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church_n in_o the_o world_n be_v now_o fall_v upon_o your_o head_n together_o soon_o 112._o soon_o frois_fw-fr c._n 216._o fol._n 112._o after_o this_o man_n creation_n king_n john_n hear_v news_n that_o peter_n of_o lusignan_n king_n of_o cyprus_n intend_v short_o to_o come_v to_o avignon_n to_o give_v his_o holiness_n a_o visit_n and_o that_o in_o order_n thereto_o he_o have_v already_o pass_v the_o sea_n whereupon_o he_o resolve_v to_o tarry_v still_o at_o avignon_n till_o his_o come_v be_v very_o desirous_a to_o see_v he_o because_o of_o the_o great_a renown_n he_o have_v hear_v of_o he_o both_o for_o his_o valour_n and_o piety_n and_o particular_o of_o the_o great_a honour_n he_o have_v win_v in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o saracen_n and_o that_o among_o other_o his_o success_n he_o have_v late_o take_v from_o they_o sattalia_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o pamphylia_n and_o
m.s._n p._n 562._o 562._o 60._o &_o st_n tho._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr more_n p._n 7._o l._n 28._o revoke_v all_o fugitive_n and_o exul_n set_v at_o liberty_n all_o prisoner_n and_o malefactor_n through_o the_o realm_n who_o themselves_o and_o their_o friend_n flock_v to_o london_n make_v no_o small_a addition_n to_o her_o force_n moreover_o the_o politic_a queen_n 59_o queen_n sr_n th._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr more_n p._n 6._o l._n 44._o speed_v ibid._n ibid._n 59_o give_v out_o that_o the_o pope_n have_v curse_v all_o her_o enemy_n and_o their_o abettor_n and_o for_o that_o end_n there_o be_v then_o with_o she_o in_o her_o camp_n two_o cardinal_n his_o legate_n tho'_o in_o truth_n there_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n but_o however_o this_o report_n serve_v to_o amuse_v those_o who_o be_v to_o be_v awe_v by_o devotion_n and_o as_o for_o other_o who_o terror_n may_v dismay_v her_o number_n be_v make_v formidable_a and_o her_o ibid._n her_o st_n tho._n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr more_n p._n 6._o l._n 40._o speed_v ibid._n force_n excessive_o enhance_v by_o rumour_n beside_o it_o be_v give_v out_o that_o the_o king_n of_o france_n be_v ready_a to_o follow_v with_o innumerable_a force_n to_o his_o sister_n aid_n and_o after_o all_o this_o which_o be_v the_o usual_a method_n of_o treason_n only_a reformation_n and_o the_o public_a good_a be_v pretend_v for_o the_o queen_n cause_v to_o be_v proclaim_v that_o none_o shall_v fear_v the_o least_o harm_n or_o injury_n but_o only_o those_o who_o be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o common_a enemy_n of_o the_o king_n or_o kingdom_n to_o wit_n the_o two_o spencer_n father_n and_o son_n robert_n baldock_n 425._o baldock_n ità _fw-la philipot_n catal._n chancel_n p._n 34._o speed_v p._n 562._o bp._n godwin_n dubitat_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la negate_fw-la catal._n bps._n p._n 425._o than_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n and_o the_o king_n chancellor_n walter_n stapleton_n bishop_n of_o excoster_n with_o their_o favourer_n who_o be_v call_v the_o author_n of_o these_o 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for_o any_o probable_a resistance_n after_o a_o few_o vain_a attempt_n to_o escape_v and_o to_o lie_v conceal_v he_o be_v take_v and_o secure_v in_o kenelworth_n castle_n where_o he_o remain_v that_o winter_n without_o know_v what_o will_v happen_v to_o he_o but_o in_o the_o parliament_n meet_v at_o westminster_n in_o january_n he_o be_v depose_v as_o we_o show_v before_o and_o his_o son_n as_o his_o next_o heir_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o admit_v to_o the_o crown_n the_o disloyal_a and_o