All the vvorkes of Iohn Taylor the water-poet Beeing sixty and three in number. Collected into one volume by the author: vvith sundry new additions corrected, reuised, and newly imprinted, 1630.

A BRIEFE REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THE ENGLISH MO∣narchs, from the Normans Con∣quest, vntill this present.

TO THE HONOVRABLE AND TRVLY Noble, Sir ROBERT CARR, Knight, one of the Gentlemen of his Maiesties Royall Bed-chamber, &c.

TIs not in expectation of reward, That I this booke vnto your hands doe ten∣der; But in my humble dutie, in regard That I am bound my daily thanks to render. And though my stile be harsh my learning slender, My Verse defectiue, and my Accent rude; Yet if your Patronage be my Defender, Iam defended'gainst a multitude. Thus (to auoyd Hell-hatch'd ingratitude, My dutious Love) my Liues, and Life shall be, To you deuoted euer to conclude, May you and your most vertuous Ladie see Long happie dayes, in Honour still encreasing; And after death, true Glorie neuer ceasing.

Your Honours in all seruice, Iohn Taylor,

WILLIAM THE FIRST, Surnamed the CONQVEROVR; KING OF ENGLAND, And DVKE OF NORMANDY.

BY bloody Battels, Conquest, and by Fate, Faire Englands Crown & kingdome l surpris'd: Itopsie-tutuy turn'd elie Eng'ish State, And Lawes and Customes new and strange deuis'd. And where •• vanquisht there I tyrannaiz'd, Instead of peoples loue inforcing feare: Extorting Ioils I daily exercis'd, And Tributes, greater then the Land could beare, Besides, (the Normans fame the more to reare) The English I forbad the English tongue, French Schooles of Grammer I ordayned here, And gainst this Nation added wrong to wrong.

At last my Crown, Sword, scepter, Cōquest braue I left, I lost, scarce found an earthly Graue.

Anno 1066, October 14, Saturday.

William Conqueror, the sonne of Robert the 6. Duke of Normandy, Ianded with a 1000. shippes furnished with men, horse & all warlike prouision, at Hastings in Sussex, and after a bloody battell with King Harold, with the slaughter of nere 70000. men on both parts, Hareld beeing slaine, Duke Wil∣liam came in Triumph to London, and was crowned at Westminster on Christmas day following, by, Aldred Archbisbop of Yorke: he vsed his victorie; and conquest here tyrannically; dispossesing most part of the English of their lands, giuing them to the Normans, for which appressions he was conti∣nually molested; sometimes with the Danes,then with the Welsh, with the Scots out of Ireland, and at home amongst his owne people: besides, many mise∣ries did at once afflict this Land, as I. an vniuersall feauer amongst people, 2 Barrennesse of the ground, 3 Dearth and famine, 4 Moraine of Cattell, and the Church of St Pauls in London burnt, and all that was in it; The Country extremely ruin'd and spoy∣led for 60 miles space betwixt York and Durham. The king pulled downe 36 Churches, Townes and Villages, laying the Country waste and open for 30 miles space from the City of Salisbury Southward, which is now called Newforrest, and was by him made a wildernes or place for beasts for his game of hunting. In which place, (by Gods iust Iudgement) his second sonne Richard was kil'd by a Deere, his son K. William Rusus kil'd for a Deer, & Henry his grandchilde strucke into the iawes with a bough, and hanged so, till he was found dead. Neuerthlesse, he built many Abbies, Priories, Garisons, Houses, and Caslles; amongst the which, the Towre of Lon∣don was one: He died at Roane 1087 September 9. he was not onely robd and risted of all his goods and Kingly ornaments and riches, but barbarously strip∣ped and left naked on the floore, not hauing any one to attend his carcasse, but for saken of all. Such is the frailty and misery of earthly greatnesse. Lastly, he had much adoe to get a graue, which in the end (with great difficulty) was purchased for him at Cane in Normandy.

WILLIAM THE IJ, Surnamed RVFVS, KING OF ENGLAND And DVKE OF NORMANDY.

VVHat my triumphant Father wan, I held, I pill'd & poll'd this Kingdom more then he, Great Tributes from my people I compeld: No place in Church or Common-wealth was freee, But alwaies those that would giue most to me, Obtain'd their purpose being wrong or right. The Clergy I enforced to agree, To sell Church-plate and Chalices out-right. Vntill at last (by the Almighties might) My Kingly power and force was forcelesse made, My glorious pompe that seem'd t'eclips mens sight, Did vanish by a glance, by chance, and fade:

For hunting in new-forrest (voyd of feare) A Subiect flew me shooting at Decre.

Anno 1087. September 26. being Sunday.

William the second, surnamed Rufus (by •••• son of his ruddy or red colour) was crowned at Westminster, by Lanfrank, Archbishop of Can••••∣terbury his elder brother Robert being Duke •••• Normandy, who likewise claimed the Crowne, •••• he was pacified with the mediation of the friends •••• William, and the promise of 3000 markes a yeere •• Robert departed this Land, after is had beene •••• wasted with their contentions. Then, after little breathing time, the Welsh arose in Armes, and Malcolme King of Scots Inuaded England burning and spolying as farre as Chester. •••• soone as the peace was made betwixt the King William and Malcolme, the two brothers Wil∣liam and Robert sell at oddes again, and again are appeased. After that, Malcolme King of Sco•••••• made an inroad into England againe, whom Ro••∣bert Moubray Earle of Northumberland (ly•••• in ambush) suddenly slew; in which action, Edw•••• King Malcolms sonne, likewise was slaine. Af•••• which, the third time, the 2 brothers, Robert •••• William, sell againe at variance, and after •••• trouble, are againe reconciled. Then Duke Robert•••• goeth to Ierusalem and conquers it. In the yeere 1099. the Schisme began, there beeing 2 Popes, •• at Rome, the other at Auigniou in France. The K. William was as valiant a prince as the war•• yeelded, and a great opposer of the indirect cours•••• the see of Rome. Many fearefull things happened in his reigne; as earthquakes, dreadfull lightning and Apparitions, Blazing Commets in strange•• gures, Inundations, & Deluges to the destruction is people, and much land ouerwhelmed with the••neuer to be recouered: amongst the which, •••• Goodwins lands were drowned, and are now c•••••• Goodwin sands. At Finchamsted in Barkin•• there was a Well of blood, which flowed 15 dayes When this King had reigned neere 13 years, he was vnfortunately slaine by a French Knight, S^t Wa∣ter Tirrell, and brought to Winchester in a C••∣liers cart, and there buried, Anno 1100, Ang••••••.

HENRY THE FIRST, Surnamed BEAVCLARKE, KING OF ENGLAND, And DVKE OF NORMANDY.

MY Father and my Brother Kings, both gone, With acclamations Royall I was crown'd: Had hauing gain'd the Scepter and the Throne, I with the name of Beauclarke was renown'd: The English Lawes long lost, I did refound, False waights and measures I corrected true, The power of Wales in fight I did confound, And Normandy my valour did subdue. Yet I vnmindfull whence these glories grew, My eldest Brother Robert did surprise, Detain'd him, and vsurp'd his Royall due, And most, vnnat' rally pluckt out his eyes,

Kings liue like Gods, but yet like men they dye, All must pay Natures due, and to did I.

Anno 1100. August I, Wednesday.

Henry the I, a Prince of incomparable wisdom & learning, for which indowments he was surnamed Beauclark, he mollified the seuentty of his Father and brother lawes, he cashierd and punished all flat∣rers & parasites frō his Court; but his elder brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, hearing of the death of his brother Rufus, makes haste from is Conquest and Kingdome of Ierusalem, (if hee had pleased) and comming into England, landed at Ports∣mouth, claiming the Crowne; but by aduice of the Nobles on either part it was agreed, that King Hen∣ry should pay vnto Duke Robert 3000 markes yeerely; but by the instigation of some discontented persons, the two brothers disagree againe: and in the fift yeere of King Henry, Duke Robert landed in England again; then there was a ••ay∣ned peace made between them, which in the 7 yeere of this king was broken, and in the 8 yeere, King Henry tooke his brother, Duke Robert, and caused his eyes to be put out, Thus, iust the same day forty yeers, that the Duke of Nor∣mandy conquered England, that very day did this Henry the first King of England conquerNormandy. Henry the fourth Emperour of Germany marryed Maude the Daughter of king Henry. This King was the first thai ordained the High court of Parliament. In the yeare 1020. Prince William, the sonne of king Henry, of the age of 17, crossing the Seas from France towards England, with his wife, the Duke of Anious daughter, and his sister Maud, the Lady Lucy a Neece of the Kings, the Earle of Chester, with diuers other Noblemen, Ladies and others, to the number of 160, were all most miserably drown'd, not any of them saued but a poor Butcher. The king hauing no children left, but his daughter Maude the Empresse. The Emperor her Husband beeing dead, she came into England, (to whom the king her father) caused his Nobles to sweare allegeance as to his lawfull heire after his decease, which Empresse after was married to Ieffrie Plantagenet Earle of Aniou. The King after many troubles with the French, Welsh, Scots and Englsih, with forraigne and Ciuill warres, vnfortunate and vntimely losse of children and friends, after 35 yeeres reigns, he dyed at Saint Dennis in Normandy, whose corpes were brought into England and buried at Reding, 1135.

STEPHEN, KING OF ENGLAND, AND DVKE OF NORMANDY,

BY wrested Titles and vsurping claime, Through storms & tempests of tumultuous wars, The Crowne (my fairest marke and foulest ayme) I wonne and wore, beleaguerd round with iars. The English, Scots and Normans all prepares Their powers, exposing to oppose my powers, Whilst this land ladeo and o'rwhelm'd with cares, Fndures, whilst war, wo, want and death deuoures. But as yeers, months, weeks, days decline by houres, Houres into minutes, minutes into nought: My painfull pompe decai'd like fading flowers, And vnto nought was my Ambition brought.

Thus is the state of transitory things: Ther's nothing can be permanent with Kings.

