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 Londons Bishop he Was from the Marshal-sea againe set 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 Iesus Crucified In Latine Seruice must be sung and said Because men should not know for what they prai'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 aslâ—…m'd King Edwards name And fa sely in that nâ—…me 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 Plâ—…lip won Saint Quintins with great cost But after to our shame was Callice lost Calliâ—…e was lost which threescore yeeres and ten Had beene a Garrison for English men 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 alâ—…red 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 1. of Ianuary 1557. after the English-men had possest it 210. yeeres August 7. 1558 a tempest neere Nottingham beat damne 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 burnt parchment the streame and mud of the Kâ—…er 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 Susannae A Virgin a Virago a Diana Couragious Zealous Learned Wise and Chaste 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 Confessions With Crossings Christening 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 Westminster she buried doth abide And as the fame of this Imperiall Maide 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 Flies and Beetles so that it was thought within the length of a paire of Buts to be 100. quarters of them the â—…ils were stopped with them but from whence they came is vnknown 1582. A piece of Land of three Acres in Dorsetshire in the Parish of Armitage was suddenly remooued 600. foot from the place where formerly it stood King Iames. An. Dom. 1601. VVHen as Elizaes wofull death was actâ—…d When this lamenting land was halfe 〈◊〉 WheÌ„ tears eâ—…ch loyall heart with grief had drownd Then came this King and made our ioves abound Ordain'd for vs by heauenly power diuine Then from the North this glorious starre did shine The Royall Image of the Prince of Peace The blest Concorder that made warres to cease By Name a S T E V V A R D and by Nature one Appointed from Iehonahs sacred Throne And by th' almighties hand supported euer That Treason or the Diuell should hurt him neuer 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 Roâ—… together did conspire â—…o blow him and his Kingdome vp with fire Then did the King of Kings preserue our King And all the Traytors to confusion bring And whoso 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 Pagan Monarchs were in Lâ—…ague combin'd With him as farre as is the Easterne Indâ—… And like a flame a midst a Riuer fix'd So was his Iustice with his mâ—…rcy mix'd He striu'd to imitate his Maâ—…er still And clemency preseru'd where Law 〈◊〉 He hath cur'd England and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wounds And made them both great 〈◊〉 Britains bounds All bloudy deadly fewds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And canker'd hate he turn'd to Christian 〈◊〉 The mouth of warre he muzzled muâ—…e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He still'd the roaring Cannon and the 〈◊〉 Secure in peace his people sup and dine 〈◊〉 With their owne fig-trees shaded and 〈◊〉 Whilst in an vprore most of Christendome One Nation doth another 〈◊〉 Vnto the King of Kings let 's praises sing For giuing vs this â—…appy peacefull King None know so well how they should peace prefer As those that know the miseries of warre T is true though 〈◊〉 and must not be forgot The warres are sweet to such as know them not Peace happy peace doth spread tranqâ—…illity 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 〈◊〉 To reigne in glory that shall ne'r be ended His mortall part at Westminster enter'd His
