battail of Edge hill was fought an reg 17. After many battels at Newbery Marston Moore Naseby and other places the King was quite worsted and enforced to fly to the Scots an reg 22. The King being sold to the English by the Scots was brought from the Isle of Wight and being tryed by a High Court of Iustice was beheaded before the gates of Whitehal an reg 23. XXV Oliver Cromwel Protector AFter the death of King Charles Oliver Cromwel having made himself famous by many great atchievements was chosen to be Generalissimo of the Common-wealth of England in the place of the Lord Fairfax and advancing into Ireland he took Drogheda by storm and pursuing his victories he became absolute master of that Nation anno 1649. and 1650. The great battail at Dunbar was fought where the Scots were totally overthrown two and twenty great guns taken and arms for fifteen thousand men an 1651. The arms of the Crown of England and statues of King Charles were put down by order of Parliament 1651. Mr. Love the Minister and Mr. Gibbons were beheaded both on Tower hill 1651. The great battail at Worcester where the young King of Scotland was overthrown an 1652. Many great battails at sea betwixt English and Hollanders 1652. and 1953. The Lord General Cromwel was declared and sworn Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland 1654. The Hollanders obtained peace of the English 1654. A BRIEF ABSTRACT OF All the wonders and remarkable passages since William the Conquerour till the Raign of King Charles Written for the benefit of posterity To the Reader REader I have taken pains to abstract out of the Chronicle all the remarkable wonders and passages of concernment from William the Conqueror to the raign of King Charles I hope thou art not so ignorant but that thou wilt find it and grant it useful for us and our posterity hereafter Vale. Wonders and remarkable passages William Conquerour An. Reg. 3 An. Dom. 1069 A Gelricus Bishop of Durham being accused of treason was imprisoned at Westminster An. Reg. 4 Such a dearth was in England that men did eat horses cats dogs and mans flesh An. Dom. 1070 An. Reg. 5 King William bereaved all the Monasteries and Abbies of England of their gold and silver sparing neither Challice nor Shrine An. Dom. 1075 An. Reg. 10 Walter Bishop of Durham bought of King William the Earldome of Northumberland wherein he used such cruelty that the inhabitants slew him An. Dom. 1076 An. Reg. 11 The earth was hard frozen from the middest of November to the midd'st of April An. Dom. 1077 An. reg 12 Upon Palm Sunday about noon appeared a blazing Star neer unto the Sun An. Dom. 1078 An. reg 13 This year King William builded the Tower of London An. Dom. 1079 An. reg 14 Thurstone Abbot of Glassenbury in his Church caused three monks to be slain and eighteen men to be wounded that their blood ran down from the Altar to the steps An. Reg. 15 This year was a great wind on Christmas day a great Earthquake and roaring out of the earth the sixth of April An. reg 20 There was a great floud so Pauls Church burnt that hills were made soft and consumed and with their fall overwhelmed many villages to the great amazement of all An. reg 21 In a province of Wales called Rose was found the Sepulchre of Gawen upon the sea shore who was sisters son of Arthur the Great king of Brittain being in length fourteen foot King William being at Roan in Normandy went with a great Army into France spoyling all things as he passed last of all he burned the city of Meaux with our Lady Church and two Anchorits that were inclosed there the king cheared his men to feed the fire and came himself so neer that with the heat of his harness he got a disease also the Kings horse leaping over a ditch did burst the inner parts of the King with the pain whereof he was sore afflicted and returned to Roan where shortly after he ended his life the ninth day of September in the year of our Lord 1087. when he had raigned 20. years eight months and sixteen dayes I would have the Reader understand that I set down nothing but things that are remarkable in this kings dayes nor in any kings dayes else and that is the reason that the date of years do not follow in order for I skip a great part of needless things because I would not be too tedious nor abuse thy patience too much William Rufus An. Reg. 4 Agreat tempest fell on St. Lukes day especially in Winchcomb where a great part of the Steeple was overthrown and in London the wind overturned 606. houses and the roof of Bow Church in Cheap-side wherewith some persons were slain An. Reg. 6 This year was a great famine and so great a mortality that the quick were scant able to burie the dead An. Reg. 11 All the land that sometimes belonged to Earl Goodwin by breaking in of the sea was covered with sands and is yet to this day called Goodwin sands An. Reg. 13 In the summer blood sprang out of the earth at Finchamsted in Barkshire King William on the morrow after Lammas day hunting in the new Forrest sir William Tirrel shooting at a dear at unawares hit the King in the brest that he fell down dead and never spake word his men and especially that Knight hid themselves but some came back again and laid his body upon a colliers cart which one poor lean beast did draw to the City of Winchester where he was buried he reigned twelve years eleven months lacking eight daies Henry Beauclark Henry the first An. Reg. 2 VVInchester and Glocester burnt An. Reg. 5 There appeared about the sun four circles and a blazing star An. Reg. 13 This year was a great mortality of men and murren of beasts An. Reg. 15 The City of Worcester was burnt the tenth of October the River Medway by no small number of miles dâ—d so fail of water that in the midst of the Channel the smallest vessels and boates could not pass the self same day the Thames did suffer the like want of water for between the Tower of London and the Bridge not onely with horses but also a great number of men and children did wade over on foot An. Dom. 1115 Chichester was burnt many storms and a blazing starr An. Dom. 1116 In March was exceeding lightning and in December thunder and hail and the moon at both times seemed to be turned into blood An. Dom. 1119 An. Reg. 20 King Henry having tamed the French men and pacified Normandy returned into England in which voyage William Duke of Normandy and Richard his son and Mary his daughter Richard Earl of Chester and his wife with many noble men and to the number of 160. persons were drowned An. Reg. 23 The City of Glocester burnt An. Reg. 32 The City of Rochester sore defaced
