THE CAMDEN MISCELLANY,

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CONTAINING

T H E JOURNAL OF SIB ROGE R WILBRAH AM , SOLICITOR-GENERAL IN

IRELAND AND MASTE R OF RE QUE STS , FOR T H E YEARS 1598—1616 ,TOGE TH E R WITH NOT E S IN ANOTH E R H AND , FOR T H E YEARS1642-1649 . E dited by H AROLD SPENCE R Scor'r.

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T H E JOU RNAL

SIB ROGE R W ILBRAH AM

Solicitor-Geneml in Ireland and Mas ter of Requests

FOR T H E YE ARS 1593— 1616

T OGET H ER W IT H NOT ES IN ANOT H ER H AND

FOR T H E YE ARS 1642- 1649

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PRE FACE

T HE note book, or occasional journal , fromwhich the extracts here

given are taken , was kept , with the exception mentioned in the nextsentence , by Sir Roger W ilbrahamduring the years 1593 1616 ,in a 12mo volume

,bound in vel lum, of about 300 pages ,

closely written in a small hand, and described by himas a bookof observations for my age or children (p . At the end,

however,there are a few en tries , in another hand , beginn ing with

the year 1642 and en ding in 1649 . T he book itself is in the

possession of the E arl of Lathom,who traces his descen t through

Sir Roger’s father, Richard VVilbrahamof Nen twich and it is due

to his kindn ess that the con tents are now available for transcription(1 publication .

About half of themanuscript is here prin ted . The other part

has been,with some regret

,omitted , because the space at com

mand does not permit of its in sertion . Moreover the passages thusleft out deal W ith legal and literarymatters

,lying

,perhaps

,rather

outside the province of the Society’

s publication s . In the tab le of

con ten ts,however, a short description of all the en tries con tained

in the original book is in cluded,wherein the passages n ot here

printed are summarised within square brackets .

Roger W ilbraham, the second son of Richard W ilbrahamof

Nan twich (p . of the ancien t family of the W ilbrahams of

Woodhey (p . by his first wife , E liza , daughter to ThomasMaisterson

,also of Nan twich

,was born on November 4 , 1553,

vi PREFACE

and died July 31,16 16 .

I Roger was a somewhat importan tpersonage under Queen Elizabeth and James I . For a briefrecord of his career we have an inscription on his monumen t inHad ley Church, near London , prin ted by Ormerod in his Historyof Cheshire .

’

T his monumen t , standing on the south wall,is of vein ed

marble, supported by Corin thian columns,and is ornamen ted

with good busts of Sir Roger and his wife .

3 T he in scription runsas follows Sir Roger W ilbrahamlmt . descended of y

eauncien t

familie of ye W ilbrahams of W oodhey in y

"coun tye of Chester.

W as Sol' Gen l in Ire land to Q. Eliz for 14 y'

i'

s and in 1600 M”

of

Requestes to H . M . in Ordinary Surveyor of ye Liveries to

K‘ James in H . M . C“ of Wards and L. Chaunoellor to Q. Ann .

Marr‘ Marye ye daii of Bd‘l Baber esqnier seljeant at lawe .

’

But apart from lapidary inscription s much informationconcerning Wilbrahammay be gleaned from'

the con temporaryrecords . Froin themand the presen tmanuscript the following chiefeven ts of his life have been collected

H e was admitted to Gray’

s Inn at a Pension held on Jon e27 , 1576 , at the same time as Francis Bacon and hi s brother

An tony .

‘ June 27 , 1583 , is the date of his admission as an

utter barrister,’

again with Fran cis Bacon .

“ On Jannary 31 , 1586 ,his Inn elected himan Ancien t 3 on his appoin tmen t to the office ofSolicitor-General in Ireland.

7 As Solicitor-General his n ame oonstan tly appears in the Acts of the Privy Council (N .S . 1587-1593)and in the Calendar of State Papers , both Irish and Domestic ,

Ormerod’s H istory of Cheshire, 2nd edition , by H elsby, u . 187 , Pedigree oi

Wilbrahams oi Townsend and Delamere Lodge.

3 Vol. iii. p. 846 , note .

Lyson s’s E nvirons of Lo ndon , M iddx . u . 520 .

The Pension Book of Gray’s Inn , edited by the Rev. Reginald J Fletcher,

Ibid . p . 65. Ibid . p . 71 .

Privy Seal, Greenwich, February 11 , 1686-6 ; Patent , Dublin , April 19 , L iberH ibern ia . i. part ii. 75 .

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where many letters of his to Burghley are to be found . On June

he was called to the Bench by his Inn ,

‘and in 1598 was

Reader.

a Fromthis date W ilbrahamseems to have spen tmost ofhis time away fromIre land, though his patent was not revoked unti l

Thismay be'mferred fromthe constan t mention of himas

presen t at Pen sions in Gray’s Inn , and the references to himinState Papers, Domestic, ’ whi le he is n ot men tioned in the IrishState Papers of the years 1599 and 1600 . Moreover we gatherthat he sett led down to practice at the English Bar, as hementionsin this journal that he attended circuit at Norwich in September1598 (p . and was retained in February 1599 as oonnsel, withBaoon

,in the Abergaven ny Barony oase, on behalf 0f one of the

claiman ts,Lady Fane

,the daughter of Henry Nevin,

the last

baron (‘Table of Con ten ts ,

’

Pt . I. No. Earlier, in 1593 , w e

learn that he was over in England and so was in Londonwhen Pariiamen t was dissolved on April 10

,1598 , a report of

the Dissolution being on e of the earliest en tries in the book .

The first men tion of himin the present joumal as Maste r of

Requemis on August 16 , 1600 (p . and it was in this yearthat he oa d the appoin tmen t . In the early part of 160 1 hewas employed in unrave l ling the Essex conspiracy, takingpart , forinstance , on February 16 with Lord Chief Justice Pophamand

Mr. Attorney Coke in the examinations of Sir Charles Dan versand W illiam, Lord Sandys .

‘ In 1602 we find himKeeper of theRecords in the Tower (p . 80 and note) , an oflioe which he sur

rendered in 1603 for an ann uity of as his tenure infringed on

the rights of the Mas ter of the Rolls .

“ On May 20 , 1608, he was

the Requests , Sir Julius Cmsar.

’ H e was returned to the first

T ho Pmion Book of Gray’

: 19m. edited by the Rev. Reginald J. Fletcher.

p. 110.

M p . 187 . Lia M a , l. part iL 75 .

Ga l. a] sumPapers, Ireland. p . 77 .

8 . P. Dom. 1598-1601 , pp. 571-674 . Ibid . 1608- 10 . p . 15.

Meta lle’

s Book ofKnights . p . 143 .

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VI11 PREFACE

Parliament ofJames I . asone ofthemembers ofthe Cornish boroughof Kellington ,

‘one ofthose boroughs to which the privilege 0! send

ing represen tatives to Parliament was gran ted or restored by Queen

House of Commons and providing seats formin isters and oflioials .

’

In June 1604 he ismen tioned as the Queen ’

s Chance llor) Threeyears later a gran t of the Surveyorship of the King’

s Liveries andthe Court ofWards and Liveries was conferred on himfor life .

‘

In the spring of 1609 he was in a commission with Sir Robert( id Sir James Ley for the examination of all snitoa's to the

Council onmatters relating to the Plan tation of Ulster, and againin 1613 he was sent over to Dublin with other Commissionersto in vestigate the charges brought again st the Irish Governmen t(p . On March 8 , 16 14 , he obtained a gran t in reversionof the oflioe of constable of Chester Cast le for life .

’

By his wife, Mary,the daughte r of Edward Baber, Esq .

,

serjeant-a t-law , he had three daughters , who on his death on

July 31,16 17 , became he irs to a Ou February

16 13,his second daughter, Elizabeth , wasmarried to her eonsin ,

ThomnsW ilbmham, son and heir apparen t ofSirRichardW ilbrahamofWoodhey, kn ight ,

‘chief of his name.

’In themarriage licen ce

Roger Wilbraham is described as of St . John ’s, Clerkenwell

(p. 111, note) . T he presence of Roger W ilbraham'

s monumentin Hadley Church may be explain ed by the fact that in 1609

one Cornelius Fysshe and others alien ed the manor of Lud

graves and twenty acres of lan d, forty of meadow ,n inety of

pasture, and ten of wood in Hadley and Edmon ton to Sir RogerW i lbrahamand his heirs . In 1795 , when Lysons published his

Environs of London ,’

this estate was called Blue House Farm,

ParliammH istory. i . 979. Ibid . i. 958 .

S . P. Don . 1606-10 , p. 128. Ibid . p . 880 .

Ibid . 9 . Devon’s Issues of the EM . James I . p . 118.

Gardiner. H int. of E ngland , 1888 . ii. 996 .

S . P. Dom. 1611-18 . p. 926.

1’w ix

and was the property of the widow 0 1 a Lieuten ant-Colone lW est . ‘

There is some interesting information con cerning W ilbraham'

s

tennre of ofiice in Ireland in certain ‘ charges ’ brought againsthimand en dorsed by Burghley in charges which

,whether

English officials in Ire land, and are somewhat explanatory of the

great wealth whereof he died possmed . Hi s fees of oflice are

stated at 200 i. a year ; but though he was to give ‘ his utmostattendance in the Court of Exchequer,

’

yet , for any fees he wi l lbe hired to go to any w ait and leaves the Exchequer,

’

and byreason of his absence many suits are wonderfully delayed , to thegreat charges of H er Majw ty

’s subjects .

’

W ith the conn ivanceof the baron s in the Exchequer who will not deal against theircousin s and frien ds , but rather take part again st the Queenhe doth get daily sums of money for making purchases in

Cheshire,’

and he may praise God for coming into Ire land, forthat hath been better to himthan Gray’s Inn would have been

9

in many years . Moreover ‘every man complaineth of himfor

taking excessive fees : of some he taketh silver, of some gold , ofsome horses

,of some armour of proof, or anything else : nothing

cometh amiss . In spite ,howeve1°, of his

‘ext raordinary fees and

exaction s ,’

his encroachmen ts in to other mm’

8 offices , the licenceswhich he begged on ly to se ll

,and ‘more gift s and wardships than

any Solicitor has had ,’

he ‘

yet keeps no house , nor spen ds apenny, which the country expects in al l those that have H er

Majesty's fees. ’ T he paper con cludes, ‘ The country wish himaway

,for he wringeth themtoo much , and the people are poor,

whereof he hath no considea'ation ,but to serve his own tnrn .

’

Dorford Hall and the manor of Acton and Hurleston , whichW ilbrahampurchased fromthe Bromleys and passed over to his

Lyme. E nvirons of London .Middz. n . 519 .

Gal . of State Papers, In land , 1696-97 . p. 497 .

younger brother,Ralph

,would seemto be on e of these purchases

in Oheshire ;" and in 1590 a purchw e was made by himofhouses

in Nen twich .

’

W ilbrahamwas evident ly a careful studen t , as is shown bythe long analys is he makes of such law books as Lambard ’

s

E irenarchia (see Table of Conten ts ,’

Pt . III . while the lis t ofbooks entered for his future reading in 1600

,and the extracts ,

verses , and phrases noted down by himin his journal prove himto have had a taste for history

,theology , and the classics .

Themanuscript is in Sir Roger W ilbraham’

s handwriting , withthe exception , as has been said before

,of a few pages written

in another band at the time of the Civil War. This Iawerportion chiefly con sists of a long passage en tit led the Expression s

of Mr. Arthur Wodenoth as to the Present Distractions and

Divisions of Church and State , The ~Wodenoths were a

Cheshire family. and the name appears among the inscriptions inNan twich Church . This Mr . Arthur Wodenoth wou ld seemto

be George Herbert ’s great friend,men tion ed often by Isaac

Walton in his ‘ Life ofHerbert ’

(m'

dc poet . p . 118 , note) .T he entries begin at both ends of the book . At one end we

have notes on the books which Roger W ilbrahamread . In the

case of on e or two law books— as , for in stan ce , Lambard’

s

E irenarchia’— there is a careful and lengthy abstract . These

notes are not here prin ted for the reason stated above, but aresummarised in the Table of Con ten ts .

’

At the other end is to befound con siderably the largest and most in teresting portion of the

book,a journal , not kept fromday to day, but one in which were

noted down even ts w hich in terested him, or notes on books and

conversations . Thus w e have accounts of the promgation s and

dissolution s of Parliamen t with the Sovereign ’

s speeches and

those of ministers , and notes on Parliamentary debates and

discussion s in the Privy Council . Of the speeches that of Queen

Ormon d's H int. of Cheshire, iii . 845 . S. P. Dom. 1581-90 . p. 679 .

PREFACE xi

E limbeth to her last Parliamen t on December 19 , 1601, reportedhere by Roger W ilbraham(pp . 44

not found elsewhere , though there is an allusion to it in on e

of Carleton ’

s letten .

‘ Mr. Spedding eviden tly had no knowledgeof it

,as he describes the Queen ’

s Golden Speech to the Speakerand the Common s at Whitehal l on November 30 , 160 1, as her

last meeting with her peop le .

2 H e has a full account of the

death of the Queen , and the events immediately before and afterthe coming of the King, wherein , with a few words, he gives a

up with a long and striking comparison drawn between the

characters of James and Elizabeth (pp . 53 There is a briefdescript ion also, in teresting on accoun t of the rarity ofsuch reports ,of the coronation of James I .

,and there is , asmight have been ex

pooted, an entry concern ing the Gunpowder Plot (p . There arealso conversation s held with importan t personages on politica l

questions of great momen t , such as the views on the state of

Ire land, expressed to himby Lord Chief Justice Pophamand the

Arc hbishop of Cashel , wherein a very clear accoun t is given of the

alarmin g condition of the country in the autumn of 1599 (p .

on ly a few months after Essa had landed at Dublin in the

April of that year. As a lawyer he gives a long report of the

Abergavenny Barony case before the Earl Marshal’s Court,a

case wherein he was retained as coun se l ; and also of the lengthydispute between the King’s Ben ch and the President of Wales asto jurisdiction . These reports have , however, been with some re gret ,omitted for wan t of spac

e,although

,as in every case , a brief

description wil l be found in the Table of Con tents ) We find

entries chron icling othermatters of public interest , though of lessmomen t ; conversations with Bacon , the Earl of Salisbury , LordChief Justice Popham,

and others ; stories of the lawyers ofhis time

8 . P. Dom. p. 184.

Let ters and Li fe 01mmBacon, iii. 88 .

phrases which seemto have st ruck his fancy, and often hear theinfluence of the euphuismof the day . Hens again many entriesappear on ly in the ‘ Table of Con ten ts .

’

But perhaps themostinteresting portions are the reports noted down by W ilbrahamot

Privy Council proceedings , at which he was ofie n presen t inperson . Very possibly his presence in the Star Chamber, w henIrish affairs were under discussion , was due to the knowledgewhich he must have obtained in his long ten ure of the cihoe of

Solicitor-General of Ire land. Ou other occasion s,after 1600 ,

his

attendancemay probably he sometimes ascribed to his position as aMaste r of Requests in ordinary, which would bring himinto veryclose re lations with the Sovereign . In order to understand this

it will be necessary to describe briefly the nature of this ofiice .

T he origin and early histo ry of the Court ofRequests are welltreated by Mr. I . S . Leadamin the interesting in troduction to hisselection of cases in this court .

‘ It is enough to say here thatthe Court of Requests was an offshoot of the King’s Council , andoriginally served the purpomof a poor man ’

s tribunal , represen ting the King

’

s Justice , in mitigation of the rigour of proceedingsat law . It formed

,in fact , a court of conscience or equity, whose

process was of a summary nature, framed largely on the prin ciplesof the civil law . By Elizabeth

’

s time, however , the simpler andcheaper procedure it admin iste red had come to be abused bywealthy and influen tial plain tiffs ; and in consequen ce constan tcollisions arose between it and the common law courts (p .

In regard to the relation of the Masters of Requests to the PrivyCouncil , whatever may have been their position in the earlierdays of the Court ’s existence, certain it is that by Wilbraham’

s

time the distinct existen ce of the Privy Council as the actingcommittee of the King’

s Council was firmly assured ; and the

‘ Bcloct Oomén tho cmt of Raqmta. Sclden Society , vol. 12.

PREFACE x iii

masters , though sworn in as coun sellors to the K ing, and in sp ite of

their claim, as set forth by Sir Julius Caesar, to be regarded as

Privy Councillors, were not entitled to this distinction . Thus SirJulius Caesar, though appoin ted by James I . as an ordinary Masterof Requests in 1603 , was on ly made a Privy Councillor in 1607 .

Sir Harris Nicolas, in his preface to‘ Pmceedings of the Privy

Council ,’in discussing the difference between the King’s ordinary

counsellors , like the Masters ofRequests and the members of the

Privy Coun cil , poin ts out that the former n ever sign documants .

Yet probably the King'

s ordinary counsellors were in vited to atte ndon cermin occasion s when they possessed special knowledge , andit is to this , possibly, that W ilbraham’

a presence at PrivyCouncilmeetin gs is due. Moreover, in addition to their judicialduties , the Masters of Requests were members of the King’

s

household, and thus closely attached to his person . Thus , thoughthere was a perman en t court fixed at Whitehall

, yet , in virtue of

the close conn ection with the Sovereign which his ofiice gave him,

Wilbrahamnot on ly attended the Royal Progresses (pp . 62

but seems to have been frequent ly employed both by Elizabeth andJames as an in strument for State business and amessen ger of theSovereign '

s instruction s . Whate ver the explanationmay be , certainit is, fromthis journal , that W ilbrahamwas sometimes presen t atthe Council meetings (pp . 37 Some of themost interestingportions are these reports of discussion s in the Privy Council onmatters of St ate , such as the Rebellion in Ireland and the conductof Essex

,or the perpetual emptin ess of James ’s Exchequer.

A considerable portion of the journal is in law French,

in terspersed w ith Latin words and sen tences . Of the moreimportant passages a translation is given . Throughout abbreviations are expanded , but as far as is possible the originalmanuscripthas been followed and the spelling and pun ctuation preserved.

HAROLD SPENCER

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25 . [Abergavenny Barony case, in a Marshal Court. at E ssex H ouse. bctorel theE arl ot E ascx , E arl Marahah and others , with h o Chiet Juatioea as

amm Wilbrahambcing retainod with Bacch ae Counsel tor on e cl the

claimants, the wite ci Sir Thomas Fans and the on ly dmghter ot HenryNeville.Baron ofAbergavenny.February 15 , 159“

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‘ An ltalian di scoum'oi the Quoen (in 1aw Frmch). Jnly 1600 . P. 85.

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Uhiet Juatice and ML Attomcy Oohe tor the King’s Bench, tho King often

in tervening66. (The abovc dlspute adjonrned to January 4 , 160§, when it widens in to a oon

tmva q betwaen the conrts of common h w and otmncery, coke tor

Comm t Baoon lor 0 0mt 01 0hanoa y , and is again adjoumed

Oonm tion at Boyt ton between tbe King and Mon tagu. the Dean ol the

Chapeh aa to tithcs . January 160} (in law French). P. 69 .

68. 8tories abcut witchcratt told at H untingdon and the xing's skill in dctocting

impaction , January 18 , P. 69 .

69 . A| to the great account ot sir Goorge 0arew, Treamer ot Ireland goomplain tagainst himbt John Bamu y betore the Oonncil.October l 605 . P. 70.

. [Oonclusion ot the dispute betwn n the b ord Presiden t 0 1Walea and tho n’a

The Lord Ohancallor’s l pcoch hx

Parliament Janu ry 2L 1606, u to the Piet, and n to the uniomwith

72. Themng‘a flpooch on the l’rorogaticn ct Pafl iamen t u to thoPlot. Pp . 73-75

TABLE OP OONT ENTS 1 1:

75-78.

74 . Sir Edward Olm'e caee betore the Oonncil tor ‘

aseuming order ot the knighthood and Bt Miehael ’ lromthe King oi France. March 9 , 1603. P. 78 .

75. Debate in Parliamen t, 1606, as to importation of French wine. Pp. 78-79.

76. Further debate as to pnmyance, March 11 , 1606 . Pp. 79-81 .

77 . Conference between Lords and Common s touching the Commons ' desires inecclesiastical causes . Speeches of Sir H enry H obart , Sir H enry Montagn ,

and Mr. Solicitor Doderidge ; the Lords ’ an swer.April 14 , 1606 . Pp . 81-82 .

78. Reply of the Commons by H enry Yelverton as to purveyanee. Reply theretooi the Attorney and the Chief Justice, April 15. 1606 (in law French).Pp . 82—86 .

79. At the 0 0 uncil Board : Pefi tion againet the impoet on cumnte, and as to

monopolies cited as grievances in Parliamen t, May 5, 1606 (in law French).Pp. 86-88 .

80. Speech by the Lord Chancellor in Parliamen t announcing the reeolution oi

the King and Conncil ae to the monopoliea and u to the Union with

Scotland .&e., November 1606 (in law French). Pp . 88-91 .

u tm ol Londonere and othere to meet the great detect in the T reu urymeeting and negotiations oi the Counc il , September-November 1606 (ialaw French). P. 91.

82 . Biots against enclosures near Nofl hamnton , June 1607 . and report of SelectCommittee appoin ted by Council to inquire into the conversion of arable

in to pasture in Lincoln . Leicester. Northampton , Warwick, H un tingdon .

Bedtord , and Buckingham. December 6 . 1607 . Report 04 the same commnnicated to the King at Newmarhet by BogerWi lbraham, at the commandof the Council, December 8, 1607 (ia law French). Pp . 91-95 .

83. 0 0nierence with the l udgee ae to the law egainet oonven lon ol tillage to

pasture. Declaration of the Attorney-Generel and agpointmen t o! a commission to compound with the depopnlatcre (in law French), February1608 . P. 95.

84 . Complain ts against the Common Law Oonrte, 1606-l 608 , on the part at theEeeleeh etic the Preeiden te of Wales and the North. the Masters

of Mmme Court ct H igh Oommieeiomand the Admiralty Oourt Olaw French). Pp. 95. 96 .

Instructions ot the xing to the Jndgee as to exercising discretion towards

recusan te, February 15. 1608 (in law French). Pp. 96 . 97 .

Note by Wilbrahamas to the danger inourred by a Oonncillor who expressedhis opin ion hastily in Oonncil without waiting first to discover the inten

tion of the Pres iden t and Secretaries (in law French). Pp. 97. 98 .

87 . Du th d the E n l oi Dorset Lord H igh T reammn April 19, 1608. Pp. 98—99 .

88.math 0 !Doctor Stanhope. P. 99 .

89 . Remark oi the Earl of Salisbury to RogerWilbrahamconcerning the perilousnature of the Treasurer’s 0 610 41 (in law French) P. 99 .

xx TAM OP OOM

M Ohid Jnefiu PopM ot the King’e Bench ; and inetancee ot lawym

?meh). Pp. 100-101 .

Deeth ot H enry IV. ot F1-anee. 1610 . P. 102.

Debetee in Pad iammt on the King'e great want ot menne zmtement ot theW m , and gflm eee ot the commmepfi n3 161o. Pp. l o2 -105.

Debatee in Parliement w the ‘Gmt OOoM'autnmnmo. P. 106 .

Pp lOb-lw .

Remarks on him. P. 106.

M ot the Annnal Beeeipte and Ieeuee deliva fi betere the Oouneil on the

Lord Treeenrer’e death by the Chaneellor ot tbe Exeheqner, the 1md

a m m amem mmmmmmammm uq n . 1612. Pp . lo7-108 .

Death ot Prinee Benry , November 16l 2. H ie charecter. £ 102.

Bemthd ot the Prinm E lizabeth w the E b ctet ina DeoemberM JGm.

and theirmarriage, February 14, 161i. Pp . 109-10.

February 2, H is character. P. 110 .

100. 1(miege oi mieabett lbrahamto T homu W ilbraham, eon md heirapparen t of Sir Richard Wilbrahamof Woodhey. in St. Bartholomew ’

s

Church.February 4, Pp . 110-111 .

101 . Marriage of the Earl of Somerset, Christmas 1618 . P. 111 .

102. OpinimM Oohe on the queetion whether the King had the Pagea roga

timenjoyed by cardtnale and biehope in the goode of deedmen ; opinionin reepeet to tbe glass lieenceemnd generally in reepeot h monopoliee tornew invention . January 28. 161} (in law French). Pp. 111, 112.

108. Report of Commission , whereof Boga Wilbrahamwas a member, sent to

Ireland to examine in to the charges brought against the Deputy, Sir

Arthur (in law French). Pp. 112-118.

104. Death of the Lord Privy Seel. the Ear1 oi Northu nptomuidenmmer 1614.

Rema ke on hie will and eharacter, with an accoun t oi the volun tary gitts

ln pleoe ol tbe subeidy retueed by the Oommon e. Fp . 118-114.

105. Creation oi lmd Knollye Mu ter ot WerdA Bia lhe Greville Chancellor of

the E xchequer, and Bit Julius On set Master oi the Rolls, October 1614 .

P. 115 .

106. Oommittal ol the Earl and Ooun teee oI SM ereet to the Tower on the charge

ot poisoning Bir Thoma mbury. and note on the house of the E arl 01

8115 0111 in 1615 ; their trial and sen tence. Pp. 115-116.

107 . Surrender oi the cautionary towns to the Dutch , May 1616 . P. 116.

108. Fall 01 Ohlet Justice Coke, end of June 1616 . Pp. 116-117 .

109 . Peeragee eonten ed on Sir John Roper and Sir John H ollee tor tarnishingapiece to Lord Bay's embassy to France. P. 117.

TABLE OF CONT ENT S

PART II .

IN ANOTH E R H AND .

1 . Short entry concerning the King’s attempt to seize the fivemembers , January 4 ,

and the seizing and stopping of many members by the army,December 6 , 7 , 1648 . P. 117 .

2. E xpressions of Mr. ArthurWodenoth as to the present distractions and divi

sions of Church and State , 1645 . Pp. 118 , 128 .

Trial and execution of the King. Pp . 128-129 .

T rial of the Duke of H amilton , the E arl of Norwich , Lord Cape], and Sir JohnOwen , February 9 , 1642. P. 129 .

PART III .

E NTRIE S BY ROGE R WILBRAH AM AT T H E OTH E R E ND

OF T H E BOOK .

(Note. None of the en tries in this part are here printed .)

[Notes on Latin grammar,[Notes on Lambard ’

s E irena rchia , or the omce oi the justices of the peace.][Latin legal and generalmaxims .]

[Note s on the Insti tutes of Jus thvian J[Observation s on Lambard 's E irm chia , collected , Christmas 1598. by RogerWilbraham, 85 pages of careful abstract ]

[Notes on Fortescue do Legi bueJObservanda ex Doctors et Legis

[Notes de Fraude et Dolo Malo ex Legs Civili,’ March 8 ,

[Notes on West’s SymboleographiaJ

0. [List of books and titles to be read ; September 4 , 1600 ; under this , besides

law writers , Stamford and Perkin s , with all the statutes of E ngland and

Ireland , toutzmon collection s ,’and a long list of legal titles ,

’ W ilbrahamnotes the following books : Oblectamen ta H istorie , Camden , Livius.

Plin ius Secundus , H ollingshed, Salustius , Lipsius , Princeps Aulicus et

Con siliarius ab H ipollito a Goll ihue,‘

Comines , Phisica Sebast ’ VerronisE pitome, Ca sar, Medicine Fern elii : In Sacris Libris , Reynolds contra

H art, Con troversie AmbarnmE cclesiarumBeza, et Textus ProverbiorumNovumque

11. [Notes on acceptance and actions emcase ]12. [Notes on Acompte ,’ Chemyn ,

’ Subpena , Con tracts and Customs .]

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reunited Fraunce made 13 cardinals at one t me : per 122 Apr. 99 in private the L. ch. Justice ophemtel

might live to see Ire land a play of 3 part ies : T irone , R11Florence McOharty ,

‘ who is ch ief of all the Irishrie in M0 11l ike to carry it fromOrmond : tho now they be linked :delivered himin secrett by the Vicont Buttevant ,’ long a

to himwho told hermaiestie thereof so Floren ce was impaone great councellor made to hold with him, another

him: as it was in Condon ’

s case : ‘ 83 that Henry Pyi

Thoma: Butler, tenth E arl of Ormon de, in 1597 Lord Lieutenaut 'the Forces in Ireland,and in 1599 Treasurer there for the eeoond time .

Florence McCarthy, at this time (spring had endured tweh

imprisonmen t (tor themost part in London) and ve in suite, hie trouble

Governmen t beginn ing in 1587 . by reason of his marriage with the on];and heiress ot the Barl ot Clanoarty. (Acu ot Pfi ow md voL n

881 , and succeeding volumes , pom.) In 1595 Sir Geomey Fenton,to the Council at Dublin , urges Burghley to detain Florence McCarthy, c

of his “ Spanish eflection .

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(Oct. 0] Sta te Papers , Ireland . 1592—6, 11.

April 1599 Ceeil writee to E ssex prcpoeing tomake uee ot his influence iagainet the rebels , and eo at laet hie cleimto the lands of the Eari ot

in right of his wife , seems to obtain favour. (Ca l. 8 . P., leek, 1

p . In the samemon th he is in Ireland corresponding with CecilT he tears oi the Chief Justice, here expressed, appear to be well

{or on February 29 . 1600 , we find Chamberlain writing to Carleton. tronFlorence McOarthy, lately made much of here, has {alien away in

an dmade himeell umrty Moore. a great title in thou partmand wildomuch harm.

’

(S . P. Dom, 15984 60 1. p. For an abstract

T reaeomcommitted by Florence McGerthy.’ see Ca lendar of State Pm1589-1600.PP. 514-515 , and also of the reason s he ‘

ellegetb tomoveE arl of Olanoarty

'

e lands onght to deeoend to E llen his wite and to he

Oarew’e hand

David FitxJamee, Lord Barry, Viscount Buttevant,member of theMuns ter.

9 382 0 116 110a The eaee dreggedmand ln wfl hea lmitor lor nine yeare. (Cd . 8 . P. In t.. 1597-8 . p-ml

“ m. Petrieh tcondon ), being weak, m might ily beched hy w

“ M of "wholly. an English gen tleman , which furnished the Spent

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entertayner of priests , tho hears favored because he hath perten erehere 1n the pipestaves sen t for Spain .

Lordship IIreland a Parliamen t was necessarie to bring al l lands to Englishsten ure : and to take thereby a resumpcion of all rebells

’ landesprincipals as ayders: &to such as deserved to regran t themto

hold of her maiestie by small or petit reservacions : wherby al lma depend upon the prince's tenure, the certenti of the courseofdiscan t 815 estate knowen

2° To be a generall disarming of the Iriehrye

3° To have a conformitie in religion , that al l at lest come tochurche :

also in cases of submission to tel: securitie of men of forenprovince, that if one revolt thothermay stande .

Also he told me he saw the letter written fromDesmond to

the king of Spains , in timating that by tyran ie the Inglish hadusurped upon ther lan de , so purposed to doe upon ther cou

science but he had weeded the garden better than his predecessors whose services he did remember that he had taken the

heire aparen t to the crown e ; what thatmen tmy Lord nor I knew .

7 Jmm1599 : in conferen ce with Mr. Bacon and Mr. Gerrardclerk of Duchie : w e find that if all copiholders 65 customarietenants were required to doble their anuall ren te , ther finesmade certen for 3 lives at the lest the ten an ts wold assen t willinglie :it wold raize a great annuall revenue : wherby her Maiestiemight pleasure manie or inrich her self : but then some greatofficers that had gift of stewardships , as the L. Tresorer channcelors of eschequer Duchie wold loose perquisites : yet mightthey be better advauntaged otherwise :

also stewardes of courts of hermaiestie do continew renewcopies for 3 lives reserve the acustomed old fines purse up 3

pipe etavee. and Patrick with money, enriched himself, and forgot E nglish

sympathy.

’

(Ca l. 8 . P., 1rel., 1599-1600 , p . Sir Walter ‘Raleigh had a

gran t with others tor the export of pipe-etavee fromMunster to Spain . (Actsof the Privy Comte“ , 1592-8 , vol. n iv. pp. 6 ,

‘ Jamee Fit homae Fitzgerald. heir ot the disinherited elder son of Jamesfourteenth E arl ot Deemond . H ie claimto the earldomwee not recogn ised byE lizabeth. In 1598 he joined Tyrone in rebellion .

{t unes} so much to ther privxte : and ve t the ouzh mm t out

24 Fem99 z Pat rick C1-cebv 3that con nyng piint ot

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IreImd ’

H cCragh.

‘a pton T errii.

i M unc h. Knighn ct'

us ad by

go‘

f l ommearrizon 1k to make in cursions w her the r mv

now t rebl e E ngland to se nd over men w hich (being new

unw i ling ta goe int o Ire land p w ill M W to make remvery of

Ire land : ther be ing b a re “ : in Mon s ter wag ed from

I

ta re: ac : ene in the whc le reeimfcr zhaz pczpc se l wmld mh chc ice ot

1 bmw .

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(um oi Kingmill to Cecil. August 21 . 1599 . fromH a llow . (bid .

rw mery are referred to in 11 ) a lett er fromS ir T homas Norris . Pres ident of

Mann er. from C ar): to the Privy Coun cil . December 9 . 159 3 ( Ca l. 8 . P .

In a, pp . 37 4 -400 1 : 42 ) le tter 0 1 Quee n E liza be th en dorsed by Cecil.‘ For

”mam.

‘

wherein the in formation is said to come from‘

onr sub jec t P .C .

’

( i:

Pt aziek Crosby) . 15 191 . 159 9 p . 36 3 ; 13) a long repo rt . endorsed ‘ For Sir George

Garw .

’

concerning the state of Ireland (15 d . 365-3 7 0 1.

Father James Archer of Kilkenny .

‘

called the Pope’

s lega te .

’

(Queen '

s

let ter eup m. )c Dr. “ d mfi or Crrz gh . ca lled the Pope ’

s Xuncio.‘

and usurped bis hop of

0 0 7 k: l i bid o )

(h ymn Richard Tyrell , a rebe l leader.

Wm larn Fitzgerald , Kn igh t of Kerry .

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one of the prin cipa l traitors’

in

” onm.

1mT homas S on ic, la te Pres iden t of Mun ster, died of a wound on August 16.

159 2 , at “ al low . (Cal. 3 . P. I t ch, 1599—1600 . p.

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all the lorde 8t gen tlemen out in : &themoste in Corks , saving Barry,‘ Roch ,

’ John Fits mond,

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Cormac McDermot ,‘ Fl orence McCharty,‘ Don el

H is plot was that Oway McRorie,8 capten Tyrre ll, Donel

Span is"should in vade Moun ster rebe ls , that first made themgo

in to rebe llion : so both sides would be wasted in warre : LeinsterMounster Con naght wold be ruyn ed by famyn somade quietthe mean s tyme the Q

’ forces to in vade Ulster : 2 difiicul1° How Ormond wold like this , who never had any great 8110

2° How the Irish may be allured by rewards again st therplighted yowes religion to serve one again s t another : especialliagain st ther own allies and kindesmen : therfore more daun

gerous to sett up one at another in the same provin cevide lopinion dc tree cf w ad ed politih

’

a n evesque dc

Casket : ‘1 3 leaves after.

Burghley : Ration“ in ulrmnque dc pace sen belle cumH ispan ictractatw

,

Pro pace : 1° Peacemost agreable with religion dc civill society

2° H ermaiestie scandalized to be nurse ofdissen tion ergo bone

3° Commodities of peace are presen t , of warre future

David Fitz James , Lord Barry, Viscount Buttevant.Maurice.Lord Roche , Viscoun t Fermoy.

John Fitz E dmon d , called in the Queen 's letter, 32pm, our good old ser

vitor.

’

(Cal . 8 . P. Ire! 1599-1600 . p .

Fynen O'Driecoll.

Oormac McDermot. chief ofMuskerry.

Floren ce McCarthy, odds an te. p . 24 , note .

A lice Mccarthy Keogh , chie f of 0 11 e (see Cat. 8 . P. IreL. 1592-6 ,

where the name is printed Na Pipi, Ne Pipes and Pypy). H ie wits was Desmond'eistet (M , 1599-1600 .p o

Donne11 89ainagh , a chief ot the Kavaueghs .

”l’he likeliest men in Leins ter are On ie McBory. Donnell Spainagh , and

Captain'l‘

yrell. Theee be themen that raised all the rebellion in Muhamma dthese he themen thatmay lurpreee it.’ (CaL ’

S . P. In k , 1599-1600 p.

Milermagrath, Archbishop oi a hel, 1571-1622.

Oamdeu practically gives this , Annalee Reg. E 1111 . (1627) vol. 11. p. 155 b e.

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4° H ermaieetie’s pereon more secM if no foremen emy he to

6° It is like the warres in Ireland supported by Speine wilbe

themer ended

7° T raffic for the Queene andmerchan ts reestablished to therbenefits :

8° The trade ot'

Spain opeued for bringing inmomey9° H er maiestie shall have a brething tyme to be better pro

vided for all even ts :10° It may be douted whether England Low Coun treys can

suport the warres ther : suprese the rebellion in lreland, &to

exploit somewhat in Spain e to werie the king : and force himto

1° Spaiue by intermission of expence wilbe abouudan tlie en

riched above al princes to ther daunger2° Spains wil l nott sitt downe w ith so manic dishonours

therfore no sound peace, but ever w i ll seke revw ge :

3° By peace her maiestie must abandon those of HollandZe land without hope of rembursement of hermoney disbursed forther ayd : or els deliver the Cautionary Town es to have hermoneyof the King of Spaine : which 18 more dishonorable :

e of the Q' ayd shalbemade vessels to

ed to ofl'

end the Queene at his w ill dt

Notmiumprime quad rel iance pro pace validce aunt ct sub

M um, nee ind igen t rublemmine : the reasons for war are thus

1° Altho Spaine be inriched by peace to annoy, England bylike proporcion shalbe inriched in abled to defen d

2° The unsureness of the peace, (which is the gretest doubt )yet it is likelie the peace shall contyn ew : for, 1

° the warns hathben more lease to himthen to England : 2° it is like the error of

councellors that perswaded the king to reduce the Low Coun treys toother state then his father left them, is now scene or reformedthat he will be glad to enioy themin the same manner : 8: 3°

for the honor of revenge, proef of impossibilitie to effect 61 then

ever appeasemen ’

s pass ions : 4° if the Low Countreys wil l not be

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reduced by force in themeans tyme England shal l gather man ieadvan tages also England Fraunoe un ited , as for politik respecteis likely they will , they shall ever be able to ballauce the force of

Spaine, altho he had the Low Countreys : wh ich wil l not be inshort time , as apereth by experience of emperor Charles , a princeof as great force more reputacion then the king : so Englandsecumd enoughe

3° Touching the 3 obiec ion , it w ilbe no reason nor fit for her

deliver the Cautionary Townes , but she may leave theprotecion of the Low Countreys w ith honor, for her ayd was till themight have of the king

.

reasonable condicione for ther l iberti as

subjects 81 of ther consciences in re ligion : for which if she be amediator for them they utterlie refuse , shemay with honor leavethemto ther own defence .

And for the loss ofmon ie it is not to be acompted loss thathath kept the enemy so long fromamongst ua z if they becomeobedien t to Spaine , hemay assen t to some order for our satisfacionif they persist in warre her maiestie may think of some othermeanes for hermoney :

4° For the 4 th reason of warre , that the king wilbemore ableto annoy us : it is like the Low Coun treys w ill not in short tyme bereduced by force : in themeane tyms man ie accidents wil l fall out :but if they be reduced by condicions of peace, they w ilbe such as

we shall not need to feare . for ii‘

the K . of Spain remove the armyof straungers , both we 8; they shalbe themore secure : for the Low

Coun treys are l ike to des ire the amiti of na for ther safetie : alsoliberti of re ligion being graun ted , such as are so affected wil l havea dependency on the Queen n ever be caried to any violen taction against her : quiet conmnmmie necessitas facit communesamicos . And whatsoever shalbecome of them, Praunce Englandbeing united, as they wilbe ever ocasioned

,they shalbe a counter

poise for Spain e .

So as compare shortlie the reasons of peace warre together1° T he commodities ofpeace presen t , the daungers future :2° T he ben efites of peace certen an d sensible to be felt , the

succes se of warre incerten : the suposed daunger of peace dothdepend upon God may be without daunger

3° The peace bath in it as things now standmore 0 1 necessitiethen the w arre, therfor to be preferred

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4° T he good of peace to redound to England : of the warre uponothers

5° Peace avoideth blodshed : strengthen inge of Christendomagain st infidels : thingo agreable to God men

6° reasons of warre on lie humane by presumpcions of danngersfuture : wherof it is better to leave the dispensation to godfounding our actions upon the rules of con science common goodofmank ind, then upon our wills conceates 81: suspicions to con

tynew courses not commendable but on ly by necessitie :

the discourse it self wasmore en larged .

Ultimo die termin i mich .

1599 : in le star-chamber le

Sieur Keper in voy vers in solen tlibel lers et presumptuouse discoursers : abrupte vel quas iobiter declare le grand expen sede royn e pur preservacion de

Ireland (quel samaiestie en tendseriousmen t a preserver) et queroyne ad exhausts 30000 l in 7mois : et le people la plus re

hellions que fuit devan t : issin tsa treasuremispend : carTyrone

touts rebels ore son t plus

prowd 85 presumptuous de lourforce que fueron t devan t en taut

que secretarie dit que Tyron ein un e darrain e parlee ove Sir

W illiamW arren, dit quil ad

un grand hope ore daver un

share in Angleterre : sont

plusves rebels ore que fueron t

in marche : et les sieurs recitetouts les enterprises del Coun tde Essex vers les rebels

,in quex

chesoun plusves de subiects

Ou the last day of Michaelmas Term 1599 , in the StarChamber, the Lord Keeper inveighs again st insolent libe llersand presumptuous disconrsers :then abrupt ly an d as it were bythe way declares the great ex

pense to which the Queen is putfor the preservation of Ire land(which herMajesty is thoroughlydetermin ed to preserve) ; and

that the Queen has exhaustedin 7 mon ths : and that

the people are more rebel liousthan they ever were

,and so her

treasure is wasted : for Tyron ean d all the rebels are prouderand more presumptuous of theirpow er than they w ere before :so much so that the Secretarysays that Tyrone , in a parleylately he ld w ith Sir W illiamW arren

,

1said that he had good

h0 pe to have a portion in E ngland : and that there are morerebels n ow than there were in

SirWilliamWarren held a parley with Tyrone, at the Fort of the Blackwater,towards the end of September, 1599. (Ca l. S . P. Ircl., 1599-1600 , pp . 173

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mise de mover la royne pur has made her rule to dependtoleran ce in religion . on e

the Queen to giveto leration in re ligion .

3° Lo Counts ayan t licence 3° T he Earl having licensepar letter de retorne a sa volun t : by letter to return at his wi l l

,

un core cc fuit coun termande though this license had beenpar autre lettre et il prohibits coun termanded by another lettersur son allegeance de res ider in ordering himon his allegianceIreland 85 de pursuivre Tyron e ; to con tin ue in Ireland and to

tandis il a retorn e in Angleterre pursue Tyrone notw ithstand

con temptuose, 8a a relinquit ing, has with contempt returnedlo realm in grand perill : to England and has left the

sic tout le coun cell amplifie sur Kingdomof Ireland in greatdisgrace del dit coun te , il peril . And so thowhole Councilestant absen t

,a son disgrace amplified on the disgrace of the

on devant il fut repute tree Earl , he being absen t on his

haut tree noble 8s popular que disgrace , where before he was

ungues fuit : hoe audivi ab reputed most high,most noble ,

(1111’s . and popular as ever man was :

this I heard fromothers .

4 Dec 1599 : evesque de 4 Dec . 1599 : the BishopCashel grand polititian de Ire ofCashel , a great Irish politiland , at de grand experience , cian , an d of great experien ce ,ayan t ete ore employ par royn e being now employed by the

de parler ove toutz rebe ls , forque Queen to treat with all theTyrone et defery a lui : et rebels save Tyrone an d to reportayan t plusors conferences ove thereon to her ; and having hadDesmond i n Tower ct ove

Royne divers foits : dit a moy mond ’ in theTower and with theSee his letter to Cecil , dated November 15 , 1599 . at Westminster, cast ing his

services to the Queen to xc to Tyrone (Cal . 8 . P. IreL, 1599-1600 , p .

a Privy Council letter, dated December 2 , 1599. intern ing the Lords Jus

tices in Ireland that the Archbishop has H er Majesty ’s commission to con fer

with any rebels save Tyrone (ibid . 286 and the Archbishop's letter to Cecil.dated December 15 , 1599 , West Chester, where this plan is unfolded , but in tendetail (ibid. 824

James Fitzgerald, the ‘Tower E arl ‘ of Desmond. for 16 years a prisoner inthe Tower. In October 1600 he was sen t by the Governmen t to Ireland in the

hope that the Geraldine faction would desert hi s rival the Bugan Earl to rally

round himas their genuine ehiei.

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a son departure quil [a] licencede retorne a son plesure : et

que son opin ion est al royneet Sieur Mon tioy 85 Secretarie,viz. pour pacificacion de re

bellion : que E nglish soldiers n e

unques poen t performe ceo : ex

perience ad ceodeclare mes le voyest par connyng instrumen ts demitter variance et sedicion in ter

eux memes : et despend parce lde tresure ce l voy : et quilmemeest ls plus apt pilott pour cel

matter en tan t quil est de

kynn e, come il pretend, al Mc

guire : et Mcguire est varlet alOdorhert i : et il ad allian ce et

creditt ove Hugh Dufi' Odonell

et ove Oboile quex deux on t

emulacion al Odonell : auxi ilest grandmon t trusted ove

Tyron e qui ad (ut dicitur) proclaime luy Protector Catholics

Fidei : et son adversaries son t

T irlagh Braselagh qui est fils

al 0 0 11 Onele aye l alTyrone , auxiSir Arthure Oneyle fils aldarreyne Sir T irlagh ONeale

,

et Fitz Sheen On eyle : et de

exciter ceux homes de moverhostilitie vers Tyron e est lo

sure voy de reformacion et poetestre ore plus facile , en tan t queTyron e

,811 ad fait tiel in solen t

parlee, est desperate san s hope

de pardon : ou devan t n ul

voile relinquie luy en tan t quilexpect que Tyron e serra les

primer que serra pardon e , que

ore n est issin t : ergo ils voileVOL. x . (w )

Queen at divers times ; toldme

,on his departure

, that hehad license to return at his

pleasure : and that his opin ionexpressed to the Queen

,to Lord

Mountjoy and to the Secretary ,as regards the pacification of

Ire land,is as follow s

,that

English soldiers n ever can bringthat to pass ; experien ce has

proved this . But the way is ,by mean s of cunn ing in stru

men ts , to put varian ce and

sedition between the Irish themselves and in this way to

spend a part of the Queen ’

s

treasure : an d that he himselfis the most apt pilot for thismatter in that he is of kin , as

he alleges , with Maguire ; and

Maguire is a vesse l of O’

Dogherty : and he has alliance and

credit w ith Hugh Dufi'

O’

Donnell

and w ith O ’

Boyle, who are boththe rivals of O

'

Donn ell . Alsohe is great ly trusted by Tyron e

,

who has (as he says) proclaimedhimselfProtector of the CatholicFaith : and his adversaries are

T irlagh Breselagh who is the

son of Con O’

Neil , Tyrone’

s

grandfather ; and Sir ArtharO

’

Neil , son of the late Sir

T irlagh O’

Neil,and FitzShaen

O’

Neil : and to stir up thesemen tomove hostilities again stTyron e is the sure way towardsreformation and can be now

more easily effected , seeing that

Tyrone , if he has he ld such such

1)

84 10 1111111 1. or SIB aoo sa W

de eux memes par service ,especialmen t sil poch t receve

rewards : et 10 ,000 soldiers cel

voy plus availe que 40 ,000 deE nglois : et par force on sedicion ,

le melior voy est de land homessoldiers al Loghfoile et ilmemevoile va ove eux destre instrumen t a mover Irishe de serververs Tyron e : come Ocane , Odoherti et auters : auxi il dit il

scavoit plus de myn d de Tyroneet parle ove luy 1597 , par

commission : et il desire rest itucion de traitors terres : et

tolerac ion in re ligion pur toutH ibern iam mais ned liberti dereligion : mes destre dispun ishable tanque son t convert . and others . Also he says that

he kn ows most of Tyrone’

s

mind and held parley with himin 1597 by commission : and

Tyron e desires resti tution of the

traitor’s lands, and toleration

in re ligion for all Irelan d, butliberty of re ligious rites ;

but to be free frompunishmen tso long as they refrain fromopen religious observance.

Lancaster dit a T anfield Memento quad morta lis se z etc. E st

apartenant al s ieur keper daver sur taker.Hel l pleder dit a sieur Chance lor : que sur son houesti con

science et science son allegacion fut voier : Lancaster respon dtravers to uts : auterfoits il pledan t dit que bargan ie fu t bo

-na.

Lancaster pria court de gran ter que wwrramto il parle latin :

ete edoct ascun liberal scien ce .

' S ir John H ale, oi the Inn er T emple z serjeaut 1594 , and hLPJ or En ter

1592-160 1 alleged to be drunken , insolen t. and overbearing)

insolent parley , is desperatewithout hepe of pardon :

where before no way w as leftthem, seeing that they expecte dthat Tyrone would be the first

to be pardoned , it is not so

now ; therefore they are willingto forsake him and purchasefavour for themse lves by service ,

especial ly if they can receive re

w ards and soldiers thisway avail more thanEnglish . And by force or sedition the best way is to landsoldiers at Lough Foils ; and

he himself is reedy to go withthemto be the instrumen t to

JOURNAL or 813 noose wmsaanm 35

Pyh e l dit quil no voile deliver 1a ley direct entant que nu

clien t soun d sur coun sens que son cause futmale :.Le comendacion pour royne : quel est paragon de princes :mir

rhor desmagistrates : admiracion a son sex : et wonder al Europe :

Ratolief dit que de ven der bottle ale est ls safe et spedidestre rich.

Con tencion devan t evesque de Chester’en ter SirGeorg Bosto n ”

Mr . Hen ry precherde Bun bury pur removing de pulpit : et H arvyexcuse ceo, disan t il prit cold in Is pulpit

Opur ceo state mler duct

estia Beston replie ‘ By God ,my lord , this 1s an idle excuse : for itwas never hard that a selous precher ever toke cold in the pu lpit .

’

42 regni : ad une Italian discourse ls quel conforque que nu magnifico 1n Italic ad mise un

servant ove 10 chivals at 100 ova, de divers kinds , ostrech egges :

egles eggos , swann es eggos , gese , ducks , hennes 81 birds egges

et quan t il trovemaried home que nest rule par se feme : il donneraluy cheval : et quan t il trove ascun rule par sa feme il donnera luygrand ou petit egges : acordan t al supremaci de feme : et il 8 dispose touts see eggos devan t un cheval : al darrain e apres prolixeserche il trove nu disordered home n ien t guide par as feme a qui iloffer la choix de see chevale z il elect gray chival

,se feme dit

Husband,the horse with bald face 18 the bette 1° horse ’

: ilmain te ineson primer elecion : sa feme reioyne al ooutrari : et 111 fin e prevaxle

issint husband desire le bald face horse : et fuit deny entan t quilfut advise par se feme.

16 11119 : 1600 : W ilbraham’

s answare beingmaste r of requeststo the oration of Mr. Althamhis old chamber fellowe a mostlerned Reader in Graies In n , upon 27 Elia : ca : of errors : Mr.

Reader, the admiracion of vertue hath so depe an impression in

John Pyue. Reader. Lincoln 's Inn , 1596 (Dngdale

's Orig. l urid . p .

Richard Vaughan , 1597-1604.

Sir George Beeeton's monument is in Bunbury Church (Ormerod '

s H int. ofCheshire, vol. ii . p . 268 , 2nd edition ).

ChristopherH arvey, VicarofBanbury.1594-160 1 (Ormerod 's H ist. of Cheshire.voL ii . Bunbury was a parish in which the Puritans were very strw g(W . p.

27 E lis . ca. 9 : An h t lorBelormation oI E rrors in Fines and Beooveries ct c.

o 2

36 JOURNAL or SIB sooss m um

nature , as filosophers do conclude, w e are en forced thereby, to lovethose whomwe never sawe, by which you may easelie con iecture

with what uufain ed afl'

eoion we have observed you during all the

tyme of your reading, which 111 the opin ion of us all you have performed to your excediug comeudaoiou .

For to spoke particulerlie you are the first that adventured tomake a breche in to this statute which afi

'

ordeth vorie necessarieleruiug for the practise of the lawe

,eSpeoialliemthe of plediug

akuow ledg worthiest to be embraced of 1111 suche as ded re tomarchunder the ens igne of pleders . To this cen ter you have drawen as

a circumferen ce a colleciou ofman ie profitable ques tion (s] of ex

perience at the common lawe , wherein you have man ifested yourgenerall studie i n all the partes of the lawe , your faithful observacion of the unprin ted iudgmeuts , your iudic iall conceates in the apt

composing lern ed debatin g of your cases , having fixed every oneofyour owh e rare iuveucious to the authoritie of some authentik

firme iudgmeut .

H eriu w e are to acknowledgyour wonderfull diligence, wheroiasmy self being 6 yeres your chamber fe llow was an eyso god hath geven you such fruite therof in your publikas that by the best testimon ie in our laws you are con signed w iththe tit le of a lerned oouuce llor, whereby hath redounded greathonour to our societie profitt 81 reputaciou to your self

H owbe1t these graces I do not att ribute to your leruingaloneyour faithfu ll diligence in your clien ts causes , your temperatecuriage in plediug,

your discretemoderaoiou 111 all other your eetions,by w hich your learn ing hath receved her true lustre and

deuoie , doe assuredlie promise that if you ooutyuew iu the truefeare of god , 81 the sincere performance of your dutie in yourpecu liar vocacion : we shall see in short tyms hisman ifold blessiugesiufin ite liemultiplied upon you to the comfort and incoragemeut ofsuch as follow the same profession .

To be short in the name of the societie I render unto you our

hartiest thankfulln es , for your liberall expen ses and your exceedinglove psynes expressed in th is exercise

,wishing that as the

same hath beu s loadestoue to draw our attendan ce , so you may bea loadstarre to exalte na to the imitaciou of your rare vertues : and

so I conclude , out ofmy pecuhar love , with the poet :

[T ]bone qua virtus £1111 to voca t ; i pods fausto .

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Peromtio si a/mfpltlficata .

T u regere imperio populos, Regina,memen to

H ae tibi arte s crunt pacisque impon eremorem .

T he Printer was a loser by his first impression of Rablesthen he caused a precher in his sermon to inveigh again st thevanitie therof : since which it hath ben 6 tymes under presse :somuch it was in request .

Yong Christopher Swifte refused a challeng of old Sir GeorgBoston : saying he wold not geve Beston somuch advan tage to

ven ture , a lief of 60 yeres to Bestou’

s of three yeres .

‘ T he amuer in

his sermon upon the Queen’

s n ativiti day,said

,her health is our

solace : her ioy our tryumphe : her lief our preservacion for if she

grieve w e mome : if she be sick w e languish if she dye we perishe .

14 Jan 1600 3 ieo fui presen tcoun cell on tree graund con

sultacion fuit pur abasemen t decoyne pour Ireland : issin t quelexpeuces ls my in van quishan t

les traitors poet estre con

tyn ewe

primo fuit agree que embasemen t de coyne inhaunce leprice de toutsmerchandis e , forenespecial] : et auxi de vittails et

touts auters choses

Fuit agree que soldier quereceve ce paie serra distresse et

discon ten t

Que ce induce barbarismeet idlenes in ce realme : come

Sir George Beeston died in 1601 , aged 102 (see his monumen t in BunburyChurch as given by Ormerod in his B u tory of Cheshire, vol . ii . p .

Dr. Anthony Watson , bishop of Chichester, appoin ted Queen ’

s Almoner about1595. (Die. Na t. Bio.) 1601.

For a summary of thi s policy of debasing the Irish coinage, see Gard. H ist.

vol . 1. p. 865 °

14 Jan . 1600 . I was pre

sen t at the Council , where therew as great con sultation touching the debasemen t of the Irishcoin in order that the expen sesof the Queen in vanquishingthe traitors may be main ta ined .

First it was agreed thatdebasemen t 4 of coin en hancesthe price of all merchandise ,especially foreign merchandiseand also of victuals and everything e lse .

2 . It was agreed that sol

diers receiving their pay in

debased coin w il l be distressedand discon ten ted .

3 . That this causes barbarismand idlen ess in this realme : as

38 10 1111111 1. or 8 111 soo s s wmss as w

fut devan t 1e coyne refine : car was the case before the coinuul artificer fuit fere in Irelanddevan t : artificer in Ireland before that

time .

Ore vien t in question et 4 . Then the question arose ,fere resolue par touts que lo and it was resolved by all thatauucieuts coigus doen t estre the old coin must be decrieddescria, et disauul par pro aud disarmulled by proclamaclamation : ou autermeut ceo tion ; or otherwise that basebase coyne n o serra regard ue

accept in con tracts :Donque fere resolue que

le auucieut stauderd deugleterre

fuit que pur uu pound weightde silver serra 12 ounces :dout 1 1 ounces et 2" w eightserra pure : et lauter 18°w eightserra de alloy : et que tempsE 3 : xxd fuit uu ouuoe de

silver : mes apres temps H 8 :

fuit semel raise al 2' 6" le oun ce

par proclamation et sic par

proc lamation estre par degreesraise al vs le ounce weight :

11 semble que frankteuauts quex out terres in

demesue , ou terres don t ils

poeut improve les ren ts , ue

serra damuifie mult par abusemeut : pur ceo ils poeut dobleet treble lour ren ts . Mes peu

siouers,capte11s , soldiers , et touts

quex viven t sur certeu ren tsserra grandemen t damuifie

,et

mult disconten tIls agree que si ascun

course deschaunge poet etre

coin wil l not be regarded or

5. Then it was resolvedthat the ancien t standard of

England was that in one

pound weight of silver thereshould be tw elve oun ces : whereof 11 os . 2 dwt . should be pureand the remaining 18 dwt .

shou ld be alloy : and that inthe reigu of Edward III the value

ofone ounce of silver was 18 . 8d .,

bu t afterwards ih the reign of

Henry V III the value of the

ounce w as raised,at first , to

23 . 64 .,by proclamation : and so

to be raised by degrees by proclamation to 58 . the oun ce .

6 . It seems that freedholderswho have lands in demesue , or

the rent,w ill not suffer much

harmby the debasemen t , be~

cause they can double and trebletheir ren ts ; but pensioners.ofi cers , soldiers , and all who liveby certain rents will be greharmed aud exceedinglycon te nted .

7 . The agree that if anysystem of

yexchange can be

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royne doet eschaung infin ite

somes a son detriment : et parcase serra bone sur chesounissue daver bill endented et sic

de reprender oe par eschaunge ,par que le rebell serra preven t .

E schange est devise (comeapiert in sta tuts de moneytemps E . 3 , at par que eschaungfuit pur bul lion daver silverat pur nu coyn e daver auter z)que ceux de Ireland que s portbaze coyn e aver sterling in

Angleterre , ove losse de in

20 ”et ceux quex deliver bone

coyn e in Ireland aver baze laet le 7 part plus : come 4°

pour 20 ° bon e silver : et unoore

par le doble treble et sext ibleuttering de base in Ire land(plus que lauter eschaunge des ire al benefite de subiect) laroyn e gain ira multe ride Ras

tel, E scha unge. 25 E . 3 ca .

12 : l t R . 2 ca . 2 . et 3 H . 7 ca . 6,

eschaunges forbidden but bythe K ing

’

s licen se offi cersw hich semes foren eschaunges .

5 E . 6 ca . 19 1111111 : n o man

and thus the Queen should haveto exchange in finite sums to herdetrimen t : and perhaps it willbe a good plan on each issue tohave an indented bill , and so to

take the bill back again in ex

change : and in this way the

rebels will be preven ted .

Exchange was devised , as itappears

,by a statute relating

to money in the reigu of E dwardIII

,whereby exchange was to

afford silver for bullion and

for one coin to have another :that those of Ire land whobrought debased coin shouldhave sterling in England, at a

loss of two shillings in the

pound : and those who deliver

good coin in Ireland shouldhave debased coin there and a

on e seventh in addition : for

in stance 233 . 4 11. for 203 . goods ilver : and yet by the doublet reble and sextuple issue of de

based coin in Ire land (morethan the other exchange desiresw ith ben efit to the subject) theQueen w ill gain much . See

Bas tall,t it le ‘ E xchange .

’ 1 25

E dward III ca . 12,14 Rio. II ca.

2, and 3 H en ry VII ca . 6

,forbids

exchange un less by the King’

s

licen se,an d through his oflicers

this seems to referon ly to foreignexchange .

5 E dward VI . ca . 19 ibid . no

W illiamRastall , J.Q.B. 1558- 1562. The references are to his collection ofall the statutes from

C

Magna Cha rta to 1 , E lizabeth, arranged under their subjectsin alphabetical order.

10 111111111. or 8111 sooss WILBRAH AM 4 1

shall take for eschaunge of gold man shall take , in exchangingfor silver any profitt , above the gold for silver, any profit aboverate , pom. forfeture : the lawfu l rate , under pain of

19 Henry 7 : ca . 5 , R .

money 45 : uul urgent doetetre cary dengleterre al lreland :uso de Ire land al Iugland poms

Temps E . 3, etc : diversstatutes quex prohibit trans

'

on de ascun silver, gold ,lion ,

plate,hors de realme

et ascun statute prohibite que11111 serra port transmare in

Eugleterre : semble la reasonfuit pur ceo notre coyne fuitplus pure que ls uter.

Auxi spiert par statute E

que Galli halfpence et Scott ishscoyne fuit abase in lour price inEngleterre de temps in tempscome lo coyne fuit abuse in

paritis in E ngleterre .

Parliamen t terme Mich . 43 et 44 R“ fuit dissolve 19 Dec .

160 1 .

Crook recorder de Londres apres que la royne fuit in se royalthron e , fuit conduct al barre par 2 councellors de lower howse :apres 3 humble congees s ilen ce

,11 fit oration a col efl

'

eot .

Mos t sacred prince ren owned soveraigne : man cann ot livew ithout societie , no eocietie can con tyuew without order, no orderwithout lawes which are the bonds ornamen ts of all societie .

" l‘he highest above al l lawes and law makers first ingraved

law es 1n man ’

s harte to discerns good from eve11, to embrace theone eschew the other : after when vice increased lawes were

In the Reports of Townshend (pp. 149-15 1) and D’E wes (pp. 618-9) t1nspeeches ol the SPeaker and tho Lord Keepcr are far leu

while tt ueen's lpoooh is entirely omittod.

19 Henry VII . ca . 5, Basta11,Money ,

’

45 . No si lver 18 to becarried from England to Ire

land or fromunder pain of

Edward III . etc . : divers statuteswhich prohibit transportation of

any silver, gold, bullion or plateout of the realm and some

shall bring coin over sea to

England . T he reasonseems to be that our coin was

purer than other coin .

Also it appears byof Edward 111 . that Galleyhalfpeun ies and Scotch coin weredebased 1n their value in Pk gland from time to time

,as the

coin was debased in purity in

42 10 1111111 1. or 818 scans 1111 113 1 11111

ordained to protect the good 81 correct the svell . But sithencethemutabilitie of all thinges had predominance in men '

s action s,the lawes established must be varied 81 made aplicable to the

infin ite diversitie of circumstan ces . In lawes governmen t hesaid religion was p rimma , secundum<2 term : that all hermaiestie’

s lawes (according to the divinemspiraoion of he:° sacredspirite) ten ded evermore to the establishmen t of sin cere re

w herein her royall hart was firmely fixed : therfore no

but wold fructifie to her immortal praise the prosperitie of her

le .pe012°. Seoondlie, he declared that the Lords Common s assembled

had considered of divers publik 81 private lawes , wgasps for brethe from your all powerfull Maiest ie who

geve them1ief. H er maiestie ’

s lawes are the limbes of iasticstending to the con tinuan ce of our happie peace : 81 it maie not

be saicl of them,Dat ven iamcorvfi

,vezat cew a colmnbac : he

praised our beppie peace praied we might long enjoy it underher.

