Albions England A Continued Historie of the same Kingdome, from the Originals of the first Inhabitants thereof: With most the chiefe Alterations and Accidents theare hapning, vnto, and in the happie Raigne of our now most gracious Soueraigne, Queene Elizabeth: Not barren in varietie of inuentiue and historicall Intermixtures: First penned and published by William Warner: and now reuised, and newly inlarged by the same Author: Whereunto is also newly added an Epitome of the whole Historie of England |
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CHAP. LVII.
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CHAP. LVII.
It by a Polititian, a Germaine, (to whose lore,
Haue Machiuilian French-Euents since sorted euermore)
Before Queene-Mother, Charles the King, and others priuate, was
Aduisde a Monarch absolute in France to bring to pas.
Aristocratick gouernmēt, nor Democratick pleasd,
But where to one Mans Emperie is Monarchia seasde.
He told his Trauels, and in States his Obseruations: how,
Besides the onely Turke, he none a Monarch did allow:
Who suffreth none by Might, by Wealth, or Blood, to ouer-top:
Himselfe giues all Preferment, and whom listeth him doth lop:
His Bands of Ianizartes, who are form'd and nourisht still
From Childhood his owne Creatures, hold all at his owne will:
He out of these his Captaines, and his Bassies doth elect:
They, to deserue their Founders trust, his only Weale affect:
The rather, for their Dignities, and all that All possesse
Determine at his will, behooues therefore not to transgresse.
Saue his Religion, none is vsde, vnlesse in Conquests late,
And that of Policie, thereby to adde vnto his State,
Nor euen there permits he of Religion to debate.
Nor walled Townes, nor Fortresses, his Empire doth digest,
Except vpon the Frontires, for securing of the rest.
His Subiects thus, Theirs, and the whole, at his Deuotion, needs
No Imposts, Taxes, or the like, whence Tumult often breeds.
Haue Machiuilian French-Euents since sorted euermore)
Before Queene-Mother, Charles the King, and others priuate, was
Aduisde a Monarch absolute in France to bring to pas.
Aristocratick gouernmēt, nor Democratick pleasd,
But where to one Mans Emperie is Monarchia seasde.
He told his Trauels, and in States his Obseruations: how,
Besides the onely Turke, he none a Monarch did allow:
Who suffreth none by Might, by Wealth, or Blood, to ouer-top:
Himselfe giues all Preferment, and whom listeth him doth lop:
His Bands of Ianizartes, who are form'd and nourisht still
From Childhood his owne Creatures, hold all at his owne will:
He out of these his Captaines, and his Bassies doth elect:
They, to deserue their Founders trust, his only Weale affect:
The rather, for their Dignities, and all that All possesse
Determine at his will, behooues therefore not to transgresse.
Saue his Religion, none is vsde, vnlesse in Conquests late,
And that of Policie, thereby to adde vnto his State,
Nor euen there permits he of Religion to debate.
Nor walled Townes, nor Fortresses, his Empire doth digest,
Except vpon the Frontires, for securing of the rest.
His Subiects thus, Theirs, and the whole, at his Deuotion, needs
No Imposts, Taxes, or the like, whence Tumult often breeds.
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Discourst of his Experience thus, he then descends to it,
Whereby of Momuchta might himselfe the French King fit.
Where as (quoth he) French Policie consists of Three Estates,
The Princes, Nobles, Commons, and each one of th' other wates
For hearts and helpes, and oft the King is bridled of those Three,
Himselfe therefore, such Lets remou'd, sole Monarch thus might bee.
Of ancient Peeres, of valiant Men, great Lords, and Wisemen all,
By forced Warre, of fraudfull peace, to temporize the fall:
Whereto Religions quarrell then presented meane not small.
Meane while, vntill of them by turnes weare Riddance, did behoue
To worke them Mal-contents, the King to labor vulgar Loue.
Immediately, euen from himselfe, No whit at their Request,
To passe preferments, not to them, but els as likes him best:
And but of Peeces ruinous the Great-Ones to possesse.
And when his Creatures shall grow to more, those Great to lesse,
To quarrell then those Nobles, when in them great hearts would lurke,
That for the Souldier, or the sword of Iustice, should make worke.
