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of_o age_n but_o be_v attend_v with_o very_o ill_a success_n in_o that_o expedition_n for_o no_o soon_o do_v he_o arrive_v with_o his_o army_n at_o the_o port_n of_o rochel_n but_o that_o the_o spanish_a navy_n fall_v sudden_o upon_o they_o before_o they_o can_v put_v themselves_o in_o order_n to_o fight_v so_o that_o few_o of_o they_o escape_v death_n wound_n or_o imprisonment_n and_o yet_o without_o any_o considerable_a loss_n to_o the_o enemy_n who_o forthwith_o set_v fire_n on_o all_o the_o english_a ship_n carry_v away_o the_o earl_n and_o many_o gallant_a gentleman_n as_o also_o no_o less_o than_o twenty_o thousand_o mark_n in_o money_n send_v over_o by_o the_o k._n of_o england_n to_o continue_v the_o war_n which_o unhappy_a accident_n fall_v out_o on_o the_o eve_n of_o st._n john_n baptist_n nativity_n be_v the_o festival_n of_o st._n aetheldred_n the_o virgin_n and_o therefore_o be_v it_o censure_v by_o many_o as_o my_o author_n ib._n observe_v that_o god_n judgement_n so_o follow_v he_o as_o a_o punishment_n for_o the_o injury_n he_o have_v do_v to_o the_o church_n of_o that_o holy_a virgin_n sc_n ely_n in_o a_o cause_n betwixt_o the_o church_n of_o st._n edmundsbury_n and_o it_o before_o his_o departure_n out_o of_o england_n and_o that_o the_o money_n so_o lose_v have_v no_o better_a luck_n forasmuch_o as_o it_o have_v be_v get_v from_o the_o religious_a house_n and_o clergy_n but_o other_o attribute_v it_o to_o his_o live_v a_o adulterous_a life_n be_v a_o marry_a man_n that_o he_o also_o have_v attempt_v in_o parliament_n a_o infringement_n of_o the_o church_n its_o liberty_n and_o that_o he_o persuade_v the_o king_n to_o lay_v great_a tax_n upon_o the_o clergy_n than_o laity_n for_o support_v of_o his_o war_n which_o practice_n of_o pill_v and_o pole_v the_o church_n however_o the_o temporal_a lord_n say_v the_o same_o author_n be_v please_v yet_o what_o success_n they_o have_v not_o only_a england_n but_o the_o whole_a world_n have_v sufficient_o find_v i_o now_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o his_o death_n the_o circumstance_n whereof_o be_v as_o follow_v viz._n ib._n that_o have_v undergo_v four_o year_n imprisonment_n in_o spain_n with_o most_o inhuman_a usage_n he_o send_v to_o bertrand_n clerkin_n constable_n of_o france_n desire_v that_o he_o will_v use_v some_o mean_n for_o his_o enlargement_n who_o thereupon_o intercede_v for_o he_o to_o the_o bastard_n of_o spain_n that_o call_v himself_o king_n and_o obtain_v his_o liberty_n in_o consideration_n of_o part_n of_o that_o money_n due_a to_o himself_o whereupon_o he_o be_v bring_v to_o paris_n and_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n assign_v which_o he_o must_v pay_v for_o his_o redemption_n but_o after_o his_o come_n thâ—ther_o it_o be_v not_o long_o ere_o that_o he_o fall_v mortal_o sick_a of_o poison_n as_o it_o be_v think_v give_v to_o he_o by_o the_o spaniard_n who_o be_v repute_v to_o have_v such_o a_o special_a faculty_n in_o that_o art_n as_o that_o the_o potion_n shall_v kill_v at_o what_o distance_n of_o time_n they_o please_v the_o french_a therefore_o see_v death_n approach_v he_o be_v eager_a to_o get_v his_o ransom_n money_n before_o he_o die_v make_v haste_n to_o remove_v he_o unto_o calais_n but_o on_o his_o journey_n thither_o he_o depart_v ib._n this_o world_n upon_o the_o very_a day_n of_o st._n aetheldred_n the_o virgin_n which_o saint_n he_o have_v so_o much_o offend_v before_o his_o come_n out_o of_o england_n as_o have_v be_v say_v though_o the_o inquis_fw-la 10_o after_o his_o death_n express_v it_o to_o have_v be_v the_o xuj_o the_o of_o april_n his_o son_n and_o heir_n john_n be_v 10_o at_o that_o