Thirdlie he shewed that an hon orable coun cellor, member ofthe lower howse, had declared to themthat Spaiue Rome hadconspired again st her Maiest ie his annoin ted absolved themof

Ireland from allegeance 81. thundred all possible threates again stsuch as persisted in ther loyaltie : they had sen t wolves amongsther Maiestie

's subiects, some like lion s in force of armes to compe ll ,

some like lammes by preten ce of puritie of religion which was

idolatrie to seduce themfrom ther clue obedience .

But ther curses shall retorne upon themselves 81 they shalbe

in trapped in ther own s snares ; for god w il l ever preserve his

anoin ted because her royal l hart hatho never started from his holyhes tes : for the better preparacion again st these cruel l foes , theLords Commons cons idering the great charges exhausted in theinst defence of her people havemost humblie w illinglie (81 thenmade low conges) presen ted to her maiestie 4 subsidies 8

fi lten ths 5: ten ths, 1n token of there selous hart (tho not squal lto the charges) , who are evermore redi to sprint e ther hart blondein their en imies faces , for the service of hermaiest ie .

H e rendred all humble thanks for hermaiestie ’

smost amplegracious and free pardon , commending her iustice to be admirable ,

so her mercy to bemost renowned andmagn ified to all poa en tw :

lastlie he craved pardon , for his weekues , infirmitie oversights ,

mmn or smsooss mmau 48

s pecia llie iu hh defecfiong relating to the how se hermaiestie '

s

gu cious favours espmsed by her towards themin such divine 8:supernaturallmanner, as his w eekn es could not undergo eo high

but desired upon his lmees that colon ie s

one howre&nomore :)Mr. Speaker the Q'most excellen t Maiestie hath hard con

sidered your grave lerned speche , commanded me to sign ifie

her graciousgleasumto ech pafi of your spech as charge to hevi

forme to un

T ouchinger

g first part of your spech concern ing the praisenecessitie of lawes , her Maiestie geveth al l approbacion : especi

allie in your con clusion wher you acknowledge that therin in

all her governmen t she hath evermore kn itt themto sinceritie of

religion : for without that she disdaines al l praise of other venues ,qua: M a 12framguutur van italc

caching your lawesmade, she fiudes more private lawes thanpublick w hereby the charge imposed in the begyningofparliamen thath not beu observed : 61 tyme might better h ave ben spent inpublick , but therein she notes private respects are carried in publickaffairs which ought not to be .

‘ Concern ing your 4 subsidies 61 8 tilbenth presen tedfor the warree, she acknowledges the loving bountie ofher subiectsto be ecztracrdinarie : but the like cause of expense bf treasure

w ithout grud ug, &to be geven 1n the beg1nmng of the

en t,as thankg1

‘

llie as the gifte : «k tho she accept 1t as a

R to herself, yet she requireth you all hes° subiects to

Ehowe that she hath never ben grodis gryper nor covetous keper,con temn ing ever more weith w ithout honor : this boun tie of her

subiects 18 not to spare or supplie her royall expenses, but in partof the charges bestowed for ther defen ce , w hereof her maiefi e is

so dearlie afl'

ectionate , that she hath sold &doth sti ll sel l ot heraunoien t inheritance for the defen ce of her so liberal] lovingsubiects ; this subsidie her maiestie

44 JOURNAL or amROGER wmmumu

taxacion 81 so by example excite others that itmaie be as large indeeds as in wordes :

H er maiestie geveth you all great thanks forcarriage in debate of your councells in this parliament : 61 inespecial] because in every occurran ce that aymed at her prerogat ive,which she preserveth to the good of her subiects 81 the ofl

'

ence of

none, you preserved the same by petition to her sacred person

obedience better then sacrifice : she nedeth non that cannot obeyas of law : Essex .

H er maiestie hath graun ted thema gracious and liberall

pardon : she wel l understandeth what she hath geven and

remit ted them,whereby her boun tie is more to be honored : her

sword of Just ice never shineth more then oyled w ith mercy.

A nd lastlie to you Mr. Speker she not on lie thinketh you worthyof pardon but geveth you great thanks for your wise discretcariage : acknowledging your deserts equal w ith any your predecessors .

’

A11 charged to repairs to the coun trey 81 n ot to wi n ter inLondon like butterflies spend summer abrod that the Justices Of

peace be vigilan t not dron es , n or quarelous Champertors .

T he Parliament being dissolved ech on e redie to departw ithout further expectacion as the man ner is

, the Queen ’

s

Maiest ie raised herself out of her royal seate made a short , pithie,eloquen t comfortable spech somewhat to this effect : 1 for besidesI cou ld n ot wel l heare all she spake , the grace of pronunciacion

of her apt refin ed w ordes so lern edlie composed did ravish thesen se of the herers w ith such admiracion as every new sentencemade me half forget the preceden ts .

My Lords , we have thought it expedien t in this general

This fine speech of the Queen is not evenmen tioned in the Parliamen taryReports , nor have I been able to find any report of it elsewhere . Carleton , however,

in a letter dated London , December 29 , 1601, to Chamberlain , writes :‘ T he

Parliamen t ended on Saturday seven n ight . I was present as a burgess, and

heard good counter-clawing and interchangeable flattery between the Speaker andmy Lord Keeper in behalf of the Queen . T he Queen concluded all with a long

speech , which wasmuch commended by all those who heard her : the Bishop ofDurhamtold me he had never heard her in a better vein .

’

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assemblie to lett you know out of our owns mouth the unfsyned

atte stsoion of our hart .‘ First we humblie acknowledg the in numerable 81 unspekable

ben efits of Almighty God for ourmiraculous preservacion from the

traitorous practises ofmiscrean t subiects who , designed thereto byforen an imiss , have sought by taking away our lief, (w hich we are

evermost willing to render up to himthat gave it) have soughttherby to bring our people 81 kingdoms , farre more deareto us then our own e lief) into perpetgzl

e

ln

ghraldome 81 foren

And to saie the truths ther have ben soman ie divers stratagems 8cmalicious pu'actises devises to surprise a s of our lief

,as

in recording therof I amforced to recogn ize the mereyes 81 omnipoten cie of the eternall God , by whose providence I have escapedall ther snares , 86 some of themalefacto rs sente nced to perpetuall

shame 81 deserved pun ishment .T he nomber of these wicked complot ters , the several]mann ers

of undertaking therof, how some of themwere discovered beforethe came to ther ripen se, other brought forth abortive, some otherseven in ther fullmaturitie extinguished , it were to small purposeparticulerlie now to recoun t ; ther be divers gen t lemen our

min isters that can redelie testifie the truths 81 circumstanceshereof. Our purpose on lie 18 to acknowledge our con stan t 1rt e

movable dependencie upon his mereyes by whose goodnes we

that trust ever in himhave ever ben preserved.

Next you shall understand that touching our civill government ,sithence the n ing of our raigne , in all causes we have underta ken to hears dete rmyn e , our hart hath ben as a playne tableredie to receave any impression : so most willing to heare the

allegacion s of ech partie , yet evermore inclin ing our sentence to thesinceritie of proef soundn es of reason .

Touching our afi'

aires with foren princes Imust discover somethings not knowen tomany, and those of ourCouncell 1n the secrecyof our state . In the begyn ing of our raigne thomof the Low

Count reys presen tedman ie peticion s to a s our n eighbour prin cesto be proteoted again st inquisit iouers of Spaine &other opresions

the auncient amytie beurgundie , knowin g how

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advertised the King of Spaim, by twelve person s severallie at

the lest : that if he did not loose the raigne in easing the LoweCountreys from ther over hevi burdens . they w ere redie likaliato seek their protecion from other foren princes to his harms 81.dishonor. But this poten t prince , (whose sow le I trust is wit hGod , howsoever his demerites have bene towards us) not regardin gour advise , con tinued sti ll in extremities which forced those peopleto seek 81 sue for our protecion bymanie peticions , in them° ow n swisdoms fin ding our inclination inseparablie hu itt to contynew the

former amitie with Spains , they shewed us the severall instrummtswherby the king the emperor his father were w on (a strangeoath for hinges) that if those subiects did not en ioy the ymmun it iestherin promised themthemight lawfullie seek protecion of anyother prince : exciting as out of our compassionate disposicion to

relieve ther knowen extremities. Upon which we graun ted themsome defen ce , on lie til l by ourmediacion or process of tyms somemoderacion might be foundo, which we thought was require d inchristianiti 81 yet no brech of amitie : but the late king (beforethis) in recompense ofour princelie kindnes towards himin our

former advertisemen t 81 lon es ,the north by the earles of Northumberland 81being quicklie 81 happelia extinguished , he still 00 a e al lmalicious courses , I neede not say of attemptes of invaoiou but the

the yong king 1 following his father in malice w ill beg nne it semeewarre upon us : when it is well knowen that we have often refusedthe resignacion of the Low Countreys (which the Archduke hath)in to our protecion , (a great temptacion to any prin ce to be soveraigne over so rich a people) being led therto by a desire not to

infringe in any poin t that former amit ie , 81 especiallie desiring an

estab11shed prosperitie peace to our people rather then any eu~

largement to our own s honour. This we speak to lett you 81 allothers lmowe this warre is cause less , not drawen upon us by anie

warre he geveth victorie to the innocen t , fighteth evermore fior

those that sincerelie serve him: upon which confidence we may‘ Philip IIL bocame king in IWG; in 1601 hem twen tv-threc years cl u e.

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be redressed : onlie he found the pore soman ie 81 dim thatsome conven ien cemust be for begars or els they wold starve .

W ilbraham’

s spech being Maste r of Requests to serian t Pe lhamfor his farew ell in Graies Inne hall

,Nov : 1601 : being called

serian t to then ten t to be Chief baron i n Ireland : in answare

to the serian t .

Mr. Serian t we do all excedinglie reioice to see vertue isworthelie honored, in a gent leman so beloved in this societie .

Your humble reooguizion to her Maiest ie that so graciouslie

hath called you to this preferment doth argue to the world thatbeing so un fain edl ie thankfull to acknowledg, you wilbe seriouslie

in ten tive to deserve this bighe favor .

For your gratefun eun umeraoion of benefits ascribed to thissocietie, we cannot but commend your humilit ie being the properen signe to al l your vertues , 81. embrace your love out of our bestafl

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ecion s, promising that as your advauncemen t hath geven hon or

to our felowship, so shall our assistan ce be evermore redis to improve your fortunes .

“ God graun t that this your dign itie raised out of vertue,may be

a day dawn in g s tarre to geve light 81 example to others by likedesert tomoun t in to the same sphere .

‘ It were presumpcion to advise you in any thing : yet we inkindnes of good w illmay en treats you to call tomynd that in thisplen tifull harvest of pleders you are selected to the highest dignitieincident to your calling. Remember therfore you are placed as a

probacioner in an open theatre to this end that if by publick triall

you shall aprove 81 as I hope i ncrese the opin ion of your lern ingsinceritie in thismin isteriali function youmay heareafter be ad

vaunced to magistracie of weightie imployment for the service of

your prince 81 good of your coun trey.

Forget t not then these short memorialls : first that the graceprocedeth from God

,the boun tie from a soveraign prince , the

mean es hath ben the comendacion of he ads : but themerito hathgrowen out of your owns vertues .

T herfore to conclude , be you of good corage , put on in God'

8

name all sailes , 81 now shew your se lf a circumspect pilott . W e

wil l wish you evermore a prosperous wynd, 81 that the haven whichis in your keunyngmay prove a beppie harbour for you to 111100 1

et zfim’

s . [After 1n A 119 . he was chosen Chief baron for Ireland .]

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24 M1111, 1602 : the Lords ofCouncell falling in spech of the

great exhaust of these last 7 yeres warree, 81. that thecharge now was of Irish warree, bein g viz. nyn te en e thowmnd in pay was permmwm, 81 that the treasure 81menof England being wasted , it was not to be endured : 81. that potts8s pewter were selling amongest the pore for this present subsidie .

T he Lords seemed to agree it was the Irish warree had impoverished England , 81 not the warree of Spain or Low Coun treys81 11 the Queen had the treasure spent in Ireland they all agreedwe should con tyn ew w srre with Spains .

They all agreed the Low Coun treys will never become subiects ,to Spain s or Praun ce or any other : but wil l maynteyne a contynuall warre . And therein are able by strength of the fortifioacions

town es to werie Spains 81 Fraunce : with our ayd ofmen

They also that wemay not with any safietye suffer Spain sor the Am u to be absolute 1n the Low Coun treys : for therbyour daunger were fsrremore .

That point excepted ifwemight contynewe amitie with the

Low Coun treys , peace with Spain e were to be embraced : rebua 811:

But they were (levided touching peace to bemovedSpain e : for the Lord T resurer said , the warre in the Lowwas not to end the cause but a lingering ws rre to waste as 81.

them: that it was fittest to have pew e with Spaine before webe to farre spen t : for he hath a spring that yeldeth con tyn uall

lie, his Indies : w e standing water, which warre'

1 exhsust mak drie 8t barren : the maintenance of thoserebels 18 to wast England : wished a trstie but wold desparte theexecution now for ever.

The Lord Admirall Mr. Controller ’ 81Mr. Secretarie contra ,first

to bemoved by us were hermaiestie’s dishonor, yet they wold becon tent a treatie might be moved from them: some good mightaris e by gayuing tyms .

‘ A liat ol the army sa it stood on January 1 , 1608.31ves a tota1 0 1 13.100menof sumPapers. Como, 160 1-8 , pp. 896 while in a statemen t bearing

date March 81, 1609 . fromthe ‘Treasurers ' accoun ts, ’ the en tertainment of thearmy in Ireland fromApril to March T he Lord Moun tjoy batngLord Deputy, ’ amounts to 01 . IN . (6514 . p.

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50 JOURNAL or SIR 110 0 1111mmmmSecondlie ther 18 no amitie firme amongest princes but as serves

ther common weales,wherof they have government : therfore

Spaine 81 Fraunce are now in no better termes almost , but as before

e no safetie to have peace with Spams,for that the

Enfan tamakes tit le of succession .

Last lie 8b chieflie if we should con clude peace with Spainsall agree wemust secretlie ayd the Lowe Coun treys against them:

in requitall whereof they have 81 wil l ayd the rebels in Ire landso the peace of no avails to ne z if we have such warres in Ire land ,we weare as good to have it with Spain e : but if peace were withthe rebels ther, as M “ Secretarie said every good councellor woldadvise) then wo 11 our condicions of peace with Spains be morehon orable beneficiall.

But the Lord T resurer replyed that if an outward peace werewith Spain s , the rebels wold submitt themse lves to any cond icious :

81 the the peace break after,treasure , the was t wherol

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The Lord Keper, Erle ofWorcester 81 M" Secretarie Herbertwere silen t al l this round disputacion : 81 so they rose from the

table , non wayting ther but myself 81 M" Wade some say we

take no harmby some warre,to wast idle : quaere hic antea , reason s

11011719110 for warre or peace .

29 A119 . 1602 : At the court at Ote lands : the lord Ever,2

secretarie Herbert , doctor Dun ,

3sworn e late Master of Requests

for this service ,81 M' Leasure ,‘ did tak the leave of the Queen : 81

at the councell table they being ambassadors for Denmark) therwere read 81 dcliv to themcerten provisional instrucions totreat with the Emperour (if he desired it) as was suposed, touching

Clerk 0 1 the Council.Ralph, third Lord E ure or E vre, ViceoPresideut 01 the Council of the North

(8 . P. Dom. p.

S ir David Dun or Donn e.

Sir Stephen Lo Sioux. Ou June 17 , 1608, paymen t is made out cl 0 10

E xchequcr to Ma ste r Stephen Le Sieur,’ lately sen t as ass istan t to the ambassador:of her late Majesty on a mission to the King of Denmark (Devon ’

s WIn a“ , p . H e was kn ighted in 1608 (Metcalfe’

s Book of Kn ights . p. and

naturalised in 1624 (8 10 111100 a t Large, 21 James I Private Ante. Table 0 1 Con

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our commerce within his territories,

the reallowing the libertiesof the Hans Town es , w ithin Englan d .

1

The somme is : first,they to have fredome , as English, to

transport woll cloth the chief trade to the Empire en lie z to

bring ther countrey commodit ies to as as free as English : but itthe bring foren commodities , to pay custome as strangers : to

have the St illiard how se allot ted to them as it hath ben .

And we con tra, to have some cit ie in Germain e for our merchan ts to trade our wol le clothe to being as is agreed the welthof E nglan d .

But note M “ Secretarie Cecyll hath divers treaties wherby H . 7 ,afte r K ing E . 6

, Q . Marie,disenulled the great liberties of the

H ans Town es in England for that they colored stranger’s goodsby merchandis ing our cloth in to the Low Coun treys deprived

the gain e of our merchan ts : but the liberties in part w ere

regrannted by her maiestie : after,upon ther abuses

,resumed

they sen t away : this hoped colloquiomay renew the amitie81 intercourse of trafi ck to the good of themboth .

Sieur ch. Jastice dit amoy ,

que in Condons case, doubtfullsnbiect de Irelan d , pollicie fuit

que S“ T resorer serra adverse a

son sate pnr restitucion de son

terre attain t : srchanncelor

serra pur luy : et doctor Swale ,un mynion a] dit chauncelor

Hatton,dit a moy que fuit

pollicie que sienr chauncelor

serra adverse a Sr John Perrotet sieur T resorer pur luy ut amypur faire luy daver iustice : et

For this embassy see S . P. Dom. 1601-3 , p . 246 , Chamberlain to Carleton .

Vida an te , p . 24 .

Richard Swale, civilian , Presiden t of Cains College , Cambridge, appoin ted in1587 a Master of Chancery through the in fluence of Sir Chris topher H atton , who

is said to have relied on his legal knowledge for guidance in the discharge of his

duties as Lord Chancellor. (Diet. Na t. B io.)Lord Deputy of Ireland 1584-91 . Recalled and tried for high treason , he was

T he Lord Chief Jast ice to ldme that in Condon ’

s’case

,an

Irish subject whose loyalty wasin suspicion

,the plan was that

the Lord Treasurer should be

opposed to his suit for the restitution of his attain ted land

,and

the Lord Chan ce llor for him.

And Dr. Swale ,3 a creature of

the said Chancellor Hatton , toldme that the plan w as that theLord Chancellor shou ld be opposed to Sir John Perrot ,4 and

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tamen ils entend nn fyne, que

lofl'

ender aver son desert .

E piscopns London,camera

stella ta : febr . 1602, dit c

gmsur

examinacion de Jesuitz seculer priestz, ils con fesse perin riedestre allowe par catholicks in

Angleterre : qnia dicun t quodpapa Pin s Quin tus excommun icavit Regin amElizabeth : par

que touts seemagistrates 81 louranthoritie son t adn ihilate ; et

donques lour text est : Jummen tumcommiud/ice non comp etentemmobligat : sic il dit ils

teyne des tre loyall pur catholilrsde oosen tontz protes tan tz de

lour bargainee 81 dettry .

Anxi apiert que eveeque

London par advize Conn eell, et

come 11 dit a moi, de secretarieespecialmen t , ad travaile de fairediscord en ter Jesnitz secularpriest : par que ils on t esorit

divers railings quodlibetzpampheletz ltmvers enter : par

the Lord Treasurer for himas

a friend desirous to gain himjustice ; and yet it was under

should be a fine and the offenderwas to meet with his deserts .

T he Bishop of Lon don,in

the Star Chamber, February160

1, said that Jesuits and

seen ar priests confessed , on

examination , that pe°

11ry was

lawful for Catholics in ngland ,because they say that PopePius V . has excommunicatedQueen Elizabeth ; and so all hermagistrates and their authorityare annihi lated . And their textis , an oath taken before a judgeillegally appointed is not binding : so he says they hold itlawful for Catholics to oozen

all Protestan ts in bargains anddebts .

Also it appears that the

t op ofLondon , on the adviceof the Council , and , as he toldme

,especially by the Secretary

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s

advice,has worked to bring

about discord between the Je

suits and the secular priests,whereby they have written di

faand guil ty on very in sufficien t eviden ce. H e died in prison in September 1692.

Thom Phelippes writes , March 22 , 1591 : Sir John Parrot was committed to theTower. There is a diversity of Opinion respecting him, asmen are diverselyinclined to the Chancellor or the Lord Treasurer, who was said to be sick when

Parrot was sent to the Tower, and has not left his chamber since.

of E ssex [favours him]” The Earl

but the Chancellor has great dependency, and if hisproofs are as evident as the accusations are odious they will weigh all down .

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que le traitorous purpose de

Jesuitz pur deposer le roy comeilloyal ad apere de lour escriptnres de memes : auxi in lon r

apelle al Rome Inn vers lauter,

ils recede a pape discon ten t le

Jesuits que ad le coun tenaunce

de Spaine totaliter, pur ceo le

secn ler ne son t reiect : le seculerpur ceo nout melior allowance :sed nno ore con sen si snn t t e

vera advers protestan tz, comen tle writings voile colour le eon

trari , come epis0 0pus et secretardicunt 81 crede nt .

vers railing quodlibets and pamphlets again st on e an other

,so

that the treacherous purpose of

the Jesuits to depose the Queenas un lawfu l has appeared fromtheir very w ritings . Also, intheir appea l to Rome again steach other, 1 they left the Popediscon ten ted— the Jesn its

,who

have the countenance of Spainen t irely , because the plea of thesecular priests was n ot rejected ;the seculars because they are

not more coun tenanced . But

w ith on e voice they are in

reality in agreemen t again stthe Protestan ts , however theirw ritings would imply the con

trary , as the Bishop and secretary say and believe .

Refernn t nonn lli , qnod Dominus Custos Sigilli ’ pro vale al

serian t Hele,8 dixit , god be with you M" Serian t 8c prosper you

in the Tribe of Isacar le quel B eale ne perceve : mes sur serchde ses amies ils trove que Gen esis ca . that Isacar was botw enetwos burden s 8t to serve for tribute , at Jurisperit-i solent .

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After Queue Elizabeth had languished3 wakes

,to all seming rather of tormen t of myud then payn e of

bodie, 81 refusing all phisick , after dailie and man iefold strongeexhortacion s

,both by bishops and the Councell, not to be her

own e ruyn e : again st this day was a sommons of all the bishops

For this appea l to the Pope see a letter of Thomas Phelippes to CecilNovember 8, 1602 1601-3 . p. and the Pope ’

s bull to Blackwell the

Amhpriest , 935:55, 1602 (ibid . pp . 257

Lord Keeper E gerton .

John H ale, of the Inner Temple ; called to the Bar 1574 ; to the Bench

1589 ; Serjean t 1594 ; Queen ’s Serjean t May 1602.

Genesis xlix. 14 , 15 . 1603 .

54 mmu orma aoosa wrmmm

and nobilitie nere London : whar was declared to them that

sithence the first feare by her maiestie ’

s indisposition ,the Lords

hath ordered the navie to be in rediaes against foren attempts :

divers partes of the kingdome had admon icion : so had the

shiriefs lieutenan ts deputie lieuten ants Justices of peacethroughout the kingdom: the lieuten an t of the Tower the pres iden ts of provin ces 81 the Deputy of Ireland the maior of London ,

especiallie , other oorporacions : 8b staymade of all shippinge

therby they supposed a good securitie to the kingdoms for tymspresen t : yet forasmuch as if god should call hermaiest ie , at whichtime the authoritie of the ooun oellors of estate did actuallie cease ,

81 then the nobilit ie of the ki ome 81. such as hadauthorities as eorporaoions by c arter of

by common lawe,81 all subiects , obliged by dntie to preserve the

peace for the future successor : therfore the councell had desiredthe n obles to be in red iaes to withstand all attempt again st thepeace of the kingdome , wherof they were principau pillors , 81 toioyne w ith themfor some course to establish the peace in futuretyme ; 8a said the lords were the un iversal 81 grand councell ot

the realme if god called her maiest ie , altho during her brethingethe ordering of the peace belonged to the direcion of her privie

councell : wherupon they concluded of some unitie amonges t themse lves : but yet I could not understand that any publick nomin acion was of any oerte n successor

,altho al l spake generallie for

our gracious king to ther freuds vate lie : yet it semed the

success ion was emongest the 10 1113 En

conn oell so assured to them,

that before the Queen ’

s deaths a proclamation was drawen rodiefor the signature of the lords and it pleased God to geve suchtyme of preparacion 81 expectacion of her deathe , that she dyingthe T hursdaie after midn ight at 9 of the clooke 1n themom,

the

councell 81 lords had assembled themselves at Whitehall (comingfromRichmond) 81 ther the 24 of March within 8 homes after the

Queen ’

s death subscribed the Proclamation with 30 hands at least '

:

81. then instan ter proclaimed the Queen ’

s death, 81 the true and

rightfnll snow ssion of King James the first king of England of

Scot land James the sixte . Wher11pon the people both in citie

coun ties fynding the in st feare of 40 yeres , for wan t of a knownsuccessor, dissolved 111 aminute did so reioyoe , as few wished thegracious Queue alive againe : but as the world is were in cl in edto alteracion of government

,bothe papistes and prote stants , as it

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It is the manner,afier the death of a long rayniug prince ,

that by discon ten ted mynds or w itts starved for want of employmen t

,mania new proiectes , sutes , in venoions 81 in finite complain tes

are brought to the successor in stan tlie. hoping, if they preven tdiscoverie , to prevails in ther en terprises : so it happened at thistyme : for the Soottishe knowing 81 the E nglishe coniecturinga facilitie in obtayn ing sutes by reason of his maies tie’

s mostbenigne 81 boun tiful] disposicion especial] tow ards his old servan ts

,

they n ever ceased to devise 81 sollicite sutos to his maiestie 81complain ts of all natures : such as were beggars w ere left to the

ordinarie Maisters of Requests : sutes of boun tie or grace were

preferred by most of his Chaniber, wherein the King hath benabused by false informacion s , sometymes of the qualitie of such as

sued for ofiioes , other tymes by sup the worth of the sutes :

that if his w isdoms had not apeansd in the cloudes, 81 that somewise oouncellors hadmpart fortold him,

no doubt , as some escapesmust ever happen in the entrance in to a new government , so inthese sates for lands , pencions , emcee in possession in revercion ,

man iamore errors had been committed to the damage of the crown egovernmen t , 81 the grief of the best affected subiects .

book of observations for my age or children : Iwrit this short 81 rude memoriall of the Queen ’

s defection 81 thes initiaoion

, as a thingmostmemorable where in I note .

themortalitie of princes , to make me more assured of

the brevitie 81 incerten tie ofmy own s lief.Second : that when we think death furthest of, then as a thief

be surprised us : for the Queue even tomy se lf at my last audiencenot 5 daies before she beganne to sicken ,

at lest in myud, did inextreme cold wether shewme her sommer like garmen ts , ooutemning furres to withstand winter cold even then was death redioto knock at her dore

,when nether her selfher successor nor people

dreamed of any such acciden t .

T hirdlie , Imake use by the example 01 David’

8 saying that theharta of princes are in the handes of the Lord : for her Maiestie

ther god) did desire perpetuall glorieabove all thinges : and amongest her man ifold 81 rare vertues of

nature 81 arte , this was the onlie detraction that she had not power

turneth it whithersoever he will.’ ‘David 'must be a

slip tor Solomon.

58 10 1111111 1, or SIR 110 0 311 mumto geve, wher it was merited : but was as a bailie to preserve thatwhich she needed not in her sole person for her successors availeto w homGod hath 81 wi ll geve manie high spreading branches ,that wil lm lie draw up the full sappe fromthis roots , which theformer sole brancbe had not power to doe 81 if she had disposed

or 30 ,000 l. to the comfort of her long worne thredlm'e pore

old servan ts paid her debts , she had died , as she did,themirrhcr

of her sex : so had she beu glorified by fame 81 love above all herbes t deserving progen itors : 81 altho that no doubt was theobiect of that renowned Queue, yet she aymad amisse by his

providence who wold have her (as s pewed in her long lyngering 81w illing sickn es ) ioy in no worldlie things , but sufi

‘

red her en tierlie

to leave themto those,of whomshe was at lest iele nes

, and to

drawher in her end to depend upon the suer ancorhold JesusChrist , w ith whomher sowle resteth .

Las tlie w e 81 all future ages have cause to honour 81 admirethe great providence of God

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that hath geven one language, onereligion , one con tinent, in most thinges one couformitie of lawescustomes , to then ten t to un ite the kingdomes , that by hostilitie

of w arre , were alwaies utter enemies : so as tharby his churchbeing strengthen ed 81 we , by assurance of god

’

s etera providen ce,

delivered of the tears which hath perturbed the wisest of both the

nations these 50 yeres ,may singmagnifies“ ,810 .

To conclude : because future ages wil l perhaps write eitherincerten ly or variahlie of our late Queue or her n ext successor

,

being both princes of highest ren own s for all external] happinesI having been Master of

Requests in ordinarie 3 yeres to the Queen , 81 3mon ethes to the

Kings , wi l l w ording to the meanes ofmy appmhencionflatterie sett down e the nature 81 vertues with the aparant damin both the princes .

The Queue was of comelie personage , sound in belth ti ll herlast sicknes , stro of constit

own s obeervacion good diett : not tyed to howres of eating or

sleping, but following appitite : not delighte d in bellie cheare to

please the test , but feding alwaies upon meatea that susteyue

strenghthen nature . In all thee habitudes the King's ma iestie,her kin desman , hath semblable disposicion respecting his age 81

difference of sex .

T he King hath amagnan imous spirits , ven turous to hazard his

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owne bodie in hunting especiallie most patien t of labour cold 81heate . So was the Queen farre above all other of her sex 81 yeres .

Both of themmostmerciful] in disposition 81 they sone angry ,yet without bittern es or stinging revenge .

In prudence iustice 81 temperan ce , they are both the admiracionto prin ces in ther several] sexes .

The Ki ng most boun t iful],seldome denying any sute : the

Queue strict in geving, which age 81 her sex inclyn ed her un to :

the one ofte n complayned of for spariuge : th’other so ben igne

,that

his people feare his over redines 1n gevinge .

T he Queue s low to resolucion ,81 seldome to be retracted : his

maiestie quick in concluding 81 more variable in subsistinge .

The Queen solemn e and ceremon ious , 81 requiring decen t 81disparen t order to be kept conven ien t in ech degree : 81 tho she

bare a greatermaiestie , yet wold she labour to en tertayn e strangerssutors 81 her people

,w ith more courtlie courtesie 81 favorable

speches then the King useth : who altho he be indeeds of a moretrue ben ign itie 81 ingenuous n ature

, yet the n eglect of thoseordinarie ceremon ies , which his variable 81 quick w itt can notattend

,makes common people iudge otherwise of him.

The Queue 81 K ingmost des irous ever to please the people , 81preven t charge to them: but the Queen grey ed the people in

privilidges 81monopolies , which I know was farre con trarie to her

princelie n ature w ithal mishswacion that they w ere profitable forthe common weal 81 that some of themyelded her a ren t 81 savedher revenew ,

which otherw ise should have ben weakened by suchinstan t sutors

,were the cause she graun ted them: now the King

by pulling themdow n e 81 losing the profit of those ren ts hath purchased , tho at a deare price , a sure inheritan ce in the love of his

people .

T he Queen took delight 81 made profitt in simulacion 81 dissimulaciou 81 therby discovered fashion s 81 preten ces 81 favorers tosutes

,81 the truemean ing of her several] coun cellors in matters of

importance : the K ing semes to n eglecte that as bazen es , thin kinghis own e w itt sufficien t to exploit thinges pertinen t bv ordin ariemean es , w ithout such labor 81 1n si11uacion .

T he Queen was quick 0 1 apprehen cion ,w ise in coun cell by

reason of her great reading 81 ove1reach1ng experience : of an

admirable felicitie ofmemorie : 81 albeit of great con stancie , yet bycon tinuall labor

,her ben ign e n ature w as changed 81 in parte

60 Jomu or smaoesa wmsaam

depmved by yearea&ielod es &ill afl'

ected about her : w hich she

cou ld hardlie eechue , being in age as a recluse clois tered to hearson lie such tunes as her kepere sounded un to her, whm'

eby somethinges (tho good) tun e

that reason cou ld n

The n mof sharpestmtt 81mvenc10 n , redie&p1thi e speche

an emcedmg good memorie : of the sw ete st pleasan teet bestnature that ever I know s : des iring nor afliecfi ng any thing buttrue honor. As his lerm'

ng and re ligious vertues hath extol ledhimabove all princes in the world , so I praie unfain edlie that hi s

heroic]: myud be not ved with illcoun cell, 81 that nether the w elth peace of Eng

of

At my audience my lord Cecill ’ secretaryhis maiesty of B baron e&2 erles :

the earles . have usuallie creac ion money of £20 per ann umpromelior!) aus tentatiomdign itatis , but baron s have non e, saving the

lord Mountioy hath 20markes creacion money .

T he King signed themall at one tyms coufusedlie , not respecting who should have an tiqu itie : queers in ch .

T he barons n ames w ere : S ir Thomas Egerton lord keper, SirW illiamRusse ll ‘ late lord deputie of Ireland

,Sir Hen ry

lieutenant of the gard , Sir John Har'ingttzin ,

6 Peter,’

Hen ry Dan vers ,3 Sir Thomas Gerard kn ightmarshal l Sir RobertSpencer.

T he lord Thomas Howard made erle of Suffolk : 81 the lordMountioy , lord lieuten an t of Ireland,made erle of Devon shire.

T he Kingwas at H ampton Court . Nichols ’sm a oj James L.

Gecil had been raiu d to the Peeu ge by the title ot flaron Oeeil ot E ssendon

on lh y l s e.

‘ Baron E llesmere.

‘ Youngerm M a M smnd E u i d Bedb ri mated a Rumll ot

‘ Baron Grey ot Groby. Baron Hat ington oi E xton .

Baron Petn ot Writtle.

Baron Danvers ot Danteey ; afterwards Earl ofDanby.

‘ Baron Gerard oi Gerard's Bromley.

Bu oa enoer ot Wormleighton .

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This day also the lord keper brought inhad the old defaoed 81 outt in peoes hy the king himself 81 in his

sight in presence of mos t of the coun cell called therto into the

privie chamber : after which the kingmade an actuall de livery of

the n ew seale to the lord keper do nova : 81 allowed himthe old

scale as a perquisite : of which a en try is in chaunoery for

memoriall therof.

21 Julu : erle de Southampton dudum attain t ad novelcreacion de son erledome : et les avan t dita 2 erles 81 8 baron sfueron t solempment par lection de lour lettres paten t s a eux et al

beires males de lour corps : et par endumen t de hood sur'

lour

robes par la roymeme : et par cap demain ten ance .

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25 July St James his day : was King James crowned lin t kingof Englan d Ireland of that name 81 6 king of Scot land : it wasat Westminster : when ther died 0 1 the plague 1500 a weeks 1nLondon . the suburbes and tonn es next adioin ing : a proclamation to restraine accesse of peop le , 81 the feast usuall at coronationforborne , the King 81 Queen coming fromW hitehall to West

minster private,made the nomber of people and the pompemuch

lease.

Yet the presence of the nobilitie , bishops. ofiicers about theking’s person

,60 knightes of the Bath then made : the presence

of the iudges 81 seriean ts , sin ging men , t rumpeters 81musioion s ,made a great assemblie ; besides manie ambassadors fromdiverscoun treyes . At the Coronation when the King Queen hadseated themse lves on ther throane of estate , erected nere the alter

spred w ith cloth of silver 81 gold : Garter Harold proclaimed 1n

ech 4 angles and quarte rs in the King’

s hearing, demandingof thepeople whether they wold have King James ther king : in

place with applauds,showt ing, throwing up hats they assen ted .

Then the King had praiers said before his chairs , and the

crown s put on by the Archbishop of Can terberi 3 and Deane of

H enry Wriothealy. attain ted and imprisoned in 1598 .

T hia en try in the MS. comes be tween the dieoussion in the Council on the

Irish coin and the report 01 the dissolution of the Parliament of 1608. but at thetap e! a blank page. en tirely apart fromthem. As the date od this mcreationls given in 8 . P. Dom. 1608

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Edward the Coufessor’

s put on 81 took oathes , due to the King ;hard a sermon preched by the bishop of W inchester : ’ was

anoyn ted head shoulders 81 sides standing 1n his dublett cutt openfor that purpose reoeved the commun ion : and after removingfromthe altar to the throne theater, receved homage of all theEnglish nobilitie ; and then the Lord keper published to the

people,1n the 4 several]quarters of the theater 4 severall tymes ,

that the King had gran ted to his people a most ample gen eral]pardon as ever prince did : at the which the people agains withshowtes praied for the King : and so the King retorned to the

W hitehall private lie : the Queen also was then crowned anoyn ted

Queen : the eternal] god blesse them81 the1° roya ll posterit ie :make them,

as heades, 81 ther subiects , one firme solids 81 perpetual] bodie .

6 Aug. 1603 : 4 Agents fromthe nobilitie gentry of Ire landwere commit ted to the Tower, for presen ting a pet icion to havethe publick use of ther re ligion , 81 to be governed with ther own e

nacion : 81 they have ther coyne better,” the rel igion could not be

altered but by parliamen t , 81 ther action herein tended to sedition : also the peticion w as presented by themhaving assembled30 or more persons of the n obles gen tlemen of Ire land thatattended for other sortes , as tho the wold put hismaiestie in tears ,ifhe grauuted not ther unjus t desire .

They were told at the commitment that hismaiestie was firmin his faiths ; some said he said in some publik audience , bewold rather fight in blond to the kn ees then gave tolleraoion of

religion .

7 Aug. : The Lords fin ding the Queen’

s fun eral], thecoronation , his atte ndance to be brought in , hissuch ex traordinarie charges, had spen t the treasure

,sen t to

Londoners to borow who an swared faintlie :These 4 proposicions were made to encrease the King’

s treasure proponed by the Lord Treasurer.

‘ Lanoelot Andrewes .

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T he

yhave walkes also made in the medowes wherin the

river 0 T emmies , of Charwel l do runne meets ; invironedclose walk of willow 81 some elmes

,to walk the distance of

half a mile,in shadowes : this is the most oompleet 81 fairest

oolledg 81 wa lks 1n England : (tho Trinitie Colledg square ismuchlarger 81 fairer.)

College is a second to thie 81 with statlie hall 81chappell 81 square equall almost to Mawdelin : 81 I think a cloisterin a second court fairer : a fairs garden but not such large walksas the former.

All Sowles Colledidoth almost equall Martyn Colledg, but the

square not so great without cloister.

Brazen Nose Colledg hath a nose of brass upon the gate : it isa pretie square un iform, but the hall square 81 chappell nothing tothe former : yet state lie 81 oolledg like : 81 to this most colledgein Cambridg are equall.

Un iversitie Colledg 18 the auncientest Colledg : Jesus Colledg,Lin coln s Colledg 81 others I saw on the outside : they seme farrinferior to the former .

All these 4 great colledgs have ther hallesmoun ted 20 steppesfromabove the ground : but in Cambridge the hal ls stand uponthe grounde : 81 allmOxford built of free hewenin Cambridg of bricke .

Yet the gatehouses 81 coming into Trinitie 81 St Johns inCambridge is more state lie then any in Oxford.

Ther is 16 Colledges 8 Hal les in Oxford.

the 5 coll I surveyed have good libraries ; butthe chiefest wonder in xford is a fairs Divin itie Schole w ithchurch w indoes : and over it the fairest librarie called the

U niversitie Librarie founded supplied dailie by Mr. Bodley,

that is thought for bewtie of building wain scott frameschayasa to hope the books , will equall any in christendome : all

the win does of all the libraries have but tw o lightes 81 a transom81 sett nere together of equall distan ce , the one half wall thotherwindows , by equall distan ce .

‘ All the Colledg windowes are

T he year before . 1602. had seen the achievemen t of Sir Thomas Bodley’sofi er.made to the Vice-Chan ce llor in 1598. to res tore Duh H umphrey's library“ to it's former use and tomake it fi t and handsome with Beaten and shelves and

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likewise but 2 lightes , 81 some have tran somes 81 some none81 the toppe of ech window is not fiatt or square , but round as an

arch at the toppe .

Mawdelin s, Martyn Co lledg 81 as I remember All SowlesColledges wer builded by 3 successive bishops of W inchesterwholie : the towne of Oxford fairer 81 larger then Cambridge, butCambridge hath a farre fairermarkett place.

Oxford stands lowe , with rich meadowes about the rivers thatrunne by it : 81 Oxford is invironed wi th protio lit le hi lls two milesofl

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by south 81 west : that part northward a flatt : the soile is claysand a l ighter ground 81mold .

But Cambridge standes in a large flatt every way close to theriver : 81 in amiry depe clay soils : all arable about it , in effectwanting the pleasure ofmedowes .

progresse, Sept : 1603, I saw Salisberie called New Sal isberie : th’

old stos d on the toppe of a hill , 81 decayed for wan t of

Wherupon the town s was about E . 3 tyms builded twomilesoffma flatt low ground 81 builded upon piles : the town s is buil tchequerwise , that at ech center you may look in to 4 streetes : 81

ther 18 a river whereby ther be drawen in to every streets a stremoofwater con tynuallie runn inge .

Ther is a rare fairs 81 large cathedre ll church in this oitis ,built by the bishop ther : 81 the building contyn ewed 40 yeres : 81the os aperes by the old books .

T he le of Pembroke hath 2 mi les off a faire how se calledWilton ,

’ a large 81 high built square of hewen ston e : the roameshaving ther lightes but one way in to the square are maleneholik81 dark .

furnish it with books (An thony Wood , H ist . d c . of the University of Od om!11. pp . 265 Ou aubon , who visited iord in 1618 , writes of the Bodleian

as‘a work rather (or a king than a private man .

’The divinity school both

for its architecture and the library contained in it has his unstin ted praise.Nothing in E urope is comparable .

’

(Boaee's Oxford . p .

There is some error here : only Waynflete , the founder of Magdalene, was a

Bishop 0 1W inches te r.The seat ofWilliamH erbert. E arl 0 1 Pembroke. where James I. passed part 01

September 1603 and the whole 0 1 October (Nichols’s Program of James 1 .

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T wo miles fromSalisberie on th’

other side, Sir Thomas Gorgehath built a fairs new howse ‘

of stone,a t riangle with 3

gent

round towers at ech end,wherein are his fairest chambers : he

hath the faires t garden gren e walks invironed with the river,81 grouseward court before his gate , that I have seen e : al l hiswindowes are but 2 lightes with a transoms ,thick 81 uni formshew well 81 faire : but hath fewhowse : it is much spen t in pantreyes .

T he first Christmas of worthy king James was at his court at

Hampton ,A° 1603 : wher the fi ench,

’ Span ish ’ 81 PolonianAmbassadors w ere severallie solemplie feasted : mania plaiesdaun ces w ith swordes : one mask by English 81 Scott ish lords :another by the Queen ’

8 Maiestie 81 eleven more ladies of her chamberpresenting gifie s as goddesses . Thesemeshes , especialli the lasts ,coetes 2000 or the aparells : rare musick , fine aonges : 81

in iewels most riohe the lest to my iudgmen t : 81 her

maiestie after Christmas was running at Ring by the

King 81 8 or 9 lords for the honour of those goddesses 81 then theyall feasted together privatelie .

Jan . 1603 . T he King sma iestie had an as semblie of the churchbishops , of the lern edst devin es called pu ritans : and after 3daies conferen ce whereat l was witn ess the devines con femedscruples : corner cap : crossing in baptism: ri in marriage

“H omelies read 111 churches whar w an te lerned,lmelin

commun ion , common praier with preching, confirmacion of l

dren,private bapt isme so it were by a ministe r, to be verie

aunoient in the primitive church : 81 the two last to be necessarie ,thother indifferent , 81 to be admitte d for decency 81 un itie : the

king’

s maiestie wil l have some things in the book of commonpraier explained to take away scandal] : the herizies in the

Apocripha not to be reade : 81 all the church brought to this

uuit ie moderacion ,81 perswacion of bishops to prechers that be

honest not coutencious : but scismatical prechers to be coerced :

W ord a tle. Beaumon t. V illa Medians .

T hiamu que , by Daniel. is 111 N ichols 's Program . i. 305 and was playedon January 8. 1604

‘ l nc the fln t tour years ol the reign M pOOL were speut in jeweh d one

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allowance geven to the 3 articles they are to subscribe , being red o,

as I remember wens :l . The King

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8 snpremacie allowed by all, as governonr

spirituallmen to do ther duties 1n ther callings .

2 . Nothing in the common praier book, these obw nrities

explaned , dissonant fromthe word ofGod .

3. The articles ratified by parliamen t not to be contrariant to

It 1s resolved a new trans lation shalbe of the bible : and thiscommon catichismw ith some en largemen t to be in every churchsaid, not divers nor long oatheohisms : for disciplin e. the rigour ihabuse of excomnn icacion , the indges bishops to devise anothercen s ure : ibr plan ting a lerned min isterie , in the north , WalesIreland, commissioners apoin ted : to reforzhe quamtwmpotent . The

King’

s Maiestie concluded an nnitie in indifferen t th in gs : butin matter essenciall to salvacion , better to obey God than man .

Predeetinaoion dz elecion not meete to be ed , b11t with

great respect &that as a father sa1d to be eved adccendmdo,bogyning at our sanctifioacion ,

which doth argue instifioacion : 81that argues calling and eleoion : that ther 1s an inseparable linke81 0 0 11innct ion of these 4 : the frail tie such as non can be pre

snmptnouslie assured of his elecion ,‘

bnt must work his salvacionwith team, 81 out of workes to prove his calling : Remdootias imus

omnmm

The Commissioners for the Hanse Town es in Germanio hamhad often conference with the Lou is, 23 Sept . 1604 .

They claime anncien t privilidges in England , gran ted by E . 2

after confirmed by paten t parliamen t by E . 4 .

Ther chief clayme is to be as fle e of all cnstomes as Englishhome for all transportacions importacion to be free of al ltrades in al l to nnes in England .

This oontynned till E . 6 made an order by his counce ll,A°

proving those liberties forfett : first because they were noO

oorpora

cion capable themf; but chiefli by abusing the liberties 1n coloring foneners goods , denying ns likmutuall commerce w ith them

,

en larging ther H ames and ther trade to the royne of Englishe .

Queen Marie , at the in stance ofKing Philip, condiscended to someliberties : but the H ams: never accepted therof, but have madeever challenges to them: having some moderacions of those

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libert ies ofred themby Queen Elizabeth,the refused, and caused

the Emperor by strict mandate to inhibits us the Eh1pyre , o1°

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89 . (the Staade and other citi es have entertayned onrmerchan ts forthe necessitie they have of our wolls 81 clothes) .

And now afle r deliberaoon 61 by his Maies tie s dinecion the

Ramses have ther answare this 23 Sep t. 1604 at Hampton Court 'First that the king councell 6nd ther annoient liberties void

causa 1wedid a : &the same den ied these last 60 yeres to them:

Touching the1° desire to have some new treatie for more moderateliberties , ubnmque ; answane was , that the state of England tn ht

not endure themto be as free as English in customes espemsfiefor so our trade of on 1

° merchan ts wold be overthrowen , our

navie decay : but they were 06 10 11 to have as great libertiesas any foren in amitie with the king have 81mgran t themmore ,were to draw on the king the dailie imwrtnnitie andmis like of

other prin ces.

Note themischief to allow themequall fredomwith EnEnglish

in custom(which 18 doble customto strangers) 18 that the umoarying in bottomes farre cheper, having more alliance 815 fredomempassing the Soun d otherwise then English

,theymight

sel l better chepe, mgrose our clothes stoppe 81 open our ven ttrade at the1° wills : and therfore the H ouses being denyed ther

liberties with prote stacion s of all other amitie, as to have therd illiard howse 0 1° snch lik curtoaia, departed , not expect in g so finall

All our fears is , if the H ome have creditt with the Emperonr,he w ill proclaims a n ew inhibicion against us : but ourmerchan tsW e the H M have no such interest in the Emperonr, 81m tonnes in the confines of the Empire Denmark will desiremM in ce d ont trade staple, so precious as they cann ot want it .

nm by oflen debates of Conncellonrs , that it is tia

” M a peace ' with Spain we shonld geve himthe redierW mcommand Holland the Low Coun treys : for therby

' 1b 0 d u b 00 0noll n jooting the ola1mof the fl anse T om to ceruin

“ m u lnjnrlonl to trade is dated Sept. 80. 1604. Hampton Oonrta t P. M v ‘o lmwm. W ).

" fl a u n ts! ” with spainm sworn to by James on Angnst IQ. 1604M IIWJ JM ). u wu not nntil lGOc at the Dt y fi emoe dgnad n

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we should have to stronge a neighbour to n ere us, as Spain s is

bring na to perill dailie if he fall in hi s faith

peace : 81 if the articles of peace be broken in small matters , itis not like the king wil l warre against any of them

, especiallie for

fings tomerchandis e , &c .

,being private , but live in amitie with

12 Jan . 1604 . Al hnnting al Roiston :l Roy et deans de chapell

2

cite 12 dentronomy ’: snr que ascun seer que chescun poet

expend son dismes de meme : et dean s dit que sont 3 kindes dedismes

,destre view in ceo chapter : 1° Aniversariae decimae

,

solubiles tantnmpresbiteris : 2° T riennarie solubiles pnesbiteris

nt Dei gloria elargietnr pauperibns : 3° Fest ivales decimae , on al

festivals iont e chesoun carier 0 11 eschannger see dismes, et al

esglise ferra fest par lny son familie see 612 81 files , in gloriaDei : issint chescn n an denx dix partes serra expend al esglise et

glorie de dien : et chesoun 3 an serra 3 tree dismes pay a t supra.

E t Roy dit qne anncien t testament est plus direct pur dismesno novel : et ils n o remember ascun lien pur enforcer persoa

se , comme les dix parte s de gaines de merchan ts on legisperitornm, 8m.

18 Jan . 1604,M" Harleymy host at Hun tingdon to ldme this

n ight , supping withme, that he be ing before a farmer 81 24 horsesfor plows 12 horses 81 xxx cattall were bewitched 81 died in iidaies

, soddainlie sick , crying 81 grynnyng 81 starin in th’

en d

was advised to bnrn e a s ick horse alive 81 so did , an after had no

more died : another did so by his shepe by Harley’

s advise : non

afiel died 81. Harley said a knowen witch advised himto burnsthe hart bymating on a spitt , the witch wold come to the dovebefore the hart was rosted .

T he king’smaiestie,sithence his happie oomyng, by his own e

The Kingm t toRoyston two dnys al tet Twelfth-tide, where and thembonts

he hath continued ever since , and finds snob felicity in that hun ting life that hehath written to the Council that it is the onlymeans to maintain his health

(Chamba lain to Winwood. Jan . 26 . Winwood'a Memoria ls. ii .James Montague, Dean ofWorces ter. 1604 ; Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1608.

and ofWinchester. 1616 edited the collected edition 01 the King’s works brought

out in 1616 (Die. Not.12 Deuteronomy. on T ithu .

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ski ll hath discovered 2 notorious impostnres : one of a phis ioionthatmade latyne 81 lerned sermons in the s lepe z which he did bysecret premeditacion thother ofa woman pretended to be bewitched,that cast up at hermonth pynnes , 81 pynn es were taken by diversin her fitts out of her brest .

T he last Sunday in October 1605 , Sir Georg Carew,

‘ Treasurerof Ire land,made peticion to have his great aeompt finished by theLords Commissioners : Answare wasmade that Sir John Ramsayhad begged of his Maiestie the ben ifite of the deceates in the

T resorer’

s acompte 81 that his maiestie wil led a staie : the lordohs nnoellox° said in H . 6 3 tyms , a gen eral] comlaint was to parliamen t against Michael de la Pole chann cellor, being referred theindges said it was to generall &not by the lawes to be answared

unto : them 11 the same was drawen into more parti cularitie 81so obiected answared in parliamen t : so this complaint

fii

‘hst

the Treasurer is now followed by M' Ramsay defending be 4

prin cipal of the Connoe ll.

Tihe 5 ofNov. 1605 : the Lords Commons attended to expectthe King's coming the begynn ing of this parlianwn t then to be

held by proA week Lord Monntegle imparted to the 81

Oonnoil, a letter se nt to his hands by en 8z fl

od fl onntjoy and chiohsster. had leh lrelmd in 1n1y 1004, thongh his pammmH e had held the 0 11100 0 1

Tmmmnt Besides inourring the nsnnl wmitiesw d ohsrgos ol n pscity Oarsw hsd oflendsd n onn tjoy hy a ru h speech. In

Mamh 1606 ho ts dimtod to snhmni t ths ledger hook of the sooonmts ot his

-6,

‘ 811 30hn Bnmu y had bosn the Ki g’s pnge nt the tlme ol ths Gmrrie

conspiracy. when he stabbed Ruthven . In 1606 James cres ted himViscountHsddinnomsnd in IM Eu l ot Holdm T he reoosds oi the reign are fnfl ol

“W mdmtfl o hlm. n vi. 45 . u qnoted by Gu dinu . LN ).

complain t s! dood t ’

w. P. Don 1600-10.

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2 ps rts to the channoelor of 80 0 tls nd ‘ to be presen te d at ther

parliament the 3 part he presen ted to the 10 1113 81 commons now

sealed with all the commission ers seals , according to the act of thelast parliamen t .

H e said it was no

Scot land :bun

oalteracion of lawes 0 1

° the poin ts of governmen t orcy ; bn t

wmpur pmfeoion de waion a l bmqfik of both

gngdomes : he 111-med favorable construcion , of ther Sin cere

preceding : be compared this21116 with the late tyme of onr Q.

Elizabeth of famous memorie , rmer tymes when the cruelti ofcivill wan es was extinguished

.

by the un ion of the howses of

Lancaster 81 York : yet that un ion was clouded withmist 81 doubteven in themiddest of the raigne of H . 8 ; but the nnion of the

king's sncoemion is perpetual], by un iting in his personkingdoms, wherein the several] mon arches have had so longdiscente in ther blond as no king chn s tian hath the like : thisunion is the act of god

,not patched by absolncions of popes

0 1° parliamen t to dispen se with doubtful] 0 1° illegittimate manages .

AJso in the late Q' tyme, senectmcl orbitas w ere feared in her,

induced hopes to the Pope 81 foreners to draws us to foren

subiection : besides the Novelestes 8s sectaries in religion , whowold be snbiect to no commaund ,made na in more dannger thenwhen ther was a H eptarchie .

H is Maiestie is of ripe yeres , longeben tried : his wisdoms ,

In lien of orbitie,the Queen a fruits fnll vine

,81 4 olive branches

of extraordinarie vertne 81 hopefn ll pos teriti : he hath plant edecclesiastical] governmen t : all foren princes have sued to himforpeace to his hon our

,so are we established : foreners , some said

was not possible this establishmen t , find it firms 81 no hope foxforeners : Jnstioes in nornbex° inoneased : no oflioer displaced.

But what thankfulness m118,alas W inchester 18 witn ess of the

first attempt of Raw ley &c . : we have sen s the horribleattempts the last day against king

,nobles

,prelates 81 commons .

This precedes both first 81 last fromromish priste e by a he llishpractise under the earth .

Alexander Seton. E arl 0 1Dnnlemline.

Bl leigb'

s trial was held at Winchester, November 17. 1608 (M . H i“ .

1.

10 0 1111 1 1. 0 11 8111 110 0 1111 WILBRAHAM 73

These have raised a nombei° like Cate lyn'

s camp of wastersspend goods to stirre rebel lion , not so wise as Balam’

s aw e, whodiscerned god

’

s army : praied the king for suere iustice mpars

sincere traha tur : the papistes may be Christians but corruptromish Christians .

Mil lions have geven ther harte s to the king to ayde himwithther 81 lands sacrifice ther lives for his service

e praieth exemplarie pun ishmen t 1n thesemay cause others toabhorre mmishe re ligion : 81 praieth Christ Jesus to preserve hismaiestie progenie for ever.

T he king’

s speech : I had occas ion the last parliament torender thankfulnes for the loyaltie ofyou1

° harte s upon my coming :now I amto render to god thanks for our safe delivery.miserioordsfadmm'

ni sup er (mimics opera. aim.

T he creacion ofman not so glorious as his redempcion ,the old

Adamnot so glorious as the new : so this delivery greter then our

socosse to the crown ; vow faucibus M on t .

T he dannger so gret , the cause so lit le : in that place t

thought to reveng hard lawes : in that w e are tomagn ifie ou1°

ves sparkes 8s attributes of divini tie to king that ruleswmlg

e

nder him.

T he great world he destroes by wate r, the deluge, fire, to

purge the godlie, destroy the wicked . So the hiest places subiect

to mos t daunger which he had tasted first by Rawlie’

s

con spiracie , wher he should have ben bathed 1n blondsod incidm'

unt in foveamquwmfscomnt : so this last by line, adaungerfroma senseless element -more inevitable then any ofmen ,

or beams which Daniel escaped .

It wasmiraculouse being.

attempted by subiects without cause,con science : 81 no remorse therof eithe1° in

have a king distroyed in parliamen t ia ter nobles 81common s par consul t do bone publik, the proper place 81 function of

‘ There are two full reporte ot the xing’s

357-9 ; (2) Parliamen ta ry H istory. 1064-1062, whereof the second is the tulles .

Roger Wilbraham's report. though conden sed. gives the general sen se ; yet, while

omi tting no material point, it diasra somewhat in the words used. ThusRaleigh is nut mentioued ia the Lords ’ Journals “ 1’m E b b w byname .

74 m erma aoosa wm m

l h n not read oa rkish or Jewish religion que admia lenemu dsr of the king h people : yet here religion ismade the oause :

ll e é istingmhed of papistes : such as hold those doctrines be

no good subtectn : be , 8t may be saved, th0 they beleve 7

M &such-like if at ther death they assure themselves inJesus : h he wamed those half pspist , to detest M &such : 81

d d he wold proroge this parliamen t for the service against these

M who by repaire of allmeu of sort to the parliament havestood out hitherto ; 8s for whose confusion he wished evm'

y one

he is no hound te he presenh hehowse to remember, parliaments are consultacions of

to propound a new lawe, but with a

rope about his neck.

Lott no puritans 0 1°

speches avoid rethorik n thmnoem

10 111111111. or 8111 aoosa wmaaanm 75

1t tended to the equall good of both kingdoms . loving themequa llie .

Lett all things be so caried w ith wisdoms as no parti depart

disconten t , king no1° people : but let the1° be a wise 81 loving

oon inn ction for the weale publik against the con spirators thero i'

.

And so the lord chauncelor was commanded to pronounce the

adprorogacion of parliamen t.

In the session of parliamen t 3 116913 Jacobi z‘ for 7 weekesprivate bil l pmed both

tyms most while spen t inagainst purveiors : 81 concerning a bil l for redresse of those

an act for

the king’

s safetie , 81 further punishements discoverie

of popish recusants , wherei11 both howses made declamatiomsmania devm of proiects against them: wherein they wereextraordinarie incensed by occas ion of the late horible practise ofgunpowder discovered , which they con ceve prooeded of out the

re ligion of Jesuitisms, wherein for advaunoemen t of the church of

Rome , excommun icacion , deposicion 81 murder of princes is he ld1awFull , 81 either meritorious or by dispensacion before, or absolucion after to be pardoned1 altho man ie Romanis tes pretend the

Touching purveiors .

’(After the common s had frelie 0 610 11 the

king 2 subsidies 4 fiften ths z)ll The lords anotamised to the

common s upon conferen ce ,‘ that the king had kept a long christmas : 81 ben at extraord inarie charges : the Q‘ funerall

the bringing in of the King , Queen 81 Prince 100 : gifie s to

Ambassadors 4000 z° the empt ines of the Q‘oofers : in crease of

Parliamentmet January 21. 1606.

0 1 the conferen ces and debates on the grievance oi purveyance which this

entry and those dated March 1 1 and April 15 deal with there is a somewhatcon fused summary in the Parliam tary H istory (1. T he Commons ' efl‘

orts

to pca a Bil l were wrecked by the msistan ce oi the Lords (Gard. H i st. i.

See Spedding's Letters and Life of Franc is Bacon (iii . 259.am).where an attempt

ismade to nsproduee iromthe Commm'Journa ls the oourse oi these coniereuces

and debates . Wil braham. as a member of the committee whichmet the Lords(C . J. i. here gives amore coheren t accoun t .

February 10 .

February 14 61 19 . See C . J . i. 269 and 27 1 .

111 Commons ' l omak the accounts given difl’er—e’

e . Queen 's 11111411 0 1.

76 10 1111111 1. or 3111 110 0 511 wmmnm

of charges in Ireland 81 Berwick

decay of revenewe hath gmeu : inerm of

Queen aboutto 774000' 1 '

lets

the matter that the king’

s 1 1 had7 g 711man but

"i

f found the crowns possessed by long‘

y

1

Wk X ) ( P; Iy

muse

fior if 36 w b’

ee uf

fl u e m altugether which upon mumu é s eqn ll cun

1 0 1111111 1. or 8111 3 0 0 3 3 wmsamm 77

price also , 81 that inheren t in the crowne : it cannot be sold 110 1°

5°Our bill agains t them1s to res tore us to our true libertie of

inheritan ce : if this our inheritance should be again st [as bought ,or if we buy our lawes oi

'

iustice, it were dishonors is to so

gracious a king : pern icious in future examples :6° I thinks a great doubt may be that when the king's

children '

s children shall in crease his fsmelie, for the nephewes 81

all lineal discendan ts ( flaw s dc collateral fi erce, are to be

parcel] of the hinges household in prerogative : then 81 upon allby suoeding hin ges, the composicion may be said to

in creased upon the subiect : or els purveiors

to be cast upon themfor an amicion,if they refuse to compound.

It was further moved by the commons to increase our sub

lay upon pore tonnes verio hevie ’) reasoned

that the necessitie of the kingmust be releved by the affectionatelove of the people : the king is the hart , the head , 81 11ef o of our

law es commonweale : 81 the Chaunoellor of eschequer 3 said theKing was like Theodosius , the good Emporour, who said

,0111

legibua solzuti sm tamen seemuhm leges vivere 0 01mm : 81 this iscited as a rule in the civil laws ; 81 so grief or want in the hart &hedmus t be re levad by the he lps of all othermembers as themos tobnoxious

‘Treasure is said to be the sinews of the commonweal : 81 thecontraction of the sinewes in the brayn e bredes a cramp 81 con

vulsion in all the inferiorparte ,’

sa iethBond ‘: the ben ignitie, boun tie ,

piat is of our king 81 his neoessitie amplified bymany proverbs .

On March 26 an additional subs idy and two-fiitesn ths were voted (0 . J .

i .

Fromthe eighth year oi E dward III. the assessment 0 1 the lay tenths andfifteenths took a eettled iorm: the sevaral dis tricts wsrs permanently rated at the

amount paid in that year ; particular incidence being determined by the local

authority. T he small towns, inmany instances fallen in wealth and population ,

would be aeeessed at the same amoun t as 250 years betore (M H t’

st.

Stubbs. Cami . H i st. ii.‘ In Camuana’ Journals (1. 279) this speech seems to be migned to ‘Mr.

Chancellor, Sir John Fortescm.

’Fortesoue had been Chancellor oi the E xchequer

until the beginn ing oi James ’s reign .when he gave way to SirGeorge H ume ; but anew paten t iromthe xing in 1603 0 0 nfirm0d himin his omce 0 1 Chancellor oi theDuchy of Lancaster for 1110 (Diet. Nat. Bio ).

John Bond , Taunton (Part. H ist. i.

JOI’

RNLL OP SIR RG EBR WILBRABAN

Amplificat ion for subs idie made by foren prin ces graterimpos icixms : the king

'

smild usage of his un limited prerogativemild taxes :

the genen l el'der of kuighflmod might be aceptad as a generall

fimnr fim any 50 1mp ines : hn t to t l ke the order of S‘ Michael,

being an a der t herbr his Juli e of allegeanee to the king is in

Whe if he have taken an mth which ti es himto observe

some oad ezs incfi em: $ ahb 0 he took n0 othe yet he is boun d to

0 1mm? the immm of the older : 6: therfone w ithout the king ’

s

lit er»? my not am it : he was therfore committed to the

Maw 05 the king'

s 50m . w ith order noman should arest

him: kmif he ha ! hen un mit ted to the Marshalsie of King’

s

Bea ch 0 1 Fa te s the Lea k warran t cou ld not have prohibited,but

emmims cf 15 3 9 1 111115 25 of Bench Common Flees wold

have le t: h i d zgvn him. s was said by the lord chaun cellor Chief

Juanita »a A tk ‘n k ‘

f Gen era“ .

