<1THE PROLOGE>1 <1Me Semes it Were no Wisdom to creadit>1 every light tale, blazed by the blasphemous rnowshes of rude commonalty, for we dayly here how with there blasphemous trompe they spred abrode innvmerable lyes, without ether shame or honestye (which prima facie) sheweth forth a vysage of trwshe, as thowghe it weare a perfet veritie, & matter in deede. where in there is notheng more vntrwe, And anionge the wyse sorte so it is esteemed, with whome these bablinges be of small force & effect/ fforsothe I have redd thexclamations of divers woorthy & notable authors made agaynste suche false Rumors & fonde opinions of the fantasticall comonaltye, who delytith notheng more then to here strainge thinges, And to see new alterations of authorites, reioyseng somtyme in suche new fantises ws afterwarde geveth them more occasion of repentans then of Ioyfulnes. Thus maye all men of wisdom & discretion vnder- stande the temerous madnes of the rvde comrnonaltye & not geveng to them to hastie credite of every sodayne rumor, vntill the trwshe bee perfetly knowene by the reporte of some approved & credible person, ys owght to have there of trwe intelligence/ I have harde & also sene sett forthe in divers printed bookes some vntrue imaginations after the death of divers parsons, ws in there lyffe, were of great estimation, that weare inventyd rather to bringe there honest names into infamie & perpetuall slander of the cornmon mvltitude then otherwyse/ The occasyon thereof ys maketh me to reherse all these thinges, is this, That for az rniche az I intende God willing, to wryt heare some parte of the procedings of the said [Egerton 2402, f. 4] Legat & Cardynall Wolsey Archebysshope of yorke/ and of hys assendyng & dissendyng/ to & frome honorous estate/ wherof some parte shalbe of myn owen knowlege And some of other persons Inforrnacion/ fforsothe this Cardynall was my lord & ms whome in his lyve I seruyd/ and so remayned ws hyme/ after hys fall contynually duryng the terme of all his troble vntill he died/ as well in the Sowshe as in the Northe parties/ And noted all hys demeanor & vsage in all that tyme/ As also in his welthy tryhumphe & gloryous estate/ And synce his deathe/ I haue hard dyuers sondry surmysis & Imagyned tales made of his procedynges & doynges ws I my selfe haue perfightly knowen/ to be most vntrewe vnto the ws I cowld haue sufficyently answered accordyng to the trouthe/ but as me semyth than/ it was myche better for me to suffer and dissimull the matter and the same to remayn styll as lyes/ than to replie ayenst ther vntrouthe of whome I myght for my boldnes soner haue kyndeled a great flame of displeasures than to quenche oon sparke of ther malycious ontrowshe/ Theifore I commyt the treuthe to hyme that knowyth all trouthe/ ffor what so euer/ any man hath conceyved in hyme whan he lyued or synce his dethe/ thus myche I dare be bold to say wsout displeasure to any person or of affeccion/ that in my Iugemes I neuer sawe thys realme/ <1in>1 better order quyotnes & obedyence/ than it was in the tyme of his auctoryte & Rule/ ne Iustice better mynestred ws indifferencye/ As I could euydently prove/ If I shold not be accused of to myche affeccion or elles that I setforthe more than trouthe/ I wyll therfore here desist to speke any more in his commendacion/ And proced fyrst to his orygynall begynnyng assendyng by fortunes fauour to highe honours/ dignyties/ promocions/ and riches// ffinis. qs. G. C. [f. 5] <1Trewshe it ys/>1 Cardynall wolsey somtyme Archebisshope/ of york/ was an honest poore mans Sonne borne in Ipsewiche ws in the Countie of Suffolk/ And beyng but a child was very Apte to learnyng/ by means wherof his parentes or his good ffrendes and maysters convcyed hyme to the vnyuersitie of Oxford/ where he prospered so in learnyng that (As he told me his owen person) he was called the (boye) bacheler for as myche as he was made bacheler of art at xvs yeres of age/ ws was a rare thyng And seldome seen/ <1Thus>1 prosperyng And encreasyng in learnyng, was made fellowe of Magdaleyn Collage/ And after appoynted (for his learnyng) to be Schole Ms there// At ws tyme the lord Marques Dorsett had iijs of his sonnes At scole there ws hyme/ Commyttyng As well vnto hyme there vertuous Educasion as ther lnstruccion and learnyng/ Yt pleased the seyd Marques Ayenst A Cristmas season to send as well for the Scole ms As for his childerne home to hys howsse for ther recreacion in that pleasaunt & honorable feast/ They beyng then there/ My lord ther father perceyved them to be right well employed in learnyng for ther tyme ws contentyd hyme so well/ that he haueng a benefice in his gyft beyng at that tyme voyde/ gave the same to the Scole Ms in reward for hys diligencet At his departyng after Cristmas vppon his retourne to the vnyuersitie/ And havyng the presentacion therof repayred to the Ordynarie for his Institucion And Induccion/ than beyng fully ffurnysshed of all necessarie Instrumes at the Ordinaris handes for his preferment/ made spede wsout any fferther delay to the [f. 5s] seyd benefice to take therof possession/ And beyng there for that entent Oon sir Amys Pawlett knyght dwelling in that Contrie there Abought toke an occasion of displeasure Ayenst hyme/ Vppon what ground I knowe not/ But sir by yos leave he was so bold to sett the Scole Ms by the feete duryng hys pleasure/ The ws was afterward nother forgotten ne forgevyn ffor whan the Scole Ms mountyd the dignytie to be Chauncelour of Englond he was not oblivyous of the old displeasure mynystred vnto hyme by Ms Pawlett/ but sent for hyme And after many sharpe & heynous wordes enioyned hyme to attend vppon the Councell vntill he ware by them dismyssed/ And not to departe wsout licence vppon an vrgent payn & forfiture/ So that he contynued wsin the Middell temple the space of.v. or vj yeres or more/ whos logyng there was in the Gathowsse next the strett/ the ws he reedefied very sumptiously garnysshyng the same on the owssyde therof ws Cardynalles hattes And Armez bagges And Cognysaunces of the Cardynalles ws dyuers other devisis in so gloryous a sort that he thought therby to appese his old onkynd displeasure/ <1Nowe>1 may thys be a good example And precedent to men in Auctoritie/ (ws woll sometyme worke ther wyll wsout wytt) to remember in ther Auctoritie/ howe Auctoritye may dekaye/ And whome they punysshe of wyll more than of Iustice may after be Advaunced in the publyke wele to highe dignytes And gouernaunce/ And they based as lowe/ who wyll than seke the means to be revenged of old wronges susteyned wrongfully byfore/ who wold haue thought than that whan sir Amys Pawlett punysshed this poor Scoler that euer he shold haue attayned to be Chauncelour of Englond consideryng his base- nes in euery condicion/ Thes be wonderfull workes of god And ffortune/ Therfore I wold wysshe All men in Auctorytie & dignytie to knowe and feare god in all ther tryhumphes & glory consideryng [f. 6] in all ther doynges that Auctorytes be not permanent but may slide And vanyssh as prynces pleasures do Alter & chaynge/ <1Than as all>1 lyvyng thynges must of very necessitie pay the dewe dett of natur ws no earthely creature can resist Yt chaunced the lord Marques to depart ows of this present lyfe/ After whos deathe/ The Scole Ms consideryng than ws hym self to be but a small beneficed man/ And to haue lost his ffelowe- shype in the College (ffor as I vnderstand if a fellowe of that College be oons promoted to a benyfice he shall by the Rewles of the howsse be dismyssed of his ffellowshipe)/ And perseyvyng hyme self to be also destitute of his syngular good lord/ thought not to be long onprovided of some other Socours or stafe to defend hyme frome all suche Stormes as he lately susteyned/ And in hys travell there Abought/ he fill in acquayntaunce ws oon sir Iohn Nanfant A very grave & auncyaunt knyght who had a great rome