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LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA
University of California
Berkeley
THE SECOND.
THE
OF QUEEN KATHARINE OF
ARRAGON.
I.,
THE
BODLEIAN LIBRARY,
,
BY THE
REV. W. D.
MACRAY,
M.A., F.S.A.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND WILKINS,
AT THE CHISWICK
1875.
PRESS.
his
'
MDCCCLXXV.
GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, RIGHT HON. THE EARL BEAUCHAMP. HENRY BRADSHAW, ESQ.
HIS
K. G.,
Prefident.
BUCKLEY. PAUL BUTLER, ESQ. RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF CARNARVON. RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF CAWDOR. REV. W. G. CLARKE. REV. H. O. COXE. F. H. DICKINSON, ESQ. G. B. EYRE, ESQ. THOS. GAISFORD, ESQ.
REV. W.
E.
H. H. GIBBS,
G. L.
R.
GOWER,
ESQ. ESQ.
N.
GRENVILLE, ESQ.
A.
J.
HOPE, ESQ.
HULSE, BT.
HENRY HUTH, ESQ. MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN. SIR W. STIRLING MAXWELL, BT.
J.
C.
NICHOLL, ESQ.
SHIRLEY, ESQ.
J.
STANLEY, ESQ.
W. TAYLOR, ESQ.
ESQ.
216
TO
FROM THE
MS. IN
B.
HEATH.
CONTENTS.
Page
REFACE
HISTORY OF GRISILDE THE SECOND
.
xi
i
MARY
APPENDIX
1.
:
149
165
2.
176
3.
Extras from
180
185
191
4.
Mary
NOTES
Preface.
HE poem
is
now
overlooked by thofe
who have
written
world by its being mentioned by Wood, Tanner and Warton, and by a few fhort extracts occafionally
it
mained
in undeferved obfcurity.
Little as
can claim
of regard for poetical merit, there are yet a quaintnefs and a fimplicity in the greater part of it that always redeem it from contempt, and often render it amufing.
But
fonal
it
is
which
it
the illuftrations of contemporary hiftory Frefh in peraffords that its chief value lies.
in
writes,
and
of fcenes of fome of which he was an eye-witnefs, and enabled by official petition as a royal chaplain to relate
fpecial certainty,
which
is
fecond
Xll
Preface.
of Cardinal Pole, con-
of Harpsfield,* and earlier temporary with the narrative than the hiftories of Campian and Sanders, amongft thofe the caufe, as well as maintained the faith, who of this " fymple Preeifte," as perfonal hiftory he with fufficient reafon ftyles himfelf, very little has as learn from himfelf that in yet been afcertained. the year 1530, when the King fent to Oxford to procure
efpoufed of the rejected Queen.
Of the
We
the judgment of the Univerfity in his favour, he was " then prefent at the difcuflions which enfued, attending a certain good man" whofe name he has unfor-
upon
It is poflible that he was himfelf a tunately omitted. native of Oxford, fince a family of the name of Foreft
was long
fettled there, as
one of fome
little civic
im-
In the records of the parifhes of St. Peterportance. in-the-Eaft and St. Peter-le-Bailey, various perfons of
the
name of William
Foreft are
years third
1509 and 1600, and Dr. John Underbill, the bimop of Oxford during the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth,^ was the fon of the widow of one of thefe. We find from the Calendars of the State Papers that there were
fame family name who were connected with the Court. Edward Foreft was
alfo feveral perfons bearing the
1517, about the King, with whom he appears to have been in great favour ; * Nicholas Harpsfield's account of the divorce ftill remains in MS.
Groom
of the
Chamber
to
Queen Katharine
office
in
of
it is
appended
New
College, Oxford.
A notice
Turner,
MS.
now
transferred by
Mr.
W. H.
Preface.
xiii
while father John Forreft, Prior of Greenwich, and Provincial of the Francifcans in England, who was
burned in 1538 for denying the King's Supremacy, was Doubtlefs it was from Chaplain to Queen Katharine.
fome near
relation {hip to thefe that our author obtained his introduction at Court, and became fubfequently, as
we
from himfelf that he did become, Chaplain to Queen Mary. A fervant of the fame name was alfo
learn
employed by Cardinal Wolfey, who probably claimed kindred with the reft.* That our author was an eye-witnefs of the erection of
Wolfey 's College upon the fite of the Priory of S. Fridefwide, is evident from the way in which he defcribes the " loitering," from the lack of good overfeers,
And that thereon employed. he was appointed to fome poft in the College as refounded by the King, appears from the occurrence of
of the thoufand
workmen
his
name amongft
,
diflblution, as
in
It
1553 and
at the
that as our author became a member of Cardinal on its original or on its fecond and regal foundation, was the retainer of its Founder, but, if fo, that gratitude which has been defined as " the expectation of benefits to come," left him free after the fall of his mafter to fpeak of him in the fame terms The as does Sanders, and almoft in the language of Roy or Skelton. at Chrift in of the of Foreft found the mention name early regifters only " Dean's entrance-book," where there is the Church, occurs in the
may even be
entry of a commoner fo named (whofe Chriftian name is not given), under date of May, 1555. (Information of Rev. T. V. Bayne, M. A.) t When this penfion ceafed to be paid has not been as yet afcertained.
The
Exchequer
of her reign
now remaining
xiv
funeral of
is
Preface.
Queen Katherine
his recital
at
Peterborough, in 1536,
mown
is
by
of
details
which
it
believed,
dedicating his verfion of the treatife De regimine principum to the Duke of Somerfet, as alfo in 1551 his This continued paraphrafes of fome of the Pfalms.
him
choice of patron, together with the character of the latter work, gives fome reafon for Warton's fufpicion
the
before us he inveighs ftrongly (at p. 67) againft Dr. Cox, the Chancellor of Oxford, for perfecuting " " all who continued to wear clergy and religious their {haven crowns, he yet, at the beginning of his
poem
on the Governance of Prince s> reprefents himfelf in a neat drawing as a rather young man, with fomewhat oftentatioufly full and flowing hair, in the attitude
treatife
of prefenting his book to the Protector. But in 1553 we find him, on the other hand, coming forward with warm congratulations on the acceflion of the new and
reactionary fovereign.
Buckinghamihire preferved in the Bodleian Library, double entries are found of the prefentation of William Foreft by Anthony Lamfon, on July i, 1556, to the Vicarage of Bledlow, in that county. In Lipfcomb's of
Hiftory
Record Office, a bulky record of enormous length, has been kindly examined for the Editor by his friend Mr. H. Gough, with the negative
refult of afcertaining that Forreft's
Among Browne
Willis's
MS.
collections for
name
Preface.
Buckingham/hire, the
xv
William
Fortefcue. diocefe of Lincoln, the epifcopal regifter which contains the record of the prefentation is confequently preferved
at
Lincoln, and
to
make
has not been poflible for the Editor a fearch there, and clear up the difcrepancy.*
it
In 1558 Forreft prefents to his royal miftrefs the poem here printed, which he tells us was completed on the Of his fortunes after her deceafe we 25th of June.
know
ting his Hiftory of Jofeph to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, fhortly before that nobleman's execution in
conjecture that he found a refuge, under the again-altered ftate of things, in the protection of that
1572,
we may
{launch adherent of the unreformed religion. And that Forreft himfelf then remained in the fame faith to the
be gathered from the fact that all that we know further about him is that the two dates of " 27 Oct.
laft,
may
and "1581", occur, the one at the end and the other at fol. 95 of a volume (Harl. MS. 1703) containing a poem which treats of the Life of the Blefled Virgin and of the Immaculate
1572, per
Guil. Forreftum
me
"
Conception, in the fpirit of a moft devout adorer, as But in religion, well as other controverfial verfes.
it is, however, probable In reply to a letter from them. entry addrefled to the Vicar of Bledlow, with the enquiry whether any parifli records exift which might give the true name, the Editor has been informed that the Regifters do not reach back further than to If our author was really the perfon prefented, his penfion pro1592. bably ceafed on the promotion. The next incumbent of the parifh was
As B.
that he has
taken his
own
appointed in 1576.
xvi
Preface.
although Roman, he was not Papal; he fhared that old Englifh diflike to the ufurped domination of the
to the general Bifhop of Rome, which fo largely helped meafures of Henry VIII. acceptance of the high-handed
In one of his poems in the Harleian MS. he fpeaks of each national branch of the ftrongly of the right
and of each Bifhop to rule his own diocefe, relegating by name the Bifhop of Rome to his own fee.* The right ufe of relics is treated
Church
to enjoy felf-government,
Apart
from
This
is
particularly
fhown
and
much on the the Governance of Princes, of of the condition the fervants, poor, and management the raifing of rents, which is full of intereft, and affords
where there
is
In the
poem
before us,
its
133, that he regards truth more than accuracy of metre), render its hiftorical illuftrations the more interefting and
In addition to the points to which the truftworthy. few notes appended to this volume refer, other matters
deferving notice are, the diftincl: ftatement of the mercenary views of Henry VII. in regard to his fon's marriage with the
widowed Katharine
-f-
the defcription of
* See Appendix, p. 187. f The Simancas State Papers (calendared as yet only to the year 1526), afford full confirmation of the miferable money-getting aims
Preface.
xvii
Katharine's perfonal appearance, and of- her devotion and alms-deeds;* the notices of the character of Henry
VIII., depided with great apparent fairnefs, and the account of the proceedings in Oxford at the Convocations about the divorce. -jdeath of himKatharine marry felf ; a propofal which, however, affords ftrong prefumptive evidence that her marriage had never been confummated. They fhow alfo that, in
that after the
They (how
firft
propofed to
her early Englifh days, (he was far too much influenced by a young Confeflbr, of immoral character, Fray Diego Fernandez, againft whom
the Spanifti ambafladors themfelves conftantly protefted, and who was at laft judicially difmifled about the year 1515. Mr. Bergenroth believes that thefe letters contain imputations on the honour of Katharine herfelf
;
themfelves, while
and
if it
far from being borne out by the documents contradicted by the whole hiftory of her life ; were correct, we may be fure that Henry VIII. would not
is
have hefitated in after years to have availed himfelf of the evidence learn from the Preface, by which would have been forthcoming.
We
part of vol. iii. of the Calendar of thefe State Papers (1873, p. x.), that there is in the Library of the Efcurial, a hiftory of Henry VIII. from 1530, with part of the reign
Don
firft
of
Edward VI., written by a Spanifh lawyer who came to England in Katharine's fuite, which is u full of interefting details." * ** Seeleden is feene Pryncefle the pooare to vifyte And with her owne handys the fame tapparayle." (P. 145.)
In our
own
is
in the
corruption and intimidation that were employed on the The amufing but very doubtful ftory King's fide are well known. told in Wood's Hiftory of Oxford (vol. ii. p. 46, 1796), of a regentmafter of Balliol College, who bore the very apocryphal name of King
t
to vote at a convocation held clandeftinely at midnight, the divorce, with his breeches thrown haftily over his fhoulders againft inftead of a hood, and for which Wood only gives as a reference " Anon. MS.," is taken from a MS. in his own collection now in the
The
Henry, rufhing
Bodleian Library, D. 18, entitled, "Apology for the the Univerfity, againft Hen. VIII. 1597."
Government of
xviii
Preface.
and proverbial expreffrequent ufe of proverbs fions is a characteriftic of the fimplicity of Forreft's
The
ftyle,
as it
was of the
ftyle
Bar-
of Brandt's Ship of
of
whom
by contemporaries*) he gives fome which will be found in the interefting particulars Appendix to this volume. A lift of thofe which occur in the prefent poem, and of fome which have been
(fcantily
noticed
noticed in his Hi/lory of Jofeph, is fubjoined in the note below, y In his fpelling, Forreft conftantly doubles in a rather unufual manner the vowels e and o, and in
words ending in ew or
ue,
generally tranfpofes
thefe
writing knwe, nwe, rive, dwe, for knew, new, He alfo almoft invariably places an acute rue, due, &c.
letters,
two
" Life of * See Mr. T. H. Jamiefon's Barclay," prefixed to edition of Barclay's Ship of Fools, p. Ixxxii. 410. Edinb. 1874.
f
his
" "
"
p.
33.
Two
to have his fkin," p. 81. dog glover "Inter pontem et fontem," p. 123 [" Mifericordia Domini inter pontem et fontem ;" a faying afcribed to S. Auguftine]. " Happy the brood in which there is neither thief nor unthrift,"
p.
" To have an oar in a thing," p. 54. " Like a dog with a burnt tail," p. 58. " The faid the was mad, in order
156.
"Had
"
"To
draw by one
firing," p. 159.
:
" To kifs the poft," p. 172. " Let him that is cold blow the coal," p. 172. " The young cock crows after the old," p. 177. " Thou fhalt fcace know the moone from a
"A
Preface.
xix
accent over the article a, and occafionally over that letter at the commencement of a word.
Warton
(Hift.
"with "eminently much diligence and expenfe he collected the works of the moft excellent Englifh compofers that were his His love and knowledge of Church contemporaries." mufic may be inferred from the pafTage at p. 141, " where he fays that no fuch " melodious fong was heard throughout the world as was heard in England, from the mention of his own performance of divine fervice at p. 186, and from his notice of the Proteftant But compofer, whilom his friend, on the fame page.* the only pofitive evidence of which the editor is aware, is afforded by the MS. in the Library of the Mufic School at Oxford, which Warton mentions. It is a collection of eighteen MafTes, in fix parts, and confequently in fix volumes, in oblong quarto, written by two hands. In the counter-tenor book is the follow,
being
ing infcription
(
fa)
poffidet,
cum quinque
eidem pertinentibus
;"
the date of 1530 has been added by a later hand. -f- The volumes are bound in black calf, ftamped in double com-
partments, bearing
of England, with the dragon and greyhound as fupporters, and in the upper corners the fun and moon, and fhields with crofTes; 2,
i,
The arms
Probably this was John Taverner, of whom Fuller fays (Church ///?., cent. xvi. p. [171].) that he repented of having fet fo many Popifh
ditties to
mufic.
(Brit. Mus.) written in the eleventh or twelfth " Liber San6te Marie de Thame," bears alfo Forreft's century, formerly name as owner " Liber Gulielmi Forrefti."
t Burney
MS. 357
:
xx
The Tudor
rofe,
Preface.
fupported by angels, and with the of Katharine of Arragon) below, pomegranate (the badge furrounded by the motto,
virtutis
would appear from this binding that Forreft had obtained thefe volumes from the royal library. It now only remains to defcribe the MS. from which this volume is taken, and to enumerate the other extant
writings of
its
author.
The
MSS.
Hiftory of Grtfilde the Seconde-^ exifts amongft the of Ant. a Wood in the Bodleian Library, No. 2
of that collection which was bought by the Univerlity It is evidently the copy prefented by after his death.
the author to
beautifully written on " bound in laced fine vellum,J and having been originally
* This motto, found on the binding of many of the King's books, to have been afterwards adapted to Anne Boleyn, by the adappears
dition of a
monogram
of the letters
AH.!
The
Bodleian Library
poflefles a Salluft, printed in 1519, which bears on its covers the arms of England, impaling thofe of Caftile, Leon, Arragon, Sicily and
Granada, on one fide, and thofe of England alone on the other. It may poffibly have been ufed by Mary as one of her fchool-books. Many Englifh and Latin words are interlined in the text in two or three contemporary hands, and a few of thefe interlineations bear fome refemblance to the handwriting of her father. t In the fcheme of education drawn up in 1523 by Jo. Lud. Vives
for the ufe of the
Queen
u Grefilida
vulgatajam fabula" was one of the very few ftories fan&ioned as fit for perufal (Madden's Privy Purfe Expenfes of P. Mary, 1831, p. cxxiv.) It is curious that this ftory of Patient Grifild ftiould thus afterwards have been taken as the type of the life of Katharine.
$ Proper
names occurring
italics,
in the
poem
thefe
Preface.
fatin."
xxi
Nearly
is
all
now
the
fatin
tattered
and faded.
words " Ave
each corner,
to
belonged
mire,
as
who
gave
to his friend
Wood.
Wood
extracted
Annals of the Univerfity of Oxford, being the accounts of the Convocations about the divorce and of the doings of Dean Cox of Ch. Ch.
paflages in his Englifh
fome
75-79 and 66-68 infra] which are printed in Gutch's edition of the Annals (1796) vol. ii., pp. 47-49 and The whole of the ninth chapter was con115-117.
(pp.
tributed by
Dr.
Blifs
in
1814
to vol.
it
iv.
of Sir E.
Dr.
Blifs
of the Oration
given in
300.
his
occupies pp. the firft three ftanzas printed Confolatory in the account of Forreft
alfo
Bibliographer, where
edition of
Wood's Athene,
vol.
i.
col.
printed the firft five ftanzas of chap, iv., refpecling the education of Mary, in his Preface to Mary's Privy Purfe Expenfes, p. cxix. With
thefe
And
Sir F.
Madden
few exceptions the whole of the poem has hitherto remained inedited.
Forreft's other
are as follows
I.
royall crudely
the
Twelve
; largely derived from the Teftaments of Patriarchs. In two parts the firft, contain:
ing the ftory of Jofeph's adverfity, in forty-feven chapters the fecond, containing his profperity, in forty-two
;
chapters.
Dedicated to
Norfolk, and dated as having been finimed 1 1 th April, 1569, but faid by the author to have been originally
xxii
Preface.
written twenty- four years before. copy on vellum in two volumes folio was in the pofTeflion of Mr. Charles
in 1697, being numbered 243, 244 in the lift of mowed his MSS. in Bernard's Cat. MSS. Anglia.
Theyer
He
Wood
one volume
in 1680,
to give it to Univerfity College Library. This intention was carried out before 1700, and in the library of that
College the
firft
part
remains,
handfomely bound
in
tooled calf with corner bofTes.-f- The fecond part is now (together with others of Theyer's MSS.) in the Royal
Library, Britiih Mufeum, 18. C. xiii., bound in a more recent covering of vellum. Another perfect copy of the
work, containing both parts in one folio volume of 286 pages written on paper, is in the pofTeffion of Rev. J. E. A. Fenwick,
Houfe, Cheltenham, being in the vaft collection of MSS. of the late Sir Thomas At the Phillipps, which that gentleman has inherited. end it has the initials of an old owner, E. B., with
at Thirleftane
the
Welfh motto
"
Meredyth
In 1693 ^ was in the pofleffion of the Earl of Stamford afterwards in that of Thomas Lloyd, Efq., at whofe fale in
and Moftyn),
July,
20 los. ; at 1819, it was purchafed by Mr. Heber for Heber's fale in February, 1836, (part xi. p. 80, No. 796), it was purchafed by Thorpe, the bookfeller, for
the fmall
fum of
i6j.
6d., in
whofe catalogue of
MSS. in 1836 it is defcribed, and who fold it finally to Sir Thomas 2 \2s. This copy appears Phillipps for
T
Wood MS.
D.
8.
MS.
the Editor
is
A. Chavafle,
Preface.
to contain
is
xxiii
in part
i.
fome
there
comparing a Welfh lady (noted in the margin as being Anne Vavafer, wife of Andrew Vavafer, whofe paramour was one Richard Parry,) to
a curious chapter
Potiphar's wife,
and
is
evil
Memphytica, with notices of her pride manners and at the end of the volume there
;
an addrefs to
all clafles
leflbns
which
is
it
contains.
At the
note in red ink, "Of this Dukes myferable fall mortlye after the de" lyverye of this Booke, looke at thende of this fame ;
was beheaded
in 1572), there
who
verfion
called
but really written by ^Egidius Romanus towards the end of the thirteenth century, entitled De
Ariflotle's,
This was written in 1 548, and regimine principum. dedicated, as before mentioned, to the Duke of Somerfet,
but intended, Edward VI.
when
copy on vellum,
made by
much
of very great
metrical
intereft.
Pfalms; the Duke of to dedicated alfo and 1551, Somerfet, with a high panegyric on Sternhold. A paper MS. in odtavo, Royal Libr. Brit. Mus., 17 A. xxi. This appears to be the MS. formerly in Weflminfter
written in
Editor defires to exprefs his obligations to kindly permitting him to examine this volume.
III.
verfion
of fome of the
The
Mr. Fenwick
for
xxiv
Preface.
Abbey, No. 225, which is defcribed in Bernard's Cata" Some Pfalms in Englifh verfe, by logue in 1697 as W. Foreft," but which is no longer to be found there.
The Pfalms
35, 37, 42,
47, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59,60, 65, 66, 69, ioo, 112, 129, 148, 71, 74, 85, 87, 92, 94, Te the with 1 Deum, Benediffus, Magnificat, 50, together
45
9597,
Out of thefe
been previoufly paraphrafed by In the tion of thirty-feven Pfalms printed in 1549. are alfo there verlions the MS. noticed under next head, of Pfalms
IV.
i
6, 8,
13.
a poem in Life of the Blefled Virgin Mary of her, and in honour of the Immaculate Conceppraife tion followed by mifcellaneous moral and religious
;
from 1572 to 1581. Harleian MS. 1703, a folio volume on paper. On the fly-leaf is written " W. Foreft's Poems to QJMary." This is the title given in Bernard's Catalogue in 1697 to No. 44 ^ t ^ie
verfes; dated
of Henry Worfeley, of feems, moreover, that this is the volume defcribed in Wood's Athena, as having been
in the
pofleflion
MSS. then
Lincoln's Inn.
It
in the
poffemon of the Earl of Aileibury.* It has the fame motto and initials on the firft leaf as the Phillipps " Heb Dhuw heb dhim. E. B." MS. of the
Jofeph,
Imprinted at London in Alderfgate Street by Richard Lant. Verfes on * Some theological and controversial treatifes, apparently in profe,
the Marigolde.
are alfo there enumerated as being in the Earl's pofTeffion, which have not as yet been further traced.
V.
new Ballade of
Preface.
the acceflion of
xxv
figned with Forreft's
Queen Mary
Fourteen ftanzas of eight lines. A copy of the original broadfide is in the library of the Society of Antiquaries at Burlington Houfe and it
;
name.
in vol. x.
of the fecond
Mifcellany,
410.
Lond.
1813,
VI. Pater Nofler and Te Deum, verfified as a Prayer and a Thankfgiving for Queen Mary. Thefe are only found in the firft edition of Foxe's Afts and Monuments,
printed in 1563, pp. 1139-40, and have never been reprinted in any fubfequent edition. Foxe thus introduces
them
prayer is here mencioned for Quene Mary, here folowethe to be fene the Pater Nofler then fette forth in Englime meter, compiled or
:
" And
for fo
much
as
*****
W.
Foreft.
to
gods glory,
fit
Our
Our
father
which
in
heauen dofte
We
fan&ifie thy
name,
praier
Quene
we
more
quatrains.]
" Te deum, lauding Godfpecially, with prayer t her in for our ^uene Mary.
O God
thy
name we
magnifie,
In thy fanctuary, For that thou haft of thy mercy Sent us our Quene Mary,
xxvi
Preface.
To
thee this
all
Doth render
Whome
As
"
So healpe
we praye."
[&c.
1 1
6 lines more.]
thefe compolitions
Finis,
quod
W.
poem.
With
cludes
;
thefe the
lift
of Forreft's
known poems
con-
poems which, however profaic under the form of verfe, are all of them full of intereft, alike as illuftrations of the hiftory and manners of his times, and as illuftrations of language. Under both afpects it is believed that this volume will be found to deferve no
little
regard.
May
29, 1875.
Note
NICHOLAS HARPSFIELD'S
the Divorce of
to
Page
xii.
Q. Katharine (New
In Three Books.
MS.
311.)
Certain Reafons and Arguments to juftify the Marriage, with an Abftra<St of a book written in Latin by Bp. Fifher, " and never yett printed fo farre as wee knowe," in anfwer to the book printed in
I.
BOOK
BOOK
Anfwers
to
"
Mr. Robert Wakefield, one of the King's chaplains, againft Bp. Fifher, " fome booke of his which I have not printed (there is alfo extant
feene");
(iv.)
Truth."
an anonymous dialogue in Englifh called "The Glafs of With an hiftorical difcourfe of the Divorce, and the contents
of certain letters fent by the King and Cardinal Wolfey to the King's
agents at
Rome.
III.
BOOK
Difcourfes on the
A&s
of Katharine,
Anne Boleyn, and Anne of Cleves, fhewing the repugnance of the fame to the book made in defence of the divorce of the
and the manifold plagues that fell afterwards on the King's mar[This book includes a vindication of riages and on the whole realm.
firft,
Sir
Thomas More.]
The
treatife
(f.
302).
Q. Katharine's manner of
life
and habits
of devotion while at Buckden, and the refults of the diflblution of abbeys, are printed by Hearne at pp. 640-645 of his GlofTary to Langtoft's Chronicle.
The
in
xxviii
Note
to
Page
xit.
Latin by Le Grand (Hift. du Divorce^ &c., 1688, vol. ii. pp. 109-111.) from an anonymous MS. narrative, and which has been quoted from him is here found almoft verbatim in Englifti (ff. by all later hiftorians, There are curious anecdotes (amongft others) of the licking 244-5.) of Henry VIII. before his emup by a dog of the blood from the body uttered a of fulfilment warning by Peto, the Obfervant balming (in
famous fermon before the king), as reported by one William Confell, who faid he was there prefent, and with much ado
Friar, in
his
drove
(f. 209) ; and of Cranmer's being nominated of Canterbury when attending upon the King at a bearArchbifhop b his carrying his wife about with him concealed baiting (f. 3o8 .), as alfo of
fire
Canterbury
all
the archbifhop
crying out that it contained his evidences and other writings which he efteemed above any worldly treafure " this I heard out of the mouth
:
A fimilar verfion of a gentleman that was there prefent." (f. 29 i .) of the ftory of the dog is extracted in Hearne's Gloflary to Langtoft,
b
p.
[PROLOGUE.]
To
the mofte excellente
mofte
Marye
Queene of Englande,
Irelande, Defendreffe
Prance,
Naples,
of the faith, Prynceffe of Spaine, and Cicilie, Archeducheffe of Auftria, Duchejfe of Millayne, Burgundye, and Erabande, Counteffe of Hafpurge, Flaundres, Tyrale, Toure mate/lies mofte faithefull, louynge
&
obedyent Subiefte, William Forrefte, wifcheth all grace and fauour from God aboue, longe life (yn goode he althe) and
&
profperous reigne
^f
The Prologe
S
childe delitethe
;
Unto
So,
porte of the
parent.
To
auncyent,
Thoughe not fo of the contraryous forte, Bycaufe no renowne their fame dothe reporte.
B
2
TO thende, he
feruynge God,
the childe
Of Gryfilde
,
may
What more renowne to childe redounde maye, Then as to reade or heeare, by recomptmge,
Howe
Had
That
His honour,
feruice,
May
The parentys
e uyll
hee, not degeneratinge thearfro, (in his lyuynge) practice the like
example
Or, whoe dothe reade or heeare the contrarye, His parentys to hee nocyuous and yll,
.
But that
it
As
omnia probate,
quod bonum
eft
to
beeware the
to bee
,
Bothe are
After
./.'the
knowne
till,
Mejab.
*']
Fiiius
[v.
nonpar.
tabit mitjuita-
tempatns,
nisi, ut pater, mfequitur
Vnknowne it is not to men of knowledge hathe beene, fome r g ut r parentys peruerfe, fome goode J o The badde, the childe mall not his doingis pledge, Or anfweare thearfore withe trobled moode,
parent fo fuethe the broode ; Then, withe the like, for like myfgouernaunce,
Except
as
Awarded they
Films fapiem,
gloria patris.
bee,
by Dyuyne ordynaunce.
[Prov.
x. i.]
To
ide
parent a pleafure and glorye bee, And, contrarye wife, the peruerfe and frowardys
Annoyaunce and greate infelicitee, Semblable wife then, maye ferue in degree
Tn e
godly parent the chyide to reioyce, Bycawfe the befte waies hee tooke heere in choyce.
the Seconds.
Howe muche (O
Maye
!)
Hozue ought
reioice our
to
then delyte youre domynation Youre Mothers meeke life of youe to bee feene, Or reduced to commemoration,
noble
Queene
the lyfe to
reade of her
mofte godly e
Mother.
knowne
to
As mofte
Well
I
No Howe
And
The
confydre at this prefent daye fewe hathe tawlke of her highe worthynes,
'vertues
of
noble queene
vnto vertue
me
Catharynearf remembred at
this prefent
deadys of pytee paffinglye doubtles, Witheftandinge her enemye, for all his ftowtnes,
daye.
fathanyke Serpent, whoe had her in hate, But neauer cowlde her (to his purpofe) culpate.
that
For
In
(
me
was
fo fpeciall notable,
For Jhenvas
fojpeciall gratious, her life the 'worthier to be put
in recordis.
this inconftant
ryme,
Concordinge withe oure firft mateir, the flyme, Whiche as it is muche lothefome and fylthie, So all earthelye our practycingis gyltie )
;
thought
it
Her
life
may
be as rule
others lyues in <vertue
to
By her examples to vertues increafe, Wheare reftethe gohoftelye inclynation, To prompte them withe this in a readynes,
As
rule to induce to
to that
all
dyrefte.
godlynes,
Thus muche
For that
in
4
wink jhe<was
Rofaimeflor
tfo after-ward),.
