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A35239	The history of the nine worthies of the world three whereof were Gentiles, I. Hector, son of Priamus, King of Troy, II. Alexander the Great ..., III. Julius Cæsar ..., : three Jews, IV. Joshua ..., V. David ..., VI. Judas Maccabeus ..., : three Christians, VII. Arthur, King of Brittain, VIII. Charles the Great, Emp. of Germany, IX. Godfrey of Bulloign, King of Jerusalem : being an account of their glorious lives, worthy actions, renowned victories and deaths : illustrated with poems and the picture of each worthy / by R.B.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1687 (1687)	Wing C7337; ESTC R27845	111,812	196

Joab trecherously surprizing him killed him at the Gate of the City David was much perplexed hereat and uttered grievous Curses against Joab and his whole race and to deface the blemish of this Murder be assisted at the Funerals of Abner protesting against the cruelty of those who had taken away his Life and highly setting forth the praises of the dead yet he caused not process to be made against Joab conceiving that he was not able to destroy him in such a time when it was dangerous to provoke him After this Ishbosheth King of Israel was slain by two Murtherers Rechab and Baanah as he slept on his Bed at Noonday who cut off his Head and brought it to David at which this great King was so highly incensed abhorring this barbarous Fact that he instantly condemn'd them to death and their Heads and Feet being cut off they were hang'd up at the Fish●ood of Hebron The death of Ishbosheth the Son of Saul ended the difference between the two 〈◊〉 Houses and all the Tribes yielded universally to David So that now he began to Reign absolutely and to disscover the Admirable Qualities and Royal Virtues wherewith he was adorned And it is certain that of all the Kings of Judah none equall'd him in all kind of perfections He was one who feared God without Superstition was Religious without Hypocrisie Valiant without Sternness Liberal without reproaching any a good Husband without Covetousness Valiant without Insolence Vigilant without Unquietness Wise without Subtilty Courteous without Loosness Humble without Cowardliness Cheerful without too much Familiarity Grave without Fierceness and Kind without any Complement Above all he was all his Life very Zealous for Religion and wonderfully affected toward Divine things setling the Worship of God and composing Hymns for the people which have continued to all Ages and serve for perpetual Springs of Devotion even to this very day Yet did these Exercises no way diminish his Actions of Valour He overthrew the Philistines in two great Battels and made War on every side in the East against the Moabites and Amonites in the West against the Phoenicians on the South against the Amalekites Arabians and Idumeans and in the North against the Syrians Sabeans and Mesopotamians and was happy in all his Enterprizes Besides which he made Leagues with the Kings his Neighbours which he gained either by Friendship or Force He rendred Justice exactly to his Subjects favoured Arts Inricht and Fortified Towns Erected Stately Pallaces and brought the Kingdom of Judah out of Servility who had not yet known what Magnificence was He was honoured by the great Ones beloved by the Priests admired by the Wisest and almost adored by the People But as all light in mortal things hath a shaddow God suffered him to fall into a great offence which served to humble him and caused very much trouble in his House His mind being freed from the cares of War and Business he descried from the top of his Pallace a Woman that bathed her self in her Garden he inquired her name her Kindred and her Quality and becoming in Love thereby sends for her to his house and had Company with her How dear did this unhappy cast of his Eye cost him When a man once exceeds in this blind Passion he goes further than ever he designed She soon after sends word to David that she had Conceived and that her Husband having not seen her of a long time might have very ill apprehensions of her The honour of this lost Creature must now be covered the King sends for her Husband under some other pretence he comes from the Army is kindly entertained and David is earnest with him to go home and take his ease with his Wife but the good man refuses it saying That it was not fit for him to lye in a Bed when the Ark of God and his Captain Joab were under Tents He lies on the ground before the door of the Kings Chamber and so passeth the night having no desire but to return speedily to the Army Alas poor Vriah thou art made a harmless Sacrifice and wast but too faithful and therefore must water with thy bloud the guilt of thy Master David dictates a bloudy Letter to Joab to place Vriah in the Forlorn hope that he might be fairly rid of him and Vriah carries this deadly Letter Joab without inquiring obeys the Innocent Vriah is massacred and these false Lovers now think themselves secure David remains nine Months covered with this Filth and Bloud without coming to the knowledge of himself until Nathan the Prophet removes the Vail that blinded him who though he knew how dangerous it was to reprove a King and especially in such a case yet resolved to shew David his sin by uttering a Parable of a Rich Man that had great Store of Sheep who yet had violently taken away one only Ewe from a Poor Man which David finding very strange judged him worthy of death whereat the Prophet hits him home telling him He was the Man who had caused poor Uriah to be slain after he had taken Bathsheba from him David awaking as it were out of a dead sleep acknowledged his sin with a true humility and submitted himself to all the Chastisements it should please the great Judge to inflict upon him He was presently changed into another man and was exceeding Penitent his Heart bleeding and his Eyes weeping continually for his grievous offence and God beginning the punishments of his sin which yet he had pardoned as to his own person caused the