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A66701	The new help to discourse or, Wit, mirth, and jollity. intermixt with more serious matters consisting of pleasant astrological, astronomical, philosophical, grammatical, physical, chyrurgical, historical, moral, and poetical questions and answers. As also histories, poems, songs, epitaphs, epigrams, anagrams, acrosticks, riddles, jests, poesies, complements, &c. With several other varieties intermixt; together with The countrey-man's guide; containing directions for the true knowledge of several matters concerning astronomy and husbandry, in a more plain and easie method than any yet extant. By W. W. gent.	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.; Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698. Country-man's guide. aut.	1680 (1680)	Wing W3070; ESTC R222284	116,837	246

Earldoms of Guyen and Poictou by Elbiner his wife and a great part of Ireland by conquest towards the latter end of his Reign he was much troubled with the unnatural Rebellion of his Sons He dyed the sixth day of July Anno 1189. and Reigned twenty four years and seven months lacking eleven days Richard the first for his valor and magnanimous courage sirnamed Coeur de Lion he with a most puissant Army warred in the Holy-Land where by his acts he made his name very famous overcoming the Turks in several Battels whom he had almost driven out of Syria he also took the Isle of Cyprus which he afterwards exchanged for the Title of King of Jerusalem after many worthy atchievements performed in those Eastern parts returning homewards to defend Normandy and Aquitain against the French he was by a Tempest cast upon the Coast of Austria where he was taken prisoner and put to a most grievous Ransom finally he was slain at the siege of Chaluz in France by a shot from an Arbalist the use of which warlike Engine he first shewed to the French whereupon a French Poet made these Verses in the person of Antropos Hoc volo non alia Richardum marte perire Ut qui Francigenis Balistae primitus usum Tradidit ipse sui rem primitus experiatur Quamque aliis docuit in se enim sentiat artis It is decreed thus must great Richard die As he that first did teach the French to dart An Arbalist 't is just he first should try The strength and taste the Fruits of his own Art In his days lived those Outlaws Robin Hood Little John c. King John next succeeded or rather usurped the Crown his eldest Brothers Son Arthur of Britain being then living He was an unnatural Son to his Father and an undutiful subject to his Brother neither sped he better in his own Reign the French having almost gotten his Kingdom from him who on the Popes curse came to subdue it with whom joyned many of his Subjects by which the Land was brought to much misery Finally after a base submission to the Popes Legat he was poysoned by a Monk at Sw●nested-Abby after he had reigned seventeen years and five months lacking eight days and lyeth buried at Worcester Henry the third Son to King John against whom the rebellious Barons strongly warred yet however he expelled the intruding French out of England confirmed the Statutes of Magna Charta and having reigned fifty six years and twenty eight days was buried at Westminster of which Church he built a great part Edward the first sirnamed Long-shanks who warred in the Holy-Land where he was at the time of his Fathers death a most Heroick magnanimous Prince he awed France subdued Wales and brought Scotland into subjection disposing of the Crown thereof according to his pleasure he brought from thence the Regal Chair still reserved in Westminster-Abby he was a right vertuous and fortunate Prince Reigned thirty four years seven months and odd days and lyeth buried at Westminster Edward the second a most dissolute Prince hated of his Nobles and contemned by the vulgar for his immeasurable love to Pierce Gaveston and the two Spencers on whom he bestowed most of what his Father had purchased with his Sword as one writeth in these Verses Did Longshanks purchase with his conquering hand Albania Gascoyn Cambria Ireland That young Carnarvon his unhappy Son Should give away all that his Father won He having Reigned nineteen years six months and odd days was deposed and Edward his eldest Son Crowned King Edward the third that true pattern of vertue and valor was like a rose out of a Bryar an excellent Son of an evil Father he brought the Scots again to a formal obedience who had gained much on the English in his Fathers life time laid claim to the Crown of France in right of his Mother and in pursuance of his Title gave the French two great overthrows taking their King prisoner with divers others of the chief Nobility he took also that strong and almost impregnable Town of Callice with many other fair possessions in that Kingdom Reigned fifty years four months and odd days and was buried at Westminster Richard the second Son to Edward the black Prince the eldest Son of King Edward the third an ungovern'd and dissolute King He rejected the sage advice of his Grave Counsellors was most ruled by his own self-will'd passions lost what his Father and Grand-father had gained and at last his own life to the Lancastrian faction in his time was that famous or rather infamous rebellion of Wat Taylor and