Of
Gryfilde
Well ought her holye conuerfation Heere, in this Royalme, bee put in remembraunce, For, while fhe was in digne eftymation, j t fl or ifcnt i n W ealthe, and all abundaunce That fpeciallye ferued to mannys fuftynaunce, Withe of Goddys lawe bothe awe and reuerence,
And nowe
As
inconuenyence,
raylinge,
Royalme
plagedfor fynnes accus-
Whiche
By
all
from
th e
heif.
fent,
Engendred from the highe nobilytee, And fpredde ouer all by muche fragilytee,
Whiche (I heere faye) may well bee veryfied, Her holy life myght in nowife abyde,
This ^arkeis
'As
butasafparke
in
ly/e.
And
...
That muche
fame did
vs alfo fteade
Whoe
To
fame
for to reade
Thoughe oure
her whoale
warke,
the Seconde.
Directinge the fame to youre maieftee As to her onlye, and dearefte of all,
This <warke
{as to her chefefl Jewell") diretted to our
Queenys
maieftie.
And
(witheoute this) not fo to bee fall, But, as yee and the godlye dothe the fame, So, oure pofterytee to heeare of her fame.
els
Her I heere lyken to Gryjilde the goode, As well I fo maye, for her great patience Confyderinge althingis withe her howe it ftoode, Her geauynge that name theare is none offenfe Your noble Father workinge like pretence As Walter to Gryjilde by muche vnkyndenes, By name of Walter I dooe hym exprefle.
;
;
',
By names
Gryfilde
and
Walter our
Queenys Father and Mother examplyfyed.
Whiche
Was
noble Father, I cannot but faye, leadde in fome parte by meanys of the light
at that daye,
Oure Kynge
fomewhat
;
ledde by the
counfell of
'vndifcreeit
God fuffred this Royalme fo to alter quyte, Or for that He wolde fhewe His dyuyne myght,
Hable
teredte
perfons.
Howe
To
by the weake and frayle fex, eauer Sathan His Churche did heere vex
Or, peraduenture,
Hee wolde
it
bee fo
trye (in meekenes) her ftabilitee, In higher meryte to haue her to go, For to alaye heere her fragilite
;
In quyet eftate fhewthe not humylite To eauerlaftinge remuneration, As in troble and tyme of temptation.
[
/. e.
6
For oTJoghtes heere *wrytinge amyjje this Author
Of Gryfilde
the Seconde.
Such my concepte, conceaved in this thinge If from youre pleafure it fwerue anye waye Youre gratious perdon I crave on kneis knelinge
;
my
fawte
me bewraye
Commendinge your grace bothe by night and daye, Meanynge to Hym, bothe wakinge and fleepinge,
That hathe your Mothers fweete fowle
in
keepinge.
The
A table direfringe
to the
Table.
cheif and principal! poyntis of this Booke by ordre of Chapiters, as after enfuethe.
^f
Caput
This hiftorye of
wry ten
to take
meekenes)
Of Of
thearby fruyte. Father and Mother, and what noble howfe was
iflued this
younge ladye
all
Gryjilidis.
youthe to
vertues, fhe
embraced humylitee.
A breeue defcription
all
me gaue herfelfe much to contemplatife life. Howe (voydinge idlenes) me oftetymes wolde
withe the nedyll, and other handye
necerTarye.
bufineffies, to ladies
Euery moarnynge, and at nyght, twoe howres leafte) vpon her kneeis in her chambre or
occupyinge herfelfe in godlye prayer.
(at the
clofett
OfGryftlde
1f
To
^f
and pooare me fhewed alwaies benynge cheare, readye to dooe her deauer in all godlye afTayes. She euermore endeauoringe the glorye of God, deteftriche
ing
If
(as
The
her,
deathe) all worldely praifes and vaine glorye. vertuous vp tradinge of youthe attendinge vpon
as
it
had beene
religious.
If
Howe
^f
wanted of princely behauyour, nurture, and fuche, to womanlynes appertaynynge. All her life was geauen to godlynes, by fpeciall grace which God did her indue.
^f
Caput
this
2.
If
The
noble Qryfilde blowne into greate Brifame, was, by the kinge theare, (called the feconde Salomon) procured in mariage to his eldeft
funne.
worthie fame of
^[
After the defpoufaile, within fhorte fpace, withoute knowledge of her hufbonde, me became wydowe, and
If
of her lamentable heauynes and forowinges for hym. In her great heauynes for her hulbonde (ymputinge herfelfe mofte infortunate) me commendethe her
whoalye
to
Goddis ordynaunce,
his takinge
awaye (by
^f
Caput
3.
If
The
kinge (Gryjildis father in lawe) by aflent of all Chriftian clergie, and the Popis then witheall, mar-
funne (Walter). The kinge fhortelye dyethe Walter is crowned Kinge and Gryjilde alfo Queene mofte honorablye.
;
the
Seconde.
pry nee was borne betweene this noble Walter and Grifilde, which not longe heere contynued lief.
After
how
her childe, fhe (mofte wyttelye) appeaced the fame, not conGrifilde for
muche forrowinge of
whome
He
did that.
God (remembringe
hym
by
GryJUde his
doughter, havynge to
name Marye.
Caput
4.
If
upp tradinge her younge goodly princes, of her fingular towardnes in all vertue, Thomas LynaGrifildis
Of
ker her cheif inftrucl:or in the Latyne tunge. In Brit ay ne that feafon was muche quyetnes and
plentye
of
all
goode
thingis,
the honour
of
God
of
Howe
Grifilde
God, caftinge
thingis.
pleafe
Hym
before
worldelye
Of
weake and ympotent. In townys wheare fhe came fhe ofte gave
fpeciallye to the aged,
Sometymes
bothe fheeatys, lynnen, and other necefTaryes, fpecially monay for candyll, fyer and fuche other neadfull
thyngys.
Of Gryfilde
She was not quoyifche, prowde or difdaynefull, but
coulde bee contented (for Chriftis fake) to
pooare.
vilite
If
the
If
God
If
in prayer,
(as
at
contemplation.
Thoughe
this
goode Gryjilde weare lyvynge in this fame me had no delyte but in the
me
fpecially
had
to the Paffion
of
mee
let
make an Image
reprefentinge the
fame, of wondrefull woorkemanmippe, a lyttle from London, neeare to the waye goinge to Ifyllingeton.
If
Howe, above
deadys, and
all
natyons,
(to all
me
loved an Englifcheman,
mee
If
If
Wheareeaver me wolde praye for her grace, commendinge her afmuch as they wolde Walter their kynge. This noble Grifilde was fpeciall benyficiall in mayntaynynge of Scholars to learnynge, bothe in Oxforde and alfo in Cambry dge.
^
If
Caput
5.
How,
tion,
at
Walter fought meanys to bee dyvorfed from Grifilde, for that hee had no prynce by her tenheryte after hym, and for alfo that me was his brother's wief.
Walter's Counfell perceavynge his entent, durfte not contrary e the fame, hee was a man fo heady e furyous.
If
the Seconds.
[f
fhorte
woorke
(in
ment.
cheiflye choafe to ordre a kinge, and they (by feare or forfe) not to bee compelled. ^f kyngis Cownfell oughte to bee choafe of thauncient forte, for their wifedom and experyence, and not of
If
A A
kyngis Counfell
younge gaddinge
If
they bee founde contrarious) to have no lyttle caufe to lament. Walter fully determynethe to relinquifche Gryjllde his
wittys,
(if
whoe
and
weare joyous and gladde. Of the Cardynall Wolfaye, whoe, counfelinge withe Aftronomyers, founde a woman to be his undoinge,
whiche (mofte
he ymputed to goode Grifilde, whearfore he went into Fraunce, and labored for the Kyngis fitter theare, to matche withe Walter
wronfullye)
our Kinge.
If
Of Anne
Bullayne,
whom
If
Walter cafte
mynde
hym
felfe.
prynce his mynde onfe fett upon a thinge (bee ytt neaver fo wronge), flaterers abowte hym will finde cavyllations ynoughe to bringe it unto paffe, as in this
'prefent cafe.
^f
They burdayne goode Gri/ilde withe flerilenes, not confyderinge howe all increafe proceadethe of God.
Kingis and Great men, voyde of feare of God, kepinge concubynes, He ofte cuttethe of their poflerytee,
^f
Of
Hym.
Gryfilde
Anne Bullayne advaunced Merquefes of Penbrooke, and is as Queene regarded and take, whiche fundrye (the
muche merveyled therat, fearinge fuche fodayne clymbinge to have a muche fodayne fall.
wife)
5[
Caput
6.
Meffengers are fent to Rome for a dyvorfement, but none myght bee obteyned Walter (the meane while)
;
withe the newe Merquefes paffethe their tyme in huntinge and other pleafures the Progreffe tyme,
goode
Grifilde (as
The
a vale.
Cardynall
heer
begynneth
to
caufes (by reporte) of the Cardynals departure oute of favour. Howe, at thende of the Progreffe tyme, he rendred an accompte of all the treafure that hee had, and was
fpeciall
Twoe
hafte,
(in
he was fent
returnynge) he dyed at Lecejtre Abbaye by the way, and of his Chriftyan and penytent ende.
howe, dyinge penytentlye, God of fuche refpeðe the ende, and not the former life. The Authour heereof pyteithe his deathe and departure oute of favour before the completinge his notable warke begone in Oxforde, wifchinge our noble Queene no we tyme and powre to fulfill his lacke.
note,
the Seconde.
1T
13
Caput
7.
The
College in Oxforde, then called Frydifwife. The tryfelinge of the woorekemen and lacke of goode overfeers was the vearye let of fynyfchinge the fame.
The warke, to the Cardynal's vayne muche fumptuous, but to the glorye
to curious.
glory,
was to-
of
God nowhit
before Goddys glorye preferred, neaver can take goode fuccefTe. theare the warke Theare moulde have beene readde the Seavyn lyberall
and the cheififte learned in Chriftiandome have beene gote for monaye or meede) (if theye myght to have beene Readers in the fame.
Sciencies,
Goddis ayde was not affiftinge theare (by all toknes) bycaufe of pryde God graunte humylytee to fulfill that
;
pryde lacked grace to dooe. Wifchinge cure noble Queene Marye tyme and poure to fynyfche that yeat is lackinge in that noble fundation.
The
howe muche
Of Doctor Cox,
ordre,
Chauncellour of Oxforde, a very robber, an hearetike and utter enemy to God and all goode
of his
robberye and
dyvyllifche
doingis
in
Oxforde.
If
Caput
8.
Walter revertynge his progrefle, the newe Merquefes accompayneth hym thorowe Thame y goode Grifilde
commynge
after,
at
God
to preferve her.
4
What
tawlke the
Of Gryfilde
Commons
s
If
fecreatlye
had (frynde
to
exchaunginge
1f
theareupon greate daungers to enfue. The meffengers revert from Rome, unfpedde of the
thinge they traveyled for.
1T
Howe
frett againfte
the
1f
Howe
enfenfed (by a muche light perfon) to take upon hym the Supreamacye, whiche by Ade of Perlyament (choafen at his owne will) was
Walter was
firfte
foone graunted.
1f
Caput
9.
1f
1T
1f
Commymoner in the faide cafe. One fryer Nicholas (an alien) was
the
Kynge
in this behaulfe.
If
No
was ufed theare, for whoe that fpake againfte the Kingis partye weare redargued, difdayned, and muche cruellye threatened.
indifferencye
If
If
contrarye wife, thois leanynge to the Kinges partye cheared, rewarded, and made of. At that bufynes theare Falfehod tryumphed, and
And
Truthe quaked
If
for feare,
An
Inceptour Dodtors, delaye, Mooreman, Holyman, and Cooke t wolde (in nowife) agree to the Mortymer, dyvorfement, whiche fyue weare notable clarkes all.
Maw
the Seconde.
15
The
owne
Atte, at the
lafte,
Procters
made
to
Bufshope
Langelande
for
their
On
ropyfle of hempe fafte nayled thearby, fignyfyinge that hee and hys weare worthie the lyke for their
Goode women
in
Oxforde cou raged the mateir fore partye, and had foyled fryer Nicholas
forte,
if ther
Howe, thorowe
Howe
nyghtys. the Regeaunte Maifters (at that tyme) wolde by nomeanys graunte the Unyverfiteis feale to thagre-
fryer Nicholas complaynte, a thirty women (or neare theareaboutys) weare empryfoned in Buckerdo for thre dayes fpace and three
ment of
Gryjildis dyvorfinge.
lande (after longe tarryinge in vayne), whear they flale the Unyverfyteeis feale to fuche falfe inftrment \Jic\
had contrived. What forowe and lamentation (withe tearys) was made of manye goode Graduates and Studentes for flealynge
as thei
Howe
ftucke to the verytee on goode Grijildis partye, if they myght have beene hearde.
What
calamyteis and myferyes enfued in this Royalme upon the goinge furthe of this dyvorfement, and fpecyally upon ufurpinge the Supreamacye.
Of Gryjilde
Upon this occalion downe went Croffes, Churchejje, Abb ayes, Collegies, Chauntries, Hofpitales, and fund rye
put to deathe mofte unmerfyfullye.
If
^f
Caput 10.
^f
Walter prefented withe the Unyverfyteeis feale, he made nowe no ftoppe, but furdered his purpofe, hee
had no maner a
^f
lett.
rendre up her Crowne, whiche {hee (utterlye) denyeth to dooe, withe fuche wittye and reafonable anfweare that Walter was mofte
Walter fendethe to
Grijilde to
Cowrte
to
wheare
as
The greateft greeif to goode Grijildis hart was that me myght have no comforte of her Dowghters companye, her of
whoe
fett
purpofe.
If
The Dowghter,
If
heearinge her mothers uncharytable entreatinge, mofte pytefullye lamentethe her cafe. Of Walter s great folicitude in this mateir, who wolde
all
If
Caput
1 1 .
^f
eftate,
^f
geaven to name the ladye Douagere. What daungre enfuethe to breache of faithe
pryncis dooe ftrey
when
from
their
bownden promyfes.
the Seconde.
17
this
Royalme
is
not
all
Caput 12.
Gryjilde (after her depofition) was fent to Bugden (to a freendys place of hers) theare to fojourne. What goodnes goode Gryjilde fownde at that frindis
handys, John Longelande, BufToppe of Lincolne. Theare at Bugden all her olde offycers weare
com-
and newe put in their places, to the great admynyftringe of forowes to her harte. Of her lamentabl takinge her leave of her olde mofte truftye and lovynge fervauntys.
her,
maunded from
Howe
dooe
;
grevouflye Grejilde tooke it that me myght not fo amplye departe to the pooare as me was wonte to
She refufethe
all
Almyghty God.
Of her
complaynynge unto her felfe of Walters unkindenes unto her, and me fo lovynge unto hym.
often
(fpecially) endeavored, for all
Howe me
to avoyde
her trebles,
murmuration.
Of
her malignours me wifchethe amendement of life, and not that God fholde oughtis revenge her cawfe.
myfentreatinge,
rather others
f
Gryjilde
Caput
13.
removed
to
Conmolton
in
Huntyngedone-
Of Gryfilde
fheere
;
God
theare
vifitinge
her
to
withe
fikenes,
this
^f
life, departe perceavynge mofte chriftyanlye fhe prepared thearfore. She befought no bodelye phifike, but to be difTolved, that her fpirite myght bee with Chrifte.
her tyme
come
If
What
mofte Chriftian waies fhee tooke for her faufe walkinge oute of this myferable life, to bee ad noted of
(hall
come)
to
^f
practice the like. Firfle, fhe became mofte penytent in harte for whatfoeaver offenfe towardys God or the worlde fhe had
commytted.
^f
Next, fhe fore lamented that eaver fhe fet delectation of mynde upon worldely thinge before her Lorde God.
Thyrdele,
^f
Hym
God
whoefo defyrethe of
forgevenes of fynnes ought firfte to dooe the fame to other, wheafore (fie) fhe forgeavethe all the worlde as fhee wolde bee forgeaven of God.
If
to
hym
fhe
If
Fynallye, receavynge the Eucharifte mofte reverentlye, fhe thought her felfe in goode waye againfte her utter
She takethe her leave of this worlde in muche Chriftian forte, of Walter (with muche openynge her mynde unto hym, partelye for her buryall, partylye for her
Freendys,
her
Foes,
her
the Seconde.
19
*[f
Caput
14.
^[
(muche motherly e) takethe her leave of her Dowghter Marye, commendinge her unto Goddys mercye and blefled tuytion, withe muche
Gryfilde
Heere goode
motherlye and godlye admonytions, bleffinge her withe the bleffinge that the holye Fathers Abraham, Ifahac and Jacob blefTed their children.
1T
Caput
15.
1T
The
daye prefent of Gryjildls departinge oute of this life, munyted (as is faide) withe the Sacramentys of the Churche and nowe alfo withe the Extreme
Unftion,
mee
rendrethe
her fowle
to
God
eaver-
laftynge.
^f
muche alteringys (concernynge her cawfe) ceafled, but newe (far warfle) began, that ceafled not of longe
^f
confeffethe he hathe
not of this goode woman heere made mentyon as other (yeat lyvynge) better inftru&ed in her holye life can dooe
6.
If
Caput
^f
Howe
Walter willethe the bodye of Gryfilde> accordinge to her nobilitee, in Peterburr owe churche to
be entiered
much
honorablye.
20
1f
Of Gryfilde
conveyaunce of the faide bodye (withe offycers and mynyilers) to wheare it fholde refte, muche parte expreffinge of the funerall
obfequye.
parte) of the
If
Of
wardys myfcary.
If
Whoefo
lyvethe at luftes lybertee after vitious forte, his ende is to bee dowbted, thearfore befle is in tyme to
ufe vertue, for the deathe of the
Goode
in the fight of
^[
God The
yn.
preacious. portion or rewarde ordayned for the Evyll is Fyer and Sulphur everlaftingelye deputed for them to boyle
Gryjilde for her heere abhorringe of fynne and piteinge nowe in heavyn everlaftinge rewarde.
is
5F
God
fo
Grifilde
was heere
He
If
Caput 17.
5f
The
cheeif mooarner in the funerals of this goode Gryjildis exequye was her mofte tendre and lovynge
to
comparafon for that behaulfe) all the other mooarnersweare but countrefettes as in her lamentation for her faide mother and commendation of her to God dothe plentyouflye appeare.
Doughter Marye,
whome
(in
1T
Caput
8.
the Seconde.
21
Seconde, the Firfte Walter and the Seconde, fomuche provynge the Seconde Gryjilde of more authorytee
as {he
was
woman
fore the
of byrthe and delycatlye brought upp, thearmore harder adverfytee tendure, thother farre
bafe[r] brought upp in penurye and hardenes, brought to the fame ftate agayne fhe myght the eafyer fuffre
ytt.
1f
Somuche
as
is
betweene
earnejt
unkyndenes doone to
this
ymportaunce then to the Firfte, for fhe, relinquyfched, was receaved agayne, fo did her Walter but dyffemble
withe her.
But
depofed of her
honour, was neaver thearto receaved agayne, fo was fhe cruelly e ufed and dallyed witheall.
1f
The
Firfte
ably, thother
much
un-
naturally.
1f
Walter the Firfte ignoraunte of Goddys lawe, bycawfe he was an Infydele, fomuche his offence the leffe if he
like
parte
fomuche
This comparafon, Walter withe Walter and Grifilde withe Gryjilde, maye well ferve for Title of this hiftorye.
^f
Howe muche
withe manye
true,
this
(at
is
prefent daye) knowne to be the other doubtefull and to bee but fayned
maye
this
bee
women
put in
22
Of Gryjilde
recordys to their pofterytee,
Chriftyans then, and
muche more,
If
Thautor of this, wrytinge the fame partely by knowledge and paretelye by heearinge faye, if (thearfore) oughtys bee heere fownde contraryinge the Truthe, he
humblye fubmyttethe
If
it
to the reformation
of other.
If
and mofte probable tryall Gryjildys maryage to bee mofte lawfull and goode. Howe heavyn and earthe (fpecially the goode forte)
fpeciall
to
the
^f
Caput 19.
If
^f
joyinge the heavy nly felycitee (as wee fully trufte), dothe praye for us theare is no myfdoubtys. A probation howe Saynftes (by God) dothe knowe cure
Gryjilde,
^f
thoughtes and alfo (of charytee) dothe praye for us. A contemplation of this Author, after what forte
(may bee thought) the heavynly Courte dothe praye for fynners, as for oure Englande late owte of the
waye.
1f
Caput 20.
If
Heere concludeth the Author howe in Gryjilde nobilytee and meekenes weare mett, thoughe feelden fo feene in one Eftate mundayne.
^f
Howe
meekenes) me inclyned herfelfe lowe, of thearthe to yffue and thearin agayne thynkynge to be refolved.
(of
If
Of meekenes me
me
daylye was
the Seconde.
23
kneelynge in prayer,
felfe
at
to contemplation, fufferynge
without
murmuration.
Wrongefull entreatinge, fightynge agaynfte the Dyvyll, the Worlde and the Flefche, fufferinge for Rightuoufnes fake, maye well bee called a Marty rdome.
Heere endethe the
T'able.
Oration confolatory to our mojh dreade foveraigne Queene Marye to comforte her felfe in God, by example
An
holye Patriarke,
whome
after his great trobles, God fet in honor and florifchinge the worlde, as Hee hathe eftate above all the pryncis of
[This
at
If- 11 -]
and famous
praaiced
not longe oute of this tyme, in muche parte tragedous, as deleStable bothe to Heearers and Readers.
Tf
Caput Primum.
J
fawf"
ivryters endeawer their
paynes.
Some
fome
for
meede
or gaynes,
Muche
In whiche their
ftiles
lordis,
Muche
ornatlye, as
They fawe
Whois worthie
(Thoughe an
I
enfuynge
(as I
can)
The goode
Sjueene
Catharyne.
woman
myne
fet
to their preafydentys)
For an exampler
in
fome maner
fute,
frute.
O other
26
Hermeekenes
Specially e fur-
OfGryfilde
Whoe,
In
all
mouatjage.
Wronged
Almofte
This noble
as fhee
it
was a thinge
inhumayne.
wo-
/*Catha,
for her
this godlye Gryfilde, This noble ladve, J ' So applied for onlye the propretee, On whome we purpofe oure mateir to
i
bilde,
jry
e
^
As to entreat by goode authorytee, As probate witneffies hathe learned mee, Concernynge her Countrey, to name fpeciall, In Spayne mee had her firfte oryginall.
Doughter mee was to one Ferdynande, ~ of and allo Kynge Spayne Gtct/ye TT 111 Her mother was called, as 1 vndreitande,
.
TI/-II
;
Elizabethe, as oother fundrye ; After, when firfte fhee was hable to go, To nurifche her in forte to her degree,
mo
In
literate
lyttle
By
Towardiflye althingis withe her came to pafle That fpecially framed vnto vertue
Suche
inftindlie
of grace
God
That by her
vertues in fo tendre age Shee fhoulde of honour afcende the worthie ftage.
the Seconde.
27
Deus
fuberbis
(fie) refiftit,
humilibus dat
i Pet. v. fratiam.
5.]
To
In holye Scriptures howe theare is alowde All meekenes of God, refiftinge the prowde.
Of her
perfonage defcription to make, She was right comely and chearful withe
Of her forme
and perfonall
;
age.
In voyce, fomewhat bigge fowndinge me fpake; In ftature, but meane, and bonarly withe all ;
coolour fanguyne, that men dothe befte call What to this purpofe neadethe more to bee tolde
Her
She was a ladye pleafaunte to beeholde. So perfedte me 'as not in perfonage, But farre perfecter was her inwarde mynde
Pulchra
;
facie,
fed pulchrior
mente.
To
voyde
all
me
To
Greatlye
me
holye Scriptures mofte fpeciallye, Alfo the lyues of Sainctys that bee deade,
The
To
It
holye
life
that
muche myght
edifie
was
a certaigne fpiritual
habyte
That
clofed her
from
this worldis
vayne delyte.
28
not
Of Gryfilde
ftoole
;
and needyl fhe was not to feeke And oother practycingis for ladyes meete To paflyme at Tables, Ticktacke or Gleeke,
Withe
Cardys, Dyce, or vayne toyes accuftomed yeete, She thought not feemed for women difcreete,
But weare incitamentys to finne and vice, Whearfore {he gaue her to oother exercife.
y moarnynge and alfo at nyght Twoc howres (at the leafte) on kneels wolde fhe Commendinge herfelfe to God mofle of myght,
]? ver
ynge andnyght
in prayer.
[f>
fitte,
I2 "-]
Her
life
that
Hee wolde
alwayes ordre
itt,
From
was
TO
chearfuii,toaii
riche other poore, euerv J creature, Shee mewed herfelfe mofle amyably, Of contention me loued no ftoore,
-r,
,
quyet Ipecially ; heere ledde muche charitably, Her life fhee To what goode deade that anyman woulde
But
to bee in
^\
Readye alwaies
she nuaspyteful andful of mercye <vnto
the pooare.
to
^s
fl-^
was chearful
.
Her chantee to the pooare was not Imall, To dooe them comforte fhe wolde not bee
dull,
No
Wheare
the Seconde.
29
Her deadys orderynge to Goddys fpecial
praife ,
to
But
for {he
So amplye fhe coulde not her mynde extende, Yeat at her dooingis dyverfe dyd wundre,
and not
anye <vayne
And
in their hartys did her greatly commende Whateauer fhe did was to a goode ende,
glorye.
;
fpecyal praife,
deteftinge alwaife.
Honjue her
The youthe
As vpon
Cowrie
was
Vfinge taches light and illicitat, She thearof wolde them mofte ftreitely defende, Withe oother meanys if thei lifte not amende,
3-]
So that in that parte (whiche was meruelous) Her Courte was as it had been Religious.
For princelye behauyour, nurture, and fuche To womanlynes that did appertayne, None myght (certaynely) commende her to muche, She had in that kinde the vearye right veyne Of her princelye prefence all men weare fayne, Not onlye the cheif had fuche affection But alfo the pooare had her in dileclion.
;
behauyoure,
her prefence.
She was a
woman
of wondreful grace
Wheare God
infpirethe to
As
in oure age of long tyme did fpringe, All vertue fpecially fhe did embrace
And
vice (of truthe) vtterly contempnynge, Whiche was wondreful in fo younge a thinge
But, wheare God geavethe illumynation, Mufle neadys fhewe light of goode conuerfation,
Of Gryfilde
To
<wardeiye,fo
[he ordred her
ut<wardys example.
^ inwardelye
Muche
whiche me had a fpecyall refpedle, Afwel her outwardys whoale fafhyonynge _ a r\ By cuyl example on none to renecte,
. .
[/'3
b
.J
Seconde Gryfilde was marryed into Create Brytayne, to a mojle <worthie and towardys Prynce theare, called Arthur, whoe lyuedisoithe her but ueryftorte
this
Howe
noble
tyme, fo (in his tendre age) departinge this her piteful lamentation for hym.
If
life,
and of
Caput
2.
The
brute of
HIS
this ladye
Englande.
princely lady, Grijllde, (as wee name,) Withe her deere parentes abidinge in Spaine, Whois paffinge worthynes wasblownebyfame Vnto the noble cowntrey of Brytayne,
Wheare
Henrye the
Seavynthe.
at that
life
tyme
departed longe agone, Called (in his tyme) the Seconde Salomon.
Oute of this
of Prynce
Arthur, and of his prynceiy towardnes.
kinge of famous memorye A prynce theare was, mofte goodly nonfchinge, . .. _, By name Arthur, fo called proprelye, In all this worlde no towarder younge thinge ;
this
Unto
in
.
.,
thus caftinge
rate.
To
haue
hym machte
accordinge to the
the Seconde.
tell
To
bee
Withe pryncely vertues howe me did excell, That towardys her his mynde occupied is,
Counfelinge thearin withe Counfelours of his, Whiche debated throughe fage aduifement
Founde
it
to bee thinge
mofte expedient.
MeJJengersfent
After, with fpeede, ambafTadours weare fent Vpon this marryage for to entreat,
Which, on that one partye wayed to entent, And on the other by polecye greate, For to conclude their braynes they much did beate, As for bothe partyes feeamed to the befte That myght be caufe of tranquilly tee and refte.
This weyghtye mateir brought to conclufion,
[/
I4-]
The marryage
concluded betiueene Prynce
Our
Brit ay ne ambafladours
whome
did reverte,
Arthur and
the Ladye
In whiche was wrought no maner collufion, But faitheful true meanynge on either parte
Catharyne.