Child Conceived in Adultery to dye A year after those pitiful Tragadies of his House which the Lord had threatned him with came upon him and filled his heart with terrors Amnon the eldest Son of David fell in love with his sister Thamar a very fair Princess and being in dispair of obtaining his desire falls sick The King his Father goes to see him to take order for his health who tells him There is but one medicine that will cure him which is that his sister Thamar should come and make him broth with her own hand wherein she had much skill This is easily granted and the innocent Maid goes to him who soon discovers his passion to her which she as violently opposed by reasons and tears Whereupon this barbarous Man proceeds to force and ravishes her which being past he entred into as furious a repentance and not enduring to behold her drives her out of his House with reproach and sco●● she puts on morning attire and covers her head with ashes and at last discovers all to Absolom her brother by the same Mother who comforts her and promises revenge David hears of it but remembring his own offence durst not censure that of his Son especially since he loved him tenderly and feared to offend him Absolom seeing David did nothing in it resolved to do himself Justice with his own hands and having kep● his design secret two years to prevent suspition he makes

was made over to them upon condition they should defend the Land against the Picts and Scots And in short time greater priviledges were granted them upon Vortigerns marrying the daughter of Hengist an exceeding beautiful Lady who was brought over on purpose to steal away the heart of a dissolute Prince so that by tha● alliance and the fruitfulness of the Countrey so many 〈◊〉 this populous and Military Nation came in that Kent i● a little while grew too narrow for them and Hengist 〈◊〉 extend their power into all parts of the Kingdom perswaded Vortigern to plant a Colony of them in the Nort● beyond Humber to be a continual guard against all invasions on that side Which being granted he sends fo● Occa his Brother and his Son Ebusa to manage that design and hereby the Saxons came to possess Kent and Northum beland which contained all the Countrey from the Rive● Humber to Scotland And now of Servants they became Masters contem●ing their Entertainers and committing many insolencies whereupon the Brittish Nobility combine together and resolve to depose Vortigern the Author of this inconsiderate admission of Strangers and to chuse Vortimer 〈◊〉 Son in his stead a Prince of great worth who whil● he lived gave them many fierce encounters but all prevailed not for the Saxons being possest of the chief Ga●● of the Land which lay open to their own Countrey 〈◊〉 receive continual supplies from thence without resistan●● had the advantage to weary them all out at last And beside force they are said to have used treachery in murthering three hundred of the Brittish Nobility at Ansbury where they innocently met to treat of a peace with them took their King Prisoner and would not release ●im but upon granting them three Provinces more Also the long life of Hengist a Politick General who ●ved almost forty years made much for the setling ●heir Dominion here which was not effected with●ut a great deal of labour and much effusion of ●loud For the Brittaines being by continual Wars made ex●ert in Military discipline grew at length so inraged to ●e their Countrey ravished from them by Forreigners ●hat they sold their Liberties and Inheritance at a very ●ear rate Wherein much must be attributed to the courage ●nd gallantry of their Leaders from whom the Spirit and alour of a people doth usually proceed of whom none ●re more worthy to be remembred than Aurelius Ambrosius ●e last of the Romans and our worthy Prince Arthur ●e Noblest of the Brittains A man in conduct and va●ur almost above a man and worthy of eternal memo●y who while he stood bore up the sinking state of his ●ountrey He was the Son of Vter Pendragon by the ●ir Igrene and during his life had continual War ●ith the Saxons and the Picts and Scots who were some●●mes confederate with them In the beginning of his ●eign the two Kings of these two Nations seemed to envy ●s advancement to the Crown of Brittain Loth King 〈◊〉 the Picts having married the elder sister of Aurelius ●mbrosius and Vortigern and Conran King of Scots ●●e younger and because Arthur was begot out of wed●ck though his Mother was after married to Vter ●●ey thought it more reasonable the Kingdom should de●end to their Sisters Son than to him Whereupon Loth ●●nt Ambassadors to the Brittish Lords and Nobility re●iring that according to the ancient Laws and Cus●●ms of this Realm they should receive him as King who ●nd Married the Sister and Heir of the two brethren Am●osius and Vter their last Kings The Erittains received ●is Message with great scorn disdaining to think of sub●iting to a stranger and dispatching the Ambassadors ●ith many reproaches against Loth and the Picts they proclaimed Arthur King of the Realm who raising a potent Army marched instantly against the Saxons hoping to engage them before the Picts should join which doubtless they would do suddenly Having therefore procured more aid from Armorica or little Brittain in France they met with the Saxons within ten Miles of London whom they vanquisht in two set battels and obliged them to pay Tribute and receive such Governors over them as Arthur should appoint with several other very hard conditions to the great rejoicing of the Brittains for such prosperous and happy success under their new elected King. After this the Brittains easily took London where Arthur continued for some time in consultation with his Nobility and Commanders how they should proceed it their Wars against the rest of the Saxons Having a● length prepared a mighty Army Arthur resolved to ge● against those beyond Humber in the North with whom the Picts had concluded a League whereby they were obliged to assist each other against their Common Enemies the Brittains