in Calice vnder kyng herre the vijs/ This knyght he serued & behaued hym so discretly and Iustly that he opteyned thespecyall fauour of his seyd Ms/ in so myche that for his wytt, gravite & Iust behauour/ he commytted all the charge of his office vnto his Chapleyn/ And as I vnderstand the <1Office>1 was the Treasorshipe of Calice/ who was in Consideracion of his great age discharged of his chargeable Rome/ And retorned agayn in to England entendyng to lyve at more quyett/ <1And>1 thoroughe his Instant labor And especyall fauor his 5 chapleyn was promoted to the kynges seruyce and made his Chapleyn/ And whan he had oons cast anker in the port of promocion [f. 6s] howe he wrought I shall somewhat declare/ <1he hauyng>1 than a Iust occasion to be in present sight of the kyng daylye by reason he attendyd and seyd Masse byfore his grace in his privye closett/ And that done he spent not the day forthe in vayn Idelnes but gave his attendaunce vppon thos whome he thought to bere most rewle in the Councell and to be most in fauour ws the kyng/ the ws at that tyme ware Doctor ffoxe bysshope of wynchester than Secretory and lord privye Seale/ And also sir Thomas lovell knyght a very sage Councellour & witty beyng Ms of the kynges wardes and Constable of the Tower/ Thes auncyent and grave Councellours in processe of tyme after often resort perceyved this Chapleyn to haue a very ffyne wytt/ And what wysdome was pact in his hede thought a Mete & an apte person to be preferred to wytty affayers/ Yt chaunced at a certyn season that the kyng had an vrgent Occasion to send an ambassette vnto the Emprour Maxymylian/ who lay at that present in the lowe Contrie of fflaunders not ferre from Calice/ I he bysshope of wynchester and sir Thomas lovell/ whome the kyng most highly estemed as cheaffe among his Councellours/ the kyng consultyng and debatyng ws them vppon this ambassett/ Sawe that they hade a convenyent occasion to preferre the kynges Chapleyn/ Whos excellent wytt Eloquence and learnyng they highly commendyd to the kyng/ The kyng gevyng eare vnto theme/ And beyng a prynce of an excellent Iugemet And Modestie/ commaundyd to bryng his Chapleyn (whome they so myche commendyd) byfore his grace presence to prove the wytt of his chapleyn/ At whos repayer the kyng fill in Commynycacion ws hyme in matters of waytie gravitie/ And perceyvyng his wytt to be very fynne/ thought hyme sufficient to be put in auctorytie & trust ws this ambassett commaundyd hyme there vppon to prepare hyme self to this enterpriced Iourney/ And for his depeche to repayer to his grace and his trusty Councellours aforseyd/ [f. 7] Of whome he shold receyve his commyssion and Instruccions by means wherof he had than a dewe occasion to repayer frome tyme to tyme in to the kynges presence/ Who perceyved hyme more & more to be a very wyse man and of good entendemes/ <1And havyng>1 his depeche toke his leave of the kyng at Riche- mond abought none and so came to london ws spede where than the Barge of Graveshend was redy to launche forthe bothe ws a prosperous tyde and wynd/ wsout any further abode he entred the barge and so passed forthe/ his happye spede was suche that he arryved at Gravesend wsin littill more than iijs howers/ where he taried no lenger than his post horssis ware providyd And travellyng so spedely ws post horssys that he came to Dover the next mornyng erely where as the passengers ware redy vnder sayle displayed to sayle to Calice/ In to ws passenger wsout any ferther aboode he entred and sayeled forthe ws them that he arryved at Calice wsin iijs howers a havyng there post horsis in a redynes departyd Incontynent makyng suche hasty spede that he was that nyght ws the Emprour/ who hauyng vnderstandyng of the Commyng of the kynges of Englondes Ambassitor wold in no wyse deferre the tyme but sent incontynent for hyme (his affeccion vnto kyng herry the vijs was suche that he reioysed whan he had an occasion to showe hyme pleasure) The ambassitor hauyng opportunyte disclosed the Somme of his ambassett vnto the Emprour/ of whome he desired spedy expedycion/ the ws was grauntyd So that the next day he was clearely dispeched ws all the kynges requestes fully accom- plesshed/ at ws tyme he made no further taryaunce but ws post horsis rood incontynent that nyght toward Calice agayn/ conducted thether ws suche nomber of horsmen as themprour had appoynted and at the opynyng of the Gattes there [f. 7s] where the passengers ware as redy to retourne into Englond as they ware byfore in his avauncyng in so myche that he arryved at Dover by fore xs of cloke byfore none/ And hauyng post horsis in a redynes came to the Court at Richemond that nyght where he takyng his rest for that tyme vntill the mornyng/ at ws tyme after he was redy repayred to the kyng at his first commyng ows of his graces bedchamber toward his closett to here masse/ Whome whan he sawe chekked hyme for that he was not past on hys Iourney/ Sir qs he if it may stand ws yos highnes pleasure I haue all redy byn ws themprour And dispeched yos affayers (I trust) to yor graces contentacione/ And ws that delyueid vnto the kyng themprours letters of credence/The kyng beyng in a great confuse & wonder of his hasty spede/ ws redy furnyture of all hys procedynges/ Dissymbled all his Iniagynacion & wonder in that matter And demaundyd of hyme whether he encountered ws his purseuaunt the ws he sent vnto hyme (supposyng hyme not to be skantly ows of london) ws letters concernyng a very necessany cause neclected in his com- myssion & Instruccions/ the ws the kyng Coueted myche to be sped/ yes forsothe sir/ qs he/ I encounterd hyme yester day by the way/ And hauyng vnderstandyng by yos graces letters of yos pleasure therin/ haue notwsstandyng byn so bold vppon myn owen discression (perceyveyng that matter to be very necessarye in that behalf) to dispeche the same/ And for as myche as I haue excedvd yos graces commyssion I most humbly requyer yos gracious remyssion & pardon/ The kyng Reioysyng inwardly not a littill sayd agayn/ we do not oonly pardon you therof but also geve you our pryncely thankes bothe for the procedyng therin and also for yos good spedy exployt/ commaundyng hyme for that tyme to take hys rest and to repayer agayn after dyner for the ferther relacion of his ambassett/ [f. 8]The kyng than went to masse/ And after at convenyent tyme he went to dynnei/ it is not to be doughted but that this ambassitor hathe byn synce hys retourne ws his great ffrendes the bysshope of wynchester And sir Thomas lovell to whome he hathe declared theffect of all his spedy progresse/ Nor yet what Ioy they conceyved therof/ And after his departure frome the kyng in the mornyng his highnes sent for the bysshope and sir Thomas lovell to whome he declared the wonderfull expedicion of his ambassitor commendyng therws his excellent wytt/ and in especyall the Invencion and avauncyng of the matter left ows of hys commyssion and Instruccions/ the kynges wordes reioysed thes wonthy councellours not a littill/ ffor as myche as he was of ther preferment/// <1Than whan/>1 this ambassitor remembred the kynges Com- maundemet and sawe the tyme drawe fast on of his repayer before the kyng and his councell/ prepared hyme in a redynes and resorted vnto the place assigned by the kyng/ to declare his ambassett/ wsout all dowght he reported theffect of all his affayers and procedynges so exactly ws suche gravitie and eloquence/ that all the Councell that hard hyme cowld do no lesse but commend hyme estemyng his expedicion to be allmost by yond the Capacitie of man/ the kyng of his mere mocion and gracious concideracion gave hyme at that tyme for his diligent & faythfull seruyce the Deanry of lyncolne ws at that tyme was oon of the worthiest Sperytuall promocions that he gave vnder the degree/ [f. 8s] of a bysshoperyke and thus frome thence forward he grewe more & more in to