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NATHAN BEN SADDI,
a Servant of God, of the Houſe
of Iſrael, to all and every of his Rea-
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moſt excellent Reader, to ſet forth in
Order fome Things that have hap
pen'd ſince the Conqueſt of William
the Norman,
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Now this I have choſen to do in the
Manner of our Forefathers, the ancient
Jewiſh Hiſtorians, as being not only
the moſt conciſe, but the moſt venerable
Way of Writing.
Howbeit, I would not that thou
ſhouldſt be offended, or take in evil
Part that I have adventured to imitate
thoſe ſublime Originals: neither let it
enter into thine Heart that I have done
this Thing in Sport, or Watonneſs of
Wit ; for verily I abound not there-
with, as thou wilt undoubtedly perceive,
Nevertheleſs, in peruſing this delec-
table Hiſtory thou wilt meet with abun-
dant
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dant Matter both for Information and
Amuſement, and peradventure alſo for
Inſtruction.
And it ſhall come to paſs when thou
readeſt of the fooliſh Kings that have
ruled the Land, then ſhall thy Soul
be troubled, and thou ſhalt ſay within
thy ſelf, how ſmall a Portion of Senſe
fufficeth to govern a great Kingdom?
But when thou readeft of the Kings
that were wiſe and great, then ſhall
thy Heart be glad, and thou ſhalt
compare the paſſed Times with the
preſent, and rejoice therein, and laugh
exceedingly
Moreover thou wilt find, that the
End of the firſt was Bitternefs and
Shame, but the End of the laſt was
Glory
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Glory and Honour: Theſe ſhall be
fet up, as a Light unto Kings, in alt
Ages; but Thoſe, as a Warning, from
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1. WILLIAM the Conqueror.
O W it came to paſs in the Year
One thouſand fixty and fix, in
the Month of September, on the
eight Day of the Month, that
William of Normandy, furna-
med the Baſtard, landed in England, and pitch-
ed his Tent in a Field near the Town of Haft-
ings.
Then Harold the King, attended by all his
Nobles, came forth to meet him with a nume-
rous Army, and gave him Battle.me a bella
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And it was fought from the riſing of the Sun
even to the going down of the fame.
But the Lord gave up Harold into the Hands
of his Enemies, and he was pierced with an Ar-
row, and died in the Field of Battle, and his
Army was routed with exceeding great Slaugh-
ter.
Then William the Baſtard took on him the
Royal Robes, and the Scepter and the Diadem,
and was made King of England, and was called
the Conqueror.
And he ſeized the Coffers of King Harold;
and the Gold, and the Silver, and the precious
Stones, and all the Treaſures he diſtributed to
his Followers.
And he built a ſtrong Caſtle, and he fortified
it with a Wall and a Ditch; and it is called the
Tower of London unto this Day:
· And he ſubdued the Land, and ſubjected it
unto him': And that they might not rebel a-
gainſt him, he deſpoiled his Subjects of all mian-
n'er. of Inſtruments of War.
And he cauſed a Survey to be taken of all the
Lands in the Kingdom, and how much apper-
tain'd to each Perſon, which he wrote in a Book
called Dooms-day. Book.
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And he raiſed a Tribute from every one,
according to his Subſtance, and oppreſſed them
greatly.
: Moreover he made a Law, and cauſed it to
be obſerved throughout the Kingdom, thať at
the Ringing of a Bell, all his Subjects, from the
greateſt even unto the leaſt, ſhould extinguiſh
their Fires, and ſuffer ng Light to appear in
their Houſes upon pain of Death.
So it was called the Curfew Bell; and at the
Sound thereof the Lights were extinguiſhed,
and our Fathers ſlept in the dark.
Theſe are the Acts of William the Baſtard ;
who after he had reigned twenty and one
Years, died, and was buried in his own Tomb
at Roan in Normandy, and Rufus his Son reign-
ed in his ſtead.
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II. WILL I AM RUFUS.
NOW Rufus was thirty and one years old
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when he began to reign, and he reigned
øver England twelve Years and ten Months, and
his Mother's Name was Matilda.
And he was a very wicked' Man, and his
Heart was ſet to do lavil .continually: and he
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contemned the Gods of his Fathers, and believed
not: he baniſhed alſo the Prieſts, and converted
the facred Revenues to his own Uſe.
Wherefore the Lord ſmote him with Sickneſs,
and his Sickneſs ſeemed unto Death.
Then his Heart trembled within him, and he
repented him of his Sin; and he ſent for the
High Prieſt, and beſought him, ſaying :
I have done Evil in the ſight of the Lord, in
ſeizing the vacant Biſhopricks; wherefore now
I pray thee, take back the Things which belong
to the Church, that it may be well with me,
and that
my Soul may live.
Howbeit, when the Sickneſs left him, he for-
got all that he had promiſed, and returned to his
evil Ways.
Nevertheleſs he was a valiant Prince, and he
fought againſt the Welch, and diſcomfited them,
and drove them into the Mountains, and con-
quered the Southern Part of the Country.
And Malcolm alſo, King of the Scots, madeWar
upon him, but he few him in Battle, and put his
Army to Flight.
And in theſe Days were great Diviſions in the
Church, and Urban the Pope bethought himſelf
how he might put an end to them; and he ſent
Meſſengers
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Meſſengers to all the Princes of Chriſtendom,
ſaying, Behold now, O'ye Chriſtian Princes,
the Infidels have taken the City Yeruſalem,
even the City of our God : They have poſſeſſed
themſelves of the holy Land, and profaned the
Sacred Places ; wherefore now I pray ye, let us
Unite together and drive them from the Face of
the Earth, to the End that the holy City may
be delivered from the Pollutions of Evil-doers,
and from the Scorn of Unbelievers.
So all the Chriſtian Princes united together
and raiſed a numerous Army; and they dif-
tinguiſh'd themſelves by a red Croſs, which
they wore on the npper Garment, wherefore
this Expedition was called the Cruſade : and
they marched into Paleſtine, and beſieged the
holy City, and took it.
And it came to paſs in thoſe Days that the
Sea overflowed its Banks, inſomuch that great
Part of the Lands of Earl Godwin in Kent,
where over-whelmed and loſt in the Sea, and
the Place is called Godwin's Sands unto this
Day.
And Rufus builded a great Hall, the like
of which had not been ſeen in England;
the
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the Length thereof was two, Hundred and fe-
venty Feet, and the Breadth thereof was ſeventy
and four Feet, and he called it Weſtminſtera
Hall,
And it came to paſs on a certain Day, as he
hunted in the Forreſt which his Father had
made, that he was flain with an Arrow, and
his Body was carryed in a Cart to the City of
Wincheſter, and was buryed there, and Henry
his Brother reigned in his ſtead,
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III. HENRY I.
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W Henry was a learned Man, and a
Prince of exceeding great Wiſdom, in-
fomuch that he was ſurnamed Beauclerk :
And he fet himſelf to enact good Laws, and
to govern his People wiſely.
And he reſtored to the Engliſh the Privi.
ledge of having Lights in their Houſes," after
the ringing of the Curfew Bell..
And he granted a Chartet,' whereby he' con-
firmed the Rights of the Church, and relin-
guithed his Claim to the vacant Biſhopricks :
And he forgave all Debts due to the Crown, all
Offences
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Offences committed before his Coronation, and
confirmed the Statutes of Edward the Con-
feflor.
• Moreover he ordained that the Length of his
own Arm ſhould be the Standard Meaſure
throughout the Kingdom, and it is called a Yard
unto this Day.
And he inſtituted the High-Court of Par-
liament, and aſſembled them together in the
City of Saliſbury: he appointed alſo the Watch
Now the reit of the Acts of King Henry, the
Lampreys that he ate, and the Children that
he got, are they not written in the Book of Ba_
kerthe Hiſtoriani ?
And Henry reign’d over England thirty and
five years, and he died, and Stephen Earl of
Böloign reigned in his ſtead.
IV. STÉPHEN.
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ND Stepben was a goodly Man, and a Man
of
great Valour; howbeit, as he was not the
rightful Heir, he bethought himfelf how he might
beſt obtain the Affections of the People ; and
hę fought by all manner of Ways to pleaſe
them.
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To the Nobles he gave leave to build them
Forts and Caſtles on their own Lands; he won
favour with the Prieſts by exempting them from
Temporal Authority; the Gentry he pleaſed with
leave to Hunt in his Foreſts ; and he pleaſed
the People with freeing them from Taxes and
Impoſitions.
Nevertheleſs his Reign was full of Trouble,
the Sword was not ſheathed, neither ceaſed he
from War all the Days of his Life.
And now the Sin of Lazineſs began to prevail
in the Land, and the great Men and the Nobles
made unto themſelves Coaches and Chariots, and
were drawn through the Streets of the City with
Horſes; moreover their Pride éncreaſed daily,
infomuch that in proceſs of Time they where
carryed on on the Shoulders of Men, and bluſh-
ed not.
And Stephen reigned over England eighteen
Years and nine Months, and he dyed, and
Henry Plantagenet reigned in his ſtead.
V.
( 17 )
V. HENRY II.
AND Henry was twenty and two Years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned
over England four and thirty Years and eight
Months, and his Mother's Name was Maud.
And he choſe unto himſelf wife and diſcreet
Counſellors of State, he appointed learned and
able Men to reform abuſes in the Laws, he
diſbanded alſo the foreign Army which his Fa-
ther had kept, and utterly deſtroyed the Caſtles
and Forts which the Nobles and Prelates had
built in his Reign.
And it came to paſs that grievous Complaints
were made unto the King of divers cruel Of-
fences and enormous Crimes committed by the
Clergy ; occafioned by their being exempted
in the former Reign from the Civil Power,
and encouraged, as was faid, by the Connivance
of Becket the High Prieſt.
And the King aſſembled the Prieſts and the
Elders together, and he ſaid "unto them, is it
not meet that this Law ſhould be aboliſhed
And they anſwered him and ſaid, it is meet.
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Then Becket the High Prieſt ſtood up, and
oppoſed the King with great Haughtineſs, and
refuſed his Aflent.
And the Wrath of the King was kindled a-
gainſt him, and he cauſed him to be accuſed
of divers Crimes and Miſdemeanours, and he
was condemned by the Prieſts and the Elders,
as a perjurd Man and a Traytor.
Then Becket fled from the Preſence of the
King, and became & Fugitive in the Land of
Gaul.
And it came to paſs after ſome Time, that
the King was reconciled to Becket, and he
ſent for him, and took him again into Fa:
vour, and reſtored unto hiin aļl the Honours
that he before enjoy.d.
Howbeit the Pride of his Heart was not a
Jot abated, he burned with Chaler, and caft
about how he inight revenge himſelf of his
Enemies
And he ſuſpended fone, and ſome he ex-
communicated, and became in all reſpects more
inſolent than before.
Then certain of the Prieſts and the Nobles
came unto the King, and complained of. Beket,
ſaying
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fäying, O King ! the Man whom thou for-
gaveſt, is now more Wicked than he was before,
his Crimes are encreaſed feven fold.
Then the King waxed exceeding Wroth, and
his Countenance changd, and he cryed out, o
wretched Man that I am, who ſhall deliver me
from this turbulent Prieſt
Now this Saying was heard by certain of the
King's Servants, and they went forth privily, and
finding the High Prieſt at the Altar, they fell on
him and flew him, and daſhed out his Brains at
the Foot of the Altar, and his Blood ſtained the
holy Place.
And the Prieſts were inflamed with Fury, and
they ſent unto the Pope, accuſing the King for
the Murder of Becket.
And when the Meſſengers came into the Pre-
ſence of the Pope they bowed down with
great
Reverence before him, ſaying:
afo Omoſt holy Father! to whom all Power in
Heaven and Earth is given, who art appointed
over Empires and Nations to bind their Kings in
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hold and ſee how the Boar of the Wood hath
rooted up the Vinyard of the Lord of Sabboth!
