The Earle of Bedfords passage to the highest court of Parliament May the ninth, 1641 about tenne a clocke in the morning observed by his Lordships physitian Doctor Cademan. Cademan, Thomas, Sir, 1590?-1651. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A31681 of text R20869 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C196). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A31681) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 93013) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 253:E158, no 17) The Earle of Bedfords passage to the highest court of Parliament May the ninth, 1641 about tenne a clocke in the morning observed by his Lordships physitian Doctor Cademan. Cademan, Thomas, Sir, 1590?-1651. [2], 6 p. Printed for Hugh Perry, London : 1641. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Bedford, Francis Russell, -- Earl of, 1593-1641. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Sources. A31681 R20869 (Wing C196). civilwar no The Earle of Bedfords passage to the highest court of Parliament, May the ninth, 1641. about tenne a clocke in the morning. Observed by his Cademan, Thomas, Sir 1641 1021 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 C The rate of 29 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-07 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-09 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2006-09 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE EARLE OF BEDFORDS Passage to the Highest Court of PARLIAMENT , May the ninth , 1641. about tenne a clocke in the morning . Observed by his Lordships Physitian Doctor CADEMAN . LONDON , Printed for Hugh Perry , 1641. THE EARLE OF BEDFORDS PASsage to the highest Court of Parliament . VPON the sad newes of the death of Master Francis Russell at Paris , his father my most honoured Lord of Bedford , told me , that foure faire Oakes of his , were lately blowne downe as it were altogether ; of which subject my Lord made so moving a discourse , as it seemed to mee their extirpation tooke deepe roote in his thoughts . Shortly after my Lord sent for me againe , and then complained that he found his owne health somewhat shaken : wherefore to lessen the maintenance of a future sicknesse , he desired to resume a vomit , which the last yeare had gently cured him of a churlish sicknesse in the Countrey : but in this , both my Lord and my selfe were willing to aske the counsell and consent of D. Craige , as well a true friend as a faithfull Physitian to his Lordship . Hee finding him the next day in a feverish disposition , inclined to the letting of his Lordship bloud first , which as it was learnedly proposed , so it was presently executed Afterwards , seeing my Lord continue sicke by an oppression of choller in his stomacke , consented to give him his vomit . When that had done working , as it often happens , nature being discharged of one burden , her selfe shakes off another , like Gallens Asse , that was too weak to winch off two sackes , would never beare one ; there flourished in divers parts of his skin some red spots , which my Noble Lady Brooke , my Lords daughter , and Misteris Roberts his diligent servant first observed , whereupon my Lord , who ever considered others safety before his owne content , with extraordinary earnestnesse forced his deare Lady and Children much against their will to leave him . This yeare has beene fertile of wonders , many strange eruptions have beene made in the skin that have desembled the small poxe when it proved otherwise , even to the deceiving of the best Physitians , no dishonour to the profession . The cleerest knowledge of mankind is clouded with errors in all imployments . An medicina ars non putanda est quam tamen multa fallunt . My Lord being thus parted from his dearest Lady and children , as a tree without a barke and branches ; Out of the great zeale the influence of my Lords favours to me , had kindled in my heart , put me into passion , which if it makes us blinde and unable to see things present , much more it does obscure things farre off , and to come . All that I could doe for that time to comfort my Lord and my selfe , was to say , I believed it was but a simple boyling of blood , which he had often formerly had , and had neither the infection nor the perill of the small poxe . I endeavoured to be very cheerefull with him ; having ever found that the speeches of the Physitian , as good and bad aspects to governe and raigne much in the hearts and thoughts of the Patients , and much more with their passions , highten , or lessen the power of their sickenesse Some recover of the Plague , because they never knew they had it , others dye of a fit of an Ague , because they thought it the Plague : alwaies the small poxe comes soonest out , when t is not thought of within , to the greate security of them that have it , for amongst all good signes in that disease , that is the best , that they breake forth together and quickly ; howsoever all exanthemata and eruptions to the skinne require the same cure and 〈…〉 , except some are pursued and chafed out with lesse sev●●●y . 〈◊〉 are plants thrive best in the 〈…〉 ; my Lords body was so subtile as he could scarce indure to bee covered up a whole night in his bed . We can rake up coales in their embers , but flames never . A faithfull servant of his told me , hee was so weary of his bed , as hee seared it would bee his grave , by these words , I foole away my life to observe the Physitians ; and in my hearing , when hee was 〈◊〉 to rise , he sighed out this profession of obedience ; well then I will die to observe the Physitians . If I were now upon my death bed , and to declare what my Lord died on , I should say hee died of too much of his bed , and not of the small pox : till Saterday-night I am sure hee had no signe of danger , as I am sure that then there was no hope of life ; nature having given over the field to devotion , which came in so armed & so invincible as I never yet saw the like , though I haue waited upon many who had no other businesse of life then to die well , his breath was spent before his eies and hands ceased to be lifted up to heaven , as if his soule would have carried his body along with it . Thus though hee commanded his body to bee buried with decency , but not pompe , yet I could not but publish the glorious manner of his death . Those that knew the obligations I had to this great and good Lord , will I presume pardon , His Lordships constant honourer T. C. FINIS .