estimacion And auctorytie and after promoted by the kyng to be his almener/ <1Here may>1 all men/ note the chaunces of ffortune/ that folowyth/ some/ whome she lystithe to promote/ And evyn so to Somme hyr fauour is contrary thoughe they shold travell neuer so myche ws vrgent diligence/ & paynfull studye that they could device or Iinagyn/ wherof for my part I haue tasted of thexperience <1Nowe ye>1 shall vnderstand that all this tale that I haue declared of his good expedicion in the kynges Ambassett/ I receyved it of his owen mowshe and report/ after his ffall lyeng at that tyme in the great parke of Richemond I beyng than there attendyng vppon hyme takyng an occasion vppon dyuers commynycacions to tell me this Iourney ws all the Circum- staunce as I haue here byfore rehersed/// <1Whan deathe>1 that favoryth non Estate kyng or Cayser, had taken that prudent prynce kyng herre the vijts ows of this present lyfe (on whos sowle Iesu haue mercy) who for his inestymable wysdome was noted and called in euery Cristian Region the Second Salomon what practysis, Invencions, and compasis ware than vsed abought that yong Prynce kyng herre the viijs his oonly Sonne/ And the great provicion made for the ffuneralles of theon/ And the costly devisis for the Coronacions of thother ws that vertuous Quene katheren than the kynges wyfe newely maried/ I Omyt and leave the circumstaunce therof to historygraifers of Cronycles of prynces/ the ws is no part myn entendement// After all thes Solempnytes and Costly tryhumphes fynesshed/ And that our naturall yong, lusty, And Coragious prynce/ And [f. 9] souerayn lord kyng herre the viijs entreng in to the flower of pleasaunt youthe had taken vppon hyme the Regall Septour and themperyall Dyademe of this fertill and plentifull Realme of Englond/ ws at that tyme florysshed in all aboundaunce of welthe & Riches/ wherof he was inestymably garnysshid & furnyshed/ called than the golden world/ suche grace of plenty Raygned than ws in this Realme <1Nowe>1 lett vs retorne agayn vnto the Almosyner (of whome I haue taken vppon me to wright) whos hed was full of subtyll wytt and pollecy/ perceyveng a playn pathe to walke in towardes promocion handelled hyme self so politykly that he found the means to be oon of the kynges Councell and to growe in good estymacion & favour ws the kyng to whome the kyng gave an howsse at Bridwell in fflet strett sometyme sir Richard Emsons where he kepte howsse for his ffamely/ And he dayly attendyd vppon the kyng in the Court beyng in his especyall grace & fauour/ who had than great sewse made vnto hyme as Coun- cellours most comenly haue that be in fauour/ his Sentences and wytty perswasions in the Councell chamber was allwayes so pithye that they allwayes as occasion moved them/ assigned hym for his filed tong and ornat eloquence to be ther expositer vnto the kynges matis in all ther procedynges/ In whome the kyng conceyved suche a lovyng fantzy/ especyally for that he was niost earnest and Redyest among all the Councell to avaunce the kynges oonly wyll & pleasure wsout any respect to the Case/ The kyng therfore perceyved hyme to be a mete Instrumet for the accomplysshemet of his devysed <1wyll>1 & pleasure called hyme more nere vnto hyme and estemed hyme so highly that his estymacion and fauour put all other auncyent councellours ows of ther accustumed fauour that they ware in byfore/ In so myche as the kyng commytted all his [f. 9s] wyll & pleasure vnto his disposicion and order/ who wrought so all his matters that all his endevour was oonly to satisfie the kynges mynd/ knowyng rightwell that it was the very vayn and right Cours to bryng hyme to highe promocion/ The kyng was yong and lusty, disposed all to myrthe & pleasure and to followe his desier & appetyte no thyng myndyng to travell in the busy affayers of this Realme/ the ws the Almosyner perseyved very well/ toke vppon hyme therfore to disborden the kyng of so waytie a charge & troblesome busynes puttyng the kyng in Comfort that he shall not nede to spare any tyme of his pleasure for any busynes that shold necessary happen in the Councell as long as he beyng there hauyng the kynges auctorytie & commaundemet doughted not to se all thynges sufficiently furnysshed & perfected the- ws wold first make the kyng privye of all suche matters (as shold passe thoroughe ther handes) byfore he wold procede to the fynyssheng or determynyng of the same/ whos mynd & pleasure/ he wold fullfyll & folowe to the vttermost wherws the kyng was wonderly pleased/ And where as thother Auncyent Councellours wold (accordyng to the office of good Councellers) dyuers tymes perswade the kyng to haue sometyme an enter- cours in to the Councell/ there to here what was don in waytye matters the ws pleased the kyng no thyng at all for he loved no thyng worse than to be constrayned to do any thyng contrary to his Royall wyll & pleasure/ And that knewe the Almosyner very well hauyng a secrett Intellygence of the kynges naturall Inclynacion/ And so fast as thother Councellers advised the kyng to leave hys pleasure/ and to attend to the affayers of his Realme/ So busylie did the Almosyner perswade hyme to the Contrary ws delyghted hyme myche and caused hyme to haue the greatter affeccion and love to the Almosyner/ Thus the Almosyner rewled all them that byfore rewled hyme/ suche did his pollecy and wytt bryng to passe/ <1Who was>1 nowe [f. 1O] in highe favoure but ms Almosyner/ who had all the Sewse but ms Almosyner And who ruled all vnder the kyng but ms Almosyner/ Thus he perceuered still in fauour/ at last in came presentes, gyftes, and rewardes so plentifully that (I dare sey) he lakked no thyng that myght other please his fantzy or enriche his Coffers/ ffortune smyled so vppon hyme/ but to what end she brought hyme/ ye shall here after/ Therfore lett all men to whome ffortune extendythe hir grace not to trust to myche to hir fikkyll fauor and plesaunt promysis vnder Colour wherof she Cariethe venemous galle/ ffor whan she seyth hir seruaunt in most highest Auctorytie And that he assuryth hyme self most assuredly in hir fauour/ than tournythe she hir visage And plesaunt countenaunce vnto a frownyng chere And vtterly forsakyth hyme/ suche assuraunce is in hir inconstaunt fauour and Sewgerd promyse/ whos disseytfull behauour hathe not byn hyd among the wyse sort of famous Clarkes that hathe exclamed hir And written vehemently ayenst hir dissymulacion and fayned fauour warnyng all men therby the lesse to regard hir/ And to haue hir in small estymacion of any trust or ffaythfulnes/ <1Thys/ Almosyner/>1 clymmyng thus hastely vppe fortunes whele that no man was of that estymacion ws the kyng as he was for his Wysdome Aid other witty qualites/ he hade a specyall gyft of naturall eloquence ws a fyled tong to pronunce the same that he was able ws the same to perswade/ And allure all men to his purpose/ <1Procedyng>1 thus in ffortunes blysfulnes/ Yt chaunced that the warres bytwen the Realmes of Englond & ffraunce to be opyn but vppon what occasion I knowe not/ In so myche as the kyng beyng fully perswaded and resolued in his most Royall person to envade his forrayn ennemyes [f. 1Os] ws a peusaunt Army to delay ther hault bragges wst in ther owen terretory Wherfore it was thought very necessary that this Royall enter- price shold be spedely provyded and plentifully ffurnysshed in euery degree of thynges apte and convenyent for the same/ Thexpedycion wherof the kynges highnes thought no oon mans wytt so mete for pollecy and paynfull travayll as his welbeloved Almosyner was/ To whome therfore he commytted his hole affiaunce and trust ther in/ And he beyng no thyng Scripulous in any thyng that the kyng would commaund hyme to do/ and althoughe it semyd to other very deficyll/ yet toke he vppon hyme the hole charge & bourden of all this busynes/ And procedyd so ther in that he brought all thynges