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A43208	Englands chronicle, or, The lives & reigns of the kings and queens from the time of Julius Cæsar to the present reign of K. William and Q. Mary containing the remarkable transactions and revolutions in peace and war, both at home and abroad, as they relate to this kingdom, with the wars, policies, religion and customs, success and misfortunes as well of the ancient Britains, as Roman, Saxon, Danish, and Norman conquerors, with copper cuts and whatever else is conduceable to the illustration of history / by J. Heath.	Heath, James, 1629-1664.	1689 (1689)	Wing H1325; ESTC R29472	167,333	265

Tumba c. Here lies the Worlds fair Rose which once was sweet But faded now you no such savour meet He had likewise Morgan by another Concubine and in his time it reigned blood in the Isle of VVight for the space of two hours A great Earthquake happened and a Dragon of marvellous higness was discovered at St. Osyph in Essex another Earthquake happened that rent in pieces the Cathedral of Lincoln ●nd at Oxford in Sussex certain Fishermen drew up in their Net a hairy Creature out of the Sea in all proportions like a Man which was exposed to the ●ight of thousands living upon Flesh but in the end ●ole from his keepers and got to Sea again And his King it was that caused Leicester to be burnt the Walls raised the Castle demolished and the Inhabiants to be expulsed for their disobedience and taking ●art with his Enemies This King long strugling for a Throne at last The glitring Diadem he grasp'd so fast That Becket nor 's rebellious Sons nor Rome Could seize the Prize till death had found his 〈◊〉 The Reign and Actions of Richard the First King of England c. KIng Henry the Second being dead Richard his third Son for his strength and courage sirnamed Cour 〈◊〉 Leon or Lyons heart was crowned by Baldwin Arch-bishop of Canterbury and sworn to keep several Articles administred to him by the Peers advantagious to the Kingdom the Solemnity of his Coronation was at Westminster and was followed with much bloodshed in divers parts of the Nation for by the instigation of several Monks and Fryers the people in a tumultuous manner fell upon the Jews and upon some disgust made miserable havock of their Goods and slaughter of their Persons for which divers of the Ring-leaders were executed And now it being in the power of this King to put in practice what he had long determined viz. to pass into the Holy Land with an Army for the rescue of the oppressed Christians wherefore hearing that divers other Princes had determined the like he appointed VVliliam Longchamp Bishop of Ely his Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor and to him he joyned Hugh Bishop of Durham for the Conservation of the Northern parts Beyond Humber and with these he associated divers Temporal Lords concluding at the same time a Peace with the King of Scots so that supposing all safe a● home the next undertaking was to furnish his Navy which being done he put to Sea with a very grea● attendance not sparing to mortgage and sell severa● parcels of his Revenues and forced William d' Tur●ham his Fathers Treasurer to contribute 1100 pound to defray the Charges and that he might the bette● keep his Brother John in quiet during his absence h● appointed him for his maintenance the Revenue of Earldoms The King being on his way toward Palastine af●● he had wintered at Sicily passed towards Cyprus whe● finding some of his Ships that had put that into Island stress of Weather had been seized by the Cypriots and his men roughly used he sent to the King for reparation but that being denied him not without Threats if he did not depart the Haven our undaunted King not used to be braved beat the Defendants from the shoar and resolutely Landing seized the Island together with its King and appointing a Governour carried that King in Manacles of Gold to Ptolomais where the Christians lay at Siege taking by the way a great Argosey on board which was 1500 Sarazens and Turks furnished beside other things with Fire-works and Barrels of Venomous Serpents bound for Ptolomais since called Acon intending to disperse those Venomous Creatures amongst the Christians as they lay Incamped before the Town but King Richard caused them to be cast into the Sea and in the dispute there perished by the Sword and Waters for many voluntarily cast themselves over-board 1300 of the Sarazens c. The King by this time safely arrived at Ptolomais or Acon found it Besieged by sundry Nations under the Western Princes as Genoways Florentines Flemings Danes Almains Dutch Pisans Friez-landers Lombards and the English that had passed thither under Hubert Bishop of Sarum in the time of King Henry the Second as likewise the Knights Templers of European Nations beside the Asian Christians who made a gallant Army and soon after came Philip King of France and the Duke of Austria with a great Fleet whereupon a Council of the Princes was held concluding that part of the Force being left to maintain the Siege the rest should draw out to give Battle to the Saladine or King of the Turks and Sarazens who lay hovering on the Plains a few Leagues distant with 300000 Horse and Foot but they could not engage him to a fight yet falling upon his rear in his retreat