 1288 it was sold for 18 d the Bushâ—â— which in those dâ—â—ies was accouÌ„ted a great price but after as long as The King liued the price came to 5â— the Bashell King Edwards Armiâ—â—â—ew 70000 of the Scots in one day as the â—â—ttâ—k of Fauâ—â—rke Sir William Wallace was betrayed taken and brought out of Scotland and executed in Smithfield has head being set on London Bridge and his quarters sent into Scotland yes be is by â—â—â—â—â— men had in Honorable remembrance The warres â—â—â— so set in this Kings reigne betwixt him and the Scots that as â—enerall times there were more then 130000 men slaine on both parts yet amongst all our English Kings that past before him Edward was not inferiour today he was religious valiant victorious wise affable of a comely Maâ—estmall Aspect and proportion he had two wiues the first was Eleanor daughter to Ferdinand the third King of Castile the second was Margaret daughter to Philip surnamed Hardy King of France by them hee had 4 Sonnes and 10 Daughters bee reigned neere 35 yeeres and was burried at Westminster 1307. July 7. EDWARD THE II KING OF ENGLAND LORD OF IRELAND DVKE OF AQVITAINE c. SOone after was my fathers corps inter'd Whilst Fate and Fortune did on me attend And to the Royall Throne I was prefer'd With Aâ—e Ceaser euery knee did bend But all these fickle ioyes did fading end Peirce Gaueston to thee my loue combind My friendship to thee scarce left me a friend But made my Queene Peeres People all vnkind I tortur'd both in body and in mind Was vanquisht by the Scots at Bannocki Rourne And I enfor'cd b flight some safety find Yet taken by my Wife at my returne A red-hot Spit my Bowels through did gore Such misery no slaue endured more Anno Dom. 1307 Iuly 8. Edward the second surnamed Carnaruan â—… cause he was born at Carnaruan Castle is Wales was crowned at Westminster by the hands of William Bishop of Winchester deputy for Robert Archbishop of Canterbury then absent in exile â—â— 24 of February next following He was much â—â—â—â—cted to follow the aduice and counsell of light â—â—â—â— which caused the Nobility to rebel against him â—â—â— at the first he ouercame them and tooke Thomas Earle of Lancaster a Peers of the blood their chief Leader fate in iudgment himself on him at Pomfret where the Earle had iudgment giuen against him to be drawne for is Treason for his murder spoyle burning robberies to be hangd and for his shamefull flying away to be beheaded but because â—â—â— was of the Kings kindred he was only beheaded â—â—â— the last such of the Barons as had escap'd â—â—â— the Mortimers with the helpe of the Queene â—â—â— the yong Prince then come out of France newly tooke the King and imprisoned him neuer â—â—â— kingdome in more â—â—sery then this Kings â—â—â— for his immoderate loue to Peirce Gauâ—â—â—â— a meane Gentleman of France was the cause of the Kings and has owne destruction with the â—â—â— calamity of the â—â—â—â—â— kingdom This Gaueston â—â—â— banished hence by the Kings father was in â—â—â— times exil'd but at his third â—â—â—rne Guy â—â—â— Watwick took him in Warwick Castle â—â—â— his head to be snore off which so inraged the â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—ing King that bee vowed reuenge vpon all â—â—â— Lords others who were the causers of Gauestâ— death in the meane space Robert Bruce King Scots gaue King Edward a mighty ouerâ—â—â— place cal'd Bannocksbourne where the English â—â—â— their confederates Hollanders Brabanders â—â—â— landers Flemings Picards Gascognes â—â—â— mans Poloiners wer in number ooooo â—â—â— foot yet were discomfited with the losse of 5000 â—â—â— the King in great danger to be taken famine foul and pestilence at once afflicted England so that â—â—â— ple did eat one another halfe-aliue and the â—â—â— scarce able to bury the deed The King prepares for reuenge against his Lords for Gaueston â—â—â— Hugh Dispencer from meane estate to be â—â—â— Chamberlaine The King caused 2â— of his â—â—â— suffer death diuers â—â—â—â—â—â— He makes a second â—â—â— against Scotland â—â—â—â— againe with great â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— This was the miserable â—â—â— this King who was deposed the Spencers â—â—â— Edward reign'd 19 years 7 months and 17 days EDWARD THE IIJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND IN Peace and War my Stars auspicious stood False Fortune stedfast held her wauering wheele I did reuenge my Fathers butcher'd blood I forced France my furious force to feele I warr'd on Scotland with triumphing Steele Afflicting them with slaughtering Sword and Fire That Kingdome then diuided needs must reele Betwixt the Bruces and the Balliols ire Thus daily still my glory mounted higher With black Prince Edward my victorious Sonne Vnto the top of honour wee alpire By manly Princely worthy actions done But all my Triumphs fortunes strength and force Age brought to death death turn'd to a Coarse Anno 1327 Ianuary 25 Saturday Edward the 3 being borne at Windsor being 15 yeers old was crowned by Walter Reignolds Arcbishop of Canterbury â— in his 2 yeere Edward his Father was murthred The Court in those daies was seldome without a vipeÌ„ for as Gaueston was the foreruÌ„ner of the Spencers in ambition rapine pride and confusion So the Spencers were the
perdurable cares and vexation as appeared in the lines and raignes of Rusus Henry the first Stehpen Iohn and now this King Henry the fourth who though hee were minion of Fortune the Darling of the peolpe euery way a compleate Noble Prince yet was his vsurpation still attended with dangerous molestations he was crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arundell Arbhishop of Canterbury hee was scarce warme in his seat before the Dukes of Exeter Aumerie Surry with the Earles of Glocester and Salisbury conspired to kill him and to raise King Richard againe but their plot was discouered and satisfied with the losse of there heads shortly after king Richard the 2 was starued to death some say murdred at Pomfret castle in short time after the Princes of English poets Ieffry Chaucer and Iohn Cower dyed all those Noble men who either fouored king Richard or were raised by him were degraded disinherited or out of King or courrtly favour The French in Aquitaine intend rebellion against K. Henry but are pacified by Tho Percy Earle of Worcester The Welsh rebell vnder the coÌ„mand of their captine Owne Glendowre and the king went thither in person and with losse and danger quieted them An. 1403 the terrible battel of Shrewsbury was fought betwixt the King and the Earle of Worcester the Earle Dowglasse the Lord Henry Percy alias Hotspur and others where after a bloody triall Percy was slain buried taken vp againe and quartered the Earle of Worcester was beheaded the Dowglasse taken and the King victorious Owen Glendowere again raiseth wars in Wales and inuades the Marches of England although king Richard the 2 be dead and buried yet is he still sained to be aliue and by counterfeit impostures King Henry was much molested 140 ships came out of France arriued at Milford hauen to the aid of Owen Glendowre the Earle of Northumberland rebelled with the Lord Bardolph and were both taken beheaded Thus was king Henries reigne a Maiesticall missery a soueraignty of sorrow and a regall power alwaies attended with perplexity so that hauing raign'd 13 yeers 6 months wanting 5 daies he dyed the 20 of March 1413 and leauing 4 sonnes 2 daughters he was with all funerall and Royall solemnity interred at Canterbury HENRY THE FIFTH KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND FRom my Iancastrian Sire successiuely I Englands glorious golden Garland gots I temper'd Iustice with mild clemency Much blood I shed yet blood-shed loued not Time my Sepulchre and my bones may not But Time can neuer end my endlesse fame Oblinion cannot my braue acts out blot Or make Forgetfulnesse forget my name I plaid all France at Tennise such a game With roaring Rackets bandied Balls and Foyles And what I plaid for still I won te same Triumphantly transporting home the spoyles But in the end grim death my life assail'd And as I lin'd I dy'd belon'd bewail'd Anno Dom. 1413. March 20 Sunday Henry the 5 borne at Monmouth in Wales about 28 yeeres old when he began to reigne he was crowned at Westminster by the hands of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury and howsoeuer some Writers haue imputed wildnesse and irregular courses so youth vnto him yet when hee attained the Scepter he proued the mirror of Princes and Paragon of the world in that age He banished from his Court and presence all prophane and lewd companions and exiled from his eares all flattring Parasites and Sicophants In the 1 yeer of his reigne he prepared a great Armie against France anâ—â—â— Southampton very happily escaped murthering by the Treason of Richard Earle of Cambridge Henry Lord Scroope and Sir Thomas Gray Knight Soone after the King past with 1500 sail into France where hee wanne the strong Towâ—â—â—â— Hatflew and intending to march back with his â—â— my toward Callice he was neere a place called Agincourt encountrea by the whole power of France where King Henry had a triumphant victories in which battel were slaine many of the French Nobility with 10000 coÌ„mon soldiers as many of them taken prisoners The whole English Army at that time being not 10000 being wasted with the fluxe famine and other sicknesses yet did they â—â—â—â—â—â— more prisoners then they were themselues in number in all the battel lost not aboue 28 meÌ„ After which the King returned into England and â—â—â—â— was met with 400 Citizens and magnificantly â—â—â— tertained into London King Henry attributing all his conquests and victories to God The Eâ—â—â—â—â— Sigismond came into England and entred leagâ—â—â— with King Henry the Emperors intent was to â—â—â— made a peace betwixt England France but he could not accoÌ„plish it The king passed into I raâ—â—â— againe and wonne many Cities Townes Câ—â—â—â—â—â— strong holds in the end he married the Lady Katherin daughter to K. Charles of France with when he came into England and hauing crowned â—â—â—â— Queene be returned into I rance the third â—â—â— was in Paris proclaimed heire apparent to the Crowne Finally he sickened and dyed at Boysesâ— Vincennois in France from whence his corps â—â— brought and buried at Westminster I September 1422. HENRY THE VI KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF JRELAND GReat England Mars my Father being dead I not of yeares or yeare but eight months old The Diadem was plac't vpon my head In Royall Robes the Scepter I did hold But as th' Almighties workes are manifold Too high for mans conceit to comprehend In his eternall Register eurold My Birth my troublous Life and tragicke End â— Gainst me the house of Yorke their force did bend And Peeres and People weltred in their gore My Crown and Kingdome they from me did rend Which I my Sire and Grandire kept and wore Twice was I crown'd vncrown'd oft blest oft crost And lastly murdred life and Kingdome lost Anno Dom. 1422 August 31 Munday Henry the 6 born at Windsor the son of Henry the 5 was but 8 moneths old at the death of his father so that by reason of his infancy himselfe and kingdome were gouerned by his vnckles the Dukes of Bedford and Glocester An. 1419 Nouember 6 the King was crowned first at Westminster by the hands of Henry Chichley Archbishop of Canterbury hee was againe the second time crowned at Paris the 7 of December 1431 by the Cardinalls of York and Winchesters and returns into England the 11 day of February following In these times France was in miserable perplexity diuided betwixt French and English in continuall bloody wars for the Dolphin Charles made wars in sundry places claiming the Crowne the English won and lost towns and territories as fortune found or fround till at last by reason of the King childhood in the beginning of his reigne his soft milde gentle inclination in his ripe yeeres and his indisposition to marshall affaires hee beeing more sit for the Church theÌ„ for chinalry for praier theÌ„ for prowesse a man in al his actions more like a Saint then to one that should weild a warlike
and â—â—â— to King Edward the sixt Shee was crowned at Westminster the first of October 1553 by the hands of Stephen Gardner Bishop of Winchester King Edward being dead his death was concealed two daies by reason of the feare of Queene Maries alteration of the religion which King Edward had established for which cause the Lady Iane was by many of the Lords and the Londoners proclaimed Queene This Lady Iane was eldest daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolke shee was then married to the Lord Guiford Dudlty fourth sonne to Iohn Duke of Northumberland her mother was the Lady Francis the daughter of Mary the French Queene and the younger sister of King Henry the 8. Queene Mary bearing that Iane was proclaim'd Queen begain to rowse raised an Army and was first proclaimed in the City of Norwich her powers still increasing she made towards London where all supplies forsocke the Lady Iane so that she with her husband and father and the Lord Thomas Gray with others were beheaded The Queene ceases all the protestant Bishops and Clergie to bee degraded suspended or imprisoned She raised againe the Mase and with it masse of misery to this kingdome King Philip of Spaine was contracted to Queene Mary but Sir Thomas Wiat with an Armie opposed it and after much bickering was taken and executed on the Towreâ—â—â— The Lady Elizabeth the Queenes sister was wrongâ—â—ly imprisoned and in danger to be put to death Philip King of Spaine was married to Queene Mary withâ—â— Royall solemnity at Winchester the 25 of Iuly Anno 1454. This wofull Land was in those daies a very Achetdima or field of blood the Popes Mâ—rebanâ—s â—â—â— Church and Commonwealth with holy Water Pax Censors Oyle Spittle Creame Altars Pictures Images â— Crosses Crucifixes Beades Lights Tapers Candâ—â—â— the Breaden god these Romish warres did cost the liâ—es neere 6000 people that refused them some hanged â—â—â— burne and diuers others suffering other deaths and â—â—ties K. Philip Queen Mary send defiance into France Philip went thither in person besieged the strong â—â—â— of S t. Quintins and man it but shortly after the English men lost Callice which had beene the King of English Towne 21 yeeres Wherefore Queene Mary tooke â—â—â— griefe that sheâ— neuer enioyed her life-long after â—â—â— Callice was lost the 17 of Ianuary and the Queene â—â—â— at Saint Iames house the 7 of Nouember following â—â—â— 1558 when she had reigned 5 yeeres 4 monethâ—â—â—â— daies she lieth buried as Westminster ELIZABETH QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Defender of the Faith c. THe griefes the feares the terrors and the toiles The sleights tricks snares that for my life were laid â—pes prisons poysons pistois bloody broyles â—â— these incompast me poore harmelesse Mayd â—â— I still trusting in my Makers ayde Was