An introduction to a breviary of the history of England with the reign of King William the I, entitled the Conqueror / written by Sr. Walter Raleigh, Kt. ...
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             An introduction to a breviary of the history of England with the reign of King William the I, entitled the Conqueror / written by Sr. Walter Raleigh, Kt. ...
             Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
             Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619.
             Van Hove, Frederick Hendrick.
          
           [7], 77 p. : port.
           
             Printed for Sam. Keble ... and Dan. Brown ...,
             London :
             1693.
          
           
             Running title: The reign of William the I.
             The introduction (p. 1-24) may have been written by Raleigh; the breviary (p. 24-77) appears to be an epitome of a section of Daniel's The collection of the history of England, but may antedate it. Cf. Brushfield, T.N. Bibliography of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1908.
             Portrait of Raleigh signed: F.H. van Hove.
             Advertisements: p. [1]-[3] at end.
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           Sir
           Walter
           Raleigh's
           HISTORY
           of
           the
           Reigne
           of
           William
           the
           First
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               The
               true
               Effigies
               of
               is
               HON
               
               ble
               S
               
               r.
               Walter
               Rawlegh
               Knight
               F.
               H.
               Van.
               Hove
               .
               sculp
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Introduction
           to
           a
           BREVIARY
           OF
           THE
           History
           of
           England
           With
           the
           REIGN
           OF
           King
           
           Williamthe
           I.
           Entitled
           the
           CONQUEROR
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           Sr.
           
             Walter
             Raleigh
          
           ,
           Kt.
           And
           Dedicated
           to
           the
           then
           Earl
           of
           Salisbury
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Sam.
             Keble
          
           at
           the
           Great-Turks-Head
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
           And
           
             Dan.
             Brown
          
           at
           the
           Black-Swan
           and
           Bible
           without
           Temple-Bar
           .
           1693.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           OF
           THE
           PUBLISHER
           .
        
         
           THIS
           Life
           of
           
             William
             the
             Conqueror
          
           Writ
           by
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Raleigh
          
           was
           found
           in
           the
           Library
           of
           a
           Person
           of
           High
           Quality
           .
           Whosoever
           hath
           been
           conversant
           in
           the
           Works
           of
           that
           accomplisht
           Knight
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           acquainted
           with
           his
           great
           Genius
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           his
           manly
           and
           unaffected
           Stile
           ,
           will
           make
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           what
           
           here
           is
           presented
           unto
           the
           World
           was
           his
           genuine
           Issue
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Comprehensive
           and
           Penetrating
           thoughts
           ,
           the
           lively
           imagination
           ,
           and
           the
           mature
           and
           exact
           Iudgment
           of
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Raleigh
          
           ,
           do
           all
           manifestly
           appear
           in
           this
           small
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           matter
           of
           some
           wonder
           ,
           that
           a
           Work
           filled
           with
           such
           a
           number
           of
           judicious
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Nature
           of
           Government
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           Wise
           Observations
           relating
           to
           the
           particular
           State
           of
           our
           own
           Country
           should
           have
           been
           thus
           long
           condemn'd
           to
           obscurity
           ,
           had
           not
           an
           ill
           fate
           attended
           the
           learned
           Compositions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           brave
           Actions
           of
           this
           renowned
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           what
           unhappy
           Accident
           soever
           it
           hath
           been
           hitherto
           confined
           to
           Privacy
           ,
           it
           was
           thought
           it
           would
           be
           an
           
           injury
           to
           the
           publique
           any
           longer
           to
           conceal
           a
           just
           and
           true
           Account
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           
             William
             the
             First
          
           ,
           wherein
           so
           many
           remarkable
           matters
           ,
           and
           great
           Revolutions
           happened
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           the
           Writers
           of
           Government
           and
           Policy
           in
           our
           Nation
           have
           very
           frequent
           recourse
           ;
        
         
           Since
           the
           Transactions
           of
           that
           Time
           ,
           unto
           which
           they
           so
           commonly
           appeal
           ,
           are
           here
           related
           with
           that
           faithfullness
           ,
           brevity
           ,
           and
           clearness
           ,
           that
           become
           an
           Exact
           Historian
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           IMPRIMATUR
           .
        
         
           
             
               December
               31
               1692
               :
            
          
           
             EDM.
             BOHUN
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           BREVIARY
           OF
           THE
           History
           of
           ENGLAND
           ;
           Beginning
           at
           the
           REIGN
           of
           WILLIAM
           the
           I.
           Entitled
           the
           Conquerour
           .
           The
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           §
           1.
           
           I
           Intend
           by
           the
           Help
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           your
           furtherance
           (
           Right
           Noble
           Earl
           of
           Salisbury
           )
           to
           write
           a
           Brief
           History
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           William
           I.
           entitled
           the
           Conqueror
           ,
           to
           
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           of
           perpetual
           Memory
           :
           A
           Work
           difficult
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           the
           Antiquity
           ,
           as
           the
           Lateliness
           of
           things
           done
           ;
           the
           one
           bereaving
           our
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           certain
           Counsels
           held
           in
           the
           managing
           of
           Businesses
           so
           long
           past
           ;
           the
           other
           not
           allowing
           our
           Understanding
           the
           inward
           ,
           and
           particular
           Motives
           of
           such
           Actions
           ,
           as
           are
           so
           near
           us
           .
           Yet
           according
           to
           my
           Collections
           out
           of
           those
           antient
           Remains
           that
           are
           left
           unto
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Conferences
           ,
           Acts
           ,
           and
           Instruments
           of
           latter
           Times
           ,
           I
           will
           deliver
           the
           Succession
           ,
           and
           course
           of
           our
           Affairs
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           shall
           be
           fit
           for
           the
           publick
           Understanding
           ,
           without
           passion
           ,
           or
           partiality
           ;
           endeavouring
           to
           be
           of
           no
           other
           side
           ;
           then
           of
           
           Truth
           ,
           as
           it
           shall
           appear
           to
           my
           Apprehension
           .
        
         
           §
           2.
           
           And
           though
           I
           had
           a
           Desire
           to
           have
           deduced
           this
           History
           from
           the
           Beginniug
           of
           our
           first
           Kings
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           delivered
           in
           their
           Catologue
           ;
           yet
           finding
           their
           Actions
           uncertainly
           delivered
           ,
           and
           the
           Beginning
           of
           all
           eminent
           States
           to
           be
           as
           uncertain
           ,
           as
           the
           Heads
           of
           great
           Rivers
           ,
           and
           that
           idle
           Antiquity
           ,
           discovering
           no
           Apparent
           Way
           beyond
           their
           Times
           ,
           have
           ever
           delighted
           to
           point
           Men
           out
           into
           imaginary
           Tracts
           of
           Fictions
           ,
           and
           monstrous
           Originalls
           ;
           I
           did
           put
           off
           that
           Desire
           with
           this
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           this
           space
           of
           five
           hundred
           years
           ,
           which
           the
           Government
           of
           twenty
           Kings
           ,
           and
           two
           Soveraign
           Queens
           ,
           was
           more
           than
           enough
           for
           my
           
           and
           Ability
           ;
           weighing
           withal
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           but
           our
           Curiosity
           to
           look
           further
           back
           into
           the
           Times
           past
           ,
           than
           we
           can
           well
           discern
           ,
           and
           wherof
           we
           can
           neither
           have
           Proof
           nor
           Profit
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           seemeth
           that
           God
           in
           his
           Providence
           hath
           bounded
           our
           Searches
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           a
           few
           Ages
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           same
           were
           sufficient
           ,
           both
           for
           Example
           ,
           and
           Instruction
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           Men
           :
           For
           had
           we
           the
           particular
           Occurrents
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           all
           Ages
           ,
           it
           might
           more
           stuff
           ,
           but
           not
           better
           our
           Understanding
           .
           We
           shall
           find
           the
           same
           Correspondencies
           to
           hold
           in
           the
           Actions
           of
           Men
           ;
           Vertues
           and
           Vices
           the
           same
           ;
           though
           rising
           and
           falling
           according
           to
           the
           Worth
           ,
           or
           Weakness
           of
           Governors
           ;
           
           the
           Causes
           of
           the
           Ruins
           ,
           and
           Changes
           of
           Commonwealths
           to
           be
           alike
           ,
           and
           the
           Train
           of
           Affairs
           carried
           by
           the
           Precedent
           in
           a
           Course
           of
           Succession
           under
           like
           Figures
           .
        
         
           §
           3.
           
           But
           yet
           ,
           for
           that
           this
           Chain
           of
           Affairs
           hath
           a
           link
           of
           Dependency
           to
           the
           former
           Times
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           amiss
           ,
           briefly
           to
           repeat
           the
           three
           Mutations
           in
           the
           State
           foregoing
           this
           last
           Conquest
           ,
           since
           the
           Time
           that
           Letters
           and
           Christianity
           were
           here
           received
           ,
           which
           left
           more
           certain
           Knowledge
           of
           Things
           done
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           that
           sort
           ,
           as
           we
           can
           assuredly
           learn
           ,
           either
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Brittish
           Government
           under
           their
           Kings
           ,
           or
           by
           what
           Rule
           ,
           they
           held
           together
           ;
           whether
           their
           Petty
           
           Princes
           (
           whereof
           they
           had
           many
           )
           were
           subject
           to
           one
           Monarch
           ,
           or
           all
           Soveraign
           alike
           ;
           whether
           any
           parties
           did
           Cantonize
           ,
           or
           were
           free
           Estates
           ,
           or
           Common-wealths
           ,
           as
           peradventute
           they
           might
           be
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Gaules
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           were
           one
           in
           Language
           ,
           or
           the
           Germans
           ,
           antient
           Precedents
           of
           like
           Liberties
           .
           For
           no
           doubt
           ,
           the
           same
           Necessity
           that
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           Society
           ,
           and
           Contriver
           of
           Mens
           Defences
           ,
           and
           Safeties
           ,
           finds
           out
           like
           Forms
           of
           Government
           ,
           in
           like
           times
           ,
           upon
           like
           Occasions
           .
           But
           insomuch
           ,
           as
           is
           delivered
           in
           these
           uncertain
           Antiquities
           ,
           we
           find
           ,
           this
           Isle
           was
           never
           ,
           or
           never
           long
           subject
           to
           one
           entire
           Monarch
           ,
           but
           ruled
           by
           divers
           Kings
           .
        
         
           §
           4.
           