they cut off a great number and took much spoil returning again to the Siege but the Saladine who knew the importance of this strong City followed with greater force but durst not attempt its relief yet in ravaging the Country have gotten at sundry times 1500 Christian captives he sent word If they did not raise the Siege he would cut them in pieces in the sight of the Army Whereupon King Richard sent a Trumpet commanding him to desist For if he put those Christians to death the prisoners in his Camp must expect the like treatment However upon the next assault the Saladine caused them to be put to death whose piteous cries piercing the Ears of King Richard he in a rage caused the Heads of 2500 of the Turks and Sarazen Captives to be sinitten off in the fight of the Enemies Camp and now a general assault was given where the English with showers of Arrows beating the Infidels from the Walls mounted with such resolution and bravery that nothing was able to resist them so that seconded by the rest the strong City of Ptolomais was taken and in the over-running the Streets a great number put to the Sword so that whilst the English were busie in repulsing the Enemy who made a great resistance the Austrians advanced the Standard of their Duke upon the Walls as if by the valour of a handful of men that important place had been taken which so far incensed King Richard that he threw it down and trampled it under foot which rais'd a mortal grudge in the Austrian Duke against our King nor did he rest till in some part he had given his anger vent which at that time he durst not express This place being taken and garrisoned by Christians the next design was upon the City of Jerusalem but Philip the French King envying the glory of the English drew off the greater part of his Army and returned to France the like did the Duke of Austria and divers of their faction not withstanding the prayers and intreaties of the Asian Christians who hoped by the prevailing Arms of these Western Princes to be delivered from the tyranny and oppression they had so long groaned under however King

Crown of France and Dutchy of Normandy c and in lieu thereof King John and his Son should for them and their Heirs release unto King Edward and his Heirs the entire Countrey of Aquitain Santogne and their Dependences c. That King John should pay 300000 Schuts of Gold each valued at six Shillings eight pence Sterling which Agreement was ratified at Calais but not all performed for now the Black Prince dying Anno 1377. in the 46th year of his Age and the King growing in years and sickly matters abroad were neglected and the French renewed their Encroachments nor did the King long survive the death of that dear Son for having appointed the Son of that Prince to succeed him in the Throne he dyed on the 21st of June Anno 377. in the 51st year of his Reign and was the 31st sole Monarch of England c. This Edward was King of England and France Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitain eldest Son to Edward the Second by Isabel his Queen Daughter to Philip the Fair King of France he dyed at Shene in Surry and was buried at Westminster his Wife was Philip Daughter to the Earl of Hanault and Holland by whom he had Issue Edward the Black Prince William of Hatfield Lionel Duke of Clarence John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster Edward Earl of Cambridge and Duke of York William of Windsor and Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester Isabel married to Ingelram of Guisnes Earl of Soysons and Arch Duke of Austria Joan espoused by proxy to Alphons the Eleventh King of Castile and Leon but dyed before the consummation of the Nuptials Blanch who dyed young Mary married to John Montfort Duke of Bretaigne and Margaret married to John de Hasting Earl of Pembroke He built many stately Fabricks settled the Wool Staple at Calais instituted the Order of the Garter restrained the Pope from conferring Benefices upon Strangers constituted Prince Edward his Son first Duke of Cornwall since inherent to the Eldest Son of the Kings of England in his time florished the famous John Wickliff who first openly and successfully opposed the Pope and exposed the manifest Errours of the Church of Rome Blazing Stars likewise appeared with continued Rains and a great Mortality through all Europe so vehemently that the Dead were more than the Living Thus the great Warrier after all his Toil From whom whilst living none could take the spoil Dropt in old Age and made the Grave his Bed Whom late the Nations did both love and dread The Reign and Actions of Richard the II. King of England c. THis Richard was Son to Edward the Black Prince he was crowned on the 21st of June 1377 in the eleventh Year of his Age but the Government growing out of Frame by reason of the King's Nonage and the Differences amongst the Nobility the French took the opportunity to invade some Sea coast Towns and the Scots were emboldened to enter England burning Roxborough and to augment the miseries of the English the Pestilence raged fearfully in the Northern parts so that the glorious Face of things seemed utterly to be changed but a better Accord ensuing the Earl of Northumberland regained Berwick and in the Year 1379. a Parliament being held at London where it was