â—Tis somewhat hard but yet it is no riddle All Bawdry doth not breed below the middle â—o many seuerall sorts of Bawdes doe grow That where there 's not a Bawd 't is hard to know The first with spirituall Bawdes whose honour high â—â—prings from the whoredome of Idolatry â—â—st but your eyes vpon the Man of Rome That stiles himselfe the head of Christendome â—â—ists vniuersall Vicar and Vicegerent â—â— whom fooles thinke the Truth is so inherent That he can soules to Heauen or hell preferre And being full of Errours cannot erre And though his witchcraft thousands hath entic'd He will be call'd Lieutenant vnto Christ. How hath that false Conuenticle of Trent â—ade lawes which God or good men neuer meant Commanding worshipping of stones and stockes Of Reliques dead mens bones and senslesse blocks From which adultrate painted Adoration â—en worse then stocks or blockes must seeke saluation The Soules of men are His that dearly bought them And he the onely way to Heauen hath taught them And whoso forceth them to false adoring â—s the maine Bawd vnto this Spirituall Whoring Besides it is apparent and most cleere That hee 's the greatest Bawd the Earth doth beare For he that tolerates the Stewes erection Allowes them Priuiledges and protection Shares in the profit of their fordid sweat Râ—apes yeerely Pensions and Reuennues great Permits the Pole-shorne Fry of Fryers and Monks For Annuall stipends to enioy their Punckes When * Sâ—â— Smith in his treat of Herodot Cap. 38. page 303. Pâ—â—â— the third the Romish miter wore He had contributary Truls such store To fiue and forty thousand they amount As then Romes Register gaue true account Besides it was approu'd the gaine was cleere â— Full twenty thousand Duckats euery yeere Moreouer once a Bishop boasting said He had Ten Thousand Priests that paid Some more some lesse by way of Rent or fines Each a Corathus Agrippa in his vanity of Sciences one of them for keeping Concubines And he that keepes none payes as much as he As for his vse doth keepe one two or three All 's one the Priests must pay t'augmeÌ„t the treasure Keepe or not keepe Whore or not Whore at Pleasure Now iudge good Reader haue I said amisse * Idem Was euer any Bawdry like to this Pope a Lucroce was first married to her own brother the son of Pope Alexander the sixt shee being daughter to the laid Pope and daughter in low to him by the marriage with his sonne And being concubine to the said Pope hee caused her after his sonne her husbands death to be married to three Princes one after another Fist to Duke Iohn Sforza secondly to Lewis sonne to Alphonsus King of Arragon thirdly to Alphonsus D'â—st Duke of Ferara Alexander of that name the sixt With his owne childe incestuously commixt And Paul the third affecting the said Game With his owne b Her name was Constancia shee was married to a Duke named Sforza but the Pope her father poysoned her because he could not lawfully enioy her Also for the like he poysoned his sister daughter did commit the same And after with his sister tooke such course That he with her did doe as bad or worse Iohn the thirteenth and other more 't is plaine Haue with their sisters and their daughters laine And when their stomackes haue beene gone past To Princes they haue married them at last Here 's Bawdes of state of high and mighty place Our Turnbull street poore Bawdes to these are base But these braue Doings better to disclose A little while I le turne my Verse to Prose The forenamed Lucrece being dead had this Epitaph bestowed on her written by Pontanus Here lyes Lucrece by name but Thais in life The Popes child and Spouse and yet his own sons wife Besides I found a cursed Catalogue of these veneriall Caterpillers who were supprest with the Monasteries in England in the time of King Henry the eight with the number of trugs which each of them kept in those daies as these Christopher Iames a Monke of the Order of Saint Bennet in Canterburie had three Whores all married women William Abbot of Bristoll foure Nicholas VVhyden Priest kept foure in Windsor Castle in the same place George Whitthorne fiue Nicholas Spoter fiue Robert Hunne fiue Robert Daueson sixe Richard the Prior of Maidenbeadly fiue In Shulbred Monastery in Chichester Diocesses George Walden the Prior seuen Iohn Standnep seuen Nicholas Duke fiue In Bath Monafterie Richard Lincoombe seuen three of them married Iohn Hill in the Cathedrall Church at Chichester but thirteene Iohn White Prior of Bermonsey had no more but twenty all this Rabble was found and known in England let a man imagine then how many were not knowne and what a goodly brood of barnes were fathered vpon those that neuer begat them withall if England were so stored with them it is not to bee doubted but all the rest of the Christian world did swarme with these lecherous Locusts Moreouer much knauery Bawdery I should say may bee couered vnder the vaile of Auricular Confession for the Priest hauing a young pretty maid or wife at shrift wil know her disposition groape out all her secret conueyances and craftily vnderfeele her policies and for a penance for her faults past shee is inioyned to commit a sinne present The vnloading of her Conscience many times prouing the burthen of her belly Forty weeks after And in this manner the most zealous Catholike or the most iealous Italian may be most dououtly cornuted vnder the cloake of Confession and Absolution Besides a most pernicious Bawd is hee That for poore b A flattring hireling preacher is a Bawd to the vices of his surly Patrone and an hypocriticall conniuer at the crying sinnes of his Audience scraps and a bare ten pounds fee Dares not his mighty Patron to offend Or any way his vices reprehend Nor preach 'gainst pride oppression vsury Dice drinke or drabbes vaine oathes or simonie Nor Veniall sinne or Mortall or nothing That may his Worship in the Withers wring But euery way must fit his Text and time To leaue vntoucht th' Impropriators crime Thus those whose functions Heauen doth dignifie Who should like Trumpets lift thier voyces high Are mute and muzzled for a hireling price And so are Bawdes vnto their Patrones vice For he 's a Bawd who doth his Liuing winne By hiding or by flattring peoples sinne The * The Deuill is the chiefe Bawd Prince of darknesse King of Acheron Great Emperor of Styx and Phlegeton Cocitus Monarch high and mighty Dis Who of Great Limbe-Lake Commander is Of Tartary of Erebus and all Those Kingdomes which men Barathrum doe call He is the chiefest Bawd and still he plods To send vs Whoring after godlesse gods And by his sway and powerfull Instigation Hath made the world stark drunk with fornication For since the first Creation neuer was The least degree of Bawdry brought to passe But he began it
eldest daughter to Henry the 7. from whom our graciâ—â—â— soueraigne is â—ineally descended Henry the eight An. Dom. 1509. FRom both the Lines and both the Ioynes did spring Of York Lancaster this mighty King Katherine that was his brothers wife of late He tooke to wife and crown'd her Queene in state Empson and Dudley lost their heads at Tower For racking the poore Commons by their power Warres dreadfull wars arose 'twixt vs and French Lord Edward Howard drowned by mis-chance At Brest he was high Admirall in fight Cast ouerboord dy'd like a valiant Knight In England Suffolks Duke did lose his head The King to Turwin did an army lead Turney he wonne with his victorious blade King Iames of Scotland England did inuade But Surries Earleâ— the Scotsh King ouercame Who lost life there but wonne immortall fame Now Cardinall Wolsey in the Kings high Grace Was rais'd to honours from great place to place Lordship on Lordship laid vpon his backe Vntill the burthen was the bearers wracke The Duke of Buckingham his head did lose And Laâ—ber stoutly did the Pope oppose â—â—finde ignorance that long had look'd awry Began to see Truth with a clearer eye And then the King inspir'd with seruent Zeale Reformed both the Church and Common weale â—â—â—â—â— with his power Omnipotent Did make this King his gracious Instrument â—â—T'vnmaske his Truth from Antichristian fables And purge this wofull Land from Babels bables This king at Boloigne was victorious â—â— peace and warre Magnifique Glorious â—â— his rage bounty he did oft expresse His Liberality to bee excesse â—â—â— Reuels Iusts and Turnies he spent more Then fiue of his Fore-fathers did before His Auarice was all for Noble fame Amongst the Worthies to inrole his Name A valiant Champion for the Faiths defence Was the great Title of this mightie Prince â—â—â—â— wiues he had 3 Kates 2. Aunes one Iane Two were diuorc'd two at the blocke were slaine One sonne and two faire daughters he did leaue Who each from other did the Crowne receiue The first was Edward Mary next whose death Left State and Realme to Queene Elizabeth He thirty eight yeeres kept this Royall Roome At windsor hee 's enter'd without a Tombe Lâ—â—th Edenbourgh and diuers other parts of Scotland were spoyled by Sir Iohn Dudley Lord Viscount â—sle Lord high Admirall of England with a Navy of 200 tall Ships Anno 1544. King Henry went to Boloigne hee â—â—â—â— France the 13. of Iuly and into Boloigne the 25. of September in which yeere were taken 300. French â—hips for prices Edward the sixt An. Dom. 1546. HAd this Kings reigne bin long as it was good Religion in a peaceable state had stood What might haue his age bin when his blest youth â—o valiantly aduanc'd Gods sacred truth At nine yeeres age the Crowne on him hee tooke And ere sixteene he Crowne and life for sooke Too good for earth th' Almighty tooke his spirit And Westminster his Carkas doth inherit In his 5. yeere a strange Earth-quake did much harmâ— in diuers places of Surry and a sweating sicknesse generally ouer England that dispatched those that were in good health in 12. houres or 24. at the most In one weeke there dyed of it in London 806. the most of them being men of best strength Queene Mary An. Dom. 1553. AFter a while this Queene had worne the Crown Idolatry was rais'd and Truth put downe The Masse the Images the Beades and Altars By tyrannie by fire and sword and Halters Th'vngodly bloudy Antichristian sway Men were force perforce forced to obey Now burning Bonner London Bishop he Was from the Maâ—sâ—al-sea againe â—â— free Iohn Dudley great Duke of Northumberland And Sir Iohn Gates dyed by the Headsmans hand With them Sir Thomas Palmer likewise dy'd Hoping for heau'n through â—â—â—â—â— Crucified In Latine Seruice must be sung and said Because men should not know for what they praâ—'d The Emp'rors sonne great Philip King of Spaine A marriage with Queene Mary did obtaine Against which match Sir Thomas Wyat rose With powers of Kent the Spaniards to oppose But Wyat was or'throwne his armie fled And on the Tower hill after lost his head Lord Gray the Duke of Suffolke also dy'd An Axe his Corps did from his head diuide A little after the Lord Thomas Gray The Dukes owne brother went that headlesse way A Millers sonne assum'd King Edwardâ— name And falsely in that name the Crowne did claime But he was tane and iustly whip'd and tortur'd And claiming it once more was hang'd quarterd King Philip won Saint Quintins with great cost But after to our shame was Callice lost Callice was lost which threescore yeeres and ten Had beene a Garrison for Englishmen Thus by Gods mercy Englands Queene did dye And England gain'd much ease and rest thereby Fiue yeeres and 4. months was her bloudy reigne And all her glory doth one graue containe Though of her selfe this Queene was well inclin'd Bad-minded counsell altred much her minde She married Philip King of Spaine on Saint Iames his day 1554. at Winchester Callice was won by Edward the 3. in the 21. of his reigne 1347. and it was lost the I. of Ianuary 1557. after the English-men had possest it 210. yeeres August 7. 1558. a tempest neere Nottingham beat downe 2. Townes and Churches and cast the Bels to the further side of the Church-yard threw whole sheetes of Lead 400. foot into the fields where they were crumpled together like burns parchment the streame and mud of the Riuer of Trent was blowne a-land a quarter of a mile a childe blowne out of a mans hand 100. foot and kild there fell hayle 15. Inches about Queene Elizabeth An. Dom. 1558. A Debora a Iudith a Susanna A Virgin a Virago a Diana Couragious Zealous Learned Wise and Chasle With heauenly earthly gifts adorn'd and grac'd Victorious glorious bountious gracious good And one whose vertues dignifi'd her bloud That Muses Graces Armes and liberall Arts Amongst all Queens proclaim'd her Queen of hearts She did repurifie this Land once more From the infection of the Romish whore Now Abbies Abbots Fri'rs Monks Nuns Stews Masses and Masse-priests that mens soules abuse Were all cast downe Lamps Tapers Relikes Beads And Superstitions that mans soule misse-leads All Popish pardons Buls Consessions With Crossings Cristening bels Saints Intercessions The Altars Idols Images downe cast All Pilgrimage and Superstitious Fast Th'acknowledging the Pope for supreme head The holy water and the god of bread The mumbling Mattins and the pickpurse Masse These bables this good Queene did turne to grasse She caus'd Gods seruice to be said and sung In our owne vnderstanding English tongue In Scotland and in France fierce warres she held The Irish she subdu'd when they rebeld The Netherlands her name doe still admire And Spaine her like againe doth not desire When forty foure yeers reigne was past and gone She chang'd her earthly for a heauenly Throne At Greenwich she was borne at Richmond dy'd At
and â—â—â— to King Edward the sixt Shee was crowned at Westminster the first of October 1553 by the hands of Stephen Gardner Bishop of Winchester King Edward being dead his death was concealed two daies by reason of the feare of Queene Maries alteration of the religion which King Edward had established for which cause the Lady Iane was by many of the Lords and the Londoners proclaimed Queene This Lady Iane was eldest daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolke shee was then married to the Lord Guiford Dudlty fourth sonne to Iohn Duke of Northumberland her mother was the Lady Francis the daughter of Mary the French Queene and the younger sister of King Henry the 8. Queene Mary bearing that Iane was proclaim'd Queen begain to rowse raised an Army and was first proclaimed in the City of Norwich her powers still increasing she made towards London where all supplies forsocke the Lady Iane so that she with her husband and father and the Lord Thomas Gray with others were beheaded The Queene ceases all the protestant Bishops and Clergie to bee degraded suspended or imprisoned She raised againe the Mase and with it masse of misery to this kingdome King Philip of Spaine was contracted to Queene Mary but Sir Thomas Wiat with an Armie opposed it and after much bickering was taken and executed on the Towreâ—â—â— The Lady Elizabeth the Queenes sister was wrongâ—â—ly imprisoned and in danger to be put to death Philip King of Spaine was married to Queene Mary withâ—â— Royall solemnity at Winchester the 25 of Iuly Anno 1454. This wofull Land was in those daies a very Achetdima or field of blood the Popes Mâ—rebanâ—s â—â—â— Church and Commonwealth with holy Water Pax Censors Oyle Spittle Creame Altars Pictures Images â— Crosses Crucifixes Beades Lights Tapers Candâ—â—â— the Breaden god these Romish warres did cost the liâ—es neere 6000 people that refused them some hanged â—â—â— burne and diuers others suffering other deaths and â—â—ties K. Philip Queen Mary send defiance into France Philip went thither in person besieged the strong â—â—â— of S t. Quintins and man it but shortly after the English men lost Callice which had beene the King of English Towne 21 yeeres Wherefore Queene Mary tooke â—â—â— griefe that sheâ— neuer enioyed her life-long after â—â—â— Callice was lost the 17 of Ianuary and the Queene â—â—â— at Saint Iames house the 7 of Nouember following â—â—â— 1558 when she had reigned 5 yeeres 4 monethâ—â—â—â— daies she lieth buried as Westminster ELIZABETH QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRANCE and IRELAND Defender of the Faith c. THe griefes the feares the terrors and the toiles The sleights tricks snares that for my life were laid â—pes prisons poysons pistois bloody broyles â—â— these incompast me poore harmelesse Mayd â—â— I still trusting in my Makers ayde Was still defended by his power diuine â—y glory and my greatnesse was displai'd â—â— farre as Sunne and Moone did euer shine Gods mingled Seruice I did re-refine From Romish rubbish and from humane drosse â— yearely made the pride of Spaine decline â—â—â— and all Belgia I sau'd from losse I was Arts patterne t' Armes I was a Patron I liu'd and dyed a Queene a Maid a Matron Anno Dom. 1558 Nouember 17 Thursday Lady Elizabeth borne at Greenwich second daughter to King Henry the eight sister and heire to the late Queene Mary after shee had by Gods gracious prouience past through many afflictions as scandals calumnations sundry imprisonns â—â—â— and hazard of her life shee was at the age of 25 yeeres and od dayes crowned Queen of England France and Ireland at Westminster by the hand of Owen Oglethorpe Bishop of Carlielc the 13 of Ianuary The first good worke of hers after her coronation was to reforme and restore and Seruice of God to the Primitiue sincerity and prayer and preaching to be vsed in the English tongue she caused all the bables of Babek and all the Romish rubbish to bee cast out of the Church shee dismissed those Bishops and others of the Clergie as would not be reformed She caused all base momes and coyneste to be supprest and to be no vallue and in their stead she ordained that no coyne but Gold and Siluer shouâ— passe for current in her Dominions The French King Henry at a â—lâ—ng was vnfortunately slaine by a Lord named Mountgomery â—â—inter of the lâ—â—â—nce running into his eye An. 1559. Sorne after the French molest Scotland but by Queene Elizabeths â—yde they were expulsed The Noble Earle of Arraw in Scotland and Ericus King of Sweaden were suuerâ—â— to marry â—â—â— the Queene which her Maiesty with all princely modesty refused She was after sued to by Henry Duke of Aniou brother to the French King Charles the 9. Anno 1514. The bloody massaker was in France where in the City of Paris only 10000 Protestarts were mâ—n thered by the Pepists The Irish fell to rebellian vnder the Earle of Tirone which rebellion put England to much cost and trouble Henry Lord Darneley King of Scots most inhumanely murdred Anno 1568 and his Queen Mary assaulted by the oppression of her rebellicus Subiects came into England and was royally welcomed One Thomas Appletree discharging his â—â—ce the Queene was in her Barge vpon the Thames the bullet ranne thorow both the Armes of one of her Watermen but the Queene vnderstanding that the shot was by casualtie pardoned the offender Her mercie iustice temperance fortitude magnanimity prudence learning and incomparable wisedome would each of them fill a volume So that neither â—â—â— vnablenesse of me the writer nor the briefnesse which I am â—â—â— to in thus abstract can no waies touch the â—em of her vertues wherefore I refer the reader to the great volumes of Hollinsheds story the Reuerend learned Cambden Master speed and others who haue writen more largely of her though all of them are much short of her vnimmitable merits shee ayed the 24 of March 1602 aged 69 yâ—eeres 6 moneths and 7 dayes she reigned 44 yeeres â—4 months and 7 daies On the 28 of Aprill after shee was buried at Westminster IAMES Of that Name THE FIRST And I. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE c. WEre all the flatt'ry of the world in me Great King of hearts Arts great Britaines King Yet all that flattery could not flatter thee Or adde to thy renowne the smallest thing My Muse with truth and freedome dares to sing Thou wert a Monarch lou'd of God and Men. Two famous Kingdomes thou to one didst bring And gau'st lost Britaines name her name agen Thou cansedst Doctors with their learned pen The sacred Bible newly to translate Thy wisdome found the damned powder'd Den That hell had hatcht to ouerthrow thy state And all the world thv Motto must allow The peace makers are blast and so art thou Anno Dom. 1602 March 24 Thursday Iames the first of that name King of England Scotland France Ireland the first King that was â—â—â— in England since the Norman conquest
hath one Necke yet I perceiue Sheepe being dead two neckes of Mutton haue Foure legs each liuing Sheepe hath but once slaine Although he loose none yet he hath but twaine Now for the honour of the valiant Ram If I were learn'd more treble then I am Yet could I not sufficiently expresse His wondrous worth and exc'llent worthinesse For by Altronomers 't is verifide Aries How that the Ram in heauen is stellifide And of the twelue is plac'd head figne of all Where Sol keepes first his Equinoctiall For hauing at the Bull drunke Aprils showres And with y e Twins May deck'd â— earth with flowers And scorch'd the Crab in Iune with burning beams Made Iulies Lyon chafe with fierie gleames In August solace to the Virgin giuen With Battance in September made Time euen Octobers Scorpion with declining course And passing by December Archers force Then hauing past Novembers frozen Goats He next to Ianus Waterie Signe doth floate He to the Lenten Signe in February And so bright Phoebus ends his yeres vagarie Then to the Ram in March in his careere He mounts on which this Sonnet's written heere Sonnet NOw cheerefull Sol in his illustrious Carre To glad the Earth his Iourney gins to take And now his glorious beames he doth vnbarre What absence marr'd his presence now doth make Now he Earths weeping visage gins to dry With Eols breath and his bright heauenly heat fly March dust like clouds through ayre doth march Dead-seeming Trees and Plants new life doth get Thus when the Worlds eyeâ—azler takes his Inne At the coelestiall Ram then Winter 's done And then Dame Nature doth her liueriespinne Of flowers and fruits which all the Earth puts on Thus when Apollo doth to Aries come The Earth is freed from Winters Martyrdome Thus haue I prou'd the' Ram a luckie signe Wherein Heau'n Earth and Sun and Ayre combine To haue their vniuersall comforts hurld Vpon the Face of the decaying world With twelue signes each mans body's gouerned And Aties or the Ram doth rule the head Then are their iudgements foolish fond and base That take the name of Ramhead in disgrace 'T is honour for the head to haue the name Deriued from tie Ram that rules the same And that the Ram doth rule the head I know For euery Almanacke the same doth show To be cald Ramhead is a title of honour and a name proper to all men He that sels wood is call'd a Woodmonger He that sels fish call'd a Fishmonger He that doth brew is call'd a Brewer and He 's call'd a Landlord that takes rent for Land He that bakes Bread scornes not the name of Baker He that makes Cuckolds is a Cuckold-maker So as the Ram doth rule the head I see By Constellation all men Ramheads be And as the twelue Celestiall signes beare sway And with their motions passe mans life away The Ram the head the Bull the neake and throte Twins shoulders Crab doth rule the brest I note But 't is the Lyons portion and his part To be the valiant ruler of the heart A comfort for Cuckolds that though a man hath a Rams head yet he hath a Lyons heart From whence such men may gather this reliefe That though a Ramhead may be cause of griefe Yet Nature hath this remedie found out They should haue Lyons hearts to beare it stout And to desend and keepe the head from harme The Anagram of Ram I finde is Arm. Thus is a Ramhead arm'd against all feare He needs no helmet or no head-piece weare To speake more in the plurall number Rams It yeilds signifique warre like Anagrams For Rams is Mars Mars is the God of Warre And Rams is Arms Arms warres munitions are And from the fierce encounters which they make Our Tilts and Tournyes did beginnings take For as the Rams retire and meet with rage So men doe in their warre-like equipage Strange mysteries in the words Ram or Rams the Rams the first runners at Tilt and first teachers of warlike battell Iosephus Beller Lib. 3. cop 9 Rams horacs the first Trumpets And long e're powder from Hels damned den Was monstrously produc'd to murther men The Ram an Engine call'd a Ram did teach To batter downe a wall or make a breach And now some places of defence gainst shot Haue from the Ram the name of Rampiers got First warlike trumpets that Ie're heard nam'd At Ierscho were all of Rams hornes fram'd For at the Rams horne Trumpets fearefull blast Their curled Walls were suddenly downe cast Thus is the Ram with many vertues stor'd And was in AEgygt for a God ador'd And like a Captaine he the flocke doth lead As fits their Generall their Prince or head Thus haue I prou'd a Sheepe a beast of price Cleane and reputed fit for Sacrifice And sleeping waking earely or else late It still doth chew the cud and ruminate Of all Beasts in the worlds circumference For meekenesse profit and for innocence I haue approu'd a Sheepe most excellent That with least cost doth giue man most content There 's such instinct of Nature in the Lambe By bleating It mongst thousands knowes the dam For which the name of Aguoscendo knowing Is giuen to a Lambe its knowledge showing Agnus Great knowledge in the Lambe But to consider more seriously the wonderfull blessing that the whole world hath had and hath by Sheepe at this present I thinke it not amisse to vse the words of an ingenuous and well affected Poet of our time Master T. M. where he truly saith No Ram no Lambe no Lambe no Sheepe no Sheepe no Wooll no Wooll no Woolman no Woolman no Spinner no Spinner no Weauer no Weauer no Cloth no Cloth no Clothier no Clothier no Clothworker Fuller Tucker Shearman Draper or scarcely a rich Dyer And what infinite numbers of people rich and poore haue liued and doe liue hauing their whole dependance from the poore sheepes back all men of iudgement will acknowledge besides I thinke it not amisse to set downe the names of many worthy men who haue bene free of London of such Trades and mysteries whereof the Sheepe is the originall vnder God And first to begin with the Right Worshipfull Company of Drapers with the names of such as haue borne the honourable Office and Dignitie of Lord Maier of London with their pious deeds and diuers other persons of the said Company their names and memorable Charities with the liue remembrance of the Worshipfull Companie of Clothworkers And first I begin with the first Anno 1189. In the beginning of the raigne of King Richard the first Sir Henry Fitz Allen Draper was the first Lord Maior of London who continued in that dignity twenty foure yeres together till the fourteenth yeare of King Iohn 1212 when he dyed he was a worthy benefactor to his Company and gaue Houses to the vse of the poore in the Parish of Saint Mary Bothaw in walbrooke Ward Anno 1252. Iohn Talason Draper Maior 1253. Richard Hardell Draper 6.
Victory inclining to neither side all being opposed foes and combined friends all victors all tryumphers none to be vanquished and therefore no conquerors The Drummes Trumpets Flutes and Guns filling the Ayre with repurcussiue acclamations vpon which for a Carastrophe or Period to these delightfull royalities command was giuen that the Retreat should be founded on both sides And thus these Princely recreations were accomplished and finished These things could not conueniently bee printed in order as they were done by reason of the diuersitie of them For heere I was faine to describe the fight of the Ships and Gallyes first which was performed last For the fire-workes were performed on Thursday night the 11. of February and the fight was vpon the Saterday following At the which fire workes the Master Gunner of England on the shore did performe many skilfull and ingenious exploits with great Bumbards shooting vp many artificiall Bals of fire into the Ayre which flew vp into one whole mighty sierie Ball and in their falling dispearsed into diuers streames like Raine-bowes in many innumerable fires After all which was discharged a great peale of Chambers to the contentment of the royall spectators and the great credit of the performers The true description of such part of the Fire-workes as were deuised and accomplished by Mr. Iohn Nodes Gunner and Seruant to the Kings most excellent Maiestie THe Imperiall and Beauteous Lady Queene of the Feminine Territories of the man hating Amazonians with whose bright eye dazeling Coruscancie and whose Refulgent feature the Black-sould Hell-commanding Magitian Mango a Tartarian borne was so insnared and captiuated for her Loue and to be assured to enioy her he would set all Hell in an vprore and pluck Don Belzebub by the beard assuredly perswading himselfe that without her he could not liue and for her he would attempt any thing but she hauing vowed her selfe euer to bee one of Vestaes Votaries alwayes kept Cupid out at the armes end and bad Madam Venus make much of stump-footed Vulcan and keep home like a good Huswife for she had no entertainment for her Whereupon this hellish Necromancer Mango being thus repulst conuerts all his Loue to outragious rigour and immediately with his Charmes Exorcismes and Potent execrable incantations he raises a strong impregnable Pauilion in the which he immures and encloses this beautifull Amazonian Queene with attendent Ladies where though they liued in captiuitie and bondage yet they had variety of Games and pleasant sports allowed by the Magitian in hope that time would worke an alteration in her faire flinty breast And for her sure guard in his absence he had erected by Magick another strong Tower as a watch-house wherein he had placed a fiery Dragon and an inuinsible Giant of whome I will speake in an other place hereafter Now to this aforesaid Pauilion wearied with toyle trauaile the Great vnresistable Champion of the world and the vncontrolable Patron Saint George comes and seeing so bright and luculent a Goddesse according as his necessitie required demanded entertainement whereby he might be refreshed after his laborious achiuements and honourable endeauours The curteous Queene although she cat'd not for the society of man seeing his outward or externall feature and warlike accounterments did presently resolue with her selfe that so faire an outside could not be a habitation for fowle Trechery and with most debonayre gesture admits his entrance into the Pauilion where after he had feasted a while shee relates vnto him the true manner and occasion of her vnfortunate thraldome Saint George euer taking pleasure in most dangerous attempts holding it his chiefest glory to helpe wronged Ladies vowes that as soone as Phoebus rowz'd himselfe from the Antipodes he would quell the burning Dragon Conquer the big bon'd Giant subuert the inchanted Castle and enfranchise the Queene with her followers or else die in the enterprise thereof After which promise of his the Queene to passe away the time delights him with these pastimes following being all fire-workes First the Pauilion is beleaguerd or inurioned round about with fires going out of which many fiery balls flies vp into the Ayre with numbers of smaller fiers ascending that cemicircled Cinthia is as it were eclipsed with the flashes and the starres are hud wincket with the burning exhalations Secondly is seene a royall hunting of Bucks and Hounds and Huntsmen flying and chasing one another round about the Pauilion as if Diana had lately transformed Acteon and his ignorant dogges ready to prey on his Carkas from whence continually as flying many fiers dispersed euery way The lower part of the Pauilion alwaies burning round about giuing many blowes and great reports with many fires flying aloft into the Ayre Thirdly there doth march round about the Pauilion Artificiall men which shall cast out fires as before as it were in skirmish another part of the Pauilion is all in a Combustious flame where Rackets Crackers Breakers and such like giues blowes and reports without number Fourthly the Queene of Amazonia with all her traine of Virgin Ladies with fires marcheth round as the men did before with the fire flying dispersedly diuers wayes the whilst another part of the Pauilion is fired with many blowes and reports fiers flying alost in the ayre from whence it comes downe againe in streaming flakes of flashing fire Fifthly aloft within the Turret shall runne whirling round a fiery Globe with the Turret and all on fire with many more greater blowes then before had beene heard and diuers and sundry other sorts of fires then any of the former proceeding from thence and flying into the ayre in great aboundance All which things being performed and the vndanted Knight Saint George taking his leaue of the Amazonian Queene Lucida he mounts vpon his Steed and aduenrurously rides towards the inchanted Tower of Brumond Now these disports being ended wherein St. Georges entertainment was onely expressed with the Queenes relation of her bondage this braue Champion was seene to ride ouer the bridge to combat with these aforesaid Monsters the Dragon and Giant all which was expressed in the next deuise of M r. Thomas Butler and so I end with my hearty inuocations to the Almighty to send the Bride and Bridgroome the yeares of Methushalah the fortitude of Ioshua the wealth of Cressus and last of all an endlesse Crowne of Immortalitie in the highest heauens A true discription of the Platforme of a part of the fire-workes deuised and made by Mr. Thomas Butler Gunner and seruant to the Kings Royall Maiestie THis inchanted Castle or Tower of Brumond is in height 40. foote and 30. square betweene which and the Pauilion of the Amazonian Queene is a long Bridge on the which Bridge the valiant and heroicke Champion Saint George being mounted on horsebacke makes towards the Castle of Brumond which being perceiued by the watchfull Dragon who was left by the Margo the Coniuer as a Centinell is encountred by him where as Saint George being armed at all
