fence and keeping of your towns, fortrefles, and places, fieges, purveyance and ordinance of war in the fame parts for you to be made, knowing all in private, and being adherent to your faid great enemy, calling himself king of France, hath often and many divers times falfely and traiterously discovered and opened to him, and to his captains, and conductors of his war,your enemies, the privity, ordinance, and provifion of your faid counfel, purveyances of arms, defence keeping, towns, fortreffes, places, fieges, and ordinance, whereby your great adversary and enemies have gotten and taken by the means of this his treafon and falfehood full many lordfhips, towns, caftles, fortreffes, and places within your faid realm of France, and duchy of Normandy, and letted your captains of the wars to conquer, keep, and atchieve your rightful inheritance there. ation, fafeguard, tuition of your faid realm of France and duchy of Normandy, at that time being in your hands, as by the faid Charles, calling himself king of France, and armies gotten and taken out of your hands. "Item, fith the matter first moved of the convention of truce and peace between you and your faid great enemy Charles, calling himfelf king of France, whereupon by great deliberation ye by the advice of your council have fent many folemn ambaffates to the fame Charles for the good of peace to be had beween you and this your realm, and your fubjects in your realm of France, duchy of Normandy, and other places under your obeifance, and the fame Charles and his fubjects, the faid duke of Suffolk being next and greatest of your council, having knowledge of the power and authority committed to all your ambaffadors fent in this behalf, hath deceivably and traiteroufly by his letters and messages discovered and opened to your faid great enemy Charles, calling himfelf king of France, all inftructions and informations given to your faid ambassadors afore the coming into France, whereby the effectual concord and truce, that fhould have followed of fuch ambaffate between both the faid realms and fubjects, have taken none effectual conclution, but by his faife, fraudulent, traiterous works, deeds, and deceivable imaginations, your great inheritances, feignories, lordships, towns, cattles, fortreffes, and poffeffions in your faid realm of France and duchy of Normandy, because of his falle meffages, fendings, and writings, have been taken by reft, and gotten from you by your faid enemies. Item, the faid duke of Suffolk being of your great privy council, and with you best trusted, knowing the fecrenefs [fecrecy] thereof and of this your realm, the 16th day of July, the 25th year of your reign (447) at London, in the parish of St. Lawrence Pulteney, in the ward of Sandwick ftreet, and at other divers times and places falfely, and traiteroufly being adherent and aidant to the faid Charles, calling himfelf king of France, your great enemy, the faid 16th day, and in the parith of St. Lawrence aforefaid, opened, declared. and difcovered to the faid carl of Danas, bastard of Orleans, Bertrand, lord Preffigny, mafter William Cofinet, your enemies,, fubjects, ambaffadors and counfel. lors to the faid Charles, calling bimfelf king of France, the privities of your council, as well of this your realm for the common weal of the fame, as for the governance and ordinance for the conqueft, conferv "In proof of the which treason the faid duke of Suffolk, fitting in your council, in the Star chamber in your palace 5 palace of Westminster, faid and declared openly before the lords of your council there being, that he had his place in the council houfe of the French king as he had there, and was there as well trufted as he was here, and could remove from the faid French, king the privieft man of his council if he would. Item, when in this your realm full oftentimes provifion hath been made for divers armies to be fent into your faid realm of France, duchies of Normandy and Guyenne, the faid duke of Suffolk, by the inftance and means made to him by your faid enemies and adverfaries for great outrageous gifts and rewards of them taken, traiterously hath restrained and utterly letted the paffage of fuch armies in favour and Lupport of your faid enemies. 66. Item, the said duke of Suffolk as your ambaffador between you and Charles, calling himself king of France, in fortifying him and increafing of his might, hath not comprised in truce, taken in your party the king of Arragon, your old ally and friend, neither the duke of Bretayne, but fuffered and caufed the faid duke of Bretayne to be com-: premifed of the party of the faid Charles, as his fubject, friend, and ally, whereby ye have been eftranged from the good love and affistance of the faid king of Arragon, and thereby and by other untrue and falfe conjectures of the faid duke of Suffolk, the faid duke of Bretayne is become your enemy, and Gyles of Brerayne his brother, the which is, and of long time hath been, your true and well willed man and fervant, put in great durefs of pri fon, and likely to be put to the death or destroyed for his true faith and weal that he hath to you. " And of all treasons and offences in all thefe faid articles specified and contained, We your faid commons accufe and impeach the faid William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, and pray that this be enacted in this your high court of parliament, and thereupon to proceed in this your high court of parliament, as the matter and cafe aforefaid requireth for the furety and welfare of your moft royal perfon, and