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A17810	The historie of the life and reigne of that famous princesse Elizabeth containing a briefe memoriall of the chiefest affaires of state that haue passed in these kingdomes of England, Scotland, France or Ireland since the yeare of the fatall Spanish invasion to that of her sad and ever to be deplored dissolution : wherevnto also is annexed an appendix of animadversions vpon severall passages, corrections of sundry errours, and additions of some remarkable matters of this history never before imprinted.; Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha. English. 1634	Camden, William, 1551-1623.; Browne, Thomas, 1604?-1673.	1634 (1634)	STC 4499; ESTC S2549	301,814	518

put to flight his Catholique Maiesties forces the most potent Prince in Europe landed in fowre seuerall places marched with banners displayed in the enemies ground seuen dayes together attempted one of their greatest cities with no small forces lodged three nights together in the suburbes thereof chased the enemy to their owne gates tooke two castles by the sea side and vnfurnisht the enemy of great store of warlike prouision Yet wanted there not some discontented detractors who by interposing the losse of six thousand souldiers and mariners which the violence of the disease swept away sought to discredit the true glory of this noble and heroicke enterprize But certainely by it England hath learned not to feare the conceited power of the Spaniard and is now better flesht against the next occasion of the like seruice It hath beene much controuerted concerning the originall cause of this disease amongst th● English whether or no it proceeded from immoderate drinking of wine and excessiue eating of fruit from the naturall disproportion of theirs and our ayre or from all of them And it is an obseruation as worth our wonder as our memory that expeditions from England into Spaine haue beene for the most part euer infortunate to this Nation as was that of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster about the yeere of Grace MCCCLXXXVI wherin of twenty thousand Englishmen ten thousand died And that of the Marquesse Dorset in the yeere 1512. wherin of ten thousand English a disease murthered 1000. in a short space and that in the hithermost coasts of Spaine But the obseruation of the learned may giue this wonder a probability of reason For they argue that an army comming from the South into the North is thereby the more hardened according as the Inward heat is either remitted or intended by the outward ayre and that that of Vitruvius is very true They that remooue out of cold countries into h●tter cannot long continue But they that come from hot countreyes into colder in the North doe not impea●h their health by this change of ayre but confirme it When that the tract of small time had acquainted those of the Hanse townes with the vnexpected surprizall of their captiue Hulkes they begin to fashion their discontents into a forme of complaint seasoned with some weake 〈◊〉 which they present to the Queene concerning the violations of their ancient Priuiledges and customes The Queene returnes them this answer That her former admonition to them of not transporting come or any other warlike prouision to the Spaniard had made this surprizall which they complayned of very lawfull and that it could be thought of no otherwise vnlesse that they would haue her preferre their Priuate commodities before the good publique of her owne common wealth That shee ought not to auouch such Priuiledges which are onely Priuate Lawes against the safety of her Dominions whi●h is a Supreme Law And that the same Act with which they vrge the violating of their customes doth annihilate their complaints for that in the Priuiledge granted to them by King Edward the First there is this clause interweaued That they should not transport or conuey any 〈◊〉 or merchandize into the countreyes of manifest and notorious enemies of the Kingdome of England That therefore in the heat of any warre their Traffique was wont to be stayed when they furnished eyther enemy And that not onely the English serued them so but euen Charles the fift the King of Sweden and Denmarke and Poland and not long since the Prince of Orange and all iustly euen according to the Law of Nations wishing them heereafter so to vse the benefit of their neutrality that whilest they a●●isted the one they iniured not the other party And lastly gently admonishing them of their vnseemly threats especially to a Prince who in respect of Ability dreaded not the mightiest Monarch breathing yet in respect of her Honour would imbrace a peace with the meanest and most constantly obserue all lawes of Neighbourhood And of this her constancy the King of Nauarre and France was no small witnesse one whereof shee succoured both with money and munition to the suppressing of a difficult warre and the other she established in quietnesse euen vpon the very point of despayre of it Fo● to digresse yet a little in the way the Duke of Aniou brother to the King dying without issue the King at that time being both without children and the very hope of euer hauing any the kingdome of France was lineally to descend to the King of Nauarre and afterwards to the Prince of Conde both zealous professours of the Reformed Religion Whereupon the Catholike Princes of France not vnknowne either to the Pope or to the Spaniard complotted a diuellish conspiracy wherin they had onely interested the cause of Religion and therefore termed it the Holy League