Arthur marching into Yorkshire incamped near the Enemy who were already joined together and resolving to fight the next day he appointed Howel Commander of the French Brittaines to ingage the Picts while himself dealt with the Saxons The battel was very furious and for some time the Victory was doubtful but at length the Picts were put to flight which the Saxons perceiving and thinking themselves unable to bear the whole Force of the Brittains they likewise left the Field and fled with all speed toward York Arthur pursuing them beseiged that City almost three months the Saxons valiantly defending it and making brisk sallies upon the Besiegers but at length provisions growing very scarce they were just ready to have surrendred when notice was given them that a strong Army of Picts and Saxons were coming to their relief together with Occa who escaping into Germany from the last battel was newly arrived with fresh Forces in the River of Humber whereupon the Saxons refused to treat any further not doubting but the Brittains would be quickly forc't to raise the seige and be glad to get off with their own lives Arthur having Intelligence of these Succors and judging it no wisdom to stay for their coming considering how many of his Souldiers were diseased and sick by lying so long in the Field raised his seige and went into Wales where leaving the French Brittains to quarter that Winter he with his choice Troops marched to London to prevent any disturbance from the Kentish Saxons or others In the Spring having mustered his Forces he proceeded against Colgern and Occa the two Saxon Generals who coming out of Northumberland was●ed and destroyed the Brittish borders with their usual Cruelty Whereupon Arthur encountring them twice in ●attel overcame in both and then again beseiging York 〈◊〉 at length got possession thereof by means of a Brittain who living among the Saxons within the City privately ●et in some Brittains in the dead of the night who breaking open the gates gave entrance to the whole Army Arthur would not suffer many of the Saxons to be slain but ●ardoned all who beg'd quarter thereby to gain a repuation of Clemency amongst his adversaries The Britains having thus gotten York many skirmishes

designs to make open War but though the countenance of Caroloman might do much yet the Wisdom and Courage of Charles prevailed more for understanding his brothers secret practices he armed so suddenly that he seized several Great Towns and thereby all the Countrey adjoining submitted to him Hunalt finding himself prevented fled to a Nobleman in that Countrey called Loup his faithful and affectionate Friend to whom Charles instantly sends to deliver Hunalt into his hands as guilty of High Treason Who unable to resist sends him back with all his Family to whom Charles graciously grants both life and liberty and pardons Loup and all that obeyed him thereby ending a dangerous War without blows Caroloman finding his designs against his brother unsuccessful takes a Voyage to Rome under shew of Devotion though intending other matters His Mother Berthe accompanying him was honourably received by Didier King of the Lombards who then concluded a Marriage between her Son Charles and Theodora daughter to Didier one of the greatest enemies of his Sons good fortuno yet Charlemagne to please his Mother Married this Wife though he soon after put her away as disagreeable to his humour and affairs and likewise on suspition of incontinency so that what should have been a cause of love bred greater hate between these two Princes Carolom●● having effected nothing at Rome only discovering his malicious Jealousy returns into France and soon after dies in the year of our Lord 770. Charles being now alone by his brothers decease quietly takes possession of his Dominions and then marries Hildegard daughter of the Duke of Sueve his own Subject by whom he had three Sons and three daughters Carolomans Jealousy died not with him for his Wife Birthe impatient of her condition retires with her two Sons to Didier who contrived with the Widdow to procure from Adrian then Pope a confirmation of her Sons in the Crown of France which the Pope absolutely refused At which time Hunalt forgetful of the mercy of Charles comes to Didier by whom he is received and made General of the Army against the Pope for denying the King of Lombardy's request who having no other weapons but Excommunication implores the aid of Charles who first sends Ambassadors to Didier requiring him to restore what he had taken from the Pope and to suffer him to live in peace Who insisting upon having the Children of Caroloman declared Kings of France His demands were thought so unreasonable that the Treaty is broke off and Charles instantly prepares for War and in a short time gives the Lombards two notable defeats And at length besieges him and all his Forces in Pavia which was soon surrendred and Didier falls into his hands who was sent Prisoner to Lyons and the Kingdom of the Lombards thereby utterly ruined During the Siege of Pavia a Council was held at Rome by Pope Adrian in favour of Charlemagne and for his merits toward the Church the right to bestow all Benefices in Christendom was said to belong to him Charlemagne being returned into France Aldegise the Son of Didier endeavoured to disquiet Italy by the aid of the Emperor Constantine and the practices of Rogand to ●om Charlemagne had given Friuli but all these Rebellions were soon supprest by the diligence of the French Gover●ors and Rogand being taken was beheaded by ●he Kings Command But the end of this War was the ●eginning of another in Germany whereof the Saxons were the Chief Authors with the assistance of some of their Neighbours this War continued thirty three years at divers times The Saxons in Germany were at this time Subject to the Crown of France under Martel and Pepin his Son and the desire of recovering their ancient liberty but especially of retaining their Pagan Superstition received from their Ancestors was the chief occasion of these