Anno 1135. December 26. Munday.

On Saint Stephens day, Stephen Earle of Mor∣taigue and Bulloyne, the Sonne of Stephen E•••••• Bloys and Champaine, was crowned at Westminster by William Corbell Archbishop of Canterbury, tak•• Gouernement vpon him vsurpingly, compare to his •••• made to King Henry the I, in the behalf of Maudth' Em∣presse, for the which his whole reigne was full of como•• all troubles. For the Empresse claiming her right, great parties weere taken on each side: the King had on his part his brother Henry. Bishop of Winchester, William Archbishop of Canterbury, Roger, Bishop of Salisb∣ury, Hugh Bigott late Lord Steward to King Henry the first. On the Empresse part were Robert, Earle of Glocester her halfe brother, Dauid, King of Scotland, Owen and Cadwallader, sent to Griffith ap Co••••, Prince of Wa es; and in Normandy, Geffry, the Em∣presse Husband made hauocke in the right of his •••••••• in which space the King was dangerously sicks, recouered, and went into Normandy, appeasing the tumults, and leauing his Sonne Eustace Duke there, makes league with France, buyes his peace with the Empresse for 5000 marks yeerely, and returnes into England: after which Dauid King of Scotland, with his valiant Sonne Pre•••• Henry, wasted and spoyled call the North parts of Eng∣land, till by Thurstane, Archbishop of York, and Ralp•• Bishop of Durham, He was •••••••• and discomfited: In •• me and space, K. Stephen in diuers parts of this Kingdom was victortous, chasing and killing many of those but a•••••••• posed him, inforcing Robert, Earle of Glocester, to •••••• into France, ••••whilst Stephen in England •••••••••••••••••• and Castles. After in a great •••••••• the King was •••••••• at Lincolne by th' Empresse and committed •••••••• Bristow Castle: but the Nobility distastins the •••••••• s••rict gouernment, fell off from her to King Stephens •••• againe. In these broyles more the •••••••• Char•••••••• burnt in Winchester with almost the wha•• •••••••• med to ashes. In the end Robert, Eearle of Glocester was taken prisoner, and ex••hanged for King Stephen•• the warres more and more encreasing; till at last, •••••••• mercy looking on this miserable Land, was pleased •••••••• Stephen should ordaine Henry the Empresse form Sonne•••• Hetre, after him, vpon which conditions peace •••••••• blished. The King aged at Douer, and was buried at Fe∣uersham, October 25, 1154. hauing reigned •••••••• all vexation neere 19 yeeres.

HENRY THE SECOND, KING OF ENGLAND, DVKE OF NORMANDY, Guyen and Aquitaine, &c.

TO th'Empresse Maud I was vndoubted Heyre, And in her Right, my Title being iust, By iustice I obtain'd the Regall Chayre. Fayre Rosamond I soyled with soule lust, For which Heauens lustice (hating deeds vniust) Stir'd vp my Wife and Sonnes to be my foes: Who sought to lay my Glory in the dust And he m'd me round with cruell warres and woes. They poys'ned my sweete beautious tainted •••• By Isabels deuice my furious Queene; My very bowels 'gainst me did oppose: Such fruit hath lust, such force hath iealons spleene.

My cursed cross••s made me curse my birth, With her I liu'd, raignd, died, and arm'd to earth.

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RICHARD THE FIRST, Surnamed CVER DE LYON, KING OF ENGLAND, DVKE OF NORMANDY, Guyen and Aquitaine, &c.

THrough my Creators mercy and his might, Ierusalem! conquer'd and set free, False mis-beleeuing Iewes, and Turkish spight, From Iury force perforce I forc'd to flee. The Realme of Cypresse was subdude by me. Su••ha trembled at my prowesse bold. King Tanered bought his peace, and did agree, And paid me threescore ounces of fine gold: Whilst I abroad won Honour manifold, Aspiring Iohn (my brother) vext my Realme. In Austria I was tane, and laid in hold: Thus noods of griefe each way me ouer whelme.

At last I home return'd, my ransome paid, My earthly glory in a Graue was laid.

Anoo 1189 Iuly, 6, Thursday.

Richard the first, (surnamed Cuer De Lyon, or Ly∣ons Heart, was crowned at Westminster by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Shortly after his Co••••••∣tion, he sold and pawned lands, and gathering a great sum of 1100000••. he left England in the guidance of Wil∣liam Longchamp Bishop of Ely, (the Popes Legate, and Lord Chancelor of England) William king of Scotla'd being in amity with King Richard: this king sailed in France, with whom the French K. Philip went with their armies toward the holy Land in their voyage, they touched the kingdom of Sicilia, where Tancred the vsurping King of that Country gaue king Richard 6000. ounces of •• (I know not whether it was for loue or feare) He saild from thence, and in a Tempest his Nauie was disperst, and fo•• wrack'd neere the lle of Cyprus, whom lsakius the by courteous King of that kingdome would not harbour vnlieue; but contrarily pillaged and abused. king Richard and inraged, landed, conquerd Cyprus, carrying the king and his daughter away prisoners, leauing the kingdoms vds •••• two trusty Viceryes; hee put againe to Sea, bit •••••••••• number more then 300, he met with a great Arg•••••••• •• •••• the Sarazens with 1500 men in her, and fur•••••• munition, and victuals, for their friends at Acon, •• Argosey the King tooke, after hee sailed to Acon, •• ciently called Ptol omais) which City he likewise conque∣red (Philip king of France being with him) and ••••••∣med 1500 Christians that were there in bondage. The king of France (weary, or ennious of King Richards •••• ries) returned home; In the meane time, Earle Iohn Kings brother, driues the proud gouerning Bishop of E•• out of his gouernment, and this kingdome. T•••••• •••••••• King Richard fortified Ascalon, marched before Ien•••• lem, fought with the Salladine, & took 7000 C•••••••••• other beasts, killing the Infidels in heaps. At last, •••••• Duke of Burgundy forsakes the warres, whereby th•••••• was inforced to come to truce with the Saladine, for •••••••• yeeres. Hee returning in disguise like a March••••, •••• discouered and taken by Leopoldus Duke of Austria, •• the Emperor took him from him. In the meant space, •••••• the Kings brother vseth all the foule play he c〈…〉〈…〉 Crowne. After 15 moneths imprisonment, the king •• released, paying a great Ransome: be landed in England was crowned againe at Winchester, for gaue his brother Iohn, sailed into Normandy against his mortall e•••••••• the King of France, who fled from the siege of Vernoy•••• so soene as he heard of Richards comming; yet new•• •••••• arose betweene them, wherein King Richard was•••••• Vi∣ctorius. Lastly, at the battell of Gisors 1192 after •••••••• sion, he was most infortunately slain, at the siege of •••••••• named Chaluz, with an Arrow the 6 of April, 119•••• hauing reigned nobly and prosperously neere 10 yeere.

IOHN, KING OF ENGLAND, DVKE OF NORMANDY, Guyen and Aquitaine, LORD OF IRELAND, &c.

ROmes mighty miter'd Metropolitan I did oppose, and was by him depos'd: He turn'd this cursed blessings to his ban, And caus'd me round to be with cares inclos'd, The English and the Normans me oppos'd, And Lewis of France my Kingdome did molest, Whilst I to all these miseries expos'd, Consum'd my Kingly dayes in restlesse rest. At last the Pope was pleas'd, and I reblest: Peace was obtain'd, proclaim'd, I re-inthroan'd. This was my raigne with woes opprest and prest, Blest curst, friends, foes, diuided and aron'd.

And after seuenteene yeeres were gone and past, At Swinsted poys'ned, there I dranke my last.

Anno 1199, Aprill 6, Tuesday.

Iohn ••••••••stly intruded the Crowne, it being by right his nephew Arthurs, who was sonne to Ieffry Duke of Britaine, Iohns eldest brother) howsoeuer Iohn was crowned on the 6 of May at Westminster by Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury; but after a false reconciliati∣on betwixt Philip King of France, Iohn, king of Eng∣land, and Arthur, 'Duke of Britaine, the said Duke Arthur was murthered: some Authors (in malice) taxing king Iohn with the murther, and some Writers altoge∣ther clearing him. Hoasoeuer he had not one quiet day in his whole-Reigne; his Principalities in France seazed only the French, Wales in combustion, Ireland in vp∣roare, Scotland preparing against him, England all in confusion, defender and hurliburly, the King, the Peeres, the Prelates and Commons at perpetuall diuisioen. The Pope of Rome thunders out his Excommunications against the King and all that obeyed him, and interacts the whole Realme: Soe that for three yeeres no Church was opened either for Gods Seruice to be exercised, or Sacraments administred. There was no Christian buriall allowed to any, but the Carcasses of the dead were barbarously laid in vnhallowed places, or cast like dogges into ditches: yet all this time many of the English Nobilitie loyally serued their Soueraigne, mangre the Papall Anathemizing. The King went into Ireland, and finding it shattered into contentions, fractures; ioynes, and vnites it againe, and returnes into England: When suddenly Lewilyn Prince of Northwales (who had married King Iohns daugh∣ter) inuades the Marches of England; but Lewilyn was soyled, and Wales conquered. But in the yeere 1211, the Popes set all curse beganne to fall heauy vpon king Iohn, which curse also made many great: Lords and other to far from the King; neuerthelesse, (Scotland being in contention by a Traytor that claimed the Crowne there, •••••• Gothred) King John went thither, & aided his friend K. William, and in that expedition set all in good peace, & taking the Traitor Gothred, caused him to be hanged; The Pope very liberally gaue the kingdome of England to Phil. of France, An. 1112. More then 3000 people were burn'd & drown'd on & vnder London bridge in the space of 4 yeers, King John made his peace with the Pope, surrendred his Crown to Pandulphus the Legat, & for money and good words was blest, and had his Crowne againe. Philip of France attempts Englands inuasion, his Fleet is beaten, discontented, sunke, scattered, taken by king Iohn. Lewis the Dolphin of France landed at Sarawich with 650 ships, came to London, and tooke oaths of Allegeance of the Barons and Citizens in Pauls: yet at last, Lewis it forsaken of the English Lords, yet holds possessions heere. King Iohn being thus freed from Inuasion and Forraigne assaults, was assaulted with poy∣son by a Monk in Swinsted Abbey; hauing reigned more powerfull then fortunate 17 yeeres, 5 moneths and odde dayes, was interred at Worcester.