If the Rage of Tyranny ſhall embrue with
Blood the Sanctum Sanctorum, what Place ſhall
be ſafe? Wherefore, O'moſt mild Keeper of the
Walls of Jeruſalemn, arm all the Eccleſiaſtical
Power you may, unſheath the Sword of Peter,
' and revenge the Death of this holy Martyr,
whoſe Blood cryeth out for all the Church and
whoſe divine Glory already reveal'd in Miracles.
And the Pope was moved exceedingly, and he
ſent unto the King commanding him to purge
himſelf of the Crime laid to his Charge.
And Henry proteſted his Innocence, but it a-
vailed not: the Words he had ſpoken teſtifyed
againſt him, and he was compell’d to expiate his
Fault by a Pennance at the Tomb of Becket.
Now the Pennance enjoined was this: he
cloathed himfelf in Woollen, and journeyed till
he came within Sight of the Church wherein
Beket was ſlain.
Then he alighted from his Horſe, and pulling
his Shoes from his Feet, he walked barefoot till
he came to the Tomb where the holy Man was
laid, and he proftrated himſelf before the Shrine,
and prayed, and offer'd rich Gifts.
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Moreover he uncloathed himſelf, and received
Diſcipline from the Hands of the Monks ; and
they ſtrake him with Rods that the Blood ran
from his Shoulders.
And the Fame of Becket waxed great, and he
Was canonized, and Miracles were wrought at
his Tomb.
And of the Miracles that he wrought, is it not
recorded, how he roſe from the Coffin and
lighted the Candles at his own Burial, and when
the Funeral Ceremony was ended, how he lift
up
his Head, and bleſſed the People.
He that believeth let him believe ſtill, and he
that is doubtful let him be doubtful ſtill.
And Henry was a great Prince, and he Con-
quer'd the Kingdom of Ireland and added it
to his Dominions.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King Henry, the
Concubine that he kept in the Bower of Wood-
ſtock, and how ſhe was poiſened by Eleanor the
Queen, are they not written in the Book of the
Chronicles of the Kings of England ?
And Henry ſlept with his Fathers, and Richard
his Son reigned in his ſtead.
VI.
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VI. RICHARD İ.
ND it came to paſs at the Coronation of
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Richard, that certain of the Jews preſfing
in to ſee the Ceremony, were ſet upon by the
People with great Rage and Fury, and many of
them were murder'd.
And it was rumour'd abroad that the King
had commanded that all the Jews ſhould be dea
ſtroyed, and the Tumult increaſed exceedingly,
and the Jews were deſtroy'd in ſeveral Cities of
England with a terrible Slaughter.
And Richard the King prepared a great Ars
my for the Holy Land; and to ſupport this Ex-
pedition, he extorted Money from his Subjects
by all manner of Ways, and the Prieſts were in-
ſtructed to preach up the great Merit of this pi-
Qus. Undertaking, and the Duty of fuppor-
ting it.
And, he fet fail for the Holy Land, with the
řicheſt and the moſt powerful Fleet that the En
gliſh had ever ſeen ; and he came to an Anchor
at Meſſina in Sicily, on the three and twentieth
Day of the Month September.
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And Tancred the Baſtard, then King of Sici,
ly, had impriſoned. Joanna the Siſter of Richard,
whom he had taken to Wife: King Richard
therefore affembling his Forces together, aſſaul.
ted the City, and took it.
And in his Way to Jeruſalem he conquered
alſo the Iland of Cyprus.
And he overcame Saladin the Turk in
many
Battles, and he took from him three thouſand
Camels, and four thouſand Horſes and Mules :
he took alſo the Towns of Aſcalon, Foppa, and
Cæfarea, and behaved in all things with exceed-
ing great Courage, infomuch that the Glory of
the King of England eclipſed the Glory of alį
the Chriſtian Princes,
And it came to paſs after he returned from
the Holy Land, as he fate at Meat in his Palace,
Word was brought unto him that Philip King
of France had laid Şiege to one of his Towns,
Then Richard the King was exceedingly en-
raged, and he ſware in his Wrath he would not
turn his Face till he came to the Army of Phi-
lip.
And he cauſed the Wall of the Room where
he was ſitting to be broken down, and he aſſem-
bled
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bled his Army together, and came up with the
French, and the Lord fought for him, and he
diſcomfited the Army of Philip, and put them
to flight, and he overthrew with his own Hand
three of the moſt hardy Knights of France.
Wherefore he took for his Motto theſe Words,
Dieu & mon Droit : and this Device is uſed by
the Kings of England unto this Day.
And a certain Outlaw named Robin Hood, in-
feſted the Forreſt of Sherwood in thoſe Days, in-
fomuch that none might paſs that way
without
his Leave.
Howbeit he was a charitable Thief, giving
unto the Poor what he took from the Rich; and
the Blood of Man he did not ſhed,
And Richard reigned over England nine
Years and nine Months, and he was wounded
with an Arrow at the Siege of the Caſtle of
Chalons, and the Wound mortified, and he
died thereof, and John his Brother reigned in
his ſtead
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VII. O' HN.
AN ND John came not to the Crown by Here-
ditary Right, he received it from the Hands
of Hubert the High Prieſt, who, in his Oration
before the Aſſembly of the People, declared,
that by all Reaſon, divine and human, none
ought to ſucceed in the Kingdom, but who
ſhould be for the Worthineſs of his Virtues, uni-
verfally choſen by the People, as was this Man.
Nevertheleſs his Virtues are not recorded, nei-
ther do we read of this his Election: peradven-
ture it was a Lye.
And it came to paſs that Hubert the High
Prieſt died, and Grey Biſhop of Norwich was
elected by King Fobn to ſucceed him.
But this Election was oppoſed by the Pope
in favour of Stephen Langton a Cardinát, whom
when John refuſed to admit, a Quarrel enſued
betwixt the Pope and the King ;, inſomuch that
the whole Nation was laid under an Interdict,
the King was excommunicate, his Subjects were
abſolved from their Obedience, and alf divine
Ordinances ceaſed, the Burying-places were thut
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up, the Dead were caſt out as Dogs, and re.
mained unburied upon the Face of the Earth.
Howbeit this Severity brake not the Spirit of
John, nor humbled him, a jot,
And in his Wrath he ſware, by the Teeth of
God, he would be revenged on the Pope and on
aļl that took part, with him.
Accordingly hę baniſhed the Biſhops from the
Kingdom, and confiſcated the Lands and Goods
of all the Prieſts that obey'd the Interdict: .,
Now when the Pope perceived the Stubborn-
nefs of John, and that the roaring of his Bulls
availed not; he ſent Meſſengers unto Philip
the King of France, and they came unto the
King, and they addreſſed-him, ſaying
O Philip, thus faith the Pope, as thoy regara
deft the Remiſſion of thy Sins, aſſemble now thy
Army together, and drive out. King John, from
the Throne of England, and thou and thy Sons
after thee ſhall poſſeſs it for ever,
And Philip raiſed an Army, and prepared to
invade England.
Then John was fore troubled, and his Heart
fmote him, and he humbled himſelf before Pan-.
dolphus the Legate of the Pope, and he took
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his Crowni from off his Head, and laid it at the
Feet of Pandolphus.
He reſigned alſo his Kingdom unto the Pope
and he took an Oath that he and his Succeffors
ſhould hold it from the See of Rome, at the
annual Tribute of a Thouſand Marks of Silver.
Thus ended the Conteſt betwixt the Spiri-
tual and Temporal Sword: And John returned
to the. Bofom of the Church, and continued a
dutiful Son all the Days of his Life.
Wherefore the Holy Father ſupported him
againſt his Subjects in-all- Manner of Wicked-
neſs and Oppreſſion.
And he vexed them daily with new Taxes
and Impoſitions, inſomuch that the Barons and
great Men of the Kingdom at length made War
againſt him, in Behalf of their Rights and
Liberties.
Now theſe were called the Barons Wars, and
the Sword of Juſtice prevailed, and they com-
pelled the King to confirm their ancient Pri-
vileges, and he ſigned a Charter of Rights,
which is called Magna Charta unto this
Day.
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Thus wicked Princes are fome times the In-
ſtruments of Good to a People whom the Lord
loveth.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King John, the
Bridge that he built, and his of Blafphemy on
the Buck, arc they not recorded in the Book of
Baker the Hiſtorian?
And John reigned over England eighteen
Years and five Months, and he died, and Henry
his Son reigned in his ſtead.
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VIII. HENRY III.
AND Henry was nine Years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned over Eng-
land fifty and five Years, and his Mother's name
was Iſabel.
Now the Acts of King Henry, and all the
fooliſh Things that he did, behold they are
written in the Book of Speed the Hiſtorian.
* London Bridge, which was before of Wood, being
burnt down in this Reign, it was then rebuilt with Stone, as
it now remiains.
+ It is ſaid that being a hunting one Day, at the opening
of a fat Buck: fee, ſaid he, how this Deer hath proſper'd, and
how fat he is, and yet I dare ſwear he never heard Mals in
his Life.
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And Henry liv'd all the Days of his Life,
and he died, and Edward his Son. reigned in
his ſtead.
XI. EDWARD I.
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AND the Lord pitched his Tabernacle in the
Heart of King Edward, and he became a
great Prince, and was called Long ſhanks.
And he conquer'd the Kingdom of Wales, and
over threw Lewellen the King in Battle, and flew
him, and cut of his Head, and crowned it with
Ivy, and ſet it up on the of Tower London as
a Terror to Wales.
And great Fear came upon all Welchmen, and
they ſubmitted themſelves unto Edward, and the
two Nations became as one People unto this
Day.
And it came to paſs that Alexander King of
Scotland dyed, and great contentions aroſe be.
tween the Lords Baliol and Bruce who ſhould be
King.
And the Matter was refered unto Edward, and
he gave it in favour of Baliol, and Baliol was made
King
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King, and did Homage unto Edward for his
whole Kingdom.
And Edward the King treated King Baliol
with great Haughtineſs, and ſummon’d him to
appear
before him on every little Complaint.
Wherefore the Anger of Baliol was kindled a-
gainſt Him, and his Heart ſwelled with Indig-
nation, and he fought how he might caſt off the
Yoke which galled his Neck.
And he ſent Meſſengers unto the Pope and got
himſelf abſolved from the Oaths he had taken to
King Edward, and renounced his Sovereignty.
Then Edward the King rais'd an Army and
marched againſt him, and the Lord gave up
Baliol into the Hands of his Enemies, and he was
taken Priſoner, and carry'd to the Tower of
London.
And Edward conquer'd the Kingdom of
Scotland, and ſubjected it unto him: and he
burnt the Records of the Kingdom, and he ſeized
the Crown, and the Scepter, and all the Regalia,
and brought them away..
And the Stone alſo which was Jacob's Pil-
low, and the Chair of Wood which encloſed it,
and it is the Coronation Chair unto this Day.
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And Edward the King enacted divers good
Laws and uſeful Ordinances': and he laid great
Fines on many of his Judges and other Magi-
ſtrates for their Corruption ; and he raiſed from
their Crimes two hundred and thirty fix thou-
fänd Marks:
He, baniſhed alſo the feris, to the Number
of fifteen thouſand, and confiſcated their Goods.
:- And Edward reigned over England thirty and
four Years, ſeven Months and twenty Days,
and he died, and Edward his Son reigned in his
ſtead.
X. E D W 4 R 2 II.
NOW Edward was a wicked Prince, and
did that which was evil in the Sight of the
Lord.
And he departed from the Worſhip of his Fa-
thers, and made unto himſelf two Idols : and
the Name of the one was Gaveſton, and the
the Name of the other was. Spencer.
And he ſet them up in his high Places, and
commanded them to be worſhipped.
· Howbeit certain of the Nobles and great Men
of the Kingdom refuſed to bow down before the
Idols, which Edward the King had ſet up.
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And great Tumults enſued, and the Nobles
roſe up againſt the King, and reproved him,
ſaying; O King! the Gods which thou haſt ſet
up fare Idols, which we nor our Father's ever
knew, neither will we worſhip.