vtterly to ouerthrowe the King by heaping the enuie of the whole land vpon him and so by peruerting the naturall course of succession with that to ruinate also the Reformed Religion They that impiously combined themselues in this conspiracy bound themselues by a strong oath neuer to suffer any one to rule France that eyther had euer or was likely to professe any Religion but the Romane Catholique that they would neuer allow of one that being brought vp and bred in the Reformed Religion should afterwards absolutely forsweare it least hauing once gotten the Kingdome he should change his Religion with his State Who could be so besotted in his iudgement as not to see that this businesse tended onely to excluded Nauarre and the Prince of Conde Yet notwithstanding the mystery of this conspiracy wrought so couertly that it was long ere it could come to ripenesse For first the Duke of Guise the chiefe Head of this villany hauing valiantly defended Poitiers against the Protestants and vanquished the Germane horsemen sent by the Duke of Alenzon and scattered the mighty leauy of Germanes vnder the conduct of Baron D'onawe was so infinitely magnified both by the Laity and the Popish Clergie of France that to the preiudice of the King himselfe he was euery where stiled the Sole defender of the Catholique Religion and the Hammer of the Protestants Vpon but his very 〈◊〉 into Paris at one time there arose such an vproare amongst the inconstant people that the King for the safety of his person was compelled to impeach his owne Honour to retire from Paris and to call a Councell a● Bloys In which Councell his necessities droue him to a forced patience of these inconueniences to consent to this Holy League by his expresse Proclamation in Iulie to root out the Reformed Religion to constitute the Duke of Guise the Great Master of the French Warres and to seale to him the confirmation of these Articles with the receipt of the Sacrament The King himselfe now fearing him whom he himselfe had made thus to be feared and so great that no Law could question him or

condiscended vnto that now durst euen boast vp and downe that he would come into England shortly and here also get himselfe possessions The Lord Buckhurst that was made Lord Treasurer after Burghley deceased much inueighing against the Penmen of those infamous Pamphlets declared also what great armies and what great prouision was sent into Ireland that euery moneth the pay was sent for three moneths together and that the Queene had in this warre within six moneths spent three hundred thousand pounds and the E. of Essex could not deny this The Earle of Nottingham he shewed how the Queene had assembled her wisest Counsellours best insighted into the affaires of Ireland to a consultation about this Irish rebellion and that all or most of them adiudged it fittest first to reduce Vlster to obedience That Essex also was of the same mind who oftentimes had reiterated these words that not the boughes of rebellion but the root must be taken off But that he was very sorry that he had done otherwise withall affirming that fiue of the Queenes ships with others ready to be vsed in warre had beene sent ouer to Vlster and there lay six whole moneths without any vse Secretary Cecill first declares the singular care of the Queene in her defending England and Ireland by remouing renowne and glory of her Maiesty and which was worst of all would puffe vp the proud mindes of the Rebels as appeares by that of the arch-Rebell Tir-Oen who the next day after the Earle of Essex came to the English Court could not containe himselfe but he must breake into the like speeches as these That he did not doubt but shortly to see a greater change and alteration of things then euer yet had beene in former ages that he would shew himselfe there shortly and challenge some part of it for himselfe but professing that he could not imagine by what diuination or cunning he could hope of these things or know within so few howers what was become of Essex Thus farre went Cecill and it will be needlesse to repeat what euery one said since all came to the same effect and conclusion And now let vs leaue the Earle of Essex vnder custody with the Lord Keeper who being onely deuoted to godlinesse and diuinemeditations seemed to haue beene past beyond all the vanities of this world he sent such godly Letters seasoned with such a religious contempt of worldly affaires to all his Friends and Familiars And now in the meane time Andrew of Austria the son of Cardinall Ferdinand the Arch-Duke brother to Maximilian the Emperour who in the absence of Cardinall Albert of Austria at the marriage in Spaine was made Gouernour of the Low Countries very diligently dealt with Charles Lanfrance and Hierom Coeman about a peace betweene the Spanish King Philip the third and the Queene of England Neither did the Queene shew her selfe very strange from the matter if so be the Spaniard had delegated on him sufficient authority to treat about the peace and if so be they would take good order for the States of the vnited Prouinces For to forsake those or to doe any thing that might be disgraceful to her or deceitful to them she thought it vnexpiable But yet this mention of peace did cause seuerall suspitions distrusts both in the Queene and the States seeing that at the very same time there was a very constant rumour that there was a Na●y prouiding in Spaine But the Hollanders Nauy that had now taken the Canary Island and the Castle and layd wast Saint Thomas Island was thought to haue turned out of the