THE
Famous
Historie
of
ALBIONS
QVEENE
.
CHAPTER
.
1.
❧
How
King
Edward
grew
ielous
of
Queene
Katherine
,
through
the
flatterie
of
the
Barron
of
Buckingham
.
ABout
three
hundred
yeeres
before
the
royall
name
of
great
Plantaginet
possessed
the
imperial
Diadem
of
this
Mayden
Land
:
in
which
golden
age
,
there
raigned
as
then
one
Edward
,
surnamed
the
Senior
,
a
Prince
of
most
excellent
wisedome
:
but
yet
in
the
first
entraunce
of
his
gouernment
,
crost
with
many
strange
calamities
through
disloyall
actions
of
false
subiectes
.
This
Edward
was
not
any
of
those
royall
Edwardes
,
which
liued
since
the
Normayne
Conquerour
made
England
happy
by
his
lawful
clayme
,
but
one
linially
descended
from
the
Romane
Emperors
,
who
in
the
spring
time
of
his
blooming
youth
,
tooke
to
wife
a
most
wise
and
vertuous
Queene
,
beautified
with
many
singular
good
guiftes
of
nature
and
princely
qualeties
,
beseeming
so
worthy
a
Lady
:
which
Queene
Katherine
(
for
so
was
she
called
)
altogeather
imployed
a
dutifull
care
to
adorne
and
set
foorth
her
husbands
Princely
house
and
Scepter
,
with
surpassing
glorie
and
rich
renowne
of
vertue
:
and
besides
that
,
she
so
worthely
defended
her
owne
honour
against
a
number
of
loose
Loueres
,
which
dayly
practised
the
conquest
of
her
chastetie
.
But
now
her
betrothed
husband
King
Edward
,
being
troubled
diuers
wayes
with
the
hurly burlies
of
his
Kingdome
,
nothing
at
all
solaced
his
minde
in
the
company
of
his
vertuous
Queene
,
by
which
he
grew
in
mistrust
of
her
chastety
,
greatly
fearing
least
others
should
loue
that
,
which
himselfe
liked
:
or
that
she
fauoured
that
,
which
he
falsely
suspected
,
his
telous
minde
neuer
rested
satisfied
:
partly
of
himselfe
led
with
fond
beliefe
,
but
chiefly
incensed
through
the
faythles
falsehood
of
one
George
de
Combria
,
surnamed
the
Barron
of
Buckingam
,
being
aduaunced
from
low
and
poore
parentage
to
the
kings
Court
,
and
not
onely
made
one
of
his
priuie
counsell
,
but
placed
in
all
digneties
next
vnto
his
person
.
This
proude
Barron
,
enuying
the
honour
of
Queene
Katherine
,
closely
stuffed
the
Kings
conseated
head
with
false
reportes
,
and
as
it
were
coniured
the
sperit
of
I
closie
into
his
minde
,
against
the
good
and
gratious
Princesse
:
which
vniust
occations
of
griefe
being
setled
,
&
vnkindnes
so
deepely
graued
in
his
hart
,
that
neuer
after
it
could
be
raced
out
by
any
meanes
whatsoeuer
.
King
Edward
being
thus
suncke
into
the
bottome
of
dispayre
,
fetched
many
greeuous
sighes
,
and
often
in
great
sorrow
of
hart
would
breath
foorth
this
,
or
such
like
lamentations
.
Oh
my
vntrusty
Wife
and
Lady
!
wherefore
hast
thou
wounded
thus
my
hidden
loue
,
and
inforced
me
to
complayne
of
thy
trecherous
infidelitie
?
Thou
hast
ingaged
my
honour
,
discharged
my
person
from
renowne
,
and
possessed
dishonour
to
my
Scepter
.
Oh!
I
launce
foorth
into
the
gulfe
of
dolorous
distresse
.
My
marshall
staffe
of
prowesse
is
broken
in
peeces
,
and
I
am
ledde
into
voluntarie
seruitude
,
deceitfully
bereft
from
the
freedome
of
my
nuptiall
life
,
and
sacrefized
a
slaue
into
the
handes
of
trayterous
varlets
.
In
this
manner
many
a
day
King
Edward
fed
his
ielous
minde
with
vaine
immaginations
,
casting
him selfe
from
the
lofty
mountaine
of
passed
ioyes
,
into
the
bottomelesse
pit
of
present
woe
.
So
on
the
other
side
,
the
Barron
of
Buckingam
,
being
hardoned
in
shamelesse
audacities
,
incountred
him
with
a
new
onset
,
to
dyet
his
smell
with
a
quicker
scent
:
and
so
espying
a
time
to
play
with
the
sword
of
sedition
,
he
in
presence
of
many
of
King
Edwardes
Lords
,
vomited
out
this
wrongfull
accusation
that
followeth
.
If
protesting
of
loyall
duetie
to
your
worthy
Maiestie
,
or
floods
of
incessant
teares
distilling
from
the
cundets
of
my
sorrowfull
eyes
,
may
make
perfect
shew
of
a
Subiectes
honest
minde
,
as
yet
neuer
blemished
with
the
breach
of
dishonestie
,
or
euer
touched
or
found
guyltie
of
trayterous
crime
:
in
regard
of
which
true
obedience
(
most
mightie
Prince
)
accompt
my
speaches
for
a
veritie
,
and
nearely
looke
into
the
wronges
of
your
Marriage
bedde
,
which
ignorance
hath
heretofore
coutched
vp
in
secresie
:
For
be
it
knowne
,
that
the
mighty
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
an
auntient
enemie
vnto
your
Crowne
and
dignitie
,
is
familiarly
crept
into
secret
fauour
with
Queene
Katherne
your
honourable
Spouse
,
who
vnder
shadow
of
seruiceable
dutie
,
bereaueth
your
Maiestie
from
the
fruite
of
true
continencie
,
and
couereth
your
nuptiall
bed
with
a
strayned
mantle
of
blacke
infamie
:
Oh
what
a
griefe
is
this
vnto
the
soules
of
vs
,
which
intirely
loue
your
Maiestie
,
whose
liues
be
wholely
consecrated
to
your
good
fortunes
.
It
is
not
spight
that
inforceth
me
to
defame
the
reputation
of
your
royal
Queene
,
vnto
whom
I
stand
bound
in
all
humble
seruice
:
nor
any
hate
,
nor
proffered
miuryes
,
doth
inflame
my
minde
to
blemish
the
good
Duke
of
Suffolkes
fame
with
immortall
ignobilletie
,
but
loue
and
dutie
to
my
Prince
and
countrey
:
wherefore
(
most
noble
King
)
cleare
your
vnderstanding
,
and
weede
from
your
Court
such
treacherous
deceauers
,
that
your
life
be
not
sodainely
intrapped
,
and
we
vnfortunatly
depriued
of
a
wise
and
puisant
Prince
.
And
to
conclude
,
if
I
George
de
Cambria
Barron
of
Buckingam
,
be
disproued
or
polluted
with
the
breach
of
dishonesty
,
an
vtterer
of
false
speaches
,
or
be
found
a
flatterer
,
or
one
that
hunteth
after
Princely
fauour
,
proudly
aspiring
after
dignetyes
and
promotions
,
then
let
me
perish
,
and
like
a
traytor
be
throwne
out
as
an
open
shame
vnto
the
world
:
otherwise
,
knit
and
binde
me
to
your
Maiestie
in
the
fast
bond
of
loyallty
,
and
haue
the
reward
of
a
faythfull
subiect
.
When
the
Barron
had
thus
inchaunted
King
Edwards
eares
,
his
head
burned
more
hotter
with
the
heate
of
ielosie
then
before
:
a
dissease
so
incurable
,
that
being
once
entered
into
the
mind
,
neuer
resteth
till
it
penitrateth
into
the
secret
deapth
of
the
hart
.
The
King
thus
catcht
in
a
fooles
net
,
neclected
honest
trueth
,
and
was
choaked
with
the
sweete
baight
of
flatterie
:
and
being
vnable
to
discharge
the
boyling
heate
of
his
stomacke
,
with
exstreame
outrage
called
for
the
Lord
high
Marshall
of
England
,
and
commaunded
him
to
take
a
strong
Garrison
of
best
tryed
marshall
Souldiers
,
and
to
apprehend
the
Queene
,
and
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
and
keepe
them
both
in
safe
custody
,
vntill
he
knew
his
further
pleasure
:
which
sharpe
commaundement
was
presently
put
in
execution
by
the
Marshall
,
who
in
hart
greatly
lamented
the
dishonour
of
so
vertuous
a
Queene
.
But
now
the
King
like
one
being
scandalizde
by
his
wiues
infidelitie
,
departed
into
his
chamber
,
where
many
a
day
he
secluded
him selfe
from
all
company
,
except
the
wicked
Barron
,
which
continually
encreased
his
Ielosie
:
in
which
hell
of
lyfe
,
we
will
leaue
him
for
a
space
,
and
speake
of
the
Queenes
extremitie
,
being
imprisoned
vnder
the
Lord
high
Parshals
guard
.
CHAP.
2.
¶
How
the
three
Earles
,
of
Westmerland
,
Sommerset
,
and
Durham
,
came
to
visite
Queene
Katherine
,
being
in
Prison
:
and
what
passed
betwixt
them
.
THe
Duke
of
Suffolke
seeing
himselfe
so
wrongfully
imprisned
,
and
such
false
accusations
layde
against
the
honour
of
his
reputation
,
was
stroken
into
such
a
sodaine
amaze
,
that
he
could
not
outwardly
bewray
his
sorrow
,
but
as
it
were
inwardly
bleed
teares
of
blood
,
to
cleare
his
conscience
before
the
immortall
Maiestie
of
God
for
such
a
crime
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
noble
guiltlesse
Queene
,
oppressed
with
like
woe
and
mortall
mishappe
,
beholding
her selfe
a
spectacle
of
dishonour
to
the
worlde
,
although
before
the
supernall
Iudge
most
cleare
and
perfect
in
conscience
,
without
either
staine
or
spot
of
defamation
:
yet
being
perplexed
plexed
with
sundry
thoughtes
of
griefe
,
procured
by
the
furious
frownes
of
her
Husbandes
hate
,
in
the
time
of
her
imprisonment
,
writ
these
verses
vpon
the
walles
with
the
blood
of
her
marriage
finger
.
The
spightfull
Barrons
cursed
flatterie
,
Hath
wrongd
Queene
Katherines
spotlesse
chastetie
:
And
leueld
out
his
dartes
of
lasting
shame
,
Against
the
princely
honours
of
her
fame
.
But
Trueth
in
time
,
shall
conquer
Enuies
will
,
Where
Fayth
shall
spring
,
and
brightly
floorish
still
:
Packe
hence
Dispaire
,
sweete
Ioy
come
ease
my
smart
,
For
constant
Fayth
doth
harbour
in
my
hart
.
My
Loue
is
true
,
my
spousall
Promise
iust
,
Not
staind
with
any
crime
of
lawles
lust
:
Then
princely
EDWARD
,
cease
thy
cruell
hare
,
For
Falshood
wronges
my
noble
fame
and
state
.
Deare
Spouse
,
despise
not
thus
thy
constant
Queene
,
Whose
loyaltie
doth
glister
bright
and
greene
:
If
euer
you
tooke
pleasure
in
my
youth
,
Let
sound
beliefe
be
witnes
of
my
truth
.
No
sooner
had
the
Queene
finished
these
bloody
lines
,
but
there
came
into
the
Prison
to
comfort
her
,
three
graue
Counsellers
of
King
Edwards
Court
,
whom
she
did
most
louingly
entertaine
:
and
after
some
conference
passed
betwixt
them
,
she
most
kindly
kissed
her
Husbandes
liuely
Picture
,
which
as
then
hanged
about
her
necke
by
a
faire
chaine
or
rundle
of
Gold
,
powring
out
many
bitter
teares
,
to
the
wonderful
griefe
&
admiration
of
all
that
beheld
her
:
the
which
being
done
,
she
humbly
desired
pardon
of
the
Lords
,
to
vse
some
words
in
the
defence
of
her
chastetie
,
so
that
she
might
not
abuse
their
patience
:
and
as
she
hauing
an
innocent
&
guiltlesse
hart
,
so
she
might
freely
discharge
her
conscience
,
and
cleare
her selfe
from
all
those
vniust
accusations
layde
against
her
.
This
her
vertuous
request
so
highly
pleased
the
three
Lords
,
that
they
presently
consented
to
giue
her
free
authoritie
openly
to
honest
her
honorable
and
auncient
credite
.
The
harmeles
Queene
in
a
most
seueere
and
bolde
countenance
,
with
sundry
taire
amiable
syrtes
in
her
checkes
,
her
browes
beset
like
the
maiestie
of
Diana
,
her
white
iuorte
trembling
hands
like
the
driuen
snow
,
her
body
euen
framed
and
fashioned
of
the
virgin
waxe
,
spake
as
foloweth
.
If
vnmeasurable
griefe
of
hart
(
Right
honorable
Lords
)
or
the
noble
blood
of
my
predecessors
,
may
be
sufficient
to
draw
melting
pittie
from
your
mindes
,
I
doe
not
doubt
but
your
wisedomes
will
accompt
the
accusation
of
the
wicked
Barron
to
be
vniust
,
which
he
hath
oppressed
me
withall
,
who
dayly
seekes
by
flatterie
,
to
cut
the
sweete
verdure
,
and
tender
greenesse
of
my
young
yeeres
:
therefore
(
most
noble
Lordes
)
for
pitties
sake
,
arme
me
from
his
hurtes
,
defende
and
guard
me
from
his
dreadfull
conspiracies
,
succour
and
support
me
with
honourable
iustice
:
for
he
doth
assault
me
with
miserie
,
he
doth
vsurpe
tirannicall
villanie
against
me
,
he
seeketh
the
ouerthrow
of
the
Seigniorie
of
our
Kingdome
,
he
setteth
a
deuiston
betwixt
my
Lord
and
me
,
and
doth
prepare
an
entraunce
for
himselfe
:
But
I
wish
a
seperation
of
soule
,
with
a
thousande
tormentes
of
body
,
if
euer
I
ouerturned
my
spousall
chastetie
,
the
which
I
haue
alwayes
carefully
kept
,
and
without
violation
preterued
it
to
my
deare
Lord
and
Husband
.
If
then
these
my
wordes
may
mollefie
your
hartes
,
to
pleade
in
my
behalfe
to
Kind
Edward
that
he
may
with
discretion
consider
my
●nn●cencie
,
〈◊〉
repute
you
mercifull
men
,
and
sound
searchers
〈◊〉
:
wherefore
,
haue
mercie
vpon
me
I
say
,
haue
mercie
vpon
a
wronged
Queene
,
trayterously
abused
.
And
in
speaking
this
,
teares
so
abundantly
flowed
from
the
cundets
of
her
eyes
,
that
she
was
forced
to
be
silent
.
These
wordes
of
Queene
Katherine
,
so
greeued
their
hartes
,
that
they
were
all
perswaded
of
her
vertuous
lyfe
,
and
that
her
honourable
fame
was
iniured
through
the
bengance
of
the
aspyring
Barron
,
who
by
flatterie
had
peruerted
King
Edwards
noble
minde
:
therefore
to
comfort
the
greeued
Queene
,
the
worthy
Earle
of
Sommerset
,
in
the
name
of
all
the
rest
,
spake
as
followeth
.
Your
modestie
(
most
noble
Queene
,
quoth
he
)
shall
inforce
vs
to
prostrate
our selues
before
his
Maiestie
,
that
he
may
fauourably
infranchize
your
lipertie
,
and
take
you
againe
to
his
good
grace
and
well
likeing
,
whose
head
(
no
doubt
)
is
fraughted
with
many
fantasies
against
you
:
but
yet
since
humilitie
doth
illustrate
and
aduance
your
cause
with
open
trueth
,
resolue
this
a
comfort
to
your
princely
minde
,
that
your
enemie
which
hath
so
mightely
abused
your
reputation
,
can
neuer
escape
due
punishment
:
and
the
Gods
(
I
know
)
will
neuer
forgiue
so
vile
a
wickednesse
:
As
for
example
.
Camera
the
Queene
of
Egypt
,
hauing
a
hundred
thousand
sorrowes
lodged
in
her
chast
minde
,
being
by
rigorous
iustice
condemned
to
be
torne
a
sunder
by
wilde
Horses
,
and
so
made
a
dolorous
example
vnto
the
worlde
:
But
now
marke
the
iudgementes
of
God
vpon
the
vile
betrayers
of
this
vertuous
Queene
:
for
euen
in
the
hower
of
her
death
,
an
hoast
or
armie
of
angry
Waspes
with
the
sharpe
stinges
in
their
tayles
,
in
open
view
destroyed
and
subuerted
her
enemies
:
an
exployte
of
worthy
warning
against
all
false
pertured
accusers
,
and
sodaine
seueritie
against
such
as
exercise
by
tyrranicall
fury
,
to
flatter
Princes
eares
.
Let
not
me
forget
the
noble
Egyptian
Panteron
,
which
made
a
law
,
that
whosoeuer
vowed
a
false
oath
,
should
be
led
and
slayne
as
a
Caulfe
in
the
shambles
,
his
skinne
fleade
of
,
his
head
set
up
as
a
signe
of
a
murtherer
,
a
rauisher
of
holy
chastety
,
and
his
corpes
throwne
to
the
kinges
Houndes
to
be
deuoured
.
Infinite
examples
might
be
remembred
,
amongst
the
radiant
florishing
Ladyes
,
that
haue
been
inspired
with
excellent
guiftes
of
vertue
.
I
could
discourse
manifolde
warnings
:
but
chiefly
I
will
prefixe
before
your
eyes
the
misery
,
teares
,
and
vnmeasurable
forrowes
of
Lady
Aelana
,
a
paragon
and
mirrour
of
true
continency
,
whose
portion
was
vexation
and
vnrestfulnesse
,
cruelly
bereft
from
chast
integrety
,
and
renowned
honour
:
but
such
was
the
proofe
of
her
rare
and
exquesite
vertue
,
by
the
fauorable
Gods
,
that
greedy
Beares
(
as
Lieftenants
of
Iustice
)
deuowred
her
enemies
.
Thus
,
if
right
were
not
mayntayned
by
immortall
meanes
,
violence
,
dissimulation
,
and
deceitfull
flatterers
,
would
florish
amongst
mortall
men
,
to
the
subuertion
of
Kingdomes
,
inquiatations
of
Kings
houses
,
tirrable
cryes
in
iudgement
seates
,
distruction
of
Citties
,
and
ouerturning
of
common
wealthes
:
wherefore
(
most
honorable
Princesse
)
if
the
righteous
honesty
of
your
cause
be
buylded
vpon
a
sure
rocke
,
mercy
shal
be
gayned
,
mallice
vanquished
by
modesty
,
and
thraldome
depriued
by
libertie
:
thus
resting
our selues
with
this
resolution
,
till
King
Edwards
minde
and
pleasure
be
further
knowne
herein
.
After
this
kind
promise
pronounced
by
the
good
Earle
of
Sommerset
,
the
Queene
pulled
from
her
golden
locks
certaine
sumptious
pearles
,
&
rich
iewels
,
hanging
in
most
beautifull
brightnes
,
and
gaue
them
to
the
Earle
of
Sommerset
,
saying
.
I
doe
not
(
right
honortable
Lord
)
impart
these
guyftes
as
a
bribe
couertly
to
ballance
my
cause
,
but
as
a
proofe
of
my
good
will
,
and
a
requital
of
your
paines
,
in
visiting
me
thus
in
my
miseries
:
which
if
they
be
gratiously
accepted
,
I
shal
thinke
my selfe
most
highly
honored
.
No
sooner
were
these
speaches
finished
,
and
thankes
giuen
for
the
Queenes
gentle
Rewardes
,
but
the
Nobles
departed
the
Prison
,
and
conueiged
them selues
into
a
secret
Chamber
,
where
euery
one
deliuered
his
opinion
,
measuring
out
a
direct
meanes
for
her
enlargment
:
all
which
proceeded
of
true
loue
,
and
firme
beliefe
of
her
chastetie
.
But
after
many
consultations
,
with
a
generall
consent
,
they
concluded
to
write
vnto
the
King
,
not
onely
to
alter
his
discontented
minde
,
but
to
discouer
the
falsehood
and
flatterie
of
the
wicked
Barron
.
The
Counsels
Supplication
to
King
Edward
.
IF
vnfaigned
affections
which
loyall
Subiectes
beare
to
the
Common-wealth
of
England
,
or
the
true
chastetie
of
your
Queene
vniustly
wronged
by
flatterie
,
may
mooue
you
(
most
excellent
Prince
)
to
remember
the
holy
vow
of
Wedlocke
,
where
your
inseperable
loues
were
ioyned
together
,
and
of
two
persons
made
but
one
body
;
we
assure
our selues
then
,
that
your
vertue
and
wisedome
will
lenefie
the
honourable
cause
of
your
nuptiall
Spouse
,
and
gather
these
vnioynied
members
into
right
course
againe
:
For
why
should
your
Grace
be
dismembred
,
hauing
all
the
partes
of
naturall
proportion
redefied
in
your
person
?
Why
should
you
make
your
felfe
a
poynting
stocke
of
infamie
to
forraigne
enemies
,
and
a
domesticall
contempt
to
your
owne
Subiectes
?
Let
naturall
regard
perswade
you
,
to
driue
out
these
pernitious
poysons
,
which
flattering
Subiectes
haue
lodged
in
your
breast
,
inchaunting
you
with
vncurable
Ielosie
;
which
except
you
speedely
reforme
,
your
Royall
estate
may
fall
into
present
ruine
.
