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 PASSAGES OF COSMOGRAPHY; 
 
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 RICHARD ZOUCHE, 
 
 CIVILIAN OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD, 
 
 AFTERWARDS REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL LAW, 
 
 PRINCIPAL OF ST. A LEAN HALL, 
 
 JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, etc. 
 
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 RePRINTEII FKO.M IDE ORIGINAL EDITION OF 1613; 
 
 WITH A MEMOIR AND NOTES, 
 
 COLLECTED AND ARRANGED 
 
 BY RICHARD WALKER, B. 1). 
 
 A DESCENDANT^ 
 
 FELLOW OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE, OXFORD. 
 
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 AND T. RODD, 2, GREAT NK\VP0RT-STREB;T, LONDON. 
 
 MDCCCXXXIX.
 
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 TO THE MF,MOR\- 
 
 OF 
 
 DR. RICHARD ZOUCHE, 
 
 THIS SMALL VOLUME IS DEDICATED, 
 
 WITH RESPECT AND REGARD, 
 
 BY THE EDITOR, 
 
 RICHARD WALKER. 
 
 1059546
 
 MEMOIR 
 
 OF 
 
 DR. RICHARD ZOUCHE, 
 CIVILIAN. 
 
 Richard Zouche, the subject of the annexed 
 Memoir, born atAnsley, in Wiltshire, A. D. 1590, 
 descended through his ancestors the Lord Zouches, 
 from the Dukes of Britanny in France*, received 
 his classical education atWykeham's School, near 
 Winchester ; was admitted perpetual Fellow of 
 New College, an. 1609, at the age of 19. After 
 he had taken one degree in the Civil Law, he 
 became an advocate of note in Doctors' Commons. 
 In 1619, he became Doctor of Civil Law; in 
 1620, Regius Professor in that faculty ; the year 
 succeeding, and afterwards, he served in Parlia- 
 ment for Hythe in Kent, during the latter end of the 
 reign of King James the First. Being Chancellor of 
 the Diocese of Oxfordt, in 1625 he was appointed 
 
 * See Pedigree, Appendix. 
 
 f By an oversight he has been elsewhere styled Chancellor of 
 the University of Oxford.
 
 11 
 
 Principal of St. Albau Hall, in Oxford, and, at 
 length, became Judge of the High Court of Ad- 
 miralty. Our learned Civilian died in his lodgings, 
 at Doctors' Commons, March 1st, IGGO, and was 
 buried at Fulham in Middlesex. 
 
 Our author's first work, published in 1G13, 
 is the Poem which I have been induced to re- 
 print, both from its merit, and its great rarity, 
 [see Note]. The work is a succinct poetical ac- 
 count of the three quarters of the old Continent, 
 after the method of the Periegesis of Dionysius. 
 The general harmony of versification, displayed 
 in this juvenile poem is conspicuous, considering 
 the time in which our author lived : the variety 
 of historical allusions, and the ingenious descrip- 
 tions interspersed, lend to the poem a considerable 
 interest, and I indulge a hope, that its republi- 
 cation may not be unacceptable to the curious 
 reader, as supplying a small link in the chain of 
 our earlier English poetry. 
 
 The works of Dr. Zouche are the follow- 
 ing : — I. This Poem, composed in his youth, 
 entitled, The Dove, or certain Passages of Cosmo- 
 graphy. London, 1613. 8vo. — II. Elementa 
 Jurisprudenti8e,definitionibus,regulis, etsententiis 
 selectioribus Juris Civilis illustrata. Oxon. 1629,
 
 Ill 
 
 8vo. \GM>,4Uk Lugd. Batav. 1G52, 16mo. Aiiist. 
 1681, 12mo. — III. Descriptio Juris et Judicii 
 Feudalis, sccimduni consuetudines Mediolani et 
 Normaniiia;, pro iiitroduclione ad Juris-Pruden- 
 tiani Anglicanam. Oxon. 1634, 1636. 8vo. — 
 IV. Descri])lio Juris et Judicii Temporalis, secun- 
 dum consuetudines Feudales et Normannicas. 
 Oxon. 1636. 4to. — V. Descriptio Juris et Judicii 
 Ecclesiastici, secundum Canones et Constitu- 
 tiones Anglicanas. Oxon. 1636. 4to. VI. Descrip- 
 tio Juris et Judicii Sacri, ad quam leges, quae 
 Religionem et piam causani respiciunt, referun- 
 tur. Oxon. 1640. 4to. Lugd. Bat. etAmstel. 1652. 
 l6mo. VII. Descriptio Juris et Judicii Militaris, 
 ad quam leges, quae rem militaremetordinem per- 
 sonarum respiciunt, referuntur. VIII. Descriptio 
 Juris et Judicii Maritimi, etc. These three last 
 were ]>rinted in 1 vol. Oxon. 1640. 4to. and Lug. 
 Batav. and Amstelodam. 1652. in l6mo. — IX. 
 Juris et Judicii Fecialis, sive Juris inter Gentes, 
 et Quaestionum, de eodem Explicatio. Oxon. 
 1650. 4to.— X. Cases and Questions resolved in 
 the Civil Law. Oxon. 1652. 8vo. — XI. Solutio 
 Quaestionis de Legati delinquentis Judice com- 
 peteiite. Oxon. 1657, and Lond. 1717. 8vo. —
 
 IV 
 
 XII, Eruditionis ingenueie specimina, scilicet Ar- 
 tium, Logicae, Dialecticas, ct Rhetoricae, nee non 
 Moralis Philosophise, M. T. Ciceronis definitioni- 
 bus,praeceptisetsententiis, illustrata.duod. Oxen. 
 1657. — XIII. Quaestionum Juris Civilis Centuria, 
 in Decern Classes distributa. Oxon. 1660. 8vo. 
 Lend. 1682. 12mo. the 3rd edition.— XIV. The 
 Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England asserted, 
 against Sir Ed. Coke's Articuli Admiralitatis, in 
 the 22nd chap, of his Jurisdiction of Courts. Lond. 
 1663, in a large printed 8vo. published by Dr. 
 Timothy Baldwyn, Fellow of All Souls College, 
 Oxford ; this went through several editions. 
 
 There is also ascribed to Dr. Zouche, An 
 Anonymous Piece, entitled, Specimen Quaestio- 
 num Juris Civilis, cum designatione authorum. 
 Oxon. 1653. 4to. 
 
 Little, I apprehend, can be collected, respect- 
 ing the life of Dr. Zouche, except from the works 
 of our Oxford Antiquary, Wood, and from a pas- 
 sage in Walton's Life of Bp. Sanderson. 
 
 The principal transactions of Dr. Zouche's life 
 are closely interwoven with his profession as a
 
 V 
 
 Civilian, and with the offices, which lie held chiefly 
 during the unsettled times of the first Charles, and 
 the Commonwealth. 
 
 From Wood's Annals of the University, we learn 
 that Dr. Zouche took a considerable share in the 
 revision of the University Statutes. For this he 
 was well adapted, by his professional knowledge, 
 being, as Wood, his contemporary, remarks, " so 
 well versed in the Statutes of the University, and 
 controversies between the Members thereof and 
 t!ie City, that none after Twyne's death went 
 beyond him." (Wood's Athenae, p. 255. Art. 
 Zouch, V. ii. ed. 2nd.) Wood informs us, (Annals, 
 p. 3'66. ed. Gutch,) that in the year 1G29, the 
 Chancellor Pembroke, *' by a motion made by 
 Laud, [see Note,] then Bishop of London, sent 
 his letters to the University, to have the Statutes 
 reformed and digested into one entire book, 
 whereupon Delegates (consisting of 9 Doctors, 
 and 7 Masters, with Bachelors of Divinity,) being 
 appointed, of which number Dr. Zouche, then 
 Head of Alban Hall, was one, this work began, 
 but did not " eagerly" proceed 'till the next year, 
 when Laud was chosen Chancellor of the Univer- 
 sity of Oxford. (Wood's Annals, Book i. p.
 
 VI 
 
 3G()-7.) For reasons stated by M'ood, (Annals, B. i. 
 ]). 386.) a Sub-delegacy was selected from the 
 Delegacy just named, consisting of Dr. Pinke, 
 Warden of New Coll. ; Dr. James, Chief Keeper 
 of the Bodleian Library; Dr. Zouch, then Prin- 
 cipal of St. Alban's Hall, etc. ; and Bryan Twyne, 
 B. D. Fellow of Corp. Ch. These four persons 
 were to present their labours in the revision, etc. 
 of the Statutes, for the approval or rejection of 
 the whole body of Delegates, above named. Dr. 
 James, for reasons given by Wood, (Annals, B. i. 
 p. 386.) withdrew from the Delegacy, and Mr. 
 Peter Turner, of Merton, was selected in his 
 place. After great pains and industry of all the 
 Delegates in general, and especially of the two 
 Sub-delegates, Zouche and Twyne, (Wood, Ann. 
 B. I. p. 388.) the whole work was finished. 
 
 Within a few days after the accomplishment of 
 this great work, as it is termed by Wood, a Con- 
 vocation was called, 20th Aug. 1633, and a decree 
 passed for committing the Statutes to the finishing 
 hand of Laud, the Chancellor of the L^niversity. 
 Very soon after this time, the office of Keeper of 
 the Archives was established, that is, (Wood, Ann. 
 B. 1. p. 300.) a " fitting person (as Wood describes
 
 vu 
 him, in the words of the Statute, Tit. xvir. Sec. 9.) 
 to take care of the University Archives, and col- 
 lect, methodise, and digest the several muni- 
 ments, and writings, relating' to the lands, pos- 
 sessions, common lights, and privileges of the 
 University, etc., that so he may be able readily 
 to alledge and produce them, upon any occasion; 
 which being thus methodised and brought into 
 order, he shall be bound diligently to peruse and 
 read over, and to have them at his fingers' ends, 
 that so he may be able upon all occasions to help, 
 assist, and advise the Chancellor, V. Chancellor, 
 Proctors, and Seneschal of the University, and 
 shew himself an expedite [ready] defender of the 
 University in all its Privileges and Rights." (Wood, 
 Annals, B. i. p. 908.) Three eminent men filled 
 this office of Custos Archivorum in succession. 
 The first was Bryan Twyne ; the second and third 
 were Gerard Langbaine, and John Wallis, Geome- 
 try Professor, etc. elected February 17, 1657. 
 (Wood, Ann. B. ii. p. 909.) We may, tho' contrary 
 to chronological order, observe in this place, that 
 Dr. Zouche was Wallis's competitor for the situ- 
 ation of Custos Archivorum ; but that the former, 
 through the contrivances of the opposite party, 
 was unsuccessful. Wood, at the 563rd page of
 
 VUl 
 
 liis Atlienae, v. ii. cd. 2ncl., referring lo tlie Pam- 
 phlet* written on the occasion by the celebrated 
 Henry Stubbe, gives the following account of the 
 transaction. " The famous Dr. Richard Zouche, 
 who had been an Assessor in the Chancellor's 
 Court for 30 years or more, and well versed in 
 the Statutes, liberties, and privileges of the Uni- 
 versity, did, upon great intreaties, stand for the 
 said place of Antiquary or Custos Archivorum 
 thereof; but he being esteemed a Royalist, Dr. 
 Jfohn] W[aHis] was put up and stood against him, 
 though altogether uncapable of that place, because 
 he was one of the Savilian Professors, a Cambridge 
 man, and a stranger to the usages of the Univer- 
 sity. At length, by some corruption, or at least 
 connivance of the Vice- Chancellor, and perjury 
 of the Senior Proctor, (Byfield,) Wallis was pro- 
 nounced elected. Whereupon our author Stubbe, 
 who was an eye and ear witness of all that had 
 most unjustly passed, wrote and published the 
 said book." 
 
 The above account of foul play in the case of 
 Dr. Wallis's election, is much borne out by the 
 
 * The Savilian Professor's Case Stated, etc. London, 1658, 
 quarto.
 
 IX 
 
 following extract from Aubrey's Life of Wallis, 
 (published with " Letters, by eminent Persons in 
 the 17th and 18th centuries." London, 8vo. 1883.) 
 " A°- D'"'- 1G57, he" (Wallis) says Aubrey, " gott 
 himselfe to be chosen (by unjust means) to be 
 Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxon., at 
 which time Dr. Zouch had the majority of voices, 
 but because Dr. Zouch was a malignant, (as Dr. 
 Wallis openly protested,) and that he had talked 
 against Oliver, he was put aside. Now, for the 
 Savillian Professor to hold another place besides, 
 is so downeright against Sr. Hen. Savile's Statutes, 
 that nothing can be imagined more; and if he 
 does, he it downright perjured. Yet the Dr. is 
 allowed to keepe the other place still." 
 
 In 164G, during the second siege of Oxford by 
 Fairfax, Dr. Zouche, and Capt. Robt. IMead, were 
 specially employed as Commissioners to advise 
 with, on the part of the University, previous to the 
 surrender. Wood in his Annals gives the follow- 
 ing account, which I have abridged. (Wood, An. 
 B. I. p. 477.) Sir Thomas Fairfax, he says, 
 came this year (1646) from the Western parts of 
 England to besiege Oxford, and on the 1st of 
 May appeared before the city. Prince Rupert, 
 Prince Maurice, and a great part of the Nobility 
 
 b
 
 X 
 
 and Gentry of England were within the walls ; 
 the King had conveyed himself away in disguise 
 about 4 days before. The place appears to have 
 been strongly fortified. Within the City were 
 5000 veteran infantry. The store of food was 
 plentiful, and abundance of ammunition, and 
 other provisions of war. Two of Fairfax's head 
 quarters were thus distributed: 1st, on Heding- 
 ton Hill, a strong entrenchment, capable of re- 
 ceiving 3000 men. Another quarter was estab- 
 lished on the North side of the City. The parlia- 
 mentary forces also began to draw a line from the 
 great Fort at Hedington Hill, straight to St. Bar- 
 thelmew's Common Road, and thence to Campus 
 Pits, or thereabouts, all within canon shot. Some 
 other previous steps being taken, Sir Thos. Fair- 
 fax sent a summons to Sir Thomas Glemham, the 
 Governor of Oxford, to surrender ; ** very much, 
 Fairfax declared, desiring the preservation from 
 ruin of that place so famous for learning." Upon 
 this summons, Governor Glemham desired first 
 to know the King's pleasure with regard to sur- 
 render, On the 14th of May, Governor Glemham 
 sent a letter to Sir Thomas Fairfax, offering to 
 treat by Commissioners. It was concluded, that 
 Mr. Unton Croke's house at Merston should be
 
 XI 
 
 the spot, where the treaty should begin. Amongst 
 the 14 Commissioners, named on the part of the 
 University, Dr. Zouclie, and Captain Robt. Mead, 
 are specially mentioned, as being taken in to ad- 
 vise with, on the University part. A few days 
 before the treaty ended, and was likely to suc- 
 ceed, the Oxonians played their canon, day and 
 night, into the enemies quarters, rather to con- 
 sume their powder, than to do any execution. 
 The enemies canon in return played fiercely upon 
 the defenders, to their great annoyance : at last 
 a cessation of great shot was mutually agreed on. 
 The treaty for the surrender of Oxford was finished 
 between the Commissioners, of which we have 
 seen Dr. Zouche was one, on certain articles duly 
 specified. On the 24th of June the City was 
 surrendered to the Parliamenteers. The defend- 
 ants, to the number of 3000, marching out well 
 armed, with colours flying, and drums beating. 
 
 Wood remarks, that 70 barrels of powder were 
 found in the Magazine, the Oxonians having two 
 mills at Osney, which afforded them a daily 
 supply. Within the city were thirty- eight 
 pieces of ordnance ; and provisions of food for 
 six months.
 
 XI I 
 
 The Oxford soldiers were very discontented at 
 this surrender. Fresh meat for the great persons 
 was the only thing complained of as a want. In 
 the Latin translation of Wood, it is stated, lib. i. 
 p. 366, " Tametsi fando accepi jactitare dein 
 solitos in Aulicorum ludibrium milites, nrbis de- 
 ditionem nil aliud suasisse quam Butyri recentis, 
 quo utique Pisa pra^cocia tingerent curiales fe- 
 minae, et Ductorum amasiae, penuriam." The 
 soldiers jeered upon the courtiers, and declared 
 the only reason for surrendering the city, to be 
 the want of fresli butter for the early peas of the 
 court ladies, etc. The real fact was the decline 
 of the King's cause, after the fatal battle of 
 Naseby, brought with it the surrender of all 
 Cities, Castles, Forts, etc. to the Parliament, and 
 of Oxford amongst other places *. (See Wood, 
 Annals, B. i. p. 476.) 
 
 In 1 647, we learn from Wood, and from Walton's 
 Life of Bp. Sanderson, that Dr. Zouche was one 
 of those employed in drawing up the University 
 Reasons against taking the solemn League and 
 
 * Wood passes a high encomium on the loyalty and general 
 bravery of the Oxonians, during the civil war.
 
 Xlll 
 
 Covenant, and Negative Oath, etc. Fur the in- 
 struction of the reader on these points, I have 
 brought forward, nearly verbatim, from Wood and 
 Walton^ an account of the transaction. Wood, in 
 his Annals, B.i. p. 507, states, that in 1G47 the Uni- 
 versity were in expectation of receiving a ])arlia- 
 mentary visitation. Several meetings were held 
 to consult about the reception of these unwelcome 
 visitors ; at the same time the University were 
 especially intent upon giving their judgment — 
 
 1. Concerning the solemn League and Covenant; 
 
 2. The Negative Oath ; and, 3. The Ordinances 
 concerning Discipline and Worship. (Wood, Ann. 
 B. I. p. 507). It was finally proposed, that cer- 
 tain Reasons, called Just Scruples, should be ex- 
 hibited in the name of the University. These 
 were soon after published, (Oxon. 1647. and ibid. 
 1G60.) with this title: 
 
 ** Reasons of the present judgment of the Univer- 
 sity of Oxford, concerning the Solemn League 
 and Covenant, Negative Oath, and the Ordi- 
 nances concerning Discipline and Worship, 
 approved by general consent in a full Convoca- 
 tion, 1 Juno, 1647, and presented to consider- 
 ation."
 