for when he tilled the ground it should not yeeld the strength of her fertility vnto him Gen. 4. In the 26. of Leuiticus God doth denounce most fearefull Curses against all wilfull obstinate transgressors of his Law as first that he will afflict their bodies with diseases verse 16. And that he will set his face against them that they shall fall before their enemies and bee subiect vnto them That hee will make their Heauen as Iron and their Earth as Brasse That their labour and strength shall be spent in vaine and that their Trees shall bee fruiâ— lesse That the Sword Pestilence and Famine shall make them desolate Furthermore in the 28. of Deutorenâ—mie from the 16. verse to the end of the Chapter there is nothing but the dreadfull Curses of Almightie God against the contemners and prophane breakers of his Testimonies Likewise in the 27. of Deut. are 12. Curses denounced against rebellious and carelesse offenders In Genesis 9. 3. God doth promise Abrsham to Curse those that Curse him God in the 29. of Ieremie and 17. verse doth by the mouth of the Prophet threaten the destruction of Ierusalem with their King and people with the Curses of Famine Sword and Pestilence and that they should be a reproch and an hissing or a contempt scorne and terrour to all Nations and Kingdomes of the Earth Also the same Prophet in the 48. Chapter verse 10. doth Curse all those that are negligent in doing the worke of the Lord from which Curse none are excluded be they high or low rich or poore Ecclesiasticall or Ciuill The Lord doth also declare all men accursed that trust in the helpe or power of Man making weake flesh their arme or defence and distrusting the mighty power of the Almighty Ierem. 17. 5. In the second of Samuel chap. 3. verse 29. the Kingly Prophet Dauid doth denounce a bitter Curse vpon Ioab and his posterity because Ioab had treacherously slaine Abner the son of Ner the laid Abner hauing King Dauid's leaue to goe in peace the which Curse fell vpon Ioab afterward for when Dauid was in his death-bed he gaue a charge to his sonne King Salomon 1 King chap. 2. and 5. â—verse that because Ioab had slaine Abner and Amasa 2 Sâ—m 20.10 against the Law of Armes or the Kings permission or knowledge that Salomon should not suffer his gray head to goe to the Graue in peace which Curse was accomplished for Salomon sent Benaiah with a command to kill him which was accordingly performed in the Tabernac'e at Ierusalem close by the Alter whither Ioab was fled in hope the holinesse and dignity oâ— he place would haue beene his refuge and sanctuary from the indignation of the King â— Kings 2. 34. Our Sauiour Christ in the 23. of Saint Mathew doth denounce 8. seuerall Curses or woes against the Hypocriticall Seribes and Pharesies and in the 23. chapter the miserable damned are described by the name of Goates who standing on the left hand are inforced to heare that vnrecouerable sentence of Depart ye Cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the Deuill and his anels The holy Patriacrk Noah did propehtically Curse all the posterity of his sonne Cham which Curse stands in force against all those that are disobedient to their Princes Parents Magistrates and Gouernours Genesis 9.25 The vniuersall flood wherein all mankind perished except eight persons was Gods dreadfull and consuming Curse for the manifold and insupportable sinnes of the whole world Genesis 7. The Patriarke â—saack by the spirit of prophecie by Gods appointment did pronounce all those to be Cursed that Cursed Iaob Genesis 27. 29. The Prophets generally in sundry places doe by the direction of the holy Ghost proclaime many Curses against the enemies of God and contemners of his Commandements These are the first sort of Curses namely from Gods iust Iudgements either by himselfe his Patriarckes Prophets or by his Sonne our Sauiour Christ Iesus These manner of Cursings are Manâ—owne deseruings and therefore they are for Gods glory in the punishment of sinners The second Curses from Man to Man THis kind of Cursing is altogether against the rules of Christianity and Charity for all Christians being members of one head which is Christ Iesus who is the fountaine of all blessing and blessednesse it followeth by consequence that all those who are addicted to Cursing or Cursed speeches are not members of that Head of blessednesse Balaam the Prophet desireth and wisheth to dye the death of the righteous and yet in the 22. of Numbers Balak King of the Moabites did so corrupt the Prophets conscience with the hope of reward or a bribe that hee was willing to Curse the people of Israel and though God in the 12. verse of the same chapter doth forbid Balaam to Curse them saying vnto him They are blessed yet did couetousnesse so blind him that hee dared to aske or expect Gods leaue the second time to Curse them verse 19. which leaue or permission hee thought hee had got but that his Asse before himselfe saw the resisting power of the Almightie verse 27. When Alsalâ—â— rebelled against his father Dauid and that Dauid in great extremity was forced to flee whilst his sonne pursued him 2 Sumuel 16. Shimei the sonne of â—â—ra ran towards King Dauid reuiling and Cursing him saying that all the blood that was shed of the house and family of Saul was by Gods Iustice fallen vpon his head and that the Lord had depriued him of his Kingdome and giuen it to his sonne Absalen Here you see that although God hath commanded vs to pray for all men and not to curse one another yet this wicked wretch Shimei did Curse his King his Soueraigne the Lords anoynted a Prophet a type of Christ and a man after Gods owne heart This is one infallible marke or token whereby the good and bad may be distinguished and knowne one from another that the wicked doth Curse the Godly and wish them hurt and the godly doth pray for the good conuersion of the wicked and wish them all earthly and heauenly happines The Wise-man giueth good counsell to all people in the 10. of Ecclesiastes verse 20. Curse not the King no not in thy thought neither Curse the rich man in thy bed chamber for the sowle of the Heauen shall carry the voyce and that which hath wings shall declare the matter The Apostle doth exhort that prayers intercessions and giuing of thanks be made for all men and namely and especially for Kings and all that be in authority 1 Timethy 2. 1 2. and in the 1 Peter 2. Wee are commanded to feare God and honour the King Whereby it is plaine that whosoeuer doth Curse the Prince or Ruler doth Curse Gods Deputy and Ordinance for the which sinne they must neuer expect any other wayes but the wayes of the Accursed besides in many places of the Scripture we are commanded to pray one for another and not in any place we are bid to
should beheaded be The Earle of Flanders Philip did ordaine Their losse of life and goods that swore in vaine Saint Lewis the King of France enacted there That for the first time any one did sweare Into imprisonment one month was cast And stand within the Pillory at last But if the second time againe they swore One with an iron hot their tongues did bore And who the third time in that fault did slip Were likewise boared through the vnder-lip For the fourth time most gricuous paines belongs He caus'd to be cut off their lips and tongues Henry the fift of England that good King His Court to such conformity did bring That euery Duke should forty shillings pay For euery Oath he swore without delay Each Baron twenty Knights or Squires offence Paid tenne and euery Yeoman twenty pence The Boyes and Pages all were whipt most fine That durst abuse the Maiestie diuine Thus Pagan Princes with sharp lawes withstood Profaning of their Gods of stone or wood And Christian Kings and Rulers formerly Haue most seuerely punisht blasphemy And shall a Heathen or an Infidell That knowes no ioyes of Heauen or paines of Hell More reuerence to his deuillish Idols show Then we doe to the true God whom we know If we remembred well but what we were And what we are we would not dare to sweare Poore trunks of earth fill'd with vncertaine breath By nature heires to euerlasting death Most miserable wretches most ingrate 'Gainst God that did elect vs and create Redeem'd conseru'd preseru'd and sanctifi'd And giues vs hope we shall be glorifi'd H' hath giuen vs being life sense reason wit Wealth and all things his Prouidence thinkes fit And for requitall we quite voyde of grace Curse sweare and doe blaspheme him to his face Oh the supernall patience of our God That beares with Man a sin polluted clod When halfe such treasons 'gainst an earthly King Would many a Traytor to confusion bring Suppose a man should take a Whelp and breed him And stroke him make much of him feed him How will that curre loue him beyond all other Neuer forsaking him to serue another But if he should most disobediently Into his Masters face or throat to fly Sure euery man that liues vpon the ground Would say a hanging's sit for such a hound And worser then so many dogges are they That 'gainst their God with oathes do barke bray And if repentance doe not mercy win They 'll hang in Hell like Hell-hounds for that sin Of all black crimes from Belzebubs damn'd treasure This swearing sin no profit yeelds or pleasure Nor gaines the swearer here but earths vexation With change of his saluation for damnation It is a sinne that yeelds vs no excuse For what excuse can be for Gods abuse And though our other faults by death doe end Yet Blasphemy doth after death extend For to the damn'd in Hell this curse is giuen They for their paines blaspheme the God of Heauen Examples on the earth haue many beene As late in sundry places haue beene seene At Mantua two braue Russians in their games Swore and blasphem'd our blessed Sauiours name Where Gods iust iudgement full of feare dread Caus'd both their eyes to drop from out their head In Rome a childe but fiue yeeres old that swore Was snatcht vp by the Deuill and seene no more And at Ragouse a Mariner did sweare As if he would Gods name in sunder teare When falling ouer-boord was drown'd and tost And nothing but his tongue was onely lost Remember this you sinfull sonnes of men Thinke how that Christ redeem'd you from Hells den His mercy he hath giu'n in magnitude Requite him not with vile ingratitude He made the Eares and Eye and heares and sees The swearers execrable oathes and lyes The Godhead of the Father they contemne Against the Sonnes Redemption they blaspheme The Holy Spirit grieuously they grieue And headlong into Hell themselues they driue It is in vaine for mortall men to thinke Gods Iustice is asleepe although it winke Or that his arme is shortned in these times That he cannot reach home to punish crimes Oh thinke not so 't is but the Deuils illusion To draw vs desperately to our confusion Some say that 't is their anger makes them sweare And oathes are out before they are aware But being crost with losses and perplex'd They thinke no harme but sweare as being vex'd And some there are that sweare for complement Make oathes their grace and speeches ornament Their sweete Rhetoricall fine eloquence Their reputations onely excellence Their valour whom the Deuill doth inflame T' abuse their Makers and Redeemers Name Thinke but on this you that doe God forget Your poore excuses cannot pay this debt Remember that our sinfull soules did cost A price too great to be by swearing lost And blessed was our last good Parliament Who made an Act for swearers punishment And blest shall be each Magistrates good name That carefully doe execute the same Those that are zealous for Gods glory here No doubt in Heauen shall haue true glory there Which that we may haue humbly I implore Of Him that rules and raignes for euermore Th' Eternall Lord of Lords and King of Kings Before whose Throne blest Saints and Angels sings All power praise glory Maiesty thankesgiuing Ascribed be to him that 's euer liuing FINIS TO THE TRVELY GENEROVS AND NOBLE KNIGHT SIR IOHN MILLISSENT SERIEANT PORTER TO the Kings most Excellent Maiestie RIght worthy Knight when first this Booke I writ To You I boldely Dedicated it And hauing now enlarg'd both Prose and Rime To you I offer it the second time To whom should I these sorrowes recommend But vnto You the Cities Noble Friend I know you are much grieued with their Griefe And would aduenture Life for their reliefe To You therefore these Lines I Dedicate Wherein their Sorrowes partly I relate I humbly craue acceptance at your hand And rest Your Seruant euer at command IOHN TAYLOR TO THE PRINTER MY Conceit is that these are very lamentable Verses and will grieue many the reading they so expresse Death to Life and make mortalitie immortall I wish that as many as can make vse of such Lines had Copies the rest may want them Here and there a Verse may occasion a Teare then the Authour is a true VVater-Poet indeed but else-where there wants not a hand-kercheffe to dry that Teare So is the whole worke a * A Sweete-bitter or Bitter-sweet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and deserues an Approbation at least from IOHN TAYLOR of Oriell Colledge in Oxford THE PRAEFACE IN this lamentable time of generall Calamity our hainous sinnes prouoking Gods iust Indignation this heauy visitation and mortality I being attendant vpon the Queenes Maiestie at Hampton Court and from thence within two miles of Oxford with her Barge with much griefe remorse did see and heare miserable and cold entertainement of many Londoners which for their preseruation fled and
meanes he saues his Mine which otherwise would be destroyed with the Sea besides he doth make euery weeke ninety or a hundred Tunnes of salt which doth serue most part of Scotland some he sends into England and very much into Germany all which shewes the painfull industry with Gods blessings to such worthy endeauours I must with many thankes remember his courtesie to me and lastly how he sent his man to guide mee tenne miles on the way to Sterling where by the way I saw the outside of a saire and stately house called Allaway belonging to the Earle of Marr which by reason that his Honor was not there I past by and went to Sterling where I was entertained and lodged at one Master Iohn Archibalds where all my want was that I wanted roome to containe halfe the good cheere that I might haue had there hee had me into the Castle which in few words I doe compare to Windsor for situation much more then Windsor in strength and somewhat lesse in greatnesse yet I dare affirme that his Maiesty hath not such another hall to any house that he hath neither in England or Scotland except Westminster Hall which is now no dwelling Hall for a Prince being long since metamorphosed into a house for the Law and the profits This goodly Hall was built by King Iames the fourth that marryed King Henry the eights sister and after was slaine at Flodden field but it surpasses all the Halls for dwelling houses that euer I saw for length breadth height and strength of building the Castle is built vpon a rocke very lofty and much beyond Edenborough Castle in state and magnificence and not much inferiour to it in strength the roomes of it are lofty with carued workes on the seelings the doores of each roome being so high that a man may ride vpright on horsebacke into any chamber or lodging There is also a goodly faire Chappell with Cellers Stables and all other necessary Offices all very stately befitting the Maiesty of a King From Sterling I rode to Saint Iohnston a fine Towne it is but it is much decayed by reason of the want of his Maiesties yeerely comming to lodge there There I lodged one night at an Inne the goodman of the house his name being Petricke Pettcarne where my entertainement was with good cheere good lodging all too good to a bad weary guest Mine Host told me that the Earle of Marr and Sir William Murray of Abercarny were gone to the great hunting to the Brca of Marr but if I made haste I might perhaps finde them at a Towne called Breekin or Breechin two and thirty miles from Saint Iohn stone whereupon I tooke a guide to Breekin the next day but before I came my Lord was gone from thence foure dayes Then I tooke another guide which brought me such strange wayes ouer mountaines and rockes that I thinke my horse neuer went the like and I am sure I neuer saw any wayes the might fellow them I did go through a Countrey called Glaneske where passing by the side of a hill so steepe as the ridge of a house where the way was rocky and not aboue a yard broad in some places so fearefull and horrid it was to looke down into the bottome for if either horse or man had slipt he had fallen without recouery a good mile downe-right but I thanke God at night I came to â— lodging in the Lard of Eggels Land where I lay at an Irish house the folkes not being able to speake scarce any English but I sup'd and went to bed where I had not laine long but I was enforced to rise I was so stung with Irish Musketaes a creature that hath sixe leg and liues like a monster altogether vpon man flesh they doe inhabite and breed most in flâ—â—tish houses and this house was none of the cleanest the beast is much like a louse in England both in shape and nature in a word they were to me the A. and the Z. the Prologue and the Epilogue the first and the last that had in all my trauels from Endenborough and had not this High-land Irish house helped â—â— at a pinch I should haue sworne that all Sealand had not beene so kind as to haue bestowed a Louse vpon me but with a shift that I had I shifted off my Canibals and was neuer mâ—â— troubled with them The next day I trauelled ouer an exceeding high mountaine called mount Skeene where I found the valley very warme before I went to it but when I came to the top of it my teâ—â— beganne to dance in my head with cold like Virginals iacks and withall a most familiar mist embraced me round that I could not see thrice my length any way withall it yeeldest so friendly a deaw that it did moysten thorow all my clothes Where the old Proueriâ—â— of a Scottish Miste was verified in wetting me to the skinne Vp and downe I thinke this hiâ—â— is sixe miles the way so vneuen stony and full of bogges quagmires and long heath that a dogge with three legs will out-runnes horse with foure for doe what we could wee were foure houres before we could passe it Thus with extreme trauell ascending and descending mounting and alighting I came at night to the place where I would be in the â—â—ea of Maâ— which is a large County all composed of such mountaines that Shooters â—hill Gads hill Highgate hill Hampsted hill â—Birdlip hill or Maluernes hills are but Mole-hills in comparison or like a Liuer or a Giâ—â—â—â—â—ard vnder a Capons wing in respect of the altitude of their tops or perpendicularitie of their bottomes There I saw Mount Benawne with a furrd'd mist vpon his snowie head in stead of a nightcap for you must vnderstand that the oldest man aliue neuer saw but the snow was on the top of diuers of those hills both in Summer as well as in Winter There did I finde the truely Noble and Right Honourable Lords Iohn Erskin Earle of Marr Iames Stuarl Earle of Murray George Gordon Earle of Engye sonne and heire to the Marâ—uesse of Huntley Iames Erskin Earle of Bughan and Iohn Lord Erskin sonne and here to the Earle of Marr and their Countesses with my much honoured and my best assured and approued friend Sir William Murray Knight of Abercarny and hundred of others Knights Esquires and their followers all and euery man in generall in one habit as if 〈…〉 had beene there and made Lawes of Equality For once in the yeere which is the whole moneth of August and sometimes part of September many of the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdome for their pleasure doe come into these high-land Countries to hunt where they doe conforme themselues to the habite of the High-land-men who for the most part speake nothing but Irish and in former time were those people which were called the Red-shankes Their habite is shooes with but one sole apiece stockings which they call short hose made of