           And
           so
           Caesar
           found
           it
           ;
           and
           
           thereby
           found
           the
           easier
           Means
           to
           subdue
           it
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           first
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           after
           it
           had
           remained
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Brittons
           (
           as
           say
           our
           Stories
           )
           one
           thousand
           and
           sixty
           years
           ,
           from
           Brutus
           to
           Cassibalan
           .
           And
           yet
           the
           State
           then
           seem'd
           by
           this
           Conquest
           ,
           to
           lose
           little
           ,
           besides
           their
           Savage
           Liberty
           ,
           being
           reduced
           to
           a
           Civil
           Subjection
           ;
           For
           the
           Vanquisher
           sought
           not
           to
           extirpate
           the
           Nation
           ,
           but
           to
           maintain
           and
           improve
           it
           .
           And
           under
           this
           Government
           it
           remained
           almost
           five
           hundred
           years
           ,
           until
           the
           Division
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Theodosius
           ;
           when
           it
           became
           neglected
           ,
           and
           recovered
           again
           the
           State
           of
           a
           Kingdome
           under
           Princes
           partly
           Brittish
           ,
           and
           partly
           Romans
           ,
           
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           continual
           Tumults
           and
           Mutinies
           ,
           seemed
           never
           to
           have
           held
           any
           ,
           calm
           or
           flourishing
           Government
           worthy
           the
           observing
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           end
           Vortigern
           an
           Earl
           of
           the
           *
           Guisses
           ,
           abusing
           the
           Weakness
           of
           Constantius
           supplanted
           him
           ,
           and
           obtained
           the
           Kingdome
           :
           which
           the
           better
           to
           keep
           against
           Aurelius
           and
           Pendragon
           ,
           the
           Sons
           of
           Constantius
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           oppose
           against
           the
           Invasion
           of
           the
           Picts
           and
           Scots
           he
           called
           in
           the
           Saxons
           to
           his
           Aid
           .
        
         
           §
           5.
           
           Who
           entring
           this
           Land
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           Hengist
           and
           Horsus
           ,
           gave
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           most
           absolute
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           State.
           For
           Vortigern
           ,
           to
           establish
           the
           Kingdome
           in
           his
           own
           Line
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           
           he
           thought
           to
           strengthen
           himself
           with
           these
           Strangers
           ,
           took
           to
           Wife
           *
           Renix
           ,
           the
           daughter
           of
           Hengist
           ,
           (
           his
           own
           Wife
           living
           :
           )
           and
           by
           his
           dotage
           on
           her
           ,
           being
           a
           beautiful
           Lady
           ,
           who
           knew
           to
           take
           the
           advantage
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           gave
           the
           Saxons
           those
           Preferments
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           as
           the
           Brittons
           ,
           neglected
           by
           him
           ,
           soon
           became
           a
           prey
           unto
           them
           :
           This
           Alliance
           ,
           and
           the
           Fertility
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           letting
           in
           so
           many
           of
           this
           populous
           ,
           and
           Warlike
           Nation
           ,
           that
           e're
           Men
           scarce
           perceived
           their
           danger
           ,
           they
           were
           undone
           :
           And
           notwithstanding
           the
           Combination
           of
           the
           British
           Nobility
           ,
           with
           the
           deposing
           of
           Vortigern
           ,
           and
           Electing
           King
           his
           Son
           Vortimer
           ,
           a
           valiant
           Prince
           ,
           who
           gave
           them
           
           many
           stout
           Battles
           ;
           yet
           could
           they
           not
           prevail
           against
           the
           Saxons
           thus
           established
           ,
           but
           were
           forced
           to
           quit
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           betake
           themselves
           to
           remote
           Mountains
           ,
           and
           Deserts
           ,
           leaving
           All
           to
           the
           Invaders
           ;
           Who
           after
           many
           Fortunes
           ,
           dividing
           the
           Land
           into
           seven
           Kingdomes
           ,
           extinguished
           both
           the
           Religion
           ,
           Language
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Name
           thereof
           .
           And
           in
           this
           Heptarchy
           it
           continued
           ,
           till
           Egbert
           ,
           K.
           of
           the
           
             West-Saxons
             ,
             An.
          
           828.
           being
           three
           hundred
           fifty
           years
           after
           their
           Entrance
           ,
           subduing
           the
           other
           Kings
           ,
           obtained
           the
           whole
           Dominion
           to
           himself
           ;
           And
           to
           raze
           out
           the
           Memory
           of
           a
           Division
           Caused
           by
           an
           Edict
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           to
           be
           called
           England
           ,
           of
           the
           Angles
           ,
           a
           people
           ,
           that
           possest
           the
           
           middle
           part
           of
           this
           Island
           .
        
         
           §
           6.
           
           But
           neither
           he
           ,
           nor
           his
           Successors
           quietly
           enjoyed
           it
           :
           For
           the
           Danes
           ,
           having
           been
           first
           called
           in
           to
           aid
           the
           King
           of
           Northumberland
           against
           the
           other
           Kings
           ,
           sorely
           infested
           the
           Land
           ;
           and
           combining
           themselves
           with
           the
           Welch
           ,
           and
           Scots
           prevailed
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           raign
           of
           King
           
             Britric
             ,
             Anno
          
           387.
           they
           continued
           to
           afflict
           the
           same
           the
           space
           of
           two
           hundred
           fifty
           five
           years
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           End
           by
           the
           negligent
           ,
           and
           ill
           Government
           of
           King
           Ethelred
           ,
           whose
           Luxury
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           had
           made
           way
           for
           Division
           ,
           they
           got
           the
           absolute
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           held
           it
           twenty
           six
           years
           by
           three
           of
           their
           Kings
           successively
           ,
           Canutus
           governed
           it
           twenty
           years
           
           and
           left
           it
           to
           Harold
           who
           raigned
           two
           years
           .
           Canutus
           the
           second
           succeeded
           his
           Brother
           Harold
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           Banquet
           at
           Lambeth
           ,
           either
           by
           Surfeit
           or
           Poison
           died
           in
           the
           Second
           year
           of
           his
           Reign
           :
           When
           streight
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           by
           a
           sudden
           and
           general
           Massacre
           ,
           redeemed
           themselves
           from
           that
           odious
           Yoke
           of
           a
           Foreign
           Subjection
           ,
           which
           was
           held
           to
           be
           the
           Third
           Dissolution
           of
           this
           State.
           But
           I
           cannot
           see
           ,
           how
           it
           should
           be
           so
           accounted
           ,
           seeing
           that
           this
           Canutus
           ,
           never
           altered
           the
           Government
           ;
           but
           embraced
           the
           same
           Religion
           ,
           maintained
           the
           Laws
           he
           found
           ,
           and
           added
           many
           Constitutions
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           to
           get
           into
           the
           People's
           affections
           ,
           he
           married
           
           Emma
           ,
           sometimes
           Wife
           to
           King
           Ethelred
           ,
           and
           daughter
           to
           Richard
           Duke
           of
           Normandy
           ;
           to
           whom
           for
           his
           better
           strength
           ,
           he
           had
           likewise
           given
           his
           Sister
           to
           Wife
           :
           And
           then
           the
           short
           Time
           of
           the
           Government
           in
           the
           Succession
           of
           his
           two
           Sons
           seems
           not
           to
           have
           bred
           any
           great
           Alteration
           in
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           but
           onely
           in
           the
           Change
           of
           the
           person
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           preferment
           of
           his
           Nation
           before
           ours
           ;
           which
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           long
           foregoing
           wars
           ,
           were
           made
           incompatible
           of
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           §
           7.
           
           But
           yet
           this
           gave
           the
           Cause
           to
           that
           great
           ,
           and
           last
           Mutation
           of
           State
           ,
           effected
           by
           the
           Norman
           .
           For
           King
           Etheldred
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           party
           good
           against
           the
           Invasion
           of
           
           the
           Danes
           ,
           combined
           himself
           with
           Richard
           Duke
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           married
           his
           Sister
           Emma
           ,
           and
           by
           her
           had
           Issue
           ,
           Edward
           after
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           intitled
           
             the
             Confessor
          
           ;
           who
           with
           his
           Brother
           were
           there
           brought
           up
           out
           of
           the
           dangers
           of
           the
           Wars
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Duke
           reconveyed
           over
           ,
           after
           the
           death
           of
           the
           last
           Canutus
           ,
           and
           here
           invested
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           For
           which
           Offices
           of
           Kindness
           divers
           Preferments
           were
           in
           way
           of
           Gratification
           ,
           bestowed
           on
           the
           Normans
           ;
           as
           the
           Archbishoprick
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           other
           especial
           Places
           and
           Dignities
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Land
           ;
           which
           prepared
           an
           easier
           passage
           for
           the
           Invasion
           following
           ;
           when
           the
           death
           of
           this
           good
           
           King
           Edward
           without
           Issue
           to
           inherit
           ,
           left
           the
           Succession
           doubtful
           ,
           or
           else
           by
           the
           Iniquity
           of
           times
           made
           it
           seem
           so
           .
           For
           Edgar
           surnamed
           Atheling
           ,
           sonne
           of
           Edward
           the
           Son
           of
           King
           
             Edmond
             Ironside
          
           ,
           had
           his
           Claim
           neglected
           ;
           Either
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Youth
           ,
           which
           yet
           was
           no
           Barr
           to
           his
           Right
           ?
           or
           for
           want
           of
           Means
           ,
           and
           power
           to
           oppose
           against
           the
           ambition
           of
           others
           ;
           who
           having
           swaied
           the
           Fortune
           of
           the
           time
           ,
           under
           an
           easie-natured
           Prince
           ,
           had
           Opportunity
           enough
           to
           work
           for
           themselves
           :
           Although
           the
           Worthiness
           of
           his
           Grandfather
           ,
           shewed
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           might
           seem
           to
           deserve
           to
           have
           his
           Issue
           remembred
           in
           their
           Right
           .
        
         
           §
           8.
           
           But
           the
           Earl
           Godwin
           ,
           what
           
           in
           respect
           ,
           that
           King
           Edward
           had
           matched
           with
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           what
           with
           his
           own
           Greatness
           ,
           and
           popularity
           ,
           having
           long
           managed
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           made
           the
           Ascent
           easie
           for
           Harold
           his
           Son
           to
           get
           up
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           by
           Crossing
           the
           right
           Line
           of
           Succession
           ,
           called
           up
           Destruction
           ,
           and
           Misery
           ,
           both
           upon
           his
           own
           Race
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           For
           though
           Harold
           had
           a
           shew
           of
           Title
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Son
           of
           Thira
           ,
           sister
           to
           Canutus
           King
           of
           England
           ;
           
           yet
           seeing
           all
           the
           Land
           had
           received
           an
           Oath
           upon
           the
           Massacre
           ,
           and
           expulsion
           of
           the
           Danes
           ,
           never
           to
           have
           any
           King
           of
           that
           Nation
           to
           raign
           over
           them
           ,
           it
           might
           seem
           no
           lawful
           Claim
           .
           But
           yet
           the
           Favour
           
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           which
           both
           his
           person
           ,
           and
           Valour
           had
           gotten
           ,
           with
           the
           Necessity
           of
           the
           Time
           that
           required
           a
           Man
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Courage
           ,
           to
           undertake
           the
           burden
           of
           war
           ,
           and
           the
           Trouble
           ,
           which
           the
           World
           (
           they
           saw
           )
           was
           like
           to
           grow
           into
           ,
           cast
           it
           upon
           him
           ,
           with
           hope
           to
           keep
           out
           the
           Misery
           of
           a
           foreign
           Subjection
           ,
           and
           the
           Insolency
           of
           Strangers
           .
        
         
           §
           8.
           
