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         Assheton, William, 1641-1711.
      
       
         
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             The cry of royal innocent blood heard and answered being a true and impartial account of Gods extraordinary and signal judgments upon regicides : with an historical relation of the deposing, murthering, and assasinating of several kings of England, Scotland, France, &c. ...
             Assheton, William, 1641-1711.
          
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           Regicides.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           CRY
           OF
           Royal
           Innocent
           Blood
           ,
           Heard
           and
           Answered
           :
           Being
           a
           True
           and
           Impartial
           Account
           of
           Gods
           extraordinary
           and
           Signal
           Judgments
           upon
           REGICIDES
           .
        
         
           With
           an
           Historical
           Relation
           of
           the
           Deposing
           ,
           Murthering
           ,
           and
           Assasinating
           of
           several
           Kings
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
             ,
             &c.
          
           for
           near
           600
           years
           last
           past
           .
           With
           the
           Plots
           ,
           Conspiracies
           ,
           Means
           and
           Methods
           that
           were
           used
           to
           compass
           their
           destruction
           .
        
         
           As
           likewise
           Gods
           signal
           Vengeance
           immediately
           succeeding
           such
           Tragedies
           ,
           upon
           the
           Nations
           in
           which
           they
           were
           suffered
           to
           be
           perpetrated
           ,
           as
           Famine
           ,
           War
           ,
           Pestilence
           ,
           Murraine
           of
           Cattle
           ,
           Fires
           ,
           Earthquakes
           ,
           and
           Inundations
           .
        
         
           Worthy
           the
           perusal
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           may
           serve
           as
           an
           Antidote
           against
           Faction
           and
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           
             Touch
             not
             my
             Anointed
             ,
             nor
             do
             my
             Prophets
             no
             harm
             ,
          
           
             
               Psal
               .
               105.15
            
             .
          
        
         
           Entred
           according
           to
           Order
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Daniel
             Brown
          
           at
           the
           Black-Swan
           and
           Bible
           without
           Temple-Bar
           ,
           and
           
             Tho.
             Benskin
          
           in
           St.
           Brides
           Church-Yard
           Fleet-Street
           ,
           1683.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             
               K
               Edmund
               the
               30
               Mon
               of
               the
               Enalishmen
               Assasianated
               .
            
             
               K·
               Edward
               the
               II.
               Deposed
               &
               Murthered
            
             
               K·
               Richard
               the
               II.
               Deposed
               &
               Murtherd
               .
            
             
               K·
               Henry
               the
               VI.
               Deposed
               &
               Murthered
            
             
               K
               Edward
               the
               V.
               Murthered
               .
            
             
               K·
               Henry
               the
               III
               of
               Fra
               Assasianated
            
             
               K
               Henry
               the
               IIII
               of
               Fra
               Assasinated
            
             
               Henry
               Stewart
               K
               of
               Scotland
               Murthered
            
             
               K·
               Charles
               the
               I.
               Martyred
            
             
               Printed
               for
               Dan
               Browne
               and
               Tho.
               Benskin
               1683
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           REader
           ,
           what
           ever
           thou
           art
           ,
           consider
           well
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           in
           which
           as
           in
           a
           Mirrour
           ,
           you
           may
           behold
           the
           Machivilian
           Policies
           of
           Wicked
           and
           desperate
           Men
           ,
           formed
           to
           bring
           about
           their
           Diabolical
           purposes
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           observe
           how
           the
           unerring
           hand
           of
           Divine
           Vengeance
           has
           overwhelmed
           them
           with
           swift
           destruction
           ;
           for
           what
           greater
           Affront
           can
           be
           offered
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           
           then
           with
           Sacralegious
           Hands
           to
           shed
           the
           Blood
           of
           his
           Anointed
           ,
           even
           those
           whom
           himself
           has
           Chosen
           from
           amongst
           all
           the
           Sons
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           bear
           his
           Sacred
           Character
           ,
           and
           Govern
           as
           his
           Vice-Gerents
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           on
           whom
           he
           has
           doubly
           Stamp'd
           his
           bless'd
           Idea
           ,
           and
           has
           declared
           that
           by
           him
           they
           Reign
           ,
           and
           Honoured
           them
           with
           Titles
           above
           the
           ordinary
           rank
           of
           Men
           ,
           viz.
           
             I
             have
             said
             ye
             are
             Gods
             ,
             &c.
          
           as
           indeed
           they
           are
           Gods
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           to
           Execute
           Justice
           
           upon
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           Cherrish
           the
           Virtuous
           ,
           against
           whom
           the
           wise
           Man
           says
           there
           is
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           )
           no
           rising
           up
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           speak
           Evil
           of
           them
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           yet
           such
           have
           been
           the
           Hellish
           Engins
           raised
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           that
           (
           not
           regarding
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           nor
           his
           Vice-Gerents
           )
           contrary
           to
           all
           Oaths
           ▪
           and
           strictest
           Ties
           ,
           have
           not
           feared
           to
           perpetrate
           such
           Villanies
           as
           in
           their
           effects
           have
           made
           
           whole
           Kingdoms
           groan
           ,
           but
           added
           Guilt
           to
           Guilt
           ,
           by
           making
           Religion
           the
           Cloak
           of
           their
           Horrid
           Impieties
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           wherein
           their
           Villanies
           were
           Acted
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           they
           insinuated
           into
           the
           unthinking
           Plebeans
           )
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           effected
           ,
           or
           that
           all
           things
           would
           sink
           into
           inevitable
           Ruin
           ,
           when
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           these
           Instruments
           of
           Satan
           ,
           were
           brooding
           more
           miseries
           and
           dire
           Calamities
           then
           Pandoras-Box
           contained
           ,
           
           Plagues
           to
           Afflict
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           turn
           all
           things
           into
           Confusion
           ,
           though
           for
           the
           most
           part
           the
           Pitt
           that
           they
           digged
           for
           others
           ,
           themselves
           have
           fallen
           into
           ,
           for
           it
           has
           been
           observed
           ,
           how
           crafty
           so
           ever
           the
           Regicides
           of
           all
           Ages
           have
           been
           to
           bring
           about
           their
           amazing
           Impieties
           ,
           yet
           none
           of
           them
           sooner
           or
           later
           have
           escaped
           the
           Hand
           of
           Divine
           Vengeance
           ,
           either
           in
           some
           Signal
           and
           Exemplary
           Punishment
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           wounds
           of
           a
           torturing
           Conscience
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           as
           is
           at
           large
           discovered
           in
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           contains
           the
           Tragedies
           of
           many
           good
           Kings
           of
           these
           latter
           Ages
           ,
           Deposed
           and
           Murthered
           by
           their
           Subjects
           (
           or
           rather
           Devils
           in
           the
           Shapes
           of
           Men
           )
           especially
           such
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           have
           come
           to
           
           untimely
           Ends
           by
           such
           means
           ,
           for
           Six
           Hundred
           Years
           past
           ;
           together
           with
           Compendious
           Histories
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Reigns
           ,
           and
           the
           Calamities
           that
           thereupon
           have
           befallen
           this
           and
           other
           Nations
           ;
           Worthy
           the
           perusal
           of
           all
           Persons
           ,
           and
           may
           serve
           as
           a
           terrible
           Memento
           ,
           or
           Warning-Peice
           to
           those
           whose
           Consciences
           Start
           not
           (
           when
           either
           Ambition
           or
           Profit
           is
           the
           Master
           )
           at
           the
           Horridest
           Impiety
           that
           Hell
           can
           Dictate
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CRY
           OF
           ROYAL
           BLOOD
           Heard
           &
           Answered
           :
           OR
           ,
           An
           Historical
           Account
           of
           the
           Deposing
           ,
           Murthering
           ,
           &c.
           of
           several
           KINGS
           of
           
             England
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           of
           Gods
           severe
           Vengeance
           on
           the
           Regicides
           .
        
         
           
             AMongst
             the
             many
             Crimes
             that
             hasten
             Heavens
             vengeance
             on
             wretched
             miscreants
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             so
             vile
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Worlds
             Creator
             (
             
               who
               is
               a
               God
               of
               purer
               Eyes
               than
               to
               behold
               iniquity
            
             )
             than
             the
             
             loud
             Tongu'd
             Scarlet
             Crime
             of
             shedding
             innocent
             Blood
             ;
             a
             sin
             so
             heinous
             ,
             that
             it
             seldom
             escapes
             Exemplary
             punishment
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             deterr
             barbarous
             wretches
             from
             violating
             the
             Persons
             ,
             and
             bereeving
             of
             Life
             those
             on
             whom
             God
             has
             been
             pleased
             to
             impress
             his
             Sacred
             Stamp
             ,
             by
             Inspiring
             them
             with
             immortal
             Souls
             ,
             and
             setting
             before
             them
             a
             large
             prospect
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Eternal
             happiness
             ;
             but
             more
             immediately
             when
             Hell-born
             Villains
             dare
             Murther
             those
             on
             whom
             his
             Sacred
             Image
             is
             doubly
             stamped
             ,
             as
             Kings
             and
             Men
             ,
             
               against
               whom
               they
               should
               not
               imagine
               evil
               ,
               no
               not
               in
               their
               hearts
               .
            
             But
             since
             History
             abounds
             with
             the
             relation
             of
             such
             execrable
             Treasons
             ,
             and
             villainous
             Assassinations
             ,
             I
             shall
             make
             it
             the
             subsequent
             discourse
             of
             this
             Treatise
             to
             lay
             open
             the
             nature
             and
             manner
             of
             those
             amazing
             Tragedies
             ,
             by
             what
             means
             and
             treasonable
             divices
             ,
             the
             Regicides
             of
             almost
             all
             Ages
             have
             accomplished
             their
             most
             pernicious
             Enterprizes
             ;
             and
             how
             Heavens
             vengeance
             with
             a
             level
             aim
             ,
             at
             first
             or
             last
             has
             hit
             them
             sure
             ,
             and
             brought
             them
             to
             destruction
             .
          
           
             Passing
             over
             the
             Murthers
             of
             
               Agamemnon
               ,
               Darius
               ,
               Alexander
            
             the
             Great
             ,
             
               Hannibal
               ,
               Pompey
               ,
               Caesar
            
             and
             divers
             other
             Emperours
             ,
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             who
             fell
             by
             treachery
             ,
             and
             whose
             Blood
             was
             thorowly
             revenged
             on
             the
             Murtherers
             ,
             even
             when
             they
             supposed
             themselves
             the
             most
             secure
             ,
             I
             shall
             proceed
             to
             more
             modern
             times
             ,
             and
             not
             
             exceeding
             670.
             years
             past
             :
             And
             First
             ,
             I
             shall
             begin
             with
             the
             Murther
             of
             good
             King
             Edmund
             ,
             Sirnamed
             the
             Ironside
             ,
             being
             the
             thirty
             third
             Monarch
             of
             the
             English-men
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             of
             the
             Saxon
             Line
             ,
             succeeding
             his
             Father
             King
             Ethelred
             ,
             was
             Crowned
             at
             Kingstone
             upon
             Thames
             ,
             by
             Livingus
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             on
             the
             16
             of
             
               April
               ,
               Anno
            
             1016.
             
             At
             what
             time
             the
             
               Pagan
               Danes
            
             ,
             with
             bloody
             cruelties
             insested
             this
             Island
             ,
             destroying
             and
             burning
             all
             before
             them
             ,
             without
             regard
             to
             either
             Sex
             or
             Age.
             But
             such
             was
             the
             success
             of
             this
             valiant
             King
             ,
             that
             he
             not
             only
             put
             a
             stop
             to
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             but
             gave
             them
             many
             fatal
             overthrows
             ,
             and
             had
             past
             all
             dispute
             forced
             them
             to
             have
             left
             the
             prey
             ,
             the
             which
             so
             long
             with
             bloody
             hands
             so
             eagerly
             they
             grasped
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             the
             prodigious
             Treasons
             of
             the
             Monster
             Edrick
             ,
             a
             Person
             who
             by
             this
             Kings
             means
             ,
             during
             the
             Reign
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             though
             ill
             deserving
             such
             a
             Title
             ,
             had
             been
             created
             a
             Duke
             ,
             and
             was
             now
             General
             of
             King
             Edmund's
             Army
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             power
             of
             such
             a
             trust
             ,
             sought
             by
             all
             means
             the
             downfal
             of
             his
             Lord
             ,
             which
             to
             his
             Eternal
             Infamy
             he
             at
             last
             effected
             ,
             as
             shall
             hereafter
             be
             related
             .
          
           
             Long
             time
             had
             this
             treacherous
             Duke
             sought
             opportunity
             to
             bring
             the
             good
             King
             to
             destruction
             ,
             but
             success
             so
             waited
             on
             his
             Arms
             ,
             that
             for
             a
             long
             time
             no
             advantage
             could
             be
             proposed
             ;
             
             for
             had
             he
             done
             it
             whilst
             the
             Danes
             were
             weak
             ,
             his
             hopes
             had
             been
             frustrated
             :
             Yet
             growing
             impatient
             of
             delay
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             make
             some
             attempt
             to
             bring
             about
             his
             wicked
             purpose
             .
             And
             therefore
             a
             fierce
             Battel
             being
             begun
             between
             the
             English
             and
             Danes
             at
             Sherostan
             in
             Worcester-shire
             ,
             which
             continued
             bloody
             and
             doubtful
             for
             two
             days
             ;
             but
             in
             end
             the
             Danes
             beginning
             to
             shrink
             ,
             Edrick
             presently
             cut
             off
             the
             Head
             of
             one
             of
             his
             own
             Soldiers
             ,
             named
             Osmearus
             ;
             like
             the
             King
             in
             Hair
             ,
             shape
             of
             his
             Beard
             and
             Countenance
             ,
             held
             it
             upon
             his
             bloody
             Sword
             ,
             still
             gasping
             ,
             and
             cried
             to
             the
             English
             Host
             ,
             fly
             wretches
             ,
             fly
             ,
             get
             you
             away
             for
             your
             King
             is
             slain
             ,
             behold
             his
             Head
             ,
             therefore
             seek
             now
             to
             save
             your
             own
             Lives
             .
          
           
             The
             fight
             so
             daunted
             the
             courage
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             who
             entirely
             loved
             their
             King
             ,
             that
             the
             Battel
             began
             to
             swerve
             ,
             and
             wanted
             but
             little
             of
             plain
             flight
             ,
             which
             had
             certainly
             been
             ,
             had
             not
             King
             Edmund
             understood
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             instantly
             from
             a
             high
             place
             shewed
             himself
             to
             his
             Soldiers
             ,
             with
             many
             words
             of
             incouragement
             stayed
             them
             in
             their
             Ranks
             ,
             and
             by
             entering
             amongst
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Squadrons
             ,
             given
             them
             new
             vigour
             ,
             so
             that
             plainly
             perceiving
             the
             treachery
             ,
             they
             bent
             their
             Bows
             against
             the
             Traitour
             ,
             and
             had
             dispatched
             him
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             sunk
             into
             the
             Rear
             :
             Yet
             they
             turned
             their
             fury
             upon
             the
             Danes
             and
             made
             great
             slaughter
             ,
             even
             till
             the
             Field
             
             was
             coloured
             with
             Blood
             ,
             continuing
             the
             Fight
             till
             Night
             parted
             them
             .
             At
             what
             time
             the
             treacherous
             Duke
             came
             to
             the
             Kings
             Tent
             ,
             and
             after
             much
             seeming
             submission
             ,
             excused
             his
             Treason
             ,
             by
             alleadging
             he
             was
             mistaken
             in
             the
             Countenance
             of
             the
             Man
             ,
             and
             thirsting
             to
             save
             English
             Blood
             ,
             advised
             them
             to
             shift
             for
             themselves
             :
             As
             for
             the
             former
             part
             of
             the
             excuse
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             doubted
             but
             he
             spoke
             true
             ;
             for
             that
             day
             the
             King
             was
             disguised
             in
             the
             Battel
             ,
             and
             this
             wretch
             who
             sought
             his
             destruction
             ,
             might
             in
             the
             hurry
             take
             Osmearus
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             cause
             slew
             him
             .
             But
             such
             was
             the
             goodness
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             his
             dissimulation
             gained
             belief
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             again
             received
             into
             favour
             ,
             though
             contrary
             to
             the
             mind
             of
             the
             Kings
             Council
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             had
             him
             banished
             ,
             and
             well
             had
             it
             been
             for
             King
             Edmund
             ,
             had
             their
             advice
             been
             taken
             ;
             for
             a
             treacherous
             friend
             is
             more
             dangerous
             than
             an
             open
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             This
             stratagem
             failing
             ,
             the
             Danes
             raised
             their
             Camp
             in
             the
             dead
             of
             Night
             ,
             and
             Marched
             with
             all
             speed
             towards
             London
             ,
             which
             City
             continued
             Loyal
             to
             King
             Edmund
             during
             his
             Life
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             the
             next
             Morning
             having
             notice
             of
             the
             Danes
             departure
             followed
             with
             all
             his
             Host
             to
             prevent
             the
             spoil
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             swift
             Marches
             ,
             so
             terrified
             the
             Danes
             ,
             that
             they
             altered
             the
             purpose
             they
             had
             to
             besiege
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             entered
             it
             in
             Triumph
             .
             And
             two
             days
             after
             having
             
             refreshed
             his
             Army
             ,
             resolved
             to
             follow
             his
             advantage
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             Marching
             to
             Branford
             ,
             where
             the
             Danes
             were
             Encamped
             ,
             he
             gave
             them
             a
             great
             overthrow
             ;
             which
             Edrick
             perceiving
             ,
             and
             fearing
             the
             Danes
             would
             be
             forced
             to
             leave
             the
             Land
             ,
             he
             advised
             King
             Edmund
             to
             make
             a
             truce
             with
             them
             ,
             using
             so
             many
             Arguments
             that
             he
             prevailed
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             even
             when
             he
             had
             them
             all
             at
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             therefore
             leaving
             London
             ,
             he
             retired
             into
             the
             West
             .
          
           
             The
             Danes
             no
             sooner
             perceived
             themselves
             free
             from
             danger
             ,
             but
             they
             fell
             to
             plundering
             and
             burning
             as
             fearfully
             as
             ever
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             King
             again
             to
             advance
             ,
             and
             entering
             Kent
             with
             his
             Army
             ,
             near
             unto
             Oateford
             ,
             he
             gave
             them
             Battel
             ,
             which
             continued
             doubtful
             and
             bloody
             for
             the
             space
             of
             four
             hours
             .
             When
             the
             Danes
             Vauntgard
             giving
             back
             ,
             their
             Horse
             upon
             the
             Right
             advanced
             ,
             yet
             fell
             soon
             into
             disorder
             ,
             and
             retiring
             amongst
             the
             Foot
             put
             them
             to
             the
             rout
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             were
             slain
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             leaving
             above
             four
             thousand
             dead
             on
             the
             place
             ;
             when
             of
             the
             English
             there
             died
             not
             above
             six
             hundred
             ,
             and
             here
             had
             not
             the
             Traitour
             Edrick
             stopped
             the
             English
             in
             pursuit
             of
             their
             Enemy
             ,
             by
             laying
             before
             them
             the
             danger
             of
             an
             Ambush
             ,
             the
             Danes
             had
             never
             more
             been
             able
             to
             have
             made
             Head.
             But
             by
             this
             means
             they
             had
             leisure
             to
             pass
             into
             Essex
             ,
             and
             send
             for
             recruits
             from
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             and
             then
             began
             to
             tyrannize
             as
             much
             as
             
             ever
             ,
             which
             caused
             King
             Edmund
             to
             enter
             Essex
             with
             his
             Army
             flushed
             with
             many
             Victories
             ,
             and
             at
             Ashdon
             three
             Miles
             from
             Saffron-Walden
             ,
             gave
             them
             Battel
             ,
             which
             was
             fiercely
             maintained
             on
             either
             side
             for
             many
             hours
             ,
             till
             in
             the
             end
             the
             Danes
             began
             to
             recoil
             ,
             which
             Edrick
             perceiving
             ,
             drew
             off
             his
             Party
             ,
             and
             fell
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             they
             became
             Victorious
             :
             So
             that
             there
             died
             of
             the
             English
             Nobility
             ,
             Dukes
             ,
             
               Alfred
               ,
               Godwin
               ,
               Athelword
               ,
               Athelwin
               ,
            
             and
             Earl
             Urchin
             ,
             together
             with
             Cadnoth
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             Woolsey
             Abbot
             of
             Ramsey
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             of
             the
             Clergy
             that
             were
             come
             thither
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             success
             of
             the
             Army
             against
             the
             Pagan
             Danes
             ,
             the
             remembrance
             of
             which
             overthrow
             is
             retained
             unto
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             King
             Edmund
             thus
             betrayed
             was
             forced
             to
             retire
             from
             the
             Field
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             remainder
             of
             his
             Army
             marched
             to
             Glocester
             ,
             whereupon
             London
             submitted
             to
             the
             Conquerors
             ,
             as
             likewise
             did
             all
             the
             places
             of
             strength
             adjacent
             .
             Yet
             such
             was
             the
             love
             of
             the
             English
             to
             their
             King
             ,
             that
             they
             from
             all
             parts
             resorted
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             earnest
             to
             regain
             the
             late
             dishonour
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             utmost
             hazard
             ,
             soon
             recruited
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             came
             on
             to
             meet
             the
             Danes
             ,
             who
             swell'd
             with
             success
             were
             advancing
             Northward
             and
             at
             Dearburs
             near
             unto
             the
             River
             Severn
             met
             ,
             where
             both
             Armies
             were
             set
             in
             Battel
             Array
             ;
             when
             just
             as
             the
             bloody
             blast
             was
             about
             to
             be
             
             sounded
             ,
             A
             Captain
             stepped
             between
             the
             Hosts
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             be
             heard
             ,
             which
             being
             granted
             ,
             he
             thus
             began
             .
          
           
             Many
             Battles
             (
             said
             he
             )
             have
             been
             fought
             ,
             and
             many
             streams
             of
             Blood
             already
             shed
             for
             the
             Sovereignty
             of
             this
             Land
             between
             these
             two
             valiant
             Nations
             ,
             and
             the
             courage
             of
             the
             Generals
             ,
             Captains
             and
             Soldiers
             sufficiently
             tried
             ,
             wherein
             Fortune
             her self
             seemeth
             to
             have
             been
             Conquered
             ;
             for
             if
             at
             any
             time
             a
             Battel
             was
             won
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             long
             kept
             ,
             neither
             the
             Conquered
             so
             weakned
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             retained
             both
             Courage
             and
             power
             to
             turn
             the
             Scale
             .
             What
             is
             the
             mark
             then
             you
             aim
             at
             ?
             Is
             it
             honour
             and
             fame
             ?
             Titles
             indeed
             that
             attend
             on
             War
             ;
             but
             seldom
             long
             enjoyed
             ,
             or
             rarely
             fall
             to
             the
             lot
             of
             the
             common
             Soldiers
             ,
             at
             the
             price
             of
             whose
             Blood
             they
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             purchased
             .
             Let
             him
             therefore
             that
             would
             wear
             the
             Crown
             hazard
             himself
             to
             avoid
             the
             slaughter
             of
             many
             men
             ,
             and
             by
             single
             Combate
             try
             who
             is
             most
             worthy
             to
             Command
             ,
             and
             who
             to
             Obey
             ,
             or
             divide
             betwixt
             them
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             is
             large
             enough
             to
             maintain
             two
             ,
             having
             heretofore
             maintained
             seven
             Reigning
             Kings
             .
          
           
             This
             Proposal
             was
             imbraced
             by
             King
             Edmund
             as
             the
             best
             expedient
             to
             put
             an
             end
             to
             a
             hazardous
             and
             doubtful
             War
             ;
             as
             likewise
             by
             Canute
             King
             of
             the
             Danes
             ,
             who
             by
             mutual
             consent
             went
             into
             an
             Island
             called
             Alney
             ,
             standing
             in
             the
             Severn
             ,
             
             adjoyning
             unto
             the
             City
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             where
             both
             being
             strong
             of
             body
             they
             fought
             like
             Lions
             ,
             one
             to
             secure
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             gain
             it
             .
             But
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             the
             Dane
             being
             wounded
             ,
             he
             intreated
             a
             parly
             ,
             which
             Edmund
             granted
             ,
             and
             then
             with
             a
             loud
             voice
             thus
             proceeded
             ;
          
           
             What
             necessity
             should
             thus
             move
             us
             ,
             most
             Heroick
             King
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             obtaining
             of
             a
             Title
             ,
             we
             should
             thus
             indanger
             our
             Lives
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             better
             to
             lay
             malice
             aside
             ,
             and
             condescend
             to
             an
             amicable
             agreement
             ?
             Let
             us
             now
             therefore
             become
             sworn
             friends
             ,
             and
             divide
             the
             Kingdom
             between
             us
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             a
             League
             of
             friendship
             ,
             that
             each
             may
             use
             the
             others
             part
             as
             his
             own
             ,
             so
             shall
             this
             Land
             be
             peaceably
             Governed
             ,
             and
             we
             mutually
             assist
             each
             others
             necessity
             .
          
           
             This
             Speech
             ended
             ,
             both
             the
             Kings
             cast
             down
             their
             Swords
             ,
             and
             imbraced
             each
             other
             ,
             upon
             which
             great
             shouts
             arose
             in
             either
             Army
             ,
             who
             before
             stood
             doubtful
             of
             the
             success
             ,
             and
             this
             accord
             being
             ratified
             ,
             the
             Kingdom
             was
             divided
             by
             Lot
             ;
             and
             that
             part
             bordering
             on
             the
             Coast
             of
             France
             fell
             to
             King
             Edmund
             ,
             who
             howsoever
             enjoyed
             it
             not
             long
             ,
             for
             in
             this
             Treaty
             the
             offence
             of
             Duke
             Edrick
             was
             included
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             submission
             he
             taken
             into
             favour
             by
             the
             good
             King
             ,
             and
             so
             continued
             as
             it
             were
             glutted
             with
             the
             favour
             and
             princely
             bounty
             of
             two
             Kings
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             resolving
             to
             perfect
             his
             many
             Treasons
             begun
             ,
             he
             watched
             his
             opportunity
             as
             King
             Edmund
             
             was
             alone
             in
             the
             Draught-house
             evacuating
             ,
             and
             having
             placed
             himself
             beneath
             ,
             with
             a
             sharp
             Spear
             he
             run
             it
             up
             into
             the
             Kings
             Belly
             ,
             that
             he
             there
             died
             ;
             then
             coming
             up
             ,
             he
             traiterously
             and
             inhumanely
             cut
             off
             his
             Head
             ,
             and
             escaping
             with
             it
             undiscovered
             to
             Canute
             the
             Danish
             King
             ,
             and
             presenting
             it
             to
             him
             with
             these
             fawning
             Salutations
             :
             
               All
               Hail
               thou
               now
               sole
               Monarch
               of
            
             England
             ;
             
               for
               here
               behold
               the
               Head
               of
               thy
               Co-partner
               ,
               which
               for
               thy
               sake
               I
               have
               adventured
               to
               cut
               off
               .
            
          
           
             Canute
             though
             ambitious
             enough
             of
             the
             Soveraignty
             ,
             yet
             of
             Princely
             disposition
             ,
             abashed
             ,
             and
             sore
             grieved
             at
             so
             unworthy
             and
             disloyal
             an
             attempt
             ,
             replied
             with
             an
             Oath
             ,
             that
             in
             reward
             of
             that
             Service
             the
             bringers
             Head
             should
             be
             advanced
             above
             all
             the
             Peers
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ;
             which
             high
             honour
             whilst
             the
             traiterous
             wretch
             greedily
             expected
             (
             and
             indeed
             for
             a
             time
             found
             some
             favour
             )
             his
             Head
             by
             the
             Kings
             command
             was
             smitten
             off
             ,
             and
             fixed
             upon
             a
             Pole
             on
             the
             highest
             Gate
             of
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             as
             he
             most
             justly
             deserved
             :
             His
             Wife
             and
             Children
             were
             banished
             ;
             and
             great
             was
             the
             rejoycing
             throughout
             England
             at
             the
             Death
             of
             this
             prodigious
             Regicide
             ,
             and
             betrayer
             of
             his
             Country
             .
          
           
             King
             Edmunds
             Body
             was
             buried
             at
             Glasten-bury
             near
             to
             his
             Father
             King
             Edgar
             ;
             he
             was
             of
             person
             tall
             ,
             for
             Courage
             hardy
             ,
             strong
             of
             Limbs
             ,
             and
             well
             could
             indure
             the
             inconveniencies
             of
             
             War
             ;
             for
             which
             some
             think
             he
             had
             his
             additional
             name
             of
             Ironside
             ;
             with
             him
             at
             that
             time
             fell
             the
             Glory
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             he
             leaving
             but
             one
             Son
             ,
             
               viz.
               Edward
            
             ,
             who
             was
             Sir-named
             the
             Out-law
             ,
             by
             reason
             all
             the
             Reign
             of
             Canute
             he
             lived
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             there
             Married
             the
             Queens
             Sister
             ,
             not
             returning
             into
             England
             till
             the
             Reign
             of
             his
             Uncle
             King
             Edward
             the
             Confessor
             .
          
           
             Thus
             fell
             this
             good
             King
             ,
             and
             thus
             Heavens
             vengeance
             overtook
             the
             Traitour
             ,
             whose
             miserable
             end
             in
             some
             sort
             made
             an
             atonement
             for
             the
             innocent
             Blood
             shed
             by
             wicked
             hands
             ;
             as
             likewise
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             Sigefreth
             and
             Morcar
             ,
             King
             Edmunds
             Queens
             former
             Husband
             and
             Brother
             ,
             who
             were
             murthered
             at
             Oxford
             by
             the
             contrivance
             of
             Edrick
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Historical
               relation
               of
               the
               deposing
               and
               barbarous
               Murther
               of
               Edward
               the
               Second
               ,
               commonly
               called
               Edward
               of
               Carnarvan
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               Lord
               of
               Ireland
               and
               Duke
               of
               Aquitaine
               ,
               and
               the
               Forty
               eighth
               Monarch
               of
               England
               ;
               with
               the
               manner
               of
               Gods
               vengeance
               upon
               those
               that
               were
               guilty
               of
               shedding
               his
               Blood.
               
            
          
           
             EDward
             the
             Second
             of
             that
             Name
             since
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             was
             Son
             to
             Edward
             the
             First
             ,
             (
             the
             terror
             of
             Syria
             ,
             and
             dread
             of
             Scotland
             )
             and
             his
             Wife
             Queen
             Elenor
             ,
             Born
             on
             the
             25
             of
             April
             ,
             1284.
             at
             Carnarvan
             in
             North-Wales
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             Death
             of
             
               Lewellin
               ap
               Griffith
            
             ;
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             place
             of
             his
             Nativity
             ,
             he
             was
             with
             the
             general
             consent
             of
             the
             Welch
             created
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             which
             Title
             has
             ever
             since
             devolved
             upon
             the
             Heir
             apparent
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             :
             This
             Edward
             being
             the
             first
             who
             had
             that
             Dignity
             conferred
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             Father
             dying
             ,
             he
             was
             Crowned
             with
             great
             applause
             in
             the
             23.
             