Jack Straw He having Reigned twenty two years three months and odd days was deposed and murdered at Pomfret Castle Henry the fourth Son to John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster third Son to Edward the third obtained the Crown more by force than by lawful succession he was a wise prudent Prince but having gotten the Crown unjustly was much troubled with insurrection of of the subjects which he having quieted surrendred to fate having reigned thirteen years six months and odd days and was buried at Canterbury Henry the fifth who from a dissolute vicious Prince became the mirror of Kings and pattern of all Heroick performance he pursued his Title to the Crown of France bear the French at Agin Court and was in a Parliament of their Nobility Clergy and Commons ordained Heir apparent to the French Crown but lived not to possess it dying in the full carrier of his victories at Vincent Boys in France and was brought over into England and buried at Westminster He Reigned nine years five months and odd days Henry the sixth sirnamed of Windsor his birth-place of whom it was prophesied that What Henry of Monmouth had won which was his Father Henry of Windsor should lose He was a very pious Prince and upheld his State during the life of his Unkles John Duke of Bedford and Humphrey of Glocester after whose deaths the Nobility growing factious he not only lost France to the French but England and his life to the Yorkish faction He having reigned thirty eight years was overthrown by Edward Earl of March descended by the Mothers side from Lionel Duke of Clarence second Son to King Edward the third was arrested and sent to the Tower where within a while after he was murdered and buried at Cherlsey since removed to Windsor Edward the fourth a prudent politick Prince He after nine bloody Battels especially that of Tawton in which were slain of the English thirty six thousand on both sides was at last quietly seated in his dominions of England and Ireland Reigned twenty two years one month and odd days and was buried at Windsor Edward the fifth his Son a King proclaimed but before his Coronation was murdered in the Tower Richard the third brother to Edward the fourth was Crowned King ascending to the same by steps of blood murdering King Henry the sixth and Prince Edward his Son 3.

George Duke of Clarence his own Brother with many faithful servants to King Edward 4. Edward the fifth his lawful Soveraign with Prince Richard his brother 5. Henry Duke of Buckingham his great friend and sixth one Collingborn an Esquire who was hang'd drawn and quartered for making this Verse The Cat the Rat and Lowel our Dog Rule all England under a Hog Finally having reigned two years and two months he was slain by Henry Earl of Richmond and buried at Grey Fryers Church at Leicester Henry the seventh who united the two Houses of York and Lancaster by marrying with Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir to Edward the fourth He was a Prince of marvellous Wisdom Policy Justice Temperance and Gravity and notwithstanding great troubles and wars which he had against home-bred Rebels he kept his Realm in right good order He builded the Chappel to Westminster-Abby a most accurate piece of Work wherein he was interred after he had reigned twenty three years and eight months Henry the eight who banished the Popes supremacy out of England won Bulloign from the French lived beloved and feared of his Neighbour Princes the last of our Kings whose name began with the Letter H. which Letter had been accounted strange and ominous every mutation in our State being as it were ushered in by it according as I find it thus versed in Albions England Not superstitiously I speak but H this Letter still Hath been accounted ominous to England's good or ill First Hercules Hesion and Helen were the cause Of war to Troy Aeneas seed becoming so Out-laws Humber the Hum with foreign Armes did first the Brutes invade Hellen to Romes Imperial Throne the British Crown convey'd Hengist and Horsus first did plant the Saxons in this Isle Hungar and Hubba first brought Danes that swayed here long while At Harold had the Saxons end at Hardy Cnute the Dane Henries the first and second did restore the English Reign Fourth Henry first for Lancaster did Englands Crown obtain Seventh Henry jarring Lancaster and York unites in peace Henry the eighth did happily Romes irreligion cease King Henry having Reigned thirty seven years nine months and odd days dyed and was buried at Windsor Edward the sixth a most vertuous religious Prince whose wisdom was above his years and whose piety was exemplary he perfected the Reformation begun by his father King Henry At the age of sixteen years he departed this life having Reigned six years five months and odd days and was buried at Westminster Mary his Sister whom King Henry begat of Katherine of Spain she restored again the Mass set at liberty those Bishops imprisoned in her brothers Reign and imprisoned those who would not embrace the Romish perswasion She was very zealous in the cause of the Pope for not yielding to which many godly Bishops and others of the Reformation suffered Mattyrdom In her time was Callice lost to the French the grief whereof it was thought brake her heart she Reigned five years four