Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjectsBrooke, Richard
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Visits to Fields of Battle, in England, of the Fifteenth Century: to which are added, some miscellaneous tracts and papers upon archæological subjects
Brooke, Richard
Battlefields -- England; Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485
theym of Godds chirch, of Chalesses, Crosses of sylver, Boxes for the
Sacrament, and other onourments longyng therunto, of defoulyng and
ravisshing religious wymmen, wedowes and maydens, of unmanly and
abhomynable entretyng of wymmen beyng in the naturall labour and
bataille of travailyng of child, by the moyne therof piteously
disperaged, Heven sorowyng the lost therby of the Soules that shuld
have been of the felauship of Cristendom and of the blisse of Heven,
not abhorryng of unmanly, unnaturall and beestly cruelte to drawe
wymmen beyng in childebedde from their bedds naked, and to spoile hem
of all her goods, a piteous desolacion. The same Henry, actour,
factour and provoker of the seid commocion, and assentyng of covyne
with the seid Margarete, Henry Duc of Somerset, and Henry late Erle
of Northumberlond, in a battaille to be shewed unto hym, and offered
of fraudulent dissimilacion, in a feld beside the toune of Seint
Albones, the XVII day of Feverer last past, not joynyng his persone
and blode to the defence, tuition and salvacion of the same Lordes
and persones commen to assist hym by his auctorite and commaundement,
lyke a victorious and a noble captayne, but lyke a disseyvable
coward, ayenst princely and knyghtly duetee, sodenly, privately and
shamefully refused theym, sufferyng and procuryng to disseivably
th’effucion of their blode, and horrible murdre and deth, not havyng
therof sorowe, pitee or compassion; adheryng to the seid Margaret,
and to the seid Duc of Somerset, and other Lordes and persones that
committed the seid orrible and cruell murdre of the seid Duc of York,
and of the Erles of Rutlond and Salesbury, and also of the seid
people, in the seid felde beside the seid toune of Seint Albones,
yevyng therfor to the seid Duc and other assistyng theym therin, a
speciall laude and thank; from thensforth appliyng to theym and to
their outrageous and unlawfull riotts and misgovernaunce; after that
sufferying wilfully thoo worthy and good Knyghtes, William Lord
Bonvile, and Sir Thomas Kiryell, for the prowesse of knyghthode
approved in their persones called to the order of the Garter, and
William Gower Squier, the Berer of oon of his Baners, whom to he made
feith and assurans under Kynges word, proeedyng from his mouth, to
kepe and defend theym there from all hurt, joupardie and perell, to
be murdred, and after that tyrannyously heded, with grete violence,
withoute processe of lawe or any pitee, contrary to his seid feith
and promysse, abhomynable in the heryng of all Christen Prynces. For
asmoch also as Henry Duc of Somerset, purposyng, ymaginyng and
compassyng, of extreme and insaciate malice and violence, to destroy
the right noble and famous Prynce of wurthy memorie, Richard late Duc
of York, fader to oure Liege and Soverayne Lord Kyng Edward the
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