             Year
             of
             his
             Age
             :
             Then
             having
             setled
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             he
             passed
             over
             to
             Bulloin
             ,
             and
             there
             in
             great
             state
             was
             Married
             to
             Isabel
             Daughter
             to
             Philip
             
             the
             fair
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             returned
             with
             his
             Bride
             ,
             not
             passing
             twelve
             years
             of
             Age
             in
             great
             Triumph
             ,
             when
             as
             taking
             into
             his
             Favour
             one
             
               Pierre
               Gaviston
            
             (
             whom
             his
             Father
             had
             banished
             ,
             but
             himself
             intirely
             loved
             ;
             )
             many
             of
             the
             Nobility
             were
             displeased
             ,
             though
             the
             King
             made
             no
             great
             account
             of
             such
             their
             displeasure
             :
             This
             Gaviston
             was
             a
             stranger
             by
             Birth
             ,
             Born
             in
             Gascoigne
             ;
             but
             a
             Gentleman
             in
             all
             respects
             ,
             being
             in
             his
             younger
             years
             brought
             up
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             during
             his
             being
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             ,
             and
             now
             made
             Earl
             of
             Cornwel
             ;
             yet
             so
             prevailed
             the
             Enviers
             of
             his
             rise
             ,
             that
             they
             procured
             a
             Decree
             for
             his
             perpetual
             Banishment
             out
             of
             England
             :
             But
             the
             Kings
             love
             still
             following
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             made
             Governour
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             while
             revoaked
             ;
             and
             in
             his
             return
             met
             by
             the
             King
             at
             Flint-Castle
             in
             North-Wales
             ;
             and
             there
             had
             bestowed
             on
             him
             to
             Wife
             Joan
             of
             Acres
             Countess
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Sisters
             Daughter
             .
             Yet
             so
             far
             prevailed
             the
             discontented
             Lords
             ,
             that
             a
             third
             time
             they
             procured
             his
             banishment
             ,
             but
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             his
             life
             being
             often
             put
             in
             hazard
             by
             the
             procurement
             of
             his
             Enemies
             ;
             as
             some
             suppose
             by
             the
             Kings
             secret
             sending
             for
             he
             returned
             within
             six
             Months
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             trouble
             of
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             party
             ,
             who
             by
             this
             time
             began
             to
             disaffect
             her
             Husband
             ,
             and
             joyn
             with
             the
             Lords
             against
             Gaviston
             .
             Whereupon
             first
             seeming
             to
             Petition
             for
             a
             redress
             of
             grievances
             ,
             they
             after
             took
             
             up
             Arms
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Earls
             ,
             
               Lancaster
               ,
               Warwick
            
             and
             Hereford
             were
             chief
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             while
             the
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             at
             a
             place
             called
             Blacklow
             (
             afterwards
             Gavenshead
             )
             having
             surprized
             Gavinston
             cut
             off
             his
             Head
             ,
             to
             the
             high
             displeasure
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             who
             at
             that
             time
             was
             not
             capable
             of
             hindering
             it
             ,
             yet
             excessive
             was
             the
             grief
             and
             displeasure
             he
             conceived
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Lords
             thought
             it
             not
             safe
             to
             lay
             down
             their
             Arms
             till
             they
             had
             reconciled
             themselves
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             was
             done
             by
             the
             mediation
             of
             Gilbert
             Earl
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             and
             several
             Prelates
             who
             travel'd
             therein
             .
             Yet
             not
             so
             firm
             but
             the
             King
             continued
             a
             secret
             displeasure
             against
             the
             chief
             Actors
             ,
             but
             his
             melancholy
             was
             diverted
             by
             the
             Queens
             being
             delivered
             of
             her
             first
             Son
             at
             Windsor
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             him
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             as
             shall
             hereafter
             be
             related
             .
          
           
             The
             Scots
             upon
             notice
             of
             this
             Intestine
             broil
             grew
             haughty
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Robert
             their
             King
             ,
             not
             only
             put
             many
             affronts
             upon
             the
             English
             ,
             who
             so
             long
             before
             had
             Lorded
             it
             over
             that
             Nation
             ,
             but
             made
             several
             Inroads
             into
             the
             Northern
             parts
             ,
             which
             caused
             King
             Edward
             to
             draw
             together
             a
             great
             Power
             ,
             composed
             as
             well
             of
             Foreign
             Nations
             as
             of
             English
             ,
             and
             marched
             against
             them
             .
             But
             several
             of
             the
             disaffected
             Lords
             ,
             under
             pretence
             that
             the
             King
             had
             not
             ratified
             the
             promised
             Liberties
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             refused
             to
             assist
             him
             ;
             so
             that
             for
             want
             
             of
             good
             conduct
             ,
             though
             the
             English
             exceeded
             the
             Scots
             in
             number
             ,
             yet
             coming
             to
             a
             Battel
             at
             Banocksbourn
             near
             Streveling
             ,
             the
             English
             were
             overthrown
             more
             by
             stratagem
             than
             plain
             force
             ,
             for
             the
             Scots
             having
             digged
             pits
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             sharp
             stakes
             in
             them
             ,
             cover'd
             them
             over
             with
             Earth
             and
             Hurdles
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             English
             Horse
             charging
             furiously
             ,
             their
             weight
             broke
             the
             Hurdles
             ,
             and
             there
             goring
             on
             the
             stakes
             became
             useless
             ,
             being
             in
             that
             manner
             killed
             on
             all
             sides
             by
             Scottish
             Archers
             ,
             who
             let
             fly
             at
             them
             as
             thick
             as
             Hail
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             discomfiture
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             resolved
             to
             die
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             much
             perswasions
             were
             used
             to
             induce
             him
             to
             save
             himself
             by
             retiring
             .
             In
             this
             Battel
             fell
             the
             Earl
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Clifford
             ,
             and
             about
             700.
             
             Knights
             and
             Esquires
             ,
             and
             as
             
               Modes
               Accountans
            
             relates
             ,
             6000.
             common
             Soldiers
             ,
             though
             the
             Scotch
             Historian
             will
             have
             it
             15000.
             
          
           
             The
             King
             being
             retired
             to
             York
             ,
             resolved
             to
             raise
             a
             new
             Army
             to
             revenge
             this
             dishonour
             ,
             but
             such
             was
             the
             perverseness
             of
             his
             Nobility
             that
             it
             came
             to
             nothing
             ;
             yet
             the
             Scots
             heightned
             with
             this
             success
             attempting
             to
             win
             Ireland
             were
             overthrown
             ,
             and
             Edward
             Brother
             to
             King
             Robert
             ,
             who
             had
             caused
             himself
             to
             be
             Crowned
             King
             slain
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             the
             King
             having
             lost
             his
             Privado
             or
             second
             self
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             might
             open
             the
             Cabinet
             of
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             to
             supply
             the
             Room
             of
             Gavistone
             ,
             
             began
             to
             settle
             his
             affections
             on
             
               Hugh
               D'
               Spencer
            
             Lord
             Chamberlain
             ,
             and
             so
             doated
             on
             him
             ,
             as
             likewise
             on
             his
             Son
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             that
             all
             things
             moved
             by
             their
             advice
             ,
             which
             more
             inraged
             the
             discontented
             Lords
             than
             the
             actions
             of
             Gavistone
             had
             done
             ;
             especially
             when
             they
             perceived
             two
             to
             spring
             up
             in
             the
             room
             of
             one
             .
             Yet
             so
             far
             the
             Lords
             prevailed
             ,
             that
             they
             procured
             their
             banishment
             ;
             but
             not
             long
             ,
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lancaster
             and
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Faction
             taking
             up
             Arms
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             resolved
             to
             maintain
             his
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             though
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             Life
             :
             And
             therefore
             marched
             against
             them
             ,
             who
             now
             upon
             some
             distaste
             given
             ,
             were
             deprived
             of
             the
             Queens
             mediation
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             commandment
             was
             given
             for
             the
             reversion
             of
             the
             Sentence
             against
             the
             Spencers
             ,
             which
             was
             performed
             at
             London
             by
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             and
             his
             Suffragan
             :
             And
             now
             the
             King
             having
             increased
             his
             Power
             ,
             followed
             hard
             upon
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             caused
             Lancaster
             to
             draw
             off
             his
             Army
             from
             Burton
             upon
             Trent
             ,
             and
             march
             towards
             Burrowbridges
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             way
             several
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Faction
             left
             him
             ,
             and
             threw
             themselves
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Mercy
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             was
             the
             Traitour
             Mortimer
             .
          
           
             Lancaster
             with
             his
             retinue
             being
             arrived
             at
             Burrow-Bridges
             ,
             was
             there
             stopped
             by
             
               Andrew
               D'
               Hackerly
            
             Captain
             of
             Carlile
             ,
             and
             
               Simon
               Ward
            
             Captain
             of
             York
             ,
             who
             had
             gathered
             great
             forces
             
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             and
             there
             after
             some
             parly
             ,
             he
             and
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Faction
             surrendred
             themselves
             :
             When
             three
             days
             after
             the
             King
             came
             with
             all
             his
             Forces
             ,
             and
             Erected
             a
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
             where
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Barons
             that
             were
             taken
             being
             Sentenced
             as
             Traitours
             ,
             were
             shortly
             after
             Executed
             ,
             besides
             a
             number
             of
             the
             meaner
             sort
             ,
             though
             contrary
             to
             the
             Kings
             own
             inclination
             ,
             as
             many
             suppose
             by
             his
             afterwards
             bewailing
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             near
             Kinsman
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lancaster
             .
          
           
             Things
             being
             at
             this
             pass
             ,
             the
             Queen
             began
             to
             conceive
             high
             displeasure
             at
             the
             proceedings
             of
             the
             Spencers
             ,
             who
             had
             prevailed
             with
             the
             King
             to
             abridge
             her
             allowance
             ;
             whereupon
             she
             complained
             that
             she
             was
             rather
             kept
             as
             a
             waiting
             Woman
             ,
             than
             a
             Queen
             or
             Heir
             of
             France
             ;
             and
             at
             that
             time
             Charles
             the
             Fifth
             King
             of
             France
             seeking
             occasion
             of
             quarrel
             against
             the
             English
             ,
             took
             this
             advantage
             ,
             and
             secretly
             dealt
             with
             the
             Queen
             to
             obtain
             leave
             to
             come
             to
             his
             Court
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             with
             her
             Prince
             Edward
             her
             Son
             ,
             which
             she
             effected
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Lord
             Mortimer
             having
             corrupted
             his
             Keepers
             ,
             or
             as
             some
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             by
             giving
             them
             a
             sleepy
             Potion
             ,
             got
             out
             of
             the
             Tower
             and
             fled
             into
             France
             :
             Where
             upon
             the
             Queens
             arrival
             ,
             he
             became
             of
             her
             Cabinet
             Council
             ,
             and
             otherwise
             more
             familiar
             than
             either
             became
             her
             honour
             ,
             
             or
             his
             duty
             ,
             as
             in
             place
             convenient
             will
             appear
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             happening
             ,
             and
             great
             differences
             arising
             between
             the
             two
             Nations
             ,
             Queen
             Isabel
             taking
             the
             advantage
             ,
             solicited
             her
             Husband
             that
             she
             might
             go
             over
             to
             mediate
             and
             reconcile
             the
             business
             ,
             which
             request
             of
             hers
             was
             seconded
             by
             the
             Lord
             Spencer
             ,
             who
             perswaded
             the
             King
             from
             going
             over
             to
             secure
             his
             possessions
             in
             Normandy
             in
             person
             ,
             upon
             no
             other
             account
             then
             that
             he
             was
             afraid
             to
             stay
             behind
             him
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             intercession
             of
             the
             Spencers
             ,
             the
             King
             consents
             to
             the
             Queens
             desire
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             were
             prepared
             to
             transport
             her
             ;
             where
             indeed
             upon
             her
             arrival
             ,
             she
             so
             sar
             prevailed
             with
             her
             Brother
             ,
             that
             matters
             of
             debate
             ceased
             ,
             upon
             condition
             that
             King
             Edward
             should
             give
             to
             his
             Son
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Aquitaine
             ,
             and
             Earldom
             of
             Pontine
             ,
             which
             was
             accorded
             to
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             sent
             over
             to
             do
             Homage
             to
             his
             Uncle
             for
             them
             ,
             though
             to
             the
             utter
             undoing
             of
             the
             King
             his
             Father
             ;
             for
             now
             the
             Plot
             began
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             end
             dispossessed
             him
             of
             his
             Crown
             and
             Life
             ,
             though
             coloured
             under
             a
             pretence
             of
             ruining
             the
             Spencers
             ;
             which
             specious
             pretext
             drew
             many
             who
             would
             otherwise
             have
             been
             unwilling
             to
             have
             ●ngaged
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             having
             payed
             his
             Homage
             to
             
               Charles
               D'
               Volois
            
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             was
             together
             with
             Queen
             Isabel
             ,
             his
             Mother
             ,
             sent
             for
             back
             ,
             but
             
             the
             conspiracy
             not
             yet
             having
             taken
             root
             ,
             she
             made
             many
             trivial
             excuses
             to
             delay
             time
             ,
             which
             
               Walter
               Stapleton
            
             Bishop
             of
             Exeter
             ,
             who
             attended
             on
             the
             Prince
             perceiving
             ,
             and
             having
             had
             some
             knowledge
             of
             the
             frequent
             Councils
             that
             were
             held
             ,
             and
             seeing
             the
             Kings
             Enemies
             in
             such
             favour
             with
             the
             Queen
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             Mortimer
             was
             chief
             ,
             he
             as
             in
             duty
             bound
             ,
             secretly
             returned
             and
             advertised
             the
             King
             of
             the
             imminent
             danger
             ;
             who
             thereupon
             solicited
             (
             though
             to
             no
             purpose
             )
             the
             King
             of
             France
             to
             send
             over
             his
             Wife
             and
             Son.
             Whereupon
             he
             unadvisedly
             caused
             them
             to
             be
             proclaimed
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             banished
             them
             with
             all
             their
             adherents
             :
             Which
             discovery
             and
             Sentence
             of
             Banishment
             so
             nettled
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Accomplices
             ,
             that
             after
             some
             feigned
             submission
             ,
             she
             resolved
             by
             open
             force
             to
             enter
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             her
             Husband
             ,
             or
             the
             Peers
             of
             England
             ,
             she
             affianced
             her
             Son
             Prince
             Edward
             to
             the
             Lady
             Philippa
             Daughter
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Hanault
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Money
             of
             her
             Portion
             ,
             levied
             Soldiers
             in
             Germany
             and
             other
             places
             .
          
           
             Upon
             notice
             of
             these
             proceedings
             ,
             the
             King
             thought
             it
             time
             to
             strengthen
             himself
             ,
             and
             therefore
             set
             forth
             his
             Navy
             ,
             which
             scouring
             the
             narrow
             Seas
             ,
             brought
             in
             a
             Hundred
             and
             twenty
             French
             Prizes
             ;
             as
             likewise
             he
             fortified
             the
             Sea-Ports
             ,
             and
             put
             Garisons
             into
             the
             places
             that
             
             stood
             most
             advantagious
             to
             hinder
             the
             landing
             of
             a
             foreign
             Army
             .
             Yet
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Confederates
             put
             to
             Sea
             ,
             her
             whole
             Power
             not
             exceeding
             3000
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             two
             days
             before
             St.
             Michaels
             day
             ,
             landed
             at
             Orwel
             in
             Suffolk
             ,
             the
             force
             being
             commanded
             by
             the
             Lord
             John
             ,
             Brother
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Hanault
             .
          
           
             The
             news
             of
             their
             arrival
             coming
             to
             the
             Kings
             Ear
             ,
             he
             seemed
             like
             one
             amazed
             ,
             and
             at
             first
             would
             not
             credit
             the
             report
             ;
             but
             upon
             his
             being
             further
             certified
             ,
             he
             sent
             to
             the
             Citizens
             of
             London
             for
             Aid
             ,
             who
             answered
             that
             they
             would
             honour
             with
             all
             submission
             the
             King
             ,
             Queen
             and
             Prince
             ,
             but
             resolved
             to
             shut
             their
             Gates
             against
             strangers
             ,
             and
             to
             withstand
             them
             to
             their
             power
             ;
             this
             answer
             bearing
             no
             favourable
             Construction
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             committed
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             his
             other
             Son
             commonly
             called
             John
             of
             Eltham
             ,
             in
             the
             Custody
             of
             Sir
             
               John
               D'
               Weston
            
             ,
             and
             retired
             with
             his
             favorites
             the
             
               Spencers
               ,
               Baldock
            
             ,
             and
             others
             into
             the
             West
             ,
             to
             gather
             forces
             against
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Accomplices
             ,
             having
             first
             Proclaimed
             them
             Traitours
             ,
             and
             offered
             the
             reward
             of
             1000
             pounds
             to
             any
             that
             could
             take
             the
             young
             Lord
             Mortimer
             dead
             or
             alive
             :
             And
             by
             this
             his
             unadvised
             abandoning
             his
             chief
             strengths
             ,
             he
             gave
             the
             Queens
             party
             opportunity
             to
             strengthen
             themselves
             ,
             several
             Lords
             and
             others
             daily
             coming
             to
             their
             assistance
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             terrify
             the
             Kings
             partakers
             ,
             and
             to
             
             colour
             the
             Treason
             ,
             it
             was
             rumour'd
             that
             the
             French
             King
             had
             sent
             with
             his
             Sister
             so
             many
             Dukes
             ,
             Earls
             and
             Lords
             ,
             that
             England
             would
             not
             suffice
             to
             feed
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Pope
             had
             sent
             to
             Excommunicate
             all
             the
             Kings
             partakers
             ;
             for
             which
             purpose
             two
             Cardinals
             had
             been
             sent
             over
             ,
             and
             credibly
             reported
             to
             have
             been
             seen
             in
             the
             Queens
             Camp
             ,
             though
             all
             was
             but
             fictitious
             ;
             and
             further
             to
             ingratiate
             with
             the
             People
             ,
             she
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             Proclaimed
             ,
             that
             her
             coming
             was
             only
             to
             remove
             evil
             Councillors
             from
             the
             King
             (
             the
             same
             pretences
             that
             were
             used
             by
             our
             late
             forty
             one
             Parliament
             )
             though
             Roger
             Lord
             Mortimer
             was
             the
             man
             that
             chiefly
             Councilled
             all
             the
             mischief
             ;
             then
             were
             the
             Kings
             favorites
             branded
             with
             the
             names
             of
             Traitors
             and
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             1000
             pounds
             bid
             to
             any
             that
             could
             bring
             the
             younger
             Spencers
             Head.
             And
             thereupon
             the
             Londoners
             rise
             in
             a
             tumultuous
             manner
             ,
             and
             commit
             many
             outrages
             ,
             cutting
             off
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Exceters
             Head
             ,
             as
             likewise
             the
             Head
             of
             
               John
               Le
               Marchel
            
             ,
             whom
             the
             King
             had
             appointed
             to
             Govern
             ,
             the
             City
             .
             They
             likewise
             broke
             open
             the
             Prisons
             ,
             and
             set
             all
             Prisoners
             at
             liberty
             ,
             got
             into
             their
             possession
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             taking
             thence
             the
             Lord
             John
             of
             Eltham
             ,
             proclaimed
             him
             Custos
             or
             chief
             Governour
             of
             the
             City
             ;
             and
             the
             Queen
             likewise
             to
             strengthen
             her
             Faction
             ,
             caused
             most
             of
             the
             Prisons
             in
             England
             to
             be
             set
             open
             ,
             and
             repealed
             such
             as
             had
             been
             banished
             ;
             so
             that
             thereby
             
             her
             power
             greatly
             increasing
             ,
             She
             ,
             or
             rather
             the
             Lord
             Mortimer
             ,
             followed
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             destitute
             of
             friends
             still
             fled
             before
             his
             pursuers
             ,
             who
             besieged
             Bristol
             ,
             and
             therein
             took
             the
             Elder
             Spencer
             ,
             whom
             without
             any
             form
             of
             Trial
             they
             cut
             up
             alive
             ,
             having
             first
             exposed
             him
             to
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             upon
             notice
             of
             which
             the
             King
             entered
             on
             Ship-board
             ,
             and
             intended
             to
             fly
             for
             Ireland
             ,
             but
             upon
             further
             consideration
             came
             ashore
             in
             Wales
             ,
             and
             there
             for
             the
             love
             the
             Welshmen
             bore
             him
             ,
             was
             concealed
             for
             many
             days
             in
             the
             Abby
             of
             Neath
             ;
             but
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Accomplices
             coming
             to
             Hereford
             ,
             after
             Prince
             Edward
             was
             Proclaimed
             High
             Keeper
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Henry
            
             Earl
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             Brother
             to
             the
             late
             Earl
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Delazouch
            
             ,
             and
             others
             who
             had
             Lands
             in
             those
             parts
             where
             the
             King
             absconded
             ,
             were
             sent
             in
             quest
             of
             him
             ,
             with
             sums
             of
             Money
             to
             facilitate
             the
             discovery
             ;
             who
             in
             the
             end
             surprised
             him
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             young
             Lord
             
               Spencer
               ,
               Robert
               Baldock
            
             Lord
             Chancellor
             ,
             and
             
               Simon
               de
               Reading
            
             ,
             whom
             without
             any
             respect
             to
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             conveyed
             to
             Monmouth
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             was
             the
             King
             carried
             to
             Kenelworth
             Castle
             ,
             and
             there
             committed
             to
             the
             keeping
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Leicester
             ,
             but
             the
             rest
             to
             Hereford
             ;
             where
             without
             any
             form
             of
             Trial
             was
             put
             to
             death
             the
             Lord
             Spencer
             ,
             being
             hanged
             on
             a
             Gallows
             fifty
             foot
             high
             ,
             and
             
               Robert
               Baldock
            
             committed
             to
             the
             keeping
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Hereford
             ,
             
             who
             sent
             him
             up
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             exposed
             him
             to
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             Rabble
             ,
             who
             though
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             was
             used
             by
             them
             in
             such
             a
             barbarous
             manner
             ,
             only
             for
             being
             true
             to
             his
             Soveraign
             ,
             that
             within
             a
             short
             time
             after
             he
             died
             ;
             the
             Earl
             of
             Arundel
             and
             two
             other
             Gentlemen
             of
             note
             were
             put
             to
             death
             to
             pleasure
             Mortimer
             ,
             and
             now
             the
             mournful
             King
             divested
             of
             all
             his
             friends
             ,
             being
             at
             Kenelworth
             ,
             there
             repaired
             to
             him
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Winchester
               ,
               Hereford
            
             and
             Lincoln
             ,
             two
             Earls
             ,
             two
             Abbots
             ,
             four
             Barons
             and
             three
             Knights
             from
             every
             County
             ,
             with
             two
             of
             the
             Judges
             as
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             the
             Queen
             had
             called
             at
             London
             to
             perswade
             him
             to
             a
             Resignation
             of
             his
             Crown
             to
             his
             Son
             Edward
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             devices
             they
             had
             heaped
             together
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             end
             having
             first
             given
             private
             notice
             to
             the
             King
             of
             their
             approach
             ,
             and
             the
             cause
             ,
             they
             came
             to
             Kenelworth
             ,
             and
             presented
             themselves
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             clad
             in
             black
             sutable
             to
             his
             mournful
             condition
             ,
             came
             out
             of
             an
             inward
             Chamber
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             head
             of
             the
             company
             set
             in
             order
             according
             to
             their
             qualities
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Leicester
             and
             Bishop
             of
             Hereford
             began
             to
             declare
             the
             Message
             with
             which
             they
             were
             charged
             by
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             as
             they
             termed
             the
             then
             sitting
             Parliament
             ,
             alledging
             that
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             England
             was
             weary
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             and
             conceived
             such
             irreconcileable
             dislike
             of
             his
             management
             of
             
             Kingly
             affairs
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             by
             no
             means
             permit
             him
             longer
             to
             Reign
             over
             them
             ,
             but
             were
             contented
             that
             his
             Eldest
             Son
             Prince
             Edward
             should
             succeed
             him
             in
             his
             Throne
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             make
             a
             voluntary
             Resignation
             ;
             if
             not
             they
             would
             proceed
             to
             Elect
             another
             not
             of
             his
             Blood
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             sound
             of
             this
             mournful
             Message
             struck
             so
             to
             the
             Kings
             Heart
             ,
             that
             e're
             any
             could
             prevent
             it
             he
             fell
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             lay
             stretched
             in
             a
             swoon
             a
             considerable
             time
             e're
             life
             could
             be
             perceived
             ,
             or
             he
             recovered
             to
             his
             Senses
             :
             But
             in
             the
             end
             recovering
             ,
             he
             with
             many
             heavy
             Sighs
             bewailed
             his
             Infortunate
             condition
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             parly
             with
             his
             Vassals
             ,
             but
             found
             them
             inflexible
             ,
             persisting
             in
             threatning
             sort
             ,
             to
             tell
             him
             ,
             that
             unless
             he
             would
             freely
             resign
             his
             Diadem
             to
             his
             Son
             ,
             and
             disclaim
             all
             Right-to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             they
             would
             return
             his
             Answer
             ,
             and
             that
             immediately
             thereupon
             the
             Parliament
             would
             proceed
             to
             the
             Election
             of
             another
             ,
             not
             of
             his
             Race
             .
          
           
             These
             Menaces
             made
             the
             distressed
             King
             (
             who
             now
             was
             fallen
             low
             in
             the
             Opinion
             of
             his
             Subjects
             through
             the
             false
             insinuation
             of
             the
             factious
             Lords
             )
             to
             consent
             to
             their
             hard
             proposals
             ,
             confessing
             that
             for
             his
             many
             sins
             God
             had
             permitted
             these
             Calamities
             to
             fall
             upon
             him
             ,
             but
             seeing
             they
             had
             not
             rejected
             his
             Race
             ,
             he
             was
             content
             to
             submit
             .
             Whereupon
             they
             proceeded
             to
             the
             new
             invented
             and
             never
             before
             practised
             Ceremony
             
             of
             dekinging
             their
             Sovereign
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             manner
             was
             performed
             by
             Sir
             
               William
               Trussel
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Judges
             ,
             who
             found
             out
             a
             Law
             Quirk
             to
             colour
             the
             detestable
             Treason
             as
             followeth
             .
          
           
             I
             William
             Trussel
             ,
             
               In
               the
               name
               of
               all
               Men
               of
               the
               Land
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               of
               all
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               Procurator
               ,
               resign
               to
               thee
            
             Edward
             ,
             
               the
               Homage
               that
               was
               made
               to
               thee
               some
               time
               ,
               and
               from
               this
               time
               forward
               ,
               I
               defie
               thee
               ,
               and
               deprive
               thee
               of
               all
               Royal
               Dignity
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               never
               be
               Tendant
               to
               thee
               as
               for
               King
               hereafter
               .
            
             This
             Ceremony
             or
             rather
             compact
             of
             Treason
             being
             utter'd
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Blunt
            
             Steward
             of
             the
             Houshold
             broke
             his
             Staff
             ,
             and
             Proclaimed
             the
             Kings
             Houshold
             discharged
             from
             any
             further
             Service
             ;
             and
             then
             leaving
             the
             King
             divested
             of
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             and
             under
             strong
             confinement
             ,
             they
             posted
             to
             London
             to
             tell
             the
             news
             ,
             which
             was
             joyfully
             received
             ,
             especially
             by
             Roger
             Lord
             Mortimer
             of
             Wigmore
             ;
             though
             the
             Queen
             the
             better
             to
             colour
             the
             Treason
             ,
             seemed
             much
             disturbed
             at
             the
             relation
             of
             the
             Kings
             deposing
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             next
             business
             was
             to
             set
             the
             Crown
             upon
             young
             Edwards
             Head
             ,
             whom
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             Minority
             they
             thought
             to
             Rule
             as
             themselves
             thought
             fit
             ;
             who
             notwithstanding
             his
             being
             but
             fifteen
             years
             of
             Age
             ,
             utterly
             refused
             to
             admit
             of
             the
             Ceremony
             ,
             till
             he
             was
             assured
             it
             was
             with
             his
             Fathers
             free
             consent
             :
             But
             at
             last
             submitting
             to
             the
             perswasions
             of
             the
             Queen
             and
             
             Mortimer
             ,
             he
             was
             Crowned
             ,
             and
             Proclamation
             put
             out
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             minds
             of
             people
             ,
             touching
             the
             free
             Concession
             of
             his
             Father
             .
          
           
             Things
             being
             at
             this
             pass
             ,
             the
             Queen
             began
             to
             think
             of
             securing
             her self
             a
             Dowry
             ,
             which
             she
             did
             so
             large
             ,
             that
             it
             amounted
             to
             two
             parts
             of
             the
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             which
             she
             delivered
             to
             the
             disposal
             of
             Mortimer
             ,
             at
             whose
             command
             she
             solely
             was
             ,
             even
             as
             Fame
             reported
             ,
             both
             at
             Bed
             and
             Board
             ;
             but
             their
             security
             being
             interrupted
             by
             the
             pitty
             many
             seemed
             to
             have
             for
             the
             miseries
             of
             the
             Deposed
             King
             ,
             they
             well
             knowing
             if
             he
             were
             again
             restored
             to
             his
             Dignity
             ,
             it
             would
             prove
             their
             confusion
             ;
             therefore
             laying
             aside
             all
             remorse
             ,
             they
             entered
             into
             a
             conspiracy
             to
             make
             sure
             of
             him
             for
             ever
             by
             Murther
             .
             Whereupon
             removing
             him
             from
             Kenelworth
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Custody
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             who
             they
             thought
             too
             much
             favored
             him
             ;
             he
             was
             delivered
             into
             the
             Custody
             of
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               De
               Gournay
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               John
               Mattravers
            
             ,
             two
             bloody
             Sycophants
             ,
             who
             conveyed
             him
             to
             Corfe
             Castle
             ,
             from
             thence
             to
             Bristol
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             Berkly
             Castle
             ,
             where
             after
             many
             barbarous
             and
             vile
             usages
             ,
             they
             Murthered
             him
             ;
             the
             manner
             according
             to
             Holinshead
             thus
             :
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Death
             being
             resolved
             on
             ,
             Mortimer
             procured
             
               Adam
               De
               Forleton
            
             to
             write
             this
             doubtful
             
             but
             most
             wicked
             Sophism
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             Sealed
             with
             the
             Queens
             Seal
             .
             
               
                 Edvardum
                 occidere
                 nolite
                 timere
                 Bonum
                 est
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 shed
                 King
                 Edward's
                 Blood
              
               
                 Refuse
                 to
                 fear
                 I
                 count
                 it
                 good
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Where
             the
             Comma
             being
             put
             after
             Nolite
             ,
             bids
             them
             not
             to
             make
             him
             away
             ,
             but
             placed
             after
             Timere
             expresly
             commands
             it
             ;
             in
             performing
             which
             execrable
             Villany
             these
             Monsters
             were
             not
             slow
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             colour
             the
             Regicide
             ,
             lest
             any
             outward
             appearance
             of
             violence
             should
             be
             observed
             they
             by
             force
             bind
             the
             good
             King
             ,
             and
             (
             O
             barbarous
             inhumanity
             )
             putting
             a
             Horn
             into
             his
             Fundament
             to
             keep
             the
             outward
             part
             from
             seering
             ,
             they
             thrust
             a
             hot
             Iron
             through
             it
             ,
             and
             therewith
             twisted
             his
             Bowels
             to
             pieces
             ,
             not
             once
             only
             ,
             but
             often
             repeated
             the
             cruel
             torture
             ,
             the
             which
             how
             painful
             may
             be
             guessed
             by
             the
             pittiful
             out-cries
             the
             King
             made
             whilst
             they
             were
             putting
             him
             to
             death
             ,
             which
             cries
             were
             heard
             by
             many
             ,
             but
             none
             durst
             venture
             to
             relieve
             him
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             foul
             and
             barbarous
             Murther
             committed
             ,
             it
             was
             blazed
             abroad
             that
             he
             died
             of
             grief
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             they
             publickly
             exposed
             his
             Body
             to
             the
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             others
             for
             several
             days
             ;
             but
             in
             a
             short
             time
             the
             Murther
             ,
             which
             is
             seldom
             
             hid
             came
             to
             light
             ,
             and
             the
             Actors
             known
             ,
             though
             the
             Queen
             and
             Mortimer
             deeply
             dissembled
             the
             matter
             ,
             and
             to
             outward
             appearance
             seemed
             greatly
             afflicted
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             discovery
             Gorney
             and
             Mattravers
             fled
             ,
             the
             former
             of
             which
             was
             taken
             at
             Massels
             in
             France
             ,
             where
             he
             produced
             the
             Queen
             and
             Mortimers
             Seals
             for
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ;
             whereupon
             secret
             Orders
             were
             sent
             for
             Beheading
             him
             on
             Ship-board
             in
             his
             way
             for
             England
             ,
             lest
             had
             he
             come
             to
             a
             Trial
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             made
             a
             full
             discovery
             of
             the
             chief
             Conspirator
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             latter
             he
             wandered
             about
             miserably
             in
             forreign
             Countries
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             died
             miserably
             in
             Italy
             ,
             being
             eat
             up
             with
             Ulcers
             :
             And
             Gods
             vengeance
             found
             out
             these
             Monsters
             of
             men
             ,
             nor
             was
             it
             slow
             in
             punishing
             most
             deservedly
             Roger
             Lord
             Mortimer
             ,
             the
             chief
             Contriver
             of
             the
             wicked
             Parricide
             ,
             who
             having
             attained
             to
             the
             height
             of
             his
             ambition
             ;
             for
             he
             together
             with
             the
             Queen
             being
             at
             his
             Castle
             of
             Nottingham
             one
             Evening
             (
             upon
             a
             bruite
             that
             his
             Mother
             was
             with
             Child
             by
             Mortimer
             )
             the
             King
             with
             a
             well
             affected
             Company
             having
             entered
             a
             Vault
             that
             went
             into
             the
             Castle
             ,
             passed
             on
             till
             he
             came
             into
             the
             Chamber
             where
             the
             Queen
             was
             in
             Bed
             ,
             and
             Mortimer
             undressing
             himself
             to
             go
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             so
             secure
             they
             were
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             left
             open
             the
             Chamber
             door
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             King
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             seized
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             so
             easily
             done
             ,
             but
             
             two
             or
             three
             were
             killed
             in
             the
             attempt
             ;
             for
             Mortimer
             had
             at
             that
             time
             a
             Retinue
             of
             fourscore
             Knights
             and
             Gentlemen
             attending
             him
             ;
             but
             in
             spite
             of
             resistance
             he
             was
             carried
             off
             :
             And
             within
             a
             while
             after
             condemned
             (
             in
             Parliament
             )
             for
             being
             accessary
             to
             the
             Murther
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             betraying
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             wasting
             the
             Coin
             ;
             as
             also
             for
             committing
             adultery
             with
             the
             Queen
             :
             Whereupon
             he
             was
             soon
             after
             drawn
             to
             Tiburn
             then
             called
             the
             Elms
             ,
             and
             there
             hanged
             ,
             where
             by
             the
             commandment
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             continued
             hanging
             for
             two
             days
             ,
             being
             pittied
             of
             none
             ;
             nor
             did
             he
             fall
             alone
             ,
             for
             with
             him
             were
             Executed
             Sir
             
               Simon
               De
               Bedford
            
             ,
             and
             
               John
               Deverel
            
             
               Esq
            
             both
             concerned
             in
             King
             Edwards
             Murther
             ,
             and
             thus
             Heavens
             vengeance
             aim'd
             sure
             and
             overwhelmed
             in
             the
             height
             of
             their
             pride
             and
             security
             ,
             these
             Monsters
             of
             men
             that
             durst
             by
             cruel
             tortures
             ,
             shed
             the
             Blood
             of
             their
             Anointed
             Soveraign
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Birth
               ,
               remarkable
               passages
               ,
               deposing
               and
               murthering
               of
               Richard
               the
               Second
               ,
               King
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               Lord
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               the
               fiftieth
               Monarch
               of
               England
               ;
               with
               the
               manner
               of
               the
               Conspiracies
               against
               ,
               and
               Vengeance
               that
               overtook
               many
               of
               the
               Regicides
               .
            