poste and bâ—ought the first newes to â—he king as he rod gave knowledge unâ—o his brother Sir Iohn Carie then Governour of Barwick this calme and discreet course of the English Lords in Proclaiming the King and quiet setling the whole Estate without faction or interruptiâ—n was as plausible unto all his loving Subjects as admired of Forraign Nations Aprill the fifth the King came from Eden-Borowgh to Barwick and the next day came newes of many disordered persons that were in Armes in the Borders whereat the King was much troubled and forthwith there was power sent to suppress them and after that when the King came to London he with the advise of the Counsell set all the parts of the North Borders in as good condition as any other parts of his Dominions Aprill the tenth divers prisoners were discharged out of the Tower amongst whom the Earle of Southampton was the chiefest Aprill the twenty seventh was thirteen persons slain and blown in peeces by misfortune at the Gunpowder Mill at Reddriffe Aprill the twenty eight at Westminster a very Royall Obsequy for the late Queene Elizabeth according to the Kings appointment by his Letters to the Lords of the Privie Counsell May the nineteenth Proclamation was made for the suppression of disordered persons in the North and for the mutuall Peace and Amity of both Kingdoms Iune the first there was one whipped through London for presuming to come to the Court having his house infected Iune the fourth Vallentine Thomas having been many yeers prisoner in the Tower of London was arraigned at the Kings Bench Barr and there condemned of High Treason for Conspiracy against our late Queene and some of her Counsell and the seventh of Iune about Six of the clock he was drawn from the Kings Bench in Southwarke to Saint Thomas a Waterings and there hanged and quartered Iuly the second the King Solemnized the Feast of Saint George at Winsor and Installed Prince Henry Knight of the Garter and there the chief Ladies of England did Hommage to the Queene There were also made Knights with Prince Henry the Duke of Lennox the Earle of South-Hampton the Earle of Marre and the Earle of Pembroke Within a few dayes after were made divers Proclamations for the apprehension of Anthony Copley Sir Griffin Markham Knight and William watson and VVilliam Cleark Priests and about the same time was apprehended as Traytors the Lord Cobham and his brother the Lord Gray Sir VValter Rawley and others The fifth of August was Commanded by the Bishops to be kept as a Holy day with Prayers Preaching and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the Kings escape from being murdered by Earle Gowrie in Scotland The Plague increased most gâ—ievoâ—sly in London and thereupon it wâ—s ordered that every Wednesdâ—y theâ—e shoâ—ld be a general Fasting and Prayer with preaching through the land to dâ—aw the people to humility and repâ—ntance This year was Bartholomew fair forbidden to be kept and Michaelmas Teâ—m adjorned and to be kept at Westminster but by reason of the sickness it was afterward kept at Winchester and the Lord Mayors great triâ—mphs and feasts was this year omitted The fourth of November the Lord Cobham the Lord Grey of Wilton were bâ—ought from the Tower of London unto Winchester to be arraigned and to that purpose were sent to Wâ—nchester Sir VValter Rawleigh Sir Grâ—ffin Markham Knights George Brook brother to the Lord Cobham Anthony Copley Gentleman William Watson and William Cleark Pâ—ieâ—â—s and the same day out of the Gâ—tehouse at Westminster went Sir Edward Parham he was acquitted by the Jury The twenty ninth of November were executed the two Pâ—iests and six daies after was George Brook hanged and the ninth of December Sir Griffin Markham and the two Barons aâ—ter they had been severally brought upon the Scaffold in the Castle of Winchester and had made their confessions and pâ—epared themselves to die upon a suddain the Kings Warrant written with his own hand was there delivered to Sir Benjamin Titchborne High Sheriff of Hampshire â—ommanding him to stay execution these three and Sir Walter Rawleigh were returned Pâ—isoners to the Tower again the fifteenth of December From the twenty third of December 1602. unto the twenty seâ—ond oâ— December 1603 theâ—e died of all diseases within London and the libeâ—ties thereof thiâ—ty eight thousand two hundred forty and four wheâ—eof of the Plague thirty thousand five hundred sâ—venty eight and the neâ—t year afteâ— London was clear of that infection and then were all the shires in England grievously visited note the work of God March the fifth was proclamation mâ—de for authorising the Book of Common Prayer February the twenty second Proclamation was made against all Jesuits and Seminaries that they shoâ—ld forthwith depart out of the Kingdome March the fifth Proclamation was made for conformation of the Ecclesiastical government of the Châ—rch of England and the book of Common Pâ—ayer as it had been used in the time of Queen Elizabeâ—h At this time Robert Dove of London Merchant Taylor gave competent meâ—ns â—oâ— ever for the toling of a bell in Saint Sepulchres Church to cause good people to pray for such prisoners as are to be executed out of Newgate and to cease when they are executed this bell should begin to toll at six a clock in the morning and the same is made known to the Prisoners that the said bell is to put them in mind to pâ—epare themselves for death Upon the first day of May Richard Haydock a Physitian asked forgiveness of the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury for deluding the King and many oâ—hers under pretence of being inspired and to preach in his sleep by night with which deâ—eit he had strongly possest the vulgar as it was hard to remove them although he confessed the abuse In this moneth Iohn Lepton of Kepwick in the County of York Esq a Gentleman of an anâ—ient family and of good reputation his Majesties servant and one of the Grooms of his most honourable privy Chamber performed so memorable a journey as I may not omit to record the same to future ages the rather because I have heard sundry Gentlemen who were gooâ— horsemen â—nd likewise good Physâ—tians affiâ—me it was impoâ—sible to be done without danger of his life He â—ndertook to â—ide five several times betwixt London and York in six daies to be taken in one week betwixt Munday morning and Saturday night he began his journey upon Munday being the twentieth day of May betwixt two and three of the cloâ—k in the morning forth of Saint Martins neer Aldersgate within the City of London and came into York the same day betwixt the houres of five and six in the aâ—ternoon where he rested that night the noxt morning being Tuesday about three of the cloâ—k he took his journey fourth of York and came to his lodging in St. Martins aforesaid betwixt the houres of 6 and seven in the afternoon where he rested that night the next morning being
