652 A De[e11ce oftbe LordCobham agai11jl Alanus Copus. ~~fc:~~P~~~~t~:~~~f~~ffi:~ a f~it:;c~llf:~~c~fCh~\;~~ !~~~ ~~ 7/,::!~k,t~~dK~~~~~~~h ~~:h ~~\~r~~~:~"f'~~~ { ~~~~-~ } ~~~ ~~~~~;, ~~~:;~ ~:~:~~ ~~~~~;;:~~~~~-~~o~~;~~ ~~~:~!~c~clillr:d~~~. all ~~c::~~-~:! i~;~i~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~: umo the {cntence of death delhncd ag:unn lum ; being a fo great, and their caufe ~eemmg to them fo rcaf<mable, yet e,~./.4- C?~ldcmn«<_andadead man b~ bw, El qui quMJtu'_'l a_rl were they not fo h~rdy, ,fir:l.ighrways toflyuponthe King, ~)lJI.• · ;;~ ,~:~'7:ho l:{;n:; ~u~hm:::J~~!:;:~ {~ttf:~;:; ::i~~~r~t~d~:~i~~.~}~d~r:i:!:~~y"~~ ~~;~~~~ ~~~~~~~:1lu~h~~~ ~:tfCa~~ ~~i~~~~~~_r; firi~~~~ ~i~~~~~~!~~~he Second was deplf«l and was T~ lxforc, mthe ~ont~ of Sepwnbrr,_ fiood fo conCtant m in ~nfon yet liVing. dtvasNoblemcnwere grtatl). inflamt<I ' Rain~~ defence ofChnftS fmth,would now m the Month of J11m1- agam~ Kmg Henry the fourth, as Sir. John HoUand Earl of"''~'' 4t&. LI:i~roj:n:t~;~u~~~~~~u~~d~~~~~nsR:It~~f~~ ~::ire~rK;::::~ ~r;:~r:.,~ ~it~lS:flJ;~mt~t~~: IAnJ? . and otha more, who:(()( dtvmhad bc:en Dukts btfore,and How can it k, no.t l1kdy Ot~ly , hut I;'O~ble to~ tme, now depo~ai by King.Hmry the 41h. although they had thathewhich ne\·er mallthctnnc:ofhis hfedemtd tht conceivW.m their heartsgreatgrudgeandmalicc:againft ~~~1fur\;~~~~~m:~~!~!i~h}:,c~~~at~!yl;anw~;~ ~~7w~~h~!~7;r~;;:~~~d;;~~; t~?~~~lrw~~ ~~~~~ tJ~~~f~~~~~~~~d1tb:~~f;: agJ[;fi~h;r~!t;~~ ~~~~~~~~a~:~d~~~:Z::p~~~ ~:th~~~~hJ~~:~th ~~~~:r;h~1~~[;~i;~~~i~~~~'fa!~v~t~~ii:,j~~; or ~~r?;:e~J~~~~~&. ~r~~~~~~d ~J;CS{~ ~? fatth or law then could he, or d1d he uuend to bnng fore~: to encounter With lum m htS own Land, and in his c.~ 1 • 1:::"rm~h~1 n:,r0:h~f~~~it~1~e o;~:t~i~t~ ~;r:h~ ~~~t~~~:,~~ltfd~~~~:;~i~!x~ur~ ~l~~:!:f; ~~~~?.,~ pray. you? fo.r he that wtll be an enemy to the faith of fo many and fo great dtlficulti~ doly, th: attempt fodan· e~~~. Chnrt, and wtll.fhcw himfclfa friend t01~0 other faith be:· ge.rous, thc.chanctS fo uncer~atn1 the funuture offo many fides,l accounthimnotoutofhisrightfhlth,butoutofhtS thmgsrequ1rcd,thatfcarcemany Kingsdays heretofore right wits. . any P«<S ot Nob!~ of the Realm, were they never fo (C 1 (C) And therefore, even as it is true, that S1r Jo~ firongiy affified Wtth power, wit or c~nfd,yctcitherwere n~ Lord 0/Jcaft/e with his Confcdera~es and A~ttors were up m ab!e, or clfe well durfi ever to entcrpnfe upon a cafe fo ~;bt~1:;: Arms to filb.vert and cxtingm(h the fatth of Chrifi and dangerous, notwithfianding they wae of t~emfclves, never fdfoti!l.· hwofC'"JOdmtheRealmof Engl.:mJ, fobythelikeuuth fofarfrom.all fearofGod, andtnltobedlence.Andfhall iThF: ~~ ~~~~h~~ cto:~~~~ t~t~~mKi~rr~~d~~~ a~~c~~~~~~ ~;J~~~:~~~~~~~ fo 11 :r~~ ii~~~fr~~~ cr;k~~;~~zc~ FHfi, thanks be to God, that neither the Kmg nor any of Gods Word, being but a poor Knight by btSdegree,having his brethren had any hurt by him. But his iment, faith .the n~nc 0~ all t~ Peers and ~obltS in all the World to )oyn Preface, was to defuoy th~ir. fovercign LordrheKmg. wtthhun, lx:111g Pri fonermthe Tower of ~A,n a little \ Vheremuo 1 anfwer with thiS mrerrogatory, whether was before in the Month of Deambtr, could now m the Momh ~~~t~ltft;::~il~ h~~~a~e~;~:r~~~·fi~;hbya1:{C::r;:; ~~~":~·!