still defended by his power diuine â—y glory and my greatnesse was displai'd â—â— farre as Sunne and Moone did euer shine Gods mingled Seruice I did re-refine From Romish rubbish and from humane drosse â— yearely made the pride of Spaine decline â—â—â— and all Belgia I sau'd from losse I was Arts patterne t' Armes I was a Patron I liu'd and dyed a Queene a Maid a Matron Anno Dom. 1558 Nouember 17 Thursday Lady Elizabeth borne at Greenwich second daughter to King Henry the eight sister and heire to the late Queene Mary after shee had by Gods gracious prouience past through many afflictions as scandals calumnations sundry imprisonns â—â—â— and hazard of her life shee was at the age of 25 yeeres and od dayes crowned Queen of England France and Ireland at Westminster by the hand of Owen Oglethorpe Bishop of Carlielc the 13 of Ianuary The first good worke of hers after her coronation was to reforme and restore and Seruice of God to the Primitiue sincerity and prayer and preaching to be vsed in the English tongue she caused all the bables of Babek and all the Romish rubbish to bee cast out of the Church shee dismissed those Bishops and others of the Clergie as would not be reformed She caused all base momes and coyneste to be supprest and to be no vallue and in their stead she ordained that no coyne but Gold and Siluer shouâ— passe for current in her Dominions The French King Henry at a â—lâ—ng was vnfortunately slaine by a Lord named Mountgomery â—â—inter of the lâ—â—â—nce running into his eye An. 1559. Sorne after the French molest Scotland but by Queene Elizabeths â—yde they were expulsed The Noble Earle of Arraw in Scotland and Ericus King of Sweaden were suuerâ—â— to marry â—â—â— the Queene which her Maiesty with all princely modesty refused She was after sued to by Henry Duke of Aniou brother to the French King Charles the 9. Anno 1514. The bloody massaker was in France where in the City of Paris only 10000 Protestarts were mâ—n thered by the Pepists The Irish fell to rebellian vnder the Earle of Tirone which rebellion put England to much cost and trouble Henry Lord Darneley King of Scots most inhumanely murdred Anno 1568 and his Queen Mary assaulted by the oppression of her rebellicus Subiects came into England and was royally welcomed One Thomas Appletree discharging his â—â—ce the Queene was in her Barge vpon the Thames the bullet ranne thorow both the Armes of one of her Watermen but the Queene vnderstanding that the shot was by casualtie pardoned the offender Her mercie iustice temperance fortitude magnanimity prudence learning and incomparable wisedome would each of them fill a volume So that neither â—â—â— vnablenesse of me the writer nor the briefnesse which I am â—â—â— to in thus abstract can no waies touch the â—em of her vertues wherefore I refer the reader to the great volumes of Hollinsheds story the Reuerend learned Cambden Master speed and others who haue writen more largely of her though all of them are much short of her vnimmitable merits shee ayed the 24 of March 1602 aged 69 yâ—eeres 6 moneths and 7 dayes she reigned 44 yeeres â—4 months and 7 daies On the 28 of Aprill after shee was buried at Westminster IAMES Of that Name THE FIRST And I. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE c. WEre all the flatt'ry of the world in me Great King of hearts Arts great Britaines King Yet all that flattery could not flatter thee Or adde to thy renowne the smallest thing My Muse with truth and freedome dares to sing Thou wert a Monarch lou'd of God and Men. Two famous Kingdomes thou to one didst bring And gau'st lost Britaines name her name agen Thou cansedst Doctors with their learned pen The sacred Bible newly to translate Thy wisdome found the damned powder'd Den That hell had hatcht to ouerthrow thy state And all the world thv Motto must allow The peace makers are blast and so art thou Anno Dom. 1602 March 24 Thursday Iames the first of that name King of England Scotland France Ireland the first King that was â—â—â— in England since the Norman conquest
at the age 36 yeeres 9 monethe and 5 daies hee was crowned Westminster with his wife Queene Anne by the â—â—â— of Iohn Whitguist Archbishop of Canterbury Theâ—â— was a conspiracy to surprise the King and insorce him to grant a tolleration of Religion but the plot was discoueâ—â— and the offenders were some executed some otherwise by the King elemency banished and imprisoned with good competency of meanes allowed them This king was a King of Peace and with all victorious for he did â—â—â— then his predecesser King Henry the 7 th who ioyned â—â— Roses of Lancaster and Yorke But King Iames â—â—â— happily ioyned kingdomes vniting England and Scotland into one glorious Monarchy by the name and â—â—â— Great Britaine Anno 1605 Nouember 5 the â—â—â— de-plot of perdition was but by the mercy of the Almighty â—â— a mis-taken deliuerie of a Letter and the deepe wisedome of the King the horrid Treason was â—â—â— preuented and the Traitours confounded in their â—â—â—â—â—â—ked deuices King Iames was so crowned and â—â—â— that Germany Polland Sweaueland Russia France Spaine Holland Zealand the Arch-Duke of Austria the estate and Sâ—â—gmory of Venice The great Duke of Florence all these Princes and Potentates did â—â—â— Ambassadors into England to hold Amity and â—â—â— with King Iames. Amongst Kings he was the â—â—â— mirrour of Learning the Patterne and Patron of piety â—â— pittie such a sweet and well composed mixture of Iustice and mercy was inuated in his Royall brest that â—â—â—â—â—â— truth did meet kisse and combine together all the â—â—â— his most auspicious reigne like a second Sallomon gouernment was blest with peace and plenty so that be â—â—â— iustly be stiled vnder God The Peace-maker of â—â—â— Christendome and the louing father and preseruer of â—â—â— own people Realmes and Dominions his life was generally beloued and his death as much lamented which was â—â—â— of March being Sunday there being but 2 daies differâ—â—â— or ods betwixt the accompt of the beginning and ending of his reigne for he began the 24 of March 1602 â—â—â— the 27 of March 1625. Two Tuesdaies were â—â—nate to him for on a Tuesday the 5 of August 1602 â—â— escaped a dangerous conspiracy of the Earle Cowries and on Tuesday the 5 of Nouember 1605 he wisâ—h of that could be called his was preferred from that Great master piece of Satan the Powder Treason and as â—â— Satâ—rday â—â—â— the 8 of May 1603 he was receiued within ioy â—â—â— London so on Saterday the 8 of May 1625 â—â—â— with grise buried at Westminster CHARLES Of that Name THE FIRST And II. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE KING OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Gods immediate VICEGERENT Supreame HEAD c. â—â—â—â—strious Off-spring of most glorious Stems Our happy hope our Royall CHARLES the great â—â—â— Heyre to foure Rich Diadems With gifts of Grace and Learning high â—epleat â—â—â— thee th' Almighties ayd I doe intreate â—â—â— guide and prosper thy proceedings still â—â—â—â—â— long thou maist suruiue a Prince compleat â—â—â— guard the good and to subuert the ill â—â—â— when thy â—â—â— determin'd boundlesse will Thy mortall part shall made immortall be â—â—â—â— let thy liuing Fame the world full fill â—â—â— blesâ—ed famous memory of thee And all true Britaines pray to God aboue To match thy life and fortune with their loue STEWARTâ— CHARLES MARIE Anagramma Christ Arme vs Eâ—â— AT AL Though feâ—â—ds and men to â—â—â—â— should endeuer Against their force AT AL CHRIST ARME VS EVER Anno. Dom. 1625-March 27. Sunday The â—â— sall â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— kingdomes hauing â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— full Iames â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— eternall Our Royall Charles the â—â—â— heire of his blessed Fathers Crowne and vertues â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Westminster by the hands of the Right Reueâ—â—nd fahter in God â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Iohn Williams â—â—â— new present Lord Bishop of Lincolne and Deane of Westminister He is Charles the first of that name and second Monarch of great Britaine â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Vicegerent and God is his â—â—â—â— Seueraigne he is Defender of the True â—â—â—â— Apotlolicasll and Christian I â—â—â—â— and that faith is his shield against all his bedily and ghostly enemies in the first yeare of his reigne he married with the illustrious and vertuous Princesse Henneretta Maria daughter to that admired Mirrer and Mars of martiallilis of Henry the 4 th the French King last of that name vopn the 22 day of Iune 1625 shee safely arrived â—â—â—â—â—â— in Kent where the King stay'd till â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— and to both their ioyes and the â—â—â—â— of this kingdome he enioyed and enioyes her This Noble Pâ—â—â—ce was borne the 19 th of Nouember A no 1602 he was second and youngest Sonne to king Iames the â—â—â— of Scotland and first of that name of England Our last â—â—â— Soueraigne In the yeere 1623 â—â—â— into Spaine priuately and by Gods gracious assistance came backe safely from thence the 26 or October in the some yeere whose safe returne all true hearted Britaines did and doe esteem â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— and happy blessing his elemency â—â—â—â— is manifest his Royall end princely enâ—â—â— are ample â—â—â— his same and Magnificenceis â—â—â—â— sall The graces and cardinall vertues haue â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— taken â—â—â— their habitatiens in his Heroick and Magâ—â—â—â—â—â— brest â—â—â— may hee with his gracious Queene reigne our these his Dominions to the gloâ—â—â—â—â— of God and the good of this famous Iland with the rest of his Territories and to the ioy and comfort of his â—â—â— Amen ALIVING SADNES INDVTY CONSECRATED TO THE IMMORtall memory of our late Deceased all-beloued Soueraigne LORD the Peerelesse Paragon of Princes IAMES King of great Britaine France and Ireland who departed this Life at his Manour of Theobalds on Sunday the 27. of March 1625. TO THE MOST HIGH AND PVISSENT Prince CHARLES by the Grace of GOD the first of that name and second Monarch of the whole Iland of Great BRITAINE HIS VNDOVBTED ROYALTIES BEING VNITED VNDER one and the same his most glorious Crowne the Kingdomes of England Scotland France and Ireland Gods Immediate Vice-Gerent Supreme head of all Persons and Defender of the true ancient Christian Faith in these his Empires and Dominions MOst Mighty Monarch of this mourning Land Vpon the knees of my submissiue mind I begge acceptance at your Royall hand That my lamenting Muse may fauour finde My Gracious Master was so good so kinde So iust so much beloued neere and sarre Which generally did Loue and Duiy binde From all and from me in particular But as your Maiesty vndoubted are The Heire vnto his Vertues and his Crowne I pray that whether Heauen send Peace or Warre You likewise may inherit his Renowne And as Death strucke his Earthly Glory downe Left you in Maiesty and mourning Chiefe Yet through the World apparantly 't is knowne Your Sorrow is an vniuersall Griefe Let this recomfort then your Princely heart That in this Duty all men beares a part Your Maiesties most humble and obedient Subiect and Seruant IOHN TAYLOR A Funerall Elegie vpon King IAMES YOu gushing Torrents
Were by his reading graced and made better And howsoeuer they were good or ill His bourty shew'd he did accept them still He was so good and gracious vate me That â— the vilest wretch on earth should be If for his sake I had not writ this Verse My last poore dutie to his Royall Hearse Two causes made me this sad Poems wrue The first my humble dutie did inurte The last to shunne that vice which doth include All other vices foule Ingratitude FINIS FOR The sacred memoriall of the great Noble and ancient Example of Vertue and Honor the Illustrious and welbeloued Lord CHARLES HOWARD Earle of Nottingham Iustice in Eyre of all his Maiesties Forrests Parks and Chases on this side Trent Knight of the Honourable Order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Maiesties most Honourable Pâ—iuie Councell Who departed this Life at his Mannour of Halâ—ing in Surrey on Thurseday the 14. of December 1624. and was buried at Rigate amongst his Honourable Ancestors the 20. of December last 1624. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE Right Worshipfull of both Sexes who had either alliance by Marriage Consanguinity by Birth or bore loue to the Right Noble and truly vertuous deceased I Humbly craue your Worthinessetâ— excuse This boldnesse of my poore vnlearned Muse That hath presum'd so high a pitch to flye In praise of Vertue and Nobility I know this taske most fit for Learned men For Homer Ouid or for Virgils pen But for I with him haue both seru'd and sail'd My gratefull duty hath so farre preuail'd Boldly to write true Honours late decease Whilst better Muses please to hold their peace And thus much to the world my Verse proclaimes That neither gaine nor flattery are my aimes But loue and duty to the Noble dead Hath caus'd me cause these Lines be published And therefore I entreat your gen'rous Hearts Tâ— accept my duty pardon my deserts Beare with my weakenesse winke at my defects Good purposes doe merit good effects Poore earthen Vessels may hold precious Wint And I presume that in this booke of mine In many places you shall something finde To please each Noble will affected minde And for excuse my Muse doth humbly plead That you 'l forbeare to iudge before you read He that is euer a true wel-wisher and â—â—â—sequious Seruant to your Honours Worships and Noble Personages Iohn Taylor SOme few yeeres since I rode to my Lords Mannour of Halcing in Surrey where I presented his Lordship with a Manuscript or written Booke of the names and degrees of all the Knights of the Noble Order of the Garter since the first institution by king Edward the third which was of mine owne collections out of Windsor Cattle and some authontike â—â—â—â— His Lordship receiued it gratefully and rewarded me honorably in the which Booke was â—â—â— Anagram of his name and Earledome of Nottingham which â—old very 〈…〉 to be heâ—reâ—â—â— under Printed because it falles correspondent to the reuerence of his â—â— and the happinesse which the words import Charles Howard Earle of Nottinghame Anagramma O Heauen cals and hath true Glorie for me And happy was this happy Anagram Heauen calls Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham And he obeyd the call and gain'd true glory For change of earthly Titles transitory For the sacred Memoriall of the Great Noble and Ancient example of Vertue and Honour the Illustrious and welbeloued Lord Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham Iustice in Eyre of all his Maiesties Forrests Parks and Chases on this side Trent Knight of the Honorable Order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Maiesties