months and odd days and was buried at Westminster Elizabeth daughter to Henry the eighth by the Lady Ann of Bulloigne a most Heroick vertuous Lady she again banished the Popes power out of England reduced Religion to its primitive purity and refined the Coyns which were then much corrupt For the defence of her Kingdom she stored her Royal Navy with all warlike munition aided the Scots against the French the French Protestants against the Catholiques and both against the Spaniard whose invincible Armado as it was termed she overthrew in 88. Holland found her a fast friend against the force of Spain the Ocean it self was at her command and her name grew so redoubted that the Muscovite willingly entered into League with her She was famous for her Royal Government amongst the Turks Persians and Tartars which having endured forty four years five months and odd days she dyed being aged about seventy years and was buried at Westminster King James a Prince from his Cradle the sixth of that name in Scotland and the first in England He excelled for Learning and Religion a second Solomon in whose Reign during all the time thereof our Land was enriched with those two blessings of Peace and Plenty He died in a good old age notwithstanding the Treason of the Gowries and the Powder-plot Reigned twenty two years and three days and was buried at Westminster Charles the first Son to King James a most pious prudent vertuous Prince enriched with all excellencies both of mind and body He was by his own Subjects most barbarously murdered before his PallaceGate at Whitehall Jan. 30. An. 1648. after he had Reigned twenty three years ten months and 3 days Twit Papists now not with the Powder-plot This blacker deed will make the same forgot Charles the second the Heir of his Fathers vertues and Crown who having been long detained from his right by the prevailing sword of Rebels was miraculously restored to his Subjects and Kingdom May the 29. 1660. Who God grant long long long to Reign May they be all Rebels and Traitors reckon'd Who wish the least hurt unto Charles the Second Hereafter followeth the Histories of St Denis the Titulary Saint of France St. Romain and some others being after used in discourse for the Readers better information and delight according as we find it in the Legend of them SAint Denis is said to be the same Dionisius of Areopagita mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles who being converted himself ●hirsted after the conversion of others and ●o that end he with Rusticus and Elutherius ●ravelled into France then called Gauls where he converted many to Christianity and ●ecame the first Bishop of Paris making Rus●icus his Arch-Priest and Elutherius his Dea●on Afterwards in the Reign of Domitian the Emperor persecution growing hot Fes●ennius Governor of Paris commanded that ●e should bow before the Altar of Mercury and offer Sacrifice unto him which St. Denis with the other two beforenamed refusing to do they were all three of them condemned to be beheaded which was accordingly executed on Mont-Matre distant about a mile from Paris Now it came to pass that when the Executioner had smitten off Saint Denis his head that he caught it up between his Arms and ran with it down the Hill as fast as his legs could carry him half a mile from the place of his Execution he sate down and rested and so he did nine times in all till he came to the place where his Church is now built where he met with a very old woman whom he charged to bury him in that place and then fell down and died being three English miles from Mont-Matre and there he was buried together with Rusticus and Elutherius who were brought after him by the people Afterwards by the succeeding ages when Christianity had gotten the upper-hand of Paganism in the nine several places where he rested are erected so many handsome Crosses of stone all of a making To the memory of this Saint did

they are and kiss it thrice so doing their devotion to Mahomet The carrying it about the streets hath no question in it a touch of the Jew this Ceremony being borrowed from that of carrying about the Ark on the shoulders of the Levites The other main part of it which is the Adoration is derived from the Heathens there never being a people but they which afforded divine honors to things inanimate But the people indeed I cannot blame for this Idolatrous devotion their Consciences being perswaded that which they see pass by them is the very body of their Saviour Certainly could the like belief possess the understanding of Protestants they would meet it with as great devotion The Priests and Doctors of the people therefore are to be condemned onely who impose and enforce this sin upon their Hearers and doubtless there is a reward which attendeth them for it Pope Innocent about the year 1215. in a Council at Rome was the first ordained it ordering that there should be a Pix made to cover the Bread and a Bell bought to ring before it The Adoration of it was enjoyned by Pope Honorius An. 1226. both afterwards encreased by the new Solemn Fast of Corpus Chrisbi day by Pope Urban the fourth An. 1264. and confirmed for ever with multitudes of Pardons in the Council of Vienna by Clement the fifth An. 1310. Qu. What other Popes were they which brought up as ridiculous Customs