CERTAIN Serious Thoughts which at several times & upon sundry Occasions have stolen themselves into Verse and now into the Public View from the AUTHOR Esquire. Together with a Chronological table denoeting the names of such Princes as ruled the neighbour States and were con-temporary to our English KINGS, observeing throughout the number of years which every one of them reigned. LONDON Printed by F. B. for George Badger and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunston's Churchyard Fleetstreet. W. Martial Sculpsit 1647▪ To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND TRULY VIRTUOUS LADY, the LADY KATHERINE D'AR●I, These following POEMS are by the AUTHOR, Humbly DEDICATED and PRESENTED. TO The Reader. ANd now Reader I dare be bold to tell thee, that thou hast something of true worth and value within these leaves, since the foregoing Schedule hath acquainted thee with the name of a LADY who is exemplarily eminent, in every real perfection. It may be thou wilt expect I should add a word or two, as to the contents of the Book thou art about to look into; and it shall be only this; That, I can assure thee, it will neither wound, nor defile the hand that takes it up. CERTAIN Serious thoughts: Which at several times and upon sundry occasions have stolen themselves into Verse, and now into the public view. SOmetimes a well-aymd thought would point at Heaven But O mine heart, That broken Bow, carrying the shaft on even Aside doth start: Lord! that I may not, from that mark decline Let my frail Ewe be backed with the true Vine, And give me Arrows winged from above With the sure flying feathers of the Dove, Then guide my hand, and make me level right And 'tis thy honour if I hit the White. On the 6. parts of Prayer. MY1Supplications often have prevailed, Nor have my2Deprecations often failed; My3Intercessions have been heard by thee; But Lord! ⁴ 4confession best-becommeth me; For all thy love; for giving and forgiving, Accept the Sacrifice of my5Thanksgiving; Little I say by6Imprecation, More, then, in all things, let Thy will be done. Going to the Sacrament of the LORDS SUPPER. THou ever-blessed Saviour, at thy death By by-partite Indenture didst bequeath Thy body, blood, and merits to each one Whose grace-instructed faith calls them his own, Whose sin-avoyding Actions do proclaim, Him an Adorer of thine holy Name. Till thou O Lord, or call, or come again, Let me not violate the Counter-pane, Go with me, O my gracious God, and give Life to my Faith, that I by Faith may live. On a particular Occasion. Rouse thee my too forgetful Muse; rehearse Th'almighty's goodness in a thankful verse, He only showed thee trouble, sent relief When best-applyed means but added grief, He to his servants prayer had regard, And turned his Chastisements to a reward. ANOTHER. SHall cunning Satan still defraud my soul And steal into my heart by gilded sins? He can make splendid, what is ne'er so foul; He knows not how to end, who once begins To taste his sly deceits; beware, he'll give thee Poison in sweetened pills, and so deceive thee. Upon PSALM 90. 10. First written upon a bare leaf in QUARLES His Poems, over-against his verses on Mors tua. GReat God this death-beleaguerd Fort called Man Though strongly backed by nature, seldom can Outlast the seventeeth year; though thou afford To my sin-stained life that number, LORD The third part of them have already slipped Me too regard less; Satan still hath nipped Thy blooming crop, my weak resolves have been Swift to dissolve into accustomed sin, O let th'uncertain remnant of my days Be dedicated to my Maker's praise; O that this lump of dust knod-up in blood, Would once leave trifles, and pursue what's good. Fear than I would not; though a voice should say, Thy glass is run, and thou must die to day, For so from sin, and sorrow should I rest; And rise, not unto judgement, but a feast; That marriage-Supper, which, we read, of old Was by the Bridegroom, to the jews foretold: That marriage Supper, where to heaven's King Blessed souls eternal Alleluja's sing. Upon PSALM. 7. 12. 13, 14. God is a righteous judge, strong and patient: and God is provoked every day. If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath bend his bow, and made it ready. He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: he ordaineth his Arrows against the Persecutors. HAst thou not heard O man, or canst forget This terrible Alarm, God will whet His sword, prepare his Arrows, and his bow; Doth not experience daily bid thee know That, when he will revoke thy borrowed breath A Fly or Gnat's an Instrument of death, Canst thou shake off those thoughts which whisper to thee, This minut's sin for ever may undo thee? Will not thy headstrong Will be kerbed by The thought of fathomless Eternity? Or doth thy weak conceit befool thee so As once to think that God, though he be slow To punish, see's not when thou goest astray, That thus thou darsed provoke him every day? If man return not dost thou say? is then The power of turning in the choice of men? My soul Lord knows it is not, yet I see By thy command, what I should beg of thee; Nor can I beg till thou my God prepare, My un-prepared heart and voice to prayer. From my wastfield if any good proceed, Thou must be Author both of Will and Deed: Stub-up the thorns, un-pave the soil and make The well-injected seed deep rooting take, Afford me fruitful seasons that I may Bring some sheaves with me on my judgement day. Upon MATTH. 10. 34. CAme then the God of peace to send the sword? Doth variance accompany his word: Must all those sacred knots nature doth tie In Father, Mother, Brothers, Sisters die; Truth hath if self deposed it, and I must Believe't however strange, yet sure 'tis just. Nor doth Religion cancel or withstand, Or any way abbreviate that command: Whereby we duty-bound to Parents are, Nor Charity and love doth it impair, To other friends; what's theirs, to them impart We may, we must, and yet choose Mary's part: He, whose direction only point's-out Right The most disjointed souls can reunite, And so cement a friendship by his word Too strong to be dissolved by the sword. On a particular occasion. IN thee alone my wearied thoughts can find, Where to repose their doubts: my settled mind, On thee secure depends, great God arise; Thy timely goodness to our wondering eyes May banished joys reduce, here fixed be My deadened hopes, and fetch new life from thee. Thy wont mercies often shown before, Embolden my weak verse thus to implore Thy powerful aid, who, ever more than I By blessed experience, could thy love descry? In trouble, sorrow, sickness, fear and grief, My case, to thee commended, met relief. My sins though many, canceled by thee Shall neither prejudice my suit, nor me. I will not doubt, my God I know can do't My God I know can do't, I will not doubt. A Domino factum est