most Honorable priuy Councell WHat English Muse forbeares to shead a teare For Englands Nestor grauest oldest Peere Not onely old in number of his dayes But old in vertue all good mens praise Whose actions all his pilgrimage did passe More full of honour then his title was And though his corps be seuer'd from his spirit And that the world sufficient knowes his merit Yet shall my poore vnworthy artlesse Verse â—â— dutious seruice wait vpon his Hearse My selfe his Honour on the Seas attended And with his bounty haue I beene befriended And to acquite me from vnthankfulnesse My lines shall here my gratitude expresse No monumentall Marble reard on hie He needs t'emblaze him to posterity No flattring Epitaph he needs to haue To be engrau'd vpon a gawdie graue His life and actions are his Monument Which fills each kingdome Clime and Continent And when their memories shall stinke and dye Who in most stately sepulchers doe lay Then royall histories shall still relate To each degree or age or sex or state The vertue valour bounty and the fame Of Englands all-beloued Nottingham And Noble hearts his memory shall retaine Vntill the world to Chaos turne againe That yeere of wonderment call'd eighty eight When fraud and force did our destruction wait When Hell and Rome and Spaine did all agree That wee should vanquish'd and inuaded be Our foes at Sea thirty one thousand men With neere foure hundred ships and â—â—â—lies then Then this White Lyon rowz'd with â—â—â—â—â—ue Defending both his ounrry and his Queene Like second Mars to battell braue he wenâ— God making him his worthy instrument His Chiefraine Champion and his Generall With sixe score ships and Vessels great aâ—â—â—mall To conquer those that did for conquest â—â—â— And foyle the pow'r of Hell and â—â—â— and â—â— Then valour was with resolution mixt And manhood with true Fâ—uoâ—â— â—â—â— When death and danger â—â—â—â—tned euery where Braue Charles all â—earel 〈…〉 â—â—â— did encourage can When roring cannons counâ—â—â— heau'ns thunder And slaughteâ—d men their vessels â—â—â— vnder The Sun eclips'd with â—â—â—â— skies darke and dim And batt'ring bullets seuered â—im from liâ—â— When as that Sea might bee the Rea Sea call'd Then he with dreadlesse courage vnappaâ—l'd Like a bright Bâ—acon or a blazing Staire Approu'd himselfe a thunder â—â—olr of warre Whose valour and example valiantly Pursu'd and wonne a glorious victory And then by him through the Almighties hand Preserued from inuasion was this Land So that who euer shall his Tombe passe by And shall enquire who there doth buried lye If answere be but made He 's in this Graue Who did in Eighty eight this Kingdome saue Then is the â—otall told and seruice best Where with this little Land was euer blest At * 1596 Cales likewise the Sea-fight we did win By his direction and graue disciplin The Spanish ships soone from his force retir'd Some torne some sunke some taken and some fir'd And whensoere he gaue the ouerthrow He nere insulted ore his conquerd foe But like a Noble Lyon euery way He scorn'd to prey vpon a yeelding prey With pitty piety and true remorce His clemency was mixt with manly force Vnto his foes a noble care he had Nor would affliction to affliction adde So that his enemies much cause did find To loue and honour his true noble mind Yet 'gainst offenders he was sharply
bent Seuere in throats and milde in punishment His iustice would condemne and in a breath His mercy sau'd whom iustice doom'd to death His aduersaries he did ofe relieue And his reuenge was onely to forgiue He knew that well got honour nere shall die But make men liue vnto eternitie It as his greatest riches he esteem'd And Infamy he basest begg'ry deem'd He knew through worthy spirits may be croft Yet if they lose no honour nothing's lost And those that haue afraid of enuy bin True honour or good fame did neuer win If he an auaritioâ—s mind had bore Of wealth no subiect then had had such store So many yeeres Englands high Admirall Fees offices and prizes that did fall With gifts and fauors from the queene and State And other things amounting to a rate That had he beene a mixer close of hand No subiect had beene richer in this Land In deeds of pitty and ture charity Good house-keeping and hospitality Bounty and courteous affability He was the Brooch of true Nobility And for these vertues men shall scarcely find That he a fellow here hath left behind He knew that Auarice and Honour be Two contraries that neuer will agree And that the Spender shall haue true renowne When infamy the Mizers fame shall drowne He euery way most nobly was inclin'd And lou'd no wealth but riches of the mind His Pleasure was that those that did retaine To him and serue should by him thriue and gainâ— And he thought t' was enough for him to haue When as his seruants did both get and saue So amongst Nobles I think few are such That keepes so little giues away so much His latest VVill did make it plaine appeare The loue which to his seruants he did beare To great and small amongst them more or lesse His bounty did expresse his worthynesse To all degrees that seru'd him euery one His liberality excepted none And though base Enuy often at him strooke His fortitude was like a Rocke vnshooke He knew that Fortunes changing was not strange Times variation could not make him change The frothy pompe of Earths Prosperity Nor enuious clouds of sad aduersity Within his minde could no mutation strike His courage and his carriage were alike For when base Peasants shrinke at fortunes blowes Then magnimity most richly showes His grauity was in his life exprest His good example made it manifest His age did no way make his vertue liue But vertue to his age did honour giue So that the loue he wan t is vnderstood T was not for being old but being good Thus like a pollish'd Iewell ' mongst his Peers His vertue shin'd more brighter then his yeers For Wisdome euer this account doth make To loue age onely but for vertues sake Neere ninety yeeres an honoured life he led And honour 's his reward aliue and dead For who so nobly heer his life doth frame Shall for his wages haue perpetuall fame His meditations hee did oft apply How he might learne to liue to learne to dye And dy to liue and reigne in glorious state Which changing time can ne'r exterminate And therefore long his wisdome did forecast How he might best reforme offences past Order things present things to come foresee Thus would his latter yeeres still busied be He saw his Sand was neer runne out his Glasse And wisely pondred in what state he was His waning yeeres his body full of anguish Sense failing spirits drooping force to languish The ruin'd cottage of weake flesh and blood Could not long stand his wisdome vnderstood He saw his tyde of life gan ebbe so low Past all expectance it againe should flow He knew his pilgrimage would soone expire And that from whence he came he must retire Old age and weake infirmities contend Mans dissolution warnes him of his end He knew all these to be deaths messengers His Calends Pursiuants and Harbingers And with a Christian conscience still he mark'd He in his finall voyage was imbark'd Which made him skilfully his course to steere The whilst his iudgment was both sound cleare To that blest Hauen of eternall rest Where he for euer liues among the blest He did esteeme the world a barren field The nought but snares tares and cares did yeeld And therefore he did sow his hopes in heauen Where plentious encrease to him is giuen Thus was the period of his lifes expence The Noble Nottingham departed hence Who many yeeres did in his Countries right In peace and warre successefull speake and fight Our oldest Garter Knight and Counsellor And sometimes Britaines great Ambassador Now vnto you suruiuers you that be The Branches of this honourable Tree Though Verses to the dead no life can giue They may be comforters of those that liue We know that God to man hath life but lent And plac'd it in his bodies tenement And when for it againe the Landlord cals The Tenant must depart the Cottage fals God is most iust and he will haue it knowne That he in taking life takes but his owne Life is a debt which must to God be rendred And Natures retribution must be tendred Some pay in youth and some in age doe pay But t is a charge that all men must defray For t is the lot of all mortality When they being to liue begin to dye And as from sin to sin we wander in So death at last is wages for our sinne He neither hath respect to sex or yeares Or hath compassion of our sighes nor teares He 'll enter spight of bars or bolts or locks And like a bold intruder neuer knockes To Kings and Caitiâ—â—es rich poore great and small Death playes the tyrant and destroyes them all He calls all creatures to account most strict And no mans power his force can contradict We must perforce be pleas'd with what he leaues vs And not repine at ought which he berâ—anes vs. Hee 's lawlesse and â—s folly to demand Amends or restitution at his hand He doth deride the griefe of those that mourne And all our fraile afflictions laugh to scorne For hee condemnes and neuer heares the cause He takes away despight the power of Iawes Yet hee our vassall euer doth remaine From our first birth vnto our graue againe And God doth in his seruice him employ To be the bad mans terrour good mans toy Death is the narrow doore to life eternall Or else the broad gate vnto death internall But our Redeemer in his spotlesse offering Did lead the way for vs to heauen by suffering He was the death of death when he did die Then Death was swallow'd vp so victory And by his rising blessed soules shall rue And dwell in the celestial Paradise For these respects you whose affinity Propinquity or consanguinity Whose blood or whose alliance challenge can A part in this deceased Noble man The law of Nature and affection moues That griefe and sorrow should expresse your loues He was your secondary maker and Your authors earthly being and
color is blacke Id sooner deeds of â—â—â—knesse Hee grabs and spuddles for his prey in muddy holes and obscure cauernes my Muse ferrus hase debaushed wretches in their swmsh dens Hee like the Crocodile moues the vpper chap thus Treatise condemnes that beasts dissmulaâ—â— Hee s swallowes downe his meate without taste this booke distastes such as sinne without touch of conscience The ods is my Cormorants appetite is limited but must of theres is vnsatable I ayme not at such mens â—â—â— as may fall by msirmty for that were the Esops crab to offer to teach others to goe right going crooked my selfe Detraction is priuate wounding of means name and flattery and a deâ—ourer of men aloue If I can sayle betwixt these two and not be spht I shall arriue at my desired part In my passage I shall have Polipheme casting rockes to sincke me Criticks misconstrung my words like spiders sucking poyson out of wholsome flowers But from these Antipodes to goodnesse by their Aâ—â—â—besis to â—â—â—â— I appeale to my conference which it a witnesse to me that can neither accese or condomme me Fayme at none but such as deâ—uoure others and set make thirst to keepe themselues out of thereach of Law I name none personally and therefore with the faults to amend with silence rather thereby rubbing off a spot to make a hole in the whole cloth for I leaue gleanings enough to make a second part if need require Such stomackes as cannot dâ—â—gest this doth â—â— me rather de to them a Choake-peare them a Gudgeon There is no degree of man or woman whatsoeuer from the Court to the Cottage or from the Pallace to the Plough but many make good ese of this Poem either for merry recreation or vtees defamation and in a word if it please the â—â—â—â—â— or be any way profitable for the confirming of the good or reforming the bad I have then my full recompence with the effect of my intentous and wishes IOHN TAYLOR THE VVATER-CORMORANT HIS COMPLAINT Against a Brood of Land-CORMORANTS Diuided into fourteene Satyres 1 A Iesuite 2 A Separatist 3 A Trust-breaker 4 A Drunkard 5 A prodigall Gallant 6 An Extortioner and Broker 7 A Basket-Iustice 8 A Cut purse 9 A good and bad Constable 10 A Serieant and Iaylor 11 A Patron and his Clarke 12 A Countrey Yeoman 13 A Figure-Stinger 14 A Lawyer and Vndershriue My Cormorant against these doth inuey And proues himselfe much better farre then they A Iesuite THE ARGVMENT King-killing Monsters out of Heauens mouth spew'd Caters and Butchers vnto Rome and Flell The bane of Youth and Age in blood imbrow'd Perditions gulph where all foule Treasons dwell Lands liues and Soules vnder the sauing stile Of IESVS they deuoure confound beguile IN setting downe this Sect of blood compact Me thinkes I see a tragick Sceane in act The Stage all hang'd with the sad death of Kings From whose bewailing storie sorrow springs The Actors dipt in crueltre and blood Yet make bad deeds passe in the name of good And kindling new Commotions they conspire With their hot Zeale to set whole Realmes on fire As 't was apparent when they did combine Against vs in their fatall Powder-Mine All Hell for that blacke Treason was plow'd vp And mischiefe dranke deepe of damnations cup The whole vast Ocean sea no harbour grants To such deuouring greedy Cormorants In the wide gulph of their abhorr'd designes Are thoughts that find no roome in honest mindes And now I speake of Rome euen in her Sea The Iesiutes the dang'rous whirle-pooles be Religions are made Waues that rise and fall Before the wind or breath Poutisicall The Pope sends stormes forth seuers or combines According to his mood it raines or shines And who is ready to put all his will In execution but the Iesuite still Nor hath his Cormorant long tane degree For Esacus more ancient is then hee Yeares thousands since Troyes sonne he was created And from a man but to a Bird translated Whereas the Iesuite deriues descent But from Ignatius Loyala that went For a maim'd Spanish souldier but herein The difference rises which hath euer bin From Man to Bird one 's changed shape began The other to a Diuell from a Man Yet here in these wide maw'd Esacians May Well agree with these Ignatians First black 's the colour of the groâ—dy Fowle And black 's the Iesuites habite like his soule The bird is leane though oft he bee full craw'd The Iesuit's hatchet fac'd and wattle jaw'd The Cormorant as nature best be fits Still without chewing doth deucure whole bits So Iesuits swallow many a Lordly liuing All at a gulp without grace or thankes-giuing The birds throat gaping without intermission Resembles their most cruell Inquisition From neither is Nonest redemptio For what into the Corm'rants throat doth goe Or Iesuits Barrathrum doth once retaine It ne're returnes fit for good vse againe Eightie yeares since hee stole the Epithite From IESVS to bee call'd a Iesuite But I could find him out a style more right From Iudas to bee nam'd Iscariâ—â—â—e Though Paul the third their title did approue Yet he confirm'd their number that aboue Three score they should not be and yet we see How much increased now the vipers be Tâ—at many a thousand Christian lyes and grones Vnder the slau'ry of these diuelish drones And he that knowes but truly what they are Will iudge a Cormorant'â— their better farre A Separatist THE ARGVMENT Here earth and hell haue made a false commixion Of painted Zeale and holinesse and loue Of Faith of Hope of Charity in fiction In smoake and shadowes as the fruits doe proue Hypocrisie which long prayers dorb repeate Dâ—oureth Widowes and poore Orphans cheate NOw enters next to play his Oylie part A Saiue in tongue but a rough diuell in heart â—â—â— that so smoothly swallowes his prey downe Without wrath shewne or any seeming frowne You 'd thinke him when he does 't in a Psalme Or at his prayers hee'sfo milde and calme No noyse no trouble to his conscionce cryes For he deuoures his prey with heau'd vp eyes Stands most demurely swallowing downe his bit And lickes his lips with long grace after it This Bell-wether sit reu'rence leades the slocke After his sence grafted in errours stocke This reu'rend Barrabas a Button-maker Himselfe with trusty Demas his partaker â—leets with their Brethren Chore Abiram Dathan And tear me our Church the Synagogue of Sathan Wise Balaanz Nabal Esan Ismael Tertullus Theudas and Aoâ—itophed Phygeâ—â—us Himereus and Philetus A crew of turne-coates that desire to cheat vs These fellowes with their ample folio graces With mumping chaps and counterfeited faces Though they like shotten herrings are to see Yet such tall Souldiers of their teeth they be That two of them like greedie Cormorants Dâ—â—oures more then fixe honest Protestants When priuately a sister and a brother Doe meet there 's dainty doings with each other There 's no dulay they ne're stand shall I shall I Hermogenes