These
dangers
considered
,
lyeth
you
vpon
speedelie
to
frequent
the
companie
of
your
chast
Queene
,
whose
honourable
vndefiled
foote-steppes
we
haue
made
good
tryall
of
,
to
the
hope
of
your
fauour
,
her
speedie
deliuerie
,
and
a
iust
discharge
of
our
dueties
.
This
Supplication
receiued
by
the
King
,
could
nothing
at
all
preuaile
to
enlarge
her
seruitude
:
for
a
litle
before
,
the
wicked
Barron
had
presented
to
King
Edward
a
Gold-smithes
daughter
of
London
,
named
Casiope
;
a
Damsell
of
a
lewde
behauiour
,
yet
beautifull
and
passing
amorous
,
who
with
her
flattering
smiles
so
intangled
his
eyes
,
and
bewitcht
his
fancie
in
such
sort
,
that
he
delighted
onely
in
her
companie
,
wholly
changing
his
auntient
loue
from
his
loyall
Queene
,
thinking
all
times
too
long
,
till
the
tender
thred
of
her
lyfe
were
cut
off
,
which
Vertue
before
time
,
had
so
honourably
spunne
.
King
Edwards
minde
being
thus
obscured
with
thicke
fogges
of
flatterie
,
and
ouerwhelmed
into
a
pernitious
gulfe
of
darknesse
,
his
disease
of
Ielosie
prooued
more
incurable
:
which
could
neither
be
holpen
through
the
earnest
loue
of
his
Queene
,
nor
perswaded
through
the
long
seruice
of
learned
Counsellers
.
Oh
,
it
is
a
worlde
to
beholde
,
how
flattering
deceiuers
can
temper
deslicate
drinkes
for
euery
mans
appetite
,
stoppe
wisedomes
eares
by
false
inchauntments
,
and
subuert
true
conscience
by
wrongfull
insinuation
.
The
King
on
the
other
side
,
mistrusted
not
vulgar
reports
of
populer
men
,
neither
the
ouerthrow
of
his
Kingdome
by
such
a
de●ision
,
nor
regarded
the
patient
minde
of
his
vertuous
Queene
,
called
for
certaine
of
his
priuie
Counsell
:
who
being
comde
before
him
,
he
gaue
them
this
sharpe
ediet
for
the
arraignement
and
sentence
against
Queene
Katherine
and
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
:
the
tenure
of
the
Kings
words
were
as
followeth
.
If
wilde
Iuie
(
my
noble
Lordes
)
ruinate
the
walles
of
my
House
,
reaching
within
the
windowes
of
my
secret
Chamber
,
were
it
not
necessarie
to
be
plucked
vp
:
If
in
pleasant
Gardens
one
spreading
Weede
disorder
all
the
other
odoriferous
Flowers
,
is
it
not
requisite
to
haue
it
destroyed
:
And
although
the
rare
beautie
,
and
excellent
orniamentes
of
my
Queene
might
easely
inflame
simple
minde
,
to
beleeue
her
faigned
holynesse
:
yet
one
filthie
stayne
blemisheth
all
the
rest
.
One
wrintle
in
Apelles
tinsell
,
blurred
the
costly
Tables
of
Bacchus
.
Doth
not
one
vnsauery
corner
pester
a
whole
House
?
One
lothfome
odoure
ouercome
many
pretious
Oyntmentes
?
Why
are
you
then
my
Lordes
,
so
blinded
with
her
deceitfull
practises
,
plagued
with
her
desembling
wordes
,
and
alured
with
her
pestilent
poysons
?
What
,
do
you
repute
her
a
demie
God
?
Doe
you
thinke
her
an
Angell
of
heauen
?
Is
she
twise
blest
,
&
my selfe
a
thousand
times
accurst
?
I
sweare
by
the
honoure
of
my
Scepter
,
to
punish
her
lewd
lyfe
in
such
a
maner
,
that
neuer
after
the
blacke
cloudes
of
her
shame
,
may
obscure
the
glory
of
my
Kingdome
.
Let
it
not
therefore
(
most
noble
Lordes
)
be
imagined
,
that
I
can
be
ouercome
by
any
mans
flatterie
,
or
my
wits
so
lightly
carryed
away
,
to
be
deceyued
without
good
and
due
proofe
:
all
which
great
iniuries
to
my
person
,
impeachment
to
my
Kingdome
,
and
wrong
to
my
Subiects
,
shall
be
followes
with
seueere
iudgement
:
therefore
,
I
charge
you
vpon
your
dueties
,
as
you
hope
to
winne
the
garland
of
my
fauour
,
to
prosecute
my
determination
:
which
is
,
the
desertfull
fall
of
my
vntrusty
Queene
,
and
the
confusion
of
her
proude
minnion
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
.
And
in
saying
this
,
lyke
one
wholly
bent
to
a
resolute
will
,
not
staying
for
any
answere
,
he
departed
from
his
Lordes
,
and
left
them
euery
one
sodaynely
surprysed
with
griefe
,
ready
to
cast
them selues
headlong
into
the
desartes
of
dispaire
:
yet
durst
they
not
by
any
meanes
seeke
to
contradict
his
will
,
but
presently
to
perseuecre
in
this
sinister
iudgement
.
CHAP.
3.
¶
How
the
Queene
and
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
were
arraigned
and
condemned
of
adultrie
,
through
false
witnesses
,
and
what
after
happened
.
THe
very
next
morning
after
King
Edward
had
giuen
charge
for
their
arraignment
,
were
they
called
foorth
before
certaine
of
the
honourable
Lords
of
the
priuie
Counsell
,
and
were
tryed
vpon
the
proofe
of
their
accusation
:
where
,
the
wicked
Barron
of
Buckingam
,
with
two
other
bace
Gentlemen
of
the
Kinges
Court
,
did
sweare
by
the
immortall
powers
of
heauen
,
that
the
filthy
fact
of
adultrie
was
committed
betweene
Queene
Katherine
and
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
against
the
honour
of
his
Maiesties
person
.
After
which
detestable
oath
falsely
protested
,
the
good
Earle
of
Sommerset
stood
vp
in
open
audience
,
and
with
a
dischearefull
countenance
,
spake
as
followeth
.
Oh
you
wretched
betrayers
of
Innocent
blood
(
quoth
he
)
although
they
taste
the
bitter
to●mentes
in
this
worlde
,
yet
I
feare
not
but
they
will
shortly
wander
to
that
celestiall
Paradice
,
from
whence
will
descend
fierie
vengance
vpon
your
heades
.
Oh
you
Diuels
and
Feendes
of
impietie
,
woe
worth
the
time
that
euer
you
attempted
so
vile
a
periurie
:
for
you
haue
taken
a
vertuous
Queene
from
vs
,
a
Queene
that
is
the
merrour
of
true
continencie
,
and
onely
patterne
of
a
constant
woman
:
the
lyke
clamor
and
pittifull
lamentation
was
in
the
whole
Countrey
rounde
about
.
Then
in
the
middest
of
which
sorrowfull
moane
,
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
desired
the
Counsellours
and
Iudges
,
that
he
might
vtter
some
speaches
in
his
owne
behalfe
,
and
likewise
to
discharge
his
conscience
of
the
vile
acte
his
accuser
had
layde
against
his
lyfe
:
his
speaches
were
in
this
maner
deliuered
.
I
am
not
ignorant
(
right
Honorable
assemblie
)
that
this
my
tender
body
clothed
with
Innocencie
,
must
shortly
be
discharged
from
the
prison
of
this
worlde
,
and
must
take
my
iourney
vp
to
heauen
for
true
protection
,
for
this
lyfe
is
nothing
but
a
wandering
pilgrimage
of
woe
,
a
mercilesse
sea
,
which
often
times
vomiteth
vs
into
the
mouth
of
prying
Pirates
,
dashing
vs
vpon
many
dangerous
Shipwracks
:
and
now
since
my
duetie
tyeth
me
to
solemnize
an
honorable
memorie
of
this
aflicted
Queene
,
deliuer
out
a
true
discharge
of
her
chastetie
,
and
a
preseruation
of
mine
owne
honestie
:
For
if
euer
I
presumed
such
a
deede
against
the
maiestie
of
her
worthy
person
,
let
this
Ghost
of
mine
be
deliuered
a
pasture
for
infernall
woormes
to
gnaw
vpon
;
or
,
if
my
senses
had
been
so
arrogantly
disposed
,
her
vertues
might
haue
easely
kilde
my
desiers
,
yea
and
disclosed
the
same
,
to
my
vtter
ruine
and
confusion
.
But
I
see
my
proffered
diligence
lyke
a
trusty
Seruant
,
proffered
to
her
commaundement
,
hath
brought
this
woe
vpon
vs
both
:
therefore
,
if
her
fame
be
brought
in
question
through
my
misusage
,
or
if
the
proude
Barron
enuiously
thirsting
for
my
blood
,
hath
thus
wrongfully
damnified
my
gratious
Princesse
,
let
a
doble
death
for
her
deliuerance
,
be
layde
vpon
my
lyfe
:
let
my
sorrowes
be
twice
imbrewed
,
to
deminish
her
paynes
:
let
the
ransome
of
her
pictie
be
layde
vpon
my
body
,
a
graue
and
pit
to
finish
vp
her
sorrowes
.
Now
this
I
speake
as
a
witnesse
of
my
last
will
,
hauing
enioyed
this
worlde
twentie
sixe
yeeres
,
sufficiently
proouing
the
vanities
thereof
,
and
now
willing
to
resigne
this
lyfe
to
a
more
better
hope
:
and
as
my
young
forepassed
lyfe
is
free
from
staine
,
so
will
I
neuer
blush
nor
hide
my
face
,
as
one
suspected
,
or
blotted
with
any
such
crime
,
of
which
I
am
now
condemned
of
.
With
these
wordes
(
pronounced
by
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
)
was
the
Earle
of
Sommerset
depriued
of
speach
,
and
for
the
inwarde
griefe
which
swelled
in
his
breast
,
he
could
not
vtter
any
one
worde
:
humane
sorrow
powred
downe
from
his
eyes
abundant
streames
of
teares
,
manifesting
the
good
will
and
true
affection
he
bore
to
trueth
and
iustice
,
his
soule
grecued
that
true
honour
nursed
vp
to
ripe
age
,
should
in
a
short
moment
be
deliuered
to
a
cruell
and
most
vntimely
death
.
But
the
Earle
of
Westmerland
(
which
as
then
presented
the
Kinges
person
)
hauing
somewhat
a
more
chearefull
hart
,
stoode
vp
in
the
Iudgement
seate
,
and
spake
as
followeth
.
Most
gracious
Queene
(
quoth
he
)
and
you
my
honorable
Lord
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
know
,
that
we
in
Iustice
cannot
release
,
nor
helpe
your
miseries
,
for
it
behooueth
vs
to
fulfill
the
Kinges
commaundement
,
least
we
incurre
displeasure
to
our selues
,
hindering
vs
,
and
nothing
furthering
you
:
but
yet
this
remedy
in
my
conceite
standes
with
iustice
,
that
you
my
Lord
of
Suffolke
may
reobtaine
your
honourable
fame
,
challenging
a
combat
of
the
wicked
Barron
,
and
so
reueale
to
the
worlde
your
giltlesse
perfection
:
for
he
in
presence
of
vs
all
,
hath
spit
out
most
vile
wordes
of
despight
,
blemishing
and
ouerthrowing
your
credite
:
euen
so
noteāe
before
the
face
of
men
,
your
true
intencion
and
respect
to
honour
:
and
to
the
same
effect
,
frameman
humble
Supplication
to
his
Maiestie
:
and
in
doing
so
,
we
the
estates
of
this
land
heare
present
,
will
eternally
crownacle
your
endeuours
to
after
ages
.
And
in
speaking
these
wordes
,
the
whole
Counsell
brooke
vp
court
for
that
day
,
and
departed
euery
one
seuerally
to
their
lodginges
:
the
Queene
and
the
Duke
,
were
conducted
againe
to
their
wonted
captiuitie
,
whereas
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
greatly
comforted
with
this
counsell
,
thought
euery
day
a
yeere
,
vntill
he
had
giuen
the
challendge
,
and
that
the
Barron
was
prouoked
to
the
combat
:
so
taking
pen
and
incke
,
he
writ
this
knightly
petition
to
his
Maiestie
.
The
Duke
of
Suffolkes
challenge
of
combat
,
sent
to
King
Edward
.
IF
your
royall
person
(
most
mighty
Prince
)
hath
bin
wronged
thorow
my
counterfeite
seruice
,
let
me
be
attached
with
the
scourge
of
penall
iudgment
,
so
that
reasonable
desiers
be
first
fauoured
:
for
now
honour
burning
hot
in
the
closure
of
my
hart
,
in
tryall
of
my
honesty
,
doth
craue
this
permission
at
your
princely
handes
,
that
I
may
combat
with
the
mischieuous
varlet
,
and
false
flatterer
,
the
proud
Barron
of
Buckingham
,
in
disproofe
of
his
cloaked
falsehood
.
If
my
quarrell
be
vniust
,
the
eternall
powers
of
heauen
will
not
prosper
it
:
If
his
ground-worke
be
well
layde
,
and
haue
a
sure
foundation
,
his
intent
will
be
expressed
the
better
.
For
he
that
dares
commit
these
wronges
openly
,
will
not
be
abashed
to
auow
them
openly
.
He
that
launcheth
in
the
puddle
of
discord
,
knoweth
a
cleare
passage
how
to
escape
:
therefore
(
most
noble
Prince
)
let
the
holy
fountaine
of
mercifull
pittie
straine
out
,
that
it
may
mooue
your
Grace
,
to
graunt
my
requestes
:
I
ende
.
By
me
the
sorrowfull
and
dessolate
Duke
of
Suffolke
.
King
Edward
receiuing
this
Supplication
,
in
the
manner
of
a
Challenge
,
thought
it
a
deadly
bane
prepared
against
the
Barron
of
Buckinghams
lyfe
,
yet
he
iudged
the
deniall
of
it
would
greatly
preiudice
his
dignitie
:
so
desembling
an
outward
respect
to
honour
,
though
inwardly
harbouring
fraudulent
deceipt
,
he
with
a
smiling
countenance
made
motion
of
the
combat
to
the
Barron
,
as
well
for
expressing
of
fame
,
as
publishing
of
fayth
.
The
Barron
tendering
his
owne
insufficiencie
,
being
loth
to
performe
the
Combat
,
was
astonished
at
the
Kinges
request
,
and
stroken
into
sodaine
dumpes
,
like
one
that
had
lost
his
speach
:
but
yet
after
a
great
pause
,
and
long
stay
,
he
spake
in
this
maner
.
I
will
not
refuse
(
sayd
he
)
the
accomplishment
of
any
thing
commaunded
by
your
Maiestie
,
although
your
will
and
pleasure
herein
seemeth
strange
and
vniust
,
in
that
a
true
Subiecte
should
hazard
his
lyfe
with
a
false
Traytor
.
The
Barron
sometimes
silent
,
sometimes
ouer
talcatiue
:
sometimes
lusty
,
sometimes
a
coward
:
so
that
standing
betweene
fraude
and
feare
,
he
fayntly
represented
an
offer
.
Vpon
this
,
the
King
procured
a
day
of
Combat
,
and
publyshed
throughout
the
whole
land
this
proclamation
that
followeth
.
I
EDWARD
,
by
long
sufferance
of
diuine
fortune
,
King
,
Prince
,
and
chiefe
Ruler
of
all
the
partes
of
England
.
&c.
Whereas
the
determined
purpose
of
the
noble
and
hardy
Gentleman
the
Lord
Barron
of
Buckingam
,
is
to
defende
himselfe
against
the
miserable
and
condemned
catiue
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
a
fable
for
the
worlde
to
gaze
vpon
,
an
infamous
wretch
of
notable
dishonour
,
harbouring
in
his
hart
long
Treasons
against
our
Person
,
Subiectes
,
and
dominion
:
in
excuse
of
his
leawde
lyfe
,
for
his
best
aduantage
,
challengeth
open
warre
against
my
good
Subiect
the
Lord
Barron
:
vnto
whose
request
,
in
fauour
of
auntient
prowesse
,
I
haue
yeelded
.
But
as
touching
the
trespasse
of
my
Queene
,
no
Combat
shall
preuaile
to
acquite
her
disgrace
,
nor
no
mortall
benefites
pardone
her
offences
.
Thus
fare
you
well
.
Edward
of
England
.
Thus
did
the
King
thinke
no
paynes
ill
bestowed
that
might
bring
her
in
hatred
of
the
common
people
,
and
also
very
much
thirsted
after
her
blood
,
through
the
perswasion
of
his
vnchast
Curtizan
faire
Casiope
,
that
euery
day
sealed
his
lippes
with
so
many
kisses
,
as
her
sute
could
neither-be
frustrated
,
nor
at
no
time
forgotten
.
The
Barron
,
and
he
likewise
,
roued
in
a
vnetie
of
mischiefes
,
and
did
priuely
hyer
a
kitchen
drudge
,
named
Trustie
Thomas
,
a
slaue
full
of
pouertie
,
yet
a
lusty
tall
fellow
,
glad
to
obtaine
the
Kinges
fauour
by
accomplyshyng
of
any
exployt
for
gayue
:
who
in
receipt
of
a
thousand
Crownes
,
tooke
vpon
him
the
name
and
person
of
the
Barron
of
Buckingam
,
to
fight
the
combat
with
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
being
of
equall
proportion
and
stature
.
This
Trustie
Thomas
had
free
libertie
to
make
choyce
in
the
Kinges
Armorie
,
fitting
him selfe
best
for
his
defence
in
the
surest
coate
of
Steele
,
and
the
like
passage
into
the
Kinges
Stable
for
the
choyce
of
the
most
couragious
Courser
.
Thus
furnished
in
most
seemely
order
,
for
the
gayne
of
money
,
was
content
to
commit
himselfe
to
the
mallice
of
fortunes
hate
.
The
Duke
of
Suffolke
on
the
other
side
,
as
well
furnished
in
all
respectes
,
nothing
doubted
the
good
successe
of
his
aduenture
,
being
borne
of
a
Noble
famelie
,
valiant
,
and
well
exercised
in
the
feates
of
Armes
,
reputed
for
the
goodlyest
Gentleman
in
the
vniuersall
countrey
of
England
:
so
laying
aside
his
courtly
delightes
vsed
in
the
blooming
time
of
his
youth
,
and
putting
on
inuincible
firme
and
approued
magnanimitie
of
body
,
he
came
the
nyght
before
the
Combat
should
be
tryed
,
to
Queene
Katherines
chamber
window
,
being
both
prisoners
in
one
Tower
,
nothing
but
a
wall
betweene
their
seberall
lodginges
,
where
as
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
sung
thefe
verses
folowing
.
Reuenge
,
ring
out
thy
knell
,
let
trueth
appeare
,
To
change
my
bitter
Springes
to
Waters
cleare
:
Goe
packe
Dispaire
,
thy
sight
I
doe
disdaine
,
My
Knightly
deedes
,
bright
Honour
shall
obtaine
.
Faint
Feare
,
dislodge
thee
from
my
noble
brest
,
Thou
art
no
friende
of
mine
,
nor
wished
guest
:
For
coward
Captaines
wins
no
stately
Fortes
,
Nor
rotten
Barke
arriues
in
pleasant
Portes
.
Assurance
tels
the
secrets
of
my
hart
That
Falsehood
shall
receaue
his
due
desart
:
Proud
Enuie
then
shall
not
obscure
the
light
,
Of
Honours
brightnesse
,
with
his
hatefull
spight
.
Oh
sacred
Heauens
,
accomplish
my
desier
!
That
I
may
quench
the
heate
of
enuies
fier
:
Whereby
my
sad
and
discontented
minde
,
May
gentle
solace
and
sweete
comfort
finde
.
This
sorrowfull
Songue
stroke
such
a
passion
to
the
Queenes
hart
,
like
one
despising
this
vaine
lyfe
,
that
she
desired
dolefull
death
hastely
to
finish
her
callamities
:
but
yet
bearing
a
Princely
minde
,
in
some
measure
to
requite
the
Dukes
curtesie
,
she
answered
him
with
these
Verses
following
.
Queene
Katherines
Song
to
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
.
Good
lucke
conduckt
thy
minde
vnto
content
,
To
conquer
him
,
that
is
so
lewdly
bent
,
To
set
deuision
betwixt
my
Lord
and
me
,
In
spoyling
of
my
blooming
chastetie
.
Stay
stately
Pride
,
climbe
vp
thy
steps
no
higer
,
But
soone
disgorge
thy
hot
ambitious
fier
:
For
if
Queene
Katherine
euer
lyued
so
,
Let
grauelled
Graue
be
cradle
for
her
woe
.
Suspition
,
leaue
to
vexe
such
worthy
wightes
,
Which
spendes
their
dayes
in
vertues
sweete
delightes
.
Nor
let
the
crucltie
of
spightfull
foes
Plant
vp
a
Docke
,
vnroote
a
smelling
Rose
.
Victorious
pome
will
shortly
seeke
to
crowne
,
Thy
princely
browes
with
garlandes
of
renowne
;
Which
euermore
shall
spring
and
florish
greene
,
For
thus
defending
of
a
wronged
Queene
.