great distaste because the Pillory Was hunger-starâ—'d for want of Villianes eares Whom to relieue there was a Mittimus Sent from Tartaria in an Oyster Boate At which the King of China was amaz'd And with nine graâ—â—'s of Rewbaâ—be stellified As low as to the altitude of shame He thrust foure Onions in a Candle-case And sâ—â—â—ld the meaning of the worlds misdoubt Thus with a Dialogue of crimson starch I was inflamed with a num-cold fire Vpon the tenter hookes of Charlemaine The Dogstar howld the Cat a Mountaine smilde And Siâ—â— dranke Muskadell and Egges In the â—â—â—nd hoofe of huge Bucephalus Time turn'd about and shew'd me yesterday Clad in a Cowne of mourning had I wist The motion was almost too late they said Whilst sad despaire made all the World starke mad They all arose and I put vp my pen It makes no matter where why how or when Some Sence at last to the Learned YOu that in Greeke and Latine learned are And of the ancient Hebrew haue a share You that most rarely oftentimes haue sung In the French Spanish or Italian tongue Here I in English haue imployd my pen To be read by the learnedst Englishmen Wherein the meanest Scholler plaine may see I vnderstand their tongues as they doe me AS MVCH HAPPINESSE AS MAY BE WISHED ATTEND THE Two hopefull Impes of Gentility and Learning M r RICHARD and GEORGE HATTON YOu forward Payre in Towardly Designes To you I send these sowsde Salt-water Lines Accept Reade Laugh and breathe and to 't againe And still my Muse and I shall yours remaine IOHN TAYLOR PROLOGVE I Now intend a Voyage here in Wriâ—â— From London vnto Yorke helpe to â—â—dire Great Neptune lend thy Ayde to me â—â—â—â—â—â— Through thy tempestuous Wâ—ues with maâ—â—y a blast And then I 'le true describe the Townes and men And manners as I went and came ageâ—n A Very Merrie VVherrie-FerryVOYAGE OR YORKE for my Money THe Yeere which I doe call as others doe Full 1600. adding twenty a The yeere of our Lord. two The Month of Iuly that 's for euer fam'd Because 't was so by b Iuly was nam'd so by Caesar. Iulius Caesar nam'd Iust when sixe dayes and to each Day a Night The dogged c The Dogdayes were 6. dayes entred Dog-dayes had begun to bite On that day which doth blest Remembrance bring The name of an Apostle and our King On that remarkeable good day Saint Iames I vndertooke my Voyage downe the Thames The signe in d I obserue signes windes tides dayes houres times Sciâ—uations and manners Cancer or the Ribs and Brest And AEolus blew sweetly West Southwest Then after many farewels Cups and Glasses Which oftentimes hath made men worse then Asses About the waste or e No one if you 'l take it â—oâ— Nauell of the Day Not being dry or Drunke I went my way Out wherry somewhat old or strucke in age That had endur'd neere 4. yeeres Pilgrimage And carried honest people Whores and Thieues Some Sergeants Bayliffes and some f Boats are like Barbars Chayres Hackneyes or Whores common to all estates vnder-Shrieues And now at last was her lot to be Th'aduentrous bonny Barke to carry me But as an old Whores Beauty being gone Hides Natures wracke with Artlike painting on So I with Colours finely did repaire My Boats defaults and made her fresh and faire Thus being furnish'd with good Wine and Beere And Bread and Meat to banish hungers feare With Sayles with Anker Cables Sculs and Oares With Carde and Compasse to know Seas Shores With Lanthorne Candle Tinder-box and Match And with good Courage to work ward and watch Wel man'd wel ship'd wel victual'd we appointed Well in good health well timbred and wel ioynted All wholly well and yet not halfe Fox'd well Twixt Kent and Essex we to Grauesend fell There I had welcome of my friendly Host A Grauesend Trencher and a Grauesend Tost Good meat and lodging at an easie rate And rose betimes although I lay downe late Bright Lucifer the Messenger of Day His burnisht twinkling splendour did display Rose cheek'd Aurora hid her blushing face She spying Phoebus comming gaue him place Whilst Zephirus and Auster mix'd together Breath'd gently as fore-boding pleasant weather Old Neptune had his Daughter Thames supplide With ample measure of a flowing Tide But Thames supposde it was but borrowed goods And with her Ebbes paid Neptune backe his Floods Then at the time of this Auspicious dawning I rowzd my men who Scrubbing stretching yawning Arose left Graâ—esend Rowing downe the streame And neere to Lee we to an Ancker came Because the Sands were bare and Water low We rested there till it two houres did Flow And then to trauell went our Galley foyst Our Ancker quickly weigh'd our sayle vp hoyst Where thirty miles we past a mile from shore The water two * These flat Sands are called the Spits foot deepe or little more Thus past we on the braue East Saxon Coast From 3. at morne till 2. at noone almost By Shobury Wakering Fowlâ—nesse Tutingham And then we into deeper water came There is a crooked Bay runnes winding farre To Maulden Estersord and Colchester Which cause t was much about to ease mens paine I left the Land and put into the mayne With speed the crooked way to scape and passe I made out strait for Frinton and the Nasse But being 3. Leagues then from any Land And holding of our Maine-sheate in my hand We did espy a cole-blacke Cloud to rise Fore-runner of some Tempest from the Skies Scarce had we sayl'd a hundred times our length But that the winde began to gather strength Stiffe Eolus with Neptune went to Cuffes With huffes and puffes and angry Counter-Buffes From boy sterous gusts they fell to fearefull flawes Whilst we 'twixt wind water neer Deaths jaws Tost like a Corke vpon the mounting maine Vp with a whiffe and straightway downe againe At which we in our mindes much troubled were And said God blesse vs all what weather 's here For in a word the Seas so high did grow That Ships were forc'd to strike their topsails low Meane time before the winde we scudded braue Much like a Ducke on top of euery waue But nothing violent is permanent And in short space away the Tempest went So farewell it and you that Readers be Suppose it was no welcome Guest to me My Company and I it much perplext And let it come when I send for it next But leauing jesting Thankes to God I giue T was through his mercy we did scape and liue And though these things with mirth I doe expresse Yet still I thinke on God with thankfulnesse Thus ceast the Storme and weather gan to smile And we row'd neere the shoare of Horsey I le Then did illustrious Titan gin to steepe His Chariot in the Westerne Ocean deepe We saw the â—arre-spent Day withdraw his light And made for Harwich where we lay all night There did
Claudius Caesar with an Army came The Britaines bold rebellious hearts to tame One Hamen there a Romane did deuise Himselfe like to a Britaine to disguise Guiderinâ— brauely chaâ—de his foes amaine Was by disguised Hamon falsely slaine When Guiderius was King of Britaine our Râ—â—â—â—mer suffered vnder Claudius Tiberius Caesar being the Romane Emperour Guiderius was a valiant Prince Aruiragus 44 STout Aruiragus being in the fight The Kings death added fury to his might Perceiu'd the Britaine Host almost dismaide In 's brothers Armour hee himselfe atray'd Yeeres after Christ. The Souldiers thought the King againe suruiu'd With courage new through euery veine deriu'd Braue Aruiragus like a Tempest goes And pell mell topsieturuy throwes his foes Great Caesar with his Romane army fled The King tooke Hamon and cut off his head And more with sharp reuenge his wrath t' appease Hew'd him piece-meale and cast him in the Seas The place long time this name did then allow Of Hamons hauâ—n or Southampton now The Emperour would quite the tribute free If Brittaines King his Sonne in law would be Then Aruarigue did faire Genisse marry And Claudius Caesar heere a while did tarry He builded Glostâ—r whil'st he heere remain'd The King dyed hauing twenty eight yeeres reign'd Marius 73. IN this Kings reigne the lawlesse proling Pict A Nation strange did the North part afflict But Marius in a battell slew their King And all their power did to subiection bring The Picts from Scythia into Scotland came Rude barbarous ingratefull hard to tame For by the Scotisâ— Kings fauour hauing got Possession they oft warr'd vpon the Scot. And more and more that Kingdome they annoy'd Till Kennith Scotlandâ— King them all destroy'd Yeeres fifty three reign'd Marius iust and wise Dyed and at Carlâ—â—â— his Corps royall lies Much about this time Ioseph of Arimathea after he had buried Christ being hated for it of the mis-beleeuing Iewes came into this Land and first planted Christianity heere built a Chapell at Ghastenburgh Some writers say that he repaired Chester and was buried there Coylus 124. IN Rome this King was fostred all his youth He lou'd Peace Iustice Fortiude and Truth Yeeres after Christ. He builded Colchestâ—r and did suruiue Till he had reign'd a Kings yeeres fifty fiue Coylus was the Sonne of Marius hee was buried â—â— Yorke Lucius 179. THe first of Kings that was a Christian nam'd Was Lucius with the spirit of God inflam'd The Bread of life he did receiue with ioy The Pagan Idols hee did all destroâ— The Flamines and Arch â—â—mines he downe cost And Bishops and Archbishops here he placâ—d He lou'd and fear'd th' eternall Three in one And dyed when he had 12. yeeres kept the Throne This was the first Christian King of Brittaine â—â—eeâ—â—â—ed twentie eight Idolatrous Temples of thy Pagan god â—â— he made Cathedrall Churches for the seruice of the â—â—â— God Elutherius was then Bishop of Rome King â—ucâ—â—â— was buried at Glocester hee dyed leauing no â—â—â—â—â—â— that this Land was in a hurly-burly 15 yeeres tâ—â—â—â—â— want of a King Seuerus 194. THis was a Romane Emperour and was slaine At York the eighteenth yeere of his proud reigne Hee was an Alien and a stranger heere And therefore bought his vsurpation deare Seuerus was 60. yeeres old when hee tooke the â—â—â—â—â—â— and caused a wall of Turse to be made betwixt Englaâ—â— and Scotland to kepe this Land from the incursions of tâ—â— Scots and Picts the wall reached from Tyme to â—â—â— Scottish Seas 112. miles Yeeres after Christ. Bassianus 212. SEâ—â—rus here did wed a British Dame By whom this King their Son the Crowne did claime â— after sixe yeeres time he left this Land â—ad had the Romane Empire at 's command Bassianus was brought from Rome by his Father â—â—â—â—rcus Carausius 290. Alectus 291. â—â—â— Carausiâ—â—â—â—â— Dioâ—â—â—â— was â—â—â—â—â— THis king of meane birth did the Crown attain After seuen yeeres was by Alectus slaine Three yeeres Alectus did in state recide â—ur Protomartyr then Saint Alban dyde Dioâ—esian and Maximilian ruled the Romane Emâ—â—â—â— when saint Albane suffered Alectus was sent from Rome against Carausius this Alectus was a cruell â—â—â—â—â— and was also slaine by Asclepiodatus Asclepiodatus 299. ASclepiodatus in a mortall Fight Sabdude the Romane Generall Gallus might Kil'd him and cast him head-long in a Brooke Whence Gallus or Wallbrooke for name it tooke And as Alectus did Carausius kill So did this King Alectus life bloud spill And a free two yeeres reigne in mortall strife Asclepiodatus slaine lost Crowne and life Glallus brooke or Wallbrooke tooke the name from Glallus â—â— Rome to Captaine slaine by Asclepiodatus and throwne into that Brooke Asclepiodatus was after slaine by Coil Duke of Colchester Some write that Asclepiodatus reigned 30. yeeres Yeeres after Christ. Coil raigned 14. yeeres 301. COlchesters Duke Coil in the Throne inuested Was by Constantius Caesar much molested Till Coil gaue's Daughter to him for his Bride And paid Romes tribute that was long denide The Lady was of beauty most diuine Faire Hellen Mother to great Constantine The King at Colchester dead laide in 's Tombe His Sonne Constantius did supply his roome This Hellen râ—â—defied Ierusalem and adorned it with goodly Churches She also waâ—eâ— Ladon and Colchester Constantius 305. SPaine Italy France Britaines Emperor Foure yeeres he raign'd heere with Maiesticke power True Honour was the ayme at which he shoâ— Iust Valiant these reports his Actions got This Constantius was Grandfather to Constantine the Great he came from Rome to this I le and was buried at Yorke Constantine 306. GReat Emp'ror Constantine surnam'd the Great In all respects a worthy Prince compleate Yeeres after Christ. The glorious Gospell he ador'd and fear'd Constantinople famously he rear'd Maxentius Romes great Tyrant most abhor'd He made him flie from his Imperiall sword Belou'd bewail'd high honor'd and admir'd In grace with God and men his dayes expir'd This worthy Prince Constantine was borne in this Land the Sonne of Constantius and Hellen. After Constantius decease our Land was molested by Octauius Maximus and others for many yeers These times are so diuersly written of in Histories that a man knowes not which to beleeue most 84. Constantinus 337. 85. Constans 340. THese two were Brothers of the Royall line And Sonnes vnto the Emperour Constantine Ambition and debate for Kingly Raigne Was the vnnaturall cause they both were slaine Kings and Louers can brook no partners for these two brothers were each others destruction 86. Octauius 345. 87. Traherus 349. OCtauius Duke of Windsore tooke the Crowne Traherus came from Rome and put him downe The Land was full with hurly-burlies fild Traherus by Octtauius last was kild Theodosius was Emperour of the East and Macrinus of the West Some write that Octauius reigned 54. yeeres Non credo Yeeres after Christ. 88. Constantius the third 353. The Romane Empire he did closely sway And as a King this Land did him obay Th'Apostate Iulian was the Emp'rour next
By whom the Christians all were slaine or vext Constantius was a victorious Prince and triumphed in Rome yet â—â—â—â—uell oppressor and an Arian hereticke 89 Maximinianus 375. NExt Iulian raigned Valentiâ—iaâ— And after him succeeded Grasiâ—â— Maximianus was of life depriu'd 'Cause he with Gratian for the Empire striu'd How like Bauius these tyrants consumed onâ— another these were all Emperours of Rome Kings of Brittaine 90. Gratian. 376. THen Gratian claim'd this Kingdome as his right But hauing gain'd it he was slaine in fight Fierce warres the Romane Empire did deuide And Caesars and their Viceroyes fought and dyde Honorius Romes Tribunall did obtaine Next after him did Theodosius raigne Then did the Scot ioyne with the barbarous pict This headlesse Kinglesse Kingdome to afflict The Romane Scepter we had long obayd Foure hundred eightythree yeeres Tribute payd And now this land shook off their wrongd comand When Ciuill discord had neer spoyl'd this Land In one â—â—â—â—â— the whole nation of the Picts were â—â— Yeeres after Christ. â—â—â—â—â—â—shed about this time the Romanes gouernment â—â—here Gratian was a Brittaine Emperour but someâ—â— 91 Vortiger 447. THis King through murder did the Throne ascend And had a troublous Raigne and murdrous end â—â—â—â—â—â— Constantines lawfull Heyre and Sonne By vortigers false meanes to death was done For which to keepe the Crowne vniustly gain'd The Saxons for his ayde he entertain'd Then Hengâ—st with his Brother Horlus crue â—â— Britaine 's best bloud did their blades embrew King Vortiger with doting loue inthral'd â—atch't Hengists daughter beauteous Rowan cal'd â—â—â— Saxons troopes on troopes came in so fast That Britaines did depriue the King at last Hee murdered his lawfull Prince and vsurping the Throne was enforced to haue ayd of the Saxons who at the â—â— almost ouer-ran this Kingdome but the Brittaines â—â—â—â—ed Vortiger and crowned his Sonne Vortimer 92. Vortimer 454. THen * On the Plaine of Salisbury at Stonching where the Stones are to be seene as this day Vortimer the Sonne of Vortiger Vpon the Saxons made successfull warre Till he by Rowan was by craft o'r-tane From whose false hands he dy'd by poys'nous bane Deposed Vortiger his Sonne once slaine His ill gain'd ill kept Crowne he gain'd againe Hengistus with his Saxon fresh supplies The Plaines of Salisbury did all surprize The King tooke counsell of his Brittaine Lords And all in generall to a Peace accords The Saxons and the Brittaines did agree That at this meeting all vnarm'd should be â—â—xt traitrous Hengist did a watch-word speake Which did the Law of Armes and Honour breake Yeeres after Christ. The Saxons vnsuspected drew forth Kniues Foure hundred threescore Lords all lost their liues All Brittaine Nobles then the Saxons there Surpris'd the King constraining him through feare To giue Kent Sussex Suffolke Norfolke and That Hengist King should in those Lands command But after nineteene yeeres were quite expir'd * The King Queene burnt to death Reuenging Fire the King in 's Castle fir'd And thus the Saxons and Great Hengists Heyres Won Shire to Shire till Brittaine all was theirs Vortiger married his owne daughter to his third wife 93. Aurelius Ambrose 466. IN honour of the Nobles basely slaine This King set vp the Stones on Sarum plainâ— The Gospell with great zeale he dignifi'd Raign'd thirty two yeeres and by poyson dy'd This King was a Romane and brother to Vter Pendragon that succeeded him 94. Vter Pendragon raigned 18 yeeres 498. THis King by Merlins meanes a skilfull man Igrene the Duke of Cornewals Dutchesse wan On her he got though illegittimate The Christian Worthy Arthur stilde the Great Vter Pendragon poysoned by the Saxons after he had reigned 18 yeeres Yeeres after Christ. 