Moreover they plucked them down from their
high Places, and daſhed them in pieces, and
utterly deſtroyed them,
Nevertheleſs the King repented not, neither
turned he from the Evil of his Ways; where-
fore they took from him the Crown, and the
Scepter, and the Royal Robes, and they depo-
fed him from the Government of the Kingdom,
after he had reigned over England nineteen
Years, fix Months and fifteen Days, and Eda
ward his Son reigned in his ſtead.
XI. EDWARD III.
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ND Edward was fourteen Years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned over
England fifty Years, and his Mother's Name was
Iſabella.
And ſhe took upon her the Government of
the Kingdom during the Infancy of her Son:
and
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änd her Heart lufted after Idols, and after all
the Abominations of her Husband.
And the made unto herſelf an Idol, and cal-
led its Name Mortimer; and the fell down be-
fore it, and worſhipped with great Zeal Day
and Night:
Howbeit when Edward the King became of
Age, he was greatly offended at the Abomina-
tions of his Mother: wherefore he put her in
Prifon; and he plucked down the Idol which ſhe
had fet up; and he hung it on a Tree, even the
Tree of Tyburn.
And Edward becảmë a great and mighty
King, and he begat a Son, and called him after
his own Name: moreover he was afterwards ſur-
hamed the Black Prince, and he waxed ſtrong
and valiant, and became a mighty Warriour in
the Land:
And he fought the Battles of his Father, and
the Arm of the Lord was with him, and he con-
quered the Kingdom of France, and took Pri-
foner the King thereof, with his Son and many
of the Nobles.
And Edward the King took on him the Sove-
reignty of France, and he quarter'd the Arms of
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the Kingdom ; and his Succeſſors are called
Kings of France unto this Day.
And the Black Prince reſtored alſo to his King-
dom Peter King of Caſtile, and defeated his. E-
nemies.
And his Name became great over all the Earth,
and the Princes thereof fought his Friendſhip.
Howbeit, as it is written of old, the Race is
not to the ſwift, nor the Battle to the ſtrong, a
Diſtemper took him, and he died in the forty
and fixth Year of his Age; and the Glory of Ed-
ward his Father from that time forth diminiſhed.
In theſe Days lived thilk grete Poet, hight
Geoffery Chaucere, the Fader of Inglis Poeſie,
whoſe Workis ben ritten in Rime, and imprinted
in a Boke, ycleped the Workis of Maiſter Geof-
fery Chaucere: and he ſmothed the Tonge of his
Contrie, and his Fame is woxen grete in the Lond.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King Edward, and
the noble Order of the Garter that he inſtituted,
behold they are written in the Book of Afomole
the Herald
And Edward reigned over England fifty Years,
and he died, and Richard his Grandſon reigned
in his ſtead.
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XII RICHARD II.
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AND Richard was a wicked Prince; and did
that which was evil in the Sight of the
Lord, oppreſſing the People, and loading them
daily with grievous Impoſitions.
And he laid a Tax on the Heads of all his
Subjects from fifteen Years old and upwards, of
what Sex, or Condition ſoever, which was called
the Poll Tax; and it was collected with great
Strictneſs and Severity.
And it came to paſs that one of the Tax-
gatherers came to the Houſe of a certain Tyler
at the Town of Darford in Kent, commonly
called Wat-the Tyler and demanded the Tax
for one of his Drughters.
And Wat the Tyler, ſaid unto him, nay ve-
rily but thou ſhouldſt not demand the Tax of
my Daughter, for the Maiden is not yet fifteen
Years old.
Howbeit the Tax-gatherer believed not the
Words of her Father, for the Virgin was fair
and comely to look on.
Wherefore he ſtooped down, and put his
Hand beneath the Garments of the Maiden to
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ſee if peradventure the signs of her Woman-
hood might not appear ; and he diſcovered her
Nakedneſs.
And the Virgin was covered with Shame
infomuch that ſhe ſpake not a Word. -
But the Impudence of the Thing incenſed her
Father, and his. Indignation kindled againſt the
Officer, and he had a Hammer in his Hand,
with which he ſtrake him on the Head that
his. Brains came out.
And immediately a great Tumult aroſe, and
and all the People defended the Action of Wat
the' Tyler, and praiſed his Courage : moreo-
yer they choſe him for their Captain and deter-
mined to aboliſh the Tax.
And they marched in a Bodyand'encamped on
Black-Heath, and he was joined there by Jack
Straw, and their Number encreaſed to an hun-
dred Thouſand Men,
And a certain Prieſt named Ball, was Chap-
lain to the Army, and he preached to the Multi-
tude from theſe Words.
When Adam dalve and Eve Span,
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From hence he taught them that all Men
were born equal; thas it was never the De
ſign of Heaven that one part of Mankind
ſhould be the Slaves and Vaffals of the other;
and therefore exhorted them to deſtroy the No-
bility, the Clergy, the Magiſtrates, and all who
pretended to lord it over them,
With theſe pious Reſolutions they marched
to London, and encamped on Tower-Hill, plun
dering and burning the Houſes of all whom
they thought their Enemies.
And they ſet fire to the Temple, and burnt
and deſtroyed the Writings of all the Lawyers;
they burned alſo the Palace and all the rich Fur-
niture of the Duke of Larcaſter in the Savoy,
And they dragged from the Churches and
from the Altars many who had fled for refuge
and flew them in the Streets,
And they ſtrake off the Heads of Simon Sud-
bury. Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and Hales the
High Treaſurer, and many more on Tower-Hill, :
Then the King fent Meſſengers unto them
defiring to know what they would have : and
Wat the Tyler demanded to ſpeak with the
King in Perfon.
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Then Richard the King, attended by many
of his Nobles, and the Mayor and the Alder:
men of London went forth to meet him, and
they met him in Smithfield.
And he behaved with great Arrogance, and :
and his demands were ſo extrayant that the
King knew not what Anſwer to make unto him,
Moreover he commanded the Squire who
held, the Sword of the King to deliver it;
to him: howbeit the Squire took Courage and
refuſed to deliver it, ſaying, the Sword of a
King would ill become the Hand of a Knave.
Now Wat the Tyler was vexed at this ſaying
and he advanced with his Sward and would
have llain the Squire.
Then William Walworth the Mayor of London
was, exceedingly enraged at the Inſolence of the?
Tyler, and he ſtepped forth, and ſmote him
with a. Dagger that he dyed: Wherefore the
Dagger was added to the Arms of the City..
Thus ended the Inſurrection of Wat Tyler
and Jack Strawand all the Rabble returned
each to his own Houſe 15.
And Richard the King made unto himſelf
Idols, as Edward the Second his Predeceffor
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had done: and the thing which he did dif-
pleaſed the People, and they depoſed him
from the Government, and they took the
Crown from off his Head, and put it on the
Head of Henry Duke of Lancaſter the Son of
John of Gaunt.
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​XIII. HENRY IV.
AND Henry was thirty and three Years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned
over England thirteen Years five Months and one
and twenty Days.
And he did that which was evil in the Sight
of the Lord as moſt of his Fathers had done.
Howbeit he made an Act for the burning of
Hereticks, and they that could not believe as the
Church commanded, were tyed to a Stake till
the Flames conſumed them : and for this he
was called by the Prieſts and the Monks, the
Writers of that Time, a pious and religious
Prince,
And he was ſeized with an Apoplexy and he
dyed, and Henry his Son reigned in his ſtead.
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XIV. HENRY V.
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AND Henry was a valiant Prince, and a
great Warrior.
And he laid claim to the Crown of France,
and marched into the Kingdom with an Army
of thirty Thouſand Men, taking the Town of
Harfleur, with many other ſtrong Towns.
And he defeated the French Army at the Bat-
tle of Agincout, and flew to the Number of
fixty Thouſand Men. And the Lord fought for
him, and the whole Kingdom was given into
his Hands, and he appointed' John Duke of Bed-
ford the Regent thereof.
And it came to paſs that the. Doctrines of
Wickliffe the Preacher, who had been condem-
ned by the Church as a Heretick, began now to
ſpread over England, and prevailed much.
And the Tenets he taught were théſe: that
the Bread and Wine in the Sacrament of the Al-
tar, ſtill continued to be Bread and Wine after
the Confecration of the Prieſt ; that the Wor-
fhip of Images was Idolatry and a great Sin ;
that Pilgramages, Pennances, and Confeffions to
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the Prieſt were not at all neceſſary to Salvation,
but only a good Life.
Now theſe were eſteemed deteſtable Doc-
trines, and damnable Hereſies.
And great Fear came upon all Prieſts, leaſt
the Eyes of the People ſhould be opened, and
their Craft expoſed : wherefore they beſought
the King that he would join with them in ex-
tirpating out of the Land all who ſhould teach
or profefs theſe dangerous Truths.
And Sir John Oldcaſtle Lord Cobham, a Man
of Virtue and great Reputation, with Sir Roger
Aston, and many others were hanged and burnt
in Smithfield for profeſſing the ſame.
Thus Truth was defeated, and Ignorance a-
gain prevailed in the Land ; the Prieſts and
the Levites triumph’d, and the Minds of the
People where clothed in Darkneſs, and fed with
Error.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King Henry and
all that he did, are they not written in the Books
of the Chronicles of the Kings of England?
And Henry reigned over England thirty and
four Years and he dyed, and Henry his Son
reigned in his ſtead,
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XV.: HENRY VI,
AND Henry was eight Months old when
hë began to reign, and he reigned over
England thirty and nine Years, and his Mo-
ther's Name was Kathrine.
And in him was fullfilled what was written
of old, woe to that Nation whojë King is a
Prince, loſing by his Miſconduct all that Henry
his Father had won.
And in theſe Days there appered a falſe Pro-
pheteſs
, named 'Joan of Arc, and ſhe called her-
ſelf the Maid of God, and pretended to be ſent
from Heaven to deliver the Kingdom of France
from the Engliſh Yoke.
And ſhe wrought Miracles, and performed
many Wonderous Things..
She rais'd alſo the Siege of Orleans, and de-
ſeated the Engliſh where-ever ſhe came,inſomuch
that the French believ'd her to be conducted by
the Finger of God, but the Engliſh thought her
ſent from the Devil, and the Souldiers began
to be terrified at her Preſence,
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Howbeit: ſhe was at length taken by the Eng-
tiſh at the City of Roan in Normandy; and the
was convicted of Witchcraft, and they burnt her
there, that it might be fulfilled which was ſpoken
by the Prophet,thou ſhall not ſuffer a Witch to live.
In this Reign began the cruel War betwixt
the two Houſes of York and Lancaſter, where
Brother fought with Brother, the Father againſt
his Son and
the Son againſt his Father, till the
Rivers flowed with the Blood thereof, and Rage
and Slaughter made defolate the Land.
At length Edward Plantagenet Duke of York,
having overthrown the King in many Battles,and
taken him Priſoner, depoſed him from the Go-
vernment, and was crowned King of England.
XVI EDWARD IV.
AND Edward was nineteen Years old when
he came to the Crown, and he was - tall
and well favour'd, and of an exceeding grace-
ful Preſenice.
Moreover he was a Prince of great. Courage
and Wiſdom, and he fet himſelf to enact good.
Laws and to reform the Abuſes in his Goverul-
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And he ſafe in the Courts of Juſtice three
Days himſelf, that he might be a Witneſs how
his Laws were executed.
And many more good Qualities had Edward:
howbeit he luſted after Women exceedingly,
and he was a gallant Prince, and young and
handſome to look on ; wherefore the Hearts of
the Ladies were in his Hand.
And it came to paſs that Matthew Shore, a
Goldſmith in London, had taken to Wife the
moſt beautiful Virgin in all the City.
And the Fame of her Beauty reached the
Ears of the King, and he diſguiſed himſelf as a
Merchant, and went to the Houſe of Shore,
pretending to buy Jewels.
And when he ſaw how exceeding fair ſhe was,
even beyond what Fame had reported unto him,
his Heart was ſmitten with Love, and he burned
to enjoy her.