The faithful Analist OR The EPITOME OF The ENGLISH History GIVING A true Accompt of the Affairs of this NATION from the Building of the Tower of LONDON in the days of William the Conquerour to the Throwing down the Gates of the said City by the command of the PARLIAMENT which sate before the Secluded Members were admitted in the Yeer 1660. IN WHICH All things Remarkable both by Sea and Land from the Yeer 1069. to this present Yeer of 1660. are truly and exactly represented Lipsius in Tacit. In Historiâ pressum concisum dicendi Genus praestat copioso LONDON Print for W. Gilbertson in Giltspurstreet TO THE Right Worshipfull and Right Worthy MATTHEVV GILLEY Esquire Honored Sir IT hath been heretofore as much the Commendation as the Industry of the ablest Wits to contract much into little by which they have been as Beneficial to the Memory as the Apprehension For in long Discourses or Sentences be they never so accute the apprehension often fails and is lost before it can arrive to the period of them and the Memory which can retain that which the Vnderstanding never fully apprehended must be needs prodigious Sir In this Book you shall find much in little the History of almost a thousand years contracted into a Manuel and that which is profitable unto all men must needs be ungrateful unto none There is nothing memorable from the Conquest to these present Times that is here omitted whether you look upon the magnificent of our ancient buildings or the gallant Exployts of this Nation both by Sea Land against domestick and forraign Enemies or rare Revolutions of State or the sad labours of the English Swords that were drawn of late for the purity of Reformation which as yet is more in the Idaea then the Embryo and is rather discovered then obtained Sir should I insert more as much more I might I should but anticipate your understanding I shall only humbly desire you to grant this compendious Chronicle your Protection and if there be life in History as no doubt there is you shall live with it And it shall be Honour for me to be found to be The humblest and most faithful of all that serve you W. G. A Table of the most remarkable passages in the lives of all the Kings and Queens of England from William the Conqueror to the late Lord Richard the Protector I. William the Conqueror SUch a dearth was in England that men did eat horses cats dogs and mans flesh Anno regni 3. The earth hard frozen from the midst of Novem. to the midst of Apr. an reg 11. So great a floud by immoderate raine that hills were made soft and in their fall overwhelmed many villages that lay under them to the great amazement of all an reg 20. II. William Rufus BY a great tempest in London the wind overturned six hundred and six houses and the roof of Bow Church in Cheapside an reg 4. So great a famine and pestilence that the quick were not able to bury the dead an reg 6. All the Land belonging to Earl Goodwin was covered with sands by an inundation of the Sea which place ever since is called Goodwin sands an reg 11. Blood sprang out of the earth at Finchamsted in Berkshire an r. 12. The King hunting in Newpark in Hampshire was accidentally killed by the glance of an Arrow ann reg 13. wanting one moneth and some few daies III. Henry the first called Beauclark THere appeared about the Son four circles and a Blazing Star ann reg 5. In March and December exceeding great thunders and lightnings and the Moon at both times seemed to be turned into blood an reg 18. So low an ebb betwixt the Tower of London and the Bridge that men women and children did wade over on foot an reg 15. A great fire beginning in the West-cheap consumed a great part of London all along from thence to Algate an reg 33. The King dying in France his body being powdered with salt and wrapped in buls hides was conveighed from thence and buried a◠Redding in Berkshire an reg 35. IV. King Stephen THe town of Bath and Saint Peters Church in it were both consumed with fire an reg 3 Many Cities and towns in several places of this Land were either destroyed or defaced with fire in the time of this King and his Predecessor It is memorable in this King that although during his whole raign he had continual warrs yet he never burdened the people with taxes V. King Henry the second LOndon Bridge was new builded of timber by Peter a Priest of Cole-Church an reg 10. So great an Earthquake in Ely Norfolk and Suffolk that it overthrew them that stood upon their feet and caused the Bells to ring in the steeples an reg 12. The City of Leicester burned by the Kings command the walls and Castle razed and the inhabitants dispersed into other cities for their disobedience to their King an reg 20. A fish was taken neer to Orford in Suffolk which had the shape of a man it was kept in the Castle of Orford for the space of six months for a wonder it would eat greedily all manner of meat but could not speak a word at the last he stole away from his keeper and ran to the sea again an reg 33. VI. King Richard the first called Ceur de Lion IN the daies of this King were Robin Hood and little John the lawless subjects of so many Ballads Robin Hood maintained a hundred tall men and Archers so expert that four hundred have sled at the twang of their bow The Iews of Norwich St. Edmonsbury Lincoln Stamford and Lyn were plundered at York five hundred of them besides women and children did betake themselves unto the Castle to defend themselves which the people assaulting the Iews grew so desparate that they cut the throats of their own wives and children and did cast them over the walls on the Christians heads and having committed this execrable murder they burned both the house and themselves an reg 7. VII King Iohn HAyl as big as the eggs of hens an reg 4. Many men and women were destroyed by thunder and lightning an reg 8. The Arches and stone work of the London bridge were finished an re 9. Three thousand persons endeavouring to preserve themselves from the fire not far from London bridge so indiscreetly did throng into the boats that were ready to receive them that they were devoured by the water anno reg 15. VIII Henry the third A Young man who called himself Iesus and desired to be crucified and an elderly woman who called her self Mary the mother of Christ and who had bewitched the young man to his madness were both brought before the Archbishop of Canterbury who caused them both to be closed up between two walls of stone where most miserably they ended their wretched lives an reg 5. So terrible a thunderclap was heard when Mass was saying