95. Arthur 516. OF the nine Worthies was this Worthy one Denmarke and Norway did obey his Throne In twelue set Battels he the Saxons beat Great and to make his Victories more great The Faithlesse Sarazens he ouercame And made them honour high Ichonah's Name The Noble order of the Table round At Winchester his first inuention found Whilst he beyond Sea fought to win Renowne His Nephew Mordred did vsurpe his Crowne But he return'd and Mordred did confound And in the fight great Arthur got a wound That prou'd so mortall that immortally It made him liue although it made him dye Full sixteene yeeres the Diadem he wore And euery day gaind Honour more and more Arthur the great was buried at Glastenbury 96 Constantine the fourth 542. 97 Aurelius Conanus 545. COnstantine was by King Aurelius kil'd Aurelius ' Brittaine thirty three yeeres held Seuen Kingdomes heere at once the Saxons held And slaughter launc'd when proud ambition sweld This Constantine was kinsman to King Arthur and was slaine by Conanus Constantine was a wicked Prince and slaine in battell by his kinsman Conanus when he had reigned neere 3. yeeres Of the tyme of this Aurelius Conanus his reigne there is much variation in Histories Yeeres after Christ. Heere beganne the Heptarchy or 7 Kingdomes iâ— this Land namely Kent South-Saxons West-Saxons East-Saxons Northumberland Mercia and East-Angles which diuision continued more then 600. yeeres be fore it was all vnited into one Monarchy â—â—e names of the Kings times of their reignes and limits of their Kingdomes are hereunder expressed 1 KEnt was only a kingdome which had 17 Kings namely 1 Hengist 2 Eâ—â—â—â—sâ— 3 Octa 4 Ymerick 5 Ethelbert who was the first Christian King of Kent hee was an aydeâ— and helper of Sebert King of the East-Saxons in the famous and memorable buildings of S t Pauls Church in London and Saint Peters at Westminster 6 Eabald 7 Ercombert 8 Eglâ—â—â— 9 Lother 10 Edrick 11 Withred 12 Eaberâ— 13 Edelbert 14 Alick 15 Ethilbert 16 Cuthred 17 Baldred These Kings reigned in Kent 372 yeeres from the yeere of Grace 455. till the yeere 827. 2 The kingdome of the South-Saxons contained the Counties of Suffex and Surrit â—â— continued from the yeere 488. vntill the yeere 601. being 113 yeeres they had three Kingsâ— namely 1 Ella 2 Cissa 3 Ethelwolse a Christian King 4 Berthrum 5 Authum 3 The West-Saxons kingdome whose beginning was in the yeer 519. and ended Annoâ— 166. lasted 561 yeeres hauing 17 Kings namely 1 Cherdick 2 Kenrick 3 Chequilen 4 Cealick 5 Chelwold 6 Kingils a Christian 7 Kenwald 8 Eskwin 9 Kentwin 10 Ceadwald 11 Inas 12 Ethelarc 13 Cuthred 14 Sigebat 15 Kenwolse 16 Brightrik 17 Egbert These Kings had vnder their gouernments the Counties of Cornewall Deuonshire Somersetshire Wiltshire Hampshire and Barkshire 4 The East-Saxons reigned 281 yeeres beginning Anno. 527. and ending in the yeere 827. Their bounds were Essex and Middle-Sex and their Kings were in numberâ— 14 namely 1 Erchenwin 2 Sledda 3 Sâ—â—â—â—â— a Christian King that assisted Ethelbert Yeeres after Christ. King of Kent it in the building of the â—hurches of saint Paul and Saint Peter aforeâ—â—â— 4 Seward 5 Sigebert 6 Sigibert 7 Switheâ—â—â— 8 Sighere 9 Sâ—bba 10 Sigherd 11 Seoâ—â—l
12 Offa 13 Sâ—lred 14 Suthred 5 Northumberland was sometimes diuided into two kingdomes It contained the â—â—ies of Yorkshire Durham Lancashire Westâ—land Cumberland and Northumberland this Kingdome beganne in the yeere of our Lord â—7 and expired in 926. continuing 379. â—eeres vnder 23 Kings whose names were 1 â—â— 2 Adâ—â—a 3 Theodwald 4 Frethulfe 5 Theâ—â—â—â—â—â—ick 6 Ethelrick 7 Ethelâ—rid 8 Edwin 9 Osâ—â—â— 10 Oswy 11 Egfrid 12 Alkfrid 13 Ofred 14 â—â—red 15 Oswolfe 16 Ceolnuph 17 Egbert 18 Oswicke 19 Edilwald 20 Alured 21 Ethelâ—â—â— 22 Alswald 23 Osred Amongst these â—dwin was their first Christian King 6 The East Angles vnder 15 seuerall Kings continued 353 yeeres beginning in Anno 575. â—â—d ended in 914. their Territories were â—â—lolke Norfolk Cambridgeshire and the â—â— of Ely their Kings names were 1 Vffa 2 â—â—â—lus 3 Redwald their first Christian King â—â—â—wold 5 Sigebert 6 Egrik 7 Anna 8 â—â—â—bert 9 Ethwald 10 Aldwolâ—e 11 Aswald 12 Beorn 13 Ethelred 14 Ethelbert 15 Edmund â—â—â— The seuenth Kingdome were the Merâ—â—â—â—â—â— who had 20 Kings and 17 shires â—nder their command their Kings wereâ—â— Creda 2 Wibba 3 Cheorle 4 Penda 5 Peada â—heir first Christian King 6 Wolfere 7 â—â—helred 8 Kenred 9 Chelred 10 Ethebald 11 Offa 12 Egfrid 13 Kenwolfe 14 Kenelme 15 Chelwolfe 16 Bernulfe 17 Ludecan 18 â—â—itlafe 19 Bertwolfe 20 Burdred Their â—ounds and dominions were 17 Counties as of Northampton Leister Darby Lincolne Huntington Rutland Notingham Cheshire Oxfordshire Staffordshire Worcestershire Glostershire Shropshire Warwickeshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire and â—artfordshire Yeeres after Christ. 98 Vortiporus 578. 99 Malgo 581. THis Vortipore from good Kings did decline Kept his wiues Daughter as his Concubine And Malgo pâ—t his Wiâ—â—e to broady slaughter To liue in â—ncest with his brothers Daughter About this time Augustine the Monke Mellitus Iustus and Iohn all â—â—â— men came from Rome and preached the Gospell to the English mâ—n Vortipore reigned 4. yeeres Malgo his raignâ—â— was short and wicked 100. Careticus 586. GVrmundus hither out of Ireland came And with the Saxons ioyn'd with sword and flame The King to Wales did flye his ifeâ—tâ— saue Whereas he chang'd his Kingdome for a Graue He reigned 3. yeeres and now the Saxons had all England the Brittaines and their Kings being expulsed and chased to the West sides of the Riuers Seauerne and Dâ—â— Cadwane 613. THis Cadwane did the Saxon â—orce withstand Of Ethelfridus of Northumberland And made him to entreate and sue for peace Raign'd two and twenty yeeres then did decease Yeeres before Christ. 102. Cadwallin 635. CAdwallin slew King Edwin Egfrids Sonne He Penda Merciaes King did ouer-runne He neuer fought but Conquest home did bring And eight and forty yeeres did raigne a King Cadwallin was buried at London in Saint Martins Church neere Ludgate 103. Cadwallader 685. THis King renowned was both neere and farre The last of Brittaines Kings Cadwallader The name of Brittaine was quite alterd then The Kings of England subiects Englishmen Then in this Land of Kings there raign'd so many That Subiects knew not to obey all or any Their names and times of raigne I meane to tell Should I write more my Book too big would swell Here the inhabitants lost the name of Brittaines the land being called Anglia or England and the people Englishmen 687. Cadwallader left his Crowne went to Rome and dyed there These Kings following were of the West Saxons 726 Ethelard was King of the West Saxons Yeeres before Christ. 740. Cuthred succeeded him 757. Sigebert next him was slainâ— by a Swineheard 758. Kenulphus was slaine by Kinsman of Sigebert 786. Brithricus In his time iâ— rained blood IN the 800. yeere of Christ the Danes landed at Poâ—â—land but Brithricus beat them backe and afterâ—â—â—â— was poysoned by his wife Ethelburga Egbriâ—us King of West-Saxons 839. â—â—â— 839. Adelnulphus ouercame â—â— Danes that came to inuaâ—e the Kingdome with 350. ships 857. Athelbald Yeeres after Christ. 860. Athelbrict 866. Etheldrid 872. AElfred 900. Edward surnamed Seâ—ior Heere end the Kings of the West-Saxons now follow the Kings of Britaine 104. Athelstane reigned 15. yeeres 905. THis King did tame the Welsh the Danes subdu'd He conquered Scotland and the Marches rude The Danish Gyant Colebrand in Hyde-meads â—y Gâ—y the Earle of Warwick was struck dead King Athelstane was crowned at Kingstone hee fought this Land againe to one sole Monarchy hee was buried at Mâ—lâ—â—â—bury Yeeres after Christ. 105. Edmund 940. 106. Eldred 640. EDmund reign'd next his brother Athelstane And after fiue yeeres was vntimely slaine Nine yeeres was Eldrid Englands King instil'd Th' insulting Danes he from this Realme exilde Edmund was buried at Glastenbury Eldred was brother to Edmund hee was crowned as Kingstone hee expelled the Danes and was buried at Winchester 107. Edwin 955. 108 Edgar 959. THen Edwin as his right obtain'd the Crowne For Rape and brutish Lust he was put downe His brother Edger a man iust and wiâ—e By Edwins fall vnto the Throne did rise The Church and Commonweâ—le long time deform'd He by his Iustice and good Lawes reform'd Raign'd sixteen yeeres and then by death assail'd As he had liu'd belou'd he dy'd bewail'd Edwin was Eldreds kinsman crowned a Kingstone he deftowred his owne kinswoman and slew her husband for which â—â—â— acts hee was deposed of all Kingly dignity and his brother Edgar was in his stead crowned at Bathâ— Edgar had 3600 skips to withstand the inuasion of his enemies hee founded and repaired 47. religious houses hee was buried at Glastenbury 109 Edward 975. 110 Etheldred 978. EDward was slain by his accurst Stepmother Ayded by Etheldred his cruell brother This Etheldred caus'd all the Danes be slaine And dyed the thirty eightth yeere of his raigne He was crowned at Kingstone be reigned 3. yeeres and was buried at Shaftsbury Etheldred was buried in St. Pauls Church in London 111 Edmond Irònside 1016. THe Danes came to reuenge with sword and fire Both Kings to Combat single did desire On equall tormes their valours both were tride In loue the Realme betwixt them they deuide Edricus a traitor murdered King Edmond Ironside for the which Canutus the Dane caused him to bee tormented to death griâ—â—uously as he deserued 112 Canutus 1018. THis mighty Danish King foure Kingdomes held Danes Norway England Scotland he compeld Taxes and toles he rais'd in England here And dyed when he had gouern'd twenty yeere In Canutus his raigne the Danes possessed all England he â—â—â—â— buried at Winchester 113 Harold 1038. 114 Hardianutus 1041. HArold from England did exile his Mother And kild Allured his King and his Brother Hardianutus then the Crowne obtain'd Who quaâ—â—ing died when he 3. yeeres had raign'd Harold was a Tyrant hee was called Hartfoott â—â— hâ—â—â—â—â—â—â— running be murdered Prince Allured hee raigned three yeeres and was buried at Westminster Hee caused the body of Harold to be digged out of the graue and cast into the Thames in reuenge of his brother Allureds death he
was buried at Winchester 115. Saint Edward 1043. 116. Harold the second 1066. SAint Edward from the Danes this Kingdom freedâ— And for he had no Heyre he heere decreed That William Duke of Normandy should be Next King but Harold seem â—â—â— to agree As soone as Edward was laid in his Toombe This hasty Harold mounted in his roome But William came from Normanay amaine By whom King Harold was vnking'd and slaine The end of the first part The second part William Conquerour An. Dom. 1066. VVHen Britains Romanes Saxons Danes had done The Normans fiftly Englandâ— glory wonâ— New Lords brought in new Lawes incontinent And all were Conquer'd but the County Kent King William after he had all surpriz'd Insulted domineer'd and tyranniz'd All Englishmen like slaues their doores must lock On paine of death each night at eight of clocke The English from all Officâ— were disgrac'd And in their places the proud French were plac'd â—â—ill beating down the right with wrong on wrong Disdaining men should speake the English tongue And so to bring our memory to naught The Grammar and the Lawes in French were taught King Swanus Sonnes with Danes a mighty band Arriu'd in Humber to inuade the Land Then Yorke was burnt the wealth away was borne And Danes on Composition home did turne A dearth in England was so great that heere Cats Dogs and mans flesh was our wofull cheere The Mercians and Northumbers they rebel'd Strong warres the Scott within our Country held The I le of Ely did the King surprize He caus'd the Rebels lose hands feet and eyes The Normans did rebell and were subdu'd Danes came and fled with all their multitude The Kings sonne Robert by the French Kings ayd Did diuers parts of Normandy inuade The Scots spoild England with all might and maine And Durbans Bishop in a broyle was slaine Heere euery Acre of mens Lands were measur'd And by a heauy taxe the King was treasur'd Slaine by a Deere the Kings sonne lost his life And Glassenbury Monkes were kill'd in strife The English Nobles almost were decay'd And euery place of rule the Normans swai'd And all mens goods and lands and coyn were rated Through England and vnto the King related The French mens pride did England ouerwhelme And grieuous tributes did oppresse the Realme Churches and Chappels were throwne down with speed â—o make New Forrest as the King decreed Who hauing rul'd in trouble toyle and care And tryannously pol'd this Kingdome bare Neere twenty one yeeres death was then his bane He lyes in Normandy enterr'd at Cane William Conquerour was crowned on Christmas-day 1067 the yeere then beginning on that day In the â—â—â—â— Forrest in Hampshire called New Forrest â—â—ere this King had defaced many Churches wherein the â—â—â— of God was called vpon and placed wild Beasts for His disportun the same Forrest two of his owne sonnes were â—â—â—â— Prince Robert killed by a Deere and William Rufus by a Knight shooting at a Deere William Rufus An. Dom. 1087. WIlliam the cruell Conquerours second Sonne With ease got what his Fathers paines had won Oppressed England he opprest and prest And great Exactions wrongfully did wrest For Symony and base corrupting gold The King most Churches and Church-liuings sold And more his Subiects vilely to abuse Against them he in armes did arme the Iewes And swore if they the victory did gaine That he their faithlesse faith would entertaine Vpon his eldest brother hee raysd warres His youngest brother troubled him with iarres At London such a furious winde did blow Which did sixe hundred houses ouerthrow The City Gloster was by Welshmen sack'd Northumberland was by King William wrack'd William de Oue and William de Aluery In cruell torments dyed at Salisbury Duke Robert laid all Normandy to gage Vnto the King warres with the Turkes to wage Westminster Hall was built the Danes came in And th' Orchades and the I le of Man did win But as the King was hunting in Hampshire Sir Walter Tâ—rrâ—ll shooting at a Deere The Arrow glauncing'gainst a Tree by chance Th' vnhappy King kild by the haâ—lesse Glaunce A Comers Cart to Winchester did bring The Corps where vnbemoand they laid the King Rufus In the 8. yeere of his reigne the Christian Army went to Ierusalem vnder the conduct of Godfry Duke of Bulleine in which warres serued Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother who pawned his Dukedome for 16666. pounds weight of siluer In the 11. yeere the Lands of the late Earle Godwine sunk in the sea and are to this day called Godwine â—ands This King died the 2. of August 1100. He reigned 12. yeeres 11. Moneths and was buried at Winchester Henry the first An. Dom. 1100. THis Henry for his wisedome Beuclarke nam'd Th'vnlawfull Lawes and measures he reclaim'd The Norman Duke eld'st Brother to the King To claime the Crowne a mighty Hoast did bring Saint Bartholâ—mewes was founded and Saint Gyles And Henry stop'd Duke Roberts mouth with wiles Then peace was made but after warres did rise The King tooke's brother and put out his eyes Here Windsor Church and Castle were erected And Wales rebeld most sharpely was corrected All the King's Sonnes and eight score persons more Were drown'd by tempest neere the Norman shore Thus all his Ioy in Childrens losse bereft Saue onely Maud the Widdow Empresse left Whom Geffrey Anioy's Earle to wife did get From whom did spring the name Plantagenet The King proclaim'd his Daughter or her seede After his death should in the Realme succeede And after thirty fiue yeeres time was past King Henry by a surfet breath'd his last Much trouble in his dayes this Kingdome wearied He dyed and dead at Redding he lies buried Thus God that lifts the low casts downe the high Caus'd all the Conquerors sonnes vntimely dye Henry the â— He held the Crowne wrongfully from his elder brother Robert Duke of Normandy and ouercomming him in battell most vnnaturally put out his eâ—es he reigned 35. yeeres his braines eyes and bowels were buried at Roane in France and the rest of his body at Redding his Phisicion that opened his head was killed suddainely with the stench of his braiâ—er King Stephen An. Dom. 1135. STephen Earle of Bâ—loigâ— th' Earle of Bloyâ— his son From th' Empresse Mâ—nd this famous Kingdome won Domestike forraigne dangerous discords 'Twixt factions factions of the King and 's Lords Wars 'twixt the King and th' Empresse for the crown Both tasted Fortunes fauours and her frowne Now vp now downe like balles at Tennis tost Till Stephen gain'd the goale and th ' Empresse lost And after eighteene yeeres were come and gone The King not hauing any lawfull Sonne He dyed and chang'd his Kingdome his strength For a small Sepulcher of sixe foote length King Stephen He was noble valiant liberall and politique and almost in continuall trouble In the 1. yeere of his reigne a fire burnt all the streete from London-stone East to Pauls and West to Algate and within 2.
