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R ICH ARDUS Secundus Edoardi principis, Edoardi Tertii primo-geniti; filius*, jam undenus, Artno Domini millefinio ‘trecente-fimo vicefimo feptimo, dieqj Junij vicefimo lecuiido, eft ad fublimeRegni folium évettus, & decimo quinto poft Julij, Weßmmaflerii Regiodiademate infignitus, dum Divi Suythmi folennitas ageretur. Quintopofthâc Anno nobilifiimam Amam Caroli Quarti Imperatoris Alemamici "filiam, & Wéngefêlai etiam Augußi fororem, nihil quod in hujufmodiNuptiis ollendi folet, omittens* duxit uxorem. Anno Regni lui otta-vo confugientem ad fe Regem Armenia, quem Turcha deturbârant, re-galiter accepit* & multis muneribus auttum gaudioqj plenum a fo de-mifit. Regni fili Anno duodecimo Turrim, aut arcem potius Londo -nienfem inhabitans, martios apparatus & concurfiis equeftres, quatuorac viginti diebus duraturos, inftitui proclamariq; fecit, in platea Londi-ni, quæ Smithfeild appellatur: quo, præter multos è fiiis claros juve-nes, & honoris ac famæ cupidos, exteri quoque convolabant j præci-pui Comes San&i Pauli, Hæres Ducis Hollandiœ, & alter filius ComitisOßrichia , menfa Regis interim nulli honefto denegata, omnibus prodignitate nimirum acceptis, exteri eo quidem amplius è meritis dona-ti, cum gloria reverfi fimt. Erat enim hic (uti Petrus PiBavienfis hifto-riographus affirmat) Rex tantæ liberalitatis immo magnificentiæ, quantavix in Progenitoribus inventa fuit. Anno Regni decimo fexto, roga-

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R ICHARD the Second, Sort of Prince Edward Eldeß Son of Ed- *■ward the Third, being eleven Tears old, was on the zzd of June, A. D.1317, advanced to the lofty Throne of the Kingdom, and on the 15 th of Julyfollowing, being the Feaß of St. Swithin, was crowned at Wellminfter. In the5 th Tear afterwards, he married the moß noble Anne, Daughter of Charles theFourth, Emperor of Germany, and Sißer of Wencefiaus, affo Emperor, omittingnothing therein which is ufually fiewn infuch a Solemnity. In the eighth Tearof his Reign he received the King of Armenia (who being dethroned by theT urks had fled to him) in a royal Marnier and difmiffed him, enriched with manyPrefents and full of SatisfaBion. In the twelfth Tear of his Reign refidmg in theTower, or rather the Caßle of London, he caufed Jußs to be appointed and pro-claimed in the Street of London called Smithfield, to continue for four andtwenty Days, whither, beßdes many of his own SubjeBs, Touths of figure,and defirous of Honour and Fame, divers Foreigners alfo came j efpeciallythe Count of St. Paul, the Heir of the Duke of Holland 5 and one ofthe Sons of the Count of Auftria: The Kings Table during this Time wasopen to all Gentlemen, and all having been treated according to theirDignity, the Foreigners being more particularly rewarded according to theirMerits, returned Home with Glory . For this King was (as the Hifio-

rian Peter of Poittiers affirms) a Prince of fo great Liberality, and evenMagnificence, that the like had fcarce been found among his Predece f-fors. In the fixteenth Tear, of his Reign, at the Requefl of the Citizens

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