In
this
,
or
such
lyke
maner
,
spent
they
the
night
away
,
to
the
exceeding
comfort
of
each
other
,
vntyll
the
radient
beautie
of
the
next
morning
began
to
glifter
in
the
easterne
worlde
,
which
caused
them
then
to
take
leaue
of
each
other
:
for
at
that
same
instant
,
the
Lord
high
Marshall
in
soueraigne
iustice
,
called
foorth
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
to
auow
his
prize
of
Combat
,
hauing
ten
olde
sage
Fathers
going
before
him
in
mourning
Gownes
,
and
white
Wandes
in
their
handes
,
lyke
one
that
went
to
fetch
away
the
golden
Garland
of
renowne
:
and
comming
to
the
place
appoynted
,
he
met
Trustie
Thomas
,
as
defendant
,
in
stead
of
the
proude
Barron
:
vnto
whom
,
with
a
boulde
courage
he
spake
as
followeth
.
Ah
thou
false
Traytor
,
spoyler
of
true
honour
,
thou
vnshamefast
butcher
of
innocent
blood
:
Can
nothing
quench
thy
insatiate
thirst
of
flatterie
,
but
the
guyltlesse
blood
of
Queene
Katherine
and
my
lyfe
:
I
doubt
not
,
but
thou
hast
purchased
a
iust
reuenge
for
thy
infamous
wickednesse
:
thou
at
this
present
seekest
after
honorable
fame
,
but
the
Gods
,
I
hope
,
will
cast
thy
corpes
vnto
the
most
vnworthyest
vermine
of
the
earth
to
pray
vpon
.
Thou
feedest
thy selfe
with
false
honour
,
but
perpetuall
shame
shal
be
thy
best
reward
.
Doth
not
thy
hart
throbbe
at
this
enterprize
?
And
doth
not
thy
conscience
declare
thy
impietie
?
It
would
be
a
most
seemely
thing
before
any
blow
passe
betwixt
vs
,
that
thou
with
sharpe
penaunce
reconcile
thy selfe
vnto
the
Gods
,
to
haue
a
comfortable
ioy
after
this
lyfe
:
for
there
is
such
inumcible
manhood
sealed
in
my
hart
,
that
the
reuenge
of
thy
blood
shall
acquite
thy
villanie
.
The
simple
slaue
in
hearing
this
knightly
resolution
,
was
so
amazed
,
that
with
more
willingnesse
he
was
ready
to
deliuer
vp
his
Marshals
staffe
,
then
defend
the
enterprise
taken
in
hand
.
But
the
Duke
with
valtant
magnanimitie
hastely
bucklde
on
his
enemie
,
blessing
him
with
sound
blowes
,
as
if
he
should
say
,
now
is
the
time
eyther
of
winning
or
loosing
honour
:
now
,
eyther
the
spot
of
dishonour
shall
blurre
me
,
or
the
shyning
light
of
renowne
cleare
me
for
euer
.
Within
sixe
blowes
the
Combat
ended
,
and
Trustie
Thomas
hanged
dead
in
his
steele
Saddle
,
grouelyng
and
fooming
,
with
his
necke
broken
:
whereat
the
people
with
wonderfull
admiration
shooted
,
and
caused
Drummes
and
Trumpets
to
be
sounded
,
in
signe
of
victorie
.
But
a
litle
before
the
Combat
began
,
the
King
gaue
the
Lord
Marshall
this
charge
,
that
if
the
Defendant
tooke
the
foyle
,
his
Armour
should
not
be
vnbuckled
,
nor
the
dead
coarse
discouered
,
except
it
were
in
his
presence
.
The
Marshall
as
well
to
accomplish
the
Kinges
pleasure
,
as
a
full
discharge
of
his
office
,
caused
the
sayd
dead
body
to
be
transported
before
the
King
:
vpon
whose
commaundement
,
certayne
Dominick
Fryers
(
sworne
to
the
same
effect
)
immediatly
burned
the
Peasaunts
filthy
corpes
,
promysing
them
rich
rewardes
,
and
great
promotions
for
their
faythfull
seruice
shewed
therein
.
CHAP.
4.
¶
How
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
was
banished
England
,
and
Queene
Katherine
condemned
to
die
,
with
other
thinges
that
happened
.
ALthough
the
victorious
Duke
in
plaine
troth
thought
his
enemie
dead
and
vanquishe
:
and
when
that
he
expected
releasement
,
he
had
his
calamities
the
more
increased
.
For
the
King
being
sturred
vp
with
indignation
against
him
,
and
fearing
least
this
bace
enterprize
should
be
bruted
to
the
eares
of
the
common
people
,
to
his
vtter
disgrace
and
infamie
,
he
gaue
this
requitall
to
the
victorious
Cumbitant
,
and
committed
by
vniuersall
proclamation
,
that
the
good
Duke
should
within
two
dayes
be
banished
not
onely
the
Court
,
but
also
the
boundes
and
territories
of
England
,
with
all
his
Lordly
possessions
,
landes
,
reuenewes
,
rentes
,
fees
,
inheritaunces
,
but
also
from
his
kindred
,
friendes
,
and
acquaintance
.
Which
heauie
and
vnprincely
iudgement
,
did
not
onely
trouble
his
thoughtes
,
but
greeued
the
hart
of
gratious
Queene
Katherine
:
that
although
she
was
not
destitute
of
many
singuler
good
friendes
,
yet
bereft
of
her
best
friende
,
the
onely
staffe
of
her
lyfe
:
the
losse
of
whose
company
,
stroke
such
an
extreame
sorrow
vnto
her
hart
,
that
she
lyued
lyke
one
without
a
soule
,
weary
of
the
worlde
,
and
all
other
pleasures
,
which
as
then
did
but
smally
comforther
.
The
Duke
of
Suffolke
an
houre
before
the
tune
of
his
departure
,
came
to
the
Queenes
lodging
to
take
his
leaue
:
who
gaue
him
a
Hoope
of
gold
,
round
fastened
to
his
necke
:
the
Posie
about
the
same
was
this
.
What
earthly
place
so
euer
harbours
thee
,
Till
death
depart
(
braue
Lord
)
remember
mee
.
The
which
being
clasped
about
his
necke
with
two
siluer
claspes
prepared
for
the
same
purpose
,
whereon
was
very
curiously
ingraued
two
bloody
Hartes
bounde
togither
with
a
True-loues-knot
:
with
many
interrupted
sighes
and
panting
stomackes
,
departed
they
the
one
from
the
other
,
to
the
great
griefe
of
all
the
beholders
there
pres●●●
.
But
within
an
houre
after
the
Dukes
departure
,
the
King
directed
his
letters
to
the
Lord
high
Marshall
,
that
within
two
dayes
following
,
the
Queene
should
be
beheaded
.
Which
heauie
newes
,
and
tyrannicall
furie
,
displeased
the
mindes
of
the
whole
Countrey
:
for
the
Kinges
vitious
lyfe
was
manifested
to
euery
man
;
besides
,
the
common
people
of
England
cast
their
eyes
to
the
multitude
of
false
flatterers
,
which
continually
haunted
the
Kinges
Court
,
euery
man
seruing
his
owne
will
,
glutting
in
pride
,
ambition
,
and
whoredome
:
reaching
and
rouing
after
stately
honour
,
seathering
and
warming
their
nesses
,
whistling
merry
songes
in
the
Kings
eare
,
and
feeding
the
world
with
pleasant
delightes
:
besides
that
,
many
desperate
Ruffines
were
harbored
about
the
Kings
person
,
whereby
euery
man
became
lawlesse
to
liue
as
he
lysted
:
yet
many
noble
Lordes
,
vertuous
,
wise
,
and
learned
Iudges
,
of
his
Maiesties
priuie
Counsell
,
inwardly
mourned
the
state
and
time
they
liued
in
,
by
which
meanes
the
commones
loues
were
drawne
to
the
Queenes
saueguard
,
so
that
she
wanted
no
prayers
,
good
will
,
nor
earnest
sute
for
her
deliuerance
:
the
more
her
forrowes
encreased
,
the
greater
was
she
fauaured
.
The
King
hereby
fell
to
extreame
hatred
,
thorow
his
vniuersall
Dominion
,
and
euery
man
redely
held
vp
his
weapon
to
pull
the
Princely
Scepter
out
of
his
handes
:
And
whilst
he
expected
the
Queenes
execution
,
a
present
message
was
returned
him
,
that
she
was
with
childe
,
(
all
which
being
true
)
yet
Ielosie
hauing
so
much
power
in
his
vnruly
senses
,
that
he
could
neither
alter
his
present
purpose
,
nor
find
a
resting
place
for
his
vnquiet
thoughts
,
nor
holsome
counsell
to
eure
the
dissease
of
his
minde
:
which
tiranicall
resolution
being
wholly
bent
to
the
confusion
of
the
gratious
Queene
,
chiesly
incensed
through
his
Concubines
smiling
beautie
:
on
whose
poysoned
sweetnes
he
now
baighted
&
sed
vpon
,
did
rather
apply
with
curtesie
to
her
humor
,
then
to
repriue
his
Queene
from
her
appoynted
execution
:
which
resolute
purpose
,
when
the
good
Earle
of
Sommerset
vnderstood
,
as
well
to
content
sundry
other
Lordes
,
being
partners
in
the
cause
,
as
the
purchasing
of
ciuell
tranquillety
to
the
Kingdome
,
made
this
oration
to
King
Edward
:
the
effect
following
.
¶
The
Earle
of
Sommersets
Oration
to
King
Edward
,
for
the
Queenes
repriue
.
NO
greater
ornament
of
glorie
(
most
mightie
King
)
may
adorne
your
royall
Maiestie
,
then
to
reuert
to
your
Princely
estate
,
magnificence
,
Iustice
,
and
clemencie
,
(
the
onely
standard
of
protection
which
all
your
Subiects
must
rest
vpon
)
therefore
let
wisedome
perswade
you
,
to
make
a
conquest
of
those
vices
,
which
in
the
eyes
of
the
word
are
apparent
,
for
your
Subiects
in
generall
,
repute
your
honourable
deare
spouse
and
vertuous
Queene
:
but
your
Princely
opinion
(
by
flatterers
enuie
)
is
hardly
perswaded
:
which
if
it
be
continued
,
will
in
the
end
greedely
vanquish
and
leaue
you
a
common
●●oty
to
the
world
.
And
further
more
,
your
common
people
grudge
that
your
worthy
Queene
,
hath
bin
so
nearely
examined
,
wroungfully
imprisoned
,
shamefully
araigned
,
hatefully
handled
,
cruelly
condemned
,
and
without
sparke
of
fauour
adiudged
to
die
.
Also
,
they
report
that
the
good
Du●●
of
Suffolke
(
being
victor
in
the
Combat
)
is
against
law
and
iustice
,
banished
the
land
.
All
these
strange
customes
(
most
noble
Prince
)
is
re●iculous
to
your
gouernment
,
and
offensiue
to
your
people
:
and
since
your
Queene
is
falsely
accused
,
misreported
and
belyed
,
it
were
a
royall
glory
,
onely
for
hope
of
posteritie
,
that
your
vertuous
Spouse
were
repriued
.
If
you
hacke
downe
the
tree
,
first
saue
the
fruie
:
If
you
graspe
vp
the
gallant
flowers
,
conserue
the
seedes
:
hereby
you
regard
your
dessent
,
royallice
your
name
and
familie
:
otherwise
you
ouerthrow
your
princely
Throne
,
Seate
,
and
Scepter
for
euer
.
As
I
protest
(
vttering
my
wordes
before
the
supernall
Iudge
of
heauen
)
that
the
chast
body
of
Queene
Katherine
is
pure
,
vntouched
from
all
despight
of
villanie
.
So
(
most
noble
Prince
)
take
her
againe
into
your
fauour
,
adorne
your
princely
Throne
with
her
beautifull
countenance
,
recouer
your
royall
name
,
weede
from
your
Court
these
faigned
flatterers
,
gaping
ambitiously
after
gaine
:
discouer
the
morninges
light
,
and
cut
the
loftie
hilles
that
ouershadow
your
pleasant
springs
.
Be
not
perswaded
,
but
that
the
fruite
which
her
body
hath
formed
,
from
your
Maiesties
loynes
first
issued
,
is
rightly
planted
,
and
of
a
perfect
of
spring
,
considering
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
(
vpon
waightie
affaires
)
was
sent
Ambassadoure
into
Normandie
in
the
time
of
your
Queenes
conception
,
long
before
,
&
many
weekes
after
.
Therfore
I
doubt
not
(
most
excellent
Prince
)
but
these
my
speaches
may
●●llifie
your
hart
,
and
procure
present
pittie
to
appeare
;
and
in
doing
so
,
humanetie
,
curtesie
,
and
noble
worthinesse
,
shall
illustrate
your
person
,
and
with
pregnant
pollecie
odorne
your
high
estate
and
Imnage
:
a
rare
blossome
sprouting
out
,
to
the
exceeding
comfort
of
all
England
.
The
King
being
resolued
(
at
this
the
Earle
of
Sommersets
request
,
with
the
perswasion
of
diuers
other
noble
men
)
to
graunt
her
repriuement
,
vntill
her
deliuerance
of
childbirth
were
accomplished
,
so
that
his
desier
in
putting
her
to
death
,
might
not
afterward
be
hindred
.
This
her
repriuement
did
not
so
much
reioyce
the
sorrowfull
heartes
of
the
English
Lords
,
as
it
bred
anger
and
discontentment
in
the
Barron
of
Buckingames
breast
,
who
imbouldned
Casiope
the
Kinges
Concubine
,
to
call
for
the
Queenes
secret
distruction
,
greatly
mistrusting
that
continuall
windes
would
at
length
shake
the
Tower
of
their
prosperiites
.
The
beautie
of
this
fayre
Casiope
seemed
in
the
eyes
of
King
Edward
a
little
earthly
Paradice
,
which
chaunged
his
inclinations
to
any
way
shee
pleased
:
for
what
soeuer
he
openly
promised
to
his
Nobles
,
would
he
secretly
denie
before
Casiope
:
and
what
soeuer
was
obtayned
contrary
to
her
good
liking
,
was
contiually
crossed
with
a
bad
successe
.
This
costly
magnificent
Lady
,
thus
vndermined
high
mountaines
,
builded
bridges
ouer
mighty
Seas
,
and
stood
as
a
sure
Irone
post
in
the
defence
and
safe
conduct
of
the
wicked
Barron
hir
professed
friend
,
by
art
of
wordes
winding
the
Kinges
mind
to
her
ready
bent
bow
,
and
with
beautyfull
countenance
,
indooting
his
concupicence
against
the
whole
dominion
of
England
:
all
which
,
as
a
manifest
trueth
on
a
time
approuedly
fell
out
,
for
after
that
sundrey
of
the
Queenes
friendes
ha●●eliuered
many
pittifull
petitions
for
her
enlargement
,
Casiope
secretly
betweene
them selues
,
taunted
the
King
as
followeth
.
To
what
solletary
wildernes
is
the
ripenes
of
your
pollecy
wandred
?
Shall
euery
bace
Subiect
,
hauing
aspired
some
promosion
,
rather
of
your
goodnes
,
then
their
owne
desartes
,
chaung
your
inclination
as
they
list
?
For
shame
my
Lord
,
put
on
a
princely
mind
,
put
off
this
bace
relenting
hart
:
let
Subiectes
penetrate
your
minds
not
as
they
lust
,
but
as
you
please
:
let
them
euermore
seeke
,
and
neuer
finde
the
secret
depth
of
your
hart
:
let
them
rather
grate
vpon
hard
Irone
,
then
soft
melting
waxe
:
my
counsell
herein
followed
,
and
put
in
practise
,
will
bring
speaciall
welfare
to
your
state
,
and
worthy
estimation
to
all
those
which
attende
your
person
.
Further
,
if
Queene
Katherine
be
the
pleasant
flower
that
euery
one
seeketh
to
smell
at
,
doe
but
vnroote
the
stalke
,
and
all
their
delightes
will
perish
.
And
to
conclude
,
her
life
will
be
your
death
,
and
my
dishonour
.
King
Edward
harkening
still
to
the
voyce
of
this
night
Rauen
,
which
dayly
crooked
for
the
sweetlife
of
the
vertuous
Queene
,
and
spent
much
commumcation
with
the
King
,
as
well
for
her
dispatchance
after
her
deliuerance
from
childbirth
,
as
conuaying
the
state
of
the
Kingdome
to
her
isshue
.
The
which
pricks
and
darts
of
mortall
shot
throwne
out
,
so
inwardly
greeued
the
Lordes
of
the
priuy
Counsell
,
that
they
departed
the
Kinges
court
,
resigned
their
offices
and
rich
fees
,
and
sould
their
Patrimonies
:
so
that
the
Kingdome
and
dominion
of
Brittaine
,
which
before
abounded
in
prosperous
felicitie
,
with
manyfould
orniaments
of
honour
,
was
now
ruinated
with
great
pouertie
,
wretchednesse
and
miserie
.
The
King
neglected
the
care
of
his
people
:
the
people
on
the
other
side
,
enuied
the
person
of
the
King
&
their
martchandize
and
trafficke
decayed
,
their
husbandry
foreslowed
,
ground
became
barron
with
out
tillage
,
&
miserable
famine
ouer
spred
the
whole
Countrey
:
the
which
consumed
breede
of
cattle
.
The
gold
,
siluer
,
and
treasures
,
was
incroached
among
the
wealthiest
subiectes
,
who
for
their
better
saffety
,
betooke
both
themselues
&
their
riches
vnder
forraine
gouernmentes
.
Presently
vppon
this
hurlie burlie
,
which
happened
throughout
the
whole
dominion
,
the
heauens
sent
this
good
fortune
to
Queene
Katherine
,
that
in
the
Lord
high
Marshals
house
,
she
was
deliuered
in
childbirth
of
two
Twins
,
a
Sonne
and
a
Daughter
,
being
two
children
of
an
excellent
beauty
,
which
by
the
Marshall
was
presented
to
King
Edward
:
who
although
vtterly
despising
the
Mother
,
yet
not
altogeather
choaked
in
ill
nature
toward
the
infantes
,
speedely
celebrated
a
soliemne
Christoning
,
and
caused
the
man
child
to
be
called
Edmond
,
and
the
woman
child
by
the
name
of
Siluia
:
the
which
being
performed
by
officiall
Priestes
,
as
the
manner
was
in
those
dayes
,
but
yet
not
in
such
a
royall
sort
as
Princes
childred
ought
to
haue
been
christoned
:
the
which
being
no
sooner
finished
,
but
the
King
(
kindled
in
fuery
against
the
Infantes
,
through
the
perswasion
of
fayre
Casiope
)
caused
young
Edmond
to
be
conuayed
into
the
Dukedome
of
Normandy
:
in
which
dominion
the
young
Infant
in
company
of
his
English
nurses
was
most
honourably
receiued
,
both
because
that
Duke
Robert
(
being
the
first
of
that
name
)
was
vnissued
,
as
being
a
Kings
child
of
royal
blood
,
thinking
that
the
Infant
being
naturally
brought
vp
,
would
proue
in
time
,
to
be
a
louing
Prince
to
his
people
,
and
a
careful
gouernour
amongst
them
.
Further
,
King
Edward
in
the
dispoyle
of
lawfull
posterety
from
his
dominion
and
Kingdome
,
likewise
transported
fayre
Siluia
with
her
English
nurses
into
Denmarke
,
where
very
honourable
intertaynement
and
comfort
was
giuen
in
the
Kinges
Court
,
who
through
age
and
time
gayned
woonderfull
estimation
:
for
as
nature
had
rewarded
her
with
excellent
beauty
,
so
fortune
forgot
not
to
replenish
her
with
wealthy
prosperety
,
who
from
her
childhood
in
Princely
orniamentes
proued
the
only
Parragon
of
Denmarke
:
where
now
we
will
leaue
her
for
a
time
to
her
good
fortunes
:
and
likewise
Prince
Edmond
in
the
Court
of
Normandie
,
and
discourse
of
the
miseries
that
happened
to
Queene
Katherine
,
after
her
deliuery
of
childbirth
.
CHAP.
5.
¶
How
Queene
Katherine
was
deliuered
from
prison
by
the
pollecy
of
the
Earle
of
London
,
being
her
owne
brother
:
and
what
happened
to
the
Lord
Marshall
after
her
departure
.
KIng
Edward
not
ending
his
Ielous
fuery
in
the
bannishment
first
of
the
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
the
young
infant
Edmond
his
ligitimate
procreation
,
and
fayre
Siluia
his
naturall
daughter
,
but
with
a
greater
determination
of
mischeife
,
presently
sent
letters
to
the
high
Marshall
,
giuing
him
a
spetiall
charge
for
the
Queenes
beheading
,
protesting
by
the
same
letters
,
what
peace
and
tranquillety
thereby
might
be
purchased
to
his
countrey
.
After
receipt
of
these
newes
,
the
night
before
her
death
anpoynted
,
Lord
Marshall
entered
the
Queenes
lodging
,
and
made
relation
of
his
charge
giuen
by
the
King
for
her
execution
:
to
whom
she
with
a
sober
countenance
answered
in
this
manner
.
My
Lord
Marshall
(
sayd
the
Queene
)
be
not
amazed
,
but
accomplish
your
duty
herein
:
nor
thinke
me
displeased
either
with
these
newes
from
my
deare
husband
,
or
with
you
the
messenger
:
for
I
am
fully
resolued
that
my
death
more
greeueth
you
,
then
my selfe
:
and
as
you
haue
been
euer
carefull
in
my
cause
,
so
it
is
no
little
sorrow
vnto
your
heart
I
know
,
in
that
my
blood
thorow
your
handes
must
be
imbrued
:
but
this
is
the
day
which
long
I
haue
looked
for
,
the
which
being
now
come
,
I
greatly
reioyce
that
my
miseries
must
be
finished
,
and
the
time
of
my
sorrowes
expired
:
But
yet
a
further
comfort
relieueth
my
afflicted
minde
,
in
that
young
Edmond
my
Sonne
,
is
transported
into
the
handes
of
the
Normaine
Duke
,
and
my
deare
daughter
Siluia
,
brought
vp
in
the
King
of
Denmarkes
Court
,
a
Prince
of
singular
vertue
and
honourable
fame
:
their
causes
being
thus
solicited
by
straungers
,
helped
of
vnknowne
men
,
the
vigilant
eye
of
fortune
cannot
chose
but
be
euermore
cast
vpon
them
.
