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A26058 The cry of royal innocent blood heard and answered being a true and impartial account of Gods extraordinary and signal judgments upon regicides : with an historical relation of the deposing, murthering, and assasinating of several kings of England, Scotland, France, &c. ... Assheton, William, 1641-1711. 1683 (1683) Wing A4026; ESTC R23635 56,072 143

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Lords that raised these stirs were Thomas Duke of Glocester the Earls of Warwick Derby Nottingham and Arundel yet upon the mediation of some Prelates the matter was so ordered that the Lords were content to present themselves to the King sitting in State at Westminster but so far from trusting his Royal word that they came strongly guarded and coming into his presence fell on their Knees yet after the former strain repeated their former demands throwing down their Gloves protesting to prove them Traitours by Combate whom they had so named yet the King in a sharp reply made them sensible how little he feared their Braves but in the end referred the further determination of matters to the next Parliament which shortly after held at Westminster And in the mean while bid them be content and mindful of their Allegiance yet they refused to separate themselves but withdrawing into the West near Burford set upon a party of Cheshire and Welshmen Commanded by Sir Thomas Molenaux and others and by the Kings special Order raised to conduct safe to Court the Duke of Ireland whom the King had secretly recalled from Banishment and after a hot dispute slew Sir Thomas and most of his Men the Duke hardly escaping then increasing their number they marched towards London whose approach caused the King to betake himself to the Tower and the Citizens through fear to open their Gates so that the Lords and the greatest part of their Host entered as it were in triumph and after some Messengers had passed between the King and them they found means to come to his presence and there boldly taxed him of secretly practising to fly with the Duke of Ireland into France and to deliver up Calais and other places in Normandy to the French King with many other unbeseeming expressions which either through real grief or a Noble disdain to be so used by his Subjects caused the King to shed Tears even in their sight and at last it was agreed that the King should the next day come to Westminster but the next day the King deferring his repair longer than the time appointed the Lords contrary to their Allegiance sent him word that if he came not speedily according to appointment they would chuse them another King who both would and should obey the Council of his Peers they having him present whom they intended to have Invested with the Diadem viz. Henry Earl of Derby Son to the Duke of Lancaster who afterward Dethroned him as shall be related The King having received this threatning message though much against his Inclination went to Westminster where the Lords were Assembled where they forced him not only to disclaim the Duke of Ireland divest the Lord Chancellour but likewise turn out of favour Alexander Nevil Arch-bishop of York the Bishops of Durham and Chichester the Lord Souches and Beaumont with many more of smaller account so that having stripped him of his friends they thought the easier to rule him and afterward committed as many of them as they could lay hands on Prisoners to the Tower to answer such Accusations as should be objected against them in the next Parliament which beginning the Candlemas following The first day of the Sessions most of the Judges were Arrested as they were sitting upon the Bench and committed to the Tower the Crime alleadged against them was that at Nottingham they having given Council to the Lords which they assured them was according to Law had afterwards assured the King that it was not according to Law but only they had been obliged to give such Opinions for their own security But Trisillian escaped for a while by flight being taken in the Morning was brought before the Parliament and having no longer respite than till the afternoon was carried to Tyburn and there according to Sentence had his Throat cut an unmanly death to be inflicted on a Lord Chief Justice There were likewise Executed almost all the Judges and about five Knights and Esquires most of the Kings especial favorites nor could the King stay this Execution but e're this mischief spread further 't was allayed by the arrival of the Duke of Lancaster who had obtained a great Sum of Money and a yearly Revenue of the King of Spain to quit his claim to the Crown of Castile and Leon and that the Lord Henry his Son Marrying the Lady Catharine that Kings Daughter should have the Title of Prince of Austria with several other advantageous matters and upon his arrival King Richard whether again to buy his absence is uncertain bestowed upon him the Dutchy of Aquitain confirming it in Parliament and putting into his Possession the Cap of Maintenance and Ducal Rod at which time his Son Henry Earl of Derby went for Prussia and there ingaged himself in the War against the Lithuanian where he