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A37219	A memorial for the learned, or, Miscellany of choice collections from most eminent authors in history, philosophy, physick, and heraldry / by J.D., Gent.	J. D., Gent.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.	1686 (1686)	Wing D38; ESTC R18713	93,900	252

the Magazin of Powder that lay in a vaulted Room took Fire by Accident whereby the Earl and his Company were blown up The same year a Pond in Cambridge became A Pond of Blood red as Blood the Water whereof being taken up in Basons retained still the same Colour Many Sights were seen in Armies in the Air. the Air as Armies fighting one against another which were looked upon as sad Presages of the future Wars In the 14th year of his Reign at Whitecomb A wonderful Lightning at Whitecomb in the County of Devon a Ball of Fire was seen to come into the Church in the time of Divine Service whereby three Persons were killed and 62 hurt divers of whom had the linings of their Cloaths burnt though their outward Garments were not so much as singed and most of the Seats were turned upside down and the Pillars Steeple and Church more endamaged than the expence of 300 l. could repair On Tuesday the 30th of January 1648 King Charles murthered was perpetrated that horrid and damnable Murther of the most Gracious of Kings Charles the I. an Act so wicked and diabolical so unjust and cruel that possibly the whole World since the Creation cannot produce its Parallel The most wonderful Remark of Courage The wonderful Resolution of the Countess of Derby in the Troubles of this King was shewed by the Noble Earl of Derby and his Renowned Lady which Lady by her admirable Courage and Magnanimity maintained her House of Latham for the King against the Parliaments Forces who besieged it from Feb. 28. 1644 till the 27th of May following when the Siege was raised by Prince Rupert EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS In the first 13 Years of the Reign of King CHARLES the Second ANno 1652. This year died the Lady A. D. 1648. The Lady Eleanor Davis Eleanor Davis Wife to Sir John Davis the King 's first Serjeant at Law in England who was a Lady that has the greatest Character for Piety Vertue Wit and Prudence that I ever read and her Predictions most wonderful Of the death of the Duke of Buckingham long before In the most flourishing condition of the Nation she foretold its unparallel'd Troubles and in the depth of those Troubles she foretold that happy Restauration to Peace and Settlement which we at this day through the mercy of God enjoy under our most Gracious Sovereign and in every one she long before prefixed the Time of their Accomplishment Anno 1656. It was related by the young Rain of Fire from Heaven Marquess Francisco de Lopez who with his Brother and Sisters was brought up to London being lately come from Peru that the Cities of Luma and Calao in Peru were destroyed by an Earthquake and Fire raining from Heaven in which Ruine perished 11000 Spaniards and about 100 Indians As for the other Events occurring in the late King 's and this happy Monarch's Reign I shall omit them here being so extraordinary and innumerable that they cannot be comprized but in large Volumes of which upon that occasion we have many extant SHORT COLLECTIONS OF Life and Death Nature durable and not durable MEtals at last decay by Rust only Gold excepted Quicksilver decays only by Fire Stones at last decay by a kind of Nitre Precious stones and Crystals grow less orient by age Metals 'T is observ'd that Stones lying towards the North decay sooner than towards the South but Iron the contrary as may be Stones seen in all Buildings Glass and Bricks having passed the fire last very long Gums Wax and Honey last very long Note that these continue longest being always wet or always dry Colder Herbs die yearly both in Root and Stalk but hot Herbs bear their age better The Vine and Rosemary attain to 60 Herbs and Fruit-trees years White Thorn and Ivy above 100. The Oak and Elm do commonly come to 800 years Most Fruit-trees attain to about 60 years but the sowrer the Fruit the longer-lived is the Tree All sorts of Fruits and Flowers might be long kept in earthen Vessels close stopt and much longer if the Vessels whether earthen or glass be sunk in the Water or buried in the Earth Fruits closed in Wax or any the like Case keep green very long Length and shortness of Life in Living Creatures THE Elephant grows till 30 and lives Elephant commonly till 200 years The Camel sometimes attains to 100 Camel years The Dog or Fox seldom reach 20 years Dog The Sow lives 15 years the Cat about 8. Sow Vultures Vultures live to near 100 years as also all Birds that eat Flesh and Prey live long The Swan and Goose commonly reach Birds 100 years The Parrot also lives long Ring-doves reach 20 years but Doves or Turtles not above 8. Of Fishes the Dolphin is said to live 30 years Lampreys were found in Caesar's Fish-ponds Fishes to live 60 years The Pike longest liver of fresh Fish reaches 40. Carp Bream Tench and Eel reach 10 years Crocodiles grow as long as they live and Crocodile are very long-liv'd It is generally observed that there are Birds and Beasts more Birds long-liv'd than Beasts though most come to their full growth in a year The Reason is thought to be because they partake more of the substance of the Mother than of the Father and so are not so hot and also their mixt and easie motion is a great help Upon this account it is noted that those What men live longest Men who more resemble the Mother than Father live longest as most participating of her substance and thereby the cooler Feeders on Grass are shorter-liv'd than those that feed on Flesh Seeds or Fruits Good Cloathing helps much to long Life Tame Animals by degenerating are Tame Animals much shorter-liv'd Of Nourishment The Slip of any Tree grafted on a Stock comes on most kindly To make an Onion very large place To make Fruit large the Seed in another Onion under ground Length of Life in Man Before the Flood Men lived many hundred When men lived long years though none reacht 1000 and 't is observed that those of the holy Line did not live so long as the Line of Cain there being of these but 8 Generations and of the other 11 Generations before the Flood But soon after the Flood Man shorter-liv'd Man was brought down to a 4th part of his primitive Age. Here the Lord Bacon numbers up many long livers since the Flood and here also he observes that though Virgil divined and men are wholly Of man's Decay carried away with an opinion that there is a continual decay by succession of Ages as well in the term of man's Life as in the stature and strength of his Body yet within these last 3000 years a time whereof we have sure memory there hath been no sensible alteration It is also observed that in cold Countries Where men live longest