to a good passe & purpose in a right decent order as of all maner of victualles, provisions, and other necessaryes convenyent for so nobyll a voyage & pieusaunt Armye/ <1All thynges>1 beyng by hym perfected and furnesshed/ The kyng not myndyng to delay or neclecte the tyme appoynted/ but ws noble and valyaunt Corage avaunced to his Royall enterprice/ passed the sees bytwen Douer and Calice/ where he prosper- ously arryved and after some abode there of his grace as well for the arryvall of his pieusaunt Army Royall, provision and Munycions/ as to consult abought his pryncely affayers/ Marched forward in good order of battayll thorowghe the lowe Contrie vntill he came to the strong towen of Teurwyn/ to the- ws he layed his assault/ and assaylled it so fercely ws contynuall assultes that wsin short space/ he caused them ws in to yeld the towen/ Vnto ws place the Emprour Maximylian repayred vnto the king our Souerayn lord/ ws a pieusaunt army lyke a myghty & frendly prynce/ takyng of the kyng his graces wages as well for his owen person as for his retynewe/ The ws ys a rare thyng seldome seen, hard, or red that an Emprour to [f. 11] take wages and to fight vnder a kynges banner/ Thus after the kyng had opteyned the possession of this pieusaunt fort and sett all thynges in dewe order for the defence & preseruacion of the same to his highnes vse/ he departed frome thence and marched toward the Citie of Tourney and there agayn layed his sege/ to the ws he gave so ferce and sharpe assaultes that they ws in ware constrayned of fynforce to yeld vppe the Town vnto his victoryous maiestie/ At ws tyme he gave the Almosyner the bysshopryke of the same see/ for some part of recommpence of his paynnes susteyned in that Iourney/ And whan the kyng had establysshed all thynges there aggreable to his pryncely pleasure/ And furnysshed the same ws noble valyaunt Capteynnes and men of warre for the savegard of the iown ayenst his ennemyes/ he retourned agayn in to Englond taking ws hyme dyuers worthy prisoners of the peeres of fraunce As the Duke of longvyle/ the Countie Clermount and dyuers other taken there in asskyr- mouche most victoryously/ After whos retourne Immedyatly the See of lyncolne fyll voyde by the dethe of Doctour Smythe late bysshope of that dignytie/ the ws Benefice & promocion his grace gave vnto his Almosyner/ bysshope elect of Tourney/ Who was not neclygentto take possessiun therof And made all the spede he cowld for his consecracion/ the Solempnyzacion wherof endyd he found the means to gett the possession of all his pre- dicessors gooddes in to his handes wherof I haue seen dyuers tymes some part therof furnyshe his howsse/ Yt was not long after that Doctor Baynbryge/ Archebysshope of yorke dyed at Roome beyng ther the kynges ambassitor vnto pope Iulius/ vnto ws benyfice the kyng presented his newe bysshope of lyncolne So that he had iijs bysshoprykes in oon yere gevyn hyme/ [f. 11s] <1Than prepared>1 he agayn of newe As fast for his translacion from the See of lyncolne vnto the see of yorke/ After ws Solempnyzacion don and he beyng in possession of the Arche- bisshoprike of yorke/ And/ primas Anglie/ thought hyme sufficient to compare ws Caunterburye/ And there vppon erected his crosse in the Court and in euery other place as well in the presence of the bysshope of Caunterbury and in the precyncte of his Iurysdiccon as elles where/ And for as myche as Caunterbury claymyth superyorytie & obedyence of yorke as he dothe of all other bysshoppes wsin this realme/ for as myche as he is primas tocius anglie/ And therfore claymyth as a tokyn of an Auncient obedyence of yorke to abate the avauncyng of hys crosse in the presence of the Crosse of Caunterbury Notwsstandyng yorke no thyng myndyng to desist frome beryng of his crosse in maner as is seyd before/ Caused his Crosse to be auaunced and borne byfore hym/ as well in the presence of Caunterbury as elles where/ Wherfore Caunterbure beyng moved therws gave yorke a certyn cheke for his presumcyon/ by reason wherof there engendred some grudge bytwen Caunterburye & yorke/ And yorke perceyveng the obedyence that Caunterbury claymed to haue of yorke entendyd to provyde some suche means that he wold rather be superiour in dignytie to Caunterbury than to be other obedient or equall to hyme/ Wherfore he opteyned first to be made preest Cardynall and legatus de latere vnto whome the Pope sent a Cardynalles hatt ws certyn bulles for his auctorytie in that behalf/ <1Yet by>1 the way of Commynycacion/ ye shall vnderstand that the Pope sent this hatt as a worthy Ioyell of his honor, dygnitie, and auctorytie the ws was conveyed hether in a verlettes bugett/ who semyd to all men to be but a person of small estymacion/ Wherof yorke beyng aduertised of the bassnes of the messanger and of the peoples oppynyon and rumor/ thought it for his honour/ mete/ that so highe a Ioyell shold not be conveyed by so symple a messenger/ Wherfore he caused hyme to be stayed by the way Immedyatly after his arryvall in Englond/ where he was newely furnysshed [f. 12] in all maner of apparell ws all kynd of costly sylkes ws semyd decent for suche an highe ambassitor/ And that don he was encountred vppon blakhethe And there receyved ws a great assemble of prelattes & lusty gallaunt gentilmen/ And frome thence con- ducted and conveyed thoroughe london ws great tryhumphe/ Than was great and spedy provision & preparacion made in Westminster Abbey for the confirmacion of his highe dignytie/ the ws was executed by all the bisshopes and Abbottes nyghe or abought london in riche myters And Coopes and other costly ornamentes/ ws was don in so solompne a wyse as I haue not seen the lyke oonless ithad byn at the coronacion of a myghti prynce or kyng/// <1Opptaynyng/ thys/ dygnyte/>1 thought hyme self mete to encounter ws Caunterbury in his highe Iurysdiccion byfore expressed And that also he was as mete to beare auctoryte among the temporall powers as a mong the sperytuall Iuris- diccions wherfore remembryng/ as well the tauntes & chekkes byfore susteyned of Caunterbury (ws he entendyd to redresse) hauyng a respecte to the auauncemet of worldly honour, promocion, And great benefites/ ffound the means ws the kyng that he was made Chauncelour of Englond/ And Caunterbury therof dismyssed/ who had contynued in that honorable rome and office synce long byfore the deathe of kyng herry the vijs/ <1Nowe>1 he beyng in possession of the Chauncellourshipe endowed ws the promocion of an archebysshop and Cardynall/ legatte allso de latere/ thought hyme self fully furnysshed ws suche auctoryties And dygnyties that he was able to surmount Caunterbury in all ecclesiasticall Iurysdiccions havyng power to convocatt Caunterbury and other bysshopes wsin his provynce to assemble at his convocacion in any place ws in this realme where he wold assigne/ takyng vppon hyme the Coreccion of all matters in euery [f. 12s] Dyoces hauyng there thorough all the realme all maner of sperytuall mynysters As commyssaryes, Scribbes, Apparitours, And all other officers to furnysshe his Courtes/ visited also all sprituall howsis/ and presentyd by prevencyon whome he listed to ther benyfices/ And to the avauncyng of hys legantyn honour & Iurisdiccion he had maysters of his ffaculties/ and maysters Cerimoniarum and suche other lyke officers to the gloryfieng of his dygnyte/ Than hade he ij great Crossis of Syluer where of oon of them was for his archebysshopriche/ And the other for his legacye/ borne alwayes byfore hyme whether so euer he went or rode/ by ij of the most tallest and comlyest prestes that he cowld gett wsin all this realme/ And to thencreas of his gaynnes he had also the bysshopryche of Duresme And the Abbey of seynt Albons in Commendam/ howbeit after whan bysshope ffoxe of wyncester dyed he Surrendred Duresme in to the kynges handes/ and in lieu therof toke the bysshopriche