           But
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           things
           being
           overcast
           and
           set
           for
           Storms
           ,
           and
           Alteration
           ,
           could
           not
           by
           any
           providence
           of
           Men
           be
           prevented
           .
           Though
           this
           new
           King
           (
           who
           is
           said
           to
           have
           crowned
           himself
           )
           used
           all
           the
           Means
           ,
           that
           a
           wife
           ,
           and
           valiant
           Prince
           could
           do
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           well
           ordering
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           all
           provisions
           
           for
           defence
           ;
           yet
           the
           disjointed
           Affections
           of
           Men
           ,
           tending
           to
           their
           private
           Ends
           ,
           and
           working
           several
           Wayes
           to
           get
           up
           to
           their
           Hopes
           ,
           either
           left
           the
           Ship
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           which
           contained
           them
           all
           ,
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Waves
           ,
           and
           every
           Man
           cast
           to
           save
           himself
           ,
           where
           the
           greatest
           likelyhood
           of
           Mastery
           appeared
           ;
           or
           else
           distracted
           with
           the
           ●error
           of
           the
           approaching
           Mischief
           ,
           failed
           in
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           courage
           to
           withstand
           it
           ;
           For
           the
           Diligence
           of
           Men
           becomes
           often
           dasht
           with
           their
           Fear
           in
           publick
           Tumults
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           very
           Cogitation
           of
           the
           Evil
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           §
           9.
           
           And
           the
           first
           Man
           which
           began
           to
           afflict
           his
           new
           Government
           ,
           was
           his
           own
           younger
           
           Brother
           ,
           Tosty
           ;
           
           who
           for
           a
           former
           conceived
           Hatred
           ,
           was
           easily
           set
           on
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           Baldwin
           Earle
           of
           Flanders
           ,
           (
           whose
           Daughter
           he
           had
           married
           )
           to
           assail
           the
           Isle
           of
           Wight
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           the
           Way
           for
           the
           great
           After-work
           intended
           .
           And
           having
           done
           much
           Mischeif
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
             Harold
          
           with
           strong
           Navy
           forced
           him
           to
           draw
           towards
           the
           North
           parts
           ;
           where
           seeking
           to
           Land
           ,
           he
           was
           repulsed
           by
           the
           Earls
           Morcar
           ,
           and
           Edwin
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           look
           Aid
           of
           the
           Scots
           ,
           and
           after
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Norway
           ,
           whom
           he
           induced
           to
           invade
           this
           Kingdom
           with
           great
           store
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           Shipping
           .
           These
           landing
           at
           Tinmouth
           ,
           and
           discomfiting
           
           their
           first
           Encounterers
           ,
           marched
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           England
           without
           Resistance
           .
           But
           being
           come
           near
           to
           Stamford
           ,
           King
           Harold
           with
           a
           mighty
           army
           met
           them
           ;
           and
           after
           long
           Fight
           ,
           with
           the
           Loss
           of
           much
           Bloud
           ,
           and
           his
           best
           Men
           ,
           he
           finished
           that
           Action
           with
           the
           Death
           of
           Tosty
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Norway
           .
        
         
           §
           10.
           
           But
           from
           hence
           was
           he
           called
           with
           his
           wearied
           ,
           and
           broken
           Forces
           to
           a
           more
           fatal
           Business
           in
           the
           South
           .
           For
           now
           William
           Duke
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           pretending
           a
           Right
           ,
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           Testament
           of
           the
           late
           King
           Edward
           ,
           and
           also
           by
           Parentage
           ;
           upon
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Time
           ,
           and
           the
           Disfurnishment
           of
           those
           parts
           ,
           Landed
           at
           
           Hastings
           ;
           Near
           to
           which
           Place
           was
           Fought
           that
           bloudy
           Battle
           ,
           wherein
           Harold
           Valianty
           Fighting
           amidst
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           Ended
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           Reign
           ,
           which
           was
           scarce
           of
           one
           Year
           ;
           and
           the
           English
           ,
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           20000.
           
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           Flower
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           became
           the
           miserable
           Prey
           of
           the
           Normans
           .
        
         
           §
           11.
           
           But
           how
           so
           great
           a
           State
           as
           this
           ,
           could
           be
           with
           one
           Blow
           subdued
           by
           so
           small
           a
           Province
           in
           such
           sort
           ,
           as
           it
           could
           never
           after
           come
           to
           make
           any
           general
           Head
           against
           the
           Conqueror
           ,
           may
           seem
           strange
           ,
           and
           considerable
           :
           But
           the
           Circumstances
           ,
           with
           the
           Disposition
           of
           that
           Time
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           Collected
           from
           the
           Writers
           ,
           that
           lived
           near
           it
           ,
           may
           
           somewhat
           ,
           though
           not
           altogether
           satisfy
           us
           in
           that
           point
           .
           For
           they
           say
           ,
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           were
           (
           by
           their
           being
           secure
           from
           their
           Foreign
           Enemies
           the
           Danes
           ,
           and
           their
           long
           Peace
           which
           had
           held
           in
           a
           manner
           from
           the
           Death
           of
           
             Edmon
             Ironside
          
           ,
           the
           space
           of
           fifty
           Years
           ,
           )
           grown
           neglective
           of
           Arms
           ,
           and
           generally
           debauched
           with
           Luxury
           and
           Idlenesse
           ;
           The
           Clergy
           licentious
           ,
           and
           only
           
             Literaturâ
             tumultuariâ
             contenti
             ,
             Scholae
             ,
             non
             vitae
             discebant
             ,
          
           saith
           Malmesbury
           ;
           the
           Nobility
           given
           to
           Gluttony
           ,
           Venery
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           ;
           the
           Common
           sort
           to
           Drunkenness
           and
           all
           Disorder
           .
           And
           they
           say
           that
           in
           the
           last
           Action
           of
           Harold
           at
           Stamford
           ,
           the
           bravest
           Men
           perished
           :
           And
           himself
           
           growing
           insolent
           after
           the
           Victory
           ,
           retaining
           the
           Spoils
           without
           Distribution
           to
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           made
           them
           discontent
           ,
           and
           unruly
           ;
           Or
           peradventure
           being
           not
           inured
           to
           be
           Commanded
           by
           Martial
           Discipline
           ,
           they
           were
           of
           themselves
           unmanageable
           ;
           and
           that
           coming
           to
           the
           Battle
           of
           Hastings
           with
           many
           mercenary
           Men
           ,
           and
           a
           discontented
           Army
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           that
           Valour
           ,
           and
           Resolution
           shewed
           ,
           as
           was
           meet
           in
           so
           important
           an
           Occasion
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Normans
           had
           a
           peculiar
           Militia
           ,
           or
           Fight
           with
           Bowes
           and
           Arrowes
           ,
           wherein
           they
           were
           Excellently
           practised
           ;
           and
           the
           English
           ,
           unacquainted
           with
           that
           Weapon
           ,
           were
           altogether
           unprovided
           for
           the
           Defence
           .
           
           And
           thus
           they
           excuse
           the
           shame
           of
           our
           Nation
           .
        
      
       
         
           THE
           REIGN
           OF
           WILLIAM
           the
           I.
           Anno
           I.
           
        
         
           §
           12.
           
           BY
           these
           Advantages
           William
           ,
           the
           base
           Son
           of
           Robert
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Normandie
           ,
           having
           gotten
           the
           Victory
           in
           the
           Battle
           near
           Hastings
           ,
           Marched
           without
           any
           opposition
           towards
           London
           :
           Where
           the
           Earls
           Edwin
           ,
           and
           Morcar
           Brothers
           of
           eminent
           
           Dignity
           and
           Respect
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           laboured
           with
           all
           their
           Power
           in
           solliciting
           the
           People
           for
           the
           Conservation
           of
           the
           State
           ;
           And
           to
           have
           Established
           
             Edgar
             Etheling
          
           ,
           next
           of
           the
           Royal
           Issue
           in
           the
           Soveraignty
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nobility
           had
           likewise
           consented
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           seen
           the
           Bishops
           averse
           ,
           or
           wavering
           .
           And
           all
           Men
           generally
           ,
           transported
           with
           Fear
           ,
           or
           corrupted
           with
           new
           Hopes
           ,
           runing
           from
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           endanger'd
           Country
           ,
           and
           striving
           who
           should
           be
           first
           to
           entertain
           the
           present
           Fortune
           ,
           sought
           to
           preoccupate
           each
           other
           .
           For
           streight
           upon
           his
           Approach
           to
           London
           the
           Gates
           was
           set
           all
           open
           ;
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             
             Stigand
          
           with
           other
           Bishops
           ,
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           People
           ,
           all
           rendred
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Obedience
           unto
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           ,
           returning
           plausible
           Promises
           of
           his
           future
           Goverment
           ,
           was
           within
           a
           short
           Time
           after
           Crowned
           at
           Westminster
           by
           Aldred
           Archbishop
           of
           York
           ;
           for
           that
           Stigand
           was
           not
           held
           Canonically
           Invested
           in
           that
           See
           ,
           and
           yet
           was
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           a
           principal
           Adherent
           to
           this
           Enterprise
           .
        
         
           §
           13.
           
           Here
           (
           according
           to
           the
           accustomed
           Form
           )
           in
           his
           Coronation
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Barons
           of
           the
           Realm
           took
           their
           Oath
           to
           be
           his
           true
           and
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           he
           reciprocally
           being
           required
           thereunto
           by
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           York
           made
           his
           personal
           Oath
           
           before
           the
           Altar
           of
           Saint
           Peter
           to
           defend
           the
           holy
           Church
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Rectors
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           to
           govern
           the
           universal
           people
           subject
           unto
           him
           justly
           ;
           with
           care
           to
           establish
           equal
           Laws
           ,
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           upright
           Judgment
           to
           be
           used
           amongst
           them
           ;
           and
           taking
           Hostages
           for
           his
           more
           Security
           ,
           and
           Order
           for
           the
           Defence
           ,
           and
           Government
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           §
           14.
           
           At
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           Spring
           then
           next
           following
           he
           returns
           into
           Normandy
           ;
           so
           to
           settle
           his
           Affairs
           there
           ,
           as
           they
           might
           not
           distract
           him
           from
           his
           Business
           in
           England
           ,
           which
           required
           his
           whole
           powers
           .
           And
           to
           leave
           all
           sure
           behind
           him
           ,
           he
           committed
           the
           Rule
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           
           his
           Absence
           to
           Odo
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Bayeux
           ,
           his
           half-Brother
           by
           the
           Mothersside
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           cozen
           Fitz-Osborn
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           made
           Earl
           of
           Hereford
           :
           taking
           with
           him
           the
           chiefest
           Men
           ,
           Natives
           ,
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           who
           were
           likeliest
           to
           be
           Heads
           to
           a
           Revolt
           ;
           as
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           Stigand
           lately
           discontented
           ,
           
             Edgar
             Atheling
          
           a
           Titular
           ,
           Edwin
           and
           Morcar
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           Bishops
           and
           Noblemen
           .
           In
           his
           Absence
           ,
           which
           was
           all
           that
           whole
           Summer
           ,
           nothing
           was
           here
           attempted
           against
           him
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           Edric
           ,
           surnamed
           the
           Forrester
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           called
           in
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Welch
           to
           his
           Aid
           ,
           and
           Forraged
           onely
           the
           remote
           Boders
           of
           that
           Country
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           stood
           quiet
           ,
           expecting
           
           what
           would
           become
           of
           that
           new
           World
           ;
           wherein
           ;
           as
           yet
           ,
           they
           found
           no
           great
           Alteration
           ,
           their
           Lawes
           and
           Liberties
           remaining
           still
           the
           same
           ,
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           might
           hope
           by
           this
           Accession
           of
           a
           new
           Province
           ,
           the
           State
           of
           England
           would
           be
           inlarged
           in
           Dominion
           abroad
           ,
           and
           not
           impaired
           in
           profit
           at
           home
           ;
           by
           reason
           the
           Nation
           was
           but
           small
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           plentifull
           ,
           and
           not
           over-peopled
           Country
           they
           were
           not
           likely
           to
           impester
           them
           .
        
