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tain, at Vans, where they lost al. Item, Yf any tydings come, forthwith let them be heard, and follow them, as the tyme shal serve. 320 A REPOSITORY Item^ A prynce must be keping hys promyse, ells no man shall trust hyra. Item, He must study to have the favour of the best of the country, and he must be just and egall. Item, A prince must study to have the friendshyp of tlie cuntries adjoyning : and let hym not have battayl with di- vers at once, except he be compelled. For there is moche suttelty used. Item, In the day of the battayl he must have about hym a certen of the wysest and most expert men, to kepe, follow, and counsail them.
number of hys host, and the order of the same. Item, Yf it fortune hym to lese a battayl or two, or to lese hys artillery, then policy [it] is to resort to some for- tres, and there to cal hys host together, and to refresh them as nedeth, and to get new men, and to take peace yf he can. And in the mean tyme to make hys fortres strong, tyl he be able by some means to make battail, and to have al thyngs redy therfore.
that he may trouble and break theyr array. Item, He must beware that he be not beseged. 25 Item, He must beware, that, after one battail lost, be be- gyn not another forthwith, except necessite compel hym. For after a dystrage, the host cannot sodenly be apt to fyght. For wounds and mournyngs shal let them ; and theyr enemies after vyctory be more imbolded; howbeyt oftentymes men thynk upon dyspleasure to be revenged; and so for lack of polycy take fury rebuke. And in thys maner Charles Duke of Burgon was destroyed. Wherfore set reason before wyll, and begyn to thynk nothing hard to perfourme.
mies, pursew hym graciously, and suffer hym neyther to rest, nor to restable hys strength. Wysdom it is to follow the advauntage. OF ORIGINALS. 321 Item, Yf thou get a cuntry, committ it to some great man ; and lykewyse of fortresses. And let hym be wel entreated, and lack no money. For such men would be cherished.
cyent men to besege it in three dy vers parties ; and whether over that, he have men sufficyent for hys own defence, and money both. Item, He must provyde artillery and vittaylls necessary, and let hym wel beware that hys vittayl come not to hys enemy es hands ; and this principal to be noted.
of the fortress, and theyr counsayl must he use. Item, He must espy how it be most easily taken, and where hys host may best set theyr felde for theyr assurety. Item, That done, set them in the foreward that were be- fore sent to espy the strength of the fortress, wel furnyshed with archers and dyggers, and al other thyngs.
and so order them, that they may reject theyr enemyes darts.
out or enter into the fortress. For yf one gate be open, it shal be never overcome.
nede shal requyre. Item, The fyrst day of besegyng, the felde must be for- tyfyed.
any rescue be intended. Sec. And yf it so be, let hym con- syder theyr power; and if he see paryl, remove hys host and his artillery, lest he be invaded in both sydes, and voyde to some sure fortress for the tyme. Item, Yf he se hys enemies of smal power, he may set some to fyght with them, and other to kepe the sege. Item, When the walls be broken, fortify hys men, and make an assawte ; provyded that he leve behynd them both VOL. ir. PART II. y 322 A REPOSITORY 26 horsemen and fotemen, to withstand hys back enemyes. For that not doyng, the Earl of Arminac lost Bysander, a castel of Lumbardy.
vade as sone as the day followyng. For upon a vyctory oftentynies the oppidan is benegligent, trustyng not so- deynly to be invaded. By thys provysion many places and fortresses hath ben optaincd.
must specially beware of treason and simulation. IV. How a prynce beseged slial 07-der hymself. Above al thyng a prynce must study, as wel in tyme of peace as in warr, to know hys neyghbours mynds; and often- tymes to send orators to them, as wel to nouryshe love, as to know theyr good wyll. Item, Yf he se by a prynces ordinaunce, that he intend- eth warr, let hym streyngtlie hys fortress toward that contry. Item, Let hym make some friend in that prynces house, by whom he may know what is intended. Item, Yf he be assured that the prynce intendeth hym war, let hym prepare an host of as myghty men as hys mo- ney wil sufter hym to doo. And yf he thynk hym suff'y- cient to overcom hym, let hym follow hys fortune, and tarry hys enemy in the entry to hys contry ; or, yf he may, in hys enemyes contry. Item, Yf he thynk hymself unsufficyent in men and money, let hym fortyfy hys hedde places next to hys ene- myes, and garde them with money.
let them be take down ; and al maner vittayl be caryed from thens, and the cuntry left bare.
which may do hys enemyes dayly displeasure, and dysperse hys host, as it was done at IMetz and other places.
necessary, to take the messengers, and then make provision with order.
