fame He was also endewed by God with inuincible Fortitude alwayes preuaylyng with glorious victorie And lyke as when moises helde vp his Rodde the Israelites had the better hande and while he helde downe the same their enemies had hope of victorie So likewyse on whose syde so euer king Henry helde vp his Sworde that parte had alwaye prosperous successe As the warres betweene the Emperor Charles the fifth and Frauncis the French kyng may sufficiently shewe More ouer the lyke blessing of God happened vnto him as seeldome or rather I thinke neuer chaunced vnto any kyng For where as hee hauing three chyldren and no mo at his departure out of this worlde they haue all three succeeded the father Not as priuate persons but successiuely in the regall seate Gouerning his landes and territories Also his noble magnanimitie was such that he being Lorde of Ireland was by the Erles Lordes Piers of the same Realme desyred to take vpon him the name of their king And they of their owne accordes in the name of the whole Realm of Ireland did vnto him Homage and Fealtie Besides all this when Maximilian the Emperor was dead the Princes Electors of the Empire of Rome with generall consent committed their full aucthoritie of Eleccion for the space of foure daies vnto kyng Henry eyther to take the Empire him selfe or els to nominate whom he would who thankfully accepted their good willes rendring vnto them againe their aucthoritie and refusing to be Emperor him selfe Thus we may saye and that trewely that he wan a kingdome without battaile or bludshed And he was of power not onely to be an Emperor but also to make an Emperor And thus I may boldly asseuer that he was blest of God aboue all kynges and Princes that euer I haue read of And happy was that Prince that might stande moste in his fauour For the which dyuers made great suite specially when they stoode in neede of ayd against their enemies because they perceiued that Fortune followed his power as handmayd to all his proceedings A rare example no doubt it is me seemeth most strange that one king should raigne 38. yeres and that almost in continuall warres and neuer take foyle but alwaies preuailed as a victor inuicted which without the assistaunce of almyghtie God he could neuer haue atchyued An euident token that God was on his syde and therefore who coulde stande agaynst him But to write at large of his worthinesse and incomparable actes would fill a bigg volume and were too great a charge for my vnskilfull penne Finally he was a Prince of singuler Prudence of passing stoute courage of inuincible Fortitude of dexteritie wonderfull He was a springing well of Eloquence a rare spectacle of Humanitie Of ciuilitie or good nurture an absolute president A speciall paterne of Clemencie and moderation a worthie example of Regall iustice A bottomlesse spring of larges and benignitie He was in all the honest Artes and Faculties profoundlye seene In all liberall disciplines equall with the best In no kynde of literature vnexperte Hee was to the worlde an ornament To Englande a treasure To his frendes a comforte To hys foes a terror To his saythfull and louing Subiectes a tender Father To Innocents a sure Protectour To wilfull malefactours a sharpe scourge To his Common weale and good people a quyet Hauen and Aucor of safegarde To the disturbers of the same a Rocke of Extermination In haynous and intollerable crymes against the comon welth a seuear Iudge In the lyke offences committed against him selfe a redye porte and refuge of mercye except to such as would persist incorrigiblye A man he was in all gifts of nature of Fortune and of grace pierles And to conclude a man aboue all prayses Suche a kyng did God set to raigne ouer England whereof this Realme may well vaunt aboue other nations whose worthines is more treated of by forreyn wryters then by any of our owne countrey men Which may iustly redownd to the reproche of all our English Poets and Historiographers ¶ A Discourse of the vnyting the two noble howses of Lancaster Yorke from which vnyted howse king Henry was the first king that proceeded WHen mightie Ioue from heauenly throne Behelde the blody broyle That Mars had made through ciuill sworde within this countrey soyle And pitying the ruthfull rage that on this Realme did rayne Most louingly did bend his eares to heare our moane and plaine The earth that earst was brewd with blood beginneth now to ioye The Bore is chaced that was wont this Realme so to annoy The Lady Concord came from Heauen To stablysh this decree That Lancaster Yorke henceforth vnyted shall agree Meethought I hearde the golden wordes That Concorde did resite And eke mee seemde myne eyes behelde This noble heauenly wighte Who pierst the Skyes with warbling winges and Scepter in her hande Uppon her hed a Diadem ycompast with a bande Whereat my mynde was all amazde To muse I coulde not ceace Till at the last I myght perceiue It was the bande of peace Her face as bright as Phebus beames Her heares lyke burnisht Golde Her feature like an Angell shape As ioyed mee to beholde With comly grace shee did commaund that scylence should be synde To rule the prease that then was thear Till shee had saide her mynde When all was whus ht and euery man with listning eares was bent To heare her speake then with these wordes shee shewd forth her intent Oh noble lande since first the tyme that Brute in thee did raygne Whose lyne intestine warre did ende As fame doth yet remaine Turmoilde and tost with ciuill Sworde Thou sundry tymes hast bene Such was thy lott and such mishap as yet in thee is seene Thy noble peares haue yeld their soules When fatall Sworde had slayne Unto the Theater of Ioue on Mars for to complayne Thy vulgar sorte in hugie heapes do prease their plaintes to showe With humble sute that perfect peace in English land may growe And Ioue that long haue rewde thy cace hath sent mee for to ceace These bluddie broyles and now to turne thy warre to perfect peace Where discorde raignes and breedes debate Subuertion is at hande And dayly proofe doth shewe that hate confoundeth many a lande Let Troyans testifye the same Let Pryam witnesse beare What Seignorie cannot bring forth Examples bought too deare Desire of rule doth oft tymes dymme And clips the fame and lyfe When Subiects touche the Princes seate by sowing seede of stryfe The Romaine rowt can well declare The smart of Pompeies broyle Numidia remembreth well The brunt of Iugurthes spoyle With thousandes more whome to resite were tyme but vainly spent But ryght shall sit in Regall seate The Tyran to preuent And God that all these turmoyles vewes at last will worke his wyll When false vsurper shall take foyle then ryght shall florish still To thee oh famous Realme I speake whose brute doth pierce the Skyes