a King Thus Fortunes fauours vp and downe did fling In these often changes of Princes estates this Land was miserably vexed Heere because Hystories make little or no mention of any the doings of the Kings from the reigne of Elidurus to King Lud I thinke it fit onely to insert their names and the times of their reignes with their yeeres before Christ. 258. Gorbonian reigned ten yeeres 248. Morgan foureteene yeeres 234. Emerianus seuen yeeres This King was deposed from all Regall gouernment for hâ—… tyranny 227. Iuall twenty yeeres This King was a iust and prudent Prince 207. Rimo sixteen yeeres His reigne was blest with abundance of Peace and Plenty 191. Geruncius twenty yeeres 171. Catillus ten yeeres Catillus caused all the oppressors of the poore to be hanged vp but since his time they are doubly increased 161. Coylus twenty yeeres A peaceable King and a quiet reigne 141. Porrex fiue yeeres A good Prince 136. Chirimus one yeere Chirimus through excessiue drinking gat his death 135. Fulgon two yeeres 133. Eldred one yeere 132. Androgius one yeere 131. Varianus oâ—…â—…re Varianus giuen â—…to lust purchsed himselfe a short reigneâ—… and it may bee perceiued that all these Prince either by treason or their owâ—… bad liues were soon brought to their ends for 25 of them did not reignâ—… aboue 62 yeeres 129. Fliud fiue yeeres 120. Dedamius fiue yeeres 118. Gurginius three yeeres 115. Mercianus two yeeres 113. Bladunus two yeeres 110. Cupenus three yeeres 108. Quinus two yeeres 106. Sâ—…ius two yeeres 94. Bledgabredus ten yeeres A great louer of Musicke and a good Patron to Musicianâ—… 92. Archemalus two yeeres 90. Eldolus two yeeres 88. Rodianus two yeeres 86. Redargius three yeeres 84. Samullius two yeeres 81. Penisellus three yeeres 78. Pirrhus two yeeres 76. Caporus two yeeres 74. Dinellus foure yeeres A Noble and vertuous Prince 70. Hellius one yeere The I le of Ely tooke the nomination from this Prince There hee built a Palace and there he dying was buried Lud reigned 11. yeeres 66. A Long time after Troynouant was fram'd It was by Lud Kair-Lud or Lud-stone nam'd He made 〈◊〉 strong with Battlemenâ—…s and Towres Defensiue against foes inuasiue pow'rs Of free Stone for Free-men Ludgate hee founded Where freemen wanting freedom are confounded He dy'd and left two Sonnes too young for reigne Wherefore his brother did the Crowne obtaine Some Writers doe affirme that this King bâ—…ilded â—…ondon from Ludgate to London-stone and that the stone in memory thereof was called Luds stone Cassibelan 17. yeeres 58. LVd deed the Nobles crown'd Cassibelan In whose reigne herâ—… the Romane conquest â—…an Great Iulius Caesar sailed out of France And in this Land his Eagle did aduance But Brittaines bold scorn'd base at first to stoope Twice Caesar fâ—…ed before their warlike troope The â—…iuill warres this Kingdome ouer 〈◊〉 Betwixt Cassibelan and Luds two Sonnes Whilst they vnnaturall sought each others fall The Romanes tooke aduantage conquer'd all Where Caesar by his high Imperiall doome Made Brittaine Tributary vnto Rome Nennius a valiant Duke of this Kingdome receiued his deâ—…ths â—…und of Caesar Yet after that he tooke Caesars Sword from him and with the same kilâ—…d Laâ—…ianus a Romane Tribune and lastly maâ—… the fiâ—…ld and 〈◊〉 Caesar built the Castles of Douâ—… Canterbury and the Tower of London Theomantius 37. THen Theomantius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all blood The 〈◊〉 Sonne 〈◊〉 oâ—… his Father 〈◊〉 Reign'd three and twenty yeeres a King in 〈◊〉 Whose Picture stands on Luds 〈◊〉 gate Cimbelinus IN this Kings reigne the glorious King of Kings In person came and mans saluation brings When through the world all bloody wars did cease For our soules peace then came the Prince of peace Our Sauiour Iesus Christ was borne in his reigne in the 42. yeere of Augustus Caesar then being Emperour of Rome Cimbelinus was the Sonne of Iheomantius Yeeres after Christ. Guiderius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 21. THis King and Subâ—…cts brauely nobly ioyne To hold from Rome the tributary Coyne But Claudius Caesar with an Army came The Bâ—…t bold rebellious hearts to tame One Hamon there a Romane diâ—… 〈◊〉 Himselfe like to a Britaine to 〈◊〉 Guiderius brauely chaâ—…de his foâ—…s amaine Was by disgâ—…ifed Hamon falfely slaine When Guiderius was King of Britaine our Redeemer 