HENRY THE THIRD, KING OF ENGLAND, LORD OF JRELAND, DVKE OF NORMANDY, G••••en and Aquitaine, &c.

IN toyle and trouble midst contentions broyles, •••• z'd the Scepter of this famous land, Then being gready wasted with the spoyles Which •••••••• I made with his French furious band: But I with Peeres and people brauely mand, Repald, repulst, expa••st insulting foes. My ••••••ons did my Soueraignty withstand, And wrap them•••• and me in warres and woes: But in each Battell none but I did lose, I lost my Subiects lines on euery side: (From Ciuill warres no better gaining growes) Friends, foes, my people all, that fought or died.

My gaines was losse, my pleasure was my paine, These were the triumphs of my troublous raigne.

Anno 1216, October 19, Wednesday.

Henry the third, the eldest sonne of King Ioha, and Isabel, which was the daughter of Aym••r Earle of A••∣golesme; Thus Henry was borne at Winchester, •••• first crowned at Gloucester, by Peter, Bishop of Win∣chester, & Iosseline Bishop of Bath and after ag••••man with his Lords, he was againe crownes at Westminster by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Conterbury, •••• Whitsanday, God (in mercy) lookes gentle 〈…〉〈…〉 calamities that this wofull Land pressed by forraigne warres and ciuill discord. It all turned to a happy •••••••• betwixt the King and his Lords, which continued a long time. Gualo the Popes Legate, the Bishop of Winchester, William Marshall Earle of Pombroke being the protector of the Kings Realme (the King •••••••••••• •••••••• old) by whose good gouernment. Lewts the •••••••••••• of France, with all his French Armies were exp••••ed out of the kingdome. The King forg••••e all of the La•••••••• the had taken part with Lewis but he made the Clerg•••••• great sines. Alexander the King of Scotland, was married to the Leaytane sister to King Henry, at which mi∣siery Dragons were•••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••• the •••••••••••• coun•••••••••• fellow said he •••••• Iesus Christ, sheuing the markes •••••• were of Nayles in his hands & feet, ••er the which bla•••••••• my bewa•• Crucified at a place called Atterbury neare the Towne of Banbury. Some say hee was 〈…〉〈…〉 two walls and started at Cathnes in Scotland. The Bishop did excem〈…〉〈…〉 the people, because they would •••• pay their Tithes, for the which they burned the Bishop aliue for reward of which wicked act, their King caused 400. of the chife offenders to be ••arged, golded •••••• •••••••• dr•••• and put the Earle from his Earledoms, Iohn, King of Ierusclem, came into England to ••raue •••• de••••f King Henry, But the King was so busied here, that he co••al•••• ayd him. K. Henry with a great Arm: went into Britaine against Lewis, King of France, and spoyled the C•••••••• mighty; till at last, a Peace was co••••l••ded. The Emperor Fred••rick married the Lady Isabell the King ••••••••. Eig•••••••• Iewes were hanged for cru••••ring a ••••••••dre Lincolne. Richard Earle of Cornwall (the Kings•••••• ther) was made King of the Romanes. The King l•••••••••• •••••• lands in France, except the Duchy of Aquitaine; Wales was in insurrection, Ireland in rebellion, England in a hurty-burly, ••••stoy all Diuision betwixt the King and his •••••• Lords, Anno 1233. 5 Sunnes were ••e••u 〈…〉〈…〉 •••••• •••••• in the East, one in the West, one in the South, •••• in the North •••••••••• the fifth in the m••••st of the firmament, The King entertaines Poictouines out of France, and giues them places of great honour in Court and •••••• •••••••• which made the English Barons raise At•••••• agan•••••••• King. The Earl of Leicester and Gloucester ••••••••the King of England in the battell at Lewes. The Lord Chiefe iustue••••••'d in Westminster-••••••; ••••••••••, after all these ones, the King dyed in peace, hauing reigned 56 yeeres, •••••• burried at Westminster. 127••.

EDWARD THE FIRST, KING OF ENGLAND, LORD OF IRELAND, DVKE OF AQVITAINE, &c.

MY Victories, my Valour, and my strength, My actions, and my neuer-conquer'd name, ••ere spred throughout the world in bredth & lēgth •••• mortall deeds, I want immortall Fame. ••••ebellious Wales I finally did tame, •••• made them Vassalls to my princely Sonne: ••••red Scotland fierce with Sword and Flame, ••••d almost all that Kingdome ouer-run. ••••ll where I fought, triumphantly I won, ••hrough Blood and Death my glory I obtain'd: •••• in the end, when all my Acts were done, •••• Sepulcher was all the game I gain'd.

For though great Kings contend for earthly sway, Death binds them to the peace and parts the fray.

An. Dom. 1272. Nouember, Wednesday.

Edward the first was 35 yeares old when he beganne to reigne, but at the death of his Father, he was in warres in the Holy L••••d against the Saracens: So that he re∣turned not home till the next yeere, a ••time hee was crowned the 14 day of December: in the second yeere of his reigne, the ••••••••mins••ty of •••••• Coro•••••••••• •••••• performed by Robert K••lwarby Ar•••••••••••• of Canterbury) at Westminster. Thus King brought Wales wholy vnto subsection to the crowne of England, he effect •••••••• peace, be caused all co••••••••tred Iudges and Officers of Note to be must exemplertly p••••n••••ea, with sines, •••• pri••••men: and bantshment. A Nauy of 60 English, s••••ps ou••••••ams and tooke 800 ships of France, An. 1293. Sir William Wallace A Noble va••••••ant Sco••) a••d warr•• vpon King Edward, and in the seruice of his Countrey, did much •••••••••••• to England. The King ca•••••• this Sonne Edward being an in••••rt) to be the first Prince of Wales that was of to•• English blood. Since when all the Kings of Englands elaest Sonnes are by right Princes of Wales. 284 Iewes were executed for ••••••ptes, of the Kings coyne. An 1280. King Edward caused Bay••trds Castle to be buils in London, (now the mansion house of the Right Honourable Earle of Pemb••••••••.) In the 15 yeers of this kings reigne, Wheate was sold for 3^d the B••she•• and the next yeere, being 1288, it was sold for 18^d the Bush•••• which in those d••••ies was accoūted a great price; but after; as long as The King liued, the price came to 5•• the Bashell. King Edwards Armi••••••ew 70000 of the Scots, in one day as the ••••tt••k of Fau••••rke. Sir William Wallace was betray∣ed, taken and brought out of Scotland, and executed in Smithfield, has head being set on London Bridge, and his quarters sent into Scotland: yes be is by •••••••••• men had in Honorable remembrance. The warres •••••• so set in this Kings reigne, betwixt him and the Scots, that (as ••enerall times) there were more then 130000 men slaine on both parts: yet amongst all our English Kings that past before him, Edward was not inferiour today, he was re∣ligious, valiant, victorious, wise, affable, of a comely Ma∣••estmall Aspect and proportion: he had two wiues, the first was Eleanor, daughter to Ferdinand the third King of Castile, the second was Margaret, daughter to Philip surnamed Hardy) King of France, by them hee had 4 Sonnes, and 10 Daughters, bee reigned neere 35 yeeres, and was burried at Westminster, 1307. July, 7.

EDWARD, THE II, KING OF ENGLAND, LORD OF IRELAND, DVKE OF AQVITAINE, &c.

SOone after was my fathers corps inter'd Whilst Fate and Fortune did on me attend: And to the Royall Throne I was prefer'd, With A••e Ceaser, euery knee did bend, But all these fickle ioyes did fading end, Peirce Gaueston to thee my loue combind: My friendship to thee scarce left me a friend, But made my Queene, Peeres, People, all vnkind, I tortur'd, both in body and in mind, Was vanquisht by the Scots at Bannocki Rourne, And I enfor'cd b flight some safety find, Yet taken by my Wife at my returne,

A red-hot Spit my Bowels through did gore, Such misery, no slaue endured more.

Anno Dom. 1307, Iuly 8.

Edward the second, surnamed Carnaruan,•…•… cause he was born at Carnaruan Castle is Wales was crowned at Westminster by the hands of Wil∣liam Bishop of Winchester, (deputy for Robert Archbishop of Canterbury, then absent in exile) •••• 24 of February next following. He was much ••••••••cted to follow the aduice and counsell of light •••••••• which caused the Nobility to rebel against him •••••• at the first he ouercame them, and tooke. Thomas Earle of Lancaster (a Peers of the blood) their chief Leader, & fate in iudgment himself on him at Pom∣fret, where the Earle had iudgment giuen against him to be drawne, for is Treason, for his murder spoyle, burning & robberies to be hangd, and for his shamefull flying away, to be beheaded; but because •••••• was of the Kings kindred, he was only beheaded, •••••• the last such of the Barons as had escap'd (& •••••• the Mortimers) with the helpe of the Queene •••••• the yong Prince, (then come out of France newly) tooke the King and imprisoned him; neuer •••••• kingdome in more ••••sery then this Kings •••••• for his immoderate loue to Peirce Gau•••••••• (a meane Gentleman of France) was the cause of the Kings and has owne destruction, with the •••••• calamity of the •••••••••• kingdom. This Gaueston •••••• banished hence by the Kings father, & was in •••••• times exil'd but at his third ••••••rne, Guy •••••• Watwick, took him, & in Warwick Castle •••••• his head to be snore off; which so inraged the •••••• ••••••••••ing King that bee vowed reuenge vpon all •••••• Lords & others who were the causers of Gauest•• death: in the meane space Robert Bruce, King Scots, gaue King Edward a mighty ouer•••••• place cal'd Bannocksbourne, where the English •••••• their confederates, Hollanders, Brabanders, •••••• landers, Flemings, Picards, Gascognes, •••••• mans, Poloiners, wer in number; ooooo •••••• foot; yet were discomfited with the losse of 5000 •••••• the King in great danger to be taken; famine foul and pestilence at once afflicted England, so that •••••• ple did eat one another halfe-aliue, and the •••••• scarce able to bury the deed. The King prepares for reuenge against his Lords for Gaueston, •••••• Hugh Dispencer, from meane estate, to be •••••• Chamberlaine. The King caused 2•• of his •••••• suffer death diuers ••••••••••••. He makes a second •••••• against Scotland, & •••••••• againe with great •••••• •••••••••• •••••••• ••••••••. This was the miserable •••••• this King, who was deposed, the Spencers •••••• Edward reign'd 19 years 7 months and 17 days.