;
To
whiche goode
fhortely after,
Grljilde
And
Wheare the defpoufaile was folemplye kepte, Withe fuche worthie tryumphe as did belonge
The defpoufaile
;
But the marryed togeathers not flepte, For the faide Prynce was but tendre and yonge, Lefte to his growinge it myght dooe muche wronge
Yeat, notwitheftandinge that
myght
32
Arthur, withyn
Of Gryfilde
!
g u f we u awaye J
fpace
his
e,
mar- __
deparlife.
ted this
After this myrthe and loyous ielycitee, i r Togeathers in healthe they loyed no longe Ipace, Thig noble p rynce this life departed hee,
1-1111-
For whome was forowinge of euery degree, Mofte fpecially of faire Gryjtlidis,
So foone her deearefte in fuche wife to myfle.
The
doleful
lamentation of
thisyoungeiady
[/
14".]
" what happe is me hetyde J aboue oother all My Jewell J fpeciall J r Thus to forgoe, no lengre to abyde, To my great greeif and hynderaunce not fmall! O Lorde of heauyn which pleafidfte hym to call
Halas" (me
faide)
!
celeftiall prefence,
my
oute of farre countraye Hecre hoapinge (throughe Thee) in ioye to haue dwelte, But nowe, fithe withe me it hapnethe this waye,
wotifte
I
"
Thou
am come
No
1
lyttle care is
!
of
me
to
bee
felte.
whie hafte thou thus cruelly dare not on thee make exclamation,
Deathe
delte
For
she
defirethe
to
me
Isolde)
bee
Lorde, if it myght fo pleafe Thee, more of worldely greeif taifte no fhoulde To bee withe my Arthur befte weare for mee, Withe hym of Thie joyes to haue like repaifte.
Evyn nowe,
Then
my
(For that throughe forowe my wittis are wexte grofe) Bee it (O Lorde) as Thou lifte to difpofe.
the Seconde.
33
Of Godjhe
all,
;
"
Woorke Thou for me nowe mofte mercifullye Sithe hither Thou pleafidfte me thus to call, Geue me not vpp to lyue myferablye,
But, as
I
Hynt.
purpofe to ferve
for
Thee
trulye,
So fauorablye
And
in
my
my
Guyde.
She alwayes
tooke
daye Lorde and faufe Protector fpecial goode As Thou hafte fo beene, fo bee thou alwaye
this prefent
God her
My
fpecyall
Protefior.
[/
'5-]
To me
And
That
From Thee
of mee
make no
feparation.
Howe God
difpofethe, Ao-ive eauer
" In hither repayringe to forefaide entent My frindis to this ende had expectation
I
to
And
haue profperde wheare deathe can preuent, they to haue ioyed in oure generation,
all is
*
man proponethe.
Whiche
nowe brought to defolation, After this fayinge, Thoughe man proponethe, God as Hee pleafethe althingis difpofethe.'
Hoapinge fuche wife
in
"
my
profperous fuccefle
;
She takethe
this greeiffor
Withe me they departed verye largelye Vpon this mymappe what maye they nowe
her demerytes.
gefle
But me to accompte for mofte vnhappye ? Theis all to my harte breedethe no fmall coarfye,
Takinge as worthelye fent vnto mee For my former life and inyquytee,
F
34
God
can grdajne not for man
is
Of Gryfilde
take
I
As
-11
Or for fome oother farre fecrete entent Whiche Hee alone in Hymfelfe dothe conteyne, Whois counfellis occulte howe He can ordayne
Surmountethe mannys inueftigation, So myghtie is His domynation.
why hym
her
or
etheismtfor
man
r
" Whie Hee tooke hym and mee /heere lefte behynde, _ Or wnic not mee and hym to t let lurvyue,
.
.
b i
T A
cannot termyne in periecte true kynde, cannot the caufe compaffe or contryue
/-L
ordaynethe for bothe the deadde and the lyue All to the befte ; wee ought no leffe to faye,
Hee
Oure
ThisiuarUe
ofte
willys to
nuorkethe
Ympugnethe by muche contraryetee), Praye will I for hym, befte is fo, daylye,
And
take (as
Whiche
God
For doubteles thorowe oure fynnes occafion Ofte hapnethe on vs Goddys indignation.
"
Regum*,
"**"'
12
the Chylde,
Sometyme
Regum/>mw,
mi
As He/y
the Father for Chyldren wylde whoe lifte the Returns eoe fee : 6 6
for the
r
,
capite.
bometyme
But not fo of my Love I dare well faye, For plyant hee was to vertue alwaye.
the Seconde.
35
Raptus
malitia
eft
"Thoughe
for his
owne
I
ne
He
It
thynke
in
my
harte,
mutaret
illius.
in-
telleftum
Sapi. 4.
myght
myght
peruerte
To what God
Or,
as
wolde
to
become overthwarte,
53.
Hee
Efay fayinge in this wife, was henfe take from this worldys malice.
" This wayes or that wayes, this is mofte certayne, God (at His pleafure) hathe fent for hym henfe
;
To contrarye
Goddys ordynaunce iveare
but in <vayne.
[f. 16.]
To
I
contrarye
Hym
as
yeealde
me
Hym
So to
taffotiat in
His heauynlye
this
light.
"
For,
is
adnotinge
worldys behauyour,
fame but playne vanytee, Rather pluckynge from Chrifle (my Sauyoure) Then to His pleafure applyaunte to bee Whearfore I feele it befle mail behoue mee
All
in the
;
vanytee.
From worldely vanyteis mee to withedrawe, And to endeauer Goddys looue and dwe awe.
"
I fee
muche
vexation,
is
Ifee heere the higheft hathe none afTuraunce, I fee and feele heere muche temptation,
fee
Whoe
As,
is
!
it
accordinglye
al
God
befeache) fo
wayes maye
36
Heereisthe
tyme
of
Of Gryfilde
this
;
pereto-
wardys
the
" So to vfe
Withe
all
Meekely
The
winethe to bee con-
tented as
God
maydyns meditation
life,
ordaynethe.
b \f. i6 ]
at ftrife
To
late fhe
weare wife
did contende.
Thoughe
For longe tyme after her for
muche
B ut>
owes endured
for her Looue.
(Longe tyme enduringe) of this noble mayde, \ r , T r After her Loves lo expiration,
It
Her chriftall iyen for longe tyme after Weare as a lymbecke diftillinge cleare
Great
water.
ware
bothtof'Father
Xhe heavye cheare bothe of Father and Mother And of the whoale Royalme to longe weare to tell, _, But, for mync entent is this and none other
I/-IIITI
.
The refte ^ for feafon) I wyll let dwell, And ferdre wright howe, after heauynes, Her joyes agayne began for to encrefe.
the Seconde.
37
Heere Gryfilde
bondys brother]
;
is
marryed
his
to
Walter (her
firjle
huf-
Gryfilde crowned Kynge and >ueene, beetweene whome theare fpryngethe a Pry nee whoe lyuethe but fmall tyme,
and afterwardys a
PrinceJ/e
called
Marye, and of
Caput
3.
HIS towardysyounge Prince departed and gone And his funeral obfequye cleane pafte,
His famous Father, the Seconde Salomon,
(Wyttelye thus weyinge) began at the In his inwarde mynde to compafle and cafte For this noble ladye howe to ordayne
lafte
[/
7 .j
That
At
fo
the concludinge of the mateir furfte It was agreed, if the Prynce dyd departe
Whiche nowe
the kynge reuoluethe in his harte, Confyderinge he maye not from his promyfTe ftarte. Pryncys in their leaugis to bee fownde doble,
Is
treble.
Ferdre, as thus confyderinge alfo This faide noble ladye whome to repayre, And yeearely fuche Douarye from henfe to goe By her exchaungeinge this foyle or layre,
To
38
Of Gryfilde
at that feafon, befydis*
For
thother deadde,
had a foone whiche Walter had to name, That nowe was Prynce heere in his brothers fteadde, For whome his Father dothe bufelye frame,
He
As
faide
is
In whiche
make.
.]
Bycaufe the cafe was feelden feene in vre One brother to marrye withe the other's wife,
To
dooe that their dooingis myght take Afterwardys to bee deuoyde of all ftrife,
effecte fure
Withe
diligent fearche,
All Chriftian clergye they did examyne Vpon the faide cafe, what they cowlde defyne.
Whiche
But
Fownde
(by goode learnynge) it myght well bee doone, So defynynge in their Conuocation
;
the Busjhoppe withe his whoale Counfell, (trulye) the forefaide cafe,
well,
They
conuenyent fpace the fame, Confirmynge remyttinge apace The merTengers fo in the mateir fent,
it
fo tryed in
in his
goode entent.
the Seconde.
39
Vpon whiche
notable approbation
This noble ladye was marryed agayne To the faide Walter, of highe commendation
For
Whoe
For
[/
,g.]
Walter
Crownynge
And
Prynce theare fprang mofte beawtious to to name Arthur (certaynlye) had hee.
this
whoale Royalme was paflingely glad, Mofte highely heaping in his pofterytee But, after morte fpace, hee made them all fad
;
Of whome
For, of his
life
Henfe was hee take by Deathes crudelytee, Throughe what occafion I cannot defyne But that it pleafed God fo to amgne.
Thoughe Walter (the Father) manfully and ftowte, (Muche ftryuynge againfte Nature ynwardelye) Afmuche as hee myght, beare the mateir owte,
Yeat
to his harte (nodoutes)
it
went
ful
nye
But, tochinge the Mother fpecyallye, Neauer was theare woman (I thinke nolefle)
That
40
Of
Gryfilde
Shee wepte, fhee fuobbed, fhee lighed ofte witheall, Shee wrounge her handys of motherly pytee, Shee wolde not holde ftate vndre cloth of pall, Shee whoale forgote her highe regalytee Shee tooke his deathe as mofte calamytee,
For For
b [/. is .]
that
it
was her
all
firfte
begoten childe,
vtterlye exilde.
whome
joyes
in
me
wolde fhee
companye
frequent,
yeat pafle what tawlke men did recyte, wolde fhee her feeadinge appetyte ; Rather fhee wolde, then oughtes of theis enure,
Shewe cheeare
as
My
yealded with payne, Thoughe to my comforte, when hee was heere borne, And nowe fo fooane his life to bee oute worne
life I
Whome
(halafTe
No
"
merueyle then of
my confolation my lamentation.
;
Hee was my
my
had muche vauntinge reporte Of highe and eke meane thorowe all this lande The caufe, fo caufinge, no lengre to ftande I haue nowe lofte, omyttinge my fweete foone,
I fure
The joye,
had fo woone.
the Seconde.
41
defire,
;
"
dyd
A A
Prynce, this Royalme in quyet ftate in ftaye Howe maye I (agayne) another requyre ?
To
tempte
!
my
Lorde God
as
I feare,
and fo maye.
taken awaye,
Deathe
why
hafte thoue
hym
So highe a treafure
And
"
fo to thoufandys afwell as to
mee.
[/
Hee was not as chylde of the commone forte, Hee was a Prynce and heyre vnto a Kinge, Somuche the heauyer his tyme heere fo fhorte, Somuche the more myfte for State contynuynge,
contynuall mone I was a mother, and nowe am none."
for
19-]
Somuche Somuche
the
more
for
hym my
forowynge,
;
hym my
Longe bode this lady and excellent PryncefTe Lamentynge her chyldis this life departure, Longe laye in her harte by muche heauynes The thynge whiche in no wife fhe myght agayne
Nature compelled her fo to endure, For, as me was benynge in her eftate,
So was fhe (by nature)
Affedlionat
affectionat.
recure,
me was
vnto
all
vertue,
;
Thoughe
Affe&ionat fhe was peace to contynue, For that caufe her loue laye her childe fo
vntill
fulfill
Her
will
State heere
When
42
Yeat wifelye
Of
fo
Gryfilde
remembraunce
That Goddys
Shee tooke
it
And made
as
workeinge me ought not to refifte, as thinge of Goddys ordynaunce, hee weare of her nowhit myfte
;
Hym
To
[/
J
owne
pleafure.
-]
Togeather they lyued certayne yeares after, The numbre howe manye I cannot well gefle,
Sendynge by Grifilde a fay re newe encreafe, A goodlye younge thinge, a Pryncefle pearleffe,
Whome,
Her
to bee Chriftianed as folke did carye, parentis wolde her to bee called Marye.
Of whiche
Withe
all
noble Babe the Mother was fayne, Father alfo, as right goode caufe had hee,
And
the Cowrte, bothe gentylman and fwayne, thorowe the Royalme was highe felycitee,
Withe prayfingis to God the mofte that myght bee, Whiche well appeared, thoughe longe afterwarde,
They weare
(in effecte)
of
Hym
that
tyme herde.
of
God
as layde
downe by
dyuyllifche erroure,
And
it
To
the Seconde.
Yeat, undreftande yee, ere this pryncelye mayde Was brought (as is faide) to her highe eftate,
43
foarer affayde
In taiftinge forowes of wondrefull rate, Ynowghe to haue geauen an vttre checke mate
Eauyn
God was
But
for
her ayde,
it
on Grijilde oure mateir dothe depende, And not on Marye pryncipallye tentreat,
I
[/
myght happen be thought to offende Throughe Adulation, a meddeler muche great, I will thearfore nowe (chalengeinge no cheate
Lefte
O/'Grifildis *vpp tradinge her goodly e younge Prynceffe ; Of her Jyngular towardnes to all vertue hoive this
Royalme (that
feafori) florifched in
Grifildis godly perfection, to thexample of all noble women euyn to the worldys ende.
;
and felicite
and of
this
Caput
4.
RISILDE
And
Till
She had
owne bowre
;
forte,
to reporte.
44
Of Gryfilde
But thus muche we dare heere boldely to wright, She brought her vpp withe all dylygencye In all kynde of vertue fomuche as fhee myght, To Goddys dwe honour mofte fpeciallye
;
As me
knowledge more hye, So dyd goode Grijilde for her ftill prouyde To haue her foflred as chicke by her fyde.
en.creafed to
[/. 20".]
men
well expert
In Latyne, Frenche, and Spaynyfche alfo, Of whome, before they from her did reuert, She gathered knowledge, with graces other mo
The thynge
For,
as fhee
to contryue,
Emonges her
Highely florifcheinge in the Latyne tonge, She had the famous Thomas Lynaker,
Whois
remaynethe
Latyne
vs
emonge,
Throughe whome
in
me
ornatlye fpronge,
Whiche
Was
For none theare was that had withe her to dooe, Straunger or other, what foeauer he was, But his demaundys fhe cowlde anfweare vntoo,
And
geue graue fentence in mofte profounde cafe So wifelye for her good Grijilde dyd purchace That no kynde of vertue fhe dyd wante, But weare withe her lynkte as in couenaunte.
the Seconde.
45
This Walter and Gryjilde fuche wife include Withe this mofte godly and towardys iffue,
Betweene
whome
Was
neauer moe, their ftyrpe to contynue But as to rype age this more and more grue,
Dyd
Walter and Gryjilde Their lyues they ledde in highe felicitee His will (mofte gladly) me alwayes fulfilde,
By longe tyme
[/*!
that laye in her poflybylytee. In Brytayne that tyme was muche tranquyllytee,
By
all
of
God
duelye florifchinge,
To
was godlye each leanynge his eare So decent ordre was not then ouer all, But after it had a muche fodayne fall.
that
Of which
I will
But tawke of
wight,
Whoe
The
ordred her
fo godlye
alwaye
;
God was
Before thyngis worldelye ynwardlye caftynge To pleafe the Lorde that was eauerlaftynge.
46
Of Gryfilde
;
Her almes to the pooare was ample and large, None came to her gatys withe oute refrefcheinge
To To To
Mofte
haue
a refpedtinge
the ympotent, aged, and fuche, They (before other) moued her harte muche.
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2i b .]
This godlye pytee ferdre had mee In townys and villagies, neare wheare me She wolde (fecreatlye) fende to goe fee
laye,
To knowe
to
conuaye
Some fhurtys, fome fmockes, fome certaigne monaye, Or what thynge els was thought they dyd neede,
As me perceaued
fo fholde they fure fpeede.
fecreatlye alfo
;
To
Knowinge
me wolde
And
Withe
alfo
She was not quoyfche, difdaynefull or prowde, But cowlde be pleafed to vyfite the pooare Withe God thearfore me was highely alowde And after (withe fauour) let yn at His doore
; ;
Thoughe heere agaynfle her Hee let the It was the more to her fowlys falvation,
For heauyn
is
wynde
ftoore,
woonne by muche
trybulation.
the Seconde.
47
wolde fhee frequent At Greenewicbe, fhe lyinge alone from the Kynge The Fryers at matyns withe hartye entent She wolde bee theare, in devotyon kneelinge,
ofte
Theare
mantyll aboute her whiche was no riche thynge, in prayer and contemplation
to
Renderinge
God
fweete commendation.
All was her harte in holynefle pight, Thoughe in this worlde yeat not of the fame, In worldely thynges fhee had no delyte,
For whiche
in
heauyn
is
regeflred her
name
To
As
that onlye ende fhe fullye dyd frame, all that eauer her fafchyons knwe
Can
yeat recorde
my
And
had
(Her fpyrite, ynwardely, to comforte and glad) An ymage, that reprefentation beere, She dyd let make, in wondreful manere, Vpon a mownte a lyttle from London,
Befydys the waye goynge to IJlyngeton\
any ydolatryall entent (As myferable men manye dothe holde) But to the beholders to reprefent
to
Not
the mercy es manyfolde. Her feruencye in vertue cannot bee tolde, For fludiouflye fhee neauer dyd ceafe
Of Chrifte
towardys
man
in vertue to encreafe.
48
Of Gryfilde
Ferdre, yeat more of her goodnes texprefle, Thoughe fhe from Brytayne weare an alyan,
true,
witheoute
all
doubtefulnes,
Aboue
all
nations
me
And dyd for manye And I for them thus muche agayne
They loued her withe
22.]
that in
them
When
on ProgrefTe in the fomers tyde Roade with her Walter themfelfes to folace,
fhee
Wheare they did come the Countrey farre and wyde Wolde thycke aflemble to beholde her face,
" Chrifte faue her noble grace," Cryinge a mayne Withe fecreat tawlke her highelye commendynge
Afmuche
Befydis
as
mofte excellent Queene A fyngular zeale had vnto learnynge, As bothe in Oxforde and Cambry dge was feene,
all this, this
In mayntaynynge ledtures, and Scholars helpeinge, With manye a gyfte to the Churchefle aydinge
;
What
thynge was neadful to vertues pleafaunce She was mofte readye to dooe her furtheraunce.
The gratious deadys of this worthye woman, Whiche are well knowne to fundry yeat lyuynge, And mail neauer dye by all that I can,
If thearto
for
fomuche
as
the Seconde.
49
to bee
wife
howe
his
;
Wulfaye;
alfo
Caput
JFTER
[/i-]
She had beene matched nye twenty yeares fpace, The curfed Enemye, fower of dyfcorde,
Began
to fue his
accuftomed
trace,
Goode
Mofte wickedlye that anye can difcufle All, for fhe was to hym contraryous.
Some wycked
hym their foueraygne) (To That prompted Walter after this fafhyon For that Gryjilde was fo longe tyme barayne,
;
picke a thanke of
Wantynge a Prynce his name heere to mayntayne, That he thus fholde, as for that purpofe, make Her to geue upp, and fome younger to take.
Or whither
it
(As certaigne it was he wolde bee fenfuall), It fhall not (at this tyme) of mee bee dyffynde,
But furthe the mateir I profequute mail. This motion muche laye in his memoryall,
Sore occupied thearin bothe daye and nyght,
For muche
it
was plealinge
to his appetyte.
50
Of Gryfilde
Ferdre, to mayntayne his fonde opynyon, Falfe Flaterabundy to hym drewe neare,
Enfenfinge
hym
That muche more kendeled hym in the matere, For that me was wife vnto hys brother,
occafion
Theis twoe pryncyples broached in fuche wife Walter his Counfell counfeled thear vpon,
Whoe, perceauynge
Condefcended to
his
purpofe anon
They
He
durfte not (contrary) fpeake their reafon, was ofte tymes fo rageinge furyous,
in a
Whiche,
HalafTe
!
Shoulde fhrynke oughtis their headys to fpeake in the right Halaffe that Prynces molde feeme to lacke grace
!
To
fuffre flaterers to
Whoe When
Is
fo that
mrynkethe the truthe to recyte eauer hee bee demaunded his mynd
flaterer in
but a
vearye kynde.
If Pryncys wyllis
But,
as
What Or anye
denyall, to take effecte, their wyll, they wyllys neade theare then bee Gounfelinge tryall
maye haue no
Counfelours
they will take or reiecte ? As goode no Counfell but they herde may bee,And better none then hyde the verytee.
Sithe, at their wyllys,
the Seconde.
51
Counfell (of olde), as hathe beene telled, Is choafen, and fet, to ordre a kynge, And ought not (throughe forfe) to bee compelled
appoyntethe the thynge, Takynge fundation on this olde fayinge, Twoe wytts (or moe) to bee better then one
But
as true juftice
Whye
But
are they choafe of the auncyent forte for their wifedome and godly prudence ?
[/
24..]
wytts returned a torte For that they lacke the like experyence. If then in them bee wylfull neglygence,
In cafe of truth to woorke contraryous, They mall fure rue their deade vngratius.
Hathe
fullye
determyned in
Gryfilde, whyther me wyll or no bee content, She mufte (no remedye) refigne vpp her place, Theare was for her no other maner grace
;
Of whiche manye
But oother godly e
The younkers
nowe
fafle
To fee
this
fodayne alteration,
many
a blafte,
communycation, and braynfycke famyon, " Nowe mall wee fure haue fome goodly younge feade, When Walter is gone, to reigne in his fteade
wytlefle
Of vayne
Vndre
this forte
52
"
Of Gryfilde
Nowe mall this fure feche bee feched aboute, To haue fome frefche Prynce ouer vs to reigne,
So
fhall all
And
So
When
b If. z 4 .]
oure Kyngys mynde in quyet bee he to the fame fome younge peece
fett,
fhall
gett."
Thoughe
Olde, prouydent, fobre, wife and dyfcreete, They wyfte it fholde breede muche ymmynent
If fo goode Gryjilde weare cafte vndre feete,
woe
;
farre
vnmeete
The
cafe fecreatly fo confyderynge, Bycaufe they coulde not remeady the thynge.
ley
Thomas o iCardynail
At
A A
certayne great and myghtye Cardynall, Whoe was of Counfell to brynge this pafTe,
**
wycked man, a vearye Belyall, Puffed withe pryde mofle paflinge fpeciall, Whoe (certaynly) witheoute caufe or fkyll Towardys goode Gryjilde beeare lytle goode wyll.
counfeled (men faide) withe Aftronomyers (Or what other fedte I cannot well faye, Weare they Sothefayers or weare they lyers),
Hee
Whyther he fhoulde fall or floryfche alwaye Whois anfweare was, he fhoulde come to decaye
;
By meanys (they fownde) of a certayne woman, But what fhee fholde bee they coulde not faye than.
the Seconde.
53
dyd hee,
;
He
haue her depofed to bee But hee theare myftooke, it was not fure mee
wrought
That fhoulde hym brynge to his fynall myfchaunce, Goode Gryfilde neauer wrought anyes hynderaunce.
Yeat one theare was that brought And not goode Gryjilde as he dyd Whois pryncely honour nowe for
hym
it
to his bane,
[/
5-]
take,
To
prophane Fraunce he can a coftelye journaye make, Wheare he for the Kyngis fyfler thear fpake,
to
1528
Whiche
Whome
He
For
Thoughe
knowne,
growne
By
At whiche
Yeat one fpeciall was to forefayde cafe, In whiche hee wanted bothe wifedome and grace.
i
At tyme of canuafinge
this
mateir
fo,
In the Cowrte (newe entred) theare dyd frequent A frefche younge damoyfell, that cowlde trippe and go,
To
No
fynge and to daunce pamnge excellent, tatches fhee lacked of loues allurement
She cowlde fpeake Frenche ornatly and playne, Famed in the Cowrte, (by name) Anne Eullayne.
Anne Bul-
54
Of Gryfelde
her dyd Walter ofte cafte his frayle iye, So fledfafte and fure, it myght not aftarte ;
On
To hym
Falfe
theare was no fuche creature earthlye, His loue was theare fet neauer to departe,
Cupydo
fo ftonge
hym
to the harte,
He
thought vnto her theare weare no mo lyke, Shee was to hym fweete as balme aromatyke.
towardys her was hys longeinge lufte, Oute of his prefence he cowlde fuffre her fcace,
lytle
[/
2 5 b .J
No
At
his
finge mufte,
Only aboue
fhee ftoode
yn hys grace,
the cafe,
What
wifte they wolde togeathers knytt, foeauer lawe dyd oughtys prohybyt.
his
onfe fettynge on a thynge, Beyinge as wronge as poflyble to be true, Cauyllations ynoughe fome wyll foone brynge
Prynce
mynde
That
So
to his purpofe the thynge mall enfue this feafon) to frame for this (at
Nwe
They laide to goode Gryjilde her fterylenes, Whiche me cowlde not helpe God fendeth all
;
increafe.
And (peraduenture) to God maye bee knowne Of His holye lawe fome makynge but light,
For
that in their
owne
is
not fowne,
Theyr
And
Yeat
thearfore,
ore.
God
haue an
the Seconde.
55
as thus,
For
was
Hee neeaded not to bee oughtys fcrupulus, As nowe his enten (Jic) to haue brought to
pafTe.
But of the mateir this was the uearye cafe, Hee had in hym a lyttle fenfuall lufte Whiche withe younge ware hee neadys accomplifche
mufte.
His mynde fetteled on Anne in this wife, She was aduaunced Merquefe of Penbrooke ; As to their Queene, all dyd to her feruyce, And like to Queene was her ftatelye looke
[f. 2 e.]
Howbeit, many myght her fcacelye brooke, So lowe (as fhee) to clymbe fo fodaynlye
They
56
Of Gryfilde
Of Walters fendinge
to
*|f
Rome for
myghte bee obteyned, he taking* his ProgreJJe (the mean while of his meffengers returnynge) to Grafton Of
;
in
her
life
at Leyceftre Abbey.
Caput
6.
HIS peecepickte oute and chofenfor the noanfe Whearon Walters harte was earneftly fett,
MefTengers to Rome weare fent then attoanfe
A
But
this
Diuorfment
The The
was thearof the veary whoale lett, Churche (throughe dwe proofe) to let them marrye, Pope (then beynge) wolde yt not contrarye,
muche grauelye hee thus conceaued, Churche to bee founde of fuche duplycitee Her credyte thearbye myght bee bereaued,
In that
The
fchifmys taryfe by muche enormytee Whearfore hee wolde not in anye degree
In this vrgent mateir graunte his confent, So myght bee obteyned no Dyuorfment.
[/
* 6 "-]
And
The tyme
To
Till they (in this cafe) brought hym the Popys So into Northamptonfheere hee did come,
dome.
The nwe
Merquefes withe
hym
in like cafe
to folace.
the Second*.
57
alfo,
The goode
fealy Gryjilde
was thear
Withe muche heauye harte and pyteful Not in eftate as fhe was wonte to go
cheare,
But oute of fauour, fhe ftandynge a reare, Ofte fecreatlye meadynge manye a falte teare, Withe ynwarde fighyngis fecht from the harte For that whiche (vtterlye) was then no boote.
roote,
cafle
no chearful looke,
;
Nor {he durfte approache near to his prefence Hee cowlde her not in anywife then brooke, Nor fhe (as Queene) to woorke anye pretence,
But, as an abiedte, ftandinge in fcilence, Geauynge attendaunce, withe harte fore pyned, To what ordre (he moulde be affigned.
Thoughe heauynes
In perfe&e charitee fhee alwayes aboade, thanked God howe eauer it dyd frame, Withe wifedome frayltee thus ofte to blame,
And
Howe cache true Chriftyan it dothe behooue To fuffre trebles for Chriftys deere looue.
Afmuche
as
me myght
[/. a?
.]
Within her chamber in oratyon, In whiche her defyre and vtter purpofe
To God
As
His contentation, Confirmynge her felfe withe all obeyfaunce To His pleafure and dyuyne ordynaunce.
to ordre to
58
At whiche
feafon the Cardynall then Attended on the Cowrte theare witheout fayle,
felfe
Not
But
in
pompe withe
his
numbre of men,
his tayle ; fafte to affayle,
as a
Illucke began
hym
then
Theare fewe or none had hym oughtys But was as one in maner cleane abiefte.
in refpedte,
Noforfe whye wolde he goode Gryjilde defpite, He fped the woorfe (I dare faye) for her fake
;
Whoe
[PS.
vii.
God
will
hym
requyte
a lake
15.]
