"councell in any wyfe for ye fhall fynde it nought and evyll. "Forthermore as ferre as Fader may and can "I charge you in any wyfe to flee y cōpany "and councel of proude men, of coveitowse 66 men and of flateryng men the more especially "and myghtily to withstonde hem and not to ❝ drawe ne to medle w' hem w' all youre myght "and power. And to drawe to you and to youre company good and v'tuowse men and "fuch as ben of good conu'facon and of trouthe " and be them shal ye ney' be deseyved ner re"pente you off, moreover nev' follow youre 66 owne witte in no wyfe, but in alle youre "werkes of fuche Folks as I write of above "axeth youre advise and counsel and doyng "thus wye m'cy of God ye fhall do right well "and lyue in right moche worship and grete "herts reft and eafe. And I wyll be to you as "good Lord and Fader as my hert can thynke. "And laft of alle as hertily and as lovyngly as 66 66 ever Fader bleffed his child in erthe I yeve you ye bleffyng of Oure Lord and of me, "whiche of his infynite m'cy encrece you in alle "vertu and good lyvyng. And y' youre blood "may by his grace from kynrede to kynrede "multeplye in this erthe to hys f'vife in fuche "wyse wyfe as after y departyng fro this wreched "world here ye and thei' may glorefye him "et'nally amongs his Aungelys in hevyn. "Wreten of myn hand, 66 "y day of my dep'tyng fro the land, "SUFFOLK." EDWARD THE FOURTH. [1461-1483.] THE original of the following very curious letter of Edward and of his brother, the Earl of Rutland, to their father, the Duke of York, is in that valuable repofitory of literature and of fcience the British Mufeum: "RYGHT high and ryght myhty prince, our "ful redouted and ryght noble lorde & fadur "as lowely w' all oure herts as we youre trewe " & naturell fonnes can or may we recommande "us unto your noble gree, humbly befeechyng your nobley & worthy faderhude daily to geve 66 us your hertely bleffing, thrugh whiche we trufte muche the rather to encrees and growe to vertu & to fpede the better in all matiers " and things that we shall ufe occupye & exer ❝cife. "cife. Ryght high & ryght mighty prince, "our ful redouted lorde & fadur, we thanke our bleffed Lorde not only of yo' honourable "conducte & good fpede in all your matiers "and befyneffe and of your gracious prevaile agenft the entent & malice of your evil-willers, "but alfo of the knowlege that hit pleafed your "nobleffe to lete us nowe late have of the fame .. 66 by relation of S' Waltier Devreux knyght, " & John Milewatier fquier, & John at Nokes, 66 yemen of your honorable chambier. Alfo we "thank your nobleffe and good fadurhood of "our grene gownes, now late fende unto us to . our grete comfort; befeeching your good "lordeship to remember our porteux, and that "we myght have fyne bonetts fende unto us by "the next feure meffiger, for neceffite so re"quireth. Over this, right noble lorde and "fader, please hit your highneffe to witte that we "have charged your fervant Will" Smyth berer "of thees for to declare unto your nobleffe cer• tayne things on our behalf, namely, concern ઃઃ ing & touching the odieux reule & demenyng "of Richard Crofte & of his brother. Where"fore we beseeche your generouse lordship and "full noble fadurhood to here him in expofition "of the fame, and to his relacion to geve full feith & credence. Ryht high & ryght myghty prince, our ful redouted & ryght noble lorde " & fadur, " & fadur, we befeeche Almyghty Jhu geve yowe as good lyfe & long, with as moche continual દ 66 perfete profperite as your princely hert con "best defyre. Written at your Castel of Lode"lowe on Saturfday in the Aftur-woke. "Your humble fonnes, "E. MARCHE & E. RUTLONDE." Louis the Eleventh of France having, contrary to treaty, refused the Dauphin in marriage to the daughter of Edward, that Monarch thus addreffed his Parliament: "This contumelie I "am refolved to punish, and I cannot doubt fuc"ceffe. Almighty God still strengthens his arm "who undertakes a war for juftice. In our ex"peditions hitherto against the French, what "profperity waited upon the English arms is to "the world divulged, and yet ambition then ap❝peared the chief counsellor to war. Now, be fide all that right which led our Edward the "Third, our glorious ancestor, and Henry the Fifth, our glorious predeceffor, we seem to "have a deputyship from Heaven to execute the "office of the Supreme Judge, in chastising the "impious." "It is manifeft that our confederacies are now “› dissolved, and I rejoice that alone we shall un > "dertake “dertake this great business; for experience in . our last attempt fhewed that Princes of feveral "Nations (however they pretend the fame) have "ftill feveral aims; and oftentimes confederacy "is a greater enemie to the profperitie of a war "than the enemy himself; envie begetting more "difficultie in a camp, than any oppofition from the adverse army." "But I detain you too long by my speech from action. I fee the clouds of due revenge gathered in your hearts, and the lightning of fury break from your eyes, which bodes thunder against our enemy; let us therefore lofe "no time, but fuddenly and feverely fcourge 66 this perjured Court to a fevere repentance, "and regaine honour to our Nation, and his "kingdom to our Crown."-HABINGTON'S Hiflory of Edward the Fourth. "What prevailed upon King Edward," fays Comines," to tranfport his army to Calais in ત 1475, was, firft, the folicitation of the Duke "of Burgundy, and the animofity of the English to the French (which is natural to them, and "has been fo for many ages); next, to referve for himself a great part of the money which had been liberally granted to him by his fub |