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 array'd The Souldiers thought the King againe suruiu'd With coâ—…rage new through euery veine deriu'd Braue Aruiragus like a Tempest goes And pell mell topsieturuy throwes his foes Grear 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 hauen 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 Gloster 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 Scotsh Kings fauour hauing got Possession they oft warr'd vpon the Scot. And more and more that Kingdome they annoy'd Till Kennith Scotlands King them all destroy'd Yeeres fifty three reign'd Marius iust and wise Dyed and at Carleile 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 Chappell at Glastenburgh 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 Fortitude and Truth He builded Colchester and did suruiue Till he had reign'd a Kings yeeres fifty fiue Coylus was the Sonne of Marius hee was buried at 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 destroy The Flamines and Archflamines he downe cast And Bishops and Archbishops here he plac'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 he caused twentie eight Idolatrous Temples of the â—…agan gods to be made Cathedrall Churches for the seruice of the 〈◊〉 God Elutherius was then Bishop of Rome King Lucius was buried at Glocester hee dyed leauing no 〈◊〉 so that this Land
at Westminster In the 17. of his reigne on the 8. of Aprill 1233. there were 5 Sonnes in the firmament and the naturall Sun was as red as blood Edward Long-shanks An. Dom. 1272. THis was a hardy wise Victorious King The Welshmen he did to subiection bring He Scotland wan and brought from thence by fate Their Crowne their Scepter Chaire and Cloth of state That Kingdome with oppression sore he brusde Much tyranny and bloodshed there he vsde When thirty fiue yeeres he the Crowne had kept At Westminster he with his Father slept Edward the 1. In the 13. yeere his sonne Edward was borne at Carnaruan who was the first sonne of any King of England that was Prince of Wales An. 17. Wheat at 3. pence the Bushell Edward of Carnaruan An. Dom. 1307. THe hard mis haps that did this King attend The wretched life and lamentable end Which he endur'd the like hath ne'r bin seene Depos'd and poyson'd by his cruell Queene Which when the poyson had no force to kill Another way she wrought her wicked will Into his Fundament a red hot Spit Was thrust which made his Royall heart to split In his 8. yeere such a dearth that dogges and horses were good food many ate their owne children and old prisoners tore such as were newly committed in pieces and deuoured them halfe liuing The King reigned 19. yeeres 6. moneths Edward the third An. Dom. 1316. IN Peace and warre â—…his King was right good He did reuâ—…nge his murdred Fathers blood Hee and the blacke Prince his most valiant Sonne The field at Cressâ—… and at Poytiers wonne At first and lâ—…st in his victorious raigne Of French and Scots were six score thousand slaine And more his glory further to aduance He tooke the Kings of Scotland and of France The noble order of the Garter he At Windsor instituted caus'd to be When fifty yeeres this Land had him obaid At Westminster he in his tombe was laid In his 12. yeere he quartered the Armes of England and France as they are at this day Henry Pichard Viâ—…tner in his Maioralty feasted at once Edward King of England Dauid King of Scotland Iohn King of France the King of Cypres the Prince of Wales the Dolphin of France with many other great Personages of Honour and Worship Richard the second An. Dom. 1377. YOng King rash couÌ„sell lawes right neglected The good put downe the bad in State â—…rected The Court with knaues flat'rers here did swarm The Kingdome like a Farme was let to Farme The Commons rose in Armies Rouâ—…es and throngs And by foule treason would 〈◊〉 foule wrongs In this Kings raigne began the Ciuill warre Vnnaturally 'twixt Yorke and Lancaster Oppression on oppression breedes Confusion Bad Prologue bad Proceeding bad Conclusion King Richard twenty two yeeres raign'd misse-led