EDWARD THE IIJ, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND,

IN Peace and War, my Stars auspicious stood, False Fortune stedfast held her wauering wheele; I did reuenge my Fathers butcher'd blood, I forced France my furious force to feele: I warr'd on Scotland with triumphing Steele, Afflicting them with slaughtering Sword and Fire: That Kingdome then diuided needs must reele: Betwixt the Bruces and the Balliols ire: Thus daily still my glory mounted higher, With black Prince Edward my victorious Sonne, Vnto the top of honour wee alpire, By manly Princely, worthy actions done.

But all my Triumphs, fortunes, strength and force, Age brought to death, & death turn'd to a Coarse.

Anno 1327, Ianuary 25, Saturday.

Edward the 3 being borne at Windsor, being 15 yeers old, was crowned by Walter Reignolds, Arcbishop of Canterbury •• in his 2 yeere, Edward his Father was murthred; The Court in those daies, was seldome without a vipē, for as Gaueston was the forerūner of the Spencers in ambition, rapine, pride, and confusion. So the Spencers were the vshers of the Mortimers intollarable aspiring conetousnesse and destruction, and which was most insup∣portable, there were for all most 20 yeers space, the plagues and desolation of the King and kingdomes. After great coutentions were betwixt the 2 Realmes of England and Scotland, a peace was concluded, and Dauid-le Bruce the young Prince of Scotland, was married to Iane, King Ed∣ward the 3 sister. K. Edward maried with the Lady Phi∣lip, daughter to the Earle of Henault at Yorke, with whom she liu'd 42 yeers. She sounded Queens Colledge in Oxford: She was mother to that mirrour of manhood, and st•••••••• of Chiu•••• it, Edward, surnamed the black Prince. There was a dreadfull batell sought at Hallidon hill, in which were slaine, 8 Earles, 80 Knights and Baroness, and 35000 Common soldiers on the Scots side, the losses on the English side through the parciality of Writers were not set downe. About the 12 yeers of this Kings reigne, a quar∣ter of Wheate was sold for 28, an Oxe 6^d a Geose 2d, a fat Sheepe 6^d, fixe Pidgeons and a fat Pigge for 2^d. The King claimed the Crowne of France, and with 200 ships sought with 300 French ships, and flew 33000 of the French. This King first instituted the Honorable Order of the Garter at Windsor, there being alwaies 26 in num∣ber.) The King sought the battell of Cressie in France, wherein was slain the King of Bohemia, with 10 Princes, 80 Knights Baroness and 1200 Knights, with 330000 Common Soldiers. The King made 4 inroades into Scot∣land with great armies, and was still victorious. Anno 1338, the arms of France were quartered wth the armes of England: the King prepared a great armie against France, and on the Sea, neere Sluce in Flanders, he van∣quished 400 French ships, with the losse of 30000 of their men. Then was France taken or halfe a yeere:the wars a∣gaine renewing, King Edward besieged Callice, and ••ocke it An. 1347: Dauid, King of Scotland was taken priso∣ner by one Iohn Copland, an Esquire of the North. At the battell of Potiers, Edward the black Prince of Wales had a glorious victory, for there hee ••ocke, King Iohn of France, with his Sonne Phillip the Dolphin prisoners. There were slaine of the French. 52 Neblemen, 1700 Knights and Esquires, and 600 Common men. 100 Ensignes and many men of note taken prisoners, Dauid, King of Scots was set at liberty, hauing bin a prisoner 11 yeers, paying 100000 marks st••••••ing. Iohn K. of France, after 4 yeeres imprisonment, set free, paying 1000000 ••. for his ransome. Finally, neuer was English King more tri∣umphant and fortunate, in war, in the fruition of a vertu∣ous Queen, 7 sons and daughters, a glorious and lang reign of 50 yeeres, buried at Sheene, Anno Domini, 1378.

RICHARD THE IJ, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND, &c.

A Sunshine Morne, precedes a showry day, A Calme at Sea ofttimes foreruns a storme: All is not gold that seemes so glistring gay; Foule Vice is fairest features Canker-worme, So I that was of blood, descent and forme, The perfect image of a Royall Stock, Vnseason'd young aduice did me deforme, Split all my hopes against despaires blacke rock, My Regall name and power was made a mock, My Subiects madly in rebellion rose, Mischiefe on mischiefe all in troopes did flock, Oppos'd, depos'd, expos'd, inclos'd in woes,

With wauering fortunes troublously I raing'd, Slaine by soule mur ther, peace and rest I gain'd.

Anno Dom. 1377 June 21 Sunday.

Richard the second borne as Burdeux, the •••••••••• nate Grandebilde, and son of the two 〈…〉〈…〉 and Paragons of Armes and all Noble vertues, Edward the third, and his euer-famous sonne Edward the •••••••••• Prince, was crowned at Westminster by the 〈…〉〈…〉 mond Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury, the K•••••• being but 11 yeeres old. The glory of the English N•••••• was in a continual Eclips the most part of this K••••g•••••• his youth with all the frailties incident vn••••••••, with •••••••• gouernours both of his Kingdome and person, 〈…〉〈…〉 main Ruines of the King & almost the Realm The 〈…〉〈…〉 of his fortunes after his Coronation was, that 50 French ships landed at Rye in Suffex, who burnt and spoyled the Towne, and diuers other parts of the kingdome; and •••••• Alexander Ramsey, (a valiant Scottish Gentlemen) with but 40 men withhim, tooke the Castle of Barwicke, which the Earle of Northūberland man from him •••••••• with a great number. The French did so far preuaile •••••••••• they came to Granesend, and burnt and rifled it: T•••••• Comment arose in rebellion in diuers places, as Kent, •••••••• sex, Surrie, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, the K•••••••• men (being 50000) came to London, where the •••••••• cammitted many outrages, vnder the cemman•••• of •••••••••• solent rebels, Wat Tyler, and Iack Sraw, who •••••••••• mated to that mischief by one Iohn Ball: an•••••••••••• priest) but Tyler was killed by the famous Sir William Walworth Lord Maior of London, the rebele dispe••••••••, Iack Staw and Ball the Priest extented, the Com•••••••• pardoned, and all at peace for a short time: These Bascalls had beheaded Sinon Tibald Archbishop of Canterbury•••• and Sir Robert Hales Lord Treasurer of England •••••• burnt and spoylea the Sahoy, the like they had •••••• Lanibeth, destroying all the Rowles and Record of •••••••••• Chancerie. Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, the King vnckle, was accused for Treason by a Carmilite Fryer •••••••• the Fryer was cruelly murdered and the Duke (suspici•••••••• cleared. Barwick was wonne againe by the Scots, •••••••• againe recouered by the Earle of Northumberland. The French prepare a great Nauy and Army, purpa •••••••• inuade England; King Richard raiseth a •••••••••• intending to conquer Scotland, all which desig•••••••••• neither good or profitable euents. 1386 mischiefe and •••• serie (hauing sate long abroad) began to batch, the •••••••••• insulting on the one side, and the people rebellious •••••• other, did Bandy the regall power in to hazard. The Scott enter England vnder the command of the va∣liant Sir William Dowglasse, and are met and •••••••• tred by the Right Noble Lord, Henry Hotspurre: Dow∣glasle was staine, and Hotspur taking Ireland: rebel'd the King went thither in person, and lest England, the whilest he bring forced to surrender himselfe, but Crow•••••• and kingdome to his kinsman. Henry Bullingbrooke, Son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, 1400.

HENRY THE IV, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND, &c.

FRom right (wrong-doing) Richard I did wrest His Crowne mis-guided, but on me mis-plac'd: Vnciuill Ciuill warres my Realme molest, And English men did England spoyle and wast. The Sire, the Son, the Son the Father chas'd, Vndutifull, vnkind, vnnaturall, Both Yorke and Lancaster were rais'd and rac'd, As Conquest did to either Faction fall. But still I grip'd the Scepter and the Ball, And what by wrong I won, by might I wore: For Prince of Wales I did my Son install, But as my Martiall Fame grew more and more,

By fatall Fate my vitall threed was cut: And all my Greatnesse in a graue was put.

Anno Dom. 1399, September 19, Munday.