         
           §
           15.
           
           The
           King
           now
           grown
           to
           this
           power
           ,
           soon
           settled
           his
           Estate
           in
           Normandy
           ,
           which
           in
           his
           Youth
           he
           had
           alwayes
           found
           turbulent
           within
           ,
           and
           overhardly
           neighboured
           abroad
           ,
           and
           secured
           him
           of
           that
           side
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           wherein
           
           he
           was
           much
           advantaged
           by
           the
           Time.
           For
           Philip
           the
           first
           ,
           then
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           was
           a
           Child
           ;
           who
           otherwise
           would
           never
           have
           suffered
           the
           Normans
           ,
           being
           so
           stubborn
           ,
           and
           little
           affectionate
           to
           that
           Crown
           ,
           to
           have
           grown
           to
           such
           Greatness
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           was
           under
           the
           Curature
           of
           Baudovin
           Earl
           of
           Flanders
           ,
           (
           his
           Uncle
           by
           the
           Mother
           ,
           )
           whose
           Daughter
           King
           William
           of
           England
           had
           to
           wife
           ,
           which
           Alliance
           indeed
           gave
           him
           the
           greatest
           Means
           to
           his
           Con●uest
           .
           Besides
           ,
           he
           had
           made
           the
           Pope
           most
           sure
           unto
           him
           ;
           by
           promising
           if
           hee
           subdued
           this
           Kingdome
           to
           hold
           it
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           for
           which
           Alexander
           uppon
           his
           enterprize
           sent
           him
           a
           Banner
           ,
           and
           a
           Hair
           of
           Saint
           Peter
           .
           He
           
           held
           strict
           Amity
           also
           with
           the
           Princes
           of
           France
           ,
           that
           bordered
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           might
           interrupt
           his
           Affairs
           ;
           as
           with
           the
           Earls
           of
           
             Anjou
             ,
             Poictou
             ,
             Main
             ,
             Ponthieu
             ,
             Bologne
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ;
           to
           every
           one
           of
           whom
           he
           had
           promised
           Lands
           in
           England
           upon
           their
           Aids
           lent
           him
           .
           And
           to
           keep
           fair
           with
           the
           State
           of
           France
           in
           general
           ,
           he
           ingaged
           himself
           to
           their
           King
           to
           hold
           this
           Kingdome
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           him
           homage
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           he
           so
           strongly
           under
           .
           set
           himself
           as
           made
           his
           Fortune
           such
           as
           it
           was
           .
        
         
           §
           16.
           
           And
           now
           having
           disposed
           his
           Affairs
           in
           Normandy
           ;
           he
           returns
           towards
           Winter
           into
           England
           ;
           Where
           he
           was
           to
           satisfie
           three
           sorts
           of
           men
           .
           First
           the
           especial
           
           Adventurers
           in
           the
           Action
           ;
           Secondly
           those
           of
           his
           own
           People
           ,
           whose
           Merits
           or
           Nearness
           deserved
           Recompence
           ;
           whereof
           the
           Number
           being
           so
           great
           ,
           many
           must
           have
           their
           Expectations
           Fed
           ,
           though
           not
           satisfied
           ;
           Thirdly
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           whom
           he
           must
           now
           subsist
           .
           For
           being
           not
           able
           with
           his
           own
           Nation
           so
           to
           People
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           to
           defend
           it
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           proceed
           to
           a
           general
           Extirpation
           of
           the
           Natural
           Inhabitants
           ,
           he
           was
           likewise
           to
           give
           them
           Satisfaction
           :
           Wherein
           he
           had
           more
           to
           do
           than
           in
           his
           Battle
           at
           Hastings
           ;
           seeing
           all
           Remunerations
           with
           discharge
           of
           Monies
           must
           be
           raised
           out
           of
           the
           Stock
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           (
           which
           could
           not
           be
           pleasing
           
           to
           the
           State
           in
           general
           .
           )
           And
           all
           Preferments
           ,
           and
           Dignities
           conferred
           on
           his
           ,
           must
           be
           either
           by
           Vacancies
           ,
           or
           displacing
           others
           ;
           which
           needs
           must
           breed
           very
           feeling
           Grievances
           in
           particular
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           find
           no
           great
           Men
           thrust
           out
           of
           their
           Rooms
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           put
           themselves
           out
           ,
           by
           their
           Revolting
           after
           his
           Establishment
           in
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           §
           17.
           
           In
           the
           second
           Year
           of
           his
           Reign
           no
           Exaction
           was
           made
           to
           raise
           Treasure
           for
           these
           Satisfactions
           :
           
           so
           that
           it
           seems
           he
           contented
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           ,
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           only
           with
           what
           he
           found
           here
           ready
           ;
           and
           with
           filling
           up
           ,
           their
           Places
           ,
           who
           were
           slain
           in
           these
           two
           last
           Battles
           ,
           or
           fled
           ,
           (
           as
           many
           were
           )
           out
           of
           the
           
           Kingdom
           with
           the
           Sons
           of
           Harold
           .
           But
           the
           English
           Nobility
           ,
           incompatible
           of
           these
           new
           Concurrents
           ,
           found
           notwithstanding
           a
           Disproportion
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           a
           darkning
           of
           their
           Dignities
           by
           the
           Interposition
           of
           so
           many
           ,
           as
           must
           needs
           lessen
           their
           Light.
           And
           doubting
           daily
           to
           be
           more
           impaired
           in
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Estate
           ,
           all
           the
           Chiefest
           of
           them
           conspired
           ,
           and
           fled
           ;
           some
           into
           Scotland
           ,
           some
           into
           Denmark
           ,
           to
           try
           ,
           if
           by
           Aid
           from
           abroad
           they
           might
           recover
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Greatness
           again
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           §
           18.
           
           Amongst
           these
           the
           Cheifest
           was
           
             Edgar
             Atheling
          
           ,
           (
           intitled
           Englands
           Darling
           ,
           with
           shewed
           the
           Peoples
           Zeal
           to
           his
           Bloud
           ;
           )
           and
           with
           him
           (
           besides
           his
           Mother
           
           Agatha
           ,
           and
           his
           two
           Sisters
           ,
           Christine
           ,
           and
           Margaret
           ,
           )
           fled
           the
           Earls
           Edwin
           and
           
             Morcar
             ,
             Marleswin
             ,
             Hereward
             ,
             Gospatric
             ,
          
           and
           Siward
           ,
           and
           shortly
           after
           Stigand
           ,
           and
           Aldred
           ,
           the
           two
           Arch-Bishops
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           Noblemen
           ,
           and
           divers
           of
           the
           Clergy
           .
           Those
           ,
           that
           fled
           into
           Scotland
           ,
           were
           all
           Hospitably
           received
           of
           King
           Malcolm
           ;
           whom
           it
           concerned
           to
           look
           to
           his
           own
           ,
           his
           Neighbour's
           House
           being
           thus
           on
           Fire
           ;
           and
           to
           succour
           a
           Party
           against
           so
           dangerous
           an
           Incommer
           :
           Which
           made
           him
           not
           only
           to
           entertain
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           enter
           League
           with
           them
           for
           the
           Publick
           safety
           .
           And
           to
           combine
           himself
           the
           more
           firmly
           ,
           he
           Married
           Margaret
           ,
           the
           Sister
           of
           Edgar
           ,
           by
           whom
           the
           
           Bloud
           of
           our
           antient
           Saxon
           Kings
           was
           conjoyned
           with
           the
           Norman
           in
           Henry
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           so
           became
           English
           again
           .
        
         
           §
           19.
           
           These
           Noblemen
           ,
           with
           the
           Aid
           of
           the
           Scots
           ,
           
           and
           Danes
           ,
           in
           the
           third
           year
           of
           this
           King's
           Reign
           raised
           great
           Commotions
           in
           the
           North
           beyond
           Humber
           ,
           and
           wrought
           very
           valiantly
           themselves
           to
           recover
           their
           lost
           Country
           .
           But
           now
           it
           being
           too
           late
           ,
           and
           the
           Occasion
           not
           taken
           ,
           before
           the
           settling
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           whilest
           it
           was
           new
           ,
           and
           brandling
           ,
           they
           prevailed
           nothing
           ,
           but
           gave
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Conqueror
           to
           make
           himself
           more
           then
           he
           was
           ,
           for
           all
           Conspiracies
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           succeed
           not
           ,
           advance
           the
           Soveraignty
           :
           
           And
           nothing
           gave
           Root
           to
           the
           Normans
           planting
           here
           more
           ,
           then
           the
           petty
           Revolts
           made
           by
           scattered
           Troops
           in
           several
           parts
           ,
           begun
           without
           Order
           ,
           and
           weakly
           seconded
           without
           Resolution
           ;
           whereas
           nothing
           could
           be
           done
           for
           the
           general
           Recovery
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           general
           rising
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           seldom
           we
           see
           to
           happen
           .
           And
           for
           this
           the
           new
           King
           had
           taken
           good
           Order
           :
           First
           by
           disarming
           them
           ;
           then
           by
           sorbidding
           them
           Assemblies
           ,
           and
           all
           secret
           Intercourse
           upon
           heavy
           Penalties
           ;
           that
           every
           Man
           at
           the
           closing
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           by
           the
           Warning
           of
           a
           Bell
           ,
           should
           cover
           his
           Fire
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           bed
           ;
           by
           making
           them
           to
           be
           bound
           Pledges
           one
           for
           another
           ,
           to
           answer
           for
           their
           Obedience
           
           and
           Loyalty
           ;
           by
           building
           divers
           Fortresses
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           awe
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           them
           in
           ,
           with
           many
           such
           like
           provisions
           .
        
         
           §
           20.
           