Westminster she buried doth abide And as the fame of this Imperiall Maâ—de Is through the world by the foure winds displaid So shall her memory for euer grace Her famous birth her death and buriall place At Teuxbury Anno 1574. the 24. of February being a hard frost the Riuer of Seuerne was couered with Flâ— and Beetles so that it was thought within the length of a paire of Buâ—â— to be 100. quarters of them the mâ—â—â—â—en stopped with them but from whence they came is unknown 1582. A piece of Land of three Acres in Dorsotshire iâ— the Parish of Armitage was suddenly remooâ—ed 600. fâ—â—t from the place where formerly it stood King Iames. An. Dom. 1601. VVHen as Elizaes wofull death was acted When this lamenting land was halfe distractedâ— WheÌ„ tears each loyall heart with grief had drown'd Then came this King and made our ioyes abound Ordain'd for vs by heauenly power diuine Then from the North this glorious starre did shine The Roall Image of the Prince of Peace The blest Concorder that made warres to cease By Name a STEVVARD and by Nature one Appointed from Iâ—houahs sacred Throne And by th' almighties hand supported euer That Treason or the Diuell should hurt him neâ—â—â— And as his Zeale vnto his God was great Gods blessings on him were each way compleat Rich in his Subiects loue a Kings best treasure Rich in content a Riches aboue measure Rich in his Princely Issue and in them Rich in his hopefull Branches of his stemme Rich in Munition and a Nauy Royall And richer then all Kings in seruants Loyall When Hell and Rome together did conspire To blow him and his kingdome vp with fire Then did the King of Kingâ— preserue our King And all the Traytors to confusion bring And who so reckons vp from first to last The many hel-hatch'd dangers he hath past Through all his daies he will beleeue no doubt That he with heauenly pow'rs was wall'd about All Christian Princes held his friendship deare Was fear'd for loue and not belou'd for feare And Pâ—â—gan Monarchs were in League combin'd With him as farre as is the Easterne Inde â—â—â— like a stâ—â—â— amidst a Riuer fix'd â—â— was his â—â—flicâ— with his mercy mix'd He â—riu'd to imitate his Maker still â—ed clemency preseru'd where Law would kill He hath cur'd England and heal'd Scotlands wounds And made them both great ancieÌ„t Britains bounds â—â—â— bloudy deadly â—eud the caus'd â—â— cease And â—â—â—â—â—'d hate he turn'd to Christian peace The mouth of warre he muzzled mute and dum He fill'd the roaring Cannon and the Drum â—â—ure in peace his people siâ—â— and dine With their owne fig-trees shaded and their vine Whilst in an vprore most of Christendome â—â—e nation doth another ouercome Vnto the King of Kings let 's pratles sing For giuing vs this happy peacefull King â—â—â—one know so well how they should peace prefer â—â—s those that know the miseries of warre â—Tis true though old and must not be forgot The warres are sweet to such as know them not Peace happy peace doth spread tranquillity Through all the bounds of Britaines Monarchy And may we all our actions still addresse For peace with God and warre 'gainst wickednesse Vnto which peace of God this King 's ascended â—o reigne in glory that shall ne'r be ended His mortall part at Westminster enter'd His soule and Fame immortally preser'd God did wonderfully preserue him vpon two seueralâ—â— Tueâ—daies from 2 most dangerous treasons the one at the Towne of Saint Iohnston in Scotland on Tuesday the 5. of August 1600. where the Earle of Gowry attemptea to kill his Maiesty The other was in England in that fearfull treason and deliucrance from the Powder-plot on Tuesday the 5. of November 1606. King CHARLES TWo Williams Henries 8. I. Steuen I. Iohn Sixe Edwards Richards 3. and I. Queene Mary Elizabeth and Iames all dead and gone Our gracious Charles doth now the Scepter carry And may they liue and dye of God accurst Who wish the preiudice of Charles the first â—ust 25. Kings and Queenes of England since the Norman Conquest A BRIEFE REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THE ENGLISH MOnarchs from the Normans Conquest vntill this present TO THE HONOVRABLE AND TRVLY Noble Sir ROBERT CARR Knight one of the Gentlemen of his Maiesties Royall Bed-chamber c. T Is not in expectation of reward That I this booke vnto your hands doe tender But in my humble dutie in regard That I am bound my daily thanks to render And though my stile be harsh my learning slender My Verse defectiue and my Accent rude Yet if your Patronage be my Defender Iam defended'gainst a multitude Thus to auoyd Hell-hatch'd ingratitude My dutious Love my Liues and Life shall be To you deuoted euer to conclude May you and your most vertuous Ladie see Long happie dayes in Honour still encreasing And after death true Glorie neuer ceasing Your Honours in all seruice Iohn Taylor WILLIAM THE FIRST Surnamed the CONQVEROVR KING OF ENGLAND And DVKE OF NORMANDY BY bloody Battels Conquest and by Fate Faire Englands Crown kingdome l surpris'd Itopsie-tutuy turn'd elie Eng'ish State And Lawes and Customes new and strange deuis'd And where â— vanquisht there I tyrannaiz'd Instead of peoples loue inforcing feare Extorting Ioils I daily exercis'd And Tributes greater then the Land could beare Besides the Normans fame the more to reare The English I forbad the English tongue French Schooles of Grammer I ordayned here And gainst this Nation added wrong to wrong At last my Crown Sword scepter CoÌ„quest braue I left I lost scarce found an earthly Graue Anno 1066 October 14 Saturday William Conqueror the sonne of Robert the 6. Duke of Normandy Ianded with a 1000. shippes furnished with men horse all warlike prouision at Hastings in Sussex and after a bloody battell with King Harold with the slaughter of nere 70000. men on both parts Hareld beeing slaine Duke William came in Triumph to London and was crowned at Westminster on Christmas day following by Aldred Archbisbop of Yorke he vsed his victorie and conquest here tyrannically dispossesing most part of the English of their lands giuing them to the Normans for which appressions he was continually molested sometimes with the Danes then with the Welsh with the Scots out of Ireland and at home amongst his owne people besides many miseries did at once afflict this Land as I. an vniuersall feauer amongst people 2 Barrennesse of the ground 3 Dearth and famine 4 Moraine of Cattell and the Church of St Pauls in London burnt and all that was in it The Country extremely ruin'd and spoyled for 60 miles space betwixt York and Durham The king pulled downe 36 Churches Townes and Villages laying the Country waste and open for 30 miles space from the City of Salisbury Southward which is now called Newforrest and was by him made a wildernes or place for beasts for his game of hunting In which place by Gods iust Iudgement his second sonne Richard
was kil'd by a Deere his son K. William Rusus kil'd for a Deer Henry his grandchilde strucke into the iawes with a bough and hanged so till he was found dead Neuerthlesse he built many Abbies Priories Garisons Houses and Caslles amongst the which the Towre of London was one He died at Roane 1087 September 9. he was not onely robd and risted of all his goods and Kingly ornaments and riches but barbarously stripped and left naked on the floore not hauing any one to attend his carcasse but for saken of all Such is the frailty and misery of earthly greatnesse Lastly he had much adoe to get a graue which in the end with great difficulty was purchased for him at Cane in Normandy WILLIAM THE IJ Surnamed RVFVS KING OF ENGLAND And DVKE OF NORMANDY VVHat my triumphant Father wan I held I pill'd poll'd this Kingdom more then he Great Tributes from my people I compeld No place in Church or Common-wealth was freee But alwaies those that would giue most to me Obtain'd their purpose being wrong or right The Clergy I enforced to agree To sell Church-plate and Chalices out-right Vntill at last by the Almighties might My Kingly power and force was forcelesse made My glorious pompe that seem'd t'eclips mens sight Did vanish by a glance by chance and fade For hunting in new-forrest voyd of feare A Subiect flew me shooting at Decre Anno 1087. September 26. being Sunday William the second surnamed Rufus by â—â— son of his ruddy or red colour was crowned at Westminster by Lanfrank Archbishop of Canâ—â—terbury his elder brother Robert being Duke â—â— Normandy who likewise claimed the Crowne â—â— he was pacified with the mediation of the friends â—â— William and the promise of 3000 markes a yeere â— Robert departed this Land after is had beene â—â— wasted with their contentions Then after little breathing time the Welsh arose in Armes and Malcolme King of Scots Inuaded England burning and spolying as farre as Chester â—â— soone as the peace was made betwixt the King William and Malcolme the two brothers William and Robert sell at oddes again and again are appeased After that Malcolme King of Scoâ—â—â— made an inroad into England againe whom Roâ—bert Moubray Earle of Northumberland lyâ—â— in ambush suddenly slew in which action Edwâ—â— King Malcolms sonne likewise was slaine Afâ—â— which the third time the 2 brothers Robert â—â— William sell againe at variance and after â—â— trouble are againe reconciled Then Duke Robertâ—â— goeth to Ierusalem and conquers it In the yeere 1099. the Schisme began there beeing 2 Popes â— at Rome the other at Auigniou in France The K. William was as valiant a prince as the warâ— yeelded and a great opposer of the indirect coursâ—â— the see of Rome Many fearefull things happened in his reigne as earthquakes dreadfull lightning and Apparitions Blazing Commets in strangeâ— gures Inundations Deluges to the destruction is people and much land ouerwhelmed with theâ—neuer to be recouered amongst the which â—â— Goodwins lands were drowned and are now câ—â—â— Goodwin sands At Finchamsted in Barkinâ— there was a Well of blood which flowed 15 dayes When this King had reigned neere 13 years he was vnfortunately slaine by a French Knight S t Water Tirrell and brought to Winchester in a Câ—liers cart and there buried Anno 1100 Angâ—â—â— HENRY THE FIRST Surnamed BEAVCLARKE KING OF ENGLAND And DVKE OF NORMANDY MY Father and my Brother Kings both gone With acclamations Royall I was crown'd Had hauing gain'd the Scepter and the Throne I with the name of Beauclarke was renown'd The English Lawes long lost I did refound False waights and measures I corrected true The power of Wales in fight I did confound And Normandy my valour did subdue Yet I vnmindfull whence these glories grew My eldest Brother Robert did surprise Detain'd him and vsurp'd his Royall due And most vnnat ' rally pluckt out his eyes Kings liue like Gods but yet like men they dye All must pay Natures due and to did I. Anno 1100. August I Wednesday Henry the I a Prince of incomparable wisdom learning for which indowments he was surnamed Beauclark he mollified the seuentty of his Father and brother lawes he cashierd and punished all flatrers parasites froÌ„ his Court but his elder brother Robert Duke of Normandy hearing of the death of his brother Rufus makes haste from is Conquest and Kingdome of Ierusalem if hee had pleased and comming into England landed at Portsmouth claiming the Crowne but by aduice of the Nobles on either part it was agreed that King Henry should pay vnto Duke Robert 3000 markes yeerely but by the instigation of some discontented persons the two brothers disagree againe and in the fift yeere of King Henry Duke Robert landed in England again then there was a â—ayned peace made between them which in the 7 yeere of this king was broken and in the 8 yeere King Henry tooke his brother Duke Robert and caused his eyes to be put out Thus iust the same day forty yeers that the Duke of Normandy conquered England that very day did this Henry the first King of England conquer Normandy Henry the fourth Emperour of Germany marryed Maude the Daughter of king Henry This King was the first thai ordained the High court of Parliament In the yeare 1020. Prince William the sonne of king Henry of the age of 17 crossing the Seas from France towards England with his wife the Duke of Anious daughter and his sister Maud the Lady Lucy a Neece of the Kings the Earle of Chester with diuers other Noblemen Ladies and others to the number of 160 were all most miserably drown'd not any of them saued but a poor Butcher The king hauing no children left but his daughter Maude the Empresse The Emperor her Husband beeing dead she came into England to whom the king her father caused his Nobles to sweare allegeance as to his lawfull heire after his decease which Empresse after was married to Ieffrie Plantagenet Earle of Aniou The King after many troubles with the French Welsh Scots and Englsih with forraigne and Ciuill warres vnfortunate and vntimely losse of children and friends after 35 yeeres reigns he dyed at Saint Dennis in Normandy whose corpes were brought into England and buried at Reding 1135. STEPHEN KING OF ENGLAND AND DVKE OF NORMANDY BY wrested Titles and vsurping claime Through storms tempests of tumultuous wars The Crowne my fairest marke and foulest ayme I wonne and wore beleaguerd round with iars The English Scots and Normans all prepares Their powers exposing to oppose my powers Whilst this land ladeo and o'rwhelm'd with cares Fndures whilst war wo want and death deuoures But as yeers months weeks days decline by houres Houres into minutes minutes into nought My painfull pompe decai'd like fading flowers And vnto nought was my Ambition brought Thus is the state of transitory things Ther 's nothing can be permanent with Kings Anno 1135. December 26. Munday On Saint Stephens
perdurable cares and vexation as appeared in the lines and raignes of Rusus Henry the first Stehpen Iohn and now this King Henry the fourth who though hee were minion of Fortune the Darling of the peolpe euery way a compleate Noble Prince yet was his vsurpation still attended with dangerous molestations he was crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arundell Arbhishop of Canterbury hee was scarce warme in his seat before the Dukes of Exeter Aumerie Surry with the Earles of Glocester and Salisbury conspired to kill him and to raise King Richard againe but their plot was discouered and satisfied with the losse of there heads shortly after king Richard the 2 was starued to death some say murdred at Pomfret castle in short time after the Princes of English poets Ieffry Chaucer and Iohn Cower dyed all those Noble men who either fouored king Richard or were raised by him were degraded disinherited or out of King or courrtly favour The French in Aquitaine intend rebellion against K. Henry but are pacified by Tho Percy Earle of Worcester The Welsh rebell vnder the coÌ„mand of their captine Owne Glendowre and the king went thither in person and with losse and danger quieted them An. 1403 the terrible battel of Shrewsbury was fought betwixt the King and the Earle of Worcester the Earle Dowglasse the Lord Henry Percy alias Hotspur and others where after a bloody triall Percy was slain buried taken vp againe and quartered the Earle of Worcester was beheaded the Dowglasse taken and the King victorious Owen Glendowere again raiseth wars in Wales and inuades the Marches of England although king Richard the 2 be dead and buried yet is he still sained to be aliue and by counterfeit impostures King Henry was much molested 140 ships came out of France arriued at Milford hauen to the aid of Owen Glendowre the Earle of Northumberland rebelled with the Lord Bardolph and were both taken beheaded Thus was king Henries reigne a Maiesticall missery a soueraignty of sorrow and a regall power alwaies attended with perplexity so that hauing raign'd 13 yeers 6 months wanting 5 daies he dyed the 20 of March 1413 and leauing 4 sonnes 2 daughters he was with all funerall and Royall solemnity interred at Canterbury HENRY THE FIFTH KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND FRom my Iancastrian Sire successiuely I Englands glorious golden Garland gots I temper'd Iustice with mild clemency Much blood I shed yet blood-shed loued not Time my Sepulchre and my bones may not But Time can neuer end my endlesse fame Oblinion cannot my braue acts out blot Or make Forgetfulnesse forget my name I plaid all France at Tennise such a game With roaring Rackets bandied Balls and Foyles And what I plaid for still I won te same Triumphantly transporting home the spoyles But in the end grim death my life assail'd And as I lin'd I dy'd belon'd bewail'd Anno Dom. 1413. March 20 Sunday Henry the 5 borne at Monmouth in Wales about 28 yeeres old when he began to reigne he was crowned at Westminster by the hands of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury and howsoeuer some Writers haue imputed wildnesse and irregular courses so youth vnto him yet when hee attained the Scepter he proued the mirror of Princes and Paragon of the world in that age He banished from his Court and presence all prophane and lewd companions and exiled from his eares all flattring Parasites and Sicophants In the 1 yeer of his reigne he prepared a great Armie against France anâ—â—â— Southampton very happily escaped murthering by the Treason of Richard Earle of Cambridge Henry Lord Scroope and Sir Thomas Gray Knight Soone after the King past with 1500 sail into France where hee wanne the strong Towâ—â—â—â— Hatflew and intending to march back with his â—â— my toward Callice he was neere a place called Agincourt encountrea by the whole power of France where King Henry had a triumphant victories in which battel were slaine many of the French Nobility with 10000 coÌ„mon soldiers as many of them taken prisoners The whole English Army at that time being not 10000 being wasted with the fluxe famine and other sicknesses yet did they â—â—â—â—â—â— more prisoners then they were themselues in number in all the battel lost not aboue 28 meÌ„ After which the King returned into England and â—â—â—â— was met with 400 Citizens and magnificantly â—â—â— tertained into London King Henry attributing all his conquests and victories to God The Eâ—â—â—â—â— Sigismond came into England and entred leagâ—â—â— with King Henry the Emperors intent was to â—â—â— made a peace betwixt England France but he could not accoÌ„plish it The king passed into I raâ—â—â— againe and wonne many Cities Townes Câ—â—â—â—â—â— strong holds in the end he married the Lady Katherin daughter to K. Charles of France with when he came into England and hauing crowned â—â—â—â— Queene be returned into I rance the third â—â—â— was in Paris proclaimed heire apparent to the Crowne Finally he sickened and dyed at Boysesâ— Vincennois in France from whence his corps â—â— brought and buried at Westminster I September 1422. HENRY THE VI KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF JRELAND GReat England Mars my Father being dead I not of yeares or yeare but eight months old The Diadem was plac't vpon my head In Royall Robes the Scepter I did hold But as th' Almighties workes are manifold Too high for mans conceit to comprehend In his eternall Register eurold My Birth my troublous Life and tragicke End â— Gainst me the house of Yorke their force did bend And Peeres and People weltred in their gore My Crown and Kingdome they from me did rend Which I my Sire and Grandire kept and wore Twice was I crown'd vncrown'd oft blest oft crost And lastly murdred life and Kingdome lost Anno Dom. 1422 August 31 Munday Henry the 6 born at Windsor the son of Henry the 5 was but 8 moneths old at the death of his father so that by reason of his infancy himselfe and kingdome were gouerned by his vnckles the Dukes of Bedford and Glocester An. 1419 Nouember 6 the King was crowned first at Westminster by the hands of Henry Chichley Archbishop of Canterbury hee was againe the second time crowned at Paris the 7 of December 1431 by the Cardinalls of York and Winchesters and returns into England the 11 day of February following In these times France was in miserable perplexity diuided betwixt French and English in continuall bloody wars for the Dolphin Charles made wars in sundry places claiming the Crowne the English won and lost towns and territories as fortune found or fround till at last by reason of the King childhood in the beginning of his reigne his soft milde gentle inclination in his ripe yeeres and his indisposition to marshall affaires hee beeing more sit for the Church theÌ„ for chinalry for praier theÌ„ for prowesse a man in al his actions more like a Saint then to one that should weild a warlike