Crownes misplaced on vnrightfull heads, are com∣monly lined with perdurable cares and vexation, as appeared in the lines and raignes of Rusus, Henry the first, Stehpen, Iohn; and now this King Henry the fourth, who (though hee were minion of Fortune, the Darling of the peolpe, & euery way a compleate Noble Prince; yet was his vsurpa∣tion still attended with dangerous molestations; he was crowned at Westminster by Thomas Arun∣dell Arbhishop of Canterbury; hee was scarce warme in his seat, before the Dukes of Exeter, Aumerie & Surry, with the Earles of Glocester and Salisbury conspired to kill him, and to raise King Richard againe; but their plot was discouered and satisfied with the losse of there heads. shortly after, king Richard the 2 was starued to death some say murdred) at Pomfret castle. in short time after the Princes of English poets, Ieffry Chaucer and Iohn Cower dyed; all those Noble men, who either fouored king Richard, or were raised by him, were degraded, disinherited, or out of King or courrtly fav∣our. The French in Aquitaine, intend rebellion a∣gainst K. Henry, but are pacified by Tho: Percy, Earle of Worcester. The Welsh rebell (vnder the cōmand of their captine, Owne Glendowre, and the king went thither in person, and with losse and danger quieted them, An. 1403 the terrible battel of Shrewsbury was fought betwixt the King and the Earle of Worcester, the Earle Dowglasse, the Lord Henry Percy (alias) Hotspur, and others, where after a bloody triall, Percy was slain, buried, taken vp againe and quartered: the Earle of Wor∣cester was beheaded, the Dowglasse taken, and the King victorious. Owen Glendowere again raiseth wars in Wales, and inuades the Marches of Eng∣land: & although king Richard the 2 be dead and buried, yet is he still sained to be aliue, and by coun∣terfeit impostures, King Henry was much molested 140 ships came out of France, arriued at Milford hauen, to the aid of Owen Glendowre; the Earle of Northumberland rebelled with the Lord Bar∣dolph, and were both taken & beheaded. Thus was king Henries reigne, a Maiesticall missery, a soue∣raignty of sorrow, and a regall power alwaies attended with perplexity; so that hauing raign'd 13 yeers 6 months wanting 5 daies, he dyed the 20 of March 1413, and leauing 4 sonnes, 2 daughters, he was with all funerall and Royall solemnity interred at Canterbury.

HENRY THE FIFTH, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND.

FRom my Iancastrian Sire successiuely, I Englands glorious golden Garland gots I temper'd Iustice with mild clemency, Much blood I shed, yet blood-shed loued not, Time my Sepulchre and my bones may not, But Time can neuer end my endlesse fame. Oblinion cannot my braue acts out blot, Or make Forgetfulnesse forget my name. I plaid all France at Tennise such a game, With roaring Rackets, bandied Balls and Foyles: And what I plaid for, still I won te same,. Triumphantly transporting home the spoyles.

But in the end grim death my life assail'd, And as I lin'd, I dy'd, belon'd, bewail'd.

Anno Dom. 1413. March 20, Sunday.

Henry the 5, borne at Monmouth in Wales, about 28 yeeres old when he began to reigne, he was crowned at Westminster by the hands of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury: and how∣soeuer some Writers haue imputed wildnesse and ir∣regular courses so youth vnto him; yet when hee at∣tained the Scepter, he proued the mirror of Princes, and Paragon of the world (in that age:) He banished from his Court and presence all prophane and lewd companions, and exiled from his eares, all flattring Parasites and Sicophants. In the 1 yeer of his reigne, he prepared a great Armie against France, an•••••• Southampton (very happily) escaped murthering by the Treason of Richard, Earle of Cambridge, Henry, Lord Scroope, and Sir Thomas Gray Knight. Soone after, the King past with 1500 sail into France, where hee wanne the strong Tow•••••••• Hatflew, and intending to march back with his •••• my toward Callice, he was neere a place called A∣gincourt, encountrea by the whole power of France, where King Henry had a triumphant victories in which battel were slaine many of the French Nobility, with 10000 cōmon soldiers, & as many of them taken prisoners. The whole English Army (at that time) being not 10000, being wasted with the fluxe, famine, and other sicknesses, yet did they •••••••••••• more prisoners then they were themselues in number, & in all the battel lost not aboue 28 mē. After which the King returned into England, and •••••••• was met with 400 Citizens, and magnificantly •••••• tertained into London. King Henry attributing all his conquests and victories to God. The E•••••••••• Sigismond came into England, and entred leag•••••• with King Henry; the Emperors intent was to •••••• made a peace betwixt England, & France; but he could not accōplish it. The king passed into I ra•••••• againe, and wonne many Cities, Townes, C•••••••••••• strong holds: in the end he married the Lady Kathe∣rin daughter to K. Charles of France, with when he came into England, and hauing crowned •••••••• Queene, be returned into I rance the third •••••• was in Paris proclaimed heire apparent to the Crowne. Finally, he sickened and dyed at Boyses•• Vincennois in France from whence his corps •••• brought and buried at Westminster, I Septem∣ber, 1422.

HENRY THE VI, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF JRELAND.

GReat England Mars (my Father being dead) I, not of yeares, or yeare; but eight months old: The Diadem was plac't vpon my head, In Royall Robes the Scepter I did hold: But as th' Almighties workes are manifold, Too high for mans conceit to comprehend: In his eternall Register eurold My Birth, my troublous Life and tragicke End. •• Gainst me the house of Yorke their force did bend, And Peeres and People weltred in their gore: My Crown and Kingdome they from me did rend, Which I, my Sire, and Grandire kept and wore.

Twice was I crown'd vncrown'd oft blest, oft crost, And lastly, murdred, life and Kingdome lost.

Anno Dom. 1422, August 31, Munday.

Henry the 6 born at Windsor, (the son of Hen∣ry the 5) was but 8 moneths old at the death of his father; so that by reason of his infancy, himselfe and kingdome were gouerned by his vnckles, the Dukes of Bedford and Glocester, An. 1419 Nouember 6, the King was crowned first at Westminster by the hands of Henry Chichley Archbishop of Can∣terbury: hee was againe the second time crowned at Paris, the 7 of December 1431, by the Cardinalls, of York and Winchesters and returns into Eng∣land the 11 day of February following. In these times France was in miserable perplexity, diuided betwixt French and English in continuall bloody wars, for the Dolphin Charles, made wars in sun∣dry places; claiming the Crowne; & the English won and lost towns and territories, as fortune found or fround, till at last, by reason of the King: childhood in the beginning of his reigne, his soft, milde, & gen∣tle inclination in his ripe yeeres, and his indispositi∣on to marshall affaires (hee beeing more sit for the Church thē for chinalry, for praier thē for prowesse, a man in al his actions more like a Saint, then to one that should weild a warlike sword or Royall Scepter; being a most vnfortunate Prince in all his worldly attempts: the Peers (in England) bandied factions against each other: the Duke of York claimed the Crowne, the cōmons of Kent (vnder the leading of their captiain) lack Cade, being in number 50000, came to London: the Rebels murdered the Bishop of Sali bury, and beheaded the Lord Say at the stan∣dard in Cheape the King was taken prisoner by the Duke of Yorke at the bartell of Saint Albans. the French with 15000 men landed at Sandwich, spoy∣led the Towne & fierd it stew the Maior with all in authority there, and likewise hauing burnt and pil∣laged many other places in De••on••••••••shire and the West, they departed, Queene Margaret the wife to King Henry the 6, met the Duke of Yorke with an Ar∣my, neere Wakefield, where the victory, fell to the Queen, the Duke being slaine with his son the Earle of Rutland, and many others. Thus for the space of 60 yeeres, the three Kings Henries, the 4,5, and 6, kept the Crowne in the Lancastrian line: the house of Yorke got the soueraignty: King Henry hauing reign'd 38 yeers, •• months & 4 daies he was ouercome by King Edward, at a place called Mor∣timers Crosse neere Ludlow, more of this vnfortu∣nate Prince shall be spoken in the reigne of the next King Edward.

EDWARD THE IIIJ, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND, &c.

I Yorkes great heire (by fell domesticke Warre) Inthroaned was, vn-King'd, and re-inthroan'd: Subiecting quite the house of Lancaster, Whilst wofull England ouer-burthen'd, groan'd: Old Sonlesse Sires, and Childlesse Mothers moan'd, These bloody broyles had lasted three score yeares, And till the time we were in peace attoan'd, It walked fourescore of the Royale Peeres: But age and time all earthly things out-weares, Through terrours, horrors, mischiefe and debate, By trult, by treason, by hopes, doubts and feares, I got, I kept, I left and Lost the State.

Thus as disposing heauens doe smile or frowne, So Cares or Comforts wait vpon a Crowne.

Edward the fourth was Earle of March, some and heire to Richard, Duke of Yorke, sonne to Richard Earl of Cambridge, s••nto Edmund of langley; •••••• of York, 4 sento Edward the 3, King of England. This King (Edward the fourth) Was borne at Roane is Nor∣mandy: and in the yeere 1461, the 29 of Iune, hee•••• crowned at Westminister, by the hands of Thomas Bourgchier, Arcbishop of Canterbury. Henry the fixt, hauing a great power in the Nor••••, was •••••• and encountred by King Edward neere Towton on Palms∣sunday, where bet••••••xt the two Kings was fought a•••••••• battell which continued ten houers, in which cruell con∣flict, the English ground dranke the sangkired •••••••• of •••••• 37000 of her naturall englishmen: after, •••••••• •••••• •••••• as Hexam by the Lord Montracute, King Henry was again put to fight with great lesse be was afterward•••••• disquid'd & ••••••••••isoned •••• the Towre of London. Edward new supposed all was well, his minde was on m••••ruj••, wherefore he sent Richard Neuill, (The great King •••• ker Ex••le of Warwich) into France, so treate forth Lady Bona (sister to the French Quene) but with meane space King Edward prou••ed himselfe man home, and was married to the Lady Elizabeth Gray •••••• match was so deslatefull to Warwick that hee •••••••••••• fals aff from King Edward; after which, he took the King Prisoner, but he escaping againe, fled beyend the Saw. The Earle of Warwick tooke King Henry out of the T••••nt, and caused him againe to be crowned: King Edward landed agains in England at Bornet s••ld (tra〈…〉〈…〉 London) his Army was met by the Earles of Warwick and Oxford,(King Henry being them againe •••••• •••••••• s••••er) where was fought a fierce battell, where Edward was Vector: the Earle of Warwicke with •••••••• N•••••••• men were slaint•• and comment on eath sides 10000 King Henry was againe committed to the Tonre: Edward Prince of Wales, the son of Henry the first was•••••• the battel of Tewxbury, & murdred by Richard, •••••• of Gloecether: Soon after the bastard Lord •••••• vaised an Army of 17000 men against King Edward but the bastard was soons supprest and the most •••••••••• King Edward the fixt freed from his long•••••• being murdred by the bloody hands of Richard, •••••• of Glocester. The King b••••ing (through must ••••••) •••••• peacs, •••••• himselfe •••••• •••••• Iane Shore, (his Combine •••••• pleasures were mixed with greife for his •••••• George, Duke of Clarence, who was •••••• of Malmsey the Towre of London 1475. •••••• of Scotland, threatned was against England; Richard, Duke of Glocester was some against the Scots, •••••• •••••• king Edward ••••••, haning •••••• Aprill 9, 1483, •••••• at Windsor

EDWARD THE V, KING OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND

IF birth, if beauty, innocence and youth, Could make a Tyrant feele one sparke of grace, My crooked Vncle had beene mou'd to ruth, Beholding of my pitty-pleading face. But what auailes to spring from roy all Race? What suerty is in beauty, strength, or wit? What is command, might, eminence and place, When Treason lurkes where Maiesty doth sit? My haplesse selfe had true false proofe of it: Nipt in my bud, and blasted in my bloome: Depr••'d of life by murther, most vnfit And for three Kingdoms could not haue one tombe:

Thus Treason all my glory ouer-topt, And •••••• the Fruit could spring, the Tree was lop't.