eke my Courte a Pallas meete Wherein my wretched corps for aye must lye Wo worth those subiectes that aspire so highe To rule the Prince whome they ought to obay Such subiectes rule hath purchast my decaye ¶ Now that I haue passed thorow these tragicall histories of the. ii kinges of Scottes I will returne to the declaration of the ioyfull meeting of the kinges of Englande and Fraunce betweene Callis and Bullaine whiche was in the yeare of our Lorde 1532. And althoughe there was a solemne meetyng betweene the Kynges of these sayde Realmes and also betweene the Emperoure and Kyng Henrie in the yeare of oure Lorde 1520. Yet because my Anothor was not there to note anye thing more then is already mentioned by Halle in his Cronicle and was present at this that foloweth I haue vsed his enstruction herein referring thee to the aforesayd Cronicle to reade of the other whereas it is very well described ¶ Howe King Henry and the King of Fraunce met together betweene Calice and boloigne by a place called Morguison 1532. My glauncing Pen nowe glyded ys From Mars his bluddie broyle And eke my muse desyres to rest a whyle in frindships soyle As way warde warre bereues the breath of many worthie wyghtes So frindly peace preserues the lyues of noble valyant knyghtes And Tully doth preferre that peace which grounded is on yll Before the warre whose quarell ryght The blood of man doth spill In faithfull league of frindships force where Princes knitt the knot Unto those realmes whyle it doth last is sure a happie lott The Princes sleepe is not vnsounde For doubt of forraine foes The Souldiérs werye wounded limmes to rest do then repose The Marchant sendes hys hoysed sayles the surging Seas to sheare Which scowreth through the wandring waues deuoyde of doubtfull feare The publyke state of common wealth then lyues in quyet rest So that recourse from sundrie soyles 〈◊〉 worke all for the best 〈◊〉 â—â—â—ey helpeth other then and what one lande doth want Another doth supply the same no needefull thinges are scant And the through concorde sclender thinges to 〈◊〉 great encrease 〈◊〉 dâ—corde both consume as fast men set vs praye for peace Which causeth worldly wealth to ryse 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—dly 〈◊〉 to flowe As â—horher hath contrarye force and makes wealth ebbe as lowe Nowe 〈◊〉 that long tyme had sought to kniâ—â—â— within her bande The king of Fraunce vnto the noble King of this oure lande Foâ—nde oâ—â— a tyme conuenient and eke indifferent place Whereas these noble Princes bothe together myght embrace To treate of faithfull frindships lore with one consent they meere Where they with ioye and tryumphes greate eche other then do greete The thing that bothe Realmes long desyrde at that tyme myght you viewe The order of which ioyfull sight hereafter doth ensue ¶ The declaration of the meeting of these two noble kinges at the place aboue mencioned ALthough there was bluddie warre and mortall hatred betweene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce in the fifth yere of this kings raigne in whiche yere the king of Englande wan from the Frenche men the towne of Turwin and the great citie of Turnay as is before declared yet for the concluding of a perfect peace betweene bothe the Realmes the same yere a Mariage was made betweene the king of Fraunce and the Ladye Marye sister vnto the king of England but shortly after the saide king of Fraunce dyed and the Duke of Suffolke maryed the Queene his wyfe A peace also was concluded betweene the young king of Fraunce and the king of Englande And within a whyle the Citie of Turnay was rendred vnto the Frenche king For the whiche he shoulde paye to the king of Englande a notable summe of Money But this amitie did not long continue for the Frenche king refused to paye his tribute to the king of England and also detayned the Queenes dowrie And moreouer caused all Englishemens goodes to bee arrested at Burdeaux whereupon the Frenchemens goods were arrested at London and they cast in Prison But in fine in the xix yere of the king his raigne a generall peace was proclaymed betwene the kinges of Englande and Fraunce during bothe their lyues And defyaunce sent vnto the Emperour from bothe the kyngs and a great power sent into Italy againste the Emperour who then warred with the Pope and constayned him to take a Castell wherein he remained as prisoner vntill the Armyes that the kinges of Englande and Fraunce had expelled the Emperours power out of that parte of Italye The circumstance whereof ys very largely declared by Sleydon This peace taken betweene the kinges of Englande and Fraunce continued a good whyle vnuiolate In whiche meane-tyme the Ambassadour Ledger of Fraunce that then laye in London grewe in suche fauour with kynge Henry that he was often tymes admitted to sit in presence with the king This Ambassadour made humblesuite vnto the kinges grace that hee woulde vouchesaue to meete with the kynge of Fraunce his Master in some conuenient place to salute eche other declaring that it woulde bee an occasion to knitt them togeather in the insoluble knott of perfect frindship and amitie Whereunto the king of Englande willingly condiscended and agreed And the rather because the Frenche king appointed to haue met with the Pope at Marsiles by meanes wherof king Henry hoped that the Frenche king might perswade the Pope to some conformitie in the controuersie of his deuorce from the Ladye Katherin wherefore he requested the sayde Ambassadour so to informe the kynge of Fraunce his Master which he nothing slacked to do And in conclusion a tyme was appointed when these twoo noble kinges shoulde meete by a place called Morguison whiche is betweene two greate hilles and the midway betwixt Callice Boloigne According to the apointment the king of Englande set forwarde and came to Callice The Frenche king lykewise lay at Bolloigne and on the appointed day they bothe met by the sayde place called Morguison with a noble trayne of Dukes Earles Lordes Knightes Gentlemen on both sydes And while these noble Princes embraced eache other a Bishop of Fraunce threwe off a cast of great Hawkes called Sakers which Hawkes being cast off killed a Kyte ouer the kinges heades to the great pleasure of bothe the kinges Then passed they forwarde with Princely pastymes vnto the towne of Boloigne where was greate preparation and noble tryumphes to entertaine and welcome the King of Englande When king Henry had passed certaine dayes at Boloigne with moste royall solace and pleasure he Inuited the King of Fraunce to the lyke at his graces towne of Callice who in lyke maner came vnto Callice with king Henry where as his former entertainment vnto the king of Englande his trayne was noblye acquyted And whyle these two royall Kinges were thus at Callice the king of Heraldes came vnto king Henries grace declaring vnto him that according to the auncient custome and also being parcell of hys othe he
shoulde bee iii. Myles out of his Realme Wherat the kyng was sore abashed and not without good cause For a kingdome deuyded in it selfe cannot be quieted without great trouble and bloodshed And the saide Cardinall bare so great a swaye that the king durst not come into Englande according to his appointment It is thought that the Cardinal feared lest the king of Englande would haue perswaded the kinge of Scottes to abolyshe the Popes aucthoritie out of Scotlande and to alter the state of Religion and therefore was not willing that this meeting shoulde be betweene the two kinges King Henry perceiuing him selfe to be thus deluded by the king of Scottes conceiued therof great discurtesie as he myght ful well Notwithstanding he went forwarde him selfe with all his trayne to yorke and made Proclamation that if any man had any matters to exhibite vnto his grace that they shoulde be heard and haue Iustice administred which accordingly hee accomplished to as many as came before him And whereas there had bene an insurrection in the same countrey a little before this tyme The king comaunded that all the Rebelles which were apprehended shoulde be placed before him on the lefte hande of his waye as he passed thorough the countrey and hauing set the countrey in good order he returned to London againe The Cardinall of sainct Androes who as is before saide caused the king of Scottes to breake promise with his vncle king Henry for doubt least that discourtesie might be reconsiled to make hys matter sure set the two kinges at open warre and caused the Scottes to make a roade into the borders who spoyled and did much harme Wherof when king Henry hearde he sent the Duke of Norffolke with an Armie into Scotlande who burned and spoyled muche of the countrey But when the Duke was departed from thence into Englande The Scottes inuaded the borders againe did theare muche harme But at the last Sir Thomas