A cat may look upon a king
         Weldon, Anthony, Sir, d. 1649?
      
       
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             A cat may look upon a king
             Weldon, Anthony, Sir, d. 1649?
          
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             London :
             1652.
          
           
             Anonymous. By Sir Anthony Weldon. Cf. Wing.
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               ●ars
               Puer
               Alecto
               ,
               Virgo
               ,
               VULPES
               ,
               Leo
               ,
               Nullu
               ▪
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           A
           CAT
           May
           look
           upon
           a
           KING
           .
        
         
           depiction of a cat
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Roybould
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Unicorn
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
           1652.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           IF
           I
           were
           Master
           either
           of
           good
           Language
           ,
           or
           good
           Method
           ;
           I
           would
           then
           presume
           to
           present
           this
           ensuing
           Discourse
           ,
           &
           according
           to
           the
           fashion
           ,
           
           intreat
           thy
           courteous
           acceptance
           :
           But
           being
           so
           rude
           &
           naked
           (
           yet
           true
           )
           I
           send
           it
           forth
           into
           the
           World
           to
           take
           its
           fortune
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Paperbrats
           of
           this
           Age
           :
           some
           may
           fret
           ,
           some
           may
           laugh
           ;
           both
           please
           me
           alike
           :
           my
           end
           only
           is
           ,
           that
           
           we
           may
           all
           of
           us
           ,
           after
           so
           much
           blood
           &
           treasure
           spent
           ,
           with
           hearts
           and
           hands
           ,
           pray
           for
           and
           endeavor
           the
           welfare
           ,
           security
           ,
           &
           prosperity
           of
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           Adieu
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           THE
           unparallel'd
           Transactions
           of
           these
           our
           late
           times
           have
           raised
           in
           mee
           such
           a
           confusion
           of
           thoughts
           ,
           that
           I
           resolved
           to
           look
           back
           ;
           as
           a
           man
           that
           is
           stunn'd
           with
           a
           stone
           ,
           looks
           not
           after
           the
           stone
           ,
           but
           after
           the
           hand
           that
           flung
           it
           .
        
         
         
           And
           surely
           I
           find
           (
           by
           the
           help
           of
           my
           spectacles
           )
           King
           
             JAMES
          
           was
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           our
           late
           Afflictions
           and
           miseries
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           a
           custome
           among
           our
           
             flattering
             Priests
          
           (
           for
           I
           know
           none
           else
           used
           it
           )
           upon
           mention
           of
           deceased
           Princes
           ,
           to
           use
           the
           expression
           ,
           
             Of
             blessed
             memory
             ;
          
           and
           so
           I
           believe
           have
           used
           it
           ,
           ever
           since
           
             William
          
           the
           Bastard
           of
           
             Normandy
          
           over-ran
           this
           Kingdome
           .
           Which
           begat
           another
           itch
           in
           me
           ,
           to
           search
           the
           lives
           of
           all
           our
           Kings
           since
           him
           ,
           
           to
           see
           if
           any
           of
           them
           had
           deserved
           that
           reverend
           remembrance
           .
           And
           first
           for
        
      
       
         
           
             King
          
           William
           The
           Conqueror
           .
        
         
           I
           Know
           no
           better
           testimony
           of
           him
           ,
           then
           out
           of
           his
           own
           mouth
           ,
           lying
           upon
           his
           death-bed
           :
           his
           words
           take
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             The
          
           English
           
             I
             hated
             ;
             the
             Nobles
             I
             dishonoured
             ,
             the
             Commons
             I
             cruelly
             vexed
             ,
             and
             many
             I
             unjustly
             disinherited
             :
             In
             the
             County
             of
          
           York
           ,
           
             and
             sundry
             other
             places
             ,
             an
             
             innumerable
             sort
             with
             hunger
             and
             sword
             I
             slew
             ;
             And
             thus
             that
             beautifull
             Land
             and
             Noble
             Nation
             ,
             I
             made
             desolate
             with
             the
             deaths
             of
             many
             thousands
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           William
           Rufus
           .
        
         
           THis
           King
           did
           not
           only
           oppresse
           and
           fleece
           this
           Nation
           ,
           but
           rather
           with
           importunate
           exactions
           did
           as
           it
           were
           flay
           off
           their
           skins
           .
           His
           chiefest
           consorts
           were
           effeminated
           persons
           ,
           
           Ruffians
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           himselfe
           delighted
           in
           continual
           adulteries
           ,
           and
           company
           of
           Concubines
           (
           even
           before
           the
           sun
           .
           )
           None
           thrived
           about
           him
           ,
           but
           Treasurers
           ,
           Collectors
           ,
           and
           Promoters
           :
           Hee
           sold
           all
           Church
           —
           preferments
           for
           mony
           ,
           and
           took
           Fines
           of
           the
           Priests
           for
           fornication
           .
        
         
           Hunting
           in
           that
           most
           remarkable
           
             New-Forrest
             ,
             Walter
             Tyrrel
          
           shot
           him
           to
           the
           heart
           with
           an
           arrow
           out
           of
           a
           Crosse-bow
           ,
           whether
           of
           purpose
           or
           not
           ,
           is
           no
           great
           matter
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Henry
           1.
           
        
         
           IS
           branded
           with
           Covetousnesse
           ,
           and
           intolerable
           taxations
           ;
           and
           cruelty
           upon
           his
           elder
           brother
           ,
           whom
           he
           kept
           in
           perpetual
           prison
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           both
           his
           eyes
           :
           and
           for
           his
           most
           excellent
           leachery
           ,
           leaving
           behind
           him
           fourteen
           Bastards
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           
             King
          
           Stephen
           .
        
         
           IN
           famous
           for
           perjurie
           ;
           a
           hater
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           whom
           he
           durst
           never
           trust
           ,
           but
           oppressed
           this
           Land
           with
           strangers
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           he
           had
           received
           the
           Crown
           upon
           courtesie
           ;
           dyes
           ,
           and
           leaves
           behind
           him
           two
           bastards
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Henry
           2.
           
        
         
           NEver
           such
           a
           horrid
           extractor
           of
           monies
           from
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           this
           King
           ;
           and
           is
           infamous
           for
           perjury
           ,
           jealousie
           ,
           and
           lechery
           ;
           curses
           all
           his
           children
           upon
           his
           death-bed
           ,
           and
           so
           dies
           leaving
           three
           bastards
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Richard
           1.
           
        
         
           RAked
           more
           money
           by
           unparalell'd
           Taxes
           upon
           this
           Nation
           ,
           then
           any
           King
           before
           him
           :
           his
           voyage
           to
           the
           Holy-Land
           pared
           them
           to
           the
           bones
           by
           many
           unjust
           wayes
           ;
           but
           his
           unlucky
           return
           quite
           ruined
           it
           :
           He
           dyes
           by
           a
           poyson'd
           arrow
           ,
           and
           leaves
           two
           Bastards
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           King
           John
           .
        
         
           OF
           this
           King
           we
           cannot
           reckon
           so
           many
           impieties
           as
           he
           had
           :
           Unnatural
           to
           his
           own
           blood
           ,
           to
           the
           wife
           in
           his
           bosom
           ;
           bloody
           to
           Nobility
           and
           Clergy
           ;
           Perjury
           ,
           often
           swearing
           ,
           but
           never
           kept
           his
           word
           ;
           betrayes
           the
           Crowne
           and
           Kingdome
           to
           the
           Pope
           ;
           And
           rather
           then
           want
           his
           will
           to
           ruine
           both
           Church
           ,
           Nobles
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           sends
           Ambassadours
           
           to
           a
           Moor
           ,
           a
           mighty
           King
           in
           
             Africa
             ,
          
           to
           render
           unto
           him
           this
           kingdome
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           to
           hold
           it
           from
           him
           as
           his
           Soveraign
           Lord
           ,
           to
           renounce
           Christ
           ,
           and
           receive
           Mahomet
           .
           In
           the
           heat
           of
           his
           wars
           with
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           Commons
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           repaires
           to
           the
           Abbey
           of
           
             Swines-head
             ,
          
           where
           he
           is
           poysoned
           ,
           and
           leaves
           behind
           him
           three
           Bastards
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Henry
           3.
           
        
         
           A
           Chip
           of
           the
           old
           block
           ,
           for
           no
           Oath
           could
           bind
           him
           ;
           Jealous
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           brings
           in
           strangers
           ,
           despiseth
           all
           counsell
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           wastes
           all
           the
           Treasure
           of
           the
           kingdome
           in
           Civil
           wars
           ,
           sells
           his
           Plate
           and
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           pawnes
           his
           Crown
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Edward
           1.
           
        
         
           GOvern'd
           his
           will
           by
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           shed
           more
           blood
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           his
           fore-runners
           ;
           counted
           his
           Judges
           as
           dogs
           ,
           and
           died
           as
           full
           of
           malice
           as
           he
           lived
           full
           of
           mischief
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Edward
           2.
           
        
         
           A
           Man
           given
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           unworthy
           vanities
           ,
           and
           sinful
           delights
           :
           The
           scourge
           and
           disgrace
           of
           this
           Nation
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           against
           a
           handfull
           of
           men
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           strength
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           After
           so
           many
           perjuries
           about
           his
           Favourite
           
             Gaveston
             ,
          
           and
           slaughter
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           he
           is
           deposed
           and
           murdered
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Edward
           3.
           