close all that night and so continually from place to place until the second of August in which space having by the power of God wonderfully overcome them he returned to Margaret in Kent now the Camp being kept at Tilbury in Essex under the charge of the Earl of Leicester the ninth of August her Majesty repaired thither where all the whole camp being set in order of Battalia she passed through every rank of them to their great rejoycing and lodged that night and the night following in the house of Master Edward Rich in the Parish of Hornedon on the next morning she returned to the camp and on the twelfth returned to Saint Iame's and shortly after the camp was dissolved Sunday the twentieth of August Master Nowel Dean of Pauls at Pauls Cross in the presence of the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen in scarlet all the Companies in their liveries preached moved them to give God thanks for the great victory given to our English Nation by the overthrow of the Spanish Fleet. August the twenty sixth at the Sessions nere unto Newgate were condemned eight men for being made Priests beyond the seas and remaining in this Realme contrary to the statute four temporal men for being reconciled to the Church of Rome and four others for releiving the others September the second at night a fierce fire brake out over against the Dutch Church in London to the great terror of the whole City but by the burning down of one house and pulling down some other the fire was quenched September the eighth the Minister at Pauls Cross moved the people to give God thanks for the overthrow of our enemies the Spaniards and there were shewed eleaven Ensignes or Banners taken in the Spanish ships by our men and on the next morning hanged on London Bridge towards Southwark where then the faire was kept being our Lady day October the eighth a stable was burned with the number of twenty horses at Drury house neer the Strand An. Reg. 32 November the nineteenth was this year kept holy day through the Realme with Sermons singing of Psalmes Bonefires and much rejoycing and thanksgiving unto God for the overthrow of the Spaniards our enemies upon the seas and a sermon at Pauls Cross tending to that end November the twenty fourth being Sunday the Queens Majesty having attendants upon her the privie counsel and other of the Nobility honourable persons as well spiritual as temporal in great number all on horseback did ride in a Chariot Throne the Lord Mayor and Aldermen attending her with all the companies in their Liveries stood along to Pauls Church where she heard a Sermon preached by Doctor Pierce Bishop of Salisbury and then went to the Bishops Palace where she dined and returned to Somerset house by torch light Ianuary the fifth at night a great wind in the North-east overturned trees and did great harm in many places February the first two souldiers were set on the Pillory at Leaden-Hall where they stood for the space of three houres the one had his ear nayled the other his tongue pierced with an aul which aul remained in his tongue till he was taken from the Pillory for abusing their Captains with bad words About this time Francis Ket Master of Art of Wimondham for holding divers detestable opinions against Christ our Saviour was burnt neer to the City of Norwich February the fifth two Souldiers were hanged on trees at the miles end for being mutinous April the fourteenth Philip Earl of Arundel was arraigned at Westminster of high treason and found guilty by his Peers and had judgement accordingly April the eighteenth Sir Iohn Norris and Sir Francis Drake with six of her Majesties ships twenty ships of war and an hundred fit for burden having in them a choice company of Knights Captains Gentlemen and souldiers departed from Plimouth and the twenty third of the same arrived at the Groin the twenty sixth they took the lower town with great store of Ordinance victuals cables and other furniture for shipping about the sixth of May they fought with the Spaniards at Borges Bridge where the enemy fled with the loss of seven hundred men the lower town of Groine was burned and the ninth of May our fleet set sail the Earl of Essex Sir Philip Butler and Sir Roger Williams met the Fleet so that on the sixteenth the whole navie arived at Phinicha where they set to land and the same day won both town and castle after this they divided the Armie whereof part matched with Sir Iohn Noris by land to Lisbon the rest with Sir Francis Drake passed by sea to Cascales the twenty fourth our men entred the suburbs of Lisbone where they obtained rich spoyles and plenty of every good thing the twenty seventh the Army left Lisbone and came to Cascales without any great fight or skirmish where they took the town and then returned for England but landing at Vigoe they took the town and wasted the Countrey The twenty first of Iune Sir Francis Drake arrived at Plimouth and the third of Iuly Sir Iohn Norris with the rest of the Fleet arrived there also the two Generals being offended one with the other The first of August at night was the greatest lightning and thunder that ever was seen or heard of any man living and yet but small hurt done God be praised The sixth of November Lodowick Grevil of Warwickshire Esquire was brought from the Tower of London to Westminster and there at the Kings Bench Bar for murder and other notorious crimes wherewith he was charged arraigned and found guilty but standing mute had Judgement to be pressed to death which was performed in the Goal of the King Bench in Southwark on the fourtâ—enth of November on the which day for the same fact his man was hanged at the Court Gate at Westminster An. Reg. 23 In this moneth of November the Citizens of London were oâ—tenâ—iâ—es affrighted by fire first on the twentieth about four a clock in the morn on Fish-street Hill where one fair house was burnâ—d to the ground and some people in helping to quench it were consumed and the houses next adjoyning to it Also the one side of Saint Leonards was sore spoiled On the twenty two of November at night about eleven of the clock one otheâ— house over against the first was in great danger but soon slaked On the twenty sixth about one of the cloâ—k in the morn one other house and some people were burnt and many other houses near about were spoiled The fifth of Ianuary about five a clock in the evening before Twelfth day began a terrible tempest of wind in the South-west which continued with great vehemency till about eleven a cloâ—k at night this in the City of â—ondon blew the tiles off mens houses and caused them to fear the overthrow of their houses the lesser West-gate of Saint Pauls next to the Bishops Palace was broken with bolts and locks and strong bars of iron