tedious Troubles For Charles zealous for the Christian Faith endeavoured to oblige them to make profession thereof Upon this Controversy of Religion the Saxons made War eight times against him especially when they found him busied elsewhere and took Strasburg and several other Towns then in possession of the French whereupon Charles calling a Parliament at Worms leavied a great Army wherewith having vanquished the Saxons twice in one Month in the open Field he reduced them to their ancient Obedience yet used his Victoty with much Modesty and Wildom designing rather to show his Power than his Justice The Chief Commander among them was one Widichind who being by Charles perswaded without any violence to imbrace the Christian Religion by his means the greatest part of the Saxons were brought to the knowledge of the true God and into Obedience to the French Monarchy After this the Zeal for Religion gave some colour of necessity to the Heroical desire of Charlemagne to inlarge his Dominions by making War upon the Saracens or Moors in Spain who had then conquered a great part thereof which they divided into distinct Kingdoms yet all these petty Kings resolved to unite against Charles their common Enemy and to prevent all his designs they caused one of their Kings called Idbunala to insinuate into his Friendship and Charlemagne pushed on both by him and Alphonso sirnamed the Chast King of Navar and well affected thereto himself he brings his Forces into Spain and took the Cities of Pampelona and Saragosa plundering them and putting all the Saracens to the Sword. Encouraged by this success he marches on relying on his usual Fortune many small Towns in the way terrified by their example yielding upon composition and then giving part of his Army to be commanded by Milon his Brother in Law it happened that near Bayonne Aigoland a Saracen King took him at such advantage that he defeated him with the loss of forty thousand men Milon himself being slain Aigoland elevated with this Victory and Charles being far off he marches into Gascoign and besieges Agen to draw him home for the defence of his own Countrey who doubting the Fidelity of the Gascoins makes a speedy return but so tired that his Troops were altogether unserviceable which Aigeland being sensible of sends him a Proposal That to prevent bloud●hed and the unnecessary destruction of Mankind and since he understood that Charles would make Peace with them if they would imbrace the Christian Religion he desired the Tryal of the true Faith might be made only by some few Troops protesting to yield to that Religi●n which should overcome in the Combat The condition was accepted by Charles and the Christian Troop vanquished the Saracens Aigoland hereupon declares himself openly a Christian but intended nothing less and takes this occasion to break the Treaty He finds Charles at his Table eating with the Chief of his Followers for Kings used not then to eat alone and sees twelve poor men in very ragged Cloths near the Noblemens Table and demanding who those miserable Creatures were that fed by themselves was told They were the Messengers of God who replied Sure your

concerned that the Lot should fall upon his Daughter but Hercules travelling that way came to Laomedon and offered to deliver her by destroying the Monster if the King would give him for a reward some Noble Horses called for their excellency The Horses of the Sun then in his Stables in Troy. The promise was made but perfidious L●omedon stood not to it after Hesione was set at liberty which so much incensed Hercules that he besieged the City of Troy took and plundred it kill'd Laomedon and carryed his Son into Captivity who was afterward redeemed by the Trojans and for that cause was named Priamus which in Greek signifies Redeemed To effect this Hercules had the assistance of his Friends and Allies especially of Telamon the King of Salames and Father of Ajax He carryed away all Laomedons wealth with Hesione his Daughter who was married to King Telamon Priamus being redeemed by his Subjects and established in the Kingdom began to inlarge his Dominions and to render the City of Trey far more famous than ever it was before for he rebuilt all the Walls adorning them with Forts and Bastions which were then called Pergama His Wives name was Hecuba Daughter of the King of Thracia She had by him many Sons as Hector Polites Deiphobus Helenus the Southsayer Troilus Paris and Polydorus and three Daughters named Polyxena Cassandra and Creusa His Court and Pallace were full of pomp and glory and he lived in this prosperous Estate many years but when he espoused the quarrels of the Asian People against Greece thereby ingaging himself in the publick enmity of his Country and suffered Paris to affront the Grecians he brought up on himself and his subjects utter Ruin and Destruction and was at last so unhappy to behold with his own Eyes the total desolation of the City of Troy which had lasted only three hundred years as Herodotus a faithful Historian hath related When Hecuba was with Child of Paris she dreamed she was bringing into the World a Firebrand that should kindle the flames of War in that Countrey and cause a general Destruction therein It was the custom of the Heathens when any strange accident happen'd to consult the Oracles and enquire from them what they ought to do When Priamus therefore understood his Wives Dream he sent to take advice with the Oracle who informed him that this Child would be the cause of the Ruin of his Countrey To prevent this as soon as he was born the King delivered him into the hands of a Souldier named Archelaus that he might cast him into the woods to be devoured of the Wilde Beasts and thereby avoid the mischief which threatned his Kingdom But the Mother seeing the Child so beautiful and well shaped was moved with compassion sent him to Mount Ida to the Kings Shepherd where he was brought up as his Son this mean education did not take from him the generous qualities and inclinations which he had received from