           So
           that
           these
           Lords
           ,
           though
           they
           did
           ,
           as
           they
           might
           ,
           hold
           him
           doing
           in
           the
           North
           ,
           and
           imbroil
           themselves
           in
           an
           unsuccessful
           Businesse
           ,
           yet
           he
           having
           all
           the
           South
           settled
           under
           his
           Power
           ,
           with
           well
           practised
           ,
           and
           prepared
           Forces
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           needs
           tire
           and
           consume
           them
           in
           the
           end
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           Time
           invest
           the
           Normans
           in
           their
           Rooms
           ,
           and
           possessions
           ,
           forfeited
           by
           this
           Attempt
           :
           As
           the
           Earldom
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Lands
           ,
           which
           Edwin
           held
           in
           Yorkshire
           ,
           
           were
           given
           to
           Alanus
           Earl
           of
           Brittain
           ,
           his
           Nephew
           ;
           the
           Archbishoprick
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           conferred
           on
           Lanfranc
           an
           Italian
           ;
           That
           of
           York
           on
           Thomas
           ,
           his
           Chaplain
           ,
           a
           Norman
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           both
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           which
           fled
           ,
           and
           were
           out
           ,
           had
           likewise
           their
           Places
           supplied
           by
           Normans
           .
        
         
           §
           21.
           
           And
           now
           the
           King
           having
           appeased
           the
           Commotion
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           where
           the
           Sons
           of
           Harold
           had
           landed
           with
           Forces
           out
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           Wales
           ,
           and
           also
           represt
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           he
           takes
           his
           Journy
           in
           Person
           Northward
           with
           all
           Expedition
           ;
           least
           the
           Enemy
           there
           should
           grow
           too
           great
           in
           Heart
           ,
           and
           Opinion
           ,
           by
           the
           Defeat
           of
           
           his
           Lieutenant
           with
           700
           Normans
           at
           Durham
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Slaughter
           of
           his
           People
           made
           at
           York
           .
           Where
           ,
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           ,
           he
           so
           wrought
           ,
           as
           he
           corrupted
           the
           Generals
           of
           the
           Danes
           with
           Mony
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           well
           contented
           away
           ;
           and
           then
           set
           upon
           the
           Army
           of
           the
           Earls
           ,
           weakened
           both
           in
           Strength
           and
           Hope
           ,
           by
           this
           Departure
           of
           their
           Confederates
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           to
           Flight
           :
           Which
           done
           ,
           he
           utterly
           wasted
           ,
           and
           laid
           desolate
           all
           that
           goodly
           Country
           ,
           between
           York
           and
           Durham
           ,
           the
           space
           of
           Sixty
           Miles
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           no
           more
           a
           Succour
           to
           the
           Revolter
           .
           And
           the
           like
           Course
           he
           used
           on
           all
           the
           Coasts
           ,
           where
           any
           certain
           Landings
           were
           known
           ,
           thereby
           to
           prevent
           Invasions
           ;
           and
           
           so
           returned
           to
           London
           :
           where
           he
           seized
           into
           his
           Hands
           all
           the
           Plate
           ,
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           Treasure
           within
           all
           the
           Monasteries
           of
           England
           ;
           pretending
           that
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           their
           Assisters
           ,
           had
           conveyed
           their
           Riches
           into
           these
           Religious
           Houses
           ,
           as
           into
           Places
           Priviledged
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           Seizure
           ,
           to
           defraud
           him
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           §
           22.
           
           Most
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           after
           this
           great
           Defeat
           in
           the
           North
           ,
           came
           in
           upon
           Publick
           Faith
           given
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           conducted
           to
           Barkamstead
           by
           the
           Abbot
           Frederick
           .
           Where
           some
           write
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           again
           took
           a
           personal
           Oath
           before
           the
           Archbishop
           Lanfranc
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           Antient
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           Established
           by
           his
           Noble
           
           Predecessors
           ,
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           especially
           those
           of
           Saint
           Edward
           :
           And
           all
           the
           Lords
           ,
           upon
           their
           Oath
           ,
           and
           submission
           ,
           were
           then
           reconciled
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           held
           themselves
           quiet
           for
           a
           Time.
           But
           whether
           it
           were
           ,
           that
           they
           found
           not
           their
           Entertainment
           such
           ,
           as
           they
           expected
           ;
           or
           that
           they
           had
           received
           Intelligence
           of
           new
           Hopes
           from
           abroad
           ;
           or
           that
           Edgar
           ,
           who
           was
           still
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           had
           sollicited
           them
           upon
           Promise
           of
           fresh
           Succours
           to
           aid
           him
           ;
           or
           howsoever
           it
           was
           ;
           many
           of
           them
           again
           Conspired
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           went
           out
           .
           The
           Earl
           Edwin
           ,
           making
           towards
           Scotland
           ,
           was
           Murthered
           by
           his
           own
           People
           by
           the
           way
           .
           The
           Earls
           Morcar
           ,
           
           and
           Hereward
           ,
           betook
           them
           to
           the
           Isle
           of
           Ely
           ;
           meaning
           to
           make
           good
           that
           Place
           for
           that
           Winter
           ;
           whither
           also
           came
           the
           Earl
           Siward
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Durham
           out
           of
           Scotland
           .
           But
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           was
           no
           Time
           giver
           to
           growing
           Dangers
           ,
           beset
           all
           the
           Isle
           with
           flat
           Boats
           on
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           Bridge
           of
           a
           Mile
           long
           on
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           safely
           brought
           in
           his
           People
           upon
           the
           Enemy
           ;
           who
           seeing
           themselves
           surprised
           ,
           yielded
           them
           all
           to
           the
           King's
           Mercy
           ;
           Except
           Hereward
           ,
           (
           a
           man
           of
           great
           Valour
           and
           Courage
           )
           who
           with
           his
           Souldiers
           made
           a
           Retreat
           through
           the
           Fenns
           ,
           and
           Escaped
           into
           Scotland
           .
           The
           Rest
           were
           sent
           to
           divers
           Prisons
           ,
           where
           they
           died
           ,
           
           or
           remayned
           during
           the
           King's
           Life
           .
        
         
           §
           23.
           
           We
           find
           ,
           that
           those
           Lords
           ,
           who
           remained
           Loyal
           upon
           their
           last
           Submission
           ,
           were
           all
           imployed
           ,
           and
           well
           graced
           by
           the
           King
           :
           As
           Edric
           the
           Forrester
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           first
           Revolter
           in
           his
           Reign
           ,
           was
           held
           in
           especial
           Favour
           ,
           and
           Trust
           near
           about
           him
           ;
           Gospatric
           was
           made
           Earl
           of
           Northumberland
           ,
           and
           sent
           against
           Malcolm
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           time
           takes
           Advantage
           of
           subdue
           the
           Countries
           of
           
             Tisdall
             ,
             Cleveland
          
           ,
           and
           
             Cumberland
             .
             Waltheof
          
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           the
           Earl
           Siward
           ,
           he
           so
           highly
           Estemeed
           ,
           as
           he
           Married
           him
           to
           his
           Niece
           Iudith
           ;
           Though
           he
           were
           a
           Principal
           Actor
           in
           this
           last
           Commotion
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Defence
           
           of
           the
           City
           of
           York
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           is
           said
           ,
           to
           have
           stricken
           off
           the
           Heads
           of
           divers
           Normans
           one
           by
           one
           ,
           as
           they
           entred
           upon
           a
           Breach
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Admiration
           of
           all
           Men
           :
           By
           which
           Valour
           of
           his
           ,
           he
           ransomed
           the
           Offence
           he
           had
           made
           ,
           and
           grew
           to
           that
           great
           Grace
           with
           the
           King
           ;
           who
           therein
           shewed
           a
           Noble
           ,
           and
           Magnanimous
           Nature
           ,
           to
           honour
           Vertue
           even
           in
           his
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           §
           24.
           
           And
           now
           there
           rested
           nothing
           ,
           for
           the
           general
           Quieting
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           Suppression
           of
           Malcolm
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Kindlefire
           of
           all
           these
           Conspiracies
           in
           the
           North
           parts
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Fefuge
           for
           all
           ,
           that
           were
           discontented
           and
           
           mutinous
           in
           this
           State.
           Against
           him
           the
           King
           led
           such
           mighty
           Forces
           ,
           both
           by
           Sea
           ,
           and
           Land
           ,
           as
           Malcolm
           rather
           then
           to
           adventure
           Battle
           ,
           was
           content
           to
           make
           his
           Peace
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           to
           give
           up
           Hostages
           for
           securing
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           do
           him
           Homage
           for
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Scotland
           .
           And
           so
           all
           his
           Home-Wars
           were
           ended
           
             Regni
             Anno
          
           6.
           
           
           Saving
           only
           in
           Anno
           15.
           he
           levied
           a
           Puissant
           Army
           ,
           and
           subdued
           Wales
           ;
           which
           Business
           held
           him
           not
           long
           .
           For
           the
           Rest
           of
           his
           Government
           here
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           more
           to
           do
           here
           with
           the
           Sword
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           it
           always
           abroad
           during
           his
           whole
           Reign
           .
        
         
           §
           25.
           
           Now
           for
           the
           Doubt
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           of
           the
           great
           Men
           
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           who
           by
           Power
           ,
           or
           Love
           were
           aptest
           to
           disturb
           his
           Government
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           this
           sort
           taken
           away
           .
           First
           by
           the
           Submission
           of
           
             Edgar
             Atheling
          
           ,
           who
           Anno
           7.
           
           was
           restored
           into
           Grace
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           fair
           Maintenance
           ,
           which
           held
           him
           ever
           after
           quiet
           :
           Then
           by
           those
           ,
           whom
           the
           Prisons
           kept
           from
           Attempting
           any
           more
           :
           And
           lastly
           by
           the
           Revealing
           of
           a
           new
           Conspiracy
           ,
           contrived
           at
           a
           Marriage
           ,
           between
           Ralph
           de
           Waher
           Earl
           of
           Norfolk
           ,
           
           and
           Suffolk
           ,
           and
           his
           new
           Kinswoman
           ,
           the
           Sister
           of
           Roger
           ,
           the
           Young
           Earl
           of
           Hereford
           :
           At
           which
           Solemnization
           in
           their
           Banquetting
           ,
           and
           Jollity
           ,
           the
           
           two
           Earls
           Normans
           ,
           with
           Waltheof
           ,
           and
           divers
           English
           ,
           Plotted
           to
           call
           in
           the
           Danes
           again
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           away
           the
           King
           :
           Upon
           which
           Discovery
           ,
           they
           were
           all
           apprehended
           (
           except
           the
           Earl
           of
           Norfolk
           ,
           who
           fled
           the
           Land
           ;
           )
           and
           died
           some
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           some
           on
           the
           Scaffold
           .
        
         
           §
           26.
           
           The
           The
           Danes
           being
           on
           the
           Coasts
           with
           200
           Sail
           ,
           hearing
           how
           their
           Confederates
           had
           sped
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Preparations
           the
           King
           had
           made
           ,
           after
           some
           spoils
           taken
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Flanders
           ,
           returned
           home
           ,
           and
           never
           after
           infested
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           Though
           in
           Anno
           20
           of
           this
           King
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           great
           Rumour
           of
           their
           fresh
           Preparations
           for
           a
           new
           Invasion
           ;
           
           which
           made
           him
           entertain
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Frenchmen
           ,
           besides
           Normans
           ,
           which
           he
           brought
           into
           England
           about
           Harvest
           ,
           and
           held
           the
           most
           part
           of
           them
           all
           the
           Winter
           to
           the
           great
           Charge
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           But
           it
           came
           to
           nothing
           ;
           For
           the
           Wind
           held
           so
           long
           against
           the
           Danish
           Navy
           ,
           consisting
           of
           about
           1000
           Sail
           ,
           as
           it
           overthrew
           their
           intended
           Action
           ,
           and
           freed
           both
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Successors
           from
           future
           Fears
           that
           way
           for
           ever
           after
           .
        
