Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	norfolk_n	14,633	5	11.9644	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50031	Leicestor's commonvvealth fully epitomized conceived, spoken, and published, with most earnest protestation of all dutifull good-will and affection towards this realme, for whose good onely it is made common to many : contracted in a most briefe, exact, and compendious way, with the full sense and whole meaning of the former booke, every fragment of sence being interposed : with a pleasant description of the first originall of the controversies betwixt the two houses of York, and Lancaster.; Leycesters commonwealth.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.	1641 (1641)	Wing L969A; ESTC R11905	10,841	16

whom he brought to his grave by perpetuall vexations and upon all the line of King Henry against this mans Father in King Edward and Queene Maries dayes upon divers of the Lanes for one mans sake of that name before mentioned that offered to take Killingworth Castle Vpon some of the Giffords others for Throgmartons sake in his endlesse persecuting Sir Drew Drewry and many other Courtiers both men women But especially Leycester was supposed to use this practise for bringing the Scepter finally to his owne head and that he would not onely imploy himselfe to defeate Scotland and Arbeda to defeate Huntington but also would use the marriage of the Queene imprisoned to defeate them both if he could Which marriage he being frustrated of was not ashamed to threaten a treacherous vindication against her Majesties Royall Person But I hope her Majesty will set out a faire Proclamation with a bundle of Halters for all such Traitours Lawy. I applaud your well wishings to the State yet I doe observe much by reading over our Countrys affaires and among other things I doe abhorre the memory of that time and doe dread all occasion that may leade us to the like in time to come seeing that in my judgement neither the civill warres of Marius and Silla or of Pompey and Caesar among the Romans nor yet the Guelphians Gibilines among the Italians did ever worke so much woe as this did to our poore Country wherein by the contention of Yorke and Lancaster were fought fifteene or sixteene pitched fields in lesse then an hundred yeares That is from the 11. or 12. yeare of King Richard the second his raigne unto the 13. yeare of King Henry the seventh At what time by cutting of the chiefe titler of Huntingtons house to wit young Edward Plantaginet Earle of Warwick sonne and heire to George Duke of Clarence the contention was most happily quenched and ended wherein so many fields were fought betweene Brethren and Inhabitants of our owne Nation And therein about the same quarrell were slaine murthered and made away about nine or tenne Kings and Kings Sonnes besides above forty Earles Marquesses and Dukes of name But many more Lords Knights great Gentlemen and Captaines and of the common people without number and by particular conjecture very neere too hundred thousand For that in one Battell fought by King Edward the fourth there are recorded to be slaine on both parts five and thirty thousand 700. and a 11. persons besides other wounded persons to be put to death afterward at the pleasure of the Conquerer at divers battles after 10000. slaine at a battle As in those of Barnet and Turkesbury fought in one yeare Schol I pray Sir open unto me the ground of these controversies betweene Yorke and Lancaster I have heard a large relation thereof but no originall Lawy. The controversie betweene the Houses of Yorke and Lancaster tooke his actuall beginning in the issue of King Edward 3. and Edmond Earle of Lancaster whose inheritance fell upon a Daughter named Blanch who was married to the 4. sonne of King Edward the third named Iohn of Gaunt borne in the city of Gaunt in Flanders and so by his wife became Duke of Lancaster and heire of that house And for that his sonne Henry of Bolingbrooke pretended among other thinges that Edmond Crookebacke was the elder Sonne of King Henry the third and injustly put by the inheritance of the Crowne for that he was crook-backt and deformed Hee tooke by force the Kingdome from Richard the second Nephew to King Edward the third by his first sonne and placed the same in the house of Lancaster where it remained for three whole descents untill afterwards Edward Duke of York descended of Iohn of Gaunts yonger Brother making claime to the Crown by title of his Gradmother that was heire to Lionell Duke of Clarence Iohn of Gaunts Elder Brother tooke the same from Henry the sixt by force out of the House of Lancaster and brought it backe againe to the House of Yorke This therefore was the originall of all those discords betweene them Gent. But let us not digresse from our former discourse concerning Leycesters treacherous actions I have a friend yet living that was toward the old Earle of Arundell in good credit and by that meanes had occasion to deale with the late Duke of Norfolke in his chiefest affaires before his troubles who did often report strange things from the Dukes owne mouth of my Lord of Leycesters most treacherous dealing towards him for gaining of his blood as after appeared true This Leycester have also deceived her Majestie diverse times in forging of Letters as if