Withe fome mysfortune example I take At theis Dauythes woordys, " Whoe diggethe
Is take in the
So
Cardynall
lyttle
before
And nowe
But
is
of
hym
I
felfe
as like his
owne honoure
Of whome
ferdre
Twoe
That
tell
made
to his confufion
certayne younge
lorde in his
Whoe
The
For
fhewed pretence to
this conclufion,
illufion,
the Seconde.
59
His lorde (the Cardynall} as hee thearof He raged withe hym outragyouflye,
knwe
Proteftinge he moulde his entreprife rwe If eauer he herde hym vfe her companye
;
This was before (he was ordayned ladye Whiche from her knowledge was not kept
fecret,
fret.
me muche
ynwardlye
:
Thother occafion was (as is faide) this When Walter on her dyd firfte cafte his mynde, He afked the Cardynall what his aduyfe is,
Whoe
anfwearde hym, as after [s]he dyd fynde, She was not for hym in anye maner kynde,
Vnlefle for
But
as his
So dyd
maye efpye, At the Merquefes fecreat perfwafion, For he was nowe cleane out of eflymation.
alfo Walter,
ye well
And ymmedyatlye
Computation, of his Wheare, juellys, treafure and rychefle, Was to Walter made relignation
;
He
was called
to a
After whiche great extreme purgation To Torke (his See Churche) dymytted he was
pafle.
60
Of Gryfilde
to the fayde cytee
(Throughe what occafion I cannot well faye) He was fent after, withe great velocytee, Towardys the Cowrte to haifte hym furthe waye,
Whiche fodayne nues put hym in mortall fraye Notwitheftandinge, withe muche trobeled harte,
;
Backwardys
to Leceftre
he dyd
reuert.
In whiche journeyinge by the wayes (doubtles) Hee tooke certayne pyllys, his ftomake to purge,
For
fodayne tempeftyous furge, Ryfmge (as he thought) throughe the Merquefes grudge So that of neceflytee by the waye
this
He
Wheare, thorowe woorkynge of the faid peelys, (Whiche, as I herde tell, weare too too manye) And thorowe forowe, hymfelfe he theare feealys His life to forgoe witheoute all remeadye No longe was the tyme while he dyd theare lye,
;
dayes at the veary mofte, Tyll he was foarfed to yealde vpp the gofte.
b [/ *8 .]
Before he departed, right Chriftyanlye He fent for the Pryor and was confefl,
The
Receauynge into his penytent breft, Alkynge God mercye withe harte mofle earneft For that (in his tyme) by will, deade and thought, Agaynfte His goodnes he had eauer myfwrought.
the Seconde.
61
And
was penytent,
Certaynlye, the Pryor I herde thus faye, murte of heare was his indument
Next to his bodye, when he thear deadde laye For whome hartelye it behoaueth to praye,
Sithe hee heere ended fo penytentlye,
To whome
(no doubte)
God
What thoughe
Yeat dyinge (as hee dyd) penytentlye, His fowle (no doubtys) hathe heauyns ingreffion By hauynge in harte vycis fuppreflion For, thoughe mannys life bee neauer fo infedte, God (fpeciallye) his ende dothe refpecte.
;
Some he callethe in their enteringe eftate, Some (certaynlye) in their adolefcence, Some at the terme of their decrepyte date,
As
this Cardynall, fo
departed henfe
let
none woorke
offenfe,
Myndynge
at that
tyme
Lefte deathe
hym
As happe hathe happened, pytee it was That oute of fauour fodaynly he went
Before he (fynally) had brought vnto paffe His entred purpofe, fo paffinge excellent,
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it
may
Witheout (as it fhewthe) the full perfection, Of whiche I mall tell the caufe of erection.
62
Of Gryftlde
'The Occajion
Oxforde by the Cardynall Thomas Wolfaye, the numbre of the ivoorke ffowlke, 'what he theare pretended ; CyDodtor Cockes (Deane of the fame] mojle dyuyllifche
diforderynge theare and of his alfo defpoyfinge [fie] the faide Churche and other in Oxforde to the mayntaynaunce
^f
Caput
this
7.
T tyme when
A
moode
man
Walter withe
hym
On whome as Walter that tyme cafte hys iye, He afked hym, withe countynaunce benynge, If that withe hym then hee wolde any thynge
To whome
the party e thus entred his fute,
Befeachinge his grace to graunte his lycence fcholar of his, his fchoole heere to permute
Beyonde the feayes, to dooe his dyligence, For more acquyringe, by ftudyes pretence,
Of lyterat knowledge for yeares twoe or The habler after to ferue his Maiftee.
thre,
the Seconde.
63
\.f-
And
"
to the Cardynall hee theare did faye, I merueyle whye oure folke are fo earneft to
haue
entereft,
;
To
the
Haue
"
confumynge of oure Royalmes treafure wee not Scloolys \fic\ them at whome to recure?"
it
Me
" Syr," (quoth the Cardynalf) pleafethe to ailifhe in that I dooe pretende,
your grace
I fhall fo
woorke
in
conuenyent fpace
As fafte hitherwardys to caufe them defcende As eauer thitherwardys they did themfelfes bende,
And
For
"
oother alfo of cache Chriftian porte the like purpofe hyther to reforte."
My
Whiche
perceaue) fome ftudye to begyn, And yee fhalbee fure of oure affiftence, What waies fo eauer yee thynke befte thearyn."
(I
Vpon whiche
(The
To
plot deuyfed and curyouflye cafte) fet thearwithe in hande wondreflye fafte.
Mofte cunnynge woorkemen theare weare prepared, Withe fpedieft ordynaunce for eauery thynge, Nothynge expedyent was theare oughtis fpared That to the purpofe myght bee afliftynge One thynge (chieflye) this was the hynderynge,
;
The
64
[/
30.]
Of Gryfilde
thus manye, a thoufande (at the leafte), thearon weare woorkeynge ftill daye by daye,
They weare
That
Their paymentes contynued, their labours decreafte, For welneare one haulfe did noughtis els but playe.
If they had trulye done that in
them
laye
By At
\
fo longe fpace as they weare tryfelynge, his fall had beene lyttle to dooynge.
The warke was wondreful paffinge curyous, And tomuche fet furthe to his vayne glorye Tomuche it cannot bee to gloryous
To
His honour that reignethe eternallye Thother preferred, that beeynge layde by,
;
The warke cannot take profperous fuccefle Of the godlye I take thearyn wytnes.
Theare fhoulde haue beene reade within
that precyndle,
(To
thinftruclion of
all
The
As
name
The The
of great fame, picked pureft throughe all Chriftiandome, If meede or monaye myght caufe them to come.
But,
It
men
howe
eauer
els
it
had not
That Pryde thearyn hathe oughtys hyndered backe I trufte Humylytee mall perfe&lye compleete, To fet vpp Goddys howfe, as mee feemethe meete, For His ineftymable beneuolence Shewde (of His grace) to her magnyficence
;
the Seconde.
65
b
Oure noble Queene Marye it is that I meane, Whoe, as (hee is moile noblefte nowe of all, That noble warke not yeat fynyfched cleane, Noblelye God graunte her to make yt formall,
If- 3
.]
To
Her
God
By learnynge, to all that lifte not bee frowarde, Is knowne to pleafe the Lorde mofle gratyous,
And
to all fortys
So that
All (to
what duetyes becumethe vs to thearof the true mayntaynaunce their powres) ought to dooe furtheraunce.
;
So haue wee heere faide the caufe orygynall Howe Frydifwide howfe a Studye became, By the great traueyle of the Cardynall,
And
of the fame
They indeauorynge
No
Well
What
Man
66
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3'-]
OfGryfilde
Learnynge in caufes to God appertaynynge (Whiche Reafon tranfcendethe) can faye and perfwade, Howe by true Faithe Man haue mufte his aydinge, And not by Reafon in althyngys to wade
;
Of all
that
is
due bothe to
is
God
and man.
Then, worthye
And
of
all
And
They
muche
vtylitee,
Admyxted withe
Cor.viii. i.]
grace, I meane, as noleffe, ;p or Scyence, Saincte Paule faithe, the mynde doth inflate
Of Scyence hathe manye had plentyoufnes And voyde of Grace hathe proued farre ingrate,
.
Vfynge their learnynge after dyuylifche rate, As Doftor Cockes, withe a Combe thearto fett,
Throughe
flefchelye folye
cawght
Whois noyfome, curfed, and dyuyllifche fubuertinge, By hym, as in his vttermufte powre laye,
Of godlye ordre, althyngis confyderynge, From that was goode to the contrarye waye,
I
To
As
can none other wife of confcience faye, Vertue hee was an vtter enemye,
(to his
mame)
his factes
dothe
teflifye.
the Seconde.
67
b
Abhorrynge his ordre of facrede Preeiftehod, A whoare hee tooke hym, wife cowlde he take none, For contrarye vowe hee made vnto God When of His Mynyfters hee tooke to bee one But for hee wolde not to the Dyuyl alone,
;
If- 3
.]
Hee wrought
Withe hym
(by
all
meanys) other
Hee wrought by J
Peter
',
Martyr J
cowlde not abyde, (For that, like Sathans true knyght of the Gartyr, His holye dodtryne hee heere falcyfide) That whoe (of Preeiftes) in maryage was not tyde Hee was afHi&ed, tormoyled and tofte, To lofTe of lyuynge or fome other cofte.
ftynking
*yr.
Mar-
Somuche abhorred
That whearefo
this
vagynge
verlet
Hee And
fhooke
in
hym
Oxforde his ordy nation Was, whoefo theare a crowne on hym dyd fytt, His College he moulde for his crownys fake amytt.
This was a worthie famous Doctor, This was a man worthie of preamynence,
This was a Chriftian true Profeflbr, This was a man of right intelligence The Dyuyl hee was I faye my confcience,
;
!
He was (I faye) an erraunt curfed Theeif ; His adlys declare, yee neade no ferdre preeif.
68
[/
OfGryfilde
the
30
Hee robbed
Churche of Frydyfwis
(I faye)
Of Chalyces, Crofles, Candylftickes withe all, Of fyluer and gylte, bothe preacious and gaye,
Withe Coapis of tyfTue and many
Dedycat
to
a riche Pall,
God aboue
asternall
And
other Collegis
For thorowe
hym
maye hym well curfle, they are farre yeat the wurfle.
;
Hee was choafe Chauncellor for fawtes amendinge Hee mended (indeade) from goode to the badde Hee was a Chauncellor of the Dyuyls fendinge,
!
So made hee ordynaunce, that a prowde ladde Withe men right reuerende myght fhewe hym checkmate,
And went
dyfguyfed yn ruffyan
rate.
Hee fet them all cleane oute of difcyplyne, And fawe them fetteled in heynous herefye Hee let them (at will) wickedlye inclyne,
He
dyd edyfie, But what to goode ordre was contrarye So wrought hee, that (trulye), to make reporte, As the Deane was, fo weare the more forte.
nothynge
;
to vertue
So
In forte
lefte,
But true ordre of Scholars taccomplifche, Of whiche (wyckedlye) he fawe them berefte, Suchewife indued and withe grace fullye fefte As, nowe I theare noate, by lignes I doo fee
;
the Seconde.
69
Walter fynyfchynge his Progrefle, pajjinge thorowe Thame, and other Townys, the newe Merquefes fajle by his fyde, what mutteringe the people had on Grifildis
If- 3*".]
The Meffengers party e and for her daughter Mary. reuerte from Rome without Dyuorfement ; Walter (by
a wycked man) was moued to take vpon hym the Supreamacye ouer the churche o/* Englande.
Cap.
8.
|OR
all
We
To
our tedious and longe dygreflion, have not forgote oure former pretence
fulfilled at
Walters pleafure
thenfe,
Grafton
Buckingehamfheere he drefle
fell
hym from
At
Ixill,
to offenfe,
To
fynyfche that tyme his huntynge feafon, For Holye Roode Daye was then pafle and gone.
From
iumpe by
his fyde,
Accompayned hym the ladye Anne Bullayne, All pleafaunte, frefche and gallaunt that tyde,
Goode Gryjilde followinge, as one of her trayne, At whiche manye (that wife weare) did difdayne
So noble a
woman
to bee forfake,
And
in her fteade fo
meane
a thinge to take.
70
Of Gryjilde
For thorowe Thame, that gentle Merket Towne, The Kynge then iflued vpp to Z/oWowwarde, Wheare dyuerfe and manye their headys henge downe
To
howe
went
it
farde,
Vnto
their hartys,
God
wote,
it
full
harde,
And thus did faye, mutteringe as they ftoode ftill, "Chrifte faue goode Gryjilde to His bleffed will."
"
[/
33.]
Lorde
!"
"
What meauethe our Kynge goode Gryjilde to forgoe, Whiche hym heere followethe withe trebled moode,
That
In
better for her
woe
Whoe
can her chalenge or blame in the Shee to followe an other in her place ?
cafe,
" Shee
(blefTed
harte
all,
!)
Hathe beene
full
And
her behaued in eauerye parte Mofte honorablye, bothe to great and fmall, And nowe her honour thus wife to appall
!
To
dare,
Yeat pytee
"
What
Queene
bale
Of
Some
it
bee
Straunge
is
this
fee,
behynde,
And
meane
before
this
the Seconde.
71
!
faide)
Wee
feare
If fo a
fome ftraunge nues mall after enfue kynge maye his wife thus repell,
(So goode a
woman
and
full
of vertue),
!
"
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b .]
Whie
tyme contynued haue they ? His Father (of witt and wifedome not.dull) What myght, and myght not, before did purveye.
Profpered togeathers they hathe many a daye, And wee in wealthe and muche tranquyllytee This is noughtys els but Mannys fragylytee.
;
" This
is
noughtis
els
all
but
Mannys
fenfuall
mynde
!
God
Let
graunte wee
hym
!
Reafon
not looke a
newe
Fye
Man
moulde bee
infolent
For, without
maner of fufpedtion,
affection.
This
is
begone of carnall
is
" Wheare
as
nowe,
?
In fuche noble Peearys that ought to frequent Wheare is vnto God his duetye, as howe
haue in awe His holy commaundement ? Thoughe hee it let flippe in his inwarde entent,
To
make anfweare
in the cafe
When
powre, nor
felfe wyll,
72
"
Of Gryftlde
graunte hee (cheeiflye) repent not this geare, For neadys it mufte breede great inconuenyence,
God
not,
howe, when,
The
For Dauyths trefpace, oppreft withe peftylence, Thoufandys of his abode the affliction Synne, fore of Kyngis, ftoorthe Goddys malediction.
:
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14--]
" But
is
no we
it
fo fett,
And
Wee
maye
in nowife let,
;
But feele it wee (hall, by althynges bee doone Rafche recheles luft his race will neadys roone, Like cowlte vnbrydeled, reafon depryued, Throughe fhame (in fyne) mofte ftraungely difguyfed."
Suche, of the rude and pooare Comynaltee, Was (fecreatlye) their tawlke and whifperinge,
Whoe
Withe
And
that in their pooare hartys was lyinge ferdre, they had this careful fayinge,
" Halas
What
"
Walter goode Gryjllde denye, mall become of her dough ter Marye ?
!
if
What
(hall
That
all this
Shee mail forgoe then her Pryncely honoure The weyes thearvnto wee fee dothe begyn. None only but God maye oother grace wynne
For Mother and Doughter what {hall beetyde ? Wee can but praye Chrifle for them to prouyde."
the Seconde.
not only the tawlke, Countie, Cytee, or Burrowe, But comonlye, wheare eauer men did waulke,
73
This of one
Towne was
Or of one
This noble Royalme (in maner) cleane thorowe, So deepe in their hartys it graued furrowe
;
But what aduayled their tawlke in this cafe ? It dyd their goode wyllis but as fignyfie The mateir dyd then but paufe for a fpace, Tyll from Rome the Meflengers myght them hye Walter, nowe fetteled wheare he wolde lye, His expectation (daylye) then was
;
[/
34".]
To
By
heeare nues,
this the
howe
his purpofe
came
to pafle.
Meflengers to the Cowrte came, of the Voyde purpofe for whiche they weare fent So foone as Walter vndreftoode the fame,
For malencolye hee ynwardelye brent, And was (throughe malice) mofte earneftlye bent
Agaynfte the Bufshope for fayinge
hym
naye,
Ragynge
as
At whiche felfe feafon one certayne ftoode by, Whois name (thoughe I herde) I will not exprefle,
Whoe
"
faide to Walter,
muche
doubtinge)
clearlye redrefle
Kynge and lorde of this lande, Yee dooynge youre lyfte, whoe dare youe withe ft ande L
74
"
Of Gryf^lde
Yee, takynge on youe the Supreamacye As headde of the Churche ouer all Brytayne
And
other youre
Domynyons
fpecyallye,
Yee maye
If yee not flicke to put this in practice, Whoe is that dare denye youre entreprife
[/ 3sO
"
?
heearynge his harte can reuyue, Callynge to hym of his Counfell the cheeif, For the faide mateir withe fpeede to contryue
this
Walter
his greeif;
The thynge by
It
was condefcended
None
lifte
to fynde.
the Seconde.
75
Walter fendethe
myjfioner,
to
Oxforde
to
haue
his c he if
ComFyue
in the fame,
Women
Jhewed them
felfes on
Cap. 9.
(EAT, for that Walter wolde not be thought (Of headye poure) to woorke contrariouflye,
Hee
To
fent to Oxforde, as playnnes he fought, haue his cafe theare tryed by the
Clergie,
At whiche trauelynge certaynlye was I, Attendynge vpon a certayne goode man, Whearfore in the fame I fomewhat faye
can.
as
cheeif Commyflioner
Bufshoppe of Lincolne, one John Langelande, Withe certayne other that well cowlde flatter, The learned judgment theare to vndreftande, Wheare one Fryer Nycholas took muche in hande, As cheeif Defendaunte in the forefaide cafe, Whoe fownde hym felfe macht euyn to the harde face.
The
76
[/ 3s O
b
Of Gryfilde
;
But theare was vfed no indifferencye Suche as by learnynge made againft the Kynge They weare redargued mofte cryellye, Threatened alfoe to forgoe their lyuynge
;
On
thother fyde,
all
thearto inclynynge
;
Wheare Seauyn famous Clarkes that Inceptors weare Bycaufe (in this cafe) Fyue wolde not drawe towarde,
It
was dyfferred, to their heauye cheare, For that their cheeif freendys weare prefentlye
Maivdelaye, Mooreman, Holyman alfo,
theare,
Twoe
moe.-f-
Theis Fyue in nowife wolde graunte their confentes, The Regent Maifters weare of the fame mynde
;
Then weetinglye fo to fhowe them felfes blynde The Pro&ors, for gaynes they hoaped to fynde,
Of Bufshoppe
*
"Note
that an
Univerfity inftrument for the divorce was dated. Aft were Richard Mawdlin, archd. of Leycefter,
John Holyman, Robert Cooke, Dominican." Note by Ant. a Wood to his extratt of this pa/age Wood MS. D. 1 8, part ii. fol. 72. " and that did confent." Ibid,
(Bodl. Libr.}
Aldridge
Charnock,
readily
the Seconde.
77
The
Witheoute hauynge Thunyuerliteis feale As to confyrme Walters forefaide pretence, For whiche the Bufshoppe harde threatnynges did To his reproache, and hynderaunce of goode heale If fo that fome theare had had hym at large, I wolde of his life haue taken no charge.
deale,
;
For on the outegatys* wheare hee by nyghtes laye Wear Roapes fafte nayled, withe Gallowes drawne
[/
3 6.]
by,
To
this entent, as a
" If wee fo myght, fuche weare thye Deftynye." His feruauntes ofte handeled accordynglye, As, one (indeade) makynge water at a wall A ftone (right heauye) on hym one let fall.
man myght
well faye
Women
Their
(that feafon) in Oxforde weare bufye, hartes weare goode, it appeeared nolefle
As Fryer Nicholas chaunced to come by, " Halas " that we "(faide fome) myght this knaue For his vnthankefull daylye bufynes
!
drefle,
Againfte oure deeare Queene, good Gryjilidis ; Hee fhoulde euyl to cheeaue, he fholde not fure myfTe."
Withe
that, a
woman,
(I
fawe
it
trulye,)
:
lumpe of ofmundys let harde at hym flynge Whiche myfte of his noddle, the more pytie,
his Fryers heelys
it it
And on
came
trytelynge,
Whoe
Made
(fodaynly), as
his
hee
perceauynge,
complaynte vpon the women fo, That thirty e the morowe weare in Euckerdo.
*
" Of Lincoln
Coll."
Ant.
a Wood, utfufra.
78
Of Gryfilde
Theare they contynued three dayes and three nyghtes, Till woorde was fent downe from Walter the Kynge, Whoe fret at the harte, as vexed withe fprytes, That Grifildys parte they weare fo tenderynge, To all that fo dyd, this woorde downe fendynge, That, magre their teeathes, hee wolde haue his furthe, And ere longe tyme make fome of them fmall wurthe.
[/
36".]
But yeat for all that the Fyue forefaide Clarkes, Withe mofte of the Regent Maifters, that tyde,
the threatnynges that flaterers barkes From that was the right they wolde nowhit flyde. The Bufsboppe Langelande dyd thus then prouyde,
all
For
Conuocation of certayne to
call,
all.
And
For whiche was weepinge and lamentation, I was then prefente and herde their complaynte " in " Halas "
!
(they faide),
pyteful fafhyon
!
No we
is
Thowe Thowe
goode Oxforde for eauer attaynte that hafte florifched art become faynte
till
to holde
and to
faye.
" But notwitheflandinge, confyderinge as thus, Thoue weare withe powre and myght ouerlayde,
Thoue
As
Eaueriche his duetye on cache pate bee payde, That is, whoe of vs hathe wronged the right,
God
dooynges requyte.
the Seconde.
79
" This to
this
To
the knowledge of oure pofterytee, That all, that feafon, made not dyffemblaunce,
But tenne to one ftucke to the verytee, But cheife that ought had no fyncerytee Falfe Ambition and Keepynge yn fauour Declared in this muche lewde behauour."
;
In this mateir
is
to bee adnoted
[/
37.]
What
maye
:
induce,
For, Royalme was forted, As water breakynge ouer hedde or fluce All goode ordres weare cleane fet oute of vfe, Suche calamyteis enfuynge theare vpon,
confequentlye, this
To
this
Falfehod beeare
rule,
and Truthe
fet a fyde,
weare the goode maligned throughe enuye, was true Meekenes ouercome withe Pryde,
to perdition all Goodenes fafte hyde, was Selfe wyll cheif Ruler ouer all,
myght,
in right,
none
for
Aduocat
call.
Then of the Churche began thafflidtion, Then entred Herefies curfed and nought, Then encreafed Goddys malediction, Then His due honour in great decaye brought, Then the goode not regarded as they ought,
But euery Ribaulde myght them checke and chace The Goode depryued, the Badde in their place.
;
80
OfGryfilde
In earthe they cowlde not their malice extende, But vnto heuen fhewed indignation ;
The
By
holye Sayn&ys theare they dyd difcommende too too muche abomynation,
Sclaunderinge certayne vndre this fafchion, Howe holye Virgyns, of no lyttle fome, Weare Concubynes to the Bufshoppe of Rome.
[/
37".]
The
No
goode Theis myfcheifes, withe hundredefolde moe, began At the incummynge of this nwe Queene Anne,
;
Eache doungegell
the Sanduarye
Whoe,
Whome God
As good and
blafte.
And woorkethe
meanys
to
So the malignaunte dothe Vertue fubdue, Bycaufe their doyngis fhee dothe fierflye blame
Prooif
whoe
To
For, certaynlye, vpon this induction Entred in this Royalme fuche innouation
vttre deftru&ion),
To
the Seconde.
81
Somuche
the bodye not heere moleftynge, But hundredfolde more endaungeringe the fowle
At Faftynge and Prayinge was made but ieftinge, The vile Ignoraunte the Clarke to controwle,
All holye cerymonyes coniuringe the
Mowle,
Eache cockynge Cobler and fpittyllhowfe Prodtor In learnynge taken fo goode as the Doctor.
In tokne yeat more of
Infidelytee,
[/
3 8.]
Downe went
Goddys
the Crofles in eauerye countraye, fervauntes vfed withe muche crudely tee,
(like beaftes) in
Dyfmembred
thopen highe waye, Their inwardys pluckte oute and hartis wheare they
In fuche (mofte greuous) tyrannycall forte That to to mamefull weare heere to reporte.
Shortelye
after, to
laye,
mende
Churches and Monafteries downe they went, To haue the treafure fpeciallye thearfore,
After this Prouerbe, to like confequent, The Glouer (craftelye) brought this reafon yn t The Dogge to bee madde, all to haue his Jkynne.
Yeat
was not the vttremufle euyl Theye nybbed Chriftes faithe after their pleafure, So weare they ledde by their Maifler the Deuyl, For, on the truthe, they lyed oute of meafure The whoale heere to wright I haue no leafure, But to this ende I haue reherfed this,
this
;
:
What came
by exchaunge of good
Grijilidis.
82
OfGryfilde
Gryfilde to rejigne 'Dp her Crowne, whiche Jhe neauer wolde graunte ; Of her wondrefull and
to
If
Walter fendet he
wyttye anfweare ; She is fecluded the Cowrte ; What complaynte Jhe made for her Daughter Mary, and of her greeif for her Mother agayne ; Howe Walter wolde bee
feene to dooe i)pryghtly t
hee wrought.
and
Caput 10. ALTER prefented withe Thunyuerfiteis Scale, Seemynge to hym all had condefcended,
^f
The mearyer
that daye he
made his
ful meale,
had hee althynges as hee pretented. Forwardys hee went, hee was not defended, The goode fealye Gryfilde for to put downe,
Nowe
And
nwe mynyon
to
crowne.
laye,
At Brydewell
hee
And
theare was alfo goode Gryjilidis ; Thoughe in his prefence fhee came nyght nor daye, Shee mufte theare attende, his pleafure fo is ;
To whome
hee fent then, by certayne of his, Her Crowne to refigne, of foarfe fhee els fholde, Whiche playne fhee denyed, vfe her as hee wolde.
faide, to
Shee
hym me
All Chriftendome ouer can wytnes the fame, So wolde fhee acknowledge duryinge her life,
Howe
As
name
for his
To
owne Royalme,
frame
the Seconds.
83
Father was thought man of wytt And wyttelye he wrought whoe lifte, his adys vue All Chriftian Clergye alowed them to knytt
Shee added,
his
me
[/
39-1
dyd
fignyfie,
bee,
She
hym
Whearwithe
his
not accuie
hym
knytt withe
all ftedfaftnes,
Withowte (in that kynde) anye maner brufe, Whearfore the more it made her to mufe
So noble a man, fo wyttie withe Into fuche an opynyon to fall
;
all,
hee cowlde faye, or any man els, That owghtys for her fake hee had mysfared,
Or
if
But God
for
hym
As
By Then
caufe
to bee repudiat.
84
For
in Adultery
Of Gryfilde
whoe
fo ioynethe,
;
Hee maye
No
But
God hym
affignethe,
intricat
;
manye
hym
euyl fate,
But tryumphauntly,
in pryncelye degree,
[/
39
Concernynge the fterylnes layde vnto her, was witheout reafon, difcretion or fkyll She had, and moe myght, thorowe due order, Haue borne and brought furthe, to anfweare theartyll But lufte at lykynge his lufte dyd fulfyll
It
;
:
(Meanynge, hee elfwheare difperfed his feede, Whearfore God wolde not more feade to proceede.)
anfweare, this noble woman, At fendynge to her her Crowne to refigne, Withe muche moe reafons then I rehearfe can,
So made
me
For me was lyghtened withe grace dyuyne But by no maner meanys me wolde inclyne
Her Crowne
Whiche anfweare, as Walter dyd vndreftande, Hee tooke the mateir muche furyouflye
;
As one
Hee wolde her ordre as caufe hee fawe whye Commaunde then did hee, in his fell furye,
Oute of his Cowrte theare me fholde be conueyde To wheare he ailigned, theare to bee fteyde.
the Seconds.
85
One myght not an other (in care) comforte The Mothers harte fomuche it dyd not byte,
But ( truly e) the Daughters
"
it
this
godlye Gryjilde,
[A 40.3
Withe tearys (nodoubtys) of ynwarde penfyuenes, " Wolde to God my Walter weare thus well wylde
My
Doughter and
I
his, that is as
Pryncefle,
That
myght Thoughe he fo
my
my
harte.
my
contentation,
ftand,
That
in flate
howe me dothe
in like trybulation,
Carle oute of fauour, from ftate, goodys, and lande, As certaynly my mynde bearethe mee fo in hande
;
Thoughe
as
am
I,
I feare (ere
"
and myftrufte, for mee (her Mother) She mail (at all) fare nowhit the better
I feare,
;
Thoughe God wolde none bee wronged Muche fundrye wayes Sathan the goode
for other,
can
fetter
Whoe
letter,
till,
Though Reafon and Nature wolde graunte theare Yeat falfe malignours wolde rayfe thearof yll.