Wherefore he diſcovered himſelf, and took
her home to his Bed, and ſhe lived in Adultery
with him all the Days of his Life.
In this Reign was born Thomas Parr, of the
County of Salop, who lived during the Reign of
*ten Kings, even to the Days of King Charles I
when
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when he died, being an hundred fifty and two
Years old.
Moreover he did Pennance for Fornication at
the Age of an hundred Years.
And Edward reigned twenty and three Years,
and he died, and was buried in his own Tomb
at Windſor, and Edward his Son reigned in his
ſtead.
XVII. EDWARD V..
AN
ND Edward was eleven Years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned over Eng-
land nine Weeks and three Days, and was mur-
der'd in the Tower by his Uncle Richard, the
crgoked Duke of Glouceſter.
XVIH. RICHARD III.
1
AND Richard took on him the Government
of the Kingdom, and ſet the Crown up-
on his own Head.
And in order to clear his Way to the Throne,
and ſecure to himſelf the Poſſeſſion thereof, he
murder'd all who ſtood in his Way.
Wherefore the Anger of the Lord was kindled
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againſt him, and he ſmote him by the Hand of
Henry Earl of Richmond, of the Houſe of York,
and he died in the Field of Battle, even Boſworth
Field.
Thus ended the War betwixt the two Houſes
of York and Lancaſter, after twelve pitched Bat-
tles had been fought, in which there were ſlain
two Kings, one Prince, ten Dukes, two Mar-
queſſes, twenty one Earls, twenty ſeven Lords,
two Viſcounts, one Lord Prior, one Judge, one
hundred and thirty three Knights, four hundred
and forty one Eſquires, and eighty four thouſand
nine hundred ninety and eight private Soldiers.
And they took the Crown from the Head of
King Richard, and put it on the Head of Henry
Earl of Richmond; and all the Army ſhouted
for Joy, and cried out, Long live King Henry
the Seventh.
And the Body of Richard was found in the
Field of Battle, and they laid it on a Horſe; and
brought it to the City of Leiceſter, and it was
buried there, and Henry of Richmond reigned in.
his ſtead.
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XIX HENRY VII. '
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OW Henry' was a wife and politick Prince
and he ſet himſelf by all manner of Ways
to ſecure the Throne to him and his Succeffors
for ever.
And he extorted from his Subjects great Sums
of Money, and filled his Coffers, and the whole
Study of his Life was to heap up Riches.
To this End he made uſe of two Men, and
the Name of the one was Epſom, and the Name
of the other was Dudley.
And he gave them power and Authority to
plunder and oppreſs his Subjects ; aud they ex-
erciſed all manner of Injuſtice upon them, ac-
cuſing the Innocent of Crimes, and amercing
and fining them in great Sums without Trial,
converting Law and Juſtice into Rapine and
Cruelty,
Now whether it were out of an Affectation
of State and Grandeur, or peradventure that he
feared fome ſudden attempt upon his Perſon
(for he was not beloved of the People) he ap-
pointed a Band of tall Men to attend him, cal-
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led the Yeomen of the Guard, which all the Kings
of England ſince have kept up unto this Day.
And in his Reign there aroſe two Impoſtors
one afteſ the other, laying claim to the Crown of-
England.
And the Name of the one was Şimnel a Ba-
ker's Son; and the Name of the other was.
Perkin Warbeck ; each pretending to be Richard
Duke of York, Brother to King Henry the Fifth.
Howbeit the Firſt was quickly ſuppreſs’d, and
after having been crowned King in Dublin, had
the Honour to be made King Henry's Turnſpit.
As to the other, after many Honours done him
in the Courts of France, Spain and Scotland, as
a Prince of the Royal Blood, he was at laſt
advanced to the Pinacle of Tyburn.
And in theſe Days a ſtrange Diſeaſe arofe,
and it was called the Sweating Sickneſs; and it
continued for the Space of a Month, and ſwept
away great Numbers.
But woe unto you „Whoremongers; Adulte-
rers,; and Fornicators, and woe unto you Harz ;
løtş and Street-walkers, that lye: in waſt for
Prey, and ſpread your Nets in every Corner
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for a Diſcale * hath ſtricken ye thro’ the Reins
and the Heat of your Luſts ſhall burn ye up.
Now the Reſt of the Acts of King Henry,
and the magnificent Chapple that he built, are
they not written in the Book of Bacon the
Hiſtorian ?
And Henry reigned over England twenty and
three Years and eight Months, and he dyed, and
Henry his Son reigned in his ſtead.
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XX HENRY VIII.
A
ND Henry was eighteen Years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned over
England thirty and eight Years, and his Mo-
ther's Name was Elizabeth.
And he gat the Love of his Subjects in the
Beginning of his Reign, by cauſing to be exe-
cuted as Traytors and Oppreſſors thoſe wicked
Inſtruments of his Father Epſom and Dudley.
Moreover he won favour in their Eyes by
ſpending amongſt them, in Balls and Shews and
and fumptuous Feaſts, thoſe immenſe Treaſures
which had been drained from them, and hoar-
ded up in the Coffers of his father.
* In this Reign the Pox was firſt known in England.
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And in theſe Days the Iniquity of the
Popedom was arrived at its full height, info-
much that Indulgences for all Manner of Crimes
were publickly fold for Money; and all kinds
of people, how vile and profligate ſoever, were
promis'd everlaſting Happineſs on purchaſing
them.
Now the Impiety of theſe things provoked the
Indignation of Martin Luther, and he expoſed
the Abſurdity of them in many Books. More-
over he cenſured the Uſurpation of the Pope,
and made a Mock of his Authority.
Then Henry the King in the Zeal of his Heart
wrote an Anſwer to Martin Luther, defending
the Pope ; and from henceforth he and his Suc-
ceſſors are honour'd with the Title of Defender
of the Faith.
Howbeit he afterwards threw off the Pope's
Authority, and departed from many of the Er-
rors of the Church of Rome.
Wherefore the Thunder of the Pope was
levell’d againſt him and he was excommuni-
cate ; his Subjects alſo were abſolved from their
Obedience, and all the Princes of Europe were
excited to make War upon him,
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But Henry was beloved at Home and feared
abroad, wherefore the Thunder of the Pope was
deſpiſed, neither was he terrified with all the
fiery Bolts of his Wrath.
And Henry made unto himſelf a great Idol
the Likeneſs of which was not in Heaven above
nor in the Earth beneath. And he reared up
his Head unto the Clouds, and extended his
Arm all over the Land,
His Legs alſo were as the poſts of a Gate,
or as an Arch ſtretched forth over the Doors of
all the Publick Offices in the Land; and whoſo-
ever went out, or whoſoever came in, paſſed be-
neath, and with idolatrous Reverence lift up their
Eyes, and kiſſed the Cheeks of the Poſtern.
And all the People both ſmall and great fell
down before him and worſhiped, for they feared
his Power.
Prieſts alſo and Biſhops brought him Water
to waſh, and Dukes and Nobles held 'the
Towel.
Howbeit he fell down from the Pinacle of
his Greatneſs, and was daſhed in pieces even
as a Potter's Veffel. Wherefore let him that
ftandeth take heed left he fall.
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into hidden Things ; yea fo great was the O-
And Henry was a gracious King, but a Ty-
rannical Huſband,
And he took unto himſelf fix Wives, but
they pleaſed him not; wherefore he accuſed
them of Incontinence and divers Crimes, and
put them away. Moreover he beheaded fome,
and ſome he putin Priſon, and he dealt cruelly
with them
And it came to paſs when a certain Prieſt in
one of his Sermons defended the King in this
Matter, then all the Women of the Town roſe
up aginſt him, and they ſtoned him with Stones,
and drove him from amongſt them.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King Henry, and
all he did, are they not written in the Baoks of
the Chronicles of the Kings of England ?
And Henry was a Man of great Parts and
niuch Experience, and could penetrate very får
pinion of his Capacity: that the Meaſure of his
Abilities is preſerved in the Tower of London
unto this Day :- and it behoveth all Men to
humble themſelves before him, and confefs his
ſuperior Greatneſs.
And
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And Henry ſlept with his Fathers, and Ed-
ward his Son reigned in his Stead.
XXI EDWARD VI.
NOW Edward was nine Years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned over
England fix Years and five Months.
And he was a pious Prince, and he loved the
Truth, and promoted the Reformation which
Henry his Father had begun.
Howbeit he was cut off as a Flower in its Bud,
or as a Roſe in Morning Sun: his Days alſo
were as a Span, and the Years of his Reign as
a Shadow that paſſeth away: but his Memory
ſmelleth ſweet for ever.
And he appointed for his Succeſſor the Lady
Jane Grey, and ſhe was proclaim'd Queen,
but the Party of Mary prevailing, Jane was be-
headed in the Tower of Lnodon, and Mary her
Siſter reigned in her ſtead.
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ND Mary adhered to the Church of Rome,
and ſhe revived the Errors thereof, and
reſtored all the ancient Forms and fooliſh Cere-
monies.
Moreover ſhe was of a cruel Nature, and the
perſecuted unto Death all who oppoſed her Doc-
trines, and her Reign ſtinketh of Blood unto
this Day.
Old Men and Children, young Men and Mai-,
dens, they alſo that gave Suck with the Infant at
the Breaſt, ſhe burned at the Stake; and the
Fire of Perſecution was not quenched all the
Days of her Life.
But the Vengeance of the Lord overtook her,
and ſhe was torn from the Face of the Earth as a
Bramble that choaketh the Field, and her Name
is an Abomination.
- And from the Time that ſhe was crowned to
the Day in which the Lord ſmote her with Sick-
neſs, was five Years and four Months, and ſhe
died, and Elizabeth her Siſter reigned in her
ſtead.
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XXIII. ELIZABETH.
NOW
OW Elizabeth was twenty and five Years
old when ſhe began to reign, and ſhe
reigned over England forty and four Years, four
Months, and ſeven Days, and her Mother's
Name was Anna Bullen.
And ſhe was endowed with Wiſdom from a-
bove, and the Spirit of the Almighty gave her
Underſtanding : ſhe chofe unto her wiſe and
able Miniſters, the hearkened unto their Coun-
fels, and ſhe governed her Kingdom with Power
and great Glory
The Sea alſo was ſubject unto her, and ſhe
reigned on the Ocean with a mighty Hand.
Her Admirals compaſſed the World about,
and brought her home Treaſures from the utter-
moſt parts of the Earth.
The Glory of England ſhe advanced to its
Cheight, and all the Princes of the Earth fought
her Love; her Love was fixed on the Happineſs
of her People, and would not be divided.
The Æra of Learning was alſo in her
Reign,
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Reign, and the Genius of Wit ſhone bright in
the Land.
Spencer and Shakeſpear, Verulam and Sidney,
Rawleigh and Drake, adorned her Court, and
made her reign immortal.
And woe unto you Spaniards; woe unto you
ye haughty Uſurpers of the American Seas; for
at the Lightening of her Eyes ye were deſtroyed,
and at the Breath of her Mouth ye were ſcattered
abroad; ſhe came upon your Armado as a
Whirlwind, and as a Tempeſt of Thunder ſhe
overwhelmed you in the Seq.
Wiſdom and Strength were in her Right Hand,
and in her Left were Glory and Wealth.
She ſpake, and it was War; ſhe waved her
Hand, and the Nations dwelt in Peace.
Her Miniſters were juſt, her Counſellors
were ſage, her Captains were bold, and her
Maids of Honour ate Beef Stakes to Breakfaſt.
Now the reſt of the Acts of Queen Elizabeth,
and all the glorious things that ſhe did, are they
not written in the Books of the Chronicles of the
Kings of England ?
And Elizabeth ſlept with her Fathers, and
James of Scotland reigned in her ſtead.
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ture thou wilt ask me, why I have
ed Hiſtory than the Reign of Queen Eliza-
beth?
I could give thee many Reaſons to juſtify my
Conduct in this particular.