          
           
             RIchard
             the
             Second
             was
             Son
             to
             the
             black
             Prince
             ,
             and
             Grandson
             to
             King
             Edward
             the
             Third
             ,
             being
             Crowned
             in
             the
             Eleventh
             year
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             at
             the
             first
             entry
             upon
             his
             Kingdom
             all
             things
             promised
             him
             a
             peaceable
             and
             prosperous
             Reign
             ;
             but
             it
             continued
             not
             long
             so
             ,
             for
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             ill
             conduct
             of
             affairs
             in
             his
             Minority
             ,
             John
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ruling
             all
             ,
             who
             was
             in
             hatred
             with
             the
             Commons
             ,
             great
             numbers
             of
             the
             Rabble
             rose
             in
             many
             Counties
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             their
             factious
             Leaders
             ,
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Redressing
             grievances
             ,
             the
             common
             Cloak
             of
             Rebellion
             ;
             the
             principal
             Commanders
             being
             
               Wat
               Tyler
            
             and
             
               Jack
               Straw
            
             ,
             two
             Mechanicks
             ,
             who
             committed
             many
             outrages
             ,
             as
             burning
             ,
             plundering
             and
             murthering
             in
             most
             places
             where
             they
             came
             ,
             and
             were
             so
             far
             sided
             with
             
             by
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             that
             they
             entered
             it
             without
             opposition
             ,
             and
             took
             the
             Tower
             wherein
             the
             King
             was
             ,
             and
             were
             designed
             to
             murther
             him
             ,
             had
             not
             providence
             prevented
             it
             ,
             by
             his
             condescending
             to
             what
             they
             demanded
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             unreasonable
             ,
             and
             granting
             a
             pardon
             to
             all
             for
             what
             offences
             soever
             had
             been
             committed
             ,
             upon
             which
             a
             great
             part
             acknowledged
             the
             Kings
             Concessions
             satisfactory
             ,
             and
             so
             returned
             home
             ;
             yet
             their
             grand
             Captains
             keep
             their
             Armies
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             still
             drew
             up
             unreasonable
             Petitions
             ,
             such
             as
             they
             knew
             the
             King
             could
             not
             with
             honour
             grant
             ;
             and
             hereupon
             they
             took
             a
             pretence
             of
             doing
             more
             mischief
             ,
             intending
             to
             have
             divided
             the
             Kingdom
             amongst
             Mechanicks
             ,
             every
             County
             to
             have
             had
             a
             King
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             as
             they
             termed
             it
             :
             But
             e're
             they
             could
             bring
             their
             rebellious
             purpose
             to
             perfection
             it
             it
             was
             prevented
             ,
             for
             Sir
             
               William
               Walworth
            
             then
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             being
             with
             the
             King
             at
             a
             Treaty
             with
             
               Wat
               Tyler
            
             ,
             and
             hearing
             the
             Traitor
             speak
             irreverently
             of
             his
             Soveraign
             ,
             and
             offering
             to
             murther
             one
             of
             the
             Kings
             Knights
             ,
             for
             not
             shewing
             him
             such
             respect
             as
             he
             required
             ,
             he
             with
             his
             drawn
             Sword
             Arrested
             him
             as
             a
             Traitor
             in
             West-Smithfield
             ,
             and
             he
             refusing
             to
             yield
             ,
             some
             Lords
             coming
             in
             he
             was
             killed
             ,
             and
             had
             his
             head
             cut
             off
             and
             carried
             on
             a
             Spear
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             which
             he
             had
             before
             impiously
             protested
             that
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             England
             should
             proceed
             .
          
           
           
             At
             the
             fall
             of
             their
             grand
             Captain
             the
             Rebels
             were
             much
             grieved
             ,
             and
             being
             near
             twenty
             thousand
             strong
             ,
             resolved
             upon
             revenge
             ;
             but
             the
             young
             King
             spurring
             forward
             ,
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             their
             Captain
             ,
             and
             that
             whatsoever
             they
             desired
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             lawful
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             ,
             which
             appeased
             and
             caused
             many
             of
             them
             to
             throw
             down
             their
             Arms
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             space
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             having
             raised
             1000
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             brought
             them
             to
             confront
             the
             Rebels
             under
             his
             own
             Conduct
             ,
             that
             of
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Knowles
            
             and
             others
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Rebels
             totally
             submitted
             to
             the
             King
             upon
             promise
             of
             pardon
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             King
             sent
             to
             all
             his
             loving
             Subjects
             throughout
             England
             ,
             who
             were
             able
             to
             provide
             Horse
             and
             Arms
             to
             attend
             him
             on
             Black-Heath
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             mustered
             to
             the
             number
             of
             40000
             all
             on
             Horseback
             ,
             and
             well
             appointed
             ,
             and
             now
             the
             Rebels
             in
             
               Kent
               ,
               Essex
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Counties
             beginning
             again
             to
             raise
             tumults
             ,
             were
             dispersed
             by
             force
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             principal
             Incendiaries
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Nation
             was
             reduced
             to
             its
             former
             obedience
             and
             quiet
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             King
             began
             to
             think
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             which
             Anno
             1382.
             
             In
             the
             Month
             of
             January
             ,
             he
             effected
             with
             the
             Lady
             Anne
             ,
             Daughter
             to
             the
             Emperour
             Charles
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             and
             Sister
             to
             Winceslaus
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             she
             Crown'd
             by
             
               William
               Courtney
            
             Son
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Devonshire
             ,
             and
             Bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             :
             
             Upon
             which
             through
             the
             Negotiation
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             a
             Truce
             was
             concluded
             between
             the
             French
             and
             English
             from
             Christmas
             till
             Midsummer
             ;
             and
             the
             said
             Duke
             upon
             his
             return
             dispatched
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             revenge
             the
             injuries
             the
             Scots
             had
             put
             upon
             the
             English
             during
             the
             intestine
             broils
             ,
             but
             returned
             without
             effecting
             any
             thing
             memorable
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             return
             he
             was
             accused
             by
             a
             Carmelite
             Friar
             ,
             and
             by
             Birth
             an
             Irish-man
             to
             have
             conspired
             the
             Kings
             Death
             ;
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             which
             ,
             the
             Friar
             Swore
             upon
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             but
             the
             Dukes
             Interest
             in
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Council
             ,
             so
             overpowered
             the
             testimony
             of
             the
             Friar
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             believed
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             the
             Evidencer
             delivered
             over
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               John
               Holland
            
             ,
             who
             caused
             him
             cruelly
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             without
             Trial
             or
             Form
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             dragged
             through
             the
             streets
             ;
             when
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Lord
             Thomas
             of
             Woodstock
             afterwards
             made
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             rushed
             into
             the
             presence
             Chamber
             ,
             swearing
             that
             he
             would
             kill
             any
             man
             alive
             ,
             the
             King
             not
             excepted
             ,
             that
             durst
             lay
             Treason
             to
             his
             Brothers
             charge
             ;
             which
             rash
             words
             were
             afterwards
             excused
             upon
             pretence
             of
             his
             Zeal
             to
             his
             Brothers
             honour
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             same
             time
             his
             duty
             to
             his
             Soveraign
             ought
             to
             have
             overballanced
             the
             other
             ;
             but
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster's
             credit
             growing
             great
             with
             the
             Court
             Lords
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             forced
             to
             oblige
             him
             ,
             not
             knowing
             how
             to
             help
             
             
             
             
             
             it
             ;
             and
             therefore
             seeing
             him
             grow
             obstinate
             ,
             he
             the
             rather
             wished
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             thought
             he
             could
             no
             better
             do
             than
             by
             furnishing
             him
             a
             Navy
             ,
             and
             an
             Army
             to
             Invade
             Castile
             ,
             which
             Kingdom
             he
             claimed
             in
             the
             Right
             of
             his
             Wife
             Constance
             ,
             Daughter
             to
             the
             late
             King
             :
             where
             arriving
             ,
             he
             obtained
             several
             places
             of
             strength
             ,
             worsting
             the
             Spaniards
             every
             where
             :
             When
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             the
             French
             under
             their
             young
             King
             ,
             resolving
             to
             revenge
             old
             injuries
             ,
             prepared
             an
             Army
             of
             100000.
             
             Men
             to
             Invade
             England
             ,
             supposing
             it
             weakned
             by
             the
             remoteness
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster's
             Army
             ;
             but
             such
             was
             Gods
             providence
             ,
             that
             although
             they
             were
             imbarqued
             ,
             and
             several
             times
             attempted
             to
             put
             to
             Sea
             ,
             yet
             were
             they
             still
             driven
             back
             ,
             and
             detained
             by
             contrary
             winds
             ,
             even
             at
             such
             a
             time
             when
             the
             discontents
             amongst
             the
             Nobility
             made
             way
             for
             their
             Conquest
             ;
             for
             the
             King
             supposing
             himself
             rid
             at
             least
             for
             a
             time
             of
             his
             Uncle
             ,
             the
             turbulent
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             found
             his
             second
             Uncle
             Thomas
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             no
             less
             troublesome
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Faction
             continually
             opposed
             the
             Kings
             proceedings
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             weakning
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             denying
             in
             Parliament
             to
             grant
             him
             either
             Men
             or
             Money
             ,
             even
             when
             the
             French
             Army
             was
             daily
             expected
             to
             Land
             ,
             upon
             pretence
             that
             he
             had
             undeservedly
             created
             
               Michael
               Del●
               Pole
            
             ,
             Lord
             Chancellour
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             and
             
               Robert
               D'
               Vere
            
             Duke
             of
             Dublin
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             
             not
             being
             willing
             any
             should
             be
             advanced
             ,
             but
             of
             his
             own
             Faction
             ,
             which
             caused
             a
             Poet
             ,
             both
             learnedly
             and
             fellingly
             to
             Sing
             ,
             or
             rather
             Weep
             his
             Countries
             misery
             in
             the
             doleful
             strains
             .
             
               
                 I
                 Sing
                 the
                 Civil
                 Wars
                 ,
                 tumultuous
                 Broils
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 Bloody
                 Factions
                 of
                 a
                 mighty
                 Land
                 ;
              
               
                 Whose
                 People
                 haughty
                 ;
                 proud
                 with
                 foreign
                 spoils
                 ,
              
               
                 Upon
                 themselves
                 now
                 turn
                 their
                 Conquering
                 Hand
                 ;
              
               
                 Whilst
                 Kin
                 their
                 Kin
                 ,
                 Brother
                 his
                 Brother
                 foils
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 Ensigns
                 all
                 against
                 like
                 Ensigns
                 band
                 ;
              
               
                 Bows
                 against
                 Bows
                 ,
                 a
                 Crown
                 against
                 a
                 Crown
                 ,
              
               
                 Whilst
                 all
                 pretending
                 Right
                 ,
                 all
                 Right
                 threw
                 down
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Nation
             which
             had
             been
             formerly
             troubled
             with
             the
             Insurrection
             of
             the
             Plebeans
             ,
             was
             again
             troubled
             by
             the
             Faction
             of
             the
             Peers
             ,
             who
             stuck
             not
             to
             demand
             the
             removal
             and
             banishment
             of
             all
             such
             as
             were
             near
             and
             dear
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             evil
             Councillours
             :
             When
             indeed
             their
             distast
             for
             the
             most
             part
             was
             founded
             upon
             private
             Animosities
             ,
             which
             when
             they
             perceived
             they
             could
             not
             effect
             by
             fair
             means
             ,
             they
             retired
             into
             the
             several
             Counties
             where
             their
             Lands
             were
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             were
             most
             popular
             ,
             and
             there
             raised
             such
             forces
             as
             they
             
             could
             get
             ;
             which
             in
             a
             short
             time
             in
             conjunction
             ,
             made
             an
             Army
             of
             Forty
             thousand
             men
             ,
             though
             in
             time
             of
             eminent
             danger
             ,
             they
             pretended
             no
             Forces
             considerable
             could
             be
             levyed
             .
          
           
             With
             these
             forces
             they
             march
             towards
             London
             ,
             with
             an
             intent
             to
             force
             the
             King
             to
             accord
             to
             what
             they
             should
             propose
             ,
             although
             at
             that
             time
             
               Dela
               Pole
            
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             Archbishop
             of
             York
             ,
             the
             Persons
             against
             whom
             they
             chiefly
             objected
             ,
             were
             banished
             the
             Kings
             presence
             :
             The
             Lords
             that
             raised
             these
             stirs
             were
             Thomas
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Warwick
               ,
               Derby
               ,
               Nottingham
            
             and
             Arundel
             ;
             yet
             upon
             the
             mediation
             of
             some
             Prelates
             the
             matter
             was
             so
             ordered
             ,
             that
             the
             Lords
             were
             content
             to
             present
             themselves
             to
             the
             King
             sitting
             in
             State
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             but
             so
             far
             from
             trusting
             his
             Royal
             word
             ,
             that
             they
             came
             strongly
             guarded
             ,
             and
             coming
             into
             his
             presence
             fell
             on
             their
             Knees
             ;
             yet
             after
             the
             former
             strain
             ,
             repeated
             their
             former
             demands
             ,
             throwing
             down
             their
             Gloves
             ,
             protesting
             to
             prove
             them
             Traitours
             by
             Combate
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             so
             named
             ;
             yet
             the
             King
             in
             a
             sharp
             reply
             made
             them
             sensible
             how
             little
             he
             feared
             their
             Braves
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             end
             referred
             the
             further
             determination
             of
             matters
             to
             the
             next
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             shortly
             after
             held
             at
             Westminster
             :
             And
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             bid
             them
             be
             content
             and
             mindful
             of
             their
             Allegiance
             ,
             yet
             they
             
             refused
             to
             separate
             themselves
             ,
             but
             withdrawing
             into
             the
             West
             near
             Burford
             ,
             set
             upon
             a
             party
             of
             Cheshire
             and
             Welshmen
             ,
             Commanded
             by
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Molenaux
            
             and
             others
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Kings
             special
             Order
             raised
             to
             conduct
             safe
             to
             Court
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             whom
             the
             King
             had
             secretly
             recalled
             from
             Banishment
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             hot
             dispute
             slew
             Sir
             Thomas
             and
             most
             of
             his
             Men
             ,
             the
             Duke
             hardly
             escaping
             ;
             then
             increasing
             their
             number
             they
             marched
             towards
             London
             ,
             whose
             approach
             caused
             the
             King
             to
             betake
             himself
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             the
             Citizens
             through
             fear
             to
             open
             their
             Gates
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Lords
             and
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             their
             Host
             entered
             as
             it
             were
             in
             triumph
             ,
             and
             after
             some
             Messengers
             had
             passed
             between
             the
             King
             and
             them
             ,
             they
             found
             means
             to
             come
             to
             his
             presence
             ,
             and
             there
             boldly
             taxed
             him
             of
             secretly
             practising
             to
             fly
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ireland
             into
             France
             ,
             and
             to
             deliver
             up
             Calais
             and
             other
             places
             in
             Normandy
             to
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             unbeseeming
             expressions
             ,
             which
             ,
             either
             through
             real
             grief
             ,
             or
             a
             Noble
             disdain
             to
             be
             so
             used
             by
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             caused
             the
             King
             to
             shed
             Tears
             even
             in
             their
             sight
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             it
             was
             agreed
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             should
             the
             next
             day
             come
             to
             Westminster
             ;
             but
             the
             next
             day
             the
             King
             deferring
             his
             repair
             longer
             than
             the
             time
             appointed
             ,
             the
             Lords
             contrary
             to
             their
             Allegiance
             sent
             him
             word
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             came
             not
             speedily
             according
             to
             appointment
             ,
             
             they
             would
             chuse
             them
             another
             King
             ,
             who
             both
             would
             and
             should
             obey
             the
             Council
             of
             his
             Peers
             ,
             they
             having
             him
             present
             whom
             they
             intended
             to
             have
             Invested
             with
             the
             Diadem
             ,
             
               viz.
               Henry
            
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             ,
             Son
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             who
             afterward
             Dethroned
             him
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             related
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             having
             received
             this
             threatning
             message
             ,
             though
             much
             against
             his
             Inclination
             ,
             went
             to
             Westminster
             where
             the
             Lords
             were
             Assembled
             ,
             where
             they
             forced
             him
             not
             only
             to
             disclaim
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             divest
             the
             Lord
             Chancellour
             ,
             but
             likewise
             turn
             out
             of
             favour
             
               Alexander
               Nevil
            
             Arch-bishop
             of
             York
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Durham
             and
             Chichester
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Souches
             and
             Beaumont
             ,
             with
             many
             more
             of
             smaller
             account
             ;
             so
             that
             having
             stripped
             him
             of
             his
             friends
             ,
             they
             thought
             the
             easier
             to
             rule
             him
             ,
             and
             afterward
             committed
             as
             many
             of
             them
             as
             they
             could
             lay
             hands
             on
             Prisoners
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             to
             answer
             such
             Accusations
             as
             should
             be
             objected
             against
             them
             in
             the
             next
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             beginning
             the
             Candlemas
             following
             :
             The
             first
             day
             of
             the
             Sessions
             ,
             most
             of
             the
             Judges
             were
             Arrested
             as
             they
             were
             sitting
             upon
             the
             Bench
             ,
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             Tower
             ;
             the
             Crime
             alleadged
             against
             them
             was
             ,
             that
             at
             Nottingham
             they
             having
             given
             Council
             to
             the
             Lords
             ,
             which
             they
             assured
             them
             was
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             had
             afterwards
             assured
             the
             King
             that
             it
             was
             not
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             but
             only
             they
             
             had
             been
             obliged
             to
             give
             such
             Opinions
             for
             their
             own
             security
             :
             But
             Trisillian
             escaped
             for
             a
             while
             by
             flight
             ,
             being
             taken
             in
             the
             Morning
             was
             brought
             before
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             having
             no
             longer
             respite
             than
             till
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             was
             carried
             to
             Tyburn
             ,
             and
             there
             according
             to
             Sentence
             had
             his
             Throat
             cut
             ;
             an
             unmanly
             death
             to
             be
             inflicted
             on
             a
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             :
             There
             were
             likewise
             Executed
             almost
             all
             the
             Judges
             ,
             and
             about
             five
             Knights
             and
             Esquires
             ,
             most
             of
             the
             Kings
             especial
             favorites
             ,
             nor
             could
             the
             King
             stay
             this
             Execution
             ;
             but
             e're
             this
             mischief
             spread
             further
             ,
             't
             was
             allayed
             by
             the
             arrival
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             who
             had
             obtained
             a
             great
             Sum
             of
             Money
             ,
             and
             a
             yearly
             Revenue
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             to
             quit
             his
             claim
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Castile
             and
             Leon
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Lord
             Henry
             his
             Son
             Marrying
             the
             Lady
             Catharine
             that
             Kings
             Daughter
             ,
             should
             have
             the
             Title
             of
             Prince
             of
             Austria
             with
             several
             other
             advantageous
             matters
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             arrival
             King
             Richard
             ,
             whether
             again
             to
             buy
             his
             absence
             is
             uncertain
             ,
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Aquitain
             confirming
             it
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             putting
             into
             his
             Possession
             the
             Cap
             of
             Maintenance
             and
             Ducal
             Rod
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             his
             Son
             Henry
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             ,
             went
             for
             Prussia
             ,
             and
             there
             ingaged
             himself
             in
             the
             War
             against
             the
             Lithuanian
             ,
             where
             he
             Atchieved
             many
             noble
             deeds
             in
             Chivalry
             ;
             but
             soon
             after
             died
             the
             Dutchess
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             Dutchess
             of
             York
             ,
             Dutchess
             of
             Derby
             ,
             and
             
             what
             was
             more
             grievous
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             Queen
             whom
             he
             intirely
             loved
             ,
             all
             dying
             almost
             in
             a
             years
             space
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             went
             over
             to
             take
             possession
             of
             his
             Dutchy
             ,
             and
             then
             upon
             complaint
             of
             the
             Out-cries
             committed
             by
             the
             Wild
             Irish
             ,
             passed
             into
             Ireland
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             suppress
             them
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             return
             into
             France
             ,
             he
             was
             Married
             to
             the
             Lady
             Isabel
             that
             Kings
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             a
             peace
             concluded
             between
             the
             two
             Nations
             for
             the
             space
             of
             thirty
             years
             :
             And
             now
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ireland
             being
             dead
             ,
             the
             discontents
             of
             the
             Lords
             seemed
             somewhat
             abated
             ,
             yet
             not
             long
             ,
             for
             the
             restless
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             still
             contriving
             to
             secure
             his
             steerage
             at
             Helme
             by
             over-awing
             the
             King
             ,
             put
             so
             many
             affronts
             upon
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             often
             complained
             thereof
             to
             his
             Uncles
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Lancaster
             and
             York
             ,
             who
             perswaded
             the
             King
             of
             his
             good
             intent
             ,
             though
             his
             words
             might
             seem
             harsh
             ,
             but
             within
             a
             while
             after
             a
             Combination
             of
             the
             said
             Duke
             ,
             with
             the
             Earls
             of
             Arundel
             and
             Warwick
             ,
             the
             Lords
             Cobham
             and
             Chevy
             ,
             being
             discovered
             by
             
               Thomas
               Mobray
            
             Earl
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             wherein
             they
             had
             conspired
             to
             Imprison
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Uncles
             Lancaster
             and
             York
             ;
             as
             likewise
             to
             put
             to
             death
             many
             of
             his
             Councellours
             ;
             upon
             which
             they
             were
             Arrested
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             sent
             Prisoner
             to
             Calais
             ,
             where
             afterward
             he
             was
             smothered
             with
             a
             Pillow
             ,
             and
             here
             only
             the
             Earl
             of
             Arundel
             Beheaded
             .
          
           
           
             These
             Executions
             wrought
             some
             alteration
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             whose
             Darling
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             was
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             greatly
             maligned
             his
             Prosecutors
             ,
             and
             some
             vowed
             secretly
             to
             revenge
             ;
             but
             to
             salve
             up
             these
             discontents
             ,
             especially
             amongst
             the
             great
             ones
             ,
             the
             King
             in
             the
             next
             Parliament
             took
             upon
             himself
             the
             Title
             of
             Prince
             of
             Chester
             ,
             created
             his
             Cousin
             Henry
             Earl
             of
             Derby
             Duke
             of
             Hereford
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Nottingham
             Duke
             of
             Norfolk
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Rutland
             Duke
             of
             Amaurle
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Kent
             Duke
             of
             Surry
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Huntington
             Duke
             of
             Exceter
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sommerset
             Marquess
             of
             Dorset
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Spencer
             Duke
             of
             
               Glocester
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             added
             to
             his
             Escutcheons
             the
             Armories
             of
             St.
             Edward
             the
             Confessor
             ,
             sometime
             King
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             These
             proceedings
             for
             a
             time
             made
             fair
             weather
             ,
             but
             not
             long
             ;
             for
             a
             Feud
             arising
             between
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             Hereford
             and
             Thomas
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             the
             latter
             accused
             the
             former
             of
             speaking
             several
             words
             to
             the
             dishonour
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             King
             Richard
             held
             the
             Peers
             of
             England
             in
             no
             esteem
             ,
             but
             as
             much
             as
             in
             him
             lay
             ,
             sought
             to
             destroy
             them
             by
             banishing
             some
             ,
             and
             putting
             others
             to
             death
             :
             That
             he
             never
             troubled
             his
             mind
             with
             considering
             how
             his
             Dominions
             were
             diminished
             through
             his
             carelesness
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ,
             that
             all
             things
             went
             to
             wrack
             as
             well
             in
             Peace
             as
             War.
             
          
           
           
             Upon
             this
             it
             was
             ordered
             that
             the
             Accuser
             and
             the
             Accused
             should
             try
             the
             matter
             by
             Combate
             ,
             the
             latter
             stoutly
             denying
             he
             ever
             said
             any
             such
             words
             as
             were
             objected
             against
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             gages
             being
             delivered
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             they
             entered
             the
             Lists
             ,
             but
             e're
             they
             encountered
             ,
             the
             King
             threw
             down
             his
             Warder
             ,
             and
             upon
             further
             consideration
             banished
             Norfolk
             for
             his
             Life
             ,
             and
             Hereford
             at
             first
             for
             ten
             years
             ,
             which
             after
             he
             reduced
             to
             six
             ,
             which
             some
             alleadged
             was
             a
             just
             Judgment
             on
             the
             former
             ,
             for
             being
             instrumental
             in
             putting
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             to
             death
             ,
             he
             being
             then
             Captain
             of
             Calais
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             ruin
             and
             desolation
             being
             at
             hand
             ,
             Portents
             forerun
             it
             ,
             all
             the
             Bay-trees
             in
             England
             suddenly
             withered
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             while
             sprung
             out
             again
             fresh
             ,
             near
             Bedford
             ,
             the
             River
             between
             the
             Villages
             of
             Harleswood
             and
             Swelston
             where
             it
             is
             deepest
             ,
             drove
             back
             on
             either
             hand
             ,
             and
             for
             three
             Miles
             left
             its
             Channel
             dry
             ,
             with
             sundry
             other
             remarkable
             presages
             of
             what
             after
             happened
             .
          
           
             To
             give
             way
             to
             which
             the
             King
             upon
             notice
             of
             his
             Cousin
             the
             Lord
             Mortimer's
             being
             slain
             by
             the
             Irish
             of
             Leinster
             ,
             who
             were
             up
             in
             Arms
             under
             their
             Leader
             Obrian
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             pass
             over
             in
             person
             to
             revenge
             his
             death
             ;
             and
             therefore
             to
             furnish
             his
             expedition
             ,
             he
             raised
             many
             of
             all
             hands
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             his
             Uncle
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             dying
             ,
             he
             seized
             on
             his
             
             Inheritance
             without
             regard
             to
             his
             Son
             the
             Duke
             of
             Hereford
             who
             remained
             in
             Exile
             ,
             which
             the
             said
             Duke
             hearing
             ,
             was
             so
             throughly
             netled
             ,
             that
             not
             resolving
             to
             wait
             the
             expiration
             of
             his
             Banishment
             ,
             he
             taking
             the
             advantage
             of
             King
             Richard's
             absence
             resolves
             for
             England
             ,
             having
             upon
             notice
             of
             his
             Fathers
             decease
             taken
             upon
             him
             the
             Title
             of
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             and
             only
             accompanied
             with
             the
             banished
             Bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             and
             about
             twenty
             others
             ,
             when
             having
             taken
             Ship
             ,
             he
             for
             some
             time
             lay
             hovering
             on
             the
             Coast
             ,
             to
             understand
             how
             the
             People
             stood
             affected
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             give
             his
             agents
             on
             shore
             time
             to
             work
             them
             to
             his
             purpose
             ;
             but
             upon
             notice
             that
             his
             Faction
             was
             strong
             ,
             he
             Landed
             only
             under
             pretence
             of
             recovering
             his
             Rightful
             Inheritance
             ,
             when
             as
             there
             repaired
             to
             him
             the
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             the
             Lord
             Henry
             ,
             his
             Son
             the
             Lord
             Nevil
             Earl
             of
             Westmorland
             and
             others
             ,
             as
             likewise
             a
             great
             number
             of
             the
             Country
             People
             offering
             him
             their
             Service
             ,
             so
             that
             within
             a
             short
             time
             he
             had
             formed
             a
             Puissant
             Army
             ,
             the
             news
             of
             which
             soon
             alarumed
             Edmund
             Duke
             of
             York
             the
             Kings
             Uncle
             ,
             who
             calling
             to
             his
             assistance
             
               Edmund
               Stafford
            
             Bishop
             of
             Chichester
             ,
             Lord
             Chancellour
             ,
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
               Wiltshire
               ,
               Bushy
               ,
               Bagot
               ,
               Green
               ,
               Russel
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Knights
             of
             the
             Kings
             Council
             to
             consult
             about
             raising
             forces
             to
             impeach
             the
             Dukes
             passage
             ;
             but
             their
             consultation
             came
             to
             
             nothing
             ,
             the
             Dukes
             Faction
             having
             so
             dealt
             with
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             that
             they
             every
             where
             refused
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             him
             :
             Whereupon
             Sir
             
               John
               Bushy
            
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Green
            
             betake
             themselves
             to
             Bristol
             Castle
             ,
             but
             it
             being
             stormed
             by
             the
             Lancastrians
             ,
             their
             Heads
             became
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             popular
             fury
             ,
             but
             Bagot
             taking
             ship
             ,
             Sailed
             over
             to
             Ireland
             to
             acquaint
             the
             King
             with
             what
             had
             happened
             ,
             who
             thereupon
             making
             such
             peace
             as
             he
             could
             with
             the
             Irish
             he
             hastens
             over
             ;
             but
             before
             his
             arrival
             ,
             the
             Dukes
             Faction
             was
             swelled
             to
             such
             a
             torrent
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             opposing
             it
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             King
             having
             Cashiered
             his
             Army
             ,
             or
             they
             for
             the
             most
             part
             deserting
             him
             ,
             he
             retired
             to
             the
             Castle
             of
             Conway
             in
             North-Wales
             ,
             whither
             upon
             notice
             of
             his
             being
             there
             resorted
             to
             him
             ,
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             and
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             where
             after
             a
             long
             Parly
             the
             King
             perceiving
             no
             other
             conditions
             could
             be
             gained
             ,
             required
             that
             he
             and
             eight
             more
             whom
             he
             would
             name
             might
             have
             honourable
             allowance
             with
             the
             assurance
             of
             a
             quiet
             private
             Life
             ;
             that
             he
             in
             consideration
             thereof
             would
             make
             a
             resignation
             of
             his
             Crown
             ;
             which
             demand
             Northumberland
             swore
             should
             be
             observed
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             the
             King
             accompanied
             them
             to
             the
             Castle
             of
             Flint
             ,
             whither
             the
             Duke
             was
             come
             with
             a
             part
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             after
             a
             short
             conference
             they
             removed
             to
             Chester
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             in
             
             consideration
             of
             many
             fair
             promises
             never
             performed
             ,
             put
             himself
             into
             the
             Dukes
             hands
             ,
             who
             conveyed
             him
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             there
             made
             sure
             of
             him
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             whither
             several
             of
             the
             Lancastrian
             Faction
             daily
             resorted
             to
             him
             to
             parly
             about
             the
             surrender
             of
             his
             Crown
             ,
             which
             at
             last
             he
             consented
             to
             do
             (
             seeing
             no
             other
             Remedy
             )
             to
             his
             Cousin
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             taking
             off
             his
             Signet
             ,
             he
             put
             it
             on
             the
             Dukes
             Finger
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             there
             being
             a
             Parliament
             called
             in
             King
             Richard's
             name
             ,
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             Bishop
             of
             Hereford
             were
             appointed
             his
             Procurators
             to
             declare
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             nor
             was
             this
             sufficient
             for
             to
             make
             him
             odious
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             they
             exhibited
             thirty
             two
             Articles
             against
             him
             very
             scandalous
             and
             reproachful
             :
             Whereupon
             Commissioners
             were
             nominated
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             Houses
             to
             pronounce
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Deposition
             ,
             who
             were
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Asaph
             ,
             the
             Abbot
             of
             Glastenbury
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Berkly
             ,
             and
             
               William
               Thyrring
            
             Chief
             Justice
             of
             the
             Common-Pleas
             ,
             the
             Form
             thus
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               ,
               We
            
             John
             
               Bishop
               of
               St.
            