Atchieved many noble deeds in Chivalry but soon after died the Dutchess of Lancaster Dutchess of York Dutchess of Derby and what was more grievous to the King his Queen whom he intirely loved all dying almost in a years space whereupon the Duke of Lancaster went over to take possession of his Dutchy and then upon complaint of the Out-cries committed by the Wild Irish passed into Ireland with an Army to suppress them and upon his return into France he was Married to the Lady Isabel that Kings Daughter and thereupon a peace concluded between the two Nations for the space of thirty years And now the Duke of Ireland being dead the discontents of the Lords seemed somewhat abated yet not long for the restless Duke of Glocester still contriving to secure his steerage at Helme by over-awing the King put so many affronts upon him that he often complained thereof to his Uncles the Dukes of Lancaster and York who perswaded the King of his good intent though his words might seem harsh but within a while after a Combination of the said Duke with the Earls of Arundel and Warwick the Lords Cobham and Chevy being discovered by Thomas Mobray Earl of Nottingham wherein they had conspired to Imprison the King and his Uncles Lancaster and York as likewise to put to death many of his Councellours upon which they were Arrested and the Duke sent Prisoner to Calais where afterward he was smothered with a Pillow and here only the Earl of Arundel Beheaded These Executions wrought some alteration in the minds of the People whose Darling the Duke of Glocester was so that they greatly maligned his Prosecutors and some vowed secretly to revenge but to salve up these discontents especially amongst the great ones the King in the next Parliament took upon himself the Title of Prince of Chester created his Cousin Henry Earl of Derby Duke of Hereford the Earl of Nottingham Duke of Norfolk the Earl of Rutland Duke of Amaurle the Earl of Kent Duke of Surry the Earl of Huntington Duke of Exceter the Earl of Sommerset Marquess of Dorset the Lord Spencer Duke of Glocester c. and added to his
standing in the Severn adjoyning unto the City of Glocester where both being strong of body they fought like Lions one to secure his Kingdom the other to gain it But in the end the Dane being wounded he intreated a parly which Edmund granted and then with a loud voice thus proceeded What necessity should thus move us most Heroick King that for the obtaining of a Title we should thus indanger our Lives Is it not better to lay malice aside and condescend to an amicable agreement Let us now therefore become sworn friends and divide the Kingdom between us and in such a League of friendship that each may use the others part as his own so shall this Land be peaceably Governed and we mutually assist each others necessity This Speech ended both the Kings cast down their Swords and imbraced each other upon which great shouts arose in either Army who before stood doubtful of the success and this accord being ratified the Kingdom was divided by Lot and that part bordering on the Coast of France fell to King Edmund who howsoever enjoyed it not long for in this Treaty the offence of Duke Edrick was included and upon his submission he taken into favour by the good King and so continued as it were glutted with the favour and princely bounty of two Kings till at last resolving to perfect his many Treasons begun he watched his opportunity as King Edmund was alone in the Draught-house evacuating and having placed himself beneath with a sharp Spear he run it up into the Kings Belly that he there died then coming up he traiterously and inhumanely cut off his Head and escaping with it undiscovered to Canute the Danish King and presenting it to him with these fawning Salutations All Hail thou now sole Monarch of England for here behold the Head of thy Co-partner which for thy sake I have adventured to cut off Canute though ambitious enough of the Soveraignty yet of Princely disposition abashed and sore grieved at so unworthy and disloyal an attempt replied with an Oath that in reward of that Service the bringers Head should be advanced above all the Peers of his Kingdom which high honour whilst the traiterous wretch greedily expected and indeed for a time found some favour his Head by the Kings command was smitten off and fixed upon a Pole on the highest Gate of the City of London as he most justly deserved His Wife and Children were banished and great was the rejoycing throughout England at the Death of this prodigious Regicide and betrayer of his Country King Edmunds Body was buried at Glasten-bury near to his Father King Edgar he was of person tall for Courage hardy strong of Limbs and well could indure the inconveniencies of War for which some think he had his additional name of Ironside with him at that time fell the Glory of the English he leaving but one Son viz. Edward who was Sir-named the Out-law by reason all the Reign of Canute he lived in Hungary and there Married the Queens Sister not returning into England till the Reign of his Uncle King Edward the Confessor Thus fell this good King and thus Heavens vengeance overtook the Traitour whose miserable end in some