time_n but_o two_o year_n old_a and_o a_o half_a and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o choir_n of_o the_o friar_n preacher_n at_o hereford_n as_o by_o his_o testament_n b._n and_o what_o i_o shall_v hereafter_o say_v may_v seem_v but_o here_o before_o i_o proceed_v far_o i_o must_v observe_v that_o this_o john_n in_o 43_o e._n 3._o obtain_v licence_n for_o that_o purpose_n from_o the_o king_n make_v a_o feoffment_n 10._o unto_o walter_n amyas_n and_o other_o of_o all_o his_o castle_n lordship_n manor_n &c_n &c_n in_o england_n and_o wales_n to_o certain_a use_n which_o feoftment_n be_v leave_v seal_v up_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o feoffee_n to_o be_v keep_v till_o his_o return_n from_o beyond_o sea_n be_v upon_o his_o death_n deliver_v to_o the_o king_n council_n at_o westminster_n d._n who_o open_v it_o find_v that_o in_o case_n he_o die_v without_o issue_n of_o his_o body_n the_o town_n and_o castle_n of_o pembroke_n shall_v come_v to_o the_o king_n his_o heir_n and_o successor_n and_o the_o castle_n and_o lordship_n of_o bergavenny_n and_o all_o other_o his_o land_n in_o england_n and_o wales_n in_o fee_n to_o his_o cousin_n will._n de_fw-fr beauchamp_n viz._n his_o mother_n sister_n son_n provide_v that_o he_o shall_v bear_v his_o arm_n and_o endeavour_v to_o obtain_v his_o title_n of_o earl_n and_o in_o case_n he_o neglect_v so_o to_o do_v that_o then_o his_o kinsman_n will._n de_fw-fr clinton_n to_o have_v they_o upon_o the_o same_o condition_n but_o i_o return_v to_o his_o say_a son_n and_o heir_n of_o who_o i_o find_v 45._o that_o at_o the_o coronation_n of_o k._n ric._n 2._o he_o claim_v to_o carry_v the_o great_a gold_n spur_n and_o that_o though_o he_o show_v sufficient_a evidence_n for_o his_o right_n so_o to_o do_v yet_o be_v under_o age_n it_o be_v adjudge_v that_o the_o king_n may_v appoint_v another_o for_o that_o time_n whereupon_o edmund_n mortimer_n earl_n of_o march_n be_v assign_v thereto_o and_o moreover_o that_o he_o take_v to_o wife_n 54._o whilst_o he_o be_v very_o young_a philippe_n daughter_n to_o the_o say_v edmund_n earl_n of_o marchâ—_n â—_z but_o have_v no_o issue_n by_o she_o for_o be_v at_o wodstoke_n where_o the_o king_n keep_v his_o christmas_n in_o 13_o of_o his_o reign_n he_o tilt_v 29._o with_o sir_n john_n st._n john_n and_o by_o a_o unfortunate_a slip_n be_v run_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o belly_n so_o that_o his_o bowel_n break_v out_o he_o sudden_o die_v to_o the_o great_a lamentation_n of_o many_o in_o regard_n he_o be_v a_o person_n of_o so_o noble_a a_o disposition_n that_o in_o bounty_n and_o courtesy_n he_o exceed_v most_o of_o his_o degree_n so_o that_o it_o be_v observe_v 29._o that_o from_o aymerie_n de_fw-fr valence_n earl_n of_o pembroke_n his_o lineal_a ancestor_n who_o be_v one_o that_o give_v judgement_n of_o death_n upon_o thomas_n earl_n of_o lancaster_n in_o â—_o 2._o time_n even_o unto_o this_o john_n the_o last_o earl_n of_o the_o line_n none_o of_o they_o ever_o see_v his_o father_n nor_o any_o father_n of_o they_o take_v delight_n in_o the_o see_v his_o child_n so_o young_a be_v they_o at_o their_o father_n death_n his_o body_n be_v inter_v in_o the_o church_n of_o the_o grey_a friar_n near_a newgate_n in_o london_n now_o call_v christ's-church_n where_o he_o have_v a_o fair_a monument_n â—45_n since_o with_o all_o the_o rest_n deface_v die_v thus_o without_o issue_n râ—ginald_n lord_n grey_n of_o ruthin_n be_v by_o some_o inquis_fw-la sâ—ldâ—num_n find_v his_o next_o heir_n of_o the_o whole_a blood_n as_o descend_v from_o elizabeth_n sister_n to_o john_n great-grandfather_n to_o the_o say_a earl_n so_o slay_v in_o tilt_v as_o have_v be_v say_v and_o