LXXXIV.

And many fuffer'd for his Cause, when now
He had none. Many wifh'd for him again,
When they perceiv'd th' Exchange did not allow
Their Hopes fo much as they did look to gain,
By Traffiquing of Kings; and all faw how
Their full Expectances were in the Wain.
They had a King was more than him before;
But yet a King, where they were nought the more.

LXXXV.

And fure this murth'red Prince, tho' weak he was,
He was not ill; nor yet fo weak, but that
He fhew'd much Martial Valour in his Place,
Advent'ring oft his Perfon for the State:
And might amongst our better Princes pass;
Had not the Flatt'ry, Rapine, and Debate
Of factious Lords, and greedy Officers,
Difgrac'd his Actions, and abus'd his Years.

LXXXVI.

Nor is it fo much Princes Weakneffes,
As the Corruption of their Minifters,
Whereby the Commonwealth receives Diftrefs.
For they attending their Particulars,.
Make Imperfections their Advantages,
To be themselves both Kings and Counsellors.
And fure this Commonwealth can never take
Hurt by weak Kings, but fuch as we do make.

LXXXVII.

Befides, he was (which People much refpect
In Princes, and which pleases vulgarly)
Of goodly Perf'nage, and of sweet Afpect;
Of mild Accefs, and Liberality;

And Feasts, and Shews, and Triumphs did affect,
As the Delights of Youth and Jollity.

But here the great * Profufion, and Expence
Of his Revenues, bred him much Offence :

LXXXVIII.

And gave Advantage unto Enmity, This grievous Accufation to prefer; "That He confum'd the common Treasury; "Whereof He being the Simple Ufager "But for the State, (not in Propriety) "Did alien at his Pleafure, and transfer "The fame t' his Minions, and to whom he lift; 66. By which the Commonwealth was to fubfift.

LXXXIX.

"Whereby, faid they, the poor concuffed State, "Shall ever be exacted for Supplies.

Which Accufation was th' Occafion that
His Succeffor, by Order, nullifies

Many his Patents, and did revocate

And re-affume his Liberalities.

And yet, for all thefe Waftes, thefe Gifts and Feafts, He was not found a || Bankrupt in his Chests.

He had in his Court 1000 Perfons, in ordinary AlIwance of Diet; 300 Servitors in his Kitchen; above 300 Ladies, Chamberers, and Landerers. His Apparel was sumptuous; and fo was it generally in his Time. He had one Coat of Gold and Stene, valued at 30000 Marks. One Interview with the French King at Ardes, when kis Wife Isabel was deliver`d unto him, cost him 30000a Marks.

+ Henry IV. revoketh all Letters-Patents of Annuities, granted by K. Edward and K. Richard, Anno Regni 6.

When he was firft furpriz'd in Wales, the Duke of Lancaster had in Holt-Caftle 10cooo Marks in Coin, and 200000 Marks in Jewels: And at his Refignation in the Tower, 300000 1. in Coin, befides Plate and Jewels.

XC.

But they who took to Syndick in this fort The Actions of a Monarch, knew thofe Things Wherein th' Accompts were likely to fall fhort, Between the State of Kingdoms and their Kings:Which Prefident, of peftilent Import,

(Had not the Heav'ns blefs'd thy Endeavourings), Against thee, Henry, had been likewife brought, Th' Example made of thy Example wrought.

XCI.

For tho' this Bounty, and this Lib'ralness, A glorious Virtue be; it better fits

Great Men than Kings: Who giving in Excefs,
Give not their own, but others Benefits:
Which calls up many's Hopes, but pleasures lefs;
Destroying far more Love, than it begets.
"For Juftice is their Virtue---That alone
"Makes them fit fure, and glorifies the Throne.

*A Prince exceffive in Gifts, makes his Subjects exceive in Suits..

The End of the Third Book.

The

JAVADAU

The HISTORY of the

CIVIL

WAR.

BOOK IV.

The ARGUMENT.

King Henry his Excufes publishes

For Richard's Death; and Truce doth entertain
With France.----The Scots, aggriev'd for Wrongs, ad-
Themselves to War; and are appeas'd again.

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-The Welch rebel.---The Piercies Practices
(To part the State) are stopp'd; in Battel flain.
Continual Troubles ftill affli&t this King;
Till Death an End doth to his Travails bring.

[dress

I.

HE Bounds once over-gone that hold Men in,
They never tay,

"Wrongs do not leave off there where they begin, "But ftill beget new Mischiefs in their Course. Now, Henry, thou haft added to thy Sin

Of Ufurpation, and intruding Force,

A greater Crime; which makes that gone before
Tappear more than it did, and noted more.

II.

For now thou art enforc'd t'apologize

With Foreign States, for Two Enormous Things, Wherein thou dost appear to scandalize

The publick Right, and common Caufe of Kings: Which, tho' (with all the Skill thou can'ft devife). Thou over-lay'ft with fairest Colourings;

Yet th' Under-Work, tranfparent, fhews too plain. "Where open Acts accuse, th' Excufe is vain.

III.

And these Defences are but Compliments,
To dally with confining Potentates;

Who, bufied in their proper Governments,
Do seldom tend th' Affairs of other States:
Their Wisdom, which to prefent Pow'r confents,
Live Dogs before dead Lions eftimates :

"And no Man more refpects thefe publick Wrongs, "Than so much as t'his private State belongs.

IV.

Yet most it seem'd the French King to import, As Sharer in his Daughter's Injury:

"Tho' Blood in Princes links not in fuch fort,
As that it is of any Pow'r to tye,

Where their Estates may feem t'adventure Hurt;
Or where there is not a Neceffity,

That doth combine them with a ftronger Chain,
Than all these great Alliances contain.

*Commisioner's are fent to Foreign Princes, to excufe and juftify the King's Proceedings.