sort made an atonement for the innocent Blood shed by wicked hands as likewise for the Death of Sigefreth and Morcar King Edmunds Queens former Husband and Brother who were murthered at Oxford by the contrivance of Edrick CHAP. II. The Historical relation of the deposing and barbarous Murther of Edward the Second commonly called Edward of Carnarvan King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine and the Forty eighth Monarch of England with the manner of Gods vengeance upon those that were guilty of shedding his Blood EDward the Second of that Name since the Conquest was Son to Edward the First the terror of Syria and dread of Scotland and his Wife Queen Elenor Born on the 25 of April 1284. at Carnarvan in North-Wales and after the Death of Lewellin ap Griffith in regard of the place of his Nativity he was with the general consent of the Welch created Prince of Wales which Title has ever since devolved upon the Heir apparent to the Crown of England This Edward being the first who had that Dignity conferred on him and his Father dying he was Crowned with great applause in the 23. Year of his Age Then having setled the Affairs of Scotland he passed over to Bulloin and there in great state was Married to Isabel Daughter to Philip the fair King of France and returned with his Bride not passing twelve years of Age in great Triumph when as taking into his Favour one Pierre Gaviston whom his Father had banished but himself intirely loved many of the Nobility were displeased though the King made no great account of such their displeasure This Gaviston was a stranger by Birth Born in Gascoigne but a Gentleman in all respects being in his younger years brought up with the King during his being Prince of Wales and now made Earl of Cornwel yet so prevailed the Enviers of his rise that they procured a Decree for his perpetual Banishment out of England But the Kings love still following him he was made Governour of Ireland and within a while revoaked and in his return met by the King at Flint-Castle in North-Wales and there had bestowed on him to Wife Joan of Acres Countess of Glocester the Kings Sisters Daughter Yet so far prevailed the discontented Lords that a third time they procured his banishment but beyond the Seas his life being often put in hazard by the procurement of his Enemies as some suppose by the Kings secret sending for he returned within six Months to the great trouble of the Queen and her party who by this time began to disaffect her Husband and joyn with the Lords against Gaviston Whereupon first seeming to Petition for a redress of grievances they after took up Arms of which the Earls Lancaster Warwick and Hereford were chief and within a while the Earl of Warwick at a place called Blacklow afterwards Gavenshead having surprized Gavinston cut off his Head to the high displeasure of the King who at that time was not capable of hindering it yet excessive was the grief and displeasure he conceived so that the Lords thought it not safe to lay down their Arms till they had reconciled themselves to the King which was done by the mediation of Gilbert Earl of Glocester and several Prelates who travel'd therein Yet not so firm but the King continued a secret displeasure against the chief Actors but his melancholy was diverted by the Queens being delivered of her first Son at Windsor who succeeded him by the name of Edward the third as shall hereafter be related The Scots upon notice of this Intestine broil grew haughty and under the Command of Robert their King not only put many affronts upon the English who so long before had Lorded it over that Nation but made several
advancement consented to the Impiety and thereupon obtained the Usurpers Letter to the Lieutenant of the Tower to have all the Keys delivered to him for one Night to perform his pleasure which he accordingly received But before I proceed to the Tragedy one thing is worthy of Note in the Young King who hearing his Uncle had taken upon him the Regency with a Feeling grief said to him that gave him notice thereof Alass I would my Vncle would let me Enjoy my Life yet though I loose my Kingdom and Crown But to return this Monster having got the Power displaced all the young Kings Servants and left none about them but one Black Will a Bloody Villain and when the Night of Murther came he appointed one Miles Forrest and John Dighton both fleshed in Murthers from their Youth the latter of them his Horse-keeper to dispatch the King and his Brother the Duke of York who coming in at Midnight smoothered them to Death with Pillows laying upon them till they felt by their stillness they were dead and then laying their Naked bodies upon the Bed called their wicked Master to behold the dismal Spectacle who caused the Bodies to be buried under the Stairs and a heap of Stones to be layed on them and then posted to tell the Usurper what he had done who rejoyced at the most Execrable Tragedy yet ordered their Bodies to be removed thence which as the Writers of most credit say were wrapped up in Lead and put in a Coffin full of holes and thrown into the Tower Ditch others affirm that they were thrown into a black deep in the Mouth of the River