 XIV 
 
 The University published these Reasons to 
 clear themselves of all suspicion of obstinacy. 
 *' Expecting also," continues Wood, (Ann. B. i. 
 p. 508.) " so much justice, and hoping for so 
 much charity, as either not to be pressed to con- 
 forni to what was required in any of the said 
 oaths, further than their present judgments could 
 warrant them ; or not to be condemned for re- 
 fusing so to do, without clear and real satisfaction 
 given to their .Just Scruples. The said Reasons 
 which were drawn up in English by the most 
 clear heads of the University, (of which Dr. 
 Zouche drezo up the Latv part of it, and what re- 
 ferred to reason and conscience was done by Dr. 
 Robt. Sanderson,) were not then received in Con- 
 vocation with an implicit faith ; but it was ge- 
 nerally known what the contents of them were, 
 some days before, and being a work which was 
 taken to be absolutely and learnedly stated, it 
 was thought fit it should be translated by some 
 of the University into the Latin tongue, to the 
 end that other nations might be sensible of what 
 had passed. Which being accordingly done by 
 Langbaine, of Queen's Coll. (as I have been in- 
 formed, continues Wood, Ann. B. i. p. 509.) was 
 soon after translated into French, Italian, Dutch, 
 etc.
 
 XV 
 
 The account extracted from Walton's Life of 
 Sanderson, is the following. "■ About the time 
 of his (i. e. Robt. Sanderson's) reading these 
 Lectures, 1(346, (the King, Chas. L being then 
 prisoner in the Isle of Wight,) that part of the 
 Parliament then at Westminster, sent the Covenant^ 
 the Negative Oath, and I know not what more, to 
 Oxford, to be taken by the Doctor of the Chair, 
 and all Heads of Houses. And all the other in- 
 ferior Scholars, of what degree soever, were also 
 to take these oaths [see Note] by a fixed day ; 
 for those that did not were to abandon their Col- 
 leges, and the University too, within 24 hours 
 after the beating of a drum ; and if they remained 
 longer, they were to be proceeded against as spies. 
 And being possessed of this mistaken hope, that 
 the men in present power were not yet grown so 
 merciless, as not to allow manifest reason for 
 their not submitting to the enjoined oaths, the 
 University appointed 20 Delegates to meet, con- 
 sider, and draw up a Manifesto to them, why 
 they could not take those oaths but by violation 
 of their consciences : and of these Delegates, Dr. 
 Shelden, late Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. 
 Hammond, Dr. Sanderson, Dr. Morley, now Bp. 
 of Winchester, and that most honest, very learned.
 
 XVI 
 
 cmd (injudicious Civil Laxmjcr, T>r. ZoucJw, were a 
 part ; the rest I cannot now name, but the whole 
 number of Delegates requested Dr. Zouch to draw 
 uj) the law part, and give it to Dr. Sanderson, and 
 he was requested to methodize, and add what 
 referred to reason and conscience, and put it into 
 form. He yielded to their desires, and did so. 
 And then, after tliey had been read in a full 
 Convocation, and allowed of, they were printed 
 in Latin, that the Parliament's proceedings, and 
 the University's sufferings, might be manifested 
 to all nations." 
 
 " These Delegates," says Lord Clarendon, " to 
 their eternal renown, being at the same time 
 under a strict and strong garrison, put over them 
 by the Parliament, the King in prison, and their 
 hopes desperate, passed a public act and declara- 
 tion against the Covenant, with such invincible 
 arguments of the illegality, wickedness, and per- 
 jury contained in it, that no man of the contrary 
 opinion, nor the assembly of Divines, which then 
 sat at Westminster, ever ventured to make an- 
 swer to it : but it must remain to the world's end 
 as a monument of the learning, courage, and 
 loyalty of that excellent place, against the highest 
 malice and tyranny, that was ever exercised in
 
 XVll 
 
 or over any nation." See The History of the 
 Rebellion, vol. iii. p. 56. Ed. folio, 1704. 
 
 After the Restoration, when the Parliament 
 sat at Oxford, the Commons ordered thanks to 
 be returned to the University, for their noble and 
 resolute conduct, at this time. 
 
 " Martis 31 Octob. 16G3. 
 ** Resolved, That the thanks of this House 
 be returned to the Chancellor, Masters, and 
 Scholars of the University of Oxford, for their 
 remarkable loyalty to his Majesty's father of 
 happy memory, in the late rebellion : especially, 
 for that extraordinary instance of their duty, in 
 making a bold opposition to the rebellious visitors^ 
 and refusing to submit to their League and Cove- 
 nant : and lastly, for the illustrious performance 
 they printed, entitled, * The Judgment of the 
 University ;' in which they have learnedly main- 
 tained the justice of the King's cause." 
 
 In 1653, Dr. Zouche was appointed by Crom- 
 well Lord Protector, to become one of the Dele- 
 gates in the famous case of Don Pantaleon Sa, 
 brother to the Portuguese Ambassador, who, on 
 the 22nd of November, the same year, had killed 
 an English gentleman in the New Exchange, 
 
 c
 
 XVlll 
 
 witliiii the liberties of Westminster, I present 
 the reader with a further account of this interest- 
 ing case, extracted, nearly verbatim, from Lord 
 Somer's Tracts *. 
 
 *• This night, Nov. 22., was a great mutiny at 
 the New Exchange in the Strand, such as hath 
 scarce ever been the like. The business, upon 
 the best information that I can have from those 
 who were present in part of it, and have conferred 
 with others upon the whole, is this. On Monday 
 night, which was the night before, three of the 
 Portugal Ambassador's family, whereof his bro- 
 ther was one, being at the New Exchange, and 
 talking in French, spake of such discourse of 
 transactions of some English affairs, which Colonel 
 Gerhard, Sir William Gerhard's brother, who 
 understood the French tongue, hearing, told them 
 very civilly, that they did not represent the stories 
 they spoke of, right; whereupon one of the Por- 
 tugals gave him the lye. Upon that, they began 
 to jostle, and all three fell upon Colonel Gerhard. 
 * * * * There were some gentlemen there, but not 
 knowing who it was they so assaulted, never 
 meddled with them ; and yet one of the Portugals 
 
 * Sommer's Tracts, A Third Collection, etc. vol. ii. 4to. 1751. 
 pp. G5— 68. In Bodleian, lettered vol. X.
 
 XIX 
 
 with his dagger stabbed Colonel Gerhard in the 
 shoulder, and hurt him sore. But afterwards, 
 Mr. Anfrazer spoke to the Portugals, that it was 
 not civil nor handsome, for so many to fall upon 
 one, three to one being very unequal, and endea- 
 voured to pull one of them off, and to persuade 
 them to cease, and thereby he came to see who it 
 was they had assaulted ; and finding it to be 
 Colonel Gerhard, whom he knew well, and seeing 
 them still pursue their rage upon him, he drew to 
 relieve him ; and after some bustle the Portugals 
 went away, one of them having received a cut 
 upon his cheek ; and that night afterwards, near 
 twenty of their attendants came to the Exchange, 
 and would have quarrelled with any body ; and 
 some cuffing there was by some, but not much 
 more that night, for it was late, and they returned 
 home. On Tuesday night came about fifty of 
 the Portugals again to the New Exchange, of 
 which number were the Ambassador's brother, 
 and two Knights of Malta ; they were led on by 
 a Portugal in buff, whom they called Captain, 
 one well known to some in the Exchange, and 
 they had generally double arms, all or most part 
 of them swords and pistols, and coats of mail or 
 armour ; some one thing, some another. * * * *
 
 XX 
 
 " They had also two or three coaches that 
 brought ammunition, in which were hand gre- 
 nades, and bottles, and some little barrels of 
 powder and bullets, and other necessaries, if 
 occasion was for them also. 
 
 " Thus they came with a resolution to fall upon 
 every English gentleman they should find in or 
 about the Exchange ; and entering in with this 
 equipage, the people were exceedingly frightened. 
 For first came in the Captain, who led them, and 
 after him the Portugal Ambassador's brother, and 
 the Knights of Malta ; and so the rest, all with 
 drawn swords, in so furious a posture, as if they 
 intended to kill every man they met that stood 
 before them. 
 
 " Hereupon the people fled into the shops in 
 the Exchange to shelter themselves, and all that 
 did not so, they fell upon, though no man gave 
 them the least atfront, yet they pistolled, and cut, 
 and wounded many. 
 
 ** Mr. Greneway*, a gentleman of Gray's Inn, 
 
 * The Portugal mistook him for Mr. Gerhard, who was con- 
 demned in high-treason, in conspiring the death of tiie Lord Pro- 
 tector, and was beheaded on Tower-Iiill the same day with the 
 PortiiiDjal Ambassador's brother. Snlnwn's Chronnhgiml Ilistonmif 
 ad 071. 1654.
 
 XXI 
 
 son to the Lady Greneway, was there with his 
 sister, and a gentlewoman, whom he was to have 
 married: he desired them two to stand away in a 
 shop, where he saw them safe, and they would 
 have had him stay with them ; and he said he 
 would only go and see what was the matter. But 
 he was no sooner parted from them, but immedi- 
 ately the word being given by the Portugal Cap- 
 tain, which was Safa, the word when they were 
 to fall on, without any affront offered towards 
 them, one of them pistolled him, and shot him in 
 the head, and he is dead of his wounds ; and 
 many others they have dangerously wounded. 
 Colonel Mayo had 12 upon him at once, yet 
 drew his sword, and fought with them, as long as 
 he was able to hold his sword in his hand, which 
 being cut, he was forced to let his sword fall ; 
 and then they cut, and wounded him in many 
 places. Mr. Thomas Howard, Mr. Cartar, and 
 divers others, were wounded passing. 
 
 " The Horse at the Meuse had taken the alarm 
 before they retired, and returning home passing 
 by the Meuse, some of the Horse moving towards 
 them, some of them discharged pistols towards 
 the Horse, and the rest ran home to tiie Ambas- 
 sador's house ; but the Hors?e Guards took some
 
 xxu 
 
 of them, and carried them into the INIeuse, and 
 sent word thereof to the General, (Cromwell,) and 
 a party of Horse pursued them, and beset the 
 Ambassador's house ; and Commissary General 
 Whallcy sent into the Ambassador, acquainted 
 him with this horrible attempt and bloody murder 
 committed by his followers, and shewed some 
 they had taken prisoners, and required the chief 
 of the rest of them to be delivered into the hands 
 of justice, which the Ambassador was loth to do; 
 but seeing he could not baffle them to stop the 
 course of justice, in so horrible and bloody a 
 business, he delivered up his brother, and one of 
 the Knights of Malta, and some others, such as 
 they had information were chief, and promised 
 to secure the rest to be forthcoming, any of them, 
 when they should be demanded. After which, 
 the Ambassador made his address to the Lord 
 General, (Cromwell,) and chiefly for his brother; 
 but his Excellency told him, it did concern the 
 public, and therefore his address must be to the 
 Parliament and Council of State. It is such a 
 liorrible business, that his Excellency would not 
 meddle with him in it. The Portugals that are 
 in custody, are prisoners at St. James's, and the 
 business is under examination before the Council."
 
 XXlll 
 
 Then follows the order made by Council for the 
 preservation of peace and quiet in this affair. 
 
 " Dr. Zouch, in the Preface to his celebrated 
 Piece, written on this occasion, entitled, * Solutio 
 Qusestionis De Legati Delinquentis Judice Com- 
 petente,' i. e. to say, his Latin Dissertation con- 
 cerning the punishment of Ambassadors who 
 transgress the laws of the country where they 
 reside*, having given a short account of the fact, 
 which he calls a base murder, thus proceeds : — 
 The most eminent Lord Protector, testifying a 
 just concern both for the blood of an English sub- 
 ject, and the pretended privilege of an Ambas- 
 sador, consulted the most eminent professors, 
 both of the Roman and Civil Laws, how such a 
 barbarous murder might be punished ; but these 
 disagreeing among themselves, his Highness 
 thought fit, to leave the decision of this affair 
 to a Court of Delegates, consisting of the Chief 
 Justice, and two other Judges, the same number 
 of Gentlemen [Nobiles], and three Doctors of the 
 Civil Lawt. When the Ambassador's brother, 
 and the other offenders, were brought before this 
 
 * An English translation of the work was published in 8vo. 1717, 
 by D. J. 
 
 f Of which Dr. Zouche was one.
 
 XXIV 
 
 court, he, who was supposed to be a colleague in 
 the embassy, vaunted there, that he was the 
 King's Ambassador, and subject to the jurisdic- 
 tion of no one else ; but producing the King of 
 Portugal's letters, all that appeared from them 
 was, that the King intended in a little time to 
 recall his brother, and to give him a commission 
 to manage his affairs in England. This being 
 judged insufficient to prove him an ambassador, 
 he was, without any further regard to the privi- 
 lege of that character, ordered, as well as the 
 rest, to plead to the indictment ; and accordingly 
 pleaded not guilty. But witnesses appearing, 
 and relating the whole matter of fact upon oath, 
 the prisoners accused were all convicted, and 
 condemned to die. The Ambassador's brother 
 having been discovered in an attempt to make 
 his escape, was afterwards executed, together 
 with an English servant of his. The author (Dr. 
 Zouche proceeds) of a book, entitled, * De Jure 
 et Judicio Inter Gentes,' (this piece of Dr. 
 Zouche's was published in 1650,) being one of 
 the Civilians sitting on this trial, and who, in the 
 case of punishing an Ambassador, seems to agree 
 with Hugo Grotius*, as he does in many other 
 * See Grotius Droit De La Guerre, etc. par Barbeyrac, 1. ii. ch. 1 8.
 
 XXV 
 
 cases, has thought it wortli his while, in an affair 
 of such importance, to examine further what is 
 more agreeable to the law of nations. To this 
 purpose, he carefully read over all the authors he 
 could meet with on this subject, diligently observ- 
 ing what they had borrowed from others ; and 
 having faithfully collected, digested, and con- 
 sidered the arguments for and against the immu- 
 nity of an Ambassador, observing that those 
 against the opinion of Grotius were weaker than 
 those which were for it, he made no scruple of 
 submitting his own thoughts and observations to 
 the examination of the public, being fully satis- 
 fied, that the immunity of an Ambassador, as 
 determined by Grotius, has the greatest tendency 
 to preserve peace and commerce between Princes 
 and States ; and that if it be received under those 
 limitations which he has settled, it can never 
 deceive or injure the safety and government of 
 the Prince. Dr. John Owen, who was made 
 Dean of Christ's Church by Cromwell, being in 
 consequence of this, Vice-Chancellor of the Uni- 
 versity, when this book was written, our author 
 submitted it to him for his approbation and 
 licence to print it at the University press ; in 
 answer to which, that learned person, deservedly 
 
 d
 
 XXVI 
 
 the boast of the sect of Independents, returned 
 an elegant letter in Latin, prefixed to Dr. Zouche's 
 book." 
 
 The greater part of the translation of this letter 
 is to the following effect : — " I have read your 
 Dissertation concerning the proper judge of an 
 Ambassador, who transgresses the laws of the 
 country where he resides, with great satisfaction 
 and benefit ; and I give you my most cordial 
 thanks, that you did me the favour of an oppor- 
 tunity of perusing it : and I should have had no 
 other reason to imagine that I have any knowledge 
 in the law of nations, than that all your works, 
 which have the approbation of the learned every 
 where, wonderfully please me. Seeing, there- 
 fore, I am not an utter stranger, of what moment 
 it is in arduous affairs of this kind, to penetrate 
 into their true state, and set them in due light, 
 you may thence easily guess, what a favour you 
 have done me. I have always, indeed, looked 
 upon your author, Grotius, to be a very great 
 man, and almost incomparable ; and though in 
 some very weighty points of religion, his senti- 
 ments and mine are vastly different, yet nobody 
 is readier to allow him, in a manner, to have 
 excelled all mankind, in all sorts of literature,
 
 xxvu 
 
 and especially in his profound knowledge of the 
 laws of nature and nations, and of the Roman 
 civil law ; and can scarcely think that ever any 
 body came up to him in that respect. But for- 
 asmuch as I was not before unacquainted with, 
 and approved of his judgment concerning the 
 competent judge of a foreign Minister, who trans- 
 gresses the laws of the country where he resides, 
 and seeing you have explained it with such per- 
 spicuity, judgment, and learning, as would have 
 become Grotius himself; and over and above 
 that, have strengthened it with many new argu- 
 ments, cleared many objections that might be 
 raised against it, and illustrated the whole with 
 various examples, as all these shew your ability 
 on the subject, and make no kind of doubt that 
 all impartial men of all sides, will be satisfied 
 with it ; and therefore I am very ready and 
 desirous this work should be made public for the 
 benefit of the learned ; and, I do hereby, by virtue 
 of my office, licence the printing of it. 
 
 Yours, 
 John Owen, V. C. Oxon. 
 
 March 10, 1656."
 
 xxviii 
 
 It appears from this Treatise, that if the Portu- 
 guese Ambassador's brother could have produced 
 any sufficient proof of his being appointed by that 
 King a colleague in the embassy, the plea which 
 he made of his privilege on that account would 
 have been admitted, as valid by our author, who 
 wrote this piece expressly in defence of the opi- 
 nion of Grotius, concerning an Ambassador's 
 immunity in all criminal cases whatsoever. Dr. 
 Zouche, in this piece, asserts also the opinion he 
 had before given, upon that much controverted 
 point, the justice of Queen Elizabeth's act, in the 
 death of Mary Queen of Scots, in consequence of 
 a civil process, which he determined to be unjust, 
 and contrary to the privilege of a sovereign 
 Prince. See his words: — " If a Prince main- 
 tains his royal dignity in the dominions of another, 
 for him to be subject to the jurisdiction of that 
 country, is by no means agreeable to the old 
 maxim, that one equal has no command over 
 another. What men thought of the death of 
 Mary Queen of Scots may be seen in Camden, 
 and which of those, is his opinion, I have shewn 
 (says Zouche) in another Treatise." 
 