and Condemned Henry Garnet Provinciall of the Iesuites in England for being acquainted with the Gunpowder plot and consealing the same for the which he was condemned to be Drawn Hanged and Quartered and his head to be set upon London Bâ—idge and according to that Sentence he was Executed the third of May at the West end of Saint Pauls Church where he acknowledged the greatnesse of his offence in consealing the treason and besought all Catholikes to forbear and desist from Treason and all other violent attempts whatsoever against Kings and Princes saying that all such practises were utterly against the Catholike Religion The twenty nine and thirtieth of March the winde was extreame violent so as it caused much Shipwrack upon the Coasts of England France and the Low Countreyes in brought in the Sea and drowned much Cattell and in Picardie neer Dyope it blew down a steeple which Slew sourscore persons in the fall thereof in Flanders and up towards Germany there were many Churches Townes Windemills and Trees blown down and the eighth of Iune following it rayned twenty four houres and the next day there arose great land floods which carried away Mills Trees and Houses made new Currants where never any was before it carried away great store of Cattell Timber and other things from off upland grounds The tenth of Iune Proclaimation was made for the banishing of all seminaries Jesuites and Roman-priests The fifteenth of Iuly the wife of Richard Homewood of East Grimsteed in Sussex without any known cause murdered her own three children and threw them into a pit and then cut her own throat likewise The twentieth of Ianuary it pleased God to send a mighty westwind which continued sixteen houres which brought in the sea by reason whereof and of high spring-tides both which encountred the land waters after a great raine which caused the River of Severn beginning as far as the Mount in Cornwal to overflow her banks all along on both sides up into Somerset shire and Glocester-shire in some places the water overflowed the banks three foot in other places five foot and some places seven foot by reason of which suddain inundation much people and cattle were drowned many Churches and villages borne down and spoyled and some utterly destroyed and in Wales in several places it did great harme in manner as aforesaid the like before was never known Maundy Thursday the second of April there hapned great inundations of water in Kent Essex Suffolk and Norfolk and the seventeenth of April there arose in the City of Coventry a most strange and dreadful inundation November the twenty sixth proclamation was made concerning the Earl of Tyrone Terconnel and others of Ireland signifying their purpose and practise to exterpit the English Nation out of Ireland and to confer and yield the kingdome of Ireland to the Pope and Tyrones soliciting forraign Princes to attempt the conquest thereof The twentieth of December proclamation was made to apprehend the Lord Maxwel who wounded the porter and so brake prison out of Edenborough Castle this Lord Maxwel ayded Iames Mackdonel to escape likewise December the eighth begun a hard frost and continued till the fifteenth of the same and then thawed and the twenty second of December it began again to freez very violently so as some persons went halfe wap over upon the ice and the thirtieth of December many people went quite over in many places and so continued till the third of Ianuary the people passed dayly between London and the Bank-side at every half ebb for the floud removed the ice and forced the people dayly to seek new paths except onely between Lambeth and the ferry at Westminster by which it became very firme passage untill the great thaw and from Sunday the tenth of Ianuary untill the fifteenth of the same the frost grew extreame so as the ice became firme and removed not and then all sorts of men women and children went boldly upon the ice in most parts some shot at pricks others bowled and daunced with other variable pastimes by reason of which concourse of people were many that set up boothes and standings upon the ice as fruit-sellers victuallers that sould beer and wine shoomakers and a barbers tent every of them had fire near unto them the fifteenth of Ianuary it began somewhat to thaw and so continued four daies together yet nevertheless the great ice upon the Thames held firm and passable and became somewhat smooth like as in the last great frost in the year 1564. which before were very craggy and uncertain the nineteenth of Ianuary the frost began again but not so violently until Sunday the twenty fourth of Ianuary and held on until the thirtieth of the same the first of February the ice began to break by little and little and the next day in the afternoon all the ice was gone and quite dissolved so as no sign remained thereof Many bridges were spoiled by this frost and much fowle peâ—ished especially small birds which in many places were found frozen to death this frost was more grievous in France and Ireland then in England February the ninth Sir Iohn Ramsey Knight Baron of Barnes Viscount Hadington married Elizabeth the eldest daughter of Robert Earl of Sussex the King gave her in marriage and at dinner he drank to the Bride and the Bridegroom in a fair cup of gold which he gave him and with it six hundred pound a year pension out of the Exchequer to the longest liver of them both this the King did do to reward his faithful service against the dangerous treason of Earl Gowry in Scotland March the tenth was laid the first stone for the new building of Algate but it was not fully finished till the next year after this ouldgate was taken down and finished at the charges of the Citizens April the eleaventh George Iervas a Seminary was drawn to Tyburn and there executed April the eleaventh being Munday the quarter Sessions was held at Edmonsbury and by negligence an out malthouse was set on fire from whence in most strange and suddain manner through fierce winds the fire came to the farther part of the town and as it went left some streets and houses safe and untouched the flame flew cleare over many houses near unto it and did much spoile to many fair buildings fardest off and ceased not untill it had consumed one hundred sixty houses besides others and in dammage of wares and household goods to the full value of threescore thousand pound the King shewed a great deal of kindness to the distressed inhabitants as in giving them five hundred load of Timber to repair their houses as in preferring their best means to raise their general and particular estates and in giving them a new Charter the Knights and Gentlemen likewise of the County performed great kindness unto the townsmen the City of London gave freely towards their relief April the nineteenth at White-Hall dyed Thomas Earl of Dorcet Lord High Treasurer