favation [falvation] of this your realm." MANNERS of the TIME of CHARLES the First displayed in an Account of a MUSICAL MASK. [From the Third Volume of BURNEY'S General History of Music.] A Bout Allhollantide this year (1633), feverall of the principal members of the fower Innes of court, amongst whom, fome were fervaunts of the king, had a defigne that thefe Innes of court fhould prefent their fervice to the king and queen, and teftify their affections to them, by the outward and fplendid vifible teftimony of a royall MASQUE of all the 4 focieties joyning together, to be by them brought to the court, as an expref fion of their love and dutie to their majefties. "This was hinted att in the court and by them intimated to the chiefe of thofe focieties, that it would be well taken from them, and fome held it the more feasonable, bicaufe this action would manifeft the difference of their opinion from Mr. Prynne's new learning, and ferve to confute his Hiftoriomaftix against enterludes. "This defigne tooke well with L 3 all all the Innes of court, efpecially the younger fort of them, and in order to putt it in execution, the benchers of each fociety mett, and agreed to have this folemnity peformed, in the nobleft and most ftately manner that could be invented. "The better to effect this, it was refolved, in each houfe to choofe two of their members, whom they fhould judge fittest for fuch a bufines, to be a committee, by joint affiftance to carry on that affayre. In the middle Temple were chofen of this committee Mr. Ed. ward Hyde and Whitelocke (the author); for the Inner Temple, fir Edward Herbert, and Mr. Selden; for Lincoln's Inne, Mr. Atturney Noy, and Mr. Gerling; and for Greyes Inne, fir John Fynen, and Mr. "This committee being empowered by the benchers made feverall fub-committees, one of which was to take care of the poeticall part of the bufines; another of the properties of the mafques and antimafquers, and other actors; another of the properties of the mafquers and antimafquers, and other actors; another of the dauncing; and to me in particular. was committed the whole care and charge of all the Muficke for this great mafque. "I made choice of Mr. Symon Ives, an honeft and able mufitian, of, excellent skill in his art, and of Mr. Lawes, to compofe the aiers, leflons, and fongs for the mafque, and to be mafters of all the Mulicke under me. "I alfo made choice of 4 of the moft excellent nufitians of the Queen's Chapel. M. La Ware, M. Du Val, M Robert, and M. Mari, with divers others of forein na- tions, who were moft minent in their art, not in the leaft neglecting my own countrymen, whofe knowledge in Mufické rendered them ufe ful in this action, to beare their part in the Muficke, which I refolved if I could to have fo performed, as gut excell any that ever before this time had bin in England. "Herein I kept my purpofe, caufing the meetings of all the mufitians to be frequent at my house in Sal fbury Court; and there I have had togither art one time, of Englifh, French, Italian, German, and other mafters of Mulicke, fourty lutes; beli 'es other in uments, and voyces of the most excellent kind in confort. "The time for presenting this masque at Whitehall was agreed to be on Candlemas night to end Christmas, and the feveral parts of it being brought neer to a readiness for action, Hyde and Whitelocke were fent to the lord Chamberlain, the earle of Pembroke and Mont gomery, and to fir Henry Vane, the comtroller of the king's house, to advife with them, to take order about the fceane, and preparing things in the banquetting house. "The dauncers, mafquers, antimafquers, and mufitians did before hand practife in the place where they were to prefent the maique, and the fcenes were artfully prepared (by Inigo Jones) att the lower end of the banquetting house, and al things were in readynefs. "The grand malquers were fower gentlemen of each Innes of court, most fuitable for their perfous, daurcing, and garbe for that buifnes, and it was ordered, that they fhould be drawne, in fower rich chariotts, fower mafquers in each chariot, by fix horfes in each. "And to prevent difference about the order of their going, it was propounded by Wh. and affented to by the committee, that the chariots fhould be made after the fashion of the Roman tryumphant chariots, and being of an oval! forme forme in the feats, there would be no difference of place in them. "For the feverall colours, and from the precedence of the chariots, it was agreed, that one of each houfe. of the committee, fhould throwe the dice, and as that happened, the fociety to be bound of which he that threw was a member. "I threw the dice for the middle Temple, and by my caft, had the place for the fecond chariot, and filver and blew for my colours, which colours, I have ever since kept in my liverycs, and uppón all folemn occafions. "Candlemas day being come, and all things being in readynefs, the mafquers, horfemen, mufitians, dauncers, and all that were actors in the buifnes, fett forth from Ely houfe, in Holborne, every one in their order, towards Whitehall, their way being directed through ChanceryJane, and from thence through Temple Barre, and fo the highway to the court. "The first that marched were twenty footmen in fcarlet liveries with filver lace, each one having his fword by his fide, a baton in one hand, and a torch lighted in the other, these were the marfhalls men, who cleered the streets, made way, and were all about the marshall waiting his commands. "After them, and fometimes in the midst of them, came the