way Neither is this a bare rumour for there were some Gallies prouided in Spaine by the appointment of Fredericke Spinula of Genoa who being exceeding rich aboue ordinary hauing beene a Souldier in the Low Countries perswaded the Spaniard to send out some Gallies into Flanders And those Gallies being sent out vnder his conduct passing by the French shore came to the Hauen Scluse in Flanders not being espied either by the English or Hollanders ships that tarried for them For being carried farre to the North in the British Ocean either by the tide or ignorance of the places by all aduentures they escaped the English and Ho●landers that waited for them These Gallies first of all caused great admiration to the English and Hollanders who in the yeare 1545. had found the British Ocean swelling and raging with stormes altogether impatient of such plaine Vessels when some of them were sent from the Mediterranean Sea against England But now they did great hurt about where they went for being made by skilfull Ship wrights according to that fashion of those that 1593. went as farre as the Islands of Azores they scorned the anger of our Seas and in a calme being rowed with Oares they would doe great harme when ships built at great charges being destitute of winde lay at rode closly and exposed to their hurt Much about the same time Charles by the grace of God Hereditary Prince of the Kingdomes of Swecia the Gothes and Vandalls for these are his titles sent Hill an Englishman ouer to the Queene that he might acquit him of calumnies before the Queene he being traduced out of affectation of innouation for to haue wrought to himselfe the Kingdome against Sigismund his Nephew King of Poland entreated the Queene that she would not beleeue these calumniators and also to aide him with councell and helpe for to defend and propugne the sincere Religion grounded on the word of God The Queene publikely heard him and answered him wishing him to wish his Master to keepe his word better with his Nephew the King of Poland and not to ●inne against Iustice Nature and the lawes of Affinity In this yeare there died too many in that one Richard Hooker borne in Deuonsh●re and bred in Corp●s Christi College in Oxford a Diuine v●ry modera●e tempe●●te meek and vertuous euen to the best imitation and besides very famous for his learned Workes as his Bookes of Ecclesiasticall Policy set forth in English but worthy to speake Latine doe testifie of him THE THREE and Fortieth Yeere OF HER REIGNE Anno Domini 1600. IN the beginning of this yeare the 〈◊〉 being daily busied with the affaires of the Kingdome that she might the better prouide for mony amongst her so great cost and charges in the Irish warre delegated some who hauing receiued their monies might confirme to them that Crowne-land which the law had called into question Also she caused the ancient lawes of Edward the 4 Richard the 2 Henry the 4 to be obserued concerning the transportation of gold or sil●er coy●ed or ●ot coyned out of England which she proclaimed vnlawfull And she became more intent then euer shee had beene towards the affaires of Ireland for Tir-Oen after the returne of Essex from Ireland being pu●t vp with the ioy of his happy mischiefes accounted himselfe Monarch

to the Romane Religion 〈◊〉 Honour and profit too For certainely there was at this time a great hope nurst vp at Rome that it would come to passe that they in England would deal● more fauourably with the professours of Poperie who now might returne home againe and both preserue their Religion and also disperse and sow it abroad also with lesse danger then before Also he esteemed that a conclusion of this peace would be no lesse glorious to him then the discouery of a new world was to his ancestors That the inferiour Princes now should be more obser●eable in all respects towards him if once he were not incumbred with any warre and so hee might set an Arbi●ator ouer all the world The profit that thereby hee expected was that the States of Holland and Zealand would presently then be brought to reasonable conditions That hee should saue the charges of maintaining his warres there and of con●eighing home his Nauie from the Indies yeerely That they returning safe euery yeere would shortly infinitely inrich 〈◊〉 That the English by degrees would neglect their Nauigations when once they in●rea●ed 〈◊〉 their esta●es with the Spaniards wealth and so that at length being rockt in a long peace disaccustomed to warre either by sea or land they might the easier be inuaded on a sudden Although the Queene was not ignorant of these things yet after mature deliberation adiudging this Peace commodious and honourable both to England and her credit hauing been lately importuned to it by the French King left it to his disposing that he should appoint both the time and place of meeting The King of France appointed May the time and Bolonia a sea co●st of France anciently called Bononia the place But when it was foreseene that likely there would arise a contention or question about prioritie of place in sitting or going betweene England and Spaine some men were selected that should make enquiry into that matter They obserued out of the booke of Ceremonies of the Court of Rome which as the Canons say like a Ladie Mother and Mistresse directs others that among the Kings Temporall the first place was due to the King of France the second to the King of England and the third to the King of Casteell That the English quietly enioyed that place in the Generall Councells of Pisa at Constance and at Basil