Ala: M se n twas t o lie in prison ti ll he Willinglie resigned to

‘ l‘iti llg his a id order paten t : the like presiden tfi r Antun ie Shurley

’

s‘ 81 Sir Alexander C lifford’

s

i “ t has desired the reviving of an act of 23 H , 8

w w k ‘h wyne should be brought in to England betwgne

g ; Anthony Shirley and Sir Nicholas (not Alexander) Clifl’

ord, two of the

“ W“ M most gallant offi cers of the E ngli sh auxiliaries, were invested by

m W. 0 ! h um) with the Collar of the Order of St. Michael. Ou their

W “ to N land they were commi tted to prison by E lizabeth forma to

w thin honour without having previously obtained permission of the Queen 's

M u ul were peremptorily ordered to send back the Collar (Wiequefort's

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90 10 0 3 3311. 0 17 8 18 3 0 0 3 3 wmsu au

he fe lons : also the Gren eclothe not to iudge those causes but thecourts at Wes tminster.

T he att orney first , after the Lord Chief Just ice in the nameof the rest present , w ith con sen t of the Lords , shewed that thiswold h inder the king per ann um,

1 to take away the king’s

prerogat ive in pnrveiance which is saved expreslie in a statute 27E . 3 also the chief Jastice said the king had prerogative inpurveyance to have it at a more reasonable prise then the markettprises as first for some things the prises had ben alwaies eerten ,

which the attorney said w ere mencion ed in the old Grene Clothebookea to be hereditarie prises : also the chief Justice cite d recordin Westmin ster courts also in E . 3 tyme , wherin it was adindged

that the king in come was to have of the subiects 21 bnshells for

20 , 81 of strangers 22 by for 20 85 another recorde that theking was to have ech 8 bushel l heaped . Also the king had a pre

rogative to have such prises , as had con tyn ewed 100 ormore yeres :81. whe n 110 certen prise had ben , ther on even apraizmen t , not tohigh to charg the king nor to baze to 0 presse the pore : if the

king ha d 110 favour in the price , but a bare preempcion ,the col

lucion of his provision w old farre excede the markett prise in

charges : the atto rney said 110 statute prohibited purveyan ce,but

pun ished 111111110 purveiors : adiudged that t imber groyng beingt’mlmhl 110 (r) children that lerned singing for plesure no takes .

'

l‘

he s tatutes that ap oint presen t paymen t have ben expounded , by annet. l l l .

-l 3 in the Tow er,‘ to be as sone as the king hath mon eyun l ie things under 40" had presen t paymen t by the old statu te.

T hey said that wher the hill 5 made it felon ie to take W ithout a

111 1110 1 the Lord s a t 11 co n feren ce had proposed an annual gran t of

in lien 11! (thu d . H is t. i .

27 li d . l l l . S t . 9 . De S lapul is , cap . iv which , while exempting those going toand hm“ tho S taple {11 1111 1l1s turbance by purveyors . s aves the King

’s prerogative

to exact {mmthem‘

toutr.matters des prises Roialx dez cariages et Vita illes

muoienmen t dues vt uses do dmit. some 1111 este fait par nous et nous auneestres

( S hot . a t I a ny . i.

Nut t but 2 H en ry e. N . enacted that purveyance tor the King’s house

a t l tk . 0 1 under ~hall be pw w n tly pa id for (S ta t. i .

ulln aham“ as for 11 time Kee per of the Records in the Tower (8 . P. Dom.

1111111 11 but Mv. H ube rt H a ll. of the Public Record Ofiice . kindly in formsme that his paten t wasmenta l after hearing by the C ouncil in 1604 as an in fringement at the rights at the Mas ter of the Rolls.

‘

l‘

he Cummmu ‘

111115 13 11 “ ill.

10 113 11111. or 813 3 0 0 113 mamasm 81

commission ofpurveianee w ording to the severall statute , the lawesw ere 36 of Purveiors some abrogating other by gen eral l 81 someparticular words implicaoion the lawes were so in tricate that 6the best lerned in 6mon thes could not drawe a commission 81 so

the act therin tomake it felonie was to rigorous .

Also to abrogate the gren ecloth, which tho it were no court of

record yet the necessitie of the king’

s presen t service requ ired thattheymtght used lawfullie to pun ish by imprisonment such as

red sted lawfull pnrveyance .

14 April , T he Lords upon sute gran ted conferen ce to the

Commons , touching ther desires in ecclesias ticall causes 9

1. They desired that 300 min isters,deprived for not subscrib

ing,might be licenced to prech, being al lmeanes they had to liveupon : especiallie such as nether sought to sett up a presbete rie , ordesired a paritie , or were of turbulent spiritee : the desired tolleracion for these presen t , not for future es : 81 sin ce domb

living, sr con tempt of not

subscribing ought not to tak away not on lie the pre sen t livings ,but also ther preching within these danngerous tymes , when practimes of poperie are everywher basis to deprave seduce the

people : in Elisabeth tyms lawes were a terror to bot

mflicted upon some that were not turbu len t : thee speches weredevided in 10 partes &e10quen tlie handled by Sir Frauncis Bacon :

2 . Sir H enry Hobart desired for the common s that the ecclesiasticall commission might not be execute d but in LondonYork : 1° for that it was an arbitrarie 81 absolute authoritie : 2° it

was without ape lle : 3° it abrogated fromt he ordinarie{urisdioiom

hindred the channoelour of bishops lerned in civil lawe : 4°

besides excomnnicacion , it authorizeth fines 81 imprisonmen ts without limitacion of tyme or some it was the highest commissionauthoritie next parliament : 81 by this a parti may accuse himse lf

The Commons had declared. in May 1604.that the grievances tn pnrveyenoe.ot whieh they eomPlained, bed been deolared to be illegal by no leee than thirty.

nix statutes (Gard. H ist. i .‘ Mr. 8pedding gives an aooonn t of thil oonterenee, eolleeted fromthe

Commons ' Journals (Letters and Life of Francis Bacon. 111. 968. but Wilbra.

bam’e rogart ll somewhat taller.

Sir Henry H obart, appointed AttomegoGenetal Jnly 4.1606.and Chief Justice0! the Common Pleas 1618.

VOL. x. (w)

82 10 1111111 1. or 813 3 0 0 3 3 wmsau uu

therfore to be committed to men of preeminenceiudgment experience : to be executedma publik place

,and not

iu bishops chambers : to be assisted withmeu of equall credit :not the bishop with his chaplens to geve sentenoes , which were

pencemm : to be executed nere° Lon don 61 York, whet coun

Sir H . Mon tague ‘ desired citaciou , w ordin g to the Statute of

Westmin ster 2,might oouteyn e the causes the 30 0 0 80 18 in evet

zmatter : &n 0 t to seud 0 ut a quorum710 11111141 for 40 at a

then to 00mmll themto take an oath to accuse themselvesfmm’

whichis against all lawes 10 causes criminal].

Lastlie M' Sollicitor Doderidge’made an excellen t spech to

move that exoommun icaciou should not be upon triviall causes , fornon aparances the first day, for a buudell of leekes : it was again stthe auncien t canons 85 cite d the text that that punishmen t was thelast most heyuous, 81 excommunicatiou was emclueio 0 W 8 10 ,

be inflicted but 1

2extreme necessitie : these speches

with allegories elegan t sen tences , an howre 85 half,81 most

aproved of all the temporal] lords by ther silence admiring the

e loquen ce 85 witt of the spekers : 81 the archbishop desired tyme toan sware in so weighti a cause .

T he lords after often debate refused to ioyne in these 4 petioion s to his maiestie : for touching the fimhmhus eat at pen d:

mwa guamcivitaa : 81 without ceremonies not be suprted : for the his Maies tie wold be cautious : 81 for theh:purposed in place of exoomun icaciou to ordeine fine 1mprison ~

men t : for the the bishops wold be carefull : 8b to all answarewas that it was dangerous to have a peticion publik scandalous.

15 A'

,T he Commons , par 15 April . The Commons by

H enry elvertou et auter legis H eury Yelverton 'and other

respond al arguments lawyersmade reply to the arguio precedeuti pur prerogative mean in favour of the King’s

1mt H enry Montegu. Recorder and M3 . tor the city in 1608. AfterwardsOkla! Juetioe 0 1 the Ktug

'e Beach in 1616. and Lord Treasurer in 1690 (Poes

’e

40 1111 Doderldge.Boltoitor-Generel. October 28 . 1604 ; resigned 0 3 0 0 June 95 .

mm. to umplace to Bacon . and kn ighted ; J .K.B. 1619 (ibid ).

Hem) Yolverton. eldent won 0 1 Christopher Yelverton . was MP. for North

JOURNAL or 813 ROGER wmsmmu 83

le my in purveyauce : et ils

arere tueront respond par Attorney a Chief Justice : 1°

Common s et Judges varie in

re un statute devant cite de

27 E 3,titulo statute staple

,

save prerogative ls roy in prices ,on in prisage comme les 00mmons diout : 80 d s uta '

e con tra

prices : ergo vide statute . Commons Judges agree que Royad purveyauoe par common loypur houshold : 81 act de parliamen t contra 0 0 0 est void , quianecessarie prerogative : &Judgesdion t que act que roy payerredie money est void : car my(10 01; aver iour de paymen ttanque il ad sat isfiie pur guerre ,(

Jlue est plus ueoessarie : et chiefustice dit que toutz preroga

tives (10 my son t allow pro legepro bouo publi00 . Commons etAttorney agree ove Judges et

ii H 4,3 11 4

, et 6 H 8. titu loroy poet aver

purveyaunce par force sil ofl'

er

reasonable price : sed iudges

ablemen t que markett : autorment charges (10 colleciou seraplus grandee que subiects pay

ampton .

prerogative set out in the preceding folio : and afterwardsthe Attorney and Chief Ja sticereplied to them. 1. T he Commous and Judges differ in re

gard to the Statute herein beforecited of 27 Edward III. en t itledStatute of Staple

,

‘ the Common ssaying that the King’

8 prer0ga~

tive is saved in prisage,w hi le

the Judges assert that it is his

saved : therefore see Statute .

The Common s and Judges agree

by Common Law for purveyanoefor his Household : and that anAct of Parliament again st thatis void

,because it is a necessary

preroga tive and Judges saythat the Act that the K ingmustpay ready money is void ; forthe King ought to have a dayfor paymen t after he has satisfiedwar expenses , for that is morenecessary : and the Chief Justioesays that all the King’

s preroga

tiy es are allowed on behalf of

the law for the public good .

The Commons and Attorney9 with the Judges and

Statutes 2 Henry IV,3 Hen ry

IV and 6 Henry I II ’that the Kingmay have

H em reconciled with the King in 1609. In 1618 he wae SOlicitor

General, in 1617 11t end in 1625 J. 0 . P. (Boss’s

27 E dward III.

2 H enry IV. 0 . 14.

t emu, p. 80 n .

Vide ante. p . 80 n .

There muet be an error hera u there eeemto be no etetutee ot theee yeu e

relating to Pumyanee. [ cannot decipher or eonjeoture the d omitted .

0 2

84 Jomu or s nmcn m

Lez commons relic em 36

E 3 , statute que est confirmepar 23 H 6 : 0 0 0 act in te r

multe autere apoint que mypayer redie money 61. markettprices comme ieo remember : 61

multe statute a ceo effect : sed

auters an tique leges son t que

gree sera fait al subiects :

c e ux s on t void par iudges quiaden ial] de subiectz n e hinder le

purveyaunce que est cy n eces

sarie prerogative : le iudges at

t orney n e common s n e poent

cite r ascua case in ley que roya dplus favorable prise in prisees

que sub iectz on t , ceo est market tprises , que l est expound commecommon s dion t reason able prises .

mes fuit con trovert un statute

de 27 E 3 devan t cite et 36 E 3,

que ap oin t cove nab le prises serraen tier prise s on non : mes at

to rney 85 s ieur chauncelor col lect(

1110 um] execucion fut de ascun

« e ceux statutz pur reason ableprices : car lez commission s desouth le grand seal pur prisage81 purvayaun ce mencione de

temps H 7 out reasonable

purveyanmby fiimif he f er

T he Commons rely on the

Statute 36 Edward III,‘ which

is eon firmed by 23 H enry V I ’ :

market prices , if my memoryse rves me right : and thereare many Sta tutes to the sameeffect : but there are otheran cien t law s ordaining that

grace should be given to the

subject : 67 yet they are voidaccording to the Judges , becausethe den ial of the subject doesnot prevent purveyance in so

much as it is so neoew ry a

prerogative Neither the Judgesnor the Attorney nor the Commons can cite any case in law

that the King has amore favourable price in prises than subjectshave ; that is the market price ,w hich is in terpreted accordingto the Common s tomean reason

able prices . But this view w as

con troverted by the Statutes 27E dward III herein before citedand 36 E dward III

,which ordain

suitable prices , that is prices86 E d. 111. et. 1. cap. 2-6 . S ta t. a t Large, i. 297 .

28 H enry VI. cap. 1. Ibid . 9 . 584 .

JOURNAL 0 ? 813 110 0 1211 mm 85

royal prises : 85 10 execuc ion

prove le in ten t de leges : anxilez w omptes in eschequer de

toutz royes prove que heaped

acomptes answare 0 0 0 : est 1111

prerogat ive certen par statutepur prices do vyne tan tnm:

par Magnet Ohwrta 1111 priceoerten pnr cart 2 chevals eat

sed put petit choses certesprises ou t este par usage .

E t pur bief mutton 65

grand choses prises son t variable sed favorable pur mymordan t al temps :

Lo iudges agree que grenacloth nest court

,forque de

pun ish ceux quez deny on t e

sis ter pnrveyannoeo

z st in ceuxcases tantumils imprison : et

commen t Magna 01mmest que

0 0 0 case 0 0 0 est 10x terme :

sioomme courts de equitie 85

of wine there is a certain pre

mgative by Statute : and byMagna Charts the fixed pricefor a cart and two horses is

1 but for little things the

prices are fixed by usage .

And for beefandmutton andgreat things the prices vary :

yet are they favourable to the

King according to the time .

The Judges agree that theGreencloth is not a Court : except to pun ish those who refuse

H enry min us oi Magna Charm. 1216 (821008 Charla" , p.

without reserve or none . But

the Attorney and Lord Chancellor show that these Statutesfor reasonable prices have neverbeen actually made use of, for

the Commission s under the

Great Seal for prises and pan

veyance mentioned from the

time of Henry VII con tains thewords,

‘ reasonable and royalprises and the fact that thecommissions have been thusissued proves the inten tion of

the laws . Also the w ooun ts in

the Exchequer of all the Kingsmemure has

these cases on ly they imprison

that 18 the law of the land , just

Privy Council, although theyhave no legal and formal proeed ave

, yet are they accordingto the law of the land . But if

the Greenc loth err or imprisonmy on e against the laws , the

Common Ia w Judges gran t

writs of Habeas Corpus, so that

they may examine in to their

pnmyoms ( que fnit direct paraune ien t sta tu te n ien t m1se muse) fui t strict rempnerogafl ve

pmceedmgs and de liver the

party on the case . And in con

e lusion it w as said that althoughde my que lie lny al markettprim tedie paymen t . et de

ex tinguishe le gmn eclothe : nuuw le t oy en tend ease de

people lm lamation in

price s in takings dabatnr

nomber de cartes &c : quod det men t and abolishing the Greenl'lt proc lamation fn it fait cloth , yet the K ing in tends the

que in part preven t extorcion s ease of his people by proclamamkiug que ne fn it imploy par t ion in all prises and taking :my. and the number of carts t e

qu ired shal l be given : May God

grant that this will be . And

a proclamation was made thatin part preven ts extortionatetakings from being employedby the King.

1

5 man Al councell bord 5 May at the Council Boardlimpouioion de 5' 6d owt cnrran tz T he impost on curren ts of 5‘ 6"Nit petioione d again st : et Ie the cwt was petitioned againstdour ( lhanoelour chief Justice an d the Lord Chancellor

,Chief

gt Attorney dion t que roy sur Just ice,and Attorney General

T h” l$0 081! it put an end tomost of the abuses , left untouchedill. claimof his 0 1110 0 19 to settle at the ir pleasure the prices they would give(Gard. um. 1.

the bill against purveyors (whichw as directed by ancien t Statuten ever put in to use) was strictagain st the prerogat ive of the

King, bin ding him to marketprices and ready money pav

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licence (10 tran sport ordinance : 6 . the duties on new draperiesl l saltpetre : 12 preempcion of to the a e of Lennox ; 7 . the

tynne : &3 aute rs : roy pro licenoe of retailing wine to the

miss graciousement a reformer Lord Admiral ; 8 . the licen ce of

oppression et abuses : mes ad blue starch ; 9 . the impost on

mon ishe qmls n e derogate de sea 00a1 10 . the lioen 0 e of

son prerogative : et pro maiori transporting oulnance ; 11 . salt

3220 ceux gran ts sont petit pet re ; ‘ 12. the preemption of

ages al neople, et grand

profitt pur subs istancmde corone : K ing promised graciously thatquaere eventnm. he would reformoppression s and

abuses , but warns themthat theyfromhis pre

the most

damage to the people and of

great profit towanda the supportof the Crown Query as to theissue

November : 1606 : Al ante l November 1606 : At the

other Session of the Parliamen t.chauncellor notifie al common s T he Chance llor ’ notified to the

que roy ad ove son counce ll Commons that the King has

consider de ceuxgrevances : et adrespond a chesoun particnlerlie , his council and has replied toet les gran ts al Sieur Davers

,each particu lar ; and that the

et aute r al Sir Arthur Aston n ts to Lord Danvers and to

fneron t repelle : mes les privi n rthurAston were repealed ;lidge et imposicion de currants but the privileges in thematte radindg bone in escheqner : et of currants and the impostles enters son t afiirme bon e par thereon were held good in the

Court of E xchequer z'and the

vide ls peticion de common s et others are affirmed good byrespons 10 my al oes sessions . reason of the King’

s prerogative

Paten t to J0hn E velyn and others formaking saltpetre to: supp lying the King’s

gunpov dcrtortwen ty-oneyears .Oct. 7.1604 (S .P. Dom. 1608- l o.p . The E velyn

tu nuy omled on themanufacture of gunpowder at LongBitten and Godstowa.

Nov. 18 , 1600 . on opening of the autumn session (0 . J . i. 814

Batu'

o Cm.decided Mich. Term. 1606 .

10 1mm. or amsooss m m 89

Anxi lo channeellor promisepar

seals

mhopedie paymen t de priviers de subsidies : et le

primer defection happen par 00 010 subsidie fuit plus 9

E t sur ceo le my nrge le

nn ion oomme le sole matte r

1° E st dit que nest necessarie

destre enact qnia il et chann

fait unit ie in snbiectes : sed orderin ceo nnitie est destre declare

put avoid in convenience par

oerten limitacions et rules .

pore et England riche : os n est

de devide Gales de Engleergo nee icy : auxi riches

as fait realms famous on honorable , sed ls communion et

ceo al pln sors

to gran t them. See the petitionof the Common s an d the King'

a

.

And therefore the Kin gurged the Union 1

as the solematter to he treated of in that

limitations and rules , so as to

en larges a Kingdom.

‘ The Klng'a speeoh on the Union is fully glven in the Parm w H istory

(1 107 1 taken fromthe 0 0 1m Joumh .

Al so the Chance llor promisesfor the King speedy payment ofthe Privy Seals out of the Subsidies ; and the first defect in

gaymen t arose by reason of the

nbsidy being smallerassignment , and being paid toolate .

l . It is said that it is un

necessary that it should be

enacted , in as much as the

King and the Chan ce llor saythat the un ity of the subjects isinvolved in the un ity of the

Sovw e

gn

’

But order is to becheery i

2. It is objected that Scotland is poor and En gland rich .

Bnt this is not a reason to

divide Wales from England ,therefore it is not one here .

Also riches do not make arealm famous or honourable ,but the commun ion and partici

90 am u oy maoexa wnmam

{ j l 10m2ifili le lay

0

Fur le un ion 1]&his Cour@ d Justioe w in

h .

“ a ma t “

b zfi nfl fnit oonM b ~ h fl h m '

3 . The King b0rn in Scotland is pnrt ial to the Soots .

10 0mm. 0 1? SIR noose wrummm 91

concluded in the forty days of

7 Sep t Conneell assembleprivate pnr saplie gran d defectde treasure .

E t in Nov : fnit ofi’

er parcustomers de lend al roy1200000‘ sur tour ren t devan t

customs z issin t si

roy ded que dien defend ; farmers in peril de perdre : unoore

ion de Conn col l futaprompt al roy sed le my payin terest at opimr : at 80000

aprompt de Londoners sni pri

vate perswaeion de 0 0 11a de

repaymen t .

Med . Jum1607 : begga1-s et In the middle of Jun e

T he Session ad journed Dec. 18. 1606 . 1607 .

During the year ending with Michaelmas 1607 the expenditure had risen to

while the revenue. even with the addition 0 ! the grantmade 111 Parliawant. only reached 427 .000L. leaving a deficit 0 1 (Gard. H ist. ii.

T he debt at the beginning of 1606 stood at (vide an te. p.

Sic : but probably a mistake to: See warrant dated Feb. 92

ren ewal of lease to tanner: 01 onstonu 0 ! tonnage and poundage on their

augmenting the rent from to 190 .0001. p . e. Dom. 1608-10 . p .

and warran t dated Nov. 5. 1608. to repay to Sir Thomas H ayes . Sir Bapt istmom, and others of London len t by themto the king with interest

thereon (ibid . p .

See warrant dated March 21. 1608 . wherein is included the paymen t 0 1

with interest. borrowed ot divers citizens and merchan ts . strangers 0 !

London (8 . P. Dom. 1608-10. p . A repaymen t on June 24 . 1609. 0 1

83 . 4d. tor a loan fromSir H enry Rowe. the late Lord Mayor and

other citizens. apparen tly refers to this (Devon'

s E xchequer Issues of James I .pp. 92

7 Sept .

2 Council assembledprivate ly in the matter of the

great defect of the Treasury .

3

And in November the far

mers of the Cus toms offered tolend the King 16 1, on

their ren t . before the negociations for the customs werecompleted so that , in the

event of the Ki 8 death,which

God forbid. the ers were indanger of losing— yet by the

persuasion of the Council theloan was advanced to the King ;but the King pays in terest , as Ithink . And the citizen s of

London lend on the

private persuasion ofthe Councilthat it should be repaid .

92 10 1mm. or 3111 110 0 1511 wmamm

vagaran ts in Northam n Vil lin despite dencloser t propsle ville per bendes in Is nuite

disclose part de ceo : quil ne

de 0 0 towns 81 divers villas inceo oonn tie s t in counties deW arwick, Leicester&0 . : et per

20mars in crease lour nomber :ut 300 0 11 plnsorsman lien per(1108 at mates succide les novelinclosnres et no desist tanque 2proclamation s , a several tempsfait par le roy quils aver instics : et merci ails desist : etuncore ils oontinew tanqne Sir

ove force at slau hte r de ascun

10 in hott blougl z ils tueron trepresse . Apres in lassise de

severall counties avan t dit 2 0 113 tueront suspend pur example :a t my dit ut pm ad gmuoosM us cd plums M : et

n est loyal act ion , les proclan t

, pur subiects de

reforms loh r grevances parforce : mes par peticion al roydes tre re lieve in iust ice : et les

de bane people invey versdepopulators et

inquire de 0 111: et promise clamation says that it is not anet

'

ormacion par iustioe : que ad legal course for subjects to

Chancellor od the Exehequ r

h m An tony hed heen Amheu ador tromthe Qneen to H ea . in

13 a Jmu L dind et his hom in lW on his wey to Sir Oliver Ommwell‘e e tm m ii . 487 .

1607 : Beggars and vagran ts inthe town of Northampton

,

angeeed at the enclosuresmadenear the town

,in hands during

the night threw down a partthereof. And in as much as

they are not put down — theirnumbers increase. both fromthis town and divers towns inthe coun ty and in the coun tiesofWarwick. Leicester, &c . ,

and

for 20 days their numbers continue to in crease . til l 300 or

more in one place n ight and

day are thromn§down the new

enclosures. 0 they desist inspite of two proclamationsmade

mon s that they should havejustice and mercy if theydesisted.

‘ An d yet they con

tinue un til Sir A . Mildmay ’

with some horsemen using forcesla some ten in hot blood ;angthus they were put down .

Afterwards at the assizes of the

before mentioned several 0 0 1mties , two or 3 were hangedas an example . 80 that , as theKing says . the pun ishment of a

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par muttering manner (10 averplus violen t revengereleve : snr que le Conneell

apoin t se lected commissioners in

de enquire de depopn lacions et

de con vercion de arable in pasture : quez report 111 coun cell

table 6 Dec : 1607 a cat effect

que in coun ties (10 Lincoln s .Lecester. Northampton , War

w ick, H 11ntingdon . Bedford et

Buckinghamcirca 200 on 300

tenements depopnlated : et

grand.

nombet de acres scilicet9000 in Northampton shire : et

grand nombet 1n enters coun ties

et que people desire lonr common s partenant ad vi lles destredisenclose : quil point ne fuit

inquire par commissioners mesest referre al ley : et lea de

popnlators ofl'

er reformacion et

submitt 0 111: al merci de roy :et ned al merci Sir H . Carey

al

force,but that they should

petition the King to be re lievedaccording to justice . And the

Judges of Ass ize in order tosati sfy the common peoplein veigh against Enclosers and

Depopulators ; andmquire con

cern ing them and promisereformation at the hands of

Jnstioe . And this puts couragein to the common people, so thatw ith mutte rings they threatento have a more violen t revengeif they cannot be re lieved . Ou

this the Council appoin ts selectCommissioners , learned in the

law,in the six coun ties ; to

inquire concerning the acts of

arable in to pasture land . And

they report to the Council 0 11That

in the coun ties of Lin coln,

Leiceste r, Northampton War

w ick. H 11n tingdon . Bedfordand Buckinghamabout 200 or

300 te nemen ts have been depopulated and a great n umberof acres have been convertedfromarable in to pasture land .

T o wit , 9000 acres in Northamptonshire and a great number in the other coun ties . And

that the people seek that theircommons, a nrtenan t to the

towns,shoal be disenclosed ;

but this point was not inquiredinto by the commission ers . butis referred to the law . And the

94 10 1111111 1. or 8111 ROGER mau sm

Sur ne fnit dimt al lemedque le plns

in chm coun tis

O1 voy al Newmarkettmst 11 semble (10 allows« 10 111mmparmmiW onde

110 11 11110100 : et apedi u tbrmamon

mercy of Sir H . Carey,

‘patenteeof the penal Statute against

to the learnedmost notorious enclosers in eachcounty should be summonedthis Christmas for Hilary Termbefore the Star Chamber : andjustice and mercy shown to

them. so that they should not

despair, nor should the commonpeople insult themor be incitedto make rebellion

,whereof they

are greatly suspected . Also the

Mayor of Northampton,the

Sherifl’

and the n eighbouringjustices who did not repress theoutrages at the beginning shouldalso be brought before the StarChamber by rew on of theirremissness . An d it is hopedthat this blic example may

my of the commonpeople . These de liberation s Ireportedmarket o

approve of this course, for themamfestanon'

of his jnstwe'

the speedy reformation of

pression . And the Earl of

Salisbury advises the depopn

e Mumot the Jewell . with his father. 811 E dward 0u ey (8 . P. Dm 1606

u) p. 10.Jon0 21. 1606 ). and Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber (ibid. p. 187 .

end Lord Depaty in Ireland.

1691 89.

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96 10 1mm. or 8111 8 0 6 88 wm asmhors de bank le roy et le oommon men t sen ten ces have beenbank do stay prooeding al chargeet grevence de sutors : memecomplain t est par high commissioners et sienr admiral] dongleterre : et roy ad blame on et

Ful ler pleder committ pn r sedicions et disgracefii l parols de

et snr ceo le prechers devant le

allegories et ascun feite pleinmen t momordan t logic peritoe

pnr que ascnns out este pun ishper 1111 i0 11r prom ph .

Ce devision enter clergie et

temporal ley es t de grand perilal state : ci bien comme 18 diecon tent 110 bazer people verz logen tri : sed dieu defend et 0 0 11

tin ew son peace qnel la papedesire de violateate

mfgar inst igacions

de papists 110 r ls oath deallegeance

E t pnr avoider ls opin ion (10

ordering a stay of prooeedinge

ance of suitors . T he same 0 0m

conrt.as an example.

clergy and the temporal law is

fn ll of great peril to the smte.asmnch as the disoon ten t of thecommon poop};0 dtry. B11t

fi fimmfl is peace, wh10h the

to violate by in

pepists to rsfn se

the oath of allegianee.

And for the avoidance of

‘ Nicholss Fuller. imprimed by the H igh Commission thm't in November1607 for words used against its authority while pleading in the Court at King

’s

Bench . For this con test see Gardin er’

s H is tory (ii.

Admiral of England. And the

King blamed themand Fuller.‘

a Pleader, was committed forseditious disgraceful speechesagain st the authority of the

clergy. saying that it was Papal .And on that the preachers M rs

the King and at St. Paul ’s and

elsewhere by alle rise and

sometimes even in wordsattacked the lawyers becausesome have been pun ished by a

day having been assigned for

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cruelti : le my 10 15 de Febr. being thought cruel . the Kingcommand les Jedges de user (Febr. 15) commancls the Judgesgrand discrecion ln punishmen tde priestes et recnsan ts ut pon e

ad paucas moms ad p lums pervem'

a t et divers dis tinct rulesde limitt lour discrecion indefueron t donne a 8 1111 .

Note inde que in touts con

sultacion s de grand councels 1111

dost attender ls inclination depres iden t et secretaries quex

ils on t de roy secrett in struct ionscommen t aecnn s toits ils eon

ceale ceo : et ieo ay view an

letter de terror al Deputy et

Oonn cell in Ire land, et letter de

moderacion al Deput ie memesecrett. in grand cases (is peaceat gnerre , et de re ligion 1a :

plnsors choses son t propoun cl

prime fad e al counce ll nu voypar secrett purposes on len tencion de conclusion est anter :ergo est perilloos al eonnoellor

al primer mocion ,bastimen t de

mettre'

son opin ion : on in casesde momen t destre precipitate inexecncion de rigorous leys : oarles Jnatices dassise quex execute

fneront blame sinon in cases 0 11

que inclyn e as te rs a son superst ition : et refuse ls oath de allegeance devise par novel estatn te :

car tiels recnsan ts de ce sere

v0 L. x . (w)

to exercise great discretion inthe punishmen t of priests and

recnsan ts,so that by punishing

the few,fear may fal l on the

many : and divers distinct ruleswere given therein to themto

limit their discretion .

Note herein that in al l deliberations of great councils one

should wait to see the w ishes of

the President and Secretarieswho principa lly direct them; forthey have secret in struction sfi'omthe King , although some

t imes theyconceal it . And I haveseen one let ter full of terror sen tto the Deputy and his Councilin Ire land. and another lette r ofmoderation sen t in secret to the

Deputy alone. on importan tmatters ofpeaoe and warand oft eligion there : andmany things areput forth to the Counci l bearingon e con struction on the surface

,

for the purpose ofsecrecy.wherethe in tention is that quite a different oonclusion shall be reached .

Therefore it is perilous for a

council lor,on the first motion .

hastily to put forward his own

opin ion . or in cases of importan ce to be prmpitate in the

rigorous laws . For

the Justices of Assise who exe

cute. priests in accordance withthe Statutes are blamed ,

un lessit is a case of an obstinate and

a

98 10 1711111 1. or 8111 noose WILBRAHAM

wilful papist who inclin es othersto his supers tition, an d refusestheoath ofallegianoe. establishedby the new act . For such re

es sen te who refuse the oath are

dangerous ; in as much as the

Pope has condemned those whoaccept the oath . So they are

confederate s of the Pope , as thelast letter of the King declares .

men t sont daungerous en tan t

que pape ad condemns ceux queaoept lo seremeut : issint sontconfederates al pope comme lsdarraine let ter par ls my 110

clare .

19 AW 1608 : Erle de

Dorsett grand T resorer spreegrand temps consume al councel l table enter luy 8 1: Sir JohnLnson qui ad complains al royvers T resorer pur countenancingde son n ieces cause verz Lusonascun s injuries fait colors ofiioii

commen t in ley iust ifiable : ente ndan t daver Lnson pun ishe

pur ceo scanda ls : seian t al councell table at in serchan t de paper(18 opin ions (18 civilians pur

redresse vers tiels accusors,in

April 19,1608 . After long

t ime spen t at the Counci l tablein a dispute between the Earlof Dorset , Lord High Treasurer.and Sir John Luson .

lw ho had

made compla in t to the Kingagain s t the Treasurer for his

coun tenance of his n iece’

s causeagain s t himse lf, and of certainwrongs done under colour ofhisothos as if justified by the law ;the Lord Treasurer, in tending tohave Luson pun ished for thatscandal

,while s itting at the

S ir John Leveson . Xt . oi H s ling. Ken t. M.P. for Ken t in James ’s firs t Parliament. brother of S ir Richard Leveson . oi Stafford (H aeted

’s H i st . of Ken t. 1. pp.

474 . Aubrey. referring to Dorset's sudden death at the Council Board. states

that the trial was with this Sir Richard Temple's (al e. his in torman t) great-grandfather.

‘Sir John Loveson ’

s daughterChristianmarried S irPeterTemple.0 1 Stowe.the second Baronet. in 1680 ; their son Richard died in 169 7.and h is son .the is urth

Baronet . also Richard . died in 1749 (Cokayne’s Omnp lete Baronetage. i. Pos

sibly. judging by the dates , Richard. the third Baron et.was Aq inlormsut.andtor great grsndlather we should read gra ndfa ther. This would be the grand fa therof Sir Richard Temple on themother's side. Sir John Leveson .and not 811 1710 111118

Temple 0 1 Stowe. the firs t Baron et. his paternal grandfather or gres t-grsndtether.as is stated in the note to the edition of Aubrey

’s Brief Lives. recen tly edited by

Mr. Clark (ii .Chamberlain . on February 6. 1607 .writing to Carleton. raters to s cause in

the Court ofWards between the Lord Treasurer and Sir John Leveson (S .P. Dom.

1603-10 , p .

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100 10 1111111 1. 0 1? SIB ROGER mmsm

taxacions propan e il procuremalice do people et lour ana

thema : et sil resist serra faitodious al sutor et per case 8 1

roy .

for concealment and the proposals of new taxation he gain sfor himself the peo

gfie

’

s il lwil land their curses ; an ifbo remetsthe same he w ill bemade odiousto the suitors (i .e . the monopolists) and perhaps to the King .

June 1608 Newes in court . out ofHel l, that rich doctor Stanhope put a case to the dive ll : he said it concerned common lawwold be advised by S ir John Popham: who said it was an

eschequer cause 81 he wold put it to Dorsett lord T resorer 8m.

Nota . Perion chief baron It is to be noted that Periam,‘Anderson chief Justice as bank

,Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

et Pophamchief Justice de bameoregis , senio confeoti subito obierun t : Pophamayan t prise pil lsde lo empericke Raw lie, ayantsigns plusors warran ts memeheure , et estan t in salute . in

stauter obiit .

Note. Gawdy chiefJustice debanks . estan t ls proper iudge 118

Anderson,

’ Chief Justwe of the

Common Pleas . and Popham,

3

Chief Justice of the King’sBench

,worn out w ith age , sud

denly died. And Pophamhadbeen in good health, but takingthe pills of the empiric Ra

le igh ‘ in the very same hour .just aiter he had signed severalwarran ts , died sudden ly.

It is to be noted that Gawdy,‘

Chief Jastice of the Common

SirW illiamPeriam. Judge of the Common Pleas . 158 1. one of the Commissioners appointed to bes t causes in Chancery 0 11 the death of Sir ChristopherH atton , 159 1. Chief Baron of E xchequer. sud kn ighted January 1598. died

October 9. 1604. aged 70 (Foss’s Judges ).

Sir E dmund Anderson . Ch ief Jus tice of the Common Pleas from1589 till hisdeath. August 1 . 1605. aged 75 (Foss

’s Judges).

Sir John Popham. Ob ie! Justice 0 1 theKing’s Ben ch 15994 607 . 1110 11 June 10 .

1607 . aged about 76 . H e had presided at Raleigh'

s trial in 1603 .

Possibly SirWalter Raleigh. T he Queen had often gained benefit fromhis

prescription s. and amedicine was sent by himitemthe Tower, at her commend.

Francis Gawdy. named one of the Commissioners to hear causes in Ohs uoeryon the death 0 1 H atton , 1591. Chief Justice of Common Pleas 1605. died 1606.

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touts volunts ,momst in testate : Pleas before whomall wil lscome),

°

ed in te state , and H es

estant iudge de touts volunts,heth, Attorney of Wards , also

obiit , son volun t , ut ipmfateba judge of all wi lls , died withouttur. nien t perfect pro defectu completing his wil l

,owing. as

he himself confessed, to wan t of

E t SirJohn Spencer 10 grandmerchan t de Angleterre , see

dettes et movables estime 8 1

value 110 et ses terresapres 14 an s estime al 12000'

per annum, ad t’ait uul volun t et

supose oe fuit subduct : messieur Compton quimarie 88 file

et heire devian t in lunacy : par

que tout movables fueron t in

peril] destre begge de roy : mesls sieur Compton recover : et sicprevent courtiers zsed verandumne sit improvidus : et sic ea quaeSpencer supramodummiser et

avarus acquisierit , subita largitione evanescent : ergo n e 00 n

fide divitiis .

vanish . The refore pu t not yourtrust in riches .

Sir Thomas H esketh. appoin ted Attorney 0 1 the Court ofWards April 15.1597 (S . P. Dom. 1595-7. 9 . kn ighted 1608. died in 1606 (6066 .

p .

The greetmerchant and Lord Meyer 01 London . known as‘Bieh Spens er)

H is on ly child. E lisabeth.married William. second Lord Compton . against her

father's wishes.

T he inheritance. on the death 0 1 his te ther in o lsw in 1610. is ss id to hsve

turned Compton 's head for a time (Diet. Nat. Bio) . In 1618 Common bought

his promotion to the earldomof Northampton with his wife‘s wealth (Gard.

H is t.

And Sir John Spen cer,2 thegreat merchan t of En gland ,

whose debts and movables wereappraised at a value ofand whose lands afie r fourteenyears were appraised at£12,000

per annum, has made no will ;and it was supposed to have beenremoved secret ly . But LordCompton ,whomarried his daughter and heiress ,became a lunatic ,’whereof all his moveables werein peril of being begged of the

King. But the Lord Comptonrecovered ; and so preven tedthe conrtiere But it is to be

feared that he is a spendthrift .and so that which Spencer, in

102 JOURNAL or 8 13 noo s e wmssmauHenry of France , the mos t famous warrior, a king of grots et

potency ,magnan imitie, sagacitie 815 opulency , having new lie (forsome unknowen at tempt ) enected kept in regimen ts 50000 soldiersextraudinarie , having 2 daice before withmost oostlie solemn itiecrowned his qneene,

‘ riding through Paris in his oaroch, with 2noble sitting by him; the caroch being a l itle staied at a narowstreet : a base fellow unknowen of no regard ,

stept up upon thecoach wheels , with a kn if long prepared for that purpose strohthe king 2 blowes in his bodie , wherby he died spechlesse

afore he could recover the Louvier his pallace : so he that hadscaped so man ie bulletts , in man ia long warree had passedeminen t 85 sondrie danngers , was thus soddain lie butchered by apeean t : having so gre t an army in the field as the like was n everbefore

,and so great an assembly at the coronacion

,in his chifes t

et popnlons cit ie z the p la udits of his victorious t aiga s , wastorned i nto a pkmgite to all Frann ce : to whomhe lefte his sonn eof 9 yeres age for ther kin : his mother 18 his regen t : the

welth he lefte is incredible : no certou cause of his deth knowen ,

saving that a Jesu its con fessor or Jesuitical books perswaded thisun repentan t miscrean t to kil l the king for an expiacion of his

wicked lief. Sic trwnsit gloria M andi .

This spring 16 10 , at parliamen t w hich contynued 4 monthswas propounded this king’

s great wan t of annual revenewe : his

rs]charges in creasing&c : forwhich was required 200 .000‘

annuall snport : his debts protested by the Lord Tresorer to befor which was required a like supplie z w hich much

amazed the commons : some offer was made of retribucions , as

Mary de’ Medici : appointed Regen t on the departure of H enry IV. to join his

army in Champagn e .

May 14, 16 10 . Francois Ban illac .

T he sess ion opened February 9 , 1610 , and was prorogued July 28 . For this

accoun t byW ilbrahamoi the Gmt Con tract aee Parh'

amsn tm-y Deba tes in 1610 .

edi ted by Dr. Gardiner tor the Camden Society, vol. lu xiq and his H istory. vol.

ii. pp . 69-87 .

When Parliament hadmet in 1606 the debt stood at (M an ta.p .

or according to Dr. Gardin erat (Gard. H is t. i. T he given

as the debt by Wilbrahamis d ifferen tly accoun ted for in Parliam tamDebates.

Salisbury, in his exposition oi the condition of the Treasury at a conference on

February 15. claimingtha t the debt had been reduced to (mumDebates . 1610, p . while at another conference on February 24 . i asking for s

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m w w m m1“

4m : l ' what shold he defi red finu ths ? what

M d he given by the mbim : 8‘ npon what motherthings n d lonld he levied, &hov it might hs eqmflh devidsd : 4?

pon pore : 2° the rate of old mummost incerten

the rate of paraonages which is the lO‘hpart is also

4° to tax all lands to the trne exact u te,&then npon

of all the land&acres in the kingdmn Gz of the exact

to impose 2° or 4° in the ponnd, was the best waye :

In this cession , the commons des ired redresss 1° that the lati

restos'ed : 4° that tha 4 English shirea mightthe iurisdiction of the Presiden cie of Wales : 8s some other gre

Parliamen t was prorogued omJuly18 E lizabeth, 0 . 18 , enae ting that a11 p ii ests orministmahonld snhsa flia to

ah the Arfid es ot Religion whioh oaty conmn the eonusd on ei themChfi afian

Iaith and the dootrine ot the saersmen ts . comprised in a book en titled 'Arfi eles

whereupon it was agreed.’ ao. (H allam. Cons titutional H istory. i.

Jons san or SIR noose wmss sm 106

vanoes . But the chief grate st semed the new imposioions , by theBook of Rates ‘ amoun ting to above 100000l per t , mightbe taken away : for proef of the king

's prerogative

&herin a late

iudgmen t 1n theecheqner ohanmber ’ was alledged : &the law iers

of the commons alter serch in the records brought presiden t , thatin former tymes some of those taxes by the kin gs were abrogatedor confirmed by parliament , without whose assen t the king as theywold perswade could not impose :To these 85 other grevanoes the king at the last day gave some

answares but not fnllie satisfactorie .

At this cession in October when after 3 wekss pen t they began eto treat of the great con trac t his Maies t ie sen t word , he never entended to yeld to the con tract for support unlesse he may have500000 ‘ by supplie zwherby the commons never treated further ofthat con tract , themost of themdoubt ing, those great royalties werenever ente nded to be abolished . After orations used by the Lords :the first 7 poin ts ofi

'

red to the commons : subsidies propounded ,

it was not thought fitt to put it to voices afiermanie daies debatethe commons alledged decay of staple commodities , inhannoemen tof all wares to be bought , the facilitie for favorites to spen d the

king’s treasure, the un posicions upon merchandise wherof there 18

no limitacion,w ere the causes the people w ere not able to gran t

2 adiornements the parliamen t was prorogedti ll 9 fehr next : no act concluded or resolved 111 9 w eeks sess ion :

nether his maiestie nor commons satisfied in ther expectacions

Now for want ofmoney the Lora T resorer &c treat with the

creditors , such as have trusted officers , as the wardrobe 6m.

Ther have ben commissions for sale leasing lands for defeotive titles : assert lands : establishing copiholders : oonce led wards ,con tracting

.

for wards : for fines of alienacion more strict thent’

ormarlie : increase of cn stomes : silence fromwar abatemen t of

A Book q! Rbtes had been published on July 28 . 1608. T he revenue fromthese new impos itions is estimated at (Pod iums ta ry Debates in 1610 ,In troduction . p . xx.)

Bate's ease.decided in November 1606 .

By the Speaker on November 5 (Gard . H ist. 11 . T he was to

Parliamen t was finally dissolved on February 9. 1611.

Salisbury resigned to the King all personal profits ‘

derived fromhis omoe as

106 m a mmn ‘mmm

to lolt z'

b banons’

man icu re

this lonefw no

further pl'epu

-acimi r oocaé on

Queen s and d ewu fl of W estminster,&Grenew iche &c z he reon

managed all the menew&Princa&a e of

inmeions on the

in counoell : and qn id non : doom nu'

bi pdmnw .

m a ths Conrt d da and gave ordmtorbidding the aoesph noe ol iru

mpm mmmuoafi m a im.

‘ The titlem ofleu d to all knights or esqnhu pm d ofl ands wofl h lma w onmnmt d lM L in thm annnalmm Within tln ee ysan

In lfebmary in immm mmm mmw am).6mzm w smm

he

bogu the bnildh ig ot fl atfid d.m alw mnamantingand alw ing sshsbmy fl omln the M mdmcfi ng a vu t u ehanmod lsd ‘Britain

’a m’mtha sfle ol

W M W M pm).

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h e inndmml] charge is bss ides the revenewe therwhichis aims 25000’ 30000 .

1 3 8 ? 1 10 082as to T O11 1. )

1

140000 . Impostes of w in e

pmfi ts of smls k fin es h flonfi e s

l

Court ofW ards

h eland 25000 .

Mauie other parc els particularlie sett down s hab i t the La d sme ooun oeil fe ll into consideracim to metifie

in l l S. . bmeviden t ly amistake for saoooz. T he t h 1 d sarge 0 !

M i n i mumthus amoun t to 5 50 101. T hisc nead r agrecs w ith Dr. W e

M in l fimin h i s Finan cial T ables . sum . and in Pa w ); Debates

Immi p x ii i . u -mit is annualmenn e oi Irelan d iGu d . H i std l l li u i.c in ch )“ in M in k . “

W eft ix. Irelan d to defray the expenditure .

m . DL G-ardin et reekms th e ton l u pen dim d 1610 as 5175 0 1 . and d

161 ! H ist . 1 .m1.

pos it iummass i in l fifi by the Boo d Whichm w ml-fi mannnh

’

zy ahem b &hsh uy‘

s m tu l flmm m meufi nm imposifi omsa bdm l fitfi ahus exnlnding the M W ).

m hm u m reckon ed ai —mt

-n a: m fl y the sumo! n aus e a” grim WWM the

o smium.

Tu»

. m. at t é zzé z s afs w a ns hens giw n amonms tom ; h t hu '

e

JOURNAL OF emROGER WILBRAHAM

In Nov. 1612 died (of an agne caused by overheats in exerciseat teniss as is th ht) the noble prince Henry Prince ofWales

,

‘

to the great grief losse of Great Brittain s . H e was a hopefnll

prince 18 yeres old : much lamented of al l , because he had an

heroicall spirite : stout con stan t in his design es : obedien t to thekings : he kept his court in prin celie state : in all his action s heshewedmagn ificence : he attended himself praiers sermon s att

sett tymes,

tyed his servants thernn to : he favored larn ingloved men of armes especiallie all others of emin en t nalitie he

favored 83 conn tenaunoed his servan ts somuch that m 0 some toinsu lt

, that now stope : he was so providen t in his expence 8:

mommy, that , as themaster of rolles te l ls me , be increased hisrevenew 6000 permm lefis 9000 good debt to his maiestie :bes ide his iewels , plate , wardrobe , stable &c . . of which his counce ll

render an acompt to the king

’

s councell. To conclude he was thechief gemme in the crown s loadstar to al l christian princes .

27 Dec. 1612 were espoused contract the Counts Palatin e of

Reyn e the Ladie Elizabeth , sole daughter of King James . in thebanketing howse in presence of his Maiestie 81 Con ncol l 81 ofman iehonorable ladies 300 courtiers gen tlemen more : the words of

the contract was the same of that ofmariage spoken pnblikelie inFrench by Sir Thomas Lake

,

3 k‘. clerks of signet , a layman : w itha811

s

hort blessing by the Archbishop of Can terberie for a beppie

‘ it w as comfortable to Protestan ts : yet malign ed byPapfi sts : after 3 severall asking banes 111 the king’

s chappel l,thee

noble personage w ere w aried together by the Archbishop of Can

terberie 14 Febr 1612 5 in the King’

s,Queen ’

s Prince’

s presence

' On Oetober IO the Prinee was attaehed by an illness whieh ie now known to

have been typhoid. Ou October 24 , feeling somewhat better. he foolishly playedtennis . A relapse set in , and on November 6 he died.

Sir E dward Phelippe became Masterof the Be lls on January 14. 1611. in sno~

easd on to Lord Bruce of Kinloss . H e was also Chancellor to H enry. Prince oi

Wales (Foss'

s Judges ).

Privy Coun sellor 1614 , Secretary of State 1616 . Lake read the con tract in

French w ith so had an accent.and his tran slation was eo absnrd.as to raise gen eral

laughter (Gard. H ist . ii .

Abbott . H is words were. The God of Abraham. of Isaac. and of Jaoob bless

these tmptials, andmake themprosperous to these kin gdoms and to His Church1013.

110 mean s or an seen wxu n m

in White ha ll chappell aka a sermon ther : a gen t part of the

nobilitie being that a rich fnll oonrte, amecu llie of femalea :3 metal!mauku z

'on [e]of the lord! Conrfien : 2 other at 2

44 11111 n ights fromthe In nes ofGo utte z the Court abounding in

inws ls muhmtle rie above customs or reason God gran t money1 0 pay 113 1101.

2 1612 on candlemas day at n ight dyed Richard W ilhmhumuf Nantwich , Eeq

'

, my father, whose second sonn e I washis “K” at his death was 88 yeres 61 5mouthes 3

of a strongwrfect memorie , 61. sound etomak to digest all greasemeates tillhis «hiathe : naturallie w ise politick : inst in all his dealings :verhs liberal Ao charitable to the pore : never stayned with anyclmmat ur not orious cryme : his chief care for 20 yeres was to see

his grand child 81 he1re ‘ maried setled to succeeds him: but

"mule 1110 0 10 1111 81 non succedecl : his overeaching experience longugh l l l lttln himiulouse of his yonger children best frein ds till the

yarn of his deaths : which semed to be hasten ed by reason of ahil l. whurhy the not hurte yet made himlanguish in his bed 17

mmithe s .1' so as a candle whose oyle was spen t died w ithout payn

god nu t giving himleave to see his heirs maried . which w as the

who le car e o f his lief l ike Abrahamwho after his toile neverlivml the in see . yet not to dwe ll in (

‘

anaan the lan d of promisean as man '

s w isdume or c are w ill not prevails to add on e cubite to

un i's lature .

1 MW l ii l‘

l be ing 2 daies after his deaths Elizabeth 1Vilbra

( 1) T he (9 ) Middle T emple and Linc oln’

s Inn . (3) Inn er Temple and

Nu n‘

s 11m.

'

1‘

hemas t 0 1 the Inner Temple and Gray'

s In n . Which was the

mmu agv o i the T hame s and the Rhin e . devised by Sir Fra s. Bacon . failed . the

1mmWW S go “ emy s lee py that he re fused to see it t ill Saturday’

(JohnPlumbe dmi to l

‘

au‘ le ton . 1~

‘

ebr\1arv 18. 16 13 . S . P. Dom. 1611 - 18 . p .

t‘

vbmary 11. 10 13 .

l imu “ 1mm13 . 133& Rmaw W i lbrahamwas his sewmi son by his first wife.

E lma . da ughtv! so l‘

hema s Ma i s te h en . 0 1 Nan t ch . w homhe married in 1550 .

t t m'

t a c . v. 137 . Pexi igh‘e 0 1

°

W i lbrahams of Townse nd and Dela

mow 1 e dge . where the date of h i s dea th is ww ng‘y given as February 6 . 16 13.

1 . “ W'

bn thw n . se e c : thehaxd . e ldes t s en oi the atxw e w ho died Sep

ww b w 1 \ ami ne phew t o Si r Roge r. Thomas was b et a Jun e 35. 1589 ;

mmmxl . “ x eh S-t. 16 19. bi tche l . daugh ter an d s ole he ir of Joshua Chve . ol H uxley .

Vheah-w . 110 was an t‘

fl utw cf the bu b 20 Charies l . Dia i 1643. 1M )

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An t i [ml' litmus» (la glamM mwal 44 10a grantmon omlimcln mm' l invaencirms qnemm. [ rmw 7n4/Jiea : pur pet it11 1mm11" 2 1mm:

thereby reeerred.

Also in reference to the

licence to manufacture glass ,’

it is nsnal end legal to gran t

monopolies in the case of new

inventions which are for the

public good, for the short spaceof 21 years .

ll uy lmmul chi proclume son

11114 1 111. 11“ lmmm' l'

impcmic iun s ( f)" I plus alumvn l lmrit : Aux i1111 pn u hmmin l l'uhimlmm11mmmamma l e i lu mm ihtptl l lmain “ ! in clinm'm'

n pm‘ mmmmIl t lnn ln l in l‘n umM uimyms hmxto r

ulmm min l'nmuminmivurmnmi iM l i'mn hw n ilwm‘

n n u ien 1111

‘1 1 l lmiw o. 0 .

Wmmmhl se em to re fe r to a p aten t gran ted for the man ufacture of glass“ 11h Nw tuh mm! 111-d ead u i

’maul . w ivrn ‘d to in a le t ter fromSufl olk to Lake.1 1 . 11113 . “ 110 1 0 0 0 11 0 “ 1110 11110 110 11 as s ugges t ing a n ew pa ten t (S . P .

"N W 111 1 1 1) w e tl i“ ) 10 110 ? N W“ 110 1“ 0 1111 1100 110 1 E llesmere 00 Lake .

1 v lmu n H. 10 1 1 ew lamme came 0 1 de lay i n put t ing great seal to pa ten t ( ib id .

v “ 1 1 aml i ‘ h v n lw i lmn w at e . t‘c te bc r 13 . 16 11 . w here i t ismen tion ed thath e « ht N h-mw s um up w taw ur v i the w a ho umic rtake to make slams w ith“ 0 19

11p. 1

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11c t‘

ewmon x made a grin anee 0 1 it (Gard. H ist“. ii.P k mu “ t

‘

x J.t k d ‘ i h i ZouCh 106 111.

N

King in tends to issue a proclamation that he w il l lease the

farmof the Imposition s to the

highest bidder. Also to issue

a Proc lamation in Ire land stat

ing that he is w ell con ten tedw ith the services of his Deputy ,

3

who had been in disgrace,and

whose alleged extortion s an d

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commission er par 4 moys ove

Justice W inch , Sir oh Comewa llies et M" Calvert

,clerk de

Councell : our procedings aperein our long certificate an nexed

to our commission under the

greate seals of Ire land .

Circa midsomer day 5 1614 : died th’

erle of Northampton ,

6

lord privi seals who w as glorious in his lief, yet now dead

T he long list of grievan ces charged against the Irish Governmen t was delivered on July 15 , 1613. though the commiss ioners d id not arrive in Dublin un til

September 11 . Their Report was sen t in on November 12 . T he king delivered

judgmen t on the charges on April 12 , 1614 (Gard . H is t. ii .

Sir H umphrey W inch , Chief Baron of the Irish E xchequer 1606. ChiefJustice of the King

’s Bench 1608 , Judge of the Common Pleas (E ngland) 1611-25

(Foss’s Judges ).

Sir Charles Cornwallis , Res iden t Ambadas sor to Spain 1605-9. Treasurer of

Prince H enry’s H ousehold 1610 (D iet. Na t.

George Calvert, Secretary to Sir Robert Cecil , in 1606 Clerk of the Crown in

the province of Connaught and coun ty of Clare , in 1608 one of the clerks of the

Council . From1619 to 1625 Secretary of State , created Baron Baltimore 1625(Diet. Na t.

Jun e 15. according to Gardiner (H ist. ii. who quotes a letter fromChamberla in to Carleton , June 30 (Court and T imes of ames I . vol. i . p.

See also Larkin to Puckering, Jun e 18 (ibid . i . but Winwood , writing to

Carleton , June 16 , speaks of the E arl as still on ly dymg (S .P . D 1611—18 , p .

H enry H oward , E arl of Northampton , brother 0 1 the Duke of Norfolk ,attain ted and beheaded in 1572 , died unmarried . H is great

-nephew ThomasH oward. the E arl of Arundel, restored to the title in 1604. was the head of the

H oward family . Chamberlain writes , H e leftmos t of his lan d to the E arl

of Arun del .’

H is house by Charing Cross be devised to his nephew the E arl of

Sufl olk for life , w ithremainder to H enry H oward , Sufiolk’s third 80 11 , togetherwith

8001. a year on lands ; but the bequest to Sufi olk of his furn iture and movableswas revoked out of jealousy when dying, on hearing that Sufi olk was to be

appoin ted Treasurer. H e dealt liberally with his followers , leaving most of them1001. apiece . T he three hospitals were (1) at C lnn , in Shropshire ; (2) Castle

VOL. X . I

malfeasance in his governmen thad been the subject of ozamination by a commiss ion . Thiscommission . whereof I was amember for fourmon ths togetherw ith M" Jus tice W in ch ,” Sir

Charles Cornwal lis 3 and Mr.

Calvert ,‘ Clerk of the Council ,found the Deputy upright . Our

proceedings appear in our longcert ificate an nexed to our commission under the Great Seal ofIreland .

JOURNAL OF 8 111 ROGER mam

iepraved man ie wayes : he disconten ted those expected to be his

adopt ed heires , because he made themnot equall w ith Arundellhis he irs : yet he left themworth 10000 ‘ 61 gave to his servan tsto 3 ormore hospita lls &c . the 4" parte of his estate in va lewe :

by the libera li gu it'

te of king James he had 3000 l per an n umof

t he Duke of Norfolk lands forfe te d 11' d ied therby by his ow ne

acquis icion

,be ing s upposed under hand a fre nd to papistes

,worth

about he was said to prac tise under hand the hinderan oe of the subs idie deman nded , this parliamen t z‘ but it rathersew ed his maies tie '

s den is l i to remit t the la te impos icions uponmerchandis e imposed by the king

'

s roy a l l powe r 4 yeres pas t didw dis like t he common s that no subsidie was gran ted : the n ew

e lect ed A'

s ummoned parliamen t disso ls ed w ithout an y law passed :1114 41 111119 upon this st range even t the Bishops . Lords of the

A’

other his maies t ie '

s bes t affected seman ts pnese n ted to

his maies t ie volun ta rie gu it’

re s in money 11' plate but in no sucheme as ure . nor to be expec ted to draw on so man ie givers (althome exemple be not ified by le tte rs of the Co un ce ll to all coun tiesin E n a land ) a s is like lie to

' d isrharg a pa rt o i his maies t ie sde " m} ow ne gift was 50 ‘ : gra 11t o b od tha t 01: thrice so

ma y se tt his ma ist ie'

s e s ta te in a lna ll te rmes as it was at his

Lapp le coronac ion .

Masters of “ Hi nds died in vere s .

‘

£ 5 2 2 S od a} : 13 1 Gree n w ich. ( See Cow "

1 1 3 T ime s o f James I . vol. i.

y; 3 2 1 5 2 3.w hen : the le t te rs of C amberls zzi and Larkin are given in full

A i-L e i Pa: Lamen t .

“

w hich me t on Aprzl 3 . 16 14 . and was d imolved on

e ppesed the s amme nmg of a Parliamen t and was

.ize o i a membe r. John fl es h !“ to use in sa lting la nguage

m m S zx'

s $\ Y h'11 the hope th at the Kingwoa ld in disp leasure

cs i zlr 15 . V I 1 .w a s thu s e elle e

xa i . Some of the judge s oflered

5&1 s 3 3 2 11 3 56 2. 3 3 I ‘ V t

”Al l i ‘Cht r‘

a‘ i fl 00 “ km Jam30 . 16 14

-1 1 : te the a apge a l to he “ unme t inm years only produced

-e 1 came N 661 0 00 J ; . v 16 14 the King s debta stood

30 ( r e i of $551. died 31a!"

(3 1&’

r George

Law s 3 “ aimCo p . M t

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RSM . OF SIR ROG ER W ILBRAH AM

s ome minu te beleve d to he committed bv a practis e.“ w i s e he be ing hits lv tore .\ 1 111e1 1s e t t s bed tellow .myn ion ih

n‘

nn lmunce llor ti n. w hit h he w as much envyed 111 Courte . he was0 tha t 111m-hu e o : w ith themun tesse his wief

1 1 1 110 111 11 1 t lii-em'e t i lw 11 mos : m M ime s tu na -r sente nce .

iu xms o li s t “ w as 1 N : t his p i ison ing the

0 1 fi ts l'

a w er .1 . 11me s 1i e 111 ML:mte lmas t erme"

1 1 l l S o: te ts e t' it 111: .ad ie expa n d to be t n '

ed‘

N'

s : m1: zn i‘

t ‘ x e muse : .1: t his bus iness

. n-Q — a

JOURNAL OF SIB ROGER WILBRAH AM

sequestred fromhis chief justice councellor’

s place that hadhen most in w ind forward in prosecuting Somersett &c . for

poyson ing Overberie z' he is for welth law w itt above all ofmemorie : if he spend it w ill not un like to be restored 9 he is

taxed to have practised ap raemun ire again st the Lord chancellor 3a

litle before his fall, S ir Fr. Bacon ,attorn ey gen eral]

,w as sw orn e

councellor.

‘ H is arrogan cia lost himmany freinds , to help himinneeds .

5

Julie 16 16 Sir John 3131133 6lorded at 100001 price a peece

as is thought to suppl ie the progresse of the lord H ay in his magn ificen t ambassage to Framn es .

[Hen ceforward the MS . con tinues in another hand ]

Jan . 4,1641 7 the King came to the house of common s w ith

an armed trayu to seise upon the 5members .

Decemb. 6,7,the army seised stopped many members

deterred others ; seised 45 , imprison ing them secluded 98 besidesothers that withdrew .

8

H e was one of the commissioners nomin ated to examine in to the Overburymurder, and presided at the several trials aris ing therefrom.

Coke was finally discharged fromhis othee in November 1616 , after W ilbraham’

s death ; in Sept . 1617 he was restored to the Council Table , and in 1618 he

was appoin ted one of the Commissioners of the Treasury , but his return to favourwas short-lived .

In the 0 see ofGlanville and Allen , two swindlers against whomrecourse had

been had to the equitable jurisdiction of Chancery fromthe strict rules of the

Common Law Courts ; Coke, by a forced con struction of 27 E dward III St. 1 ,

cap . i. , enacting the penalty attached to a praemunire against those who appealed toRome fromsen tences obtained in the King

’

s Courts , in stigated these two sw indlers

to prefer an in d ictmen t in the King’

s Bench not on ly again st the suitors who had

obtain ed the protect ion of Chancery , but also again st the coun sellors and clerks

who had shared in the proceedings (Gard . H is t. iii . 10

Attorney-General Oct . 27 , 1613 ; Privy Coun cillor Jun e 9 , 1616 .

5 Lord Teynham.

6 Lord H oughton .

7 1642.

3 Thismust refer to Pride ’

s Purge , December 6 , 1648 . Dr. Gardi n er puts thenumber of members placed under restrain t on Dec . 6 at forty-one (H is t. of theCivi l War , iv . but two, Rudyard and Fiennes , being soon liberated , and a

few , like Major-Gen eral Browne , arrested some days la ter, the tota l number of

members in confinemen t was forty-five , as here ; whilst n inetv-six others were

turned back (t b‘

l d . p .

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120 10 151111111. or 3 111 110 6 1111 wmsaasm

into his services , which is a denyall of our se lves and taking up our

cross . These would right ly dispose us to follow himin that otherlesson ofmeekness and humility, and these togeather would ethertake away , ormuch abate our private dissen tion s .