istud. Nor was there ever any had recourse To him by humble prayer that sped worse; For this, my heart within me shall rejoice, In all distresses thou shalt hear my voice; And if at any time, my suit ungranted, Return, I'll think 'tis better for me wanted. To Master WROTH Schoolmaster at EPPING in ESSEX. THose recollective Thoughts to me, Most welcome, SIR, must ever be; Which to my memory represent, The time, under your roof I spent; Though spent improvidently, there Large fields of corn for reaping were: Yet I but gleaned, which makes my starved Muse Such lean, ill-thriven verses now produce. I might have learned how to Decline All Vices; and Form by Divine Sweet Conjugations, my Sense To due and fitting Mode and Tence: You th' Pronouns, mine and thine did teach To be no more but Parts of Speech; From you a General rule I might have got To use the world, as though I used it not. But Oh, how Zions' plants would thrive and like, If it were fenced round with such a Dike As he, whose pithy Sermons double were In number, to the Sabbaths in the year; Who, summoned up to heaven, back hath sent His Posthume book t'attend the Sacrament. Nor is it from Ingratitude, that in The middle of my nonage I begin: Unto his Care my childish years were given, Whose Cure now poynt's us out the way Heaven. Too few such men are found in any age As was the Guardian of my pupill-age; He scorned the common road, did not discharge By some raw scarce-made Bachilor his charge. Lord I admire thy providence, and see How vast a sum I am in debt to thee, But nothing have to pay: if thou dost call For an account, behold, forgive me all Is all I can produce; O cross the score, And make my love proportionably more. Scindimur incerti. CAn man's distracted fancy find the way To truth; where thousand sects themselves display Supporting error? This terrestrial round hath scarce a place where Verity is found. ASIA. ASIA, which only, glories to have ●een A spotless man, where Canaan hath been A type of Heaven, and the blessed abode Of the whole world's creator Iacob's God, Where all the sacred penmen once did preach, Nay, where the Lord himself vouchsafed to teach, Wallow's in darkness now their Sun is set, With bended knees they crouch to Mahomet; And in the stead of Sinai's Law-Divine, The Talmude is received in Palestine. AFRICA. THough Hippo's Sainted-Bishop Augustine Like a bright Lamp in Tunis once did shine; In Egypt, by St Mark, although were sown The early seeds of true Religion, Though Aethiopia's Eunuch did proclaim The Lamb whom he mistook till Philip came; All's now erased, and a man may say Nothing but error spreads in Africa. AMERICA. THis Spain-enriching newfound world, a gem Once proffered to our Henry's Diadem; With reverence to their puppet-zemes do pray, Whilst to them they themselves become a prey. Those devill-spirits every where appear, Not honoured though adored, served but for fear; And yet this now in-fatuated flock Shall know the Shepherd's voice and Bridgroom's knock: Their time of Gospell's next Religion may Still bending West find out America. EUROPE. NO harbour where my Sea-tossed ship may lie, At Anchor, and expect felicity! So many lands run o'er, and yet not see A path directing to Eternity! What hope remain's? in Europe, sure, he shall That fly's Charybdis into Scyll fall. Opinions here, as much as faces vary, Some this, some that, some think the quite contrary. Hence 'tis that every Nation may discover Her armed Natives murdering one another. Was't not from hence the King of France thought good, To drench his Sister's Nuptials in blood? Hence all the present foreign jars, and those Where T●weed her flowing streams doth interpose; And as ashamed to hear wars threats again, Hastens to hide her face within the Main. Poor Soul, thy wearied footsteps may in vain Survey the universe, return again As far from satisfaction as before, Unless divine direction thou implore; Lord teach my wary thoughts so to decline, All devious paths, as to keep close to thine. Upon 1 Cor. 3. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. For other foundation can no man lay, then that which is laid jesus Christ. And if any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire: and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work that he hath built upon abide, he shall receive wages. If any man's work burn, he shall lose, but he shall be safe himself: nevertheless, yet as it were by fire. THe heaven-instructed Masterbuilder laid Zions' foundation, skilless men have reared Their own inventions: some have wooden made And sapless doctrines, of small use when heard. Others their hay-like withering Sermons vent, No Scyth is sharper than their biting phrase; Most bring us stubble, when the corn is spent, And trifles prosecute with strained praise. All these are combustible; send that fire Thine holy Spirit, try, consume, refine, Thy Prophets so with sacred truths inspire That they may rectify each crooked line. Us hearers such affections afford As fit's a spiritual building to thee Lord. Upon Amos 1. 11. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. IN sacred Scripture, I have sometimes read A sorer famine threatened then of bread. That judgements fallen on us. Where for a time I sojourned, Westward in a Northern Clime, Two Counties, for the lack of Wine unable Were to invite us to the Holy Table; This question rose, amongst discourse, about it, May not the Sacrament be given without it? Some said it might, some that again denied, I dare not take upon me to decide, Nor unto other do I aim to give A Law: but for my own part thus conceive; So God vouchsafe my soul's repast to make't I care not though in Vinegar I take't, FEB. 8. 1642. 'tIs not base trembling, cowardice and fear That makes me in this fight age, forbear To draw my sword: but seem an useless thing Perhaps, whilst others by adventuring Gain glorious titles; for my Country's good My steps would fearless march in Seas of blood, And welcome certain ruin: yet I find A war within myself, and stay behind. Eternal blessings fasten on the Crown, To Charles his head; God grant him all his own: And may as long-lived curses fall upon Their heads who honour not his Princely Son, So from my heart I wish: and yet suspect Many unsound will sound that Dialect: The form-obtrudors may deform and make Eneruous (whilst the Church of Rome doth take Advantage, and supplant Religion) I'll not thrust in my hand to help them on. Whose heart can less than bleed, whose head can be Less than a spring of tears, when his eyes see Distempered Zion, in this woeful plight, Her ●un with-drawn, enveloped with night? My willing Muse, so she were unperplext, Could wish to sing her Nunc-Dimittis next. Ho! all that love her, all that pass this way, Contribute here your sighs, sit down to pray And mourn, till God, all other hopes are