Wharton beeing warden of the marches there with Sir William Musgraue and a fewe of the borderers met with the Scottes the 14. of Nouember and ouerthrew them In which conflict the Lorde Maxwell the Earles of Glencarue and Sassiles with all the captaynes of the Scottish Armie were taken and on S. Thomas eeuen the Apostle they were brought to the Tower of London where they laye that night The next day following they were brought into the starre Chamber before the Lorde Chaunceller of England and the Counsaile being by the kinges charges rychely apparailed and vsed more like Princes then prisoners which they did full euil requite For after they were dismissed vppon agreement vnto certein articles they not only refused the performance of their promises but notwithstanding the benefites on them bestowed by the king they rebelled against him But nowe to returne againe vnto their kinge It is thought of some men that he him selfe was in the Battaile and thear receiued his deathes wounde but escaped vntaken but it was not so True it is that this conflict stroke him to the hart wherof he dyed incontinently Whereby we may bee sure that God strooke the stroake And whether it were that God who stryketh to the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate him did it for his fathers offence or for his owne I maye not nor will not iudge But no doubt his fathers vngodly periurie was heauily in his mynde since whose death the Realme of Scotlande hath bene sore plaged and haue had little good successe in any attemptes and especially against Englande The tirste that brought newes of the kinge of Stottes death vnto king Henry was the Earle of Angoes a Scott who was banished out of Scotlande and lyued here in Englande by a pencion that the king gaue vnto him This Earle came into the Courie the king then lying at hys house of Sainct Iames betweene tenne and xi of the clocke at nyght and desyred to speak with the king which being vnto him admitted he rehearsed vnto the king the whole circumstance of the king of Scottes death Whiche when he hearde he was so sorie of that newes that notwithstanding he warred against him yet he let fall teares from his eyes for sorrowe of his Nephewes death ¶ The Lamentation of king Iames Sonne vnto king Iames before mentioned WHat hard mishap haue I among the rest Whose froward fate vntimely deth hath wrought While youthfull yeres did harbour in my brest My wretched corpes to lodge in claye is brought By haples chaunce contrary to my thought But who is sooner trapte by witched wyle Then he whose harte is free frem craltie guyle Shall I exclayme on fortunes frowarde face Or on the wombe that life to mee fyrst gaue Or on my Fathers facte whose foule deface Hath caused mee this luckelesse lot to haue Would god my mothers wombe had ben my graue Or els the Ayre that yelded mee fyrst breath With sodayne dampe had rendred present death Woulde God my Fathers facte had beene vndon When he made vow a faythfull leage to holde Or els I woulde I had not beene his Sonne But rather borne to pen the Sheepe in folde My Father in this poynt was far too bolde Whereby he moude almighty GOD to spill Him selfe and me his Sonne that thought no ill What may I deeme of this my Fathers deede Whereof I grounde the chiefe cause of my playnte What stonie harte for pittie will not bleede To see how death this pageaunt doth depainte In floure of age our liues so to attainte The Father and the Sonné sucessiuelie The Realme eke plagde for one mans periurie I can not scuse his rage and hautie pride That forced mee my vnkle to offende Who courteousely my comming did abide In frendlie wise a time with ioye to spende I was constraynde my owne minde to vnbende The Prelasie then bare so great a swaye That king and keiser must their mindes obaye I was constraynde contrarye to my will Reuengement on the English Realme to take And eke of Mars his lore to learne the skill Where I lyke Phaeton my match did make My foes mee rulde my frendes I did forsake Though I was king another bare the sworde Whome I durst not offende in deede ne worde I call for vengeaunce on thy wretched lyfe Thou Prelate proude that hast procurde my fall Thou were the cause and aucthor of the strife I was thy Prince and yet I was thy thrall Take heede therefore by mee ye Princes all Where enuious subiects beares so great aswaye The Princes state is like for to decaye Such men they are as fyrst do stier vp stryfe But they them selues of sauegarde will be sure Their deedes are scant their words are very ryfe They rayse the broyle the brunte they not endure Yet bloody warre they dayly do procure And prease foorth Princes to auenge their yre Whyle they them selues with gredy minds aspire Lo by this meanes my fatall shrouding sheete Is now my weede no other robe haue I The graue is
The Flovver Of Fame Containing the bright Renowne moste fortunate raigne of King Henry the viii Wherein is mentioned of matters by the rest of our Cronographers ouerpassed Compyled by Ulpian Fulwell ¶ Hereunto is annexed by the Aucthor a short treatice of iii. noble and vertuous Queenes And a discourse of the worthie seruice that was done at Hadington in Scotlande the seconde yere of the raigne of king Edward the sixt Viuit post funera virtus 1575. Imprinted at London in Fleete streate at the Temple gate by VVilliam Hoskins To the ryght honorable and his singuler good lorde sir William Cecill Baron of Burghleygh Knight of the moste noble order of the Garser Lorde high Treasorer of Englande master of the courtes of wardes and Liueries Chauncellour of the Uniuersitie of Cambridge and one of the Queenes Maiesties priuie Counsaile Ulpian Fullwell wisheth long health with encrease of honor BEeing at stryse with my selfe Right honorable whether I might presume to exhibite the dedication of this my vnpolished labour vnto your good Lordship or not I was as oft abashed as I vewed the homelinesse of my style and eftsons vtterly discomfited But contrary wise while I considered with my selfe as it were waying in the other Balaunce your noble nature in accepting the good will of the geeuer aboue the valure of the gift I am againe recomforted And in the ende of this conflict the noble curtesie of your honour wonne in mee the victorie whereupon I was not onely enboldened my self humbly to desyre your L. Patronage but also as muche as in mee laye encouraged my Aucthour master Edmunde Harman to offer vnto you the grosse fruites of this our labours The matter meriteth the Pen of the best writer although it hath nowe happened to the handes of an vneloquent Compyler But if it may please your honour to accept the protection hereof I doubt not but bothe the matter and the worthinesse of the Patrone will stirre vp some of exquisite skill to furnishe my defect by the renuyng of this my begonne attempt VVhich I confesse to be by mee taken in hande more willingly then wittilye respecting more the truthe of the woorkes then the eloquence of wordes Thus ceasing to trouble your good Lordship any longer at this present with my rough and ragged style In moste humble wise I submit my selfe and this my sclender trauaile vnto your honour praying allmightie God to preserue and prosper you in all your noble affaires to the great comfort of this Realme Your honours most humble Vlpian Fulwell A Table of the contents of this booke A Commendations of King Henries noble vertues Fol. 1 A Resitall of King Henries fortunate raigne 2 A briefe discourse of the vnyting the two noble houses of Lancaster and Yorke From whych vnyted house King Henrye was the first kinge that proceaded 4 Of the Battaile fought at Bosworth betweene King Henry the seuenth and king Richarde 8 Of the byrth of King Henry the eyght 10 Of King Henry the eyght in the tyme of his minoritie 12 Of his ryding to the Tower of London before his Coronation 13 Of his Coronation 14 Of the winning of Turwin and Turney 16 The Historie of King Iames of Scotlande that was slayne at Branxston fielde And of his lamentation 22 The Historie of King Iamies sonne who after the death of his father was king of Scottes being but a chylde That tooke his death after the ouerthrowe of his menne at Solomos and of his Complaint 24 How the Kinges of England and of Fraunce met at Morguison An. 1532. 