of England he died suddenly at the Counsel table April the twenty ninth proclamation was made commanding the oath of allegiance to be ministred to all persons that should come from beyond the seas onely to distinguish honest subjects from traiterous practisers and not for any point or matter in religion all known Merchants and others of honest state and quality was exempte from takeing this oath this proclamation was made by reason that many suspitious persons of base sort came dayly from beyond seas and refused to take the oath Iune twenty third Thomas Garnet a Jesuit was executed at Tyburne having favour offered him if he would have taken the oath of allegiance which he refused This Summer at Astley in Warwick shire by reason of the fall of the Church there was taken up the corps of Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset he was buried the tenth of October 1530 in the twenty second year of the â—aign of Henry the eighth and albeit he had lain seventy eight yeers in the the Earth yet his Eyes Haire and flesh remained in a manner as if he had been newly buried For these five yeeres past great and manifold Roberies spoiles Piracies murders and Depredations within the Streights and elsewhere have been committed by severall Companies of English Pirats as well upon our own Nation as others but especially upon the Florentines and Venetians wherewith his Majesty was much grieved and for that cause published from time to time severall Proclamations denownsing the same offenders to be Rebells and therewithall gave order for their suppression and apprehensias Traiters and peace breakers but all this prevailed not for they still prevailed persisted and maintained their former villanies with which offenders there were some English Marchants who very cunningly underhand used Commerce Track and Trafficke for stollen goods to the great Cheriâ—â—ing of those Malefactors and dishonour of this Nation for redresse whereof the King by Proclamation the eighth of Ianuary Prohibited from all manner of medling or dealing with them upon great penalties all English Marchants whatsoever Commanding the judge of the Admiralty to proceed severely in Justice against all such offenders and that from him there should be no appeal granted to any person touching the premises all which notwithstanding the number of Pirats still increased and did much damage to the English Marchants and to all other Nations there were Hollanders and Easterlings that at this time and before became fierce Pirats and held consort with the English Robbers viz. Ward Bishop Sir Francis Vorny and others whereupon the King of Spain sent certain Ships of Warr under the command of Don Lewis Faxardo who very pollitickly about the middle of Iuly came upon them at Tunis and sudenly burned twenty of their ships lying in Harbor at which time though Captain Ward escaped in person by being then a shore yet his great Strength and Riches perished in the fire with some of his Confederates December the two and twentieth Nineteen Pirates were executed at Waping some had been in consort with the English Pirates Sunday the nineteenth of February when it should have been low water at London-Bridge quite contrary to course it was then high Water and presently it ebbed almost half an houre the quantity of a foot and then suddenly it flowed again almost two foot higher then it did before and then ebbed again untill it came to its course almost as it was at first so that the next flood began in a manner as it should and kept its due course in all respects as if there had been no shifting nor alteration of Tydes all this hapned before twelve a clock in forenoone the weather being indifferent calme The thirteenth of Iune the King Queen and Prince with many great Lords and others came to the Tower to make triall oâ— the Lions single valour and to have the Lions skill a great fierce Bear that had killed a Childe but the Lyons being tryed by one and one at a time and lastly by two together whâ—ch were bread in that open yard where the Bare was put loose for Combat yet would none of them assaile him but fled from him to their Dens after the first Lion was put forth then was there a Stone Horse put into the Bare and Lyon who when he had gazed upon them a while fell to grazing standing in the midst between them both and whereas at the first there was but two Mastives let in who fought stoâ—tly with a lion there was now six Dogs let in who flew all upon the Stone Horse being most in their sight at their first entrance and would soon have wearied the horse to death but that suddainly even as the King wisht there Entein thâ—ee stout Barewards who wonderous valliantly rescued the Horse and brought away the Doggs whilst the Lyon and the Bear stood staring upon them and the fifth of Iuly this Bare according to the kings Commandment was bayted to death by Dogges upon a Stage and the Mother of the murthered Child had twenty pound given her out of the money given by the people to see the death of the Bare Robert Allyley being Araigned at Newgate for fellony stood mute and and refused the ordinary triall whreupon as the manner is the Hangman came unto him to binde his hands but Allyley resisted and with his fist stroke him on the face in the presence of the Judges who presently Remembred that this priprisoner but the last Sessions before was there Convicted of Fellony and for the same had obtained the Kings Speciall pardon which pardons in generall are unto all persons but onely upon their good behaviour unto King and his Subjects and thereupon the Court gave judgment that for the blow he gave his hand should first be cut off and then his body to be hanged for that fact for the which he had his pardon according to which sentence he was presently executed at the Sessions Gate Thursday the third of May the French Queen was Crowned with all Solemnity in Paris and having been ten yeers before maried to the King and the next day was murthered in his Coach as he rode through Paris by a base villain that stabed him into the body twise with a long knife that he died instantly and his body was carried to the Loover presently upon the Kings death the Queen was made Regent during her sons minority viz. Lewis the thirteenth The twentieth of May being Sunday our King Queen and Prince the Duke of Yorke the lady Elizabeth and all the Lords and Ladies of the Court mourned in Black for the death of the French King Henry the fourth and about the end of Iune was he buried in Paris in as great Royalty as ever King of France upon the murrher of this French King the Lords and Commons of the house of Parliament of England humbly besought the King to have a more especiall care then formerly for the preservation of his Royall Person and also to the speedy order for the