Deposed and at Pomfret knock'd ith'head This King was Grandchild to Edward the 3. and sonne to the black Prince he was borne at Burdeux in France and was but 11. yeeres old when he was crowned so that all his miserable calamity may be imputed to his not hauing or not regarding good counsell Henry the fourth An. Dom. 1399. THe Crown wrong got froÌ„ the wrong ' doing king More griefe then ioy did to King Henry bring France England Scotland Wales arose in Armes And menac'd Henry with most fierce Alarmes Hot Percy Dowglas Mortimer Glendâ—…wre At Shrewsbury the King orâ—…threw their power He fourteene yeeres did raigne and then did dye At Cantâ—…rbury buried he doth lye Henry the 4. Hee began his reigne the 29. of September 1399. and the 14. of February following King Richard the 2. being in prison at Pomfret-Castle was murdered The raigne of King Henry was a continuall warre and trouble Henry the fift An. Dom. 1412. THis was a King Renowned nâ—…ere and farre A Mars of men a Thunderbolt of warre At Agencourt the French were ouerthrowne And Henry heyre proclaim'd vnto that Crowne â—…ine yeeres raigne this valiant Prince wan more I henaâ—… the Kings did after or before Intomb'd at Westminster his Carkas lyes His soule did like his Acts ascend the skies Henry the 5. In his 3. yeere hee past the sea with 1000. 〈◊〉 of Ships and Vessels into France His tombe or statue was couered with siluer but this yron age hath deuoured Henry the sixt An. Dom. 1422. THis Infant Prince scarce being nine moneths old The Realmes of France and England he did hold But he vncapable through want of yeeres Was ouer-gouern'd by mis-gouern'd Peeres Now Yorke and Lancaster with bloudy wars Both wound this kingdome with deep deadly scars Whâ—…st this good King by Yorke oppos'd depos'd Expos'd to dangers is captiu'd 〈◊〉 ' d His 〈◊〉 â—…xilde his sonne and many friends Fâ—…d murdred slaughtred lastly â—…ate contends To crowne him once againe who then at last Was murdred thirty nine yeeres being past King Henry the fixt being 10. yeers old was crowned King of France in Paris but with the strife betwixt the Nobility and the Commons in England the most part of France was lost againe which was neuer recouered since Edward the fourth An. Dom. 1460. EDward the 4 the house of Yorks great heire By bloudy wars attain'd the Regall Chairâ—… The poore King Henry into Scotland fled And foure yeeres there was royally cloath'd and fed Still good successâ—… with him was in the wane He by King Edwards power at last was tane But yet before the tenth yeere of his reigne Hence Edward fled and Henry crown'd againe By Warwicks meanes sixe moneths he held the same Till Edward backe in armes to England came And fighting stoutly made this kingdome yeeld And slew great Warwicks Earle at Barnet field Thus Ciuill wars on wars and broyles on broyles And England against England spils and spoyles Now Yorke then Lancaster then Yorke againe Quels Lancaster thus ioy griefe pleasure paine Doth like inconstant waters ebbe and flow Ones rising is the others ouerthrow King Edward twenty two yeeres rul'd this Land And lies at Windsor where his Tombe doth stand Edward the 4. In the first yeere on Palme-sunday 1460. there was a battell fought betwixt King Edward and King Henry neere Todcaster wherein were slaine of English-men on both sides 53000 700 and 11. persons The bloudy victory fell to King Edward In the 10. yeere of his reigne he was forced to forsake this Land whereby King Henry was restored againe to the Crowne But shortly after Edward returned and Henry was â—…urthered Edward the fifth An. Dom. 1483. HIgh birth blood state and innocent in yeeres Eclips'd and murdred by insulting Peeres This King was neuer crown'd short was his raigne For to be short hee in short space was slaine Edward the 5. Within 3. moneths after the death of his father hee and his brother Richard Duke of Yorke were depriued both of their liues and he of the Crowne by their tyrannous Unkle Richard Duke of Gloster Richard the third An. Dom. 1483. BY reason mischiefe murder and debate Vsurping