Perhaps, by coming too near our own Times,
I might give Offence to ſome Perſons who are
now living ; or perhaps it might tend to inflame
the Parties which already too much divide the
Land; or perhaps I might not be ſo impartial
my ſelf, in relating theſe Matters, as becometh
the Character of a grave Hiſtorian.
"But the beſt Reaſon that I can give thee is
this: The Lives and Characters of the glorious
Succeffors of that Royal Maiden, are ſo wonder-
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I hope thou wilt believe, is the Truth.
Howbeit, if thou ſhouldſt happen to be in-
credulous, and think that this was not my real
Motive to deſiſt, let it furthermore be known
unto thee, that tho' the Caſe was otherwiſe,
yet it is the peculiar Privilege and Prerogative of
Kings, that they grow not wicked, neither do
they wax fooliſh, till after they have been dead
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AMESI.
ND Jamie thought himſelf a
bonny King, and a mickle wife
Mon. Howbeit he was a Fool
and a Pedant.
But the Spirit of Flattery went forth in the
Land, and the great Men and the Biſhops of-
fer'd Incenſe unto him, ſaying,
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O moſt ſacred King! Thou art wiler than
the Children of Men ! thou ſpeakeſt by the
Spirit of God! there has been none equal to
thee before thee, neither will any ariſe after
thee like unto thee.
Thus they abuſed him daily with lying
and fulſome Adulation,
And the Ear of Fames was tickled there-
with, and he was puffed up, and he thought
himſelf wiſe ; whereupon he began to diſpute
with the Doctors, and to decide Controverſies,
and to write Books; and the World was un-
deceived.
Howbeit a new Tranſlation of the Bible was.
ſet on Foot in his Reign, and it was executed
with great Care and Exactneſs, and the ſame is
read by the People unto this Day.
In this Reign alſo the two Kingdoms of
England and Scotland were united together, and
he
gave
unto them the Name of Great Britain;
and the two Nations became as one People.
Moreover he iſſued a Proclamation to en-
force the Act of Uniformity; and of ten thouſand
pious Miniſters that diſpenſed the Word, but
forty and nine were found that did not con-
form.
And
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And the forty and nine who had Conſciences
were ſuſpended ; but the nine thouſand fifty
and one who had no Conſcience, were con-
tinued as faithful Miniſters of the Word.
And it came to paſs iri the Third Year of
his Reign, that the Pope and the Devil laid
their Heads together and contrived a moſt grie-
Vous Plot.
And the Pope ſaid unto the Devil, Where-
with ſhall we deſtroy him? And the Devil faid
unto the Pope, I will do it with Gunpowder.
Howbeit the Wiſdom of James was greater
than the Wiſdom of the Pope and the Devil,
and he ſmelled out their Plot, and prevented it.
And James was glad that he was alive,
therefore he appointed the fifth Day of the
Month November as a Day of Thankſgiving
for ever. And Bonfires are made, and Squibs
and Crackers are let off in the Streets, in De-
riſion of the Devil and his Gunpowder Plot
unto this Day.
Now James the King was of a ſociable and
loving Nature, and he could not be without
a Boſom Friend, with whom he might com-
municate his internos fenfus, and upon whoſe
Shoul-
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Shoulders he might ſometimes lay a Burthen,
which he was not willing to bear himſelf.
Wherefore he caſt an Eye of Favour upon
Sir Robert Carr, a Gentleman of Scotland, of
ſuch exquiſite Beauty, and ſo delicate a Com-
poſure of Body, as if Nature had framed him
on Purpoſe to be a King's Favourite.
And the King loved him, and he pleaſed the
King; nor was any Man Partaker of the Royal
Influence like unto him, all Matters of Grace
and Favour paſſing from the King by him, in-
fomuch that the Queen was jealous.
Moreover it came to paſs, that on Eaſter
Monday, in the Year 7611, for his great Ser-
vice done unto the King, he was created Viſ-
count Rocheſter; on the two and twentieth of
April 1612, he was ſworn a Privy Counſellor;
on the fourth of November 1613, he was trea-
ted Earl of Somerſet; and on the tenth of July
following, he was made Lord Chamberlain ; to
true is that Saying,
Improbe amor, quid non mortalia pectora
cogis ?
But this Sunſhine of Fortune laſted not long;
whether the King grey weary of him, as not
being to agreeable as when he was firſt taken
into
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into Favour, or whether the Machinations of
the jealous Queen wrought his Deſtruction,
we cannot fay; but being ſuſpected of con-
triving the Death of Sir Thomas Overbury by
Poiſon, he was arraigned and condemn'd for
the fame; and though, through the Clemency
of the King, his Life was ſpared, he was never
after ſuffered to ſee the King's Face, nor to
come near his Court.
Howbeit the King could not be long without
an Alter idem ; wherefore he took unto himſelf
a beautiful Youth named George Villiers; and
he loaded him with Honours, and uſed him in
all Reſpects like unto the other.
And James believed himſelf a great King,
and conceived high Notions of the Royal Pre-
rogative ; inſomuch that he looked
upon
the
Parliament as a troubleſome and unneceſſary
Thing ; and thought it extreamly hard, that ſo
great a King ſhould be bound by the Laws of
the Land, or his Coronation Oath, or that he
ſhould be obliged to call a Parliament to make
Laws, when he might do it alone by his abſo-
Jute Power,
Moreover he approved the Book of Doctor
Blackwood, which laid it down as a Principle,
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that the Engliſh were all Slaves by reaſon of
'the Norman Conqueſt,
With theſe Notions he poiſoned himſelf and
his Son, and laid the Foundation of thoſe
Troubles which ended in the Ruin of his Fa-
mily.
And it came to paſs in theſe Days, that a
certain Impoſtor named Richard Hadock pre-
tended to preach in his Sleep, in ſuch ſort, that
though he were called aloud, or ſtirred and
pulled by the Hands or Feet, yet he ſeemed not
to hear or to feel.
And he continued to do this in the Preſence
of many Perſons who reſorted to hear him ;
infomuch that in a fhiort Time his Fame
was ſpread through the Land by the Name of
the ſleeping Preacher, and many were brought
to believe that theſe his mighty Preachings
were by Inſpiration from Heaven.
Tantum Religio potuit fuadere Foolorum !
But the King diſcovered the Cheat, and
commanded him in all Places to declare himſelf
an Impoſtor.
Howbeit the Race of reverend Sleepers con-
tinue, and infeft the Land with large long-la-
bour'd
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bour'd Volumes of heavy and fomniferous
Lumber unto this Day.
And it came to paſs in the ſeventeenth Year
of the Reign of King James, that the Wife
of his Boſom fell ſick, and her Sickneſs was
unto Death.
Then James the King was fore troubled,
and he put on Sackcloth and bewailed himſelf ;
and ſo great was his Sorrow, that he ſpake not,
neither did he eat for many Days.
Howbeit he was a wife Man, and he ſaid
within himſelf, Why ſhould I be any longer
troubled, or why ſhould my Spirit be ſunk
within me? Our Tears avail not to the Dead,
neither do they hear our Cries.
Sorrow dimmeth the Eyes, and Grief wither-
eth the Countenance, but the Smile of a Friend
reviveth the Heart.
So the King aroſe, and waſhed himſelf, and
did eat Bread.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King James, and
his Wiſdom, and his Learning, and all the
Books that he wrote, behold thou mayeſt find
them in the Chandlers Shops unto this Day.
And James ſlept with his Fathers, after he
had reigned over England twenty and two
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Years, and Charles his Son reigned in his
ſtead.
CHARLES
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1
ND Charles was twenty and five Years
old when he began to reign, and he
reigned over England twenty and two Years
and ten Months, and his Mother's Name was
Anne.
And he was a pious and religious Prince, and
wrote many godly Books ; Hymns alſo and
Prayers, and ſundry Meditations were the Works
of his Hands.
Howbeit he did that which was Evil in the
Sight of the Lord, in following the Steps of his
Father, and aſpiring to abſolute Power.
And the Anger of the Lord was kindled
againſt him, and he cauſed a Spirit of Diſcon-
tent to go forth among the People, and they
came unto the King and befought him, ſaying:
Moſt gracious Sovereigni! incline thine Ears,
we beſeech thee, unto the Voice of thy People,
and let their Cry come unto thee: Behold we
are a free People, we and our Fathers have
been free Men unto this Day.
Where-
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Wherefore now then are we oppreſſed with
arbitrary Power, with forced Loans, with Ton-
nage and Poundage, with Ship-Money, and
with divers Taxes impoſed on us without the
Authority of Parliament?
Wherefore is the Yoke of Bondage laid up-
on us? a Yoke which we nor our Fathers were
able to bear.
Howbeit this Remonſtrance pleaſed not the
King, neither was he moved therewith, except
unto Wrath; moreover he diſſolved the Parlia-
ment, and continued in his evil Ways.
Then the Anger of the People waxed great,
and they ſaid amongſt themſelves, The King is
ill adviſed, his Counſellers are naught; let us
remove the Wicked from before the King, and
his Throne ſhall be eſtabliſhed in Righteouſ-
neſs.
So they accuſed Villiers, Duke of Bucking-
ham, who was the King's prime Favourite and
chief Miniſter, of divers Crimes and Miſdemea-
nours; namely, that he engroffed into his
Hands by evil Means a great Number of Offi-
ces and Employments, ſome whereof could
hardly be executed by a ſingle Perſon: That he
favoured and promoted the Worſhip of Rome :
That he neglected to guard the Seas and protect
the
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any Service:
the Merchants: That he conſtrained ſeveral
Perſons to purchaſe Titles of Honour, parti-
cularly the Lord Robartes of Truro, whom he
enforced to pay ten thouſand Pounds for the
Title of Baron : That he procured to his Kin-
dred and Allies, and other unworthy Perſons,
many Titles and Honours without their having
done the State Service: With divers noto-
rious Crimes and heinous Offences.
Wherefore they moſt humbly befought the
King, even for his own Honour and the Ho-
nour of Almighty God, for the Safety and
Welfare of his Kingdom, and for the Love
which as a kind Father he bore unto his
People, that he would be graciouſly pleaſed
to remove this Perſon from Acceſs to his
ſacred Preſence, and that he would not bal-
lance this one Man with all theſe Things :
proteſting, that until this great Man was re-
moved from intermeddling with the Affairs
of State, they were out of all Hopes of any
good Succeſs.
Nevertheleſs their Petition was rejected.
Moreover the King was exceeding wroth,
and he commanded the Petition to be conſumed
with Fire, and all the Copies thereof to be de-
ſtroyed.
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ſtroyed. And he protected his Favourite from
the publick Rage.
Howbeit he eſcaped not the Hand of Juſtice;
for the Anger of the Lord was kindled againſt
him, and he ſtirred up the Zeal of Felton the
Lieutenant, who ſmote him to the Heart that
he dyed.
And it came to paſs in theſe Days, that great
Troubles aroſe in England on account of Re-
ligion : many, being ſmitten with the Tinſel
Beauties of the Church of Rome, went a whor-
ing after her Gods, and gave up their Hearts
unto the Luſts thereof.
And, foraſmuch as many Tokens of his Love
appeared, it was thought that Laud the Arch-
biſhop was corrupted by her Fornications, that
he had bowed the Knee unto her Idols, and
lufted in his Heart after her Abominations.
Certain it is, he was very punctual in obferv-
ing all the ſuperſtitious Geſtures, the Bowings,
the Waſhings, the Veſtments, and all the painted
Ornaments in which the ſcarlet Whore de-
lighteth.
And he drew many after him, and occafioned
much Trouble in the Land, and much Non-
ſenſe, and many trifling Diſputes.
More
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Moreover he was ſuſpected of debauching the
King into this lewd Amour, and impoſing on
his Royal Affections with the Paint and Patches
of this inveigling Harlot. Wherefore the People
roſe
up againſt Laud, and in the Fury of their
Zeal they put him to Death.
Now theſe Things were done that it might
be fulfilled which was ſpoken by the Prophet,
Bleſſed is he that watcheth and keepeth his
Garments, left he walk naked and they ſee his
Shame.