        
         
           TO
           his
           everlasting
           staine
           of
           honor
           ,
           surrenders
           by
           his
           Charter
           ,
           his
           Title
           of
           Soveraignty
           to
           the
           kingdom
           of
           
             Scotland
             ;
          
           restores
           the
           Deeds
           and
           Instruments
           of
           their
           former
           homages
           and
           fealties
           (
           though
           after
           the
           
             Scots
          
           paid
           dear
           for
           it
           )
           to
           supply
           his
           want
           .
           Whatsoever
           he
           yielded
           to
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           was
           for
           the
           most
           part
           presently
           revoked
           :
           And
           in
           that
           Parliament
           which
           was
           called
           
           
             The
             Good
             ,
          
           they
           desire
           the
           King
           (
           having
           abundantly
           supplied
           his
           wants
           )
           to
           remove
           from
           Court
           four
           persons
           of
           special
           prejudice
           to
           his
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdomes
           ,
           with
           one
           Dame
           
             Alice
             Piers
             ,
          
           the
           Kings
           Concubine
           ,
           an
           impudent
           troublesome
           woman
           :
           But
           no
           sooner
           ended
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           having
           gotten
           their
           monies
           ,
           but
           those
           four
           forbidden
           return
           to
           Court
           ,
           and
           their
           wonted
           insolencies
           :
           The
           Speaker
           ,
           who
           had
           presented
           the
           Kingdomes
           grievances
           ,
           at
           the
           
           suit
           of
           
             Alice
             Piers
             ,
          
           is
           committed
           to
           perpetual
           imprisonment
           .
        
      
       
         
           Richard
           2.
           
        
         
           T
           Is
           said
           of
           this
           King
           ,
           he
           spared
           neither
           the
           dignity
           ,
           nor
           the
           life
           of
           any
           that
           crost
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           spared
           neither
           lewd
           example
           ,
           nor
           vild
           action
           ,
           to
           follow
           cruell
           councell
           ;
           A
           man
           plung'd
           in
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           sloth
           ;
           in
           his
           private
           councels
           would
           alter
           whatsoever
           
           the
           Parliament
           had
           setled
           ;
           neglects
           his
           debts
           ;
           prodigal
           to
           strangers
           ,
           destroyes
           the
           Nobility
           ;
           and
           for
           his
           hypocrisie
           ,
           cruelty
           ,
           perjury
           ,
           and
           tyranny
           ,
           is
           deposed
           and
           murdered
           at
           
             Pomfret-Castle
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Henry
           4.
           
        
         
           SO
           true
           is
           that
           Distych
           translated
           out
           of
           
             Suetonius
             :
          
        
         
           
             Who
             first
             exil'd
             ,
          
           
             and
             after
             crown'd
             ,
          
           
           
             His
             reign
             with
             blood
          
           
             will
             much
             abound
             .
          
        
         
           For
           after
           he
           had
           murdered
           his
           Predecessor
           ,
           nothing
           took
           up
           this
           Kings
           reigne
           but
           ruine
           and
           blood
           upon
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           with
           such
           unsufferable
           taxes
           as
           never
           were
           before
           ,
           nor
           since
           .
        
      
       
         
           Henry
           5.
           
        
         
           THis
           King
           reigned
           about
           nine
           years
           and
           a
           halfe
           ,
           all
           which
           time
           our
           stories
           
           mention
           nothing
           but
           his
           wars
           ,
           raising
           of
           monies
           ,
           and
           spending
           the
           blood
           of
           this
           poor
           Nation
           .
        
      
       
         
           Henry
           6.
           
           
             AND
          
           Edward
           4.
           
        
         
           WEre
           two
           men
           ,
           born
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           for
           ruine
           ,
           blood
           and
           misery
           to
           this
           kingdome
           ;
           whose
           lives
           and
           actions
           no
           man
           can
           read
           with
           patience
           :
           That
           
           so
           much
           treasure
           and
           so
           many
           mens
           lives
           should
           be
           spent
           and
           lost
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           ambition
           ,
           luxury
           ,
           pride
           and
           tyranny
           of
           but
           two
           men
           ,
           in
           so
           many
           set-battels
           fought
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           this
           kingdom
           .
           
             Henry
          
           was
           stab'd
           with
           a
           dagger
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Glocester
          
           in
           the
           Tower
           .
           
             Edward
          
           died
           at
           
             Westminster
          
           and
           left
           behind
           him
           two
           bastards
           ,
           and
           a
           miserable
           Whore
           
             Jane
             Shore
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Richard
           3.
           
        
         
           A
           Monster
           of
           lust
           &
           cruelty
           ;
           whose
           murders
           ,
           too
           many
           to
           be
           here
           repeated
           ,
           are
           at
           large
           set
           down
           in
           our
           Chronicles
           ,
           with
           his
           attempts
           of
           Rape
           and
           Incest
           .
           So
           perfect
           he
           was
           in
           villany
           and
           hypocrisie
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           alwayes
           use
           most
           faire
           language
           ,
           and
           shew
           greatest
           signs
           of
           love
           and
           courtesie
           to
           that
           man
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           whose
           throat
           he
           had
           
           taken
           order
           for
           to
           be
           cut
           that
           night
           ;
           and
           was
           the
           first
           I
           read
           of
           in
           our
           stories
           ,
           that
           ever
           used
           that
           oath
           ,
           
             God
             —
             damn
             —
             me
             .
          
           He
           was
           slain
           at
           
             Bosworth-field
          
           ;
           his
           body
           stark
           naked
           &
           mangled
           ,
           besmear'd
           with
           blood
           and
           dust
           ,
           was
           brought
           upon
           a
           horse
           to
           
             Leicester
             ,
          
           where
           for
           a
           spectacle
           of
           hate
           and
           scorn
           ,
           he
           lay
           two
           dayes
           unburied
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Henry
           7.
           
        
         
           THis
           King
           ,
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Virulam
          
           hath
           washt
           his
           face
           so
           cleane
           with
           good
           language
           ,
           that
           without
           a
           neer
           approach
           he
           is
           hardly
           discovered
           :
           But
           surely
           I
           find
           no
           right
           he
           had
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           not
           then
           in
           fashion
           )
           whom
           hee
           never
           durst
           trust
           neither
           ,
           his
           heart
           continually
           burning
           to
           destroy
           all
           sparks
           of
           the
           
           right
           blood
           ,
           and
           their
           Abettors
           .
           How
           was
           the
           Lord
           Chamberlaines
           life
           jugled
           away
           for
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           his
           estate
           which
           was
           so
           considerable
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           of
           our
           Nobility
           .
           And
           for
           that
           story
           of
           
             Richard
          
           Duke
           of
           
             York
             ,
          
           son
           to
           
             Edward
          
           the
           4.
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Perkin
             Warbeck
             ,
          
           I
           do
           as
           verily
           believe
           he
           was
           the
           said
           Duke
           of
           
             York
             ,
          
           as
           I
           believe
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           was
           the
           son
           of
           this
           
             Henry
          
           the
           7.
           the
           circumstances
           being
           so
           pregnant
           from
           so
           many
           persons
           of
           honour
           ,
           but
           nothing
           
           more
           confirmes
           me
           in
           it
           ,
           then
           this
           kings
           indefatigable
           paines
           and
           most
           infinite
           cost
           to
           get
           him
           ,
           and
           ruine
           him
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           the
           harmless
           Earl
           of
           
             Warwick
             ,
          
           the
           one
           beheaded
           ,
           the
           other
           hang'd
           at
           
             Tyburn
             ;
          
           and
           surely
           though
           this
           king
           did
           far
           excell
           all
           his
           predecessors
           in
           craft
           ,
           yet
           was
           he
           as
           guilty
           of
           cruelty
           and
           blood
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           ;
           Nor
           can
           all
           the
           water
           in
           the
           Sea
           wash
           from
           him
           those
           two
           monstrous
           sins
           of
           Avarice
           and
           Ingratitude
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Henry
           8.
           
        
         
           TO
           say
           much
           of
           him
           ,
           were
           to
           make
           you
           surfeit
           ;
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Raleigh's
          
           testimony
           of
           him
           is
           sufficient
           .
           If
           all
           the
           pictures
           and
           patternes
           of
           a
           merciless
           Prince
           were
           lost
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           might
           all
           be
           painted
           again
           to
           the
           life
           out
           of
           the
           story
           of
           this
           King
           :
           His
           vast
           expence
           of
           treasure
           ,
           and
           profuse
           blood-shed
           ,
           made
           this
           Kingdome
           look
           with
           a
           ghastly
           face
           ;
           and
           to
           express
           
           him
           fully
           ,
           this
           remaines
           of
           him
           to
           everlasting
           ,
           
             That
             he
             never
             spared
             man
             in
             his
             anger
             ,
             nor
             woman
             in
             his
             lust
             .
          
           I
           do
           none
           of
           them
           wrong
           ,
           for
           thus
           I
           find
           them
           branded
           to
           my
           hand
           by
           publique
           Records
           :
           and
           surely
           this
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           a
           story
           I
           have
           heard
           in
           
             Spain
             ;
          
           A
           Friar
           preacht
           before
           
             Don
             Pedro
          
           the
           king
           ,
           sirnamed
           the
           Cruel
           ,
           took
           his
           Text
           which
           invited
           him
           to
           extoll
           Regal
           Dignity
           to
           its
           highest
           pitch
           ,
           often
           saying
           ,
           Few
           kings
           went
           to
           hell
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           
           close
           of
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           said
           ,
           You
           may
           ,
           peradventure
           ,
           wonder
           that
           I
           so
           often
           tell
           you
           that
           few
           kings
           go
           to
           hell
           ,
           marry
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           there
           are
           but
           few
           kings
           ,
           for
           if
           there
           were
           more
           ,
           they
           would
           go
           all
           to
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           these
           our
           kings
           ,
           I
           would
           know
           which
           was
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           who
           ruled
           by
           blood
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           and
           injustice
           upon
           this
           nation
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           God
           and
           man
           :
           Let
           no
           man
           now
           wonder
           if
           this
           Nation
           endeavour
           (
           after
           so
           long
           and
           grievous
           bondage
           under
           
           tyranny
           )
           to
           reduce
           themselves
           into
           a
           free
           State
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           face
           of
           things
           do
           now
           appeare
           in
           their
           glory
           (
           for
           such
           surely
           they
           are
           )
           I
           see
           no
           great
           hinderance
           to
           an
           honorable
           ,
           and
           secure
           setling
           of
           this
           Nation
           in
           a
           free
           State
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           agree
           amongst
           our selves
           (
           which
           I
           pray
           God
           we
           may
           .
           )
           If
           an
           honest
           League
           be
           made
           ,
           and
           as
           honestly
           kept
           betwixt
           us
           and
           the
           