of Thames but certain it is they were never afterwards found but low the just Vengeance of Heaven on their Murtherers and those that contributed to it First the Duke of Buckingham taking up Armes against the Usurper whom he had raised was discomfited and flying to one Banister who was his Tennant and had been his Servant a man whom himself had raised from nothing to high esteem continued with him for a while in the disguise of a Gardener but Proclamation coming forth promising the reward of 1000 Marks to any that could apprehend him the false Wretch though Gods Judgment was signal therein delivered him up and within a few days after he was beheaded Forrest rotted piece-meal and died in great Torment Dighton lived miserably at Calais dying in the Streets and Terril after he had confessed the Murther was beheaded for Treason on Tower-hill in the Reign of Henry the Seventh the Usurper during his short Reign which lasted but three years was continually terrified with frightful Visions of Devils that seemed to tear and hale him in pieces his evil Genius still haunting him till at last he was slain in the Battle of Bosworth-field and his Body carryed naked before a Horseman being made a sport and scoffing to all that beheld it and lay to publick view in Leicester and then obscurely Buried and to conclude his name grew so odious that the White Bore which was his device was every where torn down the Executions during his Reign were many the Afflictions of the Land by Dearths and Inundations Excessive so that few or none lamented his Fall who had Murthered two Kings and two Princes of the Blood Royal their immediate Heirs and Successors Nor died King Edward the Sixth that pious Prince and Phaenix of the World without great suspition of being Poysoned for the Earl of Northumberland by his Stratagems and the assistance of the Lords of his Faction having procured the Death of the Kings two Uncles the Lord Admiral and Lord Protector for the Death of the last of which the King falling into a deep Melancholy and then sickening he so dealt with him as to disinherit his Sisters the Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth and to settle the Crown by Will upon his Couzen the Lady Jane Gray Daughter to the Earl of Suffolk whom he had caused to be Married to his 4 th Son the Lord Guilford Dudley thereby to Entail the Crown to his Posterity and then as he thought to Seal what he had done he removed the Kings Phisitians and set a Woman who undertook to Cure him who either through Ignorance or rather as many imagine to compleat the Hellish purpose brought him to that pass that his Phisitians being again called to him durst not give their Advice but went away shaking their heads with Tears in their Eyes and shortly after that Pattern of true Piety and Vertue left this Life when after his Death his Body was found swelled at a Monstrous rate and so diversly coloured that most whispered it that he was Poysoned as did many Learned Phisitians but durst not speak their minds freely yet Northumberlands project lasted not for himself his Son and the Pious and Innocent Lady Jane as likewise the Duke of Suffolk her Father all lost their Heads in the Reign of Queen Mary Nor did Heavens Justice seem slow upon the heads of those Scotch Monsters who slew their King viz. James the Fifth stiling themselves the Ministry of Scotland for the chief Actor was Burnt together with all or most part of his Family by his House accidentally firing in the Night and others his wicked accomplices who durst stretch out their hands against Majesty were forced to fly and die miserable Exiles whilst the Land Groaned under civil Dissentions Famine Mortal Sickness and the like But having proceeded thus far I shall make a step over into France and there take a view of the untimely Ends and Barbarous Murther of two of their late Kings CHAP. VI. A Relation of the Murther of Henry the Third the French King by James Clement a Jacobin and how Gods Vengeance overtook the Murtherer as likewise fell heavy upon the whole Kingdom KING Henry the Third of France Third Son to Henry the Second after the Death of his Father and two Brothers Francis and Charles in the latter of whose Reign by his special Command happened the Bloody Massacree of the Protestants all over France succeeded to the Crown of France and was Crowned with great Solemnity but sate not long in his Throne e're the Guises Faction began to give him disturbance and under combination of League against him take up Armes whereupon many Battles were Fought and what they most alleadged was his favouring the Protestants and to such a height the Duke of Guise pushed the Discontent for the hate he bore to the Hugonets as the Protestants were termed himself having been the Perswader to the former Massacres that the King was forced in secret wise to fly Paris and for refuge betake himself to his Army whereupon he sent for the King of Navarre afterwards King of France whose Tragedy we shall next relate to his assistance who joyning Forces fought many Battels with the Leaguers but finding them the more obstinate and that the Duke of Guise sought to deprive him of his Crown it was so resented by some of the