vain, Make up the breaches of his Church again. Amen, So be it. Lord say Amen, let it be so, that we The beauty of thine holiness may see. Vnum hoc, a te Domine, expetivi, usquè immo & usque Idem expetam: sacrosanctae nempe ut aedis Tuae incola, populi tui laetitiâ fruar, Psallentique Israeli comes adjungar. Si fractus elabatur Orbis Impavidum ferient ruinae: Though all the Elements, like us, should jar And wrap up ruined Nature by the war, Though the worn Fabric of the spheres above Should, in disjointed fragments, downward move, And horrid Cataracts should headlong come With swift descent, to make the world one tomb, Yet should my fearless soul hope to espy, A place of safety in my Saviour's eye. That skilful chymist's neverfailing art, Can good, extracted out of ill, impart, And even by her distresses rear a frame, That Zions' rebuilt glory may proclaim; Which, if my longing eyes but live to see, 'Tis Lord that one thing which I beg of thee. Some footsteps of this War traced. THe low-tuned numbers of my humble Verse Cannot this Scene of death to th'life rehearse, I offer but one dish, and that I fear Will, Reader, worth thy tasting scarce appear; Yet may prepare thy stomach, thou wilt be Hereafter feasted with the History; Some cunning hand will strike so high a string, That all the quarters of this Orb shall ring The great achievements of our Nobles: they Shall live in numbers that are lap't in clay, And those that make iambics in their pace, Shall, in Heroics, run with nimble grace. Here my engaged thoughts, could I but frame A verse that worthy were to bear his name, Would vent themselves and tell thee who did come Though lame yet loaden with much honour home. At Worster, first the Tragedy begun; From worse to worse, since that, we headlong run: For follow southward, and discover still, The edge of War, but sharpened at Edg-hill: Many tall Cedars fell, some shaken lie, Yet discord blooms again since Newberry. Besides these three, how many Fields have been Forced into blushing tinctures, from their Green By flowing blood? This issue, though it be Not twelve years old, o God by none but thee, Is curable, unless the selfsame hand That healed that woman save this bleeding Land, We perish; all our thoughts amazed are, On thee our eyes are fixed, thy people spare. Sure some Prophetic spirit gave the name, Unto that Village where, beside the Lame Four thousand Christians all bereaved of breath By fire-enraged Messengers of death, The setting sun beheld, and at the sight Hastened his Western journey, and sent night To force a truce: 'Tis called long- Mar-ston, yet Mars thy command I wish may soon be shortened in this Land. But can our wishes, which from flesh and blood, And common-sence arise procure this good? No, we have sinned, and each one must begin To be impartial to his proper sin. O let us to the throne of Grace repair With true-repentant, humbly-servent prayer, Presented in our Saviour's Oratory, Then God will Finis write to this sad story. On the death of our Virtuous and dear friend Mistress Dorothy Warwick at Marsk, Aug. 6th 1644. IF only light griefs find a tongue; and those That are extreme, cannot themselves disclose Immured by stupid silence, surely than Nothing but flowing tears must from my pen Beblur this paper: 'tis beyond the art, Of language to express the smallest part Of our deep sorrows for her loss, whose age Scarce to the Summer of her Pilgrimage Attained had; yet so ripe fruit, but few After the Autumn of their years, can show. No act of hers could be esteemed less, Than one step forward to that place of bliss; Where now her faith is crowned, and we find Her sweet and precious memory behind. Mors Mea. My flitting Soul must leave her house of clay, The time's not more uncertain than the way And manner, whether my consumptive breath Shall leisurely-expiring creep to death, Or some more furious, hasty sickness have Commission to snatch me to my grave. Water may cause or th'torrid element, My dissolution by some accident. Ten thousand means and more do this descry, That young, strong, healthful, rich, and all may die, Though I scape chance, and sickness, yet I must At length by age subdued crumble to dust. I dare not wish, nor were it fit, to be A carver for myself▪ my God, to thee My willing soul resign's her fate, what s'ere Thou layest on me, give me strength to bear. Yet, if it stand with thy good pleasure, send Not sudden death, nor sence-bereaved end. And if thou'st honour with white hairs my days; O teach me how to spend them to thy praise, That when I shall forsake the sons of men, My better part may fly to thee, Amen. Mors Christi. Thou Son of God, descending from above Wouldst manifest by that rare act thy love To poor lost mortals; didst vouchsafe to take A death-subjected nature for our sake; Nor didst disdain to have thy sacred face; Made by those stubborn jews, their spitting-place. Thou patient stoodst the object of their scorn, Decked in a purple robe, and crown of thorn; And Millions of such troubles having past, A shameful death thou underwent'st at last, All this for us and more; for even as we, Thou tempted waste, the cup was drunk by thee, Which thy just-angry Father had prepared To ransom man by Satan's art ensnared. Mine heart to thee's too poor an offering, Who by once dying took'st away death's sting. Fraus Mundi. Fond man I why doth thy fancy dote upon Such nothings, as the world can call its own? Why should such Ignes fatui divert, Thy erring footsteps, or misled thy heart? Belike thy soul but little light injoy's, For darkness gives the being to such toys. Grant thou hast honour, beauty, riches, pleasure, Delicious fare with heaped sums of treasure, All in superlatives; get one gem more, Or else the former makes thee but more poor: Nay thou must sell them all that one to buy, If thou dost mean to gain felicity. Gloria Caeli. Stay, do not black this Paper, for it is A better Emblem of the place of bliss Then my dull pen can draw; 'tis pure and white May serve to represent eternal light; Hath neither spot nor wrinkle, none of them May come within the new jerusalem. But how should paper, or my lines, which are Composed both of rags, such joys declare As never eye, nor ear, nor heart, nor brain Of man within that small sphere could contain? Yet may thy humble contemplation Discern some glimpses by reflection: Read then the glory of thy great Creator In this large book the world, which is his Creature. If wand'ring there thou chancest to espy An object that is glorious in thine eye, Be it those greater, or the lesser lights Innumerably sparkling in clear nights; Or the those-emulating Diamond That precious issue of enriched ground, Doth from some costly root a flower arise, Whose various colours please thy gazing eyes. Dost thou admire the structure of some face, Which seems to have engrossed every