great magnificence To countermaund the earths cirâ—â—â— ence The Idiot world he proudly ouâ—r-swaâ—â—â— Vnder the name of Heauens immortall hayes O're all the Globe he raâ—gnes as Lord and King And to Hels Goat fold â—â—e doth millions bring Ot soules â—â—duc'd with buzard blâ—ded zeale From men besotted he doth honour steale And yet with his effrontit shamelesse face Seemes to command the diuell that gaue him place A haynous fault in my dull vnderstanding The Seruant o're his Lord should be commanding But yet I thinke 't is but for policy More to increase th' infernall Monarchy He seemes to hate the Diuell he most doth serue Else would the world from Romes obedience swerue And leaue the Pope and Papists in the lurch And then might Sathan whistle for a Church The Isle of Brittaine hath perceiu'd their tricks And in Rebellion 'gainst the Pope she kickes For whom they haue inucnted helle-hatcht plots Quite to extirpe the English and the Scots I wot not which of Rome or hell roar'd lowder But they had like t' haue pâ—pper'd vs with powder Yea all estates from Scepter to the Crowne Should topsie turâ—ie all be tumbled downe Without respect of person sexe or age All had their doome t' abide the Romane rage But he that by his sacred selfe had sworne To guard his Church did laugh them all to scorne For when those vassals of eternall night Thought all secure then God brought all to light Casting their painted glory in the dust That any power besides his power doth trust I. eauing their Corps a prey for Crowes and Kites That brauely so for Signior Satan fights But in this matter I 'le no further trauaile Least want or water make my Ship to grauell Knowing there 's many wits of farre more worth That to the life hath limbd this Treason forth But I le conclude as I began before Because that Christ would not the diuell adore Christ lost this glorious worldly pompous raigne Which happy losse the haplesse Pope did gaine Epigram 4. HOw weakely is that weake Religion grounded That thinks y e Church on Peters corps is fouÌ„ded The Spouse of Christ is built on Faiths firme Rocke Which not the sury of Hels direfull shocke Though all the fiends in treupes doe her assaile Yet ' gainsts Gods power their force cannot preuaile Peters confessing Christ Gods a Math. 16. If the Corps of Peter be the Churches foundation as the Papisâ—s same then how should the Spouse of our Sauiour have done if the Apostle Peter had neuer beene borne true begotten Is sure the Churches ground but Peter's rotten Or else it Peter neuer had had life Through want of him Christ neuer had had wise For 't is an Article of Faith profound To know S. Peter for the Churches ground And who denyes it shall haue fire and rope Beleeue me Reader or goe aske the Pope But yet I muse in what place of the earth Gods Church did stand before S. Peters birth Epigram 5. VVHen as our Sauiour to the Temple went To tell the message that his Father sent And finding there a rude vnruly rout That bought and sold he angry beat them out And ouerthrew their Tressels and their tables And made them packe away with all their bables And further said what all true hearts beleeues This house was made for Prayer no den for theeues Those Marchants thus whipt from their market place Practis'd reuenge 'gainst Christ for this disgrace And more to streÌ„gth their power joyn'd w th y e Pope Who by his lawlesse Law hath giuen them scope That in the Church they still should buy and sell Both God and Diuell Heauen Purgatory Hell Now here 's the oddes Christ out the Pedlers thrust And stayd himselfe there preaching what was iust And for reuenge the haughty Romane Priest Hath tane the Pedlers in and thrust out Christ. Epigram 6. IT is a question fiarre beyond my Logicke How those y e haue y e Popedome won by Magicke Can be Lieutenants b T is more then I can beleeue that the Diuell hath power to elect an officer for God Being of the Diuels placing or displasing the Pope must needs be the diuels deputy and not Christs vnto Christ our Sauiour Being knowne for hell hounds of most damn'd behauiour Then since the diuell hath the Pope created His Vicar must he be that there him seated 'T would make a wiset head then mine to muse That God should like the man the Diuell doth chuse Epigram 7. A Prouer be old where had the Diuell the Frye Where had the Diuell the Fryer but were he â—â—â— The Diuell with the Fryer sits in the Quire â—â—â— The Fryer with the Diuell sayes and sings Masse The diuell and the Frier are ne're asunder The Fryer to hate the Diuell is more then wonder Epigram 8. COnferring with a Romish c I my selfe did talke with such a fellow and if occasion â—â—â— I can produce him Pharisee Who void of grace maintain'd this heresie That he the Law of God had neuer broken Nor neuer ill had done nor ill had spoken I gaue his Antichristian faith the lye And told him that for him Christ did not dye For he did suffer onely for their sinne Who were insnared in the diuels ginne And as for him that neuer had transgrest T were good to hang him now he 's at the best Epigram 9. IT is an Art beyond the worke of Nature The Pope should be d T is a rare piece of worke for the pot to make the Pottâ—â— Creator and a Creature Betwixt the Pope and God there 's one thing odde For though God all things made â—â— Pope makes God Epigram 10. REligions scatter'd into diuers sects One likes one way for many sound respects Others like that way others like another And what likes th' one is loathed by the other Yet each man deemes his owne opinion's right And each 'gainst other bearesinated spight Amongst the rest the Romane Catholike Who scornes that his Religion saile should strike To any since from it two vertues springs That they may eate their God and kill their Kings By which maine Maximes they do strongly hope To the worlds Period to vphold the e If the diuell betrue to his Seruants these two principall Arâ—â—â—mes will to the end of the world helpe the Papâ—sts at a dead â—â—â— Pope Epigram 11. IT is no wonder though Romes regall sway Is by a Sheapheard rul'd with f â—â—â—â— a reason a Shepheard should rule Rome because a Shepâ—â—â—rd did build it and it stands by great reaâ—on the Pope â—â—â—â— bee of a woluâ—sh nature because a Wolte was nurie to his â—â—â—decessor Romuluâ—â— Lordly same For ancient Records truly doth display How Romulus the Shepheard built the same And how his brother Remâ— and himselfe In Tybers restlesse wanesy drencht and ducke When infant miserie was all their pelse A rauening wolfe most motherly they suckes From whom doth spring as from a flowing gulfe Romes Priest
hath one Necke yet I perceiue Sheepe being dead two neckes of Mutton haue Foure legs each liuing Sheepe hath but once slaine Although he loose none yet he hath but twaine Now for the honour of the valiant Ram If I were learn'd more treble then I am Yet could I not sufficiently expresse His wondrous worth and exc'llent worthinesse For by Altronomers 't is verifide Aries How that the Ram in heauen is stellifide And of the twelue is plac'd head figne of all Where Sol keepes first his Equinoctiall For hauing at the Bull drunke Aprils showres And with y e Twins May deck'd â— earth with flowers And scorch'd the Crab in Iune with burning beams Made Iulies Lyon chafe with fierie gleames In August solace to the Virgin giuen With Battance in September made Time euen Octobers Scorpion with declining course And passing by December Archers force Then hauing past Novembers frozen Goats He next to Ianus Waterie Signe doth floate He to the Lenten Signe in February And so bright Phoebus ends his yeres vagarie Then to the Ram in March in his careere He mounts on which this Sonnet's written heere Sonnet NOw cheerefull Sol in his illustrious Carre To glad the Earth his Iourney gins to take And now his glorious beames he doth vnbarre What absence marr'd his presence now doth make Now he Earths weeping visage gins to dry With Eols breath and his bright heauenly heat fly March dust like clouds through ayre doth march Dead-seeming Trees and Plants new life doth get Thus when the Worlds eyeâ—azler takes his Inne At the coelestiall Ram then Winter 's done And then Dame Nature doth her liueriespinne Of flowers and fruits which all the Earth puts on Thus when Apollo doth to Aries come The Earth is freed from Winters Martyrdome Thus haue I prou'd the' Ram a luckie signe Wherein Heau'n Earth and Sun and Ayre combine To haue their vniuersall comforts hurld Vpon the Face of the decaying world With twelue signes each mans body's gouerned And Aties or the Ram doth rule the head Then are their iudgements foolish fond and base That take the name of Ramhead in disgrace 'T is honour for the head to haue the name Deriued from tie Ram that rules the same And that the Ram doth rule the head I know For euery Almanacke the same doth show To be cald Ramhead is a title of honour and a name proper to all men He that sels wood is call'd a Woodmonger He that sels fish call'd a Fishmonger He that doth brew is call'd a Brewer and He 's call'd a Landlord that takes rent for Land He that bakes Bread scornes not the name of Baker He that makes Cuckolds is a Cuckold-maker So as the Ram doth rule the head I see By Constellation all men Ramheads be And as the twelue Celestiall signes beare sway And with their motions passe mans life away The Ram the head the Bull the neake and throte Twins shoulders Crab doth rule the brest I note But 't is the Lyons portion and his part To be the valiant ruler of the heart A comfort for Cuckolds that though a man hath a Rams head yet he hath a Lyons heart From whence such men may gather this reliefe That though a Ramhead may be cause of griefe Yet Nature hath this remedie found out They should haue Lyons hearts to beare it stout And to desend and keepe the head from harme The Anagram of Ram I finde is Arm. Thus is a Ramhead arm'd against all feare He needs no helmet or no head-piece weare To speake more in the plurall number Rams It yeilds signifique warre like Anagrams For Rams is Mars Mars is the God of Warre And Rams is Arms Arms warres munitions are And from the fierce encounters which they make Our Tilts and Tournyes did beginnings take For as the Rams retire and meet with rage So men doe in their warre-like equipage Strange mysteries in the words Ram or Rams the Rams the first runners at Tilt and first teachers of warlike battell Iosephus Beller Lib. 3. cop 9 Rams horacs the first Trumpets And long e're powder from Hels damned den Was monstrously produc'd to murther men The Ram an Engine call'd a Ram did teach To batter downe a wall or make a breach And now some places of defence gainst shot Haue from the Ram the name of Rampiers got First warlike trumpets that Ie're heard nam'd At Ierscho were all of Rams hornes fram'd For at the Rams horne Trumpets fearefull blast Their curled Walls were suddenly downe cast Thus is the Ram with many vertues stor'd And was in AEgygt for a God ador'd And like a Captaine he the flocke doth lead As fits their Generall their Prince or head Thus haue I prou'd a Sheepe a beast of price Cleane and reputed fit for Sacrifice And sleeping waking earely or else late It still doth chew the cud and ruminate Of all Beasts in the worlds circumference For meekenesse profit and for innocence I haue approu'd a Sheepe most excellent That with least cost doth giue man most content There 's such instinct of Nature in the Lambe By bleating It mongst thousands knowes the dam For which the name of Aguoscendo knowing Is giuen to a Lambe its knowledge showing Agnus Great knowledge in the Lambe But to consider more seriously the wonderfull blessing that the whole world hath had and hath by Sheepe at this present I thinke it not amisse to vse the words of an ingenuous and well affected Poet of our time Master T. M. where he truly saith No Ram no Lambe no Lambe no Sheepe no Sheepe no Wooll no Wooll no Woolman no Woolman no Spinner no Spinner no Weauer no Weauer no Cloth no Cloth no Clothier no Clothier no Clothworker Fuller Tucker Shearman Draper or scarcely a rich Dyer And what infinite numbers of people rich and poore haue liued and doe liue hauing their whole dependance from the poore sheepes back all men of iudgement will acknowledge besides I thinke it not amisse to set downe the names of many worthy men who haue bene free of London of such Trades and mysteries whereof the Sheepe is the originall vnder God And first to begin with the Right Worshipfull Company of Drapers with the names of such as haue borne the honourable Office and Dignitie of Lord Maier of London with their pious deeds and diuers other persons of the said Company their names and memorable Charities with the liue remembrance of the Worshipfull Companie of Clothworkers And first I begin with the first Anno 1189. In the beginning of the raigne of King Richard the first Sir Henry Fitz Allen Draper was the first Lord Maior of London who continued in that dignity twenty foure yeres together till the fourteenth yeare of King Iohn 1212 when he dyed he was a worthy benefactor to his Company and gaue Houses to the vse of the poore in the Parish of Saint Mary Bothaw in walbrooke Ward Anno 1252. Iohn Talason Draper Maior 1253. Richard Hardell Draper 6.