             Hollander
             ,
          
           (
           not
           that
           I
           care
           much
           for
           
             Hans
             ,
          
           but
           because
           he
           is
           a
           man
           of
           business
           ,
           and
           surely
           
           't
           is
           Trade
           must
           make
           this
           Nation
           rich
           and
           secure
           )
           I
           know
           no
           power
           in
           Christendome
           can
           hurt
           us
           :
           Shipping
           and
           Mariners
           must
           be
           cherished
           ,
           the
           value
           of
           our
           money
           so
           setled
           ,
           that
           the
           Mint
           may
           go
           plentifully
           ;
           our
           Gold
           must
           not
           be
           sold
           for
           profit
           as
           Merchandize
           ,
           by
           the
           fraudulent
           Goldsmith
           to
           Merchants
           to
           transport
           ,
           nor
           our
           Silver
           by
           them
           pickt
           and
           cull'd
           ,
           to
           sell
           to
           Refiners
           for
           silver
           thread
           to
           make
           superfluous
           Lace
           .
           (
           These
           digressions
           ,
           though
           
           true
           ,
           crave
           pardon
           .
           )
           As
           the
           wheels
           of
           our
           State
           are
           many
           whereon
           it
           goes
           ,
           so
           there
           are
           (
           God
           be
           thanked
           )
           sufficient
           to
           attend
           them
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           go
           right
           :
           Let
           them
           go
           on
           and
           prosper
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           that
           shortly
           we
           shall
           see
           a
           clear
           light
           shine
           upon
           this
           Nation
           ,
           of
           honour
           ,
           respect
           ,
           and
           security
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Preface
           ,
           if
           any
           man
           aske
           why
           I
           have
           curtail'd
           the
           lives
           and
           persons
           of
           these
           thus
           ;
           I
           answer
           ,
           the
           Common
           people
           of
           this
           kingdome
           
           cannot
           attend
           to
           read
           Chronicles
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           the
           major
           part
           whom
           it
           concerns
           ;
           and
           now
           by
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           reduced
           to
           a
           Free
           State
           ,
           in
           this
           little
           Book
           I
           would
           have
           them
           hereafter
           know
           for
           whom
           and
           for
           what
           they
           fight
           ,
           and
           pay
           .
           Next
           ,
           if
           any
           man
           ask
           why
           I
           make
           such
           mention
           of
           their
           Bastards
           ;
           I
           answer
           ,
           onely
           to
           let
           the
           world
           see
           what
           foundation
           these
           six
           and
           twenty
           Bastards
           have
           laid
           for
           honourable
           ,
           Noble
           ,
           and
           right
           
           Worshipfull
           Familes
           of
           a
           long
           continuance
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           maintained
           by
           the
           blood
           and
           treasure
           of
           this
           oppressed
           Nation
           .
           If
           why
           I
           mention
           not
           
             Edward
          
           the
           5.
           and
           
             Edward
          
           the
           6.
           
           I
           say
           they
           were
           children
           ,
           and
           so
           died
           ,
           affording
           no
           matter
           for
           this
           present
           .
           If
           why
           I
           omit
           Queen
           
             Mary
          
           and
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ;
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           women
           ,
           and
           I
           wish
           I
           never
           had
           .
           But
           I
           must
           not
           make
           the
           door
           bigger
           then
           the
           house
           ,
           I
           have
           onely
           one
           Vote
           to
           passe
           ,
           That
           
             Ireland
          
           
           may
           once
           be
           setled
           in
           obedience
           to
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           
             Scotland
          
           reduced
           to
           an
           
             English
          
           Province
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           never
           more
           be
           heard
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Kirk
           ,
           or
           Covenant
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           address
           my self
           to
           King
           
             James
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           King
           James
           .
        
         
           TO
           write
           the
           life
           and
           reign
           of
           this
           King
           ,
           requires
           a
           better
           book-man
           ,
           and
           a
           better
           pen-man
           :
           that
           which
           I
           have
           to
           observe
           ,
           is
           onely
           to
           render
           him
           as
           great
           a
           Tyrant
           as
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           ;
           for
           though
           his
           fearfulness
           kept
           him
           from
           wars
           and
           blood
           ,
           yet
           as
           much
           as
           was
           in
           his
           power
           he
           laid
           as
           many
           springs
           to
           enslave
           this
           Nation
           as
           ever
           any
           ;
           His
           will
           was
           the
           sole
           
           rule
           of
           his
           Government
           ;
           nor
           had
           the
           people
           any
           thing
           to
           act
           but
           submissive
           obedience
           .
           His
           first
           work
           was
           to
           sound
           the
           Prelates
           and
           Nobility
           ,
           whose
           ambition
           and
           corruption
           he
           found
           suitable
           and
           serviceable
           to
           his
           intentions
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           their
           infusion
           ,
           so
           agreeable
           to
           his
           disposition
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           carry
           himself
           so
           majestically
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           (
           a
           power
           he
           might
           justly
           fear
           to
           offend
           )
           but
           their
           Councels
           (
           though
           they
           then
           served
           his
           and
           their
           ends
           )
           are
           
           now
           come
           upon
           them
           like
           a
           storm
           ,
           the
           one
           voted
           down
           root
           and
           branch
           ,
           the
           other
           voted
           uselesse
           and
           dangerous
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           brings
           with
           him
           a
           generall
           Peace
           with
           all
           Christendome
           ,
           not
           considering
           the
           particular
           interest
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           honourable
           ,
           or
           safe
           ,
           as
           the
           affaires
           of
           
             England
          
           then
           stood
           ,
           his
           Predecessour
           having
           taken
           upon
           her
           to
           be
           Head
           ,
           and
           Protectrix
           of
           the
           Protestant
           party
           wheresoever
           :
           But
           he
           had
           his
           
           ends
           to
           himself
           .
           First
           he
           had
           heard
           how
           many
           and
           how
           often
           attempts
           had
           been
           used
           to
           take
           away
           the
           life
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           whom
           God
           notwithstanding
           preserved
           and
           protected
           ,
           by
           the
           diligence
           of
           her
           servants
           :
           but
           he
           would
           rather
           trust
           to
           his
           King-craft
           ,
           then
           to
           Gods
           providence
           .
        
         
           Then
           having
           taken
           away
           all
           thought
           of
           wars
           ,
           his
           design
           was
           to
           luxuriate
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           so
           hee
           might
           more
           insensibly
           lay
           that
           foundation
           of
           tyrany
           he
           intended
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           comes
           tumbling
           in
           monstrous
           excesse
           of
           Riot
           ,
           which
           consumed
           many
           good
           Families
           ,
           and
           more
           good
           Hospitality
           ,
           formerly
           the
           glory
           both
           of
           our
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ;
           with
           an
           incredible
           increase
           of
           Tavernes
           and
           Bawdy-houses
           ,
           for
           which
           two
           we
           are
           to
           this
           day
           beholding
           to
           the
           
             Scots
             .
          
        
         
           And
           with
           this
           King
           ,
           and
           this
           Peace
           ,
           came
           the
           greatest
           Plague
           that
           ever
           this
           Kingdome
           felt
           before
           his
           time
           ;
           as
           if
           God
           had
           told
           us
           from
           heaven
           we
           had
           deserved
           
           it
           ,
           by
           betraying
           our selves
           ;
           and
           which
           was
           but
           a
           light
           fore-running
           punishment
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           what
           in
           time
           should
           follow
           ;
           and
           yet
           peradventure
           that
           Plague
           was
           but
           a
           shadow
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           the
           greater
           .
        
         
           The
           Kingdome
           could
           not
           afford
           more
           pomp
           and
           glory
           ,
           then
           was
           shewn
           when
           King
           
             James
          
           came
           first
           through
           
             London
             ;
          
           and
           't
           was
           so
           much
           the
           more
           considerable
           as
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           from
           a
           nasty
           barren
           Country
           ,
           (
           rather
           a
           Dunghil
           then
           
           a
           Kingdome
           )
           came
           to
           be
           at
           that
           instant
           as
           great
           a
           Prince
           as
           any
           in
           Christendome
           :
           And
           indeed
           it
           was
           the
           wonder
           of
           those
           States-men
           who
           had
           had
           experience
           of
           the
           gallantry
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           a
           
             Scot
          
           should
           enjoy
           this
           Crown
           without
           resistance
           .
           If
           the
           temper
           of
           these
           our
           dayes
           had
           then
           (
           as
           now
           )
           taken
           head
           ,
           we
           had
           saved
           much
           blood
           :
           much
           mony
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           likelihood
           been
           long
           since
           setled
           to
           such
           a
           free
           State
           ,
           as
           we
           yet
           struggle
           for
           ;
           Rich
           ,
           and
           secure
           .
        
         
         
           Long
           had
           he
           waited
           for
           the
           death
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ;
          
           but
           longer
           had
           they
           waited
           ,
           that
           waited
           upon
           him
           :
           for
           had
           not
           their
           hopes
           as
           well
           as
           his
           expected
           their
           shares
           of
           spoils
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           we
           may
           with
           out
           doing
           any
           wrong
           to
           that
           Nation
           ,
           conclude
           him
           in
           the
           fate
           of
           his
           many
           Predecessors
           ,
           whom
           they
           murdered
           .
           His
           Stock
           was
           odious
           to
           the
           more
           ancient
           Nobility
           of
           that
           Nation
           ;
           and
           the
           cloak
           of
           the
           Kirk
           would
           have
           served
           without
           scruple
           for
           such
           a
           
           covering
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Grand-Signior
          
           uses
           to
           send
           men
           doom'd
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           His
           original
           Extract
           I
           find
           was
           this
           :
        
         
           
             Banchoo
          
           a
           Nobleman
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           had
           a
           fair
           Lady
           to
           his
           daughter
           ,
           whom
           
             Mackbeth
          
           the
           King
           desires
           to
           have
           the
           use
           of
           ;
           
             Banchoo
          
           refuses
           ,
           and
           
             Mackbeth
          
           murders
           him
           ,
           and
           takes
           the
           Lady
           by
           force
           .
        