29 Of the winning of Bullaine 32 Of the death of King Henry the eight 36 An Epitaph of his death 37 A Treatice of iii. noble vertuous Queenes 39 The Historie of the noble seruice that was at Hadington in Scotlande 49 A Commendation of the English Souldiers that serued at this siege of Hadington with the Capitaines names as neare as coulde be called to remembraunce 56 To the frindly Reader Vlpian Fullwell wisheth health THE wyse sage Philosopher Solon noting the insolencie of Cressus who esteemed him self the happiest man lyuing because of his abundant welth tolde him that no man is to bee reputed happie during his lyfe tyme because he knoweth not whether it shall ende with renowne or infamie Concluding hereby that a goodly lyfe a godly death maketh a perfect happie man. Nowe seing our late soueraigne Lorde Kynge Henrye the eyghth hath hit the marke of trewe felicitie and wonne the game of ioyfull immortalitie what ruthe were it that so singuler an example shoulde not be recorded in the golden booke of perpetuall Fame His noble lyfe his Godly proceedinges his inuicted raygne his fortunate successe his whole race of lyfe and ende of the same deserueth to be engraued in letters of pure Golde If Alexander the myghtie Monarche of Macedon was offended with a Schoolemaster in whose Schoole he founde not the fame of Vlisses written by Homer howe much more maye wee deeme he woulde checke and reproue all Englyshe Gentlemen that laye not before their faces the booke of King Henryes lyfe if he were nowe amongst vs But happely it will be sayd vnto mee Sir if you weare as good an Englyshe Poet as Homer was in Greeke or if the worthinesse of your style were comparable to the matter wee would the better esteeme of your woorke If that bee thy obiection gentle Reader I cannot excuse my selfe For I confesse I haue not the gifte of flowing eloquence neyther can I enterlace my phrase with Italian termes nor powder my style with frenche Englishe or Inkhorne Rhethoricke neyther cowche my matter vnder a cloake of curious inuentions to feede the daintie eares of delicate yonkers And as I cannot So if I could I woulde not For I see that manye men are so affected with these premisses that manye good matters are obscured the Aucthors encombred the woorkes but meanely commended and the Reader deceaued For while he coueteth to come to the purpose he is lead amasked in the wylde Desert of circumstance and digression seeking farre and finding little feeding his humor on pleasant woordes of slender wayght guyded or rather giddyed with plaucible eloquence I do not herein condempne neither discomende the noble Science of Rhethorike nor the eloquent Rhethoritian but rather wishe that excellent skill to be employed onlye on such matters as may both commende the speaker and the thing spoken or the writer and the thing written hauing alwayes the cheefe respect to tyme place For as it would sounde verye absurde to the eares of the skilfull Musitian to heare a gallyard or any other daunce playde on the solemne Organs So no lesse contrarie is it to daunce after an Hymn or other cunning voluntarie Thus gentle Reader I desyre at thy handes that thou accept the matter beare with my crabbed meeter Considering well that often tymes is founde good graffes vppon a Crab tree stocke Take then the fruite and accepte my good will. And if
Which for thy wealth the Heauenly heste This order doth deuyse And I of Ioue the messenger this newes now bring to thee With bande of Peace as faithfull pledge If thou thereto agree What losse and languor thou hast had Thy selfe caust witnesse best And Mischiefe hath not sparde to spurne To purchase thy vnrest Wherefore the God that guydes all thinges doth charge thee that with speede Thou ioyne in knott of Mariage as thus he hath decreede There is a lande in Westerne soyle That Britaine hath to name Which coast doth now retayne the wyght that must thy quyet frame A proper youth of pregnant witt To whome with speede repayre Of Lancaster that noble house He is the ryghtfull heire His Princely porte doth well deserue To wear thy Regall Crowne By due discent to wield the Sworde with fame and bryght renowne This worthie wight shall turne the warre That long thy wealth hath wast This Earle Henry shall redresse Thy wayling woe forepast Now see the sequell of this hest That God appointed hath Marke well the meane against Syr Mars To pacifie his wrath A noble spouse within thy lande Of ryght must now be found To linke in sacred wedlockes state And Queene for to be crownde Beholde a Uirgin bryght of hue with vertues force bedect Of personage surpassing all that Nature hath elect Dianaes peere for chastitie A seconde Susan shee Her godly nature well deserues A Goddesse for to bee The daughter of a Royall king That rewlde thy lande of late The heyre of Yorke that long hath beene with Lancaster at bate Elizabeth this Lady hight The late king Edwardes chylde Shee shall bring forth a peerlesse Prince thy people for to shylde Now sith these houses twaine hath causde Such ruyne for to raygne Which bluddie broyle hath forced thee to feele the smarte and paine With speede repaire to Britaine lande This Henry home to call And place him in thy regall seate Be ye his Subiectes all As for his Foes take ye no feare For God his frende doth stande He is annoynted of the Lorde to rule thy famous lande Which being done let sacred state of Wedlocke ioyne these twayne Then be thou sure in perfect peace hereafter to remayne When Concorde had these wordes rehearst and all her message tolde To see the ioye that men did make was wonder to beholde With clapping handes and cheerefull shoutes They shewde foorth great delyght And thought eche day to bee a yere till he shoulde come in syght And when that Fame had blowne her blast that hee had taken lande Determining to chace the Bore with force of myghtie hande Eche man him selfe do then addresse This royall Prince to place With courage stoute and loyall hartes They serue his noble grace Of the Battaile fought at Bosworth betweene King Henry the vii Richard that then vsurped the Crowne AFter long coÌ„tinuance of blody warre through ciuill contention betweene the two â—â—ble houses of Lancaster Yorke for the imperiall Diademe of this Realme to the great effusion of English blood as well of the nobilitie as also of the Comons It pleased Almightie God to put into the mindes of the nobilitie of this Realme a meane how to preuent this eminent subuersion by ioyning in knot of Mariage the heires apparant of these two noble houses as is aforesaide to the perfect securitie of this noble Nation And here is to be noted that when kyng Edward the fourth dyed who was lineally discended from the house of Yorke whose variable chaunces of Fortune I ouer passe He lefte behynde him two sonnes and fyue daughters The elder of his sonnes was named Edwarde who was afterwardes proclaymed Kyng being of the age of xi yeres His yonger brother had to name Richarde who was Duke of yorke Now by reason of the nouage of the yong king Richard Duke of Gloucester being vncle vnto the yong kyng intruded him selfe to the Protectorship of the kyng and the Realme and also wrested into his tuition the kinges brother taking him from the Queene his Mother who then laye in the Sanctuarie at Westminster for doubt of the cruell tyrannie of the Protector whose