herein I repose my selfe vpon that zeale which I perceiue in euerie one to commend him whereby I maie line 20 shortlie sée so manie poesies verses and rimes with such histories so manie orations and volumes to his honor that all these things as well such as I can not touch as the rest which I mention and speake of shall brieflie be deciphered and liuelie set foorth For to rehearse all the holie works of our good shéepheard or to indeuour to set foorth that verie patterne of a bishop which he hath expressed in himselfe to saie truth I thinke vnpossible and much lesse to beléeue that the verie summarie of those things that line 30 he hath doone maie be drawne into anie annals or chronicle Neither can I conceiue anie means to atteine thereto vnlesse some one haue in forme of remembrances béene dailie collecting the course of his déeds and works For my part in this short discourse that I haue to prosecute as one not able to restreine the whole sea I will go sée if I maie gather the water at the riuers and brooks from whense this sea doth arise that is from his vertues which in him haue wrought so manie holie works Notwithstanding I line 40 might at once in generall words saie that all vertues beséeming a bishop which saint Paule others doo speake of were to be found in him Alas how this holie pastor burning in loue made himselfe leane for you O ye poore artificers ladies yoong infants and poore beggers Alas ye all haue lost your father the shéepheard is dead the sheepe remaine a preie to the wolues How soeuer it is hereof maie we plainelie sée O Rome that he bare thée singular good will and in déed for I will not line 50 conceale thy commendation it is euident that thou diddest answer his good will with reciprocall amitie witnesse this thy assemblie these sobs these teares doo testifie thy acknowledging thereof besides all other things alas too bitter and too swéet togither euen the night of his departure was to you and to me infortunate O great O great pitie what could be séene more worthie compassion and teares than the fearefull stirre of the people It seemed when the most horrible sound of the bell called Aue Maria that gaue notice of his death to the end to praie to God line 60 for him sent furies to all both men and women One ran here an other there some two togither others without order or reason all wept all cried all howled out saieng Ah good God whereto are we brought What shall become of vs If the infection dooth afflict vs who shall praie for vs Ah that we had not deserued it Oh how God is wroth with vs With manie other exclamations sufficient to haue rent the marble stones and clouen the wals in sunder He was a man of much praier and reading as euer was anie and in priuat behauior had not his like Two things there were that made him woonderfull wise The one he would in all affaires heare counsell The other he had still recourse vnto praier Truelie he was as wise as holie I confesse that in respect of his example onelie I learned to vnderstand this place of saint Paule concerning his care of all the churches Quis infirmatur ego non infirmor Quis scandalizatur ego non vror Who is weake and I am not sicke Or who is offended and I burne not And that which followeth To be briefe toward the end of his daies and being hore haired he conceiued two excellent imaginations The one concerning that great and woonderfull college that is now at building in your Rome for the teaching a woonderfull matter of all languages in the world The other the same which he propounded and began to put in execution touching the recouerie of the goods of the catholike apostolike Romish church The same was it which he did so highlie commend to the clergie yea to the christian princes and vnto his successor to the end that the Romane sée might recouer the full brightnesse of hir glorie and to depriue the enimie of mankind of that innumerable gaine of soules that through his subtiltie he dooth dailie make These were his last words when he left vs with the water in our eies and sorrow in our harts for the losse of a thing of so great value Neuerthelesse sith it is to no purpose to wéepe it resteth that we doo two things The one that so much as in vs lieth we indeuour to reteine those notable institutions and walke in that path which he hath prescribed for vs. The other that we haue recourse to God with praier that he will send vs a successor worthie him and that as Simplician succéeded saint Ambrose so to this Ambrose an other Simplician in vertue and holinesse maie succéed This is that small matter Oh blessed soule which my foolish and vnméete toong is able this day to vtter of thée in middest of these sighs and lamentations Now shall it cease howbeit at time conuenient both this daie and euer my heart shall discourse of thée Oh wretch that I am O ye Romane people to whome happeneth still the contrarie of that which happened to the Romane souldior that was wounded and maimed vpon one of his legs at a certeine victorie that he obteined For he said that at euerie step that he set and vpon the least paine that he felt of his leg he called to mind the most honorable blason of his glorie but I contrariwise in the least commendations that I may obteine shall thinke vpon my losses For when soeuer I shall boast that I haue béene seruant to such a holinesse and so great a personage I must necessarilie withall remember what a good I am depriued of Let vs therefore praie to our good God that it may please him of his grace with his holie spirit to inspire the most reuerend cardinals the electors of the holie apostolike and Romish sée to the end his holinesse successor succéeding in the holie sée may likewise succéed in those vertues and holinesse wherewith he was indued and replenished ¶ This is the parasiticall and flattering sermon of a popeling patched togither like a beggers mantle of sundrie rotten rags diuerslie colored wherein there is as much learning as wit and as much of both as of truth and goodnesse in this praiser and the praised of whome because it is sinne against the holie ghost to speake otherwise than according to the motion of a good and sound conscience an epitaph imprecatorie as fit for him as a pudding for a friers mouth is here placed as a conclusion of this his memoriall and appliable vnto all and euerie one of that antichristian and diabolicall succession Albus an ater lector cognoscere sivis Papa tibi dicam qua ratione licet Tumetamorphôsin lepidam spectabis olorem Fac papam ceruus protinus ater erit Vt quocunque meat sordes
answering of like worke and verelie of his person the same Francis the French king a goodlie prince statelie of countenance merie of chéere browne coloured great eies high nosed big lipped faire brested broad shoulders small legges long féet On saturdaie the ninth of Iune in a place within the English pale were set vp in a field called the campe two trées of much honour the one called the Aubespine that is to saie the hawthorne in English for Henrie and the other the Framboister which in English signifieth the raspis berie after the signification in French These trees were curiouslie wrought the leaues of gréene damaske the branches boughs and withered leaues of cloath of gold and all the bodies and armes of the same cloath of gold laid on timber they were in height from the foot to the top thirtie foure foot of assize in compasse about an hundred twentie and nine foot from bough to bough fortie thrée foot on these trées were flowers and fruits in kindlie wise with siluer and Uenice gold their beautie shewed farre On the same daie the two kings came to those trées of honour noblie accompanied in such roiall sort as was requisit The campe was in length nine hundred foot and in bredth thrée hundred and twentie foot ditched round about sauing at the entries with broad and déepe ditches Diuerse scaffolds were reared about this campe for the ease of the nobles On the right side of the field stood the quéene of England and the quéene of France with manie ladies The campe was stronglie railed and barred on euerie end in the entrie there were two lodgings prepared for the two kings wherein they might arme themselues and take their ease Also in the same compasse there were two great cellars couched full of wine which was liberallie bestowed on all men The two kings as brethren in armes vndertooke to deliuer all persons at iusts tournie and barriers With these two kings were associate by the order of armes the duke of Uandosme the duke of Suffolke the countie saint Paule the marquesse Dorset monsieur de Roche sir William Kingston monsieur Brian sir Richard Ierningham monsieur Canaan sir Giles Capell monsieur Buccall maister Nicholas Carew monsieur Montafilion and maister Anthonie Kneuet On mondaie the eleuenth of Iune the two quéenes of England and of France came to the campe where either saluted other right honourablie and went into a stage for them prepared At the houre assigned the two kings armed at all peeces mounted on horssebacke and with their companies entered the field the French king on a courser barded couered with purple sattin broched with gold embrodered with corbins fethers round and buckled the fether was blacke and hatched with gold on his head péece he bare a sléeue All the parteners of the French kings chalenge were in like apparell euerie thing correspondent in cloath of silke embrodered on his person were attendant on horssebacke noble persons and on foot foure persons all apparelled in purple sattin The king of England was vpon a fresh courser the trappers of cloth of gold of tissue the arson mantell wise and on the brunt of the trapper bard fashion cut in waues of water worke and euerie waue raw wrought and frized with damaske gold this worke was laid loose on russet veluet and knit togither with points of gold which waues signified the lordship of the narrow seas All the parteners of the kings chalenge were in the same sute their horsses as well as their persons Attendant on the king on horssebacke were sir Henrie Guilford maister of the kings horsse sir Iohn Pechie deputie of Calis sir Edward Guilford maister of the kings armie and monsieur Moret of the French court All these foure were apparelled in the kings liuerie which was white on the right side and the left side gold and russet both hose and garment on him were attendant on foot six honourable knights twentie esquiers and officers to the number of an hundred and twelue persons of the which number all the knights and gentlemen had coats the one halfe siluer and the other cloath of gold and russet veluet and the other officers coats were of right sattin of the same colour and all their hosen were of the same sute verie costlie Thus with honour and noble courage these two noble kings with their companies entered into the field and them presented vnto the quéenes After