Sir Iohn Wats Clothworker Lord Maior gaue to Christ Church Hospitall ten pound â—â— to the Hospitall of S. Thomas in Southwarkeâ—tic pound King Ioses our most gracious Soueraigne was made a Irec â— of the Worshipfull Company of Clothworkers Sir Iohn â—â—â— being then Lord Maior who seasted his Marestie Sir Wisâ—â— Knight being then Master of the Company at which â— the King gaue a Guist of two brace of Buckes to the said Company yearely for euer to bee spent at their feast in their â—â—â—â— Richard Faringdon Clothworker and Aldermangaue to the seuerall Hospitals in London and the Suburbs 66. pound 13. shillings 4d Sir William Stone Clothworker gaue to the â—â—rall Prisons in London 50 pound Lady Barbara Stone wife to the forenamed Sir William Stone gaue to the Hospitall of Christ church one hundred pounds Lady Spencer wife to Sir Iohn Spencer clothworker gaue to the seuerall Hospitals 20. pound William Lambe Esquire free of the Company Clothworkers and one of the Gentlemen of the Chappell to King Henry the 8. built a Free Grammer Schoole at Sutton Valence in Kens where he was borne allowing yearely for euer to the Master of the said Schoole twenty pound and to the Vsher ten pound Also he built sixe Alemet-houses there with Gardens and Orchards and ten pound yearely to each of them foreuer Besides he gaue to the Free Schoole at Maidstone in Kent ten pound yearely for euer which he appointed to bee bestowed onely vpon â—â— children who were destitute of friends and â—courlesse Also hee bestowed three hundred pound for the vse of decayed Clothiers in the countie â—â—â—â— of Suffolke and in the Townes of Bridgâ—â—â—le and Ludlow Moreouer hee built two conduits in London one at Holbourne Bridge and the other on the Hill towards New Gate â—oth of which cost 1500 pounds at which time â—â—gaue 120. new Pailes to so many poore woâ—â— to beare Water withall Moreouer hee gaue thirty pound a yeare to his Company for euer and 4. pounds yearely to a Minister for 4. Sermons and 301. yearely for euer to be bestowed on twelue poore men and twelue poore women each of them to haue a Freeze Gowne one Lockerom shirt or smocke one paire of winter shooes which guist is yearely distributed on the first of October he also gaue to the poore of Saint Giles Parish without Cripplegate fifteene pound To the poore of the Company of Stationers hee gaue sixe pounds thirteene shillings 4d yearely for euer to be bestowed euery Friday in the Parish of S. Faiths on twelue poore people twelue pence in bread and twelue pence in money He gaue to Christs Hospitall Sixe pounds yearely for euer and 100. pound in readie money present Hee gaue to S. Thomas Hospitall 4. pounds yearely for euer and to poore Maides marriage hee gaue 20. pounds besides Newgate Ludgate the two Comptors in London the Marshalsea the Kings Bench and the White Lyon had all most louing tasts of his Charitable liberalitie and in conclusion he gaue 108. Gownes to poore aged people at his Funerall This was a Lambe whose like was neuer any Whose loue and pitty fed and cloth'd so many And'sis no doubt but these good deeds of his Did helpe to lift his soule to endlesse Blisse Master Iohn Berriman of Byshops Tannton in the Countie of Deuonshire Clothier and free Draper of London gaue to the Hospitall of Christ Church 100. pounds to S Bartholomews 5 pounds to S. Thomas Hospitall 6. pounds to Bridewell 40. shillings and to the Hospitall of Bethlehem 50. pounds Peter Blundell Clothier gaue to Christ-Church Hospitall 500. pounds to Saint Bartholomewes Hospitall 250. pounds to Saint Thomas Hospitall 250. pounds to Bridewell 8. pounds yearely for euer to the Reparation of the Church at Tiuerton where he was borne fiftie pounds towards the mending of High-wayes one hundred pounds to the twelue Companies in London to euery of them one hundred and fiftie pound to poore Maides marriages in Tiuerton foure hundred pound to the poore at Exeter hee gaue nine hundred pound to build a Grammar-schoole at Tiuerten 2400.l and after layd out by his Executors one thousand pound to the Schoole-master fiftie pounds yearely for euer to the Vsher 13. pound 6. shillings 8. pence yearely to the Clarke 40. shillings yearely to place foure poore boyes yearely Apprentises twenty pounds per annum to keepe 3. Schollers at Oxford and three at Cambridge 2000. pound Robert Chilcot seruant to the aforesaid M r. Blundell gaue to Christs Hospitall 100. pound towards a meauer Schoole to haue Children taught to be fit for his Masters GraÌ„mer schoole he gaue 400. pound to maintaine it he gaue 90. pound allowing the Scholemaster yearely 20. l. the Clarke 3. pound and toward Reparations 40. shillings per annum to fifteene poore men he gaue sixteene pounds 10. shillings a yeare for euer to 15. poote labouring men 15. pound to 15. poore people weekely sixe pence each for euer to mend the Church at Tiuerton 19. pound ten shillings to mend High wayes ten pounds and to other charitable vles more then is mentioned Thus hath it pleased God that these men whose trades and liuings were deriued from the poore Sheepes backe haue not onely growne to great wealth and places of honour but haue bin also great Instruments of the Almightles mercy in relieuing the needie and impotent members of Christ should I reckon vp the particulars of profits that arise from this Beast to Graziers Butchers Skinners Glouers Felmongers Leather sellers Feltmongers Taylors and an infinite number of other Trades and Functions who could not liue or else liue very hardly without this Commoditie I say should I write of these things in particular my worke would neuer bee done in generall Wooll hath beene formerly in such esteeme in England that in Parliament holden the 36. of Edward the 3 the King had his Subiects payd him in Wooll and before that in the eleuenth yeare of his Raigne it was forbidden to be transported out of this Kingdome and then did strangers come ouer hither from diuers parts beyond the Seas who were Fullers Weauers and Clothworkers whom the King entertained and baro all their charges out of his Exchequer at which time the Staples or places of Merchandize for Wools were kept at diuers places of this Land at once as at Newcastle Yorke Lincolne canterbury Norwich Westminster Chichester Winchester Exeter Bristoll and carmarthen by which may bee perceiued what a great commodity Wooll was in those dayes But in the 6. yeare of King Edward the 4. the King sent certaine Sheep out of Cotswold in Glocester shire into Spaine the encrease of which so enriched the Spaniards with our Wooll that euer since it hath beene in the lesse request in England neuerthelesse as it is it is the means of life and maintainance for many hundred thousands Here fokoweth a touch of paultry Scabbed and infectious kinds of Sheepe which I thinke sit to place by themselues in the lagge end of my Booke as
yearely to such mighty summes amount In number numberlesse or part account Were 't not for Hempseed it doth plaine appeare These profits would not be a groat a yeare The names of many braue discouerers Sir Richard Grâ—â—ile Charles Earle of Nottingham Henry Earle of South â—â—â—â—â—â— Columbus Cortois Magellan and Drake Did with this seed their great discoueries make Braue Hawkins Baskeruile Cauendish Fenner Best Smith Sherley Rawleigh Newport and the rest Web Towerson Willoughby Sir Thomas Roe The Lord'la Ware Frobusher many moe Nubols and Malum Rolph and Midleton And Sir Iames Lancaster and Withringheton And all the worthy things that these men did Without this seed had bin vndone and hid â—â—me ne're had trumpetted their noble fames And quite forgotten were their acts and names The worlds seuen wonders weâ—â— not for this grain In poore remembrance or forgot had laine The wals of Babel sixty miles about Two hundred foote in height thick fifty foot Which Queene Samiramis is state did reare Imployed three hundred thousand men ten yeare Nor the great Image that at Rooles was made Whose mettall did nine hundred Camels lsde The Pyramides of AEgypt so renownd At th' â—oat in compasse forty acres ground The which in making twenty yeares did then Imploy worke thirty sixs thousand men The Toomb of Mausull king of Carea Built by his Queene kind Artimisia So wondrous made by art and workemanship That skill of man could neuer it outstrip 'T was long in building and it doth appeare The charges of it full two millions were Dianaes Temple built at Epbesus Had bin vnheard of vnknowne to vs Which was two hundred twenty yeares in building With marble pillars and most sumptuous guilding The Image of Olimpique Iupiter Had from Achayâ— not beene fam'd so farre Not Pharoes Watch towre w ch the world renownes Which cost 400. fourescore thousand crownes Thus Without Hemp-seed we had neuer knowne These things nor could they to the world be shown O famous Coriat hadst thou come againe Thou wouldst haue told vs newes direct and plaine Of Tygers Elephants and Antelops And thousand other things as thicke as hops Of men with Iong tailes faced like to hounds Of oysters one whose fish weign'd forty pounds Of spiders greater then a walnut shell Of the Rhinoceros thou wouldst vs tell Of horses tane with hawkes of beares of buls Of men with eares a span long and of guls As great as Swans and of a bird call'd Ziz Whose egge will drown'd some there score villages Of cranes And pigmies lizzards buzzards owles Of swine with hornes of thousand beasts and soules All these and more then I to minde can call Thou wouldst haue told vs and touch more then all But that our expectations were preuented By death which makes thy friends much discontented But farewell Thomas neuer to returne Rest thou in peace within thy forraigne Vine Hempseed did beare thee o're the raging some And O I wish that it had brought thee home For if thou had't come backe as I did hope They fellow had not beene beneath the Cope But we must loose that which we cannot saue And freely leaue thee whom we cannot haue I thinke it best to sow all our Land with it euery third yeare for now ouâ— bread and drinke corne growing out of the excrements of beasts makes vs to participate of thn beastly natures as when barly growes where â—â—â— haue dungd those that drinke the ale or beere made of that malt are many times as beastly as swing and as drunke as hogs Moreouer Hempseed hath this vertue rare In making bad ground good good corne to beare It fats the earth and makes it to excell No dung or marle or mucke can do 't so well For in that Land which beares this happy seed In three yeares after it no dung will need But sow that ground with barley wheat or rye And still it will encrease aboundantly Besides this much I of my knowledge know That where Hemp growes no stinking weed can grow No cockle darnell henbane tare or nettle Neere where it is can prosper spring or settle For such antipathy is in this seed Against each fruitlesse vnderseruing weed That it with feare and terror strikes them dead Or makes them that they dare not shew their head And as growing it all weeds doth kill So being growne it keepes it nature still For good mens vses serues still releiues And yeelds good whips and ropes for rogues and theeues I could rehearse of trades a number more Which but for Hempseed quickly would grow poore As Sadlers for their elks haire to stuffe their sadles And girses and a thousand fidle fadles But that I le put my Reader out of doubts What a rich thing it is being worne to clouts For now how it to Paper doth conuert My poore vnable Mule shall next insert And therefore noble and ignoble men Iudge gently of the progresse of my pen In forma pauperis poore men may sue And I in forme of paper speake to you But paper now 's the subiect of my booke And from whence paper its beginning tooks How that from little Hemp and flaxen seeds Ropes halters drapery and our napery breeds And from these things by art and true endeauour All paper is deriued whatsoeuer For when I thinke but how is paper made Into Phylosophy I straight wayes wade How here and there and euery where lyes scatter'd Old ruin'd rotten rags and ropes all tatter'd And some of these poore things perhaps hath beene The linnen of some Countesse or some Queene Yet lyes now on the dunghill bare and poore Mix'd with the rags of some baud theefe or whore And as these thingâ— haue beene in better states Adorning bodies of great Potentates And lyes cast off despised scorn'd deiected Trod vnder foot contemn'd and vnrespected By this our vnderstandings may haue seeing That earthly honour hath no certaine beeing For who can tell from whence these tatters springs May not the torne shirt of a Lords or Kings Be pasht and beaten in the Paper mill And made Pot-paper by the workemans skill May not the linnen of a Tyburne slâ—ue More honour then a mighty Monarch haue That though he dyed a Traitor most difloyall His shirt may be transform'd to Paper-royall And may not dirty socks from of the feet Form thence be turn'd to a Crowne-paper sheet And dunghill rags by fauour and by hap May be aduanc'd aloft to sheets of cap As by desert by fauour and by chance Honour may fall and begg'ry may aduance Thus are these tatters allegoricall Tropes types and figures of mans rise or fall Thus may the reliques of sincere Diuines Be made the ground-worke of lasâ—iuious lines And the cast smocke that chast Lucretia wore Beare baudy lines betwixt a knaue and whore Thus may a Brownists zealous ruffe in print Be turn'd to Paper and a play writ in 't Or verses of a May pole or at last Iniunctions for some stomacke hating Fast. And truely 't were
yeares till you are gone And being gone you 'l wealth and honour win Whilst ryot here at home addes sin to sin You God assisting may doe mighty things Make Kings of Captiues and of Captiues Kings Riches and loue those that suruiue shall gaine And Fame and Heauen the Portion of the slaine The wounds and scars more beautifull will make Those that doe weare them for true honours sake Since God then in his loue did preordaine That you should be his Champions to maintaine His quarrell and his causeâ— a fig for foes God being with you how can man oppose Some may obiect Your enemies are store If so your fame and victori'es the more Men doe win honour when they cope with men The Eagle will not tryumph o're a Wren The Lyon with the Mouse will not contend Nor men 'Gainst boyes and women wars will bend But clouds of dust and smoake and bloud and sweat Are the maine meanes that will true honour get Thus to Fames altitude must men aspire By noble actions won through sword and fire By trumpets Clangor drums guns flute of fife For as there is an end to euery life And man well knowes that one day he must end it Let him keep 't well defend and brauely spend it O griefe to see how many stout men lye Halfe rotten in their beds before they dye Some by soule surfets some by odious whoring In misery lye stinking and deploring And e're a lingring death their sad life ends They are most tedious loathsome to their friends Wasting in Physicke which addes woe to griefe That which should yeeld their families reliefe At last when wished death their cares doe cure Their names like to their bodies lye obscure Whereas the Souldier with a Christian brest Wars for his Soueraigues peace and Countries rest He to his Makers will his will inclines And ne're gainst Heauen impatiently repines He to his Sauiour sayes that thou art mine And being thou redeem'st me I am thine That if I liue or dye or dye or liue Blest be thy name whether thou take or giue This resolution pierces heauens high roofe And armes a Souldier more then Cannon proofe Suppose his life ends by some noble wounds His Soule to Heauen from whence it came rebâ—unds Suppose blowne vp with powder vp he flyes Fire his impurity repurifies Suppose a shot pierce through his breast or head He nobly liu'd and nobly he is dead He lyes not bedred stinking nor doth raue Blaspheming against him that should him saue Nor he in Physicke doth consume and spend That which himselfe and others should defend He doth not languish drawing loathsome breath But dyes before his friends doe wish his death And though his earthly part to earth doth passe His fame outweares a Monument of brasse Most worthy Country-men couragious hearts Now is the time now act braue manly parts Remember you are Sonnes vnto such Sires Whose sacred memories the world admires Make your names fearefull to your foes againe Like Talbot to the French or Drake to Spaine Thinke on braue valiant Essex and Mountiâ—y And Sidney that did Englands foes destroy With noble Norris Williams and the Veeres The Grayes the Willing â—biâ—s all peerelesse Peeres And when you thinke what glory they haue won Some worthy actions by you will be done 34. Battels fought in France by Englishmen since the Conquest Henry the sixth Remember Poiâ—tiers Cressy Agincourt With Bullein Turwin Turnyes warlike sport And more our honours higher to aduance Our King of England was crown'd King of France In Paris thus all France we did prouoake T' obey and serue vnder the English yoake In Ireland 18. bloudy fields we fought And that fierce Nation to subiection brought Besides Tyroues