And
now
for
you
my
Lord
Marshall
,
I
can
but
giue
thankes
for
all
curtedes
and
assuered
friendshippes
,
approuedly
shewed
to
me
in
these
my
heauy
woes
:
good
my
Lord
,
to
morrow
in
the
morning
,
when
death
hastneth
vpon
me
by
the
execution
of
your
office
,
departing
and
shaking
handes
with
this
life
,
let
it
not
be
tedious
or
ouersmartsome
vnto
me
,
but
rid
me
quickly
from
my
miferies
.
The
Lord
Marshall
,
and
the
vertuous
Lady
his
wife
being
as
then
present
with
the
Queene
,
bathing
their
cheekes
with
floodes
of
teares
,
spake
to
her
,
and
sayd
in
these
wordes
.
If
that
power
were
in
vs
(
fayre
Princesse
)
your
death
should
be
deferred
vntill
the
appoyntment
of
the
mightie
powers
,
whose
leasure
your
enemies
should
waight
vpon
:
but
we
fearing
the
vnhappy
successe
and
heauy
burthen
thereof
would
lodge
vppon
our
backes
,
and
incurre
the
Kinges
tyranicall
fury
and
wrath
.
No
,
no
,
my
deare
honorable
friendes
(
replyed
the
Queene
)
I
do
ioyfully
prostrate
my
lyfe
to
death
:
Why
should
I
hope
after
lyfe
,
sith
my
Lord
and
King
desireth
my
dispatchance
?
If
any
such
accedent
take
place
,
you
my
keepers
shall
taste
the
sower
,
and
feele
the
smart
thereof
.
If
I
escape
,
some
vniust
lot
will
fall
vpon
you
:
if
my
lyfe
through
your
good
meanes
should
be
saued
,
my
enemies
would
flesh
them selues
vpon
you
in
contempt
.
Nay
noble
Queene
(
sayd
the
Lord
Marshall
)
we
are
not
affrayd
to
aduise
our selues
in
defence
of
your
vertues
,
but
shall
in
time
to
come
rid
and
dispatch
these
bloody
varlets
from
the
boosome
of
this
land
,
which
now
is
made
vnhappy
by
their
cursed
flatterie
.
All
which
could
nothing
chaung
her
vertuous
intent
,
but
was
readely
prepared
in
minde
to
scale
the
immortall
throwne
of
heauen
.
Her
wroungfull
imprisonment
,
the
false
accusations
layde
agaynst
her
,
the
vnchast
lyfe
of
the
King
hir
husband
,
the
infinite
cares
which
she
was
wel
acquainted
with
:
al
which
gaue
full
instruction
,
and
perswaded
her
soule
to
prepare
for
a
heauenly
pilgrimage
.
Oh
(
sayd
the
sorrowfull
Queene
)
this
lyfe
is
a
wildernes
of
woe
,
I
do
abandon
my
whole
reputation
,
honours
,
children
,
friends
,
and
worldly
estimation
,
as
fading
shaddowes
.
Oh
sayd
she
,
my
enemies
hath
charged
me
with
adultry
,
but
the
Gods
know
me
a
blameles
innocent
,
as
yet
neuer
staynd
with
the
purple
spot
of
infamie
.
The
high
Marshall
and
his
wife
passing
all
the
whole
night
in
these
&
such
like
vertuous
speaches
,
addressing
and
framing
her
minde
to
the
euerlasting
voiage
,
where
she
purposed
to
rest
her
vnspotted
consience
,
and
to
weare
the
celestial
crowne
of
peace
,
prepared
for
all
such
chast
Ladies
wrongfully
accused
.
But
now
speake
we
againe
,
of
the
wicked
Barron
of
Buckingham
,
who
early
in
the
morning
came
with
a
mightie
band
of
warlike
Souldiers
,
appoynted
to
execute
the
Kinges
commaundement
,
besetting
the
Lord
Marshals
house
round
about
,
least
the
condemned
Queene
should
be
reschewed
from
death
:
and
being
thus
placed
in
the
streets
,
the
Earle
of
London
being
the
Queenes
owne
brother
,
accompanied
with
sertayne
other
Gentlemen
of
worth
:
all
which
attired
in
Friers
garmentes
,
craued
lisence
of
the
common
Souldiers
,
to
goe
and
talke
with
the
Queene
,
touching
the
estate
of
her
conscience
,
belonging
to
their
function
and
calling
,
that
through
their
good
Counsell
,
she
might
at
the
houre
of
death
be
well
aduised
,
lest
either
vanquished
with
impenitencie
,
or
throwne
downe
into
desperation
,
another
lyfe
should
be
tedious
and
full
of
torments
.
These
good
causes
earnestly
considered
by
the
Barron
and
his
Souldiers
,
obtayned
them
a
free
recourse
to
the
condemned
Queene
,
whom
they
presently
chaunged
from
Princely
orniaments
into
a
Friars
weede
,
and
so
concucted
her
through
the
whole
garrison
of
Souldiers
without
examination
or
suspition
:
and
being
in
this
secret
and
disguysed
maner
transported
to
the
end
of
the
towne
,
the
Earle
of
London
had
there
prepared
a
Wagon
,
which
speedely
caryed
her
onely
in
his
company
far
from
the
daunger
of
their
enemies
.
This
renowned
possecie
do
I
repute
for
a
vertuous
deede
,
in
deliuering
the
guiltlesse
Queene
from
the
handes
of
such
tyrants
:
an
action
worthy
to
be
registred
in
the
golden
booke
of
fame
,
to
shine
as
a
mirrour
to
all
ensuing
ages
.
Shortly
after
the
Queenes
departure
,
thus
succoured
by
her
beloued
brother
,
the
wicked
Barron
called
at
the
Marshals
gate
,
commaunding
him
to
bring
foorth
his
Prisoner
,
shewing
him selfe
as
though
he
were
greatly
displeased
and
stirred
vp
with
impassible
choller
,
chasing
and
fuming
as
though
he
would
teare
her
in
peeces
him selfe
,
saying
.
What
,
doe
you
daslie
with
the
Kinges
commaundement
?
Or
,
doth
it
grieue
her
to
leaue
this
transitorie
world
?
Is
this
the
patient
Queene
,
which
with
her
faigned
holynesse
hath
so
craftely
crept
into
the
fauour
of
the
common
people
?
Bid
her
not
feare
to
hoyst
vp
sayle
towardes
heauen
,
hauing
a
merrie
winde
:
bid
her
beholde
how
Angels
and
celestiall
troupes
stande
here
attending
,
safely
to
conduct
her
to
the
Gods
them selues
.
These
spightfull
tauntes
giuen
against
the
Queene
,
bred
such
a
furie
in
the
Lord
Marshals
wife
,
that
she
could
not
withhold
her
anger
any
longer
,
but
desperatly
stept
foorth
,
and
reuiled
the
Barron
in
this
maner
,
saying
.
Oh
thou
incarnate
Diuell
(
quoth
she
)
art
not
thou
content
to
wreake
thy
villanous
minde
by
wrongfull
accusation
against
the
good
Queene
,
but
thus
rediculously
to
abuse
her
miseries
?
(
She
vttered
a
thousand
such
dispightful
words
,
inforced
with
deadly
furie
and
fierie
choller
,
after
the
simple
sexe
of
woman
kinde
,
as
if
it
had
consisted
in
her
power
to
haue
punished
the
Barron
:
she
yeelded
so
much
to
wrathful
desires
,
that
no
law
could
haue
tamed
her
tongue
,
nor
restrayned
the
rage
of
her
irefull
indiscretion
:
)
Goe
seeke
the
gilelesse
Queene
(
sayth
she
)
it
is
vnknowne
to
my
Lord
and
husband
where
,
and
to
what
place
she
hath
attayned
.
I
verely
suppose
that
she
is
gon
downe
into
the
bottomlesse
pit
of
hell
,
to
seeke
such
a
wicked
varlet
as
thou
art
:
for
in
heauen
I
know
she
can
not
finde
thee
foorth
.
Well
(
sayth
the
Barron
)
bring
her
foorth
according
to
the
sentence
of
iudgement
,
or
els
the
smart
will
fall
vpon
your
shoulders
,
as
well
for
violating
the
lawes
of
our
land
,
as
contenming
the
Kings
will
and
pleasure
.
Vpon
these
wordes
,
certaine
of
his
most
trustiest
Souldiers
violently
rushed
into
the
Lord
Marshals
house
,
and
with
diligent
view
left
no
corner
vnsearched
:
and
at
last
perceiuing
it
a
manifest
trueth
,
that
the
Queene
was
secretly
conueyed
away
,
they
brought
present
word
backe
to
the
Barron
:
who
in
a
rigorous
boldnesse
,
caused
a
bloody
pursute
presently
to
be
made
:
when
the
Lord
Marshall
,
his
wife
,
children
,
and
femelie
,
were
put
to
sharpe
dint
of
sworde
,
and
hot
broyles
of
consuming
fire
,
saue
onely
one
of
his
chyldren
,
a
proper
faire
virgin
,
being
as
then
absent
from
her
father
and
mother
,
brought
vp
with
the
Earle
of
London
,
the
Queenes
owne
brother
;
who
after
,
was
trayned
vp
in
all
honourable
education
by
Queene
Katherine
:
whom
we
will
leaue
trauelling
like
banished
exiles
,
from
their
natiue
Countrey
.
The
Barron
after
this
murthersome
conflict
,
returned
safe
to
King
Edwardes
presence
:
who
not
onely
rewarded
his
valiant
seruice
with
gold
and
rich
treasures
,
but
indewed
him
with
great
laudes
and
reuenewes
:
and
besides
all
which
,
by
letter
of
Deputation
,
he
constituted
him
to
guide
and
gouerne
his
whole
dominions
.
CHAP.
6.
¶
How
King
Edwardes
Concubine
the
faire
Casiope
,
was
deliuered
of
a
bastard
Sonne
:
and
of
the
secret
fauours
betweene
her
and
the
Barron
.
THE
King
after
all
these
things
were
finished
(
as
you
heard
discoursed
in
the
former
Chapter
)
promised
securety
to
him selfe
,
princely
renowne
to
his
minion
Casiope
,
and
royal
aduancement
to
his
trustie
counsellour
the
Barron
of
Buckingham
:
yet
the
loue
of
Subiectes
,
a
guiltles
conscience
,
and
a
good
name
(
being
the
chiefe
groundworkes
of
peace
)
were
wanting
:
besides
which
,
the
King
vtterly
deceyued
in
his
owne
imaginations
,
for
that
penall
shame
began
euery
hower
to
knocke
at
his
gates
,
stayning
his
glory
with
iufamie
and
dishonour
.
Casiope
his
amorous
Lady
,
being
great
with
childe
,
the
which
shame
,
heauen
had
appoynted
for
the
common
sort
of
people
continually
to
talke
vpon
:
besides
which
,
the
Kinges
vile
affection
possessed
with
leawd
lust
,
neuer
glutted
,
but
dayly
shyning
in
the
sea
of
vaine
delectations
,
Casiope
on
her
behalfe
,
with
prouident
discretion
preuented
her
sodaine
downefall
:
for
,
perceiuing
the
Kinges
head
tossed
with
inconstant
inclinations
,
his
treadinges
loose
and
vnsure
(
on
whom
she
principally
depended
)
she
iudged
that
she
could
not
be
so
safely
imbarked
as
her
expectation
desired
,
and
therefore
dayly
wished
that
she
had
ended
well
,
where
she
had
so
ill
begun
.
Thus
tottering
vpon
a
broken
bridge
,
by
little
and
little
cast
her selfe
into
the
loue
and
good
liking
of
the
Barron
,
who
vsed
many
secret
contemplations
,
feeding
each
other
with
artificiall
fauours
,
as
opportunitie
happely
ministred
occasion
,
and
misspent
no
one
hower
in
the
day
without
yeelding
some
amorous
fruites
.
King
Fdward
being
vtterly
vnaquainted
with
these
vntrustie
trickes
,
neuer
mistrusted
the
cunning
conueyance
of
Casiopes
leawd
life
,
who
passed
foorth
her
time
so
warely
without
suspition
,
vntill
she
was
deliuered
:
the
which
being
fully
expired
,
was
to
the
King
a
secret
solace
,
but
an
open
shame
:
a
priuate
comfort
to
him selfe
,
but
a
publique
infamie
to
the
land
,
a
man
childe
was
brought
foorth
into
the
world
:
the
which
in
processe
of
time
,
approued
the
only
poyson
by
which
the
King
was
choaked
,
and
a
Caterpiller
through
whom
the
common
wealth
was
gnawne
.
But
alas
,
who
would
regard
&
esteeme
of
an
vnnaturall
Bastard
,
borne
in
a
sower
crab-stacke
,
and
vtterly
reiect
the
good
Children
of
Queene
Katherine
,
bred
and
nourished
in
the
sweete
Apple
iuyce
,
which
was
christoned
in
mourning
and
sorrowfull
teares
,
without
any
pompe
and
glory
?
Where
contrary
wise
this
Bastard
,
the
childe
of
a
Harlot
,
was
royally
receiued
into
the
Church
,
and
christoned
by
the
name
of
Vallentinus
,
with
such
sumptuous
magnificence
,
as
no
King
could
surpasse
in
such
a
case
:
for
many
were
the
triumphes
,
solemne
iustes
,
and
costly
banquetings
that
were
kept
in
the
English
Court
in
the
honour
of
his
name
:
the
which
for
breueties
sake
,
I
here
passe
ouer
,
least
I
should
be
a
hinderaunce
to
our
following
discourses
.
No
small
consolation
tooke
King
Edward
in
the
education
and
bringing
vp
of
this
filthy
young
venimous
vermine
Vallentinus
,
who
being
dazeled
in
dotage
,
immagined
winter
stormes
ouerpast
,
and
the
pleasant
ariuall
of
a
faire
sommer
to
be
at
hand
:
yet
was
he
nipt
and
attached
with
a
priuie
disease
in
his
browes
,
by
meanes
of
the
new
enioyned
loue
of
the
Barron
and
Casiope
:
whose
league
of
friendshyp
,
and
falshood
of
flatterie
,
so
blinded
the
Kings
conceites
,
that
no
mistrustfulnesse
of
their
lewde
sportes
could
arise
.
First
,
sweetning
his
mouth
with
the
braue
beautie
of
Casiope
.
Secondly
,
reioyceing
in
the
pollecie
of
the
Barron
.
And
thirdly
,
allured
with
the
hope
and
budding
foorth
of
the
bastardly
blossome
Vallentinus
:
the
which
I
compare
to
three
broken
Staues
,
whereon
the
King
tooke
his
chiefest
hold
.
What
a
long
relation
could
I
make
of
the
sport
and
dalliance
begunne
betweene
the
wicked
Barron
and
proude
Casiope
,
hauing
bended
the
King
to
their
bow
,
commaunding
the
whole
dominion
,
and
contr●wlyng
what
so
euer
seemed
best
to
them selues
.
And
whereas
in
the
dayes
of
vertuous
Queene
Katherine
,
the
Kinges
head
was
diseased
and
fraughted
with
the
rhewme
of
●elousie
,
so
now
his
Darling
,
&
cunning
Counceller
,
gaue
him
a
greater
glister
beneath
,
for
his
headaking
Kerchife
aboue
:
for
she
yeelded
her
body
&
loue
to
the
Barrons
pleasure
.
When
the
King
was
sleeping
,
they
would
be
waking
:
when
the
King
was
in
his
Chamber
,
they
were
handling
prettie
toyes
in
the
Closset
:
when
the
King
was
in
one
place
,
they
were
in
another
,
keeping
company
togither
,
discoursing
vpon
louers
lawes
.
In
which
pleasure
,
we
will
leaue
them
solacing
,
and
returne
to
Queene
Katherine
,
and
her
brother
the
Earle
of
London
.
CHAP.
7.
¶
Of
Queene
Katherines
ariuall
in
Normandie
,
and
of
her
entertainment
in
Duke
Roberts
Court
.
AFter
the
Queene
(
by
the
pollecie
of
her
brother
)
had
escaped
the
furious
intended
tyrranie
of
her
foes
,
accompanied
with
the
Lord
Marshalles
Daughter
tending
and
waighting
vpon
the
Queenes
person
,
with
great
care
and
indeuour
tooke
Shippe
,
hauing
a
merrie
winde
,
hoysted
vp
sayle
towardes
Normandie
:
into
which
countrey
,
her
young
sonne
Prince
Edmond
,
was
before
conueyed
and
ariued
.
The
tediousnesse
of
this
iourney
was
not
so
much
troublesome
,
as
the
dangerous
dashing
vpon
craggie
Rockes
hazarded
their
liues
:
but
yet
Fortune
in
the
middle
of
their
miseries
fauouring
them
,
cast
them
happely
vpon
a
fruitefull
Iland
bordering
vpon
the
confines
of
Normandie
:
in
which
place
a
right
noble
Knight
inhabited
,
gouerning
the
people
with
great
wisedome
:
into
whose
presence
being
no
sooner
come
,
but
the
Earle
of
London
,
in
the
name
of
the
Queene
and
Lord
Marshals
daughter
,
spake
to
the
Knight
as
followeth
.
Most
worthy
man
(
sayd
he
)
we
being
strangers
to
thy
people
and
Iland
,
by
vnhappy
misaduentures
are
compelled
hither
to
make
our
refuge
,
and
to
seeke
friendshyp
among
you
:
for
I
am
to
let
you
vnderstande
,
that
here
is
the
renowned
Queene
Katherine
of
England
,
whose
fame
(
I
know
)
hath
full
often
sounded
in
your
eares
:
the
which
distressed
Queene
,
long
vexed
with
captiuitie
,
arraigned
,
and
condemned
to
die
,
but
yet
(
by
good
fortune
)
escaping
the
subtile
snares
of
her
enemies
,
hath
betooke
her selfe
to
banishment
:
and
now
hardly
auoyding
shypwracke
,
committeth
her selfe
to
your
mercie
.
She
hath
not
left
her
natiue
soyle
for
any
euill
desart
,
leawd
behauiour
,
or
misgouerning
her
lyfe
,
for
she
is
a
continent
and
chast
Matron
,
bearing
the
glory
of
vertue
in
her
countenance
:
but
yet
a
cruell
and
vniust
woe
chaunced
vnto
her
young
dayes
,
to
become
the
nuptiall
Spouse
of
a
voluptuous
vnchast
King
,
who
more
esteemed
the
false
desembling
face
of
a
Harlot
,
then
the
chast
beautie
of
this
vertuous
Queene
:
and
yeelded
more
credite
to
the
vniust
accusation
of
a
flattering
Peere
,
then
to
the
pittifull
teares
of
this
honourable
Person
:
whose
lyfe
from
her
infancie
hath
hitherto
continued
without
blemish
:
Therefore
now
we
hope
,
that
mercy
waighteth
in
the
gates
of
the
righteous
,
euer
to
relieue
the
distressed
trauellers
.
This
being
sayd
,
the
Knight
hauing
a
good
lyking
to
the
bright
honour
which
vertuously
appeared
in
their
faces
,
vouchsafed
to
giue
them
a
fauorable
entertainement
:
and
according
to
the
worthines
of
honourable
strangers
,
he
reteiued
them
with
great
kindnes
:
who
not
refusing
his
willing
offer
,
with
great
humilitie
thanked
his
curtesie
,
esteeming
themselues
in
aduersitie
,
as
pilgrimes
throwne
vppon
strange
rocks
of
hard
fortune
,
were
exceeding
glad
of
friends
and
friendship
.
This
bountifull
Knight
more
to
honour
their
estates
,
commanded
the
best
and
wealthiest
subiectes
within
the
Iland
to
attend
their
persons
,
and
to
prouide
all
necessaries
for
their
needfull
want
:
besides
which
,
the
most
plesantest
buildings
within
the
Iland
were
appointed
for
their
lodgings
:
who
after
long
recreation
,
refreshing
their
wearie
miseries
with
good
ease
,
they
craued
libertie
to
depart
.
But
at
the
time
of
their
abode
in
the
Iland
,
the
Knight
was
grieued
with
a
most
strange
disease
,
the
which
most
cruelly
tormented
him
through
all
the
parts
of
his
body
:
but
Queene
Katherine
taking
a
view
of
the
same
,
saide
vnto
him
in
these
words
.
Your
disease
good
Sir
,
is
euidentlie
knowne
vnto
me
,
being
already
partly
acquainted
with
the
nature
therof
.
I
am
no
professed
Phisition
,
nor
Chirurgion
:
but
yet
if
it
stand
with
your
good
pleasure
to
aduenture
your selfe
vppon
my
simple
skill
,
(
although
a
stranger
)
yet
will
I
shewe
my
vttermost
experience
in
the
recouery
of
your
health
.
Most
renowned
Queene
(
replied
the
Knight
)
I
can
but
thanke
you
for
your
curteous
offered
friendship
:
but
if
my
health
may
bee
recouered
by
your
knowledge
,
I
shall
obtaine
a
greater
benefit
from
your
good
grace
,
then
euer
yet
could
bee
ministred
by
any
mortall
creature
.