 " As to the assertion," says he, " that So- 
 vereigns would be ill a bad condition, if other
 
 XXIX 
 
 Princes were allowed to plot their destruction in 
 their own dominions, it is answered, that such a 
 liberty is by no means allowed ; but they may be 
 prosecuted in an open war, agreeably to the law 
 of nations : and if it appears better to inflict im- 
 mediate punishment upon a King who is taken 
 in a foreign country plotting against a State, it 
 suits better with the law of nations, to proclaim 
 war against them, and declare them open ene- 
 mies ; and then one may safely kill them with- 
 out waiting for any judicial process." [chap iv.] 
 Here we see, that our learned Civilian only dis- 
 approves the act of Elizabeth in putting her sister 
 Queen to death, as being done in pursuance of a 
 judicial process, at the same time expressly ap- 
 proving the fact of her death considered absolutely, 
 by chalking out another method of compassing it, 
 according to which Mary might have been put to 
 death safely by the law of nations, without wait- 
 ing for any judicial process. Under the same 
 opinion he likewise approves of the Bishop of 
 Ross's answer to Burleigh, concerning the im- 
 munity of Ambassadors, [chapter vii.]; and 
 observes, that though Burleigh told him that 
 neither the privilege of ambassagc, nor the testi- 
 monials of tlic })ublic faith, could protect sucli
 
 XXX 
 
 Ambassadors as were traitors to the public, but 
 they were subject in criminal cases, [penalibus 
 actionibus tenerij ; yet nothing more was done 
 to the Bishop, than that being sent to the Tower ; 
 he was confined there close prisoner for two 
 years, and then ordered to leave the kingdom. 
 Besides, continues he, the Queen's Counsel seems 
 to have laid but little stress upon the opinions of 
 those lawyers ; since afterwards, in a case of a 
 similar nature, they consulted Hottoman in France, 
 and Alberic Gentilis, an Italian, then in England, 
 about Mendoza, the Spanish Ambassador, who 
 both agreed, that an Ambassador, though a con- 
 spirator, must not be put to death, but his prin- 
 cipal was to be consulted according to the former, 
 and himself to be sent away according to the 
 latter. He afterwards proceeds to consider, among 
 others, the opinion of Conrad Brun, the author of 
 the Quccstio veins et nova, that the right which 
 Ambassadors have of not being injured, is to be 
 secured only to those, who behave themselves 
 honourably in their embassy, which, says he, 
 depends upon the words of Theodatus to Justi- 
 nian's Ambassadors ; the weight whereof he ex- 
 amined, and the authority of the civil law in 
 this point, viz. 1. 12. c. De Dignitatibus. 1. 17. §.
 
 XXXI 
 
 in Criminalibus c. eodcm tit, ; and in proceeding 
 observes, that when the English Civilians gave 
 their answer about the Bishop of Ross, this Brun 
 was the only author that had written upon the 
 subject, with whom they seem to agree, in that 
 they think an Ambassador, who raises a rebellion 
 against the Prince he is sent to, forfeits his privi- 
 leges by the Roman Civil Law. The rest of their 
 answer, continues he, that such an Ambassador 
 is likewise obnoxious to punishment, is imperti- 
 nent to the question, whether he may be punished 
 as an enemy, but may be understood of punish- 
 ing him by driving him out of the kingdom. In 
 conclusion, he maintains with Grotius, that Am- 
 bassadors are absolutely free from civil laws and 
 statutes ; and that although by the law of nature 
 an Ambassador deserves to be punished, yet the 
 law of nations must determine where and by 
 whom he is to be punished ; since justice must be 
 done in a just manner, [chap. xii. & xiii.]"* See 
 Vattel's able chapter on this subject; and Bynker- 
 shoek'sTraite Du Juge Competent, par Barbeyrac. 
 In 1660 Dr. Zouchet was appointed one of the 
 commissioners for restoring all persons unjustly 
 
 * Biographia Britannica, nearly verbatim. 
 t He died Saturday, March 1st. 1660-1.
 
 xxxii 
 
 expelled from their Colleges, etc. in 1G48. Of this 
 transaction, Wood affords us the following account. 
 An. Dom. 16G0. AVood, Ann. B. i. 12 Car. II. 
 vol. iii. p. 697. " The scene of all things is now 
 changed, and alterations made in the counte- 
 nances, actions, manners, and words of all men. 
 Those that for these twelve years last past had 
 governed, and carried all things in a manner at 
 their pleasure, looked discontented, plucked their 
 hats over their eyes, and were much perplexed, 
 foreseeing that their being here must inevitably 
 vanish. Those that had laid under a cloud for 
 several years, (Wood, Ann. v. iii. p.G97.) appear 
 with cheerful looks, while others that had then 
 flourished, drooped away, or withdrew themselves 
 privately ; they knowing very well, that they had 
 eaten other men's bread, and that if they should 
 stay, should undergo a visitation and censure by 
 those men that they themselves had formerly 
 visited. But justice must be done, and Statutes 
 be put in force, and men have their right, and 
 enjoy their places which they had been deprived 
 of, for these twelve years last past. In order to 
 which, I find this following to pass in the free 
 Parliament, so called : —
 
 XXXlll 
 
 *' Die Lunae 4 die Junii. 
 '* Ordered by the Lords in Parliament assem- 
 bled, that the Chancellors of both Universities 
 shall take care that the several Colleges in the 
 said University shall be governed according to 
 their respective Statutes. And that such persons, 
 who have been unjustly put out of their Head- 
 ships, Fellowships, or other offices relating to the 
 several Colleges or Universities, may be restored 
 according to the said Statutes of the Universities 
 and Founders of Colleges therein." 
 
 "By virtue of which order, SirWm. Seymaure, 
 Lord Beauchamp, Earl and Marquis of Hertford, 
 Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 
 one of the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honour- 
 able Privy Council, and Chancellor of the Univer- 
 sity, did, by his writing, dated 14th June this 
 year, think fit to constitute, authorize, and appoint 
 Dr. Richard Zouch, Principal of St. Alban's Hall^ 
 Dr. Herbert Croft, Dean of Hereford, Dr. John 
 Oliver, President of Magdalen Coll., etc. ; (eleven 
 names are given in addition,) Dr. Saye, Prov. 
 of Oriel, or any three or more of them, to summon 
 and call before them all Heads and Governors 
 of Colleges, Halls, Fellows, Scholars, or any 
 
 e
 
 XXXIV 
 
 persons whatsoever, now or heretofore Members 
 of the said University, or in any of the Colleges 
 or Halls thereof. And from time to time to certify 
 him of their proceedings therein, that he might 
 do what, of right, he ought to do, for the good 
 government of the said University, and of the 
 Colleges and Halls therein contained, according 
 to their respective Statutes. 
 
 The Commission being sent to the University, 
 the said Visitors cited all persons thereof, within 
 three days, to appear before them, to give an 
 account by what authority they held their places, 
 how they came to them, and the like. (Wood, 
 Ann. v. ii. p. 698-9.) 
 
 According to the said Summons, they appeared 
 before them, sitting in the Provost's (Dr. Saye's) 
 Lodgings of Oriel, for four or five days in the said 
 month of June, and gave in their answers to such 
 questions as were proposed to them. 
 
 But the Commissioners finding themselves not 
 sure enough to proceed upon that commission, as 
 to expulsion, suspension, etc., got another from 
 the King, dated the 23rd July following; by 
 which, besides those before mentioned, (Dr. Croft 
 and Mr. Dolbin excepted,) were these Visitors 
 appointed, viz. Sir Edw. Hyde, Lord Chancellor
 
 XXXV 
 
 of England, etc. Which commission also being 
 sent down, a Citation was stuck up in the Schools, 
 July 26th, warning all the Members of the Uni- 
 versity to appear in the Convocation House the 
 last of the said month, between the hours of nine 
 and eleven in the morning. 
 
 (This Visitation continued about ten weeks. 
 Wood, Ann. v. iii. p. 703.) 
 
 But those that were to be restored, whether 
 Doctors or Masters, ** did make great dislike" of 
 most of the aforesaid Visitors, who were to be 
 their Judges, especially those of the University 
 who were constantly to sit, being no others but 
 such that had kept their places in the late broken 
 times, and so consequently had summitted to the 
 then power ; namely, Dr. Hood, Zouch, Clayton, 
 Baldwyn, Mr. Barlow, Saye, Houghton, Lamp- 
 lugh, etc. But the commission being not in a 
 possibility of being altered without a great deal 
 of trouble, they consented to be subordinate to 
 their power. 
 
 At the aforesaid time, therefore, the Vice- 
 Chancellor, Doctors, and Masters, came to the 
 place appointed, and took their usual seats ; the 
 rest of the University stood below and in the 
 middle of the House. After they were settled
 
 XXXVI 
 
 came in Dr. Skinner, Bishop of Oxford, Dr. 
 Hood, and Dr. Zouch, and seated themselves at 
 a table beneath the Vice-Chancellor's chair ; the 
 rest of the Visitors, who came after them, such 
 that were Members of, or Students in the Univer- 
 sity, (for none else, then or afterwards, except 
 the Chancellor's Secretary,) in the lower seats, 
 near the said table. All being placed, Mr. 
 Gregory Ballard, the Visitors' Registrary, (stand- 
 ing in the pew of him belonging to the Univer- 
 sity,) humbly spake to the said Visitors in the 
 Latin Tongue, to know ** whether they would 
 have their commission read ;" to which they an- 
 swered, " Yea." Then he read it with an audible 
 voice, and being ended, the auditory having given 
 an hummy the Registrary asked the Academians, 
 whether they would accept it, and by virtue 
 thereof he visited, or somewhat to that effect ; 
 to which some (not many) answered, *' placet." 
 That being done, the Commissioners or Visitors 
 adjourned 'till three of the clock in the afternoon. 
 
 In the afternoon, at the time prefixed, they 
 ordered these persons following to be restored to 
 those Headships and Prebendships, from which 
 they were ejected An. 1648, viz. : —
 
 XXXVll 
 
 Dr. Sanderson to his Prebendship of Ch. Church, 
 which Mr. Henry Cornish held : To the Re- 
 gius Professor of Divinity, which the Vice- 
 Chancellor, Dr. Conant, held. 
 
 Dr. Baylie to his Presidentship of St. John's 
 College. 
 
 Dr. Mancell to his Principality of Jesus College. 
 
 Dr. Potter to his Presidentship of Trinity College, 
 after three several persons had occupied it 
 since 1648 ; of which Dr. Seth Ward was 
 one. 
 
 Dr. Newton to his Presidentship of Corp. Gh. 
 College. 
 
 Dr. Walker to his Mastership of University Coll. 
 
 Dr. Richard Gardiner to his Prebendship of Ch. 
 Church, which Dr. Rogers held ; etc. 
 
 All which, together with the Heads of Brase- 
 nose and Pembroke, and several Officers of the 
 University, being then, or within a few days after, 
 put into possession of their places, all Fellows 
 and Scholars of each House that were living 
 unmarried, they restored, ejecting then divers, 
 especially such that were factious, or not fit to 
 make Collegiates, notwithstanding they had been 
 statutably elected ; and all, whether Fellows,
 
 XXXVlll 
 
 Scholars, Servants, etc. that they restored, did 
 not amount to a sixth part of those ejected 1648, 
 and after ; they being either dead, or married, or 
 had changed their religion." (Wood's Ann. v. iii. 
 p. 700.) 
 
 Wood proceeds to observe, " that whereas 
 great cruelty was acted in the Presbyterian Vi- 
 sitation twelve years before, now nothing but 
 moderation, and a requital in a manner of good 
 for evil in this. And indeed few or none could 
 find reason to complain of what was done by 
 these Visitors ; for the persons that had been 
 ejected were to be restored, and room was to be 
 made for them, to which end, some, though sta- 
 tutably elected since 1648, were ejected ; yet pro- 
 vision was made for divei^s of them, if they would 
 accept it, as Chaplains places in some Colleges, 
 and Clerks in others." (Wood's Annals, v. iii. 
 pp. 701-2.) 
 
 Dr. Zouche died March 1, 1660-1. 
 
 Dr. Zouche's character is thus summed up by 
 Wood, his contemporary, in the Athenae Oxoni- 
 enses. Art. Zouche : — " He was an exact artist, 
 a subtle logician, expert historian, and for the
 
 XXXIX 
 
 knowledge in, and practice of, the Civil Law, the 
 chief person of his time, as his works, much 
 esteemed beyond the Seas, (where several of 
 them are reprinted,) partly testify. He was so 
 well vers'd also in the Statutes of the University, 
 and controversies between the Members thereof 
 and the City, that none after Twijnes* death went 
 
 * The annexed account oi" Brian Twyne is copied from the 3rd 
 volume of " Oxouiana," pp. 241-243. — " Before he was thirty 
 years of age he wrot'j and published in 4to. an excellent and 
 useful book in L. n, called Antiquitatis JlcademioR Oxoniensis 
 Apologia, in ties libros divisa. He was from his youth, to the 
 utmost period of his life, a person of strange unaccountable in- 
 dustry, and he laid out his whole time and pains (to his eternal 
 honour) in this particular sort of learning. His diligence is very 
 manifest in the book, and in it he has shewed no less judgment. 
 He has withal produced such irrefragable and undeniable proofs 
 of the antiquity of Oxford against the most learned Dr. John Cay, 
 of Cambridge, that they continue hitherto, as it were, unanswered ; 
 and there is a variety of other particulars scattered up and down 
 the work, which, with the appendices, clearly point out and dis- 
 cover to us the original of many places and customs in and about 
 that University. As by this work the author deservedly obtained 
 the name and reputation of being a most indefatigable and skilful 
 antiquary, so the University of Oxford, in token of their esteem 
 and respect for him, and to gratify him for the pains he had gener- 
 ously taken, not only in that work, but in helping to compile the 
 body of the statutes of the University, elected and constituted him 
 their first Custos Archivorum ; which place he held and enjoyed 
 to his dying day, to the no small credit of the University, and with
 
 xl 
 
 beyond him. As his birth was noble, so was his 
 behaviour and discourse ; and as personable and 
 handsome, so naturally sweet, pleasing, and affa- 
 ble. The truth is, there was nothing wanting but 
 a forward spirit for his advancement; but the 
 interruption of the times, which silenced his pro- 
 fession, would have given a stop to his rise, had 
 he been of another disposition." 
 
 Having touched on the principal transactions 
 of Dr. Zouche's life, chiefly by cojmous extracts 
 from works of credit, I can imagine that the 
 reflecting reader of this imperfect Memoir will 
 historically call to memory, and dwell on the 
 
 equal honour to himself. During that time he arranged and 
 digested all the books and papers, belonging to his office, in due 
 order, and added divers excellent and useful notes and observations 
 to many of them, which have been of admirable service to his suc- 
 cessors; and he enlarged his apology to a much greater bulk, 
 which he designed to have reprinted ; but upon his death, the 
 copy, in which those excellent additions were inserted, was, with 
 several other papers of inestimable value, unfortunately lost ; and 
 therefore Mr. Wood, when he set himself in good earnest about 
 compiling his great work of the History and Antiquities of the 
 same University, was obliged to search and examine anew, all those 
 papers and books that had been consulted long ago by Mr. Tw}'ne, 
 whose collections, had they been preserved, would in some degree, 
 have eased him in that drudgery. He died in 1644," T. Hearne.
 
 xli 
 eventful times, during which Br. Zouche hved, 
 the latter end of the reign of the First James, 
 Charles the First, the Usurpation, and the open- 
 ing of Charles the Second's Reign. 
 
 If a contrast be drawn of those times, and a 
 part of the subsequent period, with the times in 
 which we are at present living, we have surely 
 the strongest reasons to bless Providence, that 
 we live in days, when Religious Toleration, 
 and Political Freedom, have nearly reached their 
 acme. 
 
 May our present dissensions, almost insepara- 
 ble from Religious Liberty, and Political Free- 
 dom, never be urged so far, as to burst out into 
 sanguinary violence from the overbearing selfish- 
 ness of any party : — may our Governors always 
 regard the rights of property, and always bear in 
 mind that great end of all good government, the 
 happiness of a nation in all its gradations : — may 
 every quixotic scheme of democratic government, 
 which would finally terminate in the tyranny of 
 the one, or of the few, be wisely rejected by the 
 calm good-sense of the British people : — may 
 the strictest economy be introduced into, and 
 be continued, in every department of the State :-— 
 
 f
 
 xlii 
 
 and may sound political, in addition to religious, 
 and other useful knowledge, become a part of our 
 University instruction, for the Nobles and Gentry 
 of the land :— may we always cheerfully allow to 
 others what we claim for ourselves, the right of 
 private judgment, both in Religion and Poli- 
 tics: — may that over-zealous spirit be discouraged 
 amongst us, which would half close " the gates 
 of Mercy" on those Christians, who belong not to 
 a Church, claiming Apostolical Succession, and 
 exercising Episcopacy*. 
 
 May our Reformed Church of England never 
 become so far assimilated to Romanism, as to 
 facilitate the labours of wily Popish Emissaries f: — 
 and may undue respect never be paid to Christian 
 antiquity, in depreciation of that weighty and 
 invaluable Article of our Church : " Holy Scrip- 
 
 * Unless you can convince the Dissenter, that these points, 
 Apostolical Succession, and Episcopacy, are absolutely necessary 
 to Salvation, from the words of Scripture ; he will disregard any 
 secondary arguments : and should you urge the authority of the 
 Christian Fathers, he will tell you, they were uninspired and 
 fallible men, whose individual opinions collectively summed up, 
 are in very many cases by no means conclusive. 
 
 f Against these insinuating enemies, the activity of our Clergy 
 must specially be directed, by the abundant dissemination of genuine 
 Protestant Tracts, and by frequent ministerial visits.
 
 xliii 
 ture coiitaineth all things necessary to Salvation ; 
 so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be 
 proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, 
 that it should be believed as an Article of the 
 Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to 
 Salvation*." Art. VI. ; see also Art. XX. **** 
 
 * Were this Vlth Article always kept sternly in view by Divines, 
 what an abundant harvest of discussion would be cut away in 
 doctrinal matters, and about such usages as, Bowing to the Altar, 
 Shew-bread Tables, Baptismal Chrism, and many other curious 
 and antique matters, not without their historical, and sometimes 
 high de facto value. 
 
 MAGD. COLL. OXFORD, 
 MAY 29th, 1839.
 
 FAC SIMILE 
 
 \i< 2 «'€X<_^£^
 
 THE 
 
 DOVE: 
 
 OR 
 
 PASSAGES OF COSMOGRAPHY. 
 
 BY 
 
 RICHARD ZOUCHE, 
 
 CIUILLTAN, OF NEW COLLEDGE 
 IN OXFORD. 
 
 SICUT COLUMB^. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PRINTED FOR GEORGE NORTON, AND ARE TO BE SOULD 
 
 AT HIS SHOP VNDER THE BLACKE BELL, NEERE 
 
 TEMPLE-BARRE, 1613. 
 
 (Reprint. J
 
 TO THE TRVELY 
 NOBLE, AND WORTHILY HONOURED, 
 
 EDWARD LORD ZOUCHE*. 
 
 ST. MAUR AND CANTELUPE, OF HIS 
 MAIESTIES PRIUIE-COUNCELL. 
 
