The Wandring Jews Chronicle:
OR,
The Old Historian His Brief Declaration, Made in a mad fashion, of each Coronation, That passd in this Nation,
Since Williams Invasion, For no great Occasion, But meer Recreation, To put off Vexation.
To the Tune of, Our Prince is welcome out of Spain.
William Conq. William Rufus. Henry I. Stephen. Henry 2. Richard I. Joh[n.] Henry 3. Edward I. Edward 2. Edward 3. Richard 2. Henry 4.
Henry 6. Edward 4. Edward 5. Richard 3. Henry 7. Henry 8. Edward 6. Q. Mary. Q. Elizabeth. K. James. K. Charles I. Q. Mary.
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WHen William Duke of Normandy
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With all his Normans gallantly
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this Kingdome did subdue;
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Full fifteen years of age I was,
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And what ere since hath come to pass,
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I can report for true.
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I can remember since he went
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From London for to Conquer Kent.
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where with a walking Wood,
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The men of Kent compassed him,
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And he for aye confirmd to them
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King Edwards Laws for good.
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Likewise, I William Rufus knew,
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And saw the Arrow that him slew
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hard by a Forrest side:
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[I] well could tell if I list,
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Or better tell you if I wist,
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who next to him did ride.
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First Henry I, and Stephen knew,
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Who no man here but I did view,
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I saw them Crownd and dead;
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I can remember well also,
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The second Henrys Royal show,
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that day that he was Wed.
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I likewise was at Woodstock Bower,
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And saw that sweet and famous flower,
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Queen Elenor so did spight;
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I found the clew of thread again,
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After that worthy Knight was slain,
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twas green, blew, red and white.
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I saw King Richard in his shirt
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Pull out a furious Lyons heart,
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whereby his strength was tryd;
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I saw King John, when as the Monk,
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Gave him the Poyson which he drunk,
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and then forsooth he dyd.
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I markd the Barrons when they sent
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For the French Doulphin, with intent
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to put third Henry down:
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I saw the Earl of Leicester stout,
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(Calld Simon Munford) with his Tent
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besiege fair London Town.
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And I have the first Edward seen
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Whose Legs I still thought to have had been
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a yard and more in length:
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With him I into Scotland went,
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And back again incontinent
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which he subdud by strength.
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I knew Carnarvens Minion dear,
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And saw the fall of Mortimeer,
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with all the Barons Wars.
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And likely was to have been sent,
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At Burton Battel upon Trent,
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where I receivd these scars.
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Third Edward and his valiant Son,
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By whom great feats of arms were done
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I saw on Cressy Plain
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Which day, when bows and arrows keen
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Grew scant, with mighty stones I ween,
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were many French-men slain.
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I know Wat Tyler and Jack Straw,
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And I the Mayor [of] London saw,
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in Smith-field w[hic]h him slew:
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I was at Pomfret Castle, when
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The second Rich[ard] [t]here was slain,
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whose death e[re si]nce I rue.
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I saw when Henry Bullingbrook,
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The Crown and [Sc]epter on him took,
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which he beca[me] full well:
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I saw when Hen[ry] Hotspur he,
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And many Lord[s at] Shrewsbury,
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were slain in [Batt]el fell.
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I saw the brave victorious Prince,
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(Whose death I [have] bewaild ere since)
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Henry the fifth I [me]an:
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And I can give you [jus]t report,
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How many French [at] Agencourt
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were in one Bat[te]l slain.
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I saw the White, [a]nd Red-Rose fight
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And Warwick gre[at] in Armour bright,
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in the sixth Henr[y]s Reign:
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And present was t[hat] very hour,
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When Henry was [in] London Tower,
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by crookd-back Richard slain.
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I in a Gold-smith[s Sh]op have seen,
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Fourth Edwards f[a]mous Concubine
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whose name was fair Jane Shore:
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I saw when Rich[ar]ds cruelty
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Did put her to g[re]at misery,
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and I was gri[ev]d therefore
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Also I was at Bosworth field,
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Well armed there with spear and shield
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meaning to try my force:
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Where Richard losing Life and Crown,
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Was naked born to Leicester Town,
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upon a Colliars Horse.
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To the seventh Henry then I was,
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A servant, as it came to pass
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to serve him at his need:
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And while I did in Court remain,
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I saw in the eighth Henrys Reign,
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full many great men bleed.
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I as a Souldier bold with him
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Ore Neptunes curled brest did swim
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unto the Realm of France:
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I helpt to ransack Bulloign Town,
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And many places of Renown,
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yet home I came by chance.
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I knew first Edward of a Child,
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Whose countenance was very mild,
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a hopeful Prince he was:
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I knew Queen Mary in her Reign,
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Put Protestants to mickle pain,
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and re-set up the Mass.
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And (to my comfort) I have seen;
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Elizabeth that Maiden-Queen,
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Queen Marys only Sister:
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Though she raignd four and forty years
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Her Subjects shewd well by their tears,
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that they too soon had [?]t her.
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I saw King James come from the North
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Like to a Star that shineth forth,
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to glad the Peoples sight:
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He brought a Salve to cure our wounds,
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And made Great Brittain safe and sound,
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through equity and right.
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He was in troth a Prince of peace,
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And made all former jars to cease,
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twixt English-men and Scots,
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The English-men sung merry Sonnets
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The Scots threw up their Bonnets,
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for joy [of] their good lots.
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In Scotland born in England nurst
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Was Pious Princely Charles the [first]
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who had to Wife Queen Mary
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But by the rage of Rebels hate,
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Murthered and Martyrd at his Gate,
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this good King did miscarry.
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King Charles the second, that had spent
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Many long years in Banishment,
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and scapd with life so nearly:
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By Miracle and means unknown,
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Sits in the brightness of his Throne,
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where he doth shine most clearly.
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Queen Katherine his betrothed Wife,
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The Lady of his Love and Life,
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is likewise now come hither:
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And may their bodies both encrease
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In Love and Children, joy, and Peace,
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long as they live together.
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