of wynchester/ Than he had also as it ware in ferme/ bothe bathe, & worcester and hereford bycause thencombentes therof ware Strayngers borne ows of thys realme contynuyng allwayes be yond the sees in ther owen natife Contries or elles at Rome frome whence they ware sent by the pope in legacion in to Englond to the kyng And for ther reward at ther departure the prudent kyng herre the vijs thought it better to reward them ws that thyng he hyme self could not kepe than to defray or disburse any thyng of his treasure/ And than they beyng but Strayngers thought it more mete for ther assuraunce And to haue ther Iurisdiccions conserue d and Iustly vsed to permyt the Cardynall to haue ther benyfices for a convenyent yerely Somme of mony to be payed them by eschaunce in ther Contries/ than to be trobled or burdened ws the conveyaunce therof vnto them/ So that all ther sperytuall promocyons and Iurysdiccions of ther bysshopperiches ware clearely in his demayns & disposicion to preferre or promote whome he listed vnto them/ he hade also a great nomber dayly attendyng vppon hyme bothe of noble men and worthy [f. 13] gentilmen of great estymacion and possessions ws no snaall nomber of the tallest yomen that he Could gett in all this Realme/ In so myche that well was that noble man or gentilman that myght preferre any tall & comly yoman vnto his seruyce/ <1Nowe to speke>1 of the order of his howsse & officers/ I thynke it necessarie heare to be remembred/ ffirst ye shall vnderstand that he had in his hall dayly iijs especyall tables furnesshed ws iijs pryncypall officers that is to sey A Steward/ ws was allwayes a Docter or a preste/ A Treasorer a knyght/ A Con- troller a esquyer/ ws bare allwayes wsin his house ther whight Staves/ Than hade he a Cofferer/ iijs Marshalles/ ij yomen Vsshers/ ij Gromes and an Almosyner/ he hade also in the hall kytchen ij Clarkes of his kytchen/ A Clarke Controller/ A surveyour of the Dressor/ A Clarke of his Spicery/ Also there in his hall kytchen he hade ij Ms Cookes/ And xijs of other laborers & childern as theye called theme/ A Yoman of his Scollery/ ws ij other in his syluer Scollery/ ij yomen of his pastery, and ij Groomes/ Nowe in his privy kytchen he had a Ms Cooke who went dayly in Dammaske, Satten or velvett ws a <1chayn>1 of 5 gold abought his nekke/ And ij Gromes ws vj laborers & childerne to serue in that place/ In the larder there a yoman and a Grome/ In the Skaldyng howsse a yoman & ij Gromes/ In the Scollery there ij persons/ In the Buttery ij yomen and ij Gromes ws ij other pages/ In the pantrie ij yomen/ ij Gromes and ij pages/ And in the Ewrie lykewyse/ in the seller iij yomen ij Gromes & ij pages/ besides a gentilman for the mouthe/ In the Chaundrye iij persons/ In the wafery ij/ In his Garderobbe of Beddes a ms and xs other persons/ in the laundry a yoman a Grome and iij pages/ Of purvyours ij and oon Grome/ In the bakhowsse [f. I3s] a yoman & ij Gromes/ In the woodyerd a yoman & a Grome/ In the Garner j In the Garden a yoman & ij laborers/ Nowe at the Gate he had of porters ij tall yomen and ij Gromes/ a yoman of his Barge// In the Stabyll/ he hade a ms of his horsses/ A Clarke of the Stable/ A yoman of the same/ A Sadler/ <1A>1 fferrour/ <1A>1 yoman of his Charyot/ <1A>1 Sompter man/ <1A>1 yoman of his Stirrope/ <1A>1 Mewlytor/ xvjs Gromes of hys stable euery of them kepyng iiijs great Geldynges/ In the Almosory a yoman & a Grome// <1Nowe>1 wyll I declare to you the Officers of his Chappell and Syngyng men of the same/ ffirst he hade there <1A>1 Dean who was allwayes a great clarke & a devyn/ A Subdean/ A Repetor of the Quyer/ A Gospeller/ A Pystoler/ And xij Syngyng prestes/ Of seculers he had first a Ms of his childern/ xij syngyng Childerne/ xvjs syngyng men/ a seruaunt to attend vppon the seyd Childerne/ In the revestrie a yoman & ij Gromes/Than ware there dyuers Reteynours of connyng syngyng men that came at dyuers sondrie pryncypall feastes/ <1But to>1 speke of the ffurnyture of his Chappell/ passithe my Capasitie to declare the nomber of the costly ornamentes And riche Ioyelles that ware occupied in the same contynually/ I haue seen there in a procession worne xliiijs Coopes of oon sewse very riche besides the Somptious Crossis, Candyllstykes, and other necessary ornames to the comly furnature of the same/ <1Nowe>1 shall ye vnderstand that he had ij Crosberers & ij Pillers berers/ And in his chamber/ All thes persons that is to sey/ his highe Chamberlayn/ his Vice- Chamberlayn/ xij Gentilmen vsshers dayly wayters, beside ij in his privye Chamber/ And of Gentillmen wayters in his privye chamber he had vjs/ And also he had of lordes ixs or xs/ who had eche of them allowed ij seruauntes/ And the Erle of Derby had allowed vs men/ Than had he of gentilmen/ As Cupberers/ kervers/ Sewers/ And gentilmen dayley wayters xlti persons/ Of yomen vsshers he had vj/ Of Gromes in his chamber he had viijs/ Of yomen of his chamber he had xlvjs dayly to attend vppon his person/ he had also a prest there [f. 14] ws was his Almosyner to attend vppon his tabell/ at dynner/ Of doctors & chapplens attendyng in his Closett to sey dayly masse byfore hyme/ he had xvjs persons/ <1A>1 Clarke/ of his Closett/ Also he had ij Secretorys/ And ij Clarkes of his signett/ And iiijs Councellours learned in the lawes of this realme/ And for as myche as he was Chauncelor of England yt was necessary for hyme to haue dyuers Officers of the Chauncery to attend dayly vppon hyme for the better ffurnyture of the same/ that is to say/ he had a Clarke of the Crowne/ <1A>1 ridyng Clarke/ A Clarke of the hamper/ A Chaffer of waxe/ Than had he A Clarke of the Chekke as well to chekke his Chappleyns as hys yomen of the Chamber/ he had also iiijs ffootnaen ws ware arparelled in riche Runnyng Cootes whan so euer he rode any Iourney/ Than had he an harrold at Armez/ Also a Seriaunt at Armez/ A Phisicion/ <1A>1 Pottecarye/ iiijs Mynstrelles/ <1A>1 keper of his Tentes/ An Armorer/ And Instructer of his wardes/ ij yomen in his Garderobbes/ And a keper of his Chamber in the Court/ he had also dayly in his howsse the Surveyour of yorke/ And a Clarke of the Grean clothe/ and an Audytor All this nomber of persons ware daylye attendaunt vppon hyme in hys howsse, down lyeng And vppe risyng/ And at meales/ There was con- tynually in his chamber a bord kept for his Chamberlayns and gentilmen vsshers/ hauyng ws theme a messe of the yong lordes And an other for gentilmen/ besides all this there was neuer an officer and gentilman or any other worthye person in his howesse but he was allowed some iij some ij seruauntes And all other (oon) at the least ws amounted to a great nomber of persons// <1Nowe>1 haue I shewed you the order of his howsse/ And what officers & seruauntes he had accordyng to his Chekker Rolle attendyng dayly vppon hyme besides hys reteynors and other persons beyng Sewsers that most Comenly ware fedde in his hall And whan so euer we shall se any more suche Subiectes wsin thys realme that shall maynteyn any suche estat & howshold I ame content he be auaunced above hyme in honour & esty- macion therfore here I make [f. 14s] an end of his howsshold/ wherof the nomber ware abought the Somme of fyve hundred parsons accordyng to his chekker rolle// <1Yow have hard>1 of the order & Officers of his howsse/ nowe do I entend to proced forthe vnto other of his procedynges/ ffor after he was thus ffurnysshid in maner as I haue byfore rehersed vnto you he was twyse sent in Ambassett vnto themprour Charles the 5 that nowe reygnyth and nowe ffather vnto kyng Phillipe our Souerayn lord/ for as myche as the old Emprour Maximylian was deade/ And for dyuers vrgent causys touchyng the kynges mas yt was thought good that in so waytie a matter/ And to so noble a prince that the Cardynall was most meate to be sent on so worthy an Ambassett/ wherfore he beyng redy to take