too although the Embassadour of Casteell somewhat vnmannerly opposed himselfe in the last Besides that Casteell which Title the Spaniard preferreth before all his other to bee the King of is but lately a Monarchie in respect of England and that it had neither Earles nor Kings before the yeere of Grace 1017. and that those Kings are not anointed Moreouer they found that the King of England is reckoned the third amongst those Kings that are titled Most Illustrious and the Spaniard is reckoned the fourth Also that Pope Iulius the third Bishop of Rome gaue sentence for Henry the seuenth of England against Ferdinand King of Casteele Also that the Queene of England is more ancient both in yeeres and Reigne and therfore before the Spaniard by their owne argument at the Councell at Basil vsed by the Spaniard against Henry the sixt King of England Lastly the Lawyers with one accord generally pronounced that that Precedencie whose Originall exceeds the memory of man is to bee reckoned as constituted and so ordained by Right Besides they obserued that in the first Session of the Councell of Trent vnder Pope Paul the third when there was one and the same Embassadour of Charles the fi●t Emperour who was also King of Spaine and that that Embassadour tooke place of the French by reason of the Emperors right that since the Spaniards haue arrogated to themselues the prioritie not onely by the vertue of the Emperour but as they are Kings of Spaine because none euer contradicted it And at that time the English found great want of discretion in the French Embassadour because hee contradicted them not and made no publike contesting with the Emperours Legate if so be he had made as he tooke place of him in right of the Spaniard and not the Emperour Besides they noted that the Spaniard by reason of his large vast dominions spread far and neere by reason of his power ouer other Princes and his Merits from the Church of Rome of whom hee well deserues and by reason of prioritie before the French stolne in the Councell of Trent would challenge his higher place to himselfe But let vs omit this On the day appointed at Bolonia came for the Queene Henry Neuill the Leager in France Iohn Herbert newly made one of the Secretaries Robert ●eale Secretary to the Northren Councell and Thomas Edmunds the Queenes French Secretary For the Spaniard came Balthasar Ds. de Z●niga Fonseca one of the priuie Councell and Embassadour in the Low-Countries Ferdinand Carill of the order of S. Iames and Counsellour to the King at Casteele For the Arch-Duke came Iohn Richardot President of the Councell and Lodouike Verre-Kei●e chiefe Secretary The Instructions of the English were that before all thing● they would haue great care to the kingdome and the Queenes honour safetie and profit As concerning the Honor that in no case they giue the more Honourable place to the Spaniard but directly modestly and from the foresaid arguments challenge it themselues If so bee the Spaniard would not condescend that then the English should not altogether preferre Honour before Profit but propose some meane and equall debatement as this to cast lots for the prioritie of going or sitting first Then as concerning the safety and profit of England and the Queen that they should haue a care that no cosenage or deceit be put vpon England or the Low-countries in their trafficks That the English may haue libertie to trade at the Indies by reason that was granted before in the Treatie 1541. in all the dominions of Charles the fift but especially in those places where the Spaniards are themselues seated and peopled also to trade with all the Indian Princes that are vnder the Spaniards gouernment That first the Spaniard should propound their Conditions because they inuited the English thither to a Treatie That they should not speake a word of the Rebels and Run-awayes who according to the ancient Leagues made with the Burgundians were to be driuen out on both sides and restored againe to those with the French But if so be they should propose that that they should tell them that there are no Low-countrey men in England besides the Merchants and handy-crafts-man but that in the Low-countries the English are hired with Pensions to breed stirres and commotions The Copies of their Delegation being on both sides exhibited to each other the Spaniards tooke exception at that of the Queenes against the Epithite Most Illustrious in the title of the Arch-Duke who being as they said descended from Sacred Emperours and was both sonne in law

the Daughter of Henry Earle of Worcester his Grandmother the Daughter of the Lord Mordant and his great Grandmother of the Family of the Courtneyes The other descended from the Blunts of Kidderminster who came from the same Family that the Lords Montioy do● Dauis requested that although he were no Nobleman yet to suffer as they did if not not to be quartered into pieces but to be buried Christianly On the thirtieth day of March Mericke and Cuffe were drawne to Tibourne Cuffe to be short at the Gallowes spake much to this purpose I Am brought hither to pay for my due to nature my sinnes against God my Country and my Prince I doe absolutely beleeue that as I see the infinite iustice of God in beholding the multitude of my infinite sinnes so I shall finde the infinite mercie of God by reason of this greatnesse of my inflicted punishment Here are we the example and patterne of mans estate The death which we are to vnder go is indeed terrible and which is worse it is ignominious But yet it is common to the best of Gods Saints