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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

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

Inroads into the Northern parts which caused King Edward to draw together a great Power composed as well of Foreign Nations as of English and marched against them But several of the disaffected Lords under pretence that the King had not ratified the promised Liberties and Priviledges refused to assist him so that for want of good conduct though the English exceeded the Scots in number yet coming to a Battel at Banocksbourn near Streveling the English were overthrown more by stratagem than plain force for the Scots having digged pits and set up sharp stakes in them cover'd them over with Earth and Hurdles so that the English Horse charging furiously their weight broke the Hurdles and there goring on the stakes became useless being in that manner killed on all sides by Scottish Archers who let fly at them as thick as Hail Upon this discomfiture the King was resolved to die in the Field and much perswasions were used to induce him to save himself by retiring In this Battel fell the Earl of Glocester and the Lord Clifford and about 700. Knights and Esquires and as Modes Accountans relates 6000. common Soldiers though the Scotch Historian will have it 15000. The King being retired to York resolved to raise a new Army to revenge this dishonour but such was the perverseness of his Nobility that it came to nothing yet the Scots heightned with this success attempting to win Ireland were overthrown and Edward Brother to King Robert who had caused himself to be Crowned King slain And now the King having lost his Privado or second self to whom he might open the Cabinet of his thoughts to supply the Room of Gavistone began to settle his affections on Hugh D' Spencer Lord Chamberlain and so doated on him as likewise on his Son for his sake that all things moved by their advice which more inraged the discontented Lords than the actions of Gavistone had done especially when they perceived two to spring up in the room of one Yet so far the Lords prevailed that they procured their banishment but not long for the Earl of Lancaster and the Lords of his Faction taking up Arms the King was resolved to maintain his Regal Authority though with the loss of his Life And therefore marched against them who now upon some distaste given were deprived of the Queens mediation and thereupon commandment was given for the reversion of the Sentence against the Spencers which was performed at London by the Arch-bishop of Canterbury and his Suffragan And now the King having increased his Power followed hard upon the Lords and caused Lancaster to draw off his Army from Burton upon Trent and march towards Burrowbridges when in the way several of the Lords of his Faction left him and threw themselves upon the Kings Mercy amongst whom was the Traitour Mortimer Lancaster with his retinue being arrived at Burrow-Bridges was there stopped by Andrew D' Hackerly Captain of Carlile and Simon Ward Captain of York who had gathered great forces in those parts and there after some parly he and the Lords of his Faction surrendred themselves When three days after the King came with all his Forces and Erected a Court of Justice where the Earl of Lancaster and most of the Lords and Barons that were taken being Sentenced as Traitours were shortly after Executed besides a number of the meaner sort though contrary to the Kings own inclination as many suppose by his afterwards bewailing the Death of his near Kinsman the Earl of Lancaster Things being at this pass the Queen began to conceive high displeasure at the proceedings of the Spencers who had prevailed with the King to abridge her allowance whereupon she complained that she was rather kept as a waiting Woman than a Queen or Heir of France and at that time Charles the Fifth King of France seeking occasion of quarrel against the English took this advantage and secretly dealt with the Queen to obtain leave to come to his Court and to bring with her Prince Edward her Son which she effected and at the same time the Lord Mortimer having corrupted his Keepers or as some will have it by giving them a sleepy Potion got out of the Tower and fled into France Where upon the Queens arrival he became of her Cabinet Council and otherwise more familiar than either became her honour or his duty as in place convenient will appear These things happening and great differences arising between the two Nations Queen Isabel taking the advantage solicited her Husband that she might go over to mediate and reconcile the business which request of hers was seconded by the Lord Spencer who perswaded the King from going over to secure his possessions in Normandy in person upon no other account then that he was afraid to stay behind him Upon this intercession of the Spencers the King consents to the Queens desire and all things were prepared to transport her where indeed upon her arrival she so sar prevailed with her Brother that matters of debate ceased upon condition that King Edward should give to his Son the Dutchy of Aquitaine and Earldom of Pontine which was accorded to and the Prince sent over to do Homage to his Uncle for them though to the utter undoing of the King his Father for now the Plot began which in the end dispossessed him of his Crown and Life though coloured under a pretence of ruining the Spencers which specious pretext drew many who would otherwise have been unwilling to have ●ngaged The Prince having payed his Homage to Charles D' Volois King of France was together with Queen Isabel his Mother sent for back but the conspiracy not yet having taken root she made many trivial excuses to delay time which Walter Stapleton Bishop of Exeter who attended on the Prince perceiving and having had some knowledge of the frequent Councils that were held and seeing the Kings Enemies in such favour with the Queen amongst whom Mortimer was chief he as in duty bound secretly returned and advertised the King of the imminent danger who thereupon solicited though to no purpose the King of France to send over his Wife and Son Whereupon he unadvisedly caused them to be proclaimed Enemies to the Kingdom and banished them with all their adherents Which discovery and Sentence of Banishment so nettled the Queen and her Accomplices that after some feigned submission she resolved by open force to enter the Land and thereupon without the consent of her Husband or the Peers of England she affianced her Son Prince Edward to the Lady Philippa Daughter to the Earl of Hanault and with the Money of her Portion levied Soldiers in Germany and other places Upon notice of these proceedings the King thought it time to strengthen himself and therefore set forth his Navy which scouring the narrow Seas brought in a Hundred and twenty French Prizes as likewise he fortified the Sea-Ports and put Garisons into the places that stood most advantagious to hinder the landing of a