vppon hyme the charge therof/ was ffurnysshed in all degrees and purposys most lykest A great prynce ws was myche to the highe honour of the kynges mas and of this realme/ ffor first in his procedyng he was furnysshed lyke a Cardynall of highe estimacion/ havyng all thyng therto corre- spondent & agreable/ his gentilmen beyng in nomber very many clothed in lyuere Coottes of Crymmosyn velvett of the most purest Colour that myght be Invented/ ws chaynnes of gold abought ther nekkes/ And all his yomen And other mean officers ware in Cottes of ffynne Skarlett garded ws blake velvett an hand brode/ he beyng thus furnysshid in thys maner was twyse sent vnto themprour in to fflaunders Themprour lyeng than in Brugges who entertayned our Ambassitor very highly/ dis- chargyng hyme and all his trayn of ther charges/ ffor ther was no howsse wsin all bruges wherin any gentilman of the lord ambassitors lay or had recourse/ but that the owners of the howses ware commaunded by themprours officers that they vppon payn of ther lyves shold take no mony for any thyng that the Cardynalles seruauntes shold take or dispend in victualles/ ne allthoughe they ware disposed to make any costly bankettes/ fferthermore commaundyng ther seyd hostes to se that they lakked no suche thynges as they desired or requyred to haue for ther pleasures [f. 15] Also themperours Officers euery nyght went thoroughe the towen frome howsse to howsse where as any Englysshemen lay & resorted/ And there serued lyueres for all nyght ws was don after this maner// ffirste/ the Emprors Officers brought in to the howsse a Cast of fynne manchett brede/ ij great Siluer pottes ws wynne and a pound of fynne Sewger/ Whight lightes And yelowe/ A bolle or goblett of Syluer to drynke in And euery nyght a staffe torche/ this was thorder of ther lyueres euery nyght/ And than in the mornyng whan the Officers came to fetche a way ther stuffe than wold they Accompte ws the host for the gentillmens costes spent in that nyght & day byfore/ Thus themprerour entertayned the Cardynall & all hys trayn for the tyme of his Ambassett there/ And that don he retourned home agayn in to Englond ws great tryhumphe beyng no lesse in estymacion ws the kyng than he was byfore but rather myche more/// <1Now wyll I declare>1 vnto you his order in goyng to westmynster hall dayly in the tearme season/ ffirst byfore hys commyng ows of hys pryvy chamber he hard most comenly euery day ij massis in his privye closett/ And there than seyd his dayly seruyce ws his chapleyn (And as I hard his chapleyn say beyng a man of credence/ and of excellent learnyng) that the Cardynall what busynes or waytie matters so euer he had in the day he neuer went to his bed ws any part of his devyn seruyce onsayd/ yea not so myche as oon Collect/ wherin I dought not but he disseyved the oppynyon of dyuers persons/ And after masse he wold retourne in his privye chameber agayn and beyng aduertised of the furnyture of his chambers wsout ws noble men and gentil- men/ ws other persons wold issue ows in to theme apparelled all in red in the habytt of a Cardynall ws was other of fynne skarlett or elles of crymmosyn Satten/ Taffeta Dammaske/ or Caffa/ the best that he could gett for mony/ and vppon hys hed a round pyllion ws a nekke [f. 15s] of blake velvert set to the same in the Inner side/ he had also a tippett of fynne Sables a bought his nekke/ holdyng in his hand a very fayer Orrynge wherof the mete or substaunce ws in was taken ows and fylled vppe agayn ws the part of a Sponge wherin was vyneger and other con- feccions agaynst the pestylente Ayers to the ws he most commenly smelt vnto/ passyng among the prease or elles whan he was pesterd ws many Sewsers/ There was also borne byfore hyme first the great Seale of Englond/ And than his Cardynalles hatt by a noble man or some worthy Gentilman right Solemply barehedyd/ And as Sone as he was entered in to hys chamber of presence where was attendyng his Commyng to awayt vppon hyme to westminster hail as welle noble men and other worthy gentilmen/ as noble men & gentilmen of his owen famely/ thus passyng forthe ws ij great Crossis of Syluer borne byfore hyme ws also ij great pillers of syluer/ And his seriaunt at Armez ws a great mase of syluer gylt/ Than his gentiImen vsshers cried and sayd/ on my lordes & maysters/ make way for my lordes grace/ thus passed he down frome his chambers thoroughe the hall/ And whan he came to the hall doore ther was attendaunt for hyme his mewle trapped all to gether in Crymmosyn velvett and gylt Stirroppes/ whan he was mounted/ ws his crosse berers/ and Piller berers also/ vppon great horsis trapped ws red skarlett Than marched he forward ws his trayn & furnyture in maner as I haue declared/ hauyng abought hyme iiijs footmen ws gylt pollaxes in ther handes/ And thus he went vntill he came to westminster hall doore/ And there lighted and went after this maner vppe thoroughe the hall in to the Chauncery/ howebeit he wold most commynly stay a while at a barre made for hyme a littill benethe the chauncery And there Commyn some tyme ws the Iuges and somtyme ws other persons/ And that don he wold repayer in to the Chauncery/ And sittyng there vntill xjs of the clocke heryng Sewsers and determynyng of dyuers matters/ And frome thence he wold dyuers tymes goo in to the sterrechamber as occasion dyd serue/ where he spared nother highe nor lowe but Iuged euery estate accordyng to ther merites and desertes/ he vsed euery Sonday to repayer to the Court beyng than for the [f. 16] most part at Grenwyche in the terme/ ws all his former order takyng his barge at his pryvy stayers furnyished ws tall yomen standyng vppon the baylles And all gentilmen beyng wsin ws hyme/ And londed at the Crane in the intrie And frome thence he rode vppon hys mule ws his Crossis/ his pillers/ his hatt/ And the great Seale, thoroughe temmes strette vntill he came to Byllyngesgate or there aboughtes And there toke his barge agayn and rowed to Grenwyche/ where he was noblly recevyed of the lurdes and cheafe officers of the kynges howsse/ As the Treasorer and Controllers ws other and conveyed vnto the kynges Chamber/ his Crosses commonly standyng (for the tyme of hys aboode in the Court) on the oon syde of ihe kynges clothe of estate/ he beyng thus in the Court/ yt was wonderly furnysshed ws noble men and gentilmen myche otherwyse than it was byfore hys commyng/ And after Dynner among the lordes hauyng some consultacion ws the kyng or ws the councell he wold departe homeward ws lyke sorte/ And thys order he vsed contynually as oppodunyte dyd serue// <1Thus in greate honour/>1 tryhumphe & glorye he raygned a long season Rewlyng all thyng ws in thys Realme appurteynyng vnto the kyng by his wysdome/ And also all other waytie matters of fforrayn Regions ws whome the kyng & this Realme had any occasion to entermeddell/ All Ambassitors of fforrayn potentates ware allway dispeched by hys discression/ to whome they had allwayes accesse for ther dispeche/ his howsse was also allwayes 5 resorted and furnesshed ws noble men/ gentilmen, & other persons ws goyng & commyng in and ows/ ffeastyng & bankatyng all Ambassitors dyuers tymes and other Strayngers right nobly/ And whan it pleased the kynges mats for his recreacion to repayer vnto the Cardynalles howsse (as he dyd dyuers tymes in the yere) at ws tyme there wanted no preparacions or goodly furnyture ws vyaundes of the fynnest Sort that myght be provided for mony or frendshippe/ Suche pleasures ware than devysed for the kynges comfort & consolacion as myght be Invented or by mans wytt Imagyned/ the bankettes ware sett forthe ws [f. 16s] Maskes and Mumerreys in so gorges a sort <1and>1 Costly maner that it was an hevyn to behold/ ther wanted no dames or damselles meate or apte to daunce ws the maskers or to garnysshe the place for the tyme/ ws other goodly disportes/ than was there