 Right Honorable : 
 
 My resolued assurance, that the mouths 
 of Infants may reueale a truth, makes me who haue 
 not attain'd that perfection of speech, which is 
 reputed worthie to be openly heard, yet hopefully 
 ambitious to be beleeu'd. And truely, I desire no 
 more, but that this simple Intelligencer, who hath 
 brought in a relation of the World to me, may 
 report me againe to the world, one who wish the 
 good of all who are studiously affected, and Honour 
 of those who haue put life into my poore indeauoursf. 
 How much I am bound both in my selfe, and those 
 whom I esteeme as neare, to your Lordships fauours, 
 I should blush in this idle nijinner to make profes- 
 sion, did I not thinke that those noble ends, which 
 
 * Soc Noie 1. Apprndix. f Sec Nolo 2. App.
 
 4 THE KPISTJ,!-, DEDIC.ATORIE. 
 
 haue giuen beginning to all your actions, liaue 
 enabled you to entertaine with constancie, the slen- 
 der acknowledgements of great deseruings. But 
 what your Honour did neuer expect in the great 
 vnthankfull, and cannot meet in this little imperfect 
 world of mine, may you finde eternally remembred, in 
 
 t 
 
 that more glorious and incorruptible to come. 
 
 Your Lordships kinsman 
 obliged in duty 
 
 RICHARD ZOVCHE.
 
 AD AUTOREM. 
 
 Iste tripartitae liber est Descriptio terree, 
 Et siinul ingenij Mappa, typusq; tui. 
 
 Consimili versu pingatur America, sic tu 
 Ipse, Columba velut Musa, Columbus eris. 
 
 Tho. Lake. 
 
 Tarn paucis, tot, tanta ? quis, O, si deforet orbis, 
 Non velit in Libro, Zouche, habitare tuo ? 
 
 Joan: Harris, N. C.
 
 TO MY DEARELY AFFECTIONATE FRIEND 
 MR. RICHARD ZOVCHE. 
 
 Thy worke hath tongue, for vs t' admire thy worth, 
 
 Silence, the voyce of an admiring minde 
 
 Should then best fit my pen : but Love breaks forth 
 
 And will needs speake what in thy booke I finde, 
 
 And wrestingly, out of my wonted lynes 
 
 It makes me shuffle in these hobling rymes. 
 
 Though t'were not thine, it's good, but hauing birtii 
 
 From thee, its excellent; who in an houre 
 
 Flyest ore the forrest of the spatious earth. 
 
 And of each Eden dost cull out some flowres, 
 
 And Jeau'st out nothing, (this is admirable,) 
 
 Which to a settled eye can be remarkeable, 
 
 And in so narrow lines could be discouer'd 
 
 Of so much World;) but thy penne hath vtter'd, 
 
 And for this Truth, which men best-bred do know 
 
 Didst but into the INIuses garden goe. 
 
 Who fearing danger dares not crosse the Sea, 
 
 And of the Earth desires to know the frame, 
 
 Let Inin but read thy worke, and he shall see 
 
 The worlds faire Symslry by distiiiguisht names,
 
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 And by tliy Art, his ignorance may know, 
 For which most men by Land and Sea doe row : 
 And let him bless thy wit, and prayses sing- 
 That thus with ease dost him such knowledg bring. 
 
 Ingenious Zouche, liue thy Verses long, 
 Fly faire, and far thy Doue, with her smooth song ; 
 Of thy all-Noble name for Armes long knowne*, 
 These Lettred times haue thee design'd their owne. 
 
 Your Louer and Friend, 
 
 Richard Yong. 
 
 * See Note 3. App.
 
 TO THE AUTHOR. 
 
 Behold, a miracle, a singing Doue, 
 Which sweetly sings, yet sings not sweets of Lone. 
 Each studie be her Doue-house, and each breast, 
 Which harbours studious thoughts, her gentle neast. 
 
 Nic. Stoughton, Int. Temp. 
 
 Aspice ; non veneri est deuota Columba ; mouetur 
 Illius, auspicijs, penna, Minerua, tuis. 
 Ergo Dese iioctis studiosae Noctua cedat, 
 Dum tu gaudentem luce tueris auem. 
 
 Car. Herbert, N. C.
 
 THE DOUE 
 
 Take wing my Muse, and like that siluer Done, 
 Which o'er the world new-bath'd, did hou'ring fly 
 The low-coucht Seas, and high-plac't Land aboue, 
 Discerne with faithfull, though with fearefull eye. 
 That what both Land and Sea resounding ring 
 We may to this A 11 -makers prayses sing. 
 
 He who directs the Sparrowes tender flight, 
 And sees him safely reach the hurtlesse ground, 
 Guide thee in all thy Passages aright. 
 And grant thy Course be sure, thy Resting sound, 
 From Mount of Oliues, as from Hill of Bayes, 
 Blest with the Branch of Peace, thoughnot of Praise. 
 
 And you whose Care our Floating House yet saues 
 From sinking in the Deluge of Despayre, 
 Whil'st with poore feather'd oares she passe the*waiies 
 Of this all-vulgar-breath'd, storme-threatning Ay re : 
 Deare Lord* vouchsafe with patient looke t' attend 
 Her flights both trembling rise, and humble end. 
 
 * Note 4. App. 
 
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 THE WORLD. 
 
 To our small Isle of Man, some well compare 
 The World, that greater Continents huge frame. 
 Nor much vnlike eythers Perfections are 
 Their Matter, and their Mixture both the same ; 
 Whence Mans Affection it so much allures, 
 Sith greatest Likenesse greatest Loue procures. 
 
 But if their outward Formes we looke vpon, 
 Wee shall their Figures diuers plainly see : 
 For mans erected tall Proportion 
 To his heau'n-hoping Soule doth best agree : 
 
 Whereas the World each way being framed round, 
 The aptest forme for turning Change hath found. 
 
 Like Natures rarest workmanship, the Eye, 
 The well contriu^d instrument of seeing. 
 Which by exact and apt Rotunditie, 
 Performes his duty, and preserues his beeing. 
 Of many curious circling Spheares composed, 
 And Orbs, within the Orbs without enclosed.
 
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 THE EARTH. 
 
 Ix midst of which by rarer Engeny, 
 Then Mars and J^enus hang in Lemnian net : 
 The Land and Sea embracing louingiy, 
 Making one perfect Globe, in th'ayre were set. 
 Whose interveyning qualities agree 
 To breede and beare what moiie, or resting be. 
 
 Thrice happy Vnion when these Greater things 
 Accord in perfect Loue and Amitie : 
 Whose peace an vniuersall blessing brings, 
 Causing in lesser states sweet harmonic : 
 And euer bless6d be his powerfull hand, 
 By whom this Order doth supported stand. 
 
 Now Rose-cheek*t Morning, kindest Friend of Arts, 
 Learnings best Mistresse, my presuming Muse 
 Of all the Earths diffused, sundry parts 
 Thy Neighbour confine Kingdomes first doth chuse. 
 That when her faultie boldnesse shee doth see. 
 If blush she doe nut, bhe may learnc of thee.
 
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 ASIA. 
 
 The worlds true Mother-Land, mans Nurcery, 
 
 Great Asia, object of diuiner view, 
 
 Saluted first by Heau'ns all-seeing eye. 
 
 Soonest by it departing, bid t' adiew. 
 
 The West yet wrapt in Darknesse shin'd in Light, 
 That since inlightened, lyes inwrapt in Night. 
 
 China her farthest Region in the East, 
 By Portugals to vs discouered late, 
 Ls with much Pleasure, and rich Plentie blest. 
 With People, and with Princes fortunate : 
 Yet most procuring wonder doe excell 
 The Cities where her Prince and People dwell. 
 
 The skill of Printing and Artillery, 
 Rarest inuentions which these days have scene, 
 (If we beleeue the Fame which thence doth flye) 
 Here in the ancient'st times haue practis'd beene : 
 And sure that People is or should be wise. 
 Which say Wc sec with one, They with both eyes.
 
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 BordVing- on China Northward lies Calhay, 
 Rul'd by her Emperoiir, the mighty Cliatn, 
 To whom great Tartaric doth tribute pay : 
 Great Tartary whose farre distended name, 
 Twixt auncient India, and the icy Sea, 
 Possesseth all to Westerne Muscouy. 
 
 The nation sprung from Sires of Scythian race, 
 Not satisfi'ed with Ob, nor Volga's floud, 
 People anew some new vnpeopled place, 
 In guilded sculs carowsing luke-warme bloud, 
 More happy yet in spoiling States well built. 
 Then in erecting where their force hath spilt. 
 
 As those hayle vollies which the Whirle-winds cast 
 Of leaden drops, from some darke molten showres. 
 Beat downe the fruit, and all the fields lay wast: 
 Led by great Tamberla'me those storming Powres 
 Forc'd Asia's Tyrant, with his prostrate troope, 
 Vnder their fearefull Amies to bend and stoope. 
 
 Southward from China, doe confining lie 
 
 The Easter ne Indies, whose rich golden sands 
 
 Vnder conduct of greedy tyranny, 
 
 Oft felt the violence of warlike bands. 
 
 Which hoping to prone rich with forreyne spoyle, 
 Forsookc the swcetnesse of their natiue sovle.
 
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 First Bacchus did this Country ouer-riinnc. 
 And set vp trophees in the conquer'd East : 
 Oh would he had gone on as he begunne. 
 And neuer turned to subdue the West ! 
 
 Might Indus bancks haue bore his branching Vines, 
 Nor Europes streams bin stained with sweeter wines. 
 
 Great Alexander next with powerfull might, 
 
 Without resistance, did these parts subdue, 
 
 Whils't the Inhabitants not vs'd to fight. 
 
 Away before his Armie trembling flew. 
 
 Since subject vnto him, whose spacious minde. 
 Not Gauge, nor once farthest Gades confinde. 
 
 Their state most slauish, Fortune miserable. 
 Their life is painefull, and vnpleasing to them, 
 They others making strong, are made vnable, 
 And wealth which blesseth few, did first vndoe them. 
 Which is no more then hath beene scene of old. 
 They most vnhappy who haue heapt most gold. 
 
 Their neighbour Persia tride this long before, 
 Greatly presuming on her mightie treasure : 
 But fill'd with much, and euer craning more. 
 Did surfet, and grow sicke with too-much pleasure: 
 For whose disease the Fates did thinke it good 
 The Prince of Macedon should let her bloud.
 
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 CifiiiH with Natures rarest graces blest, 
 The type of vcrtue, paragon of Honour, 
 Pluckt from Assyria's proud Imperiall crest, 
 A INIonarchs Diadem, and plac't it on her : 
 
 Which they who follow'd, but with ill successe, 
 Vnhappy soon did lose, or leaue much lesse. 
 
 Yet since those losses, somewhat have regain'd 
 These sometimes onely expert carpet Knights, 
 That late in Champion Field their vertue train'd, 
 Countries farre of remote, now oft affrights : 
 Their mighty Sophy to that strength is growne. 
 That fear'd of others, he yet feareth none. 
 
 The west of Asia, once Earths Paradice, 
 Since subiect to the Turks most slauish yoke, 
 Hath seene her Cedars reaching to the Skyes, 
 Layd low by his fierce sacrilegious stroke : 
 Her glorious Kingdomes of illustrous fame, 
 Being swallow'd in the deluge of that name* 
 
 Downe from Armenia's ruder Mountaine tops, 
 This violent impetuous Torrent fell, 
 Whose stronger source impatient of stops, 
 Orewhelmed all th' Inhabitants that dwell 
 Betwixt the greater Sea, nere Trebizond, 
 And that which washeth rich Arabian's strond.
 
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 The Caspian Sea which seemcs an Ocean, 
 Within his Circuits is restraind and bound : 
 But this outragious race of Ottoman, 
 Which hath no end, nor limits euer found : 
 Scorning with bancks or borders to be held, 
 Hath oVe Euphrates, and broad Tygris sweld. 
 
 Great Babylon sometimes Assyria's pride. 
 By their preuailing armies ouerthrowne. 
 Their fury, and their fiercenesse hauing tride. 
 Now feeles by deere experience of her owne. 
 What griefe Judaea captiue then sustain'd, 
 When by her Riuers weeping shee complain'd. 
 
 Yet now no comfort can Judaea take 
 In this her Neighbour nations juster woe. 
 Her fellowship in miserie may make 
 Her like distressed minde like passion show. 
 Yet not bewail it, sith her losse more neare, 
 May borrow many, but not lend a teare. 
 
 This Country by the Midland Sea confin'd, 
 Was once a happy, and a Holy Land : 
 To Gods owne peoples heritage assign'd. 
 Manured onely by his royall hand. 
 
 Then Scoene of heau'nly fauour, since the stage 
 Of most inhumane, furious, hellish rage.
 
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 Here He, who hath the highest Heau'n his Throne, 
 The Earth his foote-stoole, did vouchsafe to make 
 His regall Presence, that thrice-sacred One, 
 Whose mightie vertue Diu'lish forces brake, 
 In humane nature borne to vndergoe 
 Our most inhumane sinne-reuenging woe. 
 
 O blessed Loue, of Juda's blessed King! 
 
 O happy Mercy of that blessed Loue ! 
 
 Let Quires of Angels to his glory sing, 
 
 Let Earth beneath, let highest Heau'ns aboue 
 
 Assist poore Man his soules best thoughts to raise, 
 To his distressed soules Redeemers praise. 
 
 Hierusalem, thou Juda's choysest Cittie, 
 
 Beholding all his wonderfuU effects, 
 
 Wer't chiefest obiect of his tender pittie. 
 
 But yet his kindnes cruelly neglects : 
 
 Which foule offence deseruing thy decay, 
 Jordan may witnesse but ne're wash away. 
 
 Thy glory since to desolation chang'd. 
 Thy Bulwarks, and faire Buildings are defaced. 
 All fauours of the Heau'ns are quite estrang'd. 
 Thy people fleeing thee, elsewhere disgraced : 
 And Sion which did Siluer drops distill 
 Thy Vallyes with Salt teares of grief doth fill. 
 
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 Aboue Judaea, bord'ring on the West, 
 
 Of great Armenia, lesser Asia lyes ; 
 
 Which on three sides, three famous Seas inuest, 
 
 Once knowne so many Kingdomes to comprise. 
 Now his entire, whose Tyranny so farre, 
 Sworne foe to peace, hath rauagM in warre. 
 
 His burden stiffe-neckt Taurus vndergoes, 
 And slye Mceander by his winding shelfe, 
 Snake-like enwreath^d, which so doubtful! flowes. 
 Deludes obseruers, and doth loose himselfe, 
 Vnwilling his strange cruelty to see. 
 Doth euer seeke, but lindes no corner free. 
 
 Betwixt the red Sea, and the Persian bay. 
 From Palaestina to the Southerne Maine, 
 Famous Arabia doth at large display 
 Her triple-folded thrice-illustrous traine. 
 Whose riches into diners Countries brought. 
 Are with great travell, and much danger sought. 
 
 To those faire parts which being farthest plac't. 
 Doe serve as Spicery to other Lands, 
 A tedious fearefull iourney must be pac't. 
 Through Rocky desarts, and Wind-driuen Sands, 
 Where many Merchants trading oft haue bin. 
 Lost in the spatious Wildernes of Sifi.
 
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 Of Baulmes and Spices well this soyle may boast. 
 Whilst Mahomet from hence first issued forth : 
 We enuy not the fruit of this faire coast, 
 Nor ought that to despise the colder North, 
 
 Which so great distance from those parts remou'd, 
 Haue beene no lesse by bount'ous Heau'n belou'd. 
 
 AFRIQUE. 
 
 Afrique remouM to the Southern parts. 
 In forme resembling some well-shapen shield. 
 Would ill resist the Sunnes more piercing darts, 
 But that her vncouth monster-bearing field. 
 To Phoebus angry fury most expos'd. 
 Within great Neptunes Bauldrick rests inclos'd : 
 
 Betwixt the Midland Sea, and Sanguine bay, 
 
 Deuided by a little tract of ground. 
 
 Hither from out of Asia, away 
 
 As o're a straight, but strong-built Bridge is found. 
 Where Nilus streames, like many branching vaines 
 Doe feed with plenty ^gypts fruitfull plaines.
 
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 Nature dispos'd her selfe to recreate, 
 
 As in her fittest worke-house, here doth vse, 
 
 (Which Art may wonder at, not imitate) 
 
 Life into new created shapes t' infuse. 
 
 The Sun-beames serue as fire, the worke to make. 
 The slymy soyle as apt each forme to take. 
 
 Industrious Art, lesse potent, not lesse proud, 
 Enuying Natures vncompared power. 
 Hath there vprais'd outreaching eu'ry cloud, 
 Many a gallant, and starre-threatning Tower : 
 
 Whose strange, sky-piercing, flame-resembling spires 
 
 This age distrusts, Antiquitie admires. 
 
 Next, neere those Cynthia's-kisse-aspiring Hils, 
 Where profuse Nilus hides his Bafikrupt-hedid : 
 Those tawny troopes whose fame all Afrike fils, 
 Vnder great Prsester Johns* conduct are led. 
 By whom the Christian ensignes are retain'd. 
 But with some blots of error fowly stain'd. 
 
 And least some corner more diuinely blest. 
 
 From strange Prodigious monsters should be free, 
 
 A late vsurp6d Kingdom's here possest 
 
 By that rude Amazonian Anarchy, 
 
 Where they, who should a distaff, scepters sway. 
 And Men their Wiues imperious rules obay. 
 
 * See Note. App.
 
 AFRIQUE. 21 
 
 In Zanzibar, neare to that Southern Cape, 
 Which lately from Good Hope deriu'd his name. 
 If not by Nature, many an vgly shape 
 Haue beene brought forth by Monster-making Fame, 
 
 Such Creatures hardly could produced be. 
 
 But by th' assistance of her Midwifry. 
 
 There headlesse some are fram'd, as Momus would. 
 With eyes and mouth, likewindowes, in their breast*; 
 Others as cast in Polyphemus mould, 
 Of one Light in their fore-head stand possest: 
 Some Pygmyes, Men Diminutiues, maintaine 
 Like Pawnes tall squadrons on a chesse-boord plaine. 
 
 Hence turning Northward that great Kingdome lyes, 
 Now by the name of Manicongo knowne : 
 And rich Gvynsea, whose commodities 
 The English to their Country oft have showne. 
 Then Nvbia Eastward, whose warme sands enfold 
 Heapes of the purest, best refined gold. 
 
 The Land of Negroes is not far from thence, 
 Nearer extended to th' Atlanticke Maine : 
 Wherein the Blacke-Prince keepes his residence. 
 Attended by his ietty coloured traine : 
 Who in their natiue beautie most delight. 
 And in contempt doe paint the Diuell white. 
 * See Note, App, 
 
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 22 AFRIQUE. 
 