I
haue
to
my
great
cost
and
charge
,
intertained
many
good
and
learned
phisitions
and
chirurgions
,
from
sundry
famous
places
of
the
world
:
yea
men
of
renowned
credit
haue
trauailed
vnto
me
,
yet
hitherto
I
neuer
could
,
neither
by
wisdome
,
cunning
,
learning
,
policy
,
nor
practise
,
be
remedied
or
eased
.
But
nowe
such
was
the
vertue
and
grace
of
this
noble
Queene
,
that
although
she
was
of
royall
bloud
,
yet
the
fulsomnesse
of
the
disease
neither
was
lothsome
vnto
hir
,
neither
the
daintinesse
which
her
degree
might
require
,
did
cause
her
to
refuse
any
paines
for
accomplishment
of
his
health
:
but
so
she
applied
her
medicines
within
and
without
,
of
such
vertue
&
effect
,
that
in
short
time
the
knight
recouered
not
onely
his
health
,
but
liued
long
after
a
very
perfect
and
sound
man
.
The
knight
hauing
thus
made
a
triall
of
the
incomparable
vertue
,
wisedome
,
learning
,
and
modest
chastertie
of
this
noble
Queene
,
caused
hir
renowne
to
bee
published
in
many
forraigne
nations
,
and
rewarded
her
with
great
treasures
:
likewise
,
appointing
a
sure
ship
,
trusty
Marriners
,
with
great
store
of
prouision
,
for
hir
passage
into
Normandy
:
likewise
,
hee
writ
a
letter
to
Duke
Robert
,
touching
hir
rare
and
excellent
orniaments
of
nature
:
yea
,
what
a
renowned
woman
his
country
was
like
to
inioy
,
wishing
that
his
fortune
had
beene
worthy
of
so
blessed
and
good
a
creature
to
haue
dwelled
amongst
his
people
.
Thus
this
good
Queene
,
hir
deare
brother
,
with
the
residue
of
her
honorable
company
,
passed
foorth
their
iourney
towards
Normandy
;
where
,
and
into
which
countrey
,
she
was
royally
enterteined
of
Duke
Robert
,
his
Dutches
,
and
principal
estates
of
that
nation
,
and
receiued
fauour
of
all
other
sortes
of
people
for
hir
curteous
behauiour
.
In
this
country
,
her
orniaments
of
skill
,
wortinesse
of
vertue
,
and
studious
learning
,
so
increased
,
flowed
,
and
abounded
,
whereby
she
was
able
to
dispute
,
talke
,
and
reason
with
the
learnedst
physicion
in
the
world
:
for
she
was
so
much
guided
by
wisdomes
lore
,
that
many
forraine
princes
came
to
reuerence
her
:
besides
,
common
people
full
of
sundry
diseases
,
homaged
to
her
person
for
remedy
and
ease
,
some
for
one
grife
,
some
for
another
:
and
to
conclude
,
there
is
no
disease
which
this
gratious
Queene
tooke
in
hand
,
but
hir
excellent
knowledge
gaue
health
and
soundnesse
.
Oh
how
many
Princes
and
great
Monarks
of
the
world
were
content
to
stoope
(
for
health
of
body
)
to
this
worthy
woman
.
What
wonderfull
treasures
and
rich
iewels
were
daily
laide
before
hir
,
sent
from
all
the
parts
of
the
earth
,
in
respect
of
hir
magnificence
,
renowned
same
,
and
admirable
credite
,
beeing
vniuersallie
spread
through
all
the
dominions
of
the
world
.
CHAP.
8.
¶
How
King
Edward
grew
in
misliking
with
his
faire
minion
,
and
her
secret
friend
the
wickked
Barron
:
and
howe
by
their
meanes
he
was
deposed
,
and
constrained
to
forsake
his
natiue
countrey
.
THE
fame
of
Queene
Katherines
glory
,
(
obtained
in
the
Dukedome
of
Normandy
)
did
more
depresse
and
martyr
her
enemies
in
England
,
then
if
she
had
made
a
conquest
of
them
with
forty
thousande
men
of
warre
:
the
which
her
good
successe
abroad
(
being
fauored
in
a
forraine
nation
)
did
not
a
little
fret
the
cankered
stomackes
of
her
foes
at
home
,
as
King
Edward
her
husband
,
Casiope
,
and
the
Barren
of
Buckinggam
,
which
greatly
repented
themselues
that
better
forecast
had
not
setled
in
their
heades
,
in
the
preuention
of
such
mischiefes
,
by
the
Queenes
prosperous
euent
like
to
ensue
.
Casiope
inioying
the
lour
,
pleasure
,
and
faithful
seruice
of
hir
deare
friende
the
Barron
,
beginneth
nowe
to
fadome
the
deepest
waters
,
and
to
blind
the
kinges
eyes
with
the
foggy
mistes
of
her
deceitfull
smiles
:
who
as
an
instrument
of
folly
,
was
drawn
to
what
purpose
his
Minion
pleased
,
first
framed
by
the
Barrons
fraudulent
deuises
,
ceassed
not
more
and
more
to
vse
their
wits
in
the
best
manner
they
could
to
maintaine
their
vniust
loues
:
and
being
in
a
feare
,
least
their
leude
lecherie
should
come
to
the
kings
eares
,
the
which
not
a
little
tormented
their
thoughts
,
aduised
themselues
by
priuy
consultation
togither
,
howe
they
might
best
procure
their
owne
safety
.
So
by
subtile
science
of
wit
,
they
inueigled
the
King
to
deliuer
vp
the
title
of
his
gouernement
and
dominion
to
yong
Valentinus
his
bastard
sonne
:
all
which
being
brought
to
vnhappy
passe
,
Casiope
and
the
Barren
her
louer
,
for
recreation
sake
,
might
the
more
safer
vse
their
pleasant
delights
in
the
Kinges
presence
without
suspition
,
as
though
no
blemish
were
in
beautie
,
nor
lewdnesse
in
loue
.
The
King
being
thus
deposed
,
many
times
sitting
like
a
dizard
,
desolately
left
to
himselfe
,
putting
a
by
,
receauing
onely
by
the
yeare
sixe
thousand
crownes
,
and
the
wicked
Barron
appointed
the
lord
Protector
of
young
Valentinus
:
who
was
brought
vp
according
to
his
wished
desire
.
King
Edward
now
being
discharged
from
the
heauy
burthen
of
a
crowne
,
early
in
a
summers
morning
(
to
refresh
his
dulled
wits
)
roade
forth
into
a
faire
greene
Forrest
,
forsaking
his
company
and
traine
,
and
prauncing
his
courser
somewhat
aside
,
by
chance
he
met
with
a
poore
country
pesant
,
being
a
she
apheard
by
profession
:
whom
he
saluted
on
this
manner
.
Good
morrow
fellow
(
saide
the
King
)
whether
art
thou
trauelling
:
Good
sir
(
answered
the
shepheard
)
I
am
trauelling
to
London
about
necessary
businesse
.
But
tell
me
(
quoth
King
Edward
)
doest
thou
know
the
King
of
this
land
?
No
by
my
troth
(
said
he
)
I
knowe
him
not
,
neither
do
I
care
if
I
neuer
do
,
except
his
maners
were
better
,
and
his
wits
more
surer
.
What
(
saide
the
King
)
doth
his
manners
indammage
or
hurt
thee
?
No
(
said
the
shepheard
)
but
he
hurts
both
himselfe
,
his
subiects
,
and
his
whole
country
.
The
King
being
in
wardly
chafed
hereat
,
could
hardly
gouerne
nature
,
or
tie
vp
affection
,
to
heare
the
poore
countrey
fellow
reckon
vp
his
abhominable
life
:
but
yet
dissembling
a
little
longer
,
he
asked
him
what
reportes
the
countrey
did
giue
out
of
Lady
Casiope
.
Marry
(
saide
the
shepheard
)
some
say
that
she
is
a
lewde
Curtezan
,
and
one
that
hath
almost
vndon
this
noble
fruitful
dominion
,
which
for
many
hundred
yeeres
hath
beene
vertuously
guided
,
now
ouerthrowne
by
Casiope
:
whose
wicked
counsell
first
procured
the
banishment
of
Queene
Katherine
and
hir
children
,
and
now
hath
vsurped
the
crowne
and
scepter
to
Valentinus
hir
bastard
sonne
:
besides
which
,
the
King
is
vsed
as
a
fiddle
to
plaie
vpon
:
for
the
Barron
of
Buckingham
day
and
night
gathereth
the
choisest
flowers
out
of
his
Mafesties
garden
:
the
which
is
no
small
griefe
to
his
subiects
hearts
.
More
would
the
shephearde
haue
spoken
,
had
not
King
Edward
interrupt
him
in
this
manner
.
Good
fellowe
(
quoth
he
)
knowe
,
that
I
my selfe
am
the
king
,
charging
and
commaunding
thee
vpon
paine
of
death
,
to
giue
attendance
at
the
court
,
there
to
auow
and
vtter
at
large
the
same
words
to
Casiope
,
which
thou
hast
here
already
discouered
to
me
,
I
wil
be
thy
safeguard
from
al
barmes
,
and
wil
richly
reward
thy
paines
therein
taken
.
Thus
in
a
discontented
humour
,
departed
the
King
after
his
company
:
and
being
returned
backe
to
the
court
,
there
he
found
the
Shepheard
according
to
his
commandement
giuen
,
who
seemed
to
play
his
part
before
king
Edward
,
in
the
presence
of
Casiope
,
counterfeiting
the
gesture
of
an
Iddiot
,
pleasantly
conceited
himselfe
to
expell
fantasticall
imaginations
from
the
kings
braines
.
My
Lord
(
saith
the
Shepheard
)
you
haue
a
faire
pond
,
replenished
with
daintie
fish
,
preserued
for
your
own
taste
,
but
yet
deceitfully
robbed
by
night
,
by
one
which
flattereth
you
by
day
.
Your
white
Swan
,
swimming
in
a
most
pleasant
Riuer
,
preserued
by
you
,
but
is
pluckt
by
others
.
Your
delicate
Plumb-tree
,
daintily
kept
for
your
owne
tooth
,
hath
hir
boughs
broken
by
a
priuy
practiser
:
but
such
is
your
liberal
and
franke
hart
(
I
know
)
that
if
within
your
garden
a
sweet
posie
be
gathered
,
and
sufficient
smels
left
behind
to
refresh
your
sences
,
it
wil
be
no
griefe
at
al
:
for
things
vnseene
of
the
eie
,
is
not
rewed
of
the
heart
.
This
biting
talke
of
the
Shepheard
,
so
opened
the
kings
blind
sences
,
that
he
began
to
haue
cleare
knowledge
of
Casiope
and
the
Barrons
violent
villanies
,
whereby
he
fel
into
witles
fury
,
watching
the
gates
while
the
City
is
on
fire
:
and
thought
to
subdue
Casiopes
inclination
,
when
he
himselfe
was
slaine
before
:
so
great
was
his
griefe
,
that
he
began
to
curse
and
sweare
,
wishing
himselfe
dead
:
and
reputed
himselfe
aboue
all
others
,
the
most
accursed
,
in
giuing
credite
to
false
Curtezans
,
and
dissembling
Paracites
.
Well
(
saieth
Casiope
)
if
my
sight
and
company
haue
glutted
and
pampered
your
affections
,
I
pray
you
make
speedy
deuoydance
of
me
.
I
wil
not
impaire
your
honour
.
I
was
neuer
accounted
a
lewde
liuer
,
before
I
met
with
a
violent
leacher
:
and
if
you
so
gladly
desire
to
forsake
my
societie
,
I
must
brooke
and
digest
your
hard
nature
in
the
same
,
as
well
as
I
may
.
These
furious
stormes
ouerpassed
,
the
Barron
the
next
night
following
,
inticed
the
Sheapheard
to
a
secret
corner
of
the
kings
pallace
,
where
he
thrust
a
sharpe
sword
through
his
hart
,
and
buried
the
pesants
carcasse
within
a
stinking
dunghill
:
the
report
whereof
pierced
the
kings
eares
with
extreame
griefe
:
but
seeing
helpe
preua●●ed
not
,
as
a
man
plagued
in
his
head
,
&
diseased
in
his
browes
,
he
vpbraided
Casiope
of
falshood
and
ingratitude
in
this
manner
.
If
that
wise
and
learned
councell
in
times
past
,
coulde
haue
reformed
my
wilfull
follies
,
I
had
not
nowe
bin
ouerturned
.
If
I
had
been
guided
by
the
example
of
the
gentle
Reed
,
bending
with
euery
wind
hither
and
thither
,
I
had
now
like
the
proude
stately
Dake
(
ouer
high
in
mine
owne
conceite
)
beene
cast
vp
by
the
rootes
.
The
same
shamefull
scorne
now
happeneth
to
me
,
as
to
the
simple
Goate
,
who
meeting
with
the
crafty
Foxe
,
drinking
both
togither
in
a
deepe
ditch
,
where
the
Foxe
by
faire
wordes
procured
the
Goate
with
his
hornes
to
lift
him
vp
to
the
high
bankes
:
the
simple
Goate
bele●uing
ouermuch
to
the
Foxes
faire
words
,
performed
his
request
,
and
left
himselle
still
in
the
ditch
,
not
knowing
how
to
escape
,
wishing
that
he
had
better
considered
before
hand
,
what
would
follow
after
:
so
surely
,
if
gouernement
in
the
beginning
had
foreseene
the
ende
,
I
had
not
now
beene
subiect
to
your
wicked
,
false
,
and
disguised
dissimulations
.
Haue
I
hatred
in
place
of
friendship
?
hath
familiarity
brought
contempt
?
and
hath
beneuolence
nursed
ingratitude
?
I
haue
neglected
all
mens
counsels
,
to
preferre
and
aduance
your
reputations
.
I
haue
banished
wife
and
children
,
forsaken
friendes
and
subiectes
,
stripped
my selfe
from
all
honors
,
and
resigned
my
crowne
&
scepter
into
your
handes
,
onely
to
satisfie
your
willes
and
pleasures
in
all
points
:
yet
for
all
this
,
brute
beasts
,
and
foules
of
the
ayre
,
in
all
thankfulnesse
and
humanitie
,
excell
your
sauadge
natures
.
In
this
maner
King
Edward
sought
to
reobtaine
the
wonted
fauour
&
good
lyking
of
Casiope
and
the
Barron
,
who
keeping
still
silence
,
in
a
great
snuffe
departed
the
Kinges
Pallace
to
an
other
house
,
which
they
inioyed
in
the
right
of
Vallentinus
the
Bastard
:
and
being
there
setled
,
the
Barron
writ
this
Letter
backe
to
the
King
,
as
followeth
.
The
Barron
of
Buckingams
Letter
sent
to
King
Edward
.
YOVR
euill
desertes
,
and
franticke
fashions
,
hath
so
highly
offended
your
dearest
friendes
,
that
they
haue
refused
at
any
time
hereafter
,
to
hazard
credite
,
life
,
and
goodes
,
in
your
behalfe
:
And
since
you
haue
forgot
the
right
rule
of
honest
life
,
abandoning
the
spetiall
care
of
the
Common-wealth
(
which
inconueniences
grow
through
your
negligent
slouthfulnesse
)
our
purpose
is
therefore
to
haue
it
reformed
:
And
now
since
fortune
hath
appoynted
me
an
honorable
Magistrate
,
in
the
right
of
virtuous
Vallentinus
,
I
am
readely
bent
to
abridge
and
cut
off
your
licentious
minde
and
carelesse
lyuing
:
For
as
you
haue
dispossessed
your selfe
from
princely
gouernement
of
the
Realme
,
so
we
must
constraine
you
either
to
liue
as
a
priuate
person
,
or
els
by
banishment
inforce
you
to
forsake
the
land
,
whereby
we
may
the
better
appease
homebred
mutenies
,
represse
the
practises
of
forraigne
foes
,
and
preuent
the
pollecies
of
Queene
Katherine
and
her
councellours
:
all
which
,
concerneth
the
establishment
of
that
famous
young
Prince
Vallentinus
.
And
whereas
you
,
hoping
after
the
loue
of
Casiope
,
whom
you
haue
long
time
wrongfully
abused
,
and
made
a
poynting
stocke
for
the
worlde
to
wonder
at
;
but
now
,
repenting
of
her
former
amisse
,
she
determineth
to
retyer
from
infamie
,
and
to
match
in
honest
marriage
with
my
person
,
being
the
onely
suer
staffe
of
her
vertuous
life
:
Therfore
(
to
be
short
)
take
this
choise
vnto
your selfe
,
either
to
depart
quietly
into
some
forraigne
region
,
or
else
to
liue
a
priuate
life
in
your
owne
countrey
,
not
once
comming
within
the
sight
of
our
royall
Court
:
Therefore
if
wisdome
may
rightly
perswade
you
,
I
do
not
then
doubt
,
but
that
you
will
accept
that
good
ordinary
way
,
which
shall
bring
you
the
best
securitie
:
I
end
.
By
me
the
Lord
Protector
of
the
young
Prince
Vallentinus
.
AFter
King
Edward
had
perused
these
sawcy
and
malapert
letters
,
he
stayed
and
breathed
vpon
the
Barrons
former
flatterie
:
and
seeing
this
suddaine
change
of
louers
,
he
often
times
sighed
,
remembring
in
what
ouersight
hee
was
led
&
allured
,
iniuriously
defaming
and
banishing
his
deare
beloued
Queene
,
cruelly
murthering
the
Lord
high
Marshall
,
his
wife
and
children
,
and
himselfe
vtterly
dispoiled
,
ouer
much
trusting
to
the
trifling
pleasures
of
an
harlot
,
and
leaning
too
much
to
the
false
allurements
of
a
traiterous
flatterer
:
thorough
whose
wicked
perswasions
hee
sent
his
naturall
children
to
the
aduentures
of
rouing
fortune
:
so
also
hauing
resigned
the
keyes
of
his
kingdome
to
a
bastardly
miscreant
,
the
sonne
of
a
wicked
strumpet
:
all
which
did
not
so
much
grieue
his
tormented
mind
,
as
in
that
he
was
made
a
iesting
stocke
to
the
world
,
degenerated
from
ioyall
bloud
:
such
was
his
distresse
,
that
his
Noble-men
,
graue
Councellers
,
and
valiant
Captains
forsooke
him
,
and
〈◊〉
him
to
his
misery
;
and
his
poore
and
needie
Subiectes
tried
out
for
due
vengeance
vpon
him
.
Thus
finding
no
consolation
in
his
extremity
,
hee
thus
conferred
with
himselfe
.
Oh
(
said
King
Edward
)
if
I
stay
within
the
territories
of
my
kingdome
,
euerie
man
will
scorne
my
wretched
plight
:
of
whom
(
with
reasonable
requests
)
it
may
neither
craue
mercy
nor
succour
,
hauing
so
vniustly
wronged
my
countrey
with
an
euerlasting
plague
:
besides
that
,
my
mified
life
is
offensiue
,
odious
,
and
disdainfull
to
the
company
of
men
.
Howe
may
I
expect
safety
amongst
my
countrimen
,
being
a
King
of
royal
bloud
,
turned
from
my
gouernment
,
bereft
from
dignities
,
honour
and
renowne
,
and
forced
to
take
a
stipend
of
sixe
thousande
crownes
towards
my
maintenance
,
payde
by
the
discretion
of
flattering
traytors
?
The
King
vpon
these
inwarde
piercing
sorrowes
,
departed
his
dominion
and
natiue
countrey
,
and
without
company
like
a
Pilgrime
,
wandered
to
what
place
fortune
had
appointed
,
and
his
own
follies
deserued
:
so
trauelling
many
daies
through
strange
countries
,
it
was
his
chance
to
ariue
in
the
Dukedome
of
Brouswick
,
where
being
destitute
of
money
,
he
was
forced
to
sell
all
the
rings
,
chaines
,
iew●●s
and
other
orniaments
of
gold
,
whereby
in
a
short
time
he
consumed
all
that
hee
had
,
and
was
compelled
through
penury
and
want
,
to
craue
the
good
will
of
well
disposed
people
:
but
euery
one
beholding
his
gallant
coate
vpon
his
backe
his
costly
hat
vpon
his
head
,
and
his
embrodered
hose
vpon
his
legs
,
esteemed
him
some
stout
runnagate
,
which
more
delighted
in
wandering
wildnesse
,
then
in
good
serture
:
or
,
one
that
was
sent
abroad
as
a
Spye
,
to
view
the
commodities
of
their
lande
and
countrey
,
and
therefore
would
no
man
extende
friendship
nor
reliefe
towarde
his
comfort
.
Being
thus
a
pretty
while
pinched
with
hunger
and
want
,
and
consideting
that
his
iust
plague
happened
through
the
deserts
of
his
former
life
,
he
thought
with
himselfe
what
good
way
might
be
best
taken
in
so
extreame
a
misery
;
either
with
shame
to
make
knowne
what
hee
was
,
or
else
to
liue
in
hope
of
some
better
chance
in
time
to
come
:
and
being
in
a
strange
countrey
,
he
was
the
lesse
ashamed
of
his
foule
reproach
:
and
farre
from
acquaintance
,
his
calamities
became
the
more
hardoned
.
