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Princes before. She was christened at the font by o r Morton, 

 who celebrated the memory of such an eternall blessing, as if he 

 p r saged she should proue an immortal seminary of kings, 

 (which wee hope and pray for), and had full assurance of that 

 future good, w 611 we now participate, ffor fro' her hath already 

 sprung a race of illustrious princes, whose daughter p'ved gran- 

 mother to o r James (w ch exceeds all the rest) the monarch of 

 Great Britaine. 



At this time that tumultuous innouation, and seditious rebellion 



of the Cornishmen against the commo'wealth began, as deniing 



the payment of certaine impositions laied upon them for the 



Scottish p r paration, inferring their pouerty, and that they 



inhabited the barennest place in the kingdom, getting their 



lining w th extraordinary trauell and toyle, night and day in the 



mines. Soe y* they weare able to disburse no more, traducing 



for the same, Cardinall Morton and Eeginold Bray, because they 



wear the king's principal! seruants and councellors of honorable 



trust and favour, of high Authority and co'mand in the gouern- 



ment, and of such espetiall eminence that theire very names 



drowned all the rest. Against these was all the outcry of the 



co'mons, they weare only threatened and rayled upon, as the 



suckers and caterpillers of the co'monwealth, rather then wise 



councellers and faithful! officers. These were co'demned to 



loose theire heads after the manner of the Romans by the tearme 



of more maiorum, and thus they raged against them as parricides 



and uultures praying upon the poore and oppressed ; when as 



in truth if we may giue creditt to all histories and times, these 



weare such as restrained the insolency and corruption of others, 



presuming to much on the king's noble demeanour ; yea if the 



king himselfe admitted or consented to anything repugnant to 



Justice ; or omitted what was befitting to his honour, such was 



the sincerity of Morton and Bray that he relied upon them as 



reforming censors, and well-appointed councellours. 



But this is the error of ignorant people, and the madnesse of 

 a rebellious multitude, demaunding they cannot tell what, and 

 accusing they know not whome ; such is the fortune of great 