Heare 1 shall crave leave to the praise of the glory of God ’

s

grace in his beloved , to men t ion what God in mercy did for mysouls by the operation of his holy spirit w ith his ordin ances as theisare admin istered in the congregation of Protestan ts in the Churchof England

RemoteNeareoutwardmeansinward effects

naturecon tin uan ce .

An teceden tsmoreW herein I shall

Concomitan ts bothdeclare

Con sequen ts by theire

In all God’

s free Grace to a w retched sin n er.

In the fi rs t I might look so fare back as to childhood , but ashereof I observed little , so w ould it be to litt le purpose to saymuch about the age of 1 1 y ears I w as sen t to London to be an

apren tise ,more ignoran t of the ways of God then was credible

,in

excuse of which ,I can say n oe more

,then that there w as noe

preaching M in ister all that tyme in the p lac e where I hadmybirth and breeding : shmt ly after I came to London

,where by the

noxious course of some frien ds my in te nded imploymen t was

deserted an d I left to more vacan cy , then w as convenien t to a youthat his en t ran ce : upon what ground ,

or whose in citation I now

remember not I w as in clin ed to goe to Lectures , which I usually( lid tw ice a w eek ,

and hereby receaved both in format ion ofjudgmen tand bet t er composure of affection s then before . After the expen seo f 2 yea res I w as put to a Master where I mett w ith very l itt leconcurran ce of natural] afi

'

ect ion s,though w ith some ea tablen ess to

my apprehen t ion s , and thus much of the more T e'nw fe an tecede nts .

)f'

the mm'

v 7 117 1 1? the firs t occat ion w as the draw ing 0 11 of E aster.

whe n both vn stome and in iun ct ion prompt to the Commun ion mcon s idu rat ion whereofmy thoughts minded mee of a dangerous fi tt,

of s ickn e s s which had befa llen mee the yeal 'e before , and seemd topoyn t my apprehen s ion of the unw orthy receaving of the Sacrame n t ( n otw ithstanding 1 had been e catechised by the M in ister) asthe cau se whichmou lded mymyud in to amore serious con su ltation

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how to obtain s the ben efitt , and avoyd the danger : for whichpurpose by suchmeanes as were concurren t with my condition Iendevord preparation

,and in wan t of liberty to hears sermon s , and

oportunity of discourse w ith men ,was glad to applymy self to

bookes : when came to my hands on e of Parson s published byBunny,

l in read ing whereof Imett w ith a re lation of St . Austin e ’

s

conversion , whereuponmy thoughts began tomutiny and by way of

sillogismthus to dispute . Austin that was thusmiraculously converted was a sayn t ofGod : the premises being acknowledged bothPapist and Protestan ts , the con clusion would n ecessaril fol low

,

, that Re ligion of which St . Austin s was,is the trueghr ist ian

Religion,but whether the Papist or Protestan t doe more truely

lay clayme to St . Austin and bould that Re ligion w hereof heewas , I cou ld find noe way to satisfy myself. By this I becamesensible as wel l of the neglect of others, as my own s defects in not

being bette r grounded in the principles of Christ ian Re ligion ,

whereby I w as equa lly unable to encoun ter the assaultes , w hichwere scandell to others if I refused to come to the Communion ,and sinn again st conscien ce if I came doubtingly, fromboth whichSathan suggested a remedy worse then the disses se , which was the

renouncing ofmy religion . I shall not need to te ll themthat havehad trouble in their con sciences what I s afl

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red , and if I shou lddeclare it un to others they would not regard it . The time thrustingmee on to a resolution

,I bethought my self of our Minister, and

fromthose reciprocall expression s which the Scripture makes of

Pastor and People , I resolved to addressmy self un to him: for the

avoydingmistakes , eithermmy expressions or his apprehentions ,my doubts in to w ritin g : having obtained leave in my

mett with a kin sman ofmy own s then fe llow of a collen

‘ A Book o/ Chriatian EW OW W wW M M W

published . T he first part is a portion of a treatise by the Jesuit Robert Parsons ,with certain alterations by E dmund Bunny ,

who un ited the part of a pluralis t inprehenda l stalls w ith that of an itineran t Calvin ist ic preacher. Parsons had givento this work only his in itials , B. P. , and Bunny appropriated it without knowingwho was the author. By this hook Richard Baxter at fourteen was ht at turned toserious thoughts (Diet. Na t. Bio) .

Probably his cousin Nicholas Ferrar. 0 1 Little Bidding, at an early ago

made Fellow of Clare H all , in Cambridge, where he con tinued to he eminen t for hispiety , temperance , and learn ing '

(Walton'

a Lien . ii. For the relationship

122 Joras u . or sm110 0 11 1 m amas

and as they that are touched ether w ith payn e of body or emictionofmy ud are not n y ce in discovering the irs infirmities I shew ed

himofmy troubles : hee was pleas ed to man ifes t a grea tmeasureboth of afl

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ection and w isdome . in accommodat ing proper and part icular remedies to my severa ll sc ruples : in the c lose , for bettersecurity he refer

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d mee to a booke of Dr. John en ti t led .

the mmto Me ti w here in I toun d a discuss ion an d

ie solution of those w hich Sathan'

s malice and my own ignoran ce

had gen era ted : by G od s bles s ing 1 1pmthese meanes I atta y n ed

to ca lmness otmind w ith des ire afte r the ho ly Commun ion . An d

thus much of the . l rz‘emieu t s1 ; the ma . wrmutcmls . the w hmn l

mnmes w ere pra y er. w e aving the Sacramen t . and hearing the

“ 1 1rd preached . w hich I men t ion in t his order be cause in this orderI w a s made pa rt aker of themtha t day in respec t of the re hearsa ll

sermon at Paul'

s crux in the morn ing the re w as none at our

Chumh. b 11 att er se rvice the Lemman ion ce lebra ted . w hich Ite

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eme d lx t i . t h an d c 1: t'

c rt‘ r “ e a t emc-t-n e I w e n t

111110 1111 l s eam a t he first an d‘ fs e n tr ifl.

misery . then the“ W

te a s I ever fe lt .

1 fl‘

h ’é F w a s ma de lay t he

fi t s : 1 1m m? ‘

1 e 1:“ e w as a

ttms ryme .

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earthly delights , then I now did frommy low condition ,whereby

the variation ofmy course was mademore easy, and those in te rruption s which prosperity casts in the way to heaven removed anothereffect was sobriety ,

w hich commanded bothmy will and affectionsand at once cntt off those luxurious branches , which had sprungeither fromconformity wi th the world or carnal] satisfaction s :those favours or fan cyes which t ill now I either en ioyed with de l ightor desyned as pas tious reliques, had a bil l of divorce put in to theirshands never to be readmitted , being not to he retayn ed without anabatemen t of spirituall comfort . And thusmuch of the con sequence.for their nature ; theirs con tin uance is the last . Herein

,as in all

,

God’

s free grace w as the hinge w hereupon all depended and whilstturnd towards him,

yeilded nothing but sonle ravishing delightand con ten tmen t , in man ifest ing tomy own e conscien ce the truthofmy con vers ion again st all doubts and s uspit ion . But least thesemight either cools or occat ion toomuch security

,the hin ge, though

hang’d upon the nnalterable decree of God’

s free grace in ChristJesus , yet seemed to turn backwards and I left rather by con sideration to understand then by sence to fee ls the sweetn ess of thesecomforts : thus at sometimes w ere the former ioyes in terrupted .

Fromthis true though otherwise imperfect n arrat ion these conc lusion s I con ceave wi ll result : first that true conversion 1s a s in ce redesire and endeavour after an universal] reformation and perform»

ance of our particu lar places , accompan ied w ith a denial] of all

nngodliness and worldly lusts , and with that un separable trin itygraces , holyn es s , righteousn ess and sobriety

,soe fart

forth asmay be attayned during this lyfe , wherein these graces areimperfect : 2ly , that where this conversion is ordinarily wrought,there the holy spirritt ofGod doth bears w ittnes to the truth forsubstance though not warran t the perfect ion for forms of his ot1t

ward worship and service : thatmen in the presen t forms of

admin istration of divine ordinances,in the congregation of Pro

testante, in the Church of E ngland , the holy spit'

rit ofGod dothconcurr ondinarily to the works of true conversion , and also by thesame admin istration , worketh repen ta n ce for such breaches and

incurs ion s as siimdaylymakes upon the soules of God ’

s W W.

3 considered ,my humble petition to themthat havefound these eflects in theirs so ules is that they would not drawback

,nor forsake those assemblies where by theirs own e

they have found that God in mercy doth so carry on an d

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the power of his owa c ord inances as neither human e con stitution s,

mixt congregat ion s or personall sin n s,can in terrupt those ends

whereun to hee hath appoin ted them. And to themthat have not

yet found these effects . my pet it ion ly lt ew ise is,that avoy ding

preindice again st the formof admin istrat ion of the ordin an ces . or

the person s,or places . they w ill in humil ity and pat ien ce wayte

upon God in that way where in they have his promise that theysha ll

,and the test imon y of his servan ts that they have found

pardon and peace thorough Jesus Christ our Lord . to w hombe

glory for evermore .

POST SCRIP‘I‘,I would not have added more but to remove a

double charge which is lay d again st mee by freinds of con traryapprehensions some w il l havemee to be a supers t it ion s formalistand others enclinable to the separat ists whereun to I an sware , trueand not true . In theire apprehen sion s possiblv trne . in the thingsthemselves not true : if by superstitions formali st ; they understandone that freq uen ts the Church and congregat ion where God

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s

ordinan ces are admin istered and desireth all things there shouldbe don e w ith reverence , decency and order, that thither n ether

brings , n or there wi llingly exerciseth any car nal affection ,that

puts an equall esteeme upon all God’

s ordin an ces , that shew s

reverence tomin is te rs (notw ithstanding some person all infirmities)for theirs works ’ sake , an d in some cases makes addresses to them.

for solution of doubt s, though not for absolut ion of s inus , that

un to tymes , places and things set t a part for divin e service hathsnch respect as is meet w ithout superst ition ,

that approves snch

abs tinen ce in dyett . apparell, and other carn all con ten tmen ts as

may w eaken n atural] corrupt ion s w ith least observance , I confessI ama superstit ious formalist . But and if by formalist theyunderstand on e that puts religion in observation of human e cou

st itu tion s , bow ing to or tow ards the commun ion table and wor

shipping towards the E ast,that cloth bod ily reverence w ithout

in ward devotion or apprehen sion of his Maiesty at t hat most sw eetand most pret ious n ame of my Lord and Master Jesus , that

accompts ecc lesiastical cannon s equall to the can non of holy scripture

,that esteemes very highly of service an thems , homilies . and

church catechisms , w ith the n eglect of the min ister, prayer,preaching

,singing of psalmes an d all other in struction s , I umno

formalist .

So and if by separat ist they understand on e that makes scrnple

126 1 0 0 11111 11 or 8111 noose wmau aw

of doing any thing in God’

s service but what is warran ted by hisword

,t hat des ireth the whole congregation of the Lord were holy,

that prophane and scanda lous l ivers might be sharply reprovedand , if incorrigible , excommun icated nn till they had repen ted , thatall reliques of popery and supers t itious pictures were ut terlyabolished that in all compames wee en deavour to promote God '

s

glory, and to edify one auother,1 ema separatist .

But if by separatist they understand such as refuse all forms 0 1God ’

s service and ether omitts comming to the congregation or

there by unreveren t behaviour man ifests his contempt of the

service , that shuns all assemblies but those of his ow ns iudgmen t ,and all Min is ters but such as themse lves have e lected which are

not alwayes so very wel l qualified , that wil l not baptise childrenbecause not expressed in the . Scripture to their apprehen (sion ) ,that accompts all humane learn ing and arts unnecessary for in te rpratin g the holy Scripture , that hath a preiudice again st the use

of the Lord'

s prayer and singin psa lms,I amno separatist .

Nor ever‘yett concurr

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d soe%a 1'r in thaire opin ion s or pract ice asto be presen t at anymeeting or private fast that lookes that way.

Whether Episcopacy, Presbetery or Independency bemost sutableto the holy scripture , or that therein there 18 such a particular andexact forms of disciplin e as doth n ecessarily commaundobsen ance upon pa in s of God ’

s displeasure,I con fess I doe not

understand . Nor will I presume to iudg the expediency or nu

expediency of an enforced liturgie , nor vex myself w ith feares leastthat now in force might suffer some change or variation

,which

poss ibly the constitutions of person,and tymes may have made

convenien t : I may not iust ify those that altogether omitt theLord '

s prayer nor commend themthat use all other as a preface toit : I equally blame themthat refuse to come to sermons eitherbecause there be prayers or because there be noe prayers : I wil lsoe farr shun n Armenian ism, as not to att ribute the least inclination toward goodness to the utmost endeavour of na ture : A nd Iwil l also beware of such sloathfulln ess as may retard Chris tianduty or betray me to that horrid apprehen sion

,which that Imay

be the less guilty would charge the sinn upon God ’

s most holydecree . I w ill neither so undervalew human e learn ing as to

deprive it of its due honour nor soe doats upon it as to con ceave it

should un lock those cabinetts of God ’

s seerotte which he reveales

one ly to themthat fears him: I dare not subscribe to ether

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pray , Lord what I see not teach than me,And if I have done

iniquity I w ill (10 8

1648 Jan . 19 . King Charles was brought by a part of the

army fromWyndsor to St . James , n ext day to Westmin s ter to SirRobert Cotton ’

s house : the King’s benchin one and scafl

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olded , the Lord Presiden t Seriean t Bradshaw w ithhis trayu carryed up, the mace born by Seriean t Den dy, ‘ the swordby Coll . Humfreys , before him, and alter himabout 70 Commissioners} M

' Ashy ’ a lawyer of the Temple,Dr. Dorislaus ‘ a

cyvilian ,Mr Coolr s a lawyer of Gray’

s Inn Sollicitor General lfor the business . The commission by which the Court satt beingread , Commission ers called , the Lord Pres iden t commaunded the

seriant at armes to fetch the pryson er, who brought the Kyng andplaced himin a chayre : the Lord Pres iden t said they were thereassembled by authority of the Commons of England to try CharlesStewart , King of England , who had betrayed the trust reposed inhimby the Commons of England , and commaunded his charge to

E dward Dandy. Sergean t at Arms .

Sixty-eight answered to their names (Gardiner’s Civi l War. iv.

Richard Ashe or As ky , admitted Inner Temple 1606 . called to the Bar

January 99. 1615 (Cal. of the In ner Temp le Records. ii. 88) 1 Bencher 1638 (M .

p .211) 1 coun sel for Strode, 1629 ; appoin ted by the H ouses Coroner and Attorney ofthe King

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s Beach. 1644 ; Junior Counse l at the King’s trial , Sergeant and Justice

of the Upper Bench , Jun e 1 , 1649 ; died 1666 Woes ’s Judges ).

Dr. Isaac Doris laus , 11b Dutch . Judge Advocate to E ssex 111 1642 1 Judge

of the Court of Admiralty. 1648 1 ass istedmthe preparation of the charge agains t

the King sen t by the Commonwealth to the H ague, where he was “ W hya party of Cavaliers 111 May 1649 (Die . Na t . Bio ”)

John Cook, or Cooke. son of Isaac 0 0 0k. 0 1 Burbridge, 0 0 . M W . E squire .

admitted to Gray’s Inn Nov. 1 . 1623 (Foster’s Gray

's In» Register 0]

p . called to the BarNov. 21. 1681 (Gray’s Ian Pension Book. p . 809) 1 011110 1110

be ot the Gmnd CompcnyMay 24 , T hmis a long letter ol his to

Straflord when Lord Lieutenan t in Ireland.printed in Camden Miscellany. vol.S traflord Papers. p . 14. where Cook is said to have Men employed in revis ing an

edition of the Statutes (McrcurimE lencficua.No. 56 , 1649, cited there). Afteracting as Solicitor~Geueral in the trial of the King and that of H amilton . and his

fe llow oflicers , he was, in December 1647 . appoin ted Chief Justice of Munster.

and in 1665 Jus tice of the Court of Upper Bench in Ire land . On Oe tober

he was executed as a regicide . At a Pen s ion held July 1 , 1660 , it had been

ordered that his chambers should be se ized (Gray's l tmPension Book, p.

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be read , which done, the King would have Spoke, but the SollicitorGenerall sayd : I doe in the name of the Commons of Englandcharg Charles Stewart , King of E ngland

,with Tyranny

,murther

and treason 1 cheif heads were for levying warr 81 calling in the

Irish. The King demaunds to kn ow their authority,which hee

owned not .

The week following they goe to prove the charge , which done ,his sentence was read upon Saturday

, Jan . 27 , 1648 1 and Tuesdayabout two of the clock it was put in execution by taking off the

King'

s head att his Court gate . H ee was third sonn of K ingJames

,born in Scot land Nov . 19 , 1600 , was created Duke ofYork

at White ha ll Jan . 6,1604 , and Nov . 4 ,

1616,has was created

Prince ofWales E arl of Chester, began his raign March 27,

1625,reigned n ear 24 yeares : professed himself a Protestan t att

his death, forgave his execution er and all others whose hands werein that his un natural] death .

Feb. 9, Duke H amleton ,

1 Erl ofNorw itch, Lord Capell ”and SirJohn Owen 3

were one by one brought to the same barr, the same

Lord President sitting w ith other Commission ers,

‘ but the sameSollicitor Gen erall impeaching them. Duke pleaded the commandof the Parliamen t of Scot land, Capell , quarter as a souldier

,

ls

Owen not guilty.

James , Duke of H amilton , commander of the Scotch army in the second CivilWar, capitulated with the remnan t of his force at Uttoxeter, Aug. 25 , 1648 , having

the lives and safety of their persons assured to them (Gard. Civi l War, iv.

George Goring, E arl of Norwich, and Arthur Lord Capel surrendered at

Colchester, Aug. 27 , 1648 . T he superior officers submitted tomercy, but Norwichand Cape]had received , the day after the sign ingof the capitulation , an assurance

fromFairfax of quarter for their lives (ibid . iv. 201

Sir John Owen headed a rising in North Wales in June 1648 .

Ou Feb. 3 , 1649 , Parliamen t erected a new H igh Court of Justice to try theseprisoners . Dr. Gardiner gives the date of the opening of proceedings as Feb. 10

(H istory of the Commonwealth, i .5 These pleas were not admitted , as H amilton was born after the accession of

James I., and so came within the Pos t nu tz

’ judgmen t , and in Capel ’s case 11

military promise was held as not binding on a civil court .

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132 mnex

Bunny, E dmund, Pmone'

e book pub .

linhed by. 121

Burgevenny. lord of, 22Bnrghley, lord, lord treasurer. spooksm

‘ tnIl assembly , ’with Spain. 27

plea , 51 ; favoursButtevant, lord, in forms against Flo

ren ce McCarthy, 24 ; remains loyal,27

0 3 am, emJan us. chancellor of the

exc

s

sheqner. 107 ; ma ter ot the rolls ,l l

Cains.Dr. John , 19

Gales knight,’a, 22

Calvert, George (d terwards lord Baltimore). employed as a commiss ionerto Ireland, 118

Cambridge , Roger Wilbn hnmat. 22 ;

college: at. 64 ; situation and soil of.

Oe

s

pel , la ‘d, trial of, 129Ceremn r George, treasurer at war in

Ireland. sneodote told by. 22 ; the

grea t account cl. 70

Carew. sir George,mu te: cl the wards.114

Carey , air H enry. patentee of penalstatute against depopulators. 04

Ou hel, archbishop 0 1, plan for pac ific»tion of Ireland . 82

Catesby, Robert, 71Cautions towns . 28, 29 . 116

Cecil. air bert .reporte Tyron e ’

s speechin St" Chamber. 80 ; in terview with

amhbishop o! Cache) . 33 ; opposespond s of peace to Spain . 49.gm

treaties made with the H ausatowns . 51 ; advises bringing about

discord between Jesuits and secular

tests. 52. See Cecil of E ssendon .

0 rd ; Salisbury, earl ofCecil o! E ssendon. lord (Robet tmbrings in peerage bills to be60 ; as master of wards. 68. Sec

Salisbury

lin. 9Charles L, at tempts to meet the five

members . 117 ; trial oi, 128 , 129 ;execution of. 129

Chu terhonse, the , James I. stays at, 56

Dames , emEms , created Lord Dm

Cheshire, sayings ih , 19

Chichester, air Arthur. lord deputy inIreland. commission to examinecha sesmimt , 112

Clement WIL, 23 , 24 , 53Clerc , s ir E dward. imprisoned for se

saming order of St. Michael fromH enry IV., 78

Clots] . dispu te with Common Law

courts , 96Oliflord, air Alea nder. 78

Cobham, lord, lord warden of theCinque Ports, 21

Coke. solicitor geneu l and speaker.speech in Fument 8 ;attomey-general. T anfield'e Won . 13 ; conversation at d inner. 18 ;opinion on case 0 ! air E dward Clare,

Bench , Opin ion on right of Crown toprise deadW . 11 1. 112 ;

Opinion onm s for new in ven

time, 112 ; (all of. 116 . 117 ; mos ttorwnrd in prosecuting Somerset. 11 7 ;

a tw in millet therd ehan r, 117

Oo

ix

épton , Willimfl ord. a spend thrift .1

Condon , Patrick. case 0 1. 24 , 51Connis

hyy, Mx rod. 15

0 ha , solicitor general at trial 0 1Charles I

Ca

ge. sir Walter.master of the wards.oa th of, 114

Co'

rk, 27Cornwa llis , airCharles , on a commissionto Irelan d. 113

Cotton , s ir Robert, Charles 1. broughtto his house in Westminster. 128

Creation money , 60Choke, John , recorder ot Imdonm01. 17 ; speaker, speech

Crosby, Pa trick. plan ter recovery of

Ireland , 26

cm, captain , 7

Curren ts . imposit ion ou.

Custom. 87 . 108 ; tumers 01, 91

INDEX

Dandy. E dward , seria n t atm e. 128

Denmark, embassy to, 50 ; dresidence of trade staple. 68

Deprivedministers. 81 , 104Desmond, James Fitzgerald , w ] of, aprisoner in the Tower. 32

Demon i JemeeFitzT homu Fitsgen ld,earl of. letter to the king

eyetrom, 25 ; Putriok 0 roehy psr

Doderidge. John, solicitor-genen l.speech in w hmw t again st excommunication , 82

Dortalms . Dr., at trit l otOharlee I.. 128Dm t , earl c l , financial a of,1603 . death cl , 98

Du periel . farmof duties on new , 88

Drew , E dward , recorder of London ,

of, recorder 0 1.9Dnn . eir David.mu ter of requeota and

ambassador to Denmark, 50Dun bar,ml of. 115Dnntermline ,ml cl. chancellor 0 !Booth nd . 72

Emmw nm commission , 81. 104

Eccles iastical courts , disputes with

courts 0! common law. 95

E gerton , sir Thomas . load keeper.

speech at dissolution of parliamen t,12 ; delivers the queen '

s commandsin ‘ tnllmmhly, ’ 12. 13 ; speech a t

presen tmen t 0 ! lord mayor, 17 ;saying in Star Chamber of. 18 ; converu tion at dinner of, 19 ; speech inStar Ohmher on Ireland of, 30 ;speech at dissolution of parliament.160 1. of, 43 , 44 ; farewell to eent

Beale 0 1. 53 ; tad lord lles o

mere , 60E lizabeth, queen , dissolves parliamen t,1593 , 3 ; speech at dissolution of, 4 ;presentmen t 0 ! lord mar before,5 ; harvest song at Du ton , to en ter

tain , 7 dissolves pa: t, 1598 .

10 ; goes to chapel in'

ou, 17 ;con fers w ith the erohb ofCu ba].32. 33 ; Italis n discourse die

solvea parliamen t, 160 1, 4 1in perhamen t. 160 1 , of, 44-47 ;of. 53-55 ; chamtar of, 57-50 ; hu t

133

Pawn s . Got . 7 1Femr, Nicholas , 121 , 122Feudal tenures . negotia tion (or commuta tion cl . 103

Finance. the sta te of, in 1602 , 49 ; in1603 . 62 ; in 1606. 75, 76 ; in 160 7.91 ; in 1610 , 102. 105. 106 ; in 1612 ,107. 108

FitzE dmond, John, remains loyal inCork. 27

Fleet. the. 78Fleetwood. William. recorder of London. 7

Flower, Francis, 6

Fortescne, sir John . 890 4 “ at a conference on men ace. 1606 , 77

France , wi th Spain and LowCoun tries. 49 , 50 ; death of H enry

“ M19," 102 ; lord Key's em

to, 1

audience with Roger Wilhn hu n oi.57 tuners]expen ses oi , 62 debt oi .76

E lizabeth , prinm , betrothed andms :riage oi , 109

E llesmere, lord, lord keeper. hes oldGreat Seal (or his perquisites. 61speech at adjournment of parliament,Nov. 1605 . 7 1 ; pronouncestion of parliament, 1605. 75 ; on

on purveyanoe, 85 zopin ion on new

89 ; Coke's prommi ire against, 117

E nclosures , riotsmin et, 92-95E ssex, Robert Devereux, ml oi. earlmarshal at St. George

’s len t, 15 ;

mmhee with 300 servan ts to thelord mayor. 17 ; remark in StarChamber on perjury. 18 ; op see

peace with 8 sno

eees in Irelm end disobedience of.31. 32 ; referred to in queen '

s speech1601. 44

1334 INDEX

Fuller. Nicholas , at Gray’s Inn . 20 ;committed for seditious speeches

against the authority of the clergy .

0mm . emBon n . chiet justice oi

the Queen ’8 Beneh. 1reland, 7

feast. 15Gswdy, Francis, chief justice 0 1 the

Common Pleas, dies in testate, 100Gou rd. sir Thomas , knight mu sh“ ,

raised to the peerage, 60Gerrard, W illiamele

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rk oi the duchy 04

Lancaster, 9 ,Glu e, licence (ormanufacture 0 1, 112Gorges. sir Thomas, 66Gowrie conspiracy, 7 1Gran t.Dr. E dward. sermonGrey

'e ln n , e Privy Seal served in , 7 ;

Mr. Mill'8 ehmhere ia , 20 ; commimionm an at, 23 ; W ilbmhm'

e

speeches in hall oi , 35. 48Great See], new, 61

Greencloth , court oi , 80. 81 , 85 , 86

Greenwich . James I. at, 56Oregon X111., 8

Greville , air Fnlke, chancellor of the

exchequer, 115

Grey, sirH enry , lieutenant oi the guard,raised to the peerage, 60

Gunpowder Plot, 70-75

Hnmmox. James , duke of, trial of, 129H ampton Court. James Lepends Chris tma at , 66 ; H ume commissionershave their answer at, 68 ; eoniereneeat. 66—67

H ume towns . 51 , 67. 68H arley, h1r., 69

H arrington . air John , raised to the

60H arris , omen. eet jemt et-inw , 10

H ill , 22

H ervey , Christopher.vicar oi Bunhury,35

Button .eirChristopherJord chancellor.6 , 51

H ey. lord. ambu u dor to France. 117

Beale , air John , eexjeahtos to law , 34, 53

H elm sir Gervase, l ieutenant o! the

Tower, execution oi , 116

Ju n e L. prools imed king, 54 ; sends

letter fromScotland to the lords sad

H enry IV .. 0 1 a ce. eon iers knighthood on E nglish auxilimee. 78 ;

H enry, prince ofWales , deathH erbert , sir John , second oe

eretery,

silen t at a councilmeeting, 50 ; on an

werda, diee in teate te , 101H igh Commission Court, dispute withcommon law courts, 81. Sec E coleeiu fioal courts

H ikes . Au ras . 13

Hobart, sir H enry. speaks at a conmance on ecclesias ticalmatters, 8 1 ;e.ttomey

dgeneral. opinion on lawdmnh tors 01, 95

H ollie, sir J ruined to the peerage.

117

H oward , lord Thomas , at St. George ’

s

least , 15 ; created eu l ot Sufiolk, 60.

Sec Snflolk

H oward de Walden . lord. 115H umfreys, colonel, bears the sword at

trial of Charles I. , 128

H unsdon , George Carey, second lord.lord ehamberls in , 15, 16

H un tingdon , 69

In osrn oxs , the new , 87 , 88. 105 . 114

termof. 112

Indies . the, 49

Inventions . Coke’

s Opin ion on patentsfor new , 112

Itelw d. viemof chief just ice POphu non , Patrick Crosby's plan forthe pecifiee tion oi , 26 , 27 ; m in

Ireland supported by Spain , 28 ;council discusses (1599 the s tate oi ,30 ; of the archbie op of Cesheltor t pacification of, 32-34 ; coin

04, 37-41 , 62 ; charge of wm in .5

30

Irish agents imprisoned in theTower, 62 ; accoun t 01 treasurer oi .70 ; revenue and charge oi, 108 ;commission to examine charges

against lord deputy Chiches ter vis its,112. 113

Isabella, the inten ts , 50

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186

Menwood, chief heron . 6

Marshals“ . of the king’s house. 78 ; of

the king’s bench. 78

hi nee. 66 , 110

Mid e Temple , gate oi , 18

against enclosures, 92

31111.William. attorney and clerk of theStar Cha rihar. conversation in his

chamber in Gn y ’e Inn. 20

Monopolies. 11 , 59, 87 , 88 112

Montague. air H enry. speaks at n

oonienenee on ecclesiasticalmatters .82

Montague. James , dean of the Chapel ,conven es with king on ti thes.69

Mon teegie, lord. 70Mountjoy. lord, at St. George

'

a ten t,15 ; marches w ith 200 servanmtothe lord r, 17 ; oon1er~ence with

archbishop of Cu hel, 33 ; createdearl ofDevonshire, 60

Nu rse.emRoam.chief heron 01 Irishexchequer. receives presentmen t at

lordmayor ofDublin . 8

Newmarket, James I. at. 94Norfolk, duke oi , forfeited lands oi , 114North , Roger, lord, 15

Northampton , enclosure rio ts at.Northampton , H enry H ows rd. ear1 cl .death oi. 113 ; will a triend

to papieta, 114 ; hinders subsidy,114

Norrie, Sir Thomas , late pres ident ofMun ster, 26

Norwich, George Goring. earl oi, trial0 1. 129

Norw ich. chief justice Pophamat, 20Nottingham, earl 01, 10 rd high admiral,at St. George

’s fees t. 15 ;

proposal of pes ee to Spain , 4s ; li.

eeneee 01 retailingwine, 88

0 1mmqueen E lizabeth at, 50O

’Bo le. rival oi O

'

Donnell, 33

O‘

Cl to serve against

O’Dogherty.to serve ageinat34

O ’Donn ell . H ugh Dufl ,

O’Donnell, 33

b e. 34

yrone. 33 .

rival oi

INDEX

O’Donn ell. 33

O’

DriseomFynen . 27O

’Neil, 0 0 3 . 319 .11d oi Tyrone. 33

053011:sir Arthurmdvemry oi Tyrone .

O'Neil, Fitt een, adversary oi Tyrone.33

O’Neil. sir T iziagh, tether of air ArthurO

'Neil, 33Ordnance. licence 0 1 tran sporting. 88

Ormoode. T homs s Butier, earl ot, 1inkedwi th Florence McCarthy, 24 ; neverhad any great success, 27

Ostend.47Overbury, sir Themes, prisoner in the

Tower, 115 ; enemy of

marriage, 116Owen . sit John . trn i of, 129Oxford. Croce Inn at, 63 ; colleges at.

63 , 64 ; Bodleian library at. 64 ;

W e stm; situation and soil cl .

Puma , emWa nn a , phys ioim and

b i ll relating to

P t, sir An tony, 18

P vicino. sir H orat io, conversation at

Cambridge 0 1, 22Parliamen t. dissolution of. 1593, 3—41598. 1601 , 4 1-47 ; Gun .

wder Plot and . 1605 . 70-75 ; 1606 .ebatee end oontemenoes oi, 75-86 .88-91 ; 1610 , debates and cen ter

tereuoes of, 102-105 ; 1614, the

MM 114 ; 1642. Charles 1. at

tempted arrest of the five members .117 1648 . Pride 's Purge, 117

Persons , Robert, the Jesuit, book 0 1.lished by Bunny. 121

P E dmund, in Mx. Mill ’s ohmber. Grey

’s Inn. 20 ; celled aerjeen t

to the inten t to be chief baron inIrelan d , 48

Pembroke.W illiamH erbert.ml of, 65Percy , Thomas. 7 1Farin u , airWilliam.chief baromeuddeudeath oi . 100

Parrot . air John , lord deputy oi Ireland .

51

Pe

e

t

ze, air John , raised to the peerage.

INDEX

Phelippe, sir E dward , master of the

rolls and chancellor to prince H enry ,

109

Philip H . 28 , 46

Philip III 46

Pipee , Don el. 27

Pipes tavee , H en ry Pyne has partners inthe , 25

Pine V 8 , 52

Plague , the , in London , (1593) 6 , (1603)61 at Oxford , 63

Popham, s ir John , chief justice , chargeoi , on circuit , 20 ; plan for a soundreformation in Ireland oi , 24 ; commen ts on Condon ’

e case , 51 ; legal

Opin ion on foreign orders oi , 78 ; on

purveyance . 80 , 83 ; on new imposit ions , 87 sudden death oi , 100

l ’oyn tz, s ir John , pres ides at the lord

chamberla in ’s board at St . George

’s

feast, 16Pride

’s purge , 117

Privy Coun cil , the discussion s ih , 30 ,32 , 37 , 49 , 50 . 86 , 91 ; pos ition on

death of queen E lizabeth 0 1, 54

con ference w ith H an se town s commissioners , 67 ; in formed 0 1 Gun

powder Plot , 70 ; air E dward Clerecalled before , 78 ; a court without

legal and formal procedure , 86 ; appoin ts commissioners to examinein to enclosures , 93 ; perilous for

councillor to put forward his opin ionih . 97 s ir John Lovesom’e complain tbefore , 98 ; Dorset falls down dead at ,

99 ; Salisbury Alpha. and Omega ih ,

106 ; s tatemen t of revenue and re

ceipts before 107 ; sendsletters urging volun tary loan114

Privy seals , 7 , 76 , 89 , 107Puckering. s ir John , lord keeper, presen tat dissolution of parliamen t3 speech at dissolution of, 4 ;speech at presen tmen t of lordmayor

5 ; had neither great learn ingn or w ea lth t ill his advancemen t, 9great purchases of, 22

l ’urveyence , debates and conferences

Pyne , H en ry , a popish and very dan

gerous fellow , 24

Pyn e , John , of Lin coln’s Inn , 35

VOL. X .

Rumme, 37

Redbome pastures sold by Catesby to

W ilbraham. 7 1

Rain sforth, sir John , 7

Raleigh , sir Walter, conspiracy oi , 72,73 ; the empiric , 100

Ramsay , sir John , complain t of deceitagainst sir George Carew , 70

Raetall , W illiam, his collection of the

statutes , 40 , 41

Ratclief, 35

Becusan ts , increasing. to be looked to,13 ; act for the restrain t of

75 ; judges to exercise discretion in

pun ishing, 97 ; refusing the oath of

allegiance are dangerous , 98

Rehearsal Sermon ,

’13 , 122

Requests , masters oi, beggars left toordinary, 57 ; commiss ioners tomakecomposition with depopulators , 95d ispute with courts of law , 95 . See

W ilbraham, Roger

Richmon d , death of queen E lizabeth at,54

Ro che , lord , 27Roper, sir John , raised to the peerage ,1 17

Rowe , s ir W illiam, lordmayor, 5Roys ton , James I. at , 69

Rudolph II. , the emperor, 50 , 68Russell, sir William, late lord deputy of

Ireland , raised to the peerage , 60Ryan , mayor ofDublin , 8

S'

r . Gs onen’emu s t at Whitehall

15

St . Michael, French order of, 78

Salisbury , 65

Salisbury. Robert Cecil, earl oi , advisesdepopulators to submit to king, 94con versation on the oflice of tree

sm'

er, 99 ; propounds to parliament16 10) the s tate of the finance , 102

ee th and character oi , 106

Salisbury , W illiam, second earl of, 115

Se ltings tow (or Salton stall), lordmayor,17

Saltpetre ,monopoly oi , 88Saunders , Nicholas , 8

Savage, sir John ,maternal grandfatherof Thomas Wilbrahamof Woodhey,111

Scotland , E llesmere’

e speech on un ion

L

138

with 71-72 ; king’s speech 0 0

un ion with 89-91

80 0 -00 0 1. term0 1, 88

Secular priests , quarrels 0 1 the Jesuitswi th, 52, 53

Segreve , bat on 0 1 Irish exchequer,receives presen tmen t 0 1 mayor 01

Dublin , 9

Bhit ley . sir An thony, 78

Shrewsbury, earl president 0 1

the order 01 the Get ter. 15, 16

Somerset. earl 0 1. mmmge 0 1. 111 ;10 rd ehamberlain . 115 ; 5 0 0 0 80 0 0 1

poisoningOverbm'

y, 115 trial 0 1, 116,117

Somerset. Frances, coun tess 01. 111.115 , 116

Southampton , H enry Wriotheeleynew creation 0 1 his earldom. 6 1

Spain . rmone urged by Burgh] and

E ssex (or and t wi . 27

30 ; Queen E be s epeech on

relations with , 45-46 ; debate in

counc il es to peeoe with. 49-50 ; peacewith, 68

Spainegh, Donnell , to invade Muns terrebels , 27

Spencer. sit John . the great merchant,dies in tes tate. 101

Spencer

éoeir Robert, rt ieed to the peer

Smneede E 1ieh w0 0 1md 010 th. 68

Stanhope.Dr., 0 0 0 0110 : 0 1 the diocese

0 1 London . dmth and iteph 0 1, 99 ;‘News in Court out 01

e,

Iipel l oi ,

’ 100

Stan ° Chamber, debate in . 30 ; bishop of

h 111 , 52 ; has no legal

an d q re. 86 ; enelpeers

summoned hetero, 94S tukeley. 0mm, 7Subs idies . 1593 , 4 ; 160 1, 43 ; 1606,75 , 77 . 89 ; 1610 , 104

swan . Thoma s H oward. ml 0 1.curren t duty termed to. 87 lord

treasurer. 115 ; house ot, e t its highes t

pitch, 115Bws le, Dr. Richard, 0 creature 0 1

Ha tton , 5 1

Swift.Christopher, 37

baton . his epigram on Coke, 13

Lanmter'

e speeeh to. 34

INDEX

VAUGHAN , Rxcnm , bishop 0 1Chester.35Villa Medium, Sp an is h ambassador.“66

T heobd ds , 22

T in ,mmption 0 1. 88

Tithes .69Tower. the , Desmond a prisoner ih , 32lieutenan t 0 1, 54 . 1 16 ; James 1.

10 030 8 at , 56 Irish agen ts committedto , 62 ; records in , 80 ; Overbury a

prisoner in , 115

Tyrell. captain . perlqye with PatrickCrosby. 26 ; to immde Munster rebels.27

Tyron e, earl 01. Ireland 0 play 0 1, 24per with 01: W illiamWarren .30

with em, 31 ; archbishop of Cashelto treat with 0 11 rebels

,

0 1m” , 32

desperate without h0pe o1 pardon .

34 ; parley: w ith archbishop of

Cashel, 34

Wm, Mr. , clerk of the 00 0 0 0 3 , 50Wales. oomph in te again s t jurisdiction0 1 00 0 0 0 11 0 1, 103, 104

Wards , court 01 the,mas ters 0 1. 63 , 114 .

115 ; reven ue 1mm, 108

Wm , sir William. parleye withTyrone. 30

Watson . Dr. An thony, almoner end

bishop 0 1 Chichester, 37Weetfield , Mr., mher, 11 1Whiekine. W illiam, beneher 0 1 0 110 " aInn. 7

White, Dr. John ,‘ T he Way te the TrueChurch , 122

Whitehall . presen tmen t 0 1 10 rd mayora t , 5 ; St. George

’

s teast at. 15 ; pro.

clamation 01 James I . at, 54 ; Lordsand Council at, 54, 55 ; James I. seen,

56 ; comes 10 1° corona tion from. 61 ;betrotha l 0 1 Prin cess £11t at ,

109 ; hei°marriage M . 110

Whitgi1t , John , archbishop of Cen ter

bury, crowns James 61

W ilbraham. E lizabeth. daughter 0 1 air

Bogenmim'iage oh 111Wilbraham, Richard , 0 1 Nan twieh ,

iether 01 air Roger, death and

character deeit esmarriege 0 1

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P R E F A C E

T HE man uscript of the following autobiography is contained ina sme ll paper volume , bound in modern red leather, among the

Egerton MSS . in the British Museum, and is numbered 2148 inthat collection .

This volume,ofwhich the foliosmeasure about 8 inches by 6

, con

tain s,firstly , a short pedigree of the descendan ts of Sir Thos . Hoby

,

followed by a note concern ing the daughters of Sir An t . Cooke,

sign ed B . M .

’ Then comes the autobiography of Sir Thomas,here

prin ted , occupying folios 5—182, after which , in the w riting of

one W illiamAn drews , follows An exhortation un to death givento my Lord and Master the Lord Russell when he laye upon hisdeath bedd in Lon don . By Doctour Nowell , dean e of Pon les .

and an account of the death and burial of Lord Russell by thesame hand . This is followed by a note ofmuch later date describing the monumen t in Westmin ster Abbey to Elizabeth thedaughter of Lord Russell .

Folios 186—202 are occupied with a. rather in terestingDescription of the State of Italy,

’

treated under the followingheads 1 . The territories of every state ; 2. Theire jealousquiett ; 3 . Thoire feare ; end 4 . T heire dependen cies and

appoyes ,’w hich is written in a six teen th-cen tury hand, but not by

Sir Thomas Hoby .

As to the history of the manuscript, it can only be statedthat it s eems to have passed in to the Russel l family on the

marriage of Sir Thoe. H oby’

s w idow to Lord Russell , and then into

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an analysis of the waters hers ,made in 1474 by ‘Maeetro Gerardo

di Bolderi (1a Verona .

’

Of these matters Hoby writes : ‘ Thusmuch I found written of these baynes in an old books that con

tain ed the origion of the fami lie of Bandi ofVerona .

’

In the text which follow s the reader wi ll notice the use of a setof curiou smarks , viz. 9 , A , 0, 3 (5, 5. being facsimi les of thoseprefixed by the author to the names of the various places throughwhich he passed in his travels, but of which he has given no ex

planation . Probably they were meant to indicate the size or

population of each place ; cert ain ly the first mark, does not

appear to be used for any of tbe larger towns , while the last and

most complicated , via. 5, is reserved for the following towns : viz .

Antwerp,Augsburg, Cologne , Ferrara, Florence , Man tna,mm .

Orlean s,Paris , Rome, Siena , Spires , and Strasburg ,

which , accordingto this theory, should be ofsomewhat the same sizeand importan ce .

The mark for An twerp, however, is not always the same . The

numerals that stand in some cases before these curious symbolsare meant to give the number of days during w hich the authorstayed at the place somarked , while those that follow the figuresappear to give the con secutive n umbers of the places vis ited by

him. T he MS .

,as distinct fromthe notes , was written throughout

by Thomas Hoby, and fromthe beginning i n 1547 up to the end of

the xviij“ ‘

of November, I ended the ix‘“ day of Februarie follow

ing, which is followed by a blank page , we may gather that themanuscript thus far was written out fairly during his stay at

Padua in the win ter of 1554—55 . From1555 to the end both thewriting and ink vary considerably, as if written at differen t times .

Certain explanatory words. chiefly proper names , have been in serted in the

text in equare braohete. T he curved bmh fl d the original hi fi have heen

retained . For the in terweh tiona 0 1 several plaoe-names and othei° valuable

suggestions the editor is indebted to Mr. O. Baymond Beas ley. 0 1 Merton College ,Oxtord.

PREFACE

T he autobiography here prin ted begins in the year 1547 and

closes in 1564 , and, for the period and subjects with w hich itdeals

, is of cons iderable historical value . For though we mayregret that so much of the manuscript was taken up by detailswhich have only the in terest which must attach to a s ixteenthcen tury guide-book , we also have here the remin iscences of ayoung Englishman of exceptional ability, during a period of

seven teen years , ofwhich a large part was occupied in travels on

the Continent of Europe .

T he circums tan ces of the write r were indeed exception allyfavourable , as his journeys were for the most part made un cles°

the aegis of his brother Philip,Ambassador at the Court of the

Emperor,and a diplomatis t of ripe experience . T he stories told

bring before us with considerable ski ll many in teresting scen es inwhich the w riter himself took part , and importan t personageswith whom, during a period of exceptional political and re ligionsin terest

,he was brought in to contact . Where it has been possible

to compare statemen ts made in the autobiography with official

con temporary records I have found themto be correct .

The pedigree of the Hoby fami ly has been prin ted at con siderable length by the late Dr. Howard in his Mi sce llanea,

"and

again by the Harleian Society in their edition of the Visitation of

Worceste rshire in In both these accounts the family isrepresen ted as a very old one , with a descen t fromW elsh princes

and en titled to armorial bearings , which , if the documen ts prin tedby Dr. Howard be trustworthy, were granted by the College of

Arms in consequence of a certificate fromthe gen tlemen oi'

the

coun ty ofRadn or as to their validity and that of the pedigree theyrepresen t , drawn up at the request of W il liaman d Thomas Hobyin 156 1.

M ice. Gen . ct H era ld. i. 14 1.

W AGE

T he original Visitation of Worceste rshire ,

’

in the library of

the College ofArms,does not give the pedigree further back than

W il liam, the father of Philip and Thomas Hoby,but the printed

pedigrees have so far the imprimatur of the College that the armsto which they lay claimare registe red , and these correspond withthe elaborate heraldic display which adorns the Hoby Chapel in

BishamChurch .

It is,moreover , a curious fact that Philip Hoby, before he was

knighted in 1544 , had applied for and been granted by the

College a totally difl'

erent coat , being presumably in completeignorance of any belonging to his family. This coat

,however, is

entire ly suppressed in the Hoby Chapel at Bisham,where Phi lip

Hoby is represen ted on his tomb as bearing the same coat as his

brother Thomas .

All the above-men tioned pedigrees agree in sta ting that Phi lipand Thomas were the sons of one WilliamHoby of Leominster, inHerefordshire . Philip, the elder of the two, was born in 1505 ,and Nash , quoting froma manuscript in the College of Arms

,

’

says that he came up to Court under the auspices of CharlesSomerset, Earl ofWorcester . Here his talent for afl

'

airs of Statewas soon discovered, and as early as 1538 we fin d that he was

entrusted with important work in the diplomatic service . H e alsoheld the office ofMaster of the Ordn ance , and was made a PrivyCouncillm°

under Edward VI . and 111 1548 was appointed EnglishAmbamador at the Court of the Emperor. H is sympathies were

find himemployed in various fin ancial and diplomatic miss ion son the

.Con tinent , a fact which shows that his great a

bilities were

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P115?ACE

on his translat ion of Coun t Baldeear Cast iglione’

s book, Ii

Cortegiano,’

on which his l iterary famemost ly depen ds , and whichtook , says its latest editor, an mured place among the books of

that age and ran through foureditions during the reign ofEl izabeth .

’

To quote again fromMr. Raleigh’

s introduction ,l H oby

’

s transla

tion is conscienfi ons , in tel ligen t . and able ‘ but his knowledge of the language was far fromperfecthas said its last word the Coortyer as done in to English byThomas Hoby is still the book of

_

a great age , the age that madeShakespeare poss ible .

’

The Courtyer’

was not , however , prin te dti ll 156 1

,and the translator’s stay of thirteen weeks in Lon don

,

during November 1560,was probably devoted to seeing it through

the press .

In 1553 Hoby rejoined his brother Philip at Brusse ls , and

at this date we learn the opinion formed of him by the

learned Roger Ascham,who

,writing to Sir John Cheke from

Brusse ls in July 1553 , thus speaks of him: H ic j uven is pre d areos tendit ex oujus artificis prodierit otfioina. Frater ejns Domi nusPhilippus

, vir pruden tissinms , ntitn r s o,at otitur solo ad omnes

res pertractandas 1n hac Caesaria Anla : in qua perfunct ione , tamopportune

,diligenter, con siderate , et tacite ee gerit : n t illorom

semin nmqnaa tu in eo pnero Can tabrigmjecisti , non nascens jamaliqna spas se proferat sed floren s , eaqne insign ia maturitas , in so

nnnc adolescen ts facto sic eminent : nt recto quidemmeo judicioipee faoeres , si efl

'

eceris , at is in te lligat , ts non solnm11111 111 in hoc

curse hb en ter cumvoluptate spectare . sed ipsumtamprteolarecnrrentemcumaliquo etiamapplause inciM re .

’

In September 1553 we find Thomas Hoby back in England , andm1554 he again accompanies his brother, who w as trave l ling intoIta ly to take the baths at Caldiero, n ear Veron a, fromwhence they

did not return to England ti l l the close of 1555 .

H oby’

s Coun ter. By WalterBaleigh. 1900 .

Asoham’s Letters , lib. 3. No . xi.

PREFACE

On the death of Sir Philip Hoby in May 1558 Thomas suc

ceeded to the BisbamAbbey estate , a beautiful domain situate on

one of the pret tiest reaches of the Themes , and in the followingmonth took to wife Elizabeth , one of the learned and accomplisheddaughters of Sir Anthony Cooke ofGidea Hall

,in Emex . During

the next six years he appears to have lived a good deal at Bisham,where a son and two daughters were born to him,

devoting himself to the improvemen t of his house and estate .

In the year 1557 we learn fromthe autobiography that Phi lipH oby had taken in han d some scheme of new buildings at BishamAbbey which must have been of considerable extent , since it isnot ti ll four years later that we hear of its completion by Thomas,who gives some in teresting notes as to the nature and progress of

the work done .

T he Man sion House ’

at Bishamhad been the residence of

Margaret , Countess of Salisbury,' whose arms , impaled with thoseof her husban d Sir Rich . Pole , are st ill to be seen there in the

coun cil-chamber window but on her attainder in 1539 the Kingreserved the place for his own use . In 1552

, however, Sir PhilipHoby was al lowed to purchase it in fee farm, and the surveyor’sdescription of the house at that date is extant .

”

According to this documen t it appears that the house consistedof the present hall and council chamber, and a cloister whichformed a square , with several other rooms of which the exactpos ition is not given . It wou ld seemprobable that the cloister

,

of which on ly on e side now remains,exten ded eastward

, as foundations have been found of late years in that direction . ThomasHoby no doubt pulled down this cloister and the lodgings about itand used themate rial for his large addition s on the north side of

the hall , where he tells us the turret was built in 1560 . The factalso that his arms , impaling those of his wife , appear over the

' Mother 01 0ardinal Pole ; ehs wae exeouted in 1541 : 00 0 0 0q 8 .P..

Dom.. 10 1 1539 .

Appendix, p. xvii.

fireplaoe in tbe tapestry room seems to poin t to his being

respons ible for the rooms on the south side of the hall as well .

T hemonastic buildings were quite independen t 0 1 the MansionHouse , and were situated on the north side of it, nearer the moat .where foun dationsmay be clearly traced in a dry summer. It is

also in teresting to note that as early as 1552 the Abbey ha ll and

church had been complete ly swept away .

‘ In 156 1 the new

structure appears to have been finished and the house to haveassumed very much its present form, and in the following year

the ga llery was put up at the west end of the hall , decorated w ithnoblemen ’

s arms, which unfortunate ly are not now visible .

W ith the year 1564 the autobiography closes , but 110b lette rspreserved among the State Papers help us to trace his steps during

wich on Sunday,March 9 , and on the 15th of the same

mon th the Queen appoin ted himher Ambassador at the Court of

the French King, for whose capital he started early in April .H is journey was not very prosperous . H e write s to Cecil from

Dover 0 11 April 7 , saying that ‘aflaer much rain and foul ways

we came to Dover,'

and that owing to his wife having had afall fromher horse at Sitt ingbourne they were resting a day

,

and hoping to start on the morrow for Dunkirk ,Calais

,or

Bologna.

”

Ou April 9 ’ Hoby writes fromCalais , which sin ce its recaptureby the French was being new ly fortified , re lating a rather seriousinciden t and his own un successful attempt to see the new fortifi

cations . T he sto ry is best told in his own words . About the timeof our landing in Calico haven (which was iij of the clocks) a

souldier of the wards at the towns gate with his arquebuse shottthrough oure flagg in two places

,in the read crosse and in the

whit about it . I sen t upon informat ion thereof to Mounsier

See Appendix, p . xix. Metcalfe ’s Book of Knights.

8 .P., Dom, add . E lia. 1566 .

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him,and somewhat (as it were unwitting of it ) put myse lf betw ixt

the King and himto stopp his sight ."

During May and Jun e 1566 he seems to have been engaged inthe ordinary routine business of his office

,but his last letter,

according to the Calendar of State Papers ,’

is dated at Paris on

Jun e 21. H e died on Ju ly 13,1566

,having

° made his wil l on lythe day before, in which he directs that his body should be con

veyed to his parish church at Bisham,where he was buried on

September 2 . No portrait of Thomas Hoby is kn own to exist ,

though a fu ll-length one of hi s wife is still at BishamAbbey ; butin the church alabaster recumbent figures of both the brotherslie side by side over their tomb

,on which are the fol low ing

°

lines

Two worthys Kn ighte s , and Hobies bothe by name ,Enclosed wi thin this marble stone do rest .

Philip,the fyrst , in Cwsar

’

s Court bathe fameSuch as tofore fewe legates like possest ,A diepe discoursing head , a noble brest

,

A Courtier passing and a corteis Kn ight,

Zelous to God , whos gospel he profest

When grate st stormes gan dymthe sacred light,

A happieman whomdeath hathe now redeemedFromcare to joye that can not be esteemed .

Thomas in Praunce possest the legate ’s place,And w ith such w isdomgrew to guide the sameAs had increst great hon our to his raceYf sodein fate had not en vied hi s fame .

Firmin God’

s truth, gen t le , a faithful frend ,W el lern ed and languaged nature besyde

Gave comely shape , which made t uful his end,

Sin s in his Hours in Paris town e he died,

8 . P. , Foreign , E lia , May 18 , 1566 .

John , Lord Brennan E lizabeth Parker

4\ Russell Of Badsey ; dan. of An t. d . 155 1 .

Bastard , of

11 , 1616.

(1) Margaret, dan. of

Lord H un sdon ; Of H ackwood , Yorks ;d. Nov. 1605 .

(2) Catharin e, dan . of

SirJohn Danvers.

Ca tharine Pin ckney.

PH ILIP - E lizabeth , dau.

Bapt . 1645 ; of of T im. Tirrell ,Nea th Abbey, of Shotover.

Glamorgan .

ofA. Dakyns. d. inf.

d . inf.

K ummMu n a W . Fleetwood

Emmzm Ku n nmm Grifi . R ice

4 d . Sept. 26 .

1729 .

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AUGMENTATION Omen .

PARTICULARS or GRANT E D. VI .,No . 1699 .

Memoran dum— T hat I Sir Phi l ip B obbye, K n ight , require to haveof the K ing

’s Majesty in fame to me an d mine heirs for ever the

part iculer parcells hereun to an nexed , yelding to his Majest ie his heirsand successors lxi li. xix s . viij d.

In wytn es w hereof to this bill I have subscribed my hand andsettemy sea le the xx of Novembre in the sixthe yere of the Beigne ofour Soveraigne Lord K ing Edw ard the Sext .

PBBLYP H ow .

Com. Bu ms .

Parcella possessionumnuper Monastemde Bisshamalias BuscleshamMon tague mode in man ibus pmnobilis dominae An nae de

Cleave per invict issimumprincipemceleberrimse memoriae H en ricumOctavumnuper RegemAngliae sibi per litteras suas paten tes con cessa

t o termino vitae ejusdemA nme si eademdomina Anna tamdiu infrahoe regnumA ngliae permanserit seu habitaverit .

Bu scclshamMon tague et Cookhamin dicta comi tatu .

Memorandum— The parsonage is parce l]of the value granwd to M r.

W eldon .

Redditus assisse omn iumtenen t iumibidemtamlibere quamcus

tnmarie solvendi ad festa ibidemusualia per ann umxxviij li. iij s . iiij d .

Firma certarum terrarum ibidem vocatarum W arderobes et

Bakfordes per ann um lxvj s . viij d .

Firma scitns nupermonastemsive Abbat ie ib idemcumterris prat ispasturis eidempert in en tibus dimissa T homas W eldon armigero per

inden turamad termin amannorum, reddendo inde per an numxxxiij li.

VOL. X . a

xviii sw smnx '

to PREFACE

dominamAnnamad terminuman nornm,

x iij s . iiij d.Perqniaita enfimibidemcumfinibns relevns heriett is et amercia ~

man tis commun ibus ann is

Com. Bu ms .

the possessions of Margaret, late Commas of Serum, ofhigh treason atteyn tede.

T hemansion how se or capital]mess there, wherein the as ide lateCoun tee of Sarumsometyme inhabited, is situa te nere un to the Ryverof Thamys and adjoin inge to the seite of the late monas terie there,being buylded pa tely of stone and nu te of tymber and covered wi thtyleo, wherein 18 con te yn ed a hall Wi th a chemlmey, and at the lowerend of the same is a pan tery, a butory, a kechyn e, a larder, and a lyte llwoodyarde . A t the over end of the same assendin

ge by a is ha lf

pace is a greate chamber w ith an in ner chamber an vj other 0 bersand logging up a quadran te , and und ern ea th thes e chambers at thefoote oi the sa i hallf pace is a wyne seller [and] a quan tumcloyster

with ce small loggings on every side of the same, the whichcloys te r l e th un to ij lyte ll garden Plottes whereof the one con teyne th

at either end 1x foote and at eithersxde lxxviij foote the other gardencon teyneth at either ends iiij“ iiij [Bth

fm and at ei ther side cxxx iijfoote . Is w orth by the yere towardes e reparac ions and mayn tenanceof the same vj li. xiij s . i iij d .

In nepamciomof the sa ide man con home and kepenge of the samecommunibns ann is 0 8 .

Kt valet clare per a nn umxxxi ij s. iiij d .

Memora ndum— T he said mancon house standeth viijmyles distan tefromthe cu te ll of W yndw or, and was reserved for thaocesae of the

K in s Majos‘

vsred to Philip H oby, Kn ight, vi ) die Novembris 1552.

E x . perme, 3 0 0mm! An t on .

Purcell of the late Monastery of a te lishamMon tague, being no

parte or parcel] ofMr. W elldon’

s lease .

T he scite of the late Monas tery there, whereof is standing the late

prior’s lodgings , bu lded of bet and brick and covered

sette botw ene the ys an the Manson hovme of the late Coun tee

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Payed for xx" horses fromLondon to Gravesend ,xx"myles , and fromthens'to Rochester, vmyles ,and fromthens to Caun terbnrye, xx" myles ,and fromthen s to Dover, zijmyles ; afte r j6themylo, i n toto lvij" myles .

Payed for xj shippee fromDover to CalysPayd for the posting of xx”! persons fromCalyce

to Parys, be xviijpos ts at xv 80 112 the horseto 5 rate .

Payed from arys to S or de Fosses, beingonepos t

P‘I to themarchaun ts post for curying a

opckett

of let te rs to Mr. Secretary the xv

Pd for

M g a packett ow t of E ngland of the

Pd for an othgof the xxvjh of Maye

Pd tor the sen a

gackett of the x

"of Jnne

for the lyke o the n of the same .

for the bringingof the Quene s MAJesty lette rsof the vb of June

for a pachett bmnght of the xxvxj of Jun e

Fayed for the charga of his Secretaryes repayand con tynewing show t the Court at seve

fi

rglglMaye un ti l] the xh oi

Itemfor Se ton my servann t’s charges ii in

ha t

bandin to E ngland to oertefye the death my

, and returning agayne w ith lettersItempd for horse hyer formy self and my trayne

firmParys to Boleigne at my return s home

Pd for my tmngg

fl ac ion w ith mBoleigne to ver by shipfor horse hyer for my as an

Dover to Byssham.

P0 for the carying of my stuff

ohargs that wen t w ith yt .

P" for the lyke charge fromRhoan e to LondonSnmma

w herof received m prestet remanen t .

xxxv

XVj

APPENDIX T O PREFACE

More for xv iij dayes’dyett after iij“ vj

"viij

d

by the daye, viz. fromthe xvj of A ugust

in clusive, un till the seconde of September, onwhich dayemy husbande was buryed

More for in telligencs to sundry person s an d

sapiall at several] tymesSumma tota lisunde for fytz w ill iamset sic clare formy lady

Memorandumthere is to be payed ow t of the saydsomme un to Hugh Phitz W illiams, so muchmoneye as is dew e un to hymby the Quen e’sMajestye

’s w arran ts un til] the sayd seconde

daye of September 1566, viz. .

[E ndorsed ] E LIZABE T H H os y s .

DRAFT or A LE T T E R momQUE EN E LIZABE T H ro LADY H oar .

[State Papers , Foreign , E liz. , July to August 1666

MADAM ,— Although w e here that sence the deth of your husband

,

our late ambassador, Sir Thomas H obby, you have receaved in Fran ce

great and comfortable courtesyes fromthe French K yng, the QueenMother, the Queen of Navarr, and son dry others , yet w emake accomptthat all these

,leade to gither can not so satisfy you as some pour

testymony of our favor w ith the approbat ion of the late service of

your husban d an d of your ow ne demeanor ther. Wherfor though youshall receave it somewha t lately in tyms , yet w e assure the sameprocedeth on ly of the late knolledg of your retorn , and therfor w e

let t you kn ow that the service of your husband (was to) us so acceptable, as n ext your(self and your) children , w e have not the mean estloss of so hable a servan t ) in that callyng, and yet sen ce it ha th so

plesed Almighty od to ca ll bymin the en try of this our service, w e

take it in the bet ter part , seing it hath appered tobe God’s pleasure to

call bymawey so favorably to the service of bymspecia lly in the

constan sy of his dus ty towards God , wherin w e here saye he dyed verycomendably . A nd for your self w e can not but let t you know that w ehere out of Fran ce such singular good reports of your duety w ellaccomplished towards your husband , both lyvyngand deade, w ith other

xxii APPENDIX 1 0 rnsmcsyour sabre, wise and discret behaviors in that court and coun try, thatw e thynk it a part of gret con ten tation to na and a comendation of our

coun try that such a gen tillwoms u hath gyven so man ifest a testymonyof virtue in such hard tymes of advers ite as none can be gretar lostther, and therfor though w e though t very w ell of you befor (yetsha ll w e hereafter make amore assured accoun t of your virtues and

gifts. and wherin soever we may conven ien tly do you pleasure youmay be thereof assured. And so we wou ld have you to rest yourselfin quietness w ith a firmopin ion of our especia l] flavour towards you.

Given under our signet at our city of Oxford the1566, the eight of our Reign.

Your loving friend,Bumm R .)

[T he above let ter.with various corrections , is in the handwriting of

Cecil . The port ions now miss ing from the original have been suppliedin brackets fromthe rather inaccurate copy prin ted in E llis

’s Lette rsf]

Lama raon SmPam? Hoar ro SmWmumOsc rt .

[Lansdowne M88 . 8 , lol. 118 (Brit.

Aftermy ba t t ies t commendations I have bene often tolde of youroomming to Bissham,

w hichs I have often er looked for, and tha t a lso tohave bene before this time . What shulde sta ie you I knows not

,but

well amI assured tha t I have not heard one make somany promesses ,and performs so fewe . Pemdveuture my Lady staieth you, w ho youw ill saie cannot ride thereto w ill I rovide thi s remedy to sends hermy coche, b icause she shall have thegesse travails thither, and you no

excuse tomake. Letme know s by this bearer whan I sha ll looks foryou at Bisaham

, thatmy cochemay come for her, for other w ise if yecome not there w ill chaun ce a greatte r ma tter then ye yet know s of.M akemy commenda tion s tomy Lady, I praie ou, and till I see youat BisshamI hyd you bothe farewell . From reysbury, the first ofJuly, 1556 .

Your owns assuredly,Pa xt rr Hoar .

[E ndorsed]T o the right w orshipfu ll and my very frend Sir W il liamCiolli,

kn ight , at W imbildon .

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Journey toParis and Brussels and back , pp. 77-96 .