reuerence doone they rode round about the tilt and so tooke their places appointed abiding the answers line 10 which was for the first the duke of Alanson and ten men of armes on his band on coursers barded the bards couered with white and blacke veluet fastened the one within the other garded with Burgon bands of tinsell sattin as well their garments as their bards Then entered on coursers barded twelue gentlemen of the band of the lord admerall of France their garments and bards were russet sattin broched with gold and white and purple sattin after the deuise line 20 of their pleasure with great plumes When these bands were entred the field they shewed themselues about the tilt and did reuerence vnto the queenes The band of the duke of Alanson tooke first place they made them prest on both sides the French king was the first that ran he did valiantlie and brake speares mightilie Then ran the king of England to monsieur Grandeuile with great vigor so that the speares brake in the kings hand to the vantplate all to shiuers line 30 And at the second course he gaue the said monsieur Grandeuile such a stroke that the charnell of his headpéece although the same was verie strong was broken in such wise that he might run no more wherby the king wanted three courses Then ran the duke de Uandosme met his counter part right noblie and brake speares right valiantlie The noble duke of Suffolke charged his course and met right valiantlie his counter part and furnished the fiue courses right noblie togither like good men of armes line 40 And when all parties of the chalenge had right valiantlie furnished their courses then ran againe the two noble kings who did so valiantlie that the beholders had great ioy after which courses the heralds tried Desarmee and the trumpets sounded to lodging On tuesdaie the twelfe of Iune at houre conuenient the two quéenes tooke their stages and the band of chalenge in the field prest to answer and deliuer all commers to whome came ten gentlemen armed line 50 on barded horsses of the band of monsieur de Swies their bards and apparell cloath of veluet full of friers knots siluer After they had presented them vnto the quéenes then they tooke the end of the tilt and so course after course they ran to the chalengers right egerlie and the chalengers of the partie of the two kings deliuered to the end of their articles of iusts Then entered eleuen men of armes
take any thing from you or yours And this realme of France which hath procreat and brought foorth and norished so many of my noble progenitors shall 〈◊〉 my good meaning towards hâ—r as not forgetfull of mine elders and toward your maiestie if you will vouchsafe that I should glorie of that name a most humble kinsman There are manie occasions of loue and freendship betwixt you and my father which I trust shall take place for I know all his thoughts and inward meanings you shall agree and come to an attonement right easilie togither I praie God he neuer take me for his sonne except I haue you in the same degree of honor reuerence and faithfull loue which I owe towards him The king as reason would acknowledged this to procéed of great courtesie shewed toward him in the prince and thanked him accordinglie And the prince performing in déed that which he spake with word ceassed from further vsing of fire or other indamaging of the French dominions and taking his waie through the countries of Poictou and Xaintonge by easie iournies he and his people came to Blaie and so passed ouer the water to Burdeaux in good safetie with all their riches and prisoners The prince gaue to the lord Iames Audelie who had receiued in the battell manie sore wounds fiue hundred marks of yearelie reuenues assigned foorth of his lands in England The which gift the knight granted as fréelie as he had receiued it vnto foure of his esquiers which in the battell had béene euer attendant about his person without whose aid valiant support he knew well that he had beene slaine sundrie times in the same battell by his enimies and therefore thought it a dutie of humanitie and gratitude to make them amends with some temporall recompense that had saued his life than the which nothing is more déere nor of greater price in the world as the poet saith nihil est vita prâ—tiosius ipsa When the prince heard that he had so doone he meruelled what his meaning was therby and caused him to be brought before his presence and demanded of him wherefore he had so lightlie giuen awaie that reward which he had bestowed vpon him and whether he thought that gift too meane for him or not The lord Audelie so excused himselfe in extolling the good seruice doone to him by his esquiers through whome he had so manie times escaped the dangers of death that the prince did not onelie confirme the resignation of the fiue hundred marks giuen to the esquiers but also rewarded the lord Audelie with six hundred marks more of like yearelie reuenues in maner and forme as he had receiued the other When the newes of this great victorie came into England of the ouerthrow of the Frenchmen and taking of the French king ye may be sure there was great ioy shewed by outward tokens as bonfiers made feasts and bankets kept through the whole realme Likewise the Gascoignes and Englishmen being come to Burdeaux made great reuell and pastime there spending freelie that gold and siluer which they had woone in the battell of Poictiers and elsewhere in that iournie ¶ This yeare in Aprill the prince of Wales tooke shipping with his prisoners at Burdeaux and on the fift of Maie arriued at Plimmouth On the foure and twentith day of Maie he was with great honour ioifullie receiued of the citizens into the citie of London and so conueied to the palace of Westminster where the king sitting in Westminster hall receiued the French king and after conueied him to a lodging appointed for him where he laie a season but after he was remoued to the Sauoie which was at that time a goodlie house perteining to the duke of Lancaster though afterwards it was burnt and destroied by Wat Tiler Iacke Straw and their companie In this place the French king laie and kept house a long time after In the winter following were roiall iustes holden in Smithfield at the which were present the kings of England France and Scotland with manie great estates of all their thrée kingdoms of the which the more part of the strangers were as then prisoners line 10 It was reported that the French king could not so dissemble nor cloake his inward thought but that there appeared some tokens of gréefe in his countenance whilest he beheld these warlike pastimes And when the king of England his sonne prince Edward with comfortable words required him after supper to put all pensiue cares out of his fantasie and to be merrie and sing as other did he should make this answer with a smiling countenance line 20 alluding to the complaint of the Israelits in time of their captiuitie vnder the gentiles saieng Quomodo cantabimus canticum in terra aliena About the same time there came ouer into England two cardinals the one called Talirand being bishop of Alba commonlie named the cardinall of Pierregort and the other named Nicholas intituled cardinall of S. Uitale or as Froissard saith of Dargell they were sent from pope Innocent the sixt to intreat for a peace betwixt the kings of England line 30 and France but they could not bring their purpose to anie perfect conclusion although they remained herâ— for the space of two yeares but yet onelie by good means they procured a truce betwéene the said kings and all their assistants to indure from the time of the publication thereof vnto the feast of S. Iohn Baptist which should be in the yeare 1359 out of the which truce was excepted the L. Philip of Nauarre and his alies the countesse of Montfort and the whole duchie of Britaine line 40 Anon after the French king was remooued from the Sauoie vnto the castell of Windsor with all his houshold and then he went on hunting and hawking there about at his pleasure and the lord Philip his sonne with him all the residue of the prisoners abode still at London but were suffered to go vp and downe and to come to the court when they would In the same yeare the duke of Lancaster besieged the citie of Rennes in Britaine in the title of the countesse of Richmond hir yoong sonne Iohn of Montfort line 50 that claimed to be duke of Britaine Those that were within the citie as the vicount of Rohan and Berthram de Claiquin who as then was a lustie yoong bacheler and others defended themselues manfullie for a time but yet at length they were compelled to render the citie into their enimies hands About the same time two Franciscane friers were burnt at London for matters of religion ¶ Moreouer queene Isabell mother vnto king Edward the line 60 third departed this life the seauen and twentith daie of August and was buried the seauen and twentith daie of Nouember in the church of the friers minors at London not yet dedicated ¶ Dauid king of Scotland shortlie after the truce was concluded
Robinet of Bourneuill and his fellowes as ye haue heard before for his death was their life his life would haue béene their death After the French king had created new officers in hope to relieue the state of his realme and countrie year 1416 sore shaken by the late great ouerthrow it chanced that Thomas duke of Excester capteine of Harflue accompanied with thrée thousand Englishmen made a great rode into Normandie almost to the citie of Rone in which iournie he got great abundance both of riches and prisoners but in his returne the earle of Arminacke newlie made constable of France intending in his first enterprise to win the spurs hauing with him aboue fiue thousand horssemen incountred with the duke The fight was handled on both parts verie hotlie but bicause the Englishmen were not able to resist the force of the Frenchmen the duke was constreined to retire with losse at the least of thrée hundred of his footmen Howbeit being withdrawen into an orchard which was stronglie fensed and hedged about with thornes the Frenchmen were not able to enter vpon the Englishmen but yet they tooke from them all their horsses and spoile assaulted them till it was night and then retired backe to the towne not far distant from the place where they fought called Uallemont this was vpon the 14 day of March. In the morning vpon the breake of the daie the Englishmen issued foorth of the orchard where they had kept themselues all the night drew towards Harflue wherof the Frenchmen being aduertised followed them ouertooke them vpon the sands néere to Chiefe de Caux there set on them but in the end the Frenchmen were discomfited and a great number of them slaine by the Englishmen which afterwards returned without more adoo vnto Harflue The French writers blame the constable for this losse