ungrateful_a 881._o ungrateful_a walsingh_n hist_o p._n 107._o n._n 10._o churchill_n divi_z britan._n 38._o holinshead_n engl._n chren_n p._n 881._o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n thereupon_o preach_v to_o the_o assembly_n from_o these_o word_n vox_fw-la populi_n vox_fw-la dei_fw-la which_o text_n have_v since_o in_o our_o day_n be_v resume_v to_o the_o same_o ungodly_a purpose_n but_o yet_o even_a this_o assembly_n which_o consist_v most_o of_o such_o as_o have_v offend_v beyond_o hope_n of_o mercy_n ibid._n mercy_n holinshead_n ibid._n the_o few_o honest_a not_o dare_v to_o contradict_v they_o public_o and_o solemn_o protest_v that_o the_o depose_v king_n shall_v no_o way_n be_v violate_v or_o injure_v in_o his_o person_n but_o attend_v as_o a_o prince_n all_o his_o day_n with_o a_o honourable_a and_o sufficient_a allowance_n and_o thus_o indeed_o he_o live_v for_o a_o while_n with_o good_a comfort_n save_v that_o he_o want_v the_o company_n of_o his_o queen_n who_o he_o entire_o love_v but_o etc._n but_o sr_n tho._n de_o la_o more_o vid._n article_n 9_o contra_fw-la mortimer_n rot._n 4._o ed._n 3._o etc._n etc._n all_o his_o sweet_a invitation_n by_o letter_n be_v frustrate_v by_o the_o vigilance_n of_o mortimer_n who_o persuade_v the_o queen_n that_o his_o intent_n be_v only_o to_o murder_n she_o if_o once_o he_o can_v get_v she_o into_o his_o power_n and_o oftentimes_o the_o old_a king_n 215._o king_n grafton_n p._n 217._o &_o m._n s._n vet._n angl._n in_o bibl._n c._n c._n c._n c._n 215._o will_v say_v to_o his_o keeper_n wherein_o have_v i_o offend_v isabel_n my_o wife_n or_o edward_n my_o son_n who_o they_o have_v now_o make_v king_n that_o neither_o of_o they_o will_v let_v i_o speak_v with_o they_o or_o so_o much_o as_o see_v their_o face_n and_o still_o those_o who_o wait_v on_o he_o ibid._n he_o id._n p._n 213._o &_o m.s._n id_fw-la ibid._n be_v then_o person_n of_o honour_n and_o good_a fashion_n answer_v he_o most_o worthy_a lord_n be_v not_o displease_v if_o we_o declare_v the_o truth_n unto_o your_o highness_n it_o be_v because_o they_o be_v both_o make_v to_o believe_v that_o you_o intend_v to_o stab_n or_o strangle_v or_o some_o other_o way_n to_o destroy_v the_o queen_n your_o lady_n and_o your_o son_n if_o you_o can_v get_v they_o into_o your_o hand_n alas_o alas_o reply_v the_o king_n be_o not_o i_o here_o as_o a_o prisoner_n and_o not_o in_o my_o own_o power_n but_o at_o your_o disposal_n god_n be_v my_o witness_n i_o never_o have_v so_o bad_a a_o thought_n but_o i_o will_v to_o god_n i_o may_v leave_v this_o world_n that_o so_o i_o may_v end_v all_o my_o fear_n and_o trouble_n together_o this_o be_v the_o great_a of_o his_o misery_n and_o which_o he_o lay_v most_o to_o heart_n that_o he_o be_v never_o visit_v either_o by_o his_o wife_n or_o any_o of_o his_o child_n but_o even_o this_o affliction_n the_o distress_a prince_n bear_v with_o christian_a courage_n and_o equanimity_n and_o by_o accustom_v his_o mind_n to_o patience_n and_o contemplation_n he_o begin_v now_o to_o be_v in_o love_n with_o that_o easy_a and_o retire_a life_n the_o sweet_n whereof_o he_o never_o before_o have_v taste_v the_o very_a verse_n which_o he_o be_v etc._n be_v daniel_n hist_o p._n 218._o &_o ant._n wood_n antiqu._n ox._n l._n 1._o p._n 101._o &_o l._n 2._o p._n 103._o &_o catal._n heno_n p._n 158._o &_o fabian_n p._n 185._o sic_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la damnum_fw-la mihi_fw-la contulit_fw-la 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abject_a wretch_n trample_v down_o if_o fortune_n once_o on_o his_o endeavour_n frown_v that_o hand_n that_o once_o do_v grace_n to_o all_o dispense_n can_v move_v no_o heart_n to_o a_o remorseful_a sense_n that_o royal_a face_n