rebellion which foule strife Cost England many a pound lost many a life And before we were Scotlands or it ours How often haue we with opposed powers In most vnneighboutly vnfriendly manners With hostile armes displaying bloudy banners With various victories on eyther side Now vp now downe our fortunes haue beene tride What one fight wins the other loosing yeelds In more then sixescore bloudie foughten fields But since that we and they and they and we More neere then brethren now conioyned be Those scattering powers we each gainst other lead Being one knit body to one royall head Then let this Iland East West South and North Ioyntly in these braue warres emblaze out worth And as there was a strife that once befell Twixt men of Iuda and of Israel Contending which should loue King Dauid best And who in him had greatest interest Long may contention onely then be thus Twixt vsand Scotland and twixt them and vs Stil friendly striuing which of vs can be Most true and loyall to his Maiesty This is a strife will please the God of peace And this contending will our loues encrease You hardy Scots remember royall Bruce And what stout Wallace valour did produce The glorious name of Stewards Hamiltons The Erâ—â—kine Mâ—rayes ndâ— he Leuingstons The noble Ramseyes and th' illustrious Hayes The valiant Dowglasses the Grimes and Grayes Great Sir Iames Dowglas a most valiant Knight Lead seauenty battels with victorious fight Not by Lieutenants or by deputation But he in person wan his reputation The Turkes and Sarazens he ouercame Where ending life he purchast end lesse fame And his true noble worth is well deriu'd To worthies of that name that since suruiu'd The praise of Sir Iames Dowglas in the Raigne of King Robert Bruce 1330. In 13. maine battel she ouercame Gods enemies and as last was slaine Then since both Nations did and doe abound With men approu'd and through all lands renown'd Through Europs and through Asia further farre Then is our blest Redeemers Sepulchre Through all the Coasts of tawny Affrica And through the bounds of rich America And as the world our worths acknowledge must Let not our valour sleeping lye and rust â—â— to immortalize our Britaines name Let it from imbers burst into a flame We haue that Land and shape our Elders had Their courages were good can ours be bad Their deeds did manifest their worthy mindes Then how can we degenerate from kindes â—â— former times we were so giuen to warre Witnesse the broyles 'twixt Yorke and Lancaster Hauing no place to sorreigne Foes to goe Amongst our selues we made our selues a Foe Fall threescore yeares with fierce vnkind alarmes Were practis'd fierce vnciuill ciuill armes Whilst fourescore Peeres of the bloud royall dyde With hundred thousands Comâ—oners beside Thus Englishmen to wars did beare good will They would be doing although doing ill And Scotlands Hystorie auoucheth cleare Of many ciuill warres and turmoyles there Rebellion discord rapine and foule spoyle Hath pierc'd the bowels of their Natiue soyle Themselues against themselues Peeres against Peers And kin with kin together by the cares The friend gainst friend each other hath withstood Vnfriendly friends weltering in their bloud Thus we with them and they with vs contending And we our selues
Victory inclining to neither side all being opposed foes and combined friends all victors all tryumphers none to be vanquished and therefore no conquerors The Drummes Trumpets Flutes and Guns filling the Ayre with repurcussiue acclamations vpon which for a Carastrophe or Period to these delightfull royalities command was giuen that the Retreat should be founded on both sides And thus these Princely recreations were accomplished and finished These things could not conueniently bee printed in order as they were done by reason of the diuersitie of them For heere I was faine to describe the fight of the Ships and Gallyes first which was performed last For the fire-workes were performed on Thursday night the 11. of February and the fight was vpon the Saterday following At the which fire workes the Master Gunner of England on the shore did performe many skilfull and ingenious exploits with great Bumbards shooting vp many artificiall Bals of fire into the Ayre which flew vp into one whole mighty sierie Ball and in their falling dispearsed into diuers streames like Raine-bowes in many innumerable fires After all which was discharged a great peale of Chambers to the contentment of the royall spectators and the great credit of the performers The true description of such part of the Fire-workes as were deuised and accomplished by Mr. Iohn Nodes Gunner and Seruant to the Kings most excellent Maiestie THe Imperiall and Beauteous Lady Queene of the Feminine Territories of the man hating Amazonians with whose bright eye dazeling Coruscancie and whose Refulgent feature the Black-sould Hell-commanding Magitian Mango a Tartarian borne was so insnared and captiuated for her Loue and to be assured to enioy her he would set all Hell in an vprore and pluck Don Belzebub by the beard assuredly perswading himselfe that without her he could not liue and for her he would attempt any thing but she hauing vowed her selfe euer to bee one of Vestaes Votaries alwayes kept Cupid out at the armes end and bad Madam Venus make much of stump-footed Vulcan and keep home like a good Huswife for she had no entertainment for her Whereupon this hellish Necromancer Mango being thus repulst conuerts all his Loue to outragious rigour and immediately with his Charmes Exorcismes and Potent execrable incantations he raises a strong impregnable Pauilion in the which he immures and encloses this beautifull Amazonian Queene with attendent Ladies where though they liued in captiuitie and bondage yet they had variety of Games and pleasant sports allowed by the Magitian in hope that time would worke an alteration in her faire flinty breast And for her sure guard in his absence he had erected by Magick another strong Tower as a watch-house wherein he had placed a fiery Dragon and an inuinsible Giant of whome I will speake in an other place hereafter Now to this aforesaid Pauilion wearied with toyle trauaile the Great vnresistable Champion of the world and the vncontrolable Patron Saint George comes and seeing so bright and luculent a Goddesse according as his necessitie required demanded entertainement whereby he might be refreshed after his laborious achiuements and honourable endeauours The curteous Queene although she cat'd not for the society of man seeing his outward or externall feature and warlike accounterments did presently resolue with her selfe that so faire an outside could not be a habitation for fowle Trechery and with most debonayre gesture admits his entrance into the Pauilion where after he had feasted a while shee relates vnto him the true manner and occasion of her vnfortunate thraldome Saint George euer taking pleasure in most dangerous attempts holding it his chiefest glory to helpe wronged Ladies vowes that as soone as Phoebus rowz'd himselfe from the Antipodes he would quell the burning Dragon Conquer the big bon'd Giant subuert the inchanted Castle and enfranchise the Queene with her followers or else die in the enterprise thereof After which promise of his the Queene to passe away the time delights him with these pastimes following being all fire-workes First the Pauilion is beleaguerd or inurioned round about with fires going out of which many fiery balls flies vp into the Ayre with numbers of smaller fiers ascending that cemicircled Cinthia is as it were eclipsed with the flashes and the starres are hud wincket with the burning exhalations Secondly is seene a royall hunting of Bucks and Hounds and Huntsmen flying and chasing one another round about the Pauilion as if Diana had lately transformed Acteon and his ignorant dogges ready to prey on his Carkas from whence continually as flying many fiers dispersed euery way The lower part of the Pauilion alwaies burning round about giuing many blowes and great reports with many fires flying aloft into the Ayre Thirdly there doth march round about the Pauilion Artificiall men which shall cast out fires as before as it were in skirmish another part of the Pauilion is all in a Combustious flame where Rackets Crackers Breakers and such like giues blowes and reports without number Fourthly the Queene of Amazonia with all her traine of Virgin Ladies with fires marcheth round as the men did before with the fire flying dispersedly diuers wayes the whilst another part of the Pauilion is fired with many blowes and reports fiers flying alost in the ayre from whence it comes downe againe in streaming flakes of flashing fire Fifthly aloft within the Turret shall runne whirling round a fiery Globe with the Turret and all on fire with many more greater blowes then before had beene heard and diuers and sundry other sorts of fires then any of the former proceeding from thence and flying into the ayre in great aboundance All which things being performed and the vndanted Knight Saint George taking his leaue of the Amazonian Queene Lucida he mounts vpon his Steed and aduenrurously rides towards the inchanted Tower of Brumond Now these disports being ended wherein St. Georges entertainment was onely expressed with the Queenes relation of her bondage this braue Champion was seene to ride ouer the bridge to combat with these aforesaid Monsters the Dragon and Giant all which was expressed in the next deuise of M r. Thomas Butler and so I end with my hearty inuocations to the Almighty to send the Bride and Bridgroome the yeares of Methushalah the fortitude of Ioshua the wealth of Cressus and last of all an endlesse Crowne of Immortalitie in the highest heauens A true discription of the Platforme of a part of the fire-workes deuised and made by Mr. Thomas Butler Gunner and seruant to the Kings Royall Maiestie THis inchanted Castle or Tower of Brumond is in height 40. foote and 30. square betweene which and the Pauilion of the Amazonian Queene is a long Bridge on the which Bridge the valiant and heroicke Champion Saint George being mounted on horsebacke makes towards the Castle of Brumond which being perceiued by the watchfull Dragon who was left by the Margo the Coniuer as a Centinell is encountred by him where as Saint George being armed at all
sort But 't is but painted mirth and ayrie sport All worth nothing Bright Maias Soâ—e the God of tricks and sleights â—â—â—â— Hath op'd the treasure of his subtill wit mercury And as a Seruant on this Wedding waits With Masques with Reuals and with tryumphs fit His rare inuentions and his quaint conceits Twixt Heauen alost and Hel insernall pit He in imaginary showes affords In shape forme method and applausefull words Old sullen i A dogged melancholy Planet a maleuolent opposite to all mirth Saturne hid his moody head In dusky shades of blacke Cimerian night And wauering k The Mooâ—â—â— who doth neuer continue at a stay and therefore sheâ—â—â— herselfe from those delights which I hope will bee peâ—â—â— Luna closely couch'd to bed Her various change she knew would not delight The loyall mindes where constancie is bred Where Protens thoughts are put to shamefull flight These two l â—â—â— Luna or indeed the nights were darke at the Wedding because the moone sâ—ined not by Ioues command were straightly bound To stay at home as better lost then found Cupid descended from the Chrystall skyes And leaues befind his golden feathered darts In steed of whom he makes faire Ladies eyes The piercing weapons of true loning hearts And he amongst these high Solemnities His awfull presence freely he imparts To all in generall with mirthfull cheere All sport 's the better if loues God be there The off spring of the high celestiall Ioue His braine bred m Minerua whom the Poets saine to be the Goddesses Wisedome Borne and bred in the braine of Iupiter Daughter and his thigh borne Sonne n Bacchus whom his Father loue saued from Aborâ—iue buth from his mother Seâ—d and sowed him vp in his Thigh till the time of his birth was come to a period Gaiâ— Lib. 3 One with aduice of wisdome she wed her loue And t'other bounteously made plenty runne Where wine in streames gainst one another strone Where many a Caske was baâ—ckrout an vndone Depriu'd the treasure of the fruitfully vinese By Bacchus bounty that great God of Wine s Thus Ioue and Iuno Jmps of aged Ops With wise Minerua Mars and Mercury Resplendent Sol with musicks straines and ileps Faire Venus Queene of Loues alacrity Loues God with shafts betipe with golden tops And Bacchus showring sweet humidity Gods Goddesses the Graces and the Muses To grace these tryumphs all their cunnings vses Amongst the rest was all recording Fame Inscalping noble deeds in brazen lâ—aues That meagre Enuy cannot wrong that name Where braue Heroick acts the minde vpheaues Fâ—mes goldeÌ„ trump will through the world proclame Whom Fortune Fare nor Death nor time bereaues Thus like a Scribe Fame waited to Record The Neptialls of this Ludy and this Lord All making marring time that turneth neuer To these proceedings still hath beene auspicious And in his Progresse will I hope perseuer To make their dayes and houres ro be delicious Thus Fame and time affoords their best indeauour Vnto this royall match to be propitious Time in all pleasure through their liues will passe Whilst Fame records their Fames inleaues of Brasse Times Progresse Yon Sonnes of Iudas and Achitophei Whose damn'd delights are treasons bloud death Th' almighties power your haughty prides will quell And unlike your vassals vessels of his wrath Let all that wish these Princes worse then well Be iudg'd and doom'd to euerlasting Scath For 't is apparent and experience prooues No hare preuailes where great Ichouah loues To whose Omnipotent Eternall power I doe commit this blest beloued paire Oh let thy graces daily on them showre Let each of them be thine adopted Heire a Raise them at last to thy Celestiall Bowre And feate them both in lasting glories Chaire In fine their earthly dayes be long and blest And after bettred in eternall rest A Sonnet to the Imperious Maiestick mirrour of King Iames great Britaines Monarch GReat Phoebus spreads his Rayes on good ill Dame Tellus feeds the Lyon and the Rat The smallest Sayles God AEols breath doth fill And Ttetic Harbots both the Whale and Sprat But as the Sunne doth quicken dying Plants So thy illustrious shine doth glad all hearts And as the Earth supplyes our needfull wants So doth thy bounty guerdon good desarts And like the aytie AEols pleasant gales Thou filst with Ioy the Sailes of rich and pore And as the Sea doth harbour Sprats and Whales So thou to high and low yeelds harbour flore Thus Sea Ayre Earth and Titans fiery face Are Elementall Seruants to thy Grace To Life SInce that on earth thou wondrous wandring gest Arithmeticians neuer number can The seuerall Lodgings thouhast tane in man In Fish in Fowle in tame or bruitish beast Since all by thee from greatest to the least Are squar'd and well compar'd vnto a span Oh fleeting Life take this â—â—y counsell than Hold long possession in thy royall breast Dwell euer with the King the Queene the Prince The gracious Princesse and her Princely Spouse In each of these thou hast a lasting house Which Fate nor Death nor Time cannot conuince And when to change thy Lodging thou art driuen Thy selfe and they exalted by to Heauen To Death To thee whose auaritious greedy mood Doth play a sweepe stake with all liuing things And like a Hors-leech Quaffes the seuerall blood Of subiects Abiects Emperours and Kings That high and low and all must feele thy stings The Lord the Lowne the Caitiffe and the Keasar A beggers death as much contentment brings To thee as did the fall of Iulius Caesar. Then since the good and bad are all as one And Larkes to thee no better are then Kites Take then the bad and let the good alone Feed on base wretches leaue the worthy wights With thee the wicked euermore will stay But from thee Fame will take the good away To Eternity THou that beyond all things dost goes as farre That no Cosmographers could e're suruay Whose glory brighter then great Phebus Carre Doth shine where night doth ne're eclipse the day To thee I consecrate these Princes acts In thee alone let all their beings be Let all the measures of their famous tracts In the begin but neuer end like thee And when thy Seruant Time giues Life to Death And Death surrenders all their liues to Fame Oh then inspire them with celestiall breath With Saints and Martyrs to applaud thy name Thus vnto thee as thine owne proper rights Iconsecrate these matchles worthy wights Iohn Taylor FINIS TAYLORS FAREVVELL TO THE TOWER BOTTLES THE ARGVMENT ABout three hundred and twenty yeares since or thereabout I thinke in the Raigne of King Richard the Second there was a guift giuen to the Tower or to the Lieutenants thereof for the time then and for euer beeing which guift was two blacke Leather Bottles or Bombards of Wine from euery Ship that brought Wine into the Riuer of Thames the which hath so continued vntill this day but the Merchants finding