grace, Hast thou observed all the excellence, Wherewith God's bounty feasts each several sense? Screw up thy meditation then, think, Lord If to earth on earth thou art pleased t'afford Such blessings, o thrice happy sure they be Who sainted are in blessed Eternity. Dolour Inferni. Let not thy overcurious appetite Thy puzzled cogitations invite, To lose themselves in seeking hell, nor it Beyond the pillars of the holy-Writ, Think to discover: look not to advance, Where God nil ultra writ's, thine ignorance. But know that there doth nothing want which can Add tortures to that miserable man, Who's thither cast for sin; in that cursed place Nature runs retrograde to her own pace; Fire administers no welcome light, But serves in torment, and makes sad the night, The parched tongue for water calls, but that It's cooling faculty hath quite forgot, By gnashing teeth and trembling yet is shown That Hell is not without a Frozen-Zone: Once sleeping-conscience, then shall in despite Awake, and make those sufferings exquisite. What Vulture-Thoughts shall gnaw for evermore That heart which proffered mercy scorned before? All objects, by the ever-weeping eye, Shall wound the Soul with cursed Eternity. Now blessed Lord, inflame my keen desire To seek that narrow path, which from this fire May keep my steps secure: sure 'tis not that To which some fancies give a shorter date, No, purge me here, and make me lean upon That sure foundation, the true Cornerstone. FAITH. TVrn o'er the sacred leaves, th'Almighty hath By sweet gradations, opened to thy Faith The word of promise, new-fal'n man hath got A newfound means, to spoil the serpent's plot. For God hath said; The woman's seed shall give A wound unto thy head, that man may live. Thence, through sucessive generations, trace That more explained Covenant of Grace: Till, (from the world's beginning slain) the Lamb Attended by a choir of Angels came, In his rich bosom, bringing plenteous store Of blessings, only pointed at before; And then observe, what precious legacies Thy bounteous Lord bequeath's thy soul, and dies To give thee life from both the Testaments, And from the heaven-ordayned Sacraments, Suck ever-flowing comfort: for to thee As well, as any heretofore, agree The still effectual promises, which stand Now proffered to thy Faiths applying hand. HOPE. BVilt-upon this foundation, 'tis the scope Of saving Faith's next coosen-german, Hope, With patient longings to expect that bliss Whereof, the former present earnest is. Faith (in some sort) already Christ injoy's; Hopes object are those consummated joys. Fides intuetur verbum rei, spes autem rem verbi. CHARITY. ANd from the fruitful teeming womb of Faith Each work of Charity beginning hath; From these the happy evidence is had Which proves them sons of God, whom faith hath made. What e'er thy God or Neighbours good requires Must be the serious bent of thy desires. Else know that to those things which heavenly be A miscalled Faith cannot entitle thee. How dare presumptuous haste once think to make Christ, Saviour and not Lord: sit down and take A survey of thine heart; though nothing there Can justify thee, yet unless thou bear The Image of thy God, and strive to frame Thy likened conversation to the same, Thou hast no part nor share in him who gave Himself to death, repentant man to save. Now blush you Rhemish factors who have laid Your envious heads together to upbray'd With liberty a doctrine which hath shown Far better, stricter precepts than your own; Perhaps you pick half sentences, and thence Extract an unmeant Heresy and sense. A cloud of reverend witnesses I might Produce, which neither more nor less do write As to this point (though not in rhyme) then lie Here recollected, for the reader's eye. On GOD'S UBI QVITARY PRESENCE. NO gloomy shades, nor darkened face of night Can shroud a sinner, from the quick-eyed sight Of all-discerning Heaven: God doth rule Beyond the controverted coasts of Thule. And his unbounded justice doth control, The frozen vertices of either Pole. All inter-fluent seas, all Regions stand Subjected to the power of his command. Then let not fancied secrecy invite Thy deeds of darkness to out-black the night, Nor though some foreign Clime thou wanderest in, Where no known face can argue thee of sin, Dare to let-loose thy rebell-soule, but know There is a God above, see's all below: Who shall hereafter be thy judge, and then Thy barefaced crimes, unmasked before all men, And Angels must appear, nay more, the Devils Will aggravate, that prompted to, those evils. Decemb. 10. 1644. HOw many contradictions daily come Born on the wings of lying same! by some We hear of Battles, stratagems, and sleights Whilst others make them victories, or flights. All various rumours struggle for belief Whilst varying humours feed the present grief. Once more, the hopeful terms of happy-peace Salute's our greedy ears: O, may it please The all-disposing power above, to frame Our fitted hearts, to entertain the same. Going to Bed. THus, on a pale sheet, I extended, shall Become ere long a liveless coarse, and all These toomuch prized trifles, which retard My soul in her best flights, without regard Or relish, must be left: then, in my grave Where all things are forgotten, I shall have A cool and lonely lodging, by the earth Lock't-up from all this world's miscalled mirth. If thou, O blessed Creator, shalt restore The peace, ease, plenty we enjoyed before, Let not those overvalued blessings move Our earth-bred thoughts to sleight the things above▪ Her's no abiding City: but thy grace May make the house of death a resting place. Thou sacred Arbitrer of life and death, Who summon'st, at thy pleasure, vitall-breath, When in thy house, my elevated soul Should mount to thee, yet lingring-here, doth foul Herself with terrene fancies make mine eye Recall my thoughts, and preach mortality. There lies those dear remembrancers, I have Two parents, and two children in one grave; In twice-two years, thy wisdom saw it best To call these two sweet couples to their rest; And since so near, on both sides, I have seen Thine arrows to me, teach me how to wean From this distempered globe, my misplaced love And fix it firmly on the things above. Then if't shall please thee next to call on me, I'll boldly leave this clay, and come to thee. May 10. 1645. Hearing the Birds sing after the departure of our dear MOTHER. ANd can you sing poor birds? do you not see A mourning countenance on every tree? Doth not each stone in this sad fabric, tell What sable thoughts within these walls do dwell? Since she who added sweetness to the spring, To Summer glory, she whose care did bring More fruit than Autumn, and from whom it was That Icy-Winter undiscerned did pass, Hath left these habitations, mythinks you Should leave henceforth your warbling sonnets too, Yet sing, but change your note and join with me, Tune your loud whistels to an Elegy. JUNE 8. 