         
           
             Fleance
             ,
          
           the
           son
           of
           
             Banchoo
             ,
          
           fearing
           the
           Tyrants
           cruelty
           ,
           flies
           into
           
             Wales
          
           to
           
             Griffin
             ap
             Lhewellin
          
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Wales
             .
             Lhewellin
          
           
           entertaines
           him
           with
           all
           hospitable
           civility
           .
           
             Fleance
          
           to
           requite
           his
           courtesie
           ,
           gets
           
             Lhewellins
          
           daughter
           with
           child
           :
           
             Lhewellin
          
           murders
           
             Fleance
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lhewellins
          
           daughter
           is
           afterward
           delivered
           of
           a
           son
           ,
           named
           
             Walter
             ;
          
           this
           son
           proves
           a
           gallant
           man
           ,
           and
           falling
           out
           with
           a
           Noble
           person
           in
           
             Wales
             ,
          
           that
           call'd
           him
           Bastard
           ,
           
             Walter
          
           slew
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           safeguard
           fled
           into
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           where
           in
           continuance
           of
           time
           he
           gained
           so
           much
           reputation
           and
           favour
           ,
           that
           he
           became
           
           Steward
           of
           the
           whole
           Revenue
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ,
           of
           which
           Office
           ,
           he
           and
           his
           posterity
           retained
           the
           sirname
           ,
           and
           from
           whence
           all
           the
           Kings
           and
           Nobles
           in
           that
           Nation
           of
           that
           name
           had
           their
           originall
           ;
           here
           's
           a
           goodly
           foundation
           .
        
         
           For
           his
           Person
           ,
           a
           man
           might
           sufficiently
           and
           truly
           make
           a
           Volume
           ,
           onely
           to
           tell
           of
           his
           lazinesse
           ,
           and
           his
           uncleannesse
           ;
           but
           I
           cannot
           do
           it
           without
           fouling
           too
           much
           paper
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           a
           great
           pretender
           
           to
           Learning
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           speculative
           part
           ,
           had
           as
           much
           as
           any
           of
           our
           Kings
           upon
           record
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           practical
           ,
           and
           best
           part
           of
           it
           (
           if
           we
           may
           judge
           of
           the
           Tree
           by
           the
           Fruit
           )
           we
           may
           without
           breach
           of
           charity
           conclude
           him
           not
           guilty
           :
           He
           was
           the
           greatest
           Blasphemer
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           sweare
           faster
           then
           speak
           ,
           and
           curse
           the
           people
           by
           the
           clock
           :
           And
           it
           appeares
           by
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           most
           malicious
           hater
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           That
           insolent
           act
           of
           
             Ramsey's
          
           switching
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Montgomery
             ,
          
           at
           
             Bansted-Downs
          
           at
           a
           Horse-race
           ,
           was
           questionlesse
           a
           laid
           quarrel
           to
           have
           destroyed
           much
           of
           our
           English
           Nobility
           ;
           and
           had
           it
           been
           practised
           upon
           any
           but
           that
           thin-soul'd
           Lord
           ,
           who
           was
           importun'd
           but
           to
           draw
           his
           sword
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           a
           bloody
           day
           :
           what
           reserve
           the
           
             Scots
          
           had
           was
           never
           known
           ;
           but
           such
           an
           affront
           is
           not
           to
           be
           construed
           without
           reservation
           .
        
         
         
           The
           King
           was
           naturally
           fearful
           ,
           even
           as
           low
           as
           could
           be
           ;
           And
           what
           he
           would
           do
           ,
           and
           durst
           not
           own
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           do
           by
           his
           Favourites
           ,
           whom
           (
           for
           the
           fitness
           of
           his
           designs
           )
           he
           would
           raise
           from
           low
           degree
           ,
           to
           oblige
           them
           the
           more
           ,
           and
           to
           desert
           them
           with
           more
           ease
           ,
           and
           shift
           them
           often
           til
           he
           had
           them
           sitted
           to
           his
           purpose
           .
        
         
           
             Dunbar
          
           was
           too
           solid
           ,
           
             Hayes
          
           too
           light
           ;
           
             Northampton
          
           too
           crafty
           ,
           
             Montgomery
          
           too
           silly
           ,
           (
           here
           's
           two
           English
           ,
           two
           Scots
           ,
           all
           deserted
           )
           
           And
           now
           he
           hath
           found
           a
           young
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           that
           had
           been
           one
           of
           his
           Pages
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           turn'd
           off
           with
           fifty
           pounds
           in
           mony
           and
           cloaths
           ,
           to
           seek
           his
           fortune
           ;
           having
           spent
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           his
           means
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           comes
           over
           hither
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           fashion
           and
           language
           ,
           is
           entertained
           by
           his
           country
           man
           ,
           then
           Lord
           
             Hayes
             ,
          
           (
           another
           Scot
           of
           the
           like
           extract
           )
           for
           a
           Page
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           takes
           notice
           of
           him
           ,
           calls
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           first
           dash
           makes
           him
           one
           of
           the
           Bed-chamber
           ,
           
           and
           suddenly
           his
           Favourite
           ,
           and
           Knight
           Sir
           
             Robert
             ,
          
           then
           Viscount
           
             Rochester
             ,
          
           and
           after
           Earl
           of
           
             Somerset
             .
          
           This
           man
           the
           King
           had
           wound
           up
           to
           his
           just
           pitch
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           may
           justly
           say
           
             Trim
             tram
             ,
             Like
             master
             ,
             like
             man
             .
          
           When
           this
           man
           had
           long
           wallowed
           in
           his
           Masters
           bounty
           ,
           and
           the
           treasures
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           he
           fell
           the
           foullest
           that
           ever
           man
           did
           ,
           upon
           the
           rocks
           of
           dishonor
           ,
           adultery
           ,
           and
           murder
           :
           Of
           dishonour
           ,
           to
           a
           Noble
           Peer
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           and
           in
           him
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           
           Nobility
           ;
           Adultery
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           bewhore
           her
           ,
           but
           to
           get
           her
           divorced
           ,
           and
           marry
           her
           ;
           And
           murder
           ,
           upon
           the
           body
           of
           that
           unfortunate
           Gentleman
           ,
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Overbury
             ,
          
           only
           for
           disswading
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           it
           is
           much
           to
           our
           purpose
           ,
           to
           insert
           how
           this
           Favorites
           carriage
           had
           highly
           offended
           Pr.
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           who
           understanding
           the
           loose
           kind
           of
           life
           this
           man
           lived
           ,
           especially
           relating
           to
           her
           ,
           distastes
           him
           ,
           disrespects
           him
           ,
           and
           forbears
           his
           company
           ,
           and
           flatly
           fals
           
           out
           with
           him
           .
           
             Somerset
          
           complaines
           to
           the
           King
           :
           shortly
           the
           Prince
           falls
           sick
           and
           dies
           .
        
         
           That
           he
           was
           poysoned
           ,
           hath
           been
           a
           common
           fame
           ever
           since
           :
           But
           to
           snuffe
           the
           candle
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           burn
           cleare
           ,
           take
           the
           testimony
           of
           these
           famous
           Physitians
           ,
           that
           dissected
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           have
           left
           it
           upon
           record
           under
           their
           hands
           .
        
         
           
             
               
               
                 
                   The
                   Dissection
                   
                     of
                     the
                     Body
                     of
                  
                   Prince
                   HENRY
                   .
                
                 
                   FIrst
                   ,
                   we
                   found
                   his
                   Liver
                   paler
                   then
                   ordinary
                   ,
                   in
                   certain
                   places
                   somwhat
                   wan
                   ;
                   his
                   Gall
                   without
                   any
                   Choller
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   distended
                   with
                   winde
                   .
                
                 
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   his
                   Spleen
                   was
                   in
                   divers
                   places
                   more
                   then
                   ordinarily
                   black
                   .
                
                 
                   Thirdly
                   ,
                   his
                   Stomack
                   was
                   in
                   no
                   part
                   offended
                   .
                
                 
                   Fourthly
                   ,
                   his
                   Midriffe
                   was
                   in
                   divers
                   places
                   black
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Fifthly
                   ,
                   his
                   Lungs
                   were
                   very
                   black
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   divers
                   places
                   spotted
                   ,
                   and
                   full
                   of
                   a
                   thin
                   watery
                   blood
                   .
                
                 
                   Lastly
                   ,
                   the
                   Veines
                   in
                   the
                   hinder
                   part
                   of
                   his
                   head
                   ,
                   were
                   fuller
                   then
                   ordinary
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Ventricles
                   and
                   hollownesse
                   of
                   the
                   brain
                   ,
                   were
                   full
                   of
                   cleare
                   water
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     In
                     witnesse
                     whereof
                     ,
                     with
                     our
                     own
                     hands
                     we
                     have
                     subscribed
                     this
                     present
                     Relation
                     ,
                     
                       
                         Novemb.
                         7.
                         1612.
                         
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         MAYERN
                      
                       
                         ATKINS
                      
                       
                         HAMMOND
                      
                       
                         PALMER
                         .
                      
                       
                         GIFFORD
                         .
                      
                       
                         BUTLER
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           This
           Prince
           was
           an
           active
           man
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           high
           thoughts
           ;
           A
           Lover
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           lookt
           upon
           by
           them
           with
           much
           affection
           and
           expectation
           .
           What
           feares
           &
           jealousies
           
             Somerset
          
           might
           maliciously
           infuse
           into
           the
           Kings
           too
           fearful
           and
           timorous
           soul
           ,
           we
           cannot
           tell
           :
           but
           that
           language
           from
           
             Somerset
          
           to
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           when
           he
           told
           him
           he
           must
           provide
           himself
           to
           go
           the
           next
           morning
           to
           
             Westminster
          
           to
           his
           Trial
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             He
             would
             not
             ;
             That
             the
             King
             had
             assured
             
             him
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             come
             to
             any
             trial
             ;
             neither
             durst
             the
             King
             bring
             him
             to
             any
             trial
             .
          