bicause he kept on the high ground with a number of men of war and would not come downe to aid his fellowes In this fourth yeare of king Henries reigne the emperour Sigismund coosine germane to king Henrie came into England to the intent that he might make an attonement betwéene king Henrie and the French king with whom he had beene before bringing with him the archbishop of Remes as ambassadour for the French king At Calis he was honorablie receiued by the earle of Warwike lord deputie there and diuerse other lords sent thither of purpose to attend him Moreouer the king sent thither thirtie great ships to bring him and his traine ouer At Douer the duke of Glocester and diuerse other lords were readie to receiue him who at his approching to land entered the water with their swords in their hands drawen and by the mouth of the said duke declared to him that if he intended to enter the land as the kings fréend and as a mediator to intreat for peace he should be suffered to arriue but if he would enter as an emperour into a land claimed to be vnder his empire then were they readie to resist him This was thought necessarie to be doone for sauing of the kings prerogatiue who hath full preheminence within his owne realme as an absolute emperour When the emperour herevpon answered that he was come as the kings fréend and as a mediator for peace and not with any imperiall authoritie he was of the duke and other his associats receiued with all such honor as might be deuised The king with all his nobilitie receiued him on Blackheath the seuenth day of Maie and brought him through London to Westminster with great triumph Shortlie after there came also into England Albert duke of Holland who was likewise fréendlie interteined Both these princes the emperour and the duke of Holland were conueied to Windsore to saint Georges feast and elected companions of the noble order of the garter and had the collar and habit of the same to them deliuered and sat in their sâ—als all the solemnitie of the feast Shortlie after that the feast was finished the duke of Holland returned into his countrie but the emperour tarried still and assaied all maner of meanes to persuade the king to a peace with the Frenchmen But their euill hap as they that were appointed by Gods prouidence to suffer more damage at the Englishmens hands would not permit his persuasions to take place for whereas peace was euen almost entring in at the gates the king was suddenlie stirred to displeasure vpon a new occasion for he being aduertised of the losse of his men at the late conflict in the territorie of Rone as ye haue heard refused to heare this word peace once named The emperour like a wise princâ— pâ—ssed ouer that time till another season that some fauourable aspect of the planets should séeme to fâ—rther his purpose And when he thought the same was come he brâ—â—â—ed againe the vessell of concord and amitie which he put in so faire a cup and presented it with such effectuous words line 10 that â—uerlie the king had tasted it if word had not béen brought about the same time that Harflue was besieged of the French both by water and land as it was indéed for the constable of France incouraged by his last conflict though the same was not much to his praise assembled an armie and vpon a sudden laid siege to the towne At the same instant Iohn vicount of Narbon the vice-admerall of France brought the whole nauie to the riuage and shore adioining to the towne in purpose to haue entered by line 20 the waterside but the duke of Excester defeated his intent and defended the towne verie manfullie King Henrie aduertised hereof meant at the first to haue gone with his nauie in person to the succors of his men but the emperor dissuaded him from that purpose aduising him rather to send some one of his capteins The king following his louing and reasonable aduertisement appointed his brother the duke of Bedford accompanied with the earles of March Marshall Oxford Huntington Warwike Arundell line 30 Salisburie Deuonshire and diuerse barons with two hundred saile to passe into Normandie for rescue of the towne of Harflue which vsing great diligence shipped at Rie and after some hinderance by contrarie winds at length came to the mouth of the riuer of Seine on the daie of the Assumption of our ladie When the vicount of Narbon perceiued the English nauie to approch he couragiouslie set forward and gat the possession of the mouth of the hauen The duke of Bedford séeing his enimies thus line 40 fiercelie to come forward set before certeine strong ships which at the first incounter vanquished and tooke two French ships the capteins whereof were too rash and forward The duke followed with all his puissance and set on his enimies The fight was long but not so long as perillous nor so perillous as terrible for battels on the sea are desperate till at length the victorie fell to the Englishmen so that
and were so glad to be gone that they left much houshold stuffe behind them and great plentie of wine The Englishmen also would not suffer them to beare their standards vnspred but rent the same in péeces wherewith the lord Roch baron was highlie displeased but he could not amend it The duke remained in Montdedier till the last of October and then remooued to Roie where he rested a while with all his armie On Alhallowes daie the duke of Suffolke in the chiefe church of Roie made knights the lord Herbert the lord Powes Oliuer Manners Arthur Pâ—â—le Richard Sandes Robert Ierningham Robert Salisburie Edmund Beningâ—â—eld Richard Corbet Thomas Wentworth William Storton Walter Mâ—â—tell George Warram Edward Seimor that was after duke of Summerset The morow after the armie remooued to a place called Néele The souldiers being thus led from place to place began to murmur among themselues to grudge bicause of the winter season being nothing meet for their purpose to kéepe the fields it grieued them that the Burgognions being prouided of wagons made shift to send the spoile and pillage home into their countrie being at hand they to want such meanes to make the best of those things which they got so that as they tooke it they beat the bush others had the birds This grudge was yet by gentle words ceassed for a time On the sixt daie of Nouember the whole armie came to a village called Ueane and there rested for that night and on the morow after they returned againe ouer the water of Some and came to a place called Beausford At this passage the duke made Iohn Dudleie and Robert Utreight knights On the eight of Nouember the duke remooued to a place called Mont saint Martine and from thence was sent the lord Sands to the king in post to aduertise him in what case the armie stood and the armie remooued to Permont and there rested for a time The Welshmen still murmured that they might not returne home now that the winter was thus farre entered But there were a sort of men of warre to the number of a thousand persons vnder the leading of sir Iohn Wallop which had little wages or none liuing only on their aduentures were therefore called aduenturers and of some they were called Kréekers which had as good will to be still abroad as the Welshmen had desire to returne home For these Kréekers by spoiling of townes taking of prisoners other such practises of warlike exploits made their haunts and dailie brought to the campe horsses mares vittels cloth corne and other necessaries which might not haue béene missed After great raines and winds which had chanced in that season there followed a sore frost which was so extreame that manie died for cold and some lost line 10 fingers some lost toes and manie lost nailes beside their fingers so extreame was the rigour of that frost ¶ The thirteenth daie of Nouember the duke remooued to a place within two miles of Boghan castell and still it froze The Welshmen in the morning set out a shout and cried Home home The Kréekers hearing that cried Hang hang. Hereof businesse was like to haue insued but by policie it was ceassed Sir Edward Guilford capteine of the horssemen viewing the castell of Boghan perceiued that the line 20 marishes wherewith it was inuironed were so hard frozen that great ordinance might passe ouer the same Which he signified to the duke therewith the duke was contented that he should trie what successe would come of giuing the attempt to win it So was the ordinance brought ouer the marish ground wherof they within being aduertised immediatlie after thrée shots of canon discharged against them they yéelded the castell and all the artillerie within it of the which there was good store as thrée score sixtéene péeces great and small The kéeping of this castell line 30 was deliuered to the senescall of Henegow In this meane while the lord Sands was come to the court and informed the king of the state of the armie The king had before his comming heard that his people in the said armie were in great miserie both by reason of the intemperat weather vnseasonable time of the yeare the lacke of vittels such other discommodities wherefore he caused a new power of six thousand men to be prepared and sent line 40 vnto the duke of Suffolke for a reléefe vnder the leading of the lord Montioie But yer this power could be put in order to passe the sea and before the duke could haue knowledge againe from the king of his further pleasure he was constreined to breake vp his armie and returned by Ualencennes and so through Flanders vnto Calis He left at Ualencennes all the great artillerie The king was somewhat displeased with the breaking vp of the armie thus contrarie to his mind but hearing the resonable excuses which the duke the capteins had to alleage he was shortlie line 50 after pacified And so after they had remained in Calis a certeine time vntill their fréends had asswaged the kings displeasure they returned and all things were well taken and they receiued into as much fauour as before But now to returne to the dooings in other parts as betwixt the Englishmen and Scots which chanced in this meane while that the duke of Suffolke was thus in France Ye shall vnderstand that the line 60 Scots hearing that the warre was thus turned into France thought that nothing should be attempted against them and therefore waxed more bold and began to rob and spoile on the marches of England Wherefore the king sent againe thither the earle of Surrie treasuror and high admerall of England the which with all speed comming to the west borders sent for an armie of six thousand men with the which entering Scotland by the drie marishes he ouerthrew certeine castels piles and small holds till he came through the dales to Iedworth wherein laie a great garrison of Scots which skirmished with the Englishmen right sharpelie at their first comming but yet at length the towne abbeie and castell were woone spoiled and burned After this the earle incamped within the Scotish ground from the two and twentith of September till the fiue and twentith of the same moneth then returned backe againe into England During which time the lord Dacres wan the castell of Ferniherst The French king perceiuing that the Scots did not worke anie notable trouble to the Englishmen to staie them from the inuading of France the cause was as he tooke it for that they lacked the duke of Albanie whome they named their gouernour he therefore prouided a nauie of ships to haue transported him ouer into Scotland so that all things were redie for his iournie But the Englishmen were redie on the sea vnder the conduct of sir William Fitz Williams to stop his passage if he had set forward wherefore