1645. MVst then the fate of Yorkshire, and the North Be tried once more by dint of sword, step-forth Thou God of Battle, let the people see By the success, which side is owned by thee. — Sub amici fallere nomen Tuta frequensque via est— EAsie and undiscerned is the guile Which brings on mischief ushered by a smile. Thus many who arride the Commonweal With joynt-pretences but disjoined design, Their own with public interests intwine The better, and more covertly to steal Advantage to a party, putting on A form of Paralell-expression, Faced with Good and Safety; yet extend Their actions and endeavours to the end Of time, they'll never meet, but hold a course In lasting distance still, from ill to worse▪ Hei mihi! qnas urbes, & quanto tempore Martis Ignaras, uno rapuerunt praelia cursit? Claudianis carmen. Dum procerum mentes privata ad commoda torsae In commune vetant socias extendere dextr'as Buchanani carmen. A Chronological Catalogue of such PERSONS as Ruled the Neighbour-States, and were Contemporary to the several Kings of England, since the coming in of the CONQUEROR, With some short notes thereupon: Observing throughout, the Number of Years, which every one of them lived, during the Reigns of our English KINGS. Collected by C. W. Esqueir. Multa me impedierunt. LONDON, Printed by F. B. for G. Badger, and are to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstan's Churchyard. 1647. Anno 1067. WILLIAM the Conqueror 21. Scotland Malcolm the third. 21 Oviedo & Leon Alphonso the sixth. 21 Navarre Sancho the fifth. 09 Sancho the sixth. 12 Castille Sancho the first. 06 Alphonso the first. 15 After it was made a Kingdom, for there had been a former Sancho who was but Earl. Arragon Raymir. 19 Sancho. 02 France Philip the first. 21 Rome A Schism. 19 This Schism began about the year 1061. betwixt the Emperors, successively, and the Popes for almost 200. years. Victor the third. 01 Urban the second. 01 Emperor of Germany Henry the fourth. 21 Denmark Harald third. 02 Canutus fourth. 10 Olaus. 09 Poland Boleslaus Audax. 12 Vlaslaus Hermanus. 09 Hungary Soloman. 08 Gersa. 03 Ladislaus. 10 Emperor Constan. Constantinus Ducas. 03 Romanus Diogenes. 04 Michael Parapinit. 06 Neceph: Botoniates. 04 Alexius Comn. 04 North Wales Conan. 21 South Wales Theodore Magnus▪ 10 Rhese the first. 11 An. 1087. William Rufus 13. Scotland Malcolm the third. 09 Donald Bane. 02 Edgar. 02 Oviedo and Leon Alphonso the sixth. 13 Navarr Sancho the sixth. 05 02 Pedro. 06 Castille Alphonso the first. 13 Arragon Sancho. 07 Pedro. 06 Portugal Henry of Lorreine. 13 France Philip the first 13 Rome Vrban the second. 12 The Emperor in pursuance of his own right, to confer Ecclesiastical honours, which had been practised by the Caesars ever since Constantine teste Sliedano, warred with this Pope, and took him prisoner, who then solemnly made peace with the Emperor upon his own terms; but soon after he receded from those vows, and renewed the war, Excommunicating the Emperor. Paschall the second. 01 Emperor of Germany Henry the fourth. 13 Olaus. 02 Denmark Ericus. 11 Poland Vlaslaus Herm. 13 Hungary Ladislaus. 09 Calomannus. 04 Emperor Constan: Alexius Comn. 13 Jerusalem Godfrey of Bullen. 01 North Wales Conan. 12 Griffin. 01 South Wales Rhese the first. 06 Griffin the first. 07 An. 1100. Henry the first 35. Scotland Edgar. 07 Alexander the first. 17 David. 11 Oviedo and Leon Alphonso the sixth. 08 Vraca and Alph. the 7th 16 Alphonso the vl. 11 Navarr Pedro. 04 Alphonso. 30 Garcia. 01 Castille Alphonso the first. 07 Urraca. 15 Alphonso the second. 13 Arragon Pedro. 18 Alphonso. 26 Petronilla and Raymund. 01 Portugal Henry of Lorreine. 11 Alphonso. 24 France Philip the first. 10 Lodowick the sixth. 25 Rome Paschall the second. 17 To whom Hen. the first made known by Ambassadors his right to investiture of Bishops being then assumed by the Clergy, and a quarrel betwixt the Popes and almost all Christian Princes. Gelasius the second. 01 Calistus the second. 06 Besieged Sutrium, took it, and in it his Competitor whom the Emperor had made Pope, and carried him disgracefully to Rome. Honorius the second. 05 Innocent the second. 05 Tancred. Beaumond. Roger. 10 Savoy Am the second. Anno 1109. Emper. Germany Henry the fourth. 06 Henry the fifth. 19 Lothar. 10 Bohemia Borivorius. 08 Sutopulchus. 27 Denmark Ericus. 02 Harald the fifth. 31 Nicholaus. 02 Poland Vlaslaus Herman. 03 Boleslaus. 32 Hungary Colomannus 08 Stephen the second. 18 Bela the second. 03 07 Emper. Con. Alexius Comn. 17 Calo johannes. 18 Jerusalem Baldwin. 18 Bald. the second. 15 Millicent & Foulk. 02 North Wales Griffin. 20 Owen. 15 South Wales Rhese the second. Griffin the second. An. 1135. Stephen 19▪ Scotland David. 18 Malcolm the fourth. 01 Oviedo & Leon Alphonso the eighth. 19 Navarr Garcia the seventh. 15 Sancho the seventh. 04 Castille Alphonso the second. 19 Portugal Alphonso. 19 Arragon Petronilla and Raymund. 19 France Lodowick the sixth. 02 Note that Lodowick and Lewis are the same name. Lewis the seventh. 17 Rome Innocent the second. 08 Was taken prisoner by the Duke Sicily, and remmitted fairly; after which he fled into France, and Anathamatized his competitor Peter. Celestine the second. Lucius the second. 01 Eugenius the third. 08 Anastitius the fourth. 01 Naples Roger. 14 William. 05 Savoy Emperor of Germany Lothar. 03 Conradus the third. 15 Frederick Barbarossa. 01 Bohemia Vladislaus. 19 Sobislaus. 19 Denmark Ericus the fifth. 05 Ericus the sixth. 10 Sueno. 04 Poland Boleslaus. 05 Vladeslaus the first. 06 Boleslaus Crispus. 08 Hungary Bela the second. 06 01 Gersa the second. 12 Empr. Const. Calo johannes. 07 Emanuel Comn. 12 Jerusalem Millicent and Foulk. 07 Baldwin the third. 12 North Wales Owen. 19 South Wales Griffin. Anno. 1154. Henry the second 34. Scotland Malcolm the fourth. 10 William. 24 Oviedo and Leon Alphonso the eight. 02 Fernand the second. 31 Alphonso the ninth. 01 Navarr Sancho the seventh. 34 Castille Alphonso the second. 02 Sancho the second. 02 Alphonso the third. 30 Portugal Alphonso. 29 Sancho. 05 Arragon Petronilla and Raymund. 07 Alphonso the second. 27 France Lewis the seventh. 26 Philip the second. 08 Rome Adrian the fourth. 04 Granted a dispensation to our Henry the second, of the oath he had taken, by his Father's will and command, to resign Anjou to his brother Geoffrey when he should come to the crown of England. Alexander the third. 22 Betwixt this man and the Emp. Fred. Barbarossa was hot wars, he fled to Venice, and there the Emperor's son being taken, he was forced to redeem him by submitting himself to the Pope; Who troad upon his neck; strangely applying Psal. 91. verse 13. Lucius the third. 04 urban the third. 02 Gregory the eighth. Clemens the third. 02 Naples William. 15 William the second. 19 Savoy Empr. Germ. Fred. Barbarossa. 