 With wilde Arabia, Lybia may contend, 
 A field of dangers, and vnheard of feares. 
 Her sands want number, and her Desarts end. 
 Inhabited by Lyons, Panthers, Beares : 
 Such rough possessors of so rude a soyle, 
 That none, of eyther, eyther would despoyle. 
 
 Next these the Pastures of Numidia lye ; 
 
 Where, with their easily-remouing tents, 
 
 The Princes of that wandring Policie 
 
 Doe follow still their Grazing Regiments : 
 And sure those Troopes are worser taught than fed, 
 Where Rulers by the multitude are led. 
 
 From Sky-prop Atlas to that watry Plaine, 
 Which doth twixt Africk and faire Europe runne, 
 Oppos'd to Italy, to Fraunce, and Spayne, 
 Barbaria next, enioyes a milder Sunne ; 
 
 Whose borders sundry kingdomes doe confine, 
 
 Fez, with Marocco, Tun^s, Telesine. 
 
 Fez, long since famous for her fruitfull Vines ; 
 And rich Marocco, which with Sugred Reedes 
 Sweetens the relish of those sharper wines. 
 Which th' other Countreys bruised cluster bleedes. 
 Lye next those Island in the Westerne maine. 
 Where Fortunes first, since dwelt Acteons trayne.
 
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 From Carthage mines, whose yet infant State, 
 Bathed in poore Queen Didoes wronged bloud. 
 Her most strange Loue turning to stronger Hate, 
 With Rome in long-fixt opposition stood : 
 Tvnis and Teseline deriu'd, doe grow 
 In fast-bound Friendship with great Europes foe. 
 
 EUROPE. 
 
 The Complement of this inferiour Globe, 
 
 Fair Amphitrite, Nature's chiefest pride. 
 
 Thrice glorious with her siluer-waued robe. 
 
 With Islands, as with Jewels beautified : 
 Within her Amies enfolded, sets apart 
 Europe, the Earths sure Head, the Worlds sound hart. 
 
 Where swift Iberus with true lowlinesse, 
 
 Performes his dutie to the Midland mayne. 
 
 The great and lesser Balearides, 
 
 First in the Streights doe guard the coasts of Spaine, 
 Whose expert Youth, were wont, the smallest thing 
 To strike far distant with their well-rul'd sling.
 
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 Then as the Holmes, two sturdy vmpires met 
 Betwixt the quar'ling Welsh, and English tydes. 
 In equall distance each from other set. 
 As both remoued from faire Severnes sides ; 
 Sardinia next with Corsica doth stand 
 Twixt the fierce Roman and fell Punic Land. 
 
 Triangl'd Sicily, some Authors say. 
 Was once one with th' Italian Continent, 
 Till working Neptune twixt them dig'd away 
 With force of his three forked Instrument : 
 Rebell to Heau'n here ^Etna upward casts, 
 To daunt the lightning, Sulphure-fuming blasts. 
 
 Little Melita which Paides innocence, 
 
 Scaping the water, at the fire did trie. 
 
 More to the South-coast scituate from hence, 
 
 Hath been renowned for their Chiualry, 
 
 Who driu'n from Rhodes neere Caria, here withstood 
 The profuse wasters of poore Christians bloud. 
 
 Next, Candy, Cradle of reputed Joue, 
 With Nectar-dropping Vines is ouer-spread : 
 Whence Eastward sacred to the Nymph of Loue, 
 Cyprus erects her Myrtle-crowned head. 
 Well twixt these two hath Neptime put some space, 
 Whose fruits once met in one, marrc any place.
 
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 The Arch-Sea rowling from th' vnruly North, 
 Doth seeme to threaten Candyes ouer-throw ; 
 But that the troopes of Cyclades stand forth 
 To breake the fiercenesse of his furious blow, 
 Like Xerxes fearefull Army, Asia's wonder, 
 Cutting in broken streames his strength asunder. 
 
 Aboue that are those Streights so much renown'd, 
 Which Europe scarce from Asia separate. 
 Where Helle first, Leander since was drown'd. 
 By them made famous, though vnfortunate. 
 
 Yet (so from smalness things to greatnesse rise :) 
 The Greater-Sea beyond this passage lyes. 
 
 Such is that Channell, by whose slender sides, 
 As through her Sluce, the vast Meeotis Pond 
 Charged with full fraught Greatnesse hardly slides 
 From out her round shores close incircling bond : 
 Which Tanais falling from the frozen Hils, 
 With his cold, almost Chrystall current fils. 
 
 Neare Tanais with Tartary confin'd. 
 Along the Northern Ocean, doth lye 
 With wast Liuonia in the West conioyn'd 
 The spacious Empire of vast Muscovy, 
 
 Whose Duke like Boreas in his big-built Hall, 
 Does foes at hand affright, farre off appall.
 
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 Sweden and Norway in tlie same degree, 
 Saue what a narrow Isthmus doth retaine. 
 Quite from the Earth almost diuided be, 
 PuU'd by the strong Arme of the Baltick Mayne, 
 Which wrong peace-making Winter doth preuent. 
 And them coneeaFd bindes to the Continent. 
 
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 Next Poland, Southward, doth her bounds extend 
 Downe from Muscouia towards Hungary, 
 Which Diuers other Countries comprehend, 
 Whose confines round about her confines lye. 
 Pleasant Massouia, rich and fruitfull Russia, 
 Cold Pomerania, and much colder Prussia. 
 
 Within the compasse of two goodly Riuers, 
 Savus and Teissa, plowd with many a floud. 
 Which vp to Ister all his store deliuers; 
 Ister disperseth to the Countries good, 
 Vnhappy Hungary by Nature's blest. 
 Much good possessing by much ill possest. 
 
 Eastward enuirond round about with Hils, 
 As with the strongest Rampires of defence. 
 In peace her Valleyes Transylvania tils 
 Somewhat secur'd from Turkish violence : 
 So he who to that Empire hath giu'n way. 
 Hath also meanes and power to make it stay.
 
 EUROPE. 27 
 
 Beyond Danubius many-branching streames. 
 Which through the East of Europe stately runne, 
 Reuiu^d by the more relieuing beames, 
 Of a directer, and more Southern Sunne : 
 
 Illyricum, Dalmatia, and Thrace, 
 
 Changing their names, retaine their antient place. 
 
 Thrace on three sides is washt with Neptunes wanes, 
 Yet is no fruitful!, nor delightsome soyle. 
 Her old Inhabitants were old Romes slaues. 
 Her new Rome now made new inuaders spoyle, 
 Where th' Orient Empires Seat, by him 's aspir'd, 
 Whose rule like Phaetons, the world hath fir'd. 
 
 In equall parallel! to Thrace confines 
 Antient Dalmatia, through well temp'red vaines. 
 Which once diffusing her rich golden Mines, 
 Now equall bondage, which poore Thrace sustaines. 
 Her low-layd Temples sleeping in the dust. 
 And brightest glory quite ore-grown with rust. 
 
 Below it Greece the dismall Sepulcher 
 Of Learning, Vertue, Valour, PoUicy, 
 Which once were flourishing and famous there, 
 Since in rude Barbarisme doe buried lye, 
 
 Seemes what she hath bene now vnapt to show, 
 Obiect of Fury, Image of strange woe.
 
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 Had Helen in her vndissembling glassc, 
 Viewing the vvrinckles which her age had wrought, 
 Foreseene what misery should come to passe, 
 To her disfigur'd Countrey, her sad thought 
 
 (So scarce faire Dames beholding foule are pleas'd,) 
 Had not she much bene ioyd, had much bene eas'd. 
 
 Olympus, vnto whom the Clouds gaue way. 
 To vpstart Tyranny submits, and bowes : 
 Parnassus, once Crown'd with the verdant Bay, 
 With saddest Cyprus shrowdes his mourning browes, 
 And Tempe, rob'd of all her pleasing weeds. 
 With spitefuU furrows wounded weeps and bleeds. 
 
 Athens, Minerua's Chappel, Phcehus Quire, 
 Within whose Cloysters, those pure vestall Maydes 
 The Muses, kept their euer-burning fire 
 Whose light, our cold, darke ignorance vpbraids. 
 From broken ruines, and her vaults scarce found 
 No voyce, but voyce of horror's vs'd to sound. 
 
 The Schoole of Vertue, stately Theater, 
 
 Of brauest, men-beseeming action. 
 
 Whose Lawes excelling farre, exceeded were. 
 
 By Customes easily, and truely done : 
 
 Like feeble Miloes armes eneru'd, and dead. 
 Old Lacedsemons vertuous strength is fled. 
 
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 And Theban wals, naised by the pow'rfull sound 
 Of rare Amphions sweet well-fingerd Lute, 
 Humbly saluting the debased ground, 
 Lye raz'd with noyse of Trumpets, Drums, and Flute, 
 Which Instruments, if any, may be sayd 
 Here to haue true, and quick Dhiision plaid. 
 
 Where like a second Midland Sea the pride 
 Of swelling Adria, doth distend her shoares, 
 Oppos'd to Italy, whose armed sides 
 Oft feare th' approaching of Slauonian oares : 
 Illyricum whilst Turcisme it ore-flowes, 
 Feeles not her billowes, nor respects her blowes. 
 
 Some rather curious how the Earth should stand. 
 Then careful! how similitudes doe runne, 
 Haue likend to a Legg, th' Italian Land : 
 But since it hath so many conquests wonne. 
 
 It farre more fitly might compared be 
 
 Vnto an Arme, the limb of Chiualry. 
 
 Her Wealth, her sinews, and her Riuers veynes, 
 Her Buildings were her Bones, her People Marrow, 
 Yet whilest she Mars his warlike Speare sustaines. 
 At length was wounded with young Cupid^s arrow. 
 Since of Bellona's ensignes dispossest. 
 On Venus pillow lon<i hath layn at rest.
 
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 The pleasant Land of labour, N-apIes seat, 
 Where first appeared that contagious sore, 
 Which since contracted by the Frenchmen's heat, 
 They farther Westward or'e the Alps haue bore. 
 By female luxury impaird, was faine 
 To seeke her physicke in the Fields of Spaine. 
 
 Life-feeding humours drawne from eu'ry part, 
 Tyber engrossing, hath that Vlcer bred 
 Impostem'd Rome, which quite confounding Art, 
 Hath o're the Bosome of all Europe spred. 
 
 O ! may some Royall Heau'n-grac'd hand asswage 
 This swelling Eidls Kings-stroke-asking rage ! 
 
 Florence by Arno almost compast round, 
 The perfect Beautie of the Tuscan plaines, 
 If well disposed it continuing sound 
 Infectious anguish not so much sustaines 
 To her great Medici, who haue withstood 
 The common danger, owes her chiefest good. 
 
 The Gate of Italy transporting farre. 
 The sundry plenties of her faire increase. 
 Long foe to Venice in the fiercest warre, 
 Corriuall in the softst delights of Peace, 
 
 With strong-mand Gallyes Genua scours the seas. 
 With well-rjod Pinnaces seekes Rodes of ease. 
 
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 Like hundred armed Briareus, the Po, 
 Stretcht forth on Lumbardyes delightfull bed, 
 With dropsie humours makes her ouerflow. 
 By which surcharged not discreetly fed. 
 
 Oft times her Spunges (Millaines Duke put by) 
 Suck her abundance, and doe soke her dry.) 
 
 Bath'd in th' Adriatiques farther wane, 
 As some faire Sea-nymph, famous Venice sits, 
 Whom all the prayse which fiction freely gaue 
 To Sea-borne Venus, farre more truely fits 
 
 Earths richest Jewell, Beauties brightest Starre, 
 Mother of Loue, Loue of the God of Warre. 
 
 The Eagle, badge of Sou'raigne Maiestie, 
 Vpon one breast deuiding many heads. 
 The sundry parts of seu'red Germanic, 
 At large displayed, shadowing ouer-spreads, 
 
 Whence much distracted, that faire body stayes, 
 Whose chiefest parts are bent so diuers wayes. 
 
 Where it on Italy doth next confine. 
 Closing with Hungary, doth Avstrich rest: 
 Renowned Austrich, whose Prince-branching Line 
 Stretcht through the yeelding, and declining West, 
 With various windings hath attaind of late. 
 Many a farre and neere encompast state.
 
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 Like great Danubius vnresisted source, 
 Their fame extended to the larger maine, 
 By sundry conquerd Islands takes his course, 
 Obseru'd of Italy, obey'd of Spaine, [pierc't 
 
 Thence through the streights close passage hauing 
 By th' Ocean, to both Indies is disperst. 
 
 her, and Oemis which from Tyroll flowes, 
 Hauing their homage to Bauaria done. 
 With Licus which the bounds of Suevia shovves. 
 And many high-born streames which downward run : 
 Against the Turks encroaching power combin'd, 
 To Austria's Current haue their forces joyn'd. 
 
 Mora which to Morauia lends her name, 
 Her tribute duely vncompell'd doth bring : 
 And great Odera Siesta's chiefest fame. 
 With yonger Albis, hold him for their King. 
 
 The Waser, Rhine, the Maze, the Sceld though free. 
 
 Yet to Danubius all inferiour be. 
 
 The Oder hauing Slesia's bounds outgone, 
 Doth Brandenbourghs faire Merquisate salute. 
 Whose double marches now both rang'd in one, 
 Mongst German Princedomes beares a choice repute ; 
 Thence in the Baltick Ocean vp resign'd 
 Her freezing streames cold entertainment finde.
 
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 Neare to Bohemias furthest Eastern skyrt, 
 As from the Earth's breast, yet small Albis crawles, 
 Where, with th' Hercinian Forrests Pale begyrt. 
 And stately Mountaines strong surrounding wals, 
 Till with Multauia ioyn'd she breakes the bay. 
 From out her Country hardly findes a way. 
 
 From thence through Saxony she takes her course, 
 Where meeting Sala, (whose faire streames diuide 
 Turinge from Misnia) with more strengthened force. 
 She goes t' encounter with the Northern tyde : 
 O'er which preuailing neare to Juitlands Coasts, 
 In triumph towards Denmarkes Court she posts. 
 
 Haile Denmarkes Court, seat of a faithful King, 
 Sweet nurcery of Brittaines Sou'raigne Qveene, 
 Fountaine of all our ioy, from whom doe spring 
 The Hope of Thames, and Happinesse of Rhone ; 
 Latona-\\k.Q which makes the Albion Land, 
 Her Childrens Well-rock't Cradle firmer stand. 
 
 The Hasslan confines quickly passing by, 
 Waser vpon Westphalia longer stayes. 
 Whence Em to Freeslands Embden seemes to flye, 
 Wing'd with affection, which detests delayes : 
 Where in the watry region both doe meete, 
 And each imbracing other kindly Lireete. 
 
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 Downe from the Alps-spring Cloud-despising lieads, 
 Europes perpetuall well-fill'd Conduits, flow 
 (Whose fane-dispersed moysture all o'er-spreads) 
 The Rhene, the Rhosne, the Danow, and the Po, 
 
 Po and Danow towards the rising Sunne, [runne. 
 
 Sothward the Rhosne, the Rhene doth Northward 
 
 Rhene through the fighting Switzers Cantons past, 
 Downe from those Countries loftie verge descends 
 Through Basell, and by Strasbourg; then with hast 
 Meetes Neccar, which faire Heidelberg commends : 
 Whose lesser streames which Wittenberg confine, 
 Growne big doe honour Rhenes Count Palatine. 
 
 Now stay you gentle streames, and let that ayre 
 Which sweetens your pure waues, refresh my Muse, 
 Ne'er may my Silence passing by that Paire, 
 Which make Earth happy, courteous Heau'n abuse. 
 What Loue-taught Turtles onely best expresse, 
 Lesse may my Doue adorne, admire no lesse. 
 
 Here the faire Shewer of th' Imperiall Court, 
 Prince of those Princes which doe Caesars make : 
 In Honours Palace, ioyn'd to Vertues Fort, 
 Where equall pleasure Lone and Beautie take. 
 Reside (6 worthy of immortall breath !) 
 Faire Frederick, and fair'st Elizabeth.
 
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 He as anotlier Mercury on Earth, 
 Deputed faithfull Arbiter of Right : 
 Shee like cleare Cijnthia of Caelestiall birth. 
 From Britta'ine Svnne deriuing heauenly Light : 
 In sweet Coniunction rnatcht, doe truely show, 
 What happy States to high-plac't Vertues owe. 
 
 Thence Rhene and Neccar friendly take their way 
 To ISlentz, where Mcenus from Francotim rose, 
 Doth for their comming with attendance stay, 
 And kindely with them downe to Collen goes : 
 Mosella passing Triers, them first o'er-takes. 
 And entertained once, no more forsakes. 
 
 So would these Mitred Cities once professe. 
 Truths worth apparent, which they conscious see, 
 Albis and Oder might consent no lesse, 
 The Duke and Marquisse both conioyn'd agree : 
 That German Diadem design'd to bare, 
 Rhenus with swelling Isther might compare. 
 
 From Collen passing downe along by Cleuc, 
 
 Then thorough Gelders teaching Holland, all 
 
 Together of the Continent take leaue, 
 
 And in among the Zeland Islands fall : 
 
 Where Noble Lide doth keepe with English bands, 
 Flushing, the key of all the Nether-lands.
 
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 The Mase confining Lutzenbourg", descends, 
 Meeting with Sambre at Namur, to Liege: 
 Then Brabcmts halfe-encompast coast defends 
 From neighb'ring Gulick. and neere Gelders Siege : 
 And passing well-man'd Huisden, ioynes at length 
 To Rhenes more worthy force, liis wel-met strength. 
 
 To them the Sccld, rising neere Camhrai/ speeds, 
 Which leaning Arto'is borders on the West; 
 Through Henault comes to Tourney, then proceedes 
 To Gaunt in Flanders, where not finding rest, 
 It makes to Antvverpe, by whose safe conuoy 
 It doth at length a long-wisht end enioy. 
 
 Beige's faire Daughters midst these flouds remaine 
 Of which with low obeysance some doe bowe, 
 Bearing vp Isabel th' Infanta's traine, 
 For whose deare Loue oblieg'd in Nuptiall vowe, 
 Her coosen Austrich from the Church estrang'd. 
 His scarlet Bonnet for Steele Beauer chang'd. 
 
 The rest to Faiths allegeance firme adhere. 
 Freed by the Christian Faiths Defendres ayde. 
 Her Champions hauing them secur'd from feare. 
 And Superstitions strong encroaching staid : 
 All vertuous Captaines, most praise-worthy all, 
 Brauc Norns, Si/d/iei/, Vere, and Vucdall.
 