86
"
I
OfGryfilde
am no
Traytores, I
let all
men
weeite,
;
No more is my Marye^ Wee are mofte readye to all that is meeite Whye then fhoulde anye vs wrongefully molefte ? Whye may not bee had this rightfull requefte,
I
dare proteft
complayne
"
cowlde bee content, and fhee (I dare faye), (If Walters goode will wolde graunte to the fame)
I
To
lyue togeathers yn fome pooare Nunraye, Prayfinges to rendre to Goddys holye name,
The
For, fye on
Commyxte
"
Whye
And
joyned to fuche highe Eftate, thus repelled withe hate and difdayne ?
I
was
Whye Whye
? ?
Geeue mee
Wheare
God
graunte amendement."
Suche complaynte (fyttinge all folytarye) Goode Gryjllde wolde ofte vnto herfelfe make,
Prayinge to God for her Doughter Marye, That Hee of her the gouernement wolde take Muche was fhee careful (in harte) for her fake,
;
No Mother
That, more
eauer was heere, oather yendre, then me dyd, myght her childe tendre ;
the Seconde.
87
Whoe
at that feafon, as
Pryncefle foueraigne,
;
fhee (deeare mayde) cowlde it not remeadye, She prayed nyght and daye, withe many a teare, The heauynlye Father to helpe in this geare.
Thoughe
Shee
O My
Her
"
[/. 41.]
Thowe
(in her forowes) bee ay comfortinge, Turnynge the harte of my Father the Kinge
And
" If
otherwife (of gentlenes) tentreat, not taffli&e her withe forowes fo great.
To Mee
dothe feeme) his purpofe take effedle, geeue her vpp, aflumynge the other,
(as
alfo
reiedte,
Aswell the Doughter as fo the Mother. O God fende helpe, the better the foner
!
Or, in
fight if
it
will
Thowe
lifte
afligne
Befeachinge Thy magnyficent goodnes In nowife wee bothe oughtys to maligne (Throughe frayletye of mynde) for worldely
But, to receaue
it, all
diftrefle,
due meekenes,
As fent by Thy dyuyne operation, For (as Thou knowifte) fome confyderation."
88
Of Gryfilde
this princelye
;
Suche was
Somuche
maydyns prayer day lye Mother had her not in mynde But the Doughter afmuche her femblablye,
the
So mutuallye wrought Nature of kynde ; But Grifilde at Walter no fauour myght fynde, Reproched {he was by vtter contempte,
As from
b
4.1
.]
his fauour
Muche was
in this cafe
He
So was hee blynded in his fantazye, Hee was felfe mynded muche meruelouflye, So that on what thinge his mynde was onfe fett, He wolde haue his furthe, he wolde haue no lett.
the Seconde.
89
was depofedfrom her eft ate Of this worlde and Jignyfication of the fame Why Gryfilde withftoode her Rejignation, whoe was geauen to name Lady Douager
Gryfilde
;
Caput.
1 1
ERCEAUYNGE
Crowne,
worthynes had beene her to compell, Whiche, weyinge and ponderinge, made hym to frowne, Yeat neadys (withe fpeede) he wolde haue her put downe,
No
Althoughe witheoute reafon, fkyll or offenfe Shee was not hable to make refiftence.
Immedyatlye then enfuynge all this A Cowrte he afligned at Dunftaple, To whiche was fummoned goode Gryjilidis To make fuche anfweare as fhee was hable But what thearyn was oughtes profitable ?
Howe muche
Hee was
at a
90
[/
4*.]
Of Gryjilde
at that
Theare
Cowrte was
toflinge
and turnynge,
To fmall goode effedte wheare right ys compelled, For durynge the tynie of the Judgis foiurnynge At goode Gryjilde they greuouflye fwelled ;
What
It
fo herfelfe or her
Pro&ours
telled,
The
as thus,
Gryjildys place to fupplye, And Gryjilde to Walter repudius Bycaufe me was not pleafinge to his iye ;
Anne Bullayne
What moulde
So was goode
So was the goode and godlye reiedted, For that to this worlde me was not pleafinge So was the other in place elected, Bycaufe to this worlde me was contentinge
[St.
:
John,
The worlde louethe his, by Chriftys owne And his enemyes hathe in illufion,
As heere nowe prouethe the
This worlde
Fycle and
is
tellinge,
conclufion.
Inconftante,
muche
Of whiche
reprehenfible ftate
To
certayne entent
the Seconde.
91
leafinge,
forte,
[/
4*"-]
to peruerfe and wrongeful dealinge, Farre oute of trade whiche Goddys truthe dothe exhorte,
To To
lye, to fclaunder, to
gawde, and to
fporte,
flefchlye alfo
abomynation,
Withe
other meanys of
to
all
muche
deceptation.
Takinge
Bycaufe
Is
fo,
faid Worlde the Dyuyl (our mortall foe) cheif Capytayne, Chrifte grauntinge the fame, " The of this Worlde, in his furyous flame, Prynce J
Of whiche
Commethe to feeke lucre, in Mee hathe hee none For Hee was not of this Worldys condytion.
godly Gryfilde trulye, In worldelye pleafures fhee had no delyte, Aboue, the heauynlye Manfion on hye,
"
;
St J hn XIV 3-J
-
Nomore was
this
firmelye fixed her whoale appetyte Thearfore this Worldys Prynce had her in defpyte, And, at his curfed exitation,
;
Was
The Worlde
did her
all this
vexation.
What more vexation myght vex her harte Then wrongefullye fo entreated to bee,
Depofed
(as to faye)
Not
No
92
[/. 43-]
Of Gryfilde
fhee witheftoode or
Whye
made
refiftence,
And was
Confyderinge
She for
In right to ftande behouethe all and fome, Euyn vntill Deathe the life dothe ouercome.
Another as this vndreftande wee maye Shee (beeinge a woman of great prudencye)
;
Shee fawe Newfanglenes entred her foote And was withe Walter famyliar to muche,
Alfo Herefye, of myfcheif the roote, Newes to induce that dyd the quycke tuche, In forte (as to faye) mofte horryble, fuche
That,
To
For
they weare not (in tyme) refifted, bee to haue them defifted. fhoulde late
if
of godlye meanynge), Shee was mofte lothe her Eftate to auoyde, Confyderinge as howe parties weare leanynge
that, (like
woman
This Royalme thearbye to bee forelye anoyde, Grace and Vertue, as creatures accloyde, Weare heauye and fadde, as laboringe withe greeif,
the Second*.
In
this to
This mercy ful Matrone manfullye ftoode, Rather then womanlye to fhrynke for fraye,
Onlye of entent to dooe this Royalme goode, That from her olde dwe began to chaunge moode, As to chaunge honour, renowne and goode fame, For dishonour, folye and flefchelye fhame.
Suche was the meane of this godly woman, But God permytted the Dyuyl to take place
As
ofte
Hee
fo dothe, probation
is
When
wronge
So oure
Whiche nowe
at
Depofed fhee was as feemed to the worlde, But fhee exalted in fauour of the Higheft
;
Of longe the wicked mofte weywardely jorlde Tyll whome they mynded to Walter was nygheft
wicked worlde
Note well
heereafter
When
fo they
name Ladye Douager, They A name leffenynge muche deale the honor That of forne promyfle was due vnto her From Faithe when Pryncys begynnethe to erre, Whiche other (their Subjects) tobferue fhoulde fee, What, in that cafe, of right then judge maye wee ?
gaue her to
:
94
[/ 4*]
Of Gryfelde
enfue
?
What is it but they the like will And fo dyd fundrye, I feare not
to tell, to
Gaue vpp their olde wyues and tooke them Makynge as nothynge of Chriftys Gofpell A meanys that muche conduced vnto hell,
;
nwe,
Whiche,
at the headys,
example
fo takynge,
So weddelocke not mynethe as 1 wolde wifche God graunte fome meanys of reformation To muche Adultery dothe ftill florifche,
!
As
I
Witheoute
Goddys indignation meane no fmall Byrdys of the fymple forte, As prefidentes fhewthe, dothe Rumor reporte. For whiche, and other abomynations, This noble Brytayne hathe beene plaged fore Withe fundrye and manye trybulations, I thynke no Royalme in Chriftendome more. Oure purpofe otherwife tendinge, thearfore,
Thearto accordinge, profequute we
Till iufle occafion
{hall,
maye
thearto befall.
the Seconds.
95
was
ajfigned too
Bugden,
the
Bufshoppe of Lincolns maneir^ whoe was cheif mynyjler of all her forowes 9 whear fundrye her olde cheif officers
and feruauntes weare commaunded from her ; Of her lamentable taking her leaue at them, and of her greuous
complaynynge for Walters vnkyndenes towardys her.
Caput 12.
HIS
|
godly Gryfilde depryued her place, chaunge of cheeare not fole of her alone,
,
manye
a one,
owne
to reforte,
Rentes or Reuenues digne to her eftate, Or oughtes that ferued her fpeciall comforte,
But beinge blanked as one all amate (As was no merueyle, ferued in fuche
Was commaunded
In Huntingedone
Whiche
to the
Whoe
In a
And floored, whearbye the breache did approache At hym takynge light manye dyd encroache,
(For meede and promotion) that Walter myght Exchaunge good Gryjilde and dooe but the right.
96
Of Gryfilde
his
;
handys her greeifes they grewe muche, Whiche all to expreffe fhoulde feeme tedyous
Partely
at
Vndre
Oxforde
it
howfe
all,
[/
4-5.)
noatys that I dooe adnote Whiche hee (of his partye) to her did extende, Was cheiflye the beft, I all men behote,
trebles
brought to an ende
not faye they dyd her thither fende For any coarfey vnto her ftomake,
it
fo take,
Wheare
this
Which
foundethe (me thynkethe) farre oute of reafon, As one of her Seruauntes to mee did tell
;
Her Offycers, that longe withe her did dwell, Weare her auoyded for certayne entent,
And newe
affigned at Walters
comaundement
At whois departure, when they tooke their leaue, At her (their olde and reuerende Miftrefle)
Tendrenes of harte her powres did bereaue, As tearys from the fame did playnlye exprefle,
Sayinge vnto them in her great heauynes, " Halas youre feruyce to mee of longe date, That I (no waies) can oughtes remunerat
!
the Seconde.
97
youe forgoe, no reamedye theare is No lyttle thearfore is my inwarde woe What (hall me nowe betyde I wote not I wiffe Newe mufle I neadys take what meanethe by this But of my tyme heere the morte abrydgement ? Whoe cannot refifte mufte holde her content.
!
**
Halas
And yowe
mee
mee, or other the like, Thofe to forgoe (my Seruauntes mofte truftie) That in my cheeif neadys weare my whoale phylike,
is it
"
What
for
[/
45".]
By fyrme
affyaunce that in
them had
I,
?
vnknowne
Some Weare
The
As
I henfe rapte to morowe or to daye, morter my tyme the lefle wolde they care.
;
keepethe mee bare And nowe of my Truftie depryuynge mee, What can they ihewe of more extremytee ?
abjecte, or thrall, they
"
I
mufte neadys obedyent bee, will in goode parte take as God mall fende,
But, for
I
;
Prayinge youe hartelye to praye for mee, As I fhall for youe vnto my lyues ende
And
fo to
God
Whearewithe, to certayne (withe many a fake She gaue in rewarde of her wearynge geare.
o
So departed they eyther from other, Withe muche heauye hartes as cheare dyd declare, Throughe whiche her ende approached the foner,
Sorowe and Care What thearto myght make, fome lifte not to fpare Ynowhe was her trybulation in vre, More then fome euyn of the meanyfle myght endure.
is
As
a preparatyue
Emonges whiche
all, this
And
was to her an inwarde deadlye greeif, to her enemyes a mameful repreeif So goode a woman, and noble withe all,
bee fo vfed and holden in
thrall.
To
me
Vnto her felfe muche lamentablelye, " Walter at mee thus dothe
Why
I
my
difdayne,
And
For
feruencye, hym in life to ieoberdye ? hym my put No woman can wifche her hufbonde more well,
all
tenderinge, withe
tell.
the Seconde.
99
Hee cannot fuffre mee neare his prefence, Hee lifte not to fende to weeite howe I doo fare, Hee fequeflrethe mee from all preamynence, Hee nowhit for mee dothe oughtes cure or care Hee dothe to mee that hathe beene feene but rare, To cafte mee off, his true defpoufed wife,
;
"
And
"
I
feemeth
as foarye to
heeare of
my
life.
leade
hym
in this
;
[/
h
4<> -]
God
That
His
So noble a
great pytee fo feduced fhoulde wandre a ftraye ; deade to forthinke onfe come mall the
hym man
better
When
"
nother
to
oughtes maye
to
Nor hee
haue tyme
I
woorke amendement.
What
that
fhoulde
my mynde
;
For
whiche
I fee
no remeadye ?
;
To fhue To God
weare but waifte wynde I appeale, That fittethe mofte hye the Judge that judgethe rightuouilye,
to the worlde
to
And
meede of mercye
onlye in Whome I full trufte, This worlde I defye withe his fautours all,
" Hee
Hee
Not
nowe
fo mufte,
Bycaufe
am
And
But
To
befte pleafed, fithe God will the fame, bee thus forted in forte as I am.
am
oo
Of Gryfilde
my
to
Depofition,
my
faluation
wifche contrition,
flagellation
Thorowe makynge
[/
47.]
" In whiche
And
God moulde
oughtes take,
But, thorowe His grace, demurely and fadlye For flefchelye folye his confcyence to quake,
to forfake
of
all
my
cheeif petytion,
To
Into the feate of vyle Carnalytee, And fo agaynfte mee the dooare hee boltethe
Witheoute
I,
Befeache to
my
malefadtours
to bee contra&ours,
In heauyn withe
mee
" Theare
in vnytee,
worldys variation,
Oure reconcylement wrought by dyuyne grace, That wee maye (by Chrifte) inhabyte that place."
the Seconde.
101
blefTed
woman
vfuallye the meditation ; She drefte not her felfe to curfTe, other banne,
Was
But tooke
in
(rather) the diflipation Of thynges infurginge to Englandys vndoinge, Then in her caufe the wrongefull myfufinge.
Lamentynge
Gryfilde remouedfrom Bugden to Cowemolton, w he are, injited withe Jicknes, Jhe felte her tyme come to departe this life ; Of her mofte Chriflian preparinge for the fame ;
mofte chary table takynge her leaue at Walter and all other Nobles, Knyghtes, Gentlemen and Commoners,
[f,
47
.]
Of her
praye for
Caput
her.
13.
FTER
She had foiourned at Bugden forefaide, She was remoued, to more difeafinge, To a towne Cowemoulton, theare to be ftaide
As Walter wolde, fhe helde her well apayde, Remembringe ho we by murmu ration
Was
God
greatlye floored
as fhe
Goddys indignation.
Awhile
vifited
Wheare And more and more genderinge in procefle That tyme was come to fyne heere her progrefTe,
Whiche, well vndreftandinge her mortall Mofte Chriftianly fhe preparde thearfore.
fore,
102
Of
Gryfilde
For bodelye Phyfike {he nowhit cured, But rather wifched to bee diflblued,
Of heauynlye
Whiche,
Her fpyrite myght to the heauyns attayne, As in her creation God dyd ordayne.
[/
48.]
To
walke that waye as true Chriftyan ought, Sauflye and furelye witheoute impedyment,
(Thorowe hoape in Hym that dearlye her bought,) Shee firfte became a perfedte penytent,
Callinge to mynde her life muche negligent, In whatfoeauer her confcyence cowlde mooue
Tochynge
offenfe agaynfte
God
abooue.
Then to the worlde fhe dyd her Her praclycinges heere callynge
conuerte,
vnto mynde, Forthinkinge muche, withe a forowful harte, That more then fhe ought fhe thearto inclynde,
Accufinge her felfe for creature vnkynde Vnto her Lorde, that no darkenes may dymme, That eauer this worlde fhe preferde before Hym.
Of Hym
Withe
(mofte meekelye) fhe mercy befought, tearys oute tryllynge of pure contrition,
in her
thought
perdition,
Of
Onlye and
cheiflye for
the Second*.
103
Remembringe this Texte, in her aduifement, Howe, crauynge of God remyfiion of fynne,
Behoauethe
all
Vnto
their neighbours the like to begyn, Thearby the rather Goddys mercye to wynne,
Whiche nowe fhe hathe in confyderation The more to make, for her fowlys faluation.
Thearfore fhe made
this proteftation,
[/
48*.]
"
O
I
yefu,
my
Forgeue Thoue my
As
By
forgeue
all
men me
And,
wolde
it
Thy
heauynly affuraunce,
in contynuaunce."
So graunte
them (Lorde)
to
make
althinges fure
let call,
her dyd
To whome her whoale life mee playne did To walke the waye that was vnyuerfall,
The
gatis
difcure
all
men
;
pafle mail,
Depured alfo withe the Bodye of Chrifte, Mofte commonly called the Eucharifte
Withe fuche deuotion receauynge the fame As neauer myght woman poffyble more No figne of vertue myght any one name
:
But
in her was feene, withe other great ftore ; Life in her yeat reftinge, tell I mall thearfore, Howe of this worlde (he tooke nowe her farewell,
As Chriftian afFe&ion
104
Of
Gryfilde
At Walter
"
(her lorde) (he thus wife began, Farewell, deere Hufbonde, to whome I was heere knytt In lawefull fpoufayle, as God ordayne can,
holye Churche, I playne confefle itt, And fo I take thee tyll Deathe prohybit ; Farewell, withe full affectyon of harte,
'
'
By His
For tyme
[/
49-]
is
nowe come
Nowe mufte I walke the waye that thow mufte Nowe maifte thow marrye, impedyment is none
;
"
go,
Nowe,
Thow
God God
that thy true wife is parted thee fro, mayfte bee free from fornycation ;
wyll that I nowe, to ceafTe thy trefpace, Shall vnto thy choyce reiigne vpp my place.
"
God
reigne and peace contynuall ; God in thy doynges bee thy direction, As to thy fowle healthe mofte cheifly make mail
Withe profperous
This
is
my
wifche before
my
funerall,
Lynkte vnto thee by true Chriftian looue Whiche neauer (but Deathe) mail any remooue.
"
My fowle vnto God I only bequeaue, My bodye wheare thowe make pleafe to
I trufte
afligne
Aboue grownde
thowe wilte
it
not leaue,
To
be deuowred withe vermyne or fwyne, For that it was onfe vnyte vnto thyne,
Somuche the
rather in Earthe
1
Thoughe
other fauour
105
fo wolde,
maye haue
(as
Reafon
For that I am of Chriftian beleeue) Honeft intierment as Chriftian molde, Withe charytie delte, the pooare to releeue, To praye for my fowle that may them fo meeue,
This
I
befeache thee,
all
as
pooare
woman
maye,
Voyde of
"
at this daye.
Befeachinge thee ferdre, of nature and kynde, Thy Doughter Mary to cafte not awaye,
fuche grace fynde To be as thy Doughter knowne an other daye, Sithe of thy bloode me is cummen nonaye ;
in thy light
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b
.]
But that
me may
Not
for
my
God
fake I
is
moue
And
is
hath fent her to lyue in this life of towardyfnes not to bee abhorde,
lifte
[>.]
not to take
fpeciall
as
thy wife,
goode lorde,
To fome
flaye of lyuyng to fee her reftorde, that For (as I faide) me is of thee fpronge, And not for my fake to take the more wronge.
I
myfdoubte her entretaynynge If thoue renounce her for Doughter of thyne, No fmall malbee her caufe of complaynynge So teachethe the flory of Magubryne ; Let fomewhat thy harte towardys her inclyne, For the deeare Bloode that from Chriftes fyde came owte, For mee is thy bloode, thoue neadift not to dowbte.
;
;
" Sore
06
Of Gryfilde
to thee I in
"
And nowe
haue nomore
to faye,
;
fowle to walke to Goddys election Farewell thearfore for eauer and eauer,
My
For nowe
is
the
tyme
mufte dyffeauer."
fynall farewell
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50-]
Of whiche
her faide
mynde and
(As fundry dothe faye) a Bill {he let make, It fendinge to Walter, that playnly dyd tell The fome thearof, howe eauer hee dyd it take,
Whoe
thoughe
lyttle
hee fpake,
to bee
Some
certayne remorfe moued in Walter, By woordys in her Byll that wryten had fhee, So was it conftrued of fundry degree
;
wyll heere no lengre tale make, But, takynge her leaue, howe ferdre me fpake
I
Of whiche
"
Freendys, that wolde me oughtes well, Jefus rewarde youe wheare I am not hable Farewell, my Foes, wheare eauer yee doo dwell,
Farewell,
my
vnto youe all bee mercyable Farewell, my Seruauntes, fo feruyable, That longe hathe ferued vnrecompenfed,
!
God
God from
all
euyll fee
the Seconde.
107
!
"
Farewell, yee Knyghtes and Gentlemen alfo Farewell, yee Commoners in hartyeft rate, That hathe beene eauer me louynge vnto
!
God
I befeache
all
Hym
!
youe mercy
I
to doe
Farewell yee
my
Praye for
my fowle
nowe,
Thus takynge
-]
Vnto her
So
as I
Doughter Mary
declare
it
herde
I.
0/*Gryfildys mofte pytefull takynge her leaue at Marye her Daughter, commendynge her to the mercye of God, withe muche Mother lye admonytions for her to practice
and haue
in
dayes.
Caput 14.
his Bedyll
JITHE Deathe
Hathe
fent to
fomen me
To
As
this fragilytee
Notwitheftandynge thoughe Nature makethe I wyll yeat nowe, emongeft other all, Take leaue of Mary my Doughter fpeciall.
io8
"
OfGryfilde
Mary mayden, by
lyneall defcent
Spronge of the frefche and fweete Rofe rubycounde, In florifchinge yeares, when hee was content
Withe
the Pomegarnet on ftawlke to bee fownde, Till ferpentyne fhakynge loafed the grounde,
Dyfceauerynge vs muche myferablye, Wheare thorowe thowe art in heauynes drounde, Teat Jefu thee faue of His great mercye !
"
[/. 5 i.]
Of the
haue
Hoapinge the fruyte of thy pofterytee, Whiche Frayletee hathe wrought wrongely to annoye, By meanys of flyckeringe Carnalytee, Seeamynge as fugered fuauytee, Mengeled withe poyfon, and lifle not efpye,
Greatlye makynge to thy calamytee; Teat ]efufaue thee of His great mercy
!
" Sithe wycked woorkynge, muche colorably, From that was thy dwe hathe (hyfted the owte,
Wrongely entreatynge, as truthe can teftifye, By fundry compafinges fetchinge abowte, Of thee (my deareft) I ftande in great dowbte,
Thoughe Childe for Parent ought not myfcarye So is Inyquytee nowe wexed ftowte
;
Thowe,
To
Whiche on my
was neauer
viciat
the Seconde.
falfely imytat, the vndoinge of many a partye ; But fclaunderers God dothe excommunycat,
109
Suche wayes
this
worlde dothe
To
keepe thee
Howe
His bloyfterous blaftes behouethe to fufteyne Heauynly rewarde enfuethe the fame, Who fo for Truthes fake refufethe no payne,
Whiche Truthe in fyne no Falfehod may ftayne Withe patience thearfore, O Doughter Mary,
Arme
vnkyndenes that happen the mall, Vnto thy Father fhewe due obedyence As hee mall afligne thee, to rife other fall,
all
;
" For
[/
5i
.]
Content thearwithe thyne inwarde confcyence So maifte thoue haue of his beneuolence,
If Pytee or
lye
And
" If eauer
(As,
will dooe,
noman can
defyne),
Vnto thy Countrey bee neauer ingrate, To dooe them comforte thy harte let inclyne
So make thoue fhewe thee true Doughter of myne, For I them loued withe all feruencye,
And
they lykewife mee in perfecle true lyne For ivhiche Chrifte Jefus graunte them His mercye
;
10
Of Gryf^lde
;
" The pooare (to thy poure) releeaue and fufteyne, Thearby thoue fhalte heere great goodnes purchace
Afwell of the pooare as the riche be fayne, Specially tenderinge their neadful cafe ;
thee
" Bee meeke and lowlye in harte and in looke, Beare thee not bolde of thy nobylitee
;
Bufye thy
felfe in
teachethe the rulys of pure humylitee Bewares the wayes of falfe fragilitee,
Whiche
Vfe faftynge and prayinge for beft remeadye So fhalte thoue trulye withe all facylitee
Purcheffe of
mercye.
[f. 52.]
thoue bee in His fpeciall fauour ; So fhalte thoue of man the daungers efcape ;
fhalte
" So
So
thoue purchefle heauyn for thy labour So mall the Higheft in thy behaulfe fhape,
fhalte
And
thee faufelye fheelde from all maner rape If thoue to ferue wylte truly applye,
Hym
Hee withe
my doclryne ; well thee inftrudte will thearof (I hoape) Thoughe I not fee thee withe corporall iyene,
!
vnto
Some
Yeat owte of
my
the Seconde.
As mee
God
it
Hym
After His pleafure His grace thee conduce, Andfaufely keepe thee of His great mercy e !
"
And nowe
farewell, deeare
Doughter Mary
!
Farewell pooare Orphan, as feemethe vnto mee! Farewell, whome fayne I wolde not myfcary Farewell, of forfe I neadys mufte forgoe thee!
Farewell in
Hym
that
is
bothe
Farewell, from feeinge thee withe mortall iye Farewell, nowe flowringe in virgynytee
!
"
To
Firfte thoue of
mee
(as
Nature wolde
fo),
of thee, thy lickely Mother, That oute of this worlde is ready to goe,
I
And
It
is
prohybite, to
my
mortall
woe
" Halas
thee yeat onfe beholde Before that Deathe mail bereaue mee my fight,
!
that I
myght
[/
To
blefle thee
Thoughe
Goddys
reafon
it
right,
!
12
Of Gryf^ld^
! !
" The God of Abraham His bleffinge geeue thee The God of Ifahac graunte thee the fame
The God
of Jacob thy fuccurrer bee, from all worldely mame, defende Thee to And to fee profper, to glory of His name,
(for
This worlde
"And
And And
as olde
Abraham dyd
Jacob Jofeph, Genefis dothe exprerfe, In awe of Goddys lawe they truly to dwell,
And
other Blefled, as Scrypture dothe tell, So blefle I thee withe bleffinge femblably, In name of the myghtye Emanuel,
keepe thee of
What
blefTynges
more
to
Withe
bleffinge of
On thee (my Of all falfe enemyes to voyde the defpyte, To pleafure of God mofte fpecyallye,
In his caufe
(as
God
man) manfully
thee
to fight,
!
thee (Doughter) for eauer farewell in forowes furely pight farewell Deathes panges dothe compell, bydde thee
I
!
! ! !
The
daye dyfpayrethe,
fafte
the Seconde.
\ 1
Yeat
after
dymme
clowdys
eauerlaftingely
Hee make
That
is
. .
the Father
of endeles mercye
To Whome I befeache thee, (Mary] deere Chylde, To praye that Hee pleafe my fynnes to forgeeue,
That from His Prefence
I
"
Throughe tendre pytee that maye Hym For that in Hym I dooe only beleeue
meeue,
And
trulye ; mufle for bee breeue, I Thus, fayntynge breathe, neadys " Commendinge the (Doughter) to Goddys mercye !
Hee wotethe
it
Of Gryiildis godly departynge this life ; Her trobles heere ended, Wheare awe of euerlaftinge reft enfued.
God
is not,
what myferyes
In
enfuethe.
An
Elucidation
Domo
Patris
funt, approuynge,
whoe feruethe
did this
Gryfilde)
is
Caput
15.
FF
this
noble
woman
come
fpronge,
ordayned by Goddis dyuyne dome, Lefte in departinge the fame myght haue
Shee humblye befought, withe hartys compunction, To haue (as was dwe) the Extreme Vnttion.
Of Gryftlde
in true Chriftian forte,
,
r
Whearwithe munyted,
Agaynfte tranfgreffion of the fenfes fyue, So fealynge then vpp cache highe waye or porte,
began as to ftryue, As thoughe againfte Deathe it fayne wolde reuyue, But thearby brought in fuperation,
lyttle life lefte
The
She of her
fpirite
gaue expiration.
Vnto
that purpofe
attende,
Thoughe, cheiflye of all, to her confolation, For refte was to her after trybulation
;
None
otherwife
And thoughe
tranfitorye)
Weare of her honour and kyngedome (hut owte, Into a kyngedome of farre more glorye
Shee was receaued,
I
haue no myfdoubte
Whiche neauer
That
Hym
Whome
And
her lifetyme me truly obeyde, ferued withe all her harte cowlde deuife,
all
As (partelye) heerein wee haue of her faide, That fo to credyte ynoughe may fuffice What more then needethe to tell a tale twice ? Shee nowe departed (as earfte wee haue tolde),
;
the Seconde.
5
[/
54.]
