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Where Charles Che Great haning fubdu'd the Saxons,
There left behind and fettled certaine French:
Who holding in difdaine the German Women,
For fome dishonest manners of their life,
Eftablifht then this Law; to wit, No Female
Should be Inheritrix in Salike Land:

Which Salike (as I faid) 'twixt Elue and Sala,
Is at this day in Germanie, call'd Meifen.
Then doth it well appeare, the Salike Law
Was not deuifed for the Realme of France :

Nor did the French poffeffe the Salike Land,
Vntill foure hundred one and twentie yeeres
After defunction of King Pharamond,

Idly fuppos'd the founder of this Law,

Who died within the yeere of our Redemption,

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The Chronicle Hiftorie of Henry the fift. Quarto 1600. [ACT I. SC. 2.

To fine his title with fome fhowe of truth,

When in pure truth it was corrupt and naught :
Conuaid himselfe as heire to the Lady Inger

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Daughter to Charles, the forefaid Duke of Lorain,

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So that as cleare as is the fommers Sun,
King Pippins title and Hugh Capets claime,
King Charles his fatisfaction all appeare,
To hold in right and title of the female :
So do the Lords of France vntil this day,
Howbeit they would hold vp this falick lawe
To bar your highneffe claiming from the female,
And rather choose to hide them in a net,
Then amply to imbace their crooked caufes,
Vfurpt from you and your progenitors. (claime?
K. May we with right & confcience make this
Bi. The fin vpon my head dread foueraigne.
For in the booke of Numbers is it writ,

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When the fonne dies, let the inheritance
Defcend vnto the daughter.

Noble Lord ftand for your owne, || Vnwinde your bloody flagge,

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By the which Marriage, the Lyne of Charles the Great Was re-vnited to the Crowne of France.

So, that as cleare as is the Summers Sunne,

King Pepins Title, and Hugh Capets Clayme,

King Lewes his fatisfaction, all appeare

To hold in Right and Title of the Female:

So doe the Kings of France vnto this day.

Howbeit, they would hold vp this Salique Law,

To barre your Highneffe clayming from the Female,
And rather chufe to hide them in a Net,

Then amply to imbarre their crooked Titles,
Vfurpt from you and your Progenitors.

King. May I with right and confcience make this claim? Bish. Cant. The finne vpon my head, dread Soueraigne : For in the Booke of Numbers is it writ,

When the man dyes, let the Inheritance

Defcend vnto the Daughter. Gracious Lord,

Stand for your owne, vnwind your bloody Flagge,
Looke back into your mightie Ancestors:

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Goe my dread Lord, to your great Grandfires Tombe,
From whom you clayme; inuoke his Warlike Spirit,
And your Great Vnckles, Edward the Black Prince,
Who on the French ground play'd a Tragedie,
Making defeat on the full Power of France:
Whiles his moft mightie Father on a Hill
Stood fmiling, to behold his Lyons Whelpe
Forrage in blood of French Nobilitie.

O Noble English, that could entertaine

With halfe their Forces, the full pride of France,
And let another halfe ftand laughing by,
All out of worke, and cold for action.

Bifh. Awake remembrance of these valiant dead,
And with your puiffant Arme renew their Feats;
You are their Heire, you fit vpon their Throne :
The Blood and Courage that renowned them,
Runs in your Veines: and my thrice-puiffant Liege
Is in the very May-Morne of his Youth,
Ripe for Exploits and mightie Enterprises.

Exe. Your Brother Kings and Monarchs of the Earth
Doe all expect, that you should rowse your selfe,
As did the former Lyons of your Blood.

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Weft. They know your Grace hath caufe, and means, and
So hath your Highneffe: neuer King of England
Had Nobles richer, and more loyall Subiects,
Whose hearts haue left their bodyes here in England,
And lye pauillion'd in the fields of France.

Bish. Can. O let their bodyes follow my deare Liege
With Bloods, and Sword and Fire, to win your Right:
In ayde whereof, we of the Spiritualtie

Will ray fe your Highneffe fuch a mightie Summe,

As neuer did the Clergie at one time

Bring in to any of your Ancestors.

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