             Asaph
             ,
             John
             
               Abbot
               of
            
             Glastenbury
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               Commissioners
               specially
               chosen
               by
               the
               Lords
               Spiritual
               of
               the
               Realm
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               Commons
               of
               the
               said
               Realm
               representing
               all
               the
               states
               of
               the
               said
               Realm
               ,
               sitting
               in
               place
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               do
               renounce
               all
               fealty
               to
            
             Richard
             of
             Burdeaux
             ,
             
               and
               him
               Depose
               from
               all
               Kingly
               Dignity
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             Upon
             which
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lancaster
             rising
             from
             his
             Seat
             ,
             Crossed
             himself
             ,
             and
             then
             layed
             claim
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             :
          
           
             
               In
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               Amen
               ,
               I
            
             Henry
             of
             Lancaster
             ,
             
               claim
               the
               Realm
               of
            
             England
             
               and
               Crown
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               appurtenances
               ,
               as
               coming
               by
               the
               Blood
               Royal
               from
               King
            
             Henry
             ,
             
               and
               by
               that
               Justice
               ,
               which
               God
               of
               his
               Grace
               hath
               sent
               me
               by
               the
               help
               of
               my
               Kinsfolks
               and
               Friends
               for
               the
               Recovery
               of
               the
               said
               Realm
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               point
               of
               perdition
               ,
               through
               default
               of
               Government
               and
               breach
               of
               Laws
               .
            
          
           
             This
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             conducted
             by
             the
             Arch-bishops
             of
             Canterbury
             and
             York
             to
             the
             Royal
             Throne
             ,
             and
             there
             Seated
             ,
             and
             from
             thenceforth
             all
             Writs
             and
             Process
             Issued
             out
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             Richard
             In
             the
             mean
             space
             remaining
             a
             Prisoner
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             every
             day
             in
             danger
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             which
             was
             often
             aimed
             at
             ,
             the
             more
             firmly
             ,
             to
             establish
             his
             Successour
             in
             his
             Throne
             ,
             who
             sat
             uneasie
             whilst
             deposed
             Majesty
             was
             breathing
             ,
             who
             though
             in
             an
             abject
             condition
             ,
             yet
             wanted
             not
             those
             who
             were
             contriving
             to
             readvance
             him
             to
             his
             Throne
             ;
             yet
             he
             to
             render
             a
             better
             Construction
             of
             his
             actions
             than
             indeed
             they
             would
             bear
             ,
             not
             only
             published
             several
             Proclamations
             ,
             excusing
             what
             was
             done
             ,
             but
             sent
             his
             Ambassadours
             to
             the
             Courts
             of
             neighbouring
             Princes
             to
             give
             his
             reasons
             for
             taking
             upon
             him
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             during
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Rightful
             Heir
             ,
             and
             in
             Parliament
             the
             better
             to
             ingratiate
             himself
             ,
             
             passed
             an
             Act
             for
             restoring
             the
             Blood
             and
             Estates
             of
             such
             as
             had
             either
             suffered
             ,
             or
             were
             disinherited
             as
             Traytors
             during
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Richard
             ,
             yet
             gained
             he
             not
             so
             much
             love
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             conspiracy
             ,
             if
             so
             it
             may
             be
             termed
             ,
             in
             so
             rightful
             a
             cause
             ,
             was
             formed
             for
             restoring
             Richard
             to
             his
             Regal
             Dignity
             :
             The
             chief
             contrivers
             of
             which
             were
             the
             Dukes
             of
             
               Exceter
               ,
               Surry
            
             and
             Amaurle
             ,
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Huntington
               ,
               Kent
               ,
               Rutland
               ,
               Salisbury
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Lord
             Spencer
             late
             Earl
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Carlile
             ,
             Sir
             
               Bernard
               Broukas
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Shevele
            
             ,
             the
             Abbot
             of
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             
               John
               Maudlin
            
             ,
             the
             counterfeit
             King
             Richard
             ,
             a
             person
             who
             had
             been
             his
             Chaplain
             ,
             and
             much
             resembled
             him
             both
             in
             Features
             and
             Lineaments
             with
             several
             others
             ,
             so
             that
             undertaking
             grew
             strong
             ,
             but
             how
             to
             seize
             upon
             Henry
             and
             his
             Son
             they
             knew
             not
             ,
             unless
             with
             a
             multitude
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             to
             be
             raised
             without
             suspicion
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             was
             concluded
             that
             it
             should
             be
             performed
             in
             Christmas
             Holydays
             then
             at
             hand
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             shows
             and
             pastime
             ,
             but
             the
             Morning
             before
             the
             Evening
             it
             should
             have
             been
             put
             in
             practice
             ,
             it
             was
             discovered
             to
             the
             King
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Amaurle
             as
             some
             report
             ,
             yet
             so
             narrowly
             the
             King
             escaped
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             scarce
             reached
             London
             before
             the
             Earls
             of
             Kent
             and
             Salisbury
             not
             knowing
             their
             design
             was
             discovered
             entered
             the
             Kings
             Lodging
             at
             Windsor
             with
             four
             hundred
             Armed
             Men
             ,
             supposing
             to
             have
             surprized
             him
             there
             :
             But
             when
             they
             found
             the
             Bird
             
             was
             flown
             ,
             they
             were
             much
             grieved
             ;
             yet
             having
             dared
             thus
             far
             ,
             they
             resolved
             to
             proceed
             yet
             further
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             to
             increase
             their
             number
             ,
             gave
             out
             that
             King
             Richard
             was
             at
             liberty
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             an
             Army
             of
             100000
             Men
             at
             Pomfret
             ,
             and
             that
             Henry
             and
             his
             Son
             were
             fled
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             better
             to
             confirm
             the
             belief
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             Maudlin
             the
             Chaplain
             personated
             Richard
             ,
             but
             the
             device
             answered
             not
             their
             expectation
             ▪
             for
             in
             the
             end
             most
             of
             the
             Lords
             were
             taken
             and
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             as
             likewise
             Maudlin
             the
             counterfeit
             Richard
             ,
             the
             whole
             number
             that
             at
             that
             time
             fell
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             Richard's
             cause
             ,
             were
             19.
             
          
           
             Thus
             his
             friends
             being
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             his
             turn
             came
             next
             ,
             for
             jealous
             Henry
             could
             not
             imagine
             himself
             safe
             whilst
             Richard
             remained
             still
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ;
             therefore
             many
             Councils
             were
             held
             how
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             last
             it
             was
             concluded
             that
             he
             should
             be
             conveyed
             from
             the
             Tower
             to
             Pomfret
             Castle
             ,
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             hands
             of
             Bloody
             Ruffians
             ,
             who
             that
             he
             might
             die
             a
             death
             the
             least
             discernable
             ,
             as
             our
             Historians
             of
             most
             credit
             relate
             ,
             was
             there
             starved
             to
             death
             with
             cold
             and
             hunger
             ,
             being
             kept
             with
             insufferable
             torments
             fifteen
             days
             e're
             he
             died
             ;
             and
             as
             some
             say
             ,
             the
             more
             to
             aggravate
             his
             torments
             ,
             he
             had
             Victuals
             daily
             set
             before
             him
             ,
             but
             was
             not
             suffered
             to
             touch
             it
             ,
             or
             at
             most
             but
             so
             small
             a
             quantity
             ,
             as
             rathe●
             lingered
             out
             his
             misery
             than
             was
             any
             ways
             advantageous
             ,
             
             a
             death
             so
             cruel
             ,
             that
             even
             the
             barbarous
             Nations
             detest
             to
             inflict
             upon
             the
             worst
             of
             Malefactors
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             on
             a
             King
             Anointed
             ,
             and
             Viceroy
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             fault
             than
             what
             he
             was
             prompted
             to
             by
             others
             ,
             who
             worked
             upon
             his
             tender
             nature
             ,
             being
             a
             King
             in
             himself
             disposed
             to
             mercy
             .
          
           
             After
             he
             was
             dead
             ,
             his
             Body
             was
             brought
             up
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             in
             St.
             Pauls
             exposed
             to
             the
             view
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             colour
             so
             great
             an
             iniquity
             ,
             it
             was
             caused
             to
             be
             rumoured
             ,
             that
             upon
             notice
             of
             the
             execution
             of
             his
             friends
             he
             had
             pined
             away
             with
             grief
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             was
             starved
             to
             death
             ,
             agree
             
               Stow
               ,
               Walsingham
               ,
               Harding
            
             and
             other
             Historians
             of
             account
             ,
             though
             some
             there
             be
             that
             affirm
             he
             was
             slain
             by
             Sir
             
               Piers
               Exton
            
             after
             he
             had
             in
             resisting
             slain
             several
             of
             his
             Knights
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             had
             been
             brained
             ,
             or
             mortally
             wounded
             ,
             certain
             it
             is
             that
             he
             would
             never
             have
             been
             exposed
             to
             the
             view
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             nor
             could
             he
             have
             been
             put
             to
             death
             without
             Henries
             consent
             ,
             but
             inquiry
             would
             have
             been
             made
             into
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             death
             .
             Therefore
             O
             Henry
             ,
             if
             thou
             wert
             Author
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             but
             privy
             to
             so
             Execrable
             a
             Murther
             ,
             though
             for
             thine
             own
             pretended
             safety
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             errors
             cause
             ,
             which
             is
             erroneously
             miscalled
             a
             reason
             of
             state
             thou
             art
             altogether
             inexcusable
             ,
             and
             surely
             he
             is
             not
             a
             man
             that
             hears
             of
             the
             Infamishment
             of
             this
             King
             ,
             and
             feels
             not
             a
             chilling
             horrour
             ,
             
             and
             conceives
             not
             detestation
             of
             such
             a
             bloody
             barbarity
             ;
             but
             Heaven
             was
             not
             slow
             in
             revenging
             the
             fall
             of
             this
             King
             ,
             for
             what
             was
             the
             Reign
             of
             his
             Successour
             but
             a
             continual
             trouble
             what
             Insurrections
             ,
             Rebellions
             ,
             Losses
             at
             Sea
             ,
             Plagues
             ,
             Tempests
             ,
             fearful
             Prodigies
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             can
             make
             a
             Nation
             miserable
             Famine
             excepted
             did
             not
             happen
             ?
             how
             many
             Plots
             and
             Conspiracies
             were
             layed
             against
             his
             Life
             by
             those
             that
             had
             advanced
             him
             to
             the
             Regal
             Dignity
             ?
             What
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             stuck
             as
             Thorns
             in
             his
             Crown
             ,
             and
             made
             ever
             uneasie
             ,
             what
             executions
             of
             the
             Nobility
             happened
             during
             his
             Reign
             ,
             even
             of
             those
             especially
             who
             had
             been
             instrumental
             in
             deposing
             Richard
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             counselling
             his
             death
             ?
             so
             that
             the
             English
             Earth
             never
             drank
             more
             noble
             Blood
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             ,
             he
             Reigning
             but
             13.
             y.
             6.
             m.
             3.
             d.
             and
             left
             Issue
             Prince
             Henry
             afterwards
             King
             ,
             Thomas
             Duke
             of
             Clarence
             slain
             at
             Beaufort
             without
             Issue
             ,
             John
             Duke
             of
             Bedford
             who
             died
             without
             Issue
             ,
             and
             Humfry
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             who
             was
             murthered
             in
             his
             Bed
             at
             Bury
             ,
             and
             two
             Daughters
             Blaunch
             and
             Philip
             :
             Now
             as
             for
             his
             Eldest
             Son
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             after
             his
             glorious
             Atchievements
             in
             France
             ,
             he
             died
             in
             the
             Flower
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             not
             without
             suspicion
             of
             Poyson
             ,
             and
             Henry
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             Son
             to
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             Grandson
             to
             Henry
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             and
             Prince
             Edward
             his
             Son
             ,
             and
             great
             Grand-child
             to
             the
             Fourth
             Henry
             ,
             were
             Murthered
             by
             that
             
             Monster
             of
             Mankind
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             afterwards
             Reigning
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Richard
             the
             Third
             :
             And
             thus
             we
             may
             see
             how
             Sacred
             Kings
             Lives
             ought
             to
             be
             held
             ,
             when
             such
             Tragedies
             revenge
             their
             fall
             .
          
           
             King
             Richard
             after
             he
             had
             been
             exposed
             to
             view
             for
             several
             days
             ,
             (
             and
             the
             rueful
             spectacle
             moved
             many
             to
             compassionate
             his
             death
             )
             was
             conveyed
             to
             Langly
             in
             Hartfordshire
             ,
             and
             there
             obscurely
             buried
             ,
             though
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             caused
             those
             Royal
             remains
             to
             be
             removed
             to
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             there
             Interred
             amongst
             his
             Ancestors
             .
          
           
             Thus
             fell
             this
             unhappy
             King
             without
             Issue
             ,
             and
             thus
             his
             fall
             was
             revenged
             ,
             and
             now
             leaving
             him
             to
             slumber
             in
             his
             Grave
             ;
             we
             shall
             proceed
             to
             the
             next
             Tragedy
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             falls
             next
             in
             course
             ,
             is
             that
             of
             pious
             King
             Henry
             the
             Sixth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Barbarous
               Murther
               of
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               King
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               Lord
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               the
               three
               and
               fiftieth
               Monarch
               of
               England
               ,
               with
               the
               particular
               Marks
               of
               Gods
               vengeance
               upon
               the
               shedders
               of
               Innocent
               Royal
               Blood
               ;
               together
               with
               the
               Policies
               and
               Contrivances
               that
               were
               used
               to
               bring
               about
               the
               Barbarous
               Regicide
               .
            
          
           
             HEnry
             the
             Sixth
             was
             Son
             to
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             Grand-child
             to
             Henry
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             his
             Mother
             was
             Katharine
             Daughter
             to
             King
             Charles
             the
             Sixth
             of
             France
             ,
             upon
             him
             the
             Crown
             devolved
             in
             his
             Infancy
             ,
             his
             Father
             dying
             when
             he
             was
             about
             Seven
             Months
             old
             ,
             and
             he
             Crowned
             at
             Eight
             ;
             yet
             his
             Warlike
             Father
             having
             time
             in
             his
             sickness
             ,
             made
             his
             last
             Will
             and
             Testament
             ,
             constituting
             his
             Brother
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             Protector
             of
             England
             during
             his
             Sons
             Minority
             ,
             and
             his
             other
             Brother
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bedford
             Regent
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Exceter
             committed
             he
             the
             care
             of
             young
             Henry
             ,
             though
             to
             be
             nurtured
             and
             brought
             up
             by
             the
             Queen
             .
          
           
           
             Matters
             being
             thus
             settled
             ,
             the
             King
             dies
             of
             a
             burning
             Feaver
             at
             
               Bois
               D'
               Vincenois
            
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             time
             all
             things
             were
             calm
             ,
             especially
             in
             England
             ,
             though
             they
             continued
             not
             long
             so
             ,
             for
             although
             no
             diligence
             was
             wanting
             in
             the
             Dukes
             Regents
             ,
             yet
             the
             Kings
             Minority
             gave
             way
             to
             many
             Exorbitancies
             as
             well
             amongst
             the
             Vulgar
             as
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             France
             desirous
             of
             gaining
             her
             former
             liberty
             ,
             continually
             struggled
             with
             the
             Conquerour
             ,
             the
             active
             Dauphin
             still
             assailing
             the
             strengths
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             as
             he
             found
             advantage
             offer
             ,
             so
             that
             many
             places
             were
             lost
             by
             being
             taken
             ,
             or
             by
             revolt
             ,
             yet
             the
             couragious
             Duke
             of
             Bedford
             the
             Kings
             Uncle
             ,
             having
             received
             a
             supply
             of
             fresh
             forces
             out
             of
             England
             ,
             recovered
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             he
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             those
             troubles
             dying
             at
             Roan
             ,
             the
             English
             but
             weakly
             maintained
             their
             footing
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             while
             after
             ,
             the
             Faction
             amongst
             the
             Nobles
             increasing
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             Protector
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             other
             Uncle
             ,
             through
             the
             procurement
             of
             Queen
             Margaret
             Wife
             to
             King
             Henry
             ,
             was
             Arrested
             in
             Parliament
             by
             John
             Lord
             Beaumont
             High
             Constable
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             custody
             of
             the
             Dukes
             of
             
               Buckingham
               ,
               Somerset
            
             and
             others
             ,
             when
             within
             a
             while
             after
             he
             was
             found
             dead
             ,
             as
             they
             pretended
             of
             an
             Apoplexy
             ,
             though
             those
             who
             enquired
             more
             diligently
             into
             the
             matter
             ,
             found
             by
             apparent
             Symptoms
             that
             he
             was
             made
             
             
             
             
             
             away
             ,
             yet
             the
             death
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Prince
             was
             hushed
             ,
             though
             it
             proved
             fatal
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             :
             For
             in
             the
             death
             of
             these
             two
             Brothers
             ,
             the
             two
             strongest
             twisted
             Cords
             in
             the
             Cable
             of
             Government
             were
             snapped
             in
             sunder
             ;
             whereupon
             it
             proved
             too
             weak
             to
             Anchor
             the
             Ship
             riding
             in
             so
             fierce
             a
             torrent
             ;
             for
             now
             the
             ambitious
             Duke
             of
             York
             Cousin
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             having
             made
             strong
             his
             Faction
             ,
             began
             to
             shew
             himself
             openly
             ,
             laying
             claim
             to
             the
             Crown
             whilst
             the
             King
             was
             yet
             alive
             ,
             drawing
             to
             his
             part
             a
             number
             of
             the
             discontented
             Nobility
             ,
             who
             envied
             the
             Duke
             of
             Somerset
             ,
             a
             man
             true
             and
             just
             to
             his
             Country
             ,
             and
             one
             whom
             the
             King
             highly
             favoured
             ,
             but
             that
             not
             being
             like
             to
             bring
             his
             designs
             to
             perfection
             ,
             taking
             example
             by
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             he
             resolves
             to
             make
             himself
             popular
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             while
             so
             dealt
             by
             his
             Agents
             with
             the
             Mobile
             that
             they
             rose
             in
             many
             Counties
             in
             great
             numbers
             ,
             threatning
             like
             a
             Deluge
             all
             before
             them
             with
             ruin
             and
             desolation
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Counties
             adjacent
             under
             the
             Leading
             of
             
               Jack
               Cade
            
             that
             audacious
             Rebel
             ,
             they
             Mustered
             about
             London
             ;
             and
             Quartered
             in
             the
             Suburbs
             ,
             ruining
             and
             plundering
             many
             stately
             Houses
             ,
             nor
             did
             Churches
             scape
             their
             Sacrilegious
             hands
             .
          
           
             The
             chief
             of
             these
             Rebels
             were
             drawn
             out
             of
             Kent
             ,
             and
             their
             Petition
             ,
             or
             rather
             Peremptory
             
             demand
             after
             they
             had
             made
             incredible
             spoil
             was
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             Richard
             Duke
             of
             York
             then
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             as
             likewise
             several
             others
             of
             his
             Faction
             ,
             whom
             they
             named
             should
             be
             called
             home
             ,
             and
             be
             admitted
             chief
             Councillours
             ,
             and
             have
             power
             to
             manage
             the
             principal
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             was
             falsly
             Proclaimed
             a
             Traitour
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             demanded
             that
             the
             Authors
             might
             be
             punished
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             we
             may
             see
             who
             incouraged
             them
             to
             those
             unnatural
             Insurrections
             ;
             they
             had
             likewise
             a
             third
             Article
             ,
             but
             it
             only
             contained
             scandalous
             reflections
             on
             the
             Duke
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             but
             these
             Traiterous
             demands
             being
             denied
             ,
             and
             their
             Articles
             rejected
             ,
             they
             raged
             worse
             than
             before
             :
             Whereupon
             Sir
             
               Humfry
               Stafford
            
             drawing
             together
             such
             forces
             as
             he
             could
             get
             ,
             Incountered
             them
             at
             Seven-Oaks
             ,
             whither
             they
             were
             retired
             ,
             but
             was
             unfortunately
             slain
             ,
             and
             his
             party
             routed
             by
             Cade
             the
             principal
             Rebel
             who
             disarmed
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             on
             his
             Armour
             ,
             which
             ill
             became
             such
             a
             Villain
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             they
             again
             advanced
             towards
             London
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             factious
             Citizens
             ,
             though
             contrary
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Magistrates
             favoring
             them
             ,
             they
             enter
             the
             City
             and
             make
             great
             spoil
             on
             the
             Houses
             of
             such
             as
             they
             imagined
             to
             favour
             the
             Duke
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             or
             indeed
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             to
             Assemble
             the
             
             Loyal
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             consult
             what
             was
             best
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             who
             agreed
             that
             when
             Cade
             was
             withdrawn
             ,
             as
             soon
             after
             happened
             ,
             they
             should
             shut
             the
             Gates
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             defend
             the
             City
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             they
             effected
             ,
             and
             kept
             him
             out
             ,
             though
             not
             without
             the
             effusion
             of
             Blood
             on
             either
             side
             ,
             but
             he
             being
             put
             to
             the
             foil
             ,
             his
             Companions
             grew
             faint
             hearted
             ,
             so
             that
             upon
             the
             coming
             forth
             of
             the
             Kings
             Proclamation
             to
             assure
             them
             of
             pardon
             ,
             upon
             condition
             they
             would
             deposite
             their
             Arms
             ,
             they
             deserted
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             thousand
             Marks
             being
             offered
             to
             any
             that
             could
             take
             Cade
             dead
             or
             alive
             ;
             he
             within
             a
             short
             time
             was
             killed
             at
             Hothfield
             by
             one
             
               Alexander
               Eden
            
             a
             Kentish
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             his
             Head
             being
             brought
             up
             to
             London
             ,
             was
             set
             upon
             London
             Bridge
             ;
             as
             likewise
             twenty
             six
             more
             of
             his
             Accomplices
             who
             had
             been
             excluded
             the
             Charter
             of
             pardon
             ,
             being
             taken
             ,
             received
             the
             reward
             of
             their
             Treason
             .
          
           
             The
             news
             of
             these
             intestine
             tumults
             flying
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             coming
             to
             the
             Dukes
             Ear
             ,
             who
             meant
             nothing
             less
             than
             the
             deposing
             of
             innocent
             Henry
             ,
             lest
             his
             Faction
             should
             be
             weakned
             by
             his
             absence
             ,
             he
             posts
             over
             ,
             leaving
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             with
             which
             he
             had
             been
             intrusted
             in
             a
             tottering
             condition
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             arrival
             without
             the
             Kings
             leave
             or
             liking
             committed
             Prisoners
             to
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Ludlow
               ,
               John
               Sutton
            
             ,
             Lord
             
               Dudly
               ,
               Reynold
            
             Abbot
             of
             St.
             Peters
             at
             
             Glastenbury
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             the
             Kings
             friends
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             (
             having
             resolved
             upon
             deposing
             the
             King
             )
             he
             takes
             up
             Arms
             under
             pretence
             of
             removing
             evil
             Councillors
             from
             about
             the
             Kings
             person
             almost
             the
             original
             pretence
             of
             every
             Rebellion
             ,
             though
             the
             undertakers
             aim
             at
             nothing
             less
             then
             the
             King
             himself
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             person
             he
             objects
             against
             the
             only
             man
             that
             kept
             him
             from
             his
             wicked
             purposes
             was
             Edmund
             Duke
             of
             Somerset
             ,
             and
             many
             grievous
             Accusations
             the
             better
             to
             colour
             the
             business
             ,
             are
             made
             against
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             chief
             insisted
             on
             was
             the
             loss
             of
             Normandy
             during
             his
             Regency
             ,
             though
             it
             evidently
             appeared
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             himself
             by
             fomenting
             a
             division
             amongst
             the
             great
             ones
             ,
             had
             given
             the
             French
             opportunity
             to
             recover
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             seeing
             himself
             in
             danger
             ,
             resolves
             to
             oppose
             the
             torrent
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Arms
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             strong
             power
             marcheth
             towards
             Wales
             ,
             in
             whose
             Marches
             the
             Duke
             resided
             with
             his
             forces
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Duke
             having
             notice
             ,
             and
             understanding
             the
             Kings
             power
             was
             such
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             no
             ways
             able
             to
             oppose
             them
             ,
             upon
             his
             feigned
             submission
             he
             so
             wrought
             upon
             the
             good
             nature
             of
             this
             pious
             and
             peaceful
             King
             that
             a
             peace
             was
             concluded
             ;
             and
             after
             some
             heats
             and
             accusations
             had
             passed
             between
             the
             Dukes
             of
             York
             and
             Somerset
             ;
             the
             former
             was
             swore
             to
             be
             true
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             never
             
             more
             take
             up
             Arms
             ,
             but
             regarded
             his
             Oath
             no
             longer
             than
             it
             served
             for
             his
             purpose
             ,
             for
             joyning
             with
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Warwick
               ,
               Salisbury
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             Faction
             ,
             he
             again
             takes
             Arms
             ,
             and
             marches
             towards
             London
             ,
             and
             to
             oppose
             him
             the
             King
             does
             the
             like
             ,
             both
             Armies
             meeting
             at
             St.
             Albans
             a
             dreadful
             fight
             began
             ,
             which
             for
             a
             long
             time
             lasted
             doubtful
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             the
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             with
             his
             Battalian
             breaking
             through
             a
             Garden
             ,
             fell
             in
             so
             furiously
             ,
             that
             the
             Kings
             party
             were
             put
             to
             the
             rout
             ,
             six
             hundred
             slain
             ,
             and
             amongst
             them
             the
             Duke
             of
             Somerset
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ,
               Stafford
            
             ,
             Lord
             Clifford
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             Note
             .
             Here
             the
             King
             received
             a
             slight
             wound
             in
             the
             Neck
             with
             an
             Arrow
             ,
             and
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Faction
             pretended
             abundance
             of
             respect
             ,
             leading
             him
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             there
             procured
             a
             Parliament
             to
             be
             called
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             where
             they
             caused
             an
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             to
             be
             passed
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             to
             be
             so
             ordered
             ,
             that
             they
             render
             their
             Faction
             pleasing
             to
             the
             multitude
             ,
             and
             now
             nothing
             remained
             but
             to
             depose
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             deprive
             him
             of
             Life
             ,
             but
             this
             they
             feared
             to
             do
             till
             their
             insinuations
             had
             spread
             wider
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             got
             Prince
             Edward
             his
             Son
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             for
             the
             King
             notwithstanding
             this
             adversity
             ,
             was
             extreamly
             beloved
             for
             his
             singular
             Piety
             and
             meekness
             ;
             nor
             did
             this
             suffice
             ,
             for
             in
             this
             Parliament
             the
             
             Duke
             of
             York
             got
             himself
             made
             Protector
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             its
             appurtenances
             ,
             (
             a
             thing
             never
             heard
             of
             before
             ,
             unless
             in
             the
             Nonage
             of
             a
             King
             )
             but
             his
             insolencies
             were
             such
             ,
             by
             Imprisoning
             and
             deposing
             the
             Kings
             best
             friends
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             soon
             divested
             of
             that
             power
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             several
             Noble
             Lords
             well-wishers
             to
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             These
             Intestine
             broils
             Incited
             the
             French
             and
             Scots
             to
             molest
             the
             Sea-port
             Towns
             and
             ways
             ,
             the
             remote
             parts
             of
             England
             ,
             upon
             news
             of
             which
             the
             King
             the
             better
             to
             revenge
             those
             injuries
             ,
             called
             an
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Peers
             at
             London
             ,
             whither
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             Earls
             of
             Warwick
             and
             Salisbury
             ,
             were
             Summoned
             under
             the
             Kings
             Privy
             Seal
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             came
             ,
             but
             finding
             things
             not
             for
             their
             purpose
             ,
             they
             feigned
             a
             Plot
             against
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             so
             retired
             to
             their
             several
             Castles
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             strength
             without
             leave
             taken
             ,
             and
             there
             gathering
             forces
             upon
             a
             second
             Summons
             came
             in
             Hostile
             manner
             ;
             yet
             the
             good
             natured
             King
             so
             labored
             that
             a
             reconciliation
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             a
             seeming
             one
             on
             the
             part
             of
             the
             Yorkists
             ,
             was
             the
             result
             of
             that
             meeting
             ;
             but
             it
             continued
             not
             so
             long
             ,
             for
             upon
             a
             Quarrel
             between
             one
             of
             the
             Kings
             Servants
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Warwicks
             ,
             all
             was
             again
             in
             a
             combustion
             ;
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             upon
             that
             occasion
             being
             Assaulted
             ,
             
             flies
             to
             Calais
             ,
             and
             there
             maintains
             himself
             by
             Piracy
             ,
             utterly
             disowning
             the
             King
             Supream
             Lord
             of
             that
             Place
             ,
             but
             being
             not
             long
             satisfied
             there
             ,
             he
             Sails
             over
             to
             the
             Assistance
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             Earl
             of
             Salisbury
             ,
             who
             again
             had
             taken
             up
             Arms
             ,
             and
             Encamped
             near
             Ludlow
             ,
             bringing
             with
             him
             one
             Captain
             
               Andrew
               Trolop
            
             ,
             and
             a
             stout
             Band
             of
             Calesians
             ,
             whom
             all
             along
             he
             had
             perswaded
             that
             they
             were
             to
             fight
             in
             the
             Kings
             Quarrel
             ,
             but
             they
             finding
             it
             otherwise
             upon
             the
             Kings
             approach
             ,
             expressed
             their
             Loyalty
             by
             forsaking
             the
             Yorkists
             ,
             and
             coming
             over
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             good
             natured
             Prince
             ,
             received
             them
             with
             all
             convenient
             expressions
             of
             kindness
             and
             Royal
             favour
             ;
             and
             Trolop
             their
             Captain
             being
             privy
             to
             all
             the
             Plots
             and
             Designs
             of
             the
             Yorkists
             Faction
             ;
             the
             Kings
             Enemies
             disperse
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             with
             the
             Earl
             of
             Rutland
             his
             youngest
             Son
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             March
             his
             Eldest
             Son
             and
             Heir
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Earls
             of
             Warwick
             and
             Salisbury
             ,
             with
             much
             difficulty
             escape
             to
             Calais
             ,
             which
             place
             had
             King
             Henry
             timely
             fortified
             ,
             he
             had
             driven
             them
             all
             to
             great
             extremity
             ;
             yet
             the
             Parliament
             proceeded
             to
             Proclaim
             them
             and
             their
             Abetters
             ,
             Traitours
             ,
             and
             to
             attaint
             them
             of
             high
             Treason
             ,
             disabling
             them
             or
             their
             Heirs
             of
             ever
             inheriting
             their
             Titles
             or
             Possessions
             ,
             which
             made
             them
             again
             prepare
             to
             Invade
             England
             
             by
             stealth
             in
             their
             wonted
             Hypocrisy
             (
             the
             better
             to
             win
             the
             multitude
             to
             side
             with
             them
             )
             with
             deepest
             Oaths
             ,
             protesting
             they
             only
             sought
             the
             good
             and
             welfare
             of
             King
             Henry
             ,
             and
             the
             removal
             of
             evil
             Councillors
             sending
             many
             Writings
             abroad
             fraight
             with
             dissimulations
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             which
             wrought
             them
             much
             favour
             ,
             so
             that
             Landing
             in
             Kent
             ,
             and
             swearing
             to
             be
             true
             to
             King
             Henry
             ,
             especially
             the
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             who
             swore
             it
             upon
             the
             Cross
             of
             the
             Cathedral
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             they
             came
             forward
             to
             London
             still
             increasing
             in
             number
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             being
             no
             ways
             confident
             of
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             to
             remove
             to
             Northampton
             ,
             whither
             the
             Earls
             of
             March
             and
             Warwick
             hasted
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             their
             many
             fair
             pretences
             gave
             the
             King
             Battel
             ,
             overthrew
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             taking
             him
             Prisoner
             ,
             brought
             him
             as
             it
             were
             in
             Triumph
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             although
             they
             held
             him
             Prisoner
             ,
             yet
             continued
             their
             dissembled
             kindness
             towards
             him
             ,
             with
             many
             feigned
             expressions
             of
             Obedience
             and
             Loyalty
             .
          