of good men and the reprobate In many places they doe seeme to vary And beare a sence from Scripture quite contrary In Tobis and Dame Indith disagrees From Text and Raâ—es in the Machabâ—es For which the Church hath euer held it fit To place them by themselues from holy writ FINIS SALVATOR MVNDI DEDICATED TO THE HIGH MAIESTIE OF QVEENE MARY GReat Queene I haue with paines and labour tooke From out the greatest Booke this little Booke And with great Reuerence I haue cull'd from thence All things that are of greatest consequence And though the Volumne and the Worke bee small Yet it containes the summe of all in ALL. To you I giue it with a heart most feruent And rest your humble Subiect and your Seruant IOHN TAYLOR To the Reader HEere Reader then maist read for little cost How thou wast ransoâ—â—'d when thou quite wast lost Mans gracelesuesse and Gods exceeding grace Thou here maist reade and see in little space IOHN TAYLOR Mathew LOe here the blessed Sonne of God and Man New borne who was before all worlds began Of heau'nly seed th' eternall liuing Rocke Of humane race of Kingly Dauids stocke Our blest Redeemer whom the Prophets old In their true preachings had so oft foretold In figures ceremonies types and tropes He here sulfils their words confirmes their hopes The worlds saluations sole and totall summe Poore Mankinds Sauiour IESVS CHRIST is come From married Mary wife and Virgin springs This heauenly earthly supreame King of Kings He 's naked borne and in a manger layd Where he and 's Mother blessed wife and maid Are by the wite men sought and seeking found And hauing found their ioyes doe all abound Where they their loue their zeale their faith vnfold And offer incense myrthe and purest gold False-hearted Herod seeketh to destroy This new borne Infant our eternall ioy But Ioseph by a dreame is warn'd by night T'ward AEgypt with the Babe to take his flight Amongst th' AEgyptians be not longsoiournes But backe to Naz'reth he againe returnes To end the Law the Babe was circumcis'd And then by Iohn in Iordane was baptiz'd When loe the Father from his glorious Throne Sends downe the Holy Ghost vpon his Sonne In likenesse of a pure vnspotted Doue Which did his Birth and Baptis me both approue Now subtill Sathan he attempts and tempts him And fasting to the wildernesse exempts him But Iesus power the soule siends power destroyd Commanding Sathan hence Auoyd Auoyd The fearefull Diuell doth slee Christ goes and preaches And in the Mountaine multitudes he reaches He said Repentance wipes away transgressings And to the godly he pronounced blessings Hee makes the lame to goe the blind to see Deafe heare dumbe speake the leapers cleansed be The diuels from the possessed out he draue The dead are rais'd the poore the Gospell haue Such things he doth as none but God can doe And all 's to bring his flock his fold vnto All that are laden come to me quoth he And I will ease you therefore come to me You of your heauy sinnes I doe acquite My yoake is easie and my burden's light Vpon Mount Taber there our blest Messias Doth shew himselfe with Moses and Elias Yet all these mightie wonders that he wrought Nor all the heauenly teachings that he taught The stiffe neckd stubborne Iewes could not conuert But they ramaine obdurate hard of heart The man quoth some by whom these things are done It is the Carpenters poore Iosephs Sonne Some said how be these things to a passe did bring By power of Belzebub thâ—insernall King Thus with the poyson of their enuious tongues They guerdon good with ill and right with wrongs His owne not knowes him Iudas doth betray him To Annas and to Caiphas they conuey him From Caiphas backe to Annas and from thence Is sent this euerlasting happy Prince Thus is this death this sirâ—â— this Sathan-killer Mongst sinnefull wretches tost from post to Piller He 's slouted spitted on derided stript â— He 's most vnmercifully scourg'd and whipt By Impious people he 's blasphem'd and rail'd And of the Iewes in scorne as King is hail'd He like a Lambe vnto his death it led Nail'd on the Crosse for man his heart bloud shed He after three dayes glorious doth arise He leaues the sinnefull earth and mounts the skyes But first to his Disciples he appeures Where he their drooping halfe dead Spirits cheares Marke Saint Marke declares how blest baptizing Iohn Fore-runner was of Gods eternall Son Which Iohn in Wildernesse baptizes teaches And of contrition and remishon preaches Our Sauiour calls no Pharisees or Scribes Or princely people out of Iudahs Tribes But Simon Andrew Iames and Iohn are those Poore toy ling Fishermen which Iesus chose To shew that with the humblest smallest things God greatest matters to perfection brings By sundry wondrous workes our Sauiour Iesus From sinne and Sathan lab'reth to release vs. And in requitall the Ingratefull Iewes Deuise their blest Redeemer to abuse Some inwardly doe hate him some belye him His Seruants all for sake him or deny him But Peter thou wast bless in â—hy dyniall Orthy presuming thou hast â—â—â— the tryall Repentance wasâ— away thy â—â—nities crimes And thou a parterpâ— to after times The Sonne and Heire of neuer sading Heau'n Into the hands of sinfull meâ—s giuen He dyes he 's buried and in glory rises Triumphing ouer all his foes deuises S. Luke Heere Mary and old Zacharias sings In ioyfull manner to the King of Kings And aged Simeon in his armed did take The Lord of life and doth reioycings make Christ teaches preaches mercy vnto all That by amendment will for mercy call He 's tane and by false witnesses accus'd He 's beaten scoffed scorned and abus'd He 's hang'd vpon the Crosse betwixt two theeues The one doth rails on him and one beleeues He dies he 's buried tising he doth quell And conquer all his soes sin death and hell B. Iohn In the beginning was th' eternall Word The Word with God was and that Word the Lord In the beginning the same Word with God Was and for euer hath with him abead With it were all things made and made was nought Without this Word the which was made or wrought Here Christs Diuinity is told by Iohn The blessed Trinitie one three three one How God had now perform'd the oath he swore To Abram and to Israel long before How Christ should come to ransome Aaaâ—es losse And satisfie Gods Iustice on the crosse Though times and places farre a sunderb Yet Prophets and Euangelists agree In Iesus birth his Doctrine life and death Whereby our dying Soules gaâ— ne liuing breath If all things should be writ which â—rst was done By Iesus Christ Gods euerlasting Sonne From Cratch to Crosse from Cradle to his tombe To hold the Bookes the world would not be roome Acts. Th' Apostles praising God and singing Songs The holy Ghost in fierie clouen tongues Descends vpon them who are all inspir'd With
Carists faith did dye together Then Hengist with the Saxons hither came Who many kild with sword and furious flame Besides eleuen hundred Monkes were kild At Bangor Abby all their blouds were spild And when the Saxons race to end was run The Dines came in and all the Kingdome won Before whose Swords did many thousands fall Which on the name of IESVS CHRIST did call Then William Conquerour with a multitude Vnto the Normanâ— voâ—ke this Land subdude The Pope then caus'd all Priests to leaue their wiues To leade soule Sodomiticke single liues Then afterward in second Hearies raigâ—e Was sawcy Sir Saint Thomas Becket slaine A Popish Saint and Martyr made because He dy'd a Traytor to his Soueraignes Lawes King Henry and King Richard dead and gone Their brother Iohn by right ascends the Tâ—â—rone Whom all his life the Pope of Rome did vexe And with oppressions all the Realme perplexe With Candle Booke and Bell he curst and blest And Bals and Legates did the King molest Vntill such time he on his knees fell downe And to the Pope surrendred vp his Crowne At last because he durst the Pope withstand He dyed imposned by a â—â—yers hand When thus by treason they had kild King Iohn Then the third Henrie Englands Crowne put on Then England bought the Râ—mesh doctrine deare It cost her threescore thousand markes a yeare For Agnus Deses Pardons Peter pance For which the Pope had all this coine from hence King Henry dyed then Edward tooke the sway His Sonne and Grandchild England did obay The first of them call'd Long-shanks conquests won Lost by Carnaruan his vnhappy Son Who by his Queene was in a Dungâ—on cast Till being murthered sadly breath'd his last Edward the third a braue victorious King Did Frenchmens pride into subiection bring Kickard the second next to raigne began Who lost more than his Royall Grandsire wan Then gan Iohn Wicklisse boldly to begin To preach gainst Antichrist that man of sin Who many troubles stoutly did abide Yet spight the Pope he naturally dy'de And being dead from out is graue was turn'd And had his Martyr'd bones to ashes burn'd Which ashes they did cast into a Brooke Because he had the Romish Faith for sooke Yet whilst the second Richard here suruiu'd No Martyrs were by fire of lite depriu'd Henry the fourth was in the Throne inuested In whose Reigne many were too much molested And Wiâ—â—â—â— Sautre first his life â—â—â—â—â—â— Through flames of fire who now in heauen doth liue The next Iohn Baâ—â—by in the fuâ—â—â—â— flame And William Tharpe both was immortail fame Then the fifth Henrie a victoriâ—â—â— Prince The Realme of France did â—â— quar and â—â—â— The good Lord Cebâ—â— then O â—â—â—â—â—â— By Popish Priests an Hereticke procâ—aim'd Washang'd and burn'd by the vnit â—tull doome Of Sathans Seruants sleues to Hell and Râ—â—e And leauing some vnnam'd Iohn ' Bâ—owneâ— quâ—re Iohn Beuâ—â—ly a Preacher dyed in â—â—â— B sid s a number from the Leâ—â—rds Towre Rackes tortures halters and the flame deuoure Ioba Huâ— a glorious Martyr of the Lord. Was in Eoheâ—â—â— burned or Gods word And renâ—rend Icrome did to Constance come From Pragae and stoutly suffered Martyrdome In Smith-sield one Iohn Claydon suffered death And with him Richard Turming lost his breath At this time sixeteâ—ne godly folkes in Kent The Antichristian vassals dâ—d torment Then death cut off the fifth King Henries Raigne The Crowne the sixth King Henrie did obrame And William Taylor a true zealous Priest Did passe through fire vnto his Sauiour Christ. Good Richard Houedon with him William White Each vnto God through fire did yeeld his sprite Dâ—ke Humphrey though no Martyr kil'd in 's bed And Richard Wych a Priest was burned dead Then Saint like good King Henry was depos'd By the fourth Edward in the tower inclos'd Then Edward flâ—d and Henry once againe By Warwickes power the Kingdome did obtaine Thds did the various slate of humane things Make Kings of Capriues and of Captiues Kings Vntill at last King Edward turning backe Brought Henries royalty to finall wracke In whose Raigne Iohn Goâ—se as the story saith Was the first Martyr burned for Christs faith King Henry in the Tower was ab'd to death And Edward yeelded vp his hie and breath His Sonne young Edward of that name the sift Whom the third Richard from his life did lift VVho by foule murthers â—loud and tyranny Vsurpt the Throne of Englands Monarchy Till valiant Henry of that name the seuen Kild him and made vncuâ—n England euen Then first Ioane Beughâ—on and a man call'd Babramâ— By faith through fire went to old Father Abram An Old man was in Smithfield burnt because He did resist against the Roman Lawes One Ierom hang'd and burned on the Gallowes In Florence with two otâ—er of his fâ—llowes And William Tiliesworth Thomas Bernard and Iames Morton cause they did the Pope withstand Burn'd all and Father Rogers and old Reine Did dye by fire a better life to gaine One Thomas Nouice and one Thomas Chase Dy'd constant Martyrs by the Heauenly Grace A woman and a man call'd Laurence Guest By Deah gain'd euerlasting life and rest Besides a number past mans reckoning vp For IESVS sake dranke of afflictions cup. Some carried faggots through a world of mocks Some rack'd some pinde some fettered in the stocks Some naked stript and scourged with a lash For their reiecting of their Romish trash Some branded in the cheeke did alwayes beare The marke and badge of their Redeemer deare Thus the insulting tyrannizing Pope With cursings tortures fire and sword and rope Did force the Soules and Consciences of men To run dispairing to damnations Den And those who valiantly his power withstood Did seale their resolution with their bloud Before his triple treble trouble Crowne In adoration Emperours must fall downe Were they as high as any Caesar borne To kisse his feet they must not hold it scorne Henry the sixth the Emperour did fall downe Whom with his Feet Pope Celestine did Crowne Henry the fourth his Empresse and his young Son All three to Rome did barefoot goe and run And three dayes so these three did all attend His holinesse a godlesse eare to lend Which afterward was granted on condition That he should giue his Crowne vp in submission Pandulphus the Popes Legate with a frowne Did make King Iohn of England yeeld his Crowne King Henry of that as me the second he Kneel'd downe and kist the Romish Legats knee The Emperour when Pope Adrian was to ride Did hold his stirrop on the neere wrong side For which his Holinesse in angry sort Disdainfully did checke the Emperour for 't When as the Pope doth ride in Cope of gold Kings like to foot-men must his bridle hold In pompe he must bee borne vpon mens shoulders With glorious shew amazing the beholders Whilst Kings and Princes must before him goe To vsher him in this vaine-glorious show This being true as no man can deny Those that will
pickt the purse damn'd the Soule Because they knew the Pope and all his crue Hâ—â— hounds whoÌ„ heauern in rage on earth did spue And in a word they thus were ouer-trod Because they truly seru'd the liuing God This was the maine and onely cause of all Because they would not offer vnto Bâ—el The Popes outragious and couragious actor Was Bishop Bonner hells most trusty factor Romes hangman and the firebrand of this Realme That with a sloud of bloud did ouerwhelme The true beleeuers of Gods holy truth He burchered not regarding age or youth With him was ioyn'd a man almost as ill Who tooke delight Gods seruants bleud to spill Cal'd Stephen Gardner Englands Chanceller And Bishop of the Sea of Winchester These two did striue each other to excell Who should doe greatest seruice vnto Hell Vntill at last God heard his seruants cry And each of them did die immediately Thus when Iâ—honah heard the iust complaints Of his beloued poore afflicted Saints Then this too cruell Pope defending Queene The bloudiest Princesse that this land hath seene She did decease and persecution ceast And tired wofullâ— Englands purchast rest Queene Mary being dead her welcome death Reuin'd our ioyes in blest ELIZABETH Innumerable were her woes and cares Abundance were the subtill wiles and snares Which Sathan and his Ministers oft laid To reaue the life of that most harmelesse Maid She was accus'd abus'd reuil'd miscal'd She was from prison vnto prison hal'd Long in the Tower she shas close prisner shut Her louing seruants all way were put From thence to Windsor thence to Woodstocke sent Closely mewd vp from all the worlds content But God whose mercies euer did defend her Did in her greatest Sorrow comfort send her He did behold her from his Throne on hie And kept her as the apple of his eye Let Hell and Hell-hounds still attempt to spill Yet the Almighty guards his Seruants still And he at lest did ease her Sorrowes mone And rais'd her to her lawfall awfull throne This Royall Deborah this Princely Dame Whose life made all the world admire her fame As Iudith in Bet hâ—lias same was spread For cutting off great Holophernès head So our Eliza stoutly did begin Vntopping and beheading Romish sin Shee purg'd the Land of Papistryâ—agen Shee liu'd belou'd of God admir'd of men Shee made the Antichristian Kingdome quake She made the mighty power of Spaine to shake As farre as Sunne and Moone dispears'd her Rayes So farre and farther went her matchlesse praise She was at home abroad in euery part Loadstar and Loadstone to each eye and heart Supported onely by Gods powerfull hand She foure and forty yeares did rule this Land And then she lest her Royall Princely Seat She chang'd earths greatnesse to be heauenly great Thus did this Westerne Worlds great wouder dye She fell from height to be aduanc'd more hie Terrestriall Kings and Kingdomes all must fade Then blest is she that is immortall made Her death fild woefull England full of feares The Papists long'd for change with itching eares For her decease was all their onely hope To raise againe the doctrine of the Pope But he whose power is all omnipotent Diâ— their vnhappy hopelesse hopes preuent Succession lawfully did leaue the Crowne Vnto a Prince whose vertue and Renowne And learning did out-stripall Kings as sarre As doth the Sunne obseure a little starre What man that is but man could bassâ— more Romes seauenâ—headed purple beastly Whore How wisely hath he Bellarmine conâ—uted And how diuinely hath'he ost dispated How zealously he did Cods faith desend How often on Gods word he did attend How clement pious and how gracious good Was he as fits the greatnesse of his bloud Were 't not for him how should the Muâ—â—s doe He was their patterne and their patron too He was th' Apollo from whose radient Beames The quinteffence of Poetry our-streames And from the splendor of his piercing rayes A world of worthy writers won the bayes Yet all the worthy vertues so transparent And so well knowne to be in him inharent Could not perswade the Papists leaue their strife With cursed treasons to attempt his life For when their disputations helpt them not They would dispute in a damn'd powder plot In which the Romists went beyond the deuill For Hell could not inuent a plot so euill But he that plac'd him on his royall Throne The God of Iacob Iudahs holy one That God for Iesus sake I doe beseech With humble heart and with vnfained speech That he or his may Britaines Scepter sway Till time the world and all things passe away But now he 's gone into Eternall blissÌ„e Crowneâ— And with Eternall glory crowned is Long may King CHARLES weare Britaines royall And heauens best blessings raise his high Renowne FINIS GODS MANIFOLD MERCIES IN THESE MIRACVLOVS DELIverances of our Church of England from the yeare 1565. vntill this present 1630. particularly and briefly Described IOSHVA 4.21 22. 