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 And may not Enuy liere my Loue debane, 
 Or Zouclies name be in my name deprest, 
 Both* you who yet attend the charge of warre, 
 Andt you whose happy Soules in Peace doe rest, 
 Deare, Loue-deseruing Brothers, ought to be, 
 By them remembred, not forgot by mee. 
 
 France, Europes Eden, Westerne Paradice, 
 Part pal'd with Mountaines, moated part with Seas, 
 The famous Seed-plot of the Flowre-de-Lycey 
 Wants nothing which the curious sense may please. 
 Except the easie Arbour of Repose, 
 Vnder the shadow of the Sou'raigne Rose. 
 
 The more then earthly once reputed Powers, 
 Driu'n from the troubled and distemper'd East, 
 There placing since their fancy-pleasing Bowers, 
 Where they more freely might disport and feast : 
 Choysest delights of them esteem'd most deare, 
 Seeme to haue planted and disposed here. 
 
 Joues Oake, whose root he makes his conscious pillow. 
 And thicke-leau'd boughes his shady Canopy : 
 Sicke-thoughted Juno's pale forsaken Willow, 
 Crowne of contempt-conceiuing Jealousie, 
 That on the ayrie Mountaines, this doth grow. 
 Where Crystall Riuers through coole Vallyes flow. 
 
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 Vnder the Lawrels, worth adorning wreaths, 
 Mars and Apollo ioynd in friendship rest ; 
 Yet Mars short-winded angry accents breaths. 
 Late basely of great Henry dispossest, 
 
 And scarce Apollo hath lamenting left, 
 
 Of his diuine Du Bartas quite bereft. 
 
 Amongst the Oliues fruite-concealing leaues, 
 Pallas and all the Virgin Muses sing, 
 To chearefull Ceres, well-growne ripened sheaves. 
 The rurall Nymphs, as rarest poesyes bring, 
 Venus and Cupid midst the myrtels sport. 
 The Elms doe Bacchus and his Vines support. 
 
 Great Britaines Ocean with his conquering tide. 
 Passing the entrance of their yeelding shore. 
 Hath prou'd their plenty, and represt their pride. 
 Hath tride their vertue, not impaird their store. 
 And much admiring most himselfe admir'd. 
 His right reserued, hath his force retir'd. 
 
 The fayrest ofspring of the floudy Peeres, 
 With due obseruance to his Crystall Throne, 
 Doe pay the tribute of their siluer teares : 
 Rich Seyne, sweet Loyre, and great Garond, the Rhone 
 Hasting his banke-disdaining course t' enlarge, 
 Doth in the streighter Seas his streame discharge.
 
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 Thorough Gcncua's cleare and constant Lake 
 He comes to Lyons, hauing left Sauoy, 
 Where meeting Soane from Burgundy, they take 
 By Daulphny to Auignion, thence with ioy, 
 Passing by Prouence, they at Aries attaine 
 A spatious entrance to the Midland Mayne. 
 
 Well-planted Champaigne Seyne first watring fals 
 On Paris, scituate in the Isle of Fraunce, 
 About whose stately Citties goodly wals. 
 Many of Amphitrites daughters daunce, 
 
 Till all conioyning Norman Vales giue place, 
 They reach the harbour of the Hau'n of grace. 
 
 Hence did that worthy Duke first hoyse his Sayle, 
 Whom Right conducted, Conquest seem'd t' attend, 
 Fortune assisted with a prosprous gale. 
 The flloure of Vertue Fraunce along did send. 
 Which vnto English fields remou'd, and set, 
 Prepar'd a roome for great Plantaginet. 
 
 Amongst them, not the meanest of the flocke, 
 Allan, the Earle of less(^* Brittain came, 
 Deriuing from the stemmes of antient Stockef, 
 That sometimes flourishing, now fading name : 
 Which though it little to earths moysture owe. 
 Blest by the deaw of Heau'n again may grow. 
 
 * Lesser. f Alluding to the family name of Zouche, which signifies 
 in the French, a Stock, or Tnink of a Tree. See Note in Appendix.
 
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 The siluer Crescent, in the sable skye 
 Seemes to resemble Loyrcs corniited streames, 
 But farther followVl with attending eye : 
 It lookcs like full-fac'd Fhcehe's scattring Beames, 
 She midst the lesser Stars great lustre showes. 
 This mongst the minor flouds abundant flovves. 
 
 Rising in Auergne it descends to Neuers, 
 Then passing Orleans, turneth downe to Tours, 
 Whence bending vnto Nants, it Poictou seuers 
 From Brittaine, where this home of plenty powers 
 Her much encreas^d scarce contained store, 
 Ouer the surface of the Westerne shore. 
 
 So when the second Henry first set forth, 
 Simply attended with the strength of Mayne : 
 Proceeding forward his attractiue worth. 
 Adding braue spirits to his spreading traine. 
 Whilst to a larger state his Hopes aspire. 
 His late-got-greatnes all the Land admire. 
 
 From out the Frontier Hils, through Gascony, 
 Garond to Toulouse lesse obserued goes, 
 Then entertaining from all parts supply, 
 Passeth to Bordeaux, and by passing growes, 
 That ere at Blay it reach the watry realme. 
 Her Sea-beseeming-waues the Land ore-whelme.
 
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 How did tlie Sou'raigne of St. George his Knights, 
 
 His new enobled Garter here aduance, 
 
 Whilest his admired Order's worth incites 
 
 The states succeeding of amazed France, 
 To follow after, though preceded farre, 
 With Badge of Golden Fleece, and sparkling Starrc ? 
 
 Crecy and Poitiers saw the Princely Bands, 
 Ecclips with feath'ry Clouds the lowring day : 
 And Agincourt in daunger, trembling stands, 
 Whilst Henry es valour ore it towring lay : 
 Each place but passable by searching fame, 
 Gaue way to Nei/ih, and great Talbots name. 
 
 Next France the Pirenean Hils descry, 
 Spayne, as the Orchard of th' Hesperides, 
 Whose golden fruit, obseru'd with wary eye 
 A Sterne and watchful! Gardian did possesse ; 
 Now blest the wealth and happy is that soyle 
 Whose keepers care's not feard, nor strangers spoile. 
 
 Vnder those stately Mountaynes shady side, 
 Entrencht by great Iberus, lyes Nauar, 
 Whence nearer to that Sea which Spaine deuides 
 From parched Africke, Southward seated are 
 Hot Arragon, and those choyce-hearbed-fields 
 Of good Valenc'a, which such plenty yeelds. 
 
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 These, and those Seigncurics which here, erewhile 
 No great Superiours, free controulement brookt, 
 Are by the lofty Turrets of Castile, 
 Vpon t' HercLilian Pillars rais'd, ore-lookt, 
 Her mounted Ordinance commanding all. 
 Betwixt Naiiar, and farthest Portugall. 
 
 The Western Ocean doth confine the shore 
 Of wealthy Portugall, where Tagus sands 
 Mixt with abundance of Gold-yeelding ore, 
 Was sifted by some Guilt-approuing hands, 
 Wohse Metall-minded hard affection would 
 Turne with refining all they touch't to gold. 
 
 Now on poorc Protestants such Art they vse. 
 Whom they with all pursuite do first enquire, 
 And hauing found, doe sift, and sifted bruise. 
 At last their soundnes they explore with fire : 
 And though they neuer with their stamp admit. 
 To passe with Angels they doe make them sit. 
 
 Faire Andaluzia which had once repute. 
 For giuing weary Phoebus welcome rest, 
 Feedes her Siuilians with Gold-seeming fruite : 
 O ! would they were with vs indeed so blest 
 Who farre more truely entertaine the Light, 
 Repelling errors wrong-protecting Night.
 
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 There Boetis which doth fall neere Cadis bay, 
 Seing the English ensignes faire displayd, 
 Stopping her troubled course, beganne to stay. 
 And feeling her vaste body much dismayd : 
 Vp toward Corduba, where first she bred. 
 Her bloud contracting: back retir'd and fled. 
 
 'O 
 
 The winged Charriots, which out-sayled the wind. 
 Led by great Essex, with much ease did passe, 
 Beyond Plus vUra, and haue left behinde 
 Trophees aboue the Monuments of Brasse, 
 
 Of which may yet these peacefull times relate, 
 Louing our own, though theirs we leaue to hate. 
 
 Thence as that Nauy, where the flowre of Greece 
 Return'd from Colchos, whilest they come from Spain 
 Brauely enriched with the Golden Fleece, 
 And ride triumphing ore the Sea-greene-plaine : 
 Great Brittaine Glories Capitoll dilates, 
 The close-bard entrance of her Crystall gates. 
 
 Great Briitaine shadow of the Starry Sphears, 
 Selfe-viewing Beauties true presented Grace 
 In Thetis Myrrhour, on this Orbe appeares. 
 In Worth excelling, as extoll'd in Place : 
 Like the rich Croisade on th' Imperial! Ball, 
 As much aduniiug a.^ >surniuunting all.
 
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 Bounded within the watry Firmament, 
 Whose euer-mouing streames about it role, 
 She measures forth her length in faire extent, 
 Towards the Southern, from the Northern Pole ; 
 Betwixt her Riuers zone-diuiding Lines, 
 Each Citie like a Constellation shines. 
 
 Auon and Twede her Tropicks, Zodiack-wise 
 Passe Trent and Seuern : to the springing JMorne 
 Trent goes declining, Seuerne bending lyes 
 Downe by the Western, freez-cloath'd Cajmcorne. 
 Thames, as th' Equator, doth more eeuen runne. 
 Proud with the Mansions of her biding Sunne. 
 
 Maiesticke Svnne, long may thy kinde aspect 
 
 Shed downe sweet influence vpon this Clime, 
 
 Beyond all Enuy, as without Defect, 
 
 Ruling but neuer altering our Time, 
 
 Till passing from our teare-bedewed eyes. 
 Thy Glory in another Heau'n shall rise. 
 
 Too soone our Jvlian-Starre, late Prince of Light, 
 The sparkling lustre of whose vertuous ray 
 To Brittaine hearts content with shortest Night, 
 Promised the comfort of eternall day : 
 
 Too soone exj)ir\l, 6 worthy long to proue 
 
 The wuilds meal wonder, \\\m\ his Countries Lou(
 
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 And faire Elisa midst the glistering Crew, 
 Which as our glorious Cynthia, seemes renew'd. 
 Lately remouing from our fainting view, 
 Her presence with all graces bright endew'd. 
 
 For a Laimiis shade, doth spend her precious houres 
 On Rhenus Banks amidst the Myrtle Boivers. 
 
 Yet like those glistring Emblems neare the Pole, 
 Still aboue Earths Horizon eleuate, 
 May our Heroicke Princes name controule 
 The Starry Orders of this well-rul'd State, 
 
 And Brittaines Chariot as the Northern Wayne, 
 With great Arctiirns ioyne her Charlemaigne. 
 
 A stately Burs, built in the Western Strand, 
 
 Renowned Exeter farre off doth seeme : 
 
 But London, Exchange- Royall of the Land, 
 
 Is obiect of the Peoples best esteeme : 
 
 So while the glorious Day-star shines more bright, 
 Cleare Hesperus obscur'd doth giue no light. 
 
 Sweet-seated Sals-bry, Wilshyres ornament, 
 Neighb'red with Plaines, graced with goodly Vallies, 
 Like some delightfuU Garden of Content, 
 Watring with siluer streames her well-squar'd allies. 
 But that it doth more firme and surely stand, 
 [)oth scenic another Venice in our Land.
 
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 BathCy fairely-built, throughout the World is knowne 
 For her most wholesome strength-repayring Springs, 
 But she which hath so strange effects oft showne, 
 With ill successe did lend her Founder wings : 
 
 Poore worme-like creeping men she might restore. 
 Ne'er make them borne to goe, like Birds to soarc. 
 
 Brlstow, the Marchants Magazin, enclosed 
 With Rocky Hils, by Auons streame imbrac't, 
 Faire by industrious workemanship compos'd 
 As by great Natures wisedome firmely plac't. 
 Viewing her verdant Marsh, may well disdaine 
 Romes somtimes-glory, Mars his Champian plaine. 
 
 Old Winchester, the auncient seate of Kings, 
 For vertue, and for valour much renowned. 
 So subiect vnto change are earthly things. 
 In stead of Diadem with Bayes is crowned. 
 
 Where worthy Wicchams children now mainetaine 
 The fame once knowne by great king Arthurs trail 
 
 Oxford by Isis Crystall streames confin'd. 
 And well-discerning Cambridge, Learnings Payre, 
 Excell those Lamps which once on Ida shin'd : 
 Bright Jimo shew'd, cleare Pallas, Venus faire ; 
 But eyther of these thrice illustrious eyes. 
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 As that true Ensigne of th' Almighties Loue, 
 
 Liuely display^ in the Cloudy Skye, 
 
 The gazers eye astonished doth moue 
 
 To wonder at such strange varietie : 
 
 Rain-bow-resembling Zowr/ow, Englands Blisse, 
 The Heau'ns great Mercy, and Earths Maruell is.
 
 TO THE READER. 
 
 Reader: 
 
 If thy Patience be not too much 
 discouraged, adventure on the little Common- 
 weale of my poore thoughts. I euer rather ad- 
 mired then professed Poetry, the necessitie of 
 my Studies, to which a higher direction then 
 mine owne choyse hath appointed mee, forbidding 
 the one, and that delight, which beyond ordinary 
 content receiued in all sorts of Learning, hath 
 beene presented to me in this, occasioning the 
 other : yet haue I, as my leasure gaue me leaue, 
 taken .to myselfe in this idlenesse, that reliefe, 
 which in other varietie most doe thinke they may 
 iustly vse. I know some whose credit hath chal- 
 lenged respect exceeding strong in preiudice 
 against the composing and reading such trifles, 
 yet the excellency of diuers in this kinde com- 
 mended by others, whom I haue no warrant to 
 distrust, makes my small experience thinke, that 
 
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 50 
 
 sjine Muses, like Silke-wormes, spiiine a due 
 threed for necessary vse, as many like Spiders 
 curious webs for vn profitable admiration. His 
 censure who affirmed the reading of Amadis du 
 Gaule as dangerous to youth, as of Macciauel 
 pernitious to old men, was, as the Author, truly 
 generous ; yet I presume it extends not to all 
 which witliout proclaiming title to wisdome and 
 iudgement, seeme rais'd or fashioned by imagina- 
 tion. There is, who hath vndertaken to illustrate 
 by ])laccs ol the Arcadia, all the points of the 
 Art of speaking : I will adde (which is as much 
 as Achilles his Father desired Chiron should teach 
 his Sonne) hee is rude that cannot discerne, or 
 exceeding austere thatscornes to obserue therein, 
 worthie behaviour and carriage both in priuate 
 and common businesse : And one as vnderstand- 
 ing in the Pollicie of Letters and Peace, as La 
 None was experienced in the Discipline of Armes, 
 and a troubled State, by exquisite vnfolding of 
 some fabulous Stories, makes it plaine, that the 
 Cesternes of these times, deriue the fulnes of 
 their wisdome, by no other conueyance then such 
 narrations, from the purer springs of all anti- 
 quitie. To whom he had yeelded his assent ; 
 who, im ploying his faithfull labours in teaching
 
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 to beleeve, 1 know had care he might not be 
 disprou'd, and farther graceth Poetry, with the 
 choise appellation of the Soules woing-Suite; in 
 which diners (their excellencie carrying them 
 higher) haue shewed their thoughts not vnfit for 
 solemne, yea Sabaoth deuotions. And truely, 
 they who will be pleas'd to credit our owne 
 tongue, and age, may finde our present, and later 
 Poets, capable of that commendation, which was 
 giuen the antienst among the Greekes : That if 
 their writings were preserued, no part of Learn- 
 ing should wholy perish. Spencer, hauing as 
 well deliuered Morall, and Heroicall matter for 
 vse and action, as Du Bartas (now ours) Naturall 
 and Diuine, for study and meditation. I w'ould 
 not diminish the worthy reputation of other Vo- 
 lumes ; for mine owne part, it being knowne to 
 some, I have spent time in them, I should be loth 
 to be thought ignorant of that, which I am per- 
 swaded all that know doe well allow. But as the 
 plaine way alFecteth most, the neerest many, so 
 I am sure there are some, who, had they beene 
 shewed that which was pleasing, would haue 
 prooued successefull, when they haue returned 
 exceeding empty from Systems and Commen- 
 taries.
 
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 What 1 haue attempted in this subiect, was 
 long since excellently performed by Dionysius 
 in Greeke, and diuers in Latin, whose example 
 hath giuen me some incouragement, but no more 
 direction then Magellan to Syr Francis Drake, 
 shewing the Straights might be past, not instruct- 
 ing how. Some places may seem obscure, but 
 I intend it to those who vnderstand, or desire to 
 know something in this Argument. I haue not 
 touched all, because I would be short, and haue 
 vsed shortnes, as vnwilling to sweat, and make a 
 labour of my sport, as any fastidious lookers on 
 are quickly apt to distast satietie. As it is, 
 Reader, I indifferently leave it to thy discretion : 
 what esteeme thou wilt be pleased to put on it, 
 is in thy power, how I may valew thy esteeme 
 remaines in mine. 
 
 FINIS
 
 NOTES 
 TO MEMOIR. 
 
 Page 1. Descended from the Dukes of Brit any.'] 
 For proof of this fact, see ** Dugdale's Baronage 
 of England," vol. i. p. 688. ; and his ** Monasti- 
 con," vol. i. p. 572. b. n. 60.; and the Notes on 
 that passage to the new edition, by Bandinel, etc. 
 See also, ** Burton's Leicestershire," p. 19. ; and 
 Sir Egerton's Bridges' " Stemmata Illustria," fol. 
 Paris, 1825, p. 19, Note 1. ; and Gent. Mag. Oct. 
 1822, p. 317.
 
 NOTES. 
 
 Desccndantsof Hon. Sir Jolin Zouclie, knf.,a younger son of John, 1 lie 8tli KoidZoucli 
 of Haringworth. etc.* Joiin, 8tli 
 
 Lord Znuche, etc. 
 I 
 
 Rd. 9th Lord Zouche | Hon. Sir John=Cath.daii. otSir (;aili.=;Francis I ho- 
 of Haringwoith. J'.dward. of Zoiiche, I Geo. de St. dale, of Hor- 
 I Pitton, Wilts. km. I Leger, knt. ton, Dorset. 
 George, 10th I>ord Zouche Francis Zouche, =Philippa, dau. of Georue LuJ- 
 
 of Haringworth. 
 