thinking that notwithstanding the answer before made yet because the most part of the citizens were of their opinions and of the like affections in religion would not resist them as also that they had manie friends within the citie more readie to ioine with them than to follow the maior if they might haue the choise what to doo they came being in number about two thousand persons to the citie vpon the second of Iulie 1â—49 first making proclamation that if the citie would not yeeld line 60 and ioine with them they would enter with force and take the spoile of it so then they vpon the deniall compassed the same round about and gained vnto them at the first all the suburbs And hereof they conceiued such a vaine hope to haue their full desire vpon the citie that not onelie the number in hope did dailie more more increase but also manie of them brought their wiues horsses and pâ—niers persuading themselues and promising them by such a daie and vpon such a daie to enter into the citie and then to measure veluets and silks by the bow and to lade their horsses home with plate monie and other great riches The maior and his brethren forecasting the perils which might in such a case insue doo prouide all things necessarie and méet wherewith to defend themselues and to annoie the enimie The citie therefore is viewed for armor men are mustered soldiers are reteined capteins in euerie ward appointed warders for the daie and watchmen for the night assigned great péeces of ordinance laid in euerie gate and placed in all conuenient places of the wals mounts in sundrie places erected as well for laieng of ordinance as for sauing of the soldiers watchmen from the enimies shot and nothing was left vndoone which in anie respect that present state and necessitie required The rebels likewise intrench the high waies plash downe trées breake downe bridges kéepe watches and wards in euerie place so that no man could passe to or from the citie without their sufferance The markets are stopped vittels are kept from it and all dealings and intercourses shut and cut off and hauing as they bragged penned and shut vp the townesmen in a coope or mew they plant their ordinance against euerie gate and in all other such places as best to serue their turne and to hurt them within they burnt the gates they brake vp the pipes and conduits aswell for the taking awaie of the water comming to the citie as also to haue the led to serue for their shot and pellets But for the burning of the gates there followed rather a benefit than a hurt thereof for foorthwith there were made certeine rampiers within the gate which were farre stronger and of more defense than the gates as also there were fiers continuallie kept euerie night betwéene the rampiers and the gates and as for water the citie so standeth vpon a little hill that it is full of springs in euerie quarter within the same and by that means full and plentifull of euerie good and swéet waters Also they in sundrie places did vndermine the wals minding thereby with gunpowder and with other matters fit for fier to haue blowne vp the wals and so to haue entered in that waie but herein they were also preuented by this means and in this maner The citie it selfe as is before said is set vpon a little hill and lieth verie stéeping towards two of the gates And at one of these named the west gate the said rebels had vndermined on the one side and filled the place with certeine barels of powder pitch and other stuffe méet and apt to receiue fier and had appointed the night when the same should be set on fier and so to haue blowne the wals vp At the same time there was a certeine tinner in the citie whose dwelling was at Teingemouth named Iohn Newcombe who depended much vpon the goodwill and fréendship of maister William Hurst one of the aldermen of the citie and he vnderstanding of such an vndermining to be in working aduertised the same to maister Hurst and maketh him priuie how he would preuent the same which was doone in this maner For whereas he by a noise vnder the ground did suspect the vndermining to be in working he tooke a pan of water did put the same on the ground by shaking of the water in the pan he by remoouing the pan from place to place came at length to the verie place whereas the miners were working and foorthwith he countermined against the same and wrought so néere vnto it vntill that he might and did sée looke into it That â—oone he caused all the wals and tirpits in the citie towards euerie stréet hauing a fall that waie to be drawne at one time and euerie man to fill therewith a great tub of water at his foredoore which being 〈◊〉 he caused them all at one instant to be cast out and emptied which water running in great abundance towards the said west gate was conueied into the place countermined so entered and drowned the place which before was mined at which time also by the goodnesse of God there fell a great showre as the like for the time had not beene séene manie years before and which at that instant greatlie serued this turne The rebels perceiuing themselues disappointed of their purpose gaue ouer to deale anie further in those attempts howbeit otherwise they left nothing vndoone which might be to annoie the citizens For sometimes they made alarums as though they with all might and maine would haue giuen the line 10 scale and indeed they had prouided ladders for the same purpose Sometimes they by policies would séeke to come to the gates to burne them and herein they vsed this stratagem They prouided carts laden with old haie driuing the whéeles before them would come to the gate without danger and so set fier in the gate But notwithstanding they escaped not scotfrée for both at the west gate and at the south-gate their commings being perceiued the great port péeces were charged with great bags of flint-stones line 20 and haileshot and as they were approching vnto the gates the gates were secretlie opened and the said port péeces discharged and so they were spoiled diuerse of them by that means they had small pleasure to follow those deuises as also the citizens to preuent the same did from thensefoorth kéepe the gates open Likewise they would kéepe themselues close in sundrie houses in the suburbs neere the wals and would so watch the garrets that if anie within the citie would looke out at the garrets was line 30 in the danger of their shot and some thereby were killed and manie hurt Upon which occasion the citizens set some part of the suburbs on fier and some part which was next to the wals they beat and brake downe and so draue the rebels out
that wicked and abhominable assemblie And yet such was the excéeding greatnesse of the kings bountifull mercie and clemencie that he that was by him appointed to be a reuenger of their heinous treasons committed against his maiestie if they continued in their obstinate wilfulnesse should be also the interpretor and minister of his gratious and free pardon to so manie as would accept it Which vnlesse they now imbrased the said earle had made a solemne vow that they should neuer haue it offered to them againe but that he would persecute them till he had punished the whole multitude according vnto their iust deserts Manie that heard him hauing due consideration of their miserable estate were touched with some remorse of conscience fearing at length to tast the reuenge of such horrible crimes as they had been partakers of with others in committing the same But the more part finding themselues highlie offended with his words began to iangle as they had doone before vnto other that had béene sent to offer line 10 them pardon that he was not the kings herald but some one made out by the gentlemen in such a gaie coate patched togither of vestments and churchstuffe being sent onelie to deceiue them in offering them pardon which would prooue nought else but halters and therefore it were well doone to thrust an arrow into him or to hang him vp Although other séemed dutifullie to reuerence him and diuerse that had serued in Scotland and at Bullongne remembring that they had séene him there and knew line 20 him told and persuaded their fellowes that he was the kings herald indeed Wherevpon they became more mild and offered him no further iniurie but yet they could not be persuaded that this pardon teâ—ded to anie other end but to bring them to destruction and that in stéed of pardon there was prepared for them nought else but a barrell full of halters Such lewd speech was amongst them sauouring altogither of malicious mistrust and most line 30 wilfull treason Norreie neuerthelesse departing from thense accompanied with Ket came to another place where he made the like proclamation for the multitude was such that he could not be heard of them all in one place Heere before he had made an end of his tale there was a vile boie as some write that turned vp his bare taile to him with words as vnseemelie as his gesture was filthie with which spitefull reproch thus shewed towards the kings maiesties officer at armes one which in companie line 40 of some other that were come ouer the water to view things being greatlie offended with an harquebuse shot stroke that vngratious lad through the bodie a little aboue the reins Which when some of the rebels had séene a dozzen of their horssemen came gallopping out of the wood crieng We are betraied fréends we are betraied if you looke not about you doo you not see how our fellowes are slaine with guns before our faces What may we hope if we disarme our selues line 50 that are thus vsed being armed This herald goeth about nothing else but to bring vs within danger of some ambush that the gentlemen may kill and beate vs all downe at their pleasure Héerevpon they all shranke awaie and fled as they had béene out of their wits yet did their great capteine Robert Ket accompanie Norreie meaning as hath béene said to haue gone to the earle of Warwike himselfe to haue talked with him but as he was almost at the foot of the hill there came running after line 60 him a great multitude of the rebels crieng to him and asking him whither