Edward the fifth, borne in the Sanctuary at West∣minster, Sonne of King Edward the fourth, beganne his short reigne ouer the Real•••••• of England, at the age of ••3 yeeres; but ••••y the cunning dealing of Richard, 'Duke of Gloucester (his vnnaturall Vnckle.) he was neuer crow∣ned. •••••• young King, with his younger brother Richard Duke of Yorke, was at London with his mother, and in the guidance of his Vnckle by the mothers side, named Sir Anthony Wooduill Lord Riuers; but by the •••••• and crafty dealing of the Duke of Glouster, all the Queene kindred were remoued from the King, and the Lord, Riuers sent from Northampton to Pomfret with others, whence they were imprisoned and beheaded. The protector (Richard) hauing the King in his keeping and power, his onely ••yn•••• was next, how to get into his hands •••••• person of Richard Duke of Yorke (the Kings brother) whom the Queene their mother kept close in the Sanctuarie at Westminster, which Prince was got∣ten from the said Sanctuary by the •••• till plots and per∣swation of the Lord protector, and the Duke of Bucking∣ham. The poore innocent Lambs being as it were put in∣to the greedy Iawes of the Wolfe (their rauenous Vnckle) for safegard and protection, and at the first approach of Richard, Duke of York, into his Vnckles presence, he was entertained in all seeming reuerence with a Iudas kisse by his Vnckle. The Duke of Buckingham was promised (by the Protector) for his trusty seruices to him, in helo•••••• him (to the person of this Prince, and for his future seruices to ayde him in his vnlawsfull attaining the Crowne of Eng∣land) that Gloucesters Sonne should be married to Buc∣kinghams daughter, and netball, that Buckingham should haue the Earledome of Hertford, with many other golden promises, which were neuer performed, but with the taking of Buckinghams head, (at sha•••••••••• after speci∣fied) Now mischiefe beganne to 〈…〉〈…〉; the Queene was ac∣cused of sorcery by the Potector; Hastings Lord Cham∣berlaine was beheaded suddenly without either crime or •••••• in the Towre. Poore Iane Shore, was also taken and carried to the Towre, her goods to the vallue of 3000 ma•• kes were seazedon, and confiscate to the vse of the Protector. She was a woman hauing many good parts, and howsoeuer, by the command of King Edward the fourth, and her owne fra••••••, shee fell into •••••• with the King, •••••• she was euer inclined and did much good, and cannot be taxed in Histories for doing any man hurt. The King and his brother were both standred with bastard Duke of Gloucester was proclaimed King, which •••••• much modelly he refused, though hee meant with all his •••••••••• to take it, Anno 1483.

RICHARD THE IIJ, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND, &c.

AMbition's like vnto quenchlesse thirst: Ambition Angels threw from Heauen to Hell, Ambition (that infernall Hag) accurst, Ambitiously made me aspire, rebell: Ambition, that damned Necromanticke Spell, Made me clime proud, with shame to tumble down. By bloody murther I did all expell, Whose right, or might, debard me from the Crown. My smiles, my gifts, my fauours, or my frowne, Were fain'd, corrupt, vile flattry, death and spite, By cruell Tyranny I gat renowne, Till Heau'n iust Iudge me iustly did require.

By blood I won, by blood I lost the throne. Detested liu'd;dy'd; lou'd, bewail'd of none.

Anno 1483, June 22.

Richard Duke of Glocester, the 3 some of Richard Duke of Yorke, the 3 Duke of Gloce¦ster, and third of that name King of England, Is tyranny and vsurpation, griped the Scepter of the kingdome; after hee he had proclaimed his Nephewes Bastardy, his brother (the deceased) King Edward the fourths scandall, and accused his own mother of adultry, making his way to the Regality, by the mur∣ther of his two innocent Nephewes: which murther was committed by the bands of Sir Iames Tir∣rell Knight, and one Myles Forrest, and Iohn Dighton, which villains murthered then in their bed, and buried them beneath a paire of staires vn∣der an heape of stones, in the Towne, and in that led∣ging which (in memory of that blanke deed) is first named the bloody Towre; their bodies were taken:•• and againe buried obscurely, no man knoweswhere. By these means hauing gotten the Goale, God ••••••••∣red his reigne to be his perpetuall sormens, •••••••••• without, and continuall horrory within; the mur∣therers had part of their payment in this world for Myles Fo••rest ••otted aboue ground peece meale in S^t Martins; Str Iames Tirrell was executed for treason on the Towre-hill; Dighton liu'd a hat∣ted miscreant both of God and man: the Duke of Buckingham (though innocent of dthe murther) yet hee suppresse the young Princes, and raised the Ty∣rant, and his end was the losse of his head at Salisbury. Shortly after, the Diuine iustice began to fall heauy vpon King Richard, many of the Nobility and Gentrie for sooke him, and fled into Britaine in France to Henry, Earle of Richmond, who was the onely heyre to the English crowne (of the Line of the house of Lancaster.) king Richard, in the dangers would haue procured a most wicked safety by marr••ing the Lady Elizabeth, eldest daughter is his deceased brother, King Edward the fourth, the only inheritix of the house of York, & lawfull heyre to the Crowne; but Gods prouidence and the La∣dies vertue with stood that incestuous match; short∣ly after Henry of Richmond arriued at Milford hauen in Wales, where his Army encreasing, met Richard at Redmere field, neere Posworth, se∣uen miles from Leicester, where Richard vah∣autly fighting was slaine, 1485, August 23, and was buried at Leycester.

HENRY THE VIJ, KING OF ENGLAND And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND.

••Was the man (by Gods high grace assign'd) ••That for this restlesse Kingdome purchas'd rest: ••ork and Lancaster in one combin'd, •••• sundred had each other long opprest, •••• strength and policy th'Almighty blest. •••• good successe from first vnto the last: •••• high ••houab turned to the best, •• orld of perills which my youth o're past. •••• white and red Rose I conioyned fast, ••sacred Marriages coniugall band: ••••ytors tam'd, and treason stood agast •••• strong guarded by my Makers hand.

••nglory and magnificence I raign'd, And, fame, loue, and a tombe was all I gain'd.

Anno Dom. 1485, August 22, Monday.

Henry (of that name the seuenth) King of England, was Earle of Richmond, borne in Pembroke-Castle in Wales, sonne of Edmund of Hadham Earle of Rich∣mond, Sonne of Owen Theodore, and Queene Kathe∣rin, the French King daughter, late wife to King Hen∣ry the sist; was crowned at Westminster, the 30 day of October by the bands of Thomas, Bourghchier Arch∣bishop of Conterbury; this Prince was wise, valsant, and fortunate. Through many perals & hazards he had past his life, and attained the Royalty of Englands throne, and with much prudence and mu••••••ble fortitude be gouerned this Land, Maugre many dangerous attempts and treache∣rom consp••acses plott•••• against hun; and his designes had such ausptcsous euents, thus still hee was victori•••••• ouer surre••gne, cuall, and 〈…〉〈…〉 troubles. One Lam∣best Simnei (a Bakers sonne) claimed the crowns, coun∣tersetting in••••••else to be Edward, Earle of Warwicke, sonne of George Duke of Clarence. Some write that. ••••e assumed to bee one of king Edward, the fourthes sonne, which was murthered in the Toure: (howsoeuer) Hambert gat into Ireland, and in Christ Church: in Dublin, was crowned King of England and Ireland; hee with an Armie landed at Fowdrey in Lancashire, but King Henry met him, and at the battell of Stoke, he took him prisoner, pardon'd him his life, and gaue him a turn∣spits place in his kitchen, and after maue him one of his saulkners. Lambert was net long supprest, but another of his stamp supphes his roome of a rebellious imposture; Pe∣ter, or Perkin Warbecke, (the sonne of a Iew) borne in Torney, claimed the Crowne, by the counterfest stile of Richard, Second sonne to King Edward the fourth, Per∣kin gat into England, and after into Scotland, where •••••• preuailed, that he was married to the Lady Ka∣therin Gordon, (the Earle of Huntleys daughters) K. Iames, the fourths kinsnman; the rebels in Kent were o∣uen thwone, and their Captante the Lord Audley taken and beheaded. Perkin came out of Scotland, and moues the •••••• men to ayae him. King Henry net, ouercame and ••••••, and pardon' him another counterfest, a shoe∣makers son, named Ralph Milford, •••••• the Crowne, and purchast'd a balter. Perkin Warback Sica from the King, and againe was taken and executed as Tyburnc. King Henry gaue his daughter the Lady Margaret in •••••• to Iames ••••e fourth King of Scotland; Arthur (Prince of Wales) the eldest Sonne of Henry Married with the Lady Katherin, daughter to the King of Spaine; but the Prince dyed •••••• after. The King gathered a •••••• masse of money, to the general grieuance of the subiects; he had three font, Arthur Henry, & Edmund, and foure daughters, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, and Katherin: reigned 23 yeeres 8 moneths, dyed at Rich∣mond, buried at Westminster in the most •••••• Chappell of his owne building, 1508.