24. When your Children shall aske their Fathers in time to come What meaneth this Pillar Then yee shall let your Children know saying THESE ARE THE DELIVERIES WHICH GOD HATH VOVCHSAFED TO HIS CHVRCH IN ENGLAND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF QVEENE ELIZABETHS RAIGNE TO THIS DAY That all the People of the Earth might know the hand of the Lord that it is mightie that yee might feare the Lord your God for euer THere was a Bull in Rome was long a breeding Which Bull prou'd little better then a Calfe Was sent to England for some better feeding To fatten in his Holinesse behalfe The vertues that this Beast of Babell had In thundring manner was to banne and curse Raile at the Queene as it were raging mad Yet God be thanked she was ne're the worse The goodly Sire of it was Impious * Pius the fufh of that name Pope of Rome piuâ— Hee taught it learnedly to curse and banne And to our faces boldly to defie vs. It madly ouer England quickly ranne But what succeâ—â—e it had reade more and see The fruits of it herevnder written be This Bull did excommunicate and curse the Queene â—â—depâ—â—eth her from her Crowne it proclaimed her an Hereâ—â—â—â— it cursed all such as loued her it threatned damnation to all subiects as durâ—t obey her and it promised the kingdome of heauen to those that would oppose and kill her This was the effect and nature of this Popish Beast which all wise godly and vnder standing men did deride and contemne 1. A Priest call'd Moortâ—n by the Pope assign'd Northumberland and Westmerland seduceth With whom the Duke of * Duke of Norfolke and Earle of Northumberland beheaded Earle of Westmorland fled Norfolke is combin'd The whilst the Pope nocost or charge refuseth But pawnes his challices his Beads and Crosses Giues them his gracelesse blessing for their ayde The fruit where of were heads and honors losses God still defending Englands Royall Maid Thus we by proofe must thankefully confesse That where the pope doth
curse there God doth blesse year 1569 2. Dou Iohn * He was Brother to the King of Spaine and failing of the hope be had to be Crowned King of Tums be practiseth to inuade England Wherof sailing he dyes for griefe of Austriâ— whom the pope incites Our Queene and kingdome both to Capâ—uate And whilst he warre prepares with subâ—ll slights A fained peace he doth capâ—â—ulate Nay more he doth perpetuall peace proclaime Thereby to make vs sleepe the more secure But Gods great Mercy made him misse his aime And what he thought most certaine proud vnsure This plot of our inuasion thus orethrowne Don Iohns ambition with his life did end Whereby th' Almighty to the world makes known That he his Church will euermore defend His vine she is his power doth guard her round And all her Enemies he will confound year 1578 3. Romes malice and Spaines practice still concurs To vexe and trouble blest Elizabeth With Sâ—nkâ—lâ—y they combine to raise new stirs And Ireland bragging sinkely promiseth To giue vnto the popes braue Bastard Sonne Iames ' Boncatnâ—agâ—â— an ambitious boy And Stâ—â—ely from the pope a prize hath Wonne A holy Peacocks Iaile a proper toy But Stâ—â—ely was in Maurstania slaine In that great battâ—ll at Alcazor fought Whereby we see his power doth still defend Hâ—â— Church which on his mercy doth depend year 1578 Pope Gregory and the king of Spaine Conspire to â—â—â—â— Rebellâ—â—â— in Ireland by meanes of Thomas Stukeâ—â—an Englishâ— can who was slainem the field with three Kings with â—â—â—â—â— 4. An English Priest call'd Nicholas Saunders next A consecrated Banner gets from Rome And like a trayterons wretch mistakes his text Rebelliously doth into Ireland come He with the Desmons ioynes in bloudy manner And when * Iohn Desmond was brother to the Earle of Desmond Iohn Desmond murther did commit Then by the vertue of his bable banner Applauded it and did the crime remit This good successe Romes fâ—â—â—â— pâ—r 〈…〉 had The Earle was by a common â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— And * Saunders râ—n mad in the wild Mountains Woods and bogs of Ireland and dyed by â—â—â— Saunders pind◠〈…〉 â—â—â—â— His conscience with 〈…〉 Thus treason is accordinglâ— rewaâ—â—â— And still the Church of Godby â—â—â— is guarded year 1579 5. Pâ—rsons and Campion a most wicked brace Of English Tâ—aâ—ors Roâ—â—â—â—h â—eâ—uites Get from the Pope the fauour and the grace To play in England the â—â—earâ—â—â—â—ites Frâ—e leaue they from his Holinesse obtaine To draw true subiects from their loyalty To make our Kingdome vaâ—â—all vnto Spaine And to depoâ—â— the Queene from Royalty At last despight the blessing of the pope Their plots were knoâ— ne and qvickely Parsons â—iâ—d But Campion dy'd at Tyburne in a Rope Hang'd all as ' t is supposed but the head God still the practice and the p'ots orethrowes Oâ— his most deare beloued churches foes year 1581 These â—esuites walked in disguise hâ—ve long before they were taken sometimes like swaggeâ—â—g Ruffians sometimes like Ministers sometimes like Noblemen sometimes like souldiers and sometimes like Aparators 6. Here Soâ—â—eruiâ—â— an English Gentleman Seduc'd by Romesh Priests the Queene to kill Attempts it in the despurat ' â— sort he can And with a drawne Sword runs her bloud to spill But by the way with one or two he met Who did oppose him and his damn'd intent Whilst like a mad man he gan rage and fâ—et At those that did the mischiefe then preuent But â—ane he was and closâ— in prison pent There to remaine till Iustice him should trye And then to haue deâ—erued punishment That others might example take thereby But Sommerâ—â—â— was strangled in the layle Thus God to guard his Church doth neuer faile year 1583 It was thought that Sommeruill was strangled by some that set him on works for fearâ— least his conâ—ession might haue preferred them to the Gaâ—â—owes 7. Mendoza here Ambassador for Spaine Foule treaâ—on with Throckmorton practiseth To moue sedition raise a warlike trains Inuade the Realme depose Elizabeth Mendoza is discoutred and disgrac'd And out of England in disgrace was thrust Whilst in each hand he hath a Letter plac'd Which he had got from Traitors most vniust In one of them was written all the Names Of English Lords that did the Pope affect In th' other all the Hauens and the streames For shipping and our foes how to direct But God his Church our Queene and Realme desended Thrâ—gmorton hang'd and quarter'd all was ended year 1584 In these dangerous times the Queenes mercit was very great towards the Priests and Iesâ—â—es for shee commanded that the seueritie of the Law might bee mittigaâ—ed towards them 8. The Remish Vipers neuer taking rest Most dangerous Letters trait eroâ—sly were writ That foraigne Princes England might moleâ—t The bâ—arer was a * His name was Creighton being taken at Sea he cast his Letters torne in pieces into the Sea for feare of being discouered but the Winde blow them into the Ship againe Scottish â—osâ—ite Who by Dutch Pyrates on the Sea was tane His Letters tornâ— hee ouer boord did fling But the Winde blowing from the raging Maine The Papers backe into the Ship did bring Which though they were in many peeces rent Were plac'd together by Sir William Wade Who found the Guise the Pope and Spaines intent Were strong combined England to inuade These proiects thus were blasted in their bud And their pretence of Harme God made our Good year 1585 9. Here William Parry hath got leaue from Rome To broach new mischiefes on our English shore And he to kill Elizabeth doth come Though shee his life had pardon'd long before His Absolution from the Pope doth show That ere the murders done it is forgiuen Nay more his Holinesse doth free bestow Vpon the â—â—sitor endlesse loyes of Heauen False Parry with his Dagger purposely Went to the Queenâ— in dutious sort dissembling When with her lookes of awfull Maiestie She strucke the villaine full of feare and trembling Then was he tooke and hang'd as he desern'd And onely God our Church and State preseru'd year 1586 Parry was a Doctor of the Ciuil Law whom the Queene had pardoned sixe yeares before for killing of one Huge Hare yet afterward by the diuels inâ—ligation and the Popes abselntion and encouragement he feâ—â— into this treason Exceuted at Westminster 10. Here Ballard Sauage Tiâ—â—burne Babington Gage Trauerse Tilney Windsor Charneck Dâ—â— Iones Barnewell Salisbury and Abington These fourteene into dangerous treasons run They would but kill the Queene subuert the State Make England beare the yoake of Antichrist And for thofe ends they worke both soone and late Whilst Ignorance to Erroâ—r is entis'd They in Saint Giles his fields their proiects layd There was the consultations of their braines And in those fields they had their wages paid Handsomly hang'd and quarter'd for their paines Thus God doth still our Church defend and blesse And those that are her foes haue ill successe year 1586 This yeare
Rowland Yorke and Sir William Stanley turned Trayâ—â—rs September 13. 11. An English Gentleman * This Stafford was a Gentleman well descended his Mother was of the Bed chamber to the Queene and his Brother Leiger Ambassador in France at the same time William Stafford nam'd Was by the French Ambassador perswaded That if hee 'd kill the Queene he should be fam'd For by her death might England be inuaded Besides for it the Pope would thankfull be And all the house of Guise should be his friends But Stafford to their plots feemet ' agree Yet told the councell on his knees their ends These things vnto th' Ambassador were told And Stafford did auouch them to his face Which he deny'd audaciously and bold Much ill beseeâ—â—ing his estate and place Thus what foâ—euer gainâ—t our Church was wrought God still did bring their purposes to nought year 1587 12. This yeare Spaine with a mighty preparation With tweluescore Vessels loadeth Neptunes backe With thirty thousand men attempts inuafion Of Englandâ— Kingdome and Elizâ—â—s wracke Then many a bragging desperate doughty Don Proud of the strength of that great huge * The Spanish fleeâ— were in all of Ships Gallâ—ons Gallies and Pinaces 242. of Souldiers Mariners and Galley â—â—â—â—â— 31030. of great Ordnance 2630. Our Fleet were in all but 112. the Campe as Tiâ—bury were 22000 foot and 12000. horse Armadâ— Went barely off though they came brauely on The power of Heauen opposing their branado Our numbers vnto theirs inferiour â—arre Yet were they tane sunke slaine bang'd thump'd batter'd Because the Lord of Hosts the God of Warre He was our trust and ayde our â—oes he scater'd His name is oner all the world most glorious And through his power his Church is still victorious year 1588 13. Lopez a Doctor by descent a â—ew A Portâ—â—gaâ— by birth the Queenes physitiâ—n Forgetting duty to his Soueraigne due Would poyson her to further Spaines ambition The Spaniards and the Doctor are compacting How this sweet piece of seruice might be done They promise gold and he doth vow the acting A bargaine wisely made is partly wonne But this base Iew is taken in the trap The Queene preâ—erâ—'d the Spaniards cake is dough The Doctor wrong'd his breeches by mishap And hanging his reward was good enough Still treasons working though its lucke be ill Gods gracious power his Church defending still year 1589 The Queene had beene gracious and beautifull to this same Lopez many wayes and hee was accounted a man of good integrity till hee was corrupted by the Pope and Spaniard At his Araignment feare made him wrong his â—â—â—ches he was hanged at Tyâ—â—rns 14. Tyrone supported by the Pope and Spaine Had put our English Kingdome to much cost Perceiuing all his treasons were in vaine His dangers desperate fruitlesse labour lost Although his Holinesse from Rome had sent A plume of Phoenix feathers for a blessing Which bable from Tyrone could not preuent Rewards of Iustcie for his long transgressing To the Lord Deputy be doth suâ—mit Craues the kings mercy and obtained the same Yet afterward he did his faith forget And new rebeilions did in Ireland frame At last with guilty minde away he flyes Thus God confounds his Churches enemies year 1587 Tyrone an Irish Earle a man of great power and Policie a most peruitions and dangerous trayter 1604. bee came into England and was most graciously pardoned by the King yet afterward would haue leâ— all Ireland rebellion but faâ—ling of his purpose fled to Rome 15. Mongst all these dangers Queene Elizabeth Preserued still and reigned â—oyally Defended all her life from violent death And seauenty yeares of age dy'd naturally To her succeeded as his propâ—r right King Iames Great Britaines blessed Salomon When straight began new tricks of Romish spight For Church and King and Laâ—ds subuersion Watson * They would haue altered Religion brought in Forraigne power imprisoned the King and raised Arbella Watson Clarke Master George Brooke executed Clarke two Priests two Popish brothers Seduc'd Lords Cobham Gray two Noblemen Sir Walter Rawleigh Markham Brooke and others To take the King and him in pâ—fon pen. The plot 's found Iustice would th'â—â—â— ndors kill But the Kings mercy sau'd what L. w might â—pill year 1603 The Kings mercy saued the Lord Cobham Lord Gray Sir Walter Rawleigh Sir Griffith Markeham at the Blocke as the stroake was readis to bee giuen 16. Now treason plotted in th' infernall Den Hâ—ls mischiefe master peece began to worke Assisted by vnnaturall Englishâ—â—â— And lesâ—ites that within this Land did lurke These would Saint Peter-to Salt peâ—â—er turne And make our Kingdome caper in the ayre At one blast Prince and Peeres and commons burn And fill the Land with murder and dispaire No treasonere might be compar'd to this Such an escape the Church had nere before The glory's Gods the victory is his Not vnto vs to him be praise therefore Our Church is his her foes may vnderstand That he defends her with his mighty hand year 1605 Percy and Catesby would needs be heads of this treason and their heads are aduanced for it on the Parliament house they were killed with powder being both shot and burnt and powder was the mainâ— Instrument of their hopes All the Traytâ—rs falling into the ' Pit which they had prepared for vs. Not any of all these treasons but eyther the Popâ— the Spanish King Priests or Iesuites had a hand in it 17. The dangers of a long and tedious way The perils of the raging Sea and Land The change of ayre and dyet many a day And Romes temptations which thou did withstand And after all thy safe returne againe Amongst those blessings make vp much more blest In mind and body â—â—â—â— from Rome and Spaine For which our â—â—â—â— to heauen is â—â—â—â—â—â—â— prest Long mayst 〈…〉 Gracious instrument To propagaâ—e his Gospell and his glory All Antichistian foes to 〈…〉 And with thy aâ—â—s to fill a royall story That 〈…〉 truly may â—â—â—â—â— These Deeds were done by Britaines CHALES the Great year 1623 Great â—â—â—â— the interprize and hazard of our gracieus Pride â— but greatâ—â—â— was Gods iâ—guiding and guarding him backe againe to all Ioy and Comforts 18 And last of all with Heart and â—â—nds erected Thy Church doth magnifie thy name Oâ—Lâ—â—â—â— Thy prouidâ—â—ce p 〈…〉 thy power protected Thy planted â—â—â— according to thy Word My God what shall I rende â—â—â—â—â—â—â— For all thy guise â—â—â—â— doâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— Loue and vnfained Thankeâ—â—â—â—â—â— shall be Ascribed for thy Mercies â—â—â—â—â—yes To thee my Priest my Prophet and my King My Loue my Counsellor and Comforter To thee alone I onely praised sing For onely thou art myâ— Deliuerer All Honour Glory Power and Praise therefore Ascribed be to thee for euermore The Churches Thankesgiuing to God for all his Mercies and her Deliuerances The Church of Christ doth acknowledge no other Intercessor Desenrer Maintinrer and Deliuerer but onely Christ himselfe FINIS