So was the alterynge, by many a daye, Nowe at a poyncl:e, tochynge the former cafe
And no
lyttle
For twentye yearys full, it day by day wrought Till it had (almofte) brought all vnto nought.
throughe
falfe
meanys may
the Holye
dothe contamynat, libertee frayle is not refrayned, Theare is the Countrey muche to bee wayled
men
Theare needys mufte reigne Goddys indignation Wheare that fo dothe, this fequele mufte enfue, Of His meere Grace clean depryuation
;
Depryued
In obduracye for to contynue, So followeinge oure owne fragilytee, As thoughe for fynne no punyfchment molde
bee.
By
alterations, as
is
aforefayde,
this
noble Queene,
Whearby
Excepte
in a
fewe whiche
God
As
this
Owte
of
n6
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b
.J
Of Gryfilde
To Whome,
in
falutation
At Newe
yearys tyde, in frendefhippe to remayne, Shee to her Freende that befte for her cowlde mifte,
Newe
yearys
gifte.
yearys cue (as I was inftru&ed) Shee yealded her gohofte to her Redeamer,
For on
Newe
was conducted, By fignes nolefTe, dyinge whoe had feene her, Withe vertue florifcheinge, no lawrer greener,
vnto His palace
it
And
To To
thacceptation of her heauynly Lorde ; that He bought her fhee was thearfore reftorde,
mofte glorioufly fhynynge, For Chrifte in His Fathers howfe dothe difclofe To bee Manfyons manye, of His deuylinge,
well
Accordinge to heere the partyes merytinge Then maye be faide, the gloryous in life
Of gloryous
the Seconde.
117
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5S-]
eft
As the mofte
Dyd
Her
Exaltata
So in the
fan&uarye
;
Of
For the Lorde theare (her Sunne and Iflue) As mother nexte Hym ought her to indue.
the Eaptljle maye alfo be thought, For that Chrifte (Hym felfe) hym praifed fo highlye, Thearto accordynge in place to bee brought
;
Of yohn
Inter natos
mulierum non
furrexit major
Joanne Baptifta.
[St.
vii.
None
In
higher then hee of humayne progenye, Excepte (beforefaide) cure bleffed Ladye ;
Luke
28]
comparafons of vertue and grace Shee of all creatures mufte haue the cheif place.
all
That Chrifte permytted to fleepe on His brefte, Whiche, neauer corrupted withe flefchely fynne, Mufte neadys in heauyn haue highe enterefte That life (of all lyues) is theare alowed befte, For they whoe theare can bee approued fo Followe the Lambe wheare eauer Hee dothe goe.
;
[Rev.
xiv. 4.]
Holy
Saindte
Paw/e
Labored in preachy nge of Chryftes gofpell, Hathe he not (trowe yee) a farre higher ftall
Then
fomuche dyd
trauell
As lobour
Whoe
And
hee but
dothe fowe.
[z Cor.
ix. 6.]
ii-8
Of
Gryftlde
[f. 5s
b
.]
The
holy martyrs Laurence and Vincent, Stephyn and Dyonyfe, withe other fuche mo,
Endurynge for Chrifte moft greuous torment, Eauyn tyll the Tortours themfelfes lifte bydde, Shall other (in joye) fo paffyngelye go That quyetlye endethe, thoughe Chriftyanlye ?
Whoe
No
theare
is
certayne indyfferencye.
The Theeif that henge on Chryftys right fyde, Whiche mofte his lyfe tyme myferablye ledde,
Whome
Tooke
tyme
tryde)
And
His joyes after hee was dedde, was of the fame fuffyciently fpedde,
to
ytt.
Yeat to bee weyed (as I dooe take ytt) His meryte withe Pawfe, noman may make
But, vndreftande yee, in this to conclude,
The mynde
Aboue
Withe fuche charytable eftablifchment That but perfedte vnytee dothe theare frequent.
Theare the Higheft withe Meaneft compared, Eyther of other hathe this opynyon, So equalye theare to bee rewarded That but to them is one Fruytion,
And
fo
it is
in this condition,
For the Vifyon of the Deytee Is theare theyr full and whoale
felycitee.
the Seconde.
9
[/
56.]
yn
that
her
life
For euyn from the tyme me had difcretion Vnto the feafon her life dyd expyre, She (trulye) ferued withe full affection Thearto accordynge, me hathe for her hyre
;
Not
as
the
Murmurer me dyd
requyre,
[St.
Matt. XX III
But, hoapynge rewarde of endelefle folace, Shee her commended vnto her Lordys grace.
is
fuche,
;
dyd mee
Whis
[whois~\ traueyle
is
great, his
rewarde ys muche,
;
Such is the goodnes of Goddys maieftee On which preafumynge, thereby judge wee This godly Gryjilde no we, after her peyne,
With
Hym
120
Of Gryfilde
If
howe Gryfildys life 'was henfe feperat, he commaunded at Peter Burrowe to haue her buried, muche honorablye ;
Of the
maner
thearof.
cowlde not but haue goode endinge, thoughe not fo of the praue forte ; Her Corone heere taken from her, an euerlaftinge
ivas rejtored.
f
[/. 5 6.b]
Cap.
6.
from
moued
his harte
by inwarde wandringe
To
Accordynge
Commaundynge
That
it
weare doone
in
conuenyent
forte.
Ferdre, his wyll was her buryall to bee In the See Churche of Peterborowe ;
After whois pleafure thither brought was mee, The Ordre as howe I lyfte not tell thorowe,
But, paffinge ouer many a forowe, Feelde and leafues, withe medowys frefche and greene, In ordynary forte, as hathe beene feene.
Theare weare in ordre the Offycers fett, As in thobfequye of Pryncelye eftate, Bothe Trumpetours and Herawtes, theare they mett,
To
rate,
Withe Ladyes lamentynge her mortall fate, Whiche, thoughe it bee mofte naturall and
Suche
(yeat of freendys)
is
fure,
the Seconde.
121
Brought
to the place,
muche
this
The
deadde cadauer of
Was theare vpp fett as feelde hathe earfle bee feene The fame deadde bodye amyddys theare betweene,
Withe fundrye ryche
For purpofe whiche
Executor cheeife of
clothes
vpon the
obfequye Was the Busmoppe mentioned before, Ailifted by twoe, withe all dyligencye, Of the fame ordre, witheoute anye more,
Saue Abbottes and other Religious great ftore, Synginge and fayinge, as thearto was dwe,
Dirige and MafTe, while tyme dyd contynue.
this
\.f>
57-1
In tyme of whiche, the Herawtes theare prefent, At eauery Pfalme and LefTon ended,
From Some
Vnto
the faide hearfle they tooke as they went certaigne thynge, for caufe pretended,
God
lended
Was
Whiche
it
was
to fee,
am
hable.
122
Of Gryfilde
to the
Bury all,
And numbre
Preparynge was the bodye to carye Vnto the place wheare it fhoulde tarye
Proceadinge furthe in honorable wife, Hundreadys theare folio wynge withe watrye iyes.
[/
57".]
And
on the northe
fyde,
At thende of this right folempne funerall, Her corps (in cophyn) they did it theare hyde,
in the earthe, to refte perpetuall, Wheare, in tokne of this exchaunge mortall,
Lowe
The
withe muche heauye chere, Their roddys breakynge cafte in her fepulchere.
Offycers
all,
noble and godlye woman, (After the courfe of this mortalytee) Layde in the colde earthe of whiche mee began, Notwitheftandynge her highe nobylytee ;
this
So was
For whome was dealte vnto the Pouertee Neare to the fumme of one hundred pownde,
The
Of whiche
All goode folke joyed, in Goddys fo ordynaunce For dyinge heere in true compundlion
Is figne
As dyd
by goode afluraunce, Whoe all her lyfe dayes was to God pleafinge, Whearfore mee cowlde not but haue goode endinge.
woman
the Seconde.
But, contrary wife,
123
whoe
lyuethe at ryat
Flefchely and beaftely, as leadethe blynde lufle, Reauynge and ragynge, all owte of quyat,
As, what the flefche wyll, neadys haue yt hee mufte, Of fuche the fauegarde I haue in myflrufte ; For Synne accuftomynge, Experyence dothe tell,
Thoughe inter Pontem et Fontem (ys fayde) One certaigne theare was that fownde meede of grace,
In hoape of the like, in mynde bee yt wayde, Let no man fynne, Goddys mercye to purchace, But vertue tenure while heere is lent fpace
;
"
"
[/
Of fuche,
whois
life is
merytoryous,
is
In fight of
God
not
the deathe
preacyous.
malice,
Of fynners
But
is
fo, fetteled in
mofte odyous in Goddys dyuyne fight, Withe contrarye rewarde myxte is their chalice,
to bee lothed.
As dyd
this
What was to Goddys pleafure me gladly fulfilde, The pooare and neadye greatlye comfortynge
;
Whearfore Hee wolde her to haue refortynge Vnto His heauynlye habytation, To haue perdurable Coronation.
24
Of Gryfilde
;
Thoughe heere her Corone was her depryued, The other fhoulde neauer haue defection
So had the Higheft for her contryued In His asterne praefcient Election,
To Whome
Wythe
[/
58"-]
althyngis are in fubjection, Bothe heauynly, earthely, and lowe in the Hell,
hartys of
all
Kyngis
to wyll
and compell
for her,
relynquyfcheinge her life, Woorke in Walter that hee moulde neadys graunte To haue her buryed like to Pryncys wife ;
Hym)
to
her prerogatife,
blyfle,
His heauynlye
Whois
waye not
to myffe.
^f
maner (muche partej of the doleful! complaynte and lamentation of the mofte gratious and vertuous Pryncejfe
'The
Marye for
inthobfequye
the
departure
of her
noble
mother goode
Mooarner cheelf
^ Caput
17.
Of all
Thoughe
the Seconde.
125
faide,
;
She was cheeif Mooarner, it well rnaye bee All other to her weare but as countrefettes She, heearynge her Mother vndre booarde
laide,
In to her clofett demurelye mee gettes, Her cheeakes all withe tearys me ruthefully wettes,
Kneealynge a downe
in contemplation,
this
famion
heauynly Father and Kynge celeftiall, Lorde of all Lordys, Thy tytle ys fo,
fro,
[/
59-]
To Whome fpecyall obeyfaunce dothe fall, Thy ordynaunce dyuyne no man may parte
All one to conuynce, in feawe as in mo, Mother henfe rapte from this worldys vifion
My
To
wheare
Thowe
pleafifte to
" Her to
commaunde
is,
to
demore or departe
arte,
lifte,
Thy
And
office it
Her Thowe
Thowe
lifte
to vntwifte
(As in
mannys punytion)
Whoe
(naturally) of
mee
is
fore myfte,
Teat graunte
From tyme fhe was firfte in wombe conceaued Vnto the daye of her dyfieauerynge,
"
Of her
the tradynge Thowe neauer leaued, But wafte her Guyde, her lyfe aye orderynge,
26
Of Gryfilde
; ;
And as Thowe woldifte me was conformynge Thy grace (from evyll) was her munytion As Thowe hafle fo to her beene tenderynge,
So graunte her, (Lorde), Thy he any nly fruition
!
as
Thowe
lifle
vouchefaue,
Thowe
hyther conueidfle her, at Thy pleafure, Wheare to the fame fhee dyd her behaue,
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Thoughe forowes fought her farre oute of meafure, Throughe whiche, withe Thee, me heaped vpp treafure,
For that me loued no fedytion But ferued Thee trulye, as fhee had leafure Whearfore, Thowe graunte her Thy he auy nly fruition
;
"
pleafifle
myferye and care, And fhee to repayre wheare Thowe lifte afligne, Wheare Thy feruauntes and true beleauers are,
Heere
in this flate of
And
" So
to all fuche digne Judgement doifle fpare, grauntifte freely e Thy he auy nly e fruition.
is
my
hoape
in
That her Thowe hafle take to Thy heauynly refte, Thee eauermore to praife and magnyfie, As Thowe canfle ordayne thynges all for the befle And, blefled Lorde, graunte this humble requefle, That I maye bee of like condytion,
After her
life
my
Withe her
to
the Seconde.
127
"
and Educatrice)
But, fithe
I
it
cummethe of Goddys
prouyfion,
can but wifche her fowlys faluation, 'To haue withe Hym of His fruytion.
this life,
The louyngiile that What mail I dooe but this worldys joyes refigne, And daylye praye God to fetche mee to thee ?
In tyme thowe lyuydfte
I felte aduerfytee,
;
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And muche more hangethe of dyfpofition God I befeache His pleafure dooe withe mee, And thee to graunte His heauynlye fruytion.
" While
life
in
mee
tendrenes
to exprefle,
But hartye prayer and meeke petytion, That God (of His ineffable goodnes) Will graunte to thee His heauynly fruytion.
"
And,
as for
thee (daylye)
mall fo praye
Whyle
in this life I
conueyaunce,
i28
OfGryftlde
els enemyes woorkethe me annoyaunce and fathanyke fedytion, heauynly Kynge to fhewe His puyfaunce, thee to graimte His heauynly fruyt ion.
Withe what
By
falfe
The And
"
What
is
of this
life
the
pompous
eftate
But (as to faye) a burdayne ponderous, Witht \_Jic\ fundrye chargys that dothe onerat
[/. 6o
h
.]
Of ftreyte
accompte
to Chrifte
this light,
Towardys heere all fortys, the Goode can That foone was made thy computation,
So feruethe
recyte,
my
imagynation
So godly was thy dyfpoiition, All vyce thowe puttidfte in fequeftration, Whearfore thowe hajie of Goddys fruition. " So
is
my
hoape in
God my
Creator,
Meekelye fufferynge this worldys punytion Of whiche wronged forte thowe maifte bee And numbred to haue of His fruytion.
confefle,
the Seconde.
129
"
To whome
all
Withe
From
Vnto
this
worldys malice
mee
faufe to defende,
Whiche
fuethe the wayes that lowe dothe defcende the lake of fowle Perdytion,
But thee and mee, that otherwife entende, To haue (for eauer) of His fruytion"
Suche was
this
Maydyns meditation
[/. 61.]
For her deeare Mother, to her mofte louynge, Withe harte fore plunged in perturbation
Throughe fundrye flormys her ftrongely prouynge, Yeat mee all conftante, ftandynge vnmouynge,
Specially
hoapynge
As mofte
in
care,
contynuall ftrife, enuyous ferpent to tempte her fo dare, feruauntys of hym the like dyd not fpare
abjecte,
mee lyued
in
muche
derifion
So leaue
I her, all
But
only in hoape
of Goddys fruytion.
130
Of Gryfilde
firfte
The firfte Gryfilde and the Seconde, apfrouynge the Seconde Gryfilde offarre more 'worthy eftymation then
Maryage
to be mojie
lawful ; Ofwhis
Cap. 1 8. |O clokedlye vndre darke couerture haue not walked in this Hiftorye,
1T
We
The meane
Not fygured
But
this
as
But that the readers may vndreftande fure of oure mentioned memorye,
by Alligorye,
fayde Gryfilde, playnlye to defyne, Is playnlye ment the goode Queene Catharyne.
[/.
6i.]
A man
Yeat in
muche
this mateir,
He
(As
was wronge
may
Loue
well bee thought, throughe louys dotage, leacherous, inconftante and fycle,
in the frayle dothe ftooare
Whiche
Whye wee
Henry to For that
in thys
Newe
is
mateir dyftilde
Of Henryes
Then
the Seconde.
Fyrfte, Walter, a
131
man
of highe nobylitee,
To Gryfilde (farre bafe) auouched to knytt, Whoe fhewed her tatchefle of inftabylitee When from her felowefhippe he neadys wolde
Her
childred hee
flytt,
buryed hee tooke her agayne, Relynquifchinge her, And in this all whoale hee dyd hym but fayne.
;
made
as
in pytte
This
But
in all
Relynquifchinge her, hee had not the grace Her as to fett in her priflynat ftall,
But earneftely wrought her harte to appall, Witheoute all maner reconciliation, Tyll Deathe (in her forte) made feperation.
Howemuche as Gryjilde the Firfte (as wee meane) Was iflued of meane and lowe progeniture,
Somuche
the eafyer fhee
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61.]
myght fafchyon
cleane
The
fturdye dooynges of Walter tendure ; Lowe, lowe to bee brought, not peftrethe Nature, Lowe eafyer maye aduerfitee fufteyne
Then Highe
in
myferye lowe
to
compleyne.
But foftred the fame muche honorablye Thother Walter his iflue abated That was of hym iflued mofte lawfullye So was betweene them great dyfferencye The Firfte muche kynde, thoughe he difTymuled,
; ;
Thother vnkynde,
as
maye bee
lykened.
Of Gryfilde
Thus Walter withe Walter hathe
For vnto
their
wyues
And
haue preamynence The Seconde Gryjilde, by goode authorytee, Then the Fyrfte, as reafon feemethe to mee.
to
For of her great Patience theare is nodowbte, Her fades in prefent remembraunce dothe reigne
The
Firjle
howe
To vs in theis dayes they are vncertayne Many imagyne that Petrarke dyd but fayne Howe muche the Seconde is true, that yee haue
;
herde,
Somuche
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before thother
mee
is
And fithe that Ethnykes accuftomed (of olde) The famous adtys of their noble women
In forte of Hiftoryes to haue enrolde, As Hiftoryographys fawe worthye to penne,
Howe muche in thois oure later dayes, then, Of fuche noble woman as oure Gryjilde was To haue her hiftorye brought vnto pafle.
haue fayde as my knowledge leadethe, And as of oother I haue beene inftrudted If anye heere after that this fame readethe, By ferdre knowledge beeynge conducted, Shall feeme the dwe I haue ouerflucted,
In whiche
I
;
Let
hym
That
the Seconde.
133
To
weare muche lothe of highe other lowe bee fownde fawtye yn my compryfinge, But farre leather opynyon wronge to growe,
I
I
When
Rather
am
gone, by this
my
faide
wry tinge
Then
Theare
are that
faye in this
Bycawfe muche more they fawe in practice, Whiche withe this ladye Gryfylidis Weare conuerfante and dyd her feruyce,
But
to
my
purpofe
this
dothe
fuffice,
The
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nowe
this,
fterilis,
To
whiche objection concurryngely take, That fhee reie&ed and newe receaued,
The
befle that
iffue
Whearby
From one to fyue to bee alleaued And yeat (in fyne) whoe lifte to vndreftande To Gryjlldys feade the State was brought to hande.
134
If
Of Gryfilde
wronge had bee their copulation, God wolde of wronge (Whiche is endlefle Right)
Not
fo
haue
fet in
eftymation
in
;
His heauynly fight But, beeinge rightful!, by His dyuyne myght, Hathe Gryjildys feade in honor exalted,
Thoughe
lowe halted.
At whois pryncelye Inthronization (Muche meruoufly by God brought abowte) The Heauynly e Spyrytes made Jubilation As my confcyence perfwadethe owte of dowbte, For that His enemyes withe her beare no rowte,
Falfe Herefyarkes, poyfonlye harted, That earfte Goddys glorye had neare peruerted.
[/. 6 3 ".]
For, mofte certaynly, wheare wicked Sathan Withe his tortuous wayes is eiecSted,
Purged and clenfed as God ordayne can, And His dwe honor trulye ere&ed, Theare (credyblye) the Spirytes eledted
(As in the conuerlion of fynners to grace) Takethe occafion of heauynlye folace.
And,
Of
mo
Withe joyinges
in
God
To
fee that
was downe
The
certaynly earneft.
the Seconde.
135
all,
Emonges
all
Wee
That
Englifche
vs
Men
ought
to rendre
God
thankes,
Hee
Whiche
pleafed to grace agayne call, weare as men cafte ouer the feaye bankes
to gnafche in defperation
falfe feperation.
Withe them
(in
Withe muche hydeous innouation, The Badde agaynfte the Goode dyuyllifchly lynkte By tomuche hatefull indignation
;
The
pledge heere
left to
cure faluation
Of Chryftys
None
bodye that bought vs from blame, heere fo hardye in right forte to name.
to
Whearfore
God
bee fpeciall
dwe
prayfe,
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64. ]
For
that (of His mercye fuperabundaunte) Hee pleafed for vs to woorke in fuche wayfe,
to
Thoughe wee
Whoe
graunte vs nomore to bee inconftaunte, For pleafe Hym wee cannot, the Scripture faithe, Wee feaueringe from the Catholique faithe.
6.j
136
Of Gryfilcte
God, prayethe for vs wee neeade dowbte, thoughe fome (pfwronge opynyon) koldethe
t
Gryfilde, departed to
not to
the prayer of Sayntes to projite nowhyt ; a brobatlon to the contrary, and that Englande by the prayer \_Jic] of the bleffed aboue was (of late) reduced to the Chriftian
Fait he dgayne (as wee maye well fuppofe) that weare gone
ajlraye.
Caput
Gryfilde,reign-
19.
WRE
Chriftian Grifilde, as ye haue herde tell, Rendred to the grownde, as right fo fhall wee,
not
to
bee
doubted.
In mercy of God I leaue her to dwell, Partyners withe her Who graunte vs to bee
Shee, joyinge the heauynlye felycitee, For vs (her olde fubjectes), I dare well faye, In all oure trebles dothe inftantlye praye
;
Seduced by Sathan, the Prynce of darkenes, For Sayntes in glorye dothe wrongelye depofe
to
them
in diftrefle,
Nor oughtes can helpe to eafe oure heauynes By prayinge for vs to oure heauynlye Father Whois errour to ceafle, theis prooues I gather
4 O
b
If only to
God owre
thoughtys inwardelye
(By prayer or els) bee perfectelye knowne, And to none other His creatures on hye,
Then weare the ordynaunce quyte ouer throwne Whiche in Chriftys Churche of confuetude is growne,
Howe
behoue.
the Seconds.
137
[St.
In Earthe, wee haue knowledge, by holye yeamys, Howe muche dothe profyte the prayre of the Jufte
James
v.
Then, they nowe regnynge aboue the funne beamys, In farre higher fauour withe God wee graunte mufte, For owte of fauour none can them theare thrufte, The more in fauoure, the more profyte they maye, As, to optayne what eauer they for praye.
And
(Jic] and great, and Creator of (The highe, myghtye, all), This is alwayes the accuftomed feate, His feruauntys heere that to Hym afcende mall
In
In
Heauyn
if
to
fpecyall
Then,
theyr prayer
maye
farre
more
prerogatife.
If Angels (whiche are but creatures certayne) Dothe knowe the fynners conuerfyon to grace,
Whiche
For
conuerfion
is
the face, fpeciall prooif, and not by Then, Saynctes maye the like, in femblable
Sithe
God
his
Freendys
lifte
them
fo
nomynat,
aflbciat.
St - J h " xv -
And
The
fhall in
judgement withe
Hym
Reioycethe farre more in one fynners amendement Then in great numbers that innoxious are
Whiche neaded
And, For that,
as
not to bee
come
penytent,
by forme confequent
And
Angels, they creatures bee, dothe (withe them) pytee oure infirmytee,
138
Of Gryfelde
If Dyuyllis oure euyl deadys and thoughtes contraryous* Shall laye to oure chargis, not purged by peanaunce,
Then knowe
vengeaunce, In Judas harte entred, and wrought theare the waye His Maifter (Chrifte Jefus) to fell and betraye ?
[Tobit
xii.
Whye Howe
els
Of
Thobye
that Raphael
cell,
To God
And, as So oure goode Angels cache godlye entent Of vs fulfilled to God dothe prefent.
Not
He
dothe them
els
weete,
God And
wyll hys Spyrytes to woorke in couerte, alfo his Saynctes, of one lynked harte, In like heauynlye loue that fo dothe excell,
To
All whiche (their knowledge) in God they fee ytt, As wee in the glalfe whoe ftandethe behynde vs,
Thoughe the comparafon bee farre vnfytt So wyll Hee haue it, of His wyll gratious,
That
as
knoweledge curyous Tranfcende the Brutall, by muche dyfference, So vs the Heauynlye, by pamnge excellence.
*
wee Worldelye
in
This
margin
as
an addition.
the Seconde.
139
b [f- 6 5 -l
faynde Pawle dothe exprefle, As in a glafle, or fhadowed myfterye But theare, oure knowledge mall have ful perfeclnes,
fee heere in earthe,
;
Wee
t>
Cor
xiii -
fallacye.
Owre
mundayne
cannot attayne.
To what
Then,
holye Churche, heere mylytante nowe, Receauethe and teachethe their prayers to preuayle,
fithe
What
If
holdethe by her, hys holde cannot fayle Then holde I, this Grtfildis prayer to profite, As Cytizyns of God throughe heauynly meryte.
For, owte of the waye as wee weare late ftreyed, I fyrmelye beleeue throughe prayer made abooue
Whoe
withe immortalytee arayed, (That fo brennethe in charytee and looue, As, to my feemynge, fenfyblye dothe prooue)
Of Saynctes
Wee
From rennynge
As
after this
race.
maner imagyne
maye
:
Their prayers for vs to fpreadde in Goddys fight " O Thowe cleare fhynynge euerlaftynge Daye,
art
Whome
confiftethe
Thy
maieftee dyuyne
40
Of Gryfilde
Englande, that fometyme
in jufte feare
(as
[/. 66.]
"
On
Had Thee
Vntyll
Thyne Enemye,
Thee dothe
(Thenuyous Serpent, Oppreft the fame throughe Herefyes pretence, Extende Thy mercye, and dooe not refufe
full
of peflylence,)
Them
"
to
Thy
heauynlye Porte Howe manye thowfandys dothe oure mynyfterye Vnto Thy majeftee, in owre humblefle forte,
of
this
Remembre (O Lorde!)
And haue theare bretherne fledde from Thy glorye, For whome wee praye, as charytee dothe bynde, Owte of the Feendys thrall Thowe wylte them vnwynde.
Remembre wee theare, by many a daye, Haue ferued Thy grace, as true Chriftyans ought, And thorowe Thy mercye, we maye well faye,
Are hyther vnto
"
To
endeleffe joyes brought ceafTe their malyce let moue in Thy thought
:
dreade Soueraygne
to florifche agayne.
theare yeete
(Thoughe but an handefull to the reafydue) Profternethe them downe as lowe at Thy feete, In faftynge and prayinge to Thee that dothe fhwe, Owte of their myferye them to refcue Whois prayers attende, withe owres, in this cafe,
;
And
call to
Thy
Thy
grace).
the Seconde.
141
"
Remembre,
the lengre
Thowe
ftayeft
Thy hande
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66b O
The
ferdre they flee by numbres manyfolde, Inowghe hathe fuffered the fewe that dothe ftande
;
Of wronges and fcoarnynges, as Thowe doifte beholde Ouer Thy feruauntes the wicked are bolde, And hathe (of malyce) mofte vyolentlye Deftroyed and troadde downe Thy fandtuarye.
" Remembre the Cowntreys approxymat At Englandys example howe they dothe flytt No ferdre let them fo intoxycat
By ftandynge
Put
ftiffe
in their fenfuall
wytt
in their cheeakes
That
By meanys and
"
Thy conftreynynge bytt Thy wyll to obey, foarfinges, as Thowe wotifte what wey.
lenger Thowe lifte to forbeare, Thy Chriftyan Faithe and godly reuerence Wylbe abolifched vtterlye theare,
Remembre,
if
So ouer them hathe Sathan preamynence; Shewe furthe the powre of Thy magnyficence, Let not Thyne Enemye that Royalme fo defpoyle,
And Thowe
"
Remembre, Thy name hathe floryfched theare longe Their feruynge Thee theare, nowheare was the lyke
;
Thy melodyous fonge, In Europe, Afia, other Affryke, Withe fweete enfence, as balme aromatyke, Oratyons alfo of pure deuotion ;
"
None had
to
prayfe fo
142
[/
67.]
Of Gryfilde
douaryes
"
Remembre Thy
Thowe
hafte
them indude,
As
Befydys their Soyle garnyfched withe Groyne, And Commodyteis paffynge to compare ;
fpare.
" What if they hathe runne headelynge awhile For fynne, whiche Thowe hafte vnponyfched lefte,
Doo And
not foreauer
fuffre
Thyne Englande
owghtifte) bee
exile,
;
thearin fefte, Agayne (as For Thy great mercy, whiche none can dyfcufle, And for the Bloodefheadynge of Thy Sunne Jefus"
Thowe
Thowe
Emongys whiche heauynlye Supplicatours, The gloryous Queene of that highe regyon, Withe ornat white virgynall awaytours, In numbre manye, and fundry a legion,
In humbleft wife that any maye thynke on, For Englandys honoure and Chriftian eftate
The
Syttynge in Throne
mee dyd
fupplicate
myghtye, and myghtyeft of all Thowe, that of man art mofte myndefull alwaye, Vouchefaufe olde Englande to grace agayne call
Sayinge,
!
"
And
My
dooe yt not from thy fauour delaye Douarye it hathe beene many a daye,
By mynyftrynge
Thee
the Seconde.