OF ORIGINALS. 32S Item, Yf such obstacles be purveyed for enemies, they shal httle prevayle. V. How a fortress shal he kept : and how they that he he- seged shal order theyrselfe. Fyrst, dygge up the erth to the heyght of the walls, for gons and other ingyns. Item, The bulwarks must be fortyfied ; and lie must be- ware, that the inner buyldyings joyn not to the wals. For nygh to the wal inwardly must be made a trench to a good heyght : so that yf the wal fayl, the wal of erth may help. Item, He must have good capytayns to order and visit hys watch of the wals, and men expert. Item, Crosbows, bumbards, dykers, physicians, surgeons, 2/ poticaryes, with al other tljyngs necessary. Item, He must have one capitayn to order hys watches, as nede shal requyre. Item, Every night the walls must be sene, and an order set and kept for theyr sure custody. Item, There must be watch kept nygh to the walls, to help theyr keepers, as nede shal requyre ; and also to with- stand inward treason.
own place : for oftentymes such noyse is made to make men roune together, whyle their enemies invade.
be not poysoned. Item, When he shal invade, let hym wel counsayl, and hys commodities foresene. Item, Yf the wals be broken, let them be amended forth- with, for fear of invasion : as it was at Rhodes, whyles the lord was at mass.
come, to help to put them in better comfort. Itevi, A prince must beware that there be no murmur in the host, and if there be, that they be openly punyshed. Item, Yf the capitain understand that any battail is lost, or fortress taken, unknown unto hys host, let that be secret : y2 324 A REPOSITORY and let hym ever shew hys host thyngs of comfort and pleasure. Item, In the principal parts must be set pryncipal men. Item, He must have guydes that know the cuntry. Item, Yf any message come, let hym ponder, and depely discusse it, and be not over lyght of credence. Item, Yf it be a cuntry of hylls, waters, or of stray ts, he must have the moo footmen. Item, When it is proceded in battayl, some wyse men strong; and sure must be left behvnd, lest thev invade in the inner part of the battayl.
counterfey ting : and it must be provyded of sure kepers. Item, In the nyght there must be sure watch about the yates, for daungcrs that may fall : as it was don at Arras. Item, There must be made barrars, nygh unto the for- tress, for the defence of footmen, and the savety of horse- men, and dyvers other consyderations.
shakyng. Item, Prysoners must be wel entreated : and yf thou take hym that is not trew unto hys prynce, punysh him forthwithall.
tresses, hear it wel, but be not light of credence ; for there be many sotteltycs ymagined. And at Betynam many were by that mean destroyed. Item, The watch must be kept all nyght, and the watch- men not depart until every thyng be sure. 28 Item, When the yates must be opened, there must be so many present as may withstand the secret assault of theyr enemyes. For by thys mean Leystoure was taken : for when two or three had opened the yates, theyr enemyes secretly hydd, invaded them and slew them ; and there was treason within. Item, There must be many porters, for few may be soon slayne by treason, &c. Item, If any in the nyght season cal to come in, the whicli OF ORIGINALS. 325 by name and voyce be known, that notwithstanding, lye se- cret espyes, that it be known what number there be of them ; and when thou openest the utter gates, se the inner gate shytte. For Frenchmen by thys mean toke Moelam : for four traitors fayning that they had brought Inglish men from the battayl of S. Denys, they opened the gates, and were deceyved.
great thyngs to be attempted : be not swyft to follow theyr counsail.
be done, that they may be taken and thought couragyous ; the which in effect be of no courage. Hi in hello extremi.
great famylyarite with hys enemies, for fear of treason. Item, When he wyl battayll, let it be secretly done, that the guyders know it not, and let the gates be fast shytte before he cause [hys] men to put them in armes. Also, let men be set to kepe dilygently the passages out of the city, that none may go unto theyr enemyes to shew the prepara- tions that are made against them. Also, when he shal come unto the felde with hys enemyes to fyght, let hym take a way contrary unto that way which myght be thought he would take ; and after he hath gon two or three myles in that way, let hym return unto the way which was first thought that he wold have taken. But let hym take good hede, that neyther the guydes nor other of hys company know whither he wyl go, unto the tyme that they be in the feylde. Item, Yf any of the carriages or guydes of the waynes come into the town, let it be sene that at their comyng in one of the yates be shytte.