           This
           language
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           stinks
           abominably
           :
           And
           when
           he
           did
           come
           to
           his
           Trial
           ,
           fearing
           (
           being
           enraged
           )
           that
           he
           might
           flie
           out
           into
           some
           strange
           discovery
           ,
           there
           were
           two
           men
           placed
           on
           each
           side
           of
           him
           with
           cloaks
           on
           their
           arms
           ,
           with
           peremptory
           cōmand
           ,
           that
           if
           
             Sommerset
          
           did
           any
           way
           flie
           out
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           they
           should
           instantly
           hoodwink
           him
           wth
           their
           cloaks
           ,
           take
           him
           violently
           from
           
           the
           Bar
           ,
           and
           carry
           him
           away
           :
           and
           this
           could
           be
           no
           mans
           act
           but
           the
           Kings
           .
           He
           would
           often
           boast
           of
           his
           King-craft
           ;
           but
           if
           his
           feares
           ,
           and
           
             Somersets
          
           malice
           took
           this
           Princes
           life
           away
           ,
           't
           was
           a
           sweet
           peece
           of
           King-craft
           indeed
           ,
           but
           the
           fruit
           of
           it
           hath
           been
           bitter
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           enough
           admire
           that
           language
           hee
           used
           ,
           when
           he
           gave
           in
           charge
           to
           his
           Judges
           the
           Examination
           of
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Overburi●●
          
           murder
           :
        
         
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           
             I
             charge
             you
             ,
             as
             you
             will
             answer
             it
             at
             that
             great
             and
             terrible
             day
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             that
             you
             examine
             it
             strictly
             ,
             without
             favour
             ,
             affection
             ,
             or
             partiality
             :
             And
             if
             you
             shall
             spare
             any
             guilty
             of
             this
             crime
             ;
             Gods
             curse
             light
             upon
             you
             and
             your
             posterity
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             shall
             spare
             any
             that
             are
             found
             guilty
             ,
             Gods
             curse
             light
             on
             me
             and
             my
             posterity
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           This
           expression
           hath
           a
           most
           honest
           out-side
           :
           but
           if
           the
           King
           had
           a
           designe
           of
           feare
           ,
           rather
           to
           be
           so
           rid
           of
           
             Somerset
             ,
          
           then
           an
           inward
           
           desire
           of
           Justice
           ,
           't
           was
           monstrous
           foule
           ;
           which
           we
           shall
           better
           judge
           of
           by
           the
           sequel
           .
        
         
           Seven
           persons
           were
           by
           the
           Judges
           condemned
           to
           die
           for
           this
           foule
           murder
           ;
           four
           of
           them
           of
           the
           least
           account
           ,
           and
           accessaries
           ,
           are
           executed
           ;
           the
           three
           great
           ones
           ,
           and
           principals
           ,
           the
           King
           pardons
           ;
           and
           to
           
             Somerset
          
           himself
           ,
           to
           his
           dying
           day
           ,
           was
           most
           profusely
           liberal
           ,
           and
           suffered
           to
           live
           with
           that
           fire-brand
           of
           hel
           his
           wife
           ,
           under
           the
           Kings
           nose
           ,
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           their
           lives
           .
        
         
         
           Here
           's
           fine
           jugling
           !
           these
           must
           be
           saved
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           telling
           Scotch
           tales
           of
           the
           King
           .
           Would
           the
           spirits
           of
           those
           noble
           souls
           of
           these
           our
           dayes
           ,
           put
           up
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           injustice
           in
           the
           master
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           affront
           and
           contempt
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           both
           from
           the
           Master
           and
           the
           man
           (
           two
           Scots
           )
           without
           vengeance
           ?
           I
           believe
           not
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Favourite
           of
           his
           ,
           when
           his
           estate
           was
           seised
           upon
           for
           this
           foul
           murder
           ,
           was
           found
           to
           have
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           
           pounds
           in
           mony
           ,
           plate
           and
           jewels
           ,
           in
           his
           house
           ;
           and
           nineteen
           thousand
           pounds
           a
           year
           in
           Lands
           comming
           in
           :
           a
           fine
           advance
           from
           a
           Scots
           Page
           ;
           fifty
           pounds
           ,
           and
           a
           Suit
           of
           Cloaths
           :
           (
           and
           can
           any
           man
           tel
           for
           what
           ?
           )
           I
           never
           heard
           that
           all
           
             Scotland
          
           was
           worth
           so
           much
           .
           But
           enough
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           King
           had
           no
           Wars
           ;
           but
           spent
           more
           mony
           prodigally
           ,
           profusely
           ,
           and
           riotously
           then
           any
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           .
        
         
           What
           swarms
           of
           Scots
           came
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           after
           
           him
           ,
           into
           this
           kingdome
           ?
           who
           perpetually
           suckt
           him
           of
           most
           vast
           sums
           of
           moneys
           ,
           which
           stand
           yet
           upon
           record
           ;
           which
           put
           him
           upon
           all
           dishonourable
           wayes
           of
           raising
           monies
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           cruell
           oppression
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           to
           serve
           their
           riot
           and
           luxury
           :
           but
           there
           are
           many
           yet
           living
           can
           justifie
           this
           truth
           :
           Though
           they
           lived
           a
           while
           at
           such
           a
           height
           ;
           yet
           they
           died
           like
           themselves
           ,
           contemptible
           ,
           miserable
           Beggers
           ;
           and
           at
           this
           day
           scarce
           one
           of
           them
           can
           shew
           the
           
           fruits
           of
           those
           vast
           donatives
           ,
           either
           in
           themselves
           ,
           or
           their
           posterity
           ,
           that
           's
           worth
           looking
           upon
           :
           And
           so
           let
           them
           all
           perish
           ,
           whomsoever
           ,
           
             Scots
          
           or
           
             English
             ,
          
           whose
           foundation
           is
           such
           .
           Though
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           but
           any
           estate
           may
           be
           now
           questioned
           ,
           which
           is
           known
           to
           have
           been
           raised
           upon
           the
           oppression
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           nor
           that
           any
           title
           of
           Honour
           so
           bought
           should
           descend
           to
           posterity
           .
        
         
           A
           Lord
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Lord
           by
           merit
           of
           imployment
           in
           
           some
           noble
           Office
           ,
           for
           the
           publique
           good
           ;
           not
           by
           projecting
           tricks
           ,
           and
           cozening
           devices
           to
           fill
           a
           Tyrant's
           Coffers
           ,
           to
           the
           enslaving
           of
           a
           gallant
           free
           Nation
           .
           But
           ,
           &c.
           to
           return
           to
           King
           
             James
             .
          
        
         
           In
           those
           dayes
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           the
           Lawyers
           ,
           had
           a
           great
           influence
           upon
           the
           people
           for
           their
           abilities
           ,
           and
           supposed
           honesties
           ;
           yet
           amongst
           these
           ,
           such
           are
           found
           ,
           and
           others
           are
           made
           such
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           the
           King
           would
           have
           ,
           they
           are
           
           fit
           ,
           and
           willing
           instruments
           to
           bring
           it
           about
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           passe
           for
           currant
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           Law
           .
           Witnesse
           ,
        
         
           The
           burning
           of
           a
           whole
           Cart-load
           of
           Parliament
           Presidents
           ,
           that
           spake
           the
           Subjects
           Liberty
           ;
           that
           were
           burnt
           at
           the
           Kings
           first
           comming
           .
        
         
           Witnesse
           the
           Nullity
           .
        
         
           Witnesse
           the
           life
           of
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Rawleigh
             ,
          
           that
           was
           taken
           away
           in
           point
           of
           State
           ,
           whose
           least
           part
           was
           of
           more
           worth
           then
           the
           whole
           race
           of
           the
           best
           of
           
           the
           Scots
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Witnes
           ,
           the
           inhancing
           of
           Customes
           .
        
         
           Witnes
           ,
           Privy
           Seals
           ,
           Monopolies
           ,
           and
           Loans
           ,
           Benevolences
           ,
           Sales
           of
           Lands
           ,
           Woods
           ,
           Fines
           ,
           New-buildings
           .
        
         
           Witnes
           ,
           the
           lamentable
           losse
           of
           the
           Palatinate
           .
        
         
           Witnes
           ,
           the
           Treaty
           of
           the
           Spanish-Match
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           two
           last
           ,
           this
           Nation
           received
           more
           dishonour
           ,
           then
           in
           any
           action
           any
           former
           age
           can
           paralel
           ,
           and
           all
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           an
           honourable
           Treaty
           .
           His
           
           Daughter
           was
           undone
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           bob'd
           of
           a
           Wife
           ,
           after
           the
           hazard
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           vast
           expence
           of
           infinite
           treasure
           to
           this
           day
           undischarged
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           never
           understand
           what
           piece
           of
           King-craft
           it
           was
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           Prince
           his
           onely
           Son
           ,
           with
           
             Buckingham
          
           his
           favourite
           ,
           make
           that
           Voyage
           into
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           unlesse
           it
           were
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           them
           both
           :
           and
           had
           he
           not
           had
           to
           do
           with
           a
           noble
           Enemy
           ,
           surely
           they
           had
           never
           returned
           .
        
         
         
           Hee
           would
           sometimes
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           mony
           ,
           not
           for
           busines
           :
           But
           if
           the
           Kingdome
           presented
           any
           grievances
           ,
           he
           would
           quarrel
           by
           his
           prerogative
           ,
           and
           dissolve
           it
           .
        