by_o other_o y_fw-fr inquis_fw-la hugh_n de_fw-fr hastings_n son_n of_o hugh_n son_n of_o hugh_n son_n of_o a_o second_o john_n by_o isabella_n the_o daughter_n of_o hugh_n le_fw-fr despenser_n as_o the_o pedigree_n here_o place_v show_v but_o so_o little_a do_v john_n earl_n of_o will._n de_fw-fr valencia_n come_v pembr_n andomarus_n ob_fw-la â—_o p._n joanna_n isabel_n henr_n de_fw-fr hastings_n joanna_n de_fw-fr cantilupe_n johannes_n de_fw-fr hastings_n primus_fw-la râ—â—erus_n de_fw-fr grey_n elizabetha_n râ—ginaldus_n de_fw-fr grey_n de_fw-fr ruthin_n reginaldus_n de_fw-fr grey_n joh._n de_fw-fr hastings_n secundus_fw-la isabel_n filia_fw-la hug._n le_fw-fr despenser_n com._n wint._n johannes_n de_fw-fr hastings_n tertius_fw-la laurentius_n de_fw-fr hastings_n erectus_fw-la in_o com._n pembr_n joh._n come_v pembr_n mari_fw-fr captus_fw-la joh._n come_v pembr_n caesus_fw-la in_o hastiludio_fw-la apud_fw-la wodstoke_n hugo_n de_fw-fr hastings_n hugo_n de_fw-fr hastings_n hugo_n de_fw-fr hastings_n ob_fw-la s._n p._n edwardus_fw-la de_fw-la hastings_n pembroke_n father_n to_o the_o last_o john_n regard_v his_o next_o heir_n male_a as_o it_o seem_v and_o so_o much_o hate_n aur_fw-it reginald_n grey_n father_n to_o the_o last_o reginald_n that_o he_o entail_v the_o great_a part_n of_o his_o land_n as_o have_v be_v say_v on_o will._n de_fw-fr beauchamp_n before_o mention_v notwithstanding_o which_o settlement_n it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o right_n of_o bear_v arm_n be_v in_o those_o day_n of_o such_o esteem_n as_o
of_o a_o authentic_a writer_n 99_o that_o st._n benedict_n first_o prescribe_v that_o rule_n benedictus_n cum_fw-la sorore_fw-la scholasticâ_fw-la primus_fw-la regularem_fw-la vitam_fw-la certis_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o ordinibus_fw-la cum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la seorsim_fw-la liberè_fw-la christo_fw-la inservissent_fw-la inchoavit_fw-la which_o rule_n come_v in_o time_n to_o have_v that_o venerable_a esteem_n that_o as_o baronius_n 7._o tell_v we_o in_o liptinensi_fw-la concilio_n in_o cameracensi_fw-la galliae_fw-la agro_fw-la sancitum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la monachi_fw-la ac_fw-la nonnae_fw-la juxta_fw-la regulam_fw-la s._n benedicti_fw-la coenobia_n sva_fw-la ordinarent_fw-la the_o first_o monastery_n of_o nun_n which_o we_o have_v here_o in_o england_n be_v that_o of_o berk_v in_o essex_n found_v 40._o by_o erkenwald_n bishop_n of_o london_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n dclxvi_o long_o before_o the_o reception_n of_o st._n benet_n rule_n in_o this_o nation_n i_o now_o come_v to_o this_o of_o polesworth_n and_o in_o the_o first_o place_n shall_v take_v notice_n upon_o what_o occasion_n msâ—_n it_o be_v found_v and_o then_o go_v on_o to_o show_v the_o endowment_n thereof_o with_o land_n etc._n etc._n king_n egbert_n have_v one_o only_a son_n call_v arnulph_n who_o be_v a_o leper_n and_o hear_v by_o a_o bishop_n which_o come_v from_o ireland_n that_o the_o then_o king_n of_o connaught_n have_v a_o nun_n to_o his_o daughter_n call_v modwen_n that_o heal_v all_o disease_a people_n repair_v to_o she_o send_v his_o say_a son_n at_o the_o persuasion_n of_o that_o bishop_n into_o ireland_n where_o he_o be_v according_o cure_v by_o the_o same_o holy_a woman_n which_o great_a favour_n so_o please_v king_n egbert_n that_o he_o forthwith_o invite_v st._n modwen_n to_o come_v into_o england_n promise_v that_o he_o will_v â—ound_v a_o monastery_n for_o she_o and_o her_o covent_n of_o which_o tender_a she_o soon_o after_o accept_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o religious_a 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