T ranslation of 11 Cortegiano,' 78E vents in Germany, 78-85List ofFrench peers , 85-8 8Notes on H ouses of Bourbon , 88 Milan , 89 Savoy, 89 ; Lorraine, 90Marriage of H oratio Famese at Paris, 91Audience with Charles V. at Brussels, 94 , 95

Return to E ngland , 96

Coronation ofQueen Mary. 96E xecutions in E ngland , 97 , 98

1554 . Sir Thos . Wyatt’s rebellion , 97

Dea th of John Frederick, Duke of Saxony, 97

Dialogue between Feckenhamand Lady Jan e Dudley, 98Lady Jane’

s exhortation to her s ister, 101 and her words at scaflold , 102

Journey to Italy and back , pp. 104—126.

Brussels , 104 ; Cans tatt , 108 ; list of free cities , 109Goppingen , baths at. 110 ; Augsburg, 111Mun ich , 112 ; Inn sbruck, 113

Padua , 116 Man tua , 118

1555. Death of Pope Julius 120 ; Caldiero, baths at, 120

Lago di Garda , 120 ; audience with King ofRomans , 122Mainz, E nglish church at, 123 ; Wesel, Duchess of Suflolk at, 124

T he Rhine and An twerp , 123-125 ; list of customhouses on Rhine , 125Re turn to E ngland , 126

1556-1564 . E ven ts in E ngland , domestic aflairs , and notes about the buildingsBisham, 126-130

GENE RAL Iunax, 131

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T H E T R AV AIL E AN D L I E F OF M E

T H OM A S H OBY

t

W DIVE RSE TH INGS WOORT H T H E NOT INGE

CYPR IAN Dr: nvru cr Manrrmo .— A t non cred it in Deumqui non

in eo solo collocat totias fmlicitatis sumfiduc iam.

But he beleevcth not in Go d “3placeth no t in himonely y

'con

fidence of all his felicitie.

T he years in this books bagga o Newyers day , accordynge

to the Romysh compu ta tiom.

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TRAVAILE AND LIEF OF ME T HOMAS HOBY

MV JOURNE Y momrns Tomas or LONDON mrm: Moons 'ra or

AUGUST a° 1547 , 2

° E d 6,mro Gsmams WIT H JOHN ABELL.

‘

9 From Calico to Grave lings9 fromthen s Dun kerke9

An twerp.

Lovain .

Peroway [Perw ez].

Corsiale .

0

9if)0

9

)9 Richfort [Rochfort].

$9 St . Hubert .

Fromtheuse to Burwaye .

0 Verdun e .

Novyliacon Nouilly].9 Vylserlon ille sur Iron].

0 Metz.

Sen terfure [S . E pure].

9 Ayn chming [E n sming].

Solwerden [Saarwerden].

9 Sabern [Zabern].é Strasburgh .

John Abel]. A London merchan t of this name ismen tioned by Stry pe asexile for his religion in 1554 .

4 1 sooxs orms rmvum1 111) [1647

Here I arryved the xv'jm

of October and remayn ed in Mr.

Martin Bucer’

s‘ house

,who was a man of no less in tegritie and

pumas of lyving then of fame and learn ing. H imheard I in theSchooles in Divinitie

,and some time Peter Martir

,

2 Sturmiusin human itie

,Paulus Fagins in H ebrue , and Das ipodius in

Greeke,who in their faculties were the best learned of the ir time .

Abow t the moneth of December Mr. Pete r Martir. Bernadin usOlchin us , and Jhon Abell wen t into England together. In January154-8 W illiamThomas 5 camthis waye ow t of Italye towardsEngland . Also 8 “ Thomas Wyat 6 arrived here to go towards Italye .

Buoer and P. Fagius died afterward in England ,whose deaths

were not somuch lamen ted of allmenu as the ir lyves desired , andyet so lamen ted that they were celebrated throwghowt the whol lUn ivers itie of Cambridge . both with oration s an d all kinds of

verses in all three tungs afi er their (loathe .

This yere in the warr that the Emperor 7made against theGermanes , was the Duke of Saxonys taken prisoner. And the Lan tgrave camand yelded himunto th’

Emperor as his prisoner, andwere kept severally, the on was put t in prison in Vilfort in

Flaunders , and the other folowed alwaies the court , having a greatgarde of

.Spaniards appoin ted to atte nd upon him. T h

’

Emperor wasalwaies in hand withe him to make him choung his re ligion ,

promising himlyfe gooddes and libertie . But his con stan cie couldnever be corrupt for no faire proferr he made him.

Martin Buoer. born at Strasburg 1491 embraced the teachings of Luther,1521 ; proieasor of theology at Strasburg ; came to Cambridge as teacher of

theology in 1549. and died there in 155 1.

Peter Martyr. born at Florence 1500 ; joined the Beiormers at Ziirich 1542 ;came to E ngland 1547 ; protessor 04 divin ity at Oxford 1548 . (Wordsworth. E co.

Sturmius . Jean Storm, born 1507 . died 1589 ; a well-known clas sical and

theological author. and a corresponden t ofRoger Ascham.

PsalmFame. born at An twerp 1504 ; came to E nglan d with Martin Baoer ;died at Cambridge 1549 .

WilliamThomas. a well-known Ita lian scholar ; Clerk to the Council ofE dward VI. H e took an ac tive part in S ir Thomas Wyatt's insurrection , forwhich

he sufl’

ered dea th.

Sir Thomas Wya tt, oi Allington Gaotle , Ken t ; leader of the insurrection ,

1553-4. agains t the Span ishmarriage. (or which he was executed.

1 T he Emperor Charles V.. nephew to Ca tharin e ol Aragon Queen to

H enry VY11. , and cousin to Queen Mary of England.

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6 A sooxs or run resume AND [1543

in to Eu lishe and sent it to my brother, where it was put in prin t .

A bowt beginn ing of this yere,th

’

Emperor (desirou s to plan t theolde churchs of Babilon in Germanye again ) , with thethe Electors and other princes of Germanye began a diete at

Ausburghe , where they con cluded among themthe In terim to bee

used from thense furthe throwghowt all Germany that is to sayecertain poin tes of re ligion whiche oommaunded amean s kinde of

doctrin e betwext the papistes and Luthere’

s opin ion , un til l suchtime as the great Counsel l shuld be held generallye at Tren t , thereto agree upon an un iformitie to be observed in all Germanye .

This kind of Interimlasted in the coun treye in his ful l force abow t

a v yeres, (the coun sell all this while being difl'

erred and lingred

fromtime to t ime) , and afterward the people returned to theiraccustomed preachings again , when a litt le adversitie w as happen edun to th

'

Emperor by Duke Maurice his meane mingled w1th so

muche prosperitie of his in former t ime,as in the yere 1552

,shall

more eviden t lie appears .

At suche time as my brother, sen t by the King’

s MajestyAmbassador towards th

’

Emperor, was arrived at Auspurgbe ,I departed from Strasburg as soon as I understood byletteres from himhis minde was I shuld repaire to himthither .

Loaving behin d me there Mr. Christopher Hales,Mr. Richard

Sadler,Mr. Jhon Aucher,

l Mr. Jhon Cobham. with Jhon Abe l l ,Richard Hi ll , and John Bourcher. This was the last time thatever I saws Mr . Baoer, but afterward at times I receaved letteres

from him. This Interimw as not in my time reoeaved in Argentine , for that Mr. Bucer bothe writt and spake earnestlie again st

yt , yeven in Auspurck alter he was sen t for thither under th’

Emperor’

a saveconduct , and at his return preached openlye that incase they receaved it , they shuld liese him

,as they did at lengthe :

for he went from then se in to England .

I departed towards Ausprughe the fourths of Julye in mye

From Strasburghe to Bisshon t iscbeimthen se to Ingamn awght

39

John Anchor. Probably son of Sir An thony Aucher. See infra , p.

OF T HOMAS H OBY

From then se to H amerting [Heimerdingen]Can stat [Cannstatt]

9 Goppingen [Gfippingen]9 B albec [Al bee]9 Gein sbrucke [Gfi nzburg]é Ausbrucke [Augsburg]

Here I arrived within fowre dayes after my setting forwardes,

where I found my brother lodged in a house that was on se a

monasterye called St . George . By this was a churche of protestan ts

,where on John c ardus was preacher. T h

’

Emperor washere lodged l n the Folkers’ house and had assembled together theking of Roman es his brother, Maximilian the Ki ng’

s son n ,which

wen t in to Spain e , w here hemarried th’

Emperor's daughte l , the oldeDuke of Revire , certain of the Electors w ith sundrie other prin cesofGermanye .

A litt le before this time was the In terimbegun to be observedin all the citie ; saving in a few e protestan t churches which at timeof service were replen isshed ful l of people , whereas at the otherchurches camveris few e . I was sen t for hither to have goon e in toItalye with Mr. Harry W il liams , who was departed before minearrival], and the v

mof August set forward thitherward as

folowethe

MY JORNEY INTO IT ALYE

0 From Ausburg to Lan sberg [Landsberg]0 Lan sberg to Fietze [Fussen

Here bee Bellies of Lutes made in most perfection and fromhen se bee sen t to Ven ice and sun drie other places .

9 FromFietze to Barbist [Barwies]9 thence In n spruck

A Matra [Matrey]Stertzing .

0 Prixen [Brixen]KlausenCulman [Kollman]

T he Folkers’ H ouse. Probably the house of An toine Fugger, the great

financier, to whomCharles often had recourse for large loan s ofmoney . Folkers'

silvermines aremen tion ed .

8 A soon or rns rmvu w AND [154 8

9 From theuse to BowenA Nuenm9 Tren tA Pergin i [Pergine]

Here beginn themiles and accompt v"n to the Dutch league .

A Fromthen se to Lievigo [Levico] v'“

BorgoA Castel Novo LCastelnuovo]A [Grigno]A Sca leA 8 mon [Cismon]A arpinea [Carpane]9 [Bassano] vj

m’

This jorn ey hitherto shulbe bette r sett furthe andmore at largew ith al l circumstances in the yere 1554 .

9 From thense to Caste lfranco0

Venice by water

Here I laye in Mr. E dmund H arvell ’s l house,Ambassaodr

Mfg,

where I found also Mr. Jhon

Yong,w ith whomI laye , sorge Speaks

,Mr. Thomas Fi tz

williams . Mr. Thomas Straung, and dyverse other Englishemen .

From hen se I wen t to Padoa and Mr. Fitzwilliams withme, whichwas the xv

‘bofAugust. In this towne layemanye Englishmen , as

Sir Thomas Wyatt , Mr. Jhon Cotton , Mr. Henry W illiams , Mr.

Praunce W illiams his brother, which died bothe in England the

yere 5 1 , Mr. Jhon Arundle , Mr. Jhon Hastings , Mr. ChristopherAlen , Mr. Jhon Sheres , Mr. Jhon Handford , and dyverse other.H ere I appliedmy se lf as well to obtain the Italian tungas to

have a farther entrance in the Lat in . T he mos t famous m thistown was Lazarus Bonamicus in humanitie

,w hose lectures I

visite d sometimes , Man tuan , T urnellus, and Caniolus in the civill

E dmundH arvell . Poss ibly E dmund H arewell cl Bed ord.Worcester. PhilipH oby had estates in Worcester, whichmight accoun t (or the in timacy. 80 0 also

w ho. p . 61 .

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10 A 8 0 0 113 or w e T RAVAILE AND 111151? [ma

peice ofbrasse in maner of a skutchin w ithin the whiche are theseverses in golden letters ,

Ossa tuumque caput cives tibimaxime LiviPrompto an imo hic omnes composuere tui .

T u famamaaternamRoma patrimque dedis ti .Huic oricas , il li fortia facts canens.

At tibi dat patria hmc et simaiora lioeret,

H oe totus stares aureus ipse loco .

T . Liuius Quarto imperij T ib .

Caasaris anno vita excessit

ZE tatis vero lxxvi .

This was sett uppe in the yere of our Lord 1547 . T he ha ll 18verie bewtifull : all caw ses andmatters are pleaded here : it 13 qof clarkes and notaries that are con tin uallie writ ing. At the on

end of it is the goven ar'

s house of the town e,whichs 1s con tinuallie

a gen t leman of Venice and chaunged everie yere . At the otheren d are prisonn es dongeons . T he town e is ruled by two principall beades , the on is governor, called 1n Italian Podesta : and hisauthoritee is in the day time ; the other is the captain over thesowldiers and the garison , and his authoritie is in the n ight.They have two severall faire bowses be longing to their ofiices . A t

orerie yeres end of there abode here they are chaunged,but not

bothe at on time . They coun t the governance of this towne on of

the cheefifest offices be longing to the Syn iorye of Ven ice , and not

much inferior to Oandia and Cyprus . No man wearethe his

weapon within the towne , but such as are licen sed by the Podesta :w hich 1s thems ner both of Ven ice and all the townes under thedomin ion of it . And by everie newe Podesta this license isconfirmed

, yf he thinks it so expedien t . There are everie yeres howt August chosen two rectores by the scolars themselves , th ’onfor the civill lawe, and the other for art , which have the jurisdict ion over the scolars that are in the Universitie and without theircon sent there is n o soolar pun ished whatsoever be (10 0 , nor yet

taken ow t of his house . These rectors graun t owt

wythe the seals of the faculties to whosoever wi ll becumwherby he that is thus made scolar is freelie exempt fromallcustome and whatsoever kind of (lace is to be paid for anie th in g

Dace . Ducange gives underData, Dacio : T ributum, vectigal ; nos tris Dace.‘

1 have not been able to find any othermen tion of this word.

OF T HOMAS HOBY

he buyeth,which is a great privileg. H e is by this his scholar

shipp bound to no lectures,nor nothing elles but what he lyst

himselfe to goo to .

This yere the Duke of Guise cam throwge Padoa in the

mon ethe of August,where he was honorablie receaved and took

his jorn ey to Ferrara to espouse the Duke’

s daughter.

This yere the prin ce of Spain e cumming out of Spain e by sea

to goo to th’

Emperor his father, arrived at Genowa . Fromthen she wen t to M illan e , where he was receaved by don Fernando Gonzaga , the governar. T he Vij

t liof Jan nary Mr . E dward Murphin ,

Mr. Hen ry Killigrewe1and I departed owt of Padoa towardes

Man tos,to see himmake his en trie there

,which was the xiij

‘hof

the said mon the . There w as great preparation for the receipt ofhim. H e was mett three or fowremile w ithowte the town e by theyong Duke of Man tos accompan ied w ith the cardin al] his uncle ,his two brethren and other noble menn . H e made his en trie an

howre within n ight,riding under a canapie born by iiij horsmen .

There cammw ith himmore then a thowsand on horsback . H is

gard folowed hima foote . Before himw en t xxx or xl han somyonggen tlmen n ,

c lothed al lmwhite vel lute,town smenn everye on ,

withea great chain of golde showt his n ecke a whitte stafl

'

1n his hand .

The first gate of the town e he en tred in to is called la Portadel la Predella , upon the which was written on the ow tside

Philippo filio H ispan iw Regi in quo Patris imaginemcern imus,

An imimagn itudin emadmiramur,fw licitatemexpectamus .

H e camthrowghe an other gate called la porta della lion s , onthe on side of it was written

Carolo Yto Cms . August . Afri . Germa . Impera Optimo . Regi optimo Philippo F. H ispan im. Principimagnan imo seculi spei .

On the otherside of the gate was pain ted an egle with herryong birdes beginn ing to take their flight , and there was written

Sicut aquila prouocan s ad volan dumpullos suos .

Mr. H enry Killegrew , son of John Ki llegrew , of Arwenaok , Cornwall . An exile

for religion in Queen Mary’s time , employed by E lizabeth in various diplomatic

mission s . Married , November 1565 , Cath. , fourth daughter of An t. Cooke, andsis ter to Thos . H oby

’s wife .

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the gent lewomen a good space . There was at that supper DonJuan di Men dos za, the Emperor’s ambassador there res iden t, whosatt uppermost and took the upper hand of themall .

At Shroitide after there camto Ven ice to see the oitis thelustie yong Duke of Ferrandin ,

wel l accompanied with noble men uand gen tlemen ,

where he with his compan ions in Campo di SanStefano shewed great sport andmuche pastime to the gen tlmengen tlwomen ofVen ice, bothe on horsback in runn ing at the ringwith fairs Turks and Cowrsars , being in a maskerie afte r theT urkishemaner, and on foote casting of eggs in to the wyndowesamong the ladies ful l of sweets waters and damaske poulders . At

n ight afi’

e r all this triumphs in a bankett ,made purposlie at

Mowrano ,a litle owt ofVenice , by the Seniorye. tohon or himwithal],

he was slaine by a varlett belonging to a gen t lman of the oitis .

The oocasion was this : the Duke cuming in a brave maskeryewith his companion s went (as the maner is ) to a gent lewomanwhomhe most fansied emong all the res t (being assembled therea 1 or This gen tlwoman was wyfl

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to on M . Michae l Ven ier .

There camin another companys of gen tlmen Venetien s in an othermaskerye : and on of themwen t in likeman er to the same gen tlwoman that the Duke was en treating to dauuse w ith him. and

somwhat 311111d the Duke , which was a great injurie . Uponthat the Duke thrust himfromhim. T he gen tlman owt with hisdagger and gave hima strooke s howt the short ribbes with the

poin t, but it d id himno hurt , bicause he had on a iacke ofmails .

T he Duke ymrnediatlie fee ling the point of his dagger,drue his

rapire , whereupon the gen tlman fiedd in to u chambre there at handand shutt the dore to him. And as the Duke was shovinge to get sthe dore open ,

a varlett of the gen t lmann e’

s cambehinde himand

w ith a pisto lesel gave himhis deathe ’

s wounde , and clove hishead in such sort as the on side honge over his shuldre by a littleskynn . H e lyved s howt two dayes afte r this stroke . There wasno just ice bad t this gen tlmau, but after he had a whi leabsen ted himself m the oitis the matte r was forgotte n . T he

varlett fledd , and was nomore hard of. This gentlman was of thehouse of Giust in ian i in Venice .

Abow t this time there fel l an other straung chaunce in Venice .

In the Ooun trey of Friuli are two great families , whichs of longtime have bin e deM lie ennemies th ’

ou to th’

other, Della Turns1 A l! n is 5 shorts broadsword (side o note in manuscript).

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frutes they use to layemattes to kepe themfreshe and to defendthemfromthe heate of the sunn . There were no mo in sight buttwo within the bots . Under the mattes there laye vij or viijpersons withe echo of thema hackbutt in his han d

, When the

gondalo that Coun t Jhon Soveragnan i was in camdirectlie agains tthemthey shott all together leveling all at on marke . Coun tJhon was shott throwghe in manie places of his bodys . Thisenterprise thus acheved

,as manie as were in the bote fell to

rowing and made so sweeft lie awaye that none were able to folowethemnor decern who they were nor yet whither they went . T he

deade bodye was browght into the house of Quirini , where it layeto bee seene of all men n . When the Sin iorye understoode of thismurther they cawsed ymmediatly Francesco Del la Turre to beetaken , who was than in Ven ice . But for al l they putt himto the

tormen t of the cord, they conlde never make himoonfesse thathe was condescending or of counse ll to this kind ofmurther. And

the lawe is , except aman confesse his tresspace when he is pu tt tothis tormen t, he shall never sufl

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re deaths for yt . This chauncehappened in Len t . Abowt the asoen tion daye the Duke and

Dutchesse of Urbin camto Ven ice , where the Dutchesse , CardinallFamese syster, for that she was never there before

,was mett a

mile or two withowt the oitis upon the sees , and receaved in tothe Ven etien s ’ vesse ll of Triumphe called Bucen toro , wherin weredyverse of the Sin iorye and n ighe two hundrithe gen tlwomen toacoon1panie herr to the Duke herr husbande ’

s palaice w ithin the

citie . There aman might have seen the sees almost covered withsundrie kinds of botes , summade like shippes other like galies

some other like pinaces richlie dect w ithin and w ithowt , besidesman ie other pret ie vessella full of minst relsys daun sin and

maskaries . After herr arrival she was greatlye feasted , and foreherr departure thense she saw e the Arsena of Ven ice where alltheir galies , shippes , artillarye .mun ition and such other matterswere . After she had bine leade abowt yt . which lackethe litle of

a mile in oompasse , she was browghte into a larg roomwhere she

had a cos t lie bankett prepared for herr and all her compan ierichlie served of all kinde of dilicaties . Yt was in the after noon eabow t tom of the clocks . Herr cuming to Ven ice w as to see the

Sense , which is a great feast there . And upon the place of Sain tMark is a great faire for certain dayes . T he daye of the

Asce nsion the Duke of Venice w ith all the Siniorye goethe into

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this vessel l the Bucen toro, and after they are

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a litle fromthe landthey have a wonderous great ceremonie s howt themarying of the

see . For the Duke takethe a ring of his finger and castethe yt

into the sees , thinkin by this meane to kn itt yt so sure that ytshall never

.depart anc

gl leave the citie upon the drie land ; as it is

like to do in processe of time yf it contineue to dimin ishe st ill as

yt hathe begone s ith thememo ofman . Yet have they dailieprovision s and officers appo to the same to see the sandes andwhat soever is in the bottome m the shalowe places voided .

Mr JORNEY nrro T oscm.

I departed owt oi‘

Padoa towardes Venice the “ j“

of June,

where Mr. Jhon Hastings and I were onse purposed to withthe great gallies in to Sorria . Fromwhen se Mr. Edward

After I had taried a yere somtime in Padoa and somtime in Ven ice , and obtayn ed some understan ding in the tung

,I thowght yt behoufl

’ull to travaile into the

middes of Italys , as well as to have a better know leg m the tung,

as to see the coun trey ofTuscans , somuch renowmed m all places .

I departed fromVenice the xxiiij‘“ daye of August and went to

Ferrara bye water, which is s howt towre score and ten miles .

This oitis upon the east side and the sowths side bathe the greatriver called Po runn ing by yt . T he countrey is verie plains and

plen tifull round abowt ytyt . D

n

uke of yt is Hercu les da Este the

second , whomaried Ben er [Re éesKingg Le

wes of Fraunce the xijhis daughter

,by whomhe hethe iiij children , Alfonse , Lewis,

the dutchesse of GuisemFraunce, and Lucretia.

3 FromFerrara to Bologna xxx‘

This oitis is placed at the rootes of the hill Ap pennine . On the

sowthside yt bathe the Appennine, on the east the river Sevens ,on the northe the fairs and bewtifull champaign e coun trey, and

on the west the river Reno . The Pope 1s lord of yt . V icelegate

there for himwas Annibale Borio a Neopolitane . It is a verie

famous Un iversitie throwghe ow t Italys bothe for the lawe and

ot her sciences , frequented with scolars fromall places .

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It is so named because when asses passe bye this waye withtheir burden s, for the sharpnes of the ston ie rocks that are herein great quantitie and svell waye , they are fame to un lade them

Fromthense to Ferenzuolo x‘ "

Abowt this castle of the Duke of Floren ce arrisethe owt of the

ground great quan tities of smoke . Here is reckoned the beginnings oi the coun treye of T uscane .

Fromtheuse to ScarperiaThis is another cast le belonging to the Duke of Florence placed ina verie fairs plain e.

5 Fh'omthense to FirenzaThis faire citie of Florence is built upon the river Arno, whichrunn eth through it ; and the river is passed over by iiij bridgesin iiij sundrie places . It is compassed on the east and the northe

side with pleasant hilles ful l of frutefull trees . On the w est side

yt bathe a verie bewtifull plaine so ful l of faire houses that ytappearethe a farr of a great towne as farr as Prato. Yt is namedValdarno. When yt was a commun e welthe the armes of the oitis

was a red lilie m a white feelde , but now yt is under Duke Cosmusde Medicis , second Duke of yt , which main teynethe all virtue inyt . W ithin Florence is the faire churchs called San ta Maria delfiore , all ofmarble ; in the tonpe of yt is the marve lous peece of

worke called the Cupula, worthie to bee seen of all travellars .

W ithout this church there is a rounds temple dedicated to Sain tJhon Baptist , which in times past was the temple of Mars , w ithgate of brasse , within the wh ich is a faire vesse l l made of richestones w here children are christened. Abowt this vale it was thatHann ibal lost one of his eyes riding throwghe themarishes , as Lyviemakethemen tion .

In this countreys here growethe a wyne called Torbiah o diToscano , which is reckoned among the plesant and delicate wine sof Ita lye . In this citie I remayned vj or vij dayes with Mr

Christopher Alan .

9 FromFlorence to San Oasan .

theuse to T avernille

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cheefl ie to proceade of their private disoention and in testin e dis

corde in that they can not be brought to an ie agreemen t betwext

is to saye,Gmtilhuomini, Reformatori, Nuovi and Popolo. The

commune people are ca lled Plebei, which are on no certain part .

There is no gen t leman within the citie of Siena but is well knowento bee of on of these partes . Gen tilhuomin i and Popolo were at

the first beginn ing of the citie ; the on of the commonaltie and

subiects ; and the other of gen tlmmand ru lers . And at lengththey that were named Popolo beoamgen tlmen also : for beingthe greate r number they could not abide to bee alwais under thegovernment of the Gentilhuomin i. Afte r long debate on bothsides they camto this finall accords : that vj parsonn es on the on

parte and asmanie on the other shulde equahave the preheminence , dignitie, superioritie, and rule over the comune weale , which were called by a n ew name, Reformatori. Theirissue and posteritie multiplied so in processe of time that therearrose of theman other part in the oitis which usurped this dignitieof theirs , and as manie as were descended of them tooke moreupon themand bore a greater stroke then eyther the Gentilhuominior Popolo ,

drawing by amitie , consanguin itie , and forcemost partof the citie on their side. A t lengthe their insolencie was sucheand so increased dui lie that the other two parte s laide their headestogether, eyther to disp1ace them, or to find owt at the least somemeane that the hole government might not alwais rest in this

posteritie . T hematter was long a debating before the Re formtori (which were so named asman ie as were descended of the xijmen that were chosen owt of the first two partes) wold cumto

aine accorde z but finallie they agreede to cha se owt of everie on

of thee three parts three parson es , w hich were called Nuovi forthat they were n ine

,and thus had this fowrthe part his beginn ing

even like the third . They and their posteritie continued long inthis state un till such time as in those dayes the other three partescloyed w ith this kind of government, and desirous of new alterations as commun lie menu bee , by force e lected owt fromamongthema Sin iory or counsell of sundrie heades to rule the communewelthe, as there is yet to this day, displacing the Nuovi of thisdignitie against their w illes , which were sore agreved at thematter,and

.repined greatlie against this kind of government , seeking allmeans to 1scover their former state again . For the which they

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rest , and especiallie of the

Gen tilhuomini and manie years 1130 0 ban isshedthemowt of the oitis by the reason of the great sedition and

slawghter that was dailie caused by themon bothe s ides . A t

lengthth’

Emperor tooke uppe thematter and restored the Nnon to

the citie again and to their possession s, which were putt to thecommune use : plan ting there by their desire a garison of

themlyve in peace . Notwithstan there ismuche murther emong themand privie hatred . This novi is asgreat a part or greate r then an ie of the rest and most of the

handsommest gen tlmen in the citie are of yt . They are best

esteemed of 3 1119 of the rest with the commun es of the city . Theyesteame and make most of straungers of an ie of the rest . Theysyldomtimesmarye with the other partes except

which best agree together. None ofall these iiij parte sare sufl

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red to have an ie weapons in his house and speciallie to wearthemabrode within the cit ie z nor yet other straungers , w ithowtthey be licen sed by the Sinorie , or by the Spaniardescharge there .

This yere was the rebe l lion in England in Norfolk and

Devonshire , and the Duke of Sommersett deposed fromhis

protectorshippe by the on lie malice of the Erle of War

wicke, afte rwards created Duke of Northumberland. And

before that the Duke of Sommersett had caw sed Sir ThomasSeymer, lord admerall, his own e brother, to be beheaded at the

Towre hill . As I remayned thus 1n Siena newes camof the deathe

of pope Paul ,‘ the third of that name , which diode the ix‘h of

November . And seeing manie cardinalles resort thither dailietowardes Roome owt of sundrie parties to the election of an other, I

thowght it conven ien t tomake a jorn eye thither at this time beingso n ighe, as wel l to the citie as to beho lds the maner of the

obsequies and the fasshion how they elect an other. The xvi of

the samemon the I departed owt of Siena 1n Cardinall Salviati his

companye whiche camthroughe the town e to go to Rooms , cariedin a 1ittar. There wen t also Mr. Henry Parkar, Mr. Barker, and

Colonna wen t showt to recover his state again , which the pOpe hadtaken fromhim

,an d abowt two hundrethe Spaniardes were con

Paulma umandro li‘

arneea elected 1534. H em tt one who sxcom

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ducted owt of Siena by Don Frances D’

Alava to restore FabricioOolonna, his eldest son

,into possession ofhis fathers lands .

Mv JORNE? raon SIBNA ro Rooms .

9 FromSiena weh t to Buoncon vento9 Fromthense to San QuiricoA Paglia

Here en deth the dominion of Siena, and pass in g the river weenter into the territorye of the pope . T his village is called Pagliabicause y

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t standeth by the river of the same name .

9 Fromtheuse to Acquapen den te

9This 18 an antient towne andmtimes past on of the 1111 of T uscane

called urbs Vulsin entium. There were the xii : Gianicu1um,Arin i

anum, Fesuli, Aringian um, Fregine , Volce, Volaterra , Carriers ,Oggiano, Arezzo, Rosel li , Volsinio. By this towne there w e fairslague so called .

9 FromBolsena to Mon tefiascon vj'ml

This town e was wont to be n amed Mons Phisoon and Arx Iti .

Betwext Bolsena and this w e ride throwghe the wads of T uscane

called in the olde time lucus Vulsinen tiumor lucus H etruriaa.Abowt this town e there grows v

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erie good and pleasant wines, as

malvoseye and such other .

9 FromMon tifiascon to Viterbo

To this towne we ride throwghe a plesant val leys where it is placedwith a plentifull countrey showt t

,not far fromyt are the baynes

called Bsgni di Caie , verie p table formost diseases : now theyaremmmun lie named Bagni del Bolicano.

By this towne there is a lague called Iago del vico, and in the oldtime lacus Cyminus .

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provis ion , browght thither fromhis own e palaice by his servaun ts,was putt in and de livered unto the ij servaunts he had withinattending upon him

,the as says or tes t thereof first taken , whatso

ever was browght thither. In this sort rema ed they a goodspace atten ding for viij or ix cardinalles owt of raunes . for beforetheir arrivall the Cardinal] of Ferrara with the rest of the Fren chpartie would goo showt nothing. When all were cumand con

vayed m emong the rest they remaine thus shutt uppe until l suchetime as by agreemen t of the most part they have elected a new

pope, except they find themselves yll at ease, as iij or iiij of themwere at this time, whichs were permitted to go lye

palaices, where on or two of themdiode . During this time of

vacation of the seea of Roome the consistorie (by the meane of

Cardinall Farnese, then cheefe doer, and the Card inall of SaintAngelo his brethren ) con firmed un to Duke Octavio the Dukedomof Farms and un to Horatio his yonger brother the Dukedomof

Camerino, and appoin ted himalso generall for the churche over fyveor sixe thowsand sou ldiers which during this time were theretaken uppe to serve the churche . To the custodie of the cast le of

Sain t An ge lo was appointed a bisshoppe , and afle rwards was

rewarded with a red hatt . The pope that diode laye buried undera heaps of earthe by the walles side within Sain t Peter’s churche ,paledm,

un till suche time as a more honorable sepulture weremade readie for him,

which his towre nephewes Cardin al] Famese ,Cardinall of Sain t Ahgelo, Duke Octavio an d Duke Horat io hadcawsed to be taken in hand for himby Michaelthe time ofmin e abode in Roome Don DiegoCapistrano shewed me great en tertainmen t and muche gen tln ea.

There were besides m Roome that camatter na Sir Robert Stefford ,

Mr. Francs Peto ,Mr. Edward Murphin , F11pott , Chr1.stopher

sonn , Harding Boxwell . T he oitis of Rooms is in circuits s how tthe walles xv miles . T he walles have at th is daye 365 towreswhere in the old h

’me they were won t to have 734 when itmostflorisshed . There are twen ty gate s now , whereas were in timespast m iiij. T he better half of the oitis within the walles isdesert and not inhabited , and especiallie the seven hilles . Campidoglio

,Palatine , Celio, Aventino, Squi11e, Viminale, Quirin a le,

otherwise called Monte Cavallo,by the rew on of two horses of

marble that were made by Phidias and Praxite les , sett uppethere . Upon these vij hil les was won t in the olde thus to consist

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all themajestie of the citie, as it may well appere by the ruinesupon them. T he part of Roome that 1s now most inhabited waswont to be called Camlms Martins, bicause it was a fairs plainsfeelde and there the yowthe of the citie did accustoms to excercisefestes of armes . Also Vaticanumon this side the river

,where the

pope ’

s palaice is and the castle of Sain t Angelo which 1s calledBorgo Nuovo and Borgo Vecchio. T he river of the T ever [T ibergis passed fromthe on side of the citie to the other by five severebridges . There he seven principall famous churches showtRooms

,as Sain t Peter, Sain t Jhon Laterane, San taMariaMagiore ,

San ta Croce in H ierusalem, these within the walles : and Sain tPaul , Sain t Laurence, and St . Sebastian withowt the walles .

There be sundrie faire an tiquities to be seene within Roome,as in the Campidoglio in the pala ice of the Con servatori, and in

Belvedere man ie statut es , stones and in scriptions . There is alsocalled in the old time Pan theon , which is the

fayrest and perfectest an tiquitie abowt Roome . The TriumphallArkes of Constantin , Vespasian and Septimins . T he Coliseo

,or

Amphitheater . T he beawtifu ll pillar by St . Petre’s churche called1a guccia di san Pietro. And the ruines s howt the seven hillesthe whichs I passe over all : and the particularities therof I leaveto the searchers owt of themby the instructions ofLucias Faunus ,Martian ,

and Bion do,which all have written verie diligen tlie of

the antiquities of the oitis of Rooms . And by probable reasonhave ghessed uponman ie things for the whichs no certaintie is to

bee alleged. Bicause 1n times past the oitis bathe often times bineen larged and taken in again as oocation served . For Vopison swritethe thatmthe time of themperor Aurelianus the citie was in

circuite fyftie mile . And Pliny saithe that it was in his timetwentiemiles compasse . In our dayes now it is xvmiles s howtthe walles

,and not half inhabited within .

After Mr. Barker, Mr. Parker,W hitehorn and I had throwghliesearched owt suche antiquities as were here to bee scen e fromplaceto plsce , ha a11 th13 t1me of owr bee1ng here abowt

the same , wvmfhowght it but losse of time to make anie

abode here . And we taried the longer to see yf the

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wold elect a new pope. It was thowght Cardinall Poole l

shulde have bin e pope . Yf he had receaved the cardinalles’

ofl'

er

overn ight as he en tended in the morning folowing, he had surelie

bine ao . And in the morning when all the souldiers of Roome ,and a great multitude of people besides , were assembled in theMarkett place of Sain t Peter’s to have seen e Cardinall Poole proclaw ed pope , he had los t by the Cardinall of Ferrara his meanesthe voice of manie cardinalls of the Fren ch °partie

,persuading

themthat Cardinall Poole was both Imperiall and also a varieLutherian . So that morning passed withowt an ie thing done ,

contra rie to the expectation of all menn . Aflaer the election of

Cardinall Poole was thus passed the commune opin ion was , thatby the reason of the factions Emperis ll and Fren che that wereemong them, they would not so soone agree afierward , for therewas no on in the hole Con sistorie that was gen erallie so wel lbeloved as he was of themal l, and n ever declared himselfneytherEmperiall nor Frenche . But Don Diego labowred what he coldstomake himpope , and so did all the Emperiall Cardin alles thatw ere within the conclave

,but the Frenchs partie was against him.

Upon this we dete rmined m themeane time to make a journeys toNaples . And as we camto Rooms together, so not to departcompan ie un till w e camthither. We sett owt of Roome in a

vessell towardes Naples the x of Januarye ; the same n ight we layeupon the T ever. T he next morn ing w e camto Ostia , a varieaun tien t oitis

,which folow ing the cowrse of the river is xx ijmiles

fromRoome . And after we had proved where the best passagewas , w e sailed in to the seea ,

w hich is a v or vi miles fromOstia .

The Tover cummith un to the see with a quiet swyfi em and

the force of it is suche that yt driveth the salt water back almosttwomiles . At themeeting of it with the see where itmust needesen tre in to the salt water

, yt taketh on in suche wise that tha narrise great waves fromthe on banke to the other with such

quan titie of thicke sandes thatmpassin g over themmanie vessellaare not commun lie in great je0 pardie onlie, bu t also sumtimecertain are swalowed uppe by the waves , as we were en formed inpassing over. After w e were thus cumin to the see , we sayled all

that n ight afte r and passed Monte Circello, which is four score and

tenn miles fromthe place where the T ever en trethe in toOardinal Pole. Reginald Pole (1500 Cardinal 1586 ; Archbishop oi

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NEAPOLIS . TERRA 111 u voso.

Naples is a verie beawtifull citie situated betwext the sees

an d verie pleasan t hil les , full of howses, w ell fortified of late dayesw ith a strong wall that th’Emperor hathe begonne s howt yt , rep len isshed with sumptious palaces

,delicious gardinos , and sundrie

divises of foun tayn es round showt yt .

There be three strong cas tles be longing to y'

t, C

within the oitis by the seea side where the Woere lyethe , and

where the most part ofmun itions and art illerie is : Castel SanMartino, now w ithin the walles, a varie rock upon the toppe of the

h ill , wrowght owt of the hard stone by force of hand , a wondrousmatter to beholde . And Caste llo dell

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Ovo somwhatcitie upon the sees s ide . As for that was won t to bee called CastelloCapuano it is nomore a cast le , but the on part of yt servethe for aprison ; the other part above is ful l of fairs chambres and plesan trowmes where the counselles , parlemen ts and tearmes are kept onth

’

hhnpemrs and the citie’

s behalfes . There are within the citie

fowre places called Seggi,’ which are nponthe streetes open on all

sides saving on the one side where they joins to other bowses .

The on is called Seggio Capuano, hicause of the streets that goetheby yt un to theT he third Seggi di San

Georgio . In these fowre places do princes,dukes

,marq

erles,barons , kn ightes, an d squiers gather together to sitt upon

and to debate emong themthematters of the citie . There be fewprinces , dukes , erles or baron es within the realmwhich have not

w ithin the citie a palaice belonging un to them. Emongwhichs aremost beawtifull the Duke ofGravines palaice , which yfyt w ere endedmay compare with anie in Italie, and the Prin ce of

Salernoefls whichs 1s also vorie fairs .

T he streetes in Naples are for the most part narrowerm in

anie other citie, n otwithstanding they are of a

verie straight Wythin the citie is an Universitie, unto the whichsscholars repaire fromman ie places , and the same that was won t tobe at Salerno 18 now browght to Naples andmade all on . Ou the

seas side sowthward by Castel Nuovo is the fairs pire made intimes past by Charles the second, King of Naples , for the sawof shippers . This citie is abundan t with all things that are

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behonfi’

ull fi t the lyfi ofman,and in yt is plentie of de licate wines ,

as vino Greco, a verie strong wine,which as I beleve is so called

bicause of Torre del Greco, where it is shipped to be transportedun to Rooms an d other places, and not because yt camowt of

Greece , as somhold opin ion ; also Man iaguerra, a sweete win e ofa verie highs color, Vernaccia, a strong head ie wine

,Bomanesoo

,

which is drouks for a delica te wine in wyn ter , Latino, w hich is a

de licate smal l wine for sommer,and dyverse other . T he Vicere

and cheefe cruor here was Don Pietro di T olledo for th’

Emperor,verie well ved both in the citie and throwghowt the rea lm.

town e . H e hath purchased much landes in this realm and

beginnethe to build a faire palice with a pleasan t gardin hard bythe town e . T he oitis of Naples is very aunh

'

en t and was alwais

Here is within the oitis a very bewtifull and large hospitall ,wheras are w utin uallie both gen tlmen and poore men and in likemaner w omen which are placed according to their disease and

served according to their degree , with a good order and cumlie tobehold ; great revenwes are be lon ging un to yt , and a great multitude of people alwais within yt .

Afte r we had taried a season within the citie and searched owt

whatsoever there was worthie to bee seen , we thowght it behouii'

ull

tomalt now and then a jorney s howt the countrey called in timespast Campan ia, and now Terra di lavoro, somuche spoken of and

ren owed in all writers wherof Naples is the cheef head oitis .

This Terra di lavoro (whichs men hold opinion to be so namedby the reason of the good and s light til lage) 1s in lengths fromthe river Garigliano on the west side , unto the rivereast . And in breadethe fromthe hilles ofAbruzzo on the northeside , un to the sees on the sowths .

It is n amed of Pliny Campan ia fmlix , bicause of the frutefull

feeldes within yt whichs are large and pleasan t , and the hi llesare abundant with all kinds of de licate frutes

,and

whichs in times past was called Pausilipium,where the precious

wines grows . It hath also delectable wooddes within yt , sweetsfoun taynes and verie helthsomsprings , as well for sundrie in

firmities of the bodie aso

for pleasure and dispos't. And the

fertilitie of the countrey is suche that yt dothe not'

oa11ie bring

30 A 110 0 1111 or ms T RAVAILE AND [1550

furthe n ecessarie things for the sustinance of the lyfl'

ofman w ithsuche abundance

,but also for deliciousnes and for sen suall pleasure

in great quan titie .

Dion isius Al icarnasseus agreeing with T . Livius saith plain l iethat this is the beaw tifu llest and pleasan test coun trey of the

world , sith the aere is not onl ie most temperat and delicate , butalso the frutefulln es of it is such , that in his time at three severall

times of the yere there were frute s gathered ; the on was in the

springt ime , the other in the sommer, and the third in harvest ,which he aflirmethe to have seen e there . Lucius Florus saith

that in this fertile coun trey the trees spring twise a yere , and thathere is to be found all delicaties for the pleasure ofman , for thatCeres and Bacchus strive whiche in most perfection shall bestabound . Here upon the sees side are noble portes ; as Gaeta ,

Misen o and the temperate fountaynes of Baia , Lucrino and Avern o,the pleasure of the eeea ; themoun tayn es and hilles decked w ith

pleasan t vin es , and emong the rest Gaura s , Falerum,Masicu s an d

Vesaus [Vesuvius]more excellen ter than the rest,which strive th

w ith 1/E tna to cast ow t fire . There are also on the seea s ide

Formia,Cuma , Puteolis , Neapolis , E rcu lan teum, and Pompe i .

Besides this w e may discern Capua (the hade of this coun trey)w hich is reputed the third of the most mightie cit ies , after Roomeand Carthage . This muche saith L . Florius [Flow s].

Departing therfor ow t of the n oble c it ie of Naples there

appearethe before ow r eyes this pleasan t and sw eete coun treys ,

which bringeth furthe suche n ecessarie matters for the u se ofmanan d beast . An d there is gathered great abun dan ce of wheate

,

barlie an d other grain e , w ith sundrie sortes of good w in es , so

abundan tlie that a man w old think it a straung thing and almostin credible how it w ere possible to gather ow t of on self feelde so

great abun dan ce of corn and w in e . For somany vin es are upon a

verie highe tree an d the bran ches of themso dispersed abow t the

boow es of the tree,that somt imes of 0 11 of

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themthey make tw o

hoggesheades of w in e , as I was en formed by th’

inhabitan ts of the

coun trey ,and in deed a man may judge n o lesse (albeit it appea re

a straunge matt er at the firs t) yf he behold it w ell . An d of thi s

doth Plin ie make men t ion in the 14 book 2 chapter declaring itas a w onderous matter.

Ou the west side of Naples there is a highe w ay that tw o

cartes may easilee goo together, outt ow t of the rock by force of

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which is pla ine and compassed abowt with hilles . At the on sideof this plain s there is a pools of boylingthe which there arriseth a verie darkboilethe night and day, winter and sommer. T he forms d yt

appearethe to be round , but it en treth farther under the hill themcann be discerned. Whatsoever is cast in here , is pluckt owt

again immediatlie after well sodd, and of neoessitie there ne

msynethe a part of the same behinde still, for the hole cumeth not

furthe again . And yt bathe bin e proved that when fowrehath bine putt in , there have cumowt but thnee sodd. Of

hilles of bfimstoun speaketh Plin i in lib. 35 cap . 14 in this wise

In Italia inven itur su lfur in Neapolitano Cammnoque agrooollibus qui vocanturLeucogabi, quod s cuniculis eifossum, perficitur

These hil les burn on orerie side and caste furths in to the acre

great smoke with a verie rank savor of brimstonn , the savorwherofmay be felt (when the winde liethe on that side) as far as

Naples . Which savor they recken verie helthsomfor suche as

boyling sulphure wate r they saye, isand jointes

,to clarifie the eyes , to heale the greefe of the stomake .

to helpe barren women to conceave , to drive away the and

to heale scabbes . Of these hil les of brimstonn the b'

cppe of

A litle fi-omthese hilles we cumto the towne of l’uzzulo,situated on the seea side upon a litle hill and almost comriass edabowt with the seea. Betwixt this and Baia

,whiche is three

in the seea

cnla had made to passe the next way unto Baia : there appeare

yet sumof the arches , but they are wonderousllie decayed . Aboutthis towne are sun dris bowses of pleaser, with their de licious

manie great ruines,as an amphitheater

,and a place under ground

called labirin to , for the multitude of the chambers in yt .

Pumlo in the way to Baia there is a spring of freshe water

ariseth with such force owt of the ground and so abundantlie, thatfor all it is within the seea, yet hathe it no tast of the sa1t wat er.

Keeping along by the seea side we comto a place calledTripargola, where there is a hill covered with great sharpe ston es

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Th is hill arrose sodainlie owt of the plain s sandie ground uponSt . Michale’s daye in the yere of owr lord 1538 with suche a

te rrible noise and suche violence that it cast stones as far as

Naples,not w ithowt the t terror of manie a man , yea and

abundance of nashes cariegr

l

e

); the violen ce of the w inds fel l atSt . Severino, which 13 24 miles fromNaples : this bill a good spaceafter burnt in the toppe and cast furthe stones , but yt hath ceasedburn ing of late dayes. After this we cumto Baia , whichs beeingix1 lengthe is likened un to an armor a finger : in this place are

the notablest min es to be descemed that are in all the rest of

Ita lys . For of a n umber of fairs and plesan t cities as were Baim,

Cums , Lin ternumand such other, there is now nothing but

desolation and a sorts of olde ruines . Of this place speaketh

Nullns in orhe locus Baiis prwlucet ammnis .

‘

T he notablefl things here to be scene are. these , Piecina Mirabile ,which is thowght was Lucullus

’

sommerhow se , Cen to Camere lew hich were under the ground to kepe water in ,

like chambrespassing by name doves owt of 0 11 in to an other. And baynescommunlie ce lled Bagni de Ciceron e , where at a cext nin t ime inthe daye and likewise 111 the n ight there yssnethe ow t of themckewarmw ater (w ith a great smoke) according to the increas ing or

dimin ishin g of the moone . Up0 11 the toppe of these bayn es inthe rocke , ascending upp by certain stayeres of stone

,we find

a long hole made art ificiallie w ithin the mcke , sixe foote h ighsand five brode

,which is sommwhat et ehad ; with in the whichs

yf aman stand on foote he shall feels a hott aere showt his faceand ymmediatlie shal l begin to sw eat

,thin king at the first en tree

his breath shall be taken fromhim. But yf he then fal l uponhis kn ees and encline to the pavimen t where he stoode , he shal lcontrarilie fee l a verie cold aer. This sweating place in th

baynes is said to be verie sovereign for diverse in firmities ; ytpurgethe the humors , y't comfortithe the heade and the stomakyt healethe rewmes and catams , yt breaketh fleame , and yt

helpethemuche suche as are disea sed of the gow te or the drops ie .

There are about this place a two or three and twen tie baynes,bes ides divers other springs of warmwater whichs are good f0 1

E pl. I. i. 83 .

VOL. 11 .

34 A soon orm mums AND LISP [1mman ie matters . Of the baynee sumare of ghaat vertue for the

eyes , somfor the hands. somfor the Feete , somfor the sides, som

ot her for the breyue , andman ie for the gowte and dropais Hereis the lague ofAverno, and also the lague of Lucrino, which havebine so famous in the olde time . Averno is reported to be

360 fadomdeepe , compassed round s howt with hige hi lles savin gat the en trie into yt , fayned by the poetes to be the way un to hell .

Passing this armor finger of earthe, which is five miles lon gcomPassed abowt with the seen on three sides and the fowrthe is

five miles brode (whichs 18 also muche narrower towardes the end s

of yt , evermore straiter and straite r and at last 18 less than a mi le )we cumunto the ruin es of Coma, where emong other mons t rousmatte rs there is a cave or hole under the earths called Grott a diSybille ,

which is a won drous thing to beholde,cntt owt of the

vorie rocke tean foote brode and as manie high and five hundrethe

long, wrowght wi thin wondrous artificiallie round s howt w h ichappearethe to be mosaicall woorke . There be diverse Opinion s of

yt . Somsay yt was the dwelling place of Sybille Cnman a. Andother 1magin yt to be the waye under ground fromComa te Baia,whichs is not like lie there shald suche great cost and curiousworks he bestowed upon a way to ao uppe and down e . T he en tr ie

in to it hathe of late dayes bin e stopped app by the reason t hattwo or three have perished there w ithin . W ithin the land abowt

z ijmiles fromthe sees standeth Capua upon the river of Vultamo,which is not the chic Capua so muche spoken of by all writers ,but yt is built of the mines of yt . T he olde Capua is s howt t1mmiles fromyt , and standethe not upon the river. It is now calledSan ta Maria Maggiore . There are to be seen great ruines of

mightie w alles,towres, amphitheatere, gates , pillars , palaces , and

vawtes under the grounds whiche 1s aman ifest profi'

of themagnificense and noblenes yt was of 111 times past . Round s howt yt issuch a pleasan t and bewt ifull champmgn coun trey that yt ye no t

written for nowght how Han nibal prospered zi l and obtayned

victorie against the Romanee un til l he had overcumCapna and

wintred there . For in this space his souldiers gave themse lvesto such delicioasn es as well in excesss of delicate fare as othersensuall pleasures

,that they were no more eoldiars for the feelde

but rather kn ights for a ladie ’

s chamber ; afte r the whichs time hehad never good successe in none of his affaires . This Capos isabowt xviijmiles fromNaples . In the midway there is a town

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together with Mr. Edward Strad ling,that there w ere wi thin the

towne and in other places abowt yt , which are belonging to the

towns , to the n umber of 18 thowsand menu tha t w ere ban ishedow t of Naples and other partes of the kingdom: and here theymay live in safguard , for that the Emperor hathe nothing to do

with yt . T he whichs seamed to me a verie strang thing, heingit is w ithin the hart of the kingdomand the k ing to have nothinga do with yt , to punish trayters and such svell disposed person s as

move sed ition and rebellion again st him. There be within the

citie man ia faire antiquities and emong other there is a roun dchurchs called San Stefano w ith the gate of brasse which is not

muche inferior to San ta Maria rotunda in Roome . Yt hathe (l ikeun to that in Room) a hole in the toppe which letteth in all the

light that oumethe into the churche . There is also a verie

bewt ifull triumphall arke of the Emperor Nerve ,which for the

bawtie of the fine marble and for the good workmanshippemaybe compared to an ie in Rooms : Yt is now on of the gates of theoitis communlie ca lled Portaurea . Ou bothe sides wherof is the

in scription verie legible

Imp . Omsari divi NervmfilioNervmTraiano Optimo Aug :German ico Dacico Pontif. Max . trib .

Potes t . XV IIII . Imp . VII. Cos . VI P.P.

Fort issimo Principi Senatus P.Q.R .

T he coun trey s howt under the oitis named Valle de Beneven toa verie pleasan t and de lectable plains , verie fertile an d wondrous lieinhabited ,

and full of clere and bewt ifull springs of freshs water.

Cumming back again fromthen se there is on the left hand thetown e of Nola, a famous oitis in t imes pas t

,w ithin 14miles of

Naples , wh ich hath a goodlie plaine coun trey round about yt , closedon the on s ide with the hill Tisate that cummethe fromCapua,and on the other with the hill Vesevus

,commun lie called Mcute di

Somme . Betw ext Nola and Naples there is standing on the sideofMon te di Somme a towne ca lled Somme , according to the nameof the bil l . This hill is on all sides verie frutefu ll except it bee inthe to ppe , whiche is full of great sharps burn t stones . Theregmwethe upon yt verie perfect Greeks w in e w hichs is commun liecalled Greco di Somme , and all kindes of de licate frutes . Thishill burnt in Plinie

'

s time,who wen t abowt to sercha owt the cause

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of yt and was smodred in the smoke . Ou the east s ide of Napless howt 8miles owt of the oitis is 11 town s called T um del Grace at

the verie rootes of Mon te di Somme by the sees side , so calledbicause it was in times past built by a Grecian . And here is thewine Greco shipped to be transported in to sun dris places of Italic.

Betwext Naples and this town e is a fairs palaice called PietraBian ca , where Don Francesco Deste , the Duke of Ferrares

’

e brother,

was then , showt the which are sundris pleasan t places . FromTurredel Greco un to Turre del la Nun tiata [Torre Annunziata are a lso8 miles , which is a pretie lit le cas tle upon the seeasi e . Fromthense to Nucera [Nocera] 18 other 8mile . This 18 a ruinous towneand is rather like a sort of villages together in a vale betwexthil les , then a towne : yet is there bothe a duke of yt and abisshoppe belonging to yt

'

whose n ame was Paulus Jovius ,1 whichdiede afte rewardmthe yere of our Lord 1553 , a famous writer.

Departing fromhense we passed throwghe the vale and camby Cave and V ietro , and so over the rocks to Salerno, which 1s 9

mile fromNuoera . Yt standeth upon a hille’

8 side by the sees verie

pleasan tlie , gardines prospectes s howt it in great quan titie bringinge furthe all kindes of frute s in grete abundance . as oranges ,lemones

, poungarnettes , citron s , melon es , figgs , an d such other of

all sorts also diverse kindes ofw in es verie del icate and precious .

Here was w on t to be a famous schoo le , but of late dayes ithathe bin e removed to Naplee. n ot withowt the great displeaser ofthe prin ce , called Fernando di Sah scurrino,

whiche delited mucheto en tertain s all kind of strangers . Above the tow n e there is a

faire cast le upon the rock where the prin ce liethe , which hatheman ie goodlie pmspectes and helthsomacres s howt it , as we lltowards the sees as the hilles s howt , upon the whichs growethalmost nothing but rosemarie .

MY JOURNEY 11m) 8 1m .

After I had wel l vewed whatsoever was to bee seene bothew ithin the citie of Naples and in the coun trey s how t the same, Itooke a journey upon me to goo throwghe the dukedomoi

’

Ca labria by land in to Cicilia

,both to have a s ight of the coun trey and

also to absen tmy se lf for a while ow t of E nglishemenne’

s companiePaulus Jovius , born at Como , 1483 . A famous Italian his torian : author of

38 A BOOKE 0 ? rs s T RAVAILE AND [166 0

tung's sake . And the xin of Februarie I departed owt o f

Naples on this Jorn ey as followethe :

1 FromNaples to Nuceram Nucera to SalernoFromSalerno to Mollere

9 Fromtheuse to Eboli .

A 2 the Scafa

T he n ame of this river is Silat e, but it is communlie ca l led

la Scafa. Hitherto stretchethe the uttermost bondes of Terra di

Fromthense to Cicign ana [Sicignano] .

Auletta

This towne belongethe to the Erle ofCongia.

Fromthense to Pols iij"

Here begin n ethe the pleasan t vale called valle di Diano, w hichtaketh his name of a castle therbye ca lled Diano . At the en t ringin to this vale on the right hand there 18 a cave or denn within therock whichs 1s showt 30 feet in height and 50 wide this ca ve isfull of run n ing cleere water, andmthe middle of the wate r thereis an al tar which they cal l Altare di San M ichael , and the w ater

is so abundan t showt it , that it appearethe to be a lit le lague . Of

this great abundan ce of water hathe a river his beginning cal ledNegro, which makethe a great rumerous noise un till he cumethein to the middes of the vale . This vale is xx miles in lengthe

and iiij in breadths . T he hil les show t it are so in habited as it is

wonder to behold . Yt bringethe furths marvelous plen tie of cornand all kindes of frutes .

FromPola to Ateno3 Fromtheuse to Sala

9 Fromthen s to Padu la .

T o this town of Padu la stretchethe the prin cipalitie of Salerno .

This is a faire town e s ituated at the rootes of the hill . It be

longethe to Don F1ancesco Deste , the Duke of Ferrarae’

s brotherwhomaried the Ladie Mary Cardona that was w ifi

'

un to An thonyCardona Marques ofPadula

,who died 1n the yere 15 13 . And now

th’

Emperor for his good service hathe confirmed yt un to DonFran cesco . Withowt this town e of Padula there is hard by the

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river runnethe : wheres the Dukedom of Ca labria begin n ithewhich dothe alwais appertain un to the King ofNaples

’eldest sonn .

Afie r we passe this we enter into verie sharp aud stonie hi lles.

T his is a pmtie towne well oompact abowt a round hi'

lh and

ymug together aud stand

bound on by an other, therfor (I think) it is sommed . A fter we

have goone a good whi le fromhense we cumat lengthe to deecendefromthe hi lles throwghe a strait , sharps . roode and stonie waye

,

which a man wolde judge to have been outt owt of the rock byforce of hand, for it is on both sides as yf aman shulde en ber in to

a gate . When we are dooue these hil les we cuminto s fairsplains , and on the right hand there is upon the hi lle’

s s ide the

towne ofMurano

9 FromBotonda to Murano

Botondo and Moreno bothe do belong uuto the prince of

0 5 FromMoreno to Castro VillareT h

’

Emperor made duk of this town , Giovan Batt ista Cariati ,Coun t ofCariati and surrnamed Spinello

,who had Don Pietro de

Toledo in gues t indignation which was vicere of Nap les, for

g his syste r as his concuhine,making himbeleave he woldherr.

is situated at the end of the aforesaid plain e . and at

the departing owt of it we descend a wondrous way downwardsfromthe hil l . By the way upon the right hand we may see

Altomonte on the hil l, w ithin a mi le wherof are the wonderousmines of salt . And a litle by yonde themare marvel lous higehil les upon the which is con tinuallie great abundance of sh ows ,

which by the heate of the sonn clothe conge le and becomme thecristall , wherof there is great abundance upon those hilles .

In the vale that is over against Altomon te is manna gatheredin the sommer time w hich fallethe fromthe acre in the t :

and so much more abundan tlie yf afte r a great reign the ye

' Manna. The E ncyclope dia tell us that manna is now obtained in Sicilyaud Bouth Ih ly bymakiug incid ons in the bark ol a tree knm u the no' u tugor

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before there folow a cleere night . This manna istrees that have leaves like un to a plumme tree . There is twosorte s ot

”

yt, the on fallethe upon the leaves (which 13 the prefectes t)and the other upon the bodie and bowes of the tree . And of this

A FromCastro villare to then trie in to the vale oi'Grati , whiche is so named by the river

This vale is veris long but somwhat n arrows . In the middleof yt run neth the river Grati, whichs is augmen ted on everie sidewith other litle riverse that cumin to yt , as the rivers Fin ite ,

Sett imo, Sordo, Basan to , and Senate , which is the river that int imes past hathe ben e so famous , ca lled Acheron . T he vale is a

goodlie plaiue peies ofgrown de , with hil les on bothe sides whichare wonderous frutefull and marvelouslie in ha[bi]ted w ith townesand vi l lages .

0 6 Fromtheutrie in to the vale to CosenzaFollowing a long the vale we arrive at lengths at the end ofyt ,

where we enter in to part of the town e Consenza called il Borgo,

and so passe the bridg over the river Grati to cuminto the citie ,which dothe appears to be but a strete in lengths . Th is citie isthe head of all Calabria , ca lled in times pas t Cousen t ia by oldwriters . T he greatest part of standethe upon the side of the

hil l Appenn in e which cummet e throwghe the middle of Italys,

bui lt upon seven lit le hilles . And for this the armes of the town earemy hilles . Upon the toppe of the hil l on hige towardes thesowthe there is a strong cast le, un to the w hich the towne and

the places show t is subject . T he coun trey s howt is verie frutet‘

ull

and bath abundance of corn,frutes and good wines . In the highs

churche called the Archbisshopn cke there 13 a coffi n by the wa lle ’

8

side with the armes ofPraunce upon yt , where (they of the town esaye) liethe the body of Charles the Great , sometime king of

Fraun ce . Upon the toppe of the bill by the cast le there are

sundris olde ruines in great quan titie of auntient buildings . In

the Borgo on this side the river there 18 a greats churche of S‘

Dominik wherein 13 this ep itafl'

upon a tumbe .

H oe site aunt Petri E cdot icimembra sepulcroUltima preclarumquemtulit E speria.

42 A mon or‘ms mvm m un

H eu quamPrmtummunera functus obijt .

Livimakethe oft men tion ot'

this towne , and in on place hesaithe how the people called Brutii were yelded to H anm’

h Land QServilius Con sulmade a peace with Coueen tia and the other people

foun tain of water. When it cummith to the towne yt is faire and

which two watem, as th

’

inabitants

For thone , that is to say Grati,wu he his heade or silk in the wate r of yt the

the ailk becumau aubern or flexie colowr. And the water ot

Busen to on the other side makethe yt to becumsumwhat blackand of a dark colowr z acomd ing to these vemee ot’ Ovid in the IS

Gratis et huic Sybaris nostris conterminus oris,

Electro similee fac iun t , enroque capil losAnd the water of Grati is coun ted verie helthsomfor man ieinfirmities . It is not verie cleere by the reason that it cummethwith such a force downe fromthemoun tayn es of a great height .

9 7 FromCosenza to L’

Aielo [Ajel lo] xvf“

After we passe Cosenza we ascends uppe upon verie highs hil lesand emong themwe travail so long ti ll at last we arrive at Aielo,which standethe upon a hill and hathe a verie straits , sharp andston ie way unto yt . Above the town e is a fair large cast le wherethe count liethe that is owner ot

'

the tewne , and yt is almost as

hige above the town e as the towne is fromthe valleys where we

ascends situated upon a verie rock . Owt ot‘

this cast le there is afairs over all the hi lles and plaines s howt . FromL’

Aielo

towards an Biasi we cumupon a highs hill n ighs unto the placecalled Golfo di San Eufemia, where the coun trey is but xxmi lesin breadetbe and a man may discern upon that hill the seeas thatare on both sides of Italie , that is to saye to Golfo di San E ufemia ,and the golf on the other side called Golfo di Squilacci . In thiscountrey they burn no candles and litle oyle, but their l ight is a

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44 A soone orme mums AND u se [1660

Before we arive here we descen d somwhat fromthe Apenn in e a

verie steepe and narrows waye . This litl e towne is situated upon arock w ith water round s howt yt , be longing to a barre n that takethehis name of it . Afte r we arrive at Fiumare delMoro we yet descendmore in to a valley ,

whereas is great abundan ce ofthe trees calledmori,

w ith the w hich s il kewormes are fedd ; and by themparadventure thetowne taketh his name . In this valley full of frutfu ll trees on allsides , we ride bye abundance of vin es , arange trees , and l imones .

Here we leave the Appennine which keepethe more within the landand goeth to Reggie . Upon the s ide of himcumming downe wemay eas lie see in to Sicilia and plain lie desce ru the straigt that isbetwext it and Ita lic . In this val ley we folowe the litle river thatcummethe fromFiumare de l Moro un till he en ter in to the seea .

A FromFiumare del More to CatomaHere standethe hard upon the sees an olde decayed towre by the

which is a verie beggerlie housemade for an yn u called Cate ua , toreceave such as take passage fromthense to Messina , and whenthere wan t passiugers , to lodge the hardge menu that are con

tin uallie there w ith their vessells read ie to transport passengersun to the other side

,w hich 18 but sixemiles over. This passage is

much used of the people of the countrey to and fro. Fromhen se

to Reggie ,w hich 18 coun ted the verie end of Ita lic , are Vijmiles ,

gooing st il l in the plains valley bet the Appen nine and the

This town e hathe often bin e vexed , spoiled , and des troied .

not long s ith yt

yt is abun dan t with faire litle rivers and clere Springs, and

besett in everie place w ith pleasan t gardinas replen issbed with all

kinds of fra tes , and mespeciallie arangea, which are so plen tiful]there and of suche a biggnes that they are mos t desired in Sici liaabove all other for a great delicacie .