So
early
in
a
morning
trauelling
on
his
way
,
in
hope
of
a
batter
recouery
,
he
met
by
chance
with
an
old
poore
wretched
beggar
,
hauing
a
simple
patcht
cloake
vpon
his
backe
,
the
which
the
king
desired
to
exchange
for
his
costly
vestures
:
a
couenant
betwixt
them
both
quickly
concluded
,
&
being
both
contented
,
they
stripped
themselues
to
their
naked
skinnes
:
the
King
putting
on
the
beggars
poore
patched
orniaments
,
and
contrariwise
the
poore
beggar
addressing
himselfe
in
the
Kings
costly
apparell
,
and
so
departed
one
from
the
other
,
without
any
further
conference
.
Thus
after
leaue
beeing
taken
,
the
King
in
his
simple
weedes
laied
him
downe
vpon
the
greene
grasse
,
he
opened
the
beg●ars
budget
or
scrip
,
and
found
such
good
store
of
browne
breade
,
hard
cheese
,
and
bacon
,
that
he
very
well
relieued
his
terrible
hunger
:
after
which
good
banquet
,
he
arose
vp
&
went
vnto
a
cleere
spring
neere
adioyning
,
&
drunke
such
an
insatiable
drought
as
though
it
had
beene
some
Horse
or
Muse
after
dry
prouender
.
Thus
after
King
Edward
had
well
refreshed
his
hunger
,
and
satisūed
his
greedy
guts
,
almost
clunged
together
for
lacke
of
foode
and
sustenance
,
he
passed
further
into
the
countrey
,
continuing
still
this
course
of
life
,
and
trauelling
from
place
to
place
,
he
was
at
last
,
according
to
the
straight
lawes
of
that
countrey
,
apprehended
and
taken
for
a
vagarant
runnagate
:
where
,
beeing
brought
before
the
Maiestrates
,
he
was
imprisoned
,
whipped
,
&
rigorously
punished
.
About
some
two
months
after
these
sharpe
conslicts
,
and
grieuous
punishments
,
a
vertuous
gentleman
of
that
countrey
,
resorting
by
chance
vnto
the
common
prison
,
to
relieue
the
wretched
estate
of
miserable
Captiues
,
hee
by
fortune
cast
his
eye
vpon
the
King
,
which
as
then
lay
fast
fettered
in
chaines
,
of
whom
he
demanded
what
countrey
man
he
was
?
who
answered
,
that
he
was
an
English
man
borne
,
imprisoned
neither
for
treason
,
murther
,
nor
theft
,
but
only
because
he
being
a
stranger
,
was
inforced
to
craue
reliefe
of
well
disposed
people
.
The
Gentleman
perceiuing
King
Edward
well
qualified
in
learning
,
and
seeming
to
bee
ready
and
perfect
in
the
Latine
and
Greeke
tongues
,
he
was
content
to
obtaine
his
inlargement
,
and
freely
to
set
him
at
liberty
,
if
hee
within
his
house
would
become
a
Schoolemaister
for
the
bringing
vp
of
his
children
.
The
King
being
ioyfull
of
this
offer
,
and
hoping
after
some
better
daies
,
he
yeelded
to
the
Gentlemans
request
:
where
,
after
long
seruice
in
the
trade
of
a
Schoolemaister
,
so
painefully
imploying
his
diligence
to
the
profit
of
his
schollers
,
that
he
obtained
the
well
liking
,
&
high
fauour
of
his
Maister
&
Mistris
,
and
was
loued
of
the
whole
family
:
and
in
continuance
of
time
,
by
these
good
occasions
offered
,
he
made
open
confession
to
his
maister
,
that
he
was
the
royall
King
of
England
;
the
which
being
vnderstoode
by
the
Gentleman
,
forthwith
(
as
much
as
his
ability
would
serue
)
he
safely
conueied
him
in
comely
apparell
,
iewels
,
money
,
and
other
prouision
to
his
daughter
Siluia
,
brought
vp
as
then
in
the
Denmarke
Court
:
vpon
whose
arriuall
there
,
newes
was
sent
vnto
the
King
,
that
a
stranger
being
an
English-man
by
birth
,
was
desirous
to
speake
with
his
Maiestie
:
who
being
full
of
friendly
entertainement
,
receiued
him
in
a
most
royall
maner
:
and
being
come
before
his
presence
,
King
Edward
spake
as
followeth
.
The
tempest●s
of
aduersitie
(
right
excellent
King
)
hath
brought
me
vnto
your
presence
,
not
in
any
euill
pretence
against
your
countrey
,
but
as
one
trayterously
deceiued
by
ambitious
Subiectes
.
For
,
know
(
most
noble
Prince
)
that
I
am
the
vnhappie
King
of
England
,
banished
from
my
countreys
and
dominions
,
and
bereft
from
Princely
tytles
,
honour
,
and
renowne
:
And
now
,
sith
my
deare
Daughter
and
childe
,
faire
Siluia
,
here
at
your
cost
&
charge
is
brought
vp
,
nature
and
affection
haue
drawne
me
hither
to
see
her
.
This
being
sayd
,
the
Denmarke
King
with
right
good
grace
reioyced
,
and
both
courteously
receiued
and
reuerenced
him
,
profering
him
friendshyp
,
power
,
and
assistance
,
as
well
to
maintaine
his
present
estate
,
as
to
restore
him
againe
vnto
his
Kingdome
.
Faire
Siluia
with
great
obedience
,
presented
her selfe
before
King
Edward
her
father
;
who
greatly
commended
her
beautie
,
and
diuine
gyftes
of
nature
,
condemning
his
owne
hard
hart
,
in
banyshing
her
so
vnnaturally
from
her
natiue
Countrey
:
for
I
wish
(
sayd
he
)
my
graue
had
swallowed
me
aliue
,
when
first
my
malitious
minde
committed
her
to
banishment
.
Therefore
in
requitall
of
that
iniurie
,
faire
Siluia
,
yf
euer
I
recouer
agayne
my
right
,
refuse
not
to
be
crowned
the
royall
Queene
of
England
.
These
,
and
many
more
lyke
speaches
past
berwixt
King
Edward
and
his
daughter
,
duering
the
tyme
of
his
aboade
in
the
Denmarke
Court
:
the
which
King
,
gaue
him
such
honorable
mayntenance
,
as
belonged
to
his
princely
estate
:
the
rather
,
because
he
esteemed
faire
Siluia
a
meete
wife
for
his
sonne
and
heire
young
Essricke
,
both
being
of
an
equall
age
,
and
nursed
vp
together
.
Thus
the
Denmarke
King
reuiued
with
a
gladsome
hope
of
climbing
the
highest
top
of
these
famous
dignities
,
did
make
no
spare
of
cost
for
the
accomplishing
of
his
haughtie
expectation
.
Also
,
King
Edward
made
a
determined
purpose
with
more
deliberation
&
riper
iudgement
,
to
reobtaine
his
dominion
and
gouernment
.
CHAP.
9.
¶
How
Vallentinus
the
bastard
was
crowned
King
,
and
how
he
through
the
perswasions
of
Perce
of
Winchester
,
caused
his
owne
Mother
with
her
paramour
the
wicked
Barron
,
to
be
most
strangely
put
to
death
.
NOW
must
we
speake
againe
of
the
troubles
that
happened
in
England
after
the
Kinges
banishment
,
where
the
wicked
Barron
and
his
minion
Casiope
,
many
a
day
practised
their
wits
,
not
onely
for
euer
to
bar
king
Edward
from
his
kingdome
,
but
vsed
diligent
watch
,
and
examined
the
bottome
of
euery
attempt
that
might
practise
his
returne
:
but
at
last
,
they
concluded
vpon
the
coronation
of
young
Vallentinus
,
and
resigned
the
Crowne
and
Scepter
into
his
handes
,
which
before
time
they
had
reserued
to
his
vse
,
for
declaration
of
true
obedience
.
Many
of
the
best
Subiectes
did
sweare
disloyaltie
to
King
Edward
,
and
subiection
to
the
Bastard
:
who
had
no
sooner
falsely
vsurpt
the
Crowne
,
but
by
vnkind
behauiour
,
he
altered
the
minds
of
the
welthiest
Subiectes
,
who
in
securitie
of
their
lyues
,
forsooke
their
natiue
Countries
,
whereby
the
Realme
was
left
vnpeopled
,
without
tillage
,
destitute
of
bread
,
bereft
of
money
,
treasures
,
and
trafficke
of
marchandize
from
other
dominions
:
for
,
their
necessary
trades
decayed
,
and
all
things
grew
out
of
frame
and
good
order
.
But
now
Vallentinus
the
Bastard
,
beginning
to
grow
proud
,
ryetous
,
and
wanton
,
disdayned
the
wonted
checkes
,
of
the
Barron
and
his
Mother
,
who
many
times
sought
to
controwle
his
wretchles
lyfe
,
through
which
a
great
mis●iking
and
dissention
grew
amongst
them
:
and
to
make
enuie
the
more
riper
,
there
was
one
Sir
Perce
of
Winchester
,
a
notable
cunning
youth
,
brought
vp
with
Vallentinus
,
and
wholly
of
his
counsell
,
who
knowing
him
to
be
no
lawfull
Prince
,
but
a
vsurper
:
also
viewing
the
wofull
calamitie
and
ruine
the
Countrey
was
brought
into
,
stirred
sinders
more
hotter
amongst
them
:
for
he
so
flattered
the
young
King
,
feeding
his
humors
,
and
aduised
him
to
reiect
the
Barron
and
Casiope
his
Mother
,
to
make
denyall
of
their
checkes
,
contemne
their
controulments
,
and
to
beare
sway
of
his
owne
absolute
authority
.
Thus
being
incensed
by
Sir
Perce
,
he
began
to
rouse
vp
his
peacocks
fethers
,
and
to
beare
a
malitious
hatred
against
the
Barron
and
his
mother
,
his
best
friendes
and
chiefe
aduauncers
.
Sir
Perce
nothing
fayling
in
all
maner
of
deceites
,
playde
likewise
on
the
other
side
,
and
vnder
the
colour
of
loue
that
he
bore
to
the
young
Prince
,
he
wished
and
exhorted
them
sharpely
to
reproue
the
vnbridled
lyfe
of
Vallentinus
.
Thus
ambodexter
like
,
this
young
flatterer
Sir
Perce
of
Winchester
,
vnder
a
cloake
of
true
loue
,
still
feeding
the
stubborne
and
vnciuill
natures
of
both
parties
,
planted
vp
most
waightie
cannons
,
and
battered
the
strongest
walles
of
the
Kingdome
.
Casiope
and
the
Barron
,
thinking
themselues
without
hope
of
reclayming
Vallentinus
,
secretly
departed
his
Court
,
and
raysed
vp
an
armie
of
well
approued
Souldiers
,
and
attempted
as
well
to
ransacke
his
Pallace
,
as
the
apprehention
of
his
person
.
Vallentinus
(
through
the
cunning
of
Sir
Perce
)
was
admonished
of
this
deuice
and
practise
,
and
mustred
into
his
seruice
the
most
couragious
and
valient
Captaines
,
and
best
approued
Souldiers
that
could
be
found
.
But
now
the
Barron
with
his
Armie
seeking
to
preuent
them
,
fought
such
an
vnlucky
Battayle
,
that
two
thousand
of
his
brauest
followers
came
to
foyle
and
slaughter
,
and
him selfe
and
Casiope
taken
prisoners
:
who
by
the
furious
crueltie
of
the
young
Prince
,
was
clapt
vp
in
prison
,
to
abide
a
hard
and
mercilesse
captiuitie
.
Hauing
thus
taken
an
occasion
of
the
time
and
fortune
,
he
consulted
with
Sir
Perce
what
was
best
to
be
done
in
such
a
businesse
:
who
hauing
a
wylie
wit
,
and
a
craftie
capasetie
,
whispered
priuely
in
the
Princes
eares
,
and
aduised
him
to
iudge
them
to
a
speedy
execution
:
for
doubt
you
not
,
(
quoth
he
)
but
there
is
iust
causes
to
be
layd
agaynst
them
:
as
chiefly
your
mothers
filthy
adulterous
lyfe
with
that
bace
and
wicked
Barron
,
whose
trayterous
minde
hath
not
onely
mooued
this
rebellion
,
but
hath
been
the
cause
of
your
deare
fathers
banishment
:
And
beeing
now
in
safe
custodie
,
let
no
good
fortune
be
neglected
,
till
you
haue
expressed
the
duetie
of
a
louing
childe
,
by
their
dispatchance
out
of
this
transitorie
worlde
.
Vallentinus
now
wholly
fastning
his
minde
more
vppon
prodigalitie
,
ambition
,
and
vaine
glory
,
then
publike
profite
to
his
Crowne
and
Countrey
,
and
was
ignorant
what
danger
would
ensue
in
cutting
off
the
Barron
and
his
Mother
,
beeing
his
best
friendes
,
and
surest
proppes
in
all
extremeties
:
therefore
without
any
further
consideration
,
he
erected
,
furnished
,
and
sumptuously
builded
a
strong
Tower
,
very
splendant
and
admirable
to
behold
,
of
wonderfull
largenesse
,
deapth
,
and
hight
.
He
also
caused
a
Gibbet
to
be
festened
vpon
the
toppe
thereof
:
the
which
being
no
sooner
finished
by
the
handy
worke
of
cunning
Artificers
,
but
he
commaunded
the
Barron
and
his
mother
Casiope
dispightfully
to
be
brought
foorth
,
as
scornes
of
the
world
to
iest
vpon
:
where
,
casting
his
eyes
to
the
Tower
,
he
sayd
:
You
thinke
time
sleepeth
,
or
that
siouthfulnesse
wantonly
walloweth
in
me
:
no
,
no
,
although
to
my
great
cost
,
yet
haue
I
setled
vp
a
surer
stay
to
this
my
Realme
&
Countrey
,
then
euer
did
my
predecessours
before
me
:
For
I
haue
here
established
a
Tower
to
hange
trayterous
Knaues
&
Curtizans
vpon
.
The
worlde
shall
not
adiudge
me
partiall
in
my
Lawes
:
for
subiectes
shall
drinke
alike
of
one
cuppe
and
licour
.
This
being
sayd
,
he
caused
the
Barron
and
Casiope
,
to
be
againe
carryed
to
prison
,
and
there
to
remayne
tyll
his
further
pleasure
,
euery
hower
expecting
the
deadly
stroke
that
should
seperate
their
bodyes
from
their
soules
.
All
this
while
Sir
Perce
was
not
vnbusied
,
omitting
no
time
that
might
further
his
intent
,
but
continually
fillyng
Vallentines
eares
with
strong
perswasions
,
that
their
liues
and
spirits
might
be
speedely
depriued
a
sunder
:
which
bloudy
stratagem
was
not
long
a
finishyng
;
for
the
young
Prince
,
or
rather
vnnaturall
viper
,
in
this
maner
powred
downe
the
tempestious
showers
of
truell
murther
:
for
early
in
the
mornyng
,
he
caused
his
Mother
Casiope
to
be
brought
foorth
,
who
the
night
before
hauing
intelligence
by
her
keepers
,
that
her
dayes
were
at
an
ende
,
cloathed
her selfe
in
vestments
of
white
silke
:
and
comming
before
her
bastard
sonne
,
she
very
humbly
prostrated
her selfe
,
and
craued
pittie
,
mercie
,
and
forgiuenesse
at
his
handes
,
and
with
a
blushing
countenance
,
as
beautifull
as
the
new
bloomed
Rose
,
she
spake
in
this
maner
.
Oh
sonne
Valentinus
(
said
she
)
remember
that
I
am
the
Mother
,
thy selfe
fashioned
of
my
wombe
and
body
,
and
by
nature
springing
from
the
tree
of
my
life
:
yet
thou
like
a
most
vnnatural
Homicide
,
seckest
to
shorten
my
daies
,
and
to
stop
my
breath
,
whereas
thou
oughtest
in
duety
and
obedience
to
vpholde
my
honour
,
and
prolong
my
life
.
I
do
confesse
my
vile
offences
haue
deserued
punishment
:
but
shall
mine
owne
child
be
the
reuenger
thereof
:
The
banishment
of
good
Queene
Katherine
,
and
the
confusion
of
all
her
friends
,
through
my
vniust
meanes
was
accomplished
,
with
many
other
miseries
which
I
haue
ouerburthened
this
lande
withall
,
onely
to
aduance
an
vngratefull
dissembler
,
which
like
the
Viper
seeketh
to
finish
the
life
of
his
dearest
pareuts
.
Many
more
were
the
speeches
which
Casiope
spake
,
in
hope
to
attract
remorse
from
hir
Iron
harted
sonne
:
who
nothing
regarded
her
words
,
but
rather
the
more
imboldened
and
stirred
vp
into
a
greater
fury
,
by
a
present
commandement
,
he
caused
her
bodie
to
be
cast
vpon
a
Table
,
and
hir
hands
and
legs
to
be
houlden
by
the
strength
of
men
:
the
which
being
done
,
he
with
a
sharpe
knife
cut
his
Mothers
throate
:
and
with
the
same
butcherly
instrument
deseuered
her
lisly
necke
from
hir
shoulders
,
which
!
ad
wont
to
be
adorned
with
a
glittering
chaine
of
pure
gold
.
After
this
,
he
caused
the
place
which
first
conceaued
him
to
be
ript
vp
,
and
sild
full
of
corny
salt
:
where
after
hir
belly
being
thus
closed
vp
,
he
gaue
commandement
to
haue
her
dead
carcasse
transported
to
the
top
of
the
Tower
,
&
there
hung
vpon
a
Iibbet
.
Her
deare
friende
the
Barron
,
was
vsed
in
the
same
order
:
for
he
had
his
mouth
stuft
ful
of
burning
Pepper
,
and
hung
likewise
vpon
the
same
Iibbet
aliue
,
as
a
iust
view
of
such
vngeateful
flatterers
,
and
adulterous
traitours
to
behold
.
This
bloudy
action
being
finished
,
Valentinus
spake
to
the
people
many
reprochfull
wordes
in
the
disgrace
of
the
wicked
Barron
,
and
Casiope
his
mother
,
calling
her
the
She-deuouring
Beare
of
England
,
&
hir
deare
friend
,
the
first
causer
of
King
Edwards
dishonour
:
in
which
tyrannicall
course
of
life
,
our
story
bids
vs
now
leaue
the
bastard
Valentinus
with
his
new
friend
Sir
Perce
,
and
speake
of
the
accidents
that
happened
in
the
Normaine
court
.
CHAP.
10.
¶
How
Prince
Edmond
returned
againe
into
England
,
and
was
crowned
King
:
and
how
the
bastarde
King
was
put
to
death
after
a
strange
maner
.
QVEENE
Katherine
as
you
heard
before
,
after
her
wrongfull
banishment
from
England
,
was
graciously
entertained
of
the
Normane
Duke
,
where
she
dayly
had
intelligence
of
the
wofull
estate
of
England
,
by
many
of
hir
distressed
countrymen
which
continually
fled
thither
for
succour
:
in
the
redresse
of
whose
miseries
,
shee
made
suite
vnto
Duke
Robert
of
Normandie
,
that
hir
young
sonne
Prince
Edmund
might
returne
into
Enland
,
not
onely
to
possesse
himselfe
into
the
rightfull
inheritance
of
his
owne
dominions
,
but
to
represse
the
pride
of
the
miscreant
bastard
,
whose
tyrannize
had
made
England
the
perfect
merror
of
calamity
,
and
the
wofullest
nation
vnder
the
cope
of
heauen
.
In
this
maner
euery
day
Queene
Katherine
solicited
Duke
Robert
with
fauourable
petitions
for
the
furnishing
of
her
sonne
into
his
owne
Countrey
with
a
band
of
warlike
Souldiers
:
vnto
whom
the
Normane
Duke
answered
in
this
maner
.
Loth
I
am
faire
Queene
)
that
your
princely
sonne
should
forsake
my
dukedome
and
dominion
,
being
the
only
staffe
of
my
old
age
;
and
after
my
death
,
the
hope
of
my
subiectes
:
although
not
naturally
borne
amongst
them
,
yet
comming
of
a
royall
blood
,
the
sonne
of
a
maiestical
Prince
,
they
will
rather
submit
to
his
obedience
,
then
to
the
gouernment
of
one
of
a
simpler
birth
.
No
,
no
(
sayd
Queene
Katherine
)
there
is
no
reason
why
a
stranger
should
be
Prince
of
forraigne
subiectes
,
through
whom
they
should
be
either
too
much
burthened
,
or
mooued
to
disdaine
:
and
therefore
(
most
noble
Duke
)
I
humbly
craue
,
that
permission
may
be
graunted
for
his
departure
:
and
in
regarde
of
your
princely
liberality
,
hauing
brought
him
vp
to
such
abilitie
,
prowesse
,
and
warlike
perfection
,
he
shal
be
bound
to
confesse
homage
and
loyaltie
to
your
kingdome
whilst
he
liueth
.
The
Normane
Duke
being
possest
with
a
milde
nature
,
and
ready
in
all
actions
to
satisfie
Queene
Katherines
expectation
,
presently
mustered
a
great
multitude
as
well
of
Normane
souldiers
,
as
exiled
Englishmen
,
which
zelously
protested
all
duetifull
indeuours
in
the
young
Princes
behalfe
,
and
in
the
accomplishment
of
that
honorable
exployte
.
Queene
Katherine
hauing
gathered
great
masses
of
golde
and
siluer
,
attayned
through
her
learned
skill
,
and
practise
in
Phisicke
,
furnished
her
sonne
Prince
Edmond
with
such
abundance
,
that
nothing
wanted
either
to
his
aduenture
,
or
contentment
:
and
so
beeing
furnished
with
Munition
,
Ships
,
and
Souldiers
,
he
hoysted
vp
sayle
,
and
with
a
merrie
winde
,
safely
arriued
vpon
the
confines
of
England
:
where
presently
he
aduanced
his
Culloures
,
and
planted
his
forces
to
the
best
aduantage
.