1189. Order of the Garter whence began from blue Ribbons that King Richard the I. gave to his Noblemen with an Oath to be true to him when he was going his Expedition into the holy Land When King Richard was in the holy A City that was built before theFlood Land he took particular care of Joppa and put a Colony in it of Christians for that it is a City of Palestine that was built before the Flood and hath belonging to it a Haven of great convenience After this Expedition of King Richard's Whence the Title of Kings of Jerusalem into the holy Land the Kings of England for a long time were styled Kings of Jerusalem A worthy Servant Once when the King was hawking in the holy Land he was set upon by several Turks and had not escaped but that one of his Servants named William de Batrellis cryed out in the Saracen Tongue That himself was King and so to save his King let himself be taken King Richard sitting once at Dinner in His strange haste to relieve Vernoil his little Hall was advertised that King Philip had besieged Vernoil He was so moved at it that he presently caused 〈◊〉 Wallbefore him to be beat down and swore a great Oath that he would not turn his face until he were revenged Thus in haste he goes to Vernoil whither he was no sooner come but the King of France made as much haste to be gone not without some loss and more disgrace In this Time there was a Trouble at Robin Hood and little John home though not to the King yet to the Kingdom For Robin Hood accompanied with one little John and a 100 stout Fellows more molested all Passengers upon the High-way of some it is said that he was of noble Blood at least made noble no less than an Earl for some deserving Services but having wasted his Estate in riotous Courses very Penury forced him to take this course in which yet it may be said that he was honestly dishonest for he seldom hurt any Man never any Woman spared the Poor and only made prey of the Rich till the King setting forth a Proclamation to have him apprehended it hapned he fell sick at a certain Nunnery in Yorkshire called Berkleys and desiring there to be let Blood was betrayed and bled to death This King granted the City of London to Mayor and Sheriffs first of London be governed by two Sheriffs and a Mayor as now it is and to give the first of these Magistrates the Honour to be remembred The Names of the Sheriffs were Henry Cornhill and Roger Reyner and the Name of the first Lord Mayor was Henry Fitz-Alwin who continued Mayor during his Life which was 24 years Fabian only says these were Bayliffs and that there was no Mayor or Sheriffs of London till the 10th year of King John A certain Priest told King Richard that King Richard's Daughters how disposed he had three Daughters viz. Pride Covetousness and Leachery which the King taking merrily called the Company about him and said I am told by a Priest here that I have three Daughters and I desire you to be witness how I would have them bestowed My Daughter Pride upon the Templers and Hospitalers my Daughter Covetousness upon the Monks of the Cistercian Order and my Daughter Leachery upon the Clergy NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King JOHN ABout this Time William King of Scots A. D. 1199. came to London to visit King John William King of Scots did Homage to King John and there did Homage to him for his Kingdom of Scotland though some say but only for the Counties of Northumberland and Cumberland King John divorced his Wife Avis for King John divorceth his Wife being akin to him in the 3d. degree and marries another This King being at variance with his Nobles they sent to Lewis the French King's Son to head them who came over and was kindly received at London This King made very hard Taxations of Barbarous Cruelty all Persons especially of the Jews amongst whom there was one that would not be ransomed till the King caused every day one of his great Teeth to be pulled out by the space of seven days and then he was content to give the King 10000 Marks of Silver not to pull the other out having but one left King John was the first that caused Sterling Sterling Money Money to be coyned In his Time the English Laws were first Laws first in Ireland planted in Ireland and he enlarged the Royal Style with the Title of Lord of Ireland This King surrendred his Crown to Pandulphus King John surrendred his Crown to the Pope the Pope's Legate to be disposed of as the Pope should think fit Pandulphus kept the Crown several days before he restored it and did not then but upon condition that he and his Successors should hold the Kingdom of the See of Rome at the annual Tribute of a 1000 Marks About this Time the Kingdom was interdicted The Kingdom interdicted by the Pope for six years in which Time there was no publick Exercise of Religion no Churches open nor no Sacrament administred The Later an Council was now held under Auricular Confession and Transubstantiation Pope Innocent the III. in which was established the Pope's Power over Princes and in Matters of Faith Auricular Confession and Transubstantiation In this King's Time the Stone-Bridge of London-Bridge finished London was finished by the Merchants By this King 35 of the most substantial Common-Council-men first in London Citizens of London were chosen out for the Common-Council of the City In this King's Time were great Thunders and Lightnings and Showers with Hail-stones as big as Eggs Fishes taken armed with Helmets and Shields like Knights but much greater in proportion In Suffolk a Fish was taken that was like a Man Simon Turvey a wonderful Scholar both A learned Man becam●● an Ideot for Parts and Reading became so dull that he could scarce read it was thought a Judgment upon him for his Pride in Learning NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King HENRY the Third KIng Henry the III confirmed the Charters A. D. 1216. Charters confirmed of Magna Charta and Charta de Forestis granted by King John This King keeping his Christmas at York A bountiful Feast the Marriage was solemnized between Alexander King of Scots and Margaret his Daughter to the Feast of which Solemnity it is said the Archbishop gave 600 fat Oxen which were all spent at one Meal and besides the Feast cost him 4000 Marks This King's Son Edward marrying Eleanor Prince of Wales whence first the King of Spain's eldest Daughter was invested by his Father with the Dukedom of Aquitain Ireland Wales Bristow Stamford and Grantham and from hencesorward the King 's eldest Son was immediately upon his Birth Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester This King