war to be set up in token of a combat to his whole Fleet and without any further delay he gave Gen. Blake a broad side who returned two for one and for the space of four hours together both Fleets did fight with great animosity In this fight it is said that one Holland man of war was sunk and another taken with thirty guns on the English side there were some slain and more wounded and the ship Gen. Blake commanded as Admirall was much indammag'd in her masts saile tackling and apparell This action being disowned by the States of Holland there was afterwards open war proclaimed betwixt the two Nations and the greatest part of the English Fleet sailed Northwards towards the Isle of Orkeney under the command of Generall Blake thinking the Dutch would be ready there to convey home their Fishermen in the mean time another Fleet of the Hollanders were discovered not far from Plimouth against which Sir George Ascue advanced with forty men of war and though in his first charge he was sufficiently dammaged in his sailes masts and yards yet he got windward of his Enemies and once again charged the whole body of them Amongst the English there were severall hurt and killed and it was conjectured by the wrack that two of the Holland men of warre were sunk the night coming on the English made towards Plimouth to repair their vessels but especially their masts yards and tackling which were so torn in the fight yet they were inforced to give over the enemy In the moneth of September General Blake fought with the French fleet that were carrying Auxiliaries and provisions to the relief of Dunkirk and having mastered them to obedience it was the onely meanes that Dunkirk was surrendred to the Spaniard Some few dayes afterwards he discovered about sixty saile of Holland men of war commanded by Admirall de Witte on the backside of the Goodwins Sands whom he followed almost as far as West-chappell in Zeland and took the Admirall of the reer squadron Not long afterwards there was another fight betwixt eleven of the Holland men and a squadron of the English in the Mediterranean sea where the the English being overpowred by numbers the Phaenix a very gallant Frigot of five and forty guns was boarded by a Holland man of war and inforced to yeild On the ninteenth of September a part of the English fleet set saile for Denmark to demand the English ships that were there detained and whose lading was carried on shore and sold This Ambassage was fruitlesse and no restauration made until many moneths afterwards coming home the Antelop Frigot being Admirall commanded by Captain Ball steering too much to the shore did run upon the sands where she was lost and it was ten to one that the whole Fleet had not followed her she bearing the lanthorn She was an excellent Frigot and carried fifty brass guns Not long afterwards the Hollanders came forth to sea againe with fourscore ships and upwards against whom the English Fleet under the command of Gen. Blake advanced it is said they consisted not of above two and forty ships and that not above half of them ingaged in that dayes service and bare the brunt of the puissant Holland Fleet. The Avent-guard and the Victory two brave Frigots having been that whole afternoon ingaged in the midst of the enemy who fired from all sides on them got off in a very good condition The Garland a frigot that carried forty pieces of Canon was boarded and being over-powred on all sides was inforced to yeild the Bonaventure a gallant ship going to relieve the Garland did fall also into the hands of the enemies Generall Blake who commanded the Triumph plunging into the midst of his enemies to fetch off the Garland and Bonaventure was clapt on board by the Dutch and had his fore-mast shot down close to the board but having stoutly defended himselfe he at length got cleare and went off with the rest of the Fleet. But on the latter end of February 1653. the English did put forth to sea again with a gallant fleet Gen. Blake in the Triumph followed by Gen. Dean having discovered 80. Holl. men of War who seemed to out-dare them between the Isle of Wight and Portland began the fight the English Fleet came not up unto their Generall who all the morning had been engaged untill two in the afternoon at what time there was a most cruell fight which continued till dark night The English lost the Sampson which was so leaky and so unserviceable that the Hollanders sunk her themselves after they had taken her On the next day and the day following the Engglish again assaulted the Hollanders on the last day the fight was more obstinate then the former The English in this fight took about nine men of War and fifty Merchants ships and sunk severall other ships fifteen hundred prisoners were brought up to London Gen. Blake was hurt in this incounter having done as much as could be expected from a gallant seaman and many of his captains and officers who were men of great courage were both hurt and killed in this desperate incounter In this spring the English lost some ships at Legorne captaine Badily who commanded a squadron of nine men of War being not able by the averseness of the wind to come up and assist captain Appleton whose Frigots not equal to the Hollanders were surrounded by them There were lost in this fight the Leopard and Smugge Frigot which carried fifty pieces of canon she was boarded taken by the Dutch Admirall and for the space of five hours maintained a stout fight with him and two other great ships At the same time the Bonaventure a gallant frigot of the English was blown up an iron bullet from the enemy having unhappily fired the powder The Pilgrim was also taken having her main and mizen masts both shot down The Levant Merchant another stout English frigot was taken The Sampson being assaulted by young Van-trump and a fire-ship of the Hollanders was soon set on fire and perished in the sea Not long afterward Gen. Cromwel alledging that the drifts of the Parliament were to establish themselves in a perpetuall Senate which was directly against the ambition of his spirit which desired predominant over all he found the meanes to dissolve the long Parliament which very few seemed to be grieved at and that all the world might be satisfied with the reasons wherefore he did it he published his Manifâ—esto for it A Council of State was presently setled and not long afterwards there was another great fight betwixt the English and the Dutch which continued for the space of two dayes in this fight the English lost Gen. Dean one of their Admirals who was taken off by a great shot in the first days ingagement there were slain of the English as the lists then gave account one hundred and threescore men and two hundred and forty hurt of the Hollanders one