6 10 FromReggio to Messina

There 13 in this town e on of the faire st portes in Europe , standing as wel l for the Levan t and all those quarters as for the Ponen t .

The towne standethe somwhat upon the side of a hil l , betw ext theh il l and the port . Upon the hil l there are two or three (ainecast les , kept by Span iardes . Yt is more in lengths then in

Barbaroseu. Khalr-cd-Dtn Barbarosaa. the famous pirate. conqueror of

Tunis and 11d 0 1 the Turkish fleet in 1538 , died 1546 .

OF T HOMAS HOB?

breadethe . T he chefl'

est thing for antiquitie I sawe there , werethe beades of Scipio and Hann ibal when they were yongmenu ,

in

ston e . T he verie same (they of the oitis say) that in times pastw ere sen t un to the commun eweale of Mess ina by the senate and

people of Roome in token of the good w ill towardes the town e , forthe fidelitie and great good w ill they alwais bore to the Roman espresen ting themw ith the heade of himthat had don e so muchegoods to Roome , and also of himwho was the cruellest cnemisthat ever Roome had . These t emain e straightlie kept in the

town e house of Messina, and not to bee seen e , w ithow t yt be for

friendshippe , to straungers . For a new worke and that not

fin isshed atmy being there , I saw a foun tains of veris whitemarblegraven w ith the storie of Acteon and such other

,by on Giovan

Angelc ,la fioren tiue , which tomy eyes is on of the fairest peece of

works that ever I sawe . This foun tain was appointed to be sett

uppe before the hige churchs where there is an old on alreadie .

Here is an old palaice belonging un to the K ings of Sicilia , and nowmost part of it is built a new fromthe groound upon the fron t ofthe palaice is this in scription

Regia sumregumstudijs fundata piorum,

[ Equoreumlustrando sin umlithusque decorum.

E xhibuit formamquamvides nunc FridericusRex pius eximius summw virtutis amicus .

An ° M° viceno cumque 0 0 0 et nono Dfii .

After two dayes abode in Messina and [having] vewed whatwas to bee seen e there , I departed fromthen se towardes Siracuse .

A FromMessin a to Ali by the sea side1 Fromtheuse to T aurominafl

‘aormina]

Ciceromakethe oftmen tion of this towne in his oration s again stVerres . Yt standethe upon a hill not farr fromthe sees

, and

showt yt are verie auntien t ruin es . By yonde this towne as we go

to Catan ia are grow ing a great n umber of canes of suger calledcann emele . Yt is a plain e coun trey ful l of marisshes un til l wecumupon the rootes of Mongibello, called in the old t ime fE t-nawhich we do long before w e cumto Catan ia .

9 2 FromT auromino to Catan iaG iovann i Agnolo Mon torsoli , died 1563 . A description of his work at

Mess ina is given in Vasari ’s Lives .

46 A soon : or re s T RAVAILE AND Lies [1660

This towne is placed upon the seea side at the routes ofMongibello Yt s tandethemost by fisshermeuu

, that travaill the seea

day and night . It hath bine a famous oitis in t imes past,but now

themis lit le to he seems s howt it , except the ruines of an oldaqueduct which browght water above ground froma farr of. An d ,

saving of late yeres . there could no water he found s howtthe towne , which hath bine the decay of this aqueduct . The

town e of Catan ia is built with ruggie heavie stone fu ll of lit leholes , which th

’

inhabitan ts saye have in times past bin e cast owt ofMongibello. True it is indeed that such kinds of stone lie ingreat quan titie s howt the hil l , which to look upon a man woldjudge no law e but they camowt of fire : and botore we cumto therootes of this bi ll w e fin d non e of thems howt the coun treys , butthere is suche abundance that they wearie bothmen u and beast totravaill upon .

This hil l {Etna or (as it is now named) Mongibello [was]veriefamous among the writers of old t ime ; th’

inhabitan ts oi’

the town eof Catania call yt by no other name but their hi ll

, yet is yt fromtheuse to the verie toppe lit le lack of xxxmiles

,as they toldeme

,

alwais ascending, yeven fromthe town e , thowghe notmuch at the

first . It is a verie an es sis waye by the reason of the great

quan titie of great and sharpe stones that are upon yt . T he hil lis round

, big ,and n ige non e other, the toppe is alwais laded with

snow , an d speciallie in the w in ter time,for then (they saye)

within eixemile of the toppe yt is covered for the space of siz e

mou thes and except a menu waits a time in the mon th 0 1

Julie or August , yt is not poss ible to go to the te ppe . T he verie

toppe is flatt an d compasseth a great matter more then it

appearethe a far of,w hereas in the on part yssuethe ow t smoke at

a w ide hole man ie times to be desoern ed when there blowethe asowthe east winds , s howt the even ing like unto a litle cloud .

T he other part is alwais covered with abundan ce of snows,which

in the sommer time meltethe awaye an d there make the a greatlague where heastes wandring s howt the hi ll refres he themse lves .

But it is never w ithowt great quan t itie of sn ows neyther wint ernor sommer.

Mine in tent was beeiug here in Catan ia to have made a'

jour11ey to the tcppe of the hill , but th’

inhabitan ts persuaded meto the con trairie , saing that the snows was so thick ,

the w ay so

troublesom, and the cold so extreme , that I shuld not be able to

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This is the town e so famous in all writers both greeke andlatin ,

which hath bine esteemed on of the principallest m’

ties of allGreece . This it w as

, that Dion isius the tiran t was king of,and

w herein he played so mauie t irau icall partes . T he name of it

doth st ill remains , but the bewtee and majest ic of it is clean sdecayed . No part of it is now inhabited but onlie that which waswon t to be the least part of the oitis , called the iland . And

indeed it is an yland , saving that at the en trie where the is,there is a lit le peace of grown d of 11 x1 foot broods . oar

en trie at the gate , we cumin to a large green s , and by yondeis the town e

,situated upon a rocke

,built thick together.

against this rocke on the other side , which aman wold not judgepass ing xx score , is the mains land of Sicilia ; and in at thatstraits cumethe the seea wh ichs makethe a verie large and be t

full haven within the land of a great compasse . At this narrowpassage of the seea in to the haven is a strong cast le kept by the

Span iardes , within the which is a lan ttern to bee seene a farr of.

T he aun tien test thing within the town e is the highs church builtupon olde great pillars . Un dern ethe the rocke there issuethe ow t

suche abundance of water and so sw eeft lie that it is st raunge to

behold and it cumethe n ot x1 foote fromthe rocke bu t it entrethein to the haven . This springs or litle river tha t I may call itfindeth all the town e w ith water, and thither they bring asses

great earthen pottes upon their backs to fetch it home to

their how ses . It issueth fromunder the rocke as thowgh it hadsome trouble by the way, as the water bath that cummeth froman

higemoun tain emon great ston es . T he colour of it is like un towater when it ll (1. In drinking it hathe a te st above otherwate rs somwhitt like un to whey . Of the origion of it there ha vebine sundris opin ion s . For sumhave ghessed that it cummethfromArcadia, where it en trethe into the earths and goethe underthe sees an d so ariseth

'

n in this place , according to Ovid , lib .

v . Metamorph : [lin e 573

55m

Qusa tibi causa fugte P Cur sis Arethusa sacer fous

and again in the same place [line 640]De lia rupit humum cwcisque egomersa cavern isAdvehor Ortigiam

T he Siracusan i that inhabited the citie were also called Aretha

1560] or T HOMAS s ons 49

sides by the name of this foun tain, as Ovid makethe mention

4 Fast .‘ t ue Siracusas Arethusidas abstulit armis Claudius . Sumother say it cummethe ow t of the yland of Sicilia : which in myopin ion is un liklie , bicause the tow ne or the ylaud of Siracusa isinvironed on the land s ide with drie rocks and betwext those rocksand the towne there is a plaine where we en te r in to the town e .

And again it is to great abundance of water, and isauethe owt to

swiftlie , to have his beginn ing 1n the litle rocke upon the whichsthe towne standethe in vironed w ith salt water. Not farr fromthisfoun tain there are certain springes within the Bees which arriseowt of the bottomand discover on the toppe w ithowt anie test at .

all of the salt water.Withowt the towne there are sundris ruin es s howt the port ,

which compasseth above xii miles , where the cheef of the citie

was won t to bee,which was divided in to seven townes . The

princia matters to be seene there, is the fore front of a churchdedicated to Jupiter, which standethe upon a litle round hil l andwas in themiddle of the oitis . A theater cutt by force of handowt of the verie rocke adjoyniug to the oitis , in the toppe wherot

’

yssuethe owt at a hole owt of the rocke a faire spring of freshswater. There is also a hole or cave in the rocke like a vawte a

xxx foote brode,which th

'

inhabitan ts say hathe no en d ; for

diverse have gone so farr that for lacke of sera their torches havegone owt, and for wan t of light and aere wold go no farther. Thiscave is a straunge thin e to beholds , being by art cutt into the

hard stone . Here are e ruin es of Diouisius’

palaice to be scene ,and also of the Latomies that hemade to pun ish trespasers .

In on part of the hi ll there is a grea t deepe pitt and brode ,where I beleve they had their stone in thold time to build the

citie . When I had terisa three dayes in Siracusa attending forpassage to Malta , there arrived sodeinlie in a n ight the galica of

Malta, upon the whichs I met with an Englishman called RichardLucas 11 gunner upon on of them, who persuaded me to goo backagain to Messina with themby sees , saing I shuld find nothingat Malta worth the sight

,withowt it were the kn igts there , wherof

they had sto re upon the ir galiee. These galies w en t to Messinato be rigged , c1ressed and vittayled to accompanie Andree Doria "

‘ Fmtv. 873.

Andrea Doria (1468 Genoese naval oommander cl greatmowu. See

50 A BOOKE orme T RAVAILE AND u s e [1660

on his journey to wynn again the town e ofAphrica [Tunis]upon thesees in Barbary , w hich Dragout Bais

‘ the famous rover upon thoseseeas

,had a lit le before taken by force and fort ified : the w hichs

he browght to passe with great honor in themon eth of September .

W e departed owt of Siracusa the second day of Marche and

were drive n by fence ot’

wether to draws to the port of Au usta ,which is xxiiij miles fromSiracusa . In this port w e laye i

'

yes ,

for the wind was again st as . Afterward we sett forwarées and

sailed to Messina fourscoremiles fromthen se .

By the armof land that compassethe in the port of Mess in a

is the perilous place ofCharibdis ,much spoken of in t imes past ,which by the beating of the see again st the said land is a greatsurgess , over the which we camw ith cure gal ie , which was

beginning to turn abowt : but the slaves putt to great labor, sothat at last w e passed it , w ithowt daunger, and arrived in the portof Messina, where after iiij dayes abodd I set t forwardes in ashippe towardes Naples . And as we passed owt of the taro of

Masseno where the lan tern is,which is a twomiles an d half brode

betw ext Calabria and Sicilia , we camby the other jeopardousplace called in times past Scylla , which is nothing elles but a grea trocke that leaneth owt in to the sees on the side of Calabria

,again s t

the which the salt water, driven by the violence of the windes,reboundeth backs again with t force , not w ithowt theoften times ofman ie vessells . Thisrocke is holowe undern ethe and

makethe such a terrible noise (the wate r beat ing in and driven ow t

again) that it hath caused the poetes to faine in this sort— Ovid .

’

Alte rs Scylla monstrummedicamin e CircesPubs premit rapidos inguin ibusque canes .

And Virgilmaking Elenas to speaks to E nsues admon ishing himof the perill that was here , and fain ing the shape of Scylla (whichis a bare rocke withowt anything upon yt) saith in this sortzE ne id, lib . 3 [line 426]

Prima homin is facies , et pulchro pectore VirgoPube ten us ; postrema imman i corpora pist rix,De lphini caudas

,utero commissa luporum.

Du gout Rain. The Turkish pirate ; once taken prison er by Andrea Doria .

but ransomed by Barbarosaa. Ki lled at siege ofMalta. 1666 .

The pentameter. with ‘rabidoa tor ‘

rapidoo.’occurs Ovid , Am. iii . 12, 28 ;

but the hexameter does not resemble the line given here.which is faulty .

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of course corall bothe redd whitte . When the wether w as

fairs and had winds at will,w e departed fromMelazzo and coosted

the ylandes s howt Sicilia, and camby Lipari,whichs is a plen tiq

peeoe of ground and a prettie towne standing a hige upon a hill .There is a place within this ylan d that a fewe yeres sith did burn :

and the fond opin ion ofmen u is that bicause it was very noisomto the countrey, the maydena upon a time vowed to drin ksnothing but water, wherupon it ceased, and burn t no more neversins . Also Vulcano which castethe owt with great abundan¢e

thicke and darke smoke whichs hathe a verie svell savor.Bes ides these , Se lina which compasseth litle more t han amile

and a half,and bringeth furths fruts of sundrie sortes , which

amoun t to viii hundreth ducats a yere,as I was enfowrmed .

After this we cumby Panaria an d Strongoli [Stromboli], which isa lit le hill and sharp in the toppe , w here as with a sowtheas t

winds , arrisethe a wondrous great flame everie halfhowre, w ith such flasshes of fire that cumming bybeing verie darke , we might in the shippe decern on another as

wel l as by day light . Abowt this ylaud is almost nothing to beescen e but all sashes , emong the whichs are pumishe stones wh ichare so light that they flee app with the flame and so fal l in the

asshes . Yf they be taken before they towche the sal t wate r theyare verie good and perfect : there is greats abundance of themthat falling into the seea are caried upon the coast of Calabria ,and man ic times left upon the drie land. W e camtowarde s

Naples betwext the yland of Crapi [Capri] and Capo dithat is on the other side of Baia, w hich two poin ts of earths makethe golf that cummethe in to Naples . Betwext Naples and Siciliait is reckoned asmuch by sees as by land , that is three hundretb e

We camto Naples the xxvjh ofMarche, with in xvi) dayes afte rowr sett ing owt fromMessina. In the shipps I camin there

E nglisheman a gunn er there,called Jhon Orpinn . who was

maried in Naples .

Aftermin e arrivall in Naples 1 found there newlie comthitherMr . Edward Stradl ing, Fraunce Williams , Jhon H andfoot , and

Thomas Grin waye . Mr. Parker and Mr. Barker were departed .

w homI found not afterward un til l I camto Siena again . Bein gthus in Naples wemade a journey together to Salerno, which theywere desirous to see , and we departed in a bote to Castel Ma l-e,

1660] ormoan s 110mr 53

hil l that goethe owt into the seea to make the promontorio of

Min erva. Here is great abundance of faire springes of water, an dthe countrey ver1e

IJfleeant an d plen tious of good (rates . From

hense we passe to ucera, which is viijmiles , and fromthen se to

Salerno as man ie . When we had seen Salerno suflicientlie w e

en tred in to a bote to go a long the fairs coost ot'

Amalfi,which is

praysed to be on of the pleasantest peices of ground in all Italie.

This coost is xx miles in lengths , which is all of sharpe and higehilles , on the side wherof such plent ie ot

'

townes,vil lages, and

how ses of pleasure are plan ted so thicke together,that a man

wold judge them,passing along by themon the seea

,to be

but on citie . These plesan t places are marvelousliehere a mann shall see all kindes of frutes in great

perfection , as arange, limcnes , citrons .cedar trees , olives , plummes ,poungarnetts , cheries , and such other, which shuld be to

repete . Besides these , vines of great estimation and such adance of savorous flowres that it is no less pleasure to behold themthen to smel l to them. T he aere is veric temperat , and is Openon the seea almost on everie side . On the toppe of the hi ll thereis a towne called Rovel lo, which appearethe afarr of to be verie

fairs . Benethe that on the hil les side is Maggiore , of a bewt ifullbuilding

,and Minors , two faire townes . T he scene wen t so hige

and the winds w as so contrarie that w e w ere driven of force to

land at Minors ,which 18 11 miles fromSalerno . Here 13 w onderous

plen t ie of parfect good vine greco w hich Imarvailedmuch to see

sold so good chepp : for a caraffa which 1s s how t a quart Englishewas sold for vi ij caval lucci , which is scarse iij farthings . Fromhense w e wen t a verie narow e and straits waye upon the sideof the hill to Amalfi, twomiles of, which 18 a pretie citie plesan tlie

built and fairs to beholde with the cast le above it be longing to

the duke , and all the coost showt it . Here was a gariana of

Span iardes , which issued owt s hrode man ie t imes to take suchebanisshed menu (called forusciti) as lij ing upon the hilles didgreat damage to the inhabitants of the coun trey . A t owr arrivall

unders tanding the Marques of Capist rano, the duk’

s sonn,to bee in

the cast le with his mother the Dutc hesse (for the olde acquain tan ce , frendshipp and familiaritie I had with himin Siena), Ithowght i t belonging to thofiice of humanitie to do my dutie tohim,

at whose hands 1n 11me before 1 had receaved so great

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curtesie . When he sawe me and Whitehorn cu

castle to himhe did not onlie gen tlie receavaen tertainmen t , but also browght na in to the Dutchesse hismotherto do the like towardes us . And while we were sitting in commun ication toge ther, he had privilie wi lled on of his menu to

bring uppe in to the castle to himthe rest of owr compan ieremain ing benethe in the town e, w here we supped all together,everieman n served his mess severallie at the table to himself insylver verie honorablie . And there had he w ith himat supperthe Captain of the towne the better to entertain na all . Whensupper was done everiemann was browght to his rest : Whitehornand I were bad into a chamber hanged w ith clothe of gold and

vellett , wherin w ere two beddes,th’on of silver works and the

other of vellett , w ith illowes bolsters and the shetes curiouslie

wrowght with neelds {need lej works . In another chamber hardbie lay Stradlinge and Grinwaye . And bicause there w as not

provision sufi cient w ithin the castle, H andfort and Fraun s

Wil liams were ledd to the Captain ’

s howse of the towne , wherethey laye sumptiouslie , and were greatlie feasted . In the morning we wold nssdca depart contrarie to the Marquesas wil l : whounderstanding by na owr en ten t was

, (the better to see th e

coun trey) to go over the great hill, had privi lie appoin ted a dosenof souldiers Span iards to attend upon us

,and to conduct n a

throwgh the jeopardous places there s how t , where those kin deof ban isshed menu were most likelie to bee . When they camsodain lie to us at our departure declarin g u nto na the Marques

’

s

w il l , w e refused that their gen tle ofl'

re occationed by him. N ot

w ithstanding, when we were departed (seeing themreturn back sagain ) he gave straits commaundmen t to two or three to folow eu s in all hast with their peeces charged

,and not to leave us ti l l

we camto the toppe of the h ill , and there to see na provided of

things necessarie . This was a darke,mistie and rain iemornin g .

In Amalfi in the great Churche called San An dres there are

the bones of Sain t An drew s , by the w hich 13 a vessell which (theysay) 13 alwais full , and distilleth owt of those bon es a certain oy l ,called by th’

inhahitants manna (as they say), which is given to

pillgrommes and s traungers by a preset appoin ted therto, and

yet the vesse l l 1s alwais fu ll nobodie adding anie thing to it .T o passe to the toppe of this hil l of Amalfi it is a steepe ,

hard,ston ie

,narrow s

, werisoman d troblesomwaye, for we as cend

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open aere to looke al l showt both by seea and by land. W ithinthe towne there be 1iij or v larg sestornes outt in the verie rocketo receave and keep the raigu water within them, wand conduictes is convayed into them. And indeedswe found the town s no lease then the Marquess hadmi les fromthis towne

,there is an other yland adjoinin g to yt ,

called Procida , which 18 nothing so big as this , nor the town s so

fairs , nor so strong. When we had scen e whatsoever was worthes ight in the town e of Ischia, w e departed towardes Naples again

in a vessel l, owr leave first taken of the Captain , who had so

gen tlie entreated us at cmbeing there . And thus on neyther

side ofNaples was there an ie thing left un seene that was worthieto be seene .

This realmofNaples is verie plen tifu l] of all things behon ifullfor the lyving ofmann . For yf in the coun trey ofCalabria (w hi chby the reason of soman ie sharpe hige hilles and atonie rockes iscommun lie adjudged the wors t an d barron est part

ye find such great abundance of n ecessarie thingsdilicaties of pleasure) , as is wheats , barlie , and all other grain s ,wine of all tastes , oyle

,sugar, honie, waxe , sa lte

,bothe ow t of

mines , andmade of salt water, gold , sylver, wolles , silke in greatquantitie , mann a a verie rare thing and precious

,saffron , o li ve

trees,fig trees , arang trees , lymons , citrons w ith a number of

other plesan t fmts what judge yemaye ye find in the other partesof the realm, which are plain s feeldes and dailie tilled , as Terra dilavoro and Paglia Apn lia], w hich for the fertili tie of

are esteemed the partes in the realm. T he creplenisshed w ith all things , so good cheapo in respect of all othercities in Italie, that it is w onder to see ,

and in especiallie the

great quan tity of frnts that are there . It is commun lie calledNapoli Gen tile, by the reason of the great Nohilitie owt of a ll

partes of the realmw ithin it , which (as I have said) haveseverall palaces there . A t owr being here there arrived awhich had browght 1n herr fromMan fredonia iij hun drethepeecs great and smal l

,which had the

Saxon ic and the Landegrave upon them,

the pope was made like un to a devell.

mo wereGerman esT he most

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croke .

‘ But some of themw ere peeces , bothe canon s ,cn lverines and sacres . Here I the compan ie of Mr.

Stradling and Grinwaye a monethe after my cumming owt of

Sicilia . T he xxy ij'bof April we departed owt of Naples and that

morning arrived there fromGen oa the Prince Andrea Doria withxl galies , to go on his jorneye towardes Aphrica, and to take thex1 galiea that were in Naples with him, which town e of Aphrica

](as I have said) he tooke in September folowingFromNaples to Patria

Hard by this towne of Patria appeare the old min es of thecitie ofLinternnm,

where Scipio Aphrican us dwelt in exi le owt of

his coun try . It is not farr fromthe seea. By this place is alague where we pass , which is called Lago della Patria and in sumplace it is two miles brode , and insomother amile, half amile ,andmore and less .

Emongthe ruines here there is afoun tain or springcfscwre water,

whichs th inhabitan ts says is good for the headache , and yt‘

amanndrink unord inatlie of yt , yt makethe himdron lxe as wine clothe .

Before we cumto Mondragon e we pass throwgh a great woodswhich is veris pat ellon s for theves and robbers .

FromPatria to Castel Mare di a tnrno

This is upon the river Vultnrno that cummeth fromCapua and

w here Terra di lavoro hathe his beginn ing. In this place stoode

ca se the aun tien t citie of Vultu rnum.

9 Fromthen se to Rocca di Mondragone v‘“

T h e castle standethe upon the hil l cal led in time past Mon sMass ions

,amile fromthe seea.

Fromthen se to the passage ofGarigliano

Most writers saye that afte r we are past this river we cumin toCampan ia or Terra di lavoro .

This river was named in times past Lyris .

A t the passage of it w emay discern the old ruines ofM in tnrne ,where the general] counsel l was kept in the yere of our Lord 297 ,where there is to bee seene a theate r almost hole

,an d a sumptious

aqueduct w ith dyverae other an tiquities .

A hackbut a evoke was a hu kbut or arquehuae supported on a rest by a hook

ot iron fasten ed to the barrel A ssere or saker waa a piaoe

oi ordnan ce of three and a hall inches bore (H alliwell).

58 A soon or ras raAvq : AND LIE? [1660

FromGarigliano to Mole . x“

towne may be so called fromthe abundance of mi l leswithin yt that are driven by the force of the s springes thatcumowt of the hil les there . The coun trey here a wt is faire andpleasant

,full of bewtifn ll gardines . Here i t is thowght was

Ciceroe’

s villa Formiana , which he speakethe of 2 lib . de craters ,pic and Imlin s beeing wearie of studie retreashed thei r

sportes and past imes . And Martial also make themention ofyt .

O temperatte dulce Formia littas .

And amann that markethe the old sepn ltures , themines of greatba il and the number of epitafi

'

es graven in stone ,my soone

jud?t t this place bathe binemuche inhabitedmtimes past .

drue owt certain epitafi'

es that I sawe there in gardin as ,wherof this was one

,graven i n a peece ofmarble a foote and a half

long and a foote brode :Imp . Cassari Divi H adrian i f.

Divi T rajan i n ep . Divi NervaePronepoti Tito zE lio H adrian o

An ton ino Aug. Pic Pen t . Max,

Trib. Pot . xj Cos . iiij PP .

Formian i publice .

And in another peece ofmarble like un to thatL. Brutio L. F. Pal . Ce leriEquo Publ ic . Prms . Ooh. III

Aug. T hrag. E quit .

L. Brntius Primi tivo Pate r etJusteia Mate rfilio optimo

D.P.P.

An d in suche an other, this that followethL. Varron io L. F. Pal .

Capito n i Scribes [ Edili C . Velato IIViro Quinqnen . Curatori aquarumPatronoColon imordo, Regali11mquorumhonoreCon ten tn s sua pecun ia posuit . L.D .D.D.

FromMola and Caste llone to Fundi m1)All this waye w e go upon Via Appia

,w hich was made of fairs

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9 Fromthense to Sarmineta x1.)ml

This towne standethe a hige upon a hil l , ben ethe at the rootesof the hill there are certain hostries to lodg travaylers , where as doappears certain old ruines . And it is thowght the place called inthe Scripture Tree tabernze was here , and not betwext Ostia and

Roome .

9 Fromthense to Velitri xvjThis is a verie aun tien t oitis placed upon a hill

,and was won t

to be the beaw tifn ll and glorious citie of the Volsci. Yt reservethhis old name sti ll . Thi s citie hath bine varie famous as well fo rthe ann t ien tie of yt , as for that the pred icessors of themperorOctavius Augustus had their beginn ing here . T he w in e here s howtVelitri ismuche praysed .

FromVelitri to MarinoThis towne standethe upon a hill among thicke wooddes an d

trees . Not farr fromyt is a great lagne . Sum1m nn this to be

yt that was wont to be called Villa Mariana, n ig e hn to whichdwelt La tins Mnrren na. This town e belongethe to the house of

Colon na in Roome .

h Fromthense to Roome “ 1

The coun trey showt is faire an d plain s on all sides,full of

an tiquities , aqueducts and such other.

In Roome was now pope Giovan Maria Cardinal] di Mon te ,called Pope July the third , elected the vij of Februarie last

This yere being 1550 , the yere of a yley was ce lebrated inRooms , w hich is averio xxv

myere . And ymmediatlie after thepope was created he gave the first stroke at the wal l in St . Petre ’

s

charche (according to the maner) called the golden gate,and is

keptmured uppe un til l the ye re of Jubilie . And as the pope hisow ne person gevethe the first stroke here in St . Petre ’

s Churche ,so be there cardin alles appoin ted to the like in the other vj principal] churches s howt Roome : then the firs t stroke ons gem .

there bemasons rendie to d '

it down e,and so it standethe open

all that yere : at the yere’

s 35it is closed npp again . W homeverwi ll receave the full indulgence of this Jt1h1bs must vis it the v ii

principall churches of Boome all in on daie (which he shallhave inough to do) a foote . With these and l ike fond traditions

1550] or THOMAS HOBY 61

is the papal] seate cheeflie main tain ed,to cal l menn owt of all

places of Christendome to lighte n their purses here,at pardons ,

indulgence,and jubileis to stocks and stones . But suche fond

folishn es was n ever better spied owt then it is n ow,nor less

observed in all places,thowghe man ie perforce bee kept blinde

stil l . And especiallie in Roome itself where they have bine so

used to yt , that they are wearie of yt a great n umber.

W e arrived in Roome the last daye of Apri ll , and fromthen se

we sett forwardes towardes Siena the vith of May, the verie samejourney I cambefore by Viterbo and Bolsena, which is rehoned an

hundrethe miles,where we arrived the ixh ofMay .

At my return to Siena I found there Mr. Parkar and Mr.

Barkar . And after I had sett led my self sumwhat tomy book 1 Icon tinued there but a while

,beeing sen t for by letters frommy

brother to repairs towardes th’

Emperor’

s Court to himw ith con

ven ient speedo.

A t this time was Don Diego in the towne,who camfromRoome

to declare un to the lordes of the towne th’

Emperor’

s will , how forthe less charges un to his Majesty and for the better saveguard of

the town e,his pleasure was to build a fortress there , upon a hi l l

w ithin the towne,which full sore again st their wil les , agreed there

un to . The place was assign ed by Sain t Domen ico and the plottcast owt before I camawaye ; the which fortress in the yere 1552was cast down e to the earth again after the French armie was

en tred in to the town e,and they restored to their accustomed

freedomand libertie,as Claudio Tolomei declared in his oration to

the French K ing at Compeign ,beeing sen t unto himambassador

fromthe citie to render due thanks vuto himfor setting themat

libertie .

I departed owt of Sien a the xix of Julye to Florence , where Ifound Mr. Peto and Whithorn . Fromhen se I w en t to Bolognaan d so to Ferrara

,where at Frankolin i, fivemiles of, I tooke bote

and so camto Chioggia,which is an yland w ithin the seea , built

as Ven ice is . Fromhense cumall the abundance ofmellon es thatin the sommer t ime are in Ven ice . Afterward w e sailed to Venice ,which is xx miles . In Ven ice I rested a daie w ith Mr. Jhon

Arundell, where I visited Mr. Edmund H arvelle’

s wyfi'

,w homshe

had buried 3 that sommer, complayn ing greatlie of the loss of so

My book. See p . 78 , infra .

See Ca l. of Venetian S tate Papers.

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worthie a husband (as he was in deeds ), as gen t le a gen tleman as

ever served king, of whomall E nglishemen found great lacke .

FromVen ice to Mergers [Malghera] vm‘

8 Fromthen se by Mestre to Treviso xij'“ l

By this oitis hatha all the coun trey abow t his name MamaTrivigiana, bicause there was a Marquess set t there by the

Lombardes , and gave himto his t it le the citie and territo rie cf thesame , whichs is verie frutefnuof al l things necessarie .

The town e is now so fortified by the Venetians , that it isreckoned on of the strongest holds in al l Italys .

9 Fromhen se to Castel franco9 Fromthense to Bassano .

This is a prettie towne under the Venetiens,situated upon the

Brenta that goeth to Padoa . Owt of this towne had the Oarrari

that in times past were lordes ofPadoa , their beginn ing. And herein owr dayes was born the famous clarke in letters of humani tieLazarus Bonamicus, st ipended reader in the schooles of Padoa of

the Greeke and Lat in tung by the Siniory of Ven ice with a greatstipend .

Fromtheuse to Tren to Isbrnck and Ausburge as is beforein my journey in to Italic 1548, and hereafter sha ll be bette r se t tfartha in 1554 .

FromVenice to Augnsbnrg are lvj dutch leagues , which are

two hundrethe and three score and ten miles .

I arrived in Augn sburg the v‘h

of August ; where th'

Emperorlaye being a litle before returned owt of the low s coun treys . T he

King of Roman es his brother,the Queue of H ungarie regen t of

Plaun ders his syster, the Prince of Spaign b is son n ,the Dutchess

of Lorraign , and dyverse other of the nobilitie of Germanic and

Spaign .

Here I foundmy brother attending for Sir Richard Morisin e'

s

cumming, who was appointed by the King and the Counse ll tosuccede himin his roome with th’

Emperor.

T h’

Emperor had n ow made great al terationbothe of politike governmen t and also of the excldiction , exi ling and ban isshing the preachers owt of the precint

of th’

Empire . An d as all thingsmain tayn edd w ith force endurenot long, so was this alterati on but for a time ; for when he

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sen ted with a pipe of wi ne , and a w ild bore , by the Dutchesse

that sen t t to the bote to n s ,my brother not going to land at alihimse lf, at sen t Mr. Hampton with an other.

6 Fromtheuse to Kayserswert7 Reese (Rees)

9 Nimega in Geldres (N1jmegen)8 Tyell (Ti el)

Here we rid by land and the bots camafter against the river .

9 Fromthense to H ertzukenbnsse [Hertogenbosch] iiij“

This town e is in Braban t , and is other w ise named Bulld uke

EBois-le-Duc]. We travailed no farther by water but sold our bot eere .

9 Fromthense to Borle . v"

65 10 An twerpe vijWe arrived in An twerpe the xxx of Novembre and the vn ot

’

Dewmbre we sett owt fromthen se towardes Calice ; whereour arrival] we taried for wind and passage vij or viij dayes . And

at last we had a verie yll passag, of a crare ‘and two hulks ; the

violence of the winde was such that we in the crare recoveredDover ; but the hulks, wherin the horses were , were dispersed ;the on was driven to Sandwich and the other to Rochester. A nd

the report was they were seen e upon Goodwin n Sands,which

feared we not a litle .

Upon Christmas day in the morn ing showt ix a clocke we

arrived at the Cowrt,accompan ied w ith Sir An thony Aneber

,

Master of the Jewel l house , the King lying then at Grinwhiche .

Thatmorning we camfromDartford , w heremy brother saluted bythe waye the Ladie Ann of Cleve .

3

This yere was Bollaign [Boulogne] rendered uppe un to th e

Fren chmen again .

Duke Maurice at th’

Emperor’s comaundemen t began his siegbefore Madenburg, [Magdeburg]mSaxon ic .

‘ Crare or crayer. a small trading vessel. T he word is used by Shakespeare ,Cymb. iv. 2 , 205 (Murray).

Sir An t. Ancher, cl Ottringden , Kan t, Marshal of Calais. at the takim0 1

which place by the French both he and his son were killed.

‘ Lady Ann of Cleve, the repudiated wife ot H enry VIIL. had been granted

the lands 0 !M ord Priory for her li fe by E dward VI.

166 1] OF THOMAS BODY 65

In this yere was Master Bucer i n England and read openlie in

the schooles 1n Cambridge : likewise Peter Martir 111 Oxford .

ere’

s Days my Lord Marquise of Northampton ,receavedme in to his service at Grynwhiche,

and upon TwelufYeven hadme with himto my Lord Cobham’

8

house of Cowlin g Cast le ,’ where he dissported himse lf a whilewithmy Lord of Ruttland , my Lord Braye, Mr. Nicholas Throgmorton , and dyverse other, and returned again to the Cowrt ,

‘ Abowt the beginning of Len t all hnmane things not keapingevermore in on cowrse nor con tin uallie abiding in on estate , but

as matte rs of the world, somt ime nnstedfast variable and (as Iafter fairs wether) raign ie, werewhich endured un till Christmas after ; being th’

occation

of great heavines andmuch scrows , yea and a great deale morethen did owtwardlie appeare to the eyes of a n umber, which feddwith woordes turning the truths in to a bye waye remaynedsatisfied , thowghe inward grief

.(understanding on all sides com

passion to be taken ,but where i t behavedmost) was covemd with

an owtward shadows : and alwais under a meerie coun tenancescrew and lamen tation hidd in the heart . But it was not so

oppressed nor so beavis before , as afte rward the con ten tation of

minds did wi th gladn es lighte n it,for that that folowed upon it

throwgh sundrie wayes were first proved in vaine , and maniameanes made which took verie lit le or non e effect : neyther didanie prevails at al l saving that whichs appeared sodain lie of it self

at a time nn loked for, when almost all h0 0 pe was past ; like as

‘ In rd WilliamParr. or Aparr. Brother of Queen Katherine , sixth and last

v ile cl H enry VIII. Or. Marquis ofNorthampton 1547 . Lord Great Chamberlainand K G. Attain ted 1654 and his honours tod eited. Or. again Marquis of

Northampton 1659 ; died 1571 . Nicola“ Peerage.

Cowling or Cooling Castle was the seat of George Brooke.Lord Oebham, near

Rochester. The castle was attacked and taken by Sir Thos. Wyatt, January 1554.dnring tho lnmrrection . But In rd OObhamseems neverthaleu to have been mpectod ot oomplioity in the rising. FromBerry

'a Kt odigrmit seema that

Bh TM Wyattmd Lm-d cobhamwmcou ins .

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miseries take their leave when occation to rejoice suppliethe theirrooms ; so dothe the sodain joye please muche more when it

cummethe by a chaunce un loked for before .

T ar Vo s or MV Loan MARQ UESS or NORTHAMPTON mo

FaAtmcs .

T he rymdaie ofMay 111 the v“ 1 yere of Edward the VI“

his Majesty and his 0 0 11 in to Praunce, toHen ry the Second, Fren che King, 1n commission ,my Lord Mar

quess of Northampton , the Bishogpe of E lye,

l Sir Philippe H obye ,knight, Sir W il liamPickering, kn ight, Sir Thomas Smyt he, ’kn ight, and Mr. Doctor Olyver,

‘somtime dean of Frideswise in

Oxford and Doctor of the Laws , Sir Jhon Mason , knight , who wasthe thirdmm in the commission and Ambassador residen t withthe French King. To accompanie the Lord Marquess on thisjourney were sent these nobleman and gentlmen : the Earle of

Worcester, the Earle of Rntt land, the Earle of Urmund, theViscoun t Fitz W alter

,the Viscoun t Lila, sonn to th

’

Erle of W ar

wicke, the Lord ofBurgayn ey, the Lord Braye, the LordYvers , Mr .

Nicholas Throgmorton , Mr. H e Sidney ,Chamber

,Sir WilliamCobham ht

,Sir Jhon Outta, knight ,

Sir Jhon Parratt , knight , 81r An thonis Guidott , knight , Si r

Gilbert Dithike, kn ight , comm11nlie called Garter, and prinncipa llK ing of Armes

,Mr. W illiamFitz'

wi lliams, Mr . Hen ry Gary ,o Mr .

‘ Bishop cl E ly ; Thomas Goodrich d. 1564 . A list of names correspondingto thie wal sent home by Lord Northampton ia ne 1551 , and remaina among theForeign State Papers ot this date : it diflmtromthia in giving ‘Lord Rivers

’(m

‘Lord Yvers .’ ‘Guidotti'tor ‘ Guidott,

’and ‘ Edmund ’ for ‘ Edward ' Vern” .

Lord Yvers or E vert; appears, however. to be correct.SirWill . Pickering (1516 M . (or Warwick. Knighted on Ed. VL ’

e

accession. E nglish Ambassador at Paris 1661.

Sir T hos . Smyth (1512 ot H ill H all, E ssex. 11 statesman and scholar.

Vice-Ohan . oi 0amb. Univ., Ambu u dor to France in 1562 (01. Gyll

'smet. qj

Dr. John Oliver, Dean of Christ Church. Oxford. Advanced by Wols ey“:

interest ; died 1662 .

Sir John Mason (1508 son 0! a 00t at Abingdon . Clerk to

Privy Council 1642 . English Ambassador to France 1550 .

Sir H enry Carey (1624 cousin to Queen E lizabeth, cr. Lord H uns don1664 . H is daughtermarried Sir E dward H oby, son of the writer.

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Chamber, who had prepared against his cumming diverse vessells

to transport him, the commis sioners, and all the whole trains un to

Nantz in Britaign , by the river of Loyre .

FromOrleans to Lozans9 Fromthense to Bloys [Blois]Heremy Lord Marqness both cumming and going visited the

Dolphinn and the rest of the King’

s children ,which laye

the cast le .

9 Fromhense to Ambcis0 Fromtheuse to T onres

Abowt this towne the countrey is verie plentifnll, abundant wit hall things n ecessarie , and within the town e there is si lks made .

9 Fromtheuse to Be lmarePon t de 1:

In this towne we encountred the Marisshall of San t Andrea, tha twas sen t by the French King into England,many nobles and gen tlmen ,

who camto visi his

lodging,upon the bridge, and had taken upp the town e for him

self and his traine before our arrival].

A Fromthen se to Ansenis [Ancenis]Here Mr. Mason cumming fromthe French ccwrtmett withmy

V1j“

Heremy lord was right hon orablie receaved ofthemofthe towns

with great gnnnshott . And not long after his arrivall there camto himMons

r de Ohastillon , who accompanied himunto Ohastean

brian t, where the King lay , and by the way was greatlie feaste d

Fromthense to ChasteaubrianAt his cumming towardes this town

d’

Angnien ,the Duke Vandosme’s brother, with xxx or 1 1 horse .

And a litle withowt the towne gate mett himMons" Balmal withdyverse other noblmen in compan ie with him; and so was be

accompan ied un to the Castle, where the King was . And after healighted fromhorsbacke he was browght app into the Chambre of

1661] or THOMAS H OBY 69

Presence , where the remayn ed for him,accompanied with the

Lorraign , e Duke of Guise’

s brother,the Cardinall

of Chastillon , Mons “ de Chastillon'

s brother, the Duke of Guise ,

with the rest of his brethren , and the Con stable of Fk'annce withdiverse other nobleman , at his Privie Chamber dore : whereas theKing embraced my Lord Marquess verie courtionslie and all the

nobleman and gent lmen of England, wheres my Lord presen tedhimhis lette rs of credence fromthe King’

s Majesty . And afterward my Lord tooke his leave of himand was browght un to hischambre within the cowrt , which was nppon Friday

,the xix"l of

June .

Upon Saturdaye at after noone,Mr. Garter, with other that

had the charg. was sen t to the Chappell to prepare places for theKing,my Lord Marquess , and the Gunstable , for the order of theGarte r.Uppon Sunday , the xxi of June, Mr. Garter and Mr. Cheste r

browght the robes of the Garter for the French King in to the

Quene ’

s great chamber,which was appointed for the same ; and

theremy Lon i Marquess and the Cun stable (being Knight of theGarter) did putt on their robes , and Mr. Garter the King’sMajesty ’

s cote of armes , and going before the two kn ightsbrowght the French King

’

s robes in to his Privie Chamber, wherinen tradmy Lord of Elye and 110mo of the commissioners ofEngland .

Theremy Lord of Elye made a

King for deliverie of the order of the GarterMajesty , whereun to the Cardinall cf Lorraign made answere of

thanks in the French King’

s behalf. That ceremonie donemyLord Marquess delivered the George , Garter, robes , and collar un tothe Fren ch King,

where was delivered unto Mr. Garter the FrenchKing’

s gown s of his backe , which was of blacks satin with xlviijpairs of agletts of gold sett ful l with pearles , esteemed worth1 pounds , and a chain s of gold of two hundreth Fren ch crownes .

At the cumming forth of the King owt of his Privie Chamberaveris gentlman and nobleman tooke his place before the Kingun to the chappell. First the gentlmen of Praun ce and England ,and then the nobleman of Fraunce and England ,

and atter themthe nobleman of the order of Fraunce , and the Commiss ioners ofEngland

,where Sir Jhon Mason tooke the highest as apper

tayned unto him,being Ambassador residen t . on hemthe

two kn ights of th’

Order, which weremy Lord Marquess and the

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Con stable, went Chester, wearing the King’s Majesty’s cote of

armes . And after them,before the King, the Sargean ts at Armes

and Mr. Garter. Then camthe King betwext the Oardinall of

Lorraign and the Cardinall Chastillon ; and after the King such as

w ere of his Privie Chamber. In this manner they camto the

chappel l, where was song a solemn Mass afte r the French fasshiom,with holie water and holie breads

, etc . A&er service was donethey returned un to the King s chamber of estate , wheras dinedwith the King 111 Lord Marquise and the Constable . The othernobles both of gland and Praunce dined together in a greatchamber at on table apoin ted for them.

Uppon T nisdaye , the xxxmof June

,the French King removed

his Gowrt towards Nan tz, wheras upon Sunday,the zij of Ju lye ,

he made his en trie . All this time my Lord Marquess , withcertain lordes with him

,was with the King

,and all the rest of

the lordes and other of the train s remayn ed at Nan tz again sthis cumming.

T he Castle of Chaste nbrian t standethe upon the hi ll full of

pleasant wooddes , delectable walkes , fairs springs of freshe water ,freahe gardines and ortchards replenisshed with all sorts of savoriefrnts

,bewtifnll prospect s all showt , and veris helthsomaere . It

belongethe to the Cnn stable of Praun ce . T he palaice is veris

prin celie , both for the building and also for the conveyance of

roomes ; bequethed unto himby Mon s“ de Chastenbrian t when hedied. full lit le thinking he shn ld then have departed owt of th isworld .

T a’

smamor me Fas s ca Knee AND QUENE mo NAN'

rz, mH EAD TOWNE or BRITAJGN.

The French King (as the maner of Ih-aunce is) is after his

coronation receaved withies t tri umphs mto all the

realm, for the first time of cumming : and for that he had not asyet hine in Nantz sith he was made King he en tended to makehis satric yn to yt now , at my Lord Marquess be ing with him

,

which was in thisman erFirst there camfowre bands of souldiers , which were showt a

thowsand 1n all .

Secondarile , three score town esmenn on hcrsbacke .

Thirdlie,three score redd cotes which cambefore the provost a

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Upon Friday , them3 day of Jnlye,my Lord Marquess and al lthe hole traine removed fromNan ts towardes Angiers [Ah Jby 1and , costing

‘ the river of Lo r folowing the Frenchwhich was deparhed before . At

Lo

(l‘

a

hastenbrian t the French Kin gshewedmy Lord Marquess great plesure and disport , sometime inplaing at ten ice , sometime in shooting

,sometime in hunting the

bore, somtime at the palla mal ls,and somtime with his grea t

boisterlie Britons wrastling with my lorde’

s yemen of Cornwall,

who hadmuch a do to gate the upper hand of them: and everie

n ight ther was dansing in the great hall , and somtime mn sike in

the King’s Privie Chamber. H e shewed himthe like at Nan teswith skirmisshes sometime nppon the river with bottes and vesselles

3FromNantz to Ansen is

9 Salmure0 Tonres

FromChastenbriant to Toures are xv poste s . Uppon Sun day ,the xix of Jnly,my Lord Marquess and all the noblemen ofEkigland

tooke their leave of the French King 1n Angiers . T he King wen tfromhense on Pilgromag a foote to a place called Nostredamde

Clery,which he dothe accustomablie use onse a yere .

9 Fromthens to Bloyes6 OrleanssFromT onres to Orleans are viij postes .

A three leagues fromBloys there 13 a statlie

somwhat owt of the hige waye, called Chambraybewtifn ll palaice and curiouslie built with great 0within yt so that when it shalbe throwghlie bui lt uppe it may wellbe said to bee on ofthe fairest peace ofwoorke 1n Christendom. A t

averio great town e in Praun ce wheremy Lord arrived he was righthonorablie receaved of the principalles of the townes, both cummin g and goings , with great presen tes of all kinds of wines medsandria kindes of spices ; and during the time that he laye in the

Cowrt his table was provided for at the French King’s charge ,and the King’

a servan ts wayted upon himto serve himat table.

Costing see note. p. 89 .

166 1] OF TH OMAS H OBY 73

FromOrleans to Tury9 Fromthense to E stemps9 Chartres5 Paris

FromOrleance to Paris are vnj postes .

Heremy Lord arrived 111 his journey homwardes uppon Saturdaye, the m day of Julye and the first daye of August Mons“

Man dates presen ted hima cupbord of plate , on the French King‘

s

behalf, of the value of two thowsand Crownes . There was hrowghtalso formy brother plate of the value of vi hundrethe crownes , he

being goon s before homwardes by the waye ofRoane s en] and

also forMr. Smith three hundrethe crown es ; forMr. Olyver two

handrethe crownes . Mr. Mason ’

s was reserved until l his cumming, which was a chein e of zij hnndrethe crown es ; and of thatvalue was my Lord of Elie’

s cnppbord of plate.

During the time of owr abode in Paris,Mon s

r de Bies ,‘ whowas committed to prison in this King’

s father’s dayes, for thematters ofBoulaign , was committed to perpetual] prison and dis

grad ed of the Order of Saint Michell .T he French King toldmy Lord he should not bee putt to death,

for that he made himkn ight in the fee ld . Here we had newes

owt of E u land how the sweating sickn es did raigu there, and

that there'

cd of it the 113 Duke of Sufi'

olke,

’ the Lord Charleshis brother, the Lord rumwell , Sir Jhon Luttrell , AlexanderCarew

,andman ie other kn ights and gen tlmen ofmuch worthines

of this disease died also my eyster E lisabethe with her sonn .

We taried in Paris 1: daies ; and after owr departure fromthense

S" Rafl'

Coppinger,‘ a worthie knight , whomwe found in Praun ce“ Mr. de Bies (Oudart (la Bias ). a distinguished general. a Marshal 01 France

1642 . H ie dcwnh ll wu tmjnstly brought abont by his enemies , smong whomwere the Gnisea by accusations bronght against his oon dnct at the surrender and

retaking ot Bolognmon which hem oondemned to death. Be appears to have

been set at liberty before his death in l 661 (B/log. Units ).H enry. scn 01 0harles Brmdon .Dake o! 8nflolk. By his death the dnhedom

became extinct. But the Marquis e! Dorset, the father of Lady Jane Grey. wascreatca ke OI Snflolk this same year.

" My M E lh abet T he H oby pedip ee in the q M W

the person to whomrelerenoe is haremade .

‘ Si t ph OOPp lngermi Dl vingtomKen t.

74 A sooas or res mums AND mar [166 1

and had accompan iedmy Lord all th1s jorney, tooke h1s leave ofmyLord and wen t to Deeps for that my ladye his wifi

'

was newlie cumowt of England thi ther to him, where he died of the sweate ar hedeparte d thense .

After my Lord Marquess’ caming away fromthe Cowrt Sir

W illiamPicks , being appointed Ambassador residen t by theKing

,succeeded ir Jhon Mason ,

who tooke his jorney towardesEngland withmy ladys .

9 FromParis to Cleremont0 Fromthen se to Amiens9 Montercl

9 Mon terol to Bonlaign

Mon s“ de Mendotas fell sicke at Abvile and there remayned, notbeing able to bring my Lord to Bonlaign ,

where he first receaved

himto conduct himto the Cowrt . FromParis to Boulaign are

xvi postes .

My Lord arrived at Boulaign the x of August,where shortlie

after he tooke shipps ; and in the morn ing betwext iij and iiij ot’

the clocke he arrived at Dover, which w

paesag. Fromthense he tooke horse and

the Gowrt , leaving his traine behind him. T he King1

Hampton Cowrt, wheras was small resort ofmen , byof the sickn es that raigned this yere in the realms . We thatwere of his how shold wen t by water to Gravisen d to As sher

[Baber], bemdes Hampton Cowrt , where my Ladys laye all thatsommer. In this moneths of August were created at Hampto nGowrt by the King, the Erle of Warwicke Duke of

land , the Erle ot'

Wilshire Marquess of Wyn chester ; the Masterof the Horse Sir W illiamHerbert Lord HerbertPenbrnke ; and there weremade knights Sir Hen ry Sidney, SirNicholas Throgmorton ,

‘ Sir W illiamCecil,2 Secretarie, and Sir

Jhon Cheeks ; also the Masquess Dorsett created Duke of

Suffolk .

Abowt Michelmas the Queue of Scotts the elder tooke landingSir Nich. Throgmorton (1616 a diplomatlst. son of Sir G. Throgmorton

ofOonghton .Warwickshire . Belated through his mother to Lord Northa nmSir Will . 0ecil. created Baron Bnrleigh 1671 ; married Mildred. daughter 0 1

Sir Ant. Cooke, and was thus brother-in-law to Thos. Hoby.

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the two princes , as to bring unto the King the Order of the

Garter.At owr being in Fraunce the Fren ch King made great provi

sion for war against th'Emperor ; the cheef occation whereof w asthe citie of Parma, which th’

Empercr would have kept 1n his own shands fromhis scan in laws Duke Ottavio , that had maried hisbastard daughter, which ,

d

rceaving his father 1n lawe’s entent,forsoke himclean e and 11 d to the French ,

who sett himmful l state and possession of Parma again . An he did not on lie

now turn French, b11t also all the house of Farnese , which in toretime were so great frinds to th

'

Emperor (for al l he had cawsed

Pier Alois , their father, to be slain e in the citie ofPM snza, and so

recovered the towne to himself) .T he French King, understan ding how royallie the Marshal l of

San t Andrea, his Cheef Commissioner into England, was rewardedby the King’

s Majesty at his return , and the rest of his commissioners that wen t with him, he sent afterward untomy Lord Mar

quess, by a gent lman of his that he sent to the King on his behalf,

two standingmassie cnppes w ith their covers , of the value of two

thow san d crownes , which 1s on thowsand marks , for an augmentetica of his first reward . This yere after long siege laide to yt

Duke Maurice en trad by composition in to the town s of Magdenbnrg [Magdeburg].

T he mj of January the Duke of Sommersett was beheadedopau lis upon the Towre Hill , to no small griefof the lokerswere also Sir Thomas Arnndle , Sir Michel l Stanappe [Stan hop e]an d Mr . Raff Van e, with Sir Mi les Partridge hanged , for beingforged upon themthat they prete nded the Duke of Northumberland’

s deathe . My lord Pagett was disgraded of the Order of theGarter, which after the Kings deathe was

again , and he made of the Quen e’

s Privie Counsell in as amplemaner as ever he had bine 1n fore time . T he v day of Februarie Iwen t in to the country w ithmy brother W illiam1

and his wyfl'

to

Marden . At this time was my brother appoin ted to goo inperson to transport and paye in Flaunders a certain sumofmoney

WilliamH oby oi H ales , coun ty Gloucester. Marden or Ma rlon was amanorof Sir Philip H oby’s near H en ley.

1662] ormoms 110 1111 77

borowed there in fore time, to the which journey he prepared himself andmy brotherW illiamwith him,

and returned again beforeEaster. My quartern was th

'

occation ofmy tarying at home,and

when I had remayned a season in the coun trey I returned againto London the xxvi of April , afie r I had bine ridd ofmy ague,where I preparedmyself to goo into Praun ce and there to applicmy booke ‘ for a season .

The xviij of May I tooke my leave of my Lord and Ladye at

Horsleys , where they laye withmy Ladie Browne, afierwardmaried

xvj of June I continued inLondon , tarij tillmy brother were dispatched fromthe Cowrt,being appoin tfi commissioner by the Kin g to go to Calico. And

when it was dete rmin ed Sir Richard Cotton should goo with SirAn thonie Salinger in his place who he lpedme aflaerward to con

vaye over two gheldinges which browght with me in to Praunceto Mr. Francs Caro), I departed owt of London , and at Doverpassed the seeas with Sir An thonys Aucher and Sir HenryPalmer. At Calico I had a pasport of the Lord Deputie , the LordW illowghbye, to pass in to Fraun ce , and likewise of the Treasurer,Sir Maurice Den is, to

Mr JORENEY mo Paw s cs .

I departed out of Calaice the ij of Jn lye to Boloign ,Mon teroll,

Abvile, Amien s, Bretoile, Claremon t , Luserte , Pan s . I camto

Paris the vi ot'

Jnly, and the ix“ lof the same I departed thens by

water toward Rome [Ronen].FromParis to Roane are 11: leagues.FromParis toFromthens to

ysj v“

H ere is a castle called Galiard , the strongest in all Normandie,bn ilt by Engliehmen .

E mn thense to Roanemaen]. xxjh

I arfi ved in Boame the xij of Jnly, and within three weeks

My booh. Su note on p de.

‘ t fl y fi r M St L-egmoi fl b omhm

78 A BOOKE or 1 113 TRAVAILE ANDmar [1662

alter I had receaved my stufl'

I retourned by the river to Parisagain

,by reason ofmy sore fote.

I had con vayed my stnfl'

to Paris and sett led myse lfthere , the first thing I did was to trans late into Englishe the

third booke of the Cowrtisan ,

" whichmy Ladie Marquess had oftenwil ledme to do, and for lacks of time ever difl‘

erred 1t . And fromthen se I sen t un to Sir Henry Sidney the epitome of the Italiantun which I drue ow t there for him.

This don e Mr. Henry Kingsmeale and ourselves tothe reading of the institutes of the Civill Law,

bothe lodgedin a house together.

T he menu ofmost fame and renowme in this Un iversitie of

Paris were these Silvins in phis ike ,Oron tius in themathematik s ,Ramn s in hnmanitie and philosophie .

’

This yere the French King had taken Metz, in Lorraign , and

Siena and Mirandn la , in Italie . In Siena the Spaniardesdriven owt by the helps of the town e , and the cast le that was

built there by th’Emperor was cast down e to the earthe ; for the

which en trie of the French partie Don Diego was blamed and

somwhat in displeasure with th’

Emperor.

Afler Duke Maurice , lijng long with his siege before Magdemburg [gg

debnrg] (which is a citie in Saxon ie and holdeth alwais

of the e that is Elector) , had browght it in to th’

Emmror’s sub

jection , as other cities of Germanic than were , bicause they of

the citie wold neyther receave th’

Emperor nor his Interim, nor yetDuke Maurice for their lord, Marquess Albert of Brandenbung,

the Duke of Hesse, his sonn ,

and Duke ofGerman ic ann exedds in captivitie and

German ie thus daile oppressed and brow ht fromthe accnstomedlibertie into nn tollerable bondage , laide eir beades togethe r and

‘ This book does not appesr to have been prin ted till 1661. The fi tle 111 l a

10 110 1711 : ‘W M n o/ Omt Balda s M divided inte tourbooheen u y

necessary and profitable for ycnge gen tilmen and gen tilwcmemabiding in court.

palcice.or place. done into E nglyshe by Thomas H oby . Imprinted at Londonby WilliamBares , at the sign of the H edgehogge. There is 11 10110 1 1110 111Sir John Oheka prinud at the end 0 1 the book. The original worh m R

Cortegiano. by Connt Baldesar Castiglione, 0 1which the first edition appeared in

1628. prin ted by Aldo Romano at Venice.

Peace Galandins (side-note in 11s ).

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Emperor had done in fore time at his being there, and displacin gall such as th

’

Emperor had there putt in authoritie . Th’

Emperorwas departed fromhense to Ynsbrucke when th is stnrr was in

Germanie, entending to go fromthense to Tren t,where the

general] Councell was appoin ted to has he ld .

owt of Ansprncke he thowght to make allplacing such in authoritie within the citie as made most for hispurpose . banisshing and exiling the chiefest preachers of the

town s , en forcing themto take their othe not to abide within the

precint of th’

Empire , and leaving there to his thinking sufi cien t

When Duke Maurice had restored the preachers again (whoconn sailed himin no wise to dissolve the popish churches sett appthere by the Emperor’s commanndmen t) , and made this n ew

alteration in the citie, leaving snfi cient power there to the 111-w er

vation of the same , he wen t towardes Fietee , a towns of the

Cardinall ot’

Auspruck , the which he took ymmediatelie, and the

Duke ofMechelbnrg with him, by whose meanes be warmin amomen t a certain slnce of importance within half a league of

Fietse , which was upon a rocks in a verie narrow passage. T he

Emperor lijng in Ynsprucke thowght himse lf sure inowghe

bicause his trust was in that slnce , which was in deed on of the

strongest holdes in all by a wonderons pol licie .

But when he heard it was taken , and hearmg the newes of the

sodaine approachs ot‘

the Duke (the which he wold not almostcredits before he in a maner sawe it), with all his Cowrt heremoved in post hast in the night towardes the Archdukedom

,

caried in a litter, and never staide before he camto Villaco, inCarin thia , where he remayned a season .

camto Ynsprnck , where he touched nothin gthat belonged not to the Emperor. W ithowt the town s on the

other side of the river there dwellethe on the hilles side in a fairshouse a gunnfounder, on of the best in his science of a11 0 hristen

dom, a verie discreate and sober parson . Thiemann (as he toldmy brother the tale) had a xx great of artillarie in hand

for the Duke of Alava, which he min to carie in to Spains .

Upon these peecs the Duke had cawsed to has graven the armes ofPhilipp, Lanagrave ofHess , with his stile , which was the Emperor’;prisoner , and all for a certain vain glorie thatmenn shnld beleavehe had gotten themin the feeld by pnowess of armes . T he Lang.

1662] or TH OMAS s oar 8 1

grave’

s scnn. who was in Dulce Maurice boos t seeing those pesosthere with his father’s armes upon them, ceased upon themand

tooke themawaye with him, geving to the gunnfonnder’

s wyfl'

an

T h’

Emperor perceaving to what a narrow poin t he was now

driven to , and that withow t a pew s made betwext Duke Mauriceand himhe shu ld never be able to 0 11111 in to an ie part of his

again ,sowght allmeanes possible for s peece , and cawsed

the King his brother and sundrie others to labour diligen tlie in

yt . Duke Maurice at lengthe by faire persuasions was overcumand agreede a Diete to bee had at Pasaa or Bassa. a tow ne

that holdethe of the Duke of Havira, but it belongeth to the

Bishoppe, great triad to the Duke . In this town e at timeappoin ted were assembled on the Emperor’s part the King hisbrother, Maximilian ,

and the Duke of Bavire , and on the 131s

and other princes'

of German ie’

s behalf,their debities and Duke

Maurice himse lf. They agreed here and sealed to certain articlesbothe for the res toring of the accustomed re ligion throwghowt

German ie and other kindes of auntien t liberties and also for therecon ciling of the Duke and the Marquess un to th’

Emperor again ,

w ith s uch as were their confederates . When Marquess Albertheard of thi s he was sore displeased with Maurice , not somuchfor that the condit ion s agreed upon were not largelinowghe ( forhaving th’

Emperor at this narrow poin t hemight have made himtoagree to whatsoever he had listed) , as for that Duke Maurice didit upon his own e heads , in the n ame of the bells Empire , unkn ow ento him, the wh ich he owght not to have don e, considering in whata con federacie they two w ere an nexed together for the libertie 0 1

°

the ho le Empire,and indeed hithe rto had proceeded jointlie

For the Marquess at their departure fromAusprncke did no

less good beefore Noremberg, which he en tred in to at len gth bycomposition , then Maurice had done 1n persuing th’

Emperor. Uponthis occation he fe ll ow t with DukeMaurice . call ing him‘ Schelm.

’

which 13 a verie reprochfn ll word in the ir language. and reviled

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After the peace thus concluded the Marquess thowght German ie no place for him, b11t ymmediatlie sett forwardes with hispowre towardes Ulm, where he culd not en tre

,

by th’

Emperor'

smean there within , W hen heof su t t ie , he spoiled and rased most part of the coun trey s howt .

Fromthense he removed and tooke Spier and Woormes , and the

Duke ofMechelberg with him, which was at Franckfm't slaine l

with a great peeoe , where he was in likemaner kept owt and not

sufi‘

red to en tre but by composition such as he left at the siegen tred . Then he left Germanie and marched tow ardes Fran nce

(taking Trier and Momin his waye, where he receaved amportion of treasure) , thinking to be greatlie welcnmmed thiA ll this while that Maurice warred thus in Germanie agains tth

'

Emperor, the French King was with his powre drawing thithe rwardes , and having taken Mots , under the coo ler to pass thw arghe

yt , wen t towardes Strasburg, thinking to have obtained it by a

like pollicie ; but he was deceaved , for they wold not snifre himnor an ie of his to entre the walles wherupon he was con strayn ed

to retire again . T he peace was not so soone conc luded betwextth

’

Emperor and the Duke , hut th’

Emperor removed fromVil lac oand camto Anspruchs , where he grann ted libertie to the Duke of

d the Landesgrave , his prison ers . An d whereas t heywere under his custodie 111 forme r time he 111 maner now commit tedhimself into theirhands . By this breache of Duke Maurice with

also the wicked Counse ll , that he had appoin ted to have bine heldat Tren t , where allmatte rs of rel igion shuld have bin e concludedaccording to his wi ll , was stopped and hindred ; for there we realreadie assembled together, besides cardinalls and other prelata ,

1x bisshoppes , whiche were glad and fain e to repaire to thei rhommes again in hast when they understoode Duke Maurice w as

so nighe drawing thitherwardes . In Ausbnrg at the Emperor’sreturn that waye hemade somalteration . thowgh not somuch as

he had done at other times , and displaced certain preacherswhiche he had no great fansie to .

Fromhen se he departed,going by Strasburg and gatherin g on

al l sides asmuch powre as he was able tomake, towardes the s iegeT he senten ce originally stood thus :

“ Fromthense he removed lo Spica . and

the Duke ofMechelbnrg with him, which was there alain ,

’ M and hu been d temdla ter in to that given in the text.