           
             Upon
             news
             of
             this
             success
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             hasts
             from
             Dublin
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             pulling
             off
             the
             Mask
             he
             had
             so
             long
             vailed
             his
             design
             with
             ,
             layed
             claim
             in
             the
             Parliament
             then
             sitting
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             breaking
             open
             the
             Kings
             Lodgings
             ,
             and
             possessing
             himself
             thereof
             ;
             but
             the
             
             Parliament
             not
             approving
             his
             rashness
             ,
             he
             drew
             up
             his
             Pedigree
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             proposed
             himself
             to
             be
             the
             rightful
             Heir
             ,
             which
             was
             likewise
             opposed
             with
             many
             forcible
             Arguments
             ,
             yet
             so
             powerful
             was
             his
             Faction
             ,
             that
             he
             prevailed
             to
             be
             Proclaimed
             Heir
             apparent
             ,
             and
             again
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Title
             of
             Protector
             of
             England
             ,
             with
             a
             grant
             that
             Henry
             the
             Sixth
             should
             Reign
             only
             during
             his
             natural
             Life
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             the
             Crown
             should
             devolve
             on
             him
             and
             his
             Heirs
             ,
             as
             descended
             of
             the
             Masculine
             Line
             from
             Edward
             the
             Third
             ;
             but
             at
             this
             time
             the
             Queen
             being
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             gathering
             forces
             to
             release
             her
             Husband
             ,
             would
             by
             no
             means
             consent
             to
             this
             agreement
             ,
             which
             caused
             York
             to
             advance
             in
             order
             to
             oppose
             her
             ,
             but
             her
             forces
             consisting
             of
             near
             18000
             ,
             and
             his
             a
             far
             less
             number
             ,
             he
             contrary
             to
             the
             advice
             of
             his
             Council
             ,
             resolving
             to
             give
             Battel
             before
             his
             Son
             the
             Earl
             of
             March
             could
             joyn
             him
             ,
             the
             Battel
             was
             fought
             at
             Wakefield
             ,
             and
             therein
             himself
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Harington
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Nevil
            
             Son
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Salisbury
             ,
             and
             almost
             all
             his
             Soldiers
             were
             slain
             ;
             so
             severe
             is
             the
             Almighty
             in
             punishing
             perjury
             ,
             and
             disloyalty
             to
             him
             and
             his
             Vice-gerents
             ,
             Kings
             Anointed
             ;
             the
             Earl
             of
             Salisbury
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             and
             Beheaded
             ,
             and
             his
             head
             with
             the
             Dukes
             fixed
             upon
             York
             Gates
             ;
             upon
             this
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Army
             came
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             released
             
             the
             King
             by
             the
             overthrow
             of
             Warwick
             at
             St.
             Albans
             ,
             restoring
             him
             to
             his
             Power
             and
             Majesty
             ,
             but
             rested
             not
             long
             e're
             the
             Earl
             of
             March
             ,
             Eldest
             Son
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             advanced
             with
             a
             Puissant
             Army
             ,
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             having
             escaped
             the
             fight
             joyned
             with
             him
             ,
             which
             news
             made
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             retire
             into
             the
             North
             ,
             to
             provide
             against
             the
             threatning
             storm
             ,
             whereupon
             Edward
             Earl
             of
             M●rch
             ,
             without
             any
             controul
             advanced
             and
             entered
             London
             ,
             fearful
             of
             a
             Sack
             ,
             and
             there
             by
             threats
             and
             perswasions
             prevailed
             with
             the
             unstable
             multitude
             to
             give
             their
             Assents
             for
             his
             being
             Crowned
             King
             ,
             which
             Ceremony
             ended
             ,
             though
             against
             all
             Law
             and
             Right
             he
             drew
             forth
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             advanced
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             had
             gathered
             great
             forces
             which
             were
             in
             chief
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Somerset
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             and
             Lord
             Clifford
             ,
             both
             Armies
             consisting
             of
             112000.
             the
             greatest
             Army
             of
             English
             that
             ever
             England
             saw
             ,
             who
             upon
             the
             charge
             being
             sounded
             ,
             began
             the
             Fight
             with
             great
             fury
             near
             Ferry-Bridge
             ,
             which
             continued
             ten
             hours
             ,
             and
             was
             lost
             on
             the
             Kings
             side
             by
             the
             overhastiness
             of
             the
             Northern
             Archers
             ,
             who
             spent
             all
             their
             Arrows
             at
             a
             distance
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             able
             to
             discern
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             by
             reason
             the
             Snow
             that
             then
             fell
             was
             driven
             full
             in
             their
             Eyes
             :
             The
             Nobility
             that
             died
             on
             
             the
             Kings
             side
             ,
             were
             the
             Lords
             
               Scales
               ,
               Willowby
               ,
               Beaumont
               ,
               Wells
               ,
               Grey
               ,
               Dacres
               ,
               Fitz
               Hugh
               Buckingham
            
             and
             Clifford
             ,
             the
             two
             Bastards
             of
             Exceter
             ,
             of
             Knights
             and
             Esquires
             a
             great
             number
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             on
             both
             parts
             the
             slain
             were
             computed
             35091.
             a
             slaughter
             ▪
             the
             like
             not
             known
             in
             England
             since
             the
             Conquest
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             fatal
             overthrow
             King
             Henry
             hs
             Son
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             several
             great
             Lords
             escaped
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             kindly
             received
             ,
             and
             a
             Marriage
             proposed
             between
             the
             young
             Prince
             ,
             and
             the
             Lady
             Margaret
             the
             Scotch
             King's
             Daughter
             ,
             upon
             which
             Queen
             Margaret
             passed
             into
             France
             ,
             to
             negotiate
             her
             Husbands
             affairs
             with
             the
             French
             King
             for
             new
             supplies
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Edward
             is
             Crowned
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             a
             Parliament
             called
             ,
             wherein
             King
             Henry
             ,
             and
             Prince
             Edward
             his
             Son
             are
             disinherited
             of
             the
             Crown
             and
             all
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             upon
             news
             of
             which
             Queen
             Margaret
             returns
             to
             Scotland
             ,
             having
             obtained
             a
             considerable
             supply
             of
             men
             from
             her
             Father
             Duke
             Reynold
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Anjoy
             ,
             King
             of
             
               Naples
               ,
               Jerusalem
            
             and
             Sicily
             ;
             having
             suffered
             much
             by
             storm
             from
             Scotland
             ,
             she
             passed
             into
             England
             ,
             together
             with
             her
             Husband
             and
             such
             Scotch
             forces
             ,
             
             as
             that
             King
             assisted
             her
             with
             ,
             and
             took
             several
             Castles
             in
             Northumberland
             ,
             several
             Loyal
             English
             daily
             resorting
             to
             the
             Royal
             Standard
             ,
             which
             proceeding
             greatly
             alarumed
             Edward
             ,
             so
             that
             constituting
             the
             Lord
             Montacute
             his
             Lieutenant
             General
             ,
             he
             furnished
             him
             with
             an
             Army
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             gave
             Battel
             to
             King
             Henry's
             forces
             near
             unto
             Hexham
             where
             the
             Yorkists
             prevailed
             ,
             and
             King
             Henry
             is
             obliged
             again
             to
             fly
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             from
             whence
             some
             time
             after
             coming
             into
             England
             in
             disguise
             ,
             he
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             by
             
               Thomas
               Talbot
            
             in
             Cletherworth
             in
             Lancashire
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             brought
             to
             ▪
             London
             ,
             with
             his
             Legs
             bound
             under
             the
             Horses
             Belly
             ,
             (
             so
             little
             respect
             had
             those
             Varlets
             ,
             into
             whose
             hands
             he
             fell
             to
             afflicted
             Majesty
             )
             and
             upon
             his
             arrival
             committed
             Prisoner
             to
             the
             Tower.
             
          
           
             Edward
             having
             King
             Henry
             in
             safe
             custody
             ,
             began
             to
             give
             himself
             over
             to
             sports
             and
             Daliances
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             to
             bethink
             himself
             of
             a
             Wife
             ,
             upon
             which
             several
             were
             proposed
             ,
             as
             the
             Lady
             Margaret
             ,
             Sister
             to
             King
             James
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             the
             Lady
             Elizabeth
             Sister
             and
             Heir
             Apparent
             to
             Henry
             King
             of
             Castile
             ,
             the
             Lady
             Bona
             Daughter
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             and
             Sister
             to
             the
             French
             Queen
             ,
             
             of
             which
             the
             latter
             being
             thought
             the
             fittest
             Match
             ;
             the
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             was
             sent
             over
             to
             negotiate
             the
             affair
             ,
             and
             proceeded
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             he
             procured
             a
             free
             consent
             of
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             and
             the
             Lady
             her self
             ;
             when
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             Edward
             had
             cast
             his
             Eyes
             upon
             
               Elizabeth
               Grey
            
             Widdow
             to
             Sir
             
               John
               Grey
            
             slain
             in
             the
             Quarrel
             of
             King
             Henry
             at
             St.
             Albans
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             perswasions
             of
             the
             Dutchess
             of
             York
             his
             Mother
             ,
             Married
             her
             ,
             and
             made
             her
             Queen
             ,
             which
             Warwick
             taking
             as
             a
             grievous
             affront
             put
             upon
             him
             ,
             from
             that
             moment
             Alienated
             his
             Affections
             from
             Edward
             ,
             and
             consulted
             how
             to
             restore
             King
             Henry
             to
             his
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             which
             ,
             he
             first
             consults
             his
             two
             Brothers
             ,
             
               George
               Nevil
            
             Arch-bishop
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             
               John
               Nevil
            
             Marquess
             of
             Montacute
             ,
             the
             former
             of
             which
             soon
             consented
             ,
             but
             the
             latter
             proposed
             many
             delays
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             politick
             Earl
             the
             better
             to
             bring
             his
             designs
             about
             ,
             resolves
             to
             bring
             to
             his
             Lurd
             George
             Duke
             of
             
               Clarence
               ,
               Edwards
            
             Second
             Brother
             (
             whom
             he
             knew
             to
             be
             discontented
             with
             his
             Brothers
             Rule
             )
             and
             so
             effectually
             wrought
             with
             Soliciting
             ,
             that
             he
             soon
             found
             him
             pliable
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             espouse
             his
             Interest
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             more
             to
             secure
             him
             ,
             he
             proposed
             to
             him
             
             his
             Eldest
             Daughter
             in
             Marriage
             ,
             with
             the
             one
             half
             of
             his
             Wives
             Inheritance
             ,
             which
             was
             afterwards
             consummated
             at
             Calais
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             by
             the
             countenance
             of
             the
             Earl
             ,
             many
             Commotions
             were
             raised
             in
             England
             to
             countenance
             which
             ,
             and
             to
             dispossess
             Edward
             of
             his
             Usurped
             Crown
             ,
             (
             to
             say
             no
             worse
             )
             the
             Duke
             and
             Earl
             prepared
             for
             England
             ,
             having
             first
             espoused
             his
             second
             Daughter
             to
             Prince
             Edward
             ,
             Son
             to
             King
             Henry
             ,
             and
             then
             arriving
             a
             great
             conflux
             of
             People
             ,
             hasted
             to
             his
             Banner
             ,
             so
             well
             known
             and
             dreaded
             in
             England
             ,
             being
             the
             
               White
               Bear
            
             and
             
               Ragged
               Staff
            
             ,
             to
             oppose
             which
             torrent
             e're
             it
             grew
             greater
             Edward
             hastened
             ,
             and
             at
             Woolvy
             four
             Miles
             from
             Warwick
             ,
             where
             the
             Duke
             and
             the
             Earls
             Host
             lay
             ,
             pitched
             his
             Tents
             ,
             and
             bid
             the
             Earl
             Battel
             ,
             who
             undaunted
             Spirit
             brooked
             no
             such
             Bravado
             advance
             and
             both
             Armies
             stood
             Imbattled
             expecting
             the
             dreadful
             blast
             ,
             but
             it
             so
             happened
             ,
             that
             the
             Fight
             was
             delayed
             ,
             and
             both
             Armies
             retire
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             Peace
             would
             undoubtedly
             insue
             ,
             but
             crafty
             Warwick
             had
             other
             designs
             on
             foot
             ;
             for
             within
             a
             while
             after
             he
             surprized
             Edward
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             took
             him
             Prisoner
             ,
             committing
             him
             to
             the
             custody
             of
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             York
             ,
             from
             whom
             he
             soon
             after
             
             escaped
             ,
             which
             greatly
             perplexed
             the
             Earl
             ;
             yet
             he
             so
             ordered
             the
             matter
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             seem
             in
             the
             least
             to
             regard
             it
             .
          
           
             Edward
             upon
             his
             escape
             fled
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             and
             Earl
             continuing
             in
             their
             station
             ,
             levied
             great
             forces
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             Mediation
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             it
             was
             so
             ordered
             that
             the
             Duke
             and
             Earl
             came
             to
             Edward
             upon
             his
             Letters
             of
             safe
             conduct
             ,
             but
             Edward
             taxing
             them
             with
             Disloyalty
             ,
             and
             they
             him
             with
             ingratitude
             ,
             nothing
             was
             done
             but
             both
             departed
             ,
             Edward
             to
             Canterbury
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             returned
             to
             Warwick
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             sent
             their
             Agents
             into
             Lincolnshire
             ,
             where
             they
             dealt
             with
             the
             Commons
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             under
             the
             Leading
             of
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Wells
            
             ,
             Son
             to
             the
             Lord
             Wells
             ;
             but
             he
             in
             revenge
             of
             his
             Fathers
             Death
             (
             whom
             Edward
             had
             basely
             Beheaded
             contrary
             to
             his
             promise
             )
             rashly
             ingaged
             Edwards
             power
             before
             Warwick
             could
             come
             to
             his
             Aid
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             lost
             the
             day
             and
             his
             own
             Life
             ;
             upon
             notice
             of
             which
             overthrow
             ,
             the
             Duke
             and
             Earl
             betook
             themselves
             again
             to
             Calais
             ,
             of
             which
             place
             the
             latter
             was
             Captain
             ,
             but
             were
             denied
             entrance
             by
             Vawclere
             his
             Lieutenant
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             went
             to
             the
             French
             Court
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             kindly
             received
             ,
             and
             
             within
             a
             while
             returning
             into
             England
             ,
             gathered
             so
             huge
             an
             Army
             ,
             that
             Edward
             was
             forced
             to
             fly
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             his
             Queen
             to
             take
             Sanctuary
             ;
             whereupon
             King
             Henry
             was
             again
             restored
             to
             his
             Regal
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             Edward
             with
             all
             his
             adherents
             Proclaimed
             Traitors
             ,
             and
             in
             Parliament
             disinabled
             from
             Inheriting
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             it
             again
             Intailed
             on
             King
             Henry
             ,
             upon
             which
             Heart-breaking
             news
             ,
             Edward
             procures
             forces
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundia
             ,
             who
             had
             Married
             his
             Sister
             ,
             and
             under
             pretence
             of
             Friendship
             enters
             England
             ,
             pretending
             to
             no
             more
             than
             his
             Dutchy
             of
             York
             ,
             framing
             Letters
             for
             his
             safe
             conduct
             under
             the
             Seal
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             ;
             but
             he
             no
             sooner
             entered
             but
             surprized
             that
             City
             ;
             whereupon
             Warwick
             and
             Clarence
             prepare
             to
             drive
             him
             thence
             ,
             but
             the
             latter
             was
             so
             wrought
             with
             under
             hand
             ,
             that
             he
             revolted
             to
             Edward
             ,
             and
             endeavored
             to
             perswade
             Warwick
             to
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             who
             generously
             answered
             to
             the
             Messenger
             ,
             go
             tell
             your
             Duke
             that
             I
             had
             rather
             be
             an
             Earl
             ,
             and
             always
             like
             my self
             ,
             than
             a
             false
             and
             perjured
             Duke
             ,
             and
             that
             e're
             my
             Oath
             shall
             be
             falsified
             (
             as
             his
             apparently
             is
             )
             I
             will
             lay
             down
             my
             Life
             at
             my
             Enemies
             Foot
             ,
             which
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             shall
             be
             bought
             very
             dear
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             Marched
             towards
             
             London
             ,
             when
             at
             St.
             Albans
             he
             considered
             what
             was
             best
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             and
             finding
             that
             the
             Sword
             must
             decide
             it
             ,
             he
             advanced
             ,
             and
             at
             Barnet
             both
             Armies
             approached
             each
             other
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             spacious
             Field
             ,
             the
             Battle
             joyn'd
             on
             Easter
             day
             with
             such
             fury
             ,
             that
             the
             like
             had
             not
             been
             known
             ,
             and
             continued
             doubtful
             for
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             day
             being
             overcast
             with
             mist
             hindering
             the
             Soldiers
             sight
             ,
             Warwicks
             Battalian
             took
             the
             Stars
             Imbroidered
             upon
             the
             Earl
             of
             Oxford's
             Mens
             Coats
             for
             his
             Son
             Edwards
             Body
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             let
             fly
             upon
             their
             friends
             ,
             which
             mistake
             caused
             the
             Earl
             to
             leave
             the
             fight
             ,
             his
             Men
             crying
             Treason
             ,
             Treason
             ,
             we
             are
             all
             betrayed
             ,
             which
             Warwick
             perceiving
             ,
             charged
             with
             fury
             upon
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             but
             entering
             too
             far
             was
             beaten
             down
             and
             slain
             ,
             though
             not
             without
             performing
             wonders
             sutable
             to
             his
             great
             Soul
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             Englands
             Make-King
             for
             many
             years
             before
             ,
             with
             him
             perished
             his
             Brother
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Montacute
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             number
             of
             smaller
             note
             ,
             as
             likewise
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             Battle
             on
             the
             side
             of
             the
             Lancastrians
             .
          
           
             Son
             after
             this
             overthrow
             ,
             Queen
             Margaret
             and
             Prince
             Edward
             arrive
             at
             Weymouth
             ,
             
             and
             understanding
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             Battle
             of
             Barnet
             Field
             ,
             she
             went
             to
             Ceerue
             Abby
             ,
             whither
             the
             Lancastrian
             Nobility
             that
             escaped
             the
             slaughter
             came
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             with
             comfortable
             words
             ,
             put
             her
             in
             hopes
             of
             better
             success
             ,
             and
             immediately
             raised
             such
             forces
             as
             they
             could
             ,
             and
             joyned
             them
             to
             those
             they
             Queen
             had
             brought
             over
             from
             France
             ,
             but
             loth
             she
             was
             that
             the
             Prince
             her
             Son
             should
             hazard
             himself
             in
             the
             Battle
             ,
             and
             urged
             sundry
             persons
             ,
             but
             was
             over
             perswaded
             by
             the
             Lords
             ,
             whose
             preparations
             alarumed
             Edward
             ,
             so
             that
             gathering
             an
             Army
             ,
             he
             advanced
             towards
             them
             ,
             resolving
             to
             hinder
             the
             increase
             of
             the
             Queens
             power
             ,
             having
             first
             committed
             King
             Henry
             ,
             and
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             York
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             at
             Teuxbury
             both
             Armies
             met
             ,
             where
             after
             a
             hot
             Encounter
             ,
             by
             the
             Treachery
             of
             the
             Lord
             Wenlock
             the
             Battle
             went
             with
             Edward
             ,
             which
             Treachery
             was
             rewarded
             with
             death
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Somerset
             the
             Queens
             General
             beating
             his
             Brains
             out
             with
             his
             Battle-Ax
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Battle
             of
             the
             Lancastrian
             Nobility
             ,
             were
             slain
             John
             Lord
             
               Summert
               ,
               John
               Coventry
            
             Earl
             of
             Devonshire
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Wenlock
             in
             manner
             aforesaid
             ,
             several
             Knights
             ,
             and
             
             three
             thousand
             common
             Soldiers
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             not
             fewer
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             defeat
             Proclamation
             was
             made
             for
             the
             Apprehending
             Prince
             Edward
             ,
             who
             was
             soon
             taken
             by
             that
             unworthy
             Knight
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Crofts
            
             ,
             and
             delivered
             to
             his
             most
             Capital
             Enemy
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Somerset
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             Quality
             having
             taken
             Sanctuary
             ,
             were
             haled
             thence
             and
             beheaded
             .
          
           
             Prince
             Edward
             not
             passing
             fourteen
             years
             of
             Age
             ,
             being
             brought
             before
             Edward
             had
             assumed
             the
             Soveraignty
             ,
             he
             beheld
             him
             with
             a
             stern
             Countenance
             ,
             and
             demanded
             how
             he
             durst
             with
             Banners
             displayed
             enter
             his
             Realm
             ?
             to
             which
             the
             young
             Prince
             with
             an
             undaunted
             Courage
             replied
             ,
             to
             recover
             my
             Fathers
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             most
             Rightful
             Inheritance
             possessed
             by
             his
             Father
             and
             Grandfather
             ,
             and
             immediately
             from
             him
             descending
             to
             me
             ;
             how
             darest
             thou
             then
             that
             art
             but
             his
             Subject
             ,
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             thy
             King
             ?
          
           
             This
             Brave
             and
             Generous
             Answer
             ,
             so
             touched
             King
             Edward
             to
             the
             quick
             ,
             that
             he
             unmanly
             with
             his
             Gauntlet
             ,
             smote
             him
             on
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             when
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             
             the
             more
             villanous
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             afterwards
             Usurper
             of
             the
             Crown
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Richard
             the
             Third
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             wicked
             Accomplices
             ,
             stabbed
             the
             Prince
             to
             death
             in
             Edwards
             presence
             ,
             Monsters
             unworthy
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Men
             ,
             but
             Heavens
             vengeance
             for
             this
             and
             other
             black
             crimes
             overtook
             the
             Actors
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             after
             his
             being
             murthered
             ,
             was
             Buried
             in
             the
             Grey-Fryars
             at
             Tewksbury
             without
             any
             Ceremony
             ,
             and
             now
             Queen
             Margaret
             having
             taken
             Sanctuary
             ,
             was
             discovered
             and
             brought
             Prisoner
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             where
             she
             continued
             till
             her
             Father
             with
             a
             great
             Ransome
             (
             to
             raise
             which
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             sell
             most
             of
             his
             Signeouries
             to
             the
             French
             King
             )
             he
             redeemed
             her
             ,
             and
             now
             King
             Henry
             being
             Prisoner
             ,
             likewise
             ,
             and
             the
             Thorne
             that
             made
             Edwards
             Crown
             sit
             uneasie
             ,
             he
             resolves
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             sent
             his
             Brother
             ,
             that
             Crook-backed
             Monster
             in
             the
             shape
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             to
             dispatch
             him
             ,
             who
             pretending
             to
             discourse
             about
             his
             releasment
             ,
             stabbed
             the
             pious
             King
             to
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             eased
             him
             of
             this
             troublesome
             Life
             ,
             though
             perpetual
             horrour
             haunted
             the
             Actor
             of
             this
             black
             deed
             to
             his
             Grave
             .
          
           
           
             After
             this
             cruel
             murther
             committed
             on
             the
             pious
             King
             ,
             his
             Body
             was
             for
             many
             days
             exposed
             to
             the
             view
             of
             the
             People
             ever
             bleeding
             afresh
             ,
             which
             raised
             at
             once
             pitty
             and
             detestation
             in
             the
             Spectators
             ,
             and
             then
             carried
             by
             Water
             to
             Chersie
             in
             Surry
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             fell
             this
             good
             King
             ,
             though
             not
             unrevenged
             ,
             for
             he
             lived
             to
             see
             the
             miserable
             ends
             of
             all
             such
             as
             had
             first
             broached
             the
             mutual
             War
             against
             him
             ,
             
               viz.
               Richard
            
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             the
             Earls
             of
             Salisbury
             and
             Warwick
             ,
             and
             afterward
             God
             was
             not
             slow
             to
             revenge
             his
             Royal
             Blood
             ,
             for
             within
             a
             while
             the
             Duke
             of
             Clarence
             King
             Edwards
             Brother
             was
             attainted
             of
             Treason
             ,
             and
             privately
             put
             to
             death
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             as
             some
             say
             drowned
             in
             a
             Butt
             of
             Malmsey
             ,
             King
             Edward
             himself
             continually
             infested
             with
             troubles
             ,
             through
             his
             unquiet
             Reign
             ,
             and
             People
             every
             where
             suffering
             through
             storms
             ,
             pestilence
             ,
             and
             Losses
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             after
             his
             Decease
             his
             two
             Sons
             murthered
             by
             their
             unnatural
             Uncle
             the
             Duke
             of
             Glocester
             ,
             and
             that
             Monster
             himself
             after
             a
             short
             Usurpation
             slain
             in
             Bosworth
             Field
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             sequel
             shall
             more
             at
             
             large
             be
             shown
             ,
             and
             thus
             I
             shall
             end
             with
             the
             death
             of
             this
             pious
             ,
             though
             unfortunate
             King
             ,
             who
             left
             no
             Issue
             ,
             his
             only
             Son
             being
             murthered
             as
             is
             before
             recited
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Murther
               of
               Edward
               the
               Fifth
               ,
               and
               his
               Brother
               Richard
               Duke
               of
               York
               ,
               by
               the
               means
               of
               their
               Vncle
               the
               Duke
               of
               Glocester
               ,
               his
               Vsurpation
               and
               Death
               ,
               with
               various
               Examples
               of
               Gods
               vengeance
               upon
               those
               that
               were
               his
               Assistants
               in
               the
               Regicide
               .
            
          
           
           
             Edward
             the
             Fourth
             having
             (
             though
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             reigned
             twenty
             two
             years
             ,
             one
             Moneth
             and
             five
             days
             ,
             deceased
             ,
             leaving
             his
             Nobility
             at
             variance
             ,
             though
             at
             his
             death
             they
             were
             seemingly
             reconciled
             ,
             and
             his
             two
             Sons
             both
             young
             ,
             and
             Glocester
             Protector
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             during
             Edward
             the
             Elders
             Minority
             ;
             but
             he
             having
             before
             Plotted
             the
             Acquirement
             of
             the
             Soveraignty
             ,
             resolved
             to
             work
             the
             destruction
             of
             his
             Nephews
             to
             his
             way
             to
             the
             Throne
             ,
             and
             therefore
             confederating
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             ,
             and
             other
             Lords
             of
             his
             Faction
             ,
             which
             with
             gifts
             and
             large
             promises
             he
             won
             to
             his
             Lure
             :
             Whereupon
             his
             first
             attempt
             was
             to
             accuse
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Queens
             Blood
             ,
             with
             many
             things
             thereby
             to
             render
             them
             odious
             in
             the
             Eyes
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             therewith
             a
             strong
             Guard
             went
             to
             meet
             the
             young
             King
             ,
             who
             at
             his
             Fathers
             death
             was
             at
             Ludlow
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             bringing
             him
             up
             to
             
             London
             to
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             when
             indeed
             he
             never
             intended
             he
             should
             wear
             the
             Diadem
             ,
             they
             having
             politickly
             perswaded
             the
             Queen
             from
             setting
             any
             guard
             about
             her
             Son
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             the
             easier
             work
             their
             purposes
             ,
             and
             coming
             to
             Northampton
             where
             the
             Lord
             Rivers
             ,
             the
             Queens
             Brother
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Richard
             her
             Son
             by
             Sir
             
               John
               Grey
            
             ,
             lay
             ,
             they
             with
             all
             seeming
             kindness
             received
             and
             imbraced
             them
             ,
             and
             seemed
             to
             study
             nothing
             more
             than
             the
             advancement
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             
               Glocester
               ,
               Buckingham
            
             and
             others
             of
             the
             Faction
             having
             held
             a
             close
             Consult
             most
             part
             of
             the
             Night
             ,
             the
             next
             Morning
             they
             locked
             up
             the
             Inn
             ,
             setting
             a
             guard
             of
             their
             Servants
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             privately
             sent
             for
             to
             secure
             it
             ,
             and
             others
             to
             secure
             the
             way
             from
             Northampton
             to
             
               Stony
               Stratford
            
             where
             the
             King
             lay
             ,
             that
             none
             should
             pass
             to
             bear
             the
             news
             of
             what
             had
             happened
             ,
             under
             a
             pretence
             only
             that
             they
             designed
             to
             be
             the
             first
             that
             would
             wait
             upon
             the
             
             King
             from
             that
             Town
             ,
             but
             Earl
             Rivers
             perceiving
             himself
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             mistrusting
             some
             design
             against
             his
             Person
             ,
             went
             boldly
             to
             the
             Dukes
             ,
             who
             were
             in
             the
             same
             Inn
             ,
             and
             demanded
             the
             reason
             of
             such
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             upon
             which
             they
             began
             to
             pick
             a
             quarrel
             with
             him
             ,
             saying
             that
             he
             endeavoured
             to
             sow
             discord
             between
             the
             King
             and
             them
             to
             their
             utter
             confusion
             ,
             should
             it
             take
             effect
             ,
             but
             as
             he
             was
             about
             to
             excuse
             the
             false
             Accusation
             they
             committed
             him
             to
             Ward
             ,
             and
             taking
             Horse
             Rode
             to
             
               Stony
               Stratford
            
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             young
             King
             ,
             they
             after
             a
             feigned
             salutation
             and
             submission
             ,
             picked
             a
             quarrel
             with
             the
             Lord
             Grey
             ,
             the
             Kings
             other
             Brother
             by
             the
             Mothers
             side
             ,
             saying
             that
             he
             the
             Lord
             Rivers
             and
             Lord
             Marquess
             had
             Conspired
             their
             ruin
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Marquess
             had
             taken
             the
             Kings
             Treasure
             out
             of
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             fitted
             out
             Ships
             to
             Sea
             (
             which
             though
             they
             alledged
             as
             a
             crime
             against
             him
             ,
             yet
             themselves
             knew
             it
             was
             done
             
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             Council
             .
          
           
             These
             Accusations
             the
             King
             excused
             ,
             saying
             ,
             as
             for
             his
             Uncle
             and
             his
             Brother
             present
             ,
             he
             durst
             ingage
             they
             had
             done
             nor
             meant
             no
             ill
             ,
             though
             the
             Marquess
             being
             absent
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             as
             yet
             tell
             what
             he
             might
             have
             done
             ,
             but
             this
             availed
             not
             ,
             for
             in
             the
             Kings
             presence
             they
             Arrested
             the
             Lord
             Richard
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Vaughan
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Hawit
            
             ,
             and
             brought
             the
             King
             and
             all
             his
             Train
             back
             to
             Northampton
             ,
             which
             unexpected
             news
             coming
             to
             the
             Queens
             Ear
             ,
             she
             immediately
             with
             her
             second
             Son
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             took
             Sanctuary
             in
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             there
             in
             great
             heaviness
             attended
             the
             sequel
             ,
             and
             there
             had
             the
             great
             Seal
             delivered
             to
             her
             by
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             York
             ,
             which
             he
             afterward
             repenting
             ,
             sent
             privately
             for
             it
             again
             .
          
           
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Gloucester
             used
             many
             Arguments
             to
             perswade
             the
             King
             and
             those
             about
             him
             ,
             that
             all
             should
             be
             well
             ,
             and
             sent
             a
             dish
             of
             meat
             from
             his
             own
             Table
             to
             Earl
             Rivers
             with
             comfortable
             ,
             though
             dissembling
             words
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Rivers
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Richard
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Vaughan
            
             were
             sent
             to
             divers
             Prisons
             ,
             and
             in
             conclusion
             all
             Beheaded
             at
             Pomfret
             by
             the
             command
             of
             Gloucester
             ,
             without
             Process
             of
             Law.
             
