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fine magna utriulq; laude peractus eft : Laus tamen Comitis ex meritolupcrior atqj amplior extitit.
Septimo Regni ejus Anno, Lucia Ducis Medio!anenfis filia, EdmundoHolando Corniti Kanciœ data eli: nuptui, in Æde Divæ Maria b Overey,quam & Rex Sacerdoti in manum tradere dignatus elt. Illinc ad Epis-copi Wintonienßs vicinum Palatium celebriter addurla, permagnis & fum-ptuofis conviviis eft excepta : Denique Domina Philippa Regis filia natuminima, Boream verius navim ingrdlà eft : & tam ecclefiafticis quamDominis aliis egregie comitata, venit in urbem Dacia Londonium , ubiRex ejus terræ illam in c conjugem accepit.
Paulo poli gravis eft orta quærimonia, & tam coram Rege Sena-tuique conlulto, quam Pretore atque ejus pretorio lepius eventilata, depilcium intollerabili jadura, quæ per moles in Thameß ad enormempilcium capturam erectas accidit. Unde Pretor ac Cives, qui le Riviillius Tutores ac Servatores haberi volunt, multis lupplicationibus aclaboribus tandem impetrarunt, ut omnes illiufinodi in aquis fàbricæ adleptem millia palTuum ultra Kingßoniam , & rurlìim quotquot inter
Gravefendam ac Londimm ftabant, dirutæ tollerentur.
Anno decimo venit in Angliam cum Iplendida turba Senelchallus (ut vo-cant) d Hevenaltia ad adorum Equeftrium experimenta prebenda : qui-bus
Scotland, to the great Appaluße of both 3 hut yet that to the Earl was de-ferve dly ßuperior and more extenßve.
In the feventh Tear oß his Reign y Lucia Daughter oß the Duke of Milanwas given in Marriage to Edmund Holland Earl of Kent, in the Churchof h St. Mary Overy, and the King himfelf was pleafed to give her away,and deliver her into the Prieß’s Hand. From thence ßhe mas conduced in afplendid Manner to the Bißop of Winchefter’s Palace in the Neighbourhood,and entertained vjith very great and fumptuous Banquets. Laßly the LadyPhilippa the Kings youngeß Daughter , fet Sail towards the North, andhaving a noble Attendance of Eccleßaßical, as well as other Lords, arri-ved at Londen a City in Denmark, where the King of that Countrey mar-ried her.
A little after there arofe a grievous Complaint , which was often debated,as well before the King and Parliament , as the Mayor and his Council, aboutthe intolerable DeßruBion of Fiß , occafioned by Wares built in the Thames,for an extravagant taking of Fiß. W hereupon the Mayor and Citizens,who would fain be accounted the Overfeers and Confervators of that River,did at laß, after many Supplications and great Pains obtain, that all fuchWorks in the Water for feven Miles beyond Kingfton, and likewife all thatwere between Gravelend and London, ßould be entirely ■ deßroyed.
In his tenth Tear the Steward [as they call him) of d Heynalt, came intoEngland with a fplendid Company, to ßow their Ability in Jußing. A Place
b Walfingham p. 375. ». 30.
Leland Coll-cl- vo!. 1. p. 69 8.c Leiand’s Collett. edit. Hearne voi. 2. p. 486.d See Froiff. voi. 2. p. 1.
Lelands Colteti, edit. Hearne voi. 2. p. 48 6. SeeRymer voi. 8- p. 570. Guyfc Mons Hannonis p. 82.Monflrelet voi. 1. p. 76• of this Steward tthoje Namewas John Werchin.
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