         
           §
           27.
           
           The
           Forein
           Wars
           he
           had
           ,
           were
           all
           about
           his
           Dominions
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           raised
           by
           his
           own
           Son
           Robert
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           left
           his
           Leiutenant
           Governour
           of
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           the
           County
           of
           Maine
           .
           Where
           ,
           by
           his
           
           Fathers
           Absence
           ,
           tasteing
           the
           Glory
           of
           Command
           ,
           he
           grew
           to
           assume
           into
           his
           own
           Power
           the
           Soveraign
           Rule
           of
           the
           Province
           ;
           caused
           the
           Barons
           there
           to
           do
           him
           Homage
           ,
           as
           Duke
           ,
           not
           as
           Leiutenant
           ;
           and
           put
           himself
           wholly
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ;
           who
           was
           not
           a
           little
           pleased
           ,
           to
           apprehend
           so
           good
           an
           Occasion
           ,
           to
           foster
           a
           Division
           ,
           in
           the
           House
           of
           so
           great
           and
           near
           a
           Neighbour
           ;
           who
           was
           now
           grown
           fearful
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           Princes
           about
           him
           ;
           and
           therefore
           spared
           for
           uo
           Cost
           to
           set
           forward
           this
           Work.
           The
           King
           ,
           understanding
           the
           Fire
           thus
           Kindled
           in
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           whilest
           he
           laboured
           to
           quench
           that
           himself
           had
           made
           in
           
           Others
           ;
           hasts
           with
           his
           Forces
           into
           Normandy
           ,
           to
           have
           surprised
           his
           Son.
           Who
           ,
           advertised
           of
           his
           Coming
           ,
           furnished
           with
           2000.
           
           Men
           at
           Arms
           ,
           by
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           put
           himself
           in
           Ambush
           ,
           where
           his
           Father
           should
           pass
           ,
           and
           set
           upon
           him
           so
           Fiercely
           ,
           as
           he
           Defeited
           most
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Press
           happened
           to
           encounter
           with
           himself
           ;
           whom
           he
           unhorsed
           ,
           and
           wounded
           in
           the
           Arms
           with
           his
           Lance.
           But
           perceiving
           by
           his
           Voice
           it
           was
           his
           Father
           ,
           he
           hasted
           to
           lift
           him
           up
           again
           to
           his
           Horse
           ,
           craving
           most
           humble
           Pardon
           for
           his
           Offence
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           seeing
           in
           what
           Case
           he
           was
           ,
           easily
           granted
           ,
           and
           received
           him
           into
           Grace
           ,
           with
           whom
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           Son
           William
           ,
           (
           who
           
           was
           likewise
           hurt
           in
           the
           Skirmish
           )
           he
           retired
           to
           Roan
           ,
           and
           after
           being
           there
           cured
           of
           his
           Hurt
           ,
           returned
           again
           into
           England
           .
        
         
           §
           28.
           
           Where
           he
           was
           no
           sooner
           arrived
           ,
           but
           he
           heard
           ,
           that
           his
           Son
           was
           again
           Revolted
           ,
           Treated
           the
           Normans
           ill
           ,
           and
           renounced
           his
           Father's
           Soveraignty
           over
           that
           Province
           ;
           which
           caused
           his
           little
           Stay
           in
           England
           for
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           prepare
           for
           his
           Return
           into
           Normandy
           .
           Whither
           passing
           ,
           he
           was
           by
           Tempest
           driven
           ,
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           Spain
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           said
           to
           have
           Fought
           in
           Battle
           against
           the
           Sarasnis
           .
           Afterwards
           arriving
           at
           Bourdeaux
           ,
           his
           Son
           Robert
           came
           ,
           and
           submitted
           himself
           the
           second
           time
           ;
           whom
           now
           he
           took
           with
           him
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           
           frame
           him
           to
           a
           better
           Obedience
           ,
           by
           imploying
           him
           here
           for
           a
           Season
           ;
           and
           then
           sent
           him
           back
           again
           ,
           with
           his
           Youngest
           Son
           Harry
           ,
           (
           whom
           he
           more
           trusted
           )
           into
           Normandy
           ;
           where
           he
           held
           himself
           quiet
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           gave
           his
           Father
           some
           small
           Breathing
           time
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           §
           29.
           
           But
           it
           was
           not
           long
           ,
           e're
           new
           Occasions
           of
           greater
           Troubles
           grew
           up
           :
           which
           took
           by
           this
           means
           .
           The
           two
           Princes
           ,
           Robert
           ,
           and
           Henry
           ,
           went
           to
           Visit
           and
           salute
           the
           King
           of
           France
           at
           Couflans
           ;
           where
           being
           seasted
           certain
           Days
           ,
           upon
           an
           After-dinner
           ,
           Henry
           wan
           so
           much
           at
           Chess
           of
           Louis
           the
           King
           's
           eldest
           Son
           ,
           that
           he
           grew
           so
           far
           into
           Choler
           ,
           
           as
           he
           called
           him
           the
           Son
           of
           a
           Bastard
           ,
           and
           threw
           the
           Chess
           in
           his
           Face
           .
           Henry
           takes
           up
           the
           Chess-board
           ,
           and
           strook
           Louis
           with
           that
           Force
           ,
           as
           he
           drew
           Bloud
           ,
           and
           had
           killed
           him
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           his
           Brother
           Robert
           ,
           who
           came
           in
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           and
           interposed
           himself
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           suddainely
           took
           Horse
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           a
           do
           saved
           themselves
           at
           Pontoise
           from
           the
           King's
           People
           ,
           that
           pursued
           them
           .
        
         
           §
           30.
           
           This
           Quarrel
           arising
           upon
           the
           intermeeting
           of
           these
           Princes
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           seldom
           breeds
           good
           Bloud
           amongst
           them
           )
           reinkindled
           a
           Heat
           of
           more
           Rancor
           in
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           set
           a
           mighty
           Fire
           between
           the
           two
           Kingdoms
           ;
           which
           made
           
           the
           first
           War
           ,
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           French
           had
           together
           ,
           whereupon
           followed
           many
           others
           .
           For
           presently
           the
           King
           of
           France
           complots
           again
           with
           Robert
           ,
           enters
           into
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           takes
           the
           City
           of
           Vernon
           .
           The
           King
           of
           England
           invades
           France
           ,
           subdues
           the
           Countrey
           on
           Xaintoign
           ,
           and
           Poitou
           ,
           and
           returns
           to
           Roan
           ;
           Where
           the
           third
           time
           his
           Son
           Robert
           is
           reconciled
           unto
           him
           ;
           which
           much
           disappointeth
           ,
           and
           vexeth
           the
           King
           of
           France
           .
           Who
           hereupon
           Summons
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           come
           and
           do
           him
           Homage
           for
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           :
           Which
           he
           refused
           to
           do
           ;
           saying
           ,
           that
           he
           held
           it
           of
           none
           ,
           but
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Sword
           :
           But
           yet
           offering
           to
           do
           him
           Homage
           ,
           for
           the
           Dutchy
           
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           satisfie
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ;
           who
           was
           willing
           to
           make
           any
           Occasion
           the
           Motive
           to
           set
           upon
           him
           :
           And
           again
           he
           invaded
           his
           Territories
           ;
           but
           which
           more
           loss
           than
           Profit
           .
           In
           the
           End
           they
           conclude
           a
           little
           unperfect
           Peace
           together
           ;
           which
           held
           no
           longer
           ,
           than
           King
           William
           had
           recovered
           a
           Sickness
           ,
           whereinto
           by
           Reason
           of
           his
           Years
           ,
           Travel
           ,
           and
           Fatness
           ,
           he
           was
           lately
           fallen
           .
           At
           which
           Time
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           (
           then
           Young
           ,
           and
           Lusty
           )
           jesting
           at
           his
           great
           Belly
           ,
           whereof
           he
           said
           he
           lay
           in
           at
           Roan
           ;
           so
           irritated
           him
           ,
           as
           being
           recovered
           ,
           he
           gathered
           all
           his
           Forces
           ,
           entred
           into
           France
           ,
           in
           the
           Chiefest
           Time
           of
           their
           Fruits
           ,
           and
           came
           even
           before
           
           Paris
           ;
           spoiling
           ,
           and
           burning
           all
           in
           his
           way
           :
           Where
           with
           Heat
           and
           Toil
           ,
           he
           fell
           into
           a
           Relapse
           ,
           returned
           to
           Roan
           ,
           
           and
           there
           made
           an
           End
           ,
           of
           his
           Wars
           ,
           and
           Life
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           held
           this
           Kingdom
           twenty
           years
           and
           ten
           Months
           .
        
         
           §
           31.
           
           Now
           concerning
           his
           Government
           in
           Peace
           ,
           and
           the
           Course
           he
           held
           in
           Establishing
           the
           Kingdom
           thus
           gotten
           ;
           first
           he
           examines
           the
           English
           Laws
           ,
           which
           were
           then
           composed
           of
           
             Merchenlage
             ,
             Danelage
          
           ,
           and
           Westfaxlage
           :
           Whereof
           some
           he
           abrogated
           ,
           and
           some
           allowed
           ,
           adding
           other
           of
           Normandy
           ;
           especially
           such
           ,
           as
           made
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           which
           most
           imported
           him
           to
           look
           unto
           :
           And
           
           these
           Laws
           thus
           reformed
           he
           caused
           to
           be
           all
           Translated
           ,
           and
           and
           Written
           into
           the
           Norman
           Tongue
           ;
           hereby
           to
           draw
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           learn
           that
           Language
           for
           their
           own
           Need
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           Nations
           might
           the
           better
           grow
           together
           and
           become
           one
           ;
           seeing
           a
           difference
           of
           Speech
           would
           continue
           a
           difference
           of
           Affections
           .
           Wherein
           he
           attained
           not
           his
           Desire
           ;
           nor
           ever
           was
           it
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           any
           Conquerour
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           without
           the
           universal
           Extirpation
           of
           the
           Land-bred
           People
           :
           Who
           being
           so
           far
           in
           number
           (
           as
           they
           were
           )
           above
           the
           Invaders
           ,
           both
           carry
           the
           main
           of
           the
           Language
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           few
           Years
           ,
           make
           them
           to
           become
           theirs
           ,
           that
           subdued
           
           them
           .
           But
           yet
           upon
           these
           Laws
           thus
           Established
           by
           so
           prudent
           a
           Prince
           ,
           this
           free
           ,
           and
           Fierce
           Nation
           ,
           was
           so
           well
           held
           in
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           as
           his
           Successors
           ,
           with
           some
           Abatement
           of
           Rigour
           ,
           and
           Prerogative
           ,
           have
           ever
           since
           continued
           a
           most
           Glorious
           Soveraignty
           over
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           §
           32.
           