his illustrious birth for on every occasion he made appear to all the World a great Courage Prudence and Justice and all other virtues worthy of a Prince so that he proved as Valiant as he was handsome Insomuch that the Poets feigned Juno Pallas and Venus agreed to chuse him sole Arbitrator and Judge of their Concerns in a difference between them which was this At the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis whilst these Goddesses were merry at the Feast the Goddess of Discord cast into the middle of the Company a Golden Apple with this Inscription For the Fairest and most Beautiful Each of these Ladies claimed it as their own and because they could not agree they resolved to leave it to the judgment of Paris who was corrupted with the Charms and Promises of Venus For she had ingaged to procure him the handsomest Lady in the World whereupon he despised the Riches of Juno and the Wisdom of Pallas and pronounced his sentence in favour of Venus whereby he provoked the Wrath of these Goddesses against himself and all his Nation This is the Fable After in a Publick Assembly he declared who he was for the Nobles and Gentry of the Countrey being met near the City to see the sport of Wrastling when every one strove to express his Strength and Courage he likewise went forth and threw to the ground many who undertook to ingage with him Hector the Son of Priamus among the rest did try his strength and was also overcome But this disgrace so inraged him against Paris that he resolv'd to kill him esteeming him no better than a Countrey Clown In his Anger he had taken away his Life had not Paris to prevent it shewn him certain small Jewels which Queen Hecuba his Mother had delivered to the Shepherd his Tutor and thereby declared himself to be his Brother King Priamus who had already admired his Address and Courage in the Combats was ravished with joy to understand the strange preservation of such an Excellent Son He therefore imbraced him brought him to his Pallace and gave him a Train of Attendants suitable to his Quality having forgot the Oracle foretold he was to be ruin of his Kingdom and Country He was at first renowned for his Justice and Civil behaviour but vice overcame his Generous Disposition and the Pleasures of the Court and sudden change of his condition altered his Temper and Carriage so that he had two natural Sons by Oenone Daphnis and Ideus who were as obscure as their Father was Famous King Priamus thinking himself now strong enough to encounter his old Enemies the Graecians assembled his Nobility to Court to whom he spake to this purpose My Lords You cannot forget the cruel injuries we have undeservedly received from the Greeks who lately invaded our Countrey and barbarously murdered your Parents and Friends as well as mine Having likewise carried away Captive Hesione my most Fair and Beloved Sister whom they still retain among them as a common Strumpet You must needs remember how they battered down this Famous City overthrowing and ruining the Walls Houses and Pallaces thereof even to the very ground and robbed us of all our Riches and Wealth wherewith Troy did then abound I therefore think it very just and reasonable that by the assistance of the Gods who resist the Proud and Insolent we ought to join together and endeavonr to take vengeance of them for those many wrongs we have received since our City is now so well peopled with valiant Soldiers and that we have Arms and Riches enough to furnish a compleat Army You know likewise we have made Alliances with divers great Princes our Neighbours who no doubt will assist us if we should have occasion for their help So that my opinion is we ought now to seek Redress for all our wrongs But since the fortune of War is uncertain and none call tell the Event thereof and though the dishonour of my Noble Sister be a very great Affront to me yet before I begin the

War I will send some Prudent Person fairly to demand the Restitution of Hesione which if granted I will be content to remit all their other Affronts The whole Council approved of this his Resolution and Anthenor one of his Princes was instantly dispatcht to Salamine to King Telamon and being admitted into his presence he thus Addressed him Sir Priamus King of Troy hath sent me to your Highness to desire you would please to restore him his Sister Hesione whom contrary to the Laws of Honour you detain as your Concubine it being no way proper to your glory thus to abuse the Daughter and Sister of a King who issues from a more Noble Family than your self Yet if you please to send her back my Master is willing to pass by all other Indignities and Damages which he hath received from you or yours King Telamon upon hearing this Message fell into an extreme Passion and fiercely replyed Friend whatever you are I cannot but much admire at the weakness of Priamus with whom I have no Correspondence nor Amity and whom I have not the least cause to fear nor grant his request Thy King ought to remember that I and others my Confederates came into his Country to revenge an injury which his Father Laomedon offered to some of our Allies and because I was the first who entered the City of Troy with great danger of my Life and Effusion of my Blood Hesione of whom thou speakest was bestowed upon me as the recompence of my Victory to use her at my pleasure and since she is so Noble and Beautiful a Lady I am very unwilling to be deprived of what is so delightful to me and whom I obtained with so much pains and danger go therefore and tell Priamus that he is never like to recover her but with the point of his Sword Neither can I think that thou art a very discreet Person to undertake such a Voyage with so great peril of thy Life and to bring such an Errand into a Countrey where thou and thy Countreymen are mortally hated I command thee therefore to go hence with all speed as thou hopest to escape a severe and cruel death Anthenor instantly took Shipping and carried the same Message to King Peleus then to King Castor and Pollux and lastly to