And it came to paſs that the whole Kingdom
was poffeffed by two evil Spirits, the Spirit of
Prelacy and the Spirit of Fanaticiſm. And the
two Spirits ſtrove together with great Fury, and
the.Land was involved in Blood and Confu-
fion.
Howbeit the Spirit of Fanaticiſm prevailed,
and the King was diſcomfited, and taken Pris
foner, and committed to the Priſon of Cariſorook
Caſtle in the Iſle of Wight.
Then Charles lift up his Voice unto the Lord,
ſaying, Judge me, O God, and plead my Cauſe
againſt an ungodly Nation.
Mine Enemies have purſued and overtaken
me, but do thou deliver me out of the Hand
of the Wicked, out of the Hand of the unrigh-
teous
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teous and cruel Men: deliver me in thy Righ-
teouſneſs, and cauſe me to eſcape ; incline thine
Ear unto me and ſave me.
Caſt me not off in the Time of old Age, for-
fake me not when my Strength faileth.
Mine Enemies ſpeak Evil againſt me, and
they that lay wait for my Soul take counſel to-
gether, ſaying, God hath forſaken him, let us
perſecute and take him, for there is none to
deliver him.
But let them be confounded and conſumed
that are Adverſaries to my Soul, let them be
covered with Reproach and Diſhonour that ſeck
my Hurt.
Howbeit the Prayer of Charles availed not,
he was delivered up into the Hands of his Ene-
mies; and they erected a new Court of Juſtice
for the Trial of the King, and they brought an
Accuſation againſt him, ſaying,
He hath endeavoured to deſtroy the Rights
and Liberties of the People, and to rule with
an unlimited and tyrannical Power; for which
End he hath levy'd War againſt the Parliament
of England and the People thereof, and hath
been the Cauſe of all the Blood which hath been
ſhed in the Land.
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Now Charles deny'd the Juriſdiction of this
Court, and demanded to know by what Autho-
rity he was brought before them, or by what
Law of England he could be try'd. But they
anſwered him not a Word.
Howbeit a folemn Faſt was appointed, to
ſeek the Lord, and beg his Direction in the
Murder of the King.
Moreover an inſpired Virgin was brought out
of Hertfordſhire, who pretended a Revelation
from Heaven to encourage the Saints in their
pious Work.
So they proceeded to this Tryal, and con-
demned him as a Tyrant, Traitor, Murderer,
and a publick Enemy to the Commonwealth
of England, to be put to Death by ſevering his
Head from his Body.
Moreover, during the Time of his Tryal, the
Head of his Cane fell off, and no Man knew
why; wherefore it was thought the Cane pro-
pheſied of what ſhould come to paſs.
And they treated him with great Inſolence,
ſpitting upon him, and puffing Tobacco in his
Face, which they knew was hateful unto him.
Howbeit he bore with Patience their Inſults,
neither opened he his Lips againſt them.
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And on the 30th Day of the firſt Month,
which is called January, a Scaffold was built
before the Gates of his own Palace, and he was
brought thereon, and his Head was cut off and
ſhow'd unto the People. And ſome rejoiced,
but many ſuppreſs’d the Groans which they
durft not utter.
The COMMONWEALTH.
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ND it came to paſs after the Death of
King Charles, that the Commons paſſed
an Act for annulling the Houſe of Lords, and
aboliſhing the Regal Power as uſeleſs, burthen-
ſome, and dangerous; and the Government of
England was changed into a Commonwealth.
And the Duke of Hamilton, the Earl of
Holland, the Lord Capel, and many others who
had been of the King's Party, were put to
Death.
Moreover it was enacted, that all who poſſef-
ſed any publick Poſt, ſhould take out freſh
Grants and new Oaths to qualify themſelves
for holding the ſame.
This grand Alteration in the Government
occaſioned alſo many others: the Oaths of Al-
legiance
C 2
( 20 )
legiance and Supremacy were aboliſhed : Juſtice
was no longer adminiſter'd in the King's Name,
but in the Names of the Keepers of the Liberties
of England: A new Council of State, conſiſting
of thirty nine Perſons, was choſen for the Admi-
niſtration of publick Affairs under the Parlia-
ment: new Money was coin'd: and a new
Great Seal was made, on one side of which
was ſeen the Parliament fitting, with this In-
ſcription, The great Seal of the Parliament of
the Commonwealth of England; on the other
Side, the Arms of England and Ireland, with
theſe Words, The firſt Year of Freedom by
God's Bleſſing reſtor'd. And this Seal was com-
mitted to a certain number of Perſons, who
were ſtiled Keepers of the Liberties of Great
Britain.
Many alſo were the Changes that were made
in Religion ; Epiſcopacy was aboliſhed, the
Common Prayer deſpiſed, Canting and Hypo-
criſy, and doing all kinds of Wickedneſs in the
Name of the Lord, were the Signs of Grace ;
and every one worſhiped God after the Fool-
ilhneſs of his own Heart,
Howbeit the Son of King Charles, who had
filed beyond the Seas, was invited into Scotland,
where
A
(21)
where he was proclaimed King; and he raiſed
an Army of eighteen thouſand Men, and
marched into England to the City of Wor-
ceſter, and encamped there.
And Cromwell with an Army of thirty thou-
fand Men purſued him to the Gates of the City,
and
gave himn Battel; and the Army of the
King was diſcomfited, and he was forced to
fly from the Preſence of Cromwell, and many
were Nain by the Edge of the Sword.
Nevertheleſs he fell not into the Hands of
his Enemies, neither was he taken in their
Snares : He was beſet with Dangers round
about, but the Hand of the Lord conducted
him in Safety.
And it came to paſs that he was purſued in-
to the middle of a Wood, called Bofcobel, and
he got up into a Tree and concealed himſelf,
that his Purſuers paſſed by and ſaw him not.
And the Tree is called the Royal Oak unto
this Day.
In a Barn alſo he hid himſelf, two Days and
two Nights concealed he himſelf from the
Rage of his Enemies ; Straw only was his Bed,
and he was fed by the Hand of a poor Woman
with Buttermilk and Bread,
Moreover
1
( 22 )
Moreover he ſtripped off his Royal Robes,
and diſguiſed himſelf in poor Array; his Hands
alſo and his Face he dyed with Walnuts ; a
Hempen Shirt was next his Skin, and his out-
ward Garment was a Leathern Doublet : in
the Night alſo he fled, in the Darkneſs of the
Night he eſcaped.
And he walked from the Going-down of the
Sun even till the Morning-Star appeared, info-
much that his Feet were galled with Blood.
Many other Diſguiſes put
other Perils did he encounter ; now on a
Miller's Horſe with duſty Bags, and now be-
fore a Country Dame on Horſeback; till at
laſt arriving at the Sea-ſide, he eſcaped to
France in a ſmall Veſſel belonging to a poor
Fiſherman,
Mean time the Power of Cromwell encreaf-
ed, and his Glory grew unto the Height;
inſomuch that he fet himſelf at the Head of
the Commonwealth, and was called the Pro-
tector thereof.
he on,
on, and
and many
i
4
OLIVER
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OLIVER CROMWELL Protector.
Na great , bus
O W Cromwell was a valiant Man, but
a great Hypocrite ; and he humoured
the Times, pretending to Piety, and to conſult
the Lord in all his Doings.
Howbeit his Character is doubtful, whether
he was a righteous Man or a Rogue ; neither is
it determin’d by which Appellation to call him
unto this Day: Peradventure he was a Mixture
of both.
Thoſe who ſpeak Evil of him ſay, that he
ſet up himſelf as an Idol, and made the very
Streets of London like unto the Valley of Hin-
nom, by burning the Bowels of Men as a Sacrifice
to his Molockſhip: that his Pretence was Free-
dom for all Men, and that by the Help of that
Pretence he made all Men his Slaves, ſetting up
himſelf above all that ever were called Sovereign
in England : that he ſummoned Parliaments
with a Word of his Pen, and diſperſed them
again with the Breath of his Mouth : that he
took Arms againſt Taxes of ſcarce two hundred
thouſand Pounds a Year, and raiſed them him-
ſelf to above two Millions ; that under the Pre-
tence
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1
;
tence of reforming Religion, he robbed it even
to the Skin, and then expoſed it naked to the
Rage of all Sects and Hereſies: that he fought
againſt the King under a Commiſſion for him,
and then took him forcibly out of the Hands of
thoſe for whom he had conquer'd him, and
butcher'd him in the open Face of all the whole
World, with as little Shame as Conſcience or
Humanity:
Thus he is made a Monſter of Baſeneſs, In-
gratitude, Hypocriſy, Rebellion and Uſurpa-
tion.
Howbeit there are others who defend him
faying, He was an illuſtrious Warrior, a great
Politician, a Man of the moſt conſummate
Prudence, and who had the Art of making
himſelf both fear'd and reſpected : that if his
Government be compared with thoſe of the
two laſt Kings, there will appear a very great
Diſparity with regard to the Glory and Reputa
tion of the Engliſh Nation : that he made him-
ſelf equally dreaded by France and Spain, and
the United Provinces, who all courted his
Friendſhip with ſuch Ardour, that they may be
ſaid to have cringed to him beyond what was
becoming : that if his Ambition led him to
aggran-
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T
aggrandize himſelf, it alſo led him to advance
the Glory of the Engliſh Name, and the Ter-
ror of their Arms even to the Pitch of Roman
Greatneſs: that as to his Morals, he was guilty
of few of the Vices to which Men are com-
monly addicted; Gluttony, Drunkenneſs, Gam-
ing, Luxury, and Avarice, were Crimes with
which he was never reproached : and as to his
Religion, his Principle was, to leave every Man
at Liberty, and to perſecute no one on that
Account: In fine, that by his great Capacity
and uncommon Abilities he raiſed himſelf to the
ſupreme Dignity, ſupported himſelf in it with
great Glory, and dying in Peace bequeathed it
to his Poſterity.
And now behold, he that was a Monſter is
become an Hero ! Wherefore, gentle Reader,
out of the two Characters here given, thou
mayeſt form ſuch a one as ſeemeth beſt in
thine Eyes, and call him Oliver Cromwell.
Now the reſt of the Acts of this Ruler, and
the ſurprizing Things that he did, behold they
are written in the Books of the Chronicles of
the Kings of England.
D
And
1
}
'( 26 )
And Cromwell ſlept with his Fathers, and
was buried in the Chapel of Henry the Seventh,
and Richard his Son was Protector in his ſtead.
RICHARD CROMWELLProtector.
A
A
ND it came to paſs that the Man Richard
was preſently found to be incapable of
the Reins of Government; he had neither Ca-
pacity to manage, Judgment to guide, nor Re-
folution to hold them ; wherefore the Parlia-
ment took from him the Protectorſhip, and de-
poſed him from the Government.
And now the Commonwealth was left to
drive at random, the Government being ſome-
times adminiſter'd by a Council of Officers,
and ſometimes by a Thing called a Committee
of Safety, and great Confuſion enſued in the
Land.
And there dwelt a Man in the Northern Part
of the Inland which is called Scotland, whoſe
Name was Monk : moreover he was the Gover-
nor thereof, and a great Warriour.
Now this Man, taking Advantage of the
publick Diſtractions, aſſembled an Army and
marched
1
( 27 )
marched to London, declaring for a Reſtoration
of the King.
And the People were terrified at his Preſence,
or peradventure they were weary
with
perpe-
tual Changes and Commotions ; wherefore they
agreed to his Propoſals, and ſent Meſſengers unto
the King, who was now in Holland, deſiring
his Return.
And it came to paſs on the 29th Day of the
fifth Month, which is called May, that the
King was conducted in great State to his Palace
at Whitehall, and all the People ſhouted, lay-
ing, Long live the King.
CHARLES II.
Nºw
OW as many enormous Crimes had been
W committed by Men of all Degrees, in-
ſomuch that it was apprehended great Num-
bers, not thinking themſelves ſafe, would de-
part out of the Land; the firſt Thing that the
King ſet himſelf to do was to publiſh an Act
of Indemnity.
