THE
HISTORIE
OF
EDWARD
THE
SECOND
.
Surnamed
CARNARVAN
,
one
of
our
English
KINGS
.
Together
with
the
Fatall
down-fall
of
his
two
vnfortunate
Favorites
GAVESTON
and
SPENCER
.
Now
Published
by
the
Author
thereof
,
according
to
the
true
Originall
Copie
,
and
purged
from
those
foule
Errors
and
Corruptions
,
wherewith
that
spurious
and
surreptitious
Peece
,
which
lately
came
forth
vnder
the
same
Tytle
,
was
too
much
defiled
,
and
deformed
.
With
the
Addition
of
some
other
Observations
both
of
vse
and
Ornament
.
By
F.
H.
Knight
.
LONDON
.
Printed
by
B.
A.
and
T.
F.
for
L.
Chapman
,
and
are
to
be
sold
at
his
Shop
at
the
vpper
end
of
Chancery-Lane
.
1629.
TO
HIS
VERY
LOVING
Brother
,
Mr.
RICHARD
HVBERT
,
the
Author
of
this
historicall
Poëme
F.
H.
Knight
,
wisheth
all
Health
and
Happinesse
.
WORTHY
SIR
:
I
Know
that
noble
Natures
desire
more
to
doe
good
,
then
to
hear●
of
the
good
,
they
doe
;
and
therefore
,
without
all
farther
Complement
,
you
shall
giue
me
leaue
,
Onely
to
say
thus
much
:
That
(
if
GOD
and
Nature
had
not
)
yet
your
many
kind
and
Constant
fauours
to
mee
,
and
all
mine
haue
made
mee
truely
your
owne
:
which
,
(
as
I
gladly
acknowledge
)
so
I
would
haue
the
World
take
notice
,
That
I
am
both
sensible
of
them
,
and
thankefull
for
them
:
And
now
(
Sir
)
being
already
deepe
in
your
debt
,
I
must
still
runne
farther
vpon
your
score
,
by
committing
to
your
Care
and
custodie
this
Innocent
Child
not
of
my
Body
,
but
of
my
Braine
.
It
is
surely
of
full
Age
,
for
It
was
conceiued
and
borne
in
Queene
Elizabeths
time
,
but
grew
to
more
maturitie
in
King
IAMES's
;
and
therefore
,
(
as
wee
vse
to
say
)
It
should
be
now
able
to
shift
for
It selfe
:
But
I
that
gaue
It
life
,
finding
the
weaknesse
thereof
,
was
fully
resolved
to
keepe
It
still
at
home
vnder
mine
owne
wing
,
and
not
to
let
It
see
the
Sunne
,
when
loe
,
(
after
Twenty
yeares
concealement
)
when
I
thought
the
vnfortunate
Babe
(
like
to
It
's
Father
)
euen
dead
to
the
World
,
I
saw
the
false
and
vncomely
Picture
of
my
poore
Child
(
taken
by
a
most
vnskilfull
hand
)
offered
to
the
publicke
sight
and
censure
of
euery
judicious
Eye
:
and
(
though
that
could
not
)
yet
truely
I
did
blush
for
It
,
to
see
It
,
so
nakedly
,
so
vnworthily
,
so
mangled
and
so
maymed
thrust
into
the
world
,
that
I
scarce
knew
It
,
and
was
asham'd
to
owne
It
:
And
therefore
(
good
Brother
)
to
vindicate
both
It
and
my Selfe
from
those
grosse
and
sencelesse
Errours
,
wherewith
that
false
Bastard
was
too
foulie
deformed
;
I
haue
now
sent
It
abroad
to
seeke
It's
fortunes
,
in
It
's
own
true
shape
,
and
habite
:
desiring
your Selfe
,
and
euery
vnderstanding
Reader
(
for
I
know
It
is
not
for
the
vse
of
euery
Ordinarie
Eye
)
to
l●oke
vpon
that
former
Peece
,
with
scorne
and
Contempt
,
and
once
againe
to
take
a
resurvay
of
It
,
as
now
It
Appeares
in
It's
owne
true
feature
and
posture
:
It
may
bee
you
shall
find
somewhat
in
It
,
both
to
informe
the
Vnderstanding
and
to
rectifie
the
Affections
,
and
if
in
any
of
the
Passages
thereof
,
It
shall
seeme
eyther
too
light
,
and
remisse
or
too
bold
,
and
free
,
eyther
,
too
open
and
tart
,
or
too
sparing
and
reseru'd
;
That
you
must
impute
,
eyther
to
the
matter
,
that
I
handle
,
or
the
parties
,
that
I
personate
,
which
must
of
necessitie
be
drawne
according
to
the
true
Life
,
both
in
colours
and
proportion
,
or
else
,
the
Worke
will
bee
of
very
little
vse
,
and
of
lesse
Grace
and
Ornament
,
eyther
to
my Selfe
or
others
:
And
so
humbly
desiring
the
Almighty
to
blesse
You
both
in
Soule
,
Body
and
Estate
;
I
rest
,
not
your
Servant
according
to
the
new
and
fine
,
but
false
Phrase
of
the
Time
,
but
in
honest
old
English
,
your
loving
Brother
,
and
true
Friend
for
euer
:
FRAN
:
HVBERT
.