Duke Nestor all of them Graecian Princes who all defied Priamus with the utmost contempt and scorn especially Nestor who all inraged said Thou vile wretch were it not for my Nobility I would cause thy Tongue to be pluckt out of thy mouth for presuming to utter such things before me and in despight of thy King would see thee torn piecemeal by Wild-Horses Anthenor doubting he might be as good as his word returned immediately to Sea and sailed toward Troy where at length after many dangers he arrived in safety And then in the Company of several Noblemen he presented himself before King Priamus all the Barons of the Realm and all the Kings Sons being present to hear what Tydings he brought To whom Anthenor gave a full Account of his Embassy and of all that happened to him during his Voyage At the recital whereof Priamus was very much disturbed and by their opprobious Speeches he perceived that it was impossible to recover his Sister without bringing on himself the utmost force and fury of the Graecians Soon after he again assembled his Nobility to his Palace of Ilium to whom he thus spake My Lords you may remember that by your advice I sent Anthenor into Greece to demand the return of my Sister by all fair means possible you likewise are sensible what injurious answers they gave to my proposals and how little they value the wrongs we have received insomuch that they threaten us with new mischiefs which Heaven forbid should ever fall upon us But since we have a strong and well fortified City and several considerable Princes firmly confederate with us in my opinion we are in a Capacity to revenge these reiterated damages Therefore if you think fit we will send our Forces privately into their Countreys where finding them utterly unprovided of defence we shall be able in some measure to right our selves upon them Neither ought you to be discouraged because they have been lately so victorious against us since it often happens that the Conquerors at length are vanquished by the Conquered All present were satisfied with this determination and being all dismist he called all his Sons who were not present at the debate to whom he again declared his intention with tears in his eyes to this purpose Dear Sons you ought never to forget the death of your Grand-father Laomedon nor the servitude of your Aunt Hesione whom the Greeks our inveterate Enemies abuse at their own pleasure which methinks should stir up thoughts of revenge in your minds but if this do not move you yet you ought to endeavour it for my Satisfaction who have brought you up with the utmost care and diligence and who am ready to dye with sorrow and vexation in reflecting on the multiplied injuries I have received from them And thou my Wise and Valiant Son Hector thou who art the Eldest of thy Brethren I require thee chiefly to undertake this matter thou shalt be the Principal Commander in executing this my will and all the rest will gladly obey thee yea the whole Kingdom will willingly submit to thy Conduct whom they know to be so valiant and couragious and therefore upon thee I must lay all the burden of this War and discharge my self thereof not doubting but by thy prudence and valour all will be brought to an happy effect and thy Father be revived in his old Age with the reports of thy growing glory To this speech Hector returned this mild and discreet answer Dear Father and my Soveraign Lord I am satisfied that there are none of your Sons but are sufficiently inclined to require satisfaction for any wrongs offered us or any of our Family according to the quality of the Person abused so doth the injury appear greater It is natural to men to seek redress of injuries yea the very Beasts by nature strive to do the same Neither Most Dear Father is there any of your Sons who ought more sensibly to resent the Murder of our Lord and Grandfather than I who am the eldest But I beseech you before you undertake this enterprise to consider seriously what may be the Issue and Event thereof otherwise you may have cause to repent that ever it was begun I speak not this out of Contradiction or Cowardise but only to induce your Highness to take mature advice and deliberation in the matter You know that all Africa and Europe are Subject to the Greeks and that they abound with stout and valiant Souldiers so that our strength in men at Arms is not comparable to theirs Why therefore should we who live in peace and quietness disturb our own Welfare and Prosperity Hesione is not of so much value that

we should indanger all our Lives and Estates only for her sake She hath been already a long time in Greece and I think it were better she should spend the rest of her days which cannot be many in that Countrey than that we should run such great hazards to fetch her home again I again declare Dread Sir I speak not this for fear or want of Courage but because the chance of War is uncertain and lest fortune by this adventure should confound and destroy our Realm or at least cause us to wish a thousand times that we had never undertaken so dangerous an Enterprize When Paris heard Hector thus declare his mind he was much concerned and standing up say'd Dread Lord I beseech you hear me one word To what ill end can this undertaking against the Greeks possibly come Are we not furnished with as gallant and couragious Knights as any in the World Yes certainly and are able to defy the greatest force can be brought against us Go on therefore I intreat you with your design in sending some Men and Ships to Land and Forrage in Greece and if you please to accept of my Service I shall most readily undertake this imploy not doubting but to do them very great damage and to bring away some Noble Lady by exchanging of whom you 〈…〉 your Sister Hesione without further troub●●● Deiphobus the third Son confirmed what Paris had say'd but Helenus the fourth who was a Priest or Southsayer smartly replied Mighty Father and Soveraign beware that the thirst of revenge do not bring upon you greater mischiefs You know very well I understand