thousand and five hundred were taken prisoners and six men of war were sunk the English pursued their victory to the very mouth of the Texell and blocked up the Hollanders in their own ports In the mean time on the beginning of July Gen. Cromwell called another Parliament which by reason of the sudden and unexpected dissolution of it was called the short Parliament On the latter end of this moneth there was a memorable fight betwixt the Dutch and the English during the time of a treaty betwixt both Nations this battel was fought with admirable resolution on both sides The fight began in the evening which though but short was very smart The Dutch in the night-time being recruited with five and twenty gallant ships did fall of themselves the next morning on the English fleet with a great deal of gallantry and resolution In this fight Admirall Van-trump was slain there were twenty men of War of the Hollanders sunk or burnt in this fight Of the English there were slaine outright eight Captains and five hurt the Triumph and the Andrew two Frigots were sorely put to it and received great dammage in their sails and rigging The Hollanders seeing so great a number of their ships lost did face about and did bear away with al the sail they could make unto the Texell and the Engl. not judging it expedient to ingage too far upon them did set saile with the whole Fleet towards Yarmouth to dispose of such ships as were disabled and to put their wounded men on shore The Paâ—liament before mentioned being conceived too weak to go on with the management of the great and high affairs of State it was dissolved on the 12 of Decemb. following And presently afterward the Lord G. Cromwell was declared sworn Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster in the presence of all the Judges the Barons of the Exchecquer and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London At this time certain Articles were presented which he took a solemn oath according to his custome to see them kept protesting moreover that he would mind nothing so much as the good of the Common-wealth and the glory of God Presently after this he was proclaimed Protector at the Palace-yard in Westminster and at the old Exchange by the Lord Mayor His Highness being now where he would be desired to know the affections of the people A report was raised that a great part of the army was discontented at his inauguration unto his new dignities whereupon the disaffected in severall counties thinking to joyn with them did take up arms and finding the succourse promised and expected to stand out against them they cryed out they were betrayed and most of them being taken were sent to forreign plantations On this account Sir Henry Slingsby was taken prisoner in York-shire beheaded afterwards upon another account of the same nature M. Penruddock M. Luces M. Thorpe M. Kensey M. Graves who cryed out much against Sir Ioseph Wagstaffe were condemned and executed in Wiltshire Much about the same time Mr. Peter Vowel was hanged at Charing-cross and on the same monday M. Iohn Gerrard and the brother to the Portugall Ambassadour were beheaded on Tower-hill On the third of September another Parliament was assembled which was dissolved again on the January following This year the Marquess of Leda came over in a magnificent manner as an Ambassadour from Spain but his Highness at that time having no desire to make any alliance with Spain did conclude a peace with the Crown of France This year on the latter end of December a gallant Fleet under the command of Generall Pen and Generall Venables did put forth to sea who on the tenth of May following arrived at Iamaica the design having miscarryed as Sancto Domingo in Hispaniola On the fifth of April the articles of peace were signed and delivered on the behalf of the two Nations of England and Holland the Protector to testifie his joy did most sumptuously intreat the Holland Ambassadours This year the Highlanders in Scotland disdaining the subjection of Generall Middleton but Generall Monk falling into the North of Scotland did give them so full a charge on the latter end of July that he absolutely defeated them and made them incapable of ever appearing in arms again An. Dom. 1655 This year his Highness constituted Major Generals for the preservation of the peace of the Common-wealth in the respective Counties of this Nation whose power appearing to be of too great a latitude they were afterwards disinvested of it The Lord Bulstrode Whitlock was sent Ambassadour into Sweden where he entred into a close league with that nation Generall Blake arriving with his fleet at Sunis sent unto the Governour of the place to demand satisfaction for some English ships which the pirats in those parts had taken away which being denied he came with the Vice-admirall and Rear-admirall within musket shot of the Castle on which he incessantly fired and on the other forts whilest the other ships took the opportunity to fire part of the Turkish Navy then riding in the Haven This was so well performed that in four hours space nine great vessels were burnt down to the very keels the English losing but five and twenty men and five and forty wounded Hereupon the King of Tunis sought to the English for peace and restored the prisoners which Blake had demanded for little or nothing The Lord Willougby of Parham the Lord Newport Mr. Seamor and M. Newport were sent to the Tower upon the suspition of a new Conspiracy His Highness going into S. Iamses Park for his recreation had his coach ready for him which was drawn with six Flanders horses he undertook to drive the coach himself but the horses impatient of his command did flie forth and threw him out of the coach-box on the ground being much hurt and bruised Not long afterwards his eldest son had a fal from his horse and did break his leg of which he still goes lame His Highness sent twelve good men of War well manned and well provided with all necessaries to Iameica with Colonel Humpheries Regiment not long afterwards Gene. Pen and after him General Venables arrived from Iameica who had not the same countenance from his Highness as when they did put forth to sea In the yeer 1656 Seven Spanish Ships comming from Lime in the Indies most richly laded were incountred in the way by Generall Montague about nine leagues from Cadis The fight was violent and the rather because it was known with what mettall the Ships of Spayn were laded In the fight the fortune of England easily prevailed there was one Ship burned another sunk two were taken and two run a ground one got away with a Portugall prize In the ship that was burned was Marquess of Budex his wife and one daughter In another of the Ships that were taken was the young Marques his brother and a sister