HENRY THE VIIJ, KING OF ENGLAND, And FRANCE, LORD OF IRELAND

TO both the Royall Houses I was Heyre; I made but one, of long contending, twaine: This realme diuided drooping in despaire, I did rebind in my auspicious Raigne. I banisht Romish Vsurpation vaine. In France I Bullen, Turwin, Turney Wan: The Stile of Faiths Defender I did gaine. Sixe wiues I had, three An's, two Kates, one lane, In my expences Royall, beyond measure, Striuing in Noble Actions to exceede; Accounting Honour as my greatest Treasure: Yet various fancies did my frailty feede,

I made and marr'd, I did, and I vndid, Till all my Greatnesse in Graue was hid.

Anno Dom. 1509, Aprill 22, Sunday.

Henry the eight, with his beautcous queen (••••••∣dy Catherin) who had bin before the wife of his •••••• borhter, Prince Arthur, on Sunday the 25 of Iune were both crowned King & Queen of England •••••• minster, by the bvnds of William Warham, •••••• bishop of Canterbury: He entre France wish as and was the strong Towns of Terwin and Tumay•• valiant King, lames the sourth of scotland, •••••• land with a great Host, and was met and sought •••••• by the Noble Lord, Thomas Howard, Earle•••••• and at a place called Flodden in Northumber king lames vailiantly fighting, was •••••• Bishops, 2 Abbots, 12 Earles, 17 Lords and •• common Soldiers: Thomas Wolsey (from mea••••) some say the sonne of a Butcher in Ipswich, by •• mounted to the tope Fortunes wheel •••••• to be a scholem after next a seruant to the Treas•• Callis, 3 to be one of the Kings chaplainer, 4 the •••• Almoner, 5 he was made Deane of Linco••••e, 6 •••••• chosen for priuy Councellour, 7 be was •••••• shop of Tornay. 8 after that, Archbishops of Yorke, •••• ated Cardinall, 10 ne was Lord Chancellor, 11 •••••• all these boneurs at once, with the Bishoprick of •••••• ster, Worcester, Bathe, Heresord, •••••• Saint Albans: Lastly, all these •••••• which in many yeeres hee attained, were in a•••••• the kings displeasure, and his own: •••••• lost. The King had the Title of Defender of the •••••• from Rome: neuer was any King of England •••••• nificent, hee was visited three times by the •••••• and one of them (Maximillian) serued •••••• •••••• warres in France: the other, Charles, •••••• England; so likewise did the King of Denmarke•• Queene who all were most Royalty entertained: King Henry, wa••••he first of the English King ••••∣tuled •••••• himselfe, King of Ireland. In the •••••• Citie of Rome was taken by the French, Clement with 23 cardinak•• imprisoned •• moneths: King Henry and thepope fell at•••••• that the King caused•• all •••••••• obedience to •••• den, and in the tempest of histurie seased •••••••• power in These his Dominiens (••••••••) to him •••••• Land hauing too long borne the •••• of Antichristian Tyramny: for the which •••••• King caused to bee suppressed in England and 283 •••••• 215 Pr••ries, 108 •••••• •••••• 84 colleages, 9 cells, and 103 Hospitals Henry reigned 37 years, 9 moneths and •••••• 28 of January 1546, buried at Windsor.

EDWARD THE VI KING OF ENGLAND, FRANCE and IRELAND, Desender of the Faith, &c.

•••••• Seem'd in wisedome aged in my youth, •••••• A Princly patterne, I reform'd the time: •••••• With zeale and courage I maintain'd Gods truth, ••••d Christian faith 'gainst Antichristian crime. •••••• Father did begin; l••in my prime, ••••h Baal and Beltall from this Kingdome droue, With concords true harmonious heauenly chime, ••••••'d be said and sung Gods truth and loue. •••••• vertue vnto vertue still I stroue, ••••••'d beloued both of God and men: ••••y soule vnto her Maker soar'd aboue, ••••••y earthly part return'd to earth agen.

Thus Death, my faire proceedings did preuent, And Peeres and People did my loffe lament.

Anno Dom. 1546, Ianuary 28, Thursday:

Edward the 6, borne at Hampton Court, the only son and Heire to King Henry the 8, at 9 yeers of age began his reigne ouer this kingdome: hee was crowned the 27 day of February 1547 at Westminster, by the hands of Tho∣mas Cranmer Arcbishop of Canterbury: his vnkle by the mother side, Edward Earle of Hestford, and Duke of Somerset, was gouernomy of his person and kingdome. This King was a second losias, inreforming many errors on the Church; he was contracted to the Lady Mary (this young Queene of Scotland) daughter and sole beyre to King Iames the fi••••t, mother to our late King Iames de∣ceased, and Grandmother to our gracious Someraigne King Charles, now reigning: but some •••••• spirits brake of the match, which caused much blood shed: for the Duke of Somerset entred Scotland with a strong Army; whom the Scottish Nobit•••••• with their powers met at a place neere Musklebrough, where was sought a fierce and sharpe battell, where many men at •••••• on both sides; but in the end, the victory tell to be English: us the meane space, the young Queene was conveyed into France, where afterward she •••••• the Dolphin. Rebel∣lion in Cornewall, commotion in: Norfolke descention in many places: and lastly, in the Northren parts of Eng∣land; some striu••ng to bold vp the rotten fragments of Romish Religion; some seeking lawlesse liberty to haue all things in command, to lay open all enclosures, so that much mischief was done, and at last ended with executions of the slaughter, and executions of many of the Rebels, in diuers places of this Las••••i. Malice and mischiefe had no sooner done amongst the Commons, but they thrust them∣selues amongst the Nobilsty. The Lord Protector pro∣cured or tollerated his brother, the Lord Thomas Sei∣mer, to be beheaded; and shortly after himselfe followed the same way, whose death was much bewailed by the poore Commons: and the King neuer ha•• he heath or ioy after the deathes of both his Vnkles. This hopefull France was endued with wisdom, farre about his yeeres, he was tear∣ned and a louer of learning, he was exceedingly delighted in reading the Scriptures: he was iust, merestull, ••••••ing, and beloued: hee ended his late at Greenwich fifth day of Iuly, Anno 1552, in the fix entbyeere at his age. when he had reigned sixe yeeres, nine months, eight dayes, He was buried at westminster.

MARY, QVEENE OF ENGLAND, FRANCE and IRELAND, Desender of the Faith, &c.

NO sooner I possest the Royall Throne, But true Religion straight was dispossest: Bad Councell caus'd Rome, Spaine and I, as one, To persecute, to martyr, and molest All that the vnstain'd truth of God profest: All such as dar'd oppugne the pow'rfull Pope, With grieuous tortures were opprest and prest, With Axes, Pire, and Faggot, and the Rope. Scarce any Land beneath the Heauenly Cope, Afflicted was, as I caus'd this to bee: And when my Fortunes were in highest hope, Death at the fiue yeeres end arrested mee.

No Bale would serue, I could command no ayd, But I in prison in my graue was laid.

Anno. Dom. 1553, Iuly 6, Thursday.

Queene Mary was borne at Creenwich, elder daugh∣ter to King Henry the eight, and sister and •••••• to King Edward the sixt. Shee was crowned at Westminster the first of October, 1553, by the hands of Stephen Gardner, Bishop of Winchester. King Edward being dead, his death was concealed two daies, by reason of the feare of Queene Maries alteration of the religion which King Edward had established, for which cause the Lady Iane was by many of the Lords and the Londoners pro∣claimed Queene. This Lady Iane was eldest daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolke; shee was then married to the Lord Guiford Dudlty fourth sonne to Iohn, Duke of, Northumberland; her mother was the Lady Francis, the daughter of Mary the French Queene. and the youn∣ger sister of King Henry the 8. Queene Mary (bearing that Iane was proclaim'd Queen) begain to rowse, & raised an Army, and was first proclaimed in the City of Nor∣wich, her powers still increasing, she made towards Lon∣don, where all supplies forsocke the Lady Iane; so that she with her husband and father, and the Lord Thomas Gray, with others, were beheaded. The Queene ceases all the protestant Bishops and Clergie to bee degraded suspended, or imprisoned. She raised againe the Mase, and with it masse of misery to this kingdome. King Phi∣lip of Spaine was contracted to Queene Mary, but Sir Thomas Wiat with an Armie opposed it, and after much bickering was taken and executed on the Towre••••••: The Lady Elizabeth (the Queenes sister) was wrong••••∣ly imprisoned, and in danger to be put to death: Philip King of Spaine was married to Queene Mary with•••• Royall solemnity at Winchester the 25 of Iuly, Anno 1454. This wofull Land was in those daies a very Achet∣dima, or field of blood, the Popes M••reban••s •••••• Church and Commonwealth with holy Water, Pax, Cen∣sors, Oyle, Spittle Creame, Altars, Pictures, Images •• Crosses, Crucifixes, Beades, Lights, Tapers, Cand•••••• the Breaden god: these Romish warres did cost the li••es neere 6000 people that refused them, some hanged, •••••• burne, and diuers others suffering other deaths and ••••∣ties. K. Philip & Queen Mary send defiance into France Philip went thither in person, & besieged the strong •••••• of S^t. Quintins and man it; but shortly after, the English men lost Callice, which had beene the King of English Towne 21 yeeres. Wherefore Queene Mary tooke •••••• griefe, that she•• neuer enioyed her life-long after; •••••• Callice was lost the 17 of Ianuary, and the Queene •••••• at Saint Iames house the 7 of Nouember following, •••••• 1558, when she had reigned 5 yeeres, 4 moneth•• •••••• daies: she lieth buried as Westminster.

ELIZABETH, QVEENE OF ENGLAND, FRANCE and IRELAND, Defender of the Faith, &c.