34 Bohemia Sobeslaus 04 Vladislaus the third, Vldericus, Fred. Sobeslaus, Conrade. Wenseslaus, Henry. 30 Denmark Sueno. 05 Valdemarus. 24 Canutus the fifth. 05 Swethland Sherco. 05 Carolus. 08 Canutus. 21 Poland Boleslaus Crispus. 19 Meizlaus. 04 Casimirus. 11 Hungary Gersa the second. 07 Stephen the third. 18 Bela the third. 09 Empr. Const. Emanuel Comn. 24 Alexius Comn. 03 Andronicus Com. 03 Isacius Angilus. 04 Jerusalem Baldwin the third. 09 Almerick. 10 Baldwin the fourth. 12 Baldwin the fifth. 01 Guy. 02 Anno 1187. Saladine Sultan of Egypt took Hierus. from Guy, and Anno 1517. Selimus the first added it to the Turkish Empire, where the possession yet remains, though the Kings of Spain insert that amongst their Titles. North Wales Owen. 23 David. 11 South Wales Cinerick and Meredith. Were taken by Henry the second, and their eyes put out. Anno. 1189. Richard the first 10. Scotland William. 10 Oviedo & Leon Alphonso the ninth. 10 Navarr. Sancho the seventh. 05 Sancho the eighth. 05 Castille Alphonso the third. 10 Portugal Sancho. 10 Arragon Alphonso the second. 07 Pedro the second. 03 France Philip the second. 10 Rome Clemens the third. 02 Celestine the third. 06 Innocent the third. 02 Naples William the second. 07 Deposed by Pope Celestine the third. Tancred. Henry of Ger. 01 Savoy Emperor of Germany Fred. Barbarossa. 03 Henry the sixth. 07 Bohemia Vladislaus the fourth. 09 Primislaus. 01 Denmark Canutus the fifth. 10 Swethland Canutus. 10 Poland Casimirus. 06 Lesco Albus. 04 Hungary Bela the third. 02 Emericus. 08 Emper. Con. Isacius Angilus. 06 Alexius Angilus. 04 North Wales David. 05 Leolin. 05 Anno 1199. john 17. Scotland William. 15 Alexander the second. 02 Oviedo & Leon Alphonso the ninth. 17 Navarr Sancho the eighth. 17 Castille Alphonso the third. 15 Henry. 02 Portugal Sancho. 13 Alphonso the second. 04 Arragon Pedro. 15 james. 02 France Philip the second. 17 Savoy Thomas Anno 1210. Rome Innocent the third. 16 Honorius the third. 01 Naples Henry of Germ▪ 03 Frederick. 14 Emperor of Germany. Philip. 08 Otho the fourth. 05 Frederick the second. 04 Bohemia Primislaus. 17 Denmark Canutus the fifth. 04 Valdemarus the second. 13 Swethland Canutus. 17 Poland Lesco Albus. 17 Hungary Emericus. 01 Andrew the second. 16 Emp. Const. Alexius junior. 01 Baldwin Earl of Fland. 02 Henry. 13 Better. 01 North Wales Leolin. 17 Anno 1217. Henry the third 56. Scotland. Alexander the second. 37 Alexander the third. 19 Oviedo and Leon Alphonso the 9th. 13 Fernand: the third. Seized on the Castile's. Navarr Sancho the eighth. 17 Blanch and Theob: of Champagne 19 Theobald the second. 18 Henry. 03 Castille Fernand: the second. 35 Alphonso the 4th. 21 Portugal Alphonso the second. 06 Sancho the second. 34 Alphonso the third. 16 Arragon james. 39 Pedro. France Philip the second. 07 Bretagne Lewis the eighth. 03 Saint Lewis. 44 Philip the third. 02 Britain john the Red, Anno 1250. in h'i line that Duchy continued till the time of Lewis the 11h of France Anno 1488. Rome Honorius the third. 09 Gregory the ninth. 14 The See was void during this King's Reign, sometimes two or three years, and divers of these Popes held it odd months. Celestine the 4th. Innocent the 4th. 11 Alexander the 4th. 06 urban the 4th. 03 Begun the observation of Corpus Christi-day, which was not generally observed till john the 22d. Clemens the fourth. 03 Gregory the 10th. 02 Naples Frederick. 33 Conrade. 04 Manfroy. 07 Charles of Province. 12 Savoy Peter Anno 1256. Emperor of Germany Ferd: the second. 33 Conradus the 4th. 04 Richard Earl of Cornwall. 06 Inter-regnum. 12 Rodulphus Habspurg. 01 Bohemia Primislaus. 22 Ottacarus. 34 Denmark Valdemarus 26 Ericus the 7th. 09 Abel. 01 Christopherus. 07 Ericus the 8th. 13 Swethland Canutus. 05 Ericus. 27 Bingerius. 02 Valdemarus. 22 Poland Lesco Albus. 11 Uladislaus the 2d. 15 Boleslaus Pudicus. 30 Hungary Andrew the second. 19 Bela the fourth. 35 Stephen the fourth. 02 Emperor Constan. Peter. 03 Robert. 07 Baldwin the second. 33 Michael Paleolagus. 13 North Wales Leolin. 23 David. 06 Leolin the second. 17 Anno 1274. Edward the first 34. Scotland Alexander the third. 14 A War for the Crown of Scotland, King Edward being made Arbitrator, gave it to john Balliol, Anno 1300. who kept it. 05 Robert Bruce. 03 Navarr joan Mar. Philip of France. 31 Lewis Huttin. 03 Castille Alphonso the fourth. 10 Sancho the third. 12 Fernand the third. 12 Portugal Alphonso the third. 05 Denis. 29 Arrgaon Pedro the third. 09 Sicily always followed the fortune of Naples, till An. 1281, this Pedro seized it, and after the Massacre of all the French, outed Charles of Province; since that time it belonged to the house of Arrag. and so to Spain. Alphonso the third. 06 james the second. 17 France Philip the third. 12 Philip the fair. 22 Rome Gregory the 10th. 01 Innocent the fifth. Adrian the fifth. john the 21. Nicholas the third. 04 Martin the fourth. 04 Honorius the fourth. 04 The See was vacant two years by reason of the bitter dissension among the Cardinals. Nicholas the fourth. 04 Celestine the fifth. 01 Boniface the eighth. 08 Benedict the eleventh. Clemens the 15th. 03 Naples Charles of Province. 10 Charles the second. 24 Emperor of Germany. Rodolphus Habspurg. 18 Adolphus Nossou. 06 Albert Austr. 10 Austria Albertus. 30 Bohemia Ottacarus. 04 Wenseslaus the second. 06 Wenseslaus the third 20 Rodolphus. 01 Henry of Carinthia. 03 Denmark Ericus the 8th 14 Ericus the 9th 20 Swethland Valdemarus. 03 Magnus the 2d 13 Bingerius the 2d 18 Poland Boleslaus Pudicus. 06 Lesco Niger. 10 Boleslaus the 4th Henricus Pro●us. Uladislaus the 3d 03 Primeslaus. Venceslaus. 04 Uladislaus the 4th 02 Hungary Ladislaus the 2d 17 Andrew the 3d 12 Venceslaus. 03 Otho. 02 Emper. Con. Michael Paleolagus. 21 Andronicus Paleol. 13 North Wales Leolin. 08 Anno 1282. He was brought prisoner to London, and here end the Princes of the Welsh blood. Turk Anno 1300. Ottoman took Nice and began the Turkish Empire. 08 Anno 1308. Edward 2d. 19 Scotland Robert Bruce. 19 Navarr Lewis Huttim. 07 Philip the long. 05 Charles the fair. 07 Castille Fernand. the third. 04 Alphonso the fifth. 15 Portugal Denis. 17 Alphonso the fourth. 02 Arragon james the second. 19 France Philip the fair. 06 From whose daughter Isabella married to Edward the second, his son Edward the third, had his Title to the Crown of France; her brothers Lewis Huttin, Philip the long, and Charles the fair all dying issueless. Lewis Huttim. 02 Philip the long. 05 Charles the fair. 06 Rome Clemens the 15th 06 Vacant. 02 john the 22. 11 Against whom Lewis the Emperor set up Nicholas the fifth. Naples Charles the second. 02 Robert. 17 Empr. Germ. Henry the 7th 06 Lewis of Bavar. 13 Austria Albertus the 2d 19 Bohemia Henry of Carinthia. 03 john of Luxemb. 