sword or Royall Scepter being a most vnfortunate Prince in all his worldly attempts the Peers in England bandied factions against each other the Duke of York claimed the Crowne the coÌ„mons of Kent vnder the leading of their captiain lack Cade being in number 50000 came to London the Rebels murdered the Bishop of Sali bury and beheaded the Lord Say at the standard in Cheape the King was taken prisoner by the Duke of Yorke at the bartell of Saint Albans the French with 15000 men landed at Sandwich spoyled the Towne fierd it stew the Maior with all in authority there and likewise hauing burnt and pillaged many other places in Deâ—onâ—â—â—â—shire and the West they departed Queene Margaret the wife to King Henry the 6 met the Duke of Yorke with an Army neere Wakefield where the victory fell to the Queen the Duke being slaine with his son the Earle of Rutland and many others Thus for the space of 60 yeeres the three Kings Henries the 4,5 and 6 kept the Crowne in the Lancastrian line the house of Yorke got the soueraignty King Henry hauing reign'd 38 yeers â— months 4 daies he was ouercome by King Edward at a place called Mortimers Crosse neere Ludlow more of this vnfortunate Prince shall be spoken in the reigne of the next King Edward EDWARD THE IIIJ KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND c. I Yorkes great heire by fell domesticke Warre Inthroaned was vn-King'd and re-inthroan'd Subiecting quite the house of Lancaster Whilst wofull England ouer-burthen'd groan'd Old Sonlesse Sires and Childlesse Mothers moan'd These bloody broyles had lasted three score yeares And till the time we were in peace attoan'd It walked fourescore of the Royale Peeres But age and time all earthly things out-weares Through terrours horrors mischiefe and debate By trult by treason by hopes doubts and feares I got I kept I left and Lost the State Thus as disposing heauens doe smile or frowne So Cares or Comforts wait vpon a Crowne Edward the fourth was Earle of March some and heire to Richard Duke of Yorke sonne to Richard Earl of Cambridge sâ—nto Edmund of langley â—â—â— of York 4 sento Edward the 3 King of England This King Edward the fourth Was borne at Roane is Normandy and in the yeere 1461 the 29 of Iune heeâ—â— crowned at Westminister by the hands of Thomas Bourgchier Arcbishop of Canterbury Henry the fixt hauing a great power in the Norâ—â— was â—â—â— and encountred by King Edward neere Towton on Palmssunday where betâ—â—â—xt the two Kings was fought aâ—â—â—â— battell which continued ten houers in which cruell conflict the English ground dranke the sangkired â—â—â—â— of â—â—â— 37000 of her naturall englishmen after â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— as Hexam by the Lord Montracute King Henry was again put to fight with great lesse be was afterwardâ—â—â— disquid'd â—â—â—â—â—isoned â—â— the Towre of London Edward new supposed all was well his minde was on mâ—â—rujâ— wherefore he sent Richard Neuill The great King â—â— ker Exâ—le of Warwich into France so treate forth Lady Bona sister to the French Quene but with meane space King Edward prouâ—ed himselfe man home and was married to the Lady Elizabeth Gray â—â—â— match was so deslatefull to Warwick that hee â—â—â—â—â—â— fals aff from King Edward after which he took the King Prisoner but he escaping againe fled beyend the Saw The Earle of Warwick tooke King Henry out of the Tâ—â—nt and caused him againe to be crowned King Edward landed agains in England at Bornet sâ—ld tra 〈…〉 London his Army was met by the Earles of Warwick and Oxford King Henry being them againe â—â—â—â—â—â—â— sâ—â—er where was fought a fierce battell where Edward was Vector the Earle of Warwicke with â—â—â—â— Nâ—â—â—â— men were slaintâ— and comment on eath sides 10000 King Henry was againe committed to the Tonre Edward Prince of Wales the son of Henry the first wasâ—â—â— the battel of Tewxbury murdred by Richard â—â—â— of Gloecether Soon after the bastard Lord â—â—â— vaised an Army of 17000 men against King Edward but the bastard was soons supprest and the most â—â—â—â—â— King Edward the fixt freed from his longâ—â—â— being murdred by the bloody hands of Richard â—â—â— of Glocester The King bâ—â—ing through must â—â—â— â—â—â— peacs â—â—â— himselfe â—â—â—â—â—â— Iane Shore his Combine â—â—â— pleasures were mixed with greife for his â—â—â— George Duke of Clarence who was â—â—â— of Malmsey the Towre of London 1475. â—â—â— of Scotland threatned was against England Richard Duke of Glocester was some against the Scots â—â—â—â—â—â— king Edward â—â—â— haning â—â—â— Aprill 9 1483 â—â—â— at Windsor EDWARD THE V KING OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND IF birth if beauty innocence and youth Could make a Tyrant feele one sparke of grace My crooked Vncle had beene mou'd to ruth Beholding of my pitty-pleading face But what auailes to spring from roy all Race What suerty is in beauty strength or wit What is command might eminence and place When Treason lurkes where Maiesty doth sit My haplesse selfe had true false proofe of it Nipt in my bud and blasted in my bloome Deprâ—'d of life by murther most vnfit And for three Kingdoms could not haue one tombe Thus Treason all my glory ouer-topt And â—â—â— the Fruit could spring the Tree was lop't Edward the fifth borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster Sonne of King Edward the fourth beganne his short reigne ouer the Realâ—â—â— of England at the age of â—3 yeeres but â—â—y the cunning dealing of Richard ' Duke of Gloucester his vnnaturall Vnckle he was neuer crowned â—â—â— young King with his younger brother Richard Duke of Yorke was at London with his mother and in the guidance of his Vnckle by the mothers side named Sir Anthony Wooduill Lord Riuers but by the â—â—â— and crafty dealing of the Duke of Glouster all the Queene kindred were remoued from the King and the Lord Riuers sent from Northampton to Pomfret with others whence they were imprisoned and beheaded The protector Richard hauing the King in his keeping and power his onely â—ynâ—â— was next how to get into his hands â—â—â— person of Richard Duke of Yorke the Kings brother whom the Queene their mother kept close in the Sanctuarie at Westminster which Prince was gotten from the said Sanctuary by the â—â— till plots and perswation of the Lord protector and the Duke of Buckingham The poore innocent Lambs being as it were put into the greedy Iawes of the Wolfe their rauenous Vnckle for safegard and protection and at the first approach of Richard Duke of York into his Vnckles presence he was entertained in all seeming reuerence with a Iudas kisse by his Vnckle The Duke of Buckingham was promised by the Protector for his trusty seruices to him in heloâ—â—â— him to the person of this Prince and for his future seruices to ayde him in his vnlawsfull attaining the Crowne of England that Gloucesters Sonne should be married to Buckinghams daughter and netball that Buckingham should haue the Earledome of Hertford with many other
yeres Maior 1330. Sir Iohn Pultney Draper 2. yeeres Maior 1332. Iohn Preston Draper Maior 1333. Sir Iohn Pultney Draper Maior 1336. Sir Iohn Pultney the tourth time Lord Maior he built a Chappell in Pauls where hee lyes buried he also built Saint Laurence Pultney Church and the Church of little Alhalowes and the Church called the Fryers in Couentrie hee gaue to the poore of Saint Giles in the Fields to the poore Prisoners in the Fleet and Newgate ten shillings to each yearely for euer besides many other deeds of Charity which he did Many of these men did good and charitable deeds but they did them secretly in their liues time Anno 1363. Stephen Candish Draper Maior 1367. Iames Andrew Draper Maior 1381. Ioh. Northampt. Draper 2. yeres Maior 1391. Iohn Hinde Draper Maior Anno 1402. Iohn Walcot Draper Maior 1404 Iohn Hinde the second time Maior he newly built the Church of Saint Swithin neere London stone 1413. Sir William Cromer Draper Maior 1415. Sir Nicholas Wotton Draper Maior 1423. William Cromer Draper Maior 1427. Iohn Gedney Draper Maior 1430. Nicholas Wotton Draper Maior 1433. Ihon Brockle Draper Maior 1441. Robert Clopton Draper Maior 1445. Sir Simon Eyre Draper Maior he built Lraden Hall for a Garnetie for the Citie and gaue fiue thousand markes to charitable vses 1447. Sir Iohn Gedney Draper Maior 1453. Sir Iohn Norman Draper Maior 1458. Sir Thomas Scot Draper Maior 1462. Sir Thomas cooke Draper Maior 1464. Sir Ralph Ioslin Draper Maior 1474. Sir Robert Drope Draper Maior hee lyeth buried in Saint Michaels Church in Cornehill London he gaue towards poore Maids marriages of that Parish twenty pound and to the poore of that Ward ten pound and three hundred shirts and smockes and hundred gownes of Broadcloth 1476. Sir Ralph Ioslin Draper the 2. time Maior 1479. Sir Bartholomew Iames Draper Maior 1481. Sir William Harriet Draper Maior 1484. Sir William Stocker Draper Maior 1489. Sir William White Draper Maior 1503. Sir William Capell Draper Maior 1507. Laurence Aylmer Draper Maior 1509. Sir William Capell the 2. time Maior 1511. Sir Roger Achley Draper Maior 1514. Sir George Monox Draper Maior hee repaired the ruinated Church at Walthamstow in Essex and erected a Free-schoole there and thirteene Almes-houses for aged people also hee built a long Timber Cawsway ouer the Marshes from Walthamstow to Locke-bridge 1512. Sir Iohn Bruges Draper Maior 1521. Sir Iohn Milbourne Draper Maior hee built fourteene Alines houses for fourteen aged poore people neere the Lord Lumleyes house in the crossed or crouched Friers allowing to each two shillings foure pence monthly for euer 1524. Sir William Bailie Draper Maior 1528. Sir Iohn Rudston Draper Maior 1533. Sir Christopher Askew Draper Maior he payed largely to the building of eight Almes houses in Beechlane London for eight poore widowes of his Company 1540. Sir William Roch Draper Maior 1560. Sir VVilliam Chester Draper Maior 1565. Sir Richard Champion Draper Maior a good Benefactor to the poore of Saint Dunstans in the East and to the poore in Saint Edmunds in Lumbard street hee gaue fiftie foure shillings yearely in bread for euer besides other guists 1578. Sir Richard Pipe Draper Maior 1580. Sir Iohn Branch Draper Maior 1584. Sir Thomas Pullison Draper Maior 1588. Sir Martin Calthrop Draper Maior 1614. Sir Thomas Hayes Draper Maior 1615. Sir Iohn Iolls Draper Maior 1621. Sir Edward Barkeham Draper Maior 1623. Martin Lumley Draper Maior These good deeds following were done by others of the said company who were not Lord Maiors IOhn Holmes Draper gaue his house to the poore in Saint Sepulchers Parish for euer the yeerely rent of it being thirty two pound Iohn Russell Draper gaue eighty pound to Schooler and to other pious vses Iohn Quarles Draper gaue sixe pound a yeare for euer to be giuen to the poore in bread William Dummer Draper gaue to the poore thirteene pound eighteene shillings foure pence yeerely for euer Owen Clun Draper gaue to the poore fiue and twentie pound yeerely for euer William Parker Draper towards the maintenance of Preachers at Saint Antlins sixe pounds yeerely for euer Iohn Skeet Draper gaue to the Hospitals at London three hundred pound and to foure poore Schollers at Oxford fiae pound a peece and the like to foure poore Schollers at Cambridge Henry Butler Draper gaue to Saint Thomas Hospitall ten pound to Christ-Church Saint Bartholomewes and Bridewell fiue pounds to each Peter Hall Draper gaue to Christs Hospitall ten pound to Saint Bartholomewes and Saint Thomas Hospitall three pound to each Thomas Church Draper gaue to Christs Hospitall and to Bridewell to each ten pound and to the Hospitals of Saint Thomas and Saint Bartholomew to either fiue pound Humphrey Fox Draper gaue to Christs Church Hospitall fiftie pound Edmund Hill Draper gaue to the poore of Saint Andrew Vnder shaft fiftie two pound Anno 1609. William Guilborne Draper gaue foure markes the yeare for euer to the poore of Saint Katherine Christ Church neere Aldegate and twenty pound he gaue to build a Gallerie in the same Church Iohn Quarles Draper gaue to the poore in Saint Peters in the poore in Brecstreet ward fiftie pound to bee bestowed yearely in bread for euer Sir Richard Goddard Draper and Alderman gaue to the Hospitall of Bridewell two hundred pound Master Benedict Barnham Draper gaue for the reliefe of the poore Prisoners in the seuerall prisons in London fiftie pound Sir Iames Deane Draper and Alderman gaue to the seuerall Hospitals in London a hundred and thirtie pound and to sundry prison 70.1 Lady Bainham sometimes an A dermans wife of the Drapers Company gaue to the poore of the said Company ten pound yearely for euer Lancelot Thompson Draper gaue to the parish of Saint Peters in Cornehill twenty pound for fiue Sermons and a hundred pounds to the poore of the Drapers Companie and fiue pound yeerely to hee bestowed by them in fire and bread on the poore of that Parish Richard shore Draper gaue fifteene pound to build a Church porch at Saint Mildreds in the Poultry Iohn Calthrop Draper built the bricke Wall betwixt the Hospitals of Christ Church and S. Bartholomew Iohn Chertsey Draper gaue to the Hospitals 20.1 and to other charitable vses a 100 pound Master Henry Woolaston Draper gaue to Saint Thomas Hospitall fortie pound with other charitable beneuolences These memorable and pious workes with many more then my weake capacitie can collect or reckon haue beene done by the Drapers or Clothsellers which doth approue the sheepe to be a thriuing happy and a most profitable beast Now to speake somewhat of the Right Worshipfull Company of Clothworkers Anno Domini 1559. Sir William Hewet Clothworker Lord Maior 1574. Sir Iames Hawes Clothworker L. Maior 1583. Sir Edward Osborne Clothworker L. M. 1594. Sir Iohn Spencer Clothworker L. Maior 1596. Sir Thomas Skinner Clothworker Lord Maior gaue to the Hospitals in London and the Suburbs 120. l. 1599. Sir Nicholas Mosley Clothworker L.M. 1606.
of LONDON for the same his happie Arriuall And the Relation of such Townes as are scituate in the wayes to take post-horse at from the Citie of London to Douer and from Callice through all France and Spaine to Madrid to the Spanish-Court AFter great Britaine ouerwhelmed with doubts hopes feares and most carefull louing and dutifull Iealousie had dolourously drooped and mounted in a robe of melancholy 8 monethlong for the absence our hopefull vnparaleld illustrious Prince Charles each minute of whole vnexpected and vnthought of Iourney from hence seeming a tedious torture to millions of louing and wel-wishing hearts whose happy and wel-comes home doth like the radiant Sun expell all the dismall and moody clouds of griefe and melancholy to the vniuersall joy of his Royall Father and all his loyall Subiects hauing passed so long and tedious a Iourney so much change of ayre and varieties of dyet preserued by the Almighties especiall prouidence from all dangers and casualties that might any way impeach his Highnesse health or preiudice is Princely person in any of his affaires After his Highnesse stay from the 7. of March with his Catholike Maiestie at his Court at Madrid with the great and magnificent Entertainments Feastings Maskings Banquetings Huntings Hawkings and diures other royall pleasant laudable costly sumptuous and manly disports and exercises wherewith the King the Queene the faire vertuous and louely Lady Maria the highborne Infanta his highnesse hauing all the content and welcome which so potent a Monarch could any way expresse or our gracious Prince expect Then to ease our common griefe to reuiue our halfe dead hopes it pleased his grace to take his leaue of Madrid passingby easie Iournies on his way accoÌ„panied some partby the King after whose departure from his Highnesse was attended by certaine of the Graundes of Spaine so that in 13. or 14. dayes space his Highnesse came in perfect health to the Portof Saint Anderas in the Prouince of Biscay where when our English Fleet had knowledge of his long look'd for and welcome comming then did the hearts of euery man leap within him for ioy their eyes ouerflowed with teares of louing and dutifull affection their voices shooted with acclamations The great Ordnance thundered and filled the earth skyes with loud reioycings the trumpets clangor pierced the welkin the beaten drums ratled tryumphantly all manner of Instruments sounded melodiously and to better and sweeten all the rest his Highnesse most graciously accepted their loues mutually and thankefully But blustring Boreas with his brother Eurus the North and East winde blew most stifly and churlishly detained our joy and happinesse from vs here in Britaine So that neuer any louing mother desired with more longing to see her hopefull Sonne whose long absence had fild her with griefe then all the honest Inhabitants of this Kingdome did hunger and thirst to see or heare from their most hopeful and beloued Prince With what greedy desire did many thousands as it were nayle their eye sights dayly vpon Fanes Weather-cocks the smoke of Chimneyes and the Racking of the Cloudes and for fifteene long dayes and nights the thwartouer and crosse North and Easterly Winde blew vs nothing but lengthening of our Sorrowes and delaying of our comforts vntill at last on Friday the third of October last it pleased the great Archmaster of windes and Seas to tutne the breath of Eolus the way we most heartily prayed for So that his Highnesse speedily taking aduantage of this most happy and prosperous Gale Anchors were soone weighed Sailes suddainely displayed and by the prouidence of the Almighty and the diligent industry of the skilfull Nauigators and Martiners his Highnesse most safely Landed at Portsmouth in Hampshire on Sunday the fifth of October betwixt the houres of three and foure in the afternoone where he tooke Coach and came that night and Lodged neere Guilford in Surrey 25. miles from London at the house of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Anuan's The happy newes of his Highnesse most welcome arivall was brought to London on Monday being the sixth of October and shortly after the same morning hee came in person himselfe taking Barge at Lambeth with the Duke of Buckingham followed by the Archbyshop of Canterbury and diuers other whence he past to Yorkehouse betwixt eight and nine of the clocke where hee hauing taken some repast hee tooke Coach againe to goe towards his Royall Father to reioyce his heart with his Princely presence The ioyfull newes of his happy returne filled the whole Kingdome with excessiue ioy first his most royall Father had a chiefe share in the comfort Secondly many of his good Seruants who were almost with griefe for his long absence like so many bodies without life but now they are all relieued by his welcome presence with the spirits of mirth and alacrity But the City of London in expression of their louing duties haue spared for no cost eyther generall or particular THe Bels proclaim'd aloud in euery Steeple The ioyfull acclamations of the people The Ordnance thundred with so high a straine As if great Mars they meant to entertaine The Bonfires blazing infinite almost Gaue such a heat as if the world did roast True mirth and gladnesse was in euery face And healths ran brauely round in euery place That sure I thinke this sixt day of October Ten thousand men will goe to bed scarce c. This was a day all dedicate to Mirth As 't were our Royall CHARLES his second birth And this day is a Iewell well return'd For whom this Kingdome yesterday so mourn'd God length his dayes who is the cause of this And make vs thankfull for so great a blisse The whole day being spent thus in mirth triumphs and thanksgiuing wherein the people of all degrees from the highest to the lowest both rich and poore in London Westminster and the Suburbs to their powers exprest their loues that not so much but the foure Elements Fire Water Ayre and Earth seemed to applaud the celebration of this happy and welcome day for the Heauens most aboundantly powred downe a shower of raine of nine houres continuance which the dry and thirsty earth dranke most greeddy or as I may say most louingly to the health of so joyfull and auspicious a solemnitie The fire or fires in all places Streets Lanes Courts and Corners despight the Raine or enuying that it should quench the flaming ardency of its tranâ—â—â—â—dent Loue ascended vpwards in shew of thankefulnesse and the vast empty and subtle Ayre was filled with the shours and acclamations of people with the reioycing noyles of Instruments Ordnance Muskets Bels Drums and Trumpets And further I heard it credibly reported that there was one Bonefire made at the Guildhall in London which cost one hundred pounds belike it was some Logwood which was prohibited and vnlawfull to bee vsed by Dyers and being forfeited was ordained to be burnt in tryumph But as good cause we had the day was
