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Athenae Oxonienses : An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the University of Oxford. To which are added the fasti, or annals of the said University / By Anthony A. Wood.

Anthony Wood

Date:: 1813-20

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$nozme and moste fortunate raigne of khig Henry the VIII. Wherein is mentioned of matters by the rest of our cronographers overpassed. Compyled by Ulpian Fulwell. Hereunto is annexed (by the auc- thor) A short treatise of Hi. noble and vcrtuous queenes, and a discourse of the worthie service that was done at Hadington in Scotlande, the seconde yere of the raigne of king Edward the sixt. Vivit jwst funera virtus. Lond. 1575, 4to. Some description of this publication, written by Mr. Gilchrist, will be found in the Censura Lite- raria, v. l64. As several extracts from the poeti- cal part of the volume are there given, I have contented myself with printing a few lines in the note''. At. fol. 49 of The Flou-er of Fame, is a full ac- count of The winning of Hadington in Scotlande, which the author relates from the information afforded him by ' certaine capetaines that had serued' and chiefly by ' capitayne Dethick.' He gives the following account of sir James Wilford's capture. ' You haue reade what scarsitie of victualeswas among them before, and what pennurie they sus- tayned. Wherefore at the laste, there was made sufficient prouision to victuall the garrison, but not without greate charges, for it was alwayes brought by conuoye, whiche was with greate strength conducted, and neuer without skirmishe. For it was alwayes brought thorough the towneof Dunbar, and in the castell of Dunbar laye a gar- rison of our enemies. And on a tyme, our capi- taine sir James Wilforde went to meete with the conuoy at Dunbar, whiche is viii. myles from Hadington, and had with him but xii. menne. And when he had saluted the lorde wardon (who then came with the conuoy) the garrison of Dun- ' [From the epitaph on Henry the eighth, fol. 37. Awake, ye worthies nyne that lung in graues haue rest! Powre out your plaints with wayling teares, let langor be your geasi. Do off your shrowding sheetes, thatclads you in the claye; And decke your selues witli black attyre, your inourning to displaye. Bedowe with saltie teares your manly faces stowte; Laye downe those weapons that were wont to quell the raging rowte. For nowe that pierlesse prince that neuer yet tooke foyle. The eythth king Henry, hath resynde his bodye to the soyie. Reccrdeyour doleful! tunes, ye noble peercs, eche one, Letgryping greefes gnavve on your breastes, to shewe your pensiue moane. With bryndie blubbered teares, ye commons, all lament; Sende forth your sobbes from boyling breast, let trynkling teares be spent, For our Achilles nowe Hath left vs in the fielde, That wonted was, with valiant force, from foes our l^ues to shylde.] bar castell came forth and made a shewe in the field. Then sayde the lorde warden vnto sir lames Wilforde, beholde how prowdly your neygh- bours stand before vs. Yea (quoth sir lames) if I had but a fewe of my men more with mee, I woulde ofier them some playe. If you wi\l geeue a charge on them (saide the lorde warden) you shall haue as many of my men as you will. But because sir lames had no experience of their har- dinesse, bee was lothe to trttst vnto them. Not- withstandinge, in fine, he saide, that if they woulde followe him, bee woulde make a gappe thorough them. They promised not to shrinke. So there were about 300 appoynted vnto hiin, and he went before them galoping through the town in the face of the castell; and the shotte came so sharpely from the castell vppon them, that all the menne that professed to followe him durst not, but shrunke backe: sauing onely his owne xii. men. And when he and his small nomber was in the myddes of their enemies, he behaued himselfe very valyantly. But in the ende his horse was slayne vnder him, and hee taken prisoner. But his twelue men being lustie souldiers, went through them againe (being too weake for lacke of nomber to rescue their captain) and so retourned without anye hurte vnto them done. Thus was this noble captaine taken, and had to the castle of Dunbar, thorough the cowar- dise of them that professed to followe him. This did so kindel the brestes of our gan-ison that laye at Hadington, that the captaines had muche adoo to persvvade them from leauing the lowne to fetche him from them againe. For they sayde that they woulde dve on them euerye man, but they woulde winne tile castell of Dunbar. And the Scottes knewe right well that they coulde not keepe him tliear without great daunger: wherefore they sent him to Edenborough, and theare was lie kepte prisoner till he was redeemed by raunsom. He was so noble a capitaine, that he wonne the hartes of all souldiers. Hee was in the towne among his souldiers and frinds, a gentle lamme; in the fielde among his enemies a lyon. To his men beneficiall; to al men liberall.'] ROBERT CROWLEY, or Croleus as he writes himself, a very forward man for reforma- tion in the time of K. Ed. 6. and qu. Elizab. was* born in Glocestershire, became a student in the university about 1534, and was soon after made demy of Magd. coll. In 1542, he being then' bach, of arts, was made probationer-fellow of the said house by the name of Rob. Crole, but whe- ther he took the degree of master of arts it appears not; for likely it is, that he left the university when K. Hen. 8 began to settle a mongrel reli- gion in the nation. When K. Ed. 6 began to reign, he exercised the profession of printing in Ely-rents in Holborn near to London'^, sold * Reg. 3 dccdonwn soc. C Mu{id. an. 1512. s [Herbert thinks it possible that he corrected the press,$