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Mirror For Magistrates, Volume II, Part 1

Mirror For Magistrates, Volume II, Part 1

by Joseph Haslewood

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Editor
Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833
Title
Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 2, Part 1
Original Publication
London: Lackington, Allen, & Co., 1815.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- Poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72464
Release Date
December 22, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Mirror for Magistrates.
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.[Loue and Liue.
  8. 8.[A BRIEFE MEMORIALL OF SONDRY VNFORTUNATE ENGLISHMEN.
  9. 9.TO THE READER.
  10. 10.The falle of Robert Tresilian chiefe justice of England, and other his fellowes, for misconstruing the lawes, and expounding them to serue the prince’s affections. Anno 1388. [72]
  11. 11.ROGER MORTIMER.
  12. 12.How the two Rogers , surnamed Mortimers , for their sundry vices ended their liues vnfortunately, the one An. 1329, the other, 1387. [175]
  13. 13.THOMAS DUKE OF GLOCESTER.
  14. 14.How Syr Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester, vncle to King Richarde the second, was vnlawfully murdered, Anno 1397. [256]
  15. 15.Untitled
  16. 16.How the Lord Mowbrey , promoted by King Richard the second, to the state of a Duke, [315] was by him banished the realme, the yeare of Christ, 1398, and after died miserably in exile.
  17. 17.Untitled
  18. 18.How King Richard the second was for his euill gouernaunce deposed from his seate, in the yeare 1399, and murdered in prison [384] the yeare following.
  19. 19.Untitled
  20. 20.How Owen Glendour seduced by false prophesies, tooke vpon him to bee Prince of Wales, and was by Henry Prince [479] of England chased [480] to the mountaynes, where hee miserably died for lack of foode. [481] Anno 1401. [482]
  21. 21.Untitled
  22. 22.How Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland, was for his couetous and trayterous attempt put to death at Yorke, Anno 1407. [557]
  23. 23.Untitled
  24. 24.How Richard Plantagenet [587] Earle of Cambridge entending the king’s destruction, was put to death at Southamton, Anno Dom. 1415. [588]
  25. 25.Untitled
  26. 26.How Thomas Montague Earle [603] of Salisbury in the middest of his glory, was chaunceably slayne at Orleaunce [604] with a piece of ordinaunce, the 3. of Nouember, Anno 1428. [605]
  27. 27.Untitled
  28. 28.[Howe King Iames the first, for breaking his othes and bondes, was by God’s sufferaunce miserably murdered of his owne subiectes, Anno 1437. [651]
  29. 29.Untitled
  30. 30.How Dame Elianor Cobham Duchesse of Glocester, for practising of witchcraft and sorcery, suffred open penaunce, and after was banished the realme into the Ile of Man.
  31. 31.Untitled
  32. 32.Howe Hvmfrey Plantagenet Duke of Glocester Protector of England, during the minority of his nephue King Henry the sixt, (commonly called the good Duke) by practise of enemyes was brought to confusion.
  33. 33.Untitled
  34. 34.How Lord [738] William De la pole , Duke of Suffolke, was worthely banished, for abusing his King, and causing the destruction of the good Duke Humfrey , [739] Anno 1450. [740]
  35. 35.Untitled
  36. 36.How Iacke Cade naming himselfe Mortimer , [778] trayterously rebelling against his King, in Iune, Anno 1450, [779] was for his treasons and cruell doinges worthely punished.
  37. 37.Untitled
  38. 38.The tragedy of Edmund Duke of Somerset, slayne in the first battayle at Sainct Albane’s, the 23 day of May, in the 32 yeare of Henry the sixte, Anno 1454.
  39. 39.Untitled
  40. 40.Howe Richarde Plantagenet Duke of Yorke was slayn through his ouer rash boldnes, and his sonne the Earle of Rutland for his lacke of valiaunce, An. Dom. 1460. [950]
  41. 41.Untitled
  42. 42.How the Lorde Clyfford for his straunge and abhominable cruelty came to as straunge and sodayne a death, [1035] Anno 1461. [1036]
  43. 43.Untitled
  44. 44.The infamovs end of the Lord Tiptoft Earle of Worcester, for cruelly executing his Prince’s butcherly commaundementes, An. 1470. [1090]
  45. 45.Untitled
  46. 46.How Sir Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke, and his brother Iohn , Lord Marquise Montacute , through their too much boldnesse were slaine at Barnet, the 14 of Aprill, Anno 1471. [1118]
  47. 47.Untitled
  48. 48.How King Henry the sixte, a vertuous Prince, was, after many other miseries, cruelly murdered in the Tower of London, the 22 of May, Anno 1471. [1147]
  49. 49.Untitled
  50. 50.How George Plantagenet , third sonne of the Duke of Yorke, was by his brother King Edward wrongfully imprisoned, and by his brother Richard miserably murdered the 11 of Jan. An. 1478. [1162]
  51. 51.Untitled
  52. 52.Howe King Edward the fourth [1219] through his surfeting and vntemperate life, sodaynly dyed in the middest of his prosperity, the nynth of Aprill, Anno 1483.
  53. 53.Untitled
  54. 54.Howe Syr Anthony Woduile Lord Riuers and Scales, Gouernour of Prince Edward , was with his Nephue Lord Richard Gray and other causelesse imprisoned and cruelly murdered, Anno 1483. [1232]
  55. 55.Untitled
  56. 56.How the Lord Hastings was betrayed, by trusting too much to his euill counsaylour Catesby , and vilanously murdered in the Tower of London by Richard Duke of Glocester, the 13 of Iune, Anno 1483. [1295]
  57. 57.Untitled
  58. 58.THE INDVCTION. [1487]
  59. 59.The Complaynt of Henry Duke of Buckingham.
  60. 60.Untitled
  61. 61.How Collingbourne was cruelly executed for making a foolish ryme.
  62. 62.Untitled
  63. 63.[How Richarde Plantagenet Duke of Glocester murdered his brother’s children, vsurping the crowne, and in the third yeare of his raigne was most worthely depriued of life and kingdome, in Bosworth plaine, by Henry Earle of Richmond after called King Henry the vij. the 22 of August 1485. [1756]
  64. 64.Untitled
  65. 65.The wilfvll fall of the blacke Smith, and the foolishe ende of the Lorde Awdeley , in Iune, Anno 1496. [1784]
  66. 66.Untitled
  67. 67.How the Valiant Knight Sir Nicholas Burdet , Chiefe Butler of Normandy, was slayne at Pontoise, Anno 1441.
  68. 68.Untitled
  69. 69.[The lamentation of King James the fourth, King of Scots, slayne at Brampton, in the fiuthe yeare of King Henry the eight, Anno Christi, 1513.
  70. 70.[The Bataile of Brampton, or Floddon fielde, faught in the yeare of our Redeemer 1513, and in the fiuth yeare of the raygne of that victorious prince, King Henry the eyght.
  71. 71.Untitled
  72. 72.How Shore’s wife, King Edward the Fourth’s Concubine, was by King Richard despoyled of all her goods, and forced to doe open penaunce.
  73. 73.Untitled
  74. 74.How Thomas Wolsey did arise vnto great authority and gouernment, his maner of life, pompe, and dignity, and how hee fell downe into great disgrace, and was arested of high treason.
  75. 75.How the Lord Cromwell [2006] exalted from meane estate, was after by the enuie of the Bishop of Winchester, and other his complices, brought to vntimely end, Anno Dom. 1540. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Notes

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