 Edward, 11th and last 
 J.ord Zouche of Ha- 
 ri nil worth. 
 
 — -> low, of Mill Devercl, Wilts. 
 
 t Iticliard Zouche, LL.D. Judge of llie=Sarah Hart, dan- 
 llinh Court of Admiralty , Chancellor j of — Hart, l'',sq. 
 of the diocese of Oxford, etc. liiill, Bucks, 
 
 ob. 1660-1. \ ob. 1683. 
 
 Kliz. eld. dau. ]\lary, 
 married VVm. youngest 
 Tate, knt. daughter. 
 
 Sarah, nat. 1640,= Hichard Lydall. iM. 1). t Warden 
 ob. 1712. I of Merton College, Oxford, ob. 
 
 I iMarcii 7, 1703-4. 
 
 Frances Lydall, = Kev. Win. Walker, D.D. t'el low of Oriel Coll. Oxford, Rector 
 nat. 1671, ob. 1717. I of Limpsfield, com. Surrey, ob. Feb. 28, 1728-9. 
 
 William Walker, Fellow of Magdalene=^i\Iary Cartwriglit, of the City of London, 
 College, Oxford, etc. 1775. I ob. 1775. 
 
 Hannah. daa.of=Rev. John Walker, .Minor Canon of="2nd wife, Lo- Kd. Walker, 
 
 Antony Fortye, I the Cathedral ( 'hurch, Norwich; 
 of Greenwich, Minister of St. Peter's per Moun- 
 Kenl, 1st wife. | tergate ; Vicarof Mawdesev, Suf- 
 folk, etc. (^ob. Nov. 12, 1807. 
 
 rina, dau.of Surgeon, etc. || 
 
 Rev. Nat. 
 
 Scott, of Diss, 
 
 Norfolk, and 
 
 Martha (Gibbs,) 
 
 hi-; wife, niece of 
 
 the lale Lawrence 
 
 iMonck, Ksq. of 
 
 Caneby, Lincolnsh. 
 
 Rev. John Fortye Walker, 
 of Norwich. 
 
 Richard Walker. B. D. 
 Fellow of Mag. Coll. Oxf. 
 
 JNlarv. 
 
 ♦ See Nichols's " History of Leiopstersliire," vol.iv. pt. it. p. 780. Ex tab. Gc- 
 nealog. by R. Bigland, Herald. See Gent. Mag. Supp. from Jan. to June, 1812, p. 61P. 
 
 •f See Wood's " .Xthense Oxonionscs," v. ii. p. 25.0. ; and Mr. Banks's " Dormant and 
 Eitinct Baronage," vol. iii. in " Addenda et Corrigenda." 
 
 % Son of John Lydall, Esq. of Ipsden, and U.xmore, Oxon. See Wood's MSS. F. 4. p. 
 93. — See fi^pitaph, in Mr. Gutch's publication of " Wood's History and Antiquities of 
 the Colleges and Halls of Oxford," 1786, p. 30. Dr. Lydall in tiiis Kpitaph is stated 
 to be, " ox antiqua faniilia de Liddlcsdale prope Cumbria' confinia — Willisio comes, 
 par si'ientia." — lie was a generous contributor to the F^ast window with painted glaiss, 
 in Merton Chapc-l. Pointer's O.vford, duod. p. -5. 
 
 Mrs. Headlam, wife of the Ucv. Richard Headlam, of Ipsden, Oxon., niece of Dr. 
 Richard Lydall, left an exhibition to Halliol College, which the editor of this work 
 received, as descendant of Dr. Richard Lydall, according to the endowment ; from 
 about 1810 to 1812, when Commoner of Balliol College. 
 
 ij Author of several classical English I'oeras. 
 
 11 Author of the well-known " Experiments and Obicrvatiouv on the rroductiou of 
 Artificial Cold."
 
 NOTES. 55 
 
 IVfr. Banks, in his "' Dormant and Extinct Ba- 
 ronage," allows " a certain degree of interest" to 
 the descendants of Richard Zouche, in the Barony 
 of Zouche of Ilaringvvorth, certain allegations 
 being admitted in regard to descendants in the 
 line of Tate. See his words prefixed to the 3rd 
 vol. of " Dormant and Extinct Baronage, in Ad- 
 denda, and Corrigenda." More also on the same 
 subject may be seen by the inquisitive reader, in 
 Gent. Mag. May, 1801, p. 402 ; May, 1808, p. 379, 
 and p. 505; May, 1809, p. 402 ; April, 1828, p. 
 303, Letter II.; and in Sir Henry Spelman's 
 *' Guilt of Sacrilege," p. 215, 8vo. The printed 
 Case of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, regarding the Barony 
 of Zouche, should also be perused. See Gent. 
 Mag. Suppl. from Jan. to June, 1812, p. 619. 
 
 P. i. Admitted — Fellow of New College.'] '* On 
 examining the Warden's Book of Admission, etc., 
 I find that your Ancestor, Richard Zouche, was 
 admitted a Scholar of N. C. in 1607, a Fellow in 
 1609; left N. Coll. 1622." Ex Informat. P. B. 
 Duncan, Esq. Fellow of New Coll. Oxford. 
 
 P. i. Served in Parliament for Hythe ifi Kent.'] 
 In the list of Barons or Burgesses returned to 
 Parliament for the Port of Hythe, I find Jas. I. 
 18th of his reign : Peter Heyman, Knt., Richard
 
 56 NOTES. 
 
 Zouch, LL. D.; and 21st, the same. ITasted's 
 Kent, vol. iii. p. 416, " The parish of Hythe 
 within the liberty of the Cinque-Ports," id. p. 51 1. 
 Wood, in his Athenae, states, that Dr. Zouche 
 "was chosen, by the endeavours of his kinsman, 
 Edward Lord Zouche, Lord Warden of the Cinque 
 Ports, twice at least to serve in Parliament for 
 Hyeth," etc. 
 
 P. ii. 1. 1. The Poem, both from its merit, and 
 its great rarity.'] Mr. Beloe, in his " Anecdotes 
 of Literature and Scarce Books," v.ii. 1807, pp. 
 72-3, makes the following observations respect- 
 ing this Poem of * The Dove.' " This author, a 
 Professor of Civil Law, etc. * * *. He has, how- 
 ever, never been noticed as a Poet; but that he 
 deserves to be so, will sufficiently appear from 
 the following description and specimen of a curi- 
 ous little volume, which I believe to be unique." 
 Then follows a copious extract from the Poem. 
 
 In Wrangham's Memoir of Prebendary Zouch, 
 prefixed to the works of the latter, is the following 
 testimony to the rarity of this Poem. ** From 
 this thin volume," it is observed, " of which not 
 more than one or two copies are known to exist," 
 etc. Moreover, in Payne and Foss's Catalogue
 
 NOTES. 57 
 
 for 1816, a copy of this Poem is marked at 
 Fourteen Guineas! In Lowndes's Biblio- 
 grapher's Manual, v. iv. p. 2001, the following 
 prices are given: — Hibbert, 1/. 16^. — Bindley, 
 pt. IV. 908, 8/.— Lloyd, 1266, 12/. 5s. 
 
 The present edition is printed from a copy in 
 the Bodleian Library. 
 
 P. ii. II. ElementaJurispru(lentice,eic,'\Vt\s\\o^ 
 Sanderson entertained a very high opinion of this 
 work. The Bishop being asked by a Christian 
 Minister, " what books he studied most, when he 
 laid the foundation of his great and clear learn- 
 ing," his answer was, that he declined reading 
 many ; but what he did read, were well chosen, 
 and read so often, that he became very familiar 
 with them ; and said they were chiefly three — 
 Aristotle's Rhetorick, Aquinas's Secunda Seciindce, 
 and Tully, but chiefly his Offices, which he had not 
 read over less than twenty times, and could at 
 this age say without book. And told him also, 
 " the learned Civilian Doctor Zouch (who lately 
 died) had writ Elementa Jurispriidentice, which 
 was a book that he could also say without hook ; and 
 that no wise man could read it too often, or com- 
 me?id it too much," etc. Walton's Life of Bishop 
 Sanderson. 
 
 H
 
 58 NOTES. 
 
 "It must be remarked to his (Zouche's) credit, 
 that at a time when there was a warm contest 
 between the civilians and the common lawyers, 
 the latter of which were discouraged by the 
 court, he treated the common law of England 
 with respect ; herein differing from Dr. Cowell, 
 the King's Professor at Cambridge, who endea- 
 voured to extend the civil law beyond its due 
 bounds. The author of the best didactic Treatise 
 extant, on the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical 
 Court, hath paid the greatest attention to the 
 writings of Dr. Zouche. Indeed, they contain 
 the fundamental principles of law and govern- 
 ment, the knowledge of which constitutes the 
 essential part of the education of an English 
 gentleman." (Prebendary Zouch, of Durham, in 
 Walton's Lives.) 
 
 P. iii. V. Descriptio Juris et Judicii Ecclesiasiici, 
 etc.] A sketch of Ecclesiastical Law and Polity, 
 combining conciseness with perspicuity, written 
 in Zouche's usual Latinity of considerable classi- 
 cal elegance. 
 
 P. V. 1. 2, from the top. With the offices which 
 he held, etc.] " The lay-prebend of Shipton, in
 
 NOTES. 59 
 
 Salisbury Calliedral, attached to the Professor- 
 ship of Civil Law by James I., was held by 
 Dr. Zouche." " In 1648, when the Visitors ap- 
 pointed by Parliament sate in the University, 
 (Zouche) submitted to their power, and so conse- 
 quenty kept his Principality, (of St. Alban Hall,) 
 and Professorship, (of Civil Law,) during the 
 times of Usurpation. (Not 'till) After the King's 
 (Chas. IL) return, he was restored to the Ad- 
 miralty," (as Judge). Wood's Athenae. Dr. 
 Zouche, it appears, submitted to the Visitors of 
 1648 : the form of submission may be understood 
 by this quotation from Wood's Annals, vol. iii. 
 p. 579. " The same day. May 4th, 1648, the 
 Members of Magdalen Hall appeared, and each 
 submitted under this form ; * I submit to the au- 
 thority of Parliament in this Visitation.'" The 
 number was 49, viz. 10 Masters, 8 Bachelors, 
 and the rest Undergraduates. After they had 
 done, the Members of New Inn, in number 40, or 
 thereabouts, were called in, and every one sub- 
 mitted." But few Members of the University 
 submitted. See Clarendon's Rebellion, v. iii. 74. 
 Dr. Zouche is among the list of those persons, 
 who compounded for their estates, during the 
 usurj^ing times. (See Fellowes' Work On Chas.
 
 60 NOTES. 
 
 the First, etc. quarto, Paris.) The pious Sir 
 Matthew Hale went further than our royalist 
 Civilian, as appears from the following passage, 
 extracted from his Life by Bishop Burnett, edn. 
 1682, pp. 35 to 7 : " Cromwell, seeing him possest 
 of so much practice, and he being one of the 
 eminentest men of the law, who was not at all 
 affraid of doing his duty in those critical times, 
 resolved to take him off from it, and raise him to 
 the Betich. Mr. Hale saw well enough the snare 
 laid for him, and though he did not much consider 
 the prejudice it would be to himself, to exchange 
 the easie and safer profits he had by his practice, 
 for a Judge's place in the Commo?i Pleas, which he 
 was required to accept of, yet he did deliberate 
 more on the lawfulness of taking a commission 
 from Usurpers ; but having considered well of 
 this, he came to be of opinion, that it being abso- 
 lutely necessary, to have justice and prcperty kept up 
 at all times : it was no sin to take a commission from 
 Usurpers, if he made no declaratioti of his acktioto- 
 ledging their authority, which he never did : he 
 was much urged to accept of it by some eminent 
 men of his own profession, who were of the 
 King's party, as Sir Orlando Bridgeman, and 
 Sir Geoffery Palmer; and was also satisfied
 
 NOTES. 61 
 
 concerning the lawfulness of it, by the resolu- 
 tion of some famous Divines, in particular Dr. 
 Sheldon, and Dr. Henchman, who were after- 
 wards promoted to the Sees of Canterbury and 
 London." Sir Matthew, however, declined ac- 
 cepting any new Judge's Commission under 
 Richard Cromwell : he said he could act ?io longer 
 under such authority. (Life, etc. p. 49.) 
 
 P. V. — " By a motion made by Laud," etc.] 
 See 2nd vol. of " Laud's Remains," fol. pp. QQ, 70, 
 71, 73, 74, 75, 86, 88, 96, 130, 145. This work 
 throws light on the state of the University, during 
 the Chancellorship of Laud. pp. 81, 82, 173, 179, 
 188, 189, are not without their interest. 
 
 P. xiv. 1. 5, from the bottom. Done by Lang- 
 baine, etc.] Langbaine " assisted Sanderson and 
 Zouche in the composure ;" also, of the " Reasons 
 of the Present Judgment," etc. Wood's Athenee, 
 Art. Langbaine, pp221. v. ii. ed. 1721, or Ed. 
 Bliss, quarto. 
 
 P. XV. 1, 6, from the top. Sent the Covenant 
 and the Negative Oath, etc.] A copy of these 
 notorious impositions on the consciences of men, 
 is here subjoined : —
 
 62 NOTES. 
 
 A Solemn League and Covenant for Reformation 
 and Defence of Religion, the honour and happiness 
 of the King, and the Peace and Safety of the three 
 Kingdoms, Eiigland, Scotland, and Ireland. 
 
 ** We Noblemen, Barons, Knights, Gentlemen, 
 Citizens, Burgesses, Ministers of the Gospel, and 
 Commons of all sorts, in the Kingdoms of England, 
 Scotland, and Ireland, by the Providence of God 
 living under our King, and being of one Reformed 
 Religion, having before our eyes the glory of God, 
 and the advancement of the Kingdom of our Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ, the honour and happi- 
 ness of the King's Majesty, and his Posterity, and 
 the true publick Liberty, Safety, and Peace of 
 the Kingdoms wherein every ones private Devo- 
 tion is included ; and calling to mind the treacher- 
 ous and bloody Plots, Conspiracies, Attempts, 
 and Practices of the Enemies of God against the 
 true Religion, and how much their rage, power, 
 and presumption are of late, and at this time 
 increased and exercised ; whereof the deplorable 
 estate of the Church and Kingdom of Ireland, the 
 distressed estate of the Church and Kingdom of
 
 NOTES, 63 
 
 England, and the dangerous estate of the Church 
 and Kingdom of Scotland, are present and pub- 
 lick Testimonies; We have now at last (after 
 other means of Supplication, Remonstrance, Pro- 
 testations, and Sufferings) for the preservation of 
 our selves and our Religion from utter mine and 
 destruction, according to the commendable prac- 
 tice of these kingdoms in former times, and the 
 Example of God's People in other Nations ; after 
 mature deliberation resolved and determined to 
 enter into a mutual and solemn League and Cove- 
 nant, wherein we all subscribe, and each one of 
 us for himself, with our hands lifted up to the 
 most High God, do swear : 
 
 J. 
 
 '* That we shall sincerely, really, and con- 
 stantly, through the Grace of God, endeavour in 
 our several places and callings, the preservation 
 of the Reformed Religion in the Church of Scot- 
 land, in Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Go- 
 vernment, against our common Enemies ; The 
 Reformation of Religion in the Kingdoms of 
 England and Ireland, in Doctrine, Worship, Dis- 
 cipline and Government, according to the Word 
 of God, and the example of the best Reformed
 
 64 NOTES. 
 
 Churches : And shall endeavour to bring the 
 Churches of God in the three Kingdoms, to the 
 nearest conjunction and uniformity in Religion, 
 Confession of Faith, Form of Church Govern- 
 ment, Directory for Worship and Catechizing ; 
 That we and our Posterity after us may, as Bre- 
 thren, live in Faith and Love, and the Lord may 
 delight to dwell in the midst of us. 
 
 H. 
 
 '* That we shall in like manner, without respect 
 of persons, endeavour the extirpation of Popery, 
 Prelacy, (that is, Church Government by Arch- 
 bishops, Bishops, their Chancellours and Com- 
 missaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Arch- 
 deacons, and all other Ecclesiastical Officers 
 depending on that Hierarchy,) Superstition, He- 
 resie, Schism, Profaneness, and whatsoever shall 
 be found to be contrary to sound Doctrine, and 
 the power of Godliness, lest we partake in other 
 mens sins, and thereby be in danger to receive of 
 their plagues, and that the Lord may be one, and 
 his Name one in the three Kingdoms. 
 
 in. 
 
 ** We shall with the same sincerity, reality and
 
 NOTES. 65 
 
 constancy, in our several Vocations, endeavour 
 with our Estates and Lives, mutually to preserve 
 the Rights and Privileges of the Parliaments, and 
 the Liberties of the Kingdoms, and to preserve 
 and to defend the King's Majesties person and 
 authority, in the preservation and defence of the 
 true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms, that 
 the world may bear witness with our Consciences 
 of our Loyalty, and that we have no thoughts or 
 intentions to diminish his Majestie's just power 
 and greatness. 
 
 IV. 
 
 ** We shall also with all faithfulness endeavour 
 the discovery of all such as have been, or shall be 
 Incendiaries, Malignants, or evil Instruments, by 
 hindring the Reformation of Religion, dividing 
 the King from his people, or one of the Kingdoms 
 from another, or making any faction or parties 
 amongst the people, contrary to this League and 
 Covenant, that they may be brought to publick 
 Trial, and receive condign punishment, as the 
 degree of their offences shall require or deserve, 
 or the Supream Judicatories of both Kingdoms 
 respectively, or others having power from them 
 for that effect, shall judge convenient. 
 
 I
 
 ee NOTES. 
 
 V. 
 
 " And whereas the happiness of a blessed 
 Peace between these Kingdoms, denied in former 
 times to our Progenitours, is by the good Pro- 
 vidence of God granted unto us, and hath been 
 lately concluded and settled by both Parliaments, 
 we shall each one of us, according to our place 
 and interest, endeavour that they may remain 
 conjoyned in a firm Peace and union to all Poste- 
 rity ; And that justice may be done upon the 
 wilful! opposers thereof, in manner expressed in 
 the precedent Articles. 
 
 VI. 
 