But
now
the
bastard
Prince
Valentinus
,
being
amazed
at
the
sight
hereof
,
with
a
fearefull
troubled
minde
,
greatly
misdoubted
that
his
kingly
gouernment
was
at
an
ende
:
yet
hauing
mustered
vp
a
slender
armie
of
English
Souldiers
,
nothing
auayleable
for
his
defence
,
he
committed
them
vnder
the
leading
of
Sir
Perce
of
Winchester
:
who
tendering
his
owne
safety
,
went
to
the
enemy
,
where
both
him selfe
and
his
souldiers
,
sware
true
obedience
to
Prince
Edmond
.
This
vnexpected
accident
so
daunted
the
bastard
King
,
that
he
grew
desperate
of
good
happe
:
and
being
left
as
a
naked
man
,
he
secretly
conueyed
himselfe
to
the
Tower
,
and
hid
himselfe
in
an
obscure
den
,
Thus
Prince
Edmond
without
any
further
disturbance
,
quietly
entred
the
Kingdome
,
where
he
tooke
vpon
him
the
possession
of
the
English
crowne
,
placing
the
banished
English
men
in
honorable
dignities
,
&
most
richly
aduanced
the
Normane
souldiers
:
the
which
being
so
luckely
accomplyshed
,
he
caused
the
bastard
to
be
searched
foorth
,
&
his
mouth
likewise
to
be
stuffed
&
closed
vp
with
burning
Pepper
,
and
hanged
aliue
in
chaynes
of
Iron
by
the
Barron
&
Casiope
,
vpon
the
top
of
the
Tower
,
as
you
heard
before
so
vsed
.
Euery
thing
brought
thus
to
so
good
a
passe
,
England
in
short
time
became
well
unpeopled
againe
,
the
Realme
multiplied
in
gold
&
siluer
:
noble
Famelies
adorned
with
honorable
possessions
:
Lords
,
Knights
,
Esquires
,
&
Gentlemen
in
semblable
degree
endowed
:
Marchantes
and
Artificers
well
placed
for
traffique
from
forraigne
regions
:
great
vent
and
tillage
,
and
breede
of
cattle
increased
:
learning
and
liberall
artes
maintained
:
Marshall
prowesse
exercised
,
and
all
things
els
in
most
decent
maner
placed
:
the
which
we
will
passe
ouer
,
and
speake
of
King
Edward
,
lyuing
in
the
King
of
Denmarks
Court.
CHAP.
11.
¶
Of
the
Warres
betweene
King
Edward
and
his
owne
Sonne
,
and
the
successe
thereof
,
with
other
thinges
that
hapned
.
THese
affaires
could
not
be
so
priuatly
handled
in
England
,
but
that
King
Edward
had
intelligence
thereof
in
Denmarke
:
who
with
a
resolute
determination
desired
to
returne
into
his
natiue
Countrey
;
not
onely
that
his
olde
age
might
be
there
comforted
,
but
that
his
daughter
Siluia
might
be
ioyned
in
marriage
with
Essricke
the
Prince
of
Denmarke
:
whose
father
,
in
the
redresse
of
King
Edwards
long
offlictions
,
caused
the
second
part
of
all
his
able
men
at
armes
to
be
mustred
vp
,
and
prouided
rich
treasures
for
Souldiers
pay
,
with
warlike
weapons
,
armour
,
and
store
of
shyppes
necessary
for
such
a
dangerous
exployte
,
and
published
by
Proclamation
through
all
the
Prouinces
of
Denmarke
,
that
king
Edward
was
to
reclaime
his
lawfull
right
in
England
,
vniustly
vsurped
by
his
owne
Sonne
:
with
many
other
incouragements
giuen
out
,
to
animate
his
Subiectes
,
to
proceede
with
resolution
.
This
busie
preparation
in
Denmarke
so
pierced
Sir
Perce
of
Winchesters
eares
in
England
,
that
he
mistrusted
his
estate
to
be
dangerous
,
and
that
his
doble
dealing
would
be
shortly
espied
:
in
the
preuention
whereof
,
the
better
to
protect
and
defend
him selfe
,
he
writ
this
priuie
Letter
to
King
Edward
,
as
followeth
.
Sir
Perce
of
Winchesters
Letter
,
sent
to
king
Edward
.
NOTHING
shall
intice
my
hart
(
most
Soueraigne
Lord
)
to
prooue
disloyall
to
your
Matestie
:
nor
nothing
restraine
the
seruiceable
duetie
which
I
owe
vnto
your
Excellence
.
And
although
I
was
in
my
cradle
when
first
you
left
your
naturall
Countrey
of
England
,
but
yet
now
being
growne
vp
to
sufficient
reason
,
do
assemble
all
my
powers
of
nature
,
what
pollecie
chiefly
may
preuayle
,
or
practise
procure
your
recouerie
:
For
there
is
nothing
that
my
drouping
soule
wisheth
for
more
,
then
your
happy
returne
to
your
former
possessions
.
I
loue
Prince
Edmond
,
if
he
reuerence
your
Maiestie
;
and
I
wish
him
good
successe
,
if
he
shew
the
duetie
of
a
sonne
vnto
his
father
:
against
whom
if
he
lift
but
his
hand
in
wrath
,
the
Gods
will
wreake
iust
vengeance
and
destruction
vpon
.
Therefore
most
noble
Lord
,
thinke
it
not
danger
to
returne
,
for
I
will
counsell
him
to
submission
,
shewing
what
execrable
vengeance
is
pottended
to
them
which
draw
the
sworde
of
tyrranie
against
their
owne
Fathers
.
I
will
admonish
him
to
conuerse
,
least
his
owne
wilfull
conceite
bring
him
to
perdition
.
Thus
may
I
both
defend
and
counsell
him
,
without
suspition
of
the
world
:
and
also
therevpon
shew
fauour
and
reuerence
to
your
worthy
Maiestie
.
Thus
fare
you
well
.
THIS
Letter
being
transported
to
King
Edward
into
Denmarke
,
was
receined
as
sweete
flowers
,
with
promised
requitall
,
the
which
refreshed
his
drouping
senses
,
and
changed
dispaire
into
perfect
assurance
;
and
thinking
now
to
recouer
his
former
right
by
the
meanes
of
Sir
Perce
,
vpon
whose
backe
the
common
wealth
of
England
depended
:
but
fearing
least
his
proffered
affections
should
alter
,
he
sent
this
answere
to
his
letters
,
as
followeth
.
King
Edwards
answere
to
Sir
Perce
of
Winchesters
Letter
.
I
Neuer
dispaired
,
but
the
Gods
,
(
which
hitherto
hath
gouerned
all
my
attemptes
)
would
at
last
send
some
comfort
to
my
miseries
,
and
bring
me
againe
to
the
full
perfection
of
my
felicitie
;
which
through
your
wisedome
and
pollecie
must
be
attained
.
Therefore
,
in
most
humble
sort
I
do
accept
your
kind
proffer
;
and
this
your
loyall
enterprise
shall
in
the
highest
degree
,
be
blazed
amongst
my
best
friendes
:
and
vntill
my
soule
be
diuorsed
from
my
body
,
I
shall
neuer
forget
the
loue
of
so
faythfull
a
Subiect
;
hencefoorth
vowing
to
put
off
all
feminine
affection
and
vaine
delightes
,
which
haunt
Princes
Pallaces
,
and
the
Courtes
of
mightie
Kinges
.
Haue
not
I
iust
cause
to
render
thankes
to
the
immortall
Gods
,
that
in
the
middest
of
my
miseries
I
haue
found
so
prudent
and
worthy
a
friend
as
is
your
noble
selfe
,
whose
loyall
hart
is
wholly
consecrated
to
my
good
fortunes
.
Euery
day
do
I
wash
my
face
with
teares
for
the
tragicall
ruine
of
my
Countrey
;
and
euery
day
do
I
breath
out
sorrowfull
sighes
from
the
closure
of
my
soule
,
to
thinke
how
the
light
beames
of
my
princely
honours
hath
been
darkened
by
the
falsehood
of
Casiope
,
and
the
Barrons
cunning
craft
,
whereby
my
poore
Subiectes
haue
bin
in
●ang●r●●
,
and
my selfe
plundged
in
carefull
calamities
;
all
which
,
greeueth
not
my
soule
so
much
,
as
that
mine
owne
childe
now
,
contrary
to
the
duetifull
obedience
of
a
Soune
,
doth
vsurpe
my
Crowne
,
and
holdeth
vp
the
sword
of
sedition
against
his
owne
Father
:
But
yet
I
see
the
Gods
will
still
preserue
both
my
lyfe
and
honour
,
in
that
you
are
appoyuted
to
remedy
my
distresse
,
and
correct
the
tr●yterous
trespasse
of
a
wicked
Sonne
.
Thus
I
end
,
assuring
my selfe
,
that
my
fortune
shall
amount
to
the
loftie
turrets
of
my
desire
,
and
likwise
tread
●owne
disgrace
,
and
quench
the
scorching
flames
of
noysome
enemies
:
thus
wishing
you
as
my selfe
,
I
bid
you
farewell
.
YET
for
all
this
,
King
Edward
regarded
this
person
but
as
a
prodigall
and
climbing
traytor
,
p●ou●ly
aspyring
after
princely
dignities
,
and
therefore
entertained
and
placed
in
the
ranke
of
false
friends
,
vsing
him
as
a
shaddow
and
image
of
a
dead
man
,
without
either
respecting
his
valloure
,
or
trusting
to
his
faigned
flatteries
.
But
now
in
the
meaue
space
,
whilst
these
things
were
a
working
,
Prince
Edmond
vnderstood
(
by
a
priuate
friend
)
of
Winchesters
pestiferous
treasons
:
to
the
reformation
whereof
,
he
sent
foorth
a
trustie
band
of
Souldiers
for
his
apprehention
:
which
newes
by
Sir
Perce
was
first
vnderstood
,
and
therefore
he
fled
secretly
into
Denmarke
,
and
disclosed
to
King
Edward
all
the
pollecies
practised
in
England
:
for
which
,
he
was
richly
recompenced
and
rewarded
with
sumptuous
entertainement
.
After
whose
departure
,
Prince
Edmond
felt
the
toundation
of
his
Kingdome
to
begin
to
shake
,
and
thinking
now
to
be
cloaked
vnder
his
Mothers
wing
,
he
writeth
to
her
of
the
starting
away
of
Winchester
his
chiefe
Counseller
,
who
hath
not
only
stayned
the
true
duetie
of
a
subiect
,
but
impayred
the
safeguard
of
his
regiment
,
and
disclosed
the
priuities
of
his
counsell
.
Prince
Edmonds
letters
to
Queene
Katherine
,
sent
to
her
into
Normandie
.
DEARE
and
welbeloued
Mother
,
I
haue
seene
,
and
knowne
,
and
now
at
length
found
the
force
of
a
flatterer
:
for
the
vnconstant
knight
of
Winchester
with
false
colours
hath
bleared
my
eyes
;
He
hath
sucked
honey
in
England
,
and
now
spitteth
poyson
in
Denmarke
;
he
hath
drawne
out
a
vennomed
sword
to
hacke
a
sunder
my
rule
&
gouernment
:
He
that
was
wont
to
comfort
me
with
counsels
,
now
killeth
me
with
deadly
destruction
.
Therefore
my
beloued
Mother
,
as
you
did
safely
conduct
me
hither
,
so
leaue
me
not
now
in
danger
of
confusion
;
for
I
am
as
one
wrapped
in
sundry
extremeties
,
sould
into
the
handes
of
enemies
,
eyther
to
yeeld
with
repulse
and
shame
,
or
haue
my
young
vnexperienced
age
conquered
with
death
:
wherefore
sweete
Mother
,
ayde
me
with
your
strong
hand
,
that
these
dangers
layde
against
me
may
be
escaped
.
Rule
me
with
reason
,
and
with
your
honourable
wisedome
counsell
me
,
that
I
may
euer
hereafter
gouerne
my
actions
with
discretion
,
and
neuer
more
be
troubled
with
treasons
of
a
flatterer
,
whose
villanies
hencefoorth
I
will
disdaine
,
and
no
more
regard
them
then
the
chaffe
blowne
away
with
the
wind
.
Deare
Mother
,
speedely
answere
my
distressed
desires
,
that
my
soule
may
not
euer
languish
in
distresse
.
Thus
ending
at
this
time
,
wishing
the
heauens
to
blesse
you
with
honourable
and
long
life
;
fare
you
well
.
From
our
English
Court.
WHen
Queene
Katherine
had
receiued
Prince
Edmonds
Letters
,
she
in
tendernesse
of
hart
wept
bitter
teares
:
but
yet
being
perfectly
instructed
in
wisedomes
preceptes
,
thought
it
against
the
lawes
of
nature
to
striue
against
her
husband
,
therefore
she
poured
foorth
these
sage
sentenses
,
the
which
in
maner
of
a
Letter
she
returned
backe
into
England
to
Prince
Edmond
her
sonne
.
Queene
Katherines
Letters
of
confolation
,
sent
to
her
sonne
in
England
.
IT
is
wel
remembred
(
my
princely
Sonne
)
that
flatterers
vndermining
Kingdomes
,
are
Timber-wormes
,
which
lurke
in
the
secret
celles
of
Princes
consciences
,
that
counterfeites
the
complexions
of
all
creatures
,
and
filles
their
boosoms
vp
with
the
noble
blood
of
honorable
Houses
:
Why
had
not
you
then
read
and
turnd
ouer
the
auncient
Chronicles
of
England
,
and
seene
into
the
fall
of
Princes
,
practised
by
the
pride
of
flattering
startups
?
The
Lacedimonian
Kinges
,
although
preserued
in
walles
of
Iron
,
and
in
towers
and
castles
of
brasse
,
yet
by
the
deceite
of
flattering
traytors
,
were
their
princely
gloryes
subuerted
to
miserable
infamie
.
The
Grecian
Princes
continually
placed
in
Chariots
and
close
Litters
of
golde
,
guarded
with
great
armies
and
hoastes
of
puissant
Souldiers
;
yet
through
the
sufferance
of
false
flatterers
,
were
they
dayly
diuerted
to
sodaine
confusion
.
I
say
my
deare
and
honorable
Sonne
,
looke
into
the
gouernement
of
our
auncient
Kings
of
England
,
who
retaind
none
into
their
counsels
,
but
the
sonnes
of
Noble
families
,
borne
to
honorable
giftes
of
nature
,
wise
,
vertuous
,
and
of
a
ciuill
gouernement
:
If
any
of
a
bace
birth
were
entertained
into
Princes
fauours
,
first
were
they
tried
,
and
then
trusted
:
deserued
,
then
honored
:
well
approued
,
and
then
credited
.
I
say
,
if
either
learning
,
wisdome
,
or
experience
,
had
in
any
poynt
ruled
thee
,
sweete
flattery
had
not
thus
ouerreacht
thee
,
nor
subtill
dissembling
so
deceiued
thee
:
and
to
conclud
,
King
Edward
my
husband
and
thy
father
,
in
loue
equall
vnto
vs
both
,
may
not
be
vndermined
by
me
,
nor
resisted
by
thee
.
I
may
well
councel
,
but
not
defend
thee
,
nor
any
way
minister
comfort
to
thy
sorrowfull
afflictions
,
especially
against
mine
owne
deere
husband
,
and
thy
father
:
and
as
I
admonish
thee
to
reuerence
his
person
,
so
I
charge
thee
to
restraine
thy
stubborne
wil
;
for
although
he
hath
heaped
manifold
miseries
vpon
my
backe
,
yet
with
all
honour
to
his
person
wil
I
discarge
my selfe
.
Thus
fare
you
well
,
from
the
Court
of
Normandy
.
Your
sorrowfull
Mother
,
vnhappy
Katherine
.
Queene
Katherine
although
shee
fauoured
her
sonne
,
yet
would
she
not
seeke
to
resist
King
Edward
hir
husband
,
but
with
wisdome
,
obedience
,
and
humilitie
,
gaue
the
world
to
vnderstand
,
what
glory
and
magnificence
adorned
her
patience
:
and
although
motherly
nature
willed
her
to
seek
the
aduancement
of
hir
sonne
,
yet
discretion
did
medigate
the
meanes
that
might
scandolize
the
honour
of
hir
husbande
.
Whereas
Queene
Katherine
rested
in
equall
loue
indifferently
betweene
them
both
,
so
the
Earle
of
London
being
hir
brother
,
and
Prince
Edmonds
Vncle
,
matched
in
mariage
with
the
Dutches
of
Brittaine
,
which
honorable
preferment
happened
through
his
sisters
credite
,
who
vnderstanding
of
his
Cousins
distresse
,
as
well
by
King
Edwards
prepared
●●●a●●on
,
as
Winchesters
false
trecheries
in
denouncing
his
subiection
,
raised
a
great
Armie
of
souldiers
,
to
the
number
of
thirtie
thousand
able
warriours
,
the
which
he
conueyed
into
England
to
be
imployed
in
Prince
Edmonds
seruice
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
good
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
after
his
banishment
from
England
,
was
highly
graced
with
so
tunes
felicitie
,
where
through
his
Knighthood
and
manly
behauiour
,
he
got
such
good
lyking
of
the
Queene
of
Portingale
,
into
which
cruntrey
he
trauelled
,
that
she
receiued
him
into
her
fauour
,
and
changed
his
wandring
life
into
princely
estimation
,
betrothing
her
loue
and
kingdome
to
his
gouernement
whilst
she
liued
:
and
after
her
death
,
this
noble
Duke
,
by
the
generall
voyce
of
the
Portingals
,
was
elected
King
and
ruler
in
her
stead
.
The
Duke
of
Suffolke
being
thus
crowned
King
of
Portingale
,
not
of
compulsion
,
but
in
curtesie
,
requested
ten
thousand
able
men
to
be
prest
in
his
friend
Edmonds
behalf
:
the
which
multitude
being
leuied
,
and
accepted
into
seruice
,
were
conducted
into
England
,
&
there
by
Prince
Edmond
most
courteously
entertained
:
who
being
now
strengthened
with
the
Duke
of
Suffolkes
souldiers
from
Portingale
,
with
the
Earle
of
Londons
souldiers
from
Brittaine
,
and
with
his
owne
souldiers
in
England
,
being
all
conueyed
into
one
mayne
Battaile
,
he
waighed
in
the
ballance
of
discretion
,
eyther
an
honourable
winning
of
renowne
,
or
a
loosing
of
all
his
kingly
dignities
.
So
vpon
a
time
,
assembling
all
the
whole
Armie
of
souldiers
togither
,
as
well
Brittaines
,
Portingales
,
as
Englishmen
,
who
to
inflame
their
vndoubted
mindes
to
honorable
resolution
,
vpon
an
open
Theator
he
spake
this
Oration
following
.
Prince
Edmonds
Oration
to
his
Souldiers
.
ALthough
this
our
dominion
of
England
(
most
noble
Souldiers
and
worthy
Subiectes
)
hath
of
late
been
made
a
common
spoyle
by
sundry
bace
flatterers
,
and
impudent
traytors
,
deepely
digging
and
vndermining
our
royall
estate
:
The
freshe
memorie
of
which
English
miseries
,
through
Casiopes
filthy
lyfe
,
the
wicked
Barrons
cruell
extortion
,
and
the
Bastards
false
vsurpation
,
might
easely
from
your
eyes
constraine
a
fountaine
of
teares
:
which
greeuous
calamities
at
length
through
my
Mothers
care
was
taken
away
,
and
my selfe
being
young
,
and
without
experience
,
setled
among
you
,
am
now
in
hazard
to
be
bereaued
not
onely
of
lyfe
,
but
of
rule
and
gouernement
:
the
which
if
it
bee
vnfortunately
brought
to
passe
,
what
other
hopes
may
you
then
expect
,
but
to
bee
ransacked
and
dispoyled
of
all
your
possessions
and
wealth
:
your
young
men
put
to
violent
sworde
,
your
wiues
rauished
,
and
your
daughters
euerie
one
defloured
:
surely
then
let
troth
bee
in
your
hearts
,
stirre
vp
your
valours
,
manifest
your
noble
minds
,
and
stretch
forth
the
power
and
strength
of
men
,
whereby
that
they
which
seeke
to
winne
our
ioyes
,
may
first
bee
drowned
in
a
sea
of
sorrowes
:
and
those
that
will
bee
honoured
with
crownes
,
must
first
in
marshal
fields
obtaine
a
victorie
:
therefore
my
louing
souldiours
,
if
you
stedfastly
stand
,
I
wil
sprinkle
my
heart
bloud
vpon
our
English
ground
,
before
that
cowardize
shall
inforce
me
to
flie
,
or
loose
one
iotte
or
little
portion
of
my
kingdome
.
Be
not
amazed
my
friends
and
country-men
,
either
let
vs
liue
to
maintaine
our
states
together
at
liberty
,
or
else
loose
our
liues
with
fame
&
renowne
.
Thus
much
I
trust
,
sufficeth
to
witnesse
the
vnfeigned
affection
the
which
I
beare
towards
you
;
from
whose
loue
,
I
wil
neuer
depart
,
till
death
.