with whom I haue great hope and certainty of rising againe in Christ. Yet let not any man think I put confidence in my own merits away with them I disclaime them I put my whole trust assurance in my Sauiour Christ. And I am absolutely perswaded that whosoeuer is punished in this life in the very same instant feeles great comfort from Heauen within him and that God punisheth him not as a Iudge but as a Father But to come to the occasion of my execution There is scarce any man but knowes how great a tu●ult was raised the eight of February vnder the vnconsiderate Earle of Essex yet here I call God the Angels and my owne conscience to witnesse that I was not guilty of it but that all that day I shut my selfe vp mourning and lamenting Now as concerning the Plot or their Machination that was two-fold And here being interrupted and aduized not to mocke the trueth with distinctions or few Figge-leaues ouer his fault I Confesse saith he that it is a great offence nay that it is treason if so be that a Subiect cast out of fauour should make open his way to the Queene by force of armes but I neuer encited a man to take armes against the Queene But for the danger I brought that noble Lord Neuil in I am heartily sorrie and I entreat him earnestly to forgiue me As for that which I said that of foure and twenty of the Aldermen of London one and twenty of them were for Essex that I meant of their good will and affection towards him and not as if they would take armes against their Queene for him Here againe being stopped and interrupted he falls to prayer vehemently and professing faith in God and loyalty towards hi● Prince and desiring pardon of both he died Sir Gill. Mericke accompanied him in the same kindd of death but with a great vndaunted courage and as weary of his life he once or twice bid Cuffe let passe his vnseasonable wisedome and make an end Yet before he died he excused Deputy Montioy as ignorant of the matter altogether and intreated the Nobles that were by to beg of the Queene not to proceed iudicially or rigorously with many simple people that ou● of ignorance came into the company and number of the Conspiratours Two daies after Sir Christopher Blunt and Sir Charles Danuers were beheaded vpon Tower hill Danuers offered ten thousand pounds to redeeme his life and to liue in perpetuall imprisonment which being refused with a very quiet countenance and minde asking God and the Prince pardon and the L. Grey to whom he had been a great enemy not out of hate to him but loue to Southampton he ended his life Blunt hauing ascended vp the Scaffold speakes to the people much after this manner ALthough the time require that setting all other matters aside I should now fall a crying for mercy at Gods hands for my sinnes yet by reason that I haue beene traduced as an instigator of the Earle of Essex to all this villanie as I desire the saluation of my soule I will speake the truth Some three yeares agoe and more I beheld the minde of the Earle somewhat proane to ambitious desires But lately in Ireland whilest I lay wounded at Rheban Castle and since at Dublin the Earle then told me that he had resolued to send ouer some choice bands to seize vpon Milford Hauen in Wales and to march so vp to London with greater forces I then well considering of the matter throughly disswaded him from it as a thing that was very dangerous and that would cost England great store of bloud Therefore to deale truely I perswaded him rather with some choyce company to seize vpon the Court and get himselfe there faire and reasonable conditions And yet truely we neuer thought of doing any iniurie or wrong to the Queene although I must confesse I know not whether or no if fortune had fauoured our enterprize the businesse would haue beene finished with the death of the Queene Then after the Earle was his owne man and at liberty againe he began to consult with me againe about these matters but wee neuer agreed vpon any thing determinately Afterwards he sent for me out of the Countrie not long before this Rebellion The rest I haue confessed before the Honourable the Admirall and the worshipfull the Secretary to whom to remember my seruice and salute them from me I entreat you Sir Walter Rawleigh of whom I also aske pardon Then lifting vp his eyes to heauen hee cries God preserue the Queenes Maiestie And Lord according to thy infinite mercy pardon the sins of my heart and my lewd life And beare you witnesse all that I die a Catholike but so that I put all my confidence and trust in Christs merits alone and so good people pray for me Then he bids the Lord Grey and Compton farewell and hauing prayed a little softly he giues his necke to the blocke and his life to the executioner And so by the mature execution of the Earle of Essex Cuffe Mericke Danuers and Blunt the rebellion being well laid peace was restored to the Common-wealth The mindes of the rest being well appeased too the richer hauing summes for muscts laid vpon them which very few payed and the rest freely pardoned Southampton being committed to the Tower and with him Thomas Smith Sheriffe of London but hee either out of the Queenes mercy or his owne innocency being indeed calumniously informed of rather then iustly accused within a short time he was restored againe to liberty On the eight day of Iuly Sir Henry Neuill was arraigned at Yorke house before the Priuy Councell and some of the Iudges and was accused for hauing been present at the meeting in Drury house and for not hauing reuealed their plots also for reuealing to Essex the secrets of his