Howbeit, he excepted out of it forty and
nine Perſons, who had been principally concern'd
in
D 2
3
( 28 )
in the Murder of his Father. Nevertheleſs,
only ten of them were executed.
And the King repealed all Laws that had
been made in Favour of a popular Govern-
ment; moreover he reſtored the ancient Dif-
cipline of the Church, and replaced the Biſhops
in their former Dignity and Juriſdiction.
About this Time an Inſurrection happened in
London, ſet on foot by a ſmall Remnant of
Enthuhaſts, not more than 50, in order to de-
ſtroy all the Monarchies of the Earth.
Theſe mad Religioniſts were called Fifth
Monarchy Men, who by reading the Prophe-
cies of Daniel, and the Revelations of John,
had perſuaded themſelves that the Time of our
Saviour's viſible Reign on Earth was come;
and therefore it was their Duty to take up
Arms for King Jesus againſt the Power of
the World, and that no Weapon formed againſt
them ſhould proſper, but that one ſhould chace
a thouſand, and two put ten thouſand to
flight,
In Confidence of this Prophecy being ful-
filled, they declared that they would riſe up a-
gainſt the Carnal, and poſſeſs the Gate of the
World
;
A
( 29 )
:
World ; that they would never ſheath the Sword
till Babylon (as they callid Monarchy) ſhould
become a Hiffing and a Curſe, and there were
left neither Remnant, Son, nor Nephew : And
that when they had led Captivity Captive in
England, they would then go into France,
Spain, and Germany, and bind their Kings in
Chains, and their Nobles in Fetters of Iron.
Howbeit theſe miſerable Men were deluded,
being cut off in the City by the Edge of the
Sword, even by the Train-Bands of the City
• were they deſtroyed.
Now it came to paſs that Charles gave a
looſe to his Appetites, and indulged himſelf
in all manner of Delights; and he ſent forth
his Pimps and his Nobles throughout all the
Land to ſearch for the moſt beautiful Women
that could be found.
And they miniſtred unto the King accord-
ing to his Wiſhes: One brought him Eyes that
melted with a dying Softneſs, another Lips
that ſeemed to ſay come kiſs me; this brought
him ſnowy Breaſts whoſe heaving Softneſs ſwel-
led with Love, and that a Shape whoſe wanton
Motions ſeemed to promiſe Bliſs luxuriant.
Now
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+
Now the King was pleaſed therewith, and
he was enamoured of them all; and put forth
his Scepter unto them, and the Land was filled
with Royal Baſtards.
Moreover the Nation taking Example from
the Court, ran headlong into all manner of Li-
centiouſneſs and Immorality. And having ſeen
in the former Reign all kinds of Wickedneſs
committed under the Maſk of Piety, the leaſt
Appearance thereof was now thought Hypo-
pocriſy.
All the Wit of the Nation was turned to the
Ridicule of Religion and Morality. The Stage
became a School of Debauchery; and even the
Pulpit, fearing to be too grave for the Times,
abounded with Wit: And whereas before, they
uſed to ſeek the Lord and implore his Direction
even in the moſt trifling Affairs, it was now
deemed almoſt ſuperſtitious to believe in him.
Howbeit the Religion of the King, ſays a
noble * Author, was, that which is vulgarly,
though unjuſtly, called none at all, namely
Deiſm.
But theAnger of the Lord was kindled againſt
the King and againſt the People of England,
and
The Duke of Buckingham.
DATOS
( 31 )
and he ſmote the Land with a dreadful Peſti-
lence, inſomuch that there dyed in one Year
upwards of fixty and ſeven thouſand Perſons :
moreover in the following Year a terrible Fire
fell on the City of London, which in four Days
Time conſumed the greateſt Part thereof.
Nevertheleſs theſe Judgments made no Im-
preſſion on the Spirit of Charles, who abandoned
himſelf to his Pleaſures, and was carry'd away
fo violently by his Luſts, that his whole Time
and his Treaſures were ſpent amongſt Harlots ;
and all Matters relating to the Government of
his Kingdoms were left unto the Management
of his Brother the Duke of York.
And Charles was guided by his Brother in
all Things, inſomuch that the People mur-
mur'd greatly. Wherefore Killigrew the Jeſter
reported unto the Courtiers, ſaying, The King
is very ill, and hath got a ſore Noſe.
Then went the Courtiers in unto the King
and condoled with him, ſaying, We are ſorry to
hear your Majeſty hath got a ſore Noſe. Whereat
the King marveled greatly, aſking who told
them fo? And they anſwered and ſaid, Kil-
ligrew told us.
Then
*
( 32 )
Then the King fen't Meſſengers unto Kil-
ligrew, commanding him to come before him :
and when he was come, the King ſaid unto
him, Why faideſt thou, Killigrew, that I had
got å fore Noſe? And Killigrew anſwered and
faid, I concluded it muſt be fore, becauſe
your
Majeſty hath been led ſo long by it.
Howbeit the King liked not the Jeſt; more-
over he reproved his Jeſter very ſeverely. And
(whether it was thought that Majeſty was too
ſerious a Joke to be laughed at, leſt peradven-
ture it ſhould be made ridiculous ; or that it
was of too dangerous Example, as it might
ſometimes ſet the whole Nation a laughing at
the King's Expence ; but) from 'that Day no
Jeſter hath been kept in the King's Court, only
plain and folemn Fools.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King Charles
the Second, and his Wit, and his Gallantries,
and all his Intrigues, behold thou mayeſt find
them in bawdy Novels unto this Day.
And Charles ſlept with his Fathers, after he
had reigned over England from the Time of his
Reſtoration twenty and four Years, eight Months
and nine Days, and James his Brother reigned
in his ſtead.
FAMES
*
( 33 )
without
JAMES II.
:
OW James was a Worſhiper of the
Church of Rome, he bowed the Knee
unto her Idols, and went a whoring after all
her Abominations: her Bowings, her Waſhings,
her Sprinklings, her holy Veſtments, her Incenſe,
her Ointments, her Abſolutions, her Maſſes,
her Croſſes, ḥer Idols, her Miracles, her Lies.
Moreover he was a zealous Bigot to all the
abſurd and fooliſh Tenets, which the Cunning
of her Prieſts have invented to delude the Igno-
rant and enſlave the Mighty.
Nevertheleſs, when he aſcended the Throne
of England, he made a Speech to the People,
declaring he would ſupport the Conſtitution
both in Church and State, as it was by Law
eſtabliſhed.
Howbeit he afterwards thought fit to act
contrary to this Declaration in every Inſtances
perądventure he made it with a mental Reſer-
vation for that very Purpoſe.
And it came to paſs, that the Lord ſtirred
the Heart of the Duke of Monmouth, and he
rebelled againſt him, and entered the Land with
E
an
up
1
( 34 )
an Ariny; but he was defeated and taken Pri-
ſoner, and his Head was ſmitten off on Tower Hill.
Many of his Soldiers alſo were taken, info-
much that the Priſons of the Weſt were filled
therewith.
And Jeffries the Judge was appointed to try
them: and behold it was Judgment without
Mercy; he looked on them, and they were
condemned; he opened his Lips, and it was
Death unto them.
Yea, ſo great was his Cruelty, that when
their Eyes rolled in the Agonies of Death,
then he inocked ; and when their Legs qui-
vered in the Air, then he ſent for Muſick,
and called it Dancing. Wherefore let his
Name periſh from the Face of the Earth, and
let all his Generation be hanged by the Neck.
But woe unto thee, f O Kirk! woe unto
thee, thou barbarous Inſulter,of wronged Inno-
eence! Let thy Sin be deteſted in all Ages, and
+ Major General Kirk was appointed to attend on Jeffries in
this bloody Buſineſs with a Troop of Soldiers, to keep the People
in Awe, who hanged ſeveral by his own Authority, without any
Trial. It was not poſſible for the King to find in the whole King-
dom two Men more deſtitute of Religion, Honour and Humanity.
They were two cruel and mercilels Tigers, that delighted in
Blood. Rapin.
let
( 35 )
poor old
let thy Name be accurſed from Generation to
Generation! For behold thou haſt done Iniquity
in the Sight of the Lord, the Cry of thine Abo-
mination is gone up unto Heaven ; and it ſhall
come to paſs, that whoſoever heareth thy Tale
ſhall curſe thee.
Now the Thing which he did was this :
It came to paſs in the Town of Taunton,
that he had condemned an ancient Man unto
Death, and he was to be executed on the Sign-
Poſt of the Houſe where Kirk was ſitting.
Then came the Daughter of the
Man, a lovely Maiden, her Cheeks were waſh-
ed with Tears as a Roſe in the Morning-Dew,
and the Look of her Eye was Innocence di-
ſtreſs'd.
And ſhe threw herſelf at his Feet, and em-
braced his Knces for ſome Time in ſilent Grief,
and in the utmoſt Agony of Heart.
At length, when Words could find a Paf-
fage, the lift up her Eyes, ſtill dropping with
Tears, and beſought him, ſaying,
O ſave my Father! Let not his
be diſhonour'd with a violent Death! Alas he is
an old Man, and hath not many Days to live ;
fuffer him to go down to the Grave in Peace,
that my Soul'may bleſs thee.
gray Hairs
V
( 36 )
Then Kirk commanded the Virgin to ariſe,and
he looked on her, and his Heart was ſmitten
with her Beauties, inſomuch that he burned
to enjoy her. And he ſpake unto the Maiden,
ſaying, Behold now the Life of thy Father is
in mine Hand, and I can do unto him whatfo-
ever ſeemeth good in mine Eyes : howbeit, thy
Beauty hath ſoftened mine Heart; if there-
fore thou wilt hearken unto my Voice that I may
enjoy thee, I ſwear unto thee his Life ſhall be
ſafe, not a Hair of his Head ſhall be in Danger,
Then fell the Maiden down at his Feet, and
bedewed the Ground with her Tears, and her
Anguiſh was very great; and ſhe ſaid unto him,
O take my Life, my Life I will give for my
Father's willingly ; but let not my Lord deſire
this Thing, do not this Evil unto thine Hand-
maid : Alas ! I am a poor Virgin, mine Inno-
cence is mine only Portion. I am beſides my
Father's only Child, and his Heart is fond of
me, he hath none other; and if I do this Thing,
what Benefit ſhall I have of his Life? for be-
hold he will die with Sorrow.
And her Tears flowed ſo faſt, that ſhe could
ſpeak no more; and ſhe continued with her
Face towards the Ground weeping.
But
3
( 37 )
1
But the Heart of Kirk was hardened, and
his Soul was ſet in him to do Evil; and he
ſpake unto the Virgin, ſaying, If thou do not
inſtantly comply, thy Father dieth, nay I will
hang him up before thy Face, and thine Eyes
ſhall behold his Agonies : and he ſeemed to be
going
Then the Damſel caught hold of the Skirt of
his Garment, and ſhe wept bitterly; and ſo
moving was her Grief, that it would have melt-
ed
any human Heart. And ſhe cryed out, Kill
not my Father ! O let me ſpeak! I cannot ſee
him die, indeed I cannot. Here Grief once
more ſtopt up her Voice, and for ſome time
ſhe could not ſpeak or weep; at length, lifting
up her Eyes, Forgive me Heaven, ſhe cry'd;
.
Father forgive me, I will ſave thy Life, but I
will not ſurvive mine Honour,
So ſhe yielded unto him, and was undone.
For no ſooner had he ſatiated himſelf with her
ruin'd Innocence, than he brought her to the
Window, and with an inſulting Smile ſhow'd
her her Father hanging on the Sign-Poſt.
Transfixt with Grief and Horror; ſhe ſud-
denly cry'd out My Father ! O my Father!
What have I done! Then ſunk upon the
Ground
( 38 )
Ground ſpeechleſs and without Motion: but
Life, unhappily for her, returned; the awaked
from her Trance all wild and diſtracted, nor
did her Senſes ever return to her any more.