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his n ecess itie . For whether at his first cumming owt of Fraun ce

he was des irous of th’

Emperor’

s wages to come to an accords wit hhim again

,or th

’Emperor willing to receava his service and

des irous of his parson (which seemethe most likelie), he camto th

’

Emperor’

s speechs . But first it was in den ted before he wo ldcumto that

,among other things

,and graun ted : first , that his

late revoking fromhimwith Duke Maurice shald not bee laide inhis dishe as a reproche nor cast in his teethe fromthemfurthsagain

,that he might camfornisshed in to th’

Emperor’s presenc ew ith hismenu and all kind of weapons appertayn ing to aman of

warr ; morover that hemight not come before himlike an offen derix1 an ie poin t wherbie he should bee oonstrayned in capping or

knee ling tomake an ie other a (10 0 then other prince use commun lieto do 111 his presence also that his Majes tie, whereas he had gevento the Bisshoppes of Bamberg and W nrtsburg by the virtue of hi s

lettres patents (for displeasur conceaved again st himfree libertie ,

re leasing themof all homage and whatsoever was as un to him,

wold (being now reconciled again ) graan t himhis great seals on

the other s ide to ce llen g this his right of themagain,in as ample

maner as ever he hathe done 111 foretime .

These capitulat ions and other like we re agreede auto,and the

Marquess,during the time of th is siege and long after, did

th’

Emperor as worthie and faithful! service as an ie noble captain hehad in all his boost .

W hen the siege was levied it a meete timethen to seek all means possiblepromise with Duke Maurice an d be revenged of him,

makinggreat sta rres in Germen ie and gathering a powre to invade uponhim. Duke Maurice on the other side levied all such powre as he

was able tomake to defend himself and joyned with the Bisshoppesof Bamberg and Wnrtsberg.

There wereman ie skirmishes on bothe parts , but in lon g timethe victorie w as uncertain . At ls h after long continuance of

warr on both parte s , not knowing w o shuld have the upper han dnor by an ie like lihoods to whether part victorie wold or mightencline . bei11g utterlie determin ed the on to persue the other au to

death,D11ke Maurice was slaine with an arkebuse 111 a battell by

" Dake Maurice slayns the 9 day 01 July ’

(11. side-note in 11s ). T he battle

took blues at Sieverahausen , in the Duchy of Liineburg.

165 2] or T H OMAS 110 111 85

on of Albet t’

smen in the chase (as it was reported for a certain tie) ,after he had won the fields and slaine and discomfited and hurtiiij thousand of Albert ’smenn . In this battell was assembled on

bothe sides all the ponre they were able to make .

It is not withowt susspition that th’

Emperor, to kepe these twoprin ces thus at debate , stil l for fears least theymight happen tocumto an accord (which shuld not have bine greatlie to his

profiitt) , fedd Albert with money largelie , whiche is credibleinowghe ; and the King ofRomanes did the like to Maurice .

This battaile was in the yere of our Lord 1553 , abowt the

monethe of Jun e.

After Maurice deathe, Friderick Duke of Saxony sen t his sonnJhon W illiamto th’

Emperor for rest itut ion of suche possess ion s as

he had taken fromhiman d were given to Maurice w ith the

E lectorshipp .

T H E NAMES or T HE Pms os AND NOBLE MENN or FRAUNCE,WIT H

T H E BANDS or 11111111 or mu ss or T H EIR 11111 111 1111.

They ca ll hima prince in Fraun ce that is eyther descendedlin iallie of the Blood Royal] or elles of a free duke

,as of the Duke

of Savoy, Lorraign ,and such other.

PRINOS .

T he Daulphinn , the King’

s e ldest sonn . 100 menn of armes .

Governar of Normandie .

The Duke of Orlean s , his second son n .

T he Duke ofAngolesm, his third sonn .

T he Duke of Vendosm. 150 men of armes . Govern er of

Picardie . Kn ight of th’

Ordre .

Mon s” d

’

Angn ien , his brother. 50 menn at armes . Kn ight ofth

’

Ordre .

Loys Mons”

, brother to themboth . Kn ight of th’

Ordre .

Mon sr de Monpen sier. 50 men n at armes , and Kn ight of

th’

Ordre .

T he Prince of Rochesurian ,his brother. 50 menn at armes .

Kn ight of th’

Ordre .

Mon sr de Nemonrs . Kn ight of th’

Ordre,a duke .

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Mons" de Nevers . 50men at armes . Governer of Champaignand Brye. Kn ight of th’

Ordre .

Mons ' deGuise . 100 menn at armes. Governor of Savoy and

Dauphin e. Kn ight of th’

Ordre ,master of the King’sMons ' Delmal , his brother. 50 men at armes .mat of

B ndie , captain of all the light horsmenn . Knight of th’

Orclre

one" Is Gran Prier de France, his brother.

Mons" le Marquis of Beaf, his brother.

Mons “ de Longevil le . 50menn at armes . The Ki ng’

s GreatChamberlaine .

Monsr d’

E stemps . 50menn at armes . Governor ofBritaign .

Kn i ht of th’

Ordre .

glens' d’

Ambugny . 50menn at armes .

of Ferrara . 50 menn at armes . Knight ol'

th'

Ordre ,son to the Duke of Ferrara .

6 1111111 LORDS or Pa wscs .

Monsr de Momoren sye . Duke

,Constable

,and Chief Marshal l

of Praunce , Governor of Languedoc . Captain of 100 menu a t

armes . Kn ight of th’

Ordre .

Mons ” de Sainct Andrea . Marshall of Fraunce .CheefGentlmanof the King

’

s Privie Chamber. Governer of the coun treis of Lyon s ,Beauger, Burbon fores t, and Auve Kn

'

ht of th’

Ordre .

Mons ” de Brisac . Marshall of mi ce, of the Kin g’s

Hawks , Governor of Piemon t . Captain of 100 mean at armes .

ht of th’

Ordre .

ons' de la March . Marshall of Praunce . Captain of 100

Sw isers archers of the King's Gard . Kn ight of th’

Ordre.

Mons' de Chasti llon . Admerall of Fraunce

,Lieutenan t for the

King in Normandie under the charge of the

of 100 men n at armes . Kn ight of th’

Ordre ;the whichs office he keapethe for his brother Mons”

which is prisoner in Millan .

Mon s' di Boycy. Master of the Horse . Captain of 100 gent l

men and of 50 men n at armes . Knight of tb'

Ordre .

Mon s’ de la Rochport . 50 men at armes . Lieuten an t inPicardie under the charge of Mons r de Vendosm. Kn ight 41th

’

Ordne.

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T he Count Ringrave . Coronell of the Almansa. Knight of

the Order.

Mon s” de Trey . Master of the King’s Ordinance. Kn ight of

th'

Order.

Os res Hones or Boasos .

The House Burbon , which bathe in times past bine a part andportion of a sonn of Fraunce, bathe bin e dyvided in to three part sand H ow ses : that is to saye, into the House called by name Burbon ,

principall of th‘

armes,the which of olde t ime hathe sujo the

D11k of Barbon . And their man sion place hath '

lie

bine in the Cast le of Molin es [Moulin s], in Burbonois , in the hie

waye to Lions ,fling fromPan s thither.

The second onse yssned owt of the H

House of the Lordes ofVendosm,the head wherof is the Duke of

Vendosm, which hath w aried the Kin ofNavarre ’

s dowghte r and

on lie heirs by whoms he had yssnenn ry . nowe Kyuga of Fran cean d Navarre,

The third House yeaned owt of the House of Burbon is the

house of Monpensier, an d owt of that camthe Duke of Borbon ,

which was Constable of Praun ce and died at the sacke of Rooms .This Duke had before his departure owt of Fraunce w aried the

dawghter ofMadamde Beauger, eys ter to King Charles the E ight ,This MadamBeauger was married to the Duke of Burbon

, whichwas the chief of the armes of the House of Burbon , and of herrthis Duke had no heir male, but on lie a dowghter, which was

w aried to the late Burbon that was Cnn stable, which afte rward fledowt of Fraun ce aflber the death of his wyfl

’

, under the name of

whomhe enjoyed during herr lief the dntchie of Burbon , bies cashis said wyfl

‘

was the ca lie dawghte r of the head of th’

armes ofBurbon .

As towching the House ofVendosm, owt of yt yeaned the lat eDuke of Ven dosm,

Kn ight of th'

Ordre and Governer of Picardie

(as at this presen t is his sonn ), who died at Amiens reton rn ingfrom the camps at Hesdin . which had to his brethren the

(Jardinall of Barbon and the Erle of Saint Pole , who had to theirsyster the old Dutchesse of Guise . Their father died a yan gmann ,

who hadmarried the Ladie Mary of Luxemburg, CountessIn serted in the text later.

1552] or T H OMAS HOBY 89

of Saint Pole and Anguien ,and ladie of man ie lordshippes in

Flaunders , Arthois and H enalt .

OF T H E ST AT E or MILLANE .

Concerning the con troversie showt the state of Mil lan : yt is

to be understood that Jhon Galeatso,Duke of Mil lan in the time

of King Charles the Sixt ,maried , in Praunce,a dowghter of his

to the Duke of Orlean s,which dowghte r was his on lie lawful]

heir.

It is true that herr father had in deeds a bastard dowghter,which was maried to a captain , a lieutenan t of his , called Sforzia ,which after the death of his wyve

’

s father (being then in thoseparties) placed himse lf in the a edomof Millan

,setting the

Duke of Orlean s clean s beside it , which had maried the true andlaw ful] dowghter of the said Duke Galeatso .

Of th is dawghte r ofMillan yeaned the father of King Lewes theXII .

,and by his mother’s side Millan appertayn ed tc him. Whet

upon this Lew is . being his sonn,made warr for the said Dutchie

ofM illan before he was king,the which he enjoyed asmuch before

as he did after he was king. H e left of himon lie two dawghte rs .

The eldest was maried to the last K ing, Fraas es , and w asmother tothe Kin g that now raign ethe , who claymethe a t it le to the saidDutchie of M illan by succession on the mother’

s side,which w as

eldest dawghter to the said Lewes the whose father camof

the dawghter ofMillan . T he other dawghter of King Lewes theXII . w as marid to the Duke of Ferrara, and is mother to the

Dutchess of Guise .

OF T H E ST AT E or Savor .

Concern ing Savoy and Piemon t the King claymethe the

Dutchie of Savoye,first because his father’s mother was e lder

eyste r to the Duke of Savoye , the which coun trey is n ot under thelaw salike

, but wemen in their inheritance succede before the

men n in case they be elder thin the menn , as the cron icles

w itn esse .

Secon darilie,the King saith his father claymethe the succession

of his mother, who for all she was eldest child yet had she not a

facts of ground of that herr heritage .

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T hirdlie , the Ring as tutor to Monsr de Nemours ’ children ,

w ho

was brother to the late King Frann cs’mother and to the Duke of

Savoy,requireth that the children may be better loked to an d

recompensedo

,alleaging that the part or portion that was geven

their father 18 nothing reasonable .

Furthermore , as towching the coun trey of Piemont , the kingsaith that King Rene of Anger [Anjon] Erle of Provin ce , did butlays inmortgage for a certain time for a sumofmoney len t to himupon it to make a journey to Naples . An d the cron icles themse lvesmakemention that Piemont and the coun t ie ofNice, laid 111 gagefor the saidmoney , have alwais bine 111 the patrimon ie of Provin ce ,which was geven to King Lewes the XI“ I and other kings hissuccessors . Whernpon the French kings as erles of Provin ce havecome by these coun treys of Piemont and Nice , and such as injoyethese coun treys are their vassalls . And the Duke of Savoy nor hissonn hathe not bine willing to conquerr themagain .

Os T HE Su n : or Lemmas .

Concernin g the House of Lorraign ye must understand it isdescended fromGodfray de Bul lion , that conquered the realmof

Jhernsalem.

This House hathe bin e aliede as we ll to the Homes of Praun ce,England , and Aus

triche as to the House of Anger. They haveinjoo ed Provin ce , Piemon t , and th’

erldomofN 1ce A nd the Houseof avoy hathe not to do with Piemont but onlie for len din g of

money to King Rene ofAnger, who borowed it to drive owt the

Arragonese owt of his kingdommes ofNaples and Sici lia .

Of the H ow ses of Anger and Lorraign restethe on lie heyreRene of Lorraign ,

‘ father un to the late An thonys of Lorraign,and Lion after the deaths of his father Claudius of Lorraign ,which was called by the name ofGuise .

Jhon of L0 ,which was called Cardinall of great

frend to the 1 ing Fraunce . M wes of Lorraip , w ich was

Count of Vaudemon t and was poysoned at Naples with Mon s‘ do

This Bené of Lorraign

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Christian iss . Restitnta

Franco Regi , Repflb . Sen ensi

Henrico II Ita et protectis cis

lico German ico PadnmAlba, Qni

Britann ico . rit io nn iversaqu

ad rad . A_lpiumRegion e .

Oh res in

Italia, German iaet Britan n iafortiter ac fcs

liciter gestas .

At the upper en d of the

Compositis Propagato adBritan n ia RhenumImnlterioris reb . perio

,ad iectisque

Recepta Mori dition i suaa

norumBonon ia Mosaa ao Mose l leoppidisque fin iti accolis .

mis ; deinde H edinio .

A t the low er end of the

A ssertis

in libertatemprin cipibn s Saxon nmH essorumatque SacriImpnrbib .

At thismariage besides the K ing an d the Queme and the LadieMargaret , the K ing

’

s syster, there w ere that were latlie comfromthe defen se ofMetz bothe prince and other lords , as the Duke of

Guise and Marquess of Beef, his brother, Mon s" d

’

Anguien , LoysMon s

r his brother, Mon s“ de Nevers , Mon s

r de Namoun, Li on s

r

d’

Ambngny , also the Cardinal] of Roane , the Prince of Ferrara

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the Cardinall ofLorraign , the Bissh0 ppe ofAlby, the Gran d Priorof Fraun ce , the Duke of Guise brethren , the Constable, Cardina llBel ly, Cardin al] Ohastillon , Cardinall Famese , Duke Horatio , hisbrother, Mons

r Chastillon admerall , Mon s" Visdam,Mons' de T rey ,

the Ambassador of E ngland ,’

Clandio Tolomei that was sen t fromthe commune weale of Siena to thanks the Fren ch King for theirdeliverance owt of the hands of the Span iards , and sundris othernoblemen and great ladies .

Afte r I had taried 1n Fraunce the space of ixmouthes and sett ledmy se lf tomy studie , I receaved lette rs frommy brother to repairsymmediatlie upon the sight therof un to him, being appoinwd withmy lord the Bisshopp ofNorwichs ' commissioner and ambassadortowardes th

’Emperor on the King’s Majesty’s behalf.And as they went in to Flannders so there caminto Fraunce

Doctor Wotton and S ir Thomas Chalon er,a to en treate a peacebetw ext these two princes , where they laboured a long time withowt anie good doing in that behalf on eyther partie .

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r or Fumes ro rs’

EMrsaoa’

s Cowar .

Ymmediatlie upon the receipt ofmy letters frommy brother Ideparted owt of Paris

,thinking tomeete with himat Calico the

xiiij ofApril] I sett forwards as foloweth

Fromthense to MannCayRoan eBcnoere [Buchy]Blangye

Abvile

9 Mon terolle

9 Calaice0 Bruges0 Bruxe lles

Bishop cl Norwich. Thos . Thirlby.

Dr. Nicholas Wotton (1497 Dean of Canterbury and York ; one 0 ! the

ablest and most experienced at Tudor diplomatls ts . H is dexterity and wisdomsecured himthe confidence of tour successive sovereigns.

Sir T t haloner.Qlerh to Privy Council of H enry VIII afterwards Ambas .

M ar to Court of Spain .

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Here I arrived them ofApril].I foundmy Lord of

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lNi

liorwiche ,my brother, and Sir R ichard

Morisin here , new lie sett led together, atte nding for audience w it hth

'

Emperor, whose as tate was so uncertain lie spoken of abroode

that noman could for a great space gather by an ie meanes thetruths mwhat case he was . For not a fewe thowght plain lie bysun dris probable imaginations that he was dead . Manie beleaved

he was owt of his right witts and that hi s sen ses failed him. Sumaffirmed (as it was indode) that by the con tin uance ofhis in firmit ie ,

encreasing rather dailie upon himthen diminsshing, he w as

browght 111 such case not able to be e

I being appoin ted to sollicite the mArms for themall , they hadJun e, con trarie to allmenne’

s expectation , which thowghtin case able to atten d to audien ce . H e was indede veris feeble of

his bodie and pale of his face ; sitting in a chaier, laijng his feet

uppon an other lesser abowt a foote or more froin the

H e declared himself verie reformabl and flexible to this the King'sMajesty ’

smos t godlie en ten t but the French demannds werr so fanowt of the way and so un reason able that he could not of his honorcondescend to a peace .

Cardinal]Dandino arrived in Brnsselles the xv ol’

Maij,legato

fromthe Pope for the verie same effect and purpose,which had his

audience the daye after owr commissioners . And as he camtothe Emperor, so Cardinal] Capo de Ferro was sen t in to Praunce .

Abowt this time was T onrnane [T éronenne] and Hesdin taken

by the Empero r s armie , where in w ere manie noblemen and gent !»men of Praunce , and especiallie in Hesdin

,where Duke Horat io

,

that had this yere w aried the K ing’s dawghter , and the Duke of

Bullion with dyverse other were slaine , to the noof the French partie .

The vat

of July the Prince of Piemon t departed owt of

Brusselles towardes the camps as general] over th’

Emperor’

sm ye ,with whomw en t Mr. W illamPelham, who was retay

n ed 1n wagesby the lad ie Regen t , and did himgreat good service in his camps

,

my brother being a enter unto himfor him.

At this season was Mon talcin o beseaged by th’

Emperor’

s armie

‘ 8ir Rioh . Morysin or Morison , son 0 ! Then. Morison . cl Ba t s. Alabama“to Hausa Town s in 1546 ; ol (3n views ; died in Strasbm1658 . (M 3 4

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and was proclaimed Queue of England , he 6eyther de livering of his letters of creden ceEmperor according to his commission .

Upon Friday , the xviij‘“of August

,my Lord Warden , S ir Thos .

Cheyn ey, ‘ arrived in Brn sselles,accompanied w ith Sir An t hon is

Browne,

’ Sir Jhon Parat , Mr. Crippes , Mr. Hen ry Poole, Mr .

Harvie , Mr . W il liamThomas , w hich was with as before,an d wen t

in to England to tarie a space there , and Mr . Norrys , heralt at

armes . Uppon Sonday fo lowing he and the rest of the commission ers had audience with th’Emperor.

Wheres it was appointed in the King’

s dayes thatmy brewe rshuld have succeeded Mr. Morisin in his room to have bineresiden t w ith th

’

Emperor, it was now the Quen e’

s pleaser to havethe Bisshoppe of Norwich tarie there . An d likewisein Praunce , to succeeds Sir W il liamPickering for Mr. Cha loner.

T he xxi iij‘”

of August the Queue of Hungary,regen t of

Flaunders ,made un to my Lord Warden an d the rest of the commissioners a sumptious an d costlie diner ; and ij dayes afie r theydeparted with all their compan ie to wardes England , leaving theBisshoppe of Norw ichs behind with th

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Emperor. ii'

“

September we arrived at the Court in Richmon t, the which gaysbeing Sondaye the Lord Cowrtney ,

latlie before delyvered ow t of

the towre , was created Erle of Devon shire , being ledd bet w ex tthe Erle of Amndle , Lord Steward of the Quen e’s house , an d theErle of Shrewesberye .

Here spake they w ith the Quene’

s Majesty , shewing herr the irrewardes geven themby th’

Emperor. T he Lord W arden a che in eof 1jmcrownes,my brother and Sir Richard Morisin two chayn es

of on thowsand crown es the pesos .

Uppon Sonday the first days of Octobre was herr G ra cecrown ed solemplie in Westmin ster Churche by the Bis shoppe of

Wynchester, latlie before delyvered owt of the towre, w ith

th’

assistan ce of all the nobilitie of the realm,which sw are teams

and homage un to herr Majes ty, everie noblemann in his degreebeginn ing 8 1 the Bisshoppe of W inchester and the Duke oiNorfolke and ending at the Lord Pagett , then yongest baron s .

Sir Thos . Cheyney. Lord Warden 16 13 . Treasurer of the H ousehold. 0 1

Shurland, Is le of Sheppey. H is tomb is in Min ster Church ; ob. 1559 .

Sir Ant. Browne. created Lord Montagu 1554 ; a staunch Roman Catholic.

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At this coronation were man ie bisshoppes , the most part of

latlie to their bisshoppricks again ; and alsoa great companie of noble wemen , as the Lad ie Elizabeth , theLadie Ann of Cleve , the Dutchess of Norfl

'

olk, the Marquess of

Exeter, the Marquess of Winchester, and almost all otherconn tesses and noblemenne’s wyves of the realm,

with a numberof knights' wy

'

ves .

The coronation Mass and other ceremon ies endured fromx a

’

clocke in themora in untill iij and past in the afte rnoons .

This yere were con emned and snflred death 1 the Duke of

Northumberland, Sir Jhon Gate, Sir Thomas Palm“ ; and

arra'

cd and condemned the Lord ness of Northam n,

the nk’

s fyve sonn es , the Bisshopp of an terbnrye, the

Jane , Sir Andrew Dudley, and Sir Hen ry Gate .

1554 .

The example of constancie and veris mirronr of truemagnan imitie in these owr daies to all prin ce,

a died this yere Jhon

Fridericke , Duke of Saxon ie, a mann for his singular virtues ,faithful]mean ing, and true ded ing with all men , no less praysedemong his ennemies than his lyfl

‘missed emong his fremdes , andlamen ted of bothe . An d such a on as wi th stowtn es of mindalwais prefarred an uncompt and stedfast lyving before the

contin ual] threatenings of a shamefnll death,whichs he was manic

times nige un to . So that neyther threatn iiigs nor fairs promisesof libertie or gmat worldlie siniories were of anie force at all tomake hismind and conscience to annyemanne

’

s appetite or desireflexible or easie to be en treated .

My brother was this yere oommannded to make himse lf roadieto goo in commission w ith the Erle of Bedfort to conduct thePrince of Spain s in to England ; but that dete rmination of theQueue s and the Counsell’s of this Jorney of his was aomore spokenof afte r Sir Thomas W iatt was on se apps in Ken t, who at TempleBarr yelded himse lf to Sir Morice Barklet nppon Ash Wenesday ,

an d atterward ' he , the Duke of Snfl'

olke, the Lord Thomas his

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‘ A aidemota in the hmu dds the day oi themomth es whlartii. ’

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B anged and quartered , Sir Henry Isley,‘ Mr. WilliamThomas,

two Kn evetts , two Man telles,Brett , and maniemoo , with sundrie

other con dempned for this con spiracie of W iatt’s ; my LadieE lizabethe

,the Erle of Devonshire

,and certain others commit ted

to the Towre that camnot to be arraygned .

During the time of the Ladie Jane ’

s imprisonnemen tTowre there visited herr manic times Fecknam

,with sundrie

other, to convert herr to the faiths of the Oatholike Ohnrche,bonrding

’ herr to renoun ce herr true and Christian faiths . And

emong other times they had this communication together , writtenand penned with her owne hand :

A Du t covs or w e Commomcu ios s srwsxr msLADIE JANE Dooonsr AND Ma. Paoxmm.

‘

What thing is nired in a Chx-istisu ?

JANE . To beleave in the Father,in God

God the H olie Ghost , iij person nes and on God .

‘FECK . Is there nothing elles required in a Ohristian bn t tobeleave in God P

JANE. Yes : wemust beleave in H im, wemust love H imwithall owr sowle and all owrmind , and owr n eighbor as owr self.

Whys then faith on lie just ifiethe not nor savethe not

JANE . Yes , verilie ; faith (as St . Paulo saith) onlie justifietha‘c x. Why St . Paul saith that yf I have all faith w ithowt

love it is nothing.

‘ JANE . T rne it is . For how cann I love himin whomI trnstnot , or how cann I tru st in himwhomI love not ? Faith and love

bothe together, and yet love is comprehended in faith‘FECK . How shall w e love owr neighbowrJANE . To love ow r neighbor is to feeds the hnngrie , clothe the

naked , and give drinke to the thirstie , and to do to h1mas we wold

to owr se lves .

‘FECK. W e then it is necessarie unto salvation to do goodworks also , and it is not sufficien t on lie to beleave

Sir H . Inlay, cl Snndridge and Farnlngham, cc . Ken t (Arch. Cant. lit ).Boarding) T o board , to say thingsmockingly (Murray).This dialogue between IM y Jane and Fecknamhu been printed Fan in

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tonrmented uppon the Cross , and then yf they did eats an other.

than eyther H e had 1j bodies , eyther elles , yf H is Bodie were eat en .

it was not broken uppon the 0mm. Or elles yf H is Bodie werebroken nppon the Cross it was not eaten of H is disciples .

‘ FECK. Whie is it not as possible that Christ by H is powercould make H is Bodie bothe to be eaten and broken ,

” to bee

born of a woman withowt the seeds ofman , and as to walks nppon

the sees havinga bodie , and other such likemiracles as Re wroughtby H is power en lie P

‘ JANE . Yes,verilie, yf God wold have don e at H is Su pper a

miracle H emight have doon e se . B11t I say that then H emindedto works nomiracle

,but onlie to bres ke His Bodie and shed H is

Blood on the Cross for our sin nes . But I pray yow an swers methis on question . Where was Christ when H e said, Take , eate :this is My Bodie

”

? Was H e n ot at the table when H e said so ?

H e was at that time alive,and safl

'

rid not untill the next daie .

W e ll , what tooke H e but bread what breaks H e but bmad ?an d what gave H e but bread Looke , what H e tooke H e brake ;and looks , what H e brake H e gave ; and looks , what H e gave t he ydid sate . And yet all this while H e H imselfwas at supper beforeHi s disciples , or e lles they were desoeaved .

Yow groun d your faith nppon such anthorea as says

and unsay both with a breth,and not uppon the Churche to whom

you owght to geve credit .

JANE. No,I groundmy faith oppon Godde’

s w ord and not

uppon the Churche . For yf the Church be a good Churche the

faith of the Church must be tried by Gedde’s woord , and not

Godde’

s woord by the Churche bicause of an tiquitie . Or shal l Igeve credit to the Church that taketh awaye fromme the half partof the Lorde ’

s Supper and will not lett no laymann receava it inbothe kindes 2 but themselves Which thingy yf they den ie to us

they den ie part of owr salvation . And I say that i s an yll churcheand not the spouse of Christ , but the spouse of the Devell . Yt

alterethe the Lord’

8 Supper and bothe takethe from3713 and addethto yt . To that Charche I say God wi ll add plagues, and fromthat Churche will H e take part owt of the books of

‘ Foxe haa here after the word Ohmm‘euhu yumyuytmahall l belu n tbo

church bicause o! An tiquitie.’

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they learn that of St . Paul , when he min istred it to the

Corinthians in bothe kindes Shall I beleave that Church ? God

‘FECK. That was done of a good enten t of the Ohurche to avoidan heresie that sprang of yt .

‘JANE . Whio shal l the Churche altre Godde's W ill and ordinan ce for a good en ten t How did King Saule T he Lorddefend .

W ith these and such like persuasions he wold haveme to haveleaned to the Churchs . But it wold not bee . There weremaniemo things wherof we reasoned but these hes the chief.

Jms Donnm.

’

AN Exaoau rxou Wm a? ma LADYEJANE ms Nwm Barons ans Smmo , mm Lu res END or A GREAT T ssumm

Samma A T om T O T HE Lu na

Cares sa“ ! H ER Bmw .

‘

I have here sen t yow , eyster Catharin ,11 books

,which

althowghe it has not owtw lie trymmed with gold, yet inwardlieit is more woorthye then precious stones . It is the books , deeresyat ir, of the lawe of the Lord . It is H is Testamen t and last wil lwhich H e bequethed to us wretches , w hich shall leads yow to an

ymmortall and everlast in g lief. Yt wi l l teach yow to live , andlearn yow to die . Yt shall wynn yow more than yow shuld havegayned by the possession of your wofull father’s landes . For as yf

God had prospered himyow shuld have enhereted his landes . So

yf yew applie diligentlie this books , seeking to direct your liefafi er it , yow shall be an enhereter of such richess as neyther the

covetous shall w ithdraws fromyow neyther the theves shall steals ,neyther yetmoothes corrupt . Desire with David , good syster, to

understand the laws of the Lord your God . L e still to die , thateternall lief. An trust not that the

ge shal l lengthen your lief. For aseon e (yf

‘ T hio ia ahowin ted by roxe ln hls d camud l loum .

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God ca l l) goith the yong as the old . IA bor alwais to learn to die .

Defie the world . Den is the Devell and despise the flesh ,dalite yourself culis in the Lord . Bee pen iten t for your sinn es

and yet desparre not . Be strong in faith and yet presume not .

An d desire with St . Poul to be dissolved aud to be w ith Ohrim,with whomeven in death there is lief. Be

and even at midn ight be wakingJ est whenstealethe uppon yow like a thief 1n the night yow be with the evellservaunt found asleepe , and leaste for lackelike to the five foolish women , and like himwedding garmen t, and than yow be caat owt fromthemarlage .

Rejowe in Christ , as I trust I do ; and aeing yow have the

name of a Christian as nere as yow can follow theM oss of yourMaste r Chris t , and take upp your Cross . Lays your sin n ss uppouHis backs , and alwais imbraco H im. And as towchingm death

,

rejoice, as I do, good eyster, that I shall be delivered of th1 s corrupt ion and put on incorruption . For I amm red that I sha ll

ortall lief wynn an immortall lief,the w hichs I

yow and send yow of Hj s grace to live in H is

fears , and to die in the true Christ ian faith ; fromthe w hich inS odde’s name I exhort yow that yow never sw arve, neyther forhoope of lief nor for fears of death ; for yf yow will den ie H is

truthe to lengthen your lief, God wi ll deuie yow and yet shortenyour dayes . But if you w ill cleave to H imH e w ill prol

gfiyour

dayes to your comfort and H is glory, to the which glory bringw herafter, when it shall please God to call yew .

Fare wel l , eyster, and put your onlie trust in God , who on lymust help yow.

Your loving eyste r, JANE DUDDLE Y .

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Good Chris tian people , I amunder a law , and amcondeumemedby a lawe , wherfor I amcomhither for to die, desiring yow all topray forme . An d I take God to witness that I never ofl

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Quen e’

s Majes ty willinglie , but onlie in tahn g uppon me this

umpoxe’s version this sentence runs , 'Bejolce in 0hrist. as I (10 ;m the

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ro IT ALY .

9 FromCalico to Grave lings , AngelHitherto did Sir An thony Aucher, Kn ight Marshallaocompauie my brother, with Mr. Richard Blount,th

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Ordiuauce , and dined togethermth'E uglishe Sluce .

9 1 Fromthense to Dunkirks , Cross Kays9 2 Newport French Crown s

Oldenburg .

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3 i. 5 An tw erpe , English house

Here my brother taried iij dayes to dispatch certain busnes of

his . Hitherto camwith us in our wagon Mr. Charles Moris in an d

Mr. Darel l . Fromhen se we departed towardes th’

Emperor’s

Gowrt to Brusse lls .

0 6 Fromthense to Maklines , at the Kettle iiij"

In this towne is all the mun ition and artillarie of the LoweCountreys .

Fromthen se to Vilfort [Vilvorde] 13“

Here is a strong cast le wherin the Landesgrave of Hess lay so

long prison er.

24 0 7 Fromthen se to Brusselles , at the WolfWe arrived here the xiij

"hof June , wher my brother lay with

Sir John Mason , Lord Ambassador.

T he iiijChof J111 by th’

Emperor’

audience with the IZady Regent , his syster, which was veryben ign

and gen t le, and de livered unto herr the Quen e ’

s Majesty 8 letters‘ T his word is used sevsn l times by fl oby to mean a oastle or iortiHed p lu s .

as‘ Schloes

‘in German .

166 1] ormoms 110 11117 105

of creden ce unto th’Emperor, who was in that case himself by the

reason both of sundris waightie afi’aires as well for the settingfurthe of his army royall (of the which hemade the Duke of Savoy ,Prince of Piemon t , his generall) as for th

’

establishing of othermatters at home , for th

’assistance of the comun es in the same ingraun ting of subs idies , and also of his long sicknes, which hadnow browght himverie lowe , that he had no convenien t time tospeaks with himi n parson

,as his Majestie was onse determined .

W ithin three dayes afie rmy brother had audience his Majestieremoved owt ofBrusselles in a littar towardes Namours

,where his

armys was, the French King’

a power lijngabowt Midsommer had taken there uppon the

towne of Maryburg, built by the Regen t herr self and

after herr own s name,and the towne of Dinant , and at length the

Castle of Dinan t , after vii assawtes geven to yt .

Here was now in the Cowrt Don Ferrante Gonzaga,fromMi llan , and Don Garcia , Don Ferran te della Noia, withdiverse other noblemen .

After Duke Maurice death , which tooke uppen himthe defenseof the bisshoppes (that Marquess Albert persued to obtain hisright of them) during this quare ll betwext them, the Duke of

Brunswike supplied Duke Maurice rowm, and was so aided by the

bisshoppes and by the citie of Noren berg that man ia times he hadthe bette r hand of him, and in a conflict now latlie he gave himagreat overthrowe and woun by force of armes all his town es

,

cast les , and strong holdes , and browght himia.

that case that heis not able to gather an ie power again . And in the later end of

July he return ed to the service of the French King again, accom

When my brother had taken his leave of the Bisshoppe of

Arms , who lovinglie embraced him, and had visited Cardinall

Poole,then lying there as legat fromthe Pope with a commission

to en treats of peace betwext these Prince,who en tertayn ed him

verie gen t le , w e departed the viijm

of July owt of Brusselles,

accompanied as far as Lo vain w ith Sir Thomas Chamberlain .

‘

0 8 FromBrussells to Lovane, Looking-Glass9 Fromthense to Tyn e [T irlmon t-Thienen]

‘ Sir Thoa Chamberlain had bcen ambu u dor to the Low Ooun tries tor

E d. VL,md was smbamdor to Spain in Queen E lizabeth's t ime.

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9 Fromtheuse to Bruchsall19 Bretten , Crowns

This towne belongethe to the Pfalsgrave of the Rhyne ; within itwas born Mr. Philipp Melanchton ,

‘ the great and pruden t clarke .

Fromthense to Vayhinghenn , Crowns 13“ long .

Here beginnethe the Duke of Wyrtenberge’

s lands . This isa pretie town e standing uppon the ryver of Ea ts , and above yt isa cast le wherin lay in garison iij hundrethe Span iardes after thewarr ofGermany was ended to helps to kepe the coun trey in sub

ject ion ; but when Duke Maurice rw e in th’

Empire against theEmperor he voided all his dukedomofSpaniardes which th

’

Empermhad in the old Duke his father

’

s dayes planted in everie cast leand strongholde abowt the land .

Fromtheuse to Magranige [Markgrbningen] jla

Somwhat owt of the hie waye . Not farr fromthis towne there isa verie strong cast le of the Duk

’

s,called Asberg [Asperg], in the

which were v hundrethe Span iardes in garison .

1 20 Fromthense to Canstat , CrownsTh is town e standethe uppon the river of Necker

,

groweth the good Necker wines . H ere is a n ew sectcalled Zwin

srmen . They hold opin ion thatis not available, but thatmenn

may better a great deale receave themin faith than owtward lie .

an d diverse other opin ion s which are to long to recite . A gen t]

man called Zwyngfeldus was the author of thisyet alive and wandring s hrode in the woorld .

menn of the town e be corrupt with yt . Within half a league of

this town e stan dethe uppon the toppe of an hil l , not farr owt of thehie way, the aun tient house of Wyrtenberg, like a bewtifull castleto behold afar of, wherby al l the hol le land of Wyrten bergtakethe his name . Yt is much in decays ; the occasion thereof

Phil ip Melanchthon (1497 a friend of E rasmus and a retormer c l

moderate vim

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8 9 21 FromE sslingen to Goppingen ,

‘ Starr iij“

Here we arrived the xxiijm

of Ju ly . Withowt the walles of

th is town e there is a foun taine of sharps water, nie unto thewhich the Duke hathe bui lt certain baynes wheremenn wash themin yt in tubbes afier yt hathe bin e sodd uppon the fire , which ta

reckoned of the coun trey showt a vorie helthsomand soveraign

matter for such as have a cold stomake , or unperfect digestion ,or

a hotto

lyver, or ague, or almost anymatter of impedimemt . Thiswater is also good to bee drunks eyther warmed or cold at all

times ; and it servethe th’inhabitan ts abowt 1n steade ofwine . In

this water did my brother bathe himself the space of vij or yiijdayes bothe before noone and after : en creasing everie daye fivmon howre at the first begin ning un till vj or vij howres a day, an dnot past (for to beginn with soman ie howres at the first , as they

doth great hurt to the bodie and afi‘

oyblethe yt vm'iemuch)thzt is to say, 11] or 111) howres before dyner and iij howres afi er

,

as a man is dissposed. And like as the beginn 1n wasO not so

daiulie to vij howres in the days , so shuld the engdimmi shelit le and l itle, everie day half an howre less or therabowt . T heysay he that wil l use yt i n perfection to do himgood must ba thevj

“ howres in all .

The ruin es of a faire cast le are to be descerued a farr of ow t of

this town e , situated in times past uppon a verie hie hill, ha lf aleague withowt the town e , called Staufl

'

en ,

’ which was destroyedan d burn t by the communes of German ie, when they mad e a

generall in surrect ion again st the nobilitie and gentlmen .

We departe d owt of thi s towne the first daye of August on our

journeys towardes Italys , having rested here to take this kin d ofwater an viij or ix dayes . Hard by this town e runnethe a rivercalled Filts

,which goethe into the Neckar.

9 22 FromGeppingen to Geislingen , Swann

This town e belongethe to the lordes of Ulm.

H ere hath bin e a fairs cast le uppon the hill, and was overthrown when Marquess Albert spoiled the coun trey showt U lmto

the verie ground , that almost no sign remayn ethe .

" H ere is s preacher called Doctor Jacobus An dress’

(sido-note is MR ).‘ In this cu tlewu bomFrederioks Barbsrozsa, th ’

Emperor ’

hidemte in M8 4.

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9 Fromthense to Balbec 13“ long.

This doth appertain to the lordes ofUlm.

Uppen the side of a hi ll above it is a faire cast le .

9 23 Fromtheuse to Geinsbruck [Gunzburg],Cross 1j

‘° long.

This towne doth belong to the King of Roman es ; yt standethuppon the river of Gen ts before w e cumto yt we

Dutche the T honaw .

A 24 Fromthense to SousmerhausenThis village is of the Oarnall ‘ of Auspurg

’

s possessions , whichte rritorie here showt . Before we cumto yt we passlong, thicke , thevishe wood , veris dan gerous .

4 5 25 Fromthense to Ausspurg, Crown sThis is on of the bewtifu llest free cities of th

’

Empire . There isno land be longing to yt , but there are within yt rich marchen tmean , as the Folkers , the Voleara, the Poungarts , the H erbrothes

,

and such other which have indeed lands belonging to them, but not

s howt the oitis . For all that , yeven to the hard w alles of yt

almost , belongethe to the Duke of Bavire and to the Cardinall of

Auspurg. This oitis is verie fairs bui lt,and manie goodlie con

veyance of waters within yt .

At our cumming hither we understood newes owt of Englandof the Prince of Spaino his arrival]theremthe port ot Southampto nthe xx of July, and the solemuisat ion of themarriage betwext theQuene ’

s Majestie and himat W inchester them “of Julye

,where

by letters paten ts fromhis father, th’

Emperor, he was open lie

King of Naples and H ierusalem, to the sti le of

) 26 FromAuspurg to B1-ugk , H artehead .

Ausperg we passed the river Leigh [Lech], and camby

Cardinal.

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a towne that by the Duk ’

s means hathmaintayned warr again s tAusspurg a long time FromAusspurg we cumowt of the hie wayeto see the towne ofMiniken .

0 27 FromBrugh toMiniken [M iinchemMun ich]. 11j‘°

This is the cheefest towne within the Duk’

s land . It stan de the

in a plain s varie plen tifull round showt yt . The towne forthe is generallie as w e ll built and hathe as bewt ifull

streams as an ie oi tis in all Germanie . Not a house of tymberwithin it , but all of freeston e and bricke 1n such cumlie orde r an ddue proportion that yt hath not his name all abrocle for n ot h in g .

Hard by the walles of yt the Duke hatho a castle wherin are fa irslodgin gs and pleasan t orchardes and gardinas with sundrie devises

This towne standethe uppon a riverDanubius , called Yser, and part of hDuk’s gardines . It 18 a famous town e forall German ia.

A 28 FromMinikin to Wolfershausen [Wolfrats

hausen]

This standethe uppen a river called the Luese [Loisach], w hichgoeth in to the Yser . After w e pass thorowgh this vi llage w e 0 11mmto a thick wood of great tirr trees ij leagues broode .

By this vi llage 18 a great monasterye calledveris richmpow ession s . A league fromhen sein to the hi lles of the Alpes , where we ascended a verieh ills , and the wagon w as drawen upp by force of horses w ithdifiicultie .

A Fromtheme to Waltsee [Walcheusee]

This village is so called by the name of the itstan dethe uppon . T he lague is 725 faddom W hichth

’

inhabitan ts sfi rmhathebin e proved within them ofman n .

Yt is compassed s how t with hige hil les on all sides . In the

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114 A sooxs orms man na ANDm [1554

h onomof the age ofmj .

Margarita, of the age of n .

Barbara, of the age of xv.

H elena, of the age oi .

Jomnmof the age of wj.

My brother wen t thither to visit them. and was browght to thei rpresence by on Geron imo, Baron of Sprincestain , a coun sellar oi" the

s .

T he Ladie Margaret he sawe not, for that she was somwh t

yll at ease and kept her chambre . Besides these vi he ha the

other iij, on married to the Duke of Bavire , an other to the D ukeof Cleve, and the third to the King of Polonia , which was mariedto Fraunce, the yong Duke of Mantua, that was drowned . T he

51128111238 firstmaried to the King of Bomaues ’ eldest daw ghter.

A FromInsspruck to Matra, E ls .

) 31 then se to Stertzin , G'

n .

Betwext Matra and Stertziu there is a monument

V “,alter his coronation

cumming owt of Italie, was there mbrother.

In the middle waye there is the beginning of a ri ve r calledPrenerpach, which fallethe downe froma his hil l, and w e fo ler ethe course of yt un till we cummto T ren t . A.11d on tb e othaside beginuethe a litle river that runnethe in to . the Sien a b on es!”

T he Cardin all of Tren t is Bishoppe of this towne, and Mhold of himunder the King, paing un to himtheir cus tommes.Here the river is called Eysackh .

32 Fromthense to Klausen , Lambs ij“

bus ooronis adsen ienti cc Ferdiuando H unger. Boemie que regi e woccurren ti optimis Principibus ad perpetuampubl ic: la titin mal no rim quadin tros an te an . VIIL digreu i summis in termortales honorihus tecn i wmmmlm wmmww mmmm tm Salutis “ mmFrancine amenu Muoo atenuei Pro tect.mandate regio f. o.

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Here the river is named Bocer.

Fromthense to CulmanBotzen or Botzan

,Golden

Egle iij“

This is a pretie town e, compassed showt with h illes , and the

lit le vale showt it is verie fruteq with vin es and sundris kindesof frutes

A Fromtheuse to NiuenmarkeA Salom

Here the river is called Eiche [E tsch].

A Fromtheuse to San Michael9 34 T ren to, Rose 13

“

Here the river is called l’

Adice , and goith fromhen se to

Verona. This town e is in the coun tie of Tirollo, and is in the

Cardinalle’

s governmen t under the King . Wherin the Cardinal]hath a faire castle . In this town e they speaks for the most partItalian ,

and man ie Dutch,which as they differ in language so do

they varie in fasshion s andman ers .

A Fromtheuse to Pergin i, Egle vm‘

Here we cummto the Ita lian miles , after we pass Tren t,and

leave the Dutch leagues , with vmiles to the league .

A Fromtheuse to Lievigo vmnl

Betwext Pergini and Lievigo w e ride by the side of a laguecalled Lago di San Christofano. This lague hath his yssue

ow t in to an other lesser, owt of the which the river of Bren ta,

that goith by Padoa,hath his heads . And by this river’s side w e

ride un til l we cummto Bassano.

Fromtheuse to Al BorgoA CastelnovoA 35 Grign o, LionA Scala

This vil]age of Scala belongethe to the Venetian s .

Fromthense to CovoloThis is a straight passage and narrowe betwext

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the river, where is a custome house belonging to the King of

Romanes .

Here is a dwellingw hichmenu and victell, or what so ever is needful l for their use, isw ound up by a corde with a w iudless , and likewise cummethe down eby the same . W ithin this house in thespring ofwater which cummeth down the hil l withme.

A Fromthense to Sismon [Cismon] ij“

Here the Venetians have custom paid themof all su ch as

A Fromthen se to Carpiuea9 36 Bassano, Angel

Somwhat before we cum to the towne we leave the moun tain scalled enter in to amode plaine coun trey , full of frut es ,

corn .

9 Fromtheuse to Cittadel la vnj‘“

the passage over the Bren ta ix “

A Limina ij“

0 37 Padova, Sunn vj"

We arrived in Padova the xxiij‘“

of the monethof

where as we mett with Sir Thomas Wroth,

‘ Sir Jhon

Sir Henry Nevell.’ Sir Jhon Outta , Mr.

Mr. Jhon Ashley ,Mr. Drurys , Mr. Hen ry W indam,Wroth (1516-1578) of E nfield. H iddx . escaped tramE ngland in

A leu -aod

gentleman ot E dw . VL’s court. Sec Strype, E co. Mm

‘ 8ir 1ohn Cheka bom Greek at

Oommimm ommMu f s M bn t diwM with royal liceme to travel . (BARR )

to Edn rd VI. Kn ighted l ss l .

-g,v idov ol charlea ndon .Duh ol Sul olk. They vere both cxfls on aeemt amflgious vim Pome giman accoun t ol their adven tmu in hismmmn a b . “ p lum.

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2 6 3 Fromtheuse to Man tua, SonnHere we understoode that fews dayesMarquess ofPescara (being sent hy the King of E ngland to take

possession of the realmof Naples for him) had, w ith great

triumphs , maried the Duk’

s eys ter as he passed by t his tow ne

towardes Naples .

Here we yewed diligen tlie the strong site of the town e , comthe lague and marrisshes , and fortified in the

w eakest places verie stronglie with boulwarks

We were ledd abowt to the Duk’

s palaces , andwhere the old Dutchess’ jewel les are, with sundrisworthie to be seene . By

' yond the bridge of themi llesPorts Nova there is Virgilina’ heads in stone sett uppon the t oppeof amarble pillar

,with this inscription on the pillar

Mantuaageniumin P. Virgilio

Marius E quicola Poetw ,

D.

After two dayes ’ abode in Mantua we sett forwardes towardFerrara along bye the Po .

FromMan tua (pamin

Saravalla , uppou the P0 ) to Ostia, Cast le xviij'fl

T hrowghe Ostia is the throwgt'

are from Praunce , German ic ,Grisland , and other coun treys into the rest of Italy. 0 11 the omegside of the Po, over against Ostia, there is a pretia to wne calledRiver [Revere].

A FromOstia MelaraA Fromthense alonge the Po side to

passage over the Po called Porto del Palauton

Before we cummto thi s passage we may discern the P0 todivide in to two partes . The on armgoethe hard by the w alles of

1551] or moms 110 117 119

Ferrara, and the other that we passed over cummethe within 1ijmiles of the town s , and en treth in to the sees in ij sundris plAnd whoso wil l go by water the next way to Ven ice takethe his

botemthat part of the Po that we passed over, at Francolin i .

1 $5 Fromthense to Ferrara, Angel . x‘“

This towne is well ditched on everie side and stronglie fortified withgreat walles andmoun ts , and not withowt cause coun ted on of the

strongest in Italys . Ou the other side of the Po that cummetheunder the walles of the town s is the ylaud of Be lvedere , wherethe Duk

’

s house of pleaser is , with sundris divises for water, andwhere salt ismade.

Fromthense to the passage over the Po at the

Ponte Vescura [PoutelagoscuroilFromthense to over the on part 0x1

Somwhat before we oummto this passage w e entre into theVenetians ’ domin ion s .

0 6 Fromthense to Ro vigo, Son n v]

This is an old towns and hath a bisshoppe over it . Throughe

it runn ethe a litle river that cummethe owt of the Adice .

A Fromtheuse to the ferie over the main sriver of the Adica , called Angui llara

A Fromthense to Conceive , throwghe the

plasshes andmarisshes of the Adica0 Fromthen se to Padova

Here we arrived again the xix“ ofOctober .

This yere , showt the xxviij“of November, were abrogatedm

England by Act of Parlamen t all such statutes , actes , andmjun ct ions as had bin s 111 time tofore established against the BisshoppeofRome’

8 usurped authoritie , and the wholl realm, by the sabmission of the Parlamen t , absolved by Cardinal]Pole fromtheir heresiesand othe taken again st himin times past , by full authoritie fromhimbeing Legatus ex late re .

T he writing began the xviij‘hofNovember I ended the iz'ib of

Februarie folowinge .

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1555 .

Pcpe July the Third died themi“ ofMarche, and in h is rowmesucceeded Cardin all di San ta Croce , called by name Marce llu s the

Second , not chaunginge his n ame , as other Popes had don e in fin e

time ; w ho going s howt spedilie to brin to pass sun drie refiormt ions of abuses 111 the Churche, died thefiast day of April] fol ow in g ,not withowt susspition of poyson , being made Pope on l ie hy t heassen t of the Imperial] Cardinalles

,the Frenchs Card in a llee

being assembled . H e reigned'mthe seate xxij dayes .

T he imperiall armie, guided by the Duke of Floren ce an d

Marquess ofMarignan o, so oppressed the citie of Sien a w ith lon

jgsiege and sore assalts , that for want of vittualles to hold ow t e

longer yelded uppe in to the Emperor’s hands in the mon eth e!” e

of

T he ix“ ofMays Sir Jhon Cutts departe d owt of thi s w oorldeat Venice of a pleurisie, as it is edged .

T he xxv was created Pope ardinall Theatin ,Cheti, of the familie of Oarafl

'

a in Nap les , of whom V is cou n tMon tacute and the Bisshoppe of Elye had audiand Quen e’s Majesty ’

s behalf for the restitutionto owr holiemother

,the Churchs ofRoome .

T he xijmofJun emy Lord ofBedfiort arrived in M 0 11, an d S ir

An thonys Cooke departed towards German io.

In the moneths of July Sir An thonys Brown e , V icoun tMontague

,returned by Padoa fromRoome. and

Ely arrived at Venice in his jorney towardsmy brother wen t to see him.

T he rythof Julymy brother departed owt of Padoa towardes

the Baynes of Caldero. besides Verona .

Alter xxij dayes abodd at Caldero, to take the w ater,we

departed then se in cumpan ie with Mr. Wrothe and Mr . Cheeko,who w ere then oummfromPadoa ,ceased before owr cumming fromthense , begann

We taried a while at Verona, as well to see the town e as the

coun trey showt,and the lague called di Garda ,

Verona,at Lu is e

,and xvmiles from en se all the breadeth of

the lague which stretchethe to the towne of Salo, up pon the

T he xvijth ofApril] (side-note in

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A soon orms mvms m u sr [ 1555

Here we found the King of Roman es ‘Charles , his youngest son n , at the Diet (whichbefore), bothe for the uniting of German icaiding th’

Emperor and the n against thethe truce being new expired .

T he prince that were at this Diet , by their agen ts and not on

in person , stoode exceeding much upon their rehgimi , which w as

the onlie poin t and stay therof, bearing in mindme Diet had at

Passa by the King and the Duke Maurice , andthere agreede upon

,bothe in the Emperor’s and in the Empire 's

behalf, as in the yere 1552.

Here , the first of September,my brother spakewho gave himgen t le audience . In this diet wasby the stats of th

'

Empire that Prote stants shuld be intermedledwith the rest of the Chamber of th

’

Empire , to th’

enten t that all

shuld not consist in the Papists ’ hands on lie,con cerning rule and

governmen t towching the astate of th ’ole Empire .

Also that the bando imperial to bani she and exile within the

precin t of th’

Empire, and to confiscat their goodes that tresp ass ,

shuld not be withow t the authoritie and con sent of the Prin ceElectors ; least for everie trifling cause of displeaser men n shuld

be ban isshed owt of th’

Empire .

It was furthermore decreed that en is parson , of what con ditionsoever he be oi

,that wil l forsake Poperie and becuma Prote smm

shuld depart owt of the countrey he dwe llethe in , in safi ie w ithhis goodes and lyving, to remain e where he luste the withinEmpire

,and in this decree was con tayn ed the Kin g

’

s o w n

astris , and belongethe as well to pres ts as t o

laytie , saving that priests shall not enjoye their stipen drevenue yf they forsake their pristhood , but on lie theirmovab les .

T he xxvi of September the Diet ended with an oration madeby the King for a small conclusion of the same unto the sta ts

there assembled in the town e house after theman er.

An d the first day of Marcheto meet the Kin g at Ratisbona at an otherDi

at the King’

s request , who the day afie r his oration made departed ow t of the oitis of Auspurg towards In spruck , there to

remains during this wyn ter.

'H o camhither th5 29 oi Deoembe1 l tM'

hidamte in MS J

1555] ormoms Boss 123

owt ofAuspur and

made his jorney by Ulm, Es ling [E salingen], Stutcard, and pire .

FromSpire to Overson [OggersheimThis is the Palsgrave of the Rhyn e his town e , latlie burnt andnew building.

6 Fromthens to Woormes , White Swann9 Oppenheim, Crown s

This towne clothe belong unto the Palsgrave, but is pom sed

presen tlie of th’

Empire, for certain in te res ts betwext the Palsgraveand th

’

Empire .

6 Fromthen s to Men ts, W ild Mann

Marquess Albert en tring in to the oitis , spoiled and burn t theBisshoppe

’

s palaice , with certain abbayes and monasteries bothe

Fromthis oitis certain of ns wen t to see the citie of Franck

ford, iiij leagues along the ryver of Mens , that runn ethe by yt ,and en tre the in to the Ryn e on the other side of Men ts . In

Franckford were Mr. Jhon Hales ,‘ Mr. Thomas Ashley, Mr. J .

Cepe , Mr. Sutton , Mr. Whitehead, pastor, Jhon Bale, Turner a ofWyn dsore, and décers other men and womenn to the number of

heon hundrethe , had there a churche graunted themto

Here , in Mentz, we tooke bots to go downe the Rhyn e in to

9 1 FromMen ts to

thense to

In this towne of the Palsgrave’s were the Lantsgrave of Hessan d the Erle ofNassaw , attending for the arrivall of the Palsgrave ,the Duke of Cleve, the Duke of W irtenberg, and manie other

Mr. John H ales , oi Coventry. son of Thomas H ales. of H ales Place , H alden ,

Ken t. Miss Lamond, in her edition oi A Discourse o/ the Common Wea l of thisRealmof E ngland , ascribes the authorship of the work to him. T he ChristopherH ales men tioned on 9. 6 m pmbably his brother. Gt the elaborate note on

Halea by hir. 1. 8 . Leadam, Tram. Boy. H ist.

Dr. David Whitehead, an u fle on acoount oi religious viefl in 1566 . Pastorof the E nglish congregation s t Frankfort (Strype).

Richard Turner. a Protestan t divine, Prebend ot Windsor 156 1 and Vicar oi

Dartford .

princs that

Nassaw, concern ing certain lands 111

Benethe Bachrachemthe middlrock, standeth a house called Pfalz,Rhyn e takethe his name .

0 2 FromBachrach to Ooulensmoblentzl fl e lmet

h 3 FromCoulens to Collen ,WildmanCollen to Disteldorf .

thense to Kaisersw ert

Uray [0mm]Wese l

Here cummethe a diepe ryver into the

chef town e,A mile fromEmmers down e the Rhyn e stan dethe a house

called Toll house,wheras custom is paid for the Empero r , the

Duke of Gelderland ,and the Duke of Cleve , everie on his se verall

custom. A t this customare iij town es in Ge lderlan d free— T ie l ,Bomar, and Numegen . A t this toll house we leave thema in e river

of the Rine on the right hand and en ter in to a braun ch of it ca l ledthe W al l , whichs n evermeete again . And here we en tre in to theland of Berg.

0 FromEmmers to NumegenThis is the chief town e of Gelderland , and in yt are lj cu s tomes

,

those for the.

Duke,and th’other for the town e .

9 6 Fromtheuse to Tiele,Pellican

Catharine , widow of Charles Brandon , Duke of Sufi olk, Baroness W illoughbyd’E resby in her own right ; born at Parham, Sufi olk , 1519 ;married, 1552 , RichardBertie (see p . T he boy men tioned here was born October 12, 1556 , and

named Peregrine (Comp lete Peerage,

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126 A 30 0 111: or re s 7 3 11v AND [1555

Afier ix dayes’

abode in this citie we departed fi'

omthems eto Brusselles , where the Erle ofDevonshire was taking his jonrn ey

and the Lord Hastings into England .

Abowt A llhaloutide Mr. Miche l Bloun t , Mr . Skidmore , Kemis ,and I departed fromAn twerp toward England . FromM Iwen t to Evesham

,

‘and there lay a season , un till my brother cm

thither.This yere died the Bisshop

fChaun celer of England ; an

The Bisshoppe of Canterbury,2 Riddley, and Lstimerwere bu rnt

at Oxford,andmania at London

1556 .

Abow t Candlemas cammy brother to London out of Flaunders,

and shortlie afier tooke his journey in to Worcestemhire ; at his

departure then s I went with himto Bissham, which was at E aster .

This yere were Peckham,John T hroginorton , Dan ie11, an d

certain other hanged for treason .

In the Whiteson weeks I returned to Evesham. where theBisshOpp of Worcester camshortlie after in visitation to set upimage

,etc .

1557 .

In Len t I camto Bisaham, there to con tinew . At Mid sommercamto BisshamSir W illiamCecill ,my Lady Bourn ,my LadyCeci l], with her sister

,Elizabeth Cooke . Immediatlie aft er then

departure then s tookemy brother his ourney toward E veshm, andfromthens to Bathe . I remained at ome to see his new build inggo forward .

’

Upon Christmas Day I fell sick of a burning fever, which hehleme till TwelfDay.

‘ At E veshamm an ests te belonging to SirPhilip Hoby.

‘ T homss cn nmer, burnt March ?. 1555 .

‘ The ‘new building

’to whioh reierencc is hmmsde was not oomplmam]

1561. It no donbt includedmost of the Tudor work omthe north and son th egg“H all. la the T apestry Boom. south ot the Ball. the arms o! Thoma. H obyimpakd with thmot hh wflamomed omthe fin plw e.

1668] ormoms 110 3 11 127

1558.

Upon Twelfday was Calice lost , where they within were takenrisoners, and Sir An thony Aucher, Kn ight Marshall , slaine withE18 eldest sonn ,

Jhon .

T he xviij ofApril]my brother Philipp wen t fromBisshamto

London , there to seek the aide of phisition s , where he made his

last will and testamen t , and made disposition of al l his lands andda.good

T he xi ofMaij I came to London , being sent for to set myhand to a recognisance, and retourned again the xiij, talring myway by W imb lton , where I communed with M" Elizabeth Cookin the way ofmariage .

Whitesonday, the n ix of.

May , departedmy brother out of thislief to a better, at iij a clock 1n themorning, leaving his executo rs ,Sir W illiamCecil1, Sir Richard Blount , and me , who took upon meafter the w ill 1 was proved the admin istration of his gooddes .

T he ix“ l day of June he was buried at Bissham,being conveyed

thither by wate r.

Monday themmof June,themariage w as made and solem

n ised betweeneme and Elisabeth Cooke , daughter of Sir An thonyCooke, kn ight. The same day w as also her syster Margaret , theQuen e’s maids,maried to Sir Rauf Rowlet , kn ight , who shortlie

after departed out of this lief.T he rest of this sommermy wis i and I passed at Burleighe , in

Northamptomshire .

At Michelmas was I at the findings ofmy brother’s omce at

Worcester. Fromthens I retourned to London,where I founds

my w ief newly retourn ed out of Northampto n shweT he xvij of Novembre died Queue Mary between s v] and v1

the clock 111 themorning, and betwene 1x and x w as proclaimsjggW estminste r the Lady Elizabeth , Quen a of England

,France , and

Ireland. T he same day died Cardin al] Poole,‘

botwene vij and viijat n ight , who had brought up all e again in England .

This yere died a lso Charles the,Emperor, and in his place

was electe d Ferdin ando, his brother.

Upon Christms s Day fell I sick of a sore plewrisia

' Philip H oby s will 1s dated uay L and pmed July 2. 1558, in the f’mo

gs iive Oonrtmoodemw A ud is s lengthy but in teru fi ng doem

A BOOKE OPmB TBAVAIL-E AH D LID

This yeer camto the Court Mons'

T he Queens was visited with sundris mu gs “ fi-en gisand d im otha .

The viii day of-Iuly l came to Bisshamw ith my w it ha e to

Darcie,and

my brother Richardmaried .

T he iiij of June was Sir Nicholas Bakon , Lora K e ep er of the

Greats Seals,and Sir An thony Cooke, my fathe r in law

,at

Bissham.

T he xxv day of August died my Lady Hoby , late w ief tomybrother Sir Philip Hoby .

T he xxx of the same the just ice of the shire mee t the Q ueen eat Bagshot , comming toward W indsore .

T he viij day of September dined at Bissham the LordMarques ofNorthampton

,the Erles of Arundell and H ertford

,the

Lord Cobham,the Lord Henry Seimer, Sir Roger N orthe , the

Lady Katharin Grey , Lady Jane Seimer, the Lady Ceci l], M “

Blaunch Apparry, M“ Mann sfeld , the Queens

'

smaids .

T he xx of the same I departed toward Eveshamand taried

there xv daies .

there remained xiij weeks .

Probably E ric. king elect of Sweden .wh

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1564 .

Repairing of outhouses and barn es beyond the stable .

T he xvj‘“ day of November w as Anne born e about V lj of the

c lock at night .

Christened the x ixt ll of the same,Mr. Deane ofW es tmin ste r 1

being godfather, Mr. Thomas T hrogmorton’

s w ief an d her aun t

Katharin Cooke godmothers .

Gabriel Goodman , S .T .P.

GE NE RAL IND E X

Place names sre in imfics .

An n u a l . 67. 74. 77. 93

-d. 66Acam85

dew . ricer. 4 1

Argen tina 6Fran. do. 19. 29 Ammo. 85

AM 7 . 111 Amourmade at Inasbmok. 118

Arm, bil hoy 0L 94. 105

Alexander.Kich s 67 Arundel. earl 01. 96. 128

Ala n . 80 0 AMAR. 15

2115 11, 0 1115 . 8. 18

6a“ «1

1.t a. e

Innshmok. 80AW , 10?A 58. 54

duke of. 19Amboim68. 72Ambush ! (AM Y Monsr 86. 92Am . 67 .

l l fiAndrea Dorm49 : in collusion with

AW . 11

Amham. Bog.. 4 ; his opinion oi'

l‘

hos .

Jo.. 116Thos.. 67. 198

Am . 108

Astute .

Atom. 38

Ash d'. Su Ambugny104 ; slain “

Calais. 127

4m.

“7 . 109.

Diei ou l.192 ; dnhe d 8u ony es1ten . 79

A cardinal ot la

88

M SG. “

GENERAL INDEX

Bu n s, 64

Baccano, 23

Bacharach, 63 . 123- 125

Bachraghe . See Bacha rach

Bacon , s ir Nich . , 128

Baden ,marquis of, 107B.1doero , Fider., 13

Bads ey , cht .

Ba ia , 30 arches in sea n ear, 32 ; ruin s

at . 32 ; description of, 33 ; baths ai ,

33

Ba le. Jo. , 123

Bamberg, bishop oi . 84Bando Imperial, the , 122Ban ishedmen , 36 . 53

Barbarcssa , Fred . , 110

Barbarcssa , Khair-cd Din , 44

Barb is t. See Bun nies

Barclay , sir Maurice , 97Barker, Mr.

,21 , 25 , 52 , 6 1

Barker, W ill. , 19Ba t hlet . See BarclayBar letta . 5 1

Bartye , Mr. See Bert ie ,Rich .