         
           One
           Letter
           of
           his
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           cannot
           read
           but
           with
           amazement
           :
           which
           being
           but
           briefe
           ,
           take
           here
           from
           his
           own
           hand
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               Copy
               of
               His
               
                 Majesties
                 Letter
              
               To
               the
               Lower-House
               of
               
                 Parliament
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Speaker
                 ,
              
            
             
               WE
               have
               heard
               by
               divers
               reports
               to
               our
               great
               grief
               That
               the
               far
               distance
               of
               our
               person
               at
               this
               time
               from
               our
               High
               Cou●t
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               caused
               by
               our
               want
               of
               health
               ,
               hath
               imboldened
               some
               fiery
               and
               popular
               Spirits
               in
               our
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               to
               debate
               and
               argue
               publiquely
               in
               matters
               far
               beyond
               your
               reach
               
               and
               capacity
               ,
               and
               so
               tending
               to
               our
               high
               dishonour
               ,
               and
               trenching
               upon
               our
               Prerogative
               royal
               :
               You
               shall
               therefore
               acquaint
               that
               House
               with
               our
               pleasure
               ,
               That
               none
               therein
               shall
               from
               henceforth
               presume
               to
               meddle
               with
               any
               thing
               concerning
               our
               Government
               ,
               or
               Mysteries
               of
               State
               ;
               namely
               ,
               not
               to
               speak
               of
               our
               dearest
               Sonnes
               match
               with
               the
               Daughter
               of
               
                 Spain
                 ,
              
               nor
               to
               touch
               the
               honour
               of
               that
               King
               ,
               nor
               any
               our
               friends
               or
               confederates
               ;
               and
               also
               not
               to
               medle
               with
               any
               mans
               particulars
               ,
               which
               have
               their
               
               due
               motions
               in
               our
               ordinary
               Courts
               of
               Justice
               :
               And
               whereas
               we
               heare
               they
               have
               sent
               a
               Messenger
               to
               Sr.
               
                 Edwyn
                 Sands
                 ,
              
               to
               know
               the
               reason
               of
               his
               late
               restraint
               ▪
               you
               shall
               in
               our
               name
               resolve
               them
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               for
               any
               misdemeanour
               of
               his
               in
               Parliament
               :
               but
               to
               put
               them
               out
               of
               doubt
               of
               any
               question
               of
               that
               nature
               ,
               that
               may
               arise
               among
               them
               hereafter
               ,
               you
               shall
               resolve
               them
               in
               our
               name
               ,
               That
               wee
               think
               our selves
               very
               free
               ,
               and
               able
               to
               punish
               any
               mans
               misdemeanours
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               
               as
               well
               during
               their
               sitting
               ,
               as
               afterwards
               ;
               which
               we
               mean
               not
               to
               spare
               hereafter
               ,
               upon
               any
               occasion
               of
               any
               mans
               insolent
               behaviour
               there
               ,
               that
               shall
               be
               ministred
               unto
               us
               .
               And
               if
               they
               have
               already
               touched
               any
               of
               these
               points
               which
               we
               have
               forbidden
               ,
               in
               any
               Petition
               of
               theirs
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               be
               sent
               to
               us
               :
               It
               is
               our
               pleasure
               ,
               that
               you
               shall
               tell
               them
               ,
               that
               except
               they
               reform
               it
               before
               it
               come
               to
               our
               hands
               ,
               we
               will
               not
               dain
               the
               hearing
               or
               answering
               of
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           I
           leave
           every
           Reader
           to
           comment
           upon
           it
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           own
           patience
           and
           passion
           :
           But
           ,
           that
           a
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           from
           so
           beggerly
           a
           condition
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           peaceably
           and
           honorably
           received
           to
           so
           royal
           a
           government
           over
           so
           brave
           a
           Nation
           ,
           should
           use
           such
           ungratefull
           ,
           presumptuous
           ,
           and
           proud
           language
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           is
           to
           my
           understanding
           monstrous
           ,
           horrible
           ,
           and
           not
           good
           .
           But
           't
           was
           his
           humor
           all
           his
           reign
           ;
           with
           impatience
           over-ruling
           ,
           with
           
           jealousies
           threatning
           ,
           and
           at
           pleasure
           to
           dissolve
           all
           Parliaments
           ,
           thereby
           to
           lay
           that
           foundation
           of
           tyrannical
           and
           arbitrary
           government
           ,
           which
           he
           intended
           to
           bring
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           His
           Favourite
           
             Somerset
          
           being
           condemn'd
           ,
           and
           quietly
           laid
           aside
           ,
           he
           was
           ready
           provided
           of
           another
           ,
           
             George
             Villiers
          
           by
           name
           ,
           a
           handsom
           young
           man
           ,
           lately
           return'd
           out
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           from
           an
           allowance
           of
           Threescore
           pounds
           a
           year
           :
           who
           comes
           to
           Court
           ,
           is
           admitted
           to
           a
           
           bearers
           place
           ,
           presently
           Knighted
           ,
           and
           made
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           Bedchamber
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           day
           a
           Thousand
           pounds
           a
           yeare
           out
           of
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Wards
          
           given
           him
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           breath
           made
           Master
           of
           the
           Horse
           ,
           then
           Knight
           of
           the
           Garter
           ,
           then
           Baron
           of
           
             Whadon
             ,
          
           Viscount
           
             Villiers
             ,
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Somerset
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Privy-Councellor
           ,
           Marquesse
           of
           
             Buckingham
             ,
          
           Lord
           Admiral
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           Chief
           Justice
           in
           Eyre
           of
           all
           the
           Parks
           and
           Forrests
           on
           the
           South-side
           of
           
             Trent
             ,
          
           Master
           of
           the
           Kings-Bench
           Office
           ,
           
           Head
           —
           Steward
           of
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           and
           Constable
           of
           
             Windsor-Castle
          
           ,
           and
           lastly
           Duke
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           could
           go
           no
           higher
           in
           title
           ;
           but
           by
           his
           Masters
           pleasure
           and
           courtesie
           ,
           all
           the
           affairs
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           are
           steered
           by
           his
           compasse
           ,
           as
           is
           at
           large
           made
           known
           in
           many
           mens
           writings
           published
           .
           Yet
           when
           he
           knew
           his
           Master
           (
           notwithstanding
           his
           slabbering
           expressions
           of
           affection
           ,
           and
           extravagant
           Honours
           and
           riches
           )
           to
           be
           weary
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           found
           a
           Plaister
           and
           a
           
           Powder
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           amends
           for
           all
           his
           favours
           ;
           And
           here
           the
           King-craft
           met
           with
           his
           match
           .
           How
           far
           King
           
             Charles
          
           might
           be
           privy
           to
           this
           busines
           ,
           I
           determine
           not
           ;
           but
           the
           private
           familiarity
           between
           them
           ,
           continued
           so
           long
           after
           ,
           and
           protecting
           him
           from
           being
           questioned
           for
           this
           very
           particular
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           no
           small
           presumption
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           the
           King
           denied
           (
           Justice
           )
           God
           sent
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           
             John
             Felton
             ,
          
           who
           stabb'd
           this
           Duke
           at
           
           
             Portsmouth
             ,
          
           with
           a
           ten
           peny
           knife
           ,
           that
           hee
           instantly
           gave
           up
           the
           ghost
           with
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Gods
             wounds
             ,
             I
             am
             slain
             !
          
        
         
           To
           write
           all
           those
           actions
           this
           Duke
           did
           by
           these
           two
           Kings
           favours
           ,
           in
           prejudice
           of
           this
           oppressed
           Nation
           ,
           would
           make
           a
           cholerick
           man
           mad
           ,
           and
           a
           flegmatick
           stupid
           :
           but
           let
           him
           go
           ;
           the
           King
           is
           the
           thing
           I
           intend
           ,
           who
           made
           use
           of
           him
           ,
           the
           flattering
           Prelates
           ,
           the
           poor-spirited
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           corrupt
           Lawyers
           ,
           to
           frame
           such
           a
           Government
           ,
           
           as
           all
           the
           wealth
           in
           this
           kingdome
           should
           be
           at
           the
           Kings
           disposing
           .
        
         
           Which
           course
           ,
           with
           such
           instructions
           ,
           he
           left
           to
           his
           Son
           ;
           and
           how
           his
           Son
           managed
           them
           ,
           hath
           been
           so
           clearly
           published
           by
           Supreme
           Authority
           ,
           fairely
           written
           by
           sowhite
           a
           hand
           ,
           that
           I
           intend
           not
           here
           to
           say
           much
           of
           that
           Prince
           :
           Only
           this
           I
           can
           say
           ;
           He
           was
           a
           man
           so
           wilfull
           ,
           obstinate
           ,
           and
           uxorious
           ,
           that
           he
           quite
           forsook
           his
           own
           interest
           as
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           and
           interest
           of
           
           this
           Nation
           ,
           thorough
           malice
           ,
           and
           her
           counsel
           ;
           and
           did
           so
           farre
           incline
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           
             France
          
           against
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           (
           and
           no
           thankes
           for
           his
           labour
           )
           that
           by
           his
           meanes
           alone
           
             Rochel
          
           and
           
             Dunkirk
          
           were
           both
           lost
           :
           But
           that
           ,
           and
           his
           Fathers
           instructions
           ,
           lost
           him
           ,
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           more
           blood
           and
           treasure
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           then
           all
           our
           wars
           had
           spent
           since
           the
           
             William
          
           the
           Norman
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           to
           me
           the
           greatest
           wonder
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           how
           this
           King
           could
           
           be
           so
           blind
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           prevent
           that
           storm
           that
           came
           upon
           him
           ,
           till
           it
           was
           too
           late
           .
           Were
           all
           his
           Counsellors
           false
           ?
           O
           unhappy
           King
           !
           Or
           would
           he
           be
           ruled
           by
           none
           but
           himselfe
           and
           his
           wife
           ?
           O
           more
           unhappy
           man
           !
           (
           Surely
           in
           this
           was
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           most
           visible
           .
           )
           Mischief
           was
           in
           his
           heart
           against
           this
           Nation
           ;
           but
           it
           came
           upon
           himself
           &
           all
           his
           ,
           as
           the
           world
           hath
           seen
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           about
           the
           time
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           a
           Book
           published
           ,
           which
           was
           presented
           
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           He
           the
           Author
           :
           which
           was
           so
           gross
           an
           imposture
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           much
           marvail'd
           (
           the
           fraud
           being
           so
           plain
           ,
           and
           easily
           detected
           )
           that
           no
           course
           hath
           been
           taken
           to
           find
           him
           out
           ,
           and
           punish'd
           ,
           that
           made
           it
           :
           For
           that
           it
           was
           not
           his
           ,
           is
           as
           plainly
           to
           be
           discerned
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           at
           noon
           .
           But
           that
           false
           perfume
           lasted
           but
           a
           while
           ,
           &
           the
           scent
           was
           only
           pleasing
           to
           them
           that
           could
           not
           smell
           .
        
