Rymer, Fœdera, tom. xi. p. 711. A. D. 1471. An. 11. Edw. 4. Pat. 11. Edw. 4. p. 1. m. 24.

REx omnibus Ballivis et fidelibus suis, ad quos &c. Salutem.

Sciatis quod nos, ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris pardonavimus, remisimus et relaxavimus venerabili patri Willielmo Wayneflete Episcopo Wyntoniensi, quocumque nomine censeatur, omnes proditiones, murdra, &c.—as before, ending-occasione præmissorum seu alicujus eorumdem.

Nolentes quod idem Episcopus hæredes vel executores sui, &c. to-perturbentur in aliquo seu graventur; aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, provisione, restrictione, re, vel materia quacumque non obstantibus. In cujus &c.

Teste Rege apud Westmonasterium tricesimo die Maii.

Per ipsum Regem, et de dat. &c.

No XVIII. See P. 124.

Extract from Heylin's Poem entitled Wainflete's Memorial.

Stanza 137.

THEN (Henry) was thy murther first made knowen And all deplor'd thy lamentable fate

Then

Then (Richard) was thy villany first showen
And all abhor'd thy most tyrannicke state
But above all Wainflet the heavens did teare
With dolorous complayntes: hee had no mate
Equall to him in greefe. Thus did hee reare
Hisplayntes on high, and with these following cryes
Did teares extract out of Punicean eyes.

138.

"Where shall I first beginne my sad complayntes? "At thee (deere Country) whose sweete brests are

"torne

"With civill warr's so that thou ginn'st to faynt "Under this bloudy yoke? The babe unborne "Shall grieve at thy mischaunce, and sigh aloud "To heare thy miseries. Thy foes with scorne "Shall by thy fall rise, and grow wondrous proud. England lament, and with heart-breaking tones "Invoke the heavens to heare thy fainting grones.

66

139.

"Or shall I first begin my dreary greefe

"At thee (young Edward) whose yet-tender hearte "Feeles Gloster's biting dagger. no releefe "Can hence accrew to thee, yet 'tis my parte "To mone thy losse whose life had surely made "Thy country triumph, in thine enemyes smarte "But thou art buryed in death's ghastly shade. "England lament, and let thy mournfull cry "Pearce through the heavens to Gods greate ma"jesty.

"Or

140.

"Or shall I first beginne my utmost mone
"At thee (good Henry) whom I alwayes found
"A gracious patron, nor am I alone

Oblig'd to thee, but this whole Ile is bound

"To prayse thy name sith shee so well did flourish "When thou by all consents in peace wast crown'd "And didst while soule inliv'd thy corps her nourish. England lament, and with thy briny showers "Intreate for vengeance of the heavenly powers.

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141.

"Or shall I first my greefes exordium make
"At mine owne selfe? My luckles fate hath lost
"A gracious Prince: by whom I did partake

"Of all the blessings, in which now I boast

66

My lucklesse fates have lost that princely youth "In whom my future hopes were layd: this coast

66

My native soyle, warre-torne, moves farther ruth. " Wainflet lament, and let thy sighs and teares "Touch thy Creatours ever-patient eares.

142.

"Or shall I first my greevous playnt beginne "At thee bloud-sucking Duke, whose cruell hand "Crimson'd in bloud, hath stayn'd thy soule in sinne "At whose bed-side continually doe stande "Millions of furyes arm'd with hissing snakes "To terrify thy timerous soule, and brand

"Gloucester lament, and with an humbled mind "Intreate the heavens some sparke of grace to "finde.

143.

"Else Nemesis now riseing from the deepe "Will score eternall lashes on thy side

"Else hell-borne haggs, whose iron whipps do "steepe

"Themselves with poyson, will orethrow thy pride "Else will the manes of these Heroes slayne

"Daunce theyr blacke roundes, about thee and be"stride

"Thy wretched corps to thy eternall payne. "Gloucester lament, the angry heavens to please "Waynflet lament, and hate enticing ease."

No XIX. See p. 138.

From MS. C. C. C. Cambridge? Budden, p. 83.

Littere deprecatorie Universitatis Oxon. ad Regem ne Lathomos nostros avocet,

CHRISTIANISSIMO Principi Edvardo, Dei gratia Regi Anglie et Francie, Oxoniensisque Reipub. protectori singularissimo, Cancellarius Universitatis Oxon. universusque regentium in eadem cetus sese cum omni reverentia commissos faciunt,

Etsi possumus, illustrissime Princeps, quamplurimos vetustioris evi reges commemorare, quorum beneficio litterarum studia vehementer illustrata sunt, hac tamen imitande virtutis commemoratione nobis apud Te nequaquam uti oportere visum est. Quippe qui sine ullo superioris etatis. Regum exemplo, singularem tuende nostre Universitatis curam tua sponte susceperis. Nos itaque potius in hac tua presenti bonitate, quam in illa umbratili rerum dubiarum memoria confisi, tuam celsitudinem imprimis hortabimur ut in his potissimum rebus que ad honestandam nostram Rempublicam maxime conducunt, eum nobis rogantibus Te prebeas quem semper prebiturum non rogatus ultro statueras. Quod si abs tua benignitate impetrabimus, nullum certe beneficium magis hoc tempore necessarium abs te in nos proficisci potuisse cognoscas. etenim sumus paucis jam diebus viros nostre Universitatis observantissimos, qui ornatissimum sacre Theologie domicilium, cum sexaginta ferme annos derelictum jam diu squalesceret, perficere constituerunt. Que res quo celerius tandem expediri posset profecto nec laboribus nec impensis reperimus, quum perquisitis lathomis supremam operi manum imponeremus; nunc vero, quod quos summa diligentia perquisivimus, ad tua magnifica opera sunt accersiti ultra progredi non possumus: atque hec operis intermissio eam nobis desperationem affert, ut nisi quamprimum cepta maturemus, verendum erit, ne illis qui sumptus hactenus suppeditarunt, ad consummandum vita non suppetat. Et dum animadvertimus

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