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A11433
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Fortunes fashion pourtrayed in the troubles of the Ladie Elizabeth Gray, wife to Edward the fourth. Written by Tho. Sampson.
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Sampson, Thomas, poet.
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1613
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STC 21686; ESTC S104563
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Although too deare I haue my pleasure bought When it was bruted that the King affected And would without the liking of his Lords Espouse me seeing that he not respected Their discontent nor smooth intreating words But like a loyall and a royall King Would still make good his vowes in euery thing Then they deuisde against me to obiect My widowhood ô that was chiefly it Wherewith they thought me fouly to detect Alledging it was rare and farre vnfit A King should fancie such a one as I That was a widow and in pouertie But all in vaine they sought him to disswade He gaue his word and constantly did stand Vnto the oathes betwixt vs firmly made With interchange of hearts and gift of hand He did desire our marriage day to see And I did wish that time as much as he When the Kings mother thought it was in vaine To vse perswasions to her sonne the King A precontract she spared not to faine That he had made his honor so to bring Into reproch supposing that the way From marriage a while to cause him stay But then the King those cauils did disproue And we at Grafton married were with speed And there with holy rites did seale our loue Which God and man allow as sacred deed There were we ioyn'd in holy mariage state Which during life should be inuiolate Whether the King did keepe his plighted faith To me as marriage strictly doth require Or if it be that he it broken hath Which I to know or proue do not desire I liu'd and lou'd him in such duteous sort As let my life and actions make report Before the Earle made his returne from France Richard Neuil then Earle of Warwicke Being sent to treate a mariage for the King With Lady Bona time brought forth this chance The King was married which some say did bring The fall and ruine of King Edwards seed The vulgar peoples saying is no creed How dares a subiect contradict his King Must subiects wils limit their Princes loue It 's more then vaine yea a presumptuous thing Inferiors should such bold commanders proue To tie Kings thoughts to fancie none but them That please their subiects ô aspiring men What though things sorted to the Earles desire And Lewis Duke of Sauoy was content To grant as much as Warwicke did require Must princely Edward suffer banishment Or be obedient to his subiects frowne Or hazard all the glorie of a Crowne It was not this that causd the Earle rebell Nor was it conscience of King Henries right Another cause some histories do tell Enraged Warwicke and did cause him fight Against his King yet Kings can giue no cause Sufficient motiues for the breach of lawes O neuer let succeeding ages heare Vnto the staine of his nobilitie The wauering faith that Warwicke then did beare Constant in nothing but vnconstancie First fauouring one then changed to the other Faithfull to none although he were his brother Yet will I giue him being dead his due For sure it is a sinne to wrong the dead Though to his King he was vnkind vntrue His valour was by vanitie misled Who so him pleasd to raise vnto the Crowne And when he list by force to cast them downe A valiant Knight and fortunate in warre Vlysses-like for prudent policie Yet this did all his other vertues marre And was a blot to his posteritie That right or wrong he car'd not how it was But as he would so things should come to passe O no another fire the world doth know Betwixt the King and Warwicke kindled was Which I by no meanes to the world will show It was too much if so it was alas That such a blot should blemish such a King That was so royall else in euery thing I le nere beleeue that euer Edwards mind Would passe the limits of true honors name Although in histories you there may find Some things set downe that might empaire his fame I was his wife he lou'd me as I thought I paid his loue with dutie as I ought The next yeare after that we married were At Westminster I then was crowned Queene Attended there by many a noble Peere In such rare sort as at such times are seene My father and my friends he did aduance To greater place but more vnhappie chance And in this yeare into the world I brought A daughter which combin'd King Edwards loue In double knot with mine for sure t is thought The pleasingst ioy that man and wife do proue When of their honest loues such fruite they see As farre beyond all other treasures be But oh what pleasure euer lasteth long Some enuious fate maligning that our blisse Should long continue with iniurious wrong Did ouerthrow our mirth and forc'd vs misse The path that would haue led vs on to ioy And made vs tread the maze of all annoy To sowre our sweet lo what mishap befell An insurrection in Northamptonshire Robin of Redsdale cursed impe of hell Who like some furie with his hel-bred fire Enrag'd the madnes of the rebels so They like distracted men to Grafton go Where by the force of boisterous cursed hand My father then Earle Riuers they did take My brother Sir Iohn Woodvile did withstand The rebels force but oh he was too weake Farre ouermatch'd was sonne and fathers force For without law or iustice or remorse They in Northampton each did lose his head Nor Iudge nor Iurie had them ouerthrowne With cruell rigor was their sentence read It nothing booted them to make their mone Thus an oblation to that furious faction Their blouds were made ô most detested action Malicious Warwicke in a shew of loue Wrapt his displeasure at his Soueraignes match And gained leaue for health fresh aire to proue When Serpent-like he time and meanes did watch To plucke King Edward from his throne inuested That so the seeds of ciuill warre detested And subtilly with faire alluring words Did draw the hearts of all he could perswade Not to obey but to resist with swords Their lawfull King against the oath they made And so misled the people to attempt That which with losse of liues they did repent See here the fickle minds the common sort Of people beare that not respecting right Nor iust succession onely by report And light beliefe of others bend their might Hazard their liues and lands pollute their fame With shamefull blot of traitors hatefull name I grant my state was meane yet not so base Iustly to be reputed odious Nor did I spring from such a seruile race As might moue VVarwicke to be trecherous Vnto his King for oft it hath bene seene As meane a Lady hath bene made a Queene But when vile rancor boyld in Warwicks brest He gladly tooke the simplest shew of cause To leuie armes and neuer would giue rest Vnto his thoughts vntill against all lawes He raisd an armie gainst King Edwards force And by ill fortune gaue the King the worse For in the night he sodainly