16 Denmark Ericus the 9th 14 Christophorus the 2d 05 Swethland Beringerius the 2d 05 Magnus the 3d 13 Magnus the 4th 01 Poland Uladislaus the 4th 19 Hungary Otho. 01 Charles the first 18 Empr. Const. Andronicus Paleolag: 17 Andronicus junior. 02 Turkey Ottoman the first. 19 An. 1327. Edward the 3d 50. Scotland Robert Bruce. 05 Edward Baliol. 10 David Bruce. 29 Robert Steward. 06 Navarr Charles the fair. 01 joan Mar. Phil. of Eur. 21 Charles the second. 28 Castille Alphonso the fifth. 23 Pedro Crudelis. 18 Henry the second. 09 Alphonso the fourth. 30 Portugal Pedro. 10 Fernand. 10 Arragon james the second. 01 Alphonso the fourth. 08 Pedro the fourth. 41 France Charles the fair 01 Philip de Valois. 22 john. 14 Charles the fifth. 13 Burgundy Philip the hardy Anno 1369. Rome john the 22. 07 Benedict the 12th 07 Clemens the sixth. 10 Innocent the sixth. 10 Urban the fifth. 08 Gregory the 11th 08 Naples Robert. 15 joan. 29 Charles the third. 06 Emper. Germany Lewis of Bavar. 19 Carolus the 4th 31 Austria Albert the 2d 32 Leopold. 18 Bohemia john of Luxemb: 19 Charles. 16 Wenceslaus the 4th 15 Denmark Christopherus the 2d 07 Valdemarus the 3d. 41 00 Margaret. 02 Swethland Magnus the 4th. Magnus' the fifth. Albertus. Poland. Vladislaus the 4th. 06 Casimirus Magnus. 38 Ludovicus. 06 Hungary Charles. 15 Ludovicus. 35 Empr. Const. Andronicus jun. 27 john Paleolagus. 23 Turkey. Ottoman the first. 01 Orcanes. 22 Amurath. 23 Bajazet. 04 Anno. 1377. Richard the second. 22. Scotland Robert Steward. 13 Robert the 2d. 09 Navarr Charles the 2d. 09 Charles the 3d. 13 Castille Henry the 2d. 02 john. 11 Henry the 3d. 09 Portugal Fernand. 08 john. 14 Arragon Pedro the 4th. 10 john. 08 Martin. 04 France Charles the 5th. 04 Charles the sixth. 18 Rome Gregory the 11th. 01 urban the sixth 11 Sent into England to require the King's aid, against the Cardinals, whom he named Schismatics, for electing another Pope, whom they called Clement: and the Cardinals did the like for their creature, but Vrban prevailed, and Henry Spencer Bishop of Norwich carried over an Army for his assistance: behold the Unity of the Roman Church. Boniface the ninth. 10 Naples Charles the third. 09 Ladeslaus 13 Emperor of Germany Charles the fourth. 01 Venceslaus. 21 Austria Leopold. 09 Albert the third. 09 Albert the fourth. 04 Bohemia Venceslaus the fourth. 22 Denmark Margaret. 22 Swethland Albertus. 10 Margaret. 12 Poland Lodovicus. 06 Vladislaus the fifth. 16 02 Hungary Lodovicus. 06 Marry Mar. Char. of Napl. 02 Sigismond. 12 Emper Const. john Paleolag. 10 Emanuel Paleolag. 12 Turk Bajazet: 22 Anno 1399. Henry the fourth 14. Scotland Robert the third. 07 james the first. 07 Navarr Charles the third. 14 Castille Henry the third. 08 john the second. 06 Portugal john the first. 14 Arragon Martin. 13 Ferdinand. 01 France Charles the sixth. 14 Amede Anno 1409. Rome Boniface the ninth. 05 Peter de Luna a Spaniard, alias Bennet the 13. alias Clement the 7th was Antipope, and held the See at Avignion, till the Council of Pisa deposed both him and Grego. the 12th and chose Alexand. the 5th, which both the former for a while resisted: so the Roman Church was during that time a Monster with three heads. Innocent the seventh. 02 Gregory the twelfth. 03 Alexander the fifth. 01 john the twenty third. 03 Naples Ladislaus. 14 Florence john de medicis Anno 1410. Emp. Germ. Venceslaus. 01 Rupert Palat. 10 jadocus Barbatus. 01 Sigismond Hung. 02 Austria Albertus the fourth. 14 Bohemia Wenceslaus the fourth. 14 Denmark Margaret. 12 Ericus Pomeran. 02 Poland Vladislaus the 5th. 14 Hungary Sigismond Brand. 14 Emp. Const. Emanuel Paleolag. 14 Turkey Mahomet the first. 14 Anno. 1413. Henry the fifth. 9 Scotland james the first. 09 Navarr Charles the 3d. 09 Castille john the 2d. 09 Portugal john the first. 09 Arragon Ferdinand. 03 Alphonso the 5th. 06 France Charles the 6th. 09 Rome john the 23d. 02 No Pope for almost. 03 Martin the 5th. 04 Decreed that a generall-Councell should be held every ten years. Naples Ladislaus. 02 joan the 2d. 07 Florence john de Medicis. 09 Emperor of Germany Sigismond Hung. 09 Assembled the Generall-Councell at Constance and deposed all the three Popes, videl. Bennet the 13th. Gregory the 12th. and john the 23d. For Alexander the 5th. lived scarce a year, and died during the schism: it was then decreed that a Generall-Councel was above the Pope. Austria Albertus the 4th. 09 Bohemia Venceslaus the 4th. 05 Sigismond. 04 Denmark Ericus Pomer. 09 Poland Vladislaus the 5th. 09 Hungary Sigismond Brand. 09 Emperor Emanuel Paleolag. 08 Constan: john Paleolag. 01 Turk Mahomet the first. 03 Amurath the 2d. 06 Anno 1422. Henry the sixth. 39 Scotland james the first. 26 james the 2d. 13 Navarre Charles' the third. 03 Blanch Marr. john of Arra. 36 Castille john the 2d. 32 Henry the fourth. 07 Portugal john the first. 11 Edward. 05 Alphonso the 5th. 23 Arragon Alphonso the 5th. 36 john the 2d. 03 France Charles the 6th. 01 Charles the 7th. 38 Burgundy Philip the good, Anno 1424. Lord also of almost all the Netherlands, or Flaunders united. Rome Martin the 5th. 08 Eugenius the 4th. 16 The counsels of Basil and Florence one against the other, whilst the one cleaves to Eugenius, and the other to Felix Antipope. Nicholas the 5th. 08 Calistus the 3d. 03 Pius the 2d. 04 Naples joan the 2d. 12 Alphonso. 24 Ferdinand. 03 Florence john de Medicis. 39 Emperor of Germany Sigismond Hung. 17 Albert the second. 01 Duke of Austria, since which time, the Germane Emperors have been always of that family. Frederick the third. 21 Austria Albert the fourth. 17 Frederick. 22 Bohemia Sigismond. 15 Albert of Austr. 03 Ladislaus. 18 Georg. Pogiebrac. 03 Denmark Ericus Pomer. 17 Christop herus Bavar. 09 Christianus the first. 13 Swethland 26 Carolus Canutus. 13 Poland Hedingis Mar. Vlad. 5th 09 04 Vladislaus the 6th 10 02 Casimer the 4th 14 Hungary Sigismond Brand. 16 Albert. 02 Ladislaus the 3d 04 By the instigation of Pope Eugen. 4th broke the truce he had solemnly sworn to, with the Turk, and was miserably discomfited and slain. Vladislaus. 14 Matthew Coruin. 03 Emper Const. john Paleolagus. 22 Constantinus Paleolag. 09 In his time the famous City and Empire of Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the 2d, or the great. Turkey Amurath the 2d 28 Mahomet the 2d. 11 Anno 1461 Edward the 4th 22 Edw. the 5th Rich. the 3d. 2 dimi. 24 Dimi. Scotland. james the second. 01 james the third. 23 dimi. Navarre Blanch Mar. john of Arr. 18 Leonora Mar. Gaston de Foyx 00 Francis Phoebus. 04 Cath. Mar. john of Alb. 02 dimi. Castille Henry the 4th 14 Isabella Mar. Fred. of Arrag. 10 This Ferd. began the Spanish Monarchy, Anno 1475. and was sir-named the Great. Portugal Alphonso the 5th 20 john the 2d 04 dimi. France Lewis the 11th 23 Charleses the 8th 01 dimi. Savoy Charles Anno 1481. Burgundy Charles, after whose death that Duchy was seized on by Lewis the 11th of France; and the County (for so was the distinction) went, by Mary daughter to this Charles unto Maximilian the Emperor, about the year 1498. and from him to his son Charles, and so continues with the Kings of Spain. Rome Pius the 2d 03 Paul the 2d 07 Sixtus the 4th 12 Innocent the 8th 02 Naples Fernand. 