Ambitious mynde shee knewe to bee insatiable of honor and dignities wholly bent to cruell tyrannie which shortly after he put in practyse For when he had got into his clawze these two yong Princes Like a cruell Tyger and rauenyng Wolfe moste vnnaturally he caused them to be pittifully murthered within the Tower of London And caused one Doctor Sha who better deserued to be called doctor Shame to preach at Paules Crosse perswading the people that king Edwarde the fowerth late deceased was not ryghtfull king Affirming that he was a Bastarde And that the Duke of Cloucester being lawfully begotten ought to haue beene king when his brother was and therefore myght nowe iustlye challenge the Crowne Was not this a graceles sonne that caused his owne naturall and vertuous mother to be proclaimed at Powles Crosse a Harlot This and his vnnaturall homicide sownded moste abhominably in the eares of all honest men Notwithstandinge by this beastly and detestable policie wherunto he also added the death of the Lorde Hastinges and other noble men whome he supposed woulde by all meanes possible haue hindered his vngodlye proceedinges he hitt the marke whereat he shot which was the Crowne of Englande and in fine was crowned king by the name of king Rycharde the thirde But ere he had raigned little more then two yeres it pleased God to stir vp the nobilitie of this Realme to the ayde of Henrye Earle of Richemond to set him in his ryghtfull inheritaunce of the Imperiall Diadem of this Realme The large discourse wherof is exquisitely written by Sir Thomas More as appeareth in the Cronicle written by Edwarde Hall. In conclusion this noble Earle of Richemonde after manye doubtfull casualties harde euents arryued at Milforde Hauen in Wales wyth an armye of Britons and by the ayde of the Welshmen his power encreased And manye of the nobilitie of Englande with greate strength came to hys ayde vntill he came to a place in Leycester shiere called Bosworth where he met with kynge Richarde his armye and betweene them was fought a sharpe battaile in which conflict the king himselfe was slayne and his bodie caryed to Leycester on horsebacke as a Butcher caryeth a Calfe to the Market After whiche victorie won by this noble Earle he was proclaymed kyng of England by the name of king Henry the seuenth consequently he maried the lady Elizabeth daughter vnto king Enward the iiii they bothe crowned king and Queene of Englande to the greate ioy of the whole realme And thus were the noble houses of Lancaster Yorke vnited in one whiche was the finishing of long warre ¶ The Byrthe of the puisant Prince King Henry the eyght which was in the yere of our Lorde God. 1490. the xxii of Iune WHen Lady Concorde quencht the broyle
Their enemies within the towne with hope for to preuayle No engin was omitted then that myght their purpose gayne The battry was so fierce and sharpe that they in th ende were fayne To parle and to entreat for peace their states for to maintayne In fine they craude for mercye then Acknowleging their faulte Desyring his most noble grace â–ª to cease his sharpe assault And they his vassayls woulde become and faithfull to his Crowne In token of their loyaltie they yelde to him their towne And all the furniture thereof to vse at his owne will Desyring that he will vouchsafe their bloods not for to spill Whose noble aunswer was againe Sith you for mercy craue We mercy graunt you for your lyues from bloody Swoorde to saue With Trump and Banner then displayde he entreth this his towne Saint George his flagg is then aduaunst And all the rest throwne downe Anno Domini 1513. KIng Henry being confederate with the Emperour Maximilian and manye of the nobilitie of Brabant Flaunders and Holland hauing the sayde Emperor in wages vnder his Banner inuaded Fraunce and first assaulted Turwin with a puissant Armye Whiche towne in the ende was enforced to yelde it selfe vnto the mercye of king Henry who mercyfully graunted them pardon of their lyues and free leaue to departe in safegarde yelding vp their towne with all their furniture and munition vnto the king who entred the sayde towne with Banner displaide as a conquerour And hauing taken the ordnaunce with the rest of the spoyle within a whyle after he consumed the towne with Fyer which thing pleased the Emperor very well for that the sayd town was oftentymes a scourge vnto him The king at this tyme to solace him self rode to Lisley which is a town of the Emperours where as he was nobly entertained And at his entrie in to the towne the keyes of the gates were offered vnto him to dispose at his pleasure who receiued them thankfully rendring them againe to him of whome he tooke them And when he had recreat him selfe thear three dayes he returned vnto his campe againe Whose returne was ryght ioyfull vnto his Souldiers For as his presence encreased their ioyes so his absence augmented their dolours so entire he was vnto all his loiall Subiectes Shortly after he marched forwardes with his whole Armie towardes the great Citie of Turney which Citie is saied to haue as manye Towers in it as be dayes in a yere which is in nomber 365. And in fine after sharpe assault he obtained the towne and after possession taken hee built there a strong Castle In this meane season he enuyâ—ed the Emperour and the Empresse his wyfe to this his new wonne towne of Turney who ryght ioyousely came thither and were there royally feasted and his trayne had both greate entertainment and bountifull rewardes In these warres were manye feates of Armes tryed and sundry noble exploites atchyued and in conclusion the cheefe power of Fraunce discomfited But among the tragicall euents that there happened one pretie accident chaunced by master Henry Norace who at that tyme being a yong Gentleman and one of the kinges Henchemen hauing on his head the kinges Helmet was by the fiercenesse of his horse caryed from the kings Campe into the middest of the Frenche armye that then lay without the towne of Turnay in battaile ray And being thus among his enemies against his will at laste founde the meanes to turne his horse hed againe and so by good happe came backe vnto the king wherof the king was ryght glad And being thus escaped the king offered to make him knight for this aduenture But he tolde the king that his horse rather deserued that dignitie which caryed him among his enemies against his will. Whereat the king pleasantly laughed for he loued this yong gentleman verie well And because my Aucthor was brought vp vnder this saide Gentleman and by him preferred vnto the king I am occasioned somewhat to digresse by remembraunce of his worthinesse This forenamed master Norace grewe in suche fauour and grace with the king that he became to be the chiefe gentleman of his priuie Chamber and also was master of the blacke Rodd Which is an office to the noble Order of the Garter which office hath a large Prerogatiue He was rightfullye termed the father of the Court nexte vnder the king for his singuler order of education in courtly ciuilitie As dyuers noble men and gentlemen by him brought vp can full well witnesse Namely The Lorde Henry Dudley the Lord Sheafield The Lorde Edmund Shandos with many more His nature was to do good to as manye as hee might and harme to none His pursse was neuer shut from the needie Finally he was endued with all godly and vertuous condicions liuing in the courte in great fauour and estimation vntill enuye who alwaies pursueth vertue threw at him her spytefull and poysoned dartes to his decaye After whose death the king to shewe his good will towardes him shewed him selfe gracious Lord vnto as manye as were seruauntes vnto the sayde master Norace in his lyfe tyme and to expresse the same more at large he bestowed his daughter mistresse Marie Norace in Mariage on Sir George Carew which