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<HEAD>The Lady <HI>Eleanor Douglas,</HI> Dowger, Her Iubiles Plea or Appeal, <HI>A^o &amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<P>EVen &s;he a Pri&s;oner &s;o many years that hath been for the Kingdom of Heaven; &s;hews this Pri&s;oner called to the Bar, Sir <HI>John Stowel</HI> Knight, He the Herald ap|pointed for di&s;playing her Title, as in this Looking-gla&s;s pre&s;ented or appears; in the VVe&s;t Parts one of no mean Quality or Means: Four and twenty Knights &s;ince the Con|que&s;t, he the la&s;t of them: His Mo|ther the onely Daughter in being of that Queen, bears that Virgin Name, <HI>Eliz.</HI> The &s;aid Pri&s;oner aged <HI>November</HI> la&s;t, Fifty years; moreover well known, who&s;e Grandfather Sir <HI>John Stowel,</HI> un|happily that had his hands in blood, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Had two wives living at once,
<PB N="2" REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 17 -->begetting no Common Suits at Law, between the Divorced's Su|ing for Dower after his Decea&s;e, and others of the Name to carry the Inheritance, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>Thus paraliz'd here with the <HI>Stuarts</HI> Line, the late <HI>Charls</HI> aged <HI>Novembr.</HI> 48. <HI>Anno redempti,</HI> 1648. He &s;ince the Conque&s;t the four and twentieth Crowned of the&s;e VVe|&s;tern I&s;les, who&s;e father (that made it death in like ca&s;e) King <HI>Ja:</HI> had him&s;elf his <HI>Leah</HI> and <HI>Rachel</HI> al&s;o, two VVives, lived with both; the fir&s;t, &s;he Daughter of one Sir <HI>Peter Yong:</HI> His Son <HI>Charls</HI> about a Moneth yonger then Sir <HI>Archibald Douglas</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> to one of his own name, who marryed her as K. <HI>Ja:</HI> ever di&s;claiming that of <HI>Stuart, &amp;c.</HI> alway Stiling the &s;aid Sir <HI>Peter</HI>
<PB N="3" REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 17 -->his Father with due reverence every way; who&s;e elde&s;t Son the Dean of <HI>Winche&s;ter,</HI> K. <HI>James</HI> his Executor made, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> about a month before his death, appointing out of his Reve|nues about 10000 <HI>per annum</HI> for the &s;aid Sir <HI>A: Douglas;</HI> with no plea|&s;ing A&s;pect by the <HI>Buckinghams</HI> look'd upon.</P>
<P>And how it hath &s;ucceeded, wit|ne&s;s &s;uch &s;lips what root have ta|ken: His elde&s;t Son <HI>Henry</HI> at full age cut off: His elde&s;t Daughter a Fugitive: Her elde&s;t drowned, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> as better for him too, then his per&s;on pro&s;tituted &s;o to the Iron rods la&s;h: That token bequeath'd his Son a Mil&s;tone in the place, e|ven he and his extirpated, with <HI>Wil|liam</HI> Conquerer, Ba&s;tard as began, concluded with <HI>Charls, &amp;c.</HI> By
<PB N="4" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->who&s;e un&s;ea&s;onable Elevated thoughts, others bidden be wi&s;e: The <HI>Germain</HI> Empires Ebb, for his forewarning who had, and &s;uper|fluous many words. La&s;tly, But put it their proper Ca&s;e; likewi&s;e in tho&s;e Courts of theirs, whether re|quire not of Tenants, an Oath of Fealty, without que&s;tioning Po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ions, Title of tho&s;e owners (as whereunto referred) &s;uffices point of Law; &s;o for deciding other-like doubts: Bars &s;triving with that of Iu&s;tice, one or the other, the Sword with two Edges.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>December,</HI> &amp;c.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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