7.1. Hubert the archbishop of Canturbu|ries oration to the lords spirituall and tem|porall in the presence of the king, &c.
Hubert the archbishop of Canturbu|ries oration to the lords spirituall and tem|porall in the presence of the king, &c.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _MOst honorable lords of the spiri|tualtie, and most graue and poli|tike peeres and barons of the temporaltie, you are come hither this day to choose you a king, and such a one as (if need should require) may be able of himselfe to take such a charge vpon him, and (hauing vndertaken the same) readie to execute that which he shall thinke to be EEBO page image 159 expedient for the profit of his subiects: we haue therefore one present heere among vs, vpon whome harts and good willes of high and low, rich and poore, doo generallie depend: a man I doubt not, but that for his owne part will applie his whole inde|uour, studie, and thought vnto that onelie end, which he shall perceiue to be most pro|fitable for the commonwealth, as knowing himselfe to be borne not to serue his owne turne, but for to profit his countrie, and to seeke for the generall benefit of vs that are his subiects.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 And albeit I am sure that you doo well know, how all these qualities are most a|bundantlie planted in the person of Iohn duke of Normandie (a person of high prow|esse and no lesse prudence, for the which yee ought to iudge him right worthie of the gouernement) yet beeing in doubt least the common fame should carrie you awaie, or least you should turne your minds to the fa|uour of an other, as in respect of some bet|ter right, by title of a more lawfull descent of inheritance pretended by others than he hath to shew, I require you to giue eare vnto my words: who bearing the state of two manner of persons, ought to be profi|table to my countrie, not onelie by example and exhortation, but also by loialtie and good counsell, which hitherto I haue euer studied to performe, and wherein (God wil|ling) I meane to persist, so long as I shall continue in this mortall and transitorie tabernacle.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Therefore whereas at this present we haue in hand to conclude vpon such a wei|tie matter, which beeing once doone, can not be vndoone, I commend vnto you this Iohn, euen with all my verie heart, and iudge that you ought to accept him for your king, who in all things which he shall ordeine, purpose, or take in hand, shall not faile so to answer your opinions with his well dooing, and so satisfie your good erpec|tations alreadie conceiued of him with his diligent prouidence, that all the whole realme shall not onelie like of and allow your dooing heerin, but also with high com|mendation extoll the same to the verie stars. These things do I promise vnto you, and so farforth as in me may lie, I dare take vpon me all chances and perils that may proceed thereof.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When the archbishop had ended his speach, diuerse held their peace, and manie with great zeale saluted king Iohn, whom the same daie the said archbishop crowned at Westminster, after the maner then vsed with great solemnitie, and no lesse reioising of all such as were present. Matth. Paris. At the same time also he recei|ued the homages of the lords and barons of the realme, and promised with all spéed to haue conside|ration of things that apperteined as well to religion as to the due execution of laws, Polydor. whereby euerie man might come to inioie that which was his owne, by right and due course of iustice. We find that there were present at this solemnitie and coronation of king Iohn, which was celebrated on the Ascension day the 27 of Maie, Rog. Houed. archbishops and bishops to the number of seauentéene, as Hubert archbishop of Canturburie, Iohn archbishop of Dubline, also the archbishop of Raguse, William bishop of London, Gilbert bishop of Rochester, Iohn bishop of Nor|wich, Hugh bishop of Lincolne, Eustace bishop of Elie, Godfrey bishop of Winchester, Henrie bishop of Exeter, Sefride bishop of Chichester, Godfrey bi|shop of Couentrie, Sauarie bishop of Bath, Herbert bishop of Salisburie, Philip bishop of Duresme, Ro|ger bishop of saint Andrew in Scotland, and Henrie bishop of Landaffe in Wales. Matth. Paris. Additions to Iohn Pike. The bishop of Dures|me found himselfe somewhat gréeued in the matter, making obiections, that the coronation ought not to be celebrated without the presence of Geffrey archbi|shop of Yorke: but it preuailed not.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Besides these bishops, there were of the temporall lords and earles, Robert of Leicester, Richard of Clare, William of Tutburie, Hamlin of Warren, William of Salisburie, William of Chepstow o|therwise called Striguille, Walran of Warwike Roger Bigot, William of Arundell, and Ranulfe of Chester, with manie other barons, lords, knights, and no small multitudes of gentlemen and other common people. The same daie of his coronation al|so, Rog. Houed. Williã Mar|shall earle of Striguille. Geffrey Fitz Peter created earle of Essex. he inuested William Marshall with the sword of the earledome of Striguille, and Geffrey Fitz Pe|ter, with the sword of the earledome of Essex. For al|though they were called earles, and exercised the ad|ministration of their earledoms; yet were they not till that daie girded with the sword of those earle|doms, and so that day they serued at the table with their swords girded vnto them.