mariage was solempnised in the Court at the proper costes and charges of the king to the same and furtherance of the saide knight and the yong ladye his wife Now to returne to my matter againe Whyle the king was in Fraunce king lames of Scotlande notwithstanding his league and solempne vowe before mencioned made an inuasion vppon the Borderers adioyning vnto Scotlande And sent an Ambassadour vnto the kyng into Fraunce accusing the Borderers for breache of the truce betweene them taken When the king vnderstoode by the Ambassadour of the king of Scottes pretence He rewarded the Ambassadour and so dismissed him Nowe the king of Scottes supposed that all the power of Englande was in Fraunce with king Henry knowing also that king Henry could not nor woulde not breake vp his Campe to come against him And thought that nowe he had a plaine gappe opened vnto him to enter into Englande and there to woorke his will. But by the prouidence of the Queene who was left Regent of the Realme by the king at his setting foorth by the balyanties of the Earle of Surrey the kinges lieftenaunt he was preuented of his purpose For when he thought to haue entered this Realme with all his power he was mett by the Earle of Surrey at a place called Brampston where betweene them was fought a cruell battayle not without great effusion of blood on both parties but in the ende by Gods prouidence the victorie fell vnto the englishe men The King of Scottes himselfe being slayne in this fielde with xi of his noble men being all of them Earles besydes a number of his knyghtes and gentilmen of name and his whole power made very weake This battaile being ended to the renoune of the Queene the
Earle the kinges lieuetenant and the whole Realme The dead bodye of the king of Scottes was founde among the other carcases in the fielde and from thence brought to London and so through London streetes on a horsebacke in such order as you haue reade before of king Richarde and from thence it was caried to Sheene neere vnto Brainford wheras the Queene then laye And theare this periured carcas lyeth vnto this daye vnburied A condigne ende and a meete Sepulker for such a forsworn Prince This shamefull ende of the Scottish king kindled the Fyer of malyce in the breastes of the Scottes the flame whereof in the ende consumed also their yong king that then was lefte vnto them as followinge you may reade But first I haue taken vpon mee to introduce king Iames vnto thee informe of the Mirror for Magestrates to vtter his complaynt tell his owne tale as followeth The Lamentable complaint of king Iames of Scotlande who was slayne at Scottish fielde Anno. 1513. AMong the rest whom rewfull fate hath rest whose shrouding sheetes hath wrapt their woful lyues why haue not I a place among theÌ„ left whose fall eche tong with dayly talke reuyues Such is the wheele that froward Fortune driues To day a King of puisance and might And in one howre a wofull wretched wight A happie life by happie end is tride A wretched race by wofull ende is known Though pleasant wind the Ship do rightly guyd At last by rage of stormes t is ouer throwne The greatest Oke with tempest is fyrst blowne Though fortune seeme a loft to hoyse thy sayle Yet fortune ofte tymes smyles to small auaile I thought my Bower buylt on happie soyle Which vnder propped was with tickle staye Wherfore on sodayne chaunce I tooke the foyle In hope for to haue had a noble praye In search whereof I reapt my fatall daye With shamefull death my fame was forcte to bow A gwerdon meete for breach of sacred vow A Prince his promise ought not to be broke Much more his Othe of ryght obserude should be But greedie gayne doth oft the mynde prouoke To breake both othe and vowe as seemes by mee Ambicion blearde myne eyes I coulde not see I fynd though man with man his faith forgoe Yet man with God may not do so I was a king my power was not small I ware the Crowne to wield the Scottish land I raigude and rewlde the greater was my fall The myght of God no kingdome can withstand An Earle wan of mee the vpper hande With blodie Sworde my lucklesse lyfe to ende By shamefull death without tyme to amende Such was the force of Atrops cruell spight Unlooked for to cut my farall lyne My wretched carcas then was brought in sight Through London slrears wherat the Scots repine The endeles shame of this mishap is myne Like butchers ware on horsbacke was I brought The king of kinges for me this end hath wrought Let Princes all by me example take What daunger t is to daily in such cace By periurie their faythe 's for to forsake Least seate of shame shall be their endles place Foule infamie shall their renoune deface Offalsed faith such is deserued hyre And he must falle that will too hyghe aspyre â—e noble Peeres whose liues with myne did end Send forth froÌ„ graues your griesly ghosts ech one To wayle the chaunce that Fortune vs did sende Let all the Scots powre out their plaints mone That we to hedles haste were apt and prone Which rashe beginning voyde of Godly awe Had lyke successe for breach of sacred lawe I thought that Englande had beene far to weake For my strong powre when Henry was away Which made mee light regarde my vow to breake But yet I founde they were left in good stay With force and strength to purchase my decay Thus my aspiring minde had guerdon due Which may a Myrror bee for men to vewe Whereby to shun the breach of sacred vow And not to seeke by lawelesse meanes to rayne For right will force vsurped rule to bow And reape repulst in steade of noble gaine Thus truthe in tyme doth turne her foe to paine And GOD him selfe doth shield the rightful cause Then let men learne to lyue within his lawes ¶ Nowe that king Iames hath tolde hys tale and vttered his complainte let vs see what befell vnto his Sonne whom he lefte to succeede in his kingdom Whose history I haue annexed vnto this although it folowed not immediatly that the iust iugdement of God againste periurie maye the playnelyer appeare The notable example wherof may bee a terror vnto the large careles conscience of man Fyrst reade his storie then bestowe the perusing of his complaynte The Historie of king Iamies sonne who after the death of his Father was king of Scottes being but a chylde YOu haue hearde before of the death of kinge Iames and the maner therof who left behynde him a sonne named after his father Iames. This yong king of Scottes was both Neuew and Godson vnto king Henry by meanes whereof the king was lothe to do anye annoyance vnto the Realme of Scotlande But the Scottes being greedie of reuenge for the death of their late king prouoked him to be doing with them by meanes wherof many incursions were made into Scotlande to the great detriment of the Scottes and destruction of many of their Castels and villages But at the laste by the mediation of the Queene of Scottes an abstinence of warre was taken and shortly after a peace concluded whiche continued vntil the yere of our Lorde 1542. at whiche tyme king Henry tooke his Progres towardes the Citie of Yorke where he made great preparation for to haue mett with his Nephewe the king of Scottes who promysed vnto his vncle king Henry that he would verye gladly meete him at Yorke and accordingly prepared so to doo Wherefore king Henry laye at Pipwell Abbey while great prouision was made at Yorke for the meeting of these two noble kinges to the greate charges of the king of Englande at whose proper costes a sumptuous lodging was ordayned for the king of Scottes in the Abbay of Yorke with offices and furniture accordingly Whyle the king laye at Pipwell Abbay aforesaid in a readynesse to come vnto yorke by the day appointed the Secretorie vnto the king of Scottes came vnto king Henry who was at his handes noblye entertayned and returned againe into Scotlande enforming the king his maister what great cost the king of Englande was at in preparing for his cumming The king of Scottes was as desyrous to see his Uncle king Henry as he was to haue seene his Nephew But when he was in a readinesse to come towardes Englande the Cardinall of S. Andrewes who was then newely come from Rome made haite vnto the king of Scottes as he was setting forth toward Yorke and threatned him that if he proceeded to go into Englande that another shoulde bee proclaimed king of Scotlande before he