          
           
             The
             next
             thing
             was
             to
             scandalize
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             to
             insinuate
             with
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             aforesaid
             intended
             to
             kill
             all
             of
             the
             Blood
             Royal
             ,
             to
             which
             purpose
             they
             shewed
             several
             pieces
             of
             Armour
             found
             in
             their
             Carriages
             ,
             saying
             it
             was
             designed
             for
             their
             destruction
             ,
             which
             many
             of
             the
             more
             easie
             sort
             believed
             ,
             though
             wise
             men
             knew
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             had
             so
             intended
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             had
             it
             on
             their
             backs
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             the
             King
             was
             brought
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             joyfully
             received
             by
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             Aldermen
             ,
             Sheriffs
             ,
             and
             chief
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             a
             Council
             was
             called
             to
             consult
             of
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             in
             which
             Gloucester
             so
             cunningly
             dissembled
             his
             Intentions
             ,
             th●t
             he
             was
             made
             Protector
             of
             the
             Kings
             Person
             and
             Realm
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Lamb
             was
             committed
             to
             the
             keeping
             of
             the
             Woolf
             ,
             and
             thus
             having
             got
             the
             King
             safe
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             nothing
             remained
             but
             possessing
             himself
             of
             the
             young
             Duke
             of
             York
             who
             was
             with
             the
             Queen
             
             in
             Sanctuary
             ,
             the
             which
             (
             though
             much
             contrary
             to
             the
             will
             of
             the
             Queen
             )
             he
             at
             last
             obtained
             ,
             and
             upon
             first
             sight
             took
             him
             in
             his
             Armes
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             a
             Judas
             kiss
             .
          
           
             Thus
             having
             secured
             himself
             of
             the
             Male
             Line
             of
             the
             House
             of
             York
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             pull
             off
             the
             Vizard
             that
             he
             so
             long
             had
             worn
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             place
             and
             displace
             the
             Kings
             attendants
             as
             he
             thought
             most
             advantagious
             for
             the
             carrying
             on
             of
             his
             design
             ,
             to
             all
             which
             Buckingham
             was
             privy
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             resolved
             between
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Protector
             should
             be
             King
             ,
             and
             Buckingham
             upon
             these
             following
             considerations
             ,
             to
             assist
             him
             to
             grasp
             the
             Crown
             to
             his
             utmost
             power
             ,
             viz.
             That
             Gloucesters
             only
             Son
             should
             Marry
             his
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             he
             had
             attained
             his
             desire
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             quiet
             possession
             of
             the
             Earldome
             of
             Hereford
             with
             other
             Immunities
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             designe
             ,
             two
             Counsels
             were
             appointed
             ,
             one
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             in
             Bishopsgate-street
             ,
             the
             latter
             of
             which
             was
             composed
             of
             the
             Protectors
             own
             Creatures
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             was
             one
             Catesby
             a
             Lawyer
             ,
             in
             whom
             the
             Lord
             Hastings
             Lord
             Chamberlaine
             put
             such
             c●nfidence
             ,
             that
             he
             doubted
             not
             but
             from
             him
             to
             have
             frequent
             Intelligence
             of
             all
             that
             passed
             ,
             but
             he
             deceived
             his
             expectation
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             standing
             by
             him
             ,
             gave
             Council
             against
             his
             Life
             ,
             by
             incensing
             the
             Protector
             ,
             that
             whilst
             he
             lived
             he
             could
             not
             
             accomplish
             his
             design
             ,
             which
             so
             netled
             the
             Protector
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             loved
             the
             Lord
             Chamberlain
             ,
             yet
             rather
             than
             to
             be
             baulked
             in
             his
             purpose
             ,
             he
             resolved
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             in
             Counsel
             he
             found
             occasion
             to
             pick
             a
             Quarrel
             with
             him
             upon
             pretence
             that
             the
             Queen
             and
             Shores
             Wife
             (
             the
             late
             Kings
             Concubine
             )
             had
             bewitched
             him
             ,
             the
             latter
             of
             which
             the
             Lord
             Chamberlaine
             for
             the
             great
             Love
             he
             bore
             her
             ,
             seeming
             to
             excuse
             ,
             as
             indeed
             she
             was
             no
             ways
             Guilty
             ,
             the
             Protector
             with
             a
             Sign
             given
             ,
             in
             a
             great
             Rage
             gave
             notice
             to
             his
             men
             in
             Harness
             that
             he
             had
             planted
             in
             the
             next
             Room
             ,
             who
             rushing
             in
             in
             great
             number
             ,
             one
             struck
             at
             the
             Lord
             Stanley
             with
             a
             Battle-Axe
             ,
             that
             had
             he
             not
             swiftly
             stooped
             under
             the
             Table
             ,
             had
             split
             his
             Scull
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             was
             ,
             it
             grievously
             wounded
             him
             ,
             then
             was
             the
             Lord
             Hastings
             Arrested
             ,
             and
             within
             an
             hour
             after
             Beheaded
             on
             a
             Logg
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             other
             Lords
             disposed
             of
             in
             safe
             Custody
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             and
             to
             excuse
             the
             Fact
             ,
             a
             Proclamation
             was
             put
             forth
             ,
             intimating
             that
             the
             Lord
             Stanley
             and
             Lord
             Hastings
             intended
             to
             have
             Murthered
             the
             Protector
             and
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             in
             Counsel
             ,
             but
             few
             or
             none
             believed
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             colour
             his
             pretence
             of
             being
             bewitched
             by
             
               Jane
               Shore
            
             ,
             he
             caused
             her
             house
             to
             be
             rifled
             ,
             and
             her
             to
             do
             open
             Pennance
             ▪
             and
             the
             same
             day
             the
             Lord
             Chamberlaine
             was
             beheaded
             ,
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             
             Queens
             Blood
             were
             Beheaded
             at
             Pomfret
             ,
             not
             without
             his
             Counsel
             and
             advice
             ,
             little
             suspecting
             his
             Life
             was
             of
             equal
             date
             with
             theirs
             .
          
           
             The
             Protector
             having
             thus
             far
             proceeded
             ,
             and
             resolving
             to
             go
             through
             stitch
             ,
             procures
             
               Edmund
               Shore
            
             Knight
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             to
             be
             of
             the
             Counsel
             ,
             that
             being
             privy
             to
             his
             design
             ,
             he
             might
             work
             the
             City
             to
             his
             purpose
             ;
             as
             likewise
             procured
             the
             said
             Shores
             Brother
             a
             Doctor
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             and
             one
             
               Fryer
               Pinker
            
             to
             Preach
             his
             Title
             ,
             and
             insinuate
             him
             in
             their
             Sermons
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             former
             by
             such
             prodigious
             Flattery
             and
             Dissimulation
             proceeded
             ,
             that
             being
             reviled
             and
             hated
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             for
             very
             shame
             and
             anguish
             he
             shortly
             after
             died
             ,
             the
             latter
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             Sermon
             so
             lost
             his
             Voice
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             forc'd
             to
             break
             off
             in
             the
             middle
             ;
             but
             this
             way
             not
             prevailing
             ,
             (
             though
             Gloucester
             had
             ordered
             them
             to
             Proclaim
             his
             Mother
             an
             Adulteress
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Brother
             Edward
             was
             unlawfully
             begotten
             .
             )
             Buckingham
             ,
             together
             with
             tho
             Mayor
             ,
             Recorder
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             Aldermen
             ,
             repaired
             to
             Guild-Hall
             ,
             where
             the
             Duke
             made
             a
             long
             harangue
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             Protector
             ,
             to
             all
             the
             Citizens
             assembled
             ,
             laying
             open
             the
             Cruelties
             ,
             Lusts
             ,
             and
             Tyranny
             of
             King
             Edward
             ,
             vilifying
             his
             off-spring
             ,
             and
             alleadging
             them
             unlawful
             ,
             by
             arguing
             him
             lawfully
             Married
             to
             the
             Lady
             
               Elizabeth
               Lucy
            
             ,
             though
             upon
             Tryal
             
             no
             such
             thing
             appeared
             ,
             the
             Lady
             denying
             and
             disowning
             any
             such
             Marriage
             .
             His
             tedious
             Speech
             ended
             ,
             he
             expected
             the
             loud
             applause
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             have
             cryed
             ,
             King
             Richard
             ,
             King
             Richard
             ,
             but
             they
             rather
             stood
             amazed
             in
             deep
             silence
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             murmur
             of
             a
             voice
             being
             heard
             ,
             at
             which
             the
             Duke
             was
             much
             perplexed
             ,
             and
             signified
             as
             much
             to
             the
             Mayor
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             believed
             the
             people
             did
             not
             understand
             him
             aright
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             again
             began
             to
             repeat
             what
             he
             had
             before
             declared
             ,
             with
             additions
             more
             plain
             than
             what
             he
             had
             before
             delivered
             ,
             which
             ended
             ,
             some
             of
             his
             own
             men
             and
             of
             Gloucesters
             retinue
             ,
             as
             likewise
             several
             Apprentices
             and
             loose
             Fellows
             ,
             who
             had
             thrust
             in
             amongst
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             cryed
             ,
             King
             Richard
             ,
             King
             Richard
             ,
             and
             threw
             up
             their
             Caps
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Citizens
             looked
             back
             as
             amazed
             at
             what
             they
             meant
             ,
             but
             the
             Duke
             taking
             hold
             of
             this
             opportunity
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               It
               was
               a
               joyful
               Acclamation
               ,
               and
               he
               rejoyced
               to
               see
               that
               all
               as
               one
               man
               had
               consented
               that
               the
               Protector
               should
               be
               King
               ,
               and
               therefore
               desired
               them
               that
               the
               next
               day
               they
               would
               accompany
               him
               to
               wait
               upon
               the
               Protector
               to
               see
               if
               his
               Grace
               would
               accept
               of
               the
               Regal
               Diadem
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               mean
               while
               he
               would
               acquaint
               him
               with
               their
               good
               will
               towards
               him
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             Morning
             the
             Mayor
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             Aldermen
             ,
             and
             several
             Citizens
             ,
             but
             more
             Apprentices
             
             and
             Serving-men
             ,
             accompanied
             the
             Duke
             to
             Baynards
             Castle
             ,
             where
             the
             Protector
             resided
             ,
             and
             being
             entred
             the
             outward
             Court
             ,
             they
             sent
             in
             a
             Message
             to
             the
             Protector
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             him
             that
             there
             were
             many
             Eminent
             persons
             ,
             as
             well
             Nobility
             as
             Citizens
             ,
             had
             an
             Important
             Suit
             to
             his
             Grace
             ,
             and
             could
             impart
             it
             to
             no
             other
             ,
             upon
             which
             he
             dissembles
             fear
             and
             unwillingness
             to
             speak
             with
             them
             ,
             but
             after
             many
             earnest
             Intreaties
             ,
             he
             came
             into
             a
             Gallery
             where
             they
             might
             behold
             him
             ,
             and
             from
             whence
             he
             might
             speak
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             addressed
             himself
             in
             a
             speech
             ,
             intimating
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             desire
             of
             all
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Commons
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             take
             upon
             him
             the
             Soveraignty
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             and
             its
             Apurtenances
             ,
             which
             he
             made
             strange
             at
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             never
             known
             of
             any
             such
             design
             ,
             and
             vehemently
             (
             though
             with
             much
             dissimulation
             )
             argued
             against
             it
             ,
             till
             the
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Nation
             was
             resolved
             to
             reject
             the
             Line
             of
             Edward
             ,
             and
             therefore
             offered
             the
             Crown
             first
             to
             him
             as
             Right
             Heir
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             sorry
             his
             Grace
             should
             refuse
             it
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             did
             ,
             they
             were
             resolutely
             bent
             to
             Elect
             some
             Nobleman
             King
             without
             his
             consent
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             the
             Protector
             after
             some
             recollecting
             himself
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             to
             study
             what
             to
             answer
             ,
             
             said
             ,
             
               He
               was
               sorry
               they
               should
               reject
               his
               Brothers
               Children
               ,
               and
               not
               suffer
               them
               to
               Rule
               ,
               but
               since
               it
               was
               their
               pleasure
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               in
               his
               power
               to
               oppose
               it
               ,
               and
               therefore
               as
               next
               Rightful
               Heir
               he
               accepted
               of
               their
               kind
               offer
               ,
               and
               would
               study
               to
               deserve
               their
               kindness
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             After
             he
             had
             spoken
             what
             he
             thought
             convenient
             ,
             the
             people
             shouted
             ,
             King
             Richard
             ,
             King
             Richard
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             the
             Rabble
             )
             but
             the
             Graver
             Citizens
             stood
             Mute
             ,
             and
             had
             various
             discourses
             amongst
             themselves
             what
             might
             be
             the
             sequel
             ,
             yet
             we
             may
             well
             say
             here
             ended
             the
             young
             King
             Edwards
             Reign
             ,
             which
             was
             rather
             an
             
               Inter
               Regnum
            
             which
             from
             his
             Fathers
             Death
             continued
             only
             two
             Months
             and
             16
             days
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             space
             he
             not
             Crowned
             .
          
           
             Richard
             by
             Tyranny
             and
             Usurpation
             having
             snatched
             the
             Diadem
             ,
             was
             Crowned
             with
             all
             Splendor
             ,
             and
             caused
             a
             Parliament
             to
             be
             called
             in
             his
             name
             (
             such
             was
             the
             partial
             flattery
             of
             that
             Age
             )
             many
             Acts
             were
             made
             which
             confirm'd
             him
             rightful
             Heir
             ,
             and
             to
             justifie
             his
             proceedings
             ,
             but
             he
             siting
             uneasy
             in
             his
             Usurped
             Throne
             ,
             whilst
             his
             Nephews
             were
             alive
             ,
             soon
             plotted
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Royal
             Infants
             ,
             which
             Heaven
             past
             doubt
             suffered
             ,
             for
             the
             many
             unjust
             blood-sheads
             committed
             by
             their
             Father
             ;
             nor
             was
             he
             long
             in
             finding
             a
             fit
             Instrument
             for
             his
             Hellish
             purpose
             ,
             for
             having
             in
             vain
             tempted
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Brakenbury
            
             to
             Murther
             the
             
             Innocents
             ,
             he
             in
             his
             Progress
             to
             Gloucester
             ,
             complained
             to
             one
             of
             his
             Pages
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Ah
               ▪
               whom
               shall
               a
               Man
               Trust
               ,
               those
               whom
               I
               have
               brought
               up
               my self
               ?
               those
               that
               I
               had
               thought
               most
               surely
               to
               serve
               me
               ,
               even
               those
               fail
               me
               at
               my
               commandment
               ,
               and
               will
               do
               nothing
               ,
            
             to
             which
             his
             Page
             (
             well
             understanding
             his
             meaning
             )
             replyed
             that
             there
             was
             one
             without
             that
             he
             durst
             Ingage
             his
             Life
             would
             perform
             his
             commands
             (
             meaning
             one
             Sir
             
               James
               Terril
            
             )
             which
             much
             rejoyced
             the
             Usurper
             ,
             who
             going
             into
             the
             Pallace
             Chamber
             ,
             found
             Sir
             James
             and
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Terril
            
             (
             both
             Brothers
             ,
             though
             unlike
             in
             conditions
             )
             in
             bed
             together
             ,
             when
             calling
             up
             Sir
             James
             ,
             (
             a
             Varlet
             unworthy
             of
             Knighthood
             )
             he
             Imparted
             the
             matter
             to
             him
             ,
             who
             never
             bogled
             at
             the
             horrid
             Villany
             ,
             but
             in
             hopes
             of
             Favour
             and
             advancement
             ,
             consented
             to
             the
             Impiety
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             obtained
             the
             Usurpers
             Letter
             ,
             to
             the
             Lieutenant
             of
             the
             Tower
             ,
             to
             have
             all
             the
             Keys
             delivered
             to
             him
             for
             one
             Night
             ,
             to
             perform
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             which
             he
             accordingly
             received
             .
          
           
             But
             before
             I
             proceed
             to
             the
             Tragedy
             ,
             one
             thing
             is
             worthy
             of
             Note
             in
             the
             Young
             King
             ,
             who
             hearing
             his
             Uncle
             had
             taken
             upon
             him
             the
             Regency
             ,
             with
             a
             Feeling
             grief
             ,
             said
             to
             him
             that
             gave
             him
             notice
             thereof
             ,
             
               Alass
               ,
               I
               would
               my
               Vncle
               would
               let
               me
               Enjoy
               my
               Life
               yet
               ,
               though
               I
               loose
               my
               Kingdom
               and
               Crown
               .
            
          
           
           
             But
             to
             return
             ,
             this
             Monster
             having
             got
             the
             Power
             ,
             displaced
             all
             the
             young
             Kings
             Servants
             ,
             and
             left
             none
             about
             them
             but
             one
             Black
             Will
             ,
             a
             Bloody
             Villain
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Night
             of
             Murther
             came
             ,
             he
             appointed
             one
             
               Miles
               Forrest
            
             and
             
               John
               Dighton
            
             ,
             both
             fleshed
             in
             Murthers
             from
             their
             Youth
             ,
             the
             latter
             of
             them
             his
             Horse-keeper
             ,
             to
             dispatch
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Brother
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             who
             coming
             in
             at
             Midnight
             ,
             smoothered
             them
             to
             Death
             with
             Pillows
             ,
             laying
             upon
             them
             ,
             till
             they
             felt
             by
             their
             stillness
             they
             were
             dead
             ,
             and
             then
             laying
             their
             Naked
             bodies
             upon
             the
             Bed
             ,
             called
             their
             wicked
             Master
             to
             behold
             the
             dismal
             Spectacle
             ,
             who
             caused
             the
             Bodies
             to
             be
             buried
             under
             the
             Stairs
             ,
             and
             a
             heap
             of
             Stones
             to
             be
             layed
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             posted
             to
             tell
             the
             Usurper
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             who
             rejoyced
             at
             the
             most
             Execrable
             Tragedy
             ,
             yet
             ordered
             their
             Bodies
             to
             be
             removed
             thence
             ,
             which
             as
             the
             Writers
             of
             most
             credit
             say
             ,
             were
             wrapped
             up
             in
             Lead
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             a
             Coffin
             full
             of
             holes
             ,
             and
             thrown
             into
             the
             Tower
             Ditch
             ;
             others
             affirm
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             thrown
             into
             a
             black
             deep
             in
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             River
             of
             Thames
             ,
             but
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             they
             were
             never
             afterwards
             found
             ,
             but
             low
             the
             just
             Vengeance
             of
             Heaven
             on
             their
             Murtherers
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             contributed
             to
             it
             ;
             First
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             taking
             up
             Armes
             against
             the
             Usurper
             whom
             he
             had
             raised
             ,
             was
             discomfited
             ,
             
             and
             flying
             to
             one
             Banister
             who
             was
             his
             Tennant
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             his
             Servant
             ,
             a
             man
             whom
             himself
             had
             raised
             from
             nothing
             to
             high
             esteem
             ,
             continued
             with
             him
             for
             a
             while
             in
             the
             disguise
             of
             a
             Gardener
             ,
             but
             Proclamation
             coming
             forth
             ,
             promising
             the
             reward
             of
             1000
             Marks
             to
             any
             that
             could
             apprehend
             him
             ,
             the
             false
             Wretch
             (
             though
             Gods
             Judgment
             was
             signal
             therein
             )
             delivered
             him
             up
             ,
             and
             within
             a
             few
             days
             after
             he
             was
             beheaded
             :
             Forrest
             rotted
             piece-meal
             ,
             and
             died
             in
             great
             Torment
             :
             Dighton
             lived
             miserably
             at
             Calais
             dying
             in
             the
             Streets
             ;
             and
             Terril
             after
             he
             had
             confessed
             the
             Murther
             ,
             was
             beheaded
             for
             Treason
             on
             Tower-hill
             ,
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Henry
             the
             Seventh
             ,
             the
             Usurper
             during
             his
             short
             Reign
             ,
             which
             lasted
             but
             three
             years
             ,
             was
             continually
             terrified
             with
             frightful
             Visions
             of
             Devils
             ,
             that
             seemed
             to
             tear
             and
             hale
             him
             in
             pieces
             ,
             his
             evil
             Genius
             still
             haunting
             him
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             he
             was
             slain
             in
             the
             Battle
             of
             Bosworth-field
             ,
             and
             his
             Body
             carryed
             naked
             before
             a
             Horseman
             ,
             being
             made
             a
             sport
             and
             scoffing
             to
             all
             that
             beheld
             it
             ,
             and
             lay
             to
             publick
             view
             in
             Leicester
             ,
             and
             then
             obscurely
             Buried
             ;
             and
             to
             conclude
             ,
             his
             name
             grew
             so
             odious
             ,
             that
             the
             White
             Bore
             which
             was
             his
             device
             ,
             was
             every
             where
             torn
             down
             ,
             the
             Executions
             during
             his
             Reign
             were
             many
             ;
             the
             Afflictions
             of
             the
             Land
             by
             Dearths
             and
             Inundations
             Excessive
             ,
             so
             that
             few
             or
             none
             lamented
             his
             Fall
             ,
             who
             
             had
             Murthered
             two
             Kings
             ,
             and
             two
             Princes
             of
             the
             Blood
             Royal
             ,
             their
             immediate
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             .
          
           
             Nor
             died
             King
             Edward
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             that
             pious
             Prince
             and
             Phaenix
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             without
             great
             suspition
             of
             being
             Poysoned
             ,
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
             Northumberland
             by
             his
             Stratagems
             ,
             and
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Faction
             ,
             having
             procured
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             Kings
             two
             Uncles
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Admiral
             ,
             and
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             last
             of
             which
             the
             King
             falling
             into
             a
             deep
             Melancholy
             ,
             and
             then
             sickening
             ,
             he
             so
             dealt
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             to
             disinherit
             his
             Sisters
             ,
             the
             Lady
             Mary
             and
             Lady
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             to
             settle
             the
             Crown
             by
             Will
             upon
             his
             Couzen
             the
             Lady
             
               Jane
               Gray
            
             ,
             Daughter
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             caused
             to
             be
             Married
             to
             his
             4
             th
             Son
             the
             Lord
             
               Guilford
               Dudley
            
             ,
             thereby
             to
             Entail
             the
             Crown
             to
             his
             Posterity
             ,
             and
             then
             (
             as
             he
             thought
             )
             to
             Seal
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             he
             removed
             the
             Kings
             Phisitians
             ,
             and
             set
             a
             Woman
             who
             undertook
             to
             Cure
             him
             ,
             who
             either
             through
             Ignorance
             ,
             or
             rather
             as
             many
             imagine
             ,
             to
             compleat
             the
             Hellish
             purpose
             ,
             brought
             him
             to
             that
             pass
             ,
             that
             his
             Phisitians
             being
             again
             called
             to
             him
             ,
             durst
             not
             give
             their
             Advice
             ,
             but
             went
             away
             shaking
             their
             heads
             ,
             with
             Tears
             in
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             shortly
             after
             that
             Pattern
             of
             true
             Piety
             and
             Vertue
             left
             this
             Life
             ,
             when
             after
             his
             Death
             his
             Body
             was
             found
             swelled
             at
             a
             Monstrous
             
             rate
             ,
             and
             so
             diversly
             coloured
             ,
             that
             most
             whispered
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             Poysoned
             ,
             as
             did
             many
             Learned
             Phisitians
             ,
             but
             durst
             not
             speak
             their
             minds
             freely
             ,
             yet
             Northumberlands
             project
             lasted
             not
             ,
             for
             himself
             ,
             his
             Son
             ,
             and
             the
             Pious
             and
             Innocent
             Lady
             Jane
             ,
             as
             likewise
             the
             Duke
             of
             Suffolk
             her
             Father
             ,
             all
             lost
             their
             Heads
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Mary
             .
          
           
             Nor
             did
             Heavens
             Justice
             seem
             slow
             upon
             the
             heads
             of
             those
             Scotch
             Monsters
             who
             slew
             their
             King
             ,
             
               viz.
               James
            
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             stiling
             themselves
             the
             Ministry
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             for
             the
             chief
             Actor
             was
             Burnt
             ,
             together
             with
             all
             or
             most
             part
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             by
             his
             House
             accidentally
             firing
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             and
             others
             his
             wicked
             accomplices
             ,
             who
             durst
             stretch
             out
             their
             hands
             against
             Majesty
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             fly
             and
             die
             miserable
             Exiles
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Land
             Groaned
             under
             civil
             Dissentions
             ,
             Famine
             ,
             Mortal
             Sickness
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             But
             having
             proceeded
             thus
             far
             ,
             I
             shall
             make
             a
             step
             over
             into
             France
             ,
             and
             there
             take
             a
             view
             of
             the
             untimely
             Ends
             ,
             and
             Barbarous
             Murther
             of
             two
             of
             their
             late
             Kings
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             
               A
               Relation
               of
               the
               Murther
               of
               Henry
               the
               Third
               ,
               the
               French
               King
               ,
               by
               
                 James
                 Clement
              
               a
               Jacobin
               ,
               and
               how
               Gods
               Vengeance
               overtook
               the
               Murtherer
               ;
               as
               likewise
               fell
               heavy
               upon
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               .
            
          
           
             KING
             Henry
             the
             Third
             of
             France
             ,
             Third
             Son
             to
             Henry
             the
             Second
             ,
             after
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             Father
             and
             two
             Brothers
             ,
             Francis
             and
             Charles
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             latter
             of
             whose
             Reign
             ,
             by
             his
             special
             Command
             ,
             happened
             the
             Bloody
             Massacree
             of
             the
             Protestants
             all
             over
             France
             )
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             was
             Crowned
             with
             great
             Solemnity
             ,
             but
             sate
             not
             long
             in
             his
             Throne
             e're
             the
             Guises
             Faction
             began
             to
             give
             him
             disturbance
             ,
             and
             under
             combination
             of
             League
             against
             him
             ,
             take
             up
             Armes
             ,
             whereupon
             many
             Battles
             were
             Fought
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             most
             alleadged
             ,
             was
             his
             favouring
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             a
             height
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             pushed
             the
             Discontent
             ,
             for
             the
             hate
             he
             bore
             to
             the
             Hugonets
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Protestants
             were
             termed
             )
             himself
             having
             been
             the
             Perswader
             to
             the
             former
             Massacres
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             was
             forced
             in
             secret
             wise
             to
             fly
             Paris
             ,
             and
             for
             refuge
             ,
             betake
             himself
             to
             his
             Army
             ,
             whereupon
             
             he
             sent
             for
             the
             King
             of
             Navarre
             ,
             (
             afterwards
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             whose
             Tragedy
             we
             shall
             next
             relate
             )
             to
             his
             assistance
             ,
             who
             joyning
             Forces
             ,
             fought
             many
             Battels
             with
             the
             Leaguers
             ,
             but
             finding
             them
             the
             more
             obstinate
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             sought
             to
             deprive
             him
             of
             his
             Crown
             ,
             it
             was
             so
             resented
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Kings
             Servants
             ,
             that
             they
             set
             upon
             the
             Duke
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Chartres
             ,
             and
             forcing
             their
             Entrance
             ,
             killed
             him
             and
             his
             Brother
             the
             Cardinal
             ,
             which
             was
             no
             doubt
             a
             signal
             Judgment
             for
             the
             many
             Thousand
             Innocents
             that
             by
             his
             advice
             were
             Massacred
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             the
             Leaguers
             prevailed
             with
             Pope
             Sixtus
             the
             fifth
             (
             willing
             enough
             of
             himself
             )
             to
             excommunicate
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             every
             where
             excite
             his
             Ruffians
             to
             Assassinate
             him
             ,
             promising
             for
             their
             encouragement
             great
             Rewards
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             greater
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             was
             still
             Invironed
             with
             such
             Trusty
             Friends
             ,
             that
             the
             Popes
             Hellish
             design
             was
             for
             a
             while
             Frustrated
             ,
             though
             no
             way
             that
             carryed
             the
             Face
             of
             a
             Probabillity
             was
             lest
             unattempted
             .
          
           
             The
             Leaguers
             growing
             still
             more
             Furious
             having
             made
             the
             Duke
             of
             Mayne
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             and
             others
             their
             head
             ,
             therefore
             to
             nip
             them
             in
             the
             bud
             ,
             the
             two
             Kings
             advanced
             with
             their
             Armys
             ,
             and
             sate
             down
             before
             the
             great
             City
             of
             Paris
             ,
             the
             chief
             Seat
             of
             the
             Leaguers
             ,
             and
             made
             Sundry
             Assaults
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             win
             it
             ,
             
             but
             did
             not
             so
             soon
             prevail
             ,
             but
             that
             one
             of
             the
             Popes
             Hellish
             Instruments
             ,
             prevailed
             against
             the
             Kings
             Life
             ,
             the
             manner
             thus
             .
             One
             
               James
               Clement
            
             a
             Jacob
             in
             Monk
             ,
             having
             been
             tampered
             withall
             and
             moulded
             in
             private
             ,
             to
             Enterprize
             so
             great
             a
             wickedness
             ,
             he
             in
             the
             Assembly
             of
             his
             Convent
             ,
             declares
             his
             Resolution
             to
             kill
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             which
             resolution
             he
             is
             carressed
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               Saviour
               of
               his
               Country
            
             ,
             applauded
             and
             promised
             Mountains
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             if
             he
             overlived
             the
             Act
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             miscarry
             to
             be
             assured
             of
             Saintship
             to
             pass
             immediately
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             without
             calling
             at
             Purgatory
             ,
             to
             have
             shrines
             and
             Altars
             erected
             in
             memorial
             of
             the
             (
             as
             they
             wickedly
             and
             falsly
             termed
             it
             )
             Pious
             ,
             Religious
             and
             Holy
             undertaking
             ,
             which
             so
             Transported
             the
             Novice
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             himself
             already
             capering
             above
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             and
             thought
             every
             moment
             a
             day
             till
             he
             had
             put
             his
             wicked
             design
             in
             practice
             ,
             wherefore
             ,
             either
             to
             make
             him
             the
             more
             venterous
             ,
             or
             that
             themselves
             did
             think
             it
             more
             expedient
             ,
             they
             carryed
             him
             to
             the
             High-Altar
             ,
             prayed
             over
             him
             ,
             (
             O
             wickedness
             beyond
             Degree
             )
             that
             God
             would
             Strengthen
             his
             Arm
             to
             give
             a
             sure
             Blow
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             delivered
             him
             a
             Dagger
             ,
             wrapped
             up
             in
             the
             Relict
             of
             a
             Saint
             ,
             as
             they
             called
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             compleat
             the
             Impostor
             ,
             added
             to
             all
             their
             wickedness
             ,
             by
             dipping
             the
             point
             of
             it
             in
             consecrated
             
             Wine
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             then
             dismissed
             him
             with
             what
             they
             called
             Blessings
             ,
             but
             indeed
             such
             monstrous
             Impiety
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             everlasting
             Infamy
             of
             the
             Romish-church
             let
             it
             stand
             Recorded
             .
          
           
             This
             deceived
             wretch
             full
             Fraught
             as
             he
             imagined
             with
             Honour
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             happiness
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             Arrives
             at
             the
             Kings
             Camp
             at
             St.
             Clou
             ,
             and
             pretended
             an
             Embassy
             from
             the
             Leaguers
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             charged
             to
             deliver
             to
             no
             Person
             but
             himself
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             Feigned
             pretences
             ,
             had
             admittance
             ,
             when
             putting
             his
             hand
             into
             his
             Sleeve
             ,
             as
             though
             he
             would
             draw
             out
             a
             Letter
             ,
             with
             the
             before
             mentioned
             Dagger
             smote
             him
             in
             the
             Belly
             ;
             the
             King
             wrested
             the
             Dagger
             from
             him
             wounded
             him
             on
             the
             Head
             ,
             which
             Strugling
             ,
             made
             such
             a
             noise
             ,
             that
             the
             Guards
             coming
             hastily
             in
             ,
             and
             seeing
             the
             King
             wounded
             ,
             stayed
             not
             to
             Inquire
             into
             the
             manner
             ,
             but
             with
             their
             Swords
             cut
             the
             miserable
             wretch
             to
             pieces
             ,
             and
             sent
             him
             by
             that
             means
             to
             his
             propper
             place
             ,
             from
             whence
             not
             all
             the
             Papal
             Authority
             ,
             nor
             Masses
             of
             a
             Thousand
             years
             can
             deliver
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Morning
             the
             King
             Died
             of
             his
             Wounds
             ,
             leaving
             the
             King
             of
             Navarr
             his
             Kingdom
             and
             Army
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             him
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             avenged
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             Predecessor
             ,
             by
             Beseiging
             Paris
             the
             chief
             residence
             of
             the
             Leaguers
             ,
             
             who
             greatly
             rejoyced
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             reduced
             it
             to
             such
             extremity
             by
             Famine
             ,
             no
             filthy
             thing
             was
             left
             uneaten
             ,
             and
             yet
             6
             or
             7000
             Dyed
             with
             Hunger
             and
             Pestilence
             .
          