So to prouide that of the States be no Conuention nam'd:
Religion not disputed of: Strong Townes, which oft haue tam'd
The French Kings, be dismantled: And when things as thus be fram'd,
His Maiestie (quoth he) shall hit the Marke whereat is aim'd.
Whereby of Momuchta might himselfe the French King fit.
Where as (quoth he) French Policie consists of Three Estates,
The Princes, Nobles, Commons, and each one of th' other wates
For hearts and helpes, and oft the King is bridled of those Three,
Himselfe therefore, such Lets remou'd, sole Monarch thus might bee.
Of ancient Peeres, of valiant Men, great Lords, and Wisemen all,
By forced Warre, of fraudfull peace, to temporize the fall:
Whereto Religions quarrell then presented meane not small.
Meane while, vntill of them by turnes weare Riddance, did behoue
To worke them Mal-contents, the King to labor vulgar Loue.
Immediately, euen from himselfe, No whit at their Request,
To passe preferments, not to them, but els as likes him best:
And but of Peeces ruinous the Great-Ones to possesse.
And when his Creatures shall grow to more, those Great to lesse,
To quarrell then those Nobles, when in them great hearts would lurke,
That for the Souldier, or the sword of Iustice, should make worke.
So to prouide that of the States be no Conuention nam'd:
Religion not disputed of: Strong Townes, which oft haue tam'd
The French Kings, be dismantled: And when things as thus be fram'd,
His Maiestie (quoth he) shall hit the Marke whereat is aim'd.
When this, & worse than thus, this worse than Machiuel had said,
With that Conuenticles Applause, so working was not staid.
For hence, if Accidents we shall obserue, may be collected
The ciuill Warres and Butcheries in France to haue effected.
Religion gaue the colour, whear, though infinite were slaine,
The Church reform'd did not resist yeat still by losse did gaine:
For blood of Martyrs well is said to be the Churches Seede,
Where Massacres haue plashed there is spread a triple Breede.
In Sense it seem'd a sillie Spring, should Europe ouer-floe,
Whence Luther his occasion tooke against the Gospels Foe:
As Scotlands foresaid Giuzian Broyles, euen France her Tumults so,
From other then Religions cause did at beginning groe.
So Ioseph sold, and Christ betrayd, was meeter than was ment
Of Ben-Iamests, or by the false Iscarots foule Intent:
But howsoeuer ill haps well, Woe stayes whence ill is sent.
French second Henries Fauorites, the Constable, and Guize,
The one of them ambitiously the others Hight enuies:
Each growing crosse, and crossing, it to Factions grew at length,
Poore Hugenotz vndoubted then, nor dreamed they of strength:
Alone in Henries, Francis, and ninth Charles their Raignes, of them
French Papists, as our Maries, did to Martyrdome condemne.
But by such Law as Wolues doe Lambes, those Innocents for most
Were slaughtered, whole Townes somtimes with these in them they rost:
And like now threatned Guize against the Saints in euery Cost.
The Guizians (so that Faction shall in this Report be sayd)
Through Nonage of the Pope-taught King, grew Mighty and obayd:
Queene-Mother (Mischief-Mistres) in their Pageant featly playd.
Meane while the Royals and the Peeres they Practise to betray:
Some in the bloodie Massacre at Paris made away.
But what offend I Christian Eares with horror of that deede?
From Sarazens, nor Sauages did euer like proceede.
Let that blacke Marrage-Feast, when were so many Thousands slaine
Of Saints, at peace with God and men, be neuer nam'd againe:
Let be a Law in euery Land, to punish such as speake
That Christians should, like Hel-hoūds, so with God & Nature break:
Farre be it that Posterities should heare, that Charles the King
For such foule Murthers bon-fiers bod, and caused Bels to ring.
Yeat tell the Popes Procession, and his Iubilee for this:
For Popes be impudent, and bads their blessings neuer mis,
To haue them Fathers of those Acts no Newes at all it is.
With that Conuenticles Applause, so working was not staid.
For hence, if Accidents we shall obserue, may be collected
The ciuill Warres and Butcheries in France to haue effected.
Religion gaue the colour, whear, though infinite were slaine,
The Church reform'd did not resist yeat still by losse did gaine:
For blood of Martyrs well is said to be the Churches Seede,
Where Massacres haue plashed there is spread a triple Breede.