~~~~~~ !h~~:.~nfi~~~~f~~~r~~n:r~ of 20000 Men, to atchievc that kcretfear> rather I rheKing, to kill two Dukes his brethren, toadnul Chriwould think that he needed more the he!p of !Uch as fii:m Faith, to defiroy Gods law, and to fubvert holy Were near about the Kin.g; as fome ?f the Kin~ erivy Church? And why doth not he add mor~\'er, to fct alfo Chamber, or fome of hiS fccret Council ; whmot nathtt all !-m don on fire,and to turn all England m to aFifh-p:lOl? Chronicle nor Record cloth infinuat~ any mention. If Bc!ike thefe Men, ':"'hich giv~ out the{e figments of Sir his intelitWas openly to invade. the King; .you mu~ un- John Oldcaftle, .<!td think lum ro.beone of Dmcalim's derfbnd, Mr. Cope, that ro Wlthftand a Kmg in htS own flock, who by alhn.g offiones ova hiS lboulder,could by and ~~:ha1;kt ~~~~~~~~ fr~~~~.a;;:(~~~;~:~:ga:!J;id~ea~~i:d, !feeilia~ef~;: ;~ ~~f::~y0H:eAh:e~e :~;;:;~~~ ~~h;:11g ~i~~~~g~:~~e7a:~~rmour, and all other t~ings apper0~1~t let us confid~ }'et further of .thcfe 2o_ thoufand Sol- ,. n bcllloct ::::: da~!e~, 00~~; .~f :Jat!f~h ':~b~~!:~~:{;af:it:~ ;~:i[~~ud~:c;~~:o;ti~.~~~::~~~~r rr: :~~ Cl! f~=~:£~:~r ~~~~r~~~la~~: ~!;J·t~1it~v~d~r~~~~3J;~eh~·~~r~ ~~;~c;~ ~th~~~~t~~~~~:i ::Y ~~~~: ~~ ~r~.: ~~~ lh' d~r\h~he~~~~fe~~~niJ~\~~h 1~ ~~~%~~·f~;r~~~ ~fr~~,~~~~~·T,k;~r~~~ ;::~~r~f: i~:~~:!~mr, ly prefumed unto. . of ~mg RichnrJ the 2d, Whe.n WiU~am ManJt'VIl of like. ~Nobln In the tim~:o~ KingHmr]thc3d. Srmon MontJortEarl Abmgtlm, 'jackCadtof Kmr, m the tunc of Ki ng Htmj ~~~n,~, ~;eiof!r{~f ~;~~:e,c~~h a~;~t0t~u{:~;~f\~,'d';'{3 !~1~!;i~~~ ~t~fRi~11~/i7:fot~~i~~:~;n~~~ort !:~'Sia:! ~~:1;~;.:!~~~~~\~~~~~~:7o/~n1 ~~r r;~e:,ig~~~~~ :~~~ ~;;~J;j'~~~~:~~fl~7re,EC:w;:l ~~tt~1! t:;hfoj;'ff;:fe :1~,.. ~~~~~1;t:~eahn, before great debatem~nr and talk ~:&~~~~~~iff;~~~w~~rz ~~!/:~ ~od;fuh:d. S r~~~:~ R!111~~; i ~h~~;uu:;~~.at;~egf~~~~ ::o~~~. ~h~ ~~~~~;~ct:~r~~f~:n~~e~~: ~~~e: =~: P(({'Sand Nobks, andalfoPrdatG (only Wafter B1ihop mali Eng/mdthcy came. Ifthcyame out of any, kt ~r~~:':la~~~~~t~=-n~;l ~f~~;;;r:!:Cl~~IJ:hE;l!~f ~~~~~~~f1~~~~:~~~~:~s~~;~) ~~~ k~ili~f~~~ Warwick, with the moll part of all other £:1rls ~nd ~· out of Emop_ia. where, lxlikc, thiS. tigmmt war firfi forged rons, concord!yconfenting together to the. d1fplacmg firft and invented. Wherefore ftting neuha the Cou21trys from of Gaveftont, then of the Sftnurt, }'Ct neither rafhly, n?r whence they came, nor yet the tl3.mtS. of a.nY Ot all thefc without great fea r~ durfifhrupWarinthc l.and, ord1f- 20000 doappearwh~ttheywcre, e1ther m Chronicle~r qtzict or vex the Kmg, ~t fidl by all means of moderate in Record, but remam. altogether unknovm, ] leave tt counfd and humble Pctttton; thought rather to perfwadc, (gent!~ Reader) w thy judgment, to think thereupon, as Tb~ Noblu th~~ \ik~l;~~~~:~;, K;;~~· with like grudging minds, in the thy Wifdom fhalllcad thee. ~;~~:~~Reign of King FJ,haulthc Second,ThQJYPDJjfock.Duke (D) It
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