Joy that not a Cloud of Discontent appeared upon the Brow of any but such is the Malice of the Powers of Darkness to hinder the progress of the Gospel which in his Pious Reign whilst he absolutely weiled the Sword of Justice spread so wide that the like no Age had parallel'd was not wanting to raise such Pestilential Whirlwinds of Discontent or rather Treasonable Intentions as overturned all order and Government bedewing Albions Surface with Blood and lastly with that more valuable then Ten thousand vulgar lives and to accomplish it the Monsters his Agents a while sought by underhand means but at last finding the Rabble moulded for their purpose they appeared bare faced and inveighed against his Favourites and first of all the Duke of Buckingham who at length was Murthered by one Felton basely and treacherously at Portsmouth for which the Murtherer was deservedly hanged in Chains The next thing was to object against the Legality of Ship-Money though Twelve of the Judges were of opinion that the Land being in danger of an Invasion the King at any time with the advice of his Counsel might leavy Money to defend it without intrenching upon Priviledge of Parliament for indeed if such a thing might not be the Nation might be over-run with a Forreigne Enemy before money in a Parliamentary way could be raised to defend it yet these were but slight Cavels for what happened afterward for they openly encouraged the Scots to Rebel and act such Insolencies that the like happened not in that Kingdom before in the age of Man Sacriledge and Murther being counted Trifles and although they in Parliament denyed the King any supply for his urgent occasions yet for their dear Rebel Bretheren of Scotland in recompence for the mischief they had done in Church and State they voated them 100000 pounds and to shew themselves better than their words soon after added 200000 more and then fell to Impeach the noble Earl of Strafford of High-Treason as many believed upon no other account then that he was the Kings Favourite and so far proceeded in their pernicious Designs by raising Tumults with Clubs and Stalves to assault the Kings Pallace crying out Justice against the Earl and no Bishops that the King though not without the Earls consent thinking to appease those Blood thirsty Wretches after his Attaindure Signed a Bill for his Execution which on the 12 of May 1841 was Executed on Tower-Hill his Majesty being greatly averse to that Fatal Trajedy and at the same time O the Indulgence of this Blessed Prince Signed another Bill for the Houses siting till they should consent to be dissolved which they turned to his destruction for having got the Millitia into their Hands they Armed against him and to them joyned such Rake-Hells as they could scrape together of all Religions as Anabaptists Independants Quakers Presbyters Brownists Ranters Advanities Socinians and what not all fit Instruments of Hells to hew down the Ceeder of Monarchy and Imbrew the Earth with Blood of her Sons Upon this and many other affronts the King sets up his Standard at Nottingham after his having been denyed entrance into Hull by the disloyal Knight Sir John Hotham who had a Reward for his Treason the just Judgment of God soon overtook him for both he and his Son were soon after Beheaded by their Rebellious Masters Command viz. The Parliament for to please whom he had manifestly broken his Oath to his Prince And now all being in a Combustion and no likelyhood of deciding matters but by the Sword though nothing was wanting on his Majesties part that might conduce to a Peace and happy Reconcilliation many dreadful Battels were Fought wherein the success was various till most of the Flower of the English Nobillity were Lost and the King left destitute of Mony and other such necessaries as are Rightfully termed the Sinns of War Fortune who rightfully is painted Blind turned the Scale of Victory and success till no considerable place of Strength but Oxford was left him where finding no concessions would mollifie the Flinty temper of his implacable Enemies he after some consultation with his Council resolved rather than to hazard being obliged to such hard conditions as a close Seige might extort to Fly to the Scotch Army who were in the Parliaments pay and from some of whose perfidious chief he had received several kind Invitations which he effected in the disguise of a Serving-Man and found it Incamped at South-well where he was first kindly entertained with promise of Protection but Treacherous Villains as they were and be it a Brand to their Posterity for ever rather then loose their Arrears due from the Parliament they delivered up their lawful Soveraign the best of Kings to the dispose of his merciless Enemies but Heavens vengeance delayed not to such perfidious dealing for soon after all Scotland was put into a Bloody Sweat by the Usurper The King being in the Hands of his Enemies was Imprisoned at Holmby where having stayed some time he was taken thence by Collonel Joyce and carryed to Childersly thence to Newark and so by several Stages till he came to Hampton-Court where a Treaty was proposed though nothing less intended for at that very time the Tub-thumpers fearing if the King should be restored they should loose their canting Trade bauled out nothing but Death and desolation saying Not words but rhe Sword shall end the Controversie and placing a hundred Bugbears before the Peoples Eyes to render them averse to any compliance but there cant availed not for such was the Gracious concessions of this good King that they were highly approved of by many and therefore Cromwell and his Faction fearing it should come to perfection layed a Plot to fright the King from Hampton-Court by possessing him under pretence of Friendship that there was a design against his Life which was so Hypocritically demonstrated to him by Collonel Whaly that the King leaving Letters behind him to signifie the cause of his departure he in the Company and by the advice of Mr. Ashburnham and others departed about midnight none endeavouring to Impeach his passage the Plot being before hand so layed and in the end came into the Isle of Wight of which Collonel Hammond was made Governour who being Brother to his Majesties Chaplain he thought he might the better confide in him but as disloyal as he was he proved perfidious to his distressed Majesty for upon the Parliaments publishing their Order to make it Treason for any that concealed his Person he secured him and sent them notice thereof Upon this the King Writes to the Parliament giving them more fully to understand the reasons of his departure and that he was still desirous that the Treaty of Peace might be continued and that he would consent to any thing that in Honour and conscience he might do so that after many messages had passed the Treaty was renewed wherein the Kings extraordinary Wisdom appeared and his Princely Goodness so far