         
         
           So
           that
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           our
           dayes
           we
           have
           seen
           two
           the
           most
           remarkable
           and
           most
           eminent
           passages
           of
           humane
           affaires
           ,
           that
           this
           Nation
           hath
           afforded
           since
           the
           Creation
           :
        
         
           The
           Entrance
           of
           King
           
             James
          
           into
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           pomp
           and
           glory
           as
           the
           World
           could
           afford
           :
        
         
           And
           the
           Exit
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           shame
           and
           misery
           as
           could
           befall
           a
           King
           .
        
         
         
           And
           although
           God
           Almighty
           be
           the
           Judge
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           yet
           Gods
           judgments
           that
           are
           so
           remarkable
           ,
           are
           for
           our
           instructions
           ,
           and
           God
           is
           to
           be
           glorified
           by
           us
           for
           these
           judgments
           of
           his
           upon
           this
           Kings
           family
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           in
           the
           best
           stories
           I
           have
           read
           ,
           find
           who
           was
           clearly
           King
           
             James
          
           his
           Father
           .
        
         
           
             Mary
          
           Queen
           of
           
             Scotland
          
           (
           a
           lusty
           young
           Widow
           )
           marries
           the
           Lord
           
             Darly
          
           son
           to
           the
           D.
           of
           
             Lenox
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           1565.
           or
           thereabouts
           :
           
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           had
           for
           a
           reserve
           in
           great
           favor
           with
           her
           an
           Italian
           Fidler
           ,
           and
           
             Bothwel
          
           a
           Scotch
           Lord
           .
           After
           marriage
           ,
           the
           Queen
           proves
           with
           childe
           .
           The
           King
           her
           husband
           ,
           that
           was
           Lord
           
             Darly
             ,
          
           (
           enraged
           by
           some
           informations
           )
           comes
           into
           the
           roome
           where
           the
           Queen
           his
           wife
           was
           at
           supper
           ,
           and
           very
           big
           ;
           drags
           the
           Italian
           Fidler
           into
           another
           roome
           ,
           and
           murders
           him
           .
           The
           Queen
           was
           shortly
           delivered
           of
           a
           Son
           ,
           which
           was
           our
           King
           
             James
             .
          
           The
           solemnity
           of
           the
           Christening
           
           ended
           ,
           she
           and
           
             Bothwel
          
           murdred
           the
           King
           her
           husband
           .
           Then
           the
           Queen
           marries
           
             Bothwel
             ,
          
           (
           and
           all
           this
           in
           a
           moment
           of
           time
           )
           but
           they
           are
           both
           fain
           to
           flie
           ;
           The
           Queen
           came
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           was
           here
           beheaded
           ;
           
             Bothwel
          
           fled
           into
           
             Denmark
             ,
          
           and
           there
           lay
           in
           prison
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           his
           life
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           (
           Reader
           )
           observe
           the
           fortune
           of
           this
           prodigious
           Family
           .
        
         
           His
           supposed
           Father
           was
           strangled
           in
           his
           bed
           ,
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           his
           mother
           ,
           and
           
           flung
           out
           into
           a
           garden
           .
        
         
           His
           Mother
           is
           beheaded
           .
        
         
           His
           eldest
           Son
           Pr.
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           by
           the
           jealousie
           ,
           and
           consent
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           in
           the
           flower
           of
           his
           youth
           and
           strength
           of
           his
           age
           ,
           is
           poysoned
           .
        
         
           His
           Daughter
           ,
           married
           to
           the
           Palsgrave
           ;
           where
           shortly
           her
           Husband
           (
           in
           ambition
           to
           becom
           a
           king
           )
           is
           slain
           ,
           and
           she
           with
           her
           many
           children
           are
           driven
           out
           of
           their
           estates
           ,
           and
           flie
           for
           shelter
           into
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           where
           she
           hath
           lived
           ever
           since
           upon
           the
           courtesie
           of
           this
           State
           .
        
         
         
           Her
           eldest
           Son
           ,
           having
           lived
           long
           upon
           a
           particular
           charity
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           is
           now
           at
           length
           restored
           to
           a
           feather
           of
           his
           goose
           .
        
         
           Two
           other
           of
           her
           sons
           ,
           after
           six
           yeares
           following
           arms
           and
           plunder
           for
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           turn'd
           Pyrates
           at
           sea
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           at
           present
           .
        
         
           King
           
             James
          
           himself
           (
           after
           two
           &
           twenty
           years
           reign
           ,
           by
           the
           act
           of
           his
           Favourite
           
             Buckingham
             ,
          
           and
           the
           consent
           of
           his
           son
           
             Charles
          
           that
           succeeded
           him
           )
           is
           poysoned
           .
        
         
         
           King
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           after
           eight
           years
           was
           with
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           taken
           ,
           arraigned
           and
           condemn'd
           ,
           and
           is
           beheaded
           at
           his
           own
           dores
           ;
           his
           Wife
           fled
           home
           to
           her
           friends
           ,
           and
           his
           Children
           scattered
           abroad
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           live
           upon
           the
           charity
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           Are
           all
           these
           circumstances
           to
           be
           slighted
           ,
           or
           unconsidered
           ?
           And
           shall
           we
           take
           the
           Priests
           word
           ;
           
             King
          
           James
           
             was
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ?
          
           I
           challenge
           the
           proudest
           of
           them
           ;
           let
           them
           publish
           one
           cleare
           act
           of
           
           Honesty
           from
           him
           all
           the
           time
           of
           his
           reign
           ,
           or
           any
           honestman
           that
           ever
           he
           loved
           ,
           &
           I
           'le
           yield
           .
           His
           hypocrisie
           ,
           perjury
           ,
           cowardise
           ,
           blasphemy
           ,
           malice
           ,
           are
           known
           to
           all
           ;
           and
           base
           ingratitude
           ,
           which
           comprehends
           more
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           :
           whereof
           one
           example
           of
           him
           is
           well
           worth
           our
           remembring
           ,
           to
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Wo●●on
             ,
          
           which
           briefly
           was
           thus
           :
        
         
           Sir
           
             Henry
          
           (
           a
           man
           for
           person
           &
           parts
           highly
           esteemed
           ,
           and
           honoured
           of
           all
           that
           knew
           him
           )
           being
           in
           
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           when
           Queen
           
             Elizabeths
          
           death
           drew
           nigh
           ,
           (
           which
           King
           
             Iames
          
           gaped
           for
           )
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Florence
          
           had
           intercepted
           some
           Letters
           ,
           which
           discovered
           a
           designe
           to
           take
           away
           the
           life
           of
           King
           
             James
             :
          
           The
           Duke
           abhorring
           the
           fact
           ,
           resolves
           to
           endeavour
           the
           prevention
           ,
           calls
           for
           his
           Secretary
           to
           advise
           by
           what
           meanes
           a
           caution
           might
           be
           best
           given
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           resolved
           to
           be
           done
           by
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Wotton
             ,
          
           who
           (
           being
           well
           instructed
           )
           is
           presently
           
           dispatched
           into
           
             Scotland
          
           with
           Letters
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           most
           rare
           Antidotes
           against
           all
           manner
           of
           poysons
           ,
           whereby
           that
           mischief
           was
           prevented
           ;
           and
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Wotton
          
           returns
           into
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           where
           shortly
           after
           came
           the
           news
           of
           the
           death
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           and
           
             James
          
           King
           of
           
             Scots
          
           proclaimed
           King
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           away
           comes
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Wotton
             ,
          
           to
           joy
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           This
           had
           been
           a
           fit
           Subject
           for
           to
           have
           shewn
           his
           Noble
           minde
           upon
           for
           a
           
           Favourite
           :
           but
           what
           doth
           the
           King
           ?
           takes
           him
           into
           two
           and
           twenty
           years
           travaile
           ,
           like
           a
           pack
           horse
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           an
           Agent
           in
           forreign
           parts
           ,
           and
           leaves
           him
           in
           his
           old
           age
           in
           
             Eaton-Colledge
          
           ,
           unable
           to
           pay
           his
           debts
           ,
           as
           many
           appear
           by
           his
           lamentable
           complaint
           upon
           his
           death-bed
           ;
           his
           words
           are
           these
           in
           his
           Last-Will
           and
           Testament
           .
        
         
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           my
           Lords
           Grace
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           to
           intercede
           with
           our
           
           most
           gracious
           Soveraign
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           )
           that
           out
           of
           compassionate
           memory
           of
           my
           long
           services
           ,
           some
           order
           may
           be
           taken
           for
           my
           Arrears
           ,
           for
           satisfaction
           of
           my
           Debts
           .
        
         
           This
           president
           alone
           is
           so
           transcendently
           foul
           ,
           as
           all
           his
           other
           actions
           and
           passions
           are
           vertues
           to
           it
           .
           Fellowes
           of
           no
           merit
           ,
           at
           home
           ,
           must
           wallow
           in
           his
           bounty
           and
           their
           own
           luxury
           ,
           to
           do
           his
           foul
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           to
           execute
           his
           tyranical
           actions
           ;
           
           whilest
           such
           a
           Noble
           Soul
           as
           this
           ,
           must
           suffer
           want
           ,
           and
           die
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           lay
           all
           these
           things
           together
           ,
           the
           lives
           of
           all
           our
           former
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           lamentable
           condition
           of
           this
           Nation
           under
           these
           two
           last
           ;
           and
           tell
           me
           if
           it
           were
           not
           high
           time
           to
           consider
           of
           the
           honour
           ,
           welfare
           and
           security
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           by
           reducing
           it
           to
           a
           Free-State
           .
        
