Great Britain -- History -- Poetry; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources
[354] In the same yere (1398) fel a great debate and dyssencyon bytwene
the duke of Herforde, erle of Derby, on that one partye, and the duke
of Norfolke, erle marchall, on that other partye. In soo moche that
they waged battaylle and caste downe their gloues whiche were take
vppe before the kynge and ensealed, and the day and place assigned
at Couentree. To whyche place the kinge came, the duke of Lancastre,
and other lordes. And whan both partyes were in the feelde redy for
to fyghte, the kyng toke the matere in his owne honde: and forthwyth
he exyled and banysshed the duke of Herforde for ten yeres, and the
duke of Norfolke for euermore. The duke of Norfolke deyed at Venyse.
_Polychronicon._
[355] Doubtfull. 1578.
[356] That. N.
[357] Shame. N.
[358] Are iust to. 1578.
[359] Is. 1559, 63.
[360] Herewyth. 1559, 63, 71, 78.
[361] Which made them thinke mee worse then any feende. 1578.
[362] For other griefe. 1578.
[363] I parted thence and. 1578.
[364] The duke of Norffolke whiche supposed to haue been borne out
by the kynge, was sore repentant of his enterprise, and departed
sorowfully out of the realme into Almaine, and at the laste came to
Venice, where he for thoughte and melancolye deceassed. _Hall._
[365] More pleasure and reliefe. 1578.
[366] Which was not longe. 1578.
[367] Loo! thus his glory grewe great, by my dispite. 1578.
[368] So enuy euer, her hatred doth acquite. 1578.
[369]
Sorrowe and false shame,
Whereby her foes do shine in higher fame. 1578.
[370] Running. 1559.
[371] T. Ch. This signature first added in the edition of 1571, and
has been uniformly believed to mean Thomas Churchyard. However, it
may be more confidently assigned to Master Chaloner, i. e. Sir Thomas
Chaloner.--In the British Museum there is a fragment of the original
edition of the _Mirror for Magistrates_, as printed in folio, during
the reign of Queen Mary, and suppressed, as already noticed, by the
Lord Chancellor. The fragment consists of two leaves, and which,
unfortunately, are duplicates, commencing with the interlocutory matter
before the legend of Owen Glendower, and ends with the eighteenth
stanza of the same legend. It begins “Whan Master Chaloner had ended
thys so eloquent a tragedy,” and therefore appears conclusive that the
above was written by Thomas Chaloner, and that the legend of Richard
the Second, by Ferrers, which now follows, was first written for the
edition of 1559.
When the legend of Jane Shore was added in 1563, Baldwin says: “This
was so well lyked, that all together exhorted me instantly to procure
Maister Churchyarde to vndertake and to penne as manye moe of the
remaynder as myght by any meanes be attaynted at his handes:” which
compliment proves that the author was a new candidate, and upon the
signatures being first added in 1571, we find his name affixed to
“Shore’s Wife,” in full, Tho. Churchyarde, to distinguish it from the
above abbreviation for Thomas Chaloner.
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