wounded in battayl, or ells out of the battayl, let the princes or theyr ministers se the medycyne be minystred unto them in dew order. Let them be visited, and gently y3 326 A REPOSITORY intreated with good and soft words. And let them ney- ther lack physician nor surgeon. For these sayd thyngs do encourage and nourysh the hartes of warryers, and make them strong, and wyllyng to fyght. ItC7it, It behoveth a prynce to make good search, and to know which of hys company be most diligent, valyaunt, and taught in feats of war ; and of them to make most, and to nourysh them with great liberalyte, accordyng to theyr meryts. For the liberalyte of a prynce cawseth hys com- pany to be diligent, and also multiplyeth and encreaseth the same. 29 Item, It apperteyneth to a prince, to forbidd that none of hys company entend conflyct, or to go out of hys host, without lycence of theyr capytayns. Item, Many other thyngs might be rehersed, whereby enemyes might be constreyned and repressed : but take thys for a general conclusyon, that the effect of battayl consyst- eth and standeth in three thyngs, that is to say, in abun- dance of money, in good order put and kept, and in fol- lowing the counsail and advertysement of wyse and expert warryers.
diours grudged against the men of Campania, where they were now lodged, conspiryng togyther to slee theyr hostes, and after to take away theyr goods ; he spred abroad thys rumour, that they shulde ly there styl al the wynter : and thus they of theyr purpose let and dysturbed, he delyvered Campania from great peryll, and as tyme and occasyion serv- ed, punyshed them that were causers of that sedition. What tymes the legyons of the Romayns were fury- ously sent and bent on peryllous sedytion, Lucius Sylla retored them from theyr rage unto a quyetness by thys po- lycy ; he commaunded that word shuld be brought hastily to the host, that theyr enemyes were at hand, and that they should raise up a cry, and cal them to harness, and OF ORIGINALS. 327
blow up the trumpets : wherby he brak off the sedytion, they altogether uniting, as nede requyred, agaynst their enemyes.
IVIillan, for fear of trouble and busynes that myght have happened, yf he shuld have called the offenders alone to examination, he sent for them al togyther, as wel for the faultles as the gyltie ; so that they semed to be sent for for some other purpose, and therfore appeared they that were faultie with less fear, bycause they came not alone ; and they whose conscyence pleded them not gyltie gave good attendaunce to kepe them that were faultie, lest peradven- ture theyr escape and flyght myght have tourned them to displeasure.
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Edward the Sixth, February 20, Shrove Sunday, being the day of his coronation. The Duke of Suffolk. The Earl of Hertford. The Lord Matravers. The Lord Strange. The Lord Lysle. The Lord Cromwel. The Lord Scrope's son and heir. Sir Francis Russel. Sir Anthony Browne. Sir John Gates. Sir Alexander Umpton, of
Sir Valentine Knightley. Sir Geo. Vernon, of the Peak. Sir Thomas Housselyn. Sir Edmund Mollineux.
a Sir William Balthrope. Sir Thomas Nevyl, of Hold, b Sir Holcroft. Sir Henry Tyrrel. Sir Wymond Carew. The Earl of Oxford. The Earl of Ormonde. The Lord Talbot. The Lord Herbert. The Lord Charles Brandon. The Lord Hastings. The Lord Windsors son and
Sir Richard Devereux. Sir Henry Semour. Sir Anthony Cook, of Essex. Sir George Norton.
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A REPOSITORY Sir Robert Lytton. Sir John Port, of Darbysliire. Sir Christopher Barker, Gar- ter. Sir James Hales. Sir Thomas Brycknal. Sir Amgel Mariam. Sir John Cutts, of Essex. Sir William Scarington. Sir William Snathe. These knights, being fourty in number, being nominated of the Bath, and made with so great royalty, were com- manded to pay the duties of mony double to the same pay- able by other knights.
