Great Britain -- History -- Poetry; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources
Whence pryde out sprang, as doth appeare by manye,
Whom soden hap, aduaunceth in excesse,
Among thousandes, scarse shal you fynde anye,
Which in high wealth that humor can suppresse,
As in this earle playne proofe did wel expresse:
For whereas hee too loftye was before,
His new degree hath made him now much more. 1578.
[187] Ne recks. N.
[188] Respecting none saue only the queene mother. 1578.
[189] Which moued malice to foulder. 1578.
[190] Which deepe in hate, before. 1578.
[191] Th’one as well as th’other. N.
[192] They did the earle attaynt. 1578. He was soone attaint. N.
[193] Such crimes as hidden lay before. 1578.
[194] For hydden hate. 1578. For enuy still. N.
[195] Biddes small faultes to make more bad. 1578.
[196]
Causing the king to yelde vnto the Scot,
Townes that his father, but late afore had got. 1578.
[197] Had, wanting, in 1559, 63. N.
[198] Yeuen to the Scots for brybes and priuie gayne. 1578.
[199] That by. 1578.
[200] Most, wanting. 1559, 63, 71. N. Most cruelly. 1578.
[201] And last of all by pyllage. 1578.
[202] Had spoyld. 1578.
[203] Dampned he was. 1578.
[204] Syr Roger Mortymer was accused before the lordys of the
parlyament of these artycles with other; whereof v. I fynde expressyd.
And firste was layed vnto his charge that by his meaneys syr Edwarde
of Carnaruan, by mooste tyrannouse deth, in the castell of Barkley,
was murderyd; secondaryly, that to the kynge’s great dyshonoure and
dammage, the Scottys, by his meanys and treason, escapyd from the
kyng at the parke on Stanhope, whiche then shuld haue fallen in the
kynge’s daunger, ne had been the fauoure by the sayde Roger to them
than shewyd; thyrdely, to hym was layed, that he, for execucion of the
sayd treason, receyued of the capytane of the sayd Scottis, namyd syr
Iamys Dowglas, great summys of money, and also for lyke mede he had,
to the kynge’s great dyshonoure and hurte of his realme, concludyd a
peace atwene the kynge and the Scottis, and causyd to be delyuered vnto
theym the charter or endenture called Ragman, with many other thynges,
to the Scottys great aduauntage and impouerysshynge of this realme
of Englande. Fourtlye, was layed to hym, that where by synystre and
vnlefull meanys, contrary the kynge’s pleasure and wyll, or assent of
the lordys of the kynge’s counceyll, he had gotten into his possessyon
moche of the kynge’s treasoure, he vnskylfully wasted and myspent it;
by reason whereof the kyng was in necessyte, and dryuen parforce to
assaye his frendys. Fyfthlye, that he also had enproperyd vnto hym
dyuerse wardys belongynge to the kynge, to his great lucre and the
kynge’s great hurt, and that he was more secret with quene Isabell, the
kynge’s mother, than was to Godde’s pleasure, or the kynge’s honoure:
the whiche artycles, with other agayne hym prouyd, he was, by auctoryte
of the sayde parlyament, iugyd to deth, and vpon seynt Andrewys euyn
next ensuynge, at London, he was drawyn and hangyd.
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