hearde of The maner whereof ensueth The Lorde Graye being at Barwike the kings liefetenaunt theare After the ouerthrowe of the Scottes at Muscleborow fielde made a roade into Scotlande in the Lent in the seconde yere of the kinges Raigne to take a viewe of the towne of Hadington and returned to Barwike agayne without any assault geeuen The Sommer following he came with his armye and entred the towne without anye resistaunce and then made preparation for the fortifying therof In whyche meane space he laide siege vnto a Castell that was three myles from the towne named Ester Castell which Forte was furnished with Scottes and Spanyardes who stoode at their defence refusing to submitt them selues vntill the Lord Graye had with the great Cannons made a breach and was readie to enter the saide Castell Then they yelded and desyred Pardon for their lyues onely which the lorde Gray graunted vnto them all excepting one who during the siege had reuyled the King in woordes and abused his graces name with moste opproprious termes Then they all came forth of the castell in their thurtes onely submitting them selues to the mercye of the Lorde Gray And vpon strayt examination who should be the tayler that was excepted out of this Pardon it was knowne to be one Newton a Scott But he to saue him selfe put it to one Hamelton Thus these two Gentlemen accused one the other For the decysing wherof a Cumbat was appointed betweene them and by the Lorde Gray ad iudped so to bee The tyme came for this Cumbat to be accomplyshed and the listes made in the Market place of Hadington And these saide gentlemen entred in their dubblets and hose weaponed with sword buckler and dagger At the firste entrie into the listes this Hammelton kneeled on his knees and made his hartie prayer vnto Almyghtie God to geeue the victorie vnto the truthe with solempne protestation that he neuer vttered any such words of King Edward of Englande as his aduersarie Newton accused him of And on the other syde Newtons conscience being troubled with his false accusation argued vnto all the beholders his guilt For there oppeared in him great timerousues The beholders prayde God for Hammelton for the Souldiers knewe right well that it was newton for his voyce bewrayde him Nowe were the Sticklers in a readinesse and the Combatours drewe their weapons and betweene them was fought vi or vii blowes verye lustely But Hammelton being meruaylous fierce and eager vpon the truth of his quarell constrayned Newton to geeue grounde almost to the ende of the listes And if he had driuen him to the verye ende then by the lawe of Armes he had wonne the conquest and his enemy shoulde haue bene hanged if he had not slayne him Newton perceiuing him selfe to be almoste at the poynt of hanging stept forwards againe and gaue Hammelton such a gashe on the legg that he was not able to stande but fell downe and then Newton fell on him and slewe him with his dagger Thus the Cumbat was ended but the English men that knewe Newton to be the rayler and the false accuser although by more happ then hardinesse he had the vpper hande were very desyrous to renewe Combat againe with him For there were many Gentlemen theare that woulde willingly haue ventered their lyues on him man for man but he challenged the priuilege of the lawe of Armes which was vnto him graunted And the Lorde Gray gaue him his owne gowne of his backe and the Chayne that he theu ware Thus was he well rewarded that better deserued to haue bene hanged But he escaped not so For afterwardes as he was ryding betweene the Borders of Englande and Scotlande he was slayne and cutt in pieces Nowe I will speake of the seege that the Frenche Armye and the power of Scotlande layde vnto the towne of Hadington against the Englishe men When the foresaide Castell was wonne and the Cumbat finished the Lorde Graye departed towardes Barwike leauing behynde him Syr Iames Wilford as generall of the garryson and 2000 chosen Souldiers vnder him to defend the towne whiche was not halfe fortifyed before it was besieged of the Frenchemen and Scottes For our menne had not bene viii weekes in it before Mounsier Dassey the Frenche kinges lieâ—etenant and the Ringraue of Fraunce came to the siege with twentie thowsande Frenchemen Almames and Scottes beeing all of them lustye gallant Souldiers And at their firste comminge there was a hoat skirmishe betweene them and the Englishe men And because the Gates of the towne were not of anye strength for defence our men were constraynde to ramme vp the Gates with earthe and so mayntaine the defence of the towne vppon the Walles There were many assaultes geeuen to the losse of bothe parties And in the ende our enemies did so beat the towne with shott that they lefte not one whole house for our men to put their heads in Whereby they were constrained to lye vnder the walles for other lodging was there none They looked for helpe to haue come out of Englande but none came So that they were in miserable case for lacke of succour For they were dryuen to so narrow pushe that they rent their shurts for lacke of Matche for other shifte had they none And also their Enemies had taken awaye their Flankers whiche was their whole defence of the walles to expelle them from approching neare whereby to scale So that by this meanes the Frenchemen came close vnder the walles of the towne and were their ouerthwart neyghbours so neare That the Englyshmen on the one syde and the Frenchemen on the other laye close togeather that there was no more distaunce of grounde betweene them then the thicknesse of the walle Also one of the Bulwarkes was beaten downe so flatte that a man myght ryde in and out at the breache but the Frenchemen durste not venter in therat It greeued the Englishe men not a little to see their euill neyghbours so neare their noses whereupon a blunte cuntrey man that was one of our Souldiers and by his occupation a maker of Flayles inuented to beate them from the walles with slayles and tyed a heauye plummet of lead at the ende of a rope fastening the other ende of the rope vnto a good truncheon to holde in hys hande and with suche flayles they slewe and maimed a greate many of them This Mounsier Dassey captaine generall of the Frenche Armie was complayned on to the kynge his Maister for his too muche rashenesse whereby hee lost manye of his best Souldiers so that hee was sent for home in great displeasure and in his place was sent Mounsier de Termes who remoued the siege and came not neare the towne by three myles But he punished our men worse then the siege for he layde all the straytes and passages with watche whereby no victuales coulde bee brought vnto the towne All this whyle beeing about xi weekes came none out of Englande to the