Barw zcs , 7

Ba ssa no , 8 , 62 , 115 , 116

Battle of Sievershausen , 84 , 95

Bavaria . duke oi , 5 , 7 , 8 1 . 1 14

Ba vi re . See Ba varia

Beauger, Madame de , 88

Bedford , earl oi , 97 , 103 . 120

Bee f,ma1qu1s oi . See E lbmufBellay , card . , 93

Bc lu 'dert’ , 1 19

Ben ez'

en to. 35

Bertie , Peregrin e , 124

Bertie , R ich , 124

B esford , co. W orc . ,H

Beuf. Sec E lbw uf

s emch, 109

Biez , Mon s . du , imprison ed , 73B igg, Magdalen . cht .

Burg. T homas , ch t .

8 1119 . See BmgenBmgen , 123 , 125

Biondo , 25

8 13 0 710 1771. 6

B 18hd 7ll , 126 , 128 , xvi1, xv111. xxii , cht .

barn s an d ou thouses at , 130 ; buildmtrat.xii. 126 ; buildings at. fin ished , 129 ,

estate at , bought by s ir Pb . H oby , xii

foun tam made at , 129 gallerymade a t , 129 ; garden and orchard

p lan ted at , 129 ; stables at , 130 ;

turret built at, 129 ; wa ter la id on tohouse , 129

Bissho n t, 6Bla ngy. 93

B lo is , 68 , 72 75

Blount, Mich 126

Bloun t , Bic , 104

Bloun t, sir Rich . 127

Bohemia , king of, 5, 63Bois-le-Duc , 64

Boissy , Mon sr. de , 86

Bologna , 17 , 61 , 114

Bolsena , 22 , 61

Bonamicus , Laz., 8 ; birthp lac e of, 62Bonaven ture , M . Banb . , 109

Bonn , 63 , 106 , 125

Bopfingen , 109

Boppard , 125

Borghetto , 121

Borgo. 8 , 115

Borio, An ibals , 17

Bork . See Baarle

Bosco del Pellegrino. 39

Botzen , 8 , 115

Bouillon , Godfrey de , 90

Bou logne , 67 , 74 , 77 yie lde d to F ra n ce ,

64

Bourbon , Chas duke o i , tomb o f, 27Bourbon , duke of, 88

Bourbon , H ouse oi , 88

Bourchier, Jo. , 6

Bourn , lady. 126

Boxwell , H ardi ng. 24

Boysy . See BoissyBranden burg, Albert.marq u i s o i . 5 , 7 8 ,

95 , 1 10 . 123 ; n egotiate s w i th F re n chking, 79 ; quarrels w ith d ukeMaurice . 8 1 escapes from F re n chking, 83 ; join s emperor , 8 4

Brandon , Chas , duke of S uffo lk , 1 16.

124

Brass images of H ouse of A u s t ria , 1 13Bray , John , lord , 65 , 66

Breamore, cht .Brennerbach,

1 14

Bren tius. Jo. ,109

Brcteuzl , 67 , 77

Brett, 98

Bretten , 63 , 108

l lrissac , Mon sr. , 86

11mm, 7 . 1 14

Brooke , Mr. , 1 17

Brown . sir An t , 96 , 120

Brown e , lady , 77

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GENERAL INDEX

Cleve , duke of, 63 , 106 , 123 , 124 Cromwell , death of lord , 7 3

Clinton , lord , 77 Cuhnan . See KollmanCoast (cost), to, 39 , 72 Cum, 34

Cobham, George, lord , 65 , 128 Cunn ingham, lord Alen , 1 29

Cobham, Jo. , 6 Customhouses , 124 , 125Cobham, T hos . , 67 Cutts , sir Jo., 66 , 116 , 120

Cobham, sir W . , 66 Guy. See E couis

Coblenz, 63 , 107 , 109 , 124 Cyminus , Lucas , 22

Cola in . See Cologne

Collen . See Cologne

Colma r, 109Cologne , 63 , 106 , 109 , 124

Cologn e , archbishop of, 5Colonna , Ascanio, 21

Colonna, Fabricio, 22

Campaigns , 6 1

Congia , earl of, 38

Conselve, 119Con stable ofFran ce , the , 69—7 1 , 93

Cooke , sir An t , cht . , 11 , 74 , 117 , 120 ,128

Cooke , Cath 130

Cooke , E lizabeth , cht 126 , 127

Cooke, Margaret , 127Cope.J 123

Coppinger, dea th of sir Ralph , 73

Coral, 52

Coma , Ascan io della , 95

Corn ish wrestlers , 72

Cornw allis , H en . , 116

Corona tion , ceremon ies at queenMary

’

s , 96

0 0 7 315118 , 3

Cosen za , 41 , 42

Cossington , cht.

Cotton , Jo. , 8

Cotton , sir Ric , 7 7

Courtn ey , lord , 96

Courton , Mon sr. de , 87

Courtyer, T he ,’by coun tBaldosarCas

tiglione , 78 , xi

Covalens . See Coble'nz

Covolo , 115

Cow ling Cas tle, 65

Cranmer, Thos . , condemn ed , 97 burn t,126

Gram, a , 64

Cra ti , ri ver , 4 1 , 42

Creguison . See Crequ i

Cra tz'nach. See Krcuznach

Cremcra , river, 23

Crequ1, Moust . de , 87

Cripps , Mr. , 96

Crispio, cardinal, 7 1

DAxms , MARY, cht .Dandino, cardinal, 94

Dan iel, 67 , 126Danube, the, 111 , 112

Danvers , Cath . , cht.

Darcy , sir Arthur, 75

Darell , Mr., 104

Dartford , 64

Dasipodius , 4

Dauphin , the, 85

Della Torre family , their fe n d v

Soveragnani , 15

Della Torre , Francesco , tortu red , 1 6Balmal . See Aumale, dnc d ’

Denemurs , Mon sr. See NemoursDen is , sir Maurice , 77

Den ny , sir An t , son s oi , 1 1 6

Desse E ase, d' Mon sr. , 8 7

Dethic sir G. , 66 . See G a rter kin ]Devon , earl of, 96, 98, 126

Devon shire , earl oi . See D evon

D ia ne , Va lle del, 38

Diet ofAugsburg, 122

Diet ofPassau, 81

Dinan t, 105

Din kelsbuhl, 109

Dionysius H alicamassus , 3 0Dodington , Ann , cht .

Dodington , Cath ., cht.

Do-nauwvrth, 109

Doria , Andrea , 49, 51 ; goe s to Air57

Dorset,marquis oi, or. duke o f Sufi .

Double horse , a , 7 1

Douglas , lord James , 129Dover, 64 , 74 , 77 , 131 , x ii iD

’Oyly , Jo. ,

129

Dragout Rais , 50 , 51

Drury , Mr.,1 16

Dudley , s ir An d . , 91 , 77

Dudley , Jane . See Grey , la d y Ja n eDun kerque , 3 , 104

Durf (Urfé d’ Mon sr.

, 87D uringm, 5

Dusseldorf, 63, 124 , 125

GENERAL INDEX

E 3 0 ]. 1, 38

E clowe, 104E couis , 93

E dward VI 64 , 75 at H ampton Court ,74 ; proposed marriage of, 75 ; deathof, 95

E lbmuf, Mon sr., 86, 92E lectors of the Empire, list oi , 5E lizabeth , queen , 98 ; proclaimed , 127meets justices at Bagshot, 128 ;maids earl of Arran suitor to,l 29 ; 1etter from, to lady H oby, xxi

E llis , John , 19

E llis’

s Letters , xx n

E ly , bishop of (Goodrich), 66 , 69 , 73(Thirlby), 120

Emmere. See E nmwn '

chEmmerich, 124 , 125E ngad in , the , 1 13E ugen , 125

E nghien , comtesse d ’

, 89 ; due d’

, 85 , 92E ngla nd , rebellion in , 1549 , 21 ah

solved fromheresies , 119E nglish ambassador, 6, 8 , 69, 93E neming, 3E shsr ,

E ssa, baron d’

(Desse), 87E astingen , 109 , 110 , 123

E ats , 117E sta, d

’

, Don Franc , 37 , 88 ; childrenof H ercules, 17

E tampes , 67 , 73E tampes , Monsieur, 86E ttbingm, 6

E vers , lord (Yvers), 66Emham, 126 , 128

E xeter,marquis oi , 97FAoms , PAuw s , 4

Famese , Alessandro, 21 , cardinal, 29 , 93Famese, H oratio , duke of Camerino24 ; marriage oi , 91

Farnese , Octavio, duke of Farms , 24 , 76Famese, Pier Alois , 76Faunus, Lucius , 25

" " 128. Su

Fugger. See Folker

Fund i . Bee Fond a

Gu ru , 27n illard , Chateau. 77

Ferrandin , duke of, killed , 14

If'

errara , 11 , 17. 61 , 1 19Ferrara , cardinal oi , 24Ferrara , duke oi . 13, 37 , 86 , 89Ferrara , prince oi , 86 , 92Fietze, 7 , 80Filpott, 24F in ito, river, 41

Fish in Lago d i Garcia , 121

Fish in the M incio, 121Fitz Wal ter, Viscoun t, 66

Fitz Williams , H ugh , 132

Fitzwilliams, Thomas , 8 , 117Fitz Williams , William, 66m ara de l Moro, 43

Flan ders , regent oi . Sea H ungaryqueen of

Fleare , Mr., 67Fleetwood , W ill., cht .F lorence , description of, 18

Floren ce , duke oi , 13 , 18 , 120

Foist , a , 27

Folkers , the, 7 , 111, 113

Fond i , 58Fordun , Cath., cht.

Fortiguerra , Laud., 19

Fossa , 117Foster, Cath ., cht.

France, kings of, Charles the Great, 41

Charles IX 133 ; Francis 1 89

Francis death oi , 129 ; H enry II

68 ; state en try into Nan tes , 70 , 7 1

made K.G 69 ; claimto Milan and

Savoy, 89, 92 queen of H enry92 ; Lewis XII., 89

France , law of descen t of lands in , 91

Francis I. and Francis 11. See France ,kings of

Francolino , 61 , 119F‘mn kjurt, 109 ; E nglish church at, 123

F’rawsen , 107Free cities of the empire, list of, 109Freinsheim 107

Friedburg,Fringar, Lucas , 67

GENERAL INDEX

Galeazzo, Giovan . , duke ofMilan , 89

Gallego, Zulu) , 19Garda no , Va lle d i , 35

Gardiner, Stephen , 5 ; death oi , 126

Garigliano , river, 57

Garter king of arms , 66 , 69Garter, Order oi , H enry II. of Fran ce

made K .G 69

Ge ts , s ir H enry , 97 sir Jo., 97

Geinsbmke . See 6 11nGets lingcn , 110

Gelderland , duke of, 124 , 125

Gengenbach, 109

Gen tz. See Gi’mtz

Gewere. See S t. Gear

Giustin ian i family, 14Glencaim, earl of, 129

Gonzaga , Ferd 11 , 105

Goodman , Gab 130

Goodrich. Thos . See E ly, bishop of

Goodw in Sands , 64

Gbppmgen , 7 ; baths at, 1 10

Gos lar, 109

Gouema, 118

Grand Prieur de France , 86Gra ti . See Cra tz

Gravelims, 3 , 104

Gravesend , 74 , 131

Gravin es , duke of, 28

Gray , lord , 103

Gray’s Inn , 19

Greenway. See Grinwaye

Greenwich, 64 , 65

Gresham, lady Fra . , 129

Grey , lady Cath . , 10 1 , 128

Grey , lady Jane , 95 ; condemned , 97 ; exeouted , 103 ; her dialogue w ith Fed :

enham, 98 exhortation to her sister,10 1 her words on the scafiold , 102

Grigno, 8 , 115

Grinwaye, T hos . , 19 , 52 , 54 , 57Gris land , 118

Grisley , Mr 67

Grotla di Szbzlla , 34

Guiche , Mon s ieur de , 87

Guidot , sxr An t . , 66

Guilford , lord , 97 executed , 103

Gu iscardi , Robt . , 35

Guibe , duchess oi , 88 89

Guise , duke oi , 10 , 86

( h dmh. See Julwh

Gun founder a t. Inn sbruck, 80

Giln tz, the. 1 11

Gunzburg, 7 , 111

H ACKBUT ’I‘B A cnoxn , 56

H ach oood , cht.H agenau , 109H a inault, 89H a lbec. See AlbeeH ales , Chr., 6 , 123

H ales , Jo., 123

H a ll , 113

H all , Mr., 67H a ll , Schwdbiech, 109H a llein 109

H amerting. See H eimerd inmHmzpton Court, 75 ; King E

7

H ampton , Mx. , 63

H andford, Jo. , 8, 52 , 54

H ann ibal , 12, 34 , 42 ; bus t of,H artman , Gellue, 109H erve], E dm. , 8 ; burial o f, 6 ]H arvie , Mr. , 96

H astings , Jo. , 8

H astings , lord , 126

H aylpmmz. See H eilbron nH eerwaa rden , 125

H ei lbronn , 109

H enry II. See Fran ce , kingsH eralds . See Chester,Rouge Dragon , Somerse t

H erbert , sirW . , or. earl of PenH erbrothes , the , 111

H artford, earl of, 128H ertogenbosch, 64 , 125

H esd in , 88 , 94

H esse, Philip, landgrave o f, 7 1123 taken prisoner, 4 gu :w ith his arms , 80 ; se t a t

Charles V 82

H ill, Rich . , 6

H inde , Frau , 67H oby, accoun t of family o f,

gree oi , cht . , xvi

H oby , Ann , cht.

H oby, Anne, birth of, 13 0 , ch tH oby , An thony, cht .

H oby , Barbara, cht.

H oby , Cath . , cht .

H oby , lady Catherin e , ch t .H oby, s ir E dward , b irth o f, 1H oby , E lizabeth , birth o i , 1 2 9H oby , E lizabeth , cht . mart i n,goes to London , 128 ; tra vpen ses of, xix

H oby , Giles , cht.

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GENERAL INDEX

Jubilee year at Rome , 60Jugge , Rich . , 5

Jahzh, 106

Ku s zmwxn 64 , 124 , 125

Kaufbeuren , 109

Kemis , 126Kemp ten , 109

Killigrew , Cath . , 11

Killigrew , H en . , 11

Killigrew , John , 1 1

Kingsmell, H enry, 78 , 1 16Kirkham,

Mr. , 67

K lausen , 7 , 113 , 114

Knevett , 98

Knolles , H en ., 67

Kochelsee, 113

Kollman , 7 , 115

K é n igsw in ter, 63 , 106

K reuzmch, 107

Kyselbach, 107

L 4 0 0 mAmma n», 31Lago dz Garda , 120

Lago di S . Chrw tofano, 115Lago Negro , 39

L’Aw lo . See Ajello

La ingreben ,112

L ama , 39

L a Isola , 23

Lamon d , Miss , 123Lan dgrave . See H esse

Land sberg, 7

L a Polla , 38

Larges , Mon sr. de , 87

Latimer, H ugh , bishop of Worces ter,

burn t , 1 26

Latomimat Siracuse , 49

Lauria , 39

Lauso , river (Lao), 39Lautrec , Mon sr. do, 9 1

Lazise, 120

Leadam, I . S . ,123

Le i th, siege of, 129Leithingto n, 129

Len tim, 47

Lemins ler , okt .

Les Ande lys , 7 7

Levan t, the ,44

Lever, T homas , 67Levico,

8 1 15

Lew is , XII 89

Lignago, 1 17

L imdau ,109

Lin a, 125

Lipari , 52

Lisle , Viscoun t , 66Lister, Mr. , 67Livy , T . , 30 ; bust of, a t Pad !quoted , 35

Loiano , 17London , 131 ; Tower of, 3Long, Mary , cht .Longeval , Mon sr. de , 87Longueville, duc de, 86Lorraine , An t . , duc de , 90 , 9 1duc de , 90 ; duchesse d e , 6 2 F riduc de , 91 ; John , card in a l d e ,90 , 93

Lorrain e, Lewis de , 90Lorraine, state of, 90Los ta , 125

Louvain , 3, 105

Loys , Mon sr. , 85 , 92Lozane, 68

Labeck, 109

Lucas , Rich. ,49

Lucrino , 30 , 34

Lude , Mon sr. de , 87

Luria . See Lauria.

Lasers. See Luzarche sLutes , bellies oi , made , 7 ; s trin112

Luttrell , death of air John , 7 3Luxemburg, lady Mary o f, 88Luzarches , 67 77Lyris , river, 57

M 4 4 3 , the , 106 , 125

Maas tricht, 106

Maddcburg. See Magdebu rgMmcardus , Jo. , 7Magdeburg, archbishop o f, 5Magdeburg, siege oi , 6 4 , 7 8 ; fa l lMagriy , 93Magmn ige. See Markgrb

‘

nin genMamz, 63 , 82 , 123Ma i n z, archbishop oi , 5

Ma itland , Lord W ill . , 1 29Maklincs , 104

Ma lghera , 8 , 62

Ma lta , galleys from, 4 9Mandersctt , coun t , 10 6

Manfrcdon ia , 56

Manna , 54 ; accoun t of, 4 1Man sfield , Mrs .

, 128

Man tel], 98

Man tes , 7 7

GENERAL INDEX

Man tua , duke oi , 118

Ma n tua , en try of Philip II. at , 11

in scriptions at, 12 , 118Manuscript of autobiography, accountoi , v

Merck, Moust . de la , 86

Marcus An ton ius , 59H arden , 76

Margem. See Malghera

Marignano,marquis , 120Marina, 60

Markgrbn ingen , 108

Marlow , cht.

Marmerol , duke of, 13Martial , quoted, 59Martian , 25

Martyr, Peter, 4 ; at Oxford , 65Mary , queen of E ngland , coronation of,96 ; married to Philip, 111 ; death of,127

Mary, queen of Scots , 7 1 , 129Maryburg, 105Muse. See Maas

Musharia, a , at Ven ice , 13 ; at Moreno,

14

Mason , sir Jo. , 66 , 69 , 78 , 104

M a trey , 7 , 114

Maugiron , Mon sr. de , 87

Maximilian , king of Bohemia , 5 , 63Mechelburg. Sec MecklenburgMecklen burg, duke oi , 78 , 80 ; slain , 82

Mechlin . See Makli ‘nes

Medici , Cosmo dei , 18Meissen ,marquis of, 5Melanchthon , Ph . , 108

Melazra , 1 18

Mclazzo, 5 1

Mel tio. See MimicMemmirngen , 109

Mendoza, Don Diego, 19 , 24 , 61 ; supports cardinal Pole, 26Mendoza , Don Juan di, 14Mendoza , Mon sr., 67 , 73 , 74

Merdon , 76Mervyn . See MurphinMessina , 44 , 49

Mestre, 62

Meta, 3 , 92 , 109 ; taken by French, 78 ,82

Meysson . See Meissen

Middleton , Thos ., 67

M i la n , the state of, 89

M i llmusm. See Malha 'usen

Mill , E liz ., ab t.

Mongibello . See E tna

Mon teeute , Viscoun t , 120Mon tagna , 117

Mon ta lcino, siege oi , 95Mon tcalm, 117

Mon te di Somma . See Vesuvius

Mon te , cardinal Giov. Mar. 61, 60

Malhausen , 109Muwich, 112, 121

Muradiga , 117

Murano, duke of Fermndin killed at, 14Murano,maskerie at, 14Murphin , E dw ., 11, 24

M imic , the 13 , 118 , 121

Minn , Nich 67M inore, 53Min tum , General Council at , 57M imand ula taken by French , 78M issemim, Li ttle, cht .M ittenwa ld , 113

Mala , 58

Mobiotes Castle , 88Mailers , 88

Monas tery of San Lorenzo di Pad il la , 39

Mon teleom'

, 43

Mon te Rose, 22

Mon tesano, 39

Mon tmoren cy , Mon sr., 86 , 87 , 128

Mon torsoli , Giov. Agnolo, 45Mon tpen sier, duc de, 85Mon tpen sier, H ouse of, 88Mon trem'

l, 67 , 74 , 77 , 93

Monument in brass to Chas . V. and hisbrother, 114

Morano, 40

Morisin , Chae. , 104

Moris in , sir Bioh . , 63 , 94 , 96Morison . See MorisinMorton , earl of, 129

Nmouns . See NemoursNamur, 105Nan tes , 68 , 72 ; state en try of H enry II.

at, 70

Nan teuil , coun t de, 87

Nan teur. See Nan teuil

Nap les , description of, 28 , 56 , 57

Nap les, pier at, 28 ; seggi at, 28

Nassau, earl of, 123

Navarre , king of, 87 heiress of, 88

queen of, 183

Baum, 4Bee Ucchinun

John . 66. 7“

i hinn , John , 52Orphinatrs nuu, Min. “ 70mm, 124. 125Outta . 80 0 0 1119140Octtglia . 118

O ltringd m(Kent). MOudcnbour 104Ovid quo 42,Oxford , 5. 65, 183

P4 0 0 4 . 8 , 115. 119 ; lec ture". at, 8 ;government 0 1. 10 ; An tonor'u tomb

“ mt “ b

Bm dnke d . “

Pascal's ,marquis of, 55, 118Pew‘ F“ . 19.240 61

Phu oe, the, at Messina , 50E ngland , 62 , 1 18 ; a this en try in to

V

to l

l

tl

s

ary, 111en try at erona, in solen c 13Philpott. Sec Fi lpott

3 G i .

Piaw ewPi ckering, 811

‘ W. , 66 . 96 ; ambas sad or

Piedmon t, prince of, 94 , 105Pietola ,

Virgil’s birthpls ce , 13

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ih . 20 ; a fortress built a t. bySpan iards , 61 ; taken by French , 7 8 ;taken by Charles V 120

Silvius , 78

Simmem, duke oi , 107S in tmr. See S t. Trend

Skidmore , 126Since , 80 , 104 , 118

Smythe, sir Thos . . 66 ; his presen t tmmFren ch king, 73

Somerset , duke oi , deposed , 21 ; mt to

T ower, 75 ; beheaded, 76

Bomemet herald , 95Sordo, w eer, 41

Soverimmimily, 15

Sp in ello, 40Sp ires , 82, 107 , 109 , 121

Sprinmtain , baron of, 114

Stafiord, sit Bob" 19, 24

Stanhope ,mMich ,beheaded ,

S taMen, 110

GENERAL INDEX 143

Stoke” , 3, 104 T iel , 64 , 124

S tertzin , 7 , 114 T irrell , E liz., cht.

Ste ttin , in Pomeran ia , duke oi , 5 T iaata , 85

Stirling, earl oi , cht . T oledo, Don Gen ie , 29Stonor, E liz., cht. T oledo, Don Pietro di , 29 , 95Stradling, E dw . , 19 , 35 , 52, 54 , 55 , 57 T olomeo, Claude , 8 , 61 , 93Strange, Bog , 67 T omitnnus , 9S trasburg, 8 , 6 , 109

Stretford , Geo. , cht.

Stmung, Thos . , 8

S tromboli , 48 , 51 , 52S trongoli . See S tromboliSturmius, Jean , 4

Sturton , Mr., 67

S tuttgard , 109 , 123

Styles . E liz . , cht.

Snevia , king 0 1, 127Snflolk, Catharine, dnehees oi , 124

Snfl

f

olh, death of H enry Brandon , dukeo 78

Bnflolk, H enry Grey, marq . Dorset,created duke oi , 74 executed , 97

Sulphur H i lls , 32

Button , Mx., 123

Sweating sicknes s in E ngland, 78

Sweden , king of, 127Sum, the. See Imz

Syracuse, 47 ; description oi , 48 50 , 57T umellns , 8T urner, Rich , 128

Tu nas. See Tende T uscany , journey in to, 17 twelve

cities of, 22

T aumworth , Mr., 116 T ylberg, 125

T ende, comte de , 87 Un s x nu ivomv, 109T enn is-playing, 72 Ulm, 82 , 109 , 128

T ermee, Monsr. de , 87 Undeley. See Les Andelys

T erouemw , 94 Urbino, duke end duohess of, their

reception at Ven ice , 16T erra do

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Lavoro, 28 fertility of, 56 Urfe, d’

(Durf), Monsr., 87Ursy. See Orsoy

Theatin , cardinal , 120

Thirlby , Thos . See Bishop of E ly andNorwich

T i

gome, William, 4 , 67 , 96 ; executed ,8

T honaw, the. See Danube

Throgmorton , Jo., 126

Throgmorton , Mrs 130

Throgmorton , Nich ., 65 , 66 ; kn ighted ,74

“ h. the. 25 . 26

count

T onnewert. See DonauwbrthT omAmmcia ta , 37 , 55T ours , 68 , 72

T oury , 67 , 73

T racy , Mary, cht.T ragedy of Free Will ,

’the , 63

T ravelling expenses , Dover to Bisham,

xx ; London to Paris , xxT reves , archbishop of, 5T reviso, 8 , 62

T rey , Monsr. de, 88, 98T rick. See Maastrichl

M , 8, 13 , 62, 115 , 121 council at ,80 , 82

T rier , 82

T ripergola , 82

T rundle, Thos . , 67T ubinga . See T abingenTubingen , 109

Vumivammzv, 63 , 108

Va lkcnburg, 106Vane , s ir Ralph, hung, 76Vemey, E dw ., 67Vamey, Fram, 67Vases , Mon sr. de, 87Vaudemon t , eomte de, 90 , 91Velk tn

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, 60

Vendbme, duo de, 85 , 88Vendbme, lords oi , 88Venice, masherie at, 18,

ma d m a n ; cenmony o!ring ot, 17 ;

‘bnoentoro ’at, 16 , 17

Volargno , 121

Volcanic dis turbances at E tna, 47near Naples , 88

Volcano , 48 , 52

Volwmo , Cas te!Mare di , 57

Vu lafimuium, Lucas , 22

Va llarna , 85Vylserlon . See Ville-swr-Iron

Wu a. the , 125

Wak henm, 112

of, 21 , 66

0! Northumberland , 74

Weldon , Thee 129

Welsers , the. 11 1

Wentworth , lord, 103Wesel, 124

m em es ; Gmeo cfi SM nAfiLatino , 29 ; Manhm'

k eeb r.

29 ; 0 1, 58 ; w 13 0 0di

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l‘

omno, 18 ; M il ,

0 9 1mm

YOUNG , Jo. , 8 , 67

Yvers . Lord. Sec E vers

Z Amax , 8

Z one. 125Zwingieldue. See°Schwenk feld

T H E END

Worcester, earl of, 66 , 7 1

Worms , 68 , 82, 109 . 128Wotton , Dr. Nich , 98 , 96

Wres tlingmatches . 72W rath , s ir Thos . , 1 16 . 117 , 120

WarteM berg, 108W iirtembe duke oi , 108 , 109 , 123

Wfin burg, iebop oi , 84Wyatt, s ir Thos. , 4 , 5 , 8 . 65 ; rebell ion

oi , 97

Wyra rd is bury , n u

Wyndham, 116

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EDIT ED FO R T H E ROYAL

H IST O RICAL SO C IET Y BY

T H E LAT E SAM UEL RAW SON

GARDINE R,D .C .L.

LONDON OFFICE S op T H E SOC IE T Y, 9 OLD

RJEANT S’

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A Breife relation of such passages and proceedings , as happened between theKing of Portugal! and his Min isters on the behalfe of the King of GreatBrittaine after the Arrivall of his Ma" the King of Great Brittain s hisfleet in the port of Lisboa

APPE NDIX

A. A copy of a paper which Monsieur Delisle, Cavalier and first Gen tlemanof the firivate chamber of his Majesty of great Britain , gave un to the

King of Portugall

T he Answer which his Majesty, whomGod preserve, commanded to begiven to the said papers

Ah answer to this Paper

B. T he Portuguese Secretary of State to Prince Rupert. (A Copys)T he Portuguese Secretary of State to Prince Rupert. (A Copys )

C. T he Portuguese Secretary of State to Prince Rupert. (A Copye)

D. T he Portuguese Secretary of State to Prince Rupert . (A Copye)

E . Answer by Charles Vane to Prince Rupert's Declaration

INDEX

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should have power° to make adjud ica tion of such prizes as sh ou ldbe taken at sea by his Ma

’” fleets ; and after such adjudication to

se ll and dispose of the same,in any of the portes of the K ingdome

ofPortugal].That no inquisition should be made in what fashion or u pon

what ti tles they brought any such goodes to be sold,because it do th

not belong to hismajestie (the gofPortngall) or hisjudge of the qualities or tit les ofmerehandizes whichnations with that Crown s doe bring to sel l in the ports thereo f.

That in case any shipps be longing to the en emies of his s aidMa" the King of Great Brittain s , shou ld happen to come t o an yof the said ports , whilst his said fleets was there , the yshould be dete ined in the said harbour three natural] daye s ,

his said Majes tie’

s the King of Great Brittain s his fleet s w as pu t

to sea : See the treaty at large in Charta A .

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Upon the assurance of this agreemen t the Jn of theAdmiraltie for his Ma” the King of Great Brit tains id

proceed against certaine shippes surprised by his sayd Ma “111 the open sea, and w ith it brought in to the Port of Lis b on an dafter on and examination of the busin es s s all

bein g duly observed condemned them an d thegoods lawfn ll prizes to his Me” the Ki ng of G re atBrittaine : saving onely that he ordered all such goods ab oard aeeriaine shipps ofLondon ca lled the Roebucke ,to Lisbon (but in the way intercepted by his Majest iesdid belong to Portingn ez, or such E nglish as had been e an c ien t

inhabitan ts in Portugall, and had no trade or commerce wi th theRebells of England contrary to his Ma"

"proclamatioms , Shou ld be

restored to them.

See the several sen tences given .

After these sen te nces w ere given there passed a decree fromthe said Judge to give possession of the said shipps and goode s fiorcondemned and confiscated as aforesaid, to his Highn es se PmRupert as his Ma

“ especial!ass ignee in that behalfe ; fo r h imto

ce ll and d ispose of the same for his Mam“

use as he shou ld thinkfitt . A nd his Highnesss Prince Rupert in vertue thereof didcontract an d agree w ith certa ine Portuguez merchan tes for thetaking al l the sa id goods of his hands at certa ine sale s b e tw eene

themconcluded on

See Appendix A.

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See the agreement betweene the Prin ce and the Portuguesemerchants .

W hilst this businesss of the saile of the goods was in agitationthere came a letter fromthe Secretary of State to the Prince hisHighnesss hearing date the 23 of December 1649 demandingrestitution of the shippe the Roebucke ; upon pretence that it wasa sh ipps in the immediate service of the K ing of Portuga ll, and

therefore ought to bee as free as one of his owns shippes ; uponthe receipt of which let ter his Highnesss gave command to the

Judge of the Admiraltie forthwith to draw up a paper in Latin s ,to shew the grounds upon which he had condemn ed it that so hemight send it to the Secretary of State to give himsatisfaction inthat particular, which was accordingly done . And the poin t incontroversy claerly evinced ; that the King of Portugal! had no

manner of in teres t in the said shipps, but that the shippe did

belong to divers inhabitan ts of the Citty of London , and that theprofitt of the freight , and a great part of the lading was to be

See this lettex° and the answeare thereunto Charts B. the 1

and

This answeare was sen t in a lette1° written the Secretary of

State, and the letter-contain ed words to th is e That by thePaper in closed it might be seen [ou w at 118 the saidshippe , the Roebucke was adjudged the King of

Great Brittain s ; That in regard his said Mamhad now a legal l

title to the said shipps , his Highn esss could not alienate it , w ithoutgiving an aceompt toto his Majest ie , why he did it . Howbeitn otwithstanding any things conteined in the said paper if hisMe“ the King of Portugall would afiirme unde1° his hand , thatthemid shippe was immediately i n his service, or that he desired itmight be restored for his sake his Highnesss would immediate lyrestore it , but his H ighnesss n ovex° w aved any answeare fromtheSecretary or anye lse ; eithe1

° to the said letter or to the paper inclosed.

Ou the seven an d twen tieth of Jauuary follow ing,

’ the Secretary did write another le tter to his H ighnesse ,

wherein he dothdeclare , that the in teressed in the shippee and goods his Highnesss

' 8ee Appen dix B. The answer is missing. Ou the othet° hmi tbere is a

second letter fromthe Sw ea ty oi the same deta objw fi eg to Prinee Maurice

going out to sea with the object 0 1 preying upon E nglish commerce.

1650 .

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u ssos

tooke,and those which follow the voice of the Parliament (to

hinder the disposall of those goods in this Port) had requiredJusti ce of his Maw in an ordinary way and that it was impossiblefor his Ma

“ to hinder thembut that he would rather be forced to

give leave to his tribunals to make use of their jurisdict ion s , thecauses for it being great and the ineonven ien cies

,which by the

con trary may happen to unquiet the we lfare of the Kingdombeing eviden t , that the Kingdoms beganne to presen t to his

Ma‘“ with great resen tment that by nomeanes he doe any efience

to the Parliamen t by reason of the damage that thereby mightresu lt to their commerce with them, nor to alter the ancien t lawesand rites

,especially by the prejudice of a third person . That

theriots his Ma“ e had commanded himto give notice

nesse before he came to imbarque‘ and sequester thes

apprehend and proceed against the buyers to gather

pps and to procure his speedy departure w ith

There weere other things besides inserted 111 the letter ; which ans

purposely omitted,by reason this is the substatwe of all that is

materiall,and the rest but additional circumstances to it .

See this letter at large , Charts 0 .

3

Upon the rumor of such a letter sen t by the Kings comman dto his H ighnesse , (for the ind marchantes to whome hisHighnesss gave liberty to goe on shoare , and those of the Reb ellsin the citty had divulg

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d it as much as they could)Merchan ts that had bought al l and receaved part(a lthough they had not given ful l satisfaction forreceaved) fly fromtheir bargain s , and would neither receave the

remainder nor pay for what they had ; in so much that hisHi ghnesss was forced toprote st against them,

for all the damagehe shou ld sustain s by this mean es ; and the ordinary tradesmenwith whome his [H ighnesss by] his officers had to doe for the

victualling furn ish i ng of their shippes example bythe Portuguez Merchan ts that had con t

pes

goods w ou ldnot part w ith any things out of thei1° hands but for readymone yso that his Highnesss neither be in g able to ven t his goods 11 0 1

°

to

have creditt for such commodi ties as he had occasion to use, the

sett ing out of the fleete was by this meanes much retarded .

H is Highnesss finding himse lf 1n theseaddressed a letter writte n with his owns hand

Le. to embarge. See Appendix C .

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merchan ts of the Oittie before him, to whomhe proposed two

things , first that they should all superscribe a petition to the

Kings , for the sen ding both the fleets (to w it) that of his Ma"

under the command of his Highnesss Prince Rupert (and thatof the rebells) out to sea, that they might noe longer be an

hiuderanee , 0 1° in terrupt ion to the trade of the Oittie : but his

drift being smelt out by the merchan ts, that by

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this means hehoped to engage the two fleets to a fight , the greatest part of the

best and ablest of themabsolute ly refused to signs it , as a th in gthat was noe way fitt ing for themto meddle in , but was pfor the Kings and his counsel l to dete rmin e , to which othersmthat they would by noe means subscribe such a petition asmightbe the occasion of the effusion of see much English blood : theother point he proposed to themwas to perswade themnot to payto the now cons ul! anymore duties of Consulage , but to reservethemfor him that shou ld be appointed by the Parliamen t to

receive them, which proposition was not on ly rejected bymost ofthemerchants , but gave occas ion to the consul] to eomplayne tothe Kings of the in solencie of the man

,who being noe way

qualified and having noe order fromthe Kings , durst perswademento deuie himthose duties , which by the King of England’

s commission wears al lowed him,

and by the Kings of Portugall'

s approbation con firmed and by all themarchan ts subscribed toe and to

have thempayed to such a on e as should be nominated by the Parliamen t when the Articles of peace doe say exprml that noe Consullshal l be received but such a one as is nominated hy the Kings .

Neither was M“ Vaine on ly basis in the con trivinge of h'm

des ignes on shoare , but on board they wears as much bu sied inreturn ing an answare to his Highn esss declaration ; and at lengththere was a paper scatte red up and downe the Cittie 111 forms of

libbell (for it was not owned by any 1115 nor directed to any) suescurrilously invect ive against the Prince his person , soe ands tiouslyboas tings of the insoleuses they have committed in E ngiand in[murjtheringe the late hinge , and dispossessinge his sonne, who istheyr lawfull kings , of all the rights of his crown s

,an d con

ts in ing see little satisfaction to the businesee poin ted at by hishighnesse declaration , that if any man durst have owned it (anM' Va ine utterly disclaimed to have had any hand in the con

triving it) there would have beenemeans found out to havemadehimsmart for his insolencia.

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See this an sware of the Rebells Charts Gr.

l

Whilest allmen are amused expectings the event of the beforemen t ion ed debates and these other passages a Fren ch Vesse l lcoming in to the harbour was searched and ran saked by the

rebelle shipps ; of which misdemeanour the French agent complayned to the King

,who returned an an svare to this purpose ,

that the French had on ly enfi’

red a l ittle truble in havinge theyreshipps searched

,but the dishon our lay upon himthat it was don e

in his port , but for the future he w ould take care that noe suchthiuge should be attempted ; yet n everthe less on good frydaybeings the of April], stilo novo

,2 French men of war

commings under saile to en ter in to the harbour, as soon e as theyweare espied by the rebe lle fleet presen t ly 3 of theyr frigots slipttheyr an chors and wen t tow ards themand brought themapp to

theyr Admirall, the Capptaines of these 2 french vassel ls commingeon board w eare threatned to be detayn ed theare

,un lesse they

would give themsecurity n ot to joyn e with P. Rupert : whichthey refusinge they weare actually det c in ed . Therapon a greatcomplain t was made at Court by the Fren ch Agen t , that his 111

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beings a con federate of the crowne of Portugal] could not havehis shipps goe in and out of the port w ithout beinge examin edand having condition s imposed uppon them

’

by these rebelle an d

desired the Kinge to give presen t order for the in largmen t of

the Capptaines an d the bringing upp of the shipps . T he K ingsheighly resen ts the affron t that was don e himby the committingethese in solen ces in his ports

,an d there uppon sen ds amost severe

and threatn inge message to M r Vain e to send down e to the

Admirall forth w ith to release the Captain es an d to permitt theshipps to come upp , otherw ise they should heare of himin an othermann er then they had don e , which comman d M " Vain e under

tooke to performs,and thereuppon on the Sunday follow ing both

the Capptain es and shipps w eare released , an d w ith great joy and

oxultation came upp to the place where the Prince his shippslay an d there cast anchor by him.

E ndorsed : Cepie of the Relation of passages at Lixboa.

Appcndix E .

APPENDIX

A cow or A u ses wh ich Mes si aen D su su , Cs vu nmitimr i s erGmasmu or rm; PRIVAT E os sms s a or me Mu ms or om r

Bmu w , oavs us'

roma K ING or Pos rooau .

B urs ar, Prin ce Pa latine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria ete . , kn igh tof themos t n oble order of the garter, A dmirall and Lieu tenan t Gen era l]of the marat in e forces of his Majesty of gues t Brita in , H is ma

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yhaving given n a pow er 111 particular commission to send un to the

of Portuga l] to t re ats 111 con clude w ith his Majesty wha t w e sha l l judgeprofitable dz necessary for the good of his afl

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aires 61 part icularly of his

fleets , we have judged it exPedieut to send un to his saidMajesty of Portugall, as in efl

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ect we send 111 the name of his Majesty of great Britain,Monsieur Lisle, kn ight 111 first Gen t leman of his Majesty

’s privie

chamber, to propose un to his M ajesty of Portugall the articles following, &to procure wi th all diligen ee to obta in a t of the eon ten tn ,61 to conclude w ith his said Majes ty of P0 with all ad van tage

{genius for the good of the afl

’

s ires of his majes ty of great Brittain .

w itnemw hereof w e have underw ritten this comission wi th our own

hand, 41 comanded it to be s igned w ith the sca le of our arms .

The King of Portuga l] sha ll give protection 61 liberty to the fleet

or ships of h1s Majesty of grea t Britta in , sen t by his Highness PrinceRupert , 61 to all haviu his commission to cast anchor in all ports,ha ven s , rivers dzroad s onging to the K ing of Portuga l] in E urope,Africa Indies , 61 other parts of the world under h18 subjection J:

dominion, dx in case the sa id fleet or ships bringun to the said plu s:

any prises taken fromthe enemies of his said M ajesty of great Brita in ,his majes ty of Portuga l] sha ll prote ct dzgive themfreedomto stay tha t,

w ha t time they shall thinks expedien t dzn ecessary w ith all nrece

fl iw ith out themolestation of an (b that in the

remain 41 be in the full pow er en tire disposingBritta in 111 of Prin ce Rupert .

Such ships as are prizes or any others that are load en w ith mchand ises as shall be brought in to an of the said please by the sa id

fleet or any having commmsion fromi’rin ce Rupert, shall rema in there

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pleased,A: by what tit le soever gotten , because it be longs not to his or

any his M in is ters to determin e the legality of the title of such goods ,w hich nations in amity 6: union w ith this kingdombring into its portstomahe sale of. And his Majesty doth further ordain that there begiven for their mony in to the said fleete or ships all tha t they sha l lsund of

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necessity oh ck if in the fleete oome Prince Rnpert in person ,his Majes ty doth command that he be en te rtained served wi th a ll

prejudice of examyile to other Princes , w ho pretended the same , 6;were denied, as also the con tradiction which the kingdomwould makefor breach of law in that poyn t But his Majesty doth coman d all

Govemours of his conqnests, that if the fleet of his Majesty of grea tBrittain or any ships thereof put in to any the said ports to furnishthemof necessarys, that w hat they wan t be given them, that they b ew ell received, used dx defended if they be in necessity of defen ce,atvert is ing notw iths tand ing theymake no sayl of w hat bring in ,

for that is to commerce, which as is above said is not in 0 80 pa rtspermitted by the law s of the kingdom.

It remains declared that the fleete or ships shall stay in the portsmen tioned in the t article the time they please 6: exceptingthe vis it of heal 63 of acknow led the ships w ithw hich diligence cannot be excused, his jesty is pleasedgoods dxwhat else they carry, be ,

not visited.

A s for what concerns this article the

pleasure is , tha t the usage or tres ia to baused w ith those of France, Swesia, 6x olland.ven ish t tomake a difference betw ene nations that are friends 63 con

makes no doubt, but the ofi cers of the admira lty or

any others of his Majes ty of great Brit tain doe judge the prize theytake as they shall think fit ting, ea thon h it be w i th in the ports of

this kingdom. T o adjoyne or ad one in beha lte, or to intervene

in any respect, ether by himselfe or ministers in such sentences. is

nei ther necessary nor convenien t .A t Alcan tara the 18ch of May 1649.

PamVi sas DA Su va.

PRINCE RUPERT AT LISBON

T n s RE PLY nu ns s v Mos suma ma LISLE .

In answer to the first article of the paper I presen ted his MajestyofPortugal], whomGod preserve, was pleased to gran t that during thetime the ships of his Majes ty of great Britta in mymas ter should stayin his rts they should have all protection 85 rece ive no damage byany, I ought it necessa that upon their departure there should beassigned them3 natural]

l

gays before any enemy’

s ships should followafter, coman ding such ships to be deta ined the said space of t ime, ifany such he then in the sa id rts .

In the 3 article touching tli:sayle of goods frank, free of customesim '

tions , I represen t anew un to his M ajes ty that there in thesekingmloose nothing, ra ther gain by the fa cillita ting the cominginto themof the said goods, which in Fran ce other pa rts , w ithoutesteeming it a curtes ie, can be sould for one or 2 in the hundred, be

cause it is ordin ary w ith all, neither can it be matter of con se quenceseeing the difl

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erence of things at presen t . T ha t if any of the confede

rate Prin ces w ere in such straights dx ex igen cy, the kingmymas terwould not repayre at some indiferen t advan tage, that should be madethen in that case and if Prince Rupert his Lieutenan t gen eral l, givingorder for the say] of such merchandise as it w as des ired in the sa id

article, there can be no suspit ion of a coson age or fran tlc to s tea le tho

custome, such a thought can not be harbourecl in the brest of

sue a Person . Of this I expect an an sw er such as the generousness of

his Majesty, w homGod preserve, doth promise .

Lix : 9 Aug. 1649.

AR As swza T O n u s Pu s s .

I have read un to H is Majesty, w homGod preserve , this paper he

commands me to answ ers w hat your seren ity w ill see in this margen t .So resolved his Majesty, d: in the same conformity he w ill command

it to be t in execut ion .

In poyn t his Majesty remlved that by reason of the prejudiceof example to friends and con fe dera te na t ions , (k bycause that tho

the Aliande a which w ere home w ith the kingdomc an not

be remitted, by reason 0 part icular partys w hich ha ve the ir ren ts dc

in terests there, he could not nor ought not con s en t therein to the

senot in, but having respect to the reasons you reprw sn ted me by wordofmou th are touche d in this paper, his Majesty w ill comand tha t

whensoever goods of the sa id qus llity c ome in ,the re shall he seene

what cnstomes are payd in respect Of the qua n t ity of them,dzgoods

l onld, w i ll by w ay of grace or favour best ow upon the ships or the ir

captain s some quan t itys of mony .e in such promrt ion tha t. their

coming un to these kingdoms a se lliug their gems here w ill a llwaysu 2

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turns themto good accoun t. 80 that w ithout any hurt or ofl'

ense bythe inconvemen

tendy

;alleadged, your senoria will s till obtain enjoy

w hat you pro God keeps you.

Fromcourt this 18“ of September 1649.

Psao V unaa nA Su va.

E ndorsed Copie of the treaty with Mons . du Lis le.

T as Posruoom Sacas u s r or Su re ro Pumas Bursar.

(A Come )8m,

— J uelin de Roguemond , Secretary of the French Embassysexpected 111 this Court , 111 the behalte of Prince Maurice toldme of his

determination to goe to sea with a party of shi pes , the rest of the

fleets remain inge with your Seren itys , as a lso ofph1s desire before his

departure to have a time allotted himto speakspeaks w ith his majes ty.

But because it is the general l report in Court , an d I un derstand as

much by them that Prince Maurice goes to sea to take suchE nglish shipps asu fillow the vo of the parlament w ith in tenm'on to

returne and se ll his prizea an to in corporate his forces w ith yourSerenitys , I amcon strained (as w ell out ofmy obligation to the good

as out ofmy ambition and desire to serve

that this is much op te to what was

nee w ith Monsieur de o by order of hiswould justify as much, and amconfiden t

dete rmine the qualityes of goods imported, nor to examine the t itle bywhich the w ere gott ih . A nd your Sere nitye wi ll understand as

much by t 0 forms of the aunsweare his Majes ty gave Moun sier de

Lis le in writing, and I sen t your seren itys upon your Serenitye’a first

arrival] to this port . In that conformity w ee proceeded, and doe pmoeedwith your Serenityes nawya, but that they should in for succour and

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to peruse and see the complaynt made un to himfor the taking of thesayd shippe, all his min is ters were of opin ion that your Seren etyeshou ld have restored her not 80 0 much of favour to the sayd shipsatisfaction to the King 111 whose seas and almost 111 whose sig tt she

was taken, as tha t the lawes of justice and amitys did soe require

because shee w as freighted in this port for the transportings of tw o

hundred familyes of Portuguezes fromthe Is land of 8 ‘ Ma e‘ to

Maranhao to succour and populate that plan tat ion , also carry someamunition and other necessaryes for the defence and conservation of

that state, then ce returned (according to the securitys shoe had given )to demonstrate how shoe had performed the premisees, and to bringbacks the aunsweares an d in te lligences of the Governour, andmthoserespects w as accoun ted as a ship of his MajestyeJ eing shee was in his

service both out and homeward bound, that i t was agains t all goodamitys that on e friend should take fromthe other the goods of suchas served him, especia lly as longas they were in actuall service, turningthat to their losses which in right should bee a benefit and utilitys ,an d that because his Majestys imagined your Serenit ’

s oflicers wouldhave raysed n oe doubts in a thing soe manifest, t ymought haveforborne to make further en quiries and diligen ces , informing your

veritys und truth.

mate ria ll that this shippo ca and brou

of particulars , to gayn e thereby her frergh or has our

to in forme your se lfe 111 the Citys , you shall 6 11 thatk jestye doth freight shippee ofs trangers or natives, that hismin is tersmay doe it with most advan tage of his treasure , they first treats w iththemarchan ts tha t have commerce and correspondence in that 0 0 11

for w hich they in te nd to freight, that 90 0 themostOpart of the

rges may lye upon such Marchan ts’ accoun ts, and soe i t happenedwith this shippe , but nevertheless , as I have already sayd , her prin cipal]employemen t was the King's service, otherw ise shoe had never

Maranhao ; and that end or in ten tion as prin cipall 1s to be 10 0 uponand n ot the accessorye and consequence of farre lease consideration .

H is Majestye w ill by noe means consen t, that the Justice of his

Majestye of Great Britain e bee prejudiced, in the same nature he

cann ot suffer the prejudice ofhis Crown es and peop les just ice, as it fa llsout in this case notoriouslye, and w ee beleive that the officers and

ministers of your Seren itys w ill see understand it, if they looks uponthese reasons and informs themselves of the trueth heere alleadged, andsee command restitution of the sayd shipps , being shes can never beeheld a law efull rise. God have your Seren ity 111 his protect ion. fromCourt, this 23 0?December 1649.

Paao a s a DA 8mm.

Probably St . Mary of the Azores .

T e a Pomousss Sw asu ar or Su n ro Pars on e s ar.

(A Copys .)

8m,— T here are nowemany dayes past , since the in te ressed in the

shi and goods taken by your Seren itye, and for the sale whereofyou ve con tracted in this port , have re quired of his Majes ty, whomGod preserve, theyr right and just ice , and

,w ha t is of greate r con

wthe right of the Pa rlemen t, procuringe and endeavouringe

to der your Serenitye fromdispos ing of those good s in this kingdome,as it hath bin denyed to others of like condit ion in the coun treys of

Princes of n earer paren tage and a llian ce to his Majestys of Grea tBritaine An d because hi s Majestys , desirous that your Serenitye shouldgoo out of this port w ith all satisfact ion , ha th commanded to find out

and use some mean es to aun sw eare and accommodate the in te ressedw ith their con venience and w i thout offen ce to your Seren itye , and

that now e they the sayd in teressed have recourse to the Counse lls and

Ministers of the Crow ne, requirings an ordinary course of just ice , itis impod ble for his Majes tys to hinder it, rather hee shall bee con

strained to permitt the Courts to use their jurisd ict ion , to avoyde

great inconveniences that by the con trary may redound prejudicia llto the quiet nesss and tran quillitye of these kingdomes . W

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ith this

instruction his Majesty commands mee to te ll you fromhim,tha t to

avoyde embargoes and the seques t ra t ion of your goods , as a lso the

m fi n

ie and procw

‘linge aga in st the buyers, your Seren itye shouldreemha 0 all in to your

ehippes , and w ith all brevity has t en your

departure , because over and ab ove the premises , it is a busynew : muchto has repaired at , that your Seren itye being anchored in this port

w ithout Pow er or authoritye in it t o molest su ch shippa as follow the

voyee the parlamen t . nor theyre t o offe nd such as follow the voyeeof his majesty of Grea t Britain e, should command and ob lige w 1th

your Art illery such shippee as pas se tos t rike and low er th flags to

your Admiral], as it happen e d t o a shippe la te ly d , rte d or'

l t alye ;

and it being here ane in violab le law e and cus tome , t t neesh1ppe geeout of port w ithout the privi tye and licence of his hlajw tye , yourmmity dispacht one these n ights pas t tha t caused a oons ldmbledet rimen t to some H olland ves sels in un i on and amitye w 1th us

:as na

notorious . An d now the C oun trey w ith grea t res en tment begins.

t o

w t un to his Majesty, tha t has can never consen t to anythi ngthat shall bee ofl

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en sive ts» the pa rlamen t by reason of commerce nor

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alter the law es and aun tien t customes, especia lly to thea third partys . And moreover doth complayn e of whatos ted to your Seren itye in tw o pages of mine, w ithout as ye t receivingany satisfact ion . And his Majesty doth expect, that as 111 wha t layein his w er hoe procured and desired quietn esse and unionthe par amen t and king of great Bri tana, soe likewise your Sereni tyw ould procure and des ire the same betw eene himand his subjects ,taking away all occas ions of d isgust to a nat ion that wi th soe greatjoye and conten t received and en tertained yourSir, to aunsw eare this letter w ith brevitys , his Manxietye expects it . God have your Serenity in hisCourt 27 of January 1650 .

Ps ao V tsaa m1 Sums .

T ea Poaruousss Ssoas ras r or Su re ro Pamcs Burs a'r.(A Come .)

S la— H is Majesty having seene and perused the per yourSereni ty left in his royall hands, wherein your 8 . doth e whetherthe aunsweare given Mounsieur du Lis le doth sti ll take place. or

hath autoritye, his Majesty gave me command fromhimto te ll r

S. that he never doubted to admit in to his ports the shipps J i

v

e

Majes ty of Grea t Britains manner as hee sign ifiedand declared un to himby Mon sieur du Lis le , and that he wondersmuch your 8 . should make un to himsuch a proposition ,

there beingnothing altered on the behalfe of his Majes ty .

If your Seren itye did it by reason that some dayes past I didcommun ica te and in timate to your 8 . that it was not

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ust and goodcorre

sd'

pondence. tha t your S . bound and comming to this K ingdomsshoul upon this barre or neare it in tercept and

as came to it fromour Conquests or any othersshould come in to this port w ith themwith in ten tion to make as ofthemin our sayd port, as a lso should remayne foure mon thsw ith soe con siderab le a n avys terrifying and afirightinge shipps of

commerce fromoomming in to the great prejudioe of the Crown e andcomplayn t of the subject s ; That our Seren i w ould take not ice,that noe such diflicultyes could w ell bee tram out ofmy discourseand proposition , your Seren ity lmow es very well that the reasons

abovemen t ioned and other thinges done by your 8 . in this port ha vebin amighty hinderance to trade , with the oppression , and irreparable

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jus t rights and native lyberties of the people in trusted with them, 61h they are bound by all obligations both human e dz divine to

mayn tayne preserve against all the sh'

orts of tirany w hat soever, isfamous ly knowns unto the whole world , what 1ssue 1tti tt hath pleasedgod to put to that greate d iflerence by delivering up the powerperson of tha t king in to their hands, dr which hath since binne donneupon him, 61 declared again s t his sonne heir apparen t to those evell

counsells which divided betw een e the head an d shoulders of his fa therwee are now no w aise afraid or ashamed to hears oi . T he mostrayling accusations our adversaries can bring again st us wi ll beun to namat ter of filling ourmouths with the prayses of our god , whohath doun e terrible th ings 1n righteousness for the of his la.and bath w rought out for themso great sa lvation y such unhmof

dzunparaled w aysa n either doe w ee take it t for any disparagemen tto na our parlamen t a: nation , that w ee are so vile in the es teemsof this Vagabond Jerman ,

a Prince of Fortun e, whose highnes is

nothing else but haugt iness , his Principality meere the

plurality of his person an afi‘

ecta tiou so singular tha t no princecan chuse but smi le at t itt , who after he was cudgelled out of E n

gland

fromhis trade of plundering did in a short time sett up a t sea an was

even now read to sett forth of this harbor, to take pastime w ith theLeviathan in e great waters , had not the audacious fleets of rebells

come in the very n ick of time to put an imbargo upon his highn es .

A nd truly itta nomarueile if he hath ever since binne so exceed~

ingly transported w ith choller, toames soobeast ly att the mouth,

cal ling us rebella, thieves , professed enemies to all gove rnmeat,thereby endeavouring to render us (as much as in himlies odious toall na tions 1h prin ces , espetia lly to the most renown

'K ing oi

Pm“as by the whole discoursebeing to pos sess his Majes ty

ea gne in tended by this fleets against this K ingdoms. T o that end his

w ay is in the first place to make his Majesty believe that this fleets

was procured by the sollicitation of the Spanish ambassador, in tendedto remayne about this coast t ill another ileete should come to

w ith itt having had their ends upon the sacred person ot his

h his fleete to goo w ith the Castill ians in to the strayts agains t fi e

french h then to comagainst this coun trey ; this likely tale is madegood by the confession of the Spanish ambassadors secretary and bythe disoovery of somof the coun sell of the Sta te un to some pemns of

qua lity in E ngland, dx all this must be ta ken for truth, because he,w ithin w hose princ ipallity there dwelleth no 1ye, hath said so,& itt

seemas his Highness 1s loa th to ven ture the issue of this

fithe bare credit of this affi rmation , dz therefore backs itfiw ith an argumen t of congruity, thatmay not be denied ; for who

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not beleeve there is somgrea t design s in hand betw eens us 11' theCastillians

,seeing in the same flee te there is come an agen t of the

Rubella in E ngland to the King of Castyle, at t the same t imeanother agen t un to this K ing of Fort ingall, n ay rather who w illbeleeve this man to be in his right wi t ts, that by such absurd

ridiculous consequences as this to put 22 nat ion s of so an t ien t a con

federacy together by the eares . T his folly himse lf eftsoone perceeveth4; sominforeeth itt w ith many pretty devises of his on e mak ing, so

that the whole argumen t w ith the add it ionall strength being put in to

a fighting pos ture s tands thus. A n agen t fromE ngland not thought

on till 3 w eeks before the coming out of the fleete procured by sommarchan ts in London (among whoms the 2 E nshells , w ho have a

brother in Lixoa 'a great irs ind of the rebells

,w eare cheife ) to be sen t

thither there by themto be mayn t ayned disin terested fromthe

publique body of the parlamen t is arrived at the same t ime that

another agen t is imployed to the K ing of Spayne.

2 E rgo there is somgreat plot t a con triving betw eene the Parlamen t of E ngland the

K ingof Spayne how true the part iculars of these are I leave to the

gen t emen eon serned in itt , ether to refuse or to make themselvesme which they sha ll thi nk best but w ho see th not that this w ildlogic stands in n eeds of 80 111 boldly a t t hand to second it t, 113 theynever face w ithout a reserve for such uses itt is n othing w ith themto

devise lyes frame votes, to crea te mistrus t if n eede be to w ork

mirac les even to the transforming of K ing Ta tam3 in to a roundhead

their study 65 ca re is not so much how their devisesmay be made tolooks like truth as how theymay be fit te d to their purpose , to their

urpose indeeds itt w ould shuite very w ell at this t ime if he could makeMajesty be leive that the Parlamen t of E ngland is so ne ere (as he.

most fa lsely 65malit iously aflirmeth) upon terms of defian ce ofmakingwarr upon him but to leave himto his ow h e. w ayes out of w hich he

cannot w alke, 61 to come to a speedy close of this ted ious discourse , the

playn e trueth is that his H ighn ess be ing not long since driven out of

Ireland, where he had deserved the sea te of his prin cipallity, ih be ingnow by Gods providence shut t up in this ha rbor, w hereby his hopes of

mak ing himselfs greats somewhere abroads in the w ide w orld , was so

sudden ly 65 extreamely disapoin ted , is grow ne despera te, besturring himselfe on every side w ith his lyes as Ajax in the tragedy did w ith his

Lisbon .

2 An thony Ascham.

[T hismay possibly refer to John Tatham, dramatist and loyalist. In his playT he Distracted S ta te , which was acted in London in 1641 and subsequently ,several usurping kings , the lawful prince being in exile , are brought on the stage

one alter another in quick success ion , placed on the throne . and deposed by thepower of the swordfl

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whips , 61 is become as on that hath altogether lost both his courage dzwitt , else he would never have adven tuned to impose such sylly ga lleriesas he hath donne upon a King 61 Coun sel] so pruden t At circumspect ;nor would have violated his own s honor somuch as to beg protection

61 cry ou t for helpe a t the sight of s uch an in con siderable oompagny of

Roun dheads as w ee are, 6: as in his jollity he is pleased to make of us ;for what is itt else but the impotency of spirritt overwhelmed w ithd ration fears tha t ha thmoved himto such extreame impa tience,

reake out in to such raving exclamations agaimst our s udationsattempt to approach so neere toward his highnesse , w ith such haynoushorrid aggravations of themann erof our advance mos t importunate

impreca tion s of jus tice dz revenge upon na as if to ha ve assayled his

person At fleete had bin ne to trample under foote the law of nations, to

overturns the founda tions of all rule dxright, dzto dimolve the very bondsof all human s sosiety in the worlds , whereas his highness ha th mostin solen t ly dzoutragiously all

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ron ted the power 61 honor of his maiesty,

even w ithin the command of his caste lls, as is w ell kn ownfitthinks he hath donne nothing therein but what is agreeab le to

owne greatn ess ;yea the excesse &rmtof h1s im cy th ma liee

against us is suo h so boundlesee. be v on l fayn e make hismages ty be leive what 18 scarse possible for a sole enemy to immagineof ua that our designe was not to en d in the destruction of him, 6: his

fleets , but to proceeds on seizin of his majes tie ’

s fleets bound forBrazil], yes 11 the citty ittse e, but whatsoither itt be that eitherthema lice ormof our en emies ether hath or sha ll suggest againstus , or what art or insinuations soever shall be used by any to makew ay to those their scandalous w icked suggestions I amconfidemt hismagesty is farr fiomreaeeaving any such impressiou s as by theman

in te nded upon him, nether doubt I but by this time he is most fullyassured t of the sincere dc w ell afl

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ect ion earnest desire of the

Parlamen t of E nglan d ’a firme& rpetua ll league of amity w i th him

the nation of Portiugall, 61 also the pos eab le in ten t ions of this fleetsA: of our in nocen t behaviour according to our duty. a prosecu tion dx

conformity to the same, 61 if probabilities may take place I could wishall unprejudicedmen to consider whither the

yPortugallsmay not wi th

very good reason promise un to themselvesmore “ mmmmby con fiding 1n na, who are sen t out by the commonwraglzhtor the protect ion of trad e rather then in themw ho make itt theirtrade to spoyle robb whomemver they meate almost wi thout anydiscrimin ation in us w ho are on ly en glish the mos t an tien t allyes

afl'

ect ionat freinds of their nation , or in tha t fleets whose strengthdoth most consist of Irish who have ever binne 6: sti ll are mostpas sionatly almost auperstitiously devoted to the Spanish nation

Some words here , as for themaking oi, ’ are wanting.

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Animu s “ , judge of the, 2, 3 , 9Africa, 8

Alcantara, 10

Alfandega, customs of the , 11Algarve, 9 Ki s sam. 9

Anynan Island , 21

Azores , the (the Western Islands), 9 s u rum, the, 18

Lisbon , 1 , 2 , 7 , 14 , 19

Baum, 2, 18 , 20 Liz, 11

Bushells , the two, 19 London , 2 , 8 , 6 , 19

Cm , 13 Mumxuso (Maranham), 18 , 14Castile , king oi , 19 Masagan (Marzagan ), 9Castile, people of, 18 , 19 Maurice , Prince, 12, 18

Mozambique , 21D: Lxsu (da Lisle), Arnold , 1 , 8 , 11, Muclmell, 2112, 16 , 17

l’os ‘

ruou , 2, 7 , 13 , 20

Eu r 1mm, 21 Portuga l. kins 0 1. 1-8. 5—9. 114 9

E ngland, 2, 9, 13 , 13 , 19Portugal,merchan ts of, 2—6 , 14

E ngland, fleets 0 1, 15 , 16 Portugal ,minis ters of, 12E ngland ,

‘ king of’

(Charles 14 5, Portugal, secretpry of state of.Sylva, Pero s tade

E ngland,merchan ts of, 6 Pon ugfi l, trefl tiefl With, 17

E nd , liament of, 4 . 6 , 15-20

Expo, 3p“

Bozs ccxz,

’ship, 2, 8 , 18

wa

ggin

g,Juelin de, 12, 18

1111 e s , 20mg:3031361187 Rupert , prince. 1 -8, 6—17es , embassy Of’ 12

Sr . Mary (Azores). 14

Goa, 21Silva , Pero Vista da. 10 , 111-14 , 16 , 17

spun ,finbassador cl , 18

pain , ng oi , 19Bonu s», 10 , State,min isters of, 6Holland , eompamos oi , 18 Sweden , 10

T s s ou ns (Tanger), 9 , 18Tatham. John king T s tham 19

Vu z (Vs ine), Charles , 6. 7. 17

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