           
             The
             Pope
             hearing
             of
             the
             Kings
             Death
             ,
             much
             Applauded
             the
             Murtherer
             ,
             caused
             his
             Statute
             to
             be
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             a
             red
             Letter
             in
             the
             Callender
             ,
             saying
             ,
             he
             was
             worthy
             of
             praise
             ,
             for
             he
             Stabbed
             not
             the
             Picture
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             the
             mid'st
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             word
             he
             could
             afford
             the
             King
             was
             a
             Favourer
             of
             Hereticks
             ,
             and
             an
             unfortunate
             Prince
             ,
             but
             his
             joy
             lasted
             not
             long
             ,
             for
             he
             soon
             after
             Died
             miserably
             ,
             and
             thus
             much
             for
             the
             fall
             of
             this
             great
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Relation
               of
               the
               Murther
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               Fourth
               of
               France
               ,
               commonly
               called
               Henry
               the
               Great
               ,
               by
               
                 Francis
                 Ravillack
              
               ,
               what
               Prodigies
               Fore-run
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               Vniversallity
               of
               the
               Conspiracy
               ,
               with
               Gods
               vengeance
               on
               the
               Barbarous
               Actors
               and
               Contrivers
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             HEnry
             the
             IV.
             Son
             to
             Anthony
             of
             Burb●on
             ,
             by
             his
             Wife
             the
             only
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             Heir
             of
             
               Henry
               D'
               Albert
            
             ,
             King
             of
             Navarr
             ,
             after
             his
             Grandfather
             ,
             Father
             and
             Mothers
             Decease
             ,
             Injoyed
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             ,
             being
             next
             Prince
             of
             the
             blood
             ,
             he
             was
             rightful
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             after
             the
             Decease
             of
             Henry
             the
             III.
             and
             carryed
             on
             the
             War
             against
             the
             Leaguers
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             obtained
             the
             absolute
             Soveraignty
             ,
             joyning
             both
             Kingdoms
             .
          
           
             Many
             were
             the
             Plots
             layed
             against
             his
             Life
             ,
             as
             that
             Massacre
             in
             Paris
             ,
             whither
             he
             resorted
             to
             Solemnize
             his
             Marriage
             with
             Margaret
             Sister
             to
             King
             Charles
             the
             IX
             .
             where
             amongst
             other
             Slaughters
             of
             his
             dearest
             Friends
             ,
             it
             was
             debated
             whither
             he
             and
             the
             Young
             Prince
             of
             Conde
             should
             be
             Murthered
             ,
             and
             carryed
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             only
             by
             the
             perswasions
             of
             one
             Duke
             ,
             yet
             the
             next
             Morning
             they
             were
             brought
             
             forth
             into
             an
             outward
             Court
             ,
             where
             whole
             Piles
             of
             Dead
             lay
             ,
             and
             put
             to
             their
             choice
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             either
             to
             chuse
             Death
             or
             the
             Mass
             ,
             (
             they
             being
             both
             Protestants
             )
             of
             which
             at
             that
             time
             they
             thought
             it
             convenient
             to
             chuse
             the
             latter
             ,
             but
             soon
             found
             means
             to
             escape
             ,
             and
             Renounce
             those
             Errors
             ;
             another
             attempt
             was
             made
             against
             his
             Life
             after
             the
             reduction
             of
             Paris
             at
             Melun
             ,
             by
             one
             
               Peter
               Barrier
            
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             who
             was
             hired
             to
             have
             Stabbed
             him
             ,
             at
             the
             advantage
             of
             his
             passing
             a
             Corner
             ,
             but
             being
             detected
             ,
             had
             his
             hand
             first
             burnt
             ,
             holding
             the
             Knife
             with
             which
             the
             Execution
             was
             intended
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             mean
             while
             and
             afterwards
             had
             his
             Flesh
             pulled
             off
             with
             hot
             Pincers
             ;
             A
             third
             open
             attempt
             was
             by
             one
             
               John
               Castle
            
             a
             Merchants
             Son
             in
             Paris
             ,
             and
             a
             pupill
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             own
             bringing
             up
             ,
             and
             past
             doubt
             Instructing
             ,
             he
             not
             being
             above
             18
             years
             of
             Age
             ,
             thrust
             himself
             into
             the
             Kings
             presence
             ,
             and
             being
             about
             to
             strike
             him
             into
             the
             Belly
             was
             prevented
             by
             the
             Kings
             Stooping
             to
             return
             a
             Salute
             to
             one
             of
             his
             Nobles
             ,
             yet
             it
             struck
             him
             through
             the
             Lip
             and
             struck
             one
             of
             his
             Teeth
             out
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             party
             was
             apprehended
             ,
             and
             confessed
             the
             Fact
             ,
             glorying
             in
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             and
             maintained
             he
             ought
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             offer
             up
             a
             Sacrifice
             acceptable
             to
             God
             ,
             by
             taking
             out
             of
             the
             World
             a
             Prince
             Relapsed
             ;
             and
             Excommunicated
             ,
             not
             
             did
             he
             seem
             much
             to
             Regard
             his
             Torments
             ,
             when
             his
             Hand
             was
             Burnt
             ,
             his
             Flesh
             plucked
             off
             with
             hot
             pincers
             ,
             and
             lastly
             as
             he
             justly
             deserved
             had
             his
             Limbs
             torn
             off
             with
             Wild
             Horses
             ,
             which
             making
             it
             plainly
             appear
             that
             his
             Patrons
             the
             Jesuits
             had
             perswaded
             him
             to
             that
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             promised
             him
             Salvation
             for
             his
             Reward
             ,
             whereupon
             his
             Father
             was
             Banished
             ,
             his
             House
             demollished
             ,
             and
             a
             Piramid
             set
             in
             his
             place
             ;
             and
             secondly
             by
             a
             Decree
             of
             Parliament
             the
             whole
             Society
             of
             Jesuits
             were
             expelled
             out
             of
             France
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             shews
             of
             Piety
             and
             Sincerity
             ,
             so
             Wrought
             with
             the
             Kings
             Favorites
             ,
             and
             they
             with
             him
             on
             their
             behalf
             ,
             that
             that
             Decree
             was
             repealed
             ,
             and
             they
             again
             restored
             to
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Kings
             Life
             ,
             as
             most
             imagine
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             that
             attempted
             his
             Life
             was
             one
             that
             was
             or
             at
             least
             pretended
             himself
             a
             Natural
             ,
             who
             finding
             opportunity
             run
             at
             him
             with
             a
             Knife
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Guard
             would
             have
             Killed
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             forbid
             it
             ,
             and
             he
             (
             being
             asked
             the
             reason
             )
             said
             ,
             
               He
               was
               King
               of
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               that
            
             Henry
             kept
             France
             
               from
               him
            
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             King
             out
             of
             meer
             compassion
             ordered
             him
             to
             be
             released
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             France
             Flourishing
             under
             this
             great
             and
             Glorious
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             good
             Conduct
             had
             Reduced
             it
             to
             so
             happy
             an
             Estate
             ,
             that
             the
             like
             for
             some
             Ages
             past
             had
             not
             been
             ,
             
             he
             thought
             to
             have
             rested
             ,
             but
             such
             was
             the
             Implacable
             Mallice
             of
             his
             Adversaries
             ,
             that
             they
             watched
             all
             opportunities
             to
             deprive
             him
             of
             Life
             ,
             to
             whom
             next
             Heaven
             they
             owed
             their
             happyness
             ,
             nor
             did
             they
             desist
             till
             they
             had
             brought
             about
             their
             wicked
             purposes
             ,
             the
             manner
             and
             opportunity
             given
             thus
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             having
             Married
             
               Mary
               D'
               Medicis
            
             Daughter
             to
             Frances
             ,
             and
             Neice
             to
             Fardinand
             Dukes
             of
             Florence
             ,
             upon
             the
             Divorce
             of
             Margaret
             ,
             Sister
             to
             the
             three
             late
             Kings
             of
             France
             ,
             She
             was
             Impatient
             till
             she
             was
             Installed
             ,
             and
             although
             the
             King
             had
             other
             purposes
             of
             more
             urgency
             which
             required
             his
             leaving
             of
             Paris
             ,
             yet
             was
             he
             prevailed
             with
             to
             stay
             ,
             though
             many
             things
             Prognosticated
             ill
             events
             ,
             as
             the
             Raining
             Blood
             in
             divers
             places
             ,
             Monsters-Born
             ,
             Earthquakes
             ,
             and
             Airy
             Fantoms
             happening
             and
             appearing
             ,
             and
             several
             Predictions
             that
             the
             King
             should
             not
             out-live
             that
             Year
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             Dye
             in
             Paris
             ,
             a
             suddain
             and
             violent
             Death
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Coach
             ,
             the
             which
             he
             (
             though
             he
             was
             not
             over
             credulous
             on
             such
             occasions
             )
             began
             to
             hearken
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             was
             heard
             to
             say
             that
             he
             must
             be
             gone
             from
             that
             City
             or
             his
             Enemies
             would
             Kill
             him
             ;
             nay
             ,
             so
             sure
             were
             they
             of
             his
             Destruction
             ,
             that
             a
             Month
             before
             his
             being
             Assassinated
             Papers
             were
             found
             Printed
             in
             Spain
             and
             Italy
             that
             he
             was
             Dead
             ,
             and
             eight
             days
             before
             a
             Courrier
             passed
             through
             
             Leige
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               went
               to
               give
               the
               Princes
               of
            
             Germany
             
               notice
               of
               his
               Death
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Villain
             Incited
             to
             be
             the
             Executioner
             ,
             (
             with
             large
             promises
             of
             Earthly
             Treasure
             and
             Joys
             Everlasting
             )
             hardens
             himself
             to
             perpetrate
             the
             Execrable
             wickedness
             ,
             having
             Lingered
             about
             Paris
             a
             long
             time
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             he
             being
             an
             Ill
             down
             lookt
             Rascal
             who
             had
             formerly
             quitted
             his
             Order
             ,
             and
             became
             a
             Solicitor
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             affairs
             ,
             the
             day
             after
             the
             Instalment
             ,
             the
             King
             Intending
             to
             leave
             Paris
             ,
             the
             next
             day
             the
             King
             going
             in
             his
             Coach
             from
             the
             Louvre
             to
             the
             Arsenal
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             all
             things
             provided
             for
             the
             Queens
             Entrance
             ,
             having
             in
             the
             Coach
             with
             him
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Espernon
             and
             Monthason
             ,
             the
             Marshals
             of
             
               Lavardine
               ,
               Rocquelavar
               ,
               La
               Force
               ,
               Mirebeau
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lian
               Cour
            
             chief
             Esquires
             ,
             when
             Entering
             
               Iron-Mongers
               Street
            
             ,
             through
             the
             narrow
             passage
             by
             St.
             Innocents
             Church
             ,
             a
             Cart
             Laden
             with
             Wine
             was
             overthrown
             ,
             as
             most
             imagine
             ,
             for
             the
             purpose
             ,
             which
             caused
             the
             Coach
             to
             stop
             ,
             and
             whilst
             his
             Guard
             of
             Partizans
             passed
             through
             the
             Church-yard
             ,
             this
             Villain
             (
             who
             had
             all
             the
             while
             followed
             the
             Coach
             )
             set
             one
             Foot
             against
             the
             Stall
             and
             the
             other
             upon
             the
             spoke
             of
             the
             Wheel
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             long
             Knife
             struck
             the
             King
             into
             the
             Breast
             beneath
             the
             Heart
             ,
             at
             which
             the
             King
             cryed
             I
             am
             Wounded
             ,
             yet
             the
             Hellhound
             redoubled
             
             his
             force
             with
             a
             second
             Blow
             ,
             which
             struck
             him
             to
             the
             Heart
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             Dyed
             ,
             without
             fetching
             so
             much
             as
             a
             Sigh
             ,
             and
             again
             a
             third
             stroke
             which
             the
             Duke
             
               D'
               Monthazon
            
             received
             on
             his
             Sleeve
             ,
             and
             although
             it
             was
             supposed
             the
             Murtherer
             might
             have
             escaped
             ,
             yet
             so
             heightened
             was
             he
             in
             his
             wickedness
             ,
             that
             he
             never
             Stirred
             from
             the
             place
             ,
             neither
             hid
             his
             Bloody
             Knife
             ,
             but
             rather
             Gloried
             in
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             and
             being
             taken
             ;
             he
             was
             adjudged
             by
             the
             Chamber
             of
             the
             Assemblies
             to
             be
             drawn
             to
             the
             Grave
             with
             four
             Horses
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             the
             Flesh
             pulled
             off
             from
             his
             Arms
             ,
             Breasts
             ,
             and
             Thighs
             with
             Burning
             Pincers
             ,
             and
             then
             Torn
             to
             peices
             ,
             which
             Sentence
             was
             put
             in
             Execution
             ,
             without
             his
             Testifying
             the
             least
             Emotion
             of
             Grief
             or
             Fear
             ,
             for
             such
             strange
             Torments
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             was
             Evident
             that
             he
             had
             been
             made
             believe
             that
             Paricid
             was
             Merritorious
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             he
             Dyed
             ,
             he
             Dye
             a
             Martyr
             ,
             being
             Inchanted
             with
             a
             false
             assurance
             of
             great
             things
             ,
             though
             for
             his
             Horrid
             Treason
             and
             Barbarous
             Assassination
             he
             met
             with
             his
             just
             Reward
             .
          
           
             All
             France
             at
             the
             Death
             of
             this
             King
             were
             amazed
             and
             in
             Tears
             ,
             unless
             his
             Enemies
             who
             secretly
             rejoyced
             ,
             thinking
             to
             gain
             their
             purposes
             ,
             but
             were
             deceived
             most
             of
             them
             ,
             being
             wasted
             and
             destroyed
             in
             the
             Wars
             that
             were
             in
             the
             Minority
             of
             his
             Children
             ;
             and
             thus
             fell
             
             this
             great
             King
             ,
             yet
             e're
             I
             conclude
             ,
             one
             thing
             is
             Remarkable
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             opened
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             got
             his
             Heart
             ,
             which
             they
             so
             long
             had
             desired
             ,
             and
             carryed
             it
             to
             their
             Church
             
               De
               La
               Fleck
            
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Burying
             it
             there
             ,
             his
             Body
             was
             Buryed
             in
             St.
             Dennis
             ,
             whither
             a
             little
             before
             the
             Body
             of
             his
             Prodecessor
             Henry
             the
             III.
             had
             been
             brought
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             St.
             Cornillie
             .
             And
             leaving
             France
             ,
             I
             shall
             Return
             to
             England
             ,
             there
             to
             give
             the
             Reader
             a
             Sight
             of
             one
             of
             the
             blackest
             Trajedies
             that
             ever
             the
             World
             has
             known
             ,
             a
             Murther
             without
             President
             or
             Parrallel
             ,
             even
             the
             Murther
             of
             the
             Sacred
             Martyr
             Charles
             the
             First
             ,
             of
             ever
             Blessed
             Memory
             ,
             which
             take
             as
             followeth
             ,
             to
             the
             Eternal
             Infamy
             of
             the
             Regicids
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Dismal
               Relation
               of
               the
               most
               Inhuman
               and
               Barbarous
               Murther
               of
               CHARLES
               the
               First
               ,
               King
               of
               
                 Great
                 Brittain
                 ,
                 France
              
               and
               Ireland
               ,
               and
               of
               Gods
               extraordinary
               Judgments
               ,
               and
               speedy
               Vengeance
               on
               the
               Monsterous
               Regicides
               and
               principal
               Agents
               and
               Abettors
               in
               his
               most
               deplorable
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             KING
             CHARLES
             the
             First
             of
             ever
             Blessed
             Memory
             ,
             Son
             to
             the
             Renowned
             King
             James
             ,
             first
             sole
             Monarch
             of
             Great
             Brittains
             Empire
             ,
             and
             his
             Vertuous
             Consort
             Anne
             ,
             Sister
             to
             Christianus
             King
             of
             Denmark
             ,
             was
             Born
             at
             Dunfermel
             in
             Scotland
             on
             the
             19
             of
             November
             1600
             ,
             and
             when
             Englands
             bright
             Star
             ,
             the
             Glorious
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             Set
             ,
             he
             with
             his
             Royal
             Father
             ,
             the
             undoubted
             Heir
             of
             these
             Dominions
             ,
             came
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             continued
             with
             great
             Applause
             ,
             attracting
             in
             his
             Infancy
             the
             Eyes
             and
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Nation
             to
             gaze
             upon
             his
             comely
             person
             ,
             and
             much
             admire
             his
             Vertues
             ,
             promising
             such
             a
             Blessing
             to
             England
             that
             indeed
             it
             was
             not
             worthy
             of
             ,
             he
             being
             sole
             Heir
             to
             the
             Crown
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Prince
             Henry
             ,
             who
             died
             at
             St.
             James's
             ,
             Anno
             1625
             ,
             succeeded
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             having
             before
             
             his
             Fathers
             Death
             contracted
             Marriage
             with
             the
             Vertuous
             and
             most
             Renowned
             Princess
             
               Henrietta
               Maria
            
             ,
             Daughter
             to
             Henry
             the
             IV.
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             Sister
             to
             Lewis
             the
             then
             Reigning
             King
             ,
             and
             at
             first
             such
             was
             the
             Universal
             Joy
             ,
             that
             not
             a
             Cloud
             of
             Discontent
             appeared
             upon
             the
             Brow
             of
             any
             ,
             but
             such
             is
             the
             Malice
             of
             the
             Powers
             of
             Darkness
             to
             hinder
             the
             progress
             of
             the
             Gospel
             (
             which
             in
             his
             Pious
             Reign
             ,
             whilst
             he
             absolutely
             weiled
             the
             Sword
             of
             Justice
             ,
             spread
             so
             wide
             ,
             that
             the
             like
             no
             Age
             had
             parallel'd
             )
             was
             not
             wanting
             to
             raise
             such
             Pestilential
             Whirlwinds
             of
             Discontent
             ,
             or
             rather
             Treasonable
             Intentions
             ,
             as
             overturned
             all
             order
             and
             Government
             ,
             bedewing
             Albions
             Surface
             with
             Blood
             ;
             and
             lastly
             ,
             with
             that
             more
             valuable
             then
             Ten
             thousand
             vulgar
             lives
             ,
             and
             to
             accomplish
             it
             ,
             the
             Monsters
             his
             Agents
             a
             while
             sought
             by
             underhand
             means
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             finding
             the
             Rabble
             moulded
             for
             their
             purpose
             they
             appeared
             bare
             faced
             ,
             and
             inveighed
             against
             his
             Favourites
             ,
             and
             first
             of
             all
             the
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             ,
             who
             at
             length
             was
             Murthered
             by
             one
             Felton
             basely
             and
             treacherously
             at
             Portsmouth
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Murtherer
             was
             deservedly
             hanged
             in
             Chains
             :
             The
             next
             thing
             was
             to
             object
             against
             the
             Legality
             of
             Ship-Money
             ,
             though
             Twelve
             of
             the
             Judges
             were
             of
             opinion
             that
             the
             Land
             being
             in
             danger
             of
             an
             Invasion
             ,
             the
             King
             at
             any
             time
             (
             with
             the
             advice
             of
             his
             
             Counsel
             )
             might
             leavy
             Money
             to
             defend
             it
             without
             intrenching
             upon
             Priviledge
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             indeed
             if
             such
             a
             thing
             might
             not
             be
             ,
             the
             Nation
             might
             be
             over-run
             with
             a
             Forreigne
             Enemy
             before
             money
             in
             a
             Parliamentary
             way
             could
             be
             raised
             to
             defend
             it
             ,
             yet
             these
             were
             but
             slight
             Cavels
             for
             what
             happened
             afterward
             ,
             for
             they
             openly
             encouraged
             the
             Scots
             to
             Rebel
             ,
             and
             act
             such
             Insolencies
             ,
             that
             the
             like
             happened
             not
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             before
             in
             the
             age
             of
             Man
             ,
             Sacriledge
             and
             Murther
             being
             counted
             Trifles
             ,
             and
             although
             they
             in
             Parliament
             denyed
             the
             King
             any
             supply
             for
             his
             urgent
             occasions
             ,
             yet
             for
             their
             dear
             Rebel
             Bretheren
             of
             Scotland
             in
             recompence
             for
             the
             mischief
             they
             had
             done
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             they
             voated
             them
             100000
             pounds
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             themselves
             better
             than
             their
             words
             ,
             soon
             after
             added
             200000
             more
             ,
             and
             then
             fell
             to
             Impeach
             the
             noble
             Earl
             of
             Strafford
             of
             High-Treason
             ,
             as
             many
             believed
             upon
             no
             other
             account
             then
             that
             he
             was
             the
             Kings
             Favourite
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             proceeded
             in
             their
             pernicious
             Designs
             ,
             by
             raising
             Tumults
             with
             Clubs
             and
             Stalves
             to
             assault
             the
             Kings
             Pallace
             ,
             crying
             out
             ,
             
               Justice
               against
               the
               Earl
               ,
               and
               no
               Bishops
               ,
            
             that
             the
             King
             (
             though
             not
             without
             the
             Earls
             consent
             )
             thinking
             to
             appease
             those
             Blood
             thirsty
             Wretches
             ,
             after
             his
             Attaindure
             ,
             Signed
             a
             Bill
             for
             his
             Execution
             ,
             which
             on
             the
             12
             of
             May
             1841
             ,
             was
             Executed
             on
             Tower-Hill
             ,
             his
             
             Majesty
             being
             greatly
             averse
             to
             that
             Fatal
             Trajedy
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             (
             O
             the
             Indulgence
             of
             this
             Blessed
             Prince
             )
             Signed
             another
             Bill
             for
             the
             Houses
             siting
             ,
             till
             they
             should
             consent
             to
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             which
             they
             turned
             to
             his
             destruction
             ,
             for
             having
             got
             the
             Millitia
             into
             their
             Hands
             ,
             they
             Armed
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             them
             joyned
             such
             Rake-Hells
             as
             they
             could
             scrape
             together
             ,
             of
             all
             Religions
             ,
             as
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Independants
               ,
               Quakers
               ,
               Presbyters
               ,
               Brownists
               ,
               Ranters
               ,
               Advanities
               ,
               Socinians
               ,
            
             and
             what
             not
             ,
             all
             fit
             Instruments
             of
             Hells
             ,
             to
             hew
             down
             the
             Ceeder
             of
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             Imbrew
             the
             Earth
             with
             Blood
             of
             her
             Sons
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             and
             many
             other
             affronts
             ,
             the
             King
             sets
             up
             his
             Standard
             at
             Nottingham
             ,
             after
             his
             having
             been
             denyed
             entrance
             into
             Hull
             by
             the
             disloyal
             Knight
             Sir
             
               John
               Hotham
            
             ,
             who
             had
             a
             Reward
             for
             his
             Treason
             ,
             the
             just
             Judgment
             of
             God
             soon
             overtook
             him
             ,
             for
             both
             he
             and
             his
             Son
             were
             soon
             after
             Beheaded
             ,
             by
             their
             Rebellious
             Masters
             Command
             ,
             viz.
             The
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             to
             please
             whom
             ,
             he
             had
             manifestly
             broken
             his
             Oath
             to
             his
             Prince
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             all
             being
             in
             a
             Combustion
             ,
             and
             no
             likelyhood
             of
             deciding
             matters
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             (
             though
             nothing
             was
             wanting
             on
             his
             Majesties
             part
             that
             might
             conduce
             to
             a
             Peace
             and
             happy
             Reconcilliation
             )
             many
             dreadful
             Battels
             were
             Fought
             ,
             wherein
             the
             success
             was
             
             various
             till
             most
             of
             the
             Flower
             of
             the
             English
             Nobillity
             were
             Lost
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             left
             destitute
             of
             Mony
             ,
             and
             other
             such
             necessaries
             ,
             as
             are
             Rightfully
             termed
             the
             Sinns
             of
             War
             ,
             Fortune
             ,
             who
             rightfully
             is
             painted
             Blind
             ,
             turned
             the
             Scale
             of
             Victory
             and
             success
             ,
             till
             no
             considerable
             place
             of
             Strength
             but
             Oxford
             was
             left
             him
             ,
             where
             finding
             no
             concessions
             ,
             would
             mollifie
             the
             Flinty
             temper
             of
             his
             implacable
             Enemies
             ;
             he
             after
             some
             consultation
             with
             his
             Council
             ,
             resolved
             (
             rather
             than
             to
             hazard
             being
             obliged
             to
             such
             hard
             conditions
             as
             a
             close
             Seige
             might
             extort
             )
             to
             Fly
             to
             the
             Scotch
             Army
             who
             were
             in
             the
             Parliaments
             pay
             ,
             and
             from
             some
             of
             whose
             perfidious
             chief
             he
             had
             received
             several
             kind
             Invitations
             ,
             which
             he
             effected
             in
             the
             disguise
             of
             a
             Serving-Man
             ,
             and
             found
             it
             Incamped
             at
             South-well
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             first
             kindly
             entertained
             with
             promise
             of
             Protection
             ,
             but
             Treacherous
             Villains
             as
             they
             were
             (
             and
             be
             it
             a
             Brand
             to
             their
             Posterity
             for
             ever
             )
             rather
             then
             loose
             their
             Arrears
             due
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             they
             delivered
             up
             their
             lawful
             Soveraign
             the
             best
             of
             Kings
             to
             the
             dispose
             of
             his
             merciless
             Enemies
             ,
             but
             Heavens
             vengeance
             delayed
             not
             to
             such
             perfidious
             dealing
             ,
             for
             soon
             after
             all
             Scotland
             was
             put
             into
             a
             Bloody
             Sweat
             by
             the
             Usurper
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             being
             in
             the
             Hands
             of
             his
             Enemies
             was
             Imprisoned
             at
             Holmby
             ,
             where
             having
             stayed
             
             some
             time
             ,
             he
             was
             taken
             thence
             by
             Collonel
             Joyce
             and
             carryed
             to
             Childersly
             ,
             thence
             to
             Newark
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             several
             Stages
             till
             he
             came
             to
             Hampton-Court
             ,
             where
             a
             Treaty
             was
             proposed
             though
             nothing
             less
             intended
             ,
             for
             at
             that
             very
             time
             the
             Tub-thumpers
             ,
             fearing
             if
             the
             King
             should
             be
             restored
             ,
             they
             should
             loose
             their
             canting
             Trade
             ,
             bauled
             out
             nothing
             but
             Death
             and
             desolation
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Not
               words
               ,
               but
               rhe
               Sword
               ,
               shall
               end
               the
               Controversie
            
             ;
             and
             placing
             a
             hundred
             Bugbears
             before
             the
             Peoples
             Eyes
             to
             render
             them
             averse
             to
             any
             compliance
             ,
             but
             there
             cant
             availed
             not
             ,
             for
             such
             was
             the
             Gracious
             concessions
             of
             this
             good
             King
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             highly
             approved
             of
             by
             many
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Cromwell
             and
             his
             Faction
             fearing
             it
             should
             come
             to
             perfection
             ,
             layed
             a
             Plot
             to
             fright
             the
             King
             from
             Hampton-Court
             ,
             by
             possessing
             him
             under
             pretence
             of
             Friendship
             that
             there
             was
             a
             design
             against
             his
             Life
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             Hypocritically
             demonstrated
             to
             him
             by
             Collonel
             Whaly
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             leaving
             Letters
             behind
             him
             to
             signifie
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             departure
             ,
             he
             in
             the
             Company
             and
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             Mr.
             Ashburnham
             and
             others
             ,
             departed
             about
             midnight
             ,
             none
             endeavouring
             to
             Impeach
             his
             passage
             ,
             the
             Plot
             being
             before
             hand
             so
             layed
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             came
             into
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             ,
             of
             which
             Collonel
             Hammond
             was
             made
             Governour
             ,
             who
             being
             Brother
             to
             his
             Majesties
             
             Chaplain
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             might
             the
             better
             confide
             in
             him
             ,
             but
             as
             disloyal
             as
             he
             was
             he
             proved
             perfidious
             to
             his
             distressed
             Majesty
             ,
             for
             upon
             the
             Parliaments
             publishing
             their
             Order
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             Treason
             for
             any
             that
             concealed
             his
             Person
             ,
             he
             secured
             him
             ,
             and
             sent
             them
             notice
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             the
             King
             Writes
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             giving
             them
             more
             fully
             to
             understand
             the
             reasons
             of
             his
             departure
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             still
             desirous
             that
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Peace
             might
             be
             continued
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             consent
             to
             any
             thing
             that
             in
             Honour
             and
             conscience
             he
             might
             do
             ,
             so
             that
             after
             many
             messages
             had
             passed
             ,
             the
             Treaty
             was
             renewed
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Kings
             extraordinary
             Wisdom
             appeared
             ,
             and
             his
             Princely
             Goodness
             so
             far
             condescending
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Peace
             ,
             that
             his
             concessions
             were
             by
             the
             Rebels
             themselves
             Voted
             satisfactory
             ,
             which
             the
             Arch-Traytor
             Cromwell
             ,
             perceiving
             and
             finding
             that
             such
             a
             conclusion
             would
             hinder
             him
             from
             aspiring
             ,
             he
             Plotted
             with
             the
             Factious
             Army
             Officers
             to
             marr
             the
             whole
             proceedings
             ,
             by
             new
             modelling
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             turning
             out
             such
             as
             were
             Inclinable
             to
             accord
             with
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             whereupon
             placing
             Guards
             about
             the
             Parliament-House
             ,
             after
             some
             conference
             with
             the
             Speaker
             ,
             Pride
             and
             Hewson
             sent
             in
             a
             Paper
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             Requiring
             the
             Impeached
             
             Members
             and
             Major-General
             Brown
             (
             as
             Guilty
             of
             calling
             in
             Hammilton
             ,
             a
             Forged
             pretence
             to
             pick
             a
             Quarrel
             )
             might
             be
             secured
             and
             brought
             to
             Justice
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             ninety
             and
             odd
             Members
             that
             refused
             to
             Vote
             against
             the
             Scotch
             Ingagement
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             Voted
             for
             recalling
             the
             four
             Votes
             of
             non
             Addresses
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             Personal
             Treaty
             ,
             and
             acquiescing
             Votes
             in
             his
             Majesties
             answer
             should
             be
             immediately
             suspended
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             that
             had
             done
             no
             such
             things
             should
             draw
             up
             their
             Protestations
             in
             Writing
             ,
             &c.
             a
             brave
             way
             of
             making
             and
             unmaking
             Parliaments
             ,
             but
             the
             Paper
             being
             thrown
             out
             of
             the
             House
             with
             detestation
             ,
             whereupon
             all
             the
             Guards
             advanced
             ,
             and
             a
             strong
             Guard
             set
             at
             the
             House
             Door
             ,
             where
             Sir
             
               Hardress
               Waller
            
             and
             the
             Collonels
             ,
             Pride
             and
             Hewson
             ,
             lying
             purdue
             violently
             seized
             upon
             several
             Knights
             and
             Burgesses
             as
             they
             came
             out
             ;
             others
             they
             decoyed
             out
             under
             Sleeveless
             pretences
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             seized
             upon
             ,
             debarred
             of
             Entrance
             ,
             and
             caused
             to
             decline
             coming
             no
             less
             then
             200
             forty
             one
             ,
             all
             which
             number
             were
             secured
             and
             kept
             Prisoners
             ,
             
               Hugh
               Peters
            
             being
             their
             Keeper
             ,
             who
             protesting
             against
             this
             force
             and
             Insolency
             ,
             done
             upon
             and
             against
             the
             Houses
             and
             priviledges
             of
             Parliament
             were
             released
             (
             all
             except
             Major-General
             Brown
             ,
             who
             was
             kept
             Prisoner
             at
             St.
             James's
             )
             Ireton
             bidding
             them
             at
             
             their
             departure
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             see
             they
             Acted
             nothing
             against
             the
             present
             Parliament
             or
             Army
             .
          