and can foretel things to come as you have often experienced The Gods forbid that it should ever happen Paris should be sent into Greece for if you make an assault upon them I now declare and presage you shall see this Honourable City destroyed by them and your Trojans and all your Children killed be therefore perswaded not to adventure upon what will certainly end in utter desolation with the death of your self and Queen and we that are your Children shall not escape For if Paris go into Greece all these evils shall surely come upon you The King was much disturbed at these words and for some time all stood silent when Troylus his youngest Son briskly answered My noble Lords why are you discouraged for the words of this cowardly Priest who you know doth as naturally hate War and Fighting as he loves good eating and drinking Who can believe that any man knows future events unless they are revealed to him by the Gods it were then great folly in us to concern our selves about his dreams If Helenus be afraid let him go into the Temple and sing Service and let us Dear Lord and Father revenge by force of Arms the injuries we have received from the Greeks send your Ships therefore instantly and doubt not but your valiant Subjects will procure you sufficient satisfaction from your enemies The whole Assembly approving this advice they broke up and Priamus presently dispatcht his two Sons Paris and Deiphobus to raise Forces in Panonia though Cassandra his Daughter Sirnamed the Prophetess upon hearing this their resolution like one frantick thus cryed out O Noble City of Troy what Fury hath moved thy Citizens to bring thee to ruin and desolation How soon wilt thou be overthrown and destroyed even unto the ground O Queen Hecuba for what crime hast thou deserved to see the lamentable death of all thy Children Why dost thou not prevent Paris from going into Greece which will be the cause of so many deplorable mischiefs She then ran to her Father and drowned in tears humbly besought him by no means to proceed in this enterprize because by her Science she certainly foresaw horrible effects would undoubtedly follow But neither the disswasions of Hector nor Helenus nor the admonitions of Cassandra could prevail in the least upon the mind of Priamus nor stagger his resolution as if inevitable destiny had absolutely designed the ruin both of himself and his Kingdom In the Spring Paris and Deiphobus returned with three Thousand stout Soldiers and were soon after imbarqued in twenty Ships accompanied with Aeneas Anthenor and Polidamas and Landing at Sparta were received by Menelaus King thereof with all expressions of kindness and civility and when his Affairs did require his presence in Crete now Candia he left Paris at his Pallace in his absence but the Affection of this King was requited with a notable Treason and Ingratitude For Paris having secretly Contracted a Friendship with Helena his Queen the Sister of Castor and Pollux and accounted then one of the greatest Beauties in the World he Debauched her and when he saw a favourable opportunity he rifled his Pallace plundered the City of Argos and carried all away Captive with Helena and her two Ladies of Honour and at length brought them all to Troy The next Morning he married her in the Chief Temple of that City King Priamus received his Sons and their Booty with great joy remembring his hard usage from the Greeks during his Captivity and because they had utterly ruined his City in the Reign of his Father Laomedon in hope likewise hereby to recover his Sister Hesione out of their hands When Cassandra heard and saw the rejoicing at the Marriage of Paris which lasted eight days throughout the whole City she like a Frantick Woman cryed out O unhappy Trojans what madness is it to rejoice at this Wedding which will bring so many evils Your selves and your Children shall be slain this Famous City shall be utterly destroyed O unhappy Mothers you shall see your sucking Babes torn in pieces before your Eyes O most unfortunate Mother and Queen Hecuba where wilt thou find Tears enough to weep for the Murder of thy Children O blind and foolish people why do you not send Helena home again before the Swords of your Enemies be sheathed in your Bowels do you believe that her King and Husband will not seek Revenge Yes certainly and woful will his vengeance be unto you O unhappy Helena thou wilt be the cause of sad calamities to this our Countrey King Priamus hearing her thus crying commanded her silence which she refusing was cast into Prison where she continued many days Happy had it been for him and his people too had they believed this warning of hers which might have prevented those desolations that will be read with pity to the end of the World. Men●laus who was at that time with King Nestor at Epirus hearing the news of the carrying away his Wife and ruin of his City was ex●reamly disturbed and sent to Agamemnon King of Mycene his brother to come to him who arriving and understanding the affair he was mightily concerned for this disgrace of Menelaus which obliged him to acquaint the Princes of Greece with this notable affront which all the Nations had received by this Action They all agreed to consult about this business in