THis
Knightly
Oration
,
so
reioyced
the
soldiours
harts
,
that
they
almost
willingly
offered
their
liues
a
sacrifice
in
Prince
Edmonds
seruice
,
and
made
choise
rather
to
fight
in
defence
of
their
Countrey
,
then
to
be
captiuated
with
tyrannicall
slauery
:
for
whereas
the
English
forces
were
before
separated
in
their
seuerall
opinions
,
so
nowe
were
they
with
inseparable
heartes
knit
fast
together
,
valiantly
resolued
to
trie
the
last
euent
of
this
dangerous
warre
.
Thus
whilst
Prince
Edmond
incouraged
his
followers
in
this
Knightly
maner
,
the
Denmarke
King
,
with
King
Edward
,
ariued
on
the
coastes
of
Englande
with
a
mightie
band
of
armed
souldiours
,
intermingled
with
the
ayde
of
many
forraine
Princes
,
who
marched
succesfully
to
a
conuenient
place
in
Rent
,
whereas
they
pitched
their
forces
at
the
bottome
of
a
high
hill
:
in
which
place
,
the
Danish
King
being
a
perfect
good
souldiour
,
&
a
man
of
a
prudent
iudgement
,
practised
many
excellent
pollicyes
:
for
in
the
night
time
,
he
caused
a
thousand
wild
horses
with
hollow
rattls
of
yron
fastened
to
their
neckes
,
to
be
sent
forth
vpon
the
English
tents
without
returne
:
this
in-rode
being
so
confusedly
entered
,
he
ordained
also
an
hoast
of
foure
thousand
souldiours
to
pursue
them
with
wilde
fire
&
burning
brimstone
in
their
handes
.
In
this
maner
entred
they
vpon
the
English
souldiers
as
naked
men
,
and
dispoiled
the
whole
multitude
of
their
liues
:
in
which
conflict
,
Prince
Edmond
was
taken
prisoner
,
who
had
his
head
(
by
his
owne
fathers
commandement
)
stroken
from
his
shoulders
,
and
pitched
vpon
the
top
of
a
Pikes
ende
.
The
battle
thus
ceasing
:
newes
by
a
publike
reporte
was
spread
throughout
the
land
of
Prince
Edmonds
death
:
at
which
report
the
cities
and
principall
houlds
in
the
countrey
were
yeelded
vp
,
and
the
forraine
souldiours
being
inforced
to
shift
for
themselues
,
escaped
away
in
the
night
:
after
whose
departure
,
King
Edward
although
in
vtter
hatred
of
the
people
,
yet
once
againe
gloriouslie
entered
into
his
kingdome
,
and
became
their
gouernour
:
where
,
after
he
had
setled
himselfe
,
and
the
Denmarke
King
taken
leaue
,
and
departed
backe
into
his
Eountrey
:
but
King
Edwarde
reposses
sing
his
former
estate
larde
sharpe
punishments
&
harde
lawes
vppon
the
English-mens
backes
,
the
which
brought
him
againe
into
cankered
contempt
:
for
the
people
being
vnruly
,
with
vnbrideled
will
placed
their
former
malice
against
him
:
vpon
which
,
the
King
for
his
better
fecuritie
resigned
his
crowne
and
gouernement
to
his
daughter
Silina
,
and
vnto
Lord
Essricke
hir
husband
,
and
so
betooke
himselfe
to
priuate
pleasure
and
rest
.
Lorde
Essricke
and
faire
Silura
with
renowned
honour
thus
tooke
vpon
them
the
gouernment
of
the
land
,
and
because
they
were
vnacquainted
with
the
manners
&
conditions
of
the
people
,
they
retained
Sir
,
Perce
of
Winchester
to
be
esperially
of
their
councel
,
and
their
only
Secretarie
,
who
cunningly
dehaued
himselfe
,
that
he
obtained
the
faudr
and
friendship
of
the
common
fort
,
winding
himselfe
more
and
more
into
their
priuities
in
such
sort
,
that
he
perswaded
the
people
that
Lord
Essticke
and
Lady
Siluia
were
vnnaturall
Princes
,
and
vnfit
to
gouerne
so
souing
a
people
.
Sir
Perce
of
Winchester
thus
got
into
the
loue
of
the
common
sort
,
winked
vppon
all
transgressions
,
fa●●●●ed
traytors
,
theeues
,
harlots
,
and
such
dissolute
persons
,
and
many
times
hauing
a
company
of
simple
then
in
his
presents
,
he
would
speake
to
them
in
this
maner
,
saying
Oh
if
I
were
your
gouernour
,
&
the
awful
sword
of
Iustice
in
my
hands
,
what
liberty
then
should
ouershadow
your
attions
for
without
controusment
or
punishment
then
,
should
you
freely
liue
,
and
haue
both
honour
,
wealth
,
&
pleasure
,
at
your
will
.
This
practise
fecretly
came
to
king
Edwards
eares
,
who
being
well
acquainted
with
the
driftes
of
flatterers
,
trembling
at
the
memorie
of
his
former
miseries
,
led
Winchester
by
faire
wordes
vp
to
the
top
of
a
high
Tower
,
whereas
ouerlooking
the
same
,
King
Edward
,
with
other
confederates
,
appoynted
for
that
purpose
,
cast
him
hedlong
ouer
the
wall
,
dashing
his
bones
against
the
hard
ground
,
&
so
brake
his
necke
:
euen
as
he
craftely
crept
into
the
fauour
of
the
common
sort
,
so
wretchedly
with
shame
and
dishonour
ended
he
his
life
.
Now
King
Edward
thinking
the
estate
of
his
kingdome
freed
from
all
traitrous
complotters
gaue
him selfe
wholly
to
voluptuous
desires
:
and
hauing
vnchast
lust
harboring
in
his
●●est
(
against
all
nature
)
he
desired
incestious
concupisence
with
faire
Siluia
his
owne
daughter
:
and
being
in
a
secret
chamber
ready
to
inforce
her
to
that
filthy
fact
,
she
spake
to
him
in
this
maner
.
Deare
Father
,
remember
the
honour
of
your
house
,
my
alcadance
and
duetie
to
my
husband
,
and
the
violating
of
my
nuptiall
chastetie
:
all
which
(
if
you
commit
your
pretended
sinne
)
will
bring
a
heauy
iudgement
and
greeuous
scourge
from
God
to
punish
our
wicked
deed
,
and
euermore
in
this
worlde
we
shal
be
made
a
disdaine
and
open
contempt
to
be
gaped
at
.
All
which
perswasions
nothing
preuayled
,
for
the
King
being
drowned
in
forgetfulnesse
of
former
miseries
,
inforced
vehemently
the
rauishment
and
deflowring
of
his
daughter
Siluiaes
honorable
chastety
:
the
which
being
no
soner
obtained
,
and
shamefully
committed
,
but
by
the
iust
iudgement
of
God
,
he
was
sodainly
stroken
with
death
:
for
in
his
daughters
presence
,
a
fearefull
flambe
of
burning
fire
descended
from
the
celestiall
throne
of
heauen
,
and
bereaued
him
both
of
speach
and
lyfe
in
a
moment
,
in
the
twinckling
of
an
eye
.
Which
strange
vengeance
was
no
litle
vexation
to
the
sorrowfull
hart
of
Lady
Siluia
;
yet
remembring
the
duety
of
a
daughter
to
her
father
,
she
caused
a
costly
Monument
of
pure
wrought
gold
to
be
framed
,
wherein
with
her
husbands
consent
)
he
was
with
great
honour
intombed
,
as
though
he
had
left
this
transitorie
world
naturally
,
without
any
such
violent
end
.
After
king
Edwards
death
thus
strangely
happened
,
Lord
Essrick
vpon
his
owne
absolute
authority
bore
sway
among
the
people
,
who
was
not
able
to
gouerne
the
countrey
,
except
it
were
with
mercilesse
tyrannie
:
for
the
natures
of
English-men
be
euermore
such
,
that
they
wil
not
indure
nor
sustame
the
burthens
of
any
forraine
Prince
.
In
the
reformation
of
which
rule
,
they
did
not
onely
dispirse
su●●y
infamous
slaunders
against
him
throughout
the
whole
●●untrey
,
but
also
trayterously
conspired
the
finall
distruction
of
his
life
:
which
wilfull
treacheries
might
haue
easely
bin
preuented
,
had
not
Lord
Essricke
misliked
the
sweete
and
pleasant
mariage
estate
of
virtuous
Siluia
his
wife
:
for
after
hir
company
became
loathsome
to
his
good
liking
,
the
dominion
could
not
long
continue
vnhazarded
.
Lord
Essricke
was
not
only
now
led
with
an
ambitious
and
princely
desire
,
but
also
had
his
affections
ouer
mastered
with
witlesse
cogitations
,
feruently
burning
with
the
strange
Iust
of
the
English
Ladies
:
and
being
thus
vainely
intended
,
he
disdayned
the
comely
beauty
and
honorable
personage
of
faire
Siluia
;
whereby
bright
gold
seemed
drosse
,
pure
wine
reputed
stinking
water
:
and
the
pleasant
flowers
before
smelling
sweetely
,
were
now
esteemed
stinking
weedes
.
Thus
his
holsome
senses
being
corrupted
with
lust
,
faire
Siluias
vertues
in
his
eyes
seemed
nothing
delightsome
:
so
loathsome
he
accompted
her
presence
to
his
company
,
that
he
dayly
practised
a
meane
wherby
she
might
be
dispatched
:
but
at
last
,
after
many
deuises
touching
her
death
,
he
consulted
about
the
same
with
a
doctor
of
Phisicke
,
who
although
well
qualletied
,
and
singulerly
experienced
,
&
deepely
seene
in
that
noble
and
reuerent
science
,
yet
a
couetous
gaine
,
and
a
desire
of
estimation
(
as
a
lewde
instrument
to
any
vile
purpose
)
puffed
him
vp
,
and
made
him
consent
to
the
ouerthrow
and
fatall
finishyng
of
the
sweete
and
tender
life
of
Lady
Siluia
:
who
hauing
receiued
an
earnest
of
a
rich
rewarde
from
Lord
Essricke
,
he
prepared
a
fatall
potion
to
cast
her
into
her
euerlasting
sleepe
.
The
which
Potion
,
or
rather
deadly
Poyson
,
being
no
sooner
ministred
by
the
Phisitian
,
and
receiued
by
faire
Siluia
,
but
presently
she
was
drowned
in
a
deadly
and
vnwakefull
sleepe
,
wherein
her
vitall
senses
were
so
mortified
,
that
her
sweete
body
loosing
both
strength
and
operation
,
yeelded
vp
her
dellicate
life
without
hope
of
●●●ouerie
.
The
vncertaintie
of
Siluias
death
being
reported
abroad
,
caused
many
doubtfull
surmises
to
be
made
,
some
one
way
,
some
another
of
her
tragicall
end
:
but
yet
to
salue
this
contagious
sore
,
Lord
Essricke
her
husband
,
by
proclamation
published
throughout
the
dominion
of
England
her
honorable
and
liberall
Funerall
:
the
which
was
openly
solemnized
in
the
cittie
of
London
,
not
only
to
creepe
into
the
fauours
of
the
vulgar
sort
of
people
,
but
also
to
cloake
and
burie
the
murther
vp
in
hidden
secrecie
;
by
which
cunning
meanes
he
thought
the
more
safer
to
climbe
to
the
highest
top
of
the
Kingdome
,
without
either
stop
or
impedimented
stay
by
any
one
whatsoeuer
.
After
the
honorable
funerall
of
Lady
Siluia
was
finished
,
and
her
dellicate
body
intombed
in
the
grauelled
earth
,
certaine
English
Priestes
(
by
a
generall
speach
dayly
giuen
out
by
the
common
sort
)
heard
reported
,
that
Lady
Siluia
was
buried
by
her
husbandes
appoyntment
with
great
store
of
treasure
about
her
:
to
the
attayning
thereof
,
to
the
number
of
fourtie
officiall
Priestes
,
in
a
night
secretly
attempted
to
digge
vp
the
Ladyes
body
,
thereby
to
inrich
themselues
with
inestimable
store
of
treasure
,
that
all
their
liues
afterward
might
be
stored
with
plentie
of
wealth
.
But
now
to
put
this
exployet
and
vile
enterprise
in
practise
,
in
the
mddle
houre
of
the
night
they
met
all
together
at
Silu●●es
Tombe
,
where
they
speedely
delued
&
digged
vp
her
sanctified
body
:
the
which
being
taken
vp
,
they
perceiued
their
intentes
to
be
frustrate
;
and
missing
the
gaine
of
that
which
they
most
desired
,
they
sodainly
departed
,
and
lett
the
coarse
naked
vpon
the
bare
ground
,
the
which
so
openly
was
left
to
be
seene
of
euery
one
,
that
all
the
beholders
might
easely
perceuie
,
that
she
had
her
death
contriued
by
the
violence
of
poyson
.
The
body
of
S●●●ia
being
thus
priuily
vntombed
,
present
newes
of
the
same
was
transported
to
he
hearing
of
Lord
Essricke
,
who
fearing
his
vnnaturall
murthering
of
her
daintie
life
would
be
brought
in
publique
question
to
the
worlde
,
therfore
presently
sending
for
the
Phisitian
,
whose
counsell
he
chiefly
re●uired
in
this
cause
,
and
diligently
fadomed
the
deapth
thereof
how
Lord
Essricke
might
best
regard
his
owne
person
,
defend
his
credite
,
and
possesse
the
Kingdome
in
the
honour
of
the
people
.
But
now
such
was
the
frawdullem
attempts
of
these
two
secret
murtherers
,
by
in●●●sition
they
found
,
that
the
conspiracie
&
treason
in
digging
vp
of
Siluias
body
proceeded
from
the
English
Prelacie
:
for
which
fact
,
most
execrable
crueitie
was
prepared
for
them
:
for
by
the
worthy
and
diligent
search
,
and
the
Phisitians
pollecie
,
the
general
number
of
those
English
priestes
which
were
at
the
fact
doing
were
found
out
,
taken
,
and
apprehended
,
and
by
order
of
law
put
to
death
.
Thus
were
the
end
of
the
said
wicked
Prelates
,
who
at
their
dying
howers
inwardly
mourned
,
and
greeuously
lamented
their
misspent
lyues
,
and
their
ill
disguysed
manners
in
the
religion
which
they
professed
before
God
;
whose
soules
were
drawned
in
the
lake
of
couetousnes
&
extortion
,
in
pride
,
letcherie
,
and
ambition
:
which
Priestes
were
the
rather
put
to
death
,
because
the
common
sort
of
people
dayly
complayned
of
their
wicked
conuersations
,
then
their
wilfull
practises
at
faire
Siluias
Tombe
.
Lord
Essricke
to
throw
him selfe
into
the
fauour
of
the
vulgar
sort
,
as
well
to
disguise
his
owne
leawd
life
,
as
to
appease
the
peoples
murmurations
,
he
made
a
resolute
determination
,
vtterly
to
displease
the
religious
Prelates
:
all
which
nothing
preuayled
to
couer
his
wickednes
,
or
make
him
the
better
liked
amongst
the
ruder
people
,
whose
natures
alwayes
loatheth
and
mislyketh
strange
&
vnnaturall
gouernments
:
yet
this
was
the
Phisitians
counsell
,
to
tame
and
chastice
the
manners
of
the
people
;
which
cannot
be
performed
(
sayd
he
)
except
by
cruelty
,
tirrany
,
inissgouernment
,
vsurpation
,
taxes
,
heauie
tributes
,
and
such
lyke
:
all
other
gentle
meanes
helped
not
,
but
rather
made
them
more
fircer
,
and
in
manners
and
conditions
the
more
ruder
.
But
now
discourse
we
againe
of
the
vertuous
Queene
Katherine
,
that
in
the
middest
of
there
troubles
in
England
,
had
her
fame
and
renowne
made
lorious
in
forraigne
Nations
:
for
during
her
abode
in
the
Normaine
Court
,
shee
preferred
the
late
Lorde
high
Marshalls
daughter
of
England
to
Duke
Robert
in
marriage
estate
,
who
not
long
before
had
buried
his
Dutchesse
,
and
committed
her
vertuous
spirit
,
to
the
mighty
and
supernall
maiesty
of
heauen
.
This
young
Lady
which
nowe
the
Normaine
Duke
had
matched
withall
,
by
the
motion
and
preferment
of
Queen
Katherine
,
was
the
Lorde
Marshals
daughter
,
whose
father
spent
the
best
bloud
of
his
heart
,
and
yeelded
his
life
with
his
famely
,
in
the
right
and
defence
of
Queene
Katherines
chastery
,
(
as
you
heard
before
discouered
in
the
beginning
of
the
history
:
)
in
recompence
wherof
the
Queene
thus
preferred
and
aduanced
his
onely
child
and
daughter
,
being
of
long
time
vnder
her
tuition
educated
,
&
in
honorable
manner
instructed
.
But
now
by
the
appointment
of
the
immortal
powers
of
heauen
,
Queene
Katherine
,
to
the
accomplishment
of
al
the
tragicall
calamities
that
long
had
oppressed
her
country
England
,
whose
happines
she
inwardly
in
hart
most
entirely
loued
,
&
long
sighed
after
,
with
the
ayde
of
the
Normaine
Duke
and
other
Princes
of
Christendome
,
which
tenderly
affected
her
vertues
,
shee
returned
with
great
admiration
,
praise
,
and
renowne
from
her
banishment
:
who
being
placed
in
a
Coach
of
pure
gold
,
drawne
with
foure
milke
white
Palfries
,
with
a
rich
imperiall
Diadem
vppon
her
head
,
a
Septer
of
bright
siluer
in
her
hande
,
with
many
other
gorgeous
ornaments
which
most
gloriously
adorned
bit
princely
person
:
in
which
sumptuous
maner
shee
entered
vpon
the
coast
of
her
natiue
Country
from
whence
shee
was
vniustly
banished
:
whereon
,
being
no
sooner
come
on
land
,
but
there
met
her
such
multitudes
of
distressed
English
people
that
the
pleasant
pastures
where
she
trauailed
seemed
to
be
ouerspread
,
who
entertained
her
with
exceeding
ioy
(
saying
aloude
with
a
generall
voice
)
Oh
happy
is
the
hower
,
and
blessed
is
the
day
that
our
renowned
Queene
is
returned
from
banishment
:
the
gods
preserue
and
blisse
hir
with
euerlasting
peace
,
and
send
her
long
to
raigne
and
gouerne
vs
with
ioy
and
great
tranquility
,
in
more
admired
glorie
then
did
euer
Queene
in
this
happy
Iland
.
These
,
and
such
like
speeches
was
spoken
both
of
young
and
olde
,
not
onely
to
her
great
ioy
,
but
to
the
excreding
comfort
of
all
the
forraine
Princes
,
her
well
willers
.
But
nowe
Lord
Essricke
and
his
chiefe
Counseller
the
Physition
,
perceiuing
the
whole
Country
to
reuolt
from
their
subiection
,
&
willingly
yeelded
to
the
wished
gouernment
of
Queene
Katherine
:
which
vnexpected
alteration
caused
them
both
to
submit
themselues
to
hir
gratious
fauour
:
who
remembring
the
death
of
Prince
Edmund
and
the
murdering
of
Siluia
her
deare
children
,
and
also
what
inconuenience
and
disturbance
by
prolonging
their
liues
might
happen
to
the
common-weale
:
Therfore
in
straight
execution
she
commanded
her
will
effectually
to
be
discharged
,
which
was
,
to
haue
Lord
Essrick
and
his
Councellers
head
presently
deseuered
from
their
shoulders
:
the
which
was
not
so
strictly
commanded
,
as
speedely
performed
.
The
great
prosperitie
and
wealth
wherewith
Queene
Katherine
by
her
returne
from
banishment
,
bewtified
and
inriched
England
,
did
so
much
reioice
the
dying
spirits
of
the
mournfull
people
,
that
they
were
glorified
in
their
own
desires
,
and
euerie
one
deemed
their
fortunes
lifted
from
long
continued
misery
,
to
euerlasting
felicitie
.
But
nowe
the
vertuous
Queene
,
to
make
requital
for
the
good
Duke
of
Soffolkes
banishment
,
and
hainous
iniuries
besides
,
in
times
past
extended
through
the
vnbrideled
fury
of
her
husbands
wrath
,
much
desired
his
returne
into
England
to
possesse
his
owne
patrimonies
,
lands
,
and
lofty
dignities
so
long
witholden
from
him
:
Therefore
to
the
same
effect
she
sent
Embassadors
speedily
into
Porttingall
,
where
shee
heard
he
remained
and
gouerned
in
Princely
estate
:
which
knowledge
was
no
sooner
giuen
to
the
Duke
,
but
with
maiestie
,
sumptuous
renowne
,
and
aboundant
of
treasures
furnished
on
euery
side
,
he
hastened
into
England
:
who
by
the
vertuous
Queene
was
receiued
with
surpassing
glorie
and
magnificence
:
long
had
not
these
two
princely
personages
remained
in
the
English
Court
,
but
by
the
consent
of
the
whole
Countrey
,
they
were
ioyned
and
matched
together
in
the
lawfull
estate
of
marriage
,
by
whose
wise
gouernement
the
lande
of
Egland
in
short
time
,
not
only
became
populous
,
rich
,
honourable
,
and
quiet
:
but
replenished
with
all
maner
of
necessary
thinges
.
And
finallie
,
Queene
Katherine
marrying
the
good
Duke
of
Suffolke
,
together
with
the
consent
and
aduice
of
the
whole
dominion
,
were
crowned
legetimate
gouernors
of
England
:
where
they
inioyed
issue
and
posteritie
betweene
them
,
with
long
life
,
prosperous
renowne
,
eternall
honour
,
and
euerlasting
felicitie
.
(
*
⁎
*
)
FINIS
.