he went We are readie said they to take such part as you doo be it neuer so bad and if he would go anie further they would as they said suerlie follow him Norreie then perceiuing such numbers of people following them desired Ket to staie them who returning backe to them they were incontinentlie appeased and so they all returned with him backe to their campe When the earle of Warwike vnderstood that they were thus altogither set on mischéefe and neither with praier proffer of pardon threatening of punishment nor other meanes they could be reduced to quietnesse he determined to procéed against them by force And héerevpon bringing his armie vnto saint Stephans gate which the rebels stopped vp with the letting downe of the portculice he commanded those that had charge of the artillerie to plant the same against the gate and with batterie to breake it open As these things were in hand he vnderstood by Augustine Steward the maiors deputie that there was an other gate on the contrarie side of the citie called the Brasen gate which the rebels had rammed vp but yet not so but that it might be easilie broken open Herewith were the pioners called and commanded to breake open that gate also which being doone the soldiers entered by the same into the citie and slue diuerse of those rebels that stood readie to defend and resist their entrie In the meane time had the gunners also broken in sunder with their shot the portculice and néere hand the one halfe of the other gate by the which the marques of Northampton and capteine Drurie alià s Poignard that being sent from London met my lord of Warwike by the waie entered with their bands and droue backe the rebels with slaughter that were readie there to resist them Moreouer the maiors deputie caused Westwike gate to be set open at the which the earle of Warwike himselfe entring with all his armie and finding in manner no resistance came to the market place Here were taken a thréescore of the rebels the which according to the order of martiall law were incontinentlie executed according to the qualitie of their offense confessing no doubt in conscience that their punishment was proportioned to their trespasse and that in dieng the death were the same neuer so extreame dredfull they had but their desert and therefore might well saie with the poet Supplicia scelerum poenas expendimus omnes Shortlie after the carriages belonging to the armie were brought into the citie by the same gate and passing through the citie by negligence want of order giuen to them that attended on the same cariage they kept on forward till they were got out at Bishops gate towards Mousehold Whereof the rebels being aduised they came downe setting vpon the carters and other that attended on the cariages put them to flight and droue awaie the carts laden with artillerie powder and other munition bringing the same into their campe greatlie reioising thereof bicause they had no great store of such things among them but yet capteine Drurie with his band comming in good time to the rescue recouered some of the carts from the enimies not without some slaughter on either side Moreouer the enimies as yet being not fullie driuen out of the citie placed themselues in crosse stréets were readie to
countenance and words with hartie praiers for hir maiesties prosperous estate and preseruation which no doubt were acceptable to God as by the sequele of things it may certenlie be belieued sith his diuine maiestie hath so directed hir dooings that if euer the common-wealth of this land hath flourished it may rightlie be said that in hir most happie reigne it hath béene most flourishing in peace quietnesse and due administration of iustice mixed with mercifull clemencie so as those which cannot content themselues with the present state of things vnder hir rule no doubt they are such factious creatures as will not rest satisfied with anie kind of gouernement be it neuer so iust and commendable From the which sort of men the Lord deliuer hir roiall maiestie and all hir true and louing subiects and preserue hir in long life to all our comforts and continue hir in such happie procéedings as she hath begun to the end On mondaie the eight and twentith of Nouember about two of the clocke in the afternoone hir line 10 grace remooued againe and taking hir chariot rode from my lord Norths house alongst Barbican and entring by Criplegate into the citie kept along the wall to Bishops gate and so by blanch Chapelton vnto Marke lane At hir entring into blanch Chapleton the artillerie in the tower began to go off continuallie shooting for the space almost of halfe an houre but yet had made an end before hir maiestie was aduanced to Berkin church and so with great ioie and prease of people of whom all the streets were line 20 full as she passed declaring their inward reioisings by gesture words and countenance she entered the tower where she continued till the fift of December being mondaie on the which daie she remooued by water vnto Summerset place in the Strond where she arriued about ten of the clocke in the forenoone the same daie ¶ On thursdaie betwéene two and thrée in the morning the eight of December 1558 in the first yeare of our souereigne ladie quéene Elisabeths reigne died line 30 in the tower of London that honorable man sir Thomas Cheineie knight of the order treasuror of hir maiesties most honorable houshold warden of the cinque ports of hir highnesse priuie councell whose pulses by the report of his surgeon laboured more than thrée quarters of an houre after his death so stronglie as though life had not béene absent from the bodie By the report also of the same surgeon he had the swéetest face of death to behold for one of his yeares that euer he saw and died so quietlie and patientlie line 40 that neither his face mouth eies hands or féet were vncomelie vsed in the changing of this his life For twentie yeares before his departure he kept in his stable continuallie winter and summer twentie great horsse at the least and eight or nine geldings besides sixtéene or seuentéene geldings which were kept at grasse and had in a readinesse furniture for them all to serue in the field and no one of the same horsse or geldings but he was able and readie for anie man at armes to serue vpon Beside this he line 50 kept so bountifull a house and was so liberall and good to his men that well was that noble mans son gentlemans sonne or other that might happen to be preferred into his seruice And againe the number of his seruants to whom he gaue liueries were 205 wherof in houshold were six score besides strangers that were dailie comming and going And his seruants had no iust cause either for lacke of great wages trulie paid them euerie quarter and boordwages line 60 euerie sundaie or plentie of meat and drinke lodging on good featherbeds to liue out of order And such commoditie as might by chance fall within the iurisdiction of his office of wardenrie being a thing fit for his men he neuer turned the same to his owne vse but alwaies gaue it them Whether this realme hath not lost a worthie subiect and speciallie his men a good maister let all men iudge that knew him Before his departure out of this world he seemed to haue a great care for his men thinking least without some prouision for them they would after his death run at randon and liue disorderlie which like a noble man he preuented after this liberall sort as followeth In his last will and testament to some he gaue annuities during life and to others a whole yeares wages after his death but both to the one sort and the other he prouided that all things which he owght them might be paied and also so long as they vsed themselues like honest men and were not reteined in seruice they should haue meat drinke and lodging at his house till his sonne now lord Cheinie came to his lawfull age which was the space of thrée yeares in no lesse or worsse maner than they were woont and accustomed to haue in his life time In his last will he also remembred some of his freends as well those of nobilitie and worship as others some with one gift and some with an other desiring them to assist his executors for the performance of his last will His wit experience courtesie and valiantnesse in seruice was such as king Henrie the eight and his children to wit king Edward the sixt quéene Marie and queene Elisabeth vsed him as one of all their priuie councell and was treasuror of all their honorable housholds during his life He was brought vp in king Henrie the seuenths house was one of his henchmen So that it appeareth before he died he had serued thrée kings and two quéenes His truth was such to all these princes that he euer liued towards them Sine macula seruing in the court thrée score years And although he bare this great saile yet prouided he to paie euerie man iustlie that he owght them His bountifulnesse liberalitie and courtesie to diuerse noble men gentlemen and others attending in the court was such that they were euer glad to haue him there amongst them and his stoutnesse haltie courage was such and so well knowen to the Frenchmen as they both feared and loued him wonderfullie In the end he was so worthie a gentleman and such a necessarie member in the common-wealth as his want cannot but be lamented of all good and true English harts But the almightie must be serued when his good will and pleasure is The thirtéenth of December being tuesdaie the corps of quéene Marie was right honorablie conueied from hir manor of S. Iames vnto the abbeie of Westminster Hir picture was laid on the coffin apparelled in hir roiall robes with a crowne of gold set on the head thereof after a solemne manner In the abbeie was a rich and sumptuous hearse prepared and set vp with wax and richlie decked with penoâ—s baners and scutchions of the armes of England and France vnder which
As heauen and earth haue vowed to be thine So Neptunes seas haue sworne to drench thy foes As I am god and all the waters mine Still shalt thou get but neuer shalt thou lose And sith on earth my wealth is nought at all Accept good will the gift is verie small Who euer found on earth a constant friend That may compare with this my virgin queene Who euer found a bodie and a mind So free from staine so perfect to be seene Oh heauenlie hew that aptest is to soile And yet doost liue from blot of anie foile Rare is thy gift and giuen to few or none Malist therefore of some that dare not say More shines thy light for that I know but one That anie such shew to follow on their waie Thou thou art shee take thou the onelie praise For chastest dame in these our happie daies Accept my bowe sith best thou doâ—st deserue Though well I kâ—ow â—hy mind can thee preserue Ah ha I see my mother out of sight Then let the boy now plaie the wag a while I seeme but weake yet weake is not my might My boiesh wit can oldest folke beguile Who so dooth thinke I speake this but in iest Let me but shoot and I shall quench his rest Marke here my shafts this all is made of wood Which is but soft and breeds but soft good will Now this is gilt yet seemes it gold full good And dooth deceiue blind louing people still But here is one is seldome felt or seene This is of gold meet for the noblest queene line 10 Wherefore dame faire take thou this gift of me Though some deserue yet none deserue like you Shoot but this shaft at king or Cesar he And he is thine and if thou wilt allow It is a gift that manie here doo craue Yet none but thou this golden shaft maie haue There was written vpon the shaft My colour ioy my substance pure My vertue such as shall indure Hir maiestie receiued these gifts verie thankefullie the gods and goddesses with the rest of the maske marched about the chamber againe and then departed in like maner as they came in Then the queene line 20 called vnto hir master Robert Wood the maior of Norwich whom first she heartilie thanked and tooke by the hand and vsed secret conference but what I know not And thus this delightfull night passed to the ioy of all that saw hir grace in so pleasant plight On thursdaie in the morning my lord chamberlaine gaue the deuisor warning the quéene would ride abrode in the after noone and he commanded him to be readie dutifullie to present hir with some shew Then knowing which waie the queene would line 30 ride by coniecture and instructions giuen the deuisor caused a place to be made and digged for the nymphes of the water the maner and proportion whereof was in this forme and fashion First there was measure taken for threescore foot of ground euerie waie the hole to be made déepe and foure square which ground was all couered with canuas painted greene like the grasse and at euerie side on the canuas ran a string through curteine rings which string might easilie be drawne anie kind of waie by reason line 40 of two great poales that laie along in the ground and answered the curteine or canuas on each side so that drawing a small cord in the middle of the canuas the earth would séeme to open so shut againe as the other end of the cord was drawne backward And in the same caue was a noble noise of musike of all kind of instruments seuerallie to be sounded and plaied vpon and at one time they should be sounded all togither that might serue for a consort of broken musike And in the same caue also was placed line 50 twelue water nymphes disguised or dressed most strangelie ech of them had either vpon white silke or fine linnen gréene sedges stitched cunninglie on a long garment so well wrought and also set on as scarse anie whit might be perceiued And euerie nymph had in hir hand a great bundle of bulrushes and had on hir head a garland of iuie vnder the which iuie was a coife of mosse and vnder the mosse was there long goodlie heare like golden tresses that couered line 60 hir shoulders and in a maner raught downe vnto hir middle Now touching the beautie of the nymphes they séemed to be the chosen children of the world and became their attire so well that their beautie might haue abused a right good iudgement For diuerse of those that knew them before albeit they were bare faced could scarse know them in their garments and sundrie tooke them to be yoong girles and wenches prepared for the nonce to procure a laughter These nymphs thus apparelled and all things in good plight and readinesse there was deuised that at the quéenes comming néere the water side as this caue stood at the brim of the riuer one nymph should pop vp out of the caue first and salute the queene with a speach and then another and so till foure of them had finished their speaches there they should remaine and when they retired into their caue the musike should begin which sure had beene a noble hearing and the more melodious for the varietie thereof and bicause it should come secretlie and strangelie out of the earth And when the musike was doone then should all the twelue nymphs haue issued togither dansed a danse with timbrels that were trimmed with belles and other iangling things which timbrels were as brode as a siue hauing bottoms of fine parchment and being sounded made such a confused noise and pastime that it was to be woondered at besides the strangenesse of the timbrels yet knowne to our forefathers was a matter of admiration vnto such as were ignorant of that new found toy gathered and borrowed from our elders So in order and readinesse stood that shew for the time And to kéepe that shew companie but yet farre off stood the shew of Manhood and Desert as first to be presented and that shew was as well furnished as the other men all saue one boy called Beautie for the which Manhood Fauour and Desert did striue or should haue contended but good Fortune as victor of all conquests was to come in and ouerthrow Manhood Fauour Desert all their powers and onelie by fine force vpon a watchword spoken should laie hand on Beautie and carrie or lead hir away The other sutors troubled with this kind of dealing should talke togither and sweare to be in one mind for an open reuenge and vpon that Fortune should crie Arme arme The other side called for their friends at the which stirre should appeare both their strengthes but good Fortune should farre in power exceed his enimies And yet to shew that Destinie and who best can conquer shall gouerne all Fortune should make an offer that six to six with sword and target
increased in more numbers in more strength and with greater riches with lesse sickenesse the earth of hir kingdomes hath yeelded more fruits and generallie all kind of worldlie felicitie hath more abounded since and during the time of the popes thunders bulles cursses and maledictions than in anie other line 50 long times before when the popes pardons and blessings came yearelie into the realme so as his cursses and maledictions haue turned backe to himselfe and his fautors that it may be said to the blessed quéene Elisabeth of England and of hir people as was said in Deuteronomie of Balaam The Lord thy God would not heare Balaam but did turne his maledictions or cursses into benedictions or blessings the reason is for bicause thy God loued thée Although these former reasons are sufficient to line 60 persuade all kind of reasonable persons to allow of hir maiesties actions to be good reasonable lawfull and necessarie yet bicause it may be that such as haue by frequent reading of false artificiall libels and by giuing credit to them vpon a preiudice or foreiudgement afore grounded by their rooted opinions in fauour of the pope will rest vnsatisfied therfore as much as may be to satisfie all persons as farre foorth as common reason may warrant that hir maiesties late action in executing certeine seditious traitors hath not procéeded for the holding of opinions either for the popes supremasie or against hir maiesties regalitie but for the verie crimes of sedition and treason it shall suffice brieflie in manner of a repetition of the former reasons to remember these things following First it cannot be denied but that hir maiestie did for manie yeares suffer quietlie the popes bulles and excommunications without punishment of the fautors thereof accounting of them but as of words or wind or of writings in parchment waied downe with lead or as of water bubbles commonlie called in Latine Bullae such like but yet after some proofe that courage was taken therof by some bold and bad subiects she could not but then estéeme them to be verie preambles or as forerunners of greater danger and therefore with what reason could anie mislike that hir maiestie did for a bare defense against them without other action or force vse the helpe of reuiuing of former lawes to prohibit the publication or execution of such kind of bulles within hir realme Secondlie when notwithstanding the prohibition by hir lawes the same bulles were plentifullie but in secret sort brought into the realme and at length arrogantlie set vpon the gates of the bishop of Londons palace neere to the cathedrall church of Paules the principall citie of the realme by a lewd person vsing the same like a herald sent from the pope who can in anie common reason mislike that hir maiestie finding this kind of denunciation of warre as a defiance to be made in hir principall citie by one of hir subiects auowing and obstinatlie mainteining the same should according to iustice cause the offendor to haue the reward due to such a fact And this was the first action of anie capitall punishment inflicted for matter sent from Rome to mooue rebellion which was after hir maiestie had reigned about the space of twelue yeares or more a time sufficient to prooue hir maiesties patience Thirdlie when the pope had risen vp out of his chaire in his wrath from words and writings to actions and had contrarie to the aduise giuen by saint Barnard to one of his predecessors that is when by his messages he left Verbum and tooke Ferrum that is left to féed by the word which was his office and began to strike with the sword which was forbidden him and stirred hir noblemen and people directlie to disobedience and to open rebellion which was the office of Dathan and Abiram and that hir lewd subiects by his commandement had executed the same with all the forces which they could make or bring into the field who with common reason can disallow that hir maiestie vsed hir roiall lawfull authoritie and by hir forces lawfull subdued rebels forces vnlawfull and punished the authors thereof no otherwise than the pope himselfe vseth to doo with his owne rebellious subiects in the patrimonie of his church as not manie moneths passed he had béene forced to intend And if anie prince of people in the world would otherwise neglect his office and suffer his rebels to haue their wils none ought to pitie him if for want of resistance and courage he lost both his crowne his head his life and his kingdome Fourthlie when hir maiestie beheld a further increase of the popes malice notwithstanding that the first rebellion was in hir north parts vanquished in that he interteined abroad out of this realme the traitors and rebels that fled for the rebellion and all the rable of other the fugitiues of the realme that he sent a number of the same in sorts disguised into both the realmes of England and Ireland who there secretlie allured hir people to new rebellions and at the same time spared not his charges to send also out of Italie by sea certeine ships with capteines of his owne with their bands of souldiers furnished with treasure munition vittels ensignes banners and all other things requisite to the warre into hir realme of Ireland where the same forces with other auxiliar companies out of Spaine landed and fortified themselues verie stronglie on the sea side and proclamed open warre erecting the popes banner against hir maiestie may it be now asked of these persons fauourers of the Romish authoritie what in reason should haue béene done by hir maiestie otherwise than first to apprehend all such fugitiues so stolen into the realme and dispersed in disguising habits to sow sedition as some priests in their secret line 10 profession but all in their apparell as â—oisters or ruffians some scholers like to the basest common people and them to commit to prisons and vpon their examinations of their trades and hants to conuince them of their conspiracies abroad by testimonie of their owne companions and of sowing sedition secretlie at home in the realme What may be reasonablie thought was meet to be doone with such seditious persons but by the lawes of the realme to trie condemne and execute them And speciallie hauing line 20 regard to the dangerous time when the popes forces were in the realme of Ireland and more in preparation to follow as well into England as into Ireland to the resistance whereof hir maiestie and hir realme was forced to be at greater charges than euer she had béene since she was quéene thereof And so by Gods power which he gaue to hir on the one part she did by hir lawes suppresse the seditious stirrers of rebellion in hir realme of England and by line 30 hir sword vanquished all the popes forces in hir realme of Ireland excepting certeine capteines of marke that were saued from the sword
the whole course of courts being about two hundred were vnloden the laborers with their shouels and béetels plied to make euen the wall against another course came Sometimes they wrought a whole daie or two and laid downe manie thousand lodes of earth and chalke and no increase séene at night of the worke either in higth or length in so much as manie supposed that the earth was rather washed awaie than line 40 sunke And in truth some part thereof was carried awaie with the floud in a rough tide for all the water in the hauen was manie times discoloured therewith especiallie vntill sir Thomas Scot tooke order that before euerie floud not onelie each side of the wall but the end also should be armed with fagot in the morning or after noone when returne was made to the works the end where they were to procéed should be vnarmed againe which néeded not be doone to the sides for they carried the whole line 50 breadth of the wall with them But in truth the weight of the wall with the continuall passage thervpon made the whole worke to sinke to the verie rocke being from the top of the chanell sixtéene foot and from the face of the water at the floud almost as much more But in the end it was a woonder to see how the multitude of carriages being well plied preuailed euen ouer the floud which though it rose exceeding fast and was come to the verie brinke or vppermost lane of the wall a new course of courts came from time to time and supplied line 60 the want which if it should haue staied a minut longer would haue turned to great losse for they could haue wrought no longer that tide In this maner they procéeded vntill there was made of the crosse wall about fiue and twentie rods which they wrought alwaies as they went aboue the high water marke otherwise it could neuer haue béene performâ—â— and so they passed through the chanell or riuer and caried the wall beyond the same thrée or foure rods so as the backe water or chanell had no issue to passe downe into the sea but as it rose aboue â—he flats and ran awaie before the end of the wall whense they continuallie droue it further and further by lengthening the same Howbe it by this meanes they wrought alwaies in the water which was verie discommodious This riuer therefore manie men would haue had turned some other waie otherwise it was thought that this wall could not haue béene made the turning whereof would haue béene diuerse waies inconuenient First for the extreame charge secondlie the hauens mouth would for want héereof haue soone béene swarued vp thirdlie Poins his worke which cost one thousand two hundred pounds should haue bin hereby frustrated fourthlie the hauen all that time and all passage vnto Douer had beene vtterlie taken awaie to the great hinderance and vndooing of the townsmen there But sir Thomas Scot who imploied his head and mind to séeke all aduantages for the setting forward of this worke and had conceiued a perfect plot for the finishing of the same caused a cut to be made in the wall and a small fluse to be laid in the verie place where the chaâ—ell did first run which serued for the time not onelie to giue naturall passage to the riuer and to mainteine the hauens mouth but as a bridge also for the courts to passe ouer the water to the further end of the wall which now by this meanes remained drie and free from water vntill the floud to the great aduantage and commodiâ—ie of the worke This sluse was composed with two arches in length sixtie foot besides the splaies at each end in breadth eight foot and in depth also eight food and the charge thereof amounted not to aboue one hundred marks In truth the laieng of this sluse was a verie dangerous and difficult peece of worke and the executioners thereof worthie of commendation for with great courage to doo their â—â—â—â—trie seruice they aduentured their liues in more perill than I can well expresse Manie were aâ—â—onied to behold the dangerous case of the workemen and diuerse departed from the place as being loth to sée the poore mens destruction Wherein the said Reginald Smith and the Romneie marshmen dealt with great dexteriâ—ie and courage when all other almost had giuen it ouer persisting in continuall and extreame trauell thereabouts by the space of two daies and one night without intermission After the cut was digged thorough the wall the sluse was laid by peecemeale at the direction of him and the foresaid Richard Coast William Norris and Iohn Bowle whose hands were as busie also as anie others in the dooing thereof And as they were trauelling hereabouts the weight of the wall it selfe with the earth cast out of the trench therevnto and the multitude of the beholders standing thereon made a clift or crase therein consisting of manie hundred lodes of earth which declined towards the cut where they wrought to laie the sluse and was redie to fall vpon them all so as they were faine to sustaine the side therof with shores which they supported chéefelie with their owne force Which if they had not doone with great art labour by the space of diuersâ— hours together the wall had fallen into the place where the sluse should haue béene laid to the destruction of sundrie people and to the discomfort of manie belonging to the works But these marshmen neuer gaue ouer till euerie sticke thereof was laid at what time ech man reioised that meant well to the works and diuerse bestowed rewards vpon the workemen and praise was giuen to God for his fauour shewed in that behalfe This worke being thus performed the courts which during that time were altogither set to worke at maister lieutenants wall did now diuide themselues againe and returne to worke as before at sir Thomas Scots wall and at euerie side wrought with singular diligence great facilitie And God so fauored those works as there were not lost in all that summer by meanes of foule wether aboue thrée daies and a halfe wherein either courts or laborers were put from their worke and in all those busines not one person slaine and yet almost in euerie action belonging therevnto there was imminent danger as first you heard in the laieng of the sluâ—e And manie times in digging of chalke they stood in the cliffe and vndermined it so as sometimes an line 10 hundred lode fell downe at once from vnder their feet and sometimes from aboue their heads and yet through Gods goodnes their diligent care all escaped without hurt sauing two persons vpon whom great chalke rocks much abundance of earth did fall and yet were recouered without losse of life or of lim In the passage also of the courts if by chance either man or boie had fallen downe amongest them as sometimes some did the hill was so stéepe at some
Deceaseth hir praise 285. b 30. Hir buriall 288. b 20 Queene Elisabeth crowned and annointed queene 768. a 60. Deliuered of hir first sonne 769. b 10. Forward and redie to further the vniting of the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke 742. a 10 20.30 Taketh sanctuarie 715. b 60. Hir desolut estate 716. a 30 Queene Elisabeth late wife to Edward the fourth 615. b. 30 Adiudged to forfeit all hir lands for promise breaking 765 b 40. She liueth a miserable and wretched life she erected a college in Cambridge b 50.60 Inconstant she allureth hir sonne the marquesse Dorsset home out of France 750 b 20.30 The cardinall thought the fittest man to deale with hir for the surrendring of hir sonne reasons whie it was thought meet to fetch him out of sanctuarie the duke of Buckinghams words vnto hir 717. a 40. b 10.40 Hir answers to the persuaders she is loth to part with hir sonne hir mistrust of the lord protector she faleth to a resolution touching hir sonnes deliuerie 719. a 60. b 10.30 Queene Elisabeth Greie wife to Edward the fourth 668. a 40. Hir father and brother beheaded note 673. a 30. Deliuered of a prince the same christened like a poore mans child 677. b 10 Queene Elisabeth surnamed the good deceaseth 791. a 10 Queene Elisabeth of Castile dieth with issue male 792. b 20 Queen Elisabeth second daughter to Henrie the eight borne and christened the statelie order thereof note 934. b 20. Proclamed queene the beginning of hir reigne hir remooue from Hatfield the flourishing estate of this land vnder hir reigne 1170 b 10.20.40.50 Hir remooue to the Tower to Summerset house 1171. a 10.20 Hir praier as she went to be crowned 1180. a 10. Crowned 1180. a 30. Desirous to know the meaning of the representations of the pagents 1173. b 30. Listeneth to a childs oration 1174. b 40. Hir promise with thanks to the citie of London 1175. a 20. b 60. Remooueth from Westminster to the Tower by water from thense to Westminster through London saluteth them that salute hir pagents and shewes of reioising 1172. all Hir words vnto the lord maior of London 1176 a 30. She receiueth Verbum Dei kisseth it and laieth it in hir lap b 50. She thinketh vpon the cities charge how willing she was to heare a childs speach 1177 b 20. The cities farewell vnto hir going out at Temple barre 1178 b 60. Hir last words to the citie by waie of promise 1178 a 30. Notes of hir mercie c. a 60. Hir humilitie in receiuing verie trifles thankfullie b 30. Not forgetfull to glorifie God who glorified hir b 60 A motion made to hir in the parlement house touching mariage with hir answer therto hir promise 1181 a 20 40. c. b 20. Determineth to aid the Scots suing for aid 1186 b 40.1187 a 10. Sued vnto out of Denmarke about mariage 1185. b 10 20. Furnisheth hir land with armor and munition 1193. b 60. Greeued with the losse of Paules steeple hir beneuolence towards the reparing thereof 1194 a 40. And what causes mooued hir to send a power into France 1195. a 30. b 10.30.40 Hir progresse to through Cambridge hir oration to the vniuersitie 1206. b 20 c. To Oxford she maketh an oration to the vniuersitie 1209. a 60. b 10. Hir owne words importing how deerelie she loueth hir people 1221. b 30. Hir manifold vertues b 50. Goeth to the Bursie being finished nameth it the Roiall exchange 1224. a 60. Hir destruction deuised to be practised ¶ See Priests seminarie and note it well Hir answer to the maior of Norwich his oration 1289. a 20. Incouraging words vnto Stephan Lambert redie to make an oration vnto hir 1294. b 30. She highlie commendeth â— 1296. a 20. Hir behauiour â—fter all hir welcomming 12â—7 a 20. Hir departure from thâ— citie heauilie taken 1298. a 10 20. Hir words at hir 〈◊〉 with water in hir eies b 40 Hir progresse into Suffolk and Northfolke with th whole manner of the sumptuous sights and whatsoeueâ— else was deuised for pleasur and delight 1287. a 30. 128â— c to 1299. In dâ—nger of gunshot being in he priâ—ie barge 1310. b 10. The pâ—ace of hir abode during he time of hir tarriance in Norwich 1291 a 60. Accomâ—â—nieth the duke of Alanson tâ— Canturburie 1330 a 30. â—0 An intention to murtherhir and the partie executo 1356. a 50. She giueth ad to the defense of the low countries whie so mooued to doo 1414. a 50. c. to 1419. a 10. Shamefullie slandered by hir enimies and the same answered note 1418 a 30. c. Hir oration to the pâ—rlement house note 1396. a 50. c. Hir magnanimitie knowing Parries vowed treasons against hir yet concealing it 1391 a 60. Parries treasonable practises to kill hir and vndoo the whole realme note well 1382. a 50. 60. c. to 1385. Hir magnanimitie in suffering a knowne and sworne traitor against hir to haue accesse vnto and talke with hir 1383. a 20. Conspired against and hir depriuation sought by traitors note 1370. a 40.50.60 b 10. c. to 1375. ¶ See Elisabeth and Babington Queene Iane proclamed with sound of trumpet queene of England 1084. b 10. ¶ See Iane. Queene Iane deceseth 544 b 40 Queene Ione late wife to king Henrie the fourth arrested by the duke of Bedford and committed 568. b 10 Queene Isabell the wife of king Edward the second 318. b 60 319. a 10 Queene Isabell the second wife of king Iohn 162. a 30 Queene Isabell wife vnto king Richard the second transported into France 519. a 60. And conueied to Paris hir second marriage b 10.20 Queene Isabell married vnto Hugh Brune erle of March 202. a 60 Queene Katharine hir coronation the wife of king Henrie the fift 578. b 60. Solemnitie there â—9 a 10 Saileth into Fâ— 581 b 60 Queeâ—â—atharines coronation traiâ— and sumptuousnesse 80â— c. Deliuered of hir 〈…〉 named Henrie 807. a 2 Chooseth lawiers in hir 〈◊〉 to iustifie hir mariage 〈…〉 speech in 〈◊〉 of the court she auouchâ—â—e coniunction good she â—â—â—â—rteth out of the court 〈◊〉 againe 907 a 10.50 〈◊〉 Procureth a cursse 〈◊〉 king Henrie the eight 〈◊〉 his realme from the pope â—â—6 a 60. Hâ—r words vpon 〈◊〉 motion of a diuorse standâ—th stiffe in the lawfulnesse of â—ir mariage 927. a 10. c b 60 Accuseth cardinall Woolseie hath communication with the cardinall in hir priuie chamber refuseth to make sudden answer to a diuorse 908. a 30. b 10.20 Is diuorsed from king Henrie the eight 929. b 60 930. a 10. Princesse Dowiger 929. b 30. Deceaseth 939. b 20 Queene Katharine hir parames detected of incontinent liuâ—g 954. b 30.40 c. She is attinted by parlement sent to theTower and beheaded 955. 30.40 c. 50 Queâ—e Marie commeth vnto Lâ—don 1088. b 50. Proclamâ— queene 1088. a 30. Hir cornation pompe and traine 10â— a 20. Hir mariage diueâ— diuerslie affected theraboâ— and what
admerall Clinton sent against the rebels The rebels dare not stand to the triall of battell The earles of Northumberland Westmerland flie into Scotland Rebelles executed at Durham A prentise hanged in London for killing his maister Rich. Grafton Lord Leonard Dacres rebelleth The lord Dacres readie with his power to set vpon the lord of Hunsdon Stout women among the rebels Leonard Dacres put to flight taketh his waie into Scotland Iohn Stow. Rebelles executed at Yorke Knaues mire The earle of Penbroke deceased D. Powell in hist. Camb. pag. 399. The earle of Sussex inuâ—â—deth Scotland The Mosse tower Sir Iohn Forster witâ— his companiâ—â— enter inâ—o Tiuidall They come to Iedworth and are interâ—â—â—ed The lard of Sesford with the principals of his alies submit themselues The castell of Ferniherst burned At Minto â—oth the armies met The Scots of Howike their breach of coâ—enant Why the lord of Drumlanerikes goods were saued from the fire 〈◊〉 An house of the lard of Buclewghs blowne vp with powder Nothing but wast spoile by fire and sword The lord lieutenants purpose to besiege Hume castell What castels piles were ouerthrowne and spoiled in this voiage The lord Scroope with his power The marches of England garded against the enimie The marshall sent before to Hume castell The order taken by the earle of Sussex for the safeâ—ie of the armie Hume castell besieged The earle of Sussex vieweth the castell of Hume A Mount raised at the lord lieutenants commandement Batterie made against Hume castell The master gunner within the castell hurt The Scots sue for a respit of war The capteins within Hume castell The lord lieutenant sweareth The lord lieutenants commandement on painâ— of death The castell of Hume deliuered to the marshall Two Englishmen staied and after executed Capteine 〈◊〉 and capteine Pikman The lord lieutenant 〈◊〉 of an 〈◊〉 Iohn Stow Englishmen put into the castell to keepe it The earle of Chatellerault â—s complices purpose war against the â—ings part Master William Drurie goeth with the earle of Lennox against the earle of Chatellerault c. The lord lieutenants oration implieng obedience of the souldiors to their new generall Knights made by the earle of Sussex Comes Sussexiâ—â— Camerarius Hostages deliuered by the Scotish lords on the kings side The horsmen and footmen incampe at Dunbar Scotish lords of the kings side The duke of Chatellerault breaketh vp his campe The yoong king at Sterling The generall goeth to view Dunbreton The generall sendeth to know who was within the castell c. Lord Fleming is required to come to parlee with the generall The dishonorable dealing of the lord Fleming Sir William Drurie goeth againe towards Dunbreton He sendeth to view the ground where he should 〈◊〉 with the lord Fleming This is a coÌ„mon fault in the Scots Scotish honestie The lord Flemings double â—â—â—ling Sir George Câ—â—eis sute â— Churchâ—â—â—â— A letter of chalenge sent to the lord Fleming The lord Fleming charged with treacheâ—â— With pride harmefull meaning and vaineglorie The lord Flemings defense against the charge of treacherie Lord Fleming beareth him bold of his gentrie Sir George Carie voweth to mainteine no lesse than he hath written The lord Fleming in séeking to excuse accuseth himselfe the more manifestlie Sir George Careie his answer to the lord Flemings brag of his gentrie Oh valiant heart A muster of Scotishmen to the number of 4000. The armie goeth toward Hamilton Sir William Drurie talketh with the capteine of Hamilton castell The English ordinance shooteth at the castell The duchesse of Chatellerault committed to the charge of an English knight Great ordinance sent for The earles of Lennox and Morton The abbeit of Kilwinnings burnt The castell summoned The castell of Hamilton battered The castell eftsoones summoned The capteine of the castell demandeth parlée The ladie of Lidington 〈◊〉 Churchâ—â—â—d 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 threatâ—â— to be 〈◊〉 The earle of Morton an â—â—tercessor for 〈◊〉 towne of 〈◊〉 Lithquo spaâ—ed from deserued destruction The prouost 〈◊〉 other enâ—â—â—ands The duke of Chatelleraults palace burned Neitherie The ladie Seton Some of the English armie spoiled in Edenburgh T. Church-yard Sir Thomas Maners with his two bands vnder one ensigne Restitution made of things taken awaie from the souldiors Seton castell spared at the sute of the ladie Anderwike saued from ruine by occasion The happie successe of the foresaid viage vndertaken by the English I. Stow. A bull from Rome hanged on the bishop of Londons gate A. F. Sée the view of a seditious bull ripped vp by Iohn Iewell late bishop of Salisburie printed 1582. a Pag. 3. b Pag. 7. c Pag. 23. d Pag. 36. e Pag. 42. f Pag. 4â— g Pag. 49. h Pag. 50. i Pag 63. k Pag. 67. l Pag. 74. m Pag. 79. a Pag. 3. b Pag. 7. c Pag. 23. d Pag. 36. e Pag. 42. f Pag. 45. g Pag. 49. h Pag. 50. i Pag. 63. k Pag. 67 l Pag. 74. m Pag. 79. Sée the vâ—e 〈◊〉 of the seditious bull pag. 72 73. The quéenes words Multiplâ—â— Elisabethâ— virius The Nortons executed Conspiracie in Norffolke and wherevpon it tooke beginning The duke of Norffolke remooued Felton arreigned with other offendors and all â—ondemned Felton and others executed for treason A iourneie into Scotland by the earle of Sussex â—ast by fire and sword in Scotland Knights made by the earle of Sussex Tempest by sea and land which did much hurt Tho. Knell What hurt this tempest did in Bedfordshire A woonder of an hole made in the ground by a water-course What hurt this tempest did in the countie of Norffolke A péece of Yarmouth bridge borne awaie with water What hurt this tempest did in the bishoprike of Elie. What hurt this tempest did in Lincolneshire Thréescore sea vessels lost in this tempest Great losse of cattell both great and small Scripture abused What hurt this tempest did in Huntingtonshire A man woonderfullie preserued from drowning What hurt this tempest did in Staffordshire and Warwikeshire Hurt in Buâ—kinghamshire by this tempest Hurt in Sussex by this sudden inundation of waters A strange euent wrought by the inflowing of the water A new hauen and the same like to continue Hurt in Kent by the same tempest and breaking in oâ— the streame A boie drowned after he was dead Hurt in Essex Hurt doone by 〈◊〉 teÌ„pest in Suffolke and Oxford Anno Reg. 13. The quéenes â—â—ing to the Bursse after 〈◊〉 was finiâ—hed She giueth it 〈◊〉 name the Roiall exchange A strange kind of earth moouing in the countie of Hereford Sir Thomas Sackuille ambassador to the French king His interteinement verie honorable The first 〈◊〉 of the lord ambassadors audience The lord ambassadors liberalitie The riuer of Saine not passable with vessels The ambassador returneth into EnglaÌ„d A parlement at Westminster A subsidie Iusts at Westminster at the tilt iourneie and barriers Doctor Storie executed for high treason Abr. Fl ex Iohan. Foxi martyrologio Stories â—â—ucation and birth Storie a bloudie