24 dimi. Florence Cosmo de Medicis. 04 Peter de Medicis. 07 Lorenzo and julian. 13 dimi. Emp. Germ. Frederick the 3d 24 dimi. Austria Frederick 24 dimi. Bohemia George Pogiebrach. 10 Ladislaus the 2d 14 dimi. Flan. United Philip the good. 06 dimi. Charles the warlike. 09 Mary. 05 Maximil. Aust. 05 Philip: Austr. 04 joan Castille. 04 In whose successors the Kings of Spain, remained the command of those Provinces till the States rejected Philip the second for breach of their Privileges, Anno 1570. or thereabout. Denmark Christianus the first. 21 johannes. 03 dimi. Swethland Carolus Canutus. Upon the discontent of the people retired himself, and they appointed Marshals in the stead of Kings, and so continued till Gustanus Bishop of Vpsall betrayed that Country to the Dane Anno 1519. Poland Casimirus the 4th 24 dimi. Hungary Matthew Coruin. 24 dimi. Turkey Mahomet the 2d 20 Bajazet the 2d 04 dimi. Anno 1485. Henry the 7th 23. and an half. Scotland▪ james the 3d 05 dimi. james the 4th 18 Spain Fernand. the great. 18 dimi. Philip of Austr: Son to Maxml. the Emperor. 05 Navarr Kath. Mar. to john of Albert. 23 dim In this man's time, Fernand. the great of Spain surprised Navarre, and his successors yet hold it, but Anthony of Bourbon married joan the right Heir of it, and so conveyed the just title to his successors the Kings of France. Portugal john the second. 09 dimi. Emanuel. 14 France Charles the 8th 12 dimi. Lewis the 12th 11 Room Innocent the 8th 05 dimi. Alexander the 6th, Father to Caesar Borgia the eminent pattern of all Villainy. 11 Pius the 3d julius the 2d 60 Naples Fernand. 08 dimi. Alphonso the 2d Fernand. the 2d 03 Florence Lorenz. and julian. 06 dimi. Peter. 17 Fred. the 2d In whose time the Spaniard and French joined together to spoil him of the Kingdom, which at first they divided betwixt them; but Anno 1503, the KING of Spain made himself sole master of it. Emperor of Germany Frederick the third. 08 dim. Maximilian the first. 15 Austria Frederick. 08 dim. Maximilian. 15 Bohemia Ladislaus. 23 dim. Denmark johannes. 23 dim. Poland Casimir the 4th. 08 dim. johannes of Albert. 09 Alexander. 05 Sigismond. 02 Hungary Matthew Corvin. 05 dim. Vladislaus the 2d. 18 Turkey Bajazet the 2d. 23 dim. Anno 1509. Henry the eighth 38. Scotland james the 4th. 05 james the 5th. 28 Mary. 05 Spain Pillip Arch Duke of Austr. 07 Charles the 5th. Emp. 31 — Atque hinc diademata mundo — Sparsit Iberae domus. Portugal Emanuel. 12 john the 3d. 26 France Lewis the 12th. 06 Francis the first. 32 Savoy Charles the 3d. Anno 1536. Rome julius the 2d. 04 Leo the 10th. 09 Adrian the 6th. 02 Clemens the 7th. 10 Paul the 3d. 13 First called the Counsel of Trent. Florence Peter. In his time the French seized on it, and Leo the 10th, Pope, as also his successor Clement the 7th being both of the family of the Medicis, after long wars, by the help of Charles the 5th. Emp. got it restored to Alexander grandson to Peter. Anno 1531. 16 Emperor of Germany. Maximilian. 10 Charles the 5th. 28 Son to Philip of Spain and Austria, after whom the Emp. befell his brother Ferd. and to his son Philip Spain, etc. Bohemia Ladislaus the 2d. 07 Ludovicus the first. 10 Ferd. Austria. 21 Brother to Charles the 5th Emp. likewise K. of Hungary, and afterwards Emperor himself. Denmark john. 05 Christianus the 2d. 09 Frederick. 12 Disposessed his Uncle Christian: the second, who for his cruelty had lost the affections, both of his own people of Denmark, and also of newly-conquered Swethland. Christianus the 3d. 12 Poland Sigismond. 38 Swethland Gustanus Erious. 24 Anno 1523, this man recovered his Country from the subjection of the Danes, and outed Christianus the 2d. King of Denmark. Hungary Vladislaus the 2d. 08 Lewis the 2d. 10 Ferdinand of Austr. 20 Brother to Charles the 5th Emp. likewise of Bohemia, and afterwards himself Emperor. Turkey Bajazet the 2d 03 Selimus. 07 Solyman the Magnif. 28 An. 1547. Edward the sixth. 06 Mary. 05 11 Scotland Mary. 11 Spain Charles the 5th. Emp. 11 Portugal john the 3d. 10 Sebastian. 01 France Henry the 2d. 11 Rome Paul the 3d. 03 julius the 3d. 05 Marcellus the 2d. Paul the 4th. 03 Florence Alexander de Medicis. 03 Cosmo de Medicis. 08 Empr. Germ. Charles the 5th. 11 Denmark Christianus the 3d. 11 Swethland Gustanus Ericus. 11 Poland Sigismond. 01 Sigismond the 2d. 10 Turkey Solyman the Magnif. 11 Anno 15558. Elizabeth 45. Scotland Mary. 09 james the 6th. 36 Spain Philip the 2d. 40 Son to Charles the 5th. Emp. and first branch of the Austr. family. This Philip had a son named Charles, elder than Philip the third, but he suffered him to be put to death in the Inquisition. Philip the 3d. 05 Portugal Sebastian. 20 Henry the Cardinal. 02 Antonio From whom Philip the 2d. of Spain took that Kingdom by force. France Henry the 2d. 01 Francis the 2d. 01 Charles the 9th. 14 Henry the 3d. 15 Henry of Bourbon. 14 Savoy Emanuel Philibert. Anno. 1558. Rome Paul the 4th. 03 Pius the 4th. 06 01 Pius the 5th. 05 Gregory the 13th. 13 Sixtus the 5th. 05 urban the 7th. Gregory the 14th. 01 Innocent the 9th. Clemens the 8th. 11 Florence Cosmo de Medicis. Father to the late Q. Mother of France. Emper. Germany Ferdinand. 07 Brother to Charles the 5th. likewise K. of Bohemia, and Hungary, and second branch of the Austr. family. Maximilian the 2d. 12 Rodulphus the 2d. 26 Denmark Frederick the 2d. 29 Christianus the 4th. 16 Swethland Gustanus Ericus. 03 Ericus Filius. 08 john. 24 Sigismond. 10 Poland Sigismond the 2d. 13 03 Henry the 2d. 02 Stephen. 10 01 Sigismond of Swethland. 16 Turkey. Solyman the Magnif▪ 09 Selimus the 2d. 08 Amurath the 3d. 20 Mahomet the 3d. 08 An. 1603. james the first 22. Spain Philip the 3d. 17 Philip the 4th. 05 France Henry of Bourbon. 07 Lewis the 13th. 15 Savoy Charles Emanuel 1620. Rome Clemens the 8th. 02 Leo the 11th. Paul the 5th. 16 Gregory the 15th. 02 Urban the 8th. 02 Emperor of Germany Rodolphus. 10 Mathias. 07 Ferdinand the 2d. 05 First of the house of Gratz the 4th branch of the Austrian family. The 3d. having forfeited his right to succession, by marrying a Burgher's daughter. Denmark Christianus the 4th. 22 Bohemia Frederick Palatin. Rhen. Swethland Sigismond. 04 Charles. 10 Anno 1607. this Charles Uncle to Sigismond, seized the kingdom to himself. Gustavus Adolphus. 08 Poland Sigismond of Swethland. Hungary Bethlem Gabor of Transil. Anno 1620, the Hungarians rejected the German Government, and chose this man. Turkey Achmat. 15 Mustapha. 05 Osman. Amurath the 4th. 02 PAge 42. l. 1. r. after which there were continual. Wars betwixt the Emperor, etc. p. 48. l. 3. add of. FINIS.