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A08698 The varietie of memorable and worthy matters. By Walter Owsolde Owsolde, Walter. 1605 (1605) STC 19001; ESTC S113804 16,833 30

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not beene seene that the Kings of Fraunce haue done or passed any matter of importance touching the state of the Realme so much is it respected both within the Realme and abroad This Court of Parliament was first ordeyned by Phillip the fayre King of France The second Parliament is at Bordeaux for the countries of Gwyen Gascoine Zaintonge Perigort part of Poictou and others and was first ordained by Charles the seauenth The third Parliament is at Rouën for the Dukedome of Normandie first made Exchequer by Phillip the fayre and afterwards continuall Parliament by Lewes the twelfth The fourth Parliament is at Toulowze first ordained for certaine times of the yeere by Phillip the fayre and afterwards made continuall by Charles the seauenth for the Country of Languedoc The fift Parliament is at Grenoble for the country of Daulphine instituted by Lewes the xj The sixt Parliament is at Dijon for the Dukedome of Burgundie it was likewise ordained by the sayd Lewes the xj The seauenth Parliament is at Aix for the Earledome of Proueme appointed by Lewes the xij The eyght Parliament is at Renes in Britaine ordained by Henry the second Of all these Parliaments Paris Parliament is the chiefe and certaine cases are reserued to be iudged only at the Parliament of Paris The seauen Saxon Kingdomes that England was once deuided into THe first was the Kingdome of Kent which had his beginning of the Saxon Hengist in the yeare of our Lord 476 and the fift yeare of Vortiger King of Britaine his last raigne for he had beene deposed the Kingdome continued 342 yeares till that Egbert King of Westsaxons vanquished Baldred last King thereof and ioyned it to his owne Kingdome The second Kingdome was of Sussex or Southsaxons which began by the Saxon Ella in the yeare of our Lord 482 and the second yeare of Aurelambrose King of Britaine This kingdome continued not aboue 112 yeares The third kingdome was of Estangles or east Englishmen and contained Northfolke and Southfolke it was first begunne by the Saxon Vffa about the yeare of our Lord 492 and the 11 yeare of Aurell Ambrose king of Britaine This kingdome continued 376 yeares the last king whereof was Saint Edmond martired by the Danes The fourth was the kingdome of Westsaxons containing the West countrie of England and had his beginning by the Saxon Cerdicus the yeare of our Lord 522 and the fift yeare of Arthur the great king of Britaine and endured from the first yeare of Cerdicus to the last of Alured the tearme of 378 yeares The kings of this Countrie subdued at length all the other sixe kingdomes which Egbert beganne and Alured finished making of all the South part of this Iland one Monarchie The fift was the kingdome of Northumberland containing the Countries betwixt the Riuer of Humber and Scotland had his beginning of the Saxon Ida king of Brenicia the yeare of our Lord 547 and the second or last yeare of the raigne of Aurele Canon king of Britaine This kingdome of Northumberland was at the first deuided into two kingdomes the one was called the Brenicia which bended towards the North the other Deyra about the Countrie of Durham and this kingdome continued some while vnder one king sometime vnder two the tearme of 409 yeares first vnder the Saxons and then vnder the Danes The sixt kingdome was of the East Saxons or Essex which beganne by the Saxon Sobert the yeare of our Lord about 614 continued from the beginning of the raigne of Sebert till the eight yeare of Edward the elder 293 yeares The 7. kingdome was of Mercia containing Huntingtonshire Hertfortshire Glocestershire and others and was the greatest of all the other taking his beginning of the Saxon Penda in the yeare of our Lord 626 after the comming of Hengist 126 yeares during the raigne of Cadwan king of Britain and continued from Penda till that Edward the elder chased out the Danes about 280 yeeres These 7. kingdoms of the Saxons beside that of Walles Scotland were all contained at once in this Iland of Britaine and continued along space Fiue Orders of Chiualrie which continue at this day among Princes THe first and ancientest of these Orders of Chiualrie or Knighthood is the Order of the Garter instituted the yere of our Lord 1348 in Bordeaux chiefe Citty of the dukedome of Guyne in Fraunce by Edward the third king of England and then possessor of that Dukedome which order hee consecrated and dedicated to S. George though the motiue of the institution thereof proceeded of the losse of a Garter which he supposed to haue been the Countesse of Salsburies but I referre the Reader to the Chronicle And it hapned in this manner as one day he was entertaining her with pleasant talke a Garter chanced to vnlose and fall downe the King endeuouring to take it vp wittingly caused such a iest as mooued the Noble-men to laughter the Countesse thereat blushing and blaming that more then seemely familiaritie of the King for that he had caused such a iest among the assistance said sharply to him and the rest Honi soit qui mal y pense which englished is diffamed be hee which euill therein thinketh And the King in recompence of his rashnes said forth-with that before it were long those Noble men which had made a iest and laughing at the Garter fallen downe should esteeme themselues much honored to weare it for a marke of honour and chiualrie and thereupon ordayned the saide Order and dedicated it to S. George and made thereof 26 Knights and ordained that they should weare their clokes of violet cullour Veluet their hoods of redde Veluet lined with white Damaske theyr bases of redde Veluet and vnder the left knee a blew Garter buckled with golde garnished with precious stones and about it wrought the wordes of the Countesse of Salisbury HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE and a coller of gold full of red white Roses with an Image of S. George hanging thereon about these Roses are written those words which are in the Garter This Order is celebrated on S. George his day beeing the 23 of Aprill And although it was first ordained at Bordeaux yet the said King Edward the third would that the siedge and place of the solemnising thereof should be at the Church of Winsor heere in England where at the same time he founded Chanons or a Chanonry for the better prosperitie of the Knights of his order The second order in antiquitie is the order of the Annuntiation instituted anno dom 1356 by Amé the sixt of that name Earle of Sauoye and surnamed the greene Knight The Knights of this order weare a great collor of gold made wynding with three laces which are called of loue wherein are enterlaced these words FERT FERT FERT euerie letter importing his Latin word thus F. fortitudo E. eius R. Rhodum T. tenuit that is his force hath conquered Rhodes and at this Collor hangeth an