In Sense it seem'd a sillie Spring, should Europe ouer-floe,
Whence Luther his occasion tooke against the Gospels Foe:
As Scotlands foresaid Giuzian Broyles, euen France her Tumults so,
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So Ioseph sold, and Christ betrayd, was meeter than was ment
Of Ben-Iamests, or by the false Iscarots foule Intent:
But howsoeuer ill haps well, Woe stayes whence ill is sent.
French second Henries Fauorites, the Constable, and Guize,
The one of them ambitiously the others Hight enuies:
Each growing crosse, and crossing, it to Factions grew at length,
Poore Hugenotz vndoubted then, nor dreamed they of strength:
Alone in Henries, Francis, and ninth Charles their Raignes, of them
French Papists, as our Maries, did to Martyrdome condemne.
But by such Law as Wolues doe Lambes, those Innocents for most
Were slaughtered, whole Townes somtimes with these in them they rost:
And like now threatned Guize against the Saints in euery Cost.
The Guizians (so that Faction shall in this Report be sayd)
Through Nonage of the Pope-taught King, grew Mighty and obayd:
Queene-Mother (Mischief-Mistres) in their Pageant featly playd.
Meane while the Royals and the Peeres they Practise to betray:
Some in the bloodie Massacre at Paris made away.
But what offend I Christian Eares with horror of that deede?
From Sarazens, nor Sauages did euer like proceede.
Let that blacke Marrage-Feast, when were so many Thousands slaine
Of Saints, at peace with God and men, be neuer nam'd againe:
Let be a Law in euery Land, to punish such as speake
That Christians should, like Hel-hoūds, so with God & Nature break:
Farre be it that Posterities should heare, that Charles the King
For such foule Murthers bon-fiers bod, and caused Bels to ring.
Yeat tell the Popes Procession, and his Iubilee for this:
For Popes be impudent, and bads their blessings neuer mis,
To haue them Fathers of those Acts no Newes at all it is.
But more than twise sixe yeares ere this the ciuill Warres begun,
When on the Lambes of Vāssie did the Guizian Butchers run:
Euen when the Edict had giuen Peace vnto the Church reform'd,
And odious to the Papists seem'd that Peace, who therefore storm'd,
Euen then the Duke of Guize, who earst had figur'd for the Crowne,
Hence calculating hopes, did set his bad Designements downe:
Alonly quarrelling, till then, the Princes of the blood,
Who, partly quail'd, were yet vnkild, and to their tackling stood.
So with the Papists bands the Duke himselfe, not for deuotion,
But aduantagious seem'd that Meane for blood-drifts and Promotion.
This faction thus had Heart and Head, the other yet vnborne,
Till to the Prince of Condie flockt the Hugenotz, forlorne,
And told the sauage Butcheries at Vassie newly made,
By ruthles and seditious Guize on Thousands, whilst they prayde.
Like skathed Sheepe, escaped from blood-sucking dogs, they quake,
Imploring his protection, which he then did vndertake.
Thus, through Necessitie, this Part had also Heart and Head:
Euen after hundreds thousands such good Christians so were dead.
This knowne, to him from euery Part the Persecuted flie,
So was the Prince of vertuous Troopes possessed by and by.
When on the Lambes of Vāssie did the Guizian Butchers run:
Euen when the Edict had giuen Peace vnto the Church reform'd,
And odious to the Papists seem'd that Peace, who therefore storm'd,
253
Hence calculating hopes, did set his bad Designements downe:
Alonly quarrelling, till then, the Princes of the blood,
Who, partly quail'd, were yet vnkild, and to their tackling stood.
So with the Papists bands the Duke himselfe, not for deuotion,
But aduantagious seem'd that Meane for blood-drifts and Promotion.
This faction thus had Heart and Head, the other yet vnborne,
Till to the Prince of Condie flockt the Hugenotz, forlorne,
And told the sauage Butcheries at Vassie newly made,
By ruthles and seditious Guize on Thousands, whilst they prayde.
Like skathed Sheepe, escaped from blood-sucking dogs, they quake,
Imploring his protection, which he then did vndertake.
Thus, through Necessitie, this Part had also Heart and Head:
Euen after hundreds thousands such good Christians so were dead.
This knowne, to him from euery Part the Persecuted flie,
So was the Prince of vertuous Troopes possessed by and by.
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