agreed that the more wealthy sort should be taxed for the King 's present occasions and the poorer exempted but this held not long for the next year another Parliament being called at Northamp●on a Poll Tax was agreed on that every Person of either Sex above the Age of Sixteen should pay 12 pence a head which was looked upon as so great a Grievance that many refused not only to pay it but took up Arms especially in Kent Surry Essex Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridge-shire under the Leading of those notorious Persons Jack Straw and Wat. Tyler who making no less than one hundred thousand came to London where the multitude sided with them and committed many outrages as burning the Priory of Saint John's the Duke of Lancaster's Palace at the Savoy us likewise the Archbishop of Canterbury's Goods at Lambeth defacing all Rolls Records and Writings wherever they found them as professing themselves great Enemies to the Law nor did this suffice but dragging the Archbishop then Chancellour of England and Sir Robert Hales Lord Prior of St. John's out of the Tower though the King was present they in a rude and barbarous manner heheaded them on logs of Timber with loud Shouts and Rejoicings and proceeded to exhibite many unreasonable Petitions yet necessity constrained the King either to dissemble their Insolence or grant them their Demands whereupon many dispersed went to their respective Habitations and the rest the King by his Proclamation ordered to meet him in Smithfield with promises of Satisfaction where in great numbers they came armed with a Messeline of Weapons headed by Wat. Tyler who in presence of the King using insolent Speeches and attempting to kill Sir John Newton for contradicting him William Walworth Lord Mayor of London being by and no longer able to endure such Arrogance after some Expressions of his Resentment stabbed Tyler with a Dagger which his companions perceiving prepared to take a bloudy Revenge but the King taking courage spurred forward commanding them to follow him declaring that he would be their Captain and in the mean while Walworth armed the Citizens and came with a thousand well appointed men bearing Tyler's Head on a Spear before them by which he so daunted the rout that they threw down their Weapons and besaught the King's Mercy with a Promise of future Obedience and Walworth for this Act was knighted with a Donative of one hundred pounds a year free Land and from this Action many will have it that the Dagger was added to the City Arms and soon after this Jack Straw and about 1500 others were executed upon the account of this Rebellion Straw at his death confessing that their Design was to murther the King and Nobles and set up petty Kings of their own chusing in every Shire The Nation being better at quiet the King bethought himself of Marrying and in order to it having treated with the Emperour Charles the Fourth for the Lady Anne his Daughter she was sent into England and the Nuptials were celebrated upon which a Peace with France ensued yet the Scots continued to invade the Northern parts though with various Success but this was not all for the King advancing divers persons of mean worth to the highest Dignities or at least the greatest Favours and places of Trust the Nobles began to murmur and fall off so that although a Parliament was called they would not grant the King any Aids unless his Favourites were removed or degraded which he could not well digest and therefore resolved to find out some other way to supply his Coffers in order to which he seized upon the Estates and Effects of sundry that had withdrawn themselves and consulting his Lawyers for his better justification

the Council at London ha● laid aside Queen Jane and Proclaimed Mary Queen whereupon most of his Forces deserting him h● threw up his Cap likewise and Proclaimed he Queen but this excused him not for he was soon after Arrested by the Lord Arundel and brought Prisoner to the Tower Queen Mary being com● to London and perceiving her self a little settled i● the Throne by reason many Noblemen and other had declared for her and raised Forces in her Defence she soon forgot or rather rejected the Promise she had made to the Suffolk men of not altering any thing in Religion setting at liberty the Popish Clergy and restoring them to their Benefices Imprisoning Bishop Ridley and Arch-Bishop Cranmer making Stephen Gardner the Inveterate Enemy of the Reformed Church Lord Chancellor by whose persuasion Northumberland was tryed and attainted of Treason when coming on the Scaffold deluded by the Popish Priest in hopes of Pardon he renounced the Protestant Religion for which he had before appeared so zealous and openly professed the Roman Catholick declaring it to be the truly ancient Religion but this meanness of Spirit in prostituting his Conscience availed him little for they shewd him a Popish Trick cuting his Head off notwithstanding his recantation with him dyed Sir John Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer and soon after the Queen was crowned at Westminster by Stephen Gardener Bishop of Winchester and a Parliament being called the Popish Party so over-ruled the rest that they were obliged to comply with them after a long refusal for the repealing an Act made in the Reign