         
         
           But
           before
           I
           take
           my
           leave
           of
           these
           Kings
           ,
           I
           would
           willingly
           (
           as
           a
           Preparative
           to
           the
           cordial
           agreement
           of
           our
           
             Free-State
             )
          
           present
           some
           few
           Considerations
           ;
           and
           herein
           I
           shall
           onely
           shew
           my
           hand
           ,
           and
           my
           heart
           ,
           wishing
           that
           some
           abler
           Pen-man
           may
           more
           substantially
           publish
           something
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           in
           better
           language
           ,
           and
           more
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           How
           often
           wee
           have
           been
           made
           slaves
           to
           Forreign
           powers
           ,
           by
           not
           
           agreeing
           among
           our selvs
           .
        
         
           Our
           Kings
           having
           other
           Dominions
           beyond
           seas
           ,
           have
           consum'd
           our
           blood
           and
           treasure
           ,
           to
           defend
           ,
           maintain
           ,
           or
           increase
           them
           at
           their
           pleasures
           :
           And
           their
           frequent
           matching
           into
           strangers
           blood
           ,
           hath
           increased
           new
           titles
           ,
           and
           pretences
           of
           quarrels
           ,
           that
           have
           afforded
           matter
           for
           bitter
           warres
           ,
           both
           abroad
           and
           at
           home
           .
           All
           which
           are
           now
           laid
           asleep
           .
        
         
           Next
           is
           worth
           our
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           How
           
           God
           Almighty
           in
           his
           providence
           hath
           divided
           us
           from
           all
           the
           World
           by
           a
           wall
           of
           Water
           ,
           and
           hath
           brought
           us
           into
           a
           condition
           this
           day
           ,
           by
           Shipping
           ,
           Trade
           ,
           and
           able
           Sea-men
           and
           Merchants
           ,
           that
           no
           Prince
           in
           Christendome
           can
           shew
           the
           like
           for
           number
           and
           abilitie
           :
           So
           that
           now
           we
           have
           no
           Complements
           for
           Matches
           ,
           nor
           busines
           with
           Foraign
           Princes
           but
           for
           Trade
           .
           And
           here
           let
           me
           use
           the
           words
           of
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Raleigh
             ,
          
           in
           his
           Discourse
           of
           Shipping
           :
        
         
         
           Whosoever
           commands
           the
           Sea
           ,
           commands
           the
           Trade
           :
           Whosoever
           commands
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           commands
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           World
           it self
           .
        
         
           A
           faire
           invitation
           to
           cherish
           Shipping
           ,
           Sea-men
           ,
           and
           Merchants
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           hereafter
           we
           fall
           into
           difference
           with
           any
           Forreign
           Prince
           ,
           we
           fight
           for
           our selves
           ,
           not
           for
           ill-grounded
           Titles
           ,
           nor
           to
           satisfie
           the
           ambition
           of
           
           particular
           ,
           nor
           to
           maintain
           the
           luxury
           of
           any
           spurious
           Issue
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           but
           two
           things
           (
           which
           I
           mentioned
           in
           the
           
             Introduction
             )
          
           can
           obstruct
           us
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           )
           
             IRELAND
             ,
          
           and
           Envious
           
             Presbytery
             :
          
           The
           
             Royalist
             ,
          
           I
           presume
           ,
           will
           heare
           reason
           ;
           And
           
             SCOTLAND
             ,
          
           I
           suppose
           ,
           will
           shortly
           be
           reduced
           to
           an
           English
           Province
           ,
           and
           kept
           so
           by
           force
           ;
           for
           
             Jocky
          
           is
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           ;
           He
           is
           naturally
           so
           false
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           so
           high-fed
           since
           their
           
           Scotch
           king
           came
           to
           this
           Crowne
           ,
           that
           his
           owne
           Country
           —
           fare
           will
           not
           down
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           humbled
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           faire
           way
           .
           )
        
         
           Yet
           if
           there
           be
           any
           of
           that
           Nation
           sensible
           of
           their
           owne
           security
           and
           welfare
           under
           our
           wing
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           much
           feare
           )
           that
           shall
           comply
           in
           this
           union
           ,
           I
           shall
           pray
           to
           God
           to
           make
           them
           good
           Christians
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           Forreigne
           Prince
           whatsoever
           ,
           shall
           
           hereafter
           (
           through
           ambition
           ,
           or
           envy
           to
           our
           State
           ,
           or
           pretence
           of
           donation
           from
           the
           Pope
           )
           assist
           or
           maintain
           ,
           a
           Faction
           either
           in
           
             Scotland
          
           or
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           (
           as
           heretofore
           )
           to
           hinder
           ,
           prejudice
           ,
           or
           molest
           our
           right
           or
           interest
           in
           these
           ,
           or
           either
           of
           these
           places
           ;
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           we
           should
           treat
           with
           them
           as
           friends
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           am
           now
           beside
           my
           Cushion
           :
           my
           end
           is
           only
           to
           prepare
           and
           perswade
           a
           hearty
           Agreement
           amongst
           our selves
           ,
           to
           the
           
           secure
           setling
           of
           our
           Free-State
           .
           So
           farewell
           
             Scot
             ,
          
           and
           farewell
           
             King
             ;
          
           And
           GOD
           blesse
           the
           
             Common-wealth
          
           of
           
             ENGLAND
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Published
           by
           Authority
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
           These
           Books
           following
           are
           printed
           and
           sold
           by
           
             William
             Roybould
             ,
          
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           
             Unicorn
          
           in
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           neer
           the
           Little
           North-door
           .
        
         
           THe
           
             (
             Holy-Arbor
             ,
          
           containing
           a
           
             Body
             of
             Divinity
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Summe
             and
             Substance
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             :
          
           First
           ,
           methodically
           and
           plainly
           treated
           ,
           of
           then
           Analysed
           and
           applied
           :
           wherein
           also
           are
           fully
           resolved
           the
           Questions
           of
           whatsoever
           points
           of
           moment
           ,
           have
           been
           ,
           or
           are
           now
           controverted
           in
           Divinity
           :
           together
           with
           a
           large
           
             Alphabetical
             Table
          
           of
           such
           matters
           as
           are
           
           therein
           contained
           ,
           or
           occasionally
           handled
           either
           by
           way
           of
           Exposition
           ,
           Controversie
           ,
           or
           Reconciliation
           .
           
             In
             folio
             ,
          
           by
           
             John
             Godolphin
             ,
          
           J.
           C.
           D.
           1651.
           
        
         
           
             CHRIST
             alone
             exalted
             .
          
           In
           seventeen
           Sermons
           ,
           preached
           by
           Dr.
           
             Tobias
             Crisp
             .
          
           In
           8o
           .
           1650.
           
        
         
           The
           
             History
          
           of
           the
           
             Bohemian
             Persecution
             ,
          
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           their
           Conversion
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           to
           these
           Times
           .
           In
           which
           the
           unheard
           of
           secrets
           of
           Councels
           ,
           Policie
           ,
           Arts
           ,
           and
           dreadful
           Judgments
           are
           exhibited
           .
           In
           8o
           .
           1650.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Assertion
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           or
           a
           Treatise
           of
           Justification
           ,
           by
           
             R.
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
          
           Ladies
           Vindication
           ,
           
             or
          
           The
           praise
           of
           worthy
           Women
           .
           
             In
             12o
             .
             1651.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             A
             further
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Mysterie
             of
             the
             Last
             times
             :
          
           Set
           forth
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           in
           these
           dissenting
           times
           know
           not
           to
           what
           Society
           of
           Christians
           to
           joyn
           themselves
           .
           
             In
             4o
             .
             1651.
             
          
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           by
           Dr.
           
             Homes
             ,
          
           Octob.
           8.
           1650.
           at
           
             Christ-church
             ,
          
           before
           the
           Lord
           Major
           and
           Aldermen
           .
        
         
           The
           Mischiefe
           of
           Mixt-Communions
           ,
           
             by
             Dr.
          
           Homes
           .
           4o
        
         
           
             The
             Life
             and
             Reigne
             of
             King
          
           Charles
           ,
           or
           
             the
          
           Pseudo-Martyr
           
             discovered
             :
          
           together
           with
           some
           Animadversions
           on
           the
           strange
           contrariety
           between
           his
           publike
           Declarations
           ,
           protestations
           ,
           Imprecations
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Pourtraicture
             ,
          
           compared
           with
           his
           private
           Letters
           and
           other
           
           of
           his
           Expresses
           ,
           not
           hitherto
           taken
           into
           common
           observation
           .
           
             In
             8o
             .
             1651.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             Antiquity
             of
             Commonwealths
             ,
          
           instanced
           by
           that
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           wherein
           is
           declared
           the
           rise
           &
           continuance
           of
           that
           Government
           ,
           as
           also
           their
           Lawes
           and
           Customes
           both
           in
           their
           Civil
           &
           Military
           power
           .
           
             In
             8o
             .
             1652.
             
          
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           
             Mary-Aldermanbury
             ,
          
           Novemb.
           5.
           1651.
           by
           M.
           
             William
             Jenkins
             ,
          
           being
           the
           first
           he
           preached
           after
           his
           Releasement
           .
        
         
           
             Church-Cases
          
           cleared
           :
           wherein
           are
           held
           forth
           some
           things
           to
           reclaim
           Professors
           is
           that
           are
           slack-principled
           ,
           
             Antichurchians
             ,
             Nonchurch-Seekers
             ,
             Church-Levellers
             :
          
           with
           a
           Pacificatory
           preface
           ,
           &c.
           
           By
           D.
           
             N.
             Homes
             .