Many other Cruelties did they commit, and
many other Barbarities; inſomuch that the
Land ftunk of Blood, and the Face of the
Earth looked dreadful with the Quarters of
Men, which they hanged up in every Place, as
a Terror to all that ſhould oppoſe the Meaſures
of this violent and bigotted Prince.
But it came to paſs that James was fo eager
in his Advances to Popery and arbitrary Power,
that the great Men and the Nobles, and all the
People were alarmed at his Proceedings:Where-
fore they fent over Meſſengers privily unto
William the Prince of Orange, who had marry-
ed the King's Daughter, defiring his Aſſiſtance,
to preſerve the Religion and the Liberties of
the People.
Then William raiſed an Army and came
over to England ; and great Fear came upon
James becauſe of his Miſdoings. Wherefore
James fled from the Preſence of William, and
became a Fugitive all the Days of his Life.
More.
( 39 )
Moreover his Throne was declared vacant,
and William his Son-in-Law reigned in his
Stead. This is the grand Revolution, this is
the Epocha of Engliſh Freedom.
W I L L I A M III.
A
ND William was called the Deliverer, in
as much as by him the Land was deli-
vered from Popery and arbitrary Power, and the
Liberties of the People both civil and religious
were ſettled and eſtabliſhed upon a new Foun-
dation : The Prerogatives of the Crown were
limited, and the Rights of the Subject were
aſcertained.
For the Lords and the Commons of Eng-
land, on the Day that they offered him the
Crown, explained alſo the Conditions on which
he muſt accept it, ſaying,
Thou ſhalt not fufpend or diſpenſe with
Laws, or the Execution of Laws, by Royal
Authority, without Conſent of Parliament, it
is illegal.
1
Thou
( 40 )
I
Thou ſhalt not levy Money for the Uſe
of the Crown, by Pretence of Prerogative, it is
illegal.
Thou ſhalt not infringe the Right of the
Subjects to petition the King, neither ſhalt
thou profecute or commit any one for ſuch
Petitioning, it is illegal.
Thou ſhaft not keep a ſtanding Army with-
in the Kingdom in Time of Peace, unleſs it be
with Conſent of Parliament, it is illegal.
The Election of Members of Parliament
ſhall be free, and no Freedom of Speech and
Debate in Parliament ſhall be impeached or
queſtioned in any Place or Court out of Par-
liament.
Exceſſive Bail fhall not be required, nor ex-
ceſſive Fines impoſed, nor cruel and unuſual
Puniſhments inflicted :
Jurors ſhall be duly impannelled and re-
turned :
And finally, for Redreſs of all Grievances,
and for the amending, ſtrengthening and pre-
ſerving of the Laws, Parliaments ſhall fre-
quently be held.
1
And
( 41 )
And we the People of England do claim,
demand, an inſiſt upon all theſe Things as
our undoubted Rights and Liberties.
And William was a wiſe Prince and he
ruled the Kingdom with Power and great Glo-
ry; howbeit he had many Oppoſitions, and it
was with great Trouble that he managed the
haughty Spirits of the Engliſh.
Moreover he made War upon the French,
and he led on his Armies himſelf ; and the
Hand of the Lord was with him, and he dif.
comfited them by Land and by Sea in many
Battles.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King Williast,
his Courage at the Boyne, the grand Alliance
that he made, the Projects that he form'd, and
the Battles that he fought, behold they are
written in the Books of the Chronicles of the
Kings of England.
And William reigned over England thirteen
Years and one Month, and he died ; and Anne
his Siſter in-Law reigned in his ſtead.
F
ANNE
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A N N E.
NOW
OW Anne was thirty and ſeven Years
old when ſhe began to reign ; and ſhe
reigned over England twelve Years and five
Months.
And ſhe purſued the Meaſures which Wil
liam her Predeceſſor' had begun, in order to
oblige King Lewis of France to recall his
Grandſon Philip, whom he had ſeated on the
Throne of Spain, and to place that Crown on
the Head of Charles, the Emperor Leopold's
fecond Son.
Wherefore War was declared by the con-
federate Powers of England, Holland and Ger-
many againſt France and againſt Spain; and
Marlborough the General was made Com-
mander of their Armies ; and he marched into
Flanders and encamped there.
And the Arm of the Lord was with him
and he was mighty in Battle, and he defeated
the French wherefcever he came : In all the
Battles that he fought, he conquered; and what-
ſoever
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ſoever Town he beſieged, it furrendered unto
him.
Let Ramelies confeſs the Wonders of his
Courage, let the Siege Liſle proclaim his Con-
duct ; Blenheim ſhall ſpeak aloud the Glory,
of his Arms, and Oudenarde declare his in-
vincible Proweſs ; Tournay alſo ſhall remem-
ber him for ever, and bloody Malplaquet
ſhall tremple at his Name.
And
great Fear came upon all Frenchmen,
and upon Lewis their King ; wherefore he
fought unto Queen Anne for Peace, and in an
evil Hour ſhe hearkened unto him: A ſhame
ful Peace was concluded at Utrecht, and the
Conqueſts of Marlborough were made in vain.
Now it came paſs in theſe Days, that the
Land was divided between two famous Giants;
and the Name of the one was Whiganza, and
the Name of the other was Toribundos. And
there was Enmity between the Partizans of
Whiganza, and the Partizans of Toribundos,
infómuch that they ſpake of each other with
great Bitterneſs and many Reproaches.
And the Giant Toribundos fent forth an evil
Spirit in the Shape of a Prieſt, and he called
his
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his Name Sacheverel; and when he was ſtrong-
ly poſſefled, he would rave of Falſe Brethren,
of Evil Communication, of Paſſive Obedience,
of Non Reſiſtance, and many other Abſur-
dities.
Now the Party of Toribundos adored him as
à God; many Pictures of him were taken,
and Prints of his Face were diſperſed in every
Corner; ye fo worthily was he diſtinguiſhed,
that the very Piſs-pots of the Land diſplay'd
his Countenance at their Bottoms, and Showers
of Honour were daily poured upon him.
Many hardy Champions alſo enliſted them-
ſelves beneath his Banners, and fought his Bat-
tles with a deſperate and zealous Fury.
Howbeit there aroſe at length from the
Tribe of Whiganza, a valiant Hero whoſe
Name was Benjamin; and he buckled on
him the Shield of Reaſon, and graſping in
his Hand the Sword of Truth, he marched
into the Hoſt of Toribundos, and the whole
Army fled from before him, or fell by his
Hand: Yea ſo totally were they defeated, that
they turned not again unto this Day.
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Now
A
N
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Now the reſt of the Acts of Queen Anne,
and all her glorious Conqueſts; her Piety alſo
to the Clergy, and the fifty Churches that the
built, behold, if thou liveſt to ſee them, thou
mayeſt die an old Man.
And Anne ſlept with her Fathers in the
Chapel of Henry the Seventh, and George of
Hanover reigned in her ſtead.
GEORGE I.
AN
ND George was fifty and fix Years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned
over England twelve Years and ten Months,
and his Mother's Name was Sophia.
Now it came to paſs that the Son of King
James the Second, who had been abroad ſince
his Father's Abdication, attempted to ſet him-
ſelf on the Throne of Great Britain.
And there were great Commotions in the
Land, and the Spirits of the People were ſtirred
up to Rebellion in many places.
And the Friends of fames aſſembled an
Army and marched to Preſton; and they were
encoun-
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A
encounter'd there by the King's Forces under
the Command of Wills and Carpenter, and en-
tirely defeated.
Foſter alſo their General, with the Lords
Derwentwater, Witherington, Nithiſdale, Win-
toun, Kenmure, and many others, were taken
Captive and committed to the Tower of Lon-
don ; and the Heads of ſome were ſmitten off
on Tower Hill, but ſome eſcaped.
The Earl of Marr alſo aſſembled an Army
in Scotland, but he was diſcomfited and put
to flight by the Duke of Argyle.
And now the Crown of Great Britain be-
gan to fit firmi on the Head of King George;
his Virtueş,alſo began to appear, and thoſe that
ſpeak Evil of him were confounded and put
to Shame.
And behold it came to paſs in theſe Days,
that a ſtrong Deluſion was ſent amongſt them,
and all the People of the Land were ſtricken
with Madneſs.
They looked198wards the Southern Sea, and
behold a ſurprizing Bubble aroſe on the Sur-
face of the Water ; its Circumference filled
the
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the Firmament of Heaven, and its Height
reached unto the Clouds.
And in the midſt of the Bubble were ſeen
the Appearance of ſumptuous Palaces, fine
Gardens; gilt Chariots, Gold, Silver, and pre-
cious Stones, and whatſoever the Heart of Man
could defire:
And the People ran together in Crowds, fay-
ing, We will be rich! we will all be Lords and
Princes of the Earth.
Many alſo diſpoſed of their Lands and their
Houſes, their Goods and their Merchandiſe,
the Plate, their Jewels and their Cloaths, in
order to purchaſe the Shadow in the Bubblé.
Howbeit the Deluſion began to abate; and
whilſt the were looking, lo the Bubble brake,
and all the gay Appearance vaniſhed into
Smoke,
Then were heard Weepings and Wailings,
and bitter Lamentations: he whoſe deluſive
Dreams had flatter'd him with delicious Gar-
dens and a ſumptuous Palace, awakes and finds
himſelf in a Wretched Garret, or ſweeping thoſe
Walks which he had planted for himſelf: He
whoſe gilt Liveries had glitter'd in his Imagi-
nation,
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nation, is compelled for Want to wear one
himſelf; and he who fed on Veniſon at five
Guineas a Haunch, now dines in Pudding
Lane on a Twopenny Chop.
But woe unto you Managers, woe unto you
Jobbers, woe unto you the Directors thereof !
for the Miſeries of the Land are at your Doors,
the Cries of the Poor are againſt you ;
the
Ruin of Thouſands compel them to curſe you,
.and the Vengeance of Heaven ſhall fall heavy
on your Heads.
Now the reſt of the Acts of King George,
and all that he did, are they not written in
the Books of the Chronicles of the Kings of
England.
And George ſlept with his fathers, and
was buried in his own Tomb at Hanover,
and George his Son reigned in his ſtead.
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GEORGE
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GEORGE II.
A
ND George was forty and four Years
old when he began to reign, and behold
the Scepter continueth in his Hand, the Crown
alſo is on his Head; and he fitteth on the
Throne of his Majeſty unto this Day.
Where, that he may long continue in Power
and great Glory, let us pray, That his Miniſters
be juſt, That his Counſellors be wiſe, and his
Captains couragious; fo ſhall he become the
Scourge of Spain, the Terror of France, and
the Wonder of Europe.
Then will we come before his Preſence with
Thankſgiving, and enter into his Court with
Praiſe; we will be thankful unto him, and
ſpeak good of his Name.
And now behold theſe are the Names of
the Kings of England, and theſe are their Ge-
nerations.
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George
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George the Second, who was the Son of George
the Firſt, who was the Couſin of Anne, who
was the Siſter in Law of William the Third,
who was the Son in Law of fames the Second,
who was the Brother of Charles the Second,
who was the Son of Charles the Firſt, who
was the Son of James the Firſt, who was
the Couſin of Elizabeth, who was the Siſter
of Mary, who was the Siſter of Edward the
Sixth, who was the Son of Henry the Eighth,
who was the Son of Henry the Seventh, who
was the Couſin of Richard the Third, who
was the Uncle of Edward the Fifth, who was
the Son of Edward the Fourth, who was the
Couſin of Henry the Sixth, who was the Son
of Henry the Fifth, who was the Son of Henry
the Fourth, who was the Couſin of Richard
the Second, who was the Grandſon of Edward
the Third, who was the Son of Edward the
Second, who was the Son of Edward the Firſt,
who was the Son of Henry the Third, who
was the Son of John, who was the Brother
of Richard the Firſt, who was the Son of
Henry the Second, who was the Couſin of
Stephen
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Stephen, who was the Couſin of Henry the
Firſt, who was the Brother of William Rufus,
who was the Son of William the Conqueror,
who was the Son of a Whore.
Thus endeth the Chronicle of the KINGS
of ENGLAND.
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