of Edward the Sixth Intituled an Act of Uniformity of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments so that the Papists got again into the Churches and finding their Power they began to wreck their revenge on those that had any ways opposed and crossed their purposes and now the Lady Jane and her Husband the Lord Guilford being tryed and condemned at Guild-Hall as guilty of Treason they were on the 12th of February 1553 beheaded the Lord Guilford on the Great Tower-Hill and the Lady Jane on the Green within the Tower both dying in the Reformed Church with admirable patience and firmness of mind declaring they suffered not for any Crime of their own but for the Crimes of others whose Ambition had driven them to take upon them the Sovereignty This Innocent Bloud satisfied not the Papists anger insomuch that they persuaded the Queen she could not be safe whilst the Duke of Suffolk lived and thereupon getting him attainted of Treason for conspiring to raise Rebellion and leavy War to hinder the Queens Marriage with Spain c. he was on the 23d of October beheaded and his Brother Thomas Grey beheaded the 23d of May following and now the Queen no longer desirous to li● alone a Marriage with Spain was concluded very advantageous to the Trade of the English ye● many fearing the Kingdom would be subjected or at least over-run by a Forreign Nation great Commotions were rais'd and the Kentish-men rise under the leading of Sir Thomas Wyat against whom the Duke of Norfolk being sent instead of Fighting most of his men Deserted and joyned with Wyat whereupon the Duke retired and Wyat advanced towards London demanding a disanulling the Match with Philip of Spain and that for security the Tower and other places should be put into his hands which obliged the Queen to leave the Palace and betake her self to London where many Consult were held in the Guild-Hall and the Queen in those Councils declared her right to the Crown Magnifying the Advantages that would Accrue by the Match with Spain and encouraging the Londoners to stand by her against her Rebells however Wyat advancing and Treaties proving ineffectual the Earl of Pembroke was made General and 100 l ● Year Land promised to him and his Heirs for even that should bring Wyat alive or Dead however h● fortified Southwark and attempted with his great Guns and about 5000 men under 14 Ensigns to force London-Bridge but finding the Draw-Bridge cut away and the further part strongly guarded b● the Citizens and others and at the same time moved by the Tears and Intreaties of the Inhabitant of Southwark many of whose Houses were beate● down by the Tower Guns he marched round by Kingstone upon Thames and there though part o● the Bridge was broken down and Guarded he gai●ed a Pass but coming too late to London by staying to remount a great Gun he was furiously charged by the Earl of Pembroke and others yet he broke through and marched with one Party to Ludgate whilst another Party assaulted the Court but finding no Enterance he retired with his small Number but was stopped at Temple-bar and being by Clarencieux King at Arms required to submit to the Queens Mercy he surrendered him and was carried behind Sir Maurice Berkly to the Court and from thence sent to the Tower and on the 11th of April 1554 he was beheaded on Tower-hill where he much bewaled his misfortune and cleared the Princess Elizabeth and the Lord Courtney by declaring their Innocence as to their having any hand in his undertaking About 50 of his Followers suffered in and about London and about as many in divers parts of Kent and 400 went through the City with Halters about their Necks to White-Hall where the Queen from a Gallery pronounced their pardon Queen Mary finding her Endeavours fruitless to bring over the Princess Elizabeth her Sister to the Popish Superstition resolved to use violence and hereupon sent Commissioners to her Mannor of Ashbridge where she resided to bring her live or dead to London and accordingly she was brought Prisoner in a very sick and weak condition and sent from White-Hall to the Tower under pretence of holding Correspondence with Wyat and others where she was kept very close and strict and on the 9th of May removed to Woodstock where hearing a Milk-Maid sing merrily over her Pail in the Park she preferred the mean contented condition of that Maid before her own wishing her self in her State The Princess by the usage she received looking for no less than to be made away adicted her self to Devotion when she was not under Examination for Gardener and others of the Popish Crew that laboured for her Death spared no pains to sift her and examined some persons against her even by Torture but finding nothing Criminal Gardener to insnare her in Matters of Conscience pressed her to Declare her Opinion about the corporal presence in the Sacrament to which the Witty Princess warrily reply'd Christ was the Word that sp●ke it He took the Bread and brake it And what the Word did make it That I believe and take it And although when she was in the Tower Gardner privately and without the Queens knowledge signed a Warrant for her Execution which had taken effect had not the Lieutenant's Scruples prevented it by going to the Queen and the Bords of her Chamber were Fired under her As likewise