143
[/
6 7 b -J
" Geeue not the glorye of Thy holye name, That theare hathe longe beene had in reuerence,
To
anye other then to the felfe fame ; Great mufte then bee the incon^enyence.
Thowe that (of mercye) defyrefl to wynne The fynner to grace, then perifche in fynne."
Thus maye imagyne eauery
true harte
;
The
So foone (of yt felfe) it cowlde not conuerte, So farre and fo many weare gone a ftraye Of whiche (as before) I cannot but faye
;
Oure godlye
Of Gryfilde
are fummed the great Graces planted in Gryfilde while Jhe was heere lyuynge ; her highe Linage myxte
Heere
withe Meekenes, her Pytee to the pooare, her Deuotion in aduerfite, her perfefte to God, her SufFeraunce
Charytee
men, Fightynge agaynjle the Worlde, the Dyuyll and the Flefche, whiche if theye bee Martyrto all one.
^f
Caput 20.
God mofte
fpecyallye,
In Grifilde planted mofle plentyouflye As firfle, her highe and noble Progenye, Then her Meekenes and vertue foueraigne,
Seelden feene met in fuche Eftate mundayne.
Seeleden feene Prynceffe her looke to inclyne Downe to the Earthe, as to bee but earthelye, derive""' Whiche agaynfte fowle Pryde is cheif medycyne,
[/<s.]
ofthe earth.
(Whoe
As dyd
lifte,
hye
To
the Seconde.
feene PryncefTe as Grifylde was Her Pryncelye iyen on the Pooare to conuerte, Whiche was vnto her as myrrour or glafle
is
145
her pytefull refpeftynge the
Seeleden
Her orygynall to note in that parte, As ofte reuoluynge in her inwarde harte
Seeleden
And
But
feene PryncefTe the Pooare to vifyte, withe her owne handys the fame tapparayle,
is
her
<uifitynge
the Pooare
and
helpynge the
goode Grifilde had cheeiflye delyte The Pooare to helpe bothe withe meede and vytayle, Whiche nowe (to her comforte) dothe greatly aduayle Her meekenes (in that parte) to the Pooare adept
this
fame.
Chrifte, as to
Hym felfe,
Hee
dothe
it
accept.
Seeleden
To God
feene Pryncefle to fyt vppon kneeis (withe the loweft) her felfe to commende
is
kneeis to
in daylye
God
as
prayour.
Hoonye to Hys hyue to gather and to fende, As fweete examples, which fhee dyd heere wurche,
To
Seelde
On
[/*".]
her ryfmge at mydde nyght
to
ferae
God
in
contemplation.
Of God
As
146
her meekelye fufferjnge in
aduerfytee.
Of Gryfilde
is
feene Pryncefle meekely to fufteyne (In forte as fhe ought) this worldys vexation ; This godly Grifilde to none did compleyne
Seelde
But althynges tooke in goode acceptation, Rather wifcheinge reconciliation, By prayer to her Lorde omnipotent,
Then vengeaunce,
her hie majeftie humelynge he
meaneft.
Seelde
is
feene ftate of
magnanymytee J J
(As this goode Grifild was forted vntooe) Feaffed with grace of pure humylitee
(As earfte
is
faid)
Meekenes, withe charytee, for to embrace, As fhee, of God His fauour to purchace.
The Holy
Gohofte <was ivhoale her
ayder,
Theis feeldome feene fightes in cheifly the mofte In Grifild weare feene florifche floryfchelye
;
fame Jkall
neauer dye.
So was fhee ayded by the Holye Gofte, As feelde in oure tyme was the like to efpye,
For which her highe fame mail neauer fure dye Thoughe heere Oblyuyon maye yt abrace, So ihall yt not owte of the Better place.
this noble and godlye woman bee exalted in worthie degree, For her life, that fo vertuoufly began,
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69. J
Then ought
To
Alfo contynued, as heere herde haue yee, And lykewife ended, withe all charytee, Wiche to conferre withe other blefled
Withe
like
rewarde
me
is
nowe
porTeffed.
the Seconde.
If wrongefull entreatinge and trobled harte
147
For Bee
panges
to encrefTe,
Hierom dothe exprefTe Then, as holye J Of Paula that clearly this worlde did
ft 86 n ,'-, ad Euftoch.]
forfake,
Fightynge againfte
theis ftowte
Capytayns three,
The
Whearto the Enemye the mynde dothe exite, A Martyrdome maye bee called fuche fight
;
Of whiche
The
lyfe
kynde Martyrdome,
as I
dooe
gefle,
But for it fittethe \Jic\ not oure facultee Suche honor to anye as to impute
Of martyrdome, or fuche heauynlye degree, Howe holye foeauer bee heere their brute,
Onlye the Higheft amgnethe that fute Thearfore to His appoyntement dyuyne
;
What Hee
Remembre
rewardethe to
Hym
wee
refigne.
6 9bO
doo
this texte
" Theare are in this life Whois warkes withe God are
[/
And
1
Man
i
in acceptation, to decife
Dei ;
nefcit
Whyther ^
That
all
they ftande in fauour of Goddys iyes i /TT Other yn hatred for Hee onlye ys
;
***
an
//.
di
dignus
rewardethe
after pleafure
Hys.
48
Of
all
To whome
As
to
commende
;
knowethe the hartys fecreacye Hym In judgeing the befte wee dooe not offende, Sithe all wee referre to His dyuyne mercye And to thaduauncynge of His powre myghtye, For Gryjilde, and other, their vertues all
that
From
Hym
To Whome
To refte
perpetuall
wee maye
afcende.
Amen.
^f
Heere
Hiftorye of Gryfilde the feconde, oure mojie onlye meanynge Oueene Catharyne, Mother to dread foueraigne ladye Queene Marye, fynyfched the
endethe
the
25 daye of June the yeare of owre Lorde 1558 by the fymple and unlearned Syr Wyllyam Forreft, Preeifte,
propria manu.
To
U"
the
Queenys
Majeftie.
An
Oration confolatorye
To Marye oure ^ueene, mojie worthy offame, That longe hat he traueyled in panges forye,
Nowe
to
Goddys name,
Forrefte.
Wyllyam
MONGES
obeyed aboue
perpendinges, So ferre as feruethe wyttys perfpycuytee, Twoe I adnote, before all other thynges,
To whome
aigntee,
farre the
One dyfferent
their recognyfaunce,
dwe
Obeyfaunce.
God
oure Cre-
The
highe, myghty, mofte magnyficent Lorde, That higheft aboue holdethe pryncely reafydence,
By Whome
To
The
Firfte
Withe
is
150
Then nexte
or/
O foueraigne PryncefTe of Marye, Queene Englandys domynyon, So foarted by His omnypotent goodnes
Thother art thowe,
in perfecte
unyon,
I
Thoughe
Hym
as art
none alowe
Thowe.
To yowe
(I faye)
Honor,
duiia, r
Mofte loyall duetyes for fubjedles tenfue To God (the heauynlye myghty fouerayne) Honor, latria, to none other els dwe
;
to thee (Marye], as Clarkes can conftrue, Honor, dulia, thearby knowne to bee
And
Hee aboue,
Hee
in
althynges conteynynge, T/iowe at His wyll to fytt or to fall ; Hee omnypotent, 'Thowe but as His thrall,
Hym
felfe
Hee to commaunde, Thowe meekely to obeye Suche Hee, fuche Thowe 9 thowe cannyfle not faye naye.
;
God,
the
Mary, His
Hee God, That althynges created of nought, And fendethe the fruytes tencreafe and to fprynge Tbowe His Creature, vpp traded and bought Ouer His People to haue the gouernynge Thowe His Mynyfter, Hee thy Lorde and Kynge ; Thowe for thy Office to Hym comptable,
;
Hee
To
the
^ueenys Majeflie.
;
151
is
Hee Lorde, Thowe Subjette iithe knowne Hee thearfore, as Lorde aboue other all Mofte paflynge, highely magnyfied to bee As God only, and Kynge Imperyall And Thowe aboue all creatures mortall As His Eledte and fpecyall enoynted,
;
fo
Hee,
God, aboue
all, to
be f
honored as
God
all in earthe
as Queene.
By
Hym
To whome
Befydys
all
Hee Englande can indwe, of thankes renderynge cawfe fpecyall Wee ought to geeue, O noble Queene, for yowe, For cure agayne reuocation nwe, From Herefyes wronge, dampnable and nought,
gracys
Mofte
God fo
noble
Marye.
To
bee created in forte heere humayne, Withe dowaryes indued agreeinge to the fame,
To
haue
all gracys,
\'eat lackynge Faithe, 'what
and wytt foueraigne, Withe what els maye anye worthely name, Concernynge in Faythe to bee owte of frame (To heauynly pafTage whiche ordrethe the fayle),
Of lyneamentes
can they
oughtes profyt
hym?
What maye
theis all to
What maye
Withe Withe Withe Alexander great in honour to fytt, Withe other worthyes whome Deathe made henfe
yt profyte to bee as Samfon ftronge, Salomon tafflowe withe wifedome and wytt, Neflor to haue heere contynuaunce longe,
Nonughtes
profiteth all
'wifedome, longe
lief,
highe
els
honor, withe
'what
maye
bee, lackinge
Chriflyan
flytt,
Religion.
And
For
152 So was
'
by Scyfmys
Mofte odyous Schyfmys this Royalme dyd late perturbe, Almofte the mofte parte geauynge attendaunce
(Afwell of Nobles as the ruftycall Scrubbe, Withe thowfandys in Cyteeis and eke in Suburbe)
To
Aboue
(as I
full,
Tyll God, of His meere and fpecyall grace, For the Goodys fake refpected their trobull,
The cawfers (fo cawfinge) withe forowes dobull Owte of their romethes euacuatynge cleane,
Bycaufe they dyd them no better demeane
;
(Thoughe cleane vnknowne concernynge mannys By grace in thee that of longe tyme was fowne,
vfage)
Thowe
Whiche
Rather then womans, whoe lifle to aduerte, For whiche harde corfayes hathe flreyned thy harte.
But bee aflured in thy heauynlye Lorde, For all thy Enemyes malignytee,
Howe
Hee
eauer they fpurne, or at thee remorde, wyll (as Hee hathe) from them defende thee,
(I full
Theyr ftormys
Whoe
anye moe
As had the
other,
God them
not exempte
53
Tanquam aurum in
fornace probavit eiefios Dominus.
The
prouethe, as golde by the fyre, And, confequentlye, Hee fyndethe them than
to
Goode
God
Woorthye
haue Hys
[Wifd.
iii.
6.]
Dauyd, whois harte Goddys fpyrite can infpyre, Declarethe the jufte to bee afflicted,
[/
Mult a
lationes
73.]
tribu-
fee derelicted.
Of the
mofte
Of godly e
Sunne
chaifte In-
longe contynued greuous peanaunce Before eftate quyet to hym dyd chaunce, Whiche was from that hee was Sixteene yearys olde
Howe
is
tolde.
Hee was by
Maligned,
afflicted,
Abanyfched
And
folde (as
Ephrem
the
dyd
repaffe.
dam fermone
de Jofeph.
redeamed by monaye great fummys Into the howfe of the Lorde Putyphrys,
By meanys of his ladye hee thyther cummys, Whois name Memphytica remembred ys,
So
named in
To
Jofephs Tefla;
hym
to
commytt
a myfle
ment.
lufte to content,
hym
to fuffre
impryfonement.
154.
[f. 73
b ]
Whearwithe
hym
pleafed,
His caufe commendynge to God aeuerlaftynge, Fyndynge hymfelfe wondreflye eafed From the temptation of flefchely brennynge,
Rather contented, in pryfon lyinge, Hys handys of that fylthe fo clearlye to wefche, Then daungerynge his fowle by followinge the flefche.
And thoughe
in darkenes
hee
fate
deepe a lowe,
As abie&e (in this worlde) or cafte awaye, that the fecreatys of hartys dothe Withe
Hym
knowe
Hee was in fauour mofte highelye (no naye), And when Hee pleafed to appoynte the daye Hee fechte hym owte of the pryfon or dyke And fet in honour, as noman the lyke.
what Mghe
Hee
hym
Whois prudent prouydence the worlde dyd feeade That els had perifched thorowe lacke of meale
;
No
was the comforte hee dyd deale, Suche wondrefull wifedome in hym was fownde To foe and freende his grace dyd fo abownde.
lyttle
Hys worthynes
yeat the worlde doth recowmpte, Afwell the Heathen as Chriftyans true ;
For feruynge Hym, the Higheft (that dothe furmounte) Such fingular wife can yofeph indwe
;
And,
as
Hee
yofepha,
fitter
For
hym
refemblynge
'55
74-]
;
Of none on
At Sixtene
From that thy goode Mother her ftate was put downe, And fyns (mofte parte) thowe receauydfte thy Crowne.
For what cawfe was Jofeph maligned fo But for to his Bretherne he was contraryous
earneftlye, geauyn vertue vnto, in And their doynges they eauer vicyous. Badde at Goode are aye litigyous ; So,
He, mofte
Thoughe with
beare,
The Badde
hathe maligned the Worlde agaynfte thee (Ouer whiche the Dyuyll dothe fo predomynat), But for thowe woldyfte not of his aflent bee,
Whye
Thy
fowle in his forte withe vice to vyolat Suche on their owne headys dothe exagitat
Goddys indignation and fcourge of vengeaunce But they (in dwe tyme) pleafe Hym by peanaunce.
What goode
Withe
all
Of the Duke
Duddelaye.
that to
hym
weare
aflbciat
Of Sir Thomas
Wyatt.
that
Oather (of late) the forte infanyat, As Henry Peckbam, with Danyell his
feare,
By
falfe
156
b [/ 74 -l
To
!
the
^ueenys Majeflie.
Alas
To
my
mee
Henry Peckham
howe happened
thee
Agaynfte thy MyftrefTe to woorke fuche pretence Whiche loued thee, I dare faye in confcyence ?
Thy Father fo worthye and godlye a man, Thy Bretherne alfo bothe Catholike and goode, Thowe to degenerat, I merueyle than, And yee (as to faye) of one nature and bloode
;
But (of olde fayinge) happye is the broode In whiche nother theeif nor vnthrifte dothe fprynge Alas that on thee fhoulde happen fuche thynge
!
Thowe, ftandynge
For well
I
in trowthe (as true fubiecte ought), Cowldifte not haue wanted that was conuenyent,
Thy
wote thy MyftrefTe hathe in thought Father's feruyce, that was fo euydent
In neadfull tyme, ere mee had regyment, For his fake tenderinge thy wealthe and woorfhippe
Tyll into deftruction thowe neadys woldifte lippe.
o.]
Thy wicked dooynges mail harme hym nowaye, Hys fame mall florifche, thoughe thowe bee exilde.
Why
fo wilde,
Leacherous (fome faithe) befydys thy wedded wife, Whiche, as others, hathe fhortened thy life ?
157
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Whoe
But wyll withe other his lufle fatisfie, As thoughe from Goddys lawe hee weare exempted, Thoughe Hee not punyfchethe theare by and by, He fufferethe fuche, as by thee dothe well trye, To fall in fome other abomynation, So to receaue digne recompenfation.
CeafTe fuche (I faye) as fo yeat dothe practice, Ceafle from fo ftoorynge Goddys indignation,
CeafTe from youre dyuyllifche cankered malice, Ceafle from Confpiracyes execration,
Ceafle from fowle Herefyes incantation
;
God
the Dyuyll dare yee too dooe as yee dooe, Agaynfte that that God wyll to entreprife ?
Howe
God
is
wyllynge theartoo,
And God
yee to the contrarye daylye deuife. will ; yee will not ; Wheare dothe this arife
But by the Dyuylles fo inchauntynge your hartys ? Ceafle from fuche folye, and playe true mennys partys.
to take
!
and put fo in fraye Dauyd Sauls cloake but clyppynge wheare hee laye His confcyence greuouflye dyd remorde
For
fo
158
[f- 75"-]
But your Religyon attendethe mofle cheeif (As well is knowne) to carnall lybertee, Nuryfchinge manye a traytor and theeif, Withe all kyndys of vyce that named maye bee, And, as it is all voyde of purytee, (Difpleafinge to God That fittethe mofte hye) So dothe it conduce to euyll deftynye.
Yee may by your owne take euydent proofe, And other by yowe if yee not defifte Clyme not fo highe, vpp to the howfe roofe,
:
And fodaynlye fall, your footynge beinge myfle To late wylbe to faye then, " Had I wifte";
Vfe yowe like fubie&es, it fhalbe " BlefTed are that
For,
they
fo befte,
lyuethe in refte."
So hathe the wicked difquyeted thee, (O noble Queene! ), as the like Jofepb dyd, But Jofepbs God, that thy vfynge dothe fee,
is
alfo,
Nomore
torment thyne innocent harte, Bicaufe thowe fuffreft for takynge His parte.
to
Hee
wyll them to ceafle by others quaylinge, If eauer they mynde His fauour toptayne,
thee to ceafle from inwardys complaynynge, Bycawfe, as Jofeph, Hee can thee ordayne
And
To
For
fytt in ftate
all
Aboue
that, as Jofephs,
159
But
after great
ftormys cawlme weather wee fynde malice all fpett, then hathe they no more.
(for
The Peace
of
God
So prayethe for thee thy louynge Subiedtes And all true Chriftyans I dare vndretake ;
What thoughe thyne Enemyes then frett at the God and the Goode mall for thy partye make. Of this thowe maifte afTuredly make crake,
gall,
No
noble bloode, that any oughtes can preeue, Agaynfte thy Majeftee dothe ftoore or meeue.
And
Of
to bee noted this thynge, thy noble Counfelours the truthe to faye,
ferdre
is
to
More
nowe at this daye, Thy conference withe them they dooe it obeye,
ftedfaftely fure
then
For well they wote, as thynges withe the dothe happe, Withe fpeciall grace God dothe the rownde enwrappe.
To To
Subiectes (that true obedyence dothe meane) thynke theare vpon is fpeciall comforte ;
So longe
No
the Nobles to thee dothe leane, pamnge bee had to the Prauous forte,
as
hamper or hawlter vpp morte, Nomore of them make, fithe Lawe, Loue, nor Dredde,
to
But them
From
160
To
the
^ueenys Majeftie.
i
cor nieutn.
ni
nemfecundum
[i.Sa.xiii.i4. A6ls xiii. 22.1
Dauyd, that was fo contentynge Goddys mynde, Seauyn fortes of Synners hee well dyd aduue, Emonges whichefa/fe Rebellys hee dyd owte fynde,
TTr i
Whome
111
let to
purlue
As
So,
to grace,
take place.
Suche
are not
worthye the
Commone
wealys wealthe
;
That by Rebellyon
difturbethe the
fame
Whoe
Better
the Polycie vndremoynethe by ftealthe His recompenfation the Royalmys lawe dothe name.
Lawes rygour, a fewe fo to tame (That will not them frame by dwe obedyence),
to perifche for their
Then hundreadys
lewde
offerife.
As Emendation charytee afkethe Wheare Emendation dothe playnlye appeeare, So Juftice (of right) dwe penaltee taikethe Wheare malyfadtours vngodlye dothe fteeare
;
Whearfore
Chryftyan obedyence in dwe forte to reigne, That Charytee maye aboue Juftice optayne.
mall Goddys glorye florifche (as (hall thy harte bee in quyet and
it
ought),
refte,
mall weale publike in right trade bee brought, fhalbe althynges as wee can wifche befte, mall oure
as
ftraunge Gefte
But, as behoauethe, withe thee taflbciat, After oure longinge, iflue to procreat
;
16
his
countreye
;
Yearys longe and manye fo to contynue, Iffuynge betweene yowe fuche worthye illue, This Royalme to keepe from defolation,
As
beft
maye
ferue
Goddys contentation,
And thowe
theareof, ere
God
To
maye
after
bende
thowe (halte chaunge this habytation, In forte as thowe takifte imytation After goode Gryjilde, thy holye Matrone
:
When
fittethe in
Throne
Amen.
APPENDIX.
SPECIMENS OF FORREST'S
OTHER WORKS.
I.
Hiftory of Jofeph
PART
I
:
His Troubles.
Coll.
[MS. Univ.
It begins
Oxf. 88.]
:
The Prologe c/Wyllyam Forreft, fometyme chapylayne to the noble Queene Marye, yn the mofte famous Hyjiorye of Jofeph the chaifte,funne vnto Jacob the holye Patryarke,
compofed by hym in Balade royall (as appear et be),
glory
to the
[/*]
all goode
Folke, he
humbly befeachethe.
FF wyfedome J
vnfeene,
t-^
sapientia
abfconditaeft
n~
11
IHlU
to
no
qu<e
in
utmtas
.
? utrifque y
Ecc i;ls xx
d-
Of
Shut vppe,
as
thynges
florifchinge,
pleafaunte,
Knowledge foueraygne thignoraunt to induce, Monumentys fuche in couert to retaynge, To what any one breedethe ytt any gayne ?
66
[/
2 "-]
This for indudtyon as thus I doo move Wryters their warkes that leadethe vnto vertue To keepe to them felues dothe not fo behoue,
ye fee it for true In publyke to walke, if it bee probable To fundrye mo yt maye be profytable.
els
None
profytinge
Vnto
Suche
my
as
felfe full
it
myght
confcyence partelye me fteearys That, as wee ought cache other to wyll well, So this, to like ende, abroade to compell.
In whiche
my
At whiche (fuche
wife)
Goddys
exitation,
Thoughe muche tedyous the olde to renue Whiche laye roughe hewed, as dothe the mafon
His warke
at at the fyrfte let to
contynue,
more
For fpace
Tyll
It
warke
lye bye
now
Of indygnation
that happlye
When
[/
3.]
it
The goode (I befeache) to take yt in goode And the other God mollyfie their harte
!
167
Can hym
But thearagaynfte may rife fome vayne clatter Throughe fome curyous, proude, enuyous wight,
Whiche
Myght
wote
Of To
hathe not the florifchinge veyne Gowers phrafe, adorned in fuche forte,
this
came
all to
;
fhorte
Lydgate in this gaue me no comforte So tell I yowe, before yee doo ytt reade, I cannot them rayfe, fo longe agoe deade.
But this maye ferue for my excufation Not on fyne manchet eauery man to feede,
;
Breade but raunged feruethe to fuftentation And doethe the neadye fuffycientlye fteede.
So
this
(my poore
myght
labour) in
tyme of neede
May
That
Whiche Hyftory of Jofeph, fo paflinge wurthe, Wolde to God fome other, of farre fyner witt,
Had
take vppon
hym
to
wryte and
fet furthe,
fitte
!
thearto feeme
But ofte wheare clarkes fuche thinge dothe pretermytt, Foolys rafchelye entermedlethe their office,
As
(my
68
In whiche to fome
feeme tedyous,
;
And
b
[/. 3
.]
thus curyous To leaue not vnfayde that well faide may bee Moreouer, I vfe heere this propertee,
am
What
touche
after
my
grofenes
;
The propertyes of the partyes pretence What els mould I ? mee feemethe playne nolefTe, Of joye or weepinge to grace fo the fentence
;
When
I
handle yt
cummethe
whoare
in
my
And
I
like fo a
in her
cannot
But as the meere truthe happenethe alwaye So harpe I thearon eauer nowe and than ;
can otherwife, let them that fo can Flowres of Rhethoryke I gathred neauer one, As of a pybble to make a preacyous ftone.
!
Who
Finis.
169
is
thus deferibed :
[/ 4 gt>. j
hym
relent
;
hym fo at her firfte maryage A heckforde me was, of the Dyuyllis parage, Stande me cowlde and kycke (at her pleafure),
;
She breeke
woorde cowlde he of them gett Then, in his roometh, myght fome other tenne Whiche cowlde bothe curfle, blawle, [/fc] fight and
a
More with
frett,
Whiche neadethe
men
Knowethe
To wynne
Knaues
What
But thwartynge, hatred, and cankerde enuye, To the aweye throwynge of no fmall fome ? " A man of An olde
wyfedome fayinge ys, Withe gentle handelynge can bringe in frame That by curryfchnes no twentye can tame."
Jofeph withe his folke no fuche waies wolde take,
Withe gentylnes he had them at his wyll Well was he that myght doo for hys fake, Although theyr burtheys ofte greued full euyll
;
170
Their wagys he wolde not longe keepe yn byll, The deye of payment oanfe beynge prefent
They had
poore
man
weat or drye, howe fo the weather bee, Hauynge a wyef and a poore howfeholde,
Yn
Wythe
chyldren, perhappys, one, twoe, or thre, Suche to prolonge or defraude theyr duetee,
yt call ; Yeat fo are poore folke ofte dealte wythe
dyuyllyfche propertee
maye
all.
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59-]
By no maner meanys wolde Jofeph doo fo Yf he had not monaye vnder hys lache,
To fome To haue
honeft frende he wolde then go the Pooare to dyfpache. (for the tyme)
Fye on all thofe that dothe clawe and fcrache, Goodys to vpp hoorde all they maye come bye, Hynderynge the Pooare muche fraudulentlye
!
The maifter ought trulye hys wagys to paye, The feruaunte (agayne) to doo his duetye,"
So wolde yofepbe to hys laborers faye Yf in his abfence, as when he was bye,
;
"
not theyr deauer dylygentlye, Woorfle then Theauys he dyd them accownte,
They dyd
And more
before
God
their
Yeat, lyke an earneft faithefull OfFycer, Lefte grofenes (of cuftome) myght doo hynderaunce,
171
be puttynge yn remembraunce,
About theyr labour, of purpofe to brynge To mende theyr flouthe by oother prayfynge.
An
other propertye Jofepbe dyd vfe, Whiche hys bufynes furdered greatlye,
He To
wolde (thorowe
"
faye,
flothe) at
notyme
refufe
Searys,
wheare are
Gawe, towardys cure bufynes hye! This woorde, " Gawe we," and goynge with them too, " " Dyd fix tymes more good then Goo yee fhoulde doo.
let vs
my maynye ? "
in Prifon, after
:
Dream
" Fetche
And
I
drynke, I praye the hartelye, alfo fome meate, fuche as wee mall haue
;
me fome
I
If I wyfle well
To
By
graunte ere I dyed to playe oanfe the knaue God avowe that I dooe trufte yn cheeif,
is
mearye lyef yt
to bee a
Theeif!"
Sayde one that fate theare next hym vnto, " Weare yt not for hangynge fo weare yt indeeade, For yn that fcyence I can as muche doo
As fome other
well fpeede Lorde, oather knyght, better cheare will not make Then wee, when wee a goode bootvfe maye take
! !
Oh
72
"
The Hiftory
withe wynde, fnowe, or rayne, Hayle, thunder, or lightnynge, or extreme frofte, Theis all cannott make vs oughtys to re fray ne
To
mennys
cofte
Who
Oh
!
kyfle the pofte what yt is (yn oure roauynge) to fynde bowchett, fluffed yn his naturall kynde
late, let
cummethe ouer
hym
"If wee
fpeede well, then fare wee of the befte, drynke fweete wynes to comforte the bloodde,
Wheare wee
before tooke payne and euyll refte playe and bankett withe other mennys goode ; laughe yt owte whyle theye chowe the cudde
Whyle they ryde and feeke to gett yt agayne, Wee laugh them to fcorne, to loofe and take payne.
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93
b
.]
all
vppe,
cannot their goodys honeftlye beftowe, Wee make huffaye cheere betweene canne and cuppe What moulde one dooe but playe the goode fellowe ?
And
Hee
hym
As wee dooe
"
Eauerye Arte his myfterye doethe enclude, Of that and this to furnyfche yn dwe frame Withe oure Facultee who ys oanfe endude
;
Mufte endeauer
to excell in the
fame
Whoe
(emongefte
as
As vynetyner
Hee mall
173
The Dodlours of Phyfyke or Aftronomye The nature of thynges to fearche and to knowe
Are not more ftudyous, I dare teftyfie, Then wee oure ftudye lykewyfe beftowe To compafle what weyes the thynge maye followe;
Dooare, wall, ne locke, mofte craftely wrought, Cannot witheftande the contryue of our thought.
"
"
Toolys that thearunto mall neeade, Bothe Sawe, Fyle, and Chyfell, mofte pure and fyne So can wee woorke, yf wee lyfte to take heeade, That all his this deye to morowe malbe myne.
all
Wee
haue
that are mayfters cheyf of that Doftryne, Clyentys abroade haue with geldynges to aflyfte,
Wee,
vs ere that
" If wee be take, oure necke verfe we can, Whearbye we reacon to faue the necke bone
Hee Too
that fo cannot,
fee the
If the woorfte
What
to fcape the Pryfon then fall, ys but a knaue gone. Foole ys hee, that for one houres hongeyoge
Keeaper
Wolde
Conclujion.
But
for
nowe
this
fuffice
U- 9?
b
.]
as
much remaynynge,
The
reafydewe of
this treatyfe
174
The
next
of the mofte
The
Hiftory of Jofeph.
