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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00981	A briefe and familiar epistle shevving His Maiesties most lawfull, honourable and iust title to all his kingdomes VVith an epitaph or briefe lamentation for the late Maiestie Royall of most famous, godly, and honourable memory: with a reioycing after sorrow for the same. And lastly a prayer for his Maiesties most happy succession, and for the Queene and their children. By Robert Fletcher.	Fletcher, Robert, purveyor of carriages to Queen Elizabeth.	1603 (1603)	STC 11086; ESTC S102443	4,774	16

A BRIEFE AND FAMILIAR EPISTLE SHEVVING HIS MAIESTIES MOST LAWFVLL HONOVRABLE AND IVST TITLE TO ALL HIS KINGDOMES With an Epitaph or briefe lamentation for the late Maiestie Royall of most famous godly and honourable memory With a reioycing after sorrow for the same And lastly a prayer for his Maiesties most happy succession and for the Queene and their children By Robert Fletcher Imprinted at London for Iohn Harrison dwelling in Pater-noster rowe at the signe of the Anchor 1603. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL HIS EVER good friend Marmaduke Darell Esquier Clarke Comptrouler of the late Queenes Maiesties houshold and victuler of her Nauie Royall c. Robert Fletcher Yeoman Purueyor of Cariages for remooues of our sayde late Soueraigne Lady the Queene wisheth a long life with continuance of those vertues which God hath endued him vvith SIR although my sences were soaked and ouer drowned with sorrow for the death of our late dread Soueraigne vnder whose Table I haue had for the most part my nourishment almost fortie yeares of my life past and in my trauels hearing some to dispute of his Maiesties iust and most lawfull Title others to mourne with me others to reioyce with Songs Ballads c. And lastlie a Souldiers wish Intituled to his Maiestie and patronized by all the Lords c. I could not choose but imitate and therefore haue written a briefe Epistle to the vulgar touching his Maiesties Title Secondly a meane Epitaph for her late Maiestie Thirdly a fewe verses of reioycing after sorrow And lastly a prayer for the King the Queene and their children With a thankesgiuing to God for sending their Maiesties to vs with such hope of happy succession all which I beseech you to patronize with my selfe also as your place and occasion may affoorde and as Iustice and equitie according to your wisedome shall direct you At my lodging neere Charing Crosse the xxiii of Aprill 1603. Your worships to be commanded as abouesaid euer Robert Fletcher A briefe and familiar Epistle shewing his Maiesties most Lawfull Honourable and iust Title to all his Kingdomes c. IF any will be so desperate impudent to affirme that our Sacred and most excellent Soueraigne now deceassed was not to be naturally sorrowed for I am perswaded that euerie good Christian wil condemne that person euen so euery one that now after our mourning and bootlesse sorrow will not confesse that our most excellent Soueraigne Lord and King is not the true lineall most honourable heire and lawfull successor he hath not reade any of our own histories or Chronicles nor doth he vnderstand ought but may be reckoned among the vulgar to be voyde of common sence for as the first proclamation was excellently penned touching his Maiesties most lawful right and lineall succession so it is not yet much aboue fifty yeres since a coniunct vnion was sought to haue knit both the Realmes of England and Scotland together Not withstanding the neere proximitie of bloud betweene the two yong Princes of England Edward of Scotland Mary King Henry the eight and our last of that name sought it first by all good and honourable meanes after his decease The like course was holden as who will reade the Epistle exertatory written by the Duke of Sommerset the whole Counsell of England vnto the nobles commons then of Scotland may perceiue and conceiue what blessed happines and happy blessednes was therein promised to both the nations but it may serue and that to all men of any reasonable foreseeing capacity that the al-seeing spirit of the eternall Maiesty did see what then was most meetest to confirme his glory and our comforts for looke into the propagation of the Gospel of peace you shall perceiue that the almighty had his ocult iudgement in the seuerall raignes of King Henries children viz. King Edward to beginne to build the Temple of the Lord so much as sixe yeares od monthes could giue him leaue amongst many rebellions and perturbacions moued by his people both abroade in the Realme and among his very domesticalls at home Queene Mary to pull all downe againe and to plant Popery hauing to aide her therein the helpe of Spaine c. this was no doubt for the triall of Gods children in England and confirmation of the faithfull v. yeares odde monethes was her Raigne little to her owne comfort and lesse to her subiects Then came the mirror of the world our late dread soueraigne Elizabeth the paterne and patronisse of many yea almost of all the religious godly Princes of Christendome and she planted religion suppressed though not cleane supplanted superstition and idolatry raigned full xliiii yeares od monethes and howsoeuer her Maiesty might seeme to conseale from vs her heire apparant by her graue wise honourable foreseeing Counsell yet you may see that her most prudent Counsell suruiuing her most gratious Maiesty did presently proclaime this royall Gentleman to be our King and blessed substitute sent of God Who being the graund sonne of the eldest daughters son of King Henry the vii and Queene Elizabeth his wife as then the very heire to the imperiall Crowne of this land he is also the intire and most deare sonne of the same eldest sisters daughters sonne a most Godly goodly and noble young gentleman borne heare in England amongst vs whose very princely presence my selfe haue seene and spoken with at Saint Iames house neere Charing Crosse so that he is our lawfull and true vndoubted King of Scotland by mother and father of England by father and mother of whose Maiesty Magnanimity Princely power most excellent gouernment we are assured by a booke written by himselfe to the Prince his sonne and heire apparant according to the Counsell contained in the saide booke directed to the most mighty and excelent young Prince now in Europe liuing both for parents and for patrimonie I doe most humbly beseech almighty God that all the subiects in these his Maiesties dominions may mediate imitate and teach it to posterity For thereby such gouernement must needes ensue both generally abroade in the common wealth domesticall at home in euery mans perticuler that vertue will be aduanced vice vtterly suppressed the almighty serued our Kingobeied the honorable honoured the Cleargy reuerenced the poore releeued and euery degree so setled the King reioycing in his subiects the subiects glorying in their King which the King of eternall glory grant vs all to be pertakers of AMEN An Epitaph or briefe Lamentation for the late Maiestie Royall of most famous godly and honorable memorie our gratious Queene Elizabeth BEwaile our greatest and most greeuous losse all mortall wights that on the earth do tread Your honour glory beauty turnde to drosse your wealth your peace your plentie lapt in Lead Lieth mortifide and in her Pallace plac'd Whom earst late earst all earthly Princes grac'd Gone is she now that was a Flower in youth a Iuno Pallas Venus in her age A future hope for to maintaine