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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06147	A brief discourse of the most renowned actes and right valiant conquests of those puisant princes, called the nine worthies wherein is declared their seuerall proportions and dispositions, and what armes euerie one gaue, as also in what time ech of them liued, and how at the length they ended their liues. Compiled by Richard Lloyd gentleman.	Lloyd, Richard, gentleman.	1584 (1584)	STC 16634; ESTC S119668	23,584	52

A briefe discourse of the most renowned actes and right valiant conquests of those puisant Princes called the Nine worthies WHEREIN IS DECLARED their seuerall proportions and dispositions and what Armes euerie one gaue as also in what time ech of them liued and how at the length they ended their liues Compiled by RICHARD LLOYD Gentleman ¶ Imprinted at London by R. Warde dwelling at the signe of the Talbot neere vnto Holburne Conduit 1584. THOMAS BROMLE To God giue honour due feare him aboue all things He is the Lord of Lords and onelie King of Kings Obey the Princes lawes the poore do not denie Make peace where discord is remember you must die Auoyde vnruled wrath iudge iustlie to ech wight Set naught by worldly pelfe in the respect of right Be stout vnto the proud and gentle to the meeke Reproue the wicked sorte reuengement do not seeke Of flattering toongs beware let none your secrets kno Manie seeme a freend yet proue a verie fo Looke you attempt nothing but wey the end before Eschue ech vice and loue ech vertue euermore TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND MY GOOD LORD and Maister Sir Thomas Bromley Knight Lord Chauncellour of England and one of hir highnes priuie counsell PErusing ouer sundry bookes of volumes large and great Which of the worthy feates of Fame Martial actes intreat Of mightie Princes of the world accomplished of yore In diuers kingdomes vpon earth and countreis heretofore I finde in auncient Histories by learned men laid downe The conquestes of the Worthies nyne to be of most renowne Who are by famous Register enrowled in record The greatest and mightiest conquerers and Worthies of the world As well for their couragiousnes as magnanimities Their valiantnes their wisdomes rare and Princely pollicies As for the wonders maruelous and miracles also In their exploytes and their affaires which God for them did show How God exalted them on hie to earthly dignitie And gaue them Kings and kingdomes by tryumphant victorie Appointing them to be his scourge the wicked to confound And their vnrighteous seede vnroote with sword from of the ground How God remained to the end with them that godly weare And prospered all their attempts which him did loue and feare How other were amid their pryde in highest roome of all For that they had forgotten God brought to a sodaine fall As for example Iosua the Iudge of Israell The first of all these conquerers in vertue did excell And doughtie Dauid in like sort in whom God did delight From shepheard being made a King was righteous in Gods sight And noble Iudas Machabeus these three Iewes by byrth And feared God continually while they did liue on earth Wherfore the Lord wrought miracles vpon their enemies As shalbe afterwardes discust heere in these Histories Then Hector fearce the Phrigian Prince and Alexander great And Iulius Caesar painyms all their God they did forgeat For which amid their most estate when they were highest of all Ambicion Pride and Auarice gaue each of them a fall Then Arthur Charle-mayne and Guy were christians as I gesse The one was plagde in his most pompe for his lasciuiousnesse The other two were godly men wherfore they dyed well As in their seuerall Histories the Sequell plaine doth tell A briefe of all whose liues I haue in meeter with my pen Compiled out of sundry bookes of famous learned men And as I read of them also according to my skill I haue all their proportions depainted with my quill And drawne the armes and cognisaunce in euery seuerall shield Which when they liued vpon the earth they bare vnto the field The yeare time where they did raigne and when where they died And what they were enclined too I haue herein discried Beseeching that your honour wil accept in gentle part This litle booke which I present to shew my faithfull hart And when your leasure so shall serue vouchsafe I humbly craue To read it ouer once or twise and where I erred haue That crime or fault committed so let ignorance excuse Blame not the man that meaneth well but blame his simple Muse Record the matter in your minde although this style be base Then shall your Lordship plainly see before your present face A myrror of mans mortall life by them compared right Which well may be a looking glasse to euery liuing wight And chiefly to the higher sort whom God shall please t'aduance In any wise here vpon earth to rule or gouernaunce To learne therby to know the Lord who liues eternally Not to forget their owne estates through pride nor surquedry To abandon wicked vice away and vertue to embrace That to their latter end they may run out a happy race Thus humbly I do take my leaue and hartily do pray That God will graunt you Nestors yeares in vertues honour ay Your humble Seruant Richard Lloyd ❧ A description of the bodily proportion of the Nine worthies with what Armes euerie one of them gaue IOsua was of good stature strong and hardy to endure In iudgement iust godly and wise and cruell to his enemies Right fortunate and happy in fight in vertue was his whole delight He bare sables into fielde a Batte displayed in his shield HEctor was indifferent tall well compact and strong withall Courteous quicke and deliuere of might in armes a very goodly Knight His head was white and curld I finde his beard was white he was sandblinde And somewhat he did lispe also a gentler wight no man might know He bare two Lyons combatand or in asure I vnderstand DAuid was but little of bone in courage stout as any one Of his complexion browne was he addicted vnto venerie With goodly eyes the scripture tell this man in wisedome did excell And was both godly and fortunate and courteous to euery estate He bare a harpe for his ensine or in asure as bookes define ALexander as I reade of person was not tall in deed But made after the middle sort and of a very princely port Quicke and nimble swift and light valiant fearce and happy in fight Of his complexion white and redde on the left side bowing his head Very proud and liberall and giuen much to wine withall This puisant prince and conqueror bare in his shield a Lyon or Which sitting in a chaire hent a battel axe in his paw argent IVdas Machabeus was strong bigge of limbes square and long Of noble courage godly and wise forward against his enemies Fortunate and happie in fight meeke and gentle to each wight In field two Rauens he did beare in pale proper which sables were IVlius Caesar sklender was and leane likewise of body and face Pale and megre to beholde wise and learned stout and bolde Ambitious and hauty of minde of nature courteous and kinde Displayed an Eagle he did beare sables in or as may appeare ARthur was of body square of visage grim and full of haire Strong and bold and liberall of nature gentle ouer all And