II
:
PART
[MS. Royal
His
Felicity.
xiii.]
Dedicated
Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, K. G. ; with a In the Dedication Alexander Prologue againft Idlenefs.
to
Barclay
is
The booke
of
Mancyne
Of Englyfche
light
to
To
mannys
And
your noble Graundfyer Thomas, Duke, as yee are, of lyke tytle and ftyle, He dyd yt commende, withe ornat preface,
"The Hiftory
of Jofeph.
175
Yn
hee coulde cafte or compyle, Withe other warkes mo, to paftyme fomewhyle,
forte the befte
as
mentyon doethe leaue,' Mofte noblye, (withe thankes) he can them receaue.
egrefTyon in his noble name,
Takynge
Receaued they weare in acceptation For their worthynes and noble fame
In profy tinge oure Englyfche nation,
Sought and upp bought, in bufye fafhyon But nowe, not fo, no inquyraunce for fuche, For idle playes are occupyed to muche.
;
confyderynge the veary truthe fo, And haue longe traveyled in lyke bufynes,
I
Althoughe
doethe farre alooyf go the From Barkeleys, as thynge felfe doethe expreffe, (Yeat not all voyde, to vertues encreafe) Was fully mynded in coarners myne to hyed,
my
ftyle
As goode
as
Callynge vnto mynde yeat better aduyfement, Your noble father, Earle of Surraye,
Howe
And
(in
Yowe,
II.
Verfion of Pfalms.
[Royal Libr.,
Brit.
Mus., 17 A.
xxi.]
To the moft woorthie Prince Edwarde, Duke of Somerfet, Uncle vnfo oure mofte dredde Soueraigne Lorde Kinge
Edwarde the
Howe
The
alterations
commethe vnto
pafle,
olde laide downe, preferringe the nwe, For tyme nowe altrethe from tyme that ons was,
!
Tyme When
hathe not caufe to complayne, Alas thinges olde, inveterat and nought,
better alteration brought.
Are unto
To argument
In tyme
the
to fore
In fonges and balades of veneryous kynde, Before goode thinges much rather then preferde
As tyme that tyme fuche blyndenes dyd regarde, So our tyme nowe tyme otherwife dothe fpende, In godlye myrthe muche better to commende.
Verfion of Pfalms.
Infteade of balades diffonaunte and light,
177
Godly Pfalmes receaued are in place, Conveyde in meatre of numbre and feete As vnto ryme apperteyneth the grace, Sunge to the vyall, lute, treble or bafe,
right
Or oother inftrument, pleafinge to the eare, With whiche commutation ought each man
to beare.
The
(As
firft
Was Thomas Sterneholde, by Atropos flayne, The pyked befte of all Pfalmyfters rowe,
Whois
ftepps dyuerfe attemptethe to followe,
;
And dothe full well, woorthye of highe prayfe God contynue them in their godlye wayfe
!
Excited thearbye (as the cockerell younge After the olde to crowe as hee can),
The Pfalmes
haue heere entred emonge, In followinge them my meatre to fcan, Thoughe lacke of knowledge my wittes dothe fpan Fynelye to frame them, as beft may content In doinge mye befte I ought not bee ment.
I
;
Whiche Pfalmes
haue collected
this
togither,
;
Meatred by crofle ryme, as dothe appeare true, Bye eight and fyxe, whoe lifte the fame to vue Which foarced me ofte to adde and to detraye,
To
I dare faye.
A A
78
I
Verfion of Pfalms.
haue, (to
If cafe
my judgement vnknowne)
But yeelde myfelf (by ignoraunce ouerthrowne) To better learned, fo to auoyde blame, Rather then ftyflye to ftande to my fhame
;
To
But
envye anye
fome kynde.
holde and faye, No better occupation can bee hadde Then in the faide Pfalmes to finge or to praye,
For certaynlye
this dare I
interyour to comforte and to gladde, Confyderinge greefes that maketh the fame ofte fadde,
Our man
As burthen of fyn that forefte dothe molefte, Remedye for which in Pfalmes is readye drefte.
carcafes alweyes to feede and franke, (As for the fame cheiflye to carpe and care,) but a mad pranke, It is to be
Oure
*
compted
from hens
his forthefare
The fame then to pleafe and leaue the fowle bare Theis Pfalmes forbyddethe, whoe lyfte taduerte,
And
And,
of wryters alweye Is (as theye favour) to father their workes, As dyd John Lidgate to noble Duke Humfreye,
for the vfage
So
(thoughe an ydyot, followinge clarkes) SucKe wife encoraged with their faide fparkes, To yowe, noble Duke, theis Pfalmes doe prefent, As vnto whome my harte of love is bent.
I
Verfion of Pfalms.
other your frinds with giftes temporall This Newe Yearis tyde your Honour dothe falute,
79
Wheare
Wifchinge yow healthe and quyetnes withall, And to withftande all falfe enemyes purfute, I (befydes that) my prefent thus permute
fewe Pfalmes, of fpirituall fee, Wifche to your Grace aeternall felycytee.
theis
With
in
framynge of Pfalmes
Unto meaner then dignyte of Kinges (As vnto your Grace) I make my offeringes, Befechinge the fame to take them in goode wurthe,
So mall yee force
me moe
Pfalmes to
fet furthe.
c.
alone
mows
fufficiently the
O
In
all
God
Serve
Withe
felycytee
come ye yn
ioye and all gladnes, Clenfinge your hartes from deadlye fyn
With
He
is
God
He made
*
vs fenfytyfe
verfion in the old Englifh and Scottiih Pfalter is by Will. " Scottifh Metrical Pfalter," fol. [See Rev. N. Livingfton's Glafgow, 1864, P- 28.]
The
Kethe.
80 So
is
Of His
onlye pafture
The weye into His gates ftreyte With joye theare to manure The
In
prayfe of thankefgevinge
keepe
hymnys
To
is
Hee,
III.
The Governance
[Royal Libr.
Brit.
of Princes.
17 D.
iii.]
Muf
With
" Sir William Forrefte preeifte" to Duke of Somerfet, to whofe viffory in Scotland in 1547 For reft thus refers :
dedication,
by
S hathe not been herde, fo paflinge precife, Withe the lofle of fivetie, or fewe moe
certife,
XV
Miraculowfe
it
was
God was
his
grownde." and
faithful uncle.
Commends him
as a true Protector
prefented to him, that it may have his apbefore it be given to the King.
of Contents contains thirty-feven chapters, but only twenty-four are found in the MS. There is a drawing reprefenting the author as a young man in a
The Table
gown, with abundant hair, not tonfured, prefenting his book to the King on his throne. Advifes the King to found and endow fchools and
After dinner, to have mufic, or play at tables, chefs, or cards, but at fedentary amufements only at night.
colleges.
Advice about marriage "A kynge Godde forbeade too bee nue fanglede, His wief texchaunge for his luftis dalyaunce,"
:
if
mee
bee
entanglede;" not to marry when infants, but that they mould at years of difcretion make "free election."* It
makes
an old
young girl marrying " money, or a youngling an olde wiche." Regulation of foreign affairs and commerce.
his
"backe iche
for
"
to hear of a
man
but, notwithftanding,
paffeth
What
;
women
mee."
Education; judges; impartial adminiftration of the laws officers againft monopolies, regrating of grain,
;
accumulation of wealth
to
at
-f
The
Henry VIII.
p.
is
very evident.
Quoted
245.
82
on working
days.
Children to be
fent to fchool at four years old ; none to be fet to under eight ; the fchool to be free in every town
work
;
the
curate to teach
them
to fay, fing,
to'
have
overfeer or controller to be apa honeft ftipend. with the flocks or pointed to punifh all idle perfons
An
4 a year out of the town 3 or fcourging, and to have The wool trade coffer, elected or re-eledted yearly. Proteft againft the grafping ought to be encouraged.
avarice of the rich, and the railing of rents and amaffing of lands ; thofe who afk for the higher rent, and thofe
who
and fo turn out the old occupiers, mall Rents ought to be kept as they alike go to the Devil. The poor man does not dare were forty years before. to fpeake againft one who has the farms and abbeys, and who will not give anything out of his " clampis," or he will get " his hedde all to broken."
give
it,
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The poore man to toyle for two penfe the daye, Some while thre haulfe penfe, orels a penye,
Hauynge
wief, childrene, and
howfe rent
to paye,
And muche
Alas
!
Withe manye
The
worlde
chaunged from
that
it
hathe beene,
;
Not to the bettre but to the warfle farre More for a penye wee haue before feene Then nowe for fowre penfe, whoe lifte to compare This fuethe the game called Makinge or Marre ;
183
weale.
To
Or
it neadethe not, reyfe his rent, alas fyne texa&e for teanure of the fame,
!
Fowrefolde dooble,
it is
fhrewde
blot,
To
I
mennys name.
I
knowe
bee true,
els
weare
to
blame
To mooue
from twentie
to
fiftie,
Of powndis
Fynynge
for the
Sixe tymes the rent, adde this togither, Mufte not the fame great dearthe bring hither ? For, if the fermoure paye fowrefolde dooble rent,
He
mufle
his
ware neadys
fell after
that ftent.
like folde
For
fortie fhealingis,
is
nowe
I
more,
haue herde
fo tolde,
lyue, fo deeare is his grownde ; Sheepe, thoughe they neauer fo plentie abownde,
els
mame
is
to here
tell,
That
man
Twoe
Other in Mutton, the price is fo hye Vndre a groate hee can haue none kerued, So goethe hee (and his) to bedde hungrelye,
And
rifethe
agayne withe
bellies
emptie,
184
Whiche
turnethe to tawnye their white Englifch fkyn, Like to the fwarthie coolored Flawndrekyn.
valiaunt, flronge, flurdy and ftowte, moot, to wraftle, to dooe anye mannys feate,
To To
natyons dwellinge heere abowte, As hitherto (manlye) they holde the chief feate,
all
matche
Kynge, they
Royalme
Englifche nature cannot lyue by rooatis, By water, herbys, or fuche beggerye baggage, That rnaye well ferue for vile owtelandifche cooatis
Owre
And
mutton, veale, to cheare their courage, then I dare to this byll fett my hande
{hall
They
Labourers' wages mould be raifed from \\d. a day to 6d. in the morteft days, and yd. and 8*/. as the days
get longer, working truly and diligently.
Thoufands
would get wed had they houfes " to coauer their hedde." Thofe who have been Defcription of kingly virtues.
maimed
ought to and hear
in
all that is faid againft the king. the end of the table of contents is this note, but the promifed narrations are not found in the book
At
" At thende of
this
warke
(hall
i8 5
IV.
MS.
1703.]
ORREST
"
.
mentions in
this
poem
that a leafe
a College,
the
name
put bye,
Ladys name,"
of our Lady, confequently the leafe was declared void and of no value, and the farm forfeited.
In "this prefent yeare 1571 he faw a letter written " " " in office, from the cheeif partye," now farre higher " in which he dated fuch a day after thannuncyation," " of oure to fay Ladye." For forty years difdaining together, from 1532, the Blefled Virgin has been blaf"
phemed
e.
g. a prieft at
an alehoufe
fitting
on the
ale-
bench, faid
me was no
better than his wife (rather, his compared her to a faffron bag ; as foon
womb, me
of
its
contents) to be
but upon
inftance
;
any better than any other woman ; Second leaving the houfe he fell down dead. a woman born in mean eftate, raifed to a high
life,
one, of diflblute
who more
B B
186
to arife
[Anne Boleyn ?] her " the chief," by divine fentence. time was fliortened by Third inftance; an acquaintance of the writer's, who had
"
Syngular knowledge in mufyk's fcyence So that his fame, fyngularlye alone,
Over
this
Royalme
in fpecyall pryce
mone."
He
in praife
of the BlefTed
fin that
Virgin,
after
he had
He
died mad,
;
Fourth inftance having been fo for two years. a woman at Manchefter was in the habit of compardied of the ing the BlefTed Virgin to a faffron bag me
;
man the writer knew yellow jaundice. well, ftrong, athletic, hearty, who always reviled the Blefled Virgin, notably at a barber's when he once went to be fhaved he, when fifty years old, became decrepit,
Fifth inftance
;
weak,
dirty,
At Chriftmas,
1545, the writer was invited to go to a Knight's houfe of much eftimation, where Mifrule, in herefy, whoredom, there he fwearing, and the like, went on all the year did his beft with fong and organs to celebrate fervice in
;
the chapel; but while finging an anthem one night there came in a gentleman, as they called him, and a ruffian, and ran into the choir, and kneeled down on the
and fang, " Ave Maria, gracy plena, Dominus drinke onys," and then got up and departed the firft was afterwards (lain, and the other drowned. Many
ftones,
;
now
ture
:
is
not in Scrip-
187
;
To
fyne
me
Bycawfe my name in Scripture not expreft, Ergo, my name not Wyllyam Forreft."
Account of the beginning of the Feaft of the Concep" owre tion in William the Conqueror's time, out of
olde pamphiles." Prayer to the BleiTed Virgin and to God to help but the author prays alfo for againft Luther's herefy " owre noble Quene here," [Q._Eliz.], and continues
;
:
" For one man, the Buffhoppe of Rome (I doe meane), Let not Chryftes Churche fuche myferye fufteyne As to conculcat and ouerthrowe cleane,
Sithe yt their partyes rather to mayntayne In eauery Royalme, as thus to ordayne, As James and the reft had placys by name,
So in cache countreye a buffhoppe foueraigne To haue and to doo in chardge of the fame.
Of me a member of Chriftys Churche fo, Grounded on Faythe, Hoape and true Charyte,
Suche
my
defyer withe
all
Chryftyans
mo
To
and vnyte."
At
relative to
One, on a daye, in companye Chaunced to faye thus fodaynlye, "I yeafter daye was in daungere Of necke breakinge in a mannere
mare fhee ftumbled adowne right That I fell to the grounde then quight, But, thankes too God and oure Ladye, I caught (at all) noe harme therebye." "Whye," fayde there on then of the Garde,
My
matter dyd yt goe fo harde, That God's helpe there might not
"
The
aflifte
Ye
God's glorye, For which yee maye bee right forye. In ignorance yee bredd all waye,
derogate
much
Some punyfhment God fende ere longe, That yee may knowe what right, what wronge."
An
Then fittinge there other amonge, And to the Cowrte dyd eke beelonge, Who was much fyne and eloquente, And could tranflate and eke convente.
In Poetrye, other Scripture,
Emonge
Which The matter take in hande hee And fayd, " No harme was in
c8 9
Yee dwelt at Croydon, fure and With fuch a man, I knewe you Wherfore I can the better tell.
fafte,
well,
Much
With
Pachte upe unto the myddle legge, Youre mooes beedobbed with nayle and pegge,
And
ofte to
London yee
carryed coales,
Youre
Who fhoulde haue fought fyve myles aboughte Coulde not haue founde a veryer loute. But for yee were bygge, longe and talle, Thankes bee to God now, firft of all,
And
to
As the
Who
To
Kinge Henrye fpeciallye, you doth now trye, of his grace hath you preferde
truthe by
bee a
Yoman
of his Garde,
But playnely, further forth to tell, If Kinge Henry, though poure farre odde, Had not putt to his helpe with God, It might bee fayde and allfo fworne Yee hadde continued as beforne.
Therfore in naminge oure Ladye No harme, then naminge Kinge Henrye. God without theyre affiftance can
lyfle,
who
lifte
to fcan,
bee.
190
No
[i Cor. Hi. 7.]
corne or grayne
I
like to
mowe,
Yeat dare
God onlye geveth the encreafe." The Yoman of the Garde dyd yealde,
As on ouercome
in the feelde.
Barkeleye was boulde to faye his mynde, For hee in Courte had manye freynde
;
The
iefte,
They
At
f.
i
and dranke
"
all
was
in refte.
Vaus
dyttye or fonet made by the Lorde of the noble Queene Marye, reprefentinge the Image of Deathe."
oo
is,
in time
NOTES.
to
P. 39.
^WITHSTANDING
which
this is ftated,
the apparent certainty with our author appears to be in error in thus giving the name of Arthur to Henry's firft child. He is called Henry by Sanders, with whom all other
hiftorians agree.
"
P. 44.
The
Princefs
under the
to
title
of
An
Intro-
and
J'peke
and
Lady Mary of
This, which went through three editions in England, was reprinted in 1852 in the great French Collection des Documents inedits. It contains various converfations fuppofed to have been held by the
Englande.
tutor and others with the
letters
which tend to {how the amiable temper of Mary and the friendly relations which (he held towards thofe around her. P. 47. The "ymage" here mentioned does not appear to have been fet up as a wayfide crucifix, but to have been in a wayfide chapel. Stowe, in his Survey of London^ when fpeaking of Gofwell Street and
and
verfes,
" There
is
north
fuburb a windmill, which was fometime by a tempeft of wind overthrown, and in place thereof a chapel was built by Queen Katherine (firft wife to Henry VIII), who named it the Mount of
corner of
this
Calvary, becaufe
it
was of
Chrift's Paflion,
arid
was
fet
in the
end of
in
Henry VIII
the
parifti
pulled
up as afore."
Mill
j
The
fpot
is ftill
known
as
Mount
it is
of
St.
Luke.
192
P. 60.
Notes.
Sanders relates that reports were prevalent that Wolfey had poifoned himfelf, and an afTertion to this effecSt was interpolated
But here we in the early editions of Cavendifh's Life of the Cardinal. have the teftimony of one was likely to be thoroughly well-
who
It medicine, which would eafily give occafion to the ftory of poifon. curious to find from the State Papers that Wolfey had in years paft In a letter written in been in the habit of over-phyiicking himfelf.
1519, Sir
T. More
tells
him
that the
King
fays
by the King's counfel ye leave the often taking of medicines that ye were wont to ufe." (Vol. iii. part i. p. 154.) P. 73. It is from Cardinal Pole that we learn that the original
for his health, becaufe
"
fuggeftor of the aflertion of the Royal Supremacy, whofe name Forreft fo carefully fupprefles, was Cromwell. Pole gives a report of Cromwell's addrefs to the
in the text.
(Apol.
King which clofely agrees in fubftance with that ad Car. v., pp. 118-22, 125-6, vol. i. j Epiftt. Poll^
refufes to believe
4.
Brixiae, 1744.)
P.
Pole that Henry would not grant leave to Queen Katharine to fee her daughter when on her death-bed, and does not think it poflible that
permiffion
was
afked.
is
fully
confirmed by our text, which reprefents the Queen as faying that it was forbidden, without reafon affigned, that fhe, the dying mother, fhould
take leave of her daughter.
it
a dangerous thing for any one to convey letters on either fide. Pp. 155, 156. Little mention is made by hiftorians of the confpiracy in which Henry Peckham, fon of Sir Edmund Peckham, was involved.
was
office,
December,
feas to her
felf led to
hufband, and to
join in
it
object was to fend the Queen over the he was himraife Elizabeth to the throne
its
;
by the
folicitations
reprefented to him that the Queen on the earth, for fche hathe gyuen thee but one hundered marks a year, and hathe taken from the foer." The Earl of Weftmoreland and Lord
Sir Henry Dudley was faid to have London that were foldiers. The only is to be found in Mr. J. Bruce's Verney
Papers^
Camd.
GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
BANTSCHED,
ifhed, 153.
ban-
Ablaflation,
weaning,
rub out,
43Abrace,
to, to
to efface, 146.
3, 35,
96, 123,
Carpe,
to, to talk,
178.
"
Aduue,
Cbeaue,
obtain
hee
fhoulde
euyl
to-cheaue," he
mould
utterly obtain
wives
"
al-
96, 152.
young cock, 177. Cocking, fwaggering, boaftful, 8l. Conftellation, the ruling planet of one's " tooke in life ; goode worth her
conftellation," 101.
Cockerell, a
Avowe,
Avoyd,
to, to
to, to quit,
Convent,
nal),
1
to, to
make
to agree (faid of
Awaytoun,
Beedobbed)
attendants, 142.
a tranflation agreeing
with the
origi-
88.
took to heart, 15.
beefrelt,
ornamented
all
C our aged,
Bequeaue,
to, to
bequeath, 104.
C C
Gloffarial Index.
Hable, able,
5,
Dare, daring,
29.
raflily,
Da for,
giver, 128.
Deceave,
Illufte,
Defend,
Infaniat,
to
fhame,
1 1 1
to, to delay, 125. Departed, beftowed, ftiared, 33. Depured, cleanfed, purified, 103. Defray, to, to take away, 177.
Demore,
no,
diffever-
Jape,}&,
gibe,
no.
Dyke, a
pit,
54.
Edufl,
caft out,
no.
Enfenftng, inftrufting, advifing, 50. with Evyl, to, to report evil of, charge
evil, 45. Exordis, beginnings, 25.
Feare, companion, 155. Fecbe, performance, 1 6. Feft, enfeoffed, 142. Feualtie, fealty, 72, 149.
56.
Lyn,
63.
Flaterabundy, flattery, 50. For, for fear of, 100. Forne, former, 93. Fortbefare, journey hence, death, 178. Forthink, to, to repent, 99, 102.
Foroive, furrow, 120.
Mack, an undefcribed game, 1 8 1 Magre, maugre, in fpite of, 78. Making or marring, a game, 182. Pro.
of
it is
known.
Frank,
to, to fatten,
178.
Fray, fear, 93, 157. Furtb, forward way, 78, 88. Fyne, to, to finifh, 101, 126.
Mall, a game, 181. Apparently not the game with ball and mallet, known fubfequently under the fame name, as here it is faid to be played by men
Man c bet,
Manure, Maynye,
171.
Gawe,
to, to go,
171.
[foalfo
GloJJarial Index.
Memory all, memory, remembrance,
Mercyable, merciful, 106. Mervoujty, marvelloufly, 134. Mo, moe, more, 4, 45, 51, &c.
49.
Poyfonly, poifonoufly, 134.
'95
Mocker, to, to heap up, 172. Mowle, a fore. (Promptorium Parvulo" All ceremonies conrum.)
holy
juring the
like the
fefter.
Prave,pravous, wicked, 120, 159. Preafe, gain, taking, [or, undertaking 190. Probate, approved, 25, 26.
Proftern, to, to proftrate, 139, 140. Pyned, pained, 57.
?],
ceremonies regarded
mowle," 81, i.e. all holy as mere charms, conjuring away of a fore or
Dr.
Blifs,
word mowle had fome connection with the verb to mow, i. e. to grin or
feoff at, faid {Brit. Bibl. iv. 205), " I take the meaning of this line to
Rape, injury, 1 10. Rate, rank, condition, 120. " Raunged, fifted ; raunged bread," the
fecond-beft, 167.
were mocked
to receive,
Neck-verfe, the
firft
verfe of Ps.
153.
rule, con-
li.
read
by
of clergy,
Regiment,
Religious,
rule, 156.
bound by monaftic
'73NftPts, novelties, 92. Nibbed, cut up, pared away, 81. Noforfe, no matter, 58. Nofiaye, no naye, without contradiction,
ventual, 8, 29.
Remorde,
'57-
152,
Ren, to, to run, 158. Route, riot, difturbance, 134. Rowte, to, to riot, 71.
Sapyentis, wife
Gather, other,
men, 25.
Scrubbe,
mean
people, 152.
feldom,
22,
which was not very likely to have been met with in the ftreets of Oxford, nor would have been a
ing-fern s
Sbwe,
"
to, to fue,
140.
if it
had
This apSitteth the rate," 120. for pears to be a miftake in the MS.
ftteth the rate,
rank.
i.
e.
as is
fit
for the
89.
1
Soare, height, loftinefs, 72. Soarted, ranked, placed, 108. Some, price, value, 80.
Spyttyllhowfe, low, degraded, 81. Steeare, to, to ftir, to move, 155, 160,
39,
166.
Steede, to, to fupply, fupport, 167.
GloJJarial Index.
Stent, rate, value, 183. Staol, a game, 28.
Stoore,
to,
Trading, training, 9, 43, 125; fum, 133. Trill, to, to flow, 1 02.
Trytelyng, rolling, 77. Turls, trulls, ftrumpets, 172.
to
rife
157.
to, to ft r ike, 143. Sue, to, to follow, 49, 129, 182. Suobbed, fobbed, 40. Sute, kind, way, 25, 65, 147.
Streeke,
made
vain (Halliwell), or
Tables,
backgammon, 28.
tatches, to
tatcbejfe,
tricks,
made
38
to
remove
Tacbes,
29,
bury,
from, 128
bis.
53, 131-
Tengrave,
en-grave,
i.e.
to
104. Tenure, to enure, to accuftom, 123. Many other verbs are contracted in
this
way
in the infinitive.
Termyne,
to, to
Tick-tack, a 28.
fpecies
of backgammon,
Wbome, home, 31, 37, 53, Wry, to, to turn afide, 93.
Wurcbe,
to, to
63.
Tofore,
work, 145.
2
5
,
before, 139.
Togeatber, 86.
together,
31, 66,
70, 71,
178.
Tdolatryall, idolatrous, 47.
Torfe, wrong, 51. Trade, training, 66, 161. Traded, trained, 43, 150.
INDEX OF NAMES.
JFRICA,
141.
[CROMWELL (Thomas)],
CROYDON, 189.
DANIEL (John), 155.
DAVID, 34, 58, 72, 157,
73, 192.
60.
ARTHUR,
Prince
of
DIONYSIUS,
S.,
1 1
8.
Wales, 30,
et feqq.
ARTHUR,
ASHTON,
fon of
DUDLEY DUDLEY
DUWES,
(Sir
(John),
land, 155.
Giles, 191.
1
ASIA, 141.
DUNSTABLE,
ELI, 34.
90.
!
60, 69,
ELIZABETH, Queen of Spain, 26, 192. ELIZABETH, Queen of England, 187. EPHRAEM THE SYRIAN, S., 153.
BRUCE
EUROPE, 141.
EZEKIEL, 156.
BURGO (Nicholas
de), a
Dominican, 14,
FROUDE
(J. A.),
192.
of),
i575>
77-
GLOUCESTER
CAMBRIDGE, 47. CAVENDISH (G.), 192. CHARNOCK (Thomas), D. D., 77 CHAUCER, Geoffrey, 167.
(Humphrey, Duke
GOWER
.
(John), 167.
CLEMENT VII. (Pope), 56, 73. COOKE (Robert), D.D., 77. COWMOULTON, i.e. Kimbolton, q. v. Cox (Dr.), Dean of Chrift Church
and Chancellor of Oxford, 66
68.
HOLYMAN (John), D. D., 77. HENRY VII. ( " the fecond Solomon
30, 37, 38, 39' 7 1 83. HENRY VIII., pajjim to p.
,
"),
132,
189,
190, 192.
Index of Names.
(Henry), Earl of Surrey, 175. (Thomas), Duke of Norfolk,
HOWARD HOWARD
MAUDELAYE,
MEMPHYTICA,
169.
or
Mawdlin (Richard),
wife,
153,
D., 76.
77.
JEROME,
S.,
147. 117.
S.,
OXFORD,
117. 158,
14, 15, 47, 7578, 96; building of Cardinal College, 13, 61, 65 ; St. Fridefwide's Priory, 65, 68 ;
153,
154, 155,
165
Lincoln College, 15, 77; Buckerdo, or Bocardo, formerly one of the gates of the city, and ufed as a prifon, 1 5
,
JULIUS
II.,
Pope, 38.
Her
;
alms-deeds,
erects a crucifix
[In this prifon Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, were confined, and the door of their cell with its key is now
77.
preferved in the
Church of
St.
Mary
Cowe-
Magd.]
PAUL, S., 2, 66, 117, PAULA, 147.
1 1
90.
LAURENCE,
S.,
118.
PECKHAM (Henry),
J
fon of Sir
Edm.
LINACRE (Thomas), Latin tutor to Q^ Mary, 44. LONDON, 47, 70 ; Bridewell Palace, 82
;
LONGLAND
17
;
[PERCY (Lord Henry)], 58. PETER (S.), 139. PETERBOROUGH ; Queen Katharine's
burial there, 120.
manages
the
bufinefs of
the
Putyphrys, 153.
LUDLOW,
6, 87.
MAGUBRYNE
(?), 105.
SAMSON, 151.
SANDERS, (N.), 191. SAUL, I 57.
MARTYR
(Peter), 67.
MARY, B. V. 117, 142 ; life of, 185. MARY, Queen. Birth and education,
4, 191 ; feparated from her mother, 85; at Ludlow, 16, 87; lamentation for her mother, 124.
42
SOLOMON, 147, 151. SOMERSET (Edw. Seymour, Duke of), 181. 179 STEPHEN, S., 118. STERNHOLD (Thomas), 177, 179.
Index of Names.
THAME, Oxon., 70.
TOBIT, 138.
199
WOLSEY
VAUX, (Thomas, Lord,) 190.
VINCENT,
S.,
(Card.),
52,
58
.
65,
191,
192.
118.
Nevill, Earl of),
155.
WESTMORELAND (H.
192.
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