they came from some Prince when they were his owne forgerie Hee had likewise a hellish devise to entrap his well deserving Friend Sir Chrystopher Hatton in matter of Hall his Priest whom hee would have had Sir Chrystopher to hide and send away being touched and detected in the ease of Ardent thereby to have drawne in Sir Chrystopher himselfe made him accessary to this Plot. What meaneth all these pernitious late dealings against the Earle of Shrewsbury a man of the most ancient and worthiest Nobility of our Realme It is onely Leycesters ambitious minde that causeth all this But it is very strange to see what a contemner of the Prerogatives of England he is and how little account he maketh of all the antient Nobility of our Realme how he contemneth derideth and debaseth them Which is the fashion of all such as meane to usurpe to the end that they may have none who shall not acknowledge their first beginning and advancement from themselves His base and abiect behaviour in his last disgrace about his marrage well declared what he would doe in a matter of more importance by deceiving of Sir Chrystopher Hatton and by abusing my Lord Treasurer in a letter for which Her Highnesse did much rebuke him It was affirmed by many that all the broyles troubles dangers and disturbance in Scotland did proceed from his complot and conspiracy His unworthy scandall which he cast on the Earle of Shrewsbury was perfidious Wherefore in regard of these innumerable Treacheries for prevention of succeding calamities to tell you plainely my opinion and therewith to draw to an end of this our conference I should thinke it the most necessary point of all for her Majesty to call his Lordship to an account among other and to see what other men could say against him at length after so many yeares of his sole accusing and pursuing of others I know and am very well assured that noe Act which her Majesty hath done since the comming to the Crown nor any that lightly her Majesty may doe hereafter can be of more utility to her self and to the Realme or more gratefull unto her faithfull and zealous Subjects then this Noble Act of Iustice will be for triall of this mans deserts towards his Countrey And so like wise now to speake in our particular case if there be any grudge or griefe at this day any mislike repining complaint or murmure against her Majesties government in the hearts of her true and faithfull Subjects who with amendment of that which is amisse and not the overthrow of that which is well I dare avouch upon conscience that either all or the greatest part thereof proceedeth from this man And if her highnesse doe permit and command the laws dayly to passe upon theives and Murderers without exceptition and that for one fact onely as by experience we see how then can it be denyed in this man who in both kindes have committed more enormous Acts then may be well recounted As in the first of Theft not onely by spoiling and oppressing almost infinite private men but also whole Townes Villages Corporations and Countries by robbing the Realme with inordinate licences by deceiving the Crowne with racking changing and imbezeling the Lands by abusing his Prince and Soveraigne in selling his favour both at home abroad with taking bribes for matter of Iustice grace request supplication or whatsoever suite else may depend upon the Court or of the Princes authority In which sort of traffique he committeth more theft oftentimes in one day then all the way-keepers Cut-purses Cosenners Pirates Burglares or other of that art in a whole yeare within this Realme As for the second which is Murder you have heard before somewhat said and proved but yet nothing to that which is thought to have beene in secret committed upon divers occasiones at divers times in sundry persons of different calling in both sexes by most variable meanes of killing poysoning charming inchanting conjuring and the like according to the diversity of men places opportunities and instruments for the same By all which meanes I thinke he hath more blood lying upon his head at this Day crying vengeance against him at Gods hands and her Majestie then ever had private man in our Countrey before were he never so wicked Whereto if we adde all his intollerable licentiousnesse in all filthy kinde and manner of carnality with all his sorts of wives friends and kinswomen If wee adde his iniuries and dishonours done hereby 〈…〉 if we 〈…〉 the Crowne his 〈…〉 his rap●s and most 〈…〉 poore his 〈◊〉 of the Parliament 〈…〉 with the Nobility and whole 〈…〉 his open injuries which he 〈…〉 ●●●●sters thereof by turning all to his owne ganes if I say 〈◊〉 lay together all those inormities before 〈…〉 and thousand 〈◊〉 more in particular which might and would be gathered if his day of tryall were but in hope to be granted I doe not see in 〈◊〉 and reason ●ow her highnesse sitting in 〈◊〉 and at the 〈◊〉 Steine as shee doth could deny her Subiects this most lawfull request considering that every one of these 〈…〉 requireth Iustice of his owne Nature and much more altogether ought to obtaine the 〈◊〉 at the hand of any good and godly Majesti●●● in the world Before this discourse was fully ended the night came on apace and it being Supper 〈◊〉 the Mistris came to call them downe to Supper wherefore there further speech was intercepted FINIS