Bossu having no Children made him his Heir and gave him the Earldom of Bullen which occasioned him to have that Strname who by his Heroick Actions hath rendred himself one of the Worthies of the World He was naturally inclined to all sorts of Virtue much whereof was owing to his happy education under the exact care of a wise Father and a Mother of extraordinary merit who with a diligence unusual to her Sex had her self studyed and therefore infused into him all sort of curious Learning and is said to have predicted the future greatness of her three Sons for one day as the Earl her husband demanded of her what she had hid in her lap being playing with the Children she very seriously answered that she had there three Great Princes one Duke one King and one Earl which was afterwards verified in the admirable Fortunes of these three Princes for Godfrey was Duke of Lorrain and King of Jerusalem Baldwin was King of the same Realm after Godfrey and Prince of Edessa and Eustace whom some say was the elder Brother was Earl of Bullen after the death of his Father It is likewise related that she had a strange dream before the Birth of Prince Godfrey for the Sun seemed to descend from the sky and fall into her lap and she saw her little Son sitting on a Throne in the midst thereof But this is certain that she used to relate with much pleasure after the Glorious success her Sons had in the Holy-War that long before there was any discourse thereof Prince Godfrey used to say That he would one day take a Voyage to Jerusalem not for Devotion only as a Pilgrim but as a Captain and Conqueror at the head of an Army to chase the wicked Infidels from that Holy place After his Uncles death the Emperor Henry the Fourth pretending that the Dutchy of the lower Lorrain for want of Heirs Male devolved to him conferred it on his Son Conrade leaving Godsrey nothing there but the Marquisate of Antwerp and on the other side Albert Earl of Namur his kinsman and the Bishop of Verdun endeavoured to deprive him of Bullen and Verdun So that before he was seventeen years of age he was compelled to an early Valour for recovering his Right which he did by vanquishing their joint Porces and conquering Earl Albert in a single combat And then he assisted the Emperor Henry in his Wars in Italy and Germany though he had injuriously dealt with him who was at length so much overcome by his extraordinary merit and the considerable services he had performed that he again put him into possession of Lorrain his Mothers inheritance which he had detained from him thirteen years and likewise gave him his fister Adelaida in marraige Godfreys aflairs being in so good a Posture the Voyage for the Holy Land was proclaimed which he imbraced with such earnestness and generosity that he sold almost all his Estate to the Bishops of Leige and Verdun to raise Forces so that by an odd adventure the Princes improverished themselvess to serve Jesus Christ and the Priests inriched themselves with the spoils of these Temporal Princes chusing rather to make use of that money which like them they should have imployed in this Holy Expedition to advance their present fortunes which they saw these Princes so generously part with for the Love of God Godfrey being hereby provided to raise Souldiers his fame and repuration soon furnished him with military men from all parts many Princes and Gentlemen also his Friends serving under him as Volunteers He was now about thirty five years old and so excellently qualified both in Person and mind for a Captain and a Souldier that he obtained an absolute Empire over those Spirits who voluntarily submitted to his conduct But Peter the Hermite addressing himself to him Godfrey perceiving he should be clogged with a multitude of unprofitable people who followed that Priest and were more like to cause a Famine than give any real assistance he ordered that they should march under their own Leader and Peter being a Gentleman who before his turning Hermit had born arms the desire of glory induced him to believe that he might lawfully undertake such a military command without affronting the order of Priesthoed or imbracing the World which he had renounced but he soon found by woful experience what it was to exceed the Bounds of his Profession for his Soldiers in their march living upon free Quarter were most of them knockt on the head by the Inhabitants before they got to Constantinople In August 1096. Godfrey with an Army of ten thousand Horse and seventy thousand Foot well appointed and attended with many Princes and Nobles of the first Quality marched into Germany and passing over the vast Countries of Bulga●ia he at length arrived at Philipolis in Thracia where some differences with Alexis the Greek Emperor being composed he at length came to Constantinople whither the rest of the Christian Princes and their Forces following soon after it was resolved first to Besiege Nice the Capital City of Bythinia and Duke Godfrey advancing before as far as Nicomedia and having levelled the ways over the Mountains from that Town to Nice they invested that place May 16. Godfrey with his Brother Baldwin took the Right hand over against the Principal Gate of the City where it was most strongly Fortified May 24. A general Assault was given upon several Quarters at once and the Combat was continued all day till night parted them and the next morning again renewed with extraordinary fury though without effect the Besieged being not only gallant men but in hourly exp●ctation of relief from Soliman the Turkish Emperor to whom they had dispatcht an Express to inform him of their condition and the Sultans Letters in Answer to them whereby he assured them of certain relief the next morning being intercepted by the Christians they accordingly made Provision to receive him The Turks early in the morning descended from the Mountains and dividing into two great Bodies one of them assaulted Godfreys Quarter which lay next to that of Reymond Earl of Flanders but were received by both these Princes with so much vigor that they were presently put into disorder and forced to a hasty flight yet the Besieged continued to make an obstinate defence among whom there was one Valiant Turk who for his great Bulk and extraordinary Strength seem'd a Giant that defended one of the Towers which were assaulted by Count Raymond he had been often repulsed but still renewed the Attack making terrible havock among the Christians and intollerably insulting over those who fell under his Arms and exposing himself naked to a vast number of Arrows that were shot at him he with both his hands fell to throwing down Stones of a prodigious bigness upon those who attempted to undermine the Wall though he had above twenty Arrows sticking in his Breast and looked as if he were bristled with them Godfrey coming from his