all kynd of musyke and armonye setforthe ws excellent voyces bothe of men and Childerne/ <1I haue>1 seen the kyng sodenly come in thether in a maske ws a dosyn of other maskars all in garmentes lyke Shepherdes made of fynne Clothe of gold and fyn Crymosyn Satten paned and Cappes of the same ws visors of good proporciori of visonamy, ther heares & beardes other of fynne gold wyers or elles of syluer/ And Some beyng of blake sylke/ havyng xvjs torches berers besides Dromes And other persons attendyng vppon them ws visors & clothed all in Satten of the same Colours/ and at his commyng & byfore he came in to the hall ye shall vnderstand that he came by water to the water gate wsout any noys where ayenst his commyng was layed charged many chambers/ At whos londyng they ware all Shot of ws made suche a Romble in the Ayer that it was lyke thonder it made all the noble men ladys & gentilwomen to muse what it shold mean commyng so sodenly they syttyng quyotly at a solempne bankett vnder this sort/ ffirst ye shall perceyve that the tables ware sett in the Chamber of presence/ Bankett wyse couered/ my lord Cardynall syttyng vnder the clothe of estat/ And there hauyng all his seruyce all alone/ And than was there sett a lady and an noble man or a gentilman and a gentilwoman thorougheows all the tables in the Chamber on the oon syde ws was made & Ioyned as it ware but oon table/ All ws order & device was don and devysed by the lord Sandes lord Chamberlayn ws the kyng/ And also by sir herry Gwyldford controller ws the kyng/ Than Immedyatly after this great shott of Gonnes/ the Cardynall desired the seyd lord Chamberleyn & Controller to loke what this soden shot shold mean (As thoughe he knewe no thyng of the matter) They thervppon lokyng ows of the wyndowe in to Temmes retorned agayn & shewed hyme that it Semed to them that there shold be some noble men & strayngers arryved at his brygge As Ambassitors frome some fforrayn prynce/ Ws that qs the Cardynall/ I shall desier you bycause ye can speke ffrenche to take the paynnes to goo down in to the hall to encounter and to receyve them accordyng to [f. 17] ther estates And to con- ducte them in to thys Chamber/ where they shall se vs and all thes noble personages syttyng merely at our Bankett desyryng them to sitt down ws vs and to take part of our fare & pastyme/ They went incontynent down in to the hall/ where they receyved them ws xxti newe torches And conveyed theme vppe in to the Chamber ws suche a nomber of Dromes and fyves as I haue seldome seen together at oon tyme in any Maske/ At ther arryvall in to the chamber ij & ij together ihey went directly byfore the Cardynall where he satt/ Salutyng hyme very reuerently to whome the lord Chamberlayn (for them) sayd/ Syr for as myche as they be strayngers And can speke no Englysshe thay haue desired me to declare vnto yos grace thus/ They havyng vnderstandyng of thys yos tryhumphant bankett where was assembled suche nomber of excellent fayer dames/ cowld do no lesse vnder the supportacion of yos grace but to repayer hether to vewe as well ther incomperable beawsie as for to accompany them at Mume chaunce And than After to daunce ws them/ And so to haue of them acquayntaunce And sir they furthermore requyer of yos grace lycence to accomplesshe the cause of ther repayer/ to whome the Cardynall answered that 5 he was very well contentyd they shold so do/ Then the Maskars went first and saluted all the Dames as they sat and than retorned to the most worthyest and there opyned a Cuppe full of gold ws Crowns & other peces of coyn to whome they sett dyuers peces to cast at/ thus in this maner pervsyng all the ladys & gentilwomen/ And to some they lost And of some they won/ And this don they retourned vnto the Cardynall ws great reuerence poryng down all the Crownes in the Cuppe ws was abought ijs Crownes/ at all qs the Cardynall and so cast the dyse And wane them all at a Cast/ where at was great Ioy made/ Than qs the Cardynall to my lord Chamberlayn/ I pray you qs he shewe them that it semys me howe there shold be among theme some noble man/ whome I suppose to be myche more worthy of honor to sitt and occupie this rome & place than I/ to whome I wold most gladly [f. 17s] (yf I knewe hyme) surrender 20 my place accordyng to my dewsie/ than spake my lord Chamber- layn vnto them in ffrenche declaryng my lorde cardynalles mynd And they Roundyng hyme agayn in the eare/ my lord Chamberlayn seyd to my lord Cardynall/ Sir they confesse qs he that among them there is suche a noble personage/ Among whome if yos grace can appoynt hyme frome the other he is contented to discloos hyme self And to accepte yos place most worthely/ ws that the Cardynall takyng a good advysemet among them/ at the last/ qs he/ me Semys the gentilman ws the blake beard shold be evyn he/ And ws that he arrose ows of hys chayer and offered the same to the gentilman in the blake beard (ws his Cappe in his hand) The person to whome he offered than his Chayer/ was sir Edward Neveyll A comly knyght of a goodly personage that myche more resembled the kynges person in that Maske than any other/ The kyng heryng & perceyvyng the Cardynall so disseyved in his estymacion and choys cowld not forbeare lawyng/ but plukked down his visare & ms Neveylles & dasht ows ws suche a pleasaunt Countenaunce & cheare/ that all noble estates there assembled seyng the kyng to be there amoong them reioysed very myche/ the Cardynall eftsons desired hys highnes to take the place of estate/ to whome the kyng answered that he wold goo first & shyfte hys apparell and so departed/ and went strayt to my lordes bed Chamber where was a great fier made & prepared for hyme/ And there newe apparelled hyme ws riche & pryncely garmentes/ And in the tyme of the kynges absence/ the disshes of the bankett ware clean taken vppe and the table spred agayn ws newe & swett perfumed clothes euery man syttyng still vntill the kyng & his maskers came in among theme agayn euery man beyng newly apparelled/ Than the kyng toke his seate vnder the clothe of estate comaundyng no man to remove but sit still as they dyd byfore/ Than/ In came a newe bankett byfore the kynges mats and to all the rest thorough the tables/ wherin I suppose was serued ijs disshes or above of wonderouse costly meates & devysys subtilly devysed/ thus passed [f. 18] they fforthe the hole nyght ws banketyng, dauncyng & other tryhumphant devyses to the great comfort of the kyng and plesaunt regard of the nobylitie there assembled// All this matter I haue declared at large bycause ye shall vnderstand what Ioy & delight the Cardynall had to se his prynce and souerayn lord in his howsse so nobley entertayned and pleased ws was Allwayes his oonly study to devise thynges to his commfort not passyng of the charges or expences/ yt delighted hyme so myche the kynges plesaunt pryncely presence/ that no thyng was to hyme more delectable than to cheare his souerayn lord to whome he owght so myche obedyence and loyaltie/ as reason requyred no lesse/ All thynges well considered/ Thus/ passed the Cardynall hys lyfe & tyme frome day to day And yere to yere in suche great welthe, Ioy tryhumphe/ & glory hauyng allwayes on his syde the kynges especyall fauour/ vntill ffortune (of whos fauour no man is lenger assured than she is dysposed) began to wexe some thyng wrothe ws his prosperous estate// thought she wold devyse a mean to abate his hyghe port wherfor she procured Venus the Insaciat goddesse to be hir Instrument to worke hir purpose/ She brought the kyng in leve ws a gentillwoman that after she perceyved and felt the kynges good wyll towardes hir And howe dilygent he was bothe to please hir And to graunt all hir requestes she wrought the Cardynall myche displeasure as hereafter shalbe more at large declared/ This gentilwornan the doughter of sir Thomas Bolayn beyng at that tyme but oonly a bacheler knyght