Castell vppon them that all the menne that professed to followe him durst not but shrunke backe sauing onely his owne xii men And when he and his small nomber was in the myddes of theire enemies he behaued himselfe very valyantly But in the ende his horse was slayne vnder him and hee taken prisoner But his twelue men being lustie Souldiers went thorough them againe being to weake for lacke of nomber to rescue their captain and so retourned without anye hurte vnto them done Thus was this noble Captaine taken and had to the Castel of Dunbar thorough the cowardise of them that professed to followe him This did so kindel the brestes of our Garrison that laye at Hadington that the Captaines had muche a doo to perswade them from leauing the towne to fetche him from them againe For they sayde that they woulde dye on them euerye man but they woulde winne the Castell of Dunbar And the Scottes knewe right well that they coulde not keepe him thear without great daunger Wherefore they sent him to Edenborough theare was he kepte prisoner till he was redeemed by Raunsom He was so noble a capitaine that he wonne the hartes of all Souldiers Hee was in the towne among his Souldiers frinds a gentle Lamme In the fielde among his enemies a Lyon. To his men beneficiall To al men liberall After whose misfortune was sent vnto Hadington in his steede Syr Iames Acroft a valiant Gentleman whose worthie commendations I omitt because he being alyue and in deserued estimation I myght bee suspecte of flatterie He was theare by the space of one whole yere during which tyme manye noble actes were atchyued And in fine when the king perceiued howe chargeable a thing it was to keepe Hadington he sent the Earle of Rutlande with vi thousande men thither who caused the towne to bee rased and brought awaye all the munition to Barwike And thus was this noble peece of seruice ended The names of the Capitaines that were at Hadington as neare as coulde be called to remembrance THe Earle of Shrewsberye The Earle of Rutlande The Lorde Graye Sir Iames Wilforde Sir Iames Acroft Sir Wadam Selinger Sir Oswalde Wolstrap Sir Robert Worsley Capitayne Pellam Capitayne Dethick who was my cheefe instructer in this matter Capitayne Wood. Capitayne Windam Capitayne Tayler Capitayne Collbie Capitayne Fitzwilliams Capitaine Tiberio an Italian Capitayne Whitton Capitayne Boothe Capitayne Pikeman Capitayne Gam Capitayne Garton Capitayne Bagshot Capitayne Ashley Capitayne Lawson A Commendation of the Englishe Souldiers that serued at this siege of Hadington THe frowning furious dame that hight bellona fierce That grieflie Goddesse whose outrage doth Kinges and Countries pierce Drewe forth her bluddie blade Sets vp her Stander blacke And fenced with her fyerie Flagg to worke her wrakefull wracke Who can scape scotfree then that dares abyde the broyle The noble harte for honour fyghtes the Tyran huntes for spoyle The Cowarde crakes with woordes and hopes for happie daye Yet is he not the firste that strykes nor last that runnes away At point of harde distresse a hardie man is knowne At ratling shott or hunger sharpe a dastarde is downe throwne But when Bellona sawe the warlyke Englishe wyghtes That at this siege in Marciall actes affied their whole delyghtes Shee wondred as shee myght to see that all her rage Coulde by no meanes the haughtie hartes of Englishe men asswage Tryumphing Garlandes then with speede shee gan prepare To crowne those lustie Captaines all that had of her no care The nobles that were theare Shee gaue eche one a Crowne Adorning them by due desert with large and bryght renowne And then shee calles by name the rest to take their hyre Whiche was that they shoulde to the toppe of mounting Fame aspyre Sir Wilforde come thou first Receiue thy iust rewarde Thy hautie harte of furious foe had neuer yet regarde Sir Croftes come forth also to clayme thy worthie name Controll eche misse for so thou maiste Thou winnest the forte of Fame Sir Sellinger approche Thou setst thy Foe at naught Sir Wolstrap in the Arte of warre hath worthelye bene taught Sir Worseley was not worste but of the worthie wightes And thus Bellona made an ende of talking to her knyghtes Now Pellam that hath charge of Pellet and of Shott A Garlande had by due desert as lyghted to his lot And Dethicke dreading nought the daunger of his foe By polecie with prowes ioynde gaue oft the ouerthrowe Wood woulde not take the foyle at anye equall matche And Windam well coulde wynde the twist his wylye Foes to catche Fitzwilliams woulde not slacke to fyght for countrey soyle And Taylers trustie diligence sparde not for any toyle But Collbie knowes the cast the craking Scot to trayne His name in Scotlande is well knowne but to their often paine Tiberio tooke no care for his Italia lande But manfully among the rest did in the quarell stande And Whitten whet his witt eke playde his parte full stowte And Boothe woulde neuer balke the brunt of Frenche or Scottish rowte Pykeman past thorough the Pykes and proude a valyant man And Gam by prowes wonne the game that Frenchemen woulde haue wan So Garton he coulde guyde and garde his menne full well And Bagshot was no whitt abasht what chaunce soeuer fell As Ashleyes Auncent came with honour from the fielde So Aslaby wan good reporte to Foe he woulde not yelde Nowe Lawson is the laste yet not of lowest name But equall with his captayne mates that hath deserude good fame Thease Captaines and their men them selues so stoutly showde That Garlandes of still lasting Fame is now on them bestowde A Garlande is small gayne wheare lymmes and lyuing lacke I wishe the Souldier as my selfe to feele no kynde of wracke And suche as flowe in wealth and seese a Souldier pore I woulde he were in forefrunt set when rattlyng Canons rore Finis The Aucthor WHen Fame rang out her Larum bell of glorious golden sounde And blewe the blast of Princes actes whiche in her booke shee founde By her enrolde and Registred in Scroll of endlesse brute Whose memories shoulde neuer quayle vntill eche tung were mute This sownde of Bell and blast of Trompe was hearde to Parnas hill Where as Queene Caliop and her trayne do vse their cunning skill Theare myght you see these noble Nimphes throwe downe their Lawrell crownes With ruffeled heares outragiously to fling through Dales and Downes And gad more lyke to wandring wyghtes Then learned Ladies sure And euery one a Poet sought her Pen to put in vre At last by chaunce I met the Muse that wonts my quill to guyde who is the symplest of them all and when shee mee espyde All haile quod shee euen thou art hee whome I do nowe requyre Take Pen in sist without delaye to finishe my desyre For nowe it lyghteth to thy lot King Henryes faine to write And though thy Muse be verie base shrinke not for to endyte When thou hast done thy diligence The learnedst of our trayne To polyshe this that thou hast done will not shunne ne disdaine Alas quoth I my louing Muse T is far for mee vnfitt To write his due deserued Fame requyres a learned witt Shall Coridon take Harpe in hande where Orpheus is in place Arions pleasant melodie doth Pannes rude pype deface But all this myght not moue the Muse to alter her request Shee forced mee to take my Pen and so to do my best Thus brought shee mee to Hermon hill where heauenly dewe doth dwell And thear I wrote as shee mee taught God graunt it be Ful well FINIS Note The chiefest thing belonging to a king is to set forth gods glorie A mirror for all Princes Elizabeth Queene Exod. 17. By the Bore is ment k. Richard Concord a heauenly wyght The wordes of lady Concorde vnto Englande Ambition an enemie to all common wealthes A description of k. Henry the vii The daughter of king Edw. 4. The ende of lady concords Oration k Edward the fifth A lambe vnder the keeping of a Wolfe A doctor for the deuill A good sonne A condigne reward for such a tyraun An. Do. 1485. Bellona the goddesse of warre An. Regni 5. Turney Henry Norace An. Do. 1513. This field was it that we call flodden fielde An. do 1523. Unthankfull Scottes This conflicte was at a place called Solomosse This earle is he that was after Lords marques of Northapton Note 1548 A Cumbat The lawe of Armes A good reward yli be stowed but to maintains the lawe of Armes A hard shift A mournfull meeting A lustye Canuasado Note Note 1575. Imprinted at London in Fleete streate at the Temple gate by VVilliam Hoskins