commanded to be kept holiday so that no shops were opened no manner of worke was done from morning to night but carying and recarying Wood to make Bonfires ringing filling emptying of pots thaâ—al seemed as if the world was newly preserued from some second Flood as indeed our whole Kingdome was from a flood of griefe to the sale happy hauen of happinesse Moreouer his Highnesse happy and ioyfull comming on that day was a putting off an execution which sixe men and two women condemned male factors were to suffer at Tyburne wherby hee was the most fortunate cause of their reprieues and sauing and a larger time of repentance to amend their iiues The very Vintners burnt their bushes in Fleetstreet and other places and their wine was burnt all ouer London and Westminster into all colours of the Rainebow whole Pints Quarts Pottles and Gallons were made into Bonefires of Sacke and Claret whilst good fellowes like louing Salamanders swallowed those liquid fires most sweetly and affectionately But as concerning this fuell of Bacchus a great many would not stay or could not endure to see it burnt and so deuoured those French and Spanish Billets and Faggots raw which afterwards being warmed with shooting laughing singing and Leaping the heat burst out so hotly that it appeared in many a high coloured face till in the end the fire was quenched in the embers and ashes of sleepe And to the intent all estates should be merry there were diuers Noblemen Gentlemen and other that gaue store of gold to the poore some gaue vessels of wine in the streets Thu was the whole day spent till the darke night came and then began the second part of Englands joy for the nights Loue did as it were scorne to be outstripped with the dayes affection and obedience Amongst the rest the Spanish Ambassadors both at Exeter house in the Strand and at Ely house in Holborne did expresse their Loues by their charges and reioycings Then began a most merry and ioyfull confusion of Billets Faggots Bauins and Logs Baskets buckets and tubs were hotly and merrily consumed Buts Pipes Hogsheads Teirces puncheons Barrels Kilderkins Firkins Ruâ—lets and Dryfats most brauely blazed and suffered Some in Smithfield burnt their old Coaches and I wish they had all beene so well bestowed washing boules and beetles went to wracke old graters and stooles were turn'd to ashes mouse-traps and tinder boxes came tolight and hee or shee that had but foure tokens or as much credit committed their whole estate to fire and faggot insomuch that Chandlers-shops and store-houses were almost willingly emptied But in Paules Churchyard was exceeding benighted tryumphs for on the crosse round about were placed on the batlements and on the top of it as many burning Linkes as the Prince his Hignesse was yeares old and in some good distance from the Crosse were two mighty bone fires besides there was a crosse of wood erected which extended into foure branches and vpon euery branch a pitch barrel was fastned and one in the middest on the top which made a braue shew in the burning â— then were there Crâ—ssit Lights and most excellent fire-workes with squibs cracker rackets which most delightfully flew euery way And it is certaine to be proued that betwixt Paules Churchyard and London bridge in the nearest way that could be gone there were 108. Bonefires told many of them hauing at least one Load of wood in each some lesse I speake not of othe Streets Lanes which are out of that way besides the Strand Westminster and Holborne with hundreds of places which I saw not All these and much more was done here in London Westminster and the adioyning places nor is it to be doubted but that all Cities Townes and Villages will generally and particulary shew their louing obedience and affections Here is set forth the long and tedious Iourney with the seuerall stages or places where men take Post-horse quite through the Spacious Kingdome of France and so throughout into Spaine to the Citty of Madrid being in all 141. seuerall stages or PosteTowns some 8 some 10.12 or 16. miles from each other being in all about 1100. miles London Saint Leu Darford Lufarder Rochester Escouen Sittingbourne Saint Dennis Canterbury PARIS Douer La Burlarayur CALLICE Longuemeaux Le Bison Chator Marquessa Bonur Bulloigne Estampe Newchattell Guillerua Franeaz Angueruille Montruell Shaupillary Newpon Shateâ—gaillad Bernai Artenay Noieane Sercott Abeuille ORLEANCâ— Aillyle hanc dordes Saint Minion Flaircourt Nostra Dama Piguigny de Clara. Amiens Lestroya shemina Hancourt Le Laurena der â—ux Flaire Maide Briteur Mondinaux Rauigny BLOIS Saint Remy Les Montriba Cleremont Lambin Râ—ucellei Mont Richard Vr Leige Lochez Vr voya de Lion Varenur Cusac Liguer Le port de Crussac La bay Le Charbon blanc Perlane Le port de la Ba. Shatibben stil La Tredeuir BOVRDEAVX Chaffener Le petit Burdeaux POICTIERS Rufigni Hauborre Vr porte Aiâ—utete Troia Vinour Pooter Vmenicur Belleene Couer Muret Chour Allispostel Chouffa Le Brouheer Villafoignant Ien Guiller Aiger Laharee Gouruille Les Sperroone St. Seuerdeau x Chastel Villara Maior Chasteauneuf Saint Vincent Nonnauille Le Cabalon Barbefieux Les Anders Raignar Vnposte Aioutee La Grole BAYON Mou Lien Bidarbe Plonte Balc S. Ian de Luz Chauignon Arinanat What Townes are named in this Catalogue since you read Callice are all standing in France Now we come to relate of the passage through Spaine to the City of Madrid And first after your passage from Bayon you come shortly into the Kingdome of Nauarre which is now in the King of Spaines Dominions the first place therein where they take Post-horse is named Yron or Feria Poypela Oyason Miranda Eseruand Maiogur Tollousette Sogure Tolosa Brenica Verafrangij Castil de pione Segaur Quinta Pallâ— Gallarette BVRGOS Andiâ—amer Bisbregur VITORIA Songâ—ide â—â—â—ma â—â—habon â—â—andadeduera â—â—â—ubia Fressenuille Canaâ—uille Chastel St. Augustine St. Mresieur Acauenda Bouteagur MADRID Thus hauing shewed the long and dangerous tract by Land and from London to Madrid wee may herein see is part how much we are all bound to be thankfull to our great good God who hath so healthfully happily and timely preserued and â—â—â—â—ned our gracious Prince so wishedly after so many perils past on his part so many doubts and feares on ours vpon the which I haue for a conclusion written these following verses THe Prince of Princes and the King of Kings Whose Eye of Prauidence foresees all things To whom what euer was or ere shall be Is present still before his Maiesty Who doth dispose of all things as he list And graspeth Time in his eternall fist He sees and knowes for vs what 's bad or good And all things is by him well vnderstood Mens weake coniectures no way can areed What 's in th' immortall Parlament decreed And what the Trinitie concludeth there We must expect it with obedience here Then let not any man presume so farre To search what the Almighties councels are
sort But 't is but painted mirth and ayrie sport All worth nothing Bright Maias Soâ—e the God of tricks and sleights â—â—â—â— Hath op'd the treasure of his subtill wit mercury And as a Seruant on this Wedding waits With Masques with Reuals and with tryumphs fit His rare inuentions and his quaint conceits Twixt Heauen alost and Hel insernall pit He in imaginary showes affords In shape forme method and applausefull words Old sullen i A dogged melancholy Planet a maleuolent opposite to all mirth Saturne hid his moody head In dusky shades of blacke Cimerian night And wauering k The Mooâ—â—â— who doth neuer continue at a stay and therefore sheâ—â—â— herselfe from those delights which I hope will bee peâ—â—â— Luna closely couch'd to bed Her various change she knew would not delight The loyall mindes where constancie is bred Where Protens thoughts are put to shamefull flight These two l â—â—â— Luna or indeed the nights were darke at the Wedding because the moone sâ—ined not by Ioues command were straightly bound To stay at home as better lost then found Cupid descended from the Chrystall skyes And leaues befind his golden feathered darts In steed of whom he makes faire Ladies eyes The piercing weapons of true loning hearts And he amongst these high Solemnities His awfull presence freely he imparts To all in generall with mirthfull cheere All sport 's the better if loues God be there The off spring of the high celestiall Ioue His braine bred m Minerua whom the Poets saine to be the Goddesses Wisedome Borne and bred in the braine of Iupiter Daughter and his thigh borne Sonne n Bacchus whom his Father loue saued from Aborâ—iue buth from his mother Seâ—d and sowed him vp in his Thigh till the time of his birth was come to a period Gaiâ— Lib. 3 One with aduice of wisdome she wed her loue And t'other bounteously made plenty runne Where wine in streames gainst one another strone Where many a Caske was baâ—ckrout an vndone Depriu'd the treasure of the fruitfully vinese By Bacchus bounty that great God of Wine s Thus Ioue and Iuno Jmps of aged Ops With wise Minerua Mars and Mercury Resplendent Sol with musicks straines and ileps Faire Venus Queene of Loues alacrity Loues God with shafts betipe with golden tops And Bacchus showring sweet humidity Gods Goddesses the Graces and the Muses To grace these tryumphs all their cunnings vses Amongst the rest was all recording Fame Inscalping noble deeds in brazen lâ—aues That meagre Enuy cannot wrong that name Where braue Heroick acts the minde vpheaues Fâ—mes goldeÌ„ trump will through the world proclame Whom Fortune Fare nor Death nor time bereaues Thus like a Scribe Fame waited to Record The Neptialls of this Ludy and this Lord All making marring time that turneth neuer To these proceedings still hath beene auspicious And in his Progresse will I hope perseuer To make their dayes and houres ro be delicious Thus Fame and time affoords their best indeauour Vnto this royall match to be propitious Time in all pleasure through their liues will passe Whilst Fame records their Fames inleaues of Brasse Times Progresse Yon Sonnes of Iudas and Achitophei Whose damn'd delights are treasons bloud death Th' almighties power your haughty prides will quell And unlike your vassals vessels of his wrath Let all that wish these Princes worse then well Be iudg'd and doom'd to euerlasting Scath For 't is apparent and experience prooues No hare preuailes where great Ichouah loues To whose Omnipotent Eternall power I doe commit this blest beloued paire Oh let thy graces daily on them showre Let each of them be thine adopted Heire a Raise them at last to thy Celestiall Bowre And feate them both in lasting glories Chaire In fine their earthly dayes be long and blest And after bettred in eternall rest A Sonnet to the Imperious Maiestick mirrour of King Iames great Britaines Monarch GReat Phoebus spreads his Rayes on good ill Dame Tellus feeds the Lyon and the Rat The smallest Sayles God AEols breath doth fill And Ttetic Harbots both the Whale and Sprat But as the Sunne doth quicken dying Plants So thy illustrious shine doth glad all hearts And as the Earth supplyes our needfull wants So doth thy bounty guerdon good desarts And like the aytie AEols pleasant gales Thou filst with Ioy the Sailes of rich and pore And as the Sea doth harbour Sprats and Whales So thou to high and low yeelds harbour flore Thus Sea Ayre Earth and Titans fiery face Are Elementall Seruants to thy Grace To Life SInce that on earth thou wondrous wandring gest Arithmeticians neuer number can The seuerall Lodgings thouhast tane in man In Fish in Fowle in tame or bruitish beast Since all by thee from greatest to the least Are squar'd and well compar'd vnto a span Oh fleeting Life take this â—â—y counsell than Hold long possession in thy royall breast Dwell euer with the King the Queene the Prince The gracious Princesse and her Princely Spouse In each of these thou hast a lasting house Which Fate nor Death nor Time cannot conuince And when to change thy Lodging thou art driuen Thy selfe and they exalted by to Heauen To Death To thee whose auaritious greedy mood Doth play a sweepe stake with all liuing things And like a Hors-leech Quaffes the seuerall blood Of subiects Abiects Emperours and Kings That high and low and all must feele thy stings The Lord the Lowne the Caitiffe and the Keasar A beggers death as much contentment brings To thee as did the fall of Iulius Caesar. Then since the good and bad are all as one And Larkes to thee no better are then Kites Take then the bad and let the good alone Feed on base wretches leaue the worthy wights With thee the wicked euermore will stay But from thee Fame will take the good away To Eternity THou that beyond all things dost goes as farre That no Cosmographers could e're suruay Whose glory brighter then great Phebus Carre Doth shine where night doth ne're eclipse the day To thee I consecrate these Princes acts In thee alone let all their beings be Let all the measures of their famous tracts In the begin but neuer end like thee And when thy Seruant Time giues Life to Death And Death surrenders all their liues to Fame Oh then inspire them with celestiall breath With Saints and Martyrs to applaud thy name Thus vnto thee as thine owne proper rights Iconsecrate these matchles worthy wights Iohn Taylor FINIS TAYLORS FAREVVELL TO THE TOWER BOTTLES THE ARGVMENT ABout three hundred and twenty yeares since or thereabout I thinke in the Raigne of King Richard the Second there was a guift giuen to the Tower or to the Lieutenants thereof for the time then and for euer beeing which guift was two blacke Leather Bottles or Bombards of Wine from euery Ship that brought Wine into the Riuer of Thames the which hath so continued vntill this day but the Merchants finding
also tremble in feare of his mighty power but the Swearer though hee doth know and beleeue there is a God yet hee beleeues not his Word or feares or trembles at his Iudgements Besides these endlesse torments ordained in hell for odious Swearers God hath promised to afflict them in this life for he saith The plague shall neuer goe from the house of the Swearer Ecclesiasticus 23. So that the gaine of a Swearer is nothing but the eternall wrath of God the hatred of all good men the ill example to others and the vexation and discredit of himselfe his kindred and friends with a fearefull reward hereafter except true repentance obtaine mercy What a foolish absurditie is it for a man being crost in some wordly affaires or gaming or other businesse either materiall or triuiall to reuenge himselfe vpon God and blasphemously fly in the face of his Maker with Oathes and Excerations If wee did consider what God hath done for vs we would not so vnthankefully requite him if we called to mind his gracious promise of glory euerlasting to those that loue and feare him we should then hold his Name in such reuerence as becomes Christians if his fearefull threatnings against the takers of his Name in vaine could terrifie vs no doubt but we would be more carefull and circumspect in our liues and conuersations as that we would be allured by his mercies or restrained by his Iudgements GOd hath naturally placed and inclosed the tongue of man within the stone-walls of his teeth and without those walls there are also the two earthen Bulwarkes or Rampieres of his lippes he hath appointed Reason to be the tongues guide and guardian and he freely offers his Grace to be Reasons counsellour and gouernour wherefore let vs flee to the Throne of Grace and beseech the God of Grace that he will cause his sauing Grace to guide our Reason that our Reason may rule our tongues that Cursing may be cashiered Swearing suppressed that by Gods Spirit our lippes may bee opened that with our mouthes his Name may be praysed that Gods Name may be glorified and our sinfull soules eternally saued through the merits of our great and blessed Redeemer Iesus Christ To whom with the Father and the Blessed Spirit be all Honour Power Maiestie Glory Dominion and Thankesgiuing ascribed and rendred as is due of men and Angels both now and for euermore Amen Amen Against Swearing THou that these lines dost either heare or read Consider with thy selfe and take good heed Reade them and let them neuer be forgot They doe concerne thy soule then slight them not The a Iames. Fiends of Hell beleeue there is a God And feare and tremble at his angry Rod They doe confesse his glorious Excellence And his Almighty powers Omnipotence But Man his choisest and his chiefest Creature Is so rebellious against God and Nature That hee 'gainst Heau'n dare both blaspheme and sweare And worse then Fiends they not beleeue or feare So that the Earth doth breed feed and retaine Worse Monsters then there doth in Hell remaine If men beleeu'd the Word that God hath spoke They would belieue that Word shuld ne'er be broke In His enacted Law b Exodus 20. is one Decree That all who take his Name in vaine shall be Accounted guilty and his fearefull wrath Will hold them guilty of eternall death Againe 't is said Let the c Leuiticus 24. Blasphemer dye Let him be stoned for his blasphemy And euill tongues who dare to curse aduenter Shall into Heauens d 1 Cot. 6.10 blessednesse not enter And Christ when on the Earth he liued heere Forbade vs that at e Mat. 6 all we should not sweare And in th'leuenth of Deutoronomy againe We are commanded not to sweare in vaine The f God himselfe complaineth that men blaspheme him Esay 52. 5. The names of blasphemy are writ vpon the 10. heads of Antichrist Apoc 13. 1. Cursing iâ— so biddâ—n by the Apostle when hee saith Blesse I say and cursenâ— Rom. 12. 14. Our Sauiour commandeth vs to blesse them that curse vs Mat. 5. 44. Blesse them that curse you and pray for them which hurt you Luke 6. 28. Accustome not thy mouth to swearing for in it are many falls neither take vp for a custome the naming of the holy One for thou shalt not be vnpunished for such things Eocle 23. 9. The Plague shall neuer goe forth from the house of the swearer Id.m. Who so sweares falsely calls the God of truth to witnesse a lie Who so sweares as he thinks may be deceiued Who so sweares vnreuerendy dishonoureth God Whoso sweares deceitfully abuseth Christian sideâ—lity Whoso sweares idlely abuseth the credit of a faithfull oath Whoso sweares accustomably God will plague him E'fred an English Earle conspiring to put our K. Adelstancs eyes at Winebestes forsware the treason in St. Peters Church at Reeâ— and fell downe dead presently Godwin murthered Prince Aâ—â—â— brother to King Edward Confessor and being at dinner the King charged him with the murther then Godwin swore by bread prayed it might choak him if he were guilty and immediatly it choaked him in the place his lands also sunke into the sea and are called Godwin sands King Stephen forsware himselfe to King Henry 1. and liued in continuall trouble and dyed in perplexity of minde Edward the 4. brake his oath made at Yorke that he came not with intent to seaze the Kingdom and breaking that oath was punisht with a troublesome raigne his brethren and children all except one murthered and not any of his islue raigned after him Roger Mâ—â—tuner a great Peere of this land for breaking his oath to King Edward the II. was most ignominiâ—usly hanged boweld and quartred M. Fox in his booke of Martyrs declares of one Richard Long of Calice that forsware himselfe to accuse one Smith for eating flesh in Lentt after which oath Long went presently and drowned himselfe One Grâ—â—wood at Hitâ—hant in Sussolke forsware himselfe and his bowels buâ—st out One Widdow Barues for the like sinne cast herselfe out of her window in Cornhill and brake her necke Anne Auertis forsware herselfe in Woodstreet for six pounds of Towe desiting God â—â—â— might sinke downe which fearefully hapned One Lâ—a â—n Sunne-alley without Bishops-gate forsware himselfe and after ript out his guts Heathen to blaspheme their gods abhorr'd Yet Christians wilfully blaspheme the Lord. Who-euer to reuile the gods were knowne In Rome were from the Rock Tarpeius throwne Th'Egyptians Law was he should lose his head 'Mongst Scythians life and goods were forfeited These grieuous punishments did Pagant vse Against all them that did their gods abuse King Donald's Law in Scotland's not forgot Who burnt them through the lips with irons hot And when King Edmund here had Regall State All Swearers he did excommunicate And Philip King of France a Prince renown'd Ordain'd that Blasphemers should be drown'd The Emperour Maximilian did decree That all vaine Swearers