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A13062
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The life and death of Iacke Straw, a notable rebell in England vvho was kild in Smithfield by the Lord Maior of London.; Jack Straw.
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1594
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STC 23356; ESTC S111285
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vngratefull mindes Archbishop Lord Treasorer it seemeth strange to mee That being wonne with reason and regard Of true succeeding Prince the common sort Should be so slacke to giue or grudge the gift That is to be employd for their behoofe Hard and vnnaturall be the thoughts of theirs That sucke the milke and will not helpe the VVell The King himselfe being now but young of age If things should fall out otherwise than well The blame doth fall vpon the Counsellor And if I take my aime not all awrie The Multitude a Beast of many heads Of misconceiuing and misconstruing minds Reputes this last beneuolence to the King Giuen at high Court of Parliament A matter more requirde for priuate good Than helpe or benefite of common weale VVherein how much they wrong the better sort My conscience beareth witnes in the cause Secretarie My Lords because your words not worthles are Because they stand on reasons surest ground And tend vnto the profit of the King VVhose profit is the profit of the Land Yet giue me leaue in reuerence of the cause To speake my minde touching this question VVhen such as wee doo see the peoples harts Exprest as farre as time will giue them leaue VVith hartines of their beneuolence My thinks it were for others happines That harts and purses should together goe Misdeeme not good my Lords of this my speach Sith well I wote the Noble and the slaue And all doo liue but for a Common weale VVhich Common weale in other tearmes is the Kings Messenger The Iustices and Sheriffes of Kent sends greetings to your Honours here by mee Archbishop My Lords this briefe doth openly vnfold A dangerous taske to vs and all our traines VVith speede let vs impart the newes vnto my Lord the King The fearefull newes that whilst the flame doth but begin Sad pollicie may serue to quench the fire The Commons nowe are vp in Kent let vs not suffer this first attempt too farre Treasorer My friend what powre haue they assembled in the field Messenger My Lord a twentie thousand men or there about Secretarie See here the perill that was late foreseene Ready to fall on this vnhappie Land VVhat barbarous mindes for grieuance more than needs Vnnaturallie seeks wreake vpon their Lord Their true annointed Prince their lawfull king So dare this blind vnshamefast multitude Lay violent hands they wot not why nor where But be thou still as best becommeth thee To stand in quarrell with thy naturall Liege The Sunne may sometime be eclipst with Clowds But hardlie may the twinckling starres obscure Or put him out of whom they borrow light Exeunt Enter Iacke Straw Wat Tyler Hob Carter Tom Miller and Nobs Iacke Straw I marrie Wat this is another matter me thinks the worlde is changed of late Who would liue like a beggar and may be in this estate Wat Tyler VVee are here fowre Captaines iust Iacke Strawe Wat Tyler Hob Carter and Tom Miller Search me all England and find fower such Captaines and by gogs bloud I le be hangd Nobs So you will be neuerthelesse I stand in great doubt Hob Carter Captaine Strawe and Captaine Tyler I thinke I haue brought a companie of Essex men for my traine That will neuer yeeld but kill or else be slaine Tom Miller And for a little Captaine I haue the vantage of you all For while you are a fighting I can creepe into a quart pot I am so small Nobs But Maisters what aunswere made Syr Iohn Morton at Rochester I heard say hee would keepe the Castle still for the Kings vse Iacke Straw So he did til I fetcht him out by force and I haue his wife and children pledges for his speedie returne from the King to whom he is gone with our message Tom Miller Let him take heede hee bring a wise answere to our worships or els his pledges goes to the pot Hob Carter Captaine Straw how many men haue we in the field Iacke Straw Marrie Captaine Carter about fiftie thousand men Hob Carter VVhere shall we pitch our tents to lie in safetie Iacke Straw Marrie Hob vpon Blacke-heath beside Greenwich there we le lie And if the King will come thither to know our pleasures so it is if not I know what we le doo Wat Tyler Gogs bloud Iacke haue we the cards in our hands Le ts take it vpon vs while we haue it Exeunt Nobs I marrie for you know not how long you shall hold it Fiftie thousand men they haue alreadie in Armes that will draw together If wee hang together as fast some of vs shall repent it Exeunt Enter the Queene Mother the County of Salsburie and a Gentleman Usher Queene Mother This strange vnwelcome and vnhappie newes Of these vnnaturall Rebels and vniust That threaten wracke vnto this wretched Land Aye me affrights my womans mazed minde Burdens my heart and interrupts my sleepe That now vnlesse some better tidings come Vnto my sonne their true annointed King My heauy hart I feare will breake in twaine Surcharged with a heauie loade of thoughts County Salsburie Madam your Graces care in this I much commend For though your sonne my Lord the King be young Yet he will see so well vnto him selfe That he will make the prowdest Rebell know VVhat t is to mooue or to displease a King And though his looks bewray such lenitie Yet at aduantage hee can vse extremitie Your Grace may call to minde that being a king He will not put vp any iniurie Especiallie of base and common men VVhich are not worthie but with reuerence To looke into the Princelie state of Kings A King sometimes will make a show of curtesie Onely to fit a following pollicie And it may be the King determines so That hee will trie before he trust a foe Usher True Madam for your Graces sonne the King Is so well ruled by diuers of his Pieres As that I thinke the prowdest foe hee hath Shall find more worke than hee will take in hand That seeks the downefall of his Maiestie I hope the Councell are too wise for that To suffer Rebels in aspiring pride That purpose treason to the Prince and state In good time see where my Lord the King Doth come accompanied with the Bishoppe and Lord Treasorer King I maruaile much my Lords what rage it is That moues my people whom I loue so deare Vnder a show of quarrell good and iust To rise against vs thus in mutinies VVith threatning force against our state and vs But if it bee as we are giuen to know By Letters and by credible report A litle sparke hath kindled all this fire VVhich must be quencht with circumspect regard Before we feele the violence of the flame Mean while sweete Ladie Mother be content And thinke their mallice shall not iniure you For wee haue tooles to crop and cut them off Ere they presume to touch our Royall selfe And thus resolue that you secure shall bee VVhat hard mishap soeuer fall to mee Enter