stil used amongst them An. Sergius the second was the first that changed his name for thinking his own name Bocca de Porco or Swines mouth not consonant to his dignity he caused himself to be called Sergius which president his Successours have followed varying their names contrary to their natures So if one be a Coward he is called Leo if a Tyrant Clement if an Atheist Pius or Innocens if a Rustick Urbanus and so of the rest Sextus the fourth brought in Beads and our Ladies Psalter Sergius the third instituted the bearing about of Candles for the purification of the blessed Virgin Mary Celestine the second was the Inventer of that mad kinde of Cursing by Bell Book and Candle Sergius the fourth was the first that on Christmas night with divers Ceremonies consecrated Swords Roses or the like which afterward are sent as a Token of love and honor to such Princes as they like best Leo the tenth sent a consecrated Rose to Frederick Duke of Saxony desiring him to banish Luther The like did Clement the seventh to our Henry the eighth for writing against Luther Paul the third sent an hallowed Sword to James the fifth of Scotland when he began the War with our Henry the eighth The like did Julius the second to our Henry the seventh in his Wars against his Rebels Boniface the eighth instituted the Roman Jubile and decreed that it should be solemnized every hundred years but by Clement the sixth it was brought to fifty Clement the fift first brought in Pardons and Indulgences and such like trumpery Qu. What is the Popes chief stile wherein the number of the Beast is reckoned as in the thirteenth of the Revelation and the last Verse is manifested in these words Here is wisdome let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of a man and his number is 666 An. VIcarIVs generaL Is DeI In terris Englished Gods General upon Earth Thus reckoned DCLVVIIIIII Qu. What is the Anagram of Roma the Latine word for Rome An. Amor or Love which one cast into this Distich Hate and Debate Rome through the world hath spread Yet Roma Amor is if backward read Then is 't not strange Rome hate should foster No For out of backward love all hate doth grow Qu. What number was most fatal to Rome An. The sixth number according to this Verse Sextus Tarquintus Sextus Nero Sextus iste Scilicet Papa Alexander 6. Semper sub sextis perdita Roma fuit What other names or numbers to her won In the sixth still she lost was Rome undone Qu. Why is Rome taken to be Babylon mentioned in the Revelations An. Because it is said there that the whore thereof sitteth on a beast with seven heads which cannot so properly be understood of any place as this being built upon seven hills namely 1 Palatinus 2 Capitolinus 3 Viminalis 4 Aventinus 5 Esquilinus 6 Caetius 7 Quirnialis governed by seven Kings viz. 1 Romulus 2 Numa 3. Annus Martius 4 Tullus Hostilius 5 Tarquin Priscus 6 Servius Tullus 7 Tarquin superbus And acknowledging several sorts of Rulers 1 Kings 2 Consuls 3. Decemviri 4 Tribunes 5 Dictators 6 Emperors and 7 Popes Qu. How many times hath Rome been taken by forraign Nations An. Ten. 1. By the Gauls under the conduct of Brennus the brother of Belinus King of Britain 2. By Alarick King of the Gothes who conquered Rome Campania and Naples 3. By Genserick King of the Vandals a people which inhabited the Countrey now called Swethland 4. By Totila King of the Gothes 5. By Odoarer King of the Heruli who drave Augustus out of Italy and twice in thirteen years laid the Countrey desolate 6. By Theodoricus King of the Gothes called by Zeno the Emperor to expel Odoarer 7. By Gundebald King of the Burgundians who having ransacked all Italy returned home leaving the Gothes in possession of the same who after they had continued there seventy two years were at last subdued by Belisarius and Narses two of the bravest Captains that served the Roman Emperors This Belisarius was a true Example of the mutability of Fortune who having served his Countrey in great Command for many years was at last brought to that necessity as to stand by the high-wayside and beg Date obolum Belisario Give a half-penny to Belisarius 8. The eight time was by the Moors and Sarazens followers of Mahomet his Law Gregory the fourth being Pope 9. By Henry the fourth Emperor of Germany Gregory the seventh being Pope 10. By Charles Duke of Burbon An. 1528. in which Rome suffered more than by the siege and sacking of the most barbarous Nations Clement the seventh being then Pope Qu. How many Natural Languages or Mother Tongues which have no affinity with others are spoken in Europe An. Fourteen 1. Irish spoken in Ireland and the West of Scotland 2. British in Wales 3. Cantabrian or Biscany nigh unto the Cantabrian Ocean and about the Pyrenian Hills 4. Arabique in the Mountains of Granada 5. Finnique in Findland and Lapland Dutch though with different Dialect in Germany Holland Denmark Swethland and Norway 7. Chanchian which the East Friezlanders or Canchi speak among themselves for to strangers they speak Dutch 8. Slavonish of great extent and use especially in the Turkish Countreys 9. Illyrian on the East side of Istria and in the Isle of Veggin 10. Greek 11. Hungarian 12. Epirotique in the Mountainous parts of the Kingdom of Hungary 13. Jaxygian on the North-side of Hungary between Danubius