Tuesday^ in the morning ; viz. some of them the same day, and the rest at other times duHng the utas of the above- said noble solemnization, being jijly-jive in all. Sir John Radcliff. Sir Thomas Gray. Sir John Windham. Sir John Vaughan. Sir Anthony Heviningham. Sir John Went worth. Sir John Godsalve. S
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s 3lS Si s s s s s s s r Thomas Guilford. r John Savage. r Walter Savage. r Humphrey Stafford. r George Pierpoint. r Thomas Fitz-Herbert. r Thomas Hanmar. r Georg-e Brocket. r John Horsey. r John Salisbury. r William Hollers. r William Rainsford. r William Pickering. r Hary Doyle. r Drury. r George Harper. Sir John Norton. Sir Thomas Nevyl. Sir William Stanley. Sir John Butler, of Gloces- tershire. Sir John Shelton, of SufF. Sir Anthony Anger. Sir John Mason. Sir Richard Cotton. Sir Thomas Newman. Sir Philip Calthorp. Sir Maurice Denis. Sir Rowland Martin. Sir Thomas Dyer. Sir Barncston. Sir Roger Guilford. Sir Edward Rogers. Sir Roger Blewit. Sir John Horsey. Sir Francis Inglesficld. Sir John Spring. Sir John Grevil. Sir Thomas Bell. OF ORIGINALS. 329 Sir Rice Gryffith. Sir Urien Brereton. Sir Thomas Gravener. Sir John Butler. Sir Thomas Hollers. Sir Thomas Kemp. Sir Thomas Wroth. Sir Robert Langley. Sir John Gary. Sir John a Ryce. F.
through London to his coronation.
But joy in King Edward that weareth the crowne. Sir, song in time past hath been downe a downe, And long it hath lasted in tower and towne. To have it much meeter, downe hath been added ; But up is more sweeter to make our hearts gladded. Sing, up heart, &c.
And toward us bringeth joy and tranquillitie ; Our hearts may be light and merry chere, He shal be of such might, that al the world may him fear. Sing, up heart, &c.
That in joy he might reign like a prince of high power, By sea and land hath provided for him eke, That never king of England had ever the lake. Sing, up heart, &c.
When he waxeth wight, and to manhood doth spring, He shal be strait then of four realms the King. Sing, up heart, &c. 330 A REPOSITORY Ycc children of England, for the honour of the same, Take bow and shaft in hand, learn shootage to frame. That you anotlier day may so do your parts, To serve your King as wel with hands as with hearts. Sing, up heart, &c.
And never play the cowards to him that weareth the crowne But alway do your care his plesure to fulfil. Then shal you keep right sure the honour of England stil. Sing, up heart, &c.
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concerning her translation ()f'Erasim(s''s Paraphrase upon the Gospel of St. John. Vespasian, CUM multa sint, nobilissima ac amantissima Domina, qua? F. 3. Colt, jjjg facile invitant hoc tempore ad scribendum, nihil tamen Libr. ^ , ,. . permde me movet atque cura valetudmis tuae, quam, ut spero, esse optimam, ita de eadem certiorem fieri, magno- pere cupio. Quare mitto hunc nuntium quem judico fore tibi gratissimum, tum propter artem illam musical, qua te simul ac me oppido oblectari non ignoro ; tum quod a me profectus tibi ccrtissime referre possit de omni statu ac vale- tudine mea. Atque sane in animo fuit ante hunc diem iter ad te fecisse, teque coram salutasse ; verum voluntati meas non omnia responderunt. Nunc spero hac hyeme, idque propediem, propius nos esse congrcssuras. Quo sane mihi nihil erit jucundum magis, aut magis volupe. Cum autem, ut acccpi, summa jam manus imposita sit per Maletum operi Erasmico in Johannem (quod ad trala- tionem spectat) neque quicquam nunc restet, nisi ut justa quaedam vigilantia ac cura adhibeatur in eodem corrigendo, te obsecro, ut opus hoc pulcherrimum atque utilissimum, jam cmendatum per Maletum aut aliquem tuorum, ad me transmitti cures ; quo suo tempore prelo dari possit : atque OF ORIGINALS. 331 porro significes, an sub tuo nomine in lucem felicissime exire velis, an potius incerto auctore. Cui operae mea sane opi- nione injuriam facere videberis, si tui nominis autoritate etiam posteris commendatum iri recusaveris : in quo accura- tissime transferendo tantos labores summo Reip. bono sus- cepisti ; pluresque (ut satis notum est) susceptura, si vale- tudo corporis permisisset. Cum ergo in hac re abs te labo- riose admodum sudatum fuisse nemo non intelligat, cur 33 quam omnes tibi merito deferant laudem rejicias, non video. Attamen ego banc rem omnem ita relinquo prudentige tuae, ut quamcunque velis rationem inire, eam ego maxime ap- probandam censuero. Pro crumena quam ad me dono misisti ingentes tibi gra- tias ago. Deum Opt. Max. precor, ut vera ac intaminata felicitate perpetuo te beare dignetur. In quo etiam diutis- sime valeas. Ex Hanworthia 20. Septembris. Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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