marshall, Mr. Darrell, afterwards knighted by the king, an extraordinacy han fome, proper gentleman, one of Lincoln's Inne, agreed uppon by the committee for this fervice. "He was mounted uppon one of the king's beft horfes, and richest faddles, and his own habit was exceeding rich and glorious, his horfemanfhip very gallant, and, befides his marshall men, he had two lacquays, who carried torches by him, and a pase in livery, that went by him carrying his cloake "After him followed one hundred gentlemen of the Innes of court in very rich clothes, five and twenty chofen out of each house, of the moft proper and h.nfome young gentlemen of the focieties. "Every one of them was gal lantly mounted, on the beft horfes, and with the best furniture, that the king's ftable and the flables of all the nobility in towne could afforde, and they were forward on this occa fion to lend them. "The richness of the apparell and furniture, glittering by the light of the multitude of torches attending them, with the motion and flirring of their mettled horfes, and the many and various gay liveries of their fervants, butt efpecially the perfonal beauty and gallantry of the hanfome young gentlemen made the moft glorious and fplendid fhow, that ever was beheld in England. "After the horsemen came the antimafquers, and as the horfemen had their Muficke, about a dozen of the best trumpets proper for them, fo the first antimafque, being of cripples and beggars on horseback, had their Muficke of keys and tonges, and the like, 'fnapping and yett playing in confort before them. Thefe beggars were mounted on the pooreft, leaneft jades that could be gorten out of the dust-cartes or else. where, and the variety and change from fuch noble Muficke and gallant horfes as went before them, unto their pittitul Muficke and horfes, made both of them the more pleafi g. "After the beggars antifmafque came men on horfebacke plaving uppon pipes, whiftles, and inftruments, founding notes like thofe of birds of all forts, and in excellent confort, and were followed by the antimafque of birdes. This was an owle in an ivybufh, with many feverall forts of other birdes, in a clufter about the owle gazing as it L4 were were upon her, thefe were little boys put into covers of the fhapes of those birds, rarely fitted, and fitting on fall horfes, with foormen going by them, having all of them torches in their hands. 66 After this antimafque came other mufitians on horfebacke playing uppon bagpipes, hornepipes, and fuch kindof northerne Mulicke. First in this antimafque rode a fellow upon a little horse with a great bitt in his mouth, and uppon the man's head was a bitt with headftall and raines faftened, and fignified a projector, that none in the kingdome might ride their horfes, butt with fuch bitts as hey fhould buy of him. Another projector, who begged a patent of monopoly to feed capons with carretts, and feverall other projectors were in like manner perfonated, which pleafed the fpectators the more, bicaufe by it, an informa. tion was covertly given to the king, of the unfitnefs and ridiculousness of thefe projects, against the law, and the atturney Noy who had moft knowledge of them, had a great hand in this antimafque of the projectors. "After this and feverall other antimafques were paft, there came fixe of the chiefe mufitians on horfebacke, uppon footclothes, and in the habits of Heathen priests, and footmen carrying of torches by them. Then a fumptuous chariot drawn by fixe horfes with large plumes of feathers, in which were about a dozen perfons in feveral habits of of gods and goddeffes. Then other large open chariots with mufit ans in like habit, butt all with fome variety and distinction. Thefe gcing before the grand mafquers played on excellent loude Muficke all the way as they went. The chariot in which fate the 4 grand malquers of Grayes Inne was drawn by horfes all on breaft, courfed to their heeles, all over with cloth of tiffue, of the colour of crimson and filver, huge plunes of red and white feathers on their heads and buttockes, and the coachman's cap and feather, his long coate and his very whippe and cufhion, of the fame ftuffe and colour. Thefe mafkers had habits, doublets, trunke-hofe and cappes of the moft rich cloth of tiffue, and wrought as thicke with filver fpangles as they could be placed, with large white filke ftockings up to theit trunke-hofe, and rich fptigges in their cappes, themselves proper and beautiful young gentlemen. On each fide of the chariot were 4 footmen in liveries of the colour of the chariot, carrying huge flambois in their hands, which with the torches gave fuch a luftre to the paintings, fpangles and habits, that hardly any thing could be invented to appear more glorious. "After this followed the other three chariots with the grand masquers of the Middle Temple, Inner Temple, and Lincoln's Inne, alike richly habited and attended; and as the fixeteen grand mafquers were most hanfome and lovely, and the equipage fo full of ftate and height of gallantryc, it may be faid, that it never was outdone by any reprefentation mentioned in our former glories. "The torches and flaming huge flambois, borne by the fide of each chariot, made it feem lightfome as att noon day, butt more glittering, and gave a full and clear light to all the streets and windowes as they paffed, The marche was flowe, in regard of their great number, burt more interrupted by the multitude of the fpectators, in the streets, befides the windowes, and they all feemed loth to part with fo glorious a spectacle. |