 " We shall also according to our places and 
 callings in this common cause of Religion, Li- 
 berty, and Peace of the Kingdoms, assist and 
 defend all those that enter into this League and 
 Covenant, in the maintaining and pursuing there- 
 of, and shall not suffer our selves, directly or 
 indirectly, by whatsoever combination, perswa- 
 sion, or terrour, to be divided and withdrawn 
 from this blessed Union and Conjunction, whether 
 to make defection to the contrary part, or to give 
 our selves to a detestable indifferency or neutra- 
 lity in this cause, which so much concerneth the
 
 NOTES. 67 
 
 glory of God, the good of the Kingdoms, and the 
 honour of the King; but shall all the days of our 
 lives zealously and constantly continue therein 
 against all opposition, and promote the same 
 according to our power, against all lets and impe- 
 diments whatsoever ; and what we are not able 
 our selves to suppress or overcome, we shall 
 reveal and make known, that it may be timely 
 prevented and removed ; All which we shall do 
 as in the sight of God. 
 
 ** And because these Kingdoms are guilty of 
 many sins and provocations against God, and his 
 Son Jesus Christ, as is too manifest by our pre- 
 sent distresses and dangers, the fruits thereof; 
 We profess and declare before God and the 
 world, our unfeigned desire to be humbled for 
 our own sins, and for the sins of these Kingdoms, 
 especially that we have not as we ought, valued 
 the inestimable benefit of the Gospel, that we 
 have not laboured for the purity and power there- 
 of, and that we have not endeavoured to receive 
 Christ in our hearts, nor to walk worthy of him in 
 our lives ; which are the causes of our sins and 
 transgressions so much abounding amongst us ; 
 And our true and unfeigned purpose, desire, and
 
 GS NOTES, 
 
 endeavour for our selves, and all others under our 
 pov^er and charge, both in publick and in private, 
 in all duties we owe to God and man, to amend 
 our lives, and each one to go before another in 
 the example of a real Reformation, that the Lord 
 may turn away his wrath and heavy indignation, 
 and establish these Churches and Kingdoms in 
 truth and peace. And this Covenant we make 
 in the presence of Almighty God, the searcher of 
 all hearts, with a true intention to perform the 
 same, as we shall answer at that great day, when 
 the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed ; most 
 humbly beseeching the Lord to strengthen us by 
 his holy Spirit for this end, and to bless our 
 desires and proceedings with such success, as 
 may be deliverance and safety to his people, and 
 encouragement to otherChristian Churches groan- 
 ing under, or in danger of the yoke of Anti- 
 christian tyranny, to joyn in the same or like 
 Association and Covenant, to the glory of God, 
 the enlargement of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, 
 and the peace and tranquillity of Christian King- 
 doms and Commonwealths."
 
 NOTES. 69 
 
 " THE NEGATIVE OATH. " 
 
 " I, A. B. do swear from my heart, That I will 
 not, directly or indirectly, adhere unto, or willingly 
 assist the King in this war, or in this cause, against 
 the Parliament, nor any Forces raised without the 
 consent of the two Houses of Parliament, in this 
 Cause or War. And I do likewise swear. That 
 my coming and submitting my self under the 
 Power and Protection of the Parliament, is with- 
 out any manner of Design whatsoever, to the pre- 
 judice of the proceedings of this present Parlia- 
 ment, and without the direction, privity, or advice 
 of the King, or any of his Council or Officers, 
 other than what I have now made known. So 
 help me God, and the Contents of this Book." 
 
 P. xvii. Famous case of Don Pantaleon Sa, etc.] 
 Wood, in Athence, Art. Richard Zouche, observes, 
 ** that there was a dispute between Oliver Crom- 
 ivell, and his Council, whether he (the Ambassador 
 Sa's brother) might be tried for his life in the 
 English Courts of Justice, and how. Whereupon 
 our author Zouche, who was then the living Pan-
 
 70 NOTES. 
 
 dect of the Law, being sent for from Oxon, he 
 cleared their doubts," etc. The Commissioners 
 on this trial were, " Lord Rolles, Justice Atkyns, 
 Serjeant Steele, Dr. Richard Zouche, and five 
 others," (Zouche's edn. of Walton's Lives,) styled 
 nobiles, or gentlemen : the term nobUis includes 
 this English designation of gentleman. See 
 Zouche, Descriptio Juris Nobilitatis, p. ii. sect ii. 
 quarto, 1640. 
 
 P. xviii. From Lord Somers Tracts.^ See also 
 " Clarendon's Rebellion," fol. ed. 1704. B. xiv. 
 pp. 384-5. 
 
 P. xix. A Portugal in buff.] BufF, a military 
 coat, made of thick leather. Todd's Johnson's 
 Dictionary. 
 
 P. xxii. 1.14. He delivered up his brother ( Pan- 
 taleon Sa). " It was at this critical time that the 
 Portuguese Ambassador presented the famous 
 panegyric on the Protector, supposed to be ac- 
 tually written by Milton, but generally believed 
 to be the work of a Jesuit. Yet Cromwell re- 
 mained insensible to adulation ; and with a reso- 
 lution worthy of an upright Judge, permitted
 
 NOTES. 71 
 
 justice to take her due course." Zouche's Walton's 
 Lives. 
 
 P. xxxi. 1. 3, from the bottom. Dr. Zouche was 
 appointed one of the Commissioners, etc.] The words 
 of Wood, in his Athenae, are; "was one of the 
 Commissioners for regulating the University, and 
 might have risen higher than the Admiralty, had 
 he lived.*' See also, ** Lord Jessey's Loud Call to 
 England," quarto, 1660, p. 27, quoted in Kennet's 
 Register, fol. p. 220. ; " Several Letters," etc. 
 
 P. xxxii. 1. 5, from the top. The scefie of all 
 things, etc.] Nearly the same account is repeated 
 by Wood in his Fasti. Athenae, v. ii. p. 127, ed. 
 folio.
 
 72 
 
 NOTES 
 TO THE POEM. 
 
 Dedication of the Poem to Edzvard LordZoiiche, 
 etc.] For an account of this Nobleman, the 11th 
 Lord, and Cousin to Dr. Zouche, see Dugdale's 
 Baronage, Bridges' Northamptonshire, and Banks' 
 Dormant and Extinct Baronage. 
 
 Page 7. 
 
 Of thy all-noble name (Zouche) for A.rmes long knowne. 
 
 See Dugdale's Baronage, or Bridges' Northamp- 
 tonshire, vol. ii. p. 316, & seq. 
 
 P. 9. Stanza 1. 
 All-makers prayses sing, 
 
 '' Perhaps it ought to be All-maker." P. D. 
 
 P. 9. Stanza 3. 
 Deare Lord. 
 
 His Patron and Cousin Edward, the 11th Lord 
 Zouche, etc. See Sir Egerton Bridges' Memoirs 
 of the Peers of England, pp. G8 — 75.
 
 NOTES. 73 
 
 P. 9. The stanza of this Poem is similar in 
 construction to that of Queen Elizabeth's Verses, 
 beginning : 
 
 " I greeve and dare not shewe my discontent." 
 See Headley's Beauties of Ancient English Poetry, 
 V. ii. Edn. 1787, p. 85. 
 
 P. 10. Stanza 1. 
 To our small Tsle of Man, some well compare, 
 The world, etc.] 
 Sir John Davies, Attorney-General to Q. Elizabeh, 
 in his Poem * On the Soul,' has these lines : (Edn. 
 1697, 8vo.) 
 
 " Look not qnto this little world of mine." p. 11. 
 " In whom we do the world's abridgment see." p. 48. 
 " So in our little world, this soul of ours." p. 51. 
 
 P. 11. Stanzas. 
 In midst of which by rarer Engeny. 
 For Enginery, i. e. contrivance? 
 
 P. 12. Stanza 3. 
 Which say we see with one, they with both eyes. 
 
 " Whence they are so well conceited of them- 
 selves, that they use to say, they themselves have 
 two eyes, the Europceans one, and the rest of the 
 world not one. A pretty flourish of self-praising." 
 
 K
 
 74 NOTES. 
 
 P. Heylin's Cosmography, 1. iii. p. 182. China. 
 Edn. 1677. 
 
 P. 20. Stanza 3. 
 Praester Johns, etc. 
 See P. Ileylin's Cosmographia, 1. iv. pp. 58-9. 
 
 P. 21. Stanza 2. 
 
 There heacllesse some are framed, etc. 
 
 " The Blemmyae, who being without heads, had 
 
 their eyes and mouths in their brests." Heylin, 
 
 etc. 1. iv. p. 2. 
 
 P. 21. Stanza 2. 
 Some Pygmyes, Men Diminutiues, etc. 
 " A distinct people from those of the same 
 name, dwelling on the shores of the Red Sea, 
 near unto Sinus Avalites, who from the shortness 
 of their stature passed in account for Pygmies. 
 Nubae Pugmaioi, saith Hesychius, etc. P. HeyHn, 
 1. iv. p. 48. Nubia. 
 
 P. 21. Stanza 4. 
 
 And in contempt doe paint the Diuill white. 
 
 " Of complexion they are for the most part cole 
 
 black, whence the name of Negroes ; but on the 
 
 south side of the River Senega, they are only
 
 NOTES. 7S 
 
 tawney : the Blacks, so much in love witli their 
 own complexion, that they use to paint the Devil 
 white ; which I find thus versified." Then follows 
 a quotation of the whole stanza from the * Dove.' 
 ' The Land of Negroes.' etc. P. Heylin's Cos- 
 mography, 1. iv. p. 45. 
 
 P. 24. Stanza 3. 
 Who driu'n from Rliodes neere Caria, etc. 
 (Malta) " by the Spaniards taken from the Moors, 
 and by Charles the Fifth given to the knights of 
 Rhodes, not long before expelled thence by Soly- 
 man the Magnificent, Ann. 1522." Heylin, 1. iv. 
 p. 40. 
 
 P. 31. Stanza 3. 
 
 The Eagle, badge, etc. 
 
 Alluding to the arms of Germany. " Finally 
 
 for the Arms of the Empire, they are Sol, an Eagle 
 
 displayed with two Heads, Saturn," etc. Heylin, 
 
 l.ii. p. 410. col. 2. 
 
 P. 33. Stanza 3. 
 Haile Detimarkes Court, etc. 
 Sweet nurcery of Brittaines Sou'raigne Qveene. 
 Under Denmark, Heylin has, in his Cosmo- 
 graphy, lib. ii. p. 424. Ann. 1588. Christiern IV.,
 
 76 NOTES. 
 
 son of Frederick the Second, brother to Anne, 
 Queen of Great Britain, etc. 
 
 P. 34. Stanza 2. 
 Rhenes Count Palatine. 
 See Heylin, lib. ii. p. 380, and p. 355. 
 
 P. 34. Stanza 4. 
 Fair Frederick, and fair'st Elizabeth. 
 (" 1619, Kings and Dukes of Bohemia), Fre- 
 derick, Elector Palatine, the strongest German 
 Prince of the Calvinists, and most potent by his 
 great alliances, was elected King of Bohemia, etc. 
 This Prince derived his descent from the Lady 
 Sophia, sister to Ladislaus the lid.. King of Po- 
 land and Bohemia; and married Elizabeth, daugh. 
 to James, (I.), King of Great Britain, and Anne 
 of Denmark descended from the Lady Anne, 
 daugh. of Albertus of Austria, and elder sister to 
 Elizabeth, mother to Ladislaus the lid., above 
 named, from whom the claim of Austria is de- 
 rived." Heylin's Cosmography, fol. edn. 1677, 
 lib. ii. p. 386.
 
 NOTES. 77 
 
 P. 35. Stanza 3. 
 
 So would these Mitred Cities, etc. 
 
 " Adjoining to the estates of Cleve are those of 
 
 the Spiritual Electors of the Empire of Germany, 
 
 Colen, Mentz, and Triers," etc. Heylin, I. ii. 
 
 p. 353. 
 
 P. 37. Stanza 1. 
 
 Both you who yet attend the charge of warre, 
 And you, etc. 
 
 Dr. Zouche here alludes to his four brothers, 
 
 named at the foot of page 37. 
 
 P. 38. Stanza 1. 
 Of his diuine Du Bartas quite bereft. 
 Du Bartas' Works were translated into English 
 verse by Joshua Sylvester ; the fourth edition was 
 printed in 1613, quarto. The rhythm of Zouche's 
 versification is, to my ear, generally smooth, sus- 
 tained, and harmonious, resembling that of Syl- 
 vester's. See the opening to the * First Day of 
 the First Week:' 
 " Thou glorious Guide of Heavn's star-glistring motion," 
 
 P. 40. Stanza 3. 
 So when the second Henry, etc. 
 
 Henry the Second, (King of England,) son to 
 
 Maud the Empress, daughter to Henry the First.
 
 78 NOTES. 
 
 His father was Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou, Tourainc, 
 and Maine. Henry I. King of England, left one 
 only daughter, Maud ; first married to the Eni- 
 perour, Henry the Fifth, and afterwards to Geoffrey 
 Plantagenet, Earl of Anjou,Touraine, and Maine." 
 Heylin, 1. i. p. 272. 
 
 P. 41. Stanza 1. 
 St. George his Knights. 
 " Knights of St. George, called commonly the 
 Garter" etc. Heylin. 
 
 P. 41. Stanza 1. 
 And sparkling Starre' 
 Among the chief Orders of French Knighthood, 
 that of the Star, is mentioned by Heylin, lib. i. 
 p. 203, begun by John, King of France, Aw. 1352. 
 " He had instituted, or re-established the Order 
 of the Star, much about the time that King Ed- 
 ward (HI.) instituted that of the Garter." Abridg. 
 of General History, 1698, duod. p. 248. 
 
 P. 43. Stanza 2. 
 
 Led by great Essex, etc. 
 
 Cadiz, " since repaired, well fortified, and made 
 
 the magazin for the ammunition of the Spanish 
 
 navies. Taken, notwithstanding, in one day by
 
 NOTES. 79 
 
 the English, under the command of Charles Lord 
 Effingham, Robert Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter 
 Raleigh ; in which they burned the Indian fleet, 
 consisting in 40 ships, whose lading was worth 
 8 millions of crowns ; overcame the Spanish navy, 
 consisting of 57 men of war, etc. * * * brought 
 thence a very great booty in the sackage of it, ann. 
 1596." Heylin, lib. i. p. 225. Col. 1. 
 
 P. 44. Stanza 1. 
 Too soone our Julian-starrc, etc. 
 Prince Henry, son of James the First, then 
 lately deceased. 
 
 P. 45. Stanza 1. 
 And faire Eliza, etc. 
 
 Mr. Wrangham, in his Memoir of Prebendary 
 Zouch of Durham, at p. xxiii., has this note: — 
 " The Poet seems to have contemplated the 
 Princess's (Elizabeth's) marriage with more plea- 
 sure than her mother Queen Anne, who (accord- 
 ing to Lilly, in his ' Observations on the Life 
 and Death of King Charles L') used to call her, 
 in contempt of her husband, * Goody Palsgrave.'" 
 Du Bartas, in his French Verses to James L, al- 
 ludes to this marriaae.
 
 80 NOTES. 
 
 P. 45. Stanza 1. 
 For Latmus shade, etc. 
 
 Latmus, the dwelling, or rather retiring place 
 
 of Endymion : (Heylin) the feigned paramour of 
 
 the Moon. In the text, expunge the article before 
 
 Latmus. 
 
 P. 46. Stanza 1. 
 Bathe, fairly built, etc. 
 "With ill successe did lend her Founder wings. 
 
 The legend goes on to say, " that when these 
 
 works were completed, Bladud (the reputed 
 
 Founder of Bath) gave himself up to ingenious 
 
 studies, which he pursued with so much assiduity, 
 
 that he at last invented wings to fly with ; but 
 
 these not being quite so safe as the modern 
 
 balloons, in one of his flights he unfortunately fell 
 
 down on Salisbury Church, and, to the great grief 
 
 of his subjects, broke his neck, after a reign of 
 
 twenty years." (Account of Bath.) 
 
 P. 46. Stanza 3. 
 Old Winchester, etc. 
 
 " Winchester, called Venta in the times of the 
 
 Romans, by the Saxons Vent-ceaster, situate on 
 
 the banks of a pleasant river, the seat Royal of 
 
 the West Saxon Kings," etc. Heylin, 1. i. p. 266. 
 
 Column I.
 
 NOTES. 81 
 
 P. 46. Stanza 3. 
 Where worthy Wicchams, etc. 
 The fame once known by great King Arthurs traine, 
 
 " The principal Orders of Knighthood ^re, and 
 were, of the Round Table, instituted by Arthur, 
 King of the Britains, and one of the World's Nine 
 Worthies. It consisted of 150 Knights, etc. * * * 
 all placed at one Round Table, to avoid quarrels 
 about priority and place. The Round Table 
 hanging in the great Hall at Winchester, is falsly 
 called Arthurs Round Table, it being not of suffi- 
 cient antiquity, and containing but 24 seats. Of 
 these knights there are reported many fabulous 
 stories. They ended with their Founder, and 
 are feigned by that Lucian of France, Rablaies, 
 to be the Ferryman of Hell ; and that their pay 
 is a piece of mouldy bread, and a phillop on the 
 nose." P. Heylin's Cosmography, lib. 1. p. 274. 
 Col. 2. Edn. 1677, folio. 
 
 P. 50, line 8 from the bottom. 
 As La Noue was experienced in, etc. Armes. 
 
 Francois de la Noue, surnamed Bras-de-Fer^ 
 (Arm of Iron,) a celebrated Breton gentleman,, of 
 a noble and ancient house, who abandoned the 
 Romanist Religion, and embraced Calvinism. Re- 
 markable for his military exploits, and known for
 
 82 NOTES. 
 
 his " Military and Political Discourses," a work 
 
 once highly prized. After the amputation of his 
 
 left arm, he had substituted one of iron, with 
 
 which he held and managed the bridle of his 
 
 horse ; hence this military hero was styled Bras- 
 
 de-Fer. He died of a wound, 1591. See Lad- 
 
 vocat's Dictionnaire Historique, and Dizionario 
 
 Istorico, V. 19. 8vo< 
 
 P. 52, line 3, top. 
 By Dionysius in Greek. 
 
 The Greek author of the Periegesis, or Geogra- 
 phy, in hexameter verse. — "Poetam hunc uKpc^eta^ 
 elegantia et brevitas, rerum tamen ubertati et 
 digniiati satis, accommodata, commendare solet." 
 J. E. I. Walchius. 
 
 Memoir, p. i.] For 1590, read about 1590. 
 
 P. 24. Stanza 1. 
 Holmes, etc. 
 
 Holme means a river-island, an islet. 
 
 P. xxxviii. Of those ejected, 1648.] For a full 
 account of the Parliamentary Visitation at Oxford, 
 1648, besides Wood, see Walker's " Sufferings 
 of the Clergy," folio, pt. i. pp. 123 to 144. 
 
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