who_o smile_n afford_v bliss_n with_o cloud_n of_o dark_a dishonour_n blacken_v be_v my_o vassals-once_a do_v spurn_v i_o now_o and_o those_o who_o i_o esteem_v my_o friend_n do_v prove_v my_o foe_n oh_o who_o that_o hear_v how_o once_o they_o praise_v my_o name_n will_v think_v that_o from_o those_o tongue_n these_o slander_n come_v but_o sinful_a soul_n why_o do_v thou_o thus_o repine_v when_o just_o humble_v by_o the_o hand_n divine_a a_o father_n scourge_n be_v for_o our_o profit_n mean_v i_o see_v thy_o rod_n and_o lord_n i_o be_o content_a chide_v i_o my_o father_n till_o thou_o will_v give_v over_o afflict_v till_o thou_o be_v please_v to_o restore_v
to_o favour_n and_o seem_o pardon_v but_o the_o lord_n henry_n beaumond_n sr._n thomas_n rosselin_n sr._n william_n trussel_n and_o sr._n thomas_n withers_n as_o not_o be_v include_v in_o this_o pardon_n or_o not_o dare_v to_o trust_v to_o it_o be_v fain_o to_o fly_v the_o land_n till_o the_o death_n of_o mortimer_n for_o to_o these_o man_n he_o be_v implacable_a they_o be_v the_o first_o person_n who_o begin_v bold_o to_o challenge_v he_o for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o old_a king_n though_o some_o of_o they_o have_v be_v concern_v in_o his_o deposal_n for_o which_o this_o new_a earl_n of_o march_n will_v glad_o have_v have_v a_o full_a revenge_n upon_o they_o but_o however_o upon_o this_o their_o flight_n he_o get_v many_o good_a parcel_n of_o their_o land_n and_o possession_n to_o be_v siese_v on_o for_o the_o king_n use_n in_o name_n but_o for_o his_o own_o in_o reality_n v._o here_o because_o the_o foresay_a henry_n lord_n beaumond_n be_v not_o only_o mention_v on_o these_o great_a account_n already_o but_o must_v challenge_v much_o more_o to_o be_v say_v of_o he_o hereafter_o as_o also_o that_o it_o may_v be_v see_v what_o kind_n of_o man_n this_o proud_a mortimer_n level_v his_o aim_n at_o and_o that_o i_o may_v at_o the_o same_o time_n do_v right_a to_o the_o posterity_n of_o that_o noble_a personage_n i_o shall_v not_o here_o think_v it_o amiss_o brief_o to_o touch_v at_o his_o original_a most_o of_o those_o that_o mention_v his_o pedigree_n bring_v his_o descent_n from_o lewis_n son_n to_o charles_n earl_n of_o anjou_n 〈◊〉_d anjou_n dugd._n bar._n 2_o vol._n p_o 50._o 〈◊〉_d a_o young_a son_n to_o lewis_n the_o eight_o king_n of_o france_n which_o lewis_n son_n of_o charles_n be_v lord_n of_o beaumond_n in_o france_n beget_v of_o his_o lady_n agnes_n de_fw-fr beaumond_n this_o valiant_a lord_n henry_n beaumond_n and_o his_o sister_n isabella_n who_o be_v wife_n to_o john_n lord_n vesci_n of_o alnwick_n in_o northumberland_n and_o be_v call_v kinswoman_n to_o queen_n eleanor_n that_o virtuous_a consort_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o this_o lord_n henry_n marry_v the_o lady_n alice_n one_o of_o the_o cousin_n and_o coheir_n to_o john_n cumin_n earl_n of_o boghan_n or_o bucquain_n and_o constable_n of_o scotland_n in_o who_o title_n he_o afterward_o obtain_v that_o honour_n but_o whereas_o there_o be_v some_o who_o by_o mistake_n bring_v this_o worthy_a much_o late_a into_o england_n in_o the_o company_n of_o queen_n isabel_n king_n edward_z the_o three_o mother_n this_o their_o error_n arise_v we_o presume_v from_o those_o passage_n of_o froisard_n which_o make_v such_o frequent_a mention_n of_o the_o lord_n beaumont_n assist_v that_o queen_n when_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o he_o mean_v there_o the_o lord_n john_n of_o heinalt_n who_o be_v also_o call_v lord_n beaumond_n from_o another_o place_n of_o that_o name_n in_o heinalt_n and_o beside_o this_o lord_n be_v 12._o be_v dugd._n 2_o vol._n p._n 51._o claus_n 20._o ed._n 2._o m._n 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