           And
           for
           that
           he
           would
           be
           well
           ,
           and
           certainly
           supplied
           with
           Treasure
           ,
           which
           his
           great
           Wars
           and
           Entertainments
           required
           ,
           he
           took
           a
           most
           provident
           Course
           for
           reforming
           the
           Fisque
           or
           Exchequer
           ,
           and
           the
           ordering
           ,
           and
           raising
           of
           his
           Revenues
           ;
           Endeavouring
           to
           make
           ,
           and
           know
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           Estate
           .
           And
           therefore
           he
           imployed
           a
           most
           discreet
           Choice
           of
           Men
           to
           survey
           the
           
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           the
           Particulars
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           every
           Man's
           Ability
           ,
           the
           quantity
           ,
           and
           nature
           of
           Lands
           ,
           and
           Possessions
           ,
           with
           the
           Discriptions
           ,
           Bounds
           ,
           and
           Divisions
           of
           Shires
           ,
           and
           Hundreds
           within
           the
           same
           .
           And
           this
           was
           drawn
           into
           one
           Book
           ,
           and
           brought
           into
           his
           AErarium
           ,
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           (
           so
           called
           of
           the
           Table
           ,
           whereat
           the
           Officers
           sate
           ;
           before
           termed
           the
           Talce
           )
           and
           the
           same
           intitled
           
             Doomesday-Book
             .
             Liber
             Iudiciarius
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           Gervasius
           )
           the
           Judgement
           Book
           ,
           that
           was
           to
           decide
           all
           Doubts
           concerning
           these
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           §
           33.
           
           All
           the
           Forrests
           ,
           and
           Chases
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           he
           took
           into
           his
           proper
           Possession
           ,
           and
           exempted
           them
           ,
           from
           
           being
           under
           any
           other
           Law
           ,
           than
           his
           own
           Pleasure
           ,
           to
           serve
           as
           
             Penetralia
             Regnum
          
           ,
           the
           withdrawing
           Chambers
           of
           Kings
           ,
           to
           recreate
           them
           after
           their
           serious
           Labours
           in
           the
           State
           ;
           where
           none
           might
           presume
           ,
           to
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           where
           all
           Punishments
           ,
           and
           Pardons
           of
           Delinquents
           were
           to
           be
           Disposed
           by
           himself
           absolutely
           ,
           and
           the
           former
           Customes
           abrogated
           .
           And
           to
           make
           his
           Command
           the
           more
           ,
           he
           encreased
           the
           Number
           of
           them
           in
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           South-Coast
           dispeopled
           the
           Country
           for
           above
           thirty
           Miles
           space
           ;
           making
           of
           old
           inhabited
           Possessions
           a
           new
           Forrest
           ;
           Inflicting
           great
           Punishments
           for
           Hunting
           his
           Dear
           ,
           whereby
           he
           much
           advanced
           his
           
           Revenue
           :
           which
           was
           the
           greatest
           Act
           of
           Concussion
           ,
           and
           Tiranny
           ,
           he
           committed
           in
           his
           Government
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Course
           held
           almost
           every
           King
           near
           the
           Conquest
           .
           For
           Henry
           the
           first
           proceeded
           with
           such
           Violence
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           a
           Law
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           Man
           killed
           the
           Kings
           Deer
           in
           his
           own
           Woods
           ,
           he
           should
           forfeit
           his
           Woods
           to
           the
           King.
           But
           King
           Stephen
           having
           need
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Favour
           repealed
           that
           Law.
           And
           in
           the
           End
           this
           Grievance
           ,
           amongst
           others
           ,
           after
           much
           Bloodshed
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           allayed
           by
           the
           Charter
           of
           Forrests
           ,
           granted
           by
           Henry
           III.
           For
           other
           Possessions
           he
           permitted
           those
           ,
           which
           held
           them
           before
           his
           Coming
           ,
           to
           continue
           them
           quietly
           in
           the
           same
           maner
           ,
           and
           
           took
           none
           ,
           but
           from
           such
           ,
           as
           after
           his
           Possession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           Rebelled
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           were
           slain
           in
           the
           Wars
           .
        
         
           §
           34.
           
           He
           imposed
           no
           new
           Taxations
           on
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           used
           those
           he
           found
           very
           moderately
           :
           As
           Danegelt
           being
           a
           Tax
           raised
           by
           the
           former
           Kings
           ,
           of
           two
           Shillings
           upon
           every
           Hilde-Land
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           Wars
           against
           the
           Danes
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           it
           made
           an
           Annual
           payment
           ,
           but
           only
           taken
           upon
           urgent
           Occasion
           :
           
           And
           it
           was
           seldom
           gathered
           in
           his
           Time
           ,
           or
           his
           Successors
           .
           Scutagium
           ,
           or
           Escuage
           ,
           which
           was
           also
           then
           an
           Imposition
           of
           Mony
           ,
           upon
           every
           Knight's
           Fee
           (
           afterwards
           only
           imployed
           for
           the
           Service
           in
           Scotland
           )
           was
           never
           
           Levied
           ,
           but
           in
           Like
           Occasions
           ,
           for
           Stipends
           ,
           and
           Donatives
           to
           Souldiers
           .
        
         
           §
           35.
           
           Only
           one
           Exaction
           he
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           raise
           ,
           to
           cure
           a
           Mischief
           ;
           which
           arose
           by
           his
           Means
           .
           In
           the
           begining
           of
           this
           Reign
           ,
           the
           Rancor
           of
           the
           English
           towards
           the
           New-come
           Normans
           was
           such
           ,
           as
           finding
           them
           single
           in
           Woods
           ,
           and
           remote
           Places
           ,
           they
           secretly
           murthered
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           Deed
           doers
           ,
           for
           any
           the
           severest
           Courses
           taken
           ,
           could
           never
           be
           discovered
           .
           Whereupon
           it
           was
           ordained
           ,
           that
           the
           Hundred
           ,
           wherein
           a
           Norman
           was
           found
           slain
           ,
           and
           the
           Murther
           not
           taken
           ,
           should
           be
           condemned
           to
           pay
           the
           King
           ,
           some
           thirty-six
           pounds
           ,
           and
           some
           twenty
           eight
           pounds
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           
           Quantity
           of
           the
           Hundred
           .
           And
           this
           was
           done
           to
           the
           End
           ,
           the
           Punishment
           ,
           being
           generally
           inflicted
           ,
           it
           might
           particularly
           deter
           them
           ,
           and
           hasten
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Malefactor
           ,
           by
           whom
           so
           many
           must
           otherwise
           be
           interessed
           .
           This
           Mulct
           ,
           and
           the
           seizing
           into
           his
           Hands
           the
           Church
           Treasure
           before-noted
           ,
           (
           though
           both
           were
           done
           by
           the
           especial
           commanding
           Warrant
           of
           Necessity
           )
           were
           much
           taken
           to
           heart
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           Common
           People
           .
        
         
           §
           36.
           
           And
           yet
           otherwise
           was
           he
           to
           both
           very
           gratious
           ,
           and
           beneficial
           .
           For
           upon
           petition
           made
           unto
           him
           ,
           he
           relieved
           the
           Oppression
           of
           such
           as
           were
           Tenants
           at
           will
           of
           their
           Lords
           ,
           which
           were
           
           a
           very
           great
           Number
           ,
           and
           began
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           All
           those
           ,
           who
           were
           discovered
           to
           have
           had
           a
           Hand
           in
           any
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           were
           pardoned
           ,
           only
           to
           injoy
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Life
           ,
           having
           all
           their
           Lively-hood
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           became
           Vassails
           unto
           those
           Lords
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Possessions
           were
           given
           of
           all
           such
           Lands
           ,
           as
           were
           forfeited
           by
           Attainders
           .
           And
           if
           by
           their
           diligent
           Service
           they
           could
           attain
           any
           Portion
           of
           Ground
           ,
           they
           held
           it
           ,
           but
           only
           so
           long
           ,
           as
           it
           pleased
           their
           Lords
           ,
           without
           having
           any
           Estate
           for
           themselves
           ,
           or
           their
           Children
           ;
           and
           were
           oftentimes
           miserably
           cast
           out
           upon
           the
           sudden
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Promise
           ,
           upon
           any
           small
           Displeasure
           .
           Whereupon
           it
           was
           
           ordained
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           they
           had
           obtained
           of
           their
           Lords
           by
           any
           obsequious
           Service
           ,
           or
           agreed
           for
           upon
           any
           Lawful
           Pact
           ,
           they
           should
           hold
           by
           an
           inviolable
           Law
           during
           their
           own
           Lives
           .
        
         
           §
           37.
           
           And
           for
           the
           Clergy
           other
           than
           in
           this
           one
           Act
           ,
           he
           maintained
           all
           their
           Immunities
           ,
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           they
           grew
           very
           much
           under
           him
           .
           But
           this
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           was
           the
           Cause
           ,
           that
           made
           them
           so
           much
           disfigure
           his
           Worthiness
           ,
           and
           leave
           his
           Memory
           in
           so
           black
           Colours
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           in
           delineating
           his
           Tyranny
           ,
           Rigor
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           ;
           when
           the
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Necessary
           Disposition
           of
           his
           Affairs
           do
           much
           excuse
           him
           therein
           ;
           and
           shew
           
           that
           he
           was
           ,
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           most
           active
           Virtue
           ;
           whose
           Abilities
           of
           Nature
           were
           equal
           to
           his
           Undertakings
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           as
           preordained
           for
           so
           great
           a
           Work.
           And
           though
           he
           might
           have
           some
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Time
           ,
           wherein
           we
           often
           see
           Men
           prevail
           more
           by
           the
           Imbecilities
           of
           others
           ,
           than
           their
           own
           Worth
           :
           Yet
           let
           those
           Times
           be
           well
           examined
           ,
           his
           Strength
           and
           Eminency
           (
           if
           we
           take
           his
           just
           Measure
           ,
           )
           where
           of
           an
           exceeding
           Proportion
           .
           Neither
           wanted
           he
           those
           Encounters
           and
           Concurrences
           of
           sufficient
           able
           Princes
           ,
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           to
           put
           him
           to
           the
           Trial
           thereof
           ;
           having
           on
           one
           side
           the
           French
           to
           grapple
           withal
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           the
           Dane
           ,
           far
           mightier
           in
           People
           ,
           and
           Shipping
           
           than
           himself
           ,
           strongly
           sided
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           greedy
           to
           recover
           their
           former
           Footing
           here
           ,
           as
           ever
           ,
           and
           as
           well
           ,
           or
           better
           prepared
           .
        
         
           §
           38.
           