THe griefes, the feares, the terrors and the toiles, The sleights, tricks snares, that for my life were laid ••pes prisons, poysons, pistois, bloody broyles, •••• these incompast me (poore harmelesse Mayd) •••• I still trusting in my Makers ayde, Was still defended by his power diuine: ••y glory and my greatnesse was displai'd •••• farre as Sunne and Moone did euer shine. Gods mingled Seruice I did re-refine, From Romish rubbish, and from humane drosse. •• yearely made the pride of Spaine decline: •••••• and all Belgia I sau'd from losse:

I was Arts patterne, t' Armes I was a Patron; I liu'd and dyed a Queene, a Maid, a Matron.

Anno Dom. 1558, Nouember 17, Thursday.

Lady Elizabeth, borne at Greenwich, second daugh∣ter to King Henry the eight, sister and heire to the late Queene Mary, after shee had (by Gods gracious proui∣ence past through many afflictions, as scandals, calumna∣tions, sundry imprisonns ••••••, and hazard of her life; shee was at the age of 25 yeeres and od dayes, crowned Queen of England, France and Ireland, at Westminster, by the hand of Owen Oglethorpe Bishop of Carlielc, the 13 of Ianuary. The first good worke of hers (after her coronation) was to reforme and restore and Seruice of God to the Primitiue sincerity, and prayer: and preaching to be vsed in the English tongue: she caused all the bables of Babek, and all the Romish rubbish to bee cast out of the Church, shee dismissed those Bishops and others of the Clergie as would not be reformed. She caused all base mo∣mes and coyneste to be supprest, and to be no vallue, and in their stead she ordained that no coyne but Gold and Sil∣uer shou•• passe for current in her Dominions. The French King Henry at a ••l••ng was vnfortunately slaine by a Lord named Mountgomery, ••••inter of the l••••••nce running into his eye, An. 1559. Sorne after the French molest Scotland, but by Queene Elizabeths ••yde they were expulsed. The Noble Earle of Arraw in Scotland, and Ericus King of Sweaden were suuer•••• to marry •••••• the Queene, which her Maiesty with all princely modesty refused. She was after sued to by Henry Duke of Aniou, brother to the French King Charles the 9. Anno 1514. The bloody massaker was in France, where in the City of Paris, (only) 10000 Protestarts were m••n thered by the Pepists; The Irish fell to rebellian vnder the Earle of Tirone, which rebellion put England to much cost and trouble. Henry, Lord Darneley, King of Scots most in∣humanely murdred, Anno 1568, and his Queen. (Mary) assaulted by the oppression of her rebellicus Subiects came into England, and was royally welcomed. One Thomas Appletree discharging his ••••ce the Queene was in her Barge vpon the Thames, the bullet ranne thorow both the Armes of one of her Watermen; but the Queene vnder∣standing that the shot was by casualtie, pardoned the of∣fender. Her mercie, iustice, temperance, fortitude, magna∣nimity, prudence, learning, and incomparable wisedome would each of them fill a volume; So that neither •••••• vnablenesse of me the writer, nor the briefnesse which I am •••••• to in thus abstract, can no waies touch the ••em of her vertues: wherefore I refer the reader to the great volumes of Hollinsheds story, the Reuerend learned Cambden, Master speed, and others, who haue writen more largely of her (though all of them are much short of her vnimmi∣table merits) shee ayed the 24 of March 1602 aged 69 y••eeres, 6 moneths and 7 dayes, she reigned 44 yeeres, ••4 months and 7 daies. On the 28 of Aprill after, shee was buried at Westminster.

IAMES, Of that Name THE FIRST, And I. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE &c.

WEre all the flatt'ry of the world in me, Great King of hearts & Arts, great Britaines King Yet all that flattery could not flatter thee: Or adde to thy renowne the smallest thing. My Muse (with truth and freedome) dares to sing, Thou wert a Monarch lou'd of God and Men. Two famous Kingdomes thou to one didst bring, And gau'st lost Britaines name her name agen. Thou cansedst Doctors with their learned pen, The sacred Bible newly to translate. Thy wisdome found the damned powder'd Den, That hell had hatcht to ouerthrow thy state.

And all the world thv Motto must allow, The peace makers are blast; and so art thou.

Anno Dom. 1602, March 24, Thursday,

Iames the first of that name, King of England, Scot∣land, France & Ireland (the first King that was •••••• in England since the Norman conquest) at the age 36 yeeres, 9 monethe, and 5 daies, hee was crowned Westminster (with his wife Queene Anne) by the •••••• of Iohn Whitguist, Archbishop of Canterbury. The•••• was a conspiracy to surprise the King and insorce him to grant a tolleration of Religion, but the plot was discoue•••• and the offenders were some executed, & some otherwise (by the King elemency) banished, and imprisoned with good competency of meanes allowed them. This king was a King of Peace, and with all victorious; for he did •••••• then his predecesser King Henry the 7^th, (who ioyned •••• Roses of Lancaster and Yorke.) But King Iames •••••• happily) ioyned kingdomes, vniting England and Scot∣land into one glorious Monarchy, by the name and •••••• Great Britaine. Anno 1605, Nouember 5, the •••••• de-plot of perdition was; but by the mercy of the Almigh∣ty •••• (a mis-taken deliuerie of a Letter, and the deepe wise∣dome of the King), the horrid Treason was •••••• preuented, and the Traitours confounded in their •••••• ••••••ked deuices. King Iames was so crowned, and •••••• that Germany, Polland, Sweaueland, Russia, France, Spaine, Holland, Zealand, the Arch-Duke of Austria the estate and S••••gmory of Venice: The great Duke of Florence, all these Princes and Potentates did •••••• Ambassadors into England, to hold Amity and •••••• with King Iames. Amongst Kings he was the •••••• mirrour of Learning, the Patterne and Patron of piety •••• pittie, such a sweet and well composed mixture of Iustice and mercy was inuated in his Royall brest: that •••••• •••••• truth did meet, kisse and combine together, all the •••••• his most auspicious reigne: like a second Sallomon gouernment was blest with peace and plenty; so that be •••••• iustly be stiled (vnder God) The Peace-maker of •••••• Christendome, and the louing father and preseruer of •••••• own people, Realmes and Dominions: his life was generally beloued, and his death as much lamented which was •••••• of March, being Sunday, there being but 2 daies differ•••••• or ods betwixt the accompt of the beginning and ending of his reigne; for he began the 24 of March 1602, •••••• the 27 of March 1625. Two Tuesdaies were ••••∣nate to him: for on a Tuesday the 5 of August 1602,•••• escaped a dangerous conspiracy of the Earle Cowries, and on Tuesday the 5 of Nouember, 1605, he (wis••h of that could be called his) was preferred from that Great master piece of Satan, the Powder Treason, and as •••• Sa∣t••rday •••••• the 8 of May, 1603, he was receiued within ioy •••••• London, so on Saterday the 8 of May 1625, •••••• with grise buried at Westminster.

CHARLES Of that Name THE FIRST, And II. Monarch of the whole Iland of GREAT BRITAINE. KING OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE and IRELAND, Gods im∣mediate VICEGERENT., Su∣preame HEAD, &c.

••••••••strious Off-spring of most glorious Stems, Our happy hope, our Royall CHARLES the great, •••••• Heyre to foure Rich Diadems, With gifts of Grace, and Learning high ••epleat. •••••• thee th'Almighties ayd I doe intreate, •••••• guide and prosper thy proceedings still, •••••••••• long thou maist suruiue a Prince compleat, •••••• guard the good and to subuert the ill. •••••• when thy •••••• determin'd boundlesse will) Thy mortall part shall made immortall be, •••••••• let thy liuing Fame the world full fill, •••••• bles••ed famous memory of thee,

And all true Britaines pray to God aboue, To match thy life and fortune with their loue.

STEWART•• CHARLES MARIE Anagramma. Christ Arme vs E•••• AT AL,

Though fe••••ds and men, to •••••••• should endeuer, (Against their force) AT AL CHRIST ARME VS EVER

Anno. Dom. 1625-March 27. Sunday.

The •••• sall •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••••• kingdomes hauing •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• •••••• full Iames •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• eter∣nall; Our Royall Charles the •••••• heire of his blessed Fathers Crowne and vertues, •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••• Westminster by the hands of the Right Reue∣••••nd fahter in God, •••••••• •••••••• •••••• Iohn Williams, •••••• new pre∣sent Lord Bishop of Lincolne and Deane of West∣minister. He is Charles (the first of that name) and second Monarch of great Britaine, •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••• Vicegerent, and God is his •••••••• Se∣ueraigne, he is Defender of the True, •••••••• Apo∣tlolicasll and Christian I ••••••••; and that faith is his shield against all his bedily and ghostly enemies; in the first yeare of his reigne, he married with the il∣lustrious and vertuous Princesse Henneretta Ma∣ria, daughter to that admired Mirrer and Mars of martiallilis of Henry the 4^th the French King (last of that name) vopn the 22 day of Iune 1625, shee safely arrived •••• •••••••• in Kent, where the King stay'd till •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• and to both their ioyes, and the •••••••• of this kingdome he enioyed, and enioyes her. This Noble P••••••ce was borne the 19^th of Nouember, A^no 1602 he was second and youngest Sonne to king Iames the •••••• of Scotland, and first of that name of England. (Our last •••••• Soueraigne) In the yeere 1623 •••••• into Spaine priuately and (by Gods gracious assistance) came backe safely from thence the 26 or October, in the some yeere, whose safe re∣turne all true hearted Britaines did and doe esteem •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• •••••• and happy blessing his elemency, •••••••• is manifest, his Royall end princely en∣•••••• are ample, •••••• his same and Magnificenceis •••••••• sall; The graces and cardinall vertues haue •••••••• •••••••• •••••••• taken •••••• their habitatiens in his Heroick and Mag∣•••••••••••• brest. •••••• may hee with his gracious Queene reigne our these his Dominions, to the glo∣•••• •••••• of God, and the good of this famous Iland, with the rest of his Territories, and to the ioy and comfort of his •••••• Amen,