the ws after for the love of his dowghter was promoted to higher dignytes/ he bare at dyuers seuerall tymes for the most part all the Romes of estimacion in the kynges howsse as/ controller/Treasorer/ vice Chamberleyn/ and lord Chamberlayn/ than was he made Viscount Rocheford/ And at the last created Erle of wyltshere/ & knyght of the noble order of the Garter/ And for his more encrease of gayn & honour he was made lord pryvye seale and most chefest of the kynges privye Councell/ Contynuyng therin vntill his Sonne & doughter did encurre the kynges Indignacion and displeasure/ The kyng fantazed so myche his doughter Anne that allmost euery thyng began to growe ows of fframe & good order/ [f. 18s] <1To tell you/>1 howe the kynges love began to take place/ And what folowed therof/ I will do evyn as myche as in me lyeth declare you/ This gentillwoman Ms Anne Boleyn beyng very yong was sent in to the realme of ffraunce/ And there made oon of the ffrenche Quens women contynuyng there vntill the ffrenche Quene dyed/ And than was she sent for home agayn/ And beyng agayn ws hir ffather he made suche means that she was admytted to be oon of Quene katheryns maydes/ Among whome for hir excellent gesture & behauour dyd excell all other in so myche/ As the kyng began to kyndell the brond of Amours/ ws was not knowen to any person ne skantly to hir owen person/ In so myche my lord Percye the Sonne & heyer of the Erle of Northumberland who than attendyd vppon the lord Cardynall/ And was allso hys seruyture/ And whan it chaunced the lord Cardynall at any tyme to repayer to the Courte/ The lord percye wold than resort for his pastyme vnto the Quens chamber/ And there wold fall in dalyaunce among the quens maydens beyng at the last more conuersaunt ws Ms Anne Bolleyn than ws any other so that there grewe suche a secrett love bytwen them/ that at lengthe they ware ensured together entendyng to marye/ the ws thyng came to the kynges know- lege/ who was than myche offendyd/ wherfore he cowld hyde no lenger his secrett affeccion but revealed his secrett entendement vnto my lord Cardynall in that behalf/ And consultyd ws hyme to enfrynge the precontracte bytwen them/ In so myche that after my lord Cardynall was departyd frome the Court & retourned home vnto his place at westminster/ not forgetyng the kynges request & Councell/ beyng in his Gallery/ called there byfore hyme the seyd lord Percye/ vnto his presence/ And byfore vs his seruauntes of his chamber sayeng thus vnto hyme/ <1I mervell>1 not a littill/ qs he/ of thy pevysshe follye that thou woldest tangle and ensuer thy self ws a folysshe gyrlle yonder in the Court/ I mean Anne Bolloyn/ dost thou not consider thestate that god hathe called the vnto in this world/ ffor after the deathe of thy noble ffather thou art most lyke to enherite & possesse oon of the most worthyest Erldomes of thys Realme/ therfore it had byn most meate & convenyent for the to haue sewed for the concent of thy ffather/ [f. 19] in that behalfe And to haue also made the kynges highnes privye therto requeryng than his pryncely favor submyttyng all thy hole procedyng in all suche matters vnto his highnes/ who wold not oonly accepte thank- fully yos submyssion/ but wold I assure the/ provyde so for yos purpose therin that he wold auaunce you myche more nobly And haue matched you accordyng to yos estat & honour/ wherby ye myght haue growen so by yos wysdome & honorable behauour in to the kynges highe estymacion that it shold haue byn myche to yos encrease of honor/ But nowe behold what ye haue don thorowghe yos wyllfullnes/ ye haue not oonly offendyd yos naturall father but also yos most gracious souerayn lord And matched yos selfe ws oon suche as nother the kyng ne yet yos ffather wilbe agreable ws the matter/ And herof I put you ows of dought/ that I wolle send for yos ffather/ And at his Commyng he shall other breke this onadvysed contracte or elles disinherit the for euer/ The kynges mats hyme self woll complayn to thy ffather on the/ And requyer no lesse at his handes than I haue seyd/ whos highnes entendyd to haue preferred hir/ vnto an other person/ ws whome the kyng hathe travelled allredye/ and beyng allmost at a poynt ws the same person (allthoughe she knowyth it not) yet hathe the kyng most lyke a polityke & a prudent prynce/ conveyed the matter in suche sort that she vppon the kynges mocyon wilbe (I dought not) right glad & agreable to the same/ <1Syr/ qs>1 the lord Percye (all wepyng) I knewe no thyng of the kynges pleasure therin (for whos displeasure I ame very sory) I considered that I was of good yeres and thought my selfe sufficient to provyd me of a convenyent wyfe where as my ffantzy serued me best (not doughtyng) but that my lord my father wold haue byn right Well perswadyd/ And thoughe she be a symple mayde & hauyng but a knyght to hir father yet is she dissendyd of right noble parentage/ as by hyr mother she [f. 19s] is nyghe of the Norffolk bloode/ And of hyr ffather side lynyally dissendyd of the Erle of Ormond he beyng oon of the Erles heyers generall/ wye shold I than (sir) be any thyng scrypolous to matche ws hir whos estate of dissent is equyvolent ws myn/ whan I shalbe in most dygnytie/ Therfore I most humbly requyer yos grace of yos especyall fauour herin/ And also to entret the kynges most royall mats most lowly on my behalf for his pryncely benyvolence in thys matter the ws I cannot deny or forsake// <1Loo sirs/ qs>1 the Cardynall ye may se what conformytie or wysdome is in this Wylfull boys hed/ I thought that whan thou hardest me declare the kynges entendyd pleasure & travell herein thou woldest haue relented and holy submytted thy self and all thy wyllfull and onadvysed fact to the kynges Royall wyll & prudent pleasure to be fully disposed & ordered by his graces disposicion as his highnes shold seme good <1Sir so I wold>1 qs the lord Percye/ but in this matter I haue goon so ferre byfore so many worthy witnesses that I knowe not howe to avoyde my self nor to discharge my Concyence/ <1Wye>1 thynkest thou qs the Cardynall/ that the kyng And I/ knowe not what we haue to do in as waytie a matter As this/ yes qs he/ I warraunt the/ howbeit I can se in the no submyssion to the purpose/ <1ffior sothe>1 my lord/ qs my lord Percye if it please yos grace I wyll submytt my self holy to the kynges mats & grace in thys matter my consience beyng discharged of the waytie burden of my precontract/ Well than qs the Cardynall/ I wyll send for yos ffather ows of the Northe parties/ And he and we shall take suche order for the avoydyng of thys thy hasty folly as shalbe by the kyng thought most expedyent/ And in the mean season/ I charge the & in the kynges name commaund the that thou presume not oons to resort in to hir Company as thou entendest to avoyde the kynges highe indygnacion/ And this sayed he roose vppe & went in to his Chamber/ <1Than was/>1 the Erle of Norhumberland sent for in all hast in the kynges name/ who vppon knowlege of the kynges pleasure made quyke spede to the Court/ And at his first Commyng ows of the Northe he made his first [f. 20] repayer vnto my lord Cardynall/ at whos mouthe he was advertysed in the cause of his hasty sendyng for/ beyng in my lorde Cardynalles gallerye ws hyme in secrett commynycacion a long whyle/ And after ther long talke my lord Cardynall Called for a Cuppe ws wynne/ And drynkyng together they brake vppe/ and so departed the Erle vppon whome we ware commaunded to wayte & to convey hyme to hys seruauntes/ And in his goyng a way whan he came to the Gal- leryes ende he satt hyme down vppon a fforme/ that stode there for the wayters some tyme to take ther ease/ And beyng there sett/ Called hys Sonne the lord Percye vnto hyme And sayed in our presence/ thus in effect/ <1Sone qs he/>1 thou hast allwayes byn a prowde, presumpcious, disdaynfull, And a very onthryfte waster/ And evyn so hast