           But
           this
           name
           of
           Conquest
           (
           which
           ever
           imports
           Violience
           ,
           and
           Misery
           )
           is
           of
           so
           harsh
           a
           found
           ,
           and
           so
           odious
           in
           nature
           ,
           as
           a
           people
           subdued
           seldom
           gives
           the
           Conquerour
           his
           due
           ,
           tho'
           never
           so
           worthy
           :
           And
           especially
           to
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           whom
           only
           time
           must
           naturalize
           ,
           and
           let
           in
           by
           degrees
           into
           their
           Liking
           and
           good
           Opinion
           :
           Wherein
           also
           this
           King
           was
           greatly
           advantaged
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           twenty
           years
           Government
           ,
           which
           had
           much
           impaired
           the
           Memory
           of
           former
           Customs
           in
           the
           younger
           sort
           ,
           and
           
           well
           inured
           the
           elder
           to
           the
           present
           Usances
           and
           Form
           of
           State
           :
           Whereby
           the
           Rule
           was
           made
           more
           easy
           to
           his
           Sons
           ,
           who
           tho'
           they
           were
           far
           inferiour
           to
           him
           in
           Worth
           ,
           were
           a
           little
           better
           beloved
           then
           he
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           for
           that
           they
           were
           content
           somewhat
           to
           unwrest
           the
           Sovereignty
           from
           the
           Height
           ,
           whereunto
           he
           had
           strained
           it
           ;
           which
           brought
           the
           State
           to
           a
           better
           proportion
           of
           Harmony
           .
        
         
           §
           39.
           
           Of
           those
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           especial
           Men
           of
           Employment
           in
           his
           Reign
           ,
           time
           has
           shut
           us
           out
           from
           the
           knowledge
           of
           many
           ;
           it
           being
           in
           the
           Fortune
           of
           Kings
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           Names
           ,
           and
           Memory
           of
           their
           Counsellors
           (
           like
           Rivers
           in
           the
           Ocean
           )
           Buried
           in
           their
           
           Glory
           .
           Yet
           these
           we
           find
           principally
           mentioned
           in
           Stories
           .
           First
           ,
           
             William
             Fitz-Osborne
          
           Earl
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           the
           especial
           Mover
           and
           Counsellor
           of
           this
           Voiage
           of
           England
           ;
           reported
           also
           to
           have
           furnished
           forty
           Ships
           at
           his
           own
           Charge
           for
           the
           Enterprise
           .
           Odo
           Bishop
           of
           Bayeux
           ,
           and
           Earl
           of
           Kent
           ,
           sometimes
           his
           Viceroy
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           seems
           also
           to
           have
           managed
           the
           Finances
           ;
           but
           of
           such
           excessive
           Avarice
           ,
           that
           he
           gathered
           so
           much
           Treasure
           ,
           as
           he
           went
           about
           to
           buy
           the
           Papacy
           ;
           and
           attempting
           to
           go
           to
           Rome
           about
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           King
           staid
           him
           at
           Home
           in
           a
           fair
           Prison
           ;
           and
           excused
           the
           matter
           (
           upon
           Exclamation
           made
           )
           in
           this
           sort
           ,
           that
           he
           only
           Imprisoned
           the
           Earl
           of
           Kent
           ,
           not
           the
           
           Bishop
           of
           Bayeux
           .
           Beside
           he
           had
           Lanfranc
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           universal
           Learning
           ,
           and
           an
           excellent
           Lawyer
           ,
           Born
           in
           Lumbardy
           ,
           who
           peradventure
           might
           introduce
           something
           of
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           that
           Province
           ,
           to
           the
           making
           up
           our
           Laws
           ,
           which
           in
           many
           things
           seem
           to
           participate
           with
           theirs
           .
           And
           no
           doubt
           he
           had
           many
           others
           else
           :
           For
           being
           of
           a
           strong
           Constitution
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           but
           be
           strongly
           furnished
           in
           that
           kind
           ;
           seeing
           ever
           weak
           Princes
           ,
           have
           weak
           Sides
           ;
           and
           our
           most
           renowed
           Kings
           have
           been
           best
           underset
           with
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           happily
           served
           with
           the
           ablest
           Officers
           .
        
         
           §
           40.
           
           He
           had
           a
           fair
           issue
           by
           Maud
           his
           Wife
           ;
           Four
           Sons
           ,
           and
           
           Five
           Daughters
           .
           To
           Robert
           his
           Eldest
           Son
           he
           left
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Normandy
           ;
           to
           William
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           to
           Henry
           his
           Treasure
           ,
           with
           an
           Annual
           Pension
           of
           8000.
           pounds
           to
           be
           paid
           him
           by
           his
           two
           Brothers
           .
           Richard
           ,
           that
           was
           his
           Second
           Son
           ,
           Died
           in
           his
           Youth
           ,
           of
           a
           surfeit
           taken
           by
           Hunting
           in
           the
           New
           Forrest
           ,
           and
           began
           the
           fatal
           Misfortune
           ,
           that
           followed
           ,
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           King
           William
           the
           Second
           ,
           there
           slain
           with
           an
           Arrow
           ;
           and
           of
           Richard
           the
           Son
           of
           Robert
           Duke
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           that
           brake
           his
           Neck
           .
           His
           eldest
           Daughter
           Cicilia
           ,
           became
           a
           Nun.
           Constance
           Married
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Brittain
             ;
             Adela
          
           to
           Stephen
           ,
           Earle
           of
           Bloys
           ,
           who
           likewise
           became
           
           a
           Nun
           in
           her
           Age
           :
           such
           was
           their
           great
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           were
           these
           Solitary
           Retirements
           affected
           in
           those
           times
           ,
           by
           the
           greatest
           Ladies
           .
           Another
           was
           Affianced
           to
           Alfonsus
           King
           of
           Galicia
           ;
           who
           with
           the
           other
           Sister
           promised
           to
           Harold
           ,
           Died
           before
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           §
           41.
           
           What
           he
           was
           in
           the
           Circle
           of
           himself
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           continent
           ,
           we
           find
           him
           of
           an
           even
           ,
           or
           middle
           Stature
           ,
           comely
           Personage
           ,
           of
           good
           presence
           ,
           Riding
           ,
           Sitting
           ,
           or
           Standing
           ,
           till
           his
           Corpulency
           gathering
           upon
           him
           in
           his
           latter
           Age
           ,
           made
           him
           somewhat
           unwieldy
           ;
           of
           so
           strong
           a
           Constitution
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           never
           Sickly
           ,
           till
           a
           few
           Months
           before
           his
           Death
           ;
           His
           Strength
           such
           ,
           as
           few
           
           Men
           could
           draw
           his
           Bow
           ;
           and
           being
           about
           Fifty
           One
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           when
           he
           subdued
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           it
           seems
           by
           his
           continual
           Actions
           ,
           he
           felt
           not
           the
           Weight
           of
           Years
           upon
           him
           ,
           till
           his
           last
           Year
           .
        
         
           §
           42.
           
           His
           Mind
           was
           no
           less
           excellently
           composed
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           it
           the
           fairest
           drawn
           in
           his
           Actions
           ;
           wherein
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Clemency
           (
           the
           brightest
           Stars
           in
           the
           Sphere
           of
           Majesty
           )
           appeared
           (
           next
           to
           his
           great
           Devotion
           )
           above
           all
           his
           other
           Virtues
           ,
           by
           the
           often
           pardoning
           ,
           and
           receiving
           into
           Grace
           those
           ,
           who
           had
           forfeited
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           most
           dangerously
           Rebelled
           against
           him
           :
           Seeming
           to
           hold
           Submission
           satisfactory
           for
           the
           greatest
           
           Offence
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           sought
           to
           extinguish
           Mens
           Eenterprises
           ,
           but
           not
           themselves
           .
           For
           we
           find
           ,
           but
           one
           great
           Nobleman
           executed
           in
           all
           his
           Reign
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           the
           Earl
           Waltheof
           ,
           who
           had
           twice
           falsified
           his
           Faith
           before
           :
           And
           those
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           held
           Prisoners
           in
           Normandy
           ,
           as
           the
           Earls
           Morcar
           ,
           and
           Siward
           ,
           with
           Wolfnothus
           ,
           the
           Brother
           of
           Harold
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           ,
           upon
           Compassion
           of
           their
           Endurance
           ,
           he
           released
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           his
           Death
           .
        
         
           §
           43.
           
           Besides
           he
           was
           as
           far
           from
           Suspicion
           as
           from
           Cowardize
           ;
           and
           of
           that
           Confidence
           (
           an
           especial
           Note
           of
           his
           Magnanimity
           )
           has
           he
           gave
           Edgar
           ,
           his
           Competitor
           in
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           
           Liberty
           of
           this
           Court
           ;
           and
           upon
           his
           suit
           ,
           sent
           him
           well
           furnished
           to
           the
           Holy
           War
           ;
           where
           he
           so
           Nobly
           behaved
           himself
           ,
           as
           he
           attained
           to
           great
           Estimation
           with
           the
           Emperours
           of
           Greece
           ,
           and
           Almain
           :
           Which
           might
           have
           been
           held
           dangerous
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Alliances
           that
           way
           ,
           being
           Grand-Child
           to
           Henry
           the
           third
           Emperour
           .
           But
           these
           may
           be
           as
           well
           Virtues
           of
           the
           Time
           ,
           as
           of
           Men
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Age
           must
           have
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           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           Rules
           for
           Explaining
           and
           Decyphering
           all
           manner
           of
           Secret
           Writing
           ,
           plain
           and
           Demonstrative
           ,
           with
           Exact
           Methods
           for
           Understanding
           Intimation
           by
           Signs
           ,
           Gestures
           ,
           or
           Speech
           ;
           Also
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Secret
           ways
           of
           Conveying
           ,
           Written
           Messages
           ,
           Discovered
           by
           
             Tritbenrius
             Schottus
          
           ,
           Lord
           
             Fran
             ,
             Bacon
          
           ,
           Bishop
           
             Wilkings
             ,
             &c.
          
           with
           Exact
           Tables
           and
           Examples
           .
           By
           
             I.
             F.
          
           
        
      
       
         
           ADVERTISSEMENT
           :
        
         
           THE
           Slaughter
           of
           the
           Innocents
           by
           Herod
           .
           A
           Poem
           Written
           in
           Italian
           by
           the
           Famous
           Italian
           Poet
           the
           Cavalier
           Marino
           .
           Translated
           by
           
             T.
             R.
          
           Printed
           for
           
             S.
             M.
          
           And
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Sam.
             Keble
          
           at
           the
           
             Turk
             -
             Heads
          
           in
           Fleestreet
           ,
           and
           
             D.
             Brown
          
           at
           the
           Blak-Swan
           without
           
             Temple
             Bar.
          
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A57453-e440
           
             *
             
               Cornwall
               .
               Bede
            
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             *
             Rowena
             .
          
           
             Githa
             sister
             to
             
               Swain
               .
               Dan.
            
             
          
           
             Toustain
             .
             D.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57453-e1630
           
             Anno
             2.
             
          
           
             Anno
             3.
             
          
           
             Anno.
             6.
             
          
           
             Anno
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Roger
               Fitz-Osborn
            
             the
             Son
             of
             William
             ,
             Cousin
             and
             especial
             Councellor
             to
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Anno.
             20.
             
          
           
             Gervasins
             .