           
             Thus
             all
             things
             being
             brought
             and
             fitted
             to
             their
             purpose
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             taken
             from
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             and
             carried
             to
             Hurst
             Castle
             ,
             a
             place
             very
             incommodious
             both
             for
             health
             and
             necessaries
             it
             standing
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             no
             fresh
             water
             being
             to
             be
             had
             within
             three
             Miles
             ,
             from
             whence
             Harrison
             conveyed
             him
             to
             Winchester
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             several
             Journies
             to
             St.
             James's
             ,
             that
             insolent
             Traytor
             riding
             in
             the
             Coach
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             giving
             order
             to
             his
             Souldiers
             to
             beat
             such
             as
             pressed
             near
             ,
             either
             to
             see
             him
             ,
             or
             compassionate
             his
             Sufferings
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             these
             Monsters
             resolving
             the
             Kings
             Death
             ,
             to
             make
             way
             for
             their
             greatness
             ,
             the
             offalls
             or
             fragments
             of
             a
             Parliament
             make
             an
             Ordinance
             ,
             whereby
             they
             took
             away
             and
             disanulled
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Supremacy
             and
             Allegiance
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Council
             of
             War
             forbid
             any
             State
             to
             be
             used
             towards
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             whose
             attendants
             were
             for
             the
             most
             part
             discharged
             ,
             and
             to
             compleat
             their
             Villanies
             ,
             and
             to
             appear
             in
             their
             proper
             colours
             ,
             an
             Ordinance
             was
             brought
             into
             the
             Commons
             House
             by
             Scot
             for
             the
             Tryal
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             so
             monsterous
             and
             wicked
             a
             proposal
             that
             no
             Age
             e're
             parallel'd
             ,
             which
             after
             some
             debate
             was
             approved
             of
             ,
             and
             sent
             to
             the
             Lords
             House
             ,
             who
             
             cast
             it
             out
             with
             detestation
             ,
             which
             so
             metled
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             presently
             passed
             a
             Vote
             ,
             asserting
             the
             Supream
             power
             to
             lie
             in
             the
             Commons
             ,
             and
             that
             whatsoever
             is
             Enacted
             or
             declared
             for
             Law
             by
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             hath
             the
             force
             of
             Law
             ,
             which
             passed
             without
             a
             Negative
             Voice
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             plainly
             appeared
             at
             whose
             beck
             they
             were
             .
          
           
             And
             upon
             these
             Votes
             they
             made
             the
             Nest
             ,
             wherein
             they
             hatched
             the
             Monster
             ,
             called
             
               An
               Act
               for
               the
               Tryal
               the
               King
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             the
             9
             th
             of
             January
             1648
             was
             Proclaimed
             in
             Westminster-Hall
             by
             Serjeant
             Danby
             ,
             by
             the
             Beat
             of
             Drum
             ,
             and
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             ,
             and
             notice
             given
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             pretended
             High-Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
             were
             to
             sit
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             those
             that
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             say
             against
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             might
             be
             heard
             ;
             The
             like
             was
             done
             in
             Cheapside
             and
             at
             the
             Royal-Exchange
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             they
             Proclaimed
             their
             Wickedness
             aloud
             ,
             the
             which
             however
             Masqued
             with
             specious
             pretences
             ,
             and
             was
             then
             heard
             by
             most
             with
             Horror
             and
             amazement
             .
             The
             Bloody
             Villains
             that
             durst
             sit
             to
             Judge
             their
             Lawful
             King
             ,
             were
             as
             followeth
             ,
             whose
             Name
             and
             Memory
             are
             hateful
             to
             all
             Mankind
             .
          
           
             
               Oliver
               Cromwell
            
             ,
             that
             Monster
             in
             Nature
             ,
             
               Henry
               Ireton
               ,
               John
               Bradshaw
            
             President
             and
             scandal
             to
             the
             Long-Robe
             ,
             who
             a
             little
             before
             had
             
             taken
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Allegiance
             and
             Supremacy
             ,
             but
             such
             Monsters
             no
             Oaths
             can
             bind
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Harrison
            
             a
             Butchers
             Son
             at
             New-Castle
             Underline
             in
             
               Stafford-shire
               ,
               John
               Carew
               ,
               John
               Cook
            
             Solicitor
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             
               Hugh
               Peters
            
             ,
             that
             Scandal
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             Factious
             Bell-weather
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Scot
            
             a
             Brewers
             Clark
             ,
             
               Gregory
               Clement
            
             a
             broken
             Merchant
             ,
             
               Adrian
               Scroop
            
             ,
             the
             Stain
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             
               John
               Jones
            
             a
             Serving-man
             ,
             
               Frances
               Hacker
               ,
               Daniel
               Axtil
            
             a
             mean
             Shop-Keeper
             in
             
               Bedford-shire
               ,
               Collonel
               Okey
            
             once
             a
             Stoaker
             in
             a
             Brew-House
             ,
             
               Miles
               Corbet
               ;
               John
               Bark
               stoad
               ,
            
             a
             sorry
             Goldsmith
             in
             the
             
               Strand
               ,
               Thom●s
               Pride
            
             sometimes
             a
             Dray-man
             ▪
             
               Isaac
               Ewer
               ,
               Thomas
            
             Lord
             Gray
             of
             Grooby
             (
             O
             Scandal
             and
             Shame
             of
             his
             Family
             )
             Sir
             
               John
               Danvers
            
             ,
             Brother
             to
             the
             Loyal
             Earl
             of
             Danby
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Maleverrer
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Bourcher
            
             a
             troublesome
             Independant
             ,
             Collonel
             Purefoy
             Governour
             of
             
               Coventry
               ,
               John
               Black
               stone
            
             a
             Shopkeeper
             in
             Newcastle
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Constable
            
             Governour
             of
             
               Gloucester
               ,
               Richard
               Dean
            
             General
             at
             Sea
             ,
             
               Francis
               Allen
            
             a
             Broken
             Goldsmith
             ,
             
               Peregrine
               Pelham
            
             Governour
             of
             
               Hull
               ,
               John
               Moor
               ,
               John
               Allured
               ,
            
             not
             long
             before
             a
             private
             Souldier
             ,
             but
             to
             fit
             him
             for
             this
             Villany
             ,
             made
             a
             Collonel
             ,
             
               Humphry
               Edwards
            
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             long
             Parliament
             ,
             Sir
             
               Gregory
               Norton
            
             ,
             a
             Pensioner
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             now
             bought
             off
             to
             make
             one
             in
             the
             Execrable
             Villany
             ,
             
               John
               Ven
            
             a
             broaken
             Silk-man
             ,
             
             
               Thomas
               Andrews
            
             a
             Linnen-Draper
             ,
             
               Anthony
               Stapely
            
             Governour
             of
             
               Chichester
               ,
               Thomas
               Horton
            
             of
             mean
             and
             obscure
             Birth
             ,
             
               John
               Fry
            
             a
             Country
             Farmer
             ,
             and
             an
             Arian
             Heretick
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Hammond
            
             Prince
             Henry's
             Physitians
             Son
             ,
             
               Isaac
               Pennington
            
             ,
             twice
             Lord-Mayor
             of
             London
             ,
             twice
             Broke
             ,
             and
             a
             lasting
             Dishonour
             to
             the
             City
             ,
             
               Simon
               Meyen
            
             a
             recruit
             to
             the
             Long
             Parliament
             ,
             Sir
             
               Hardress
               Waller
            
             a
             poor
             Knight
             ,
             though
             after
             Inriched
             by
             the
             Spoils
             of
             his
             Maiesty
             ,
             
               William
               Heveningham
               ,
               Henry
               Martin
            
             a
             Lude
             and
             vicious
             Person
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             fitter
             for
             so
             wicked
             a
             purpose
             ,
             
               Owen
               Rowe
            
             a
             Silkman
             ,
             
               Augustine
               Garland
            
             a
             petty
             Fogger
             ,
             
               Henry
               Smith
            
             one
             of
             the
             Six
             Clarks
             in
             Chancery
             ,
             
               Robert
               Tichbourn
            
             a
             Linnen-Draper
             ,
             also
             Lord-Mayor
             of
             
               London
               ,
               George
               ,
               Fleetwood
               ,
               James
               Temple
               ,
               Thomas
               Wait
            
             of
             obscure
             Birth
             ,
             
               Peter
               Temple
            
             a
             Linnen-Draper
             ,
             
               Robert
               Lilburn
            
             Brother
             to
             
               John
               Lilburn
            
             the
             troubler
             of
             
               Israel
               ,
               Gilbert
               Millington
            
             Chairman
             to
             the
             Committee
             for
             Plundering
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             
               Vincent
               Potter
            
             of
             obscure
             Birth
             ,
             
               John
               Downs
               ,
               Thomas
               Wogan
               ,
               John
               Lisby
               ,
               William
               Say
               ,
               Valentine
               Walton
               ,
            
             Brother
             in
             Law
             to
             
               Cromwell
               ,
               Edward
               Whaly
            
             ,
             a
             Woollen-Draper
             ,
             
               Edmund
               Ludlow
            
             Son
             of
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             Sir
             
               Michael
               Livesey
            
             ,
             a
             poor
             Knight
             of
             
               Kent
               ,
               John
               Hewson
            
             ,
             first
             a
             Cobler
             ,
             then
             a
             Shoomaker
             ,
             
               William
               Goff
            
             a
             Salters
             Apprentice
             ,
             who
             run
             away
             from
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             betook
             
             him
             to
             the
             Army
             ,
             
               Cornelius
               Holland
            
             a
             Serving-man
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Challenor
            
             by
             some
             Reputed
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             
               William
               Cawley
            
             a
             Brewer
             ,
             
               Nicholas
               Love
            
             ,
             Son
             to
             Doctor
             Love
             of
             
               Winchester
               ,
               John
               Dixwel
            
             a
             Recruit
             to
             the
             Long
             Parliament
             ,
             
               Daniel
               Blagrave
               ,
               Daniel
               Broughton
               ,
               Edward
               Denby
               John
               Hutchison
               ,
               Francis
               Lossely
               ,
            
             Lord
             
               Munson
               ,
               James
               Challenor
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Mildmay
               ,
               Robert
               Wallop
               ,
               James
               Harrington
               ,
            
             and
             
               John
               Philips
            
             .
          
           
             These
             were
             the
             pack
             of
             Hellhounds
             that
             were
             thought
             most
             fit
             to
             hunt
             after
             Royal-Blood
             ,
             as
             Indeed
             they
             were
             ,
             for
             such
             Monsters
             never
             Breathed
             before
             on
             Brittish-Soil
             .
          
           
             Matters
             being
             brought
             to
             this
             pass
             ,
             on
             the
             20
             of
             January
             1648.
             
             Bradshaw
             the
             President
             with
             about
             70
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             pack
             ,
             Guarded
             by
             Partizans
             ,
             came
             into
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             and
             sate
             down
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             whither
             the
             King
             was
             brought
             by
             Collonel
             Thomlinson
             ,
             and
             placed
             at
             the
             Bar
             by
             the
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             ,
             where
             a
             Crimson-Chair
             was
             set
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             sate
             down
             without
             moving
             his
             Hat
             ,
             or
             Regarding
             the
             Monsters
             ,
             yet
             the
             President
             stood
             up
             and
             declared
             why
             he
             was
             brought
             thither
             ,
             laying
             many
             Notorious
             Falsities
             to
             his
             charge
             ,
             and
             was
             seconded
             by
             Solicitor
             Cook
             ,
             but
             the
             King
             not
             to
             Impair
             his
             Kingly
             Character
             ,
             absolutely
             denyed
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             so
             Learnedly
             opposed
             the
             Illiterate
             Rout
             ,
             with
             Stupendious
             Arguments
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             beaten
             
             from
             all
             Defences
             ,
             and
             nothing
             to
             say
             but
             that
             they
             were
             well
             satisfied
             in
             their
             Power
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             not
             for
             him
             to
             dispute
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             (
             as
             indeed
             it
             availed
             not
             ,
             for
             past
             doubt
             they
             Right
             or
             wrong
             had
             before-hand
             determined
             his
             Destruction
             )
             and
             yet
             they
             convened
             his
             Majesty
             before
             them
             the
             day
             following
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             as
             also
             on
             the
             23
             and
             still
             pressed
             him
             to
             answer
             the
             charge
             and
             own
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             without
             permitting
             him
             (
             though
             he
             earnestly
             desired
             it
             )
             to
             give
             his
             reasons
             why
             he
             refused
             it
             ,
             nor
             to
             plead
             for
             the
             Liberty
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             which
             most
             of
             all
             he
             insisted
             on
             ;
             but
             Adjourned
             the
             Court
             to
             the
             27
             when
             notwithstanding
             the
             Kings
             Learned
             Arguments
             and
             perswasions
             ,
             which
             they
             impatiently
             heard
             ,
             they
             passed
             Judgment
             upon
             him
             ,
             which
             after
             a
             long
             repetition
             of
             what
             had
             passed
             ,
             during
             the
             Tryal
             ,
             concluded
             in
             the
             words
             .
          
           
             
               For
               all
               which
               Treasons
               and
               Crimes
               this
               Court
               doth
               adjudge
               that
               he
               (
               meaning
               the
               King
               )
               as
               a
            
             Tyrant
             ,
             Traytor
             ,
             Murtherer
             and
             Publick-Enemy
             ,
             
               shall
               be
               put
               to
               Death
               by
               severing
               his
               Head
               from
               his
               Body
               ,
            
             after
             which
             Bradshaw
             declared
             ,
             
               It
               was
               the
               Act
               and
               Resolution
               of
               the
               whole
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             And
             thus
             they
             layed
             to
             his
             charge
             things
             that
             he
             knew
             not
             ,
             nor
             could
             be
             possible
             Guilty
             of
             ,
             for
             Kings
             are
             accountable
             to
             none
             but
             God
             ,
             
             nor
             can
             any
             man
             of
             Sence
             Imagine
             that
             Treason
             can
             be
             committed
             against
             a
             Subject
             ,
             by
             his
             Prince
             ,
             no
             Law
             allowing
             that
             it
             can
             descend
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             ever
             ascend
             .
          
           
             Yet
             to
             the
             amazement
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             having
             carryed
             on
             their
             Villany
             to
             this
             height
             ,
             they
             proceeded
             further
             ,
             for
             on
             the
             29
             of
             January
             a
             Warrant
             was
             directed
             under
             the
             Hands
             of
             
               John
               Bradshaw
               ,
               Thomas
            
             Lord
             Gray
             of
             Grooby
             and
             
               Oliver
               Cromwell
            
             ,
             to
             
               Francis
               Hacker
            
             ,
             Collonel
             Hunks
             ,
             and
             Lieutenant
             Collonel
             Phray
             ,
             for
             the
             Execution
             of
             their
             wicked
             Sentence
             ,
             the
             place
             appointed
             for
             the
             Tragedy
             being
             before
             VVhitehall
             ;
             and
             the
             next
             day
             between
             the
             hours
             of
             ten
             in
             the
             Morning
             and
             five
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             compleat
             the
             great
             wickedness
             ,
             But
             to
             amuse
             the
             People
             that
             every
             where
             detested
             against
             their
             Diabollical
             proceedings
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             any
             attempt
             that
             might
             be
             made
             ,
             to
             rescue
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             they
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             Rumoured
             that
             they
             would
             respite
             the
             Execution
             ;
             yet
             on
             the
             Fatal
             30
             of
             January
             in
             the
             Year
             aforesaid
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             met
             ,
             and
             ordered
             four
             or
             five
             of
             their
             Canting
             Tub-Preachers
             to
             attend
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             at
             St.
             James's
             ,
             but
             he
             refused
             to
             have
             any
             conference
             with
             those
             Varlets
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Morning
             before
             his
             Majesty
             was
             brought
             thence
             ,
             Dr.
             Juxon
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             officiated
             ,
             and
             read
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             
             Second
             Lesson
             appointed
             to
             be
             Read
             for
             that
             day
             ,
             by
             the
             Church
             Calender
             ,
             happened
             to
             be
             the
             27
             Chap.
             of
             St.
             Matthew
             ,
             being
             the
             History
             of
             our
             Saviours
             passion
             ,
             which
             caused
             his
             Majesty
             to
             Thank
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             for
             chusing
             so
             fit
             a
             place
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             being
             given
             to
             understand
             that
             it
             fell
             in
             course
             ,
             he
             was
             highly
             Animated
             ,
             then
             his
             Majesty
             received
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             after
             which
             and
             some
             other
             Devotions
             ended
             ,
             he
             was
             conveyed
             to
             Whitehall
             through
             the
             Park
             ,
             by
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Foot
             ,
             but
             about
             his
             Person
             were
             a
             private
             Guard
             of
             Partizans
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             and
             Collonel
             Thomlinson
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             when
             with
             a
             chearful
             voice
             ,
             he
             bid
             the
             Guard
             march
             faster
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               That
               now
               he
               went
               before
               them
               to
               strive
               for
               a
               Heavenly
               Crown
               ,
               with
               less
               Solicitude
               then
               he
               had
               often
               Incouraged
               his
               Souldiers
               to
               Fight
               for
               an
               Earthly
               Diadem
               .
            
          
           
             Being
             come
             to
             the
             Stairs
             of
             the
             long
             Gallery
             he
             passed
             through
             ,
             and
             coming
             in
             to
             an
             appartment
             appointed
             for
             him
             ,
             continued
             in
             fervent
             Prayer
             ,
             wondering
             at
             the
             delay
             ,
             but
             the
             reason
             was
             because
             the
             Scaffold
             was
             not
             Finished
             ,
             here
             he
             received
             a
             Letter
             from
             the
             Prince
             ,
             brought
             by
             Mr.
             Seymour
             ,
             and
             Dinner
             time
             came
             ,
             he
             refused
             to
             Dine
             ,
             only
             Eat
             a
             bit
             of
             Bread
             and
             Drank
             a
             Glass
             of
             Clarret
             .
          
           
             About
             one
             of
             the
             Clock
             Collonel
             Hacker
             came
             with
             his
             Guard
             of
             Officers
             and
             brought
             
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             accompanyed
             with
             the
             Bishop
             and
             Collonel
             Thomlinson
             ,
             through
             the
             Banqueting-House
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             upon
             the
             Scaffold
             ,
             a
             Bridge
             being
             made
             from
             one
             of
             the
             Windows
             to
             it
             ,
             round
             about
             which
             stood
             a
             Guard
             of
             7
             Regiments
             of
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             there
             placed
             to
             keep
             off
             his
             weeping
             Subjects
             from
             approaching
             to
             commiserate
             their
             dying
             Soveraign
             ,
             the
             Scaffold
             was
             hung
             with
             mourning
             ,
             and
             so
             Villanously
             were
             they
             bent
             on
             their
             wicked
             purpose
             ,
             that
             fearing
             his
             Majesty
             would
             not
             willingly
             submit
             to
             the
             Axe
             ,
             they
             had
             driven
             in
             Iron
             staples
             to
             force
             him
             to
             the
             Block
             with
             Cords
             ,
             O
             monstrous
             Barbarity
             of
             these
             Inhumane
             monsters
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             looking
             upon
             the
             Blcok
             ,
             and
             having
             asked
             Hacker
             whither
             there
             were
             none
             higher
             ,
             turned
             to
             Thomlinson
             ,
             and
             began
             his
             Speech
             ,
             wherein
             he
             declared
             ,
             
               His
               Innocence
               ,
               the
               unjust
               Incroachments
               of
               the
               Parliament
               upon
               his
               Perogative
               Royal
               ,
               and
               their
               begining
               the
               unnatural
               War
               against
               him
               ,
               yet
               Prays
               to
               God
               to
               forgive
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               had
               a
               hand
               in
               his
               Death
               ,
               advises
               them
               to
               restore
               the
               Church
               and
               Liberties
               of
               the
               People
               and
               the
               Crown
               to
               his
               Successor
               ,
               laying
               down
               the
               particular
               means
               and
               methods
               that
               would
               unavoidably
               conduce
               to
               the
               Nations
               happiness
               ,
               declaring
               till
               they
               were
               effectually
               observed
               ,
               the
               Nation
               would
               be
               miserable
               ;
               and
               Lastly
               ,
               that
               his
               Blood
               was
               causelesly
               shed
               ,
               
               and
               that
               he
               Dyed
               the
               Martyr
               of
               the
               People
               ,
            
             and
             then
             at
             the
             motion
             of
             Dr.
             Juxon
             ,
             declared
             his
             Religion
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               That
               he
               Dyed
               a
               good
               Christian
               according
               to
               the
               Profession
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               as
               he
               found
               it
               left
               to
               him
               by
               his
               Father
               ,
               of
               which
               this
               good
               man
               can
               bear
               me
               witness
               ,
               (
               meaning
               Dr.
            
             Juxon
             )
             then
             turning
             to
             the
             Officers
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               Sirs
               ,
               Excuse
               me
               for
               I
               have
               a
               good
               Cause
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               a
               Gracious
               God
               ,
            
             then
             turning
             to
             Hacker
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               Take
               care
               they
               do
               not
               put
               me
               to
               pain
               ,
            
             after
             which
             he
             said
             to
             the
             Executioner
             ,
             
               I
               shall
               say
               but
               very
               short
               Prayers
               ,
               and
               when
               I
               thrust
               out
               my
               Hands
            
             —
             then
             he
             called
             to
             Dr.
             Juxon
             for
             his
             Night-Cap
             ,
             which
             he
             having
             put
             on
             ,
             said
             to
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             
               I
               have
               a
               Gracious
               God
               and
               a
               Good
               cause
               on
               my
               Side
               ,
            
             to
             which
             the
             Doctor
             answered
             ,
             
               There
               is
               but
               one
               Stage
               more
               ,
               this
               Stage
               is
               Turbulent
               and
               Troublesome
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               short
               one
               ,
               but
               you
               may
               consider
               it
               will
               soon
               carry
               you
               a
               very
               great
               way
               ,
               it
               will
               carry
               you
               from
               Earth
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               there
               you
               will
               find
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Cordial
               Joy
               and
               Comfort
               ,
            
             To
             which
             his
             Majesty
             replied
             ,
             
               I
               go
               from
               a
               Corruptible
               to
               an
               Incorruptible
               Crown
               ,
               where
               no
               disturbance
               can
               be
               ,
               no
               disturbance
               in
               the
               World
               ,
            
             when
             as
             the
             Doctor
             again
             answered
             ,
             
               You
               are
               to
               Ex●hange
               a
               Temporary
               for
               an
               Eternal
               Crown
               ,
               a
               good
               Exchange
               .
            
          
           
             After
             this
             ,
             they
             asked
             if
             his
             Hair
             was
             well
             ,
             then
             he
             taking
             off
             his
             Cloak
             and
             George
             ,
             gave
             
             to
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Remember
             —
             which
             as
             many
             suppose
             was
             to
             give
             his
             George
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             then
             he
             put
             off
             his
             Doublet
             ,
             and
             bid
             the
             Executioner
             set
             the
             Block
             ,
             and
             bid
             him
             when
             he
             stretched
             out
             his
             Hands
             (
             shewing
             him
             the
             manner
             )
             to
             strike
             .
          
           
             After
             that
             ,
             having
             said
             several
             Prayers
             and
             bidding
             the
             Executioner
             (
             who
             was
             disguised
             with
             a
             Vizard-masque
             )
             stay
             for
             the
             signe
             ,
             he
             meekly
             layed
             down
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             short
             space
             giving
             the
             Sign
             ,
             (
             O
             horror
             and
             Eternal
             Infamy
             to
             his
             Murtherers
             )
             had
             it
             struck
             off
             at
             one
             blow
             ,
             which
             (
             bloody
             as
             it
             was
             )
             was
             taken
             up
             and
             shewed
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             who
             in
             Groans
             and
             tears
             expressed
             their
             unfeigned
             Sorrow
             .
          
           
             The
             Tragedy
             Finished
             ,
             his
             Body
             and
             Head
             were
             put
             into
             a
             Coffin
             covered
             with
             mourning
             Velvet
             ,
             and
             carryed
             to
             his
             House
             at
             St.
             James's
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             Embalmed
             and
             layed
             in
             a
             Leaden
             Coffin
             ,
             to
             be
             seen
             of
             such
             as
             resorted
             thither
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             Fortnights
             exposing
             ,
             delivered
             to
             four
             of
             his
             Servants
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             Hearse
             conveyed
             it
             to
             VVindsor
             themselves
             ,
             in
             mourning
             accompanying
             the
             Corps
             ,
             and
             placed
             it
             in
             the
             Danes-Hall
             ,
             all
             hung
             with
             mourning
             ,
             and
             Lights
             stuck
             round
             ,
             whither
             resorted
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lenox
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Hartford
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lindsey
             ,
             and
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Dorchester
             ,
             to
             pay
             their
             last
             Duty
             ,
             to
             their
             Royal-Master
             ,
             having
             received
             orders
             of
             
             Parliament
             for
             his
             Interment
             ,
             but
             were
             denyed
             by
             Whitchcot
             to
             Bury
             him
             in
             St.
             Georges
             Chappel
             by
             the
             form
             of
             the
             Common-Prayer-Book
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             though
             they
             pleaded
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             Parliament
             thereto
             ,
             he
             alledging
             that
             the
             Parliament
             would
             not
             permit
             the
             use
             of
             what
             they
             had
             so
             solemnly
             abolished
             ,
             and
             so
             destroy
             their
             own
             Acts
             ,
             the
             Lords
             reply'd
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             difference
             between
             destroying
             their
             own
             Act
             and
             dispencing
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             power
             so
             binds
             its
             own
             hands
             as
             to
             disable
             it self
             in
             some
             cases
             ,
             but
             the
             rigid
             Fanatick
             would
             not
             hearken
             to
             their
             reasons
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             were
             obliged
             to
             seek
             a
             place
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             found
             King
             Henry
             the
             Eight
             his
             Vault
             ,
             where
             t
             is
             conjectured
             his
             Body
             and
             that
             of
             his
             Wife
             the
             Lady
             
               Jane
               Seymore
            
             lies
             in
             Leaden
             Coffins
             ,
             there
             being
             Room
             for
             one
             more
             ,
             they
             Interred
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             Coffin
             fixed
             in
             large
             Characters
             King
             Charles
             ,
             1648
             ,
             bedewing
             the
             Earth
             with
             Tears
             and
             Sighs
             ,
             but
             especially
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             was
             not
             permitted
             to
             do
             his
             last
             Duty
             to
             his
             Royal
             Master
             .
          
           
             Thus
             by
             Murthering
             hands
             fell
             this
             blessed
             Martyr
             ,
             but
             Heavens
             Vengeance
             was
             not
             slow
             in
             making
             it
             manifest
             ,
             how
             Sacred
             Kings
             lives
             ought
             to
             be
             held
             ;
             First
             it
             is
             observed
             that
             the
             first
             raisers
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             most
             of
             them
             died
             miserable
             ,
             some
             by
             Grievous
             Diseases
             ,
             some
             Beheaded
             and
             Hanged
             by
             their
             own
             Rebel
             
             Party
             ,
             and
             others
             lived
             miserably
             in
             Exile
             ;
             Oliver
             that
             Monster
             ,
             during
             his
             greatness
             ,
             was
             nightly
             terrified
             with
             dreadful
             Visions
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             day
             time
             continually
             in
             fear
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             seldom
             Lying
             twice
             in
             a
             Room
             ,
             and
             ever
             haunted
             with
             an
             Evil
             Conscience
             ,
             till
             he
             was
             cut
             off
             in
             the
             Strength
             of
             his
             days
             ,
             and
             Transported
             to
             his
             proper
             place
             in
             a
             Whirl-wind
             ,
             and
             after
             his
             Majesties
             Restauration
             had
             his
             odious
             Corps
             together
             with
             Bradshaws
             and
             his
             Son
             Iretons
             taken
             out
             of
             their
             Graves
             ,
             and
             Hanged
             upon
             Tyburn
             ,
             their
             Heads
             set
             up
             at
             
               Westminster-Hall
               .
               Pride
               ,
               Ewer
            
             ,
             Lord
             Gray
             of
             
               Grooby
               ,
               Danvers
               ,
               Malleverer
               ,
               Bourcher
               ,
               Purefoy
               ,
               Blackstone
               ,
               Constable
               ,
               Dean
               ,
            
             (
             killed
             by
             a
             Shot
             )
             
               Allen
               ,
               Peham
               ,
               Moor
               ,
               Allured
               ,
               Edwards
               ,
               Norton
               ,
               Venn
               ,
               Andrews
               ,
               Stapeley
               ,
               Horton
               ,
               Fry
               ,
               Hammond
               ,
               Pennington
            
             and
             Meyen
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             the
             Kings
             Judges
             ,
             Dyed
             miserably
             ,
             before
             his
             present
             Majesties
             Restauration
             ,
             Olivers
             Daughter
             Dyed
             Madd
             ,
             his
             Son
             Richard
             tumbled
             down
             as
             soon
             as
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             beset
             with
             Bayliffs
             for
             Debt
             ,
             these
             of
             the
             Kings
             Judges
             were
             condemned
             and
             Executed
             as
             Traytors
             ,
             since
             his
             Majestys
             Restauration
             ,
             
               viz.
               Harrison
               ,
               Carew
               ,
               Cook
               ,
               Peters
               ,
               Scot
               ,
               Clement
               ,
               S●roop
               ,
               Jones
               ,
               Hacker
               ,
               Axtel
               ,
               Okey
               ,
               Corbet
               ,
            
             and
             Berkstead
             ,
             being
             Excluded
             the
             Act
             of
             Indemnity
             ,
             these
             following
             of
             the
             Kings
             Judges
             ,
             were
             Sentenced
             to
             Death
             as
             Traytors
             ,
             and
             kept
             in
             Prison
             to
             be
             
             Executed
             at
             the
             pleasure
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             
               viz.
               Wallen
               ,
               Heningham
               ,
               Martin
               ,
               Row
               ,
               Garland
               ,
               Smith
               ,
               Tichburn
               ,
               Fleetwood
               ,
               James
               Temple
               ,
               Peter
               Temple
               ,
               Waite
               ,
               Lilburn
               ,
               Millington
               ,
               Potter
            
             and
             Downs
             ,
             most
             of
             which
             since
             Dyed
             miserably
             in
             Prison
             ,
             those
             that
             Fled
             and
             came
             to
             miserable
             ends
             for
             the
             most
             part
             in
             Exile
             were
             these
             ,
             
               Wagan
               ,
               Lisle
               ,
               Say
               ,
               VValton
               ,
               VVhaly
               ,
               Ludlow
               ,
               Linsey
               ,
               Hewson
               ,
               Goffe
               ,
               Holland
               ,
               Challenor
               ,
               Cawlice
               ,
               Love
               ,
               Dixwell
               ,
               Braughton
            
             and
             Danby
             ,
             the
             following
             were
             such
             as
             upon
             humble
             submission
             ,
             and
             Recantation
             found
             mercy
             and
             only
             Fined
             .
             
               Hutchison
               ,
               Lassels
            
             both
             Fined
             ,
             but
             VVilliam
             Lord
             
               Munson
               ,
               James
               Challenor
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Mildmay
               ,
               Robert
               VVallop
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               James
               Harrington
            
             ,
             and
             
               John
               Philips
            
             ,
             were
             deprived
             of
             their
             Estates
             ;
             and
             Sentenced
             to
             be
             drawn
             on
             Sledges
             to
             Tyburn
             ,
             with
             Ropes
             about
             their
             Necks
             like
             Traytors
             ,
             and
             then
             returned
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             to
             continue
             Prisoners
             during
             their
             Natural
             Lives
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             And
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             deserved
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             worse
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             the
             Portion
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             all
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             shall
             hereafter
             dare
             to
             imagine
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             the
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             Romulus
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             Hersilia
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             or
             the
             Sabine
             War.
             
          
           
             The
             
               City
               Heieess
            
             ,
             or
             Sir
             
               Timothy
               Treatall
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Roundheads
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Good
               Old
               Cause
            
             .
          
           
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             Farces
             Acted
             before
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             King
             and
             Court
             at
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             ,
             The
             
               Merry
               Milk-Maids
            
             of
             Islington
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Rambling
               Gallants
            
             defeated
          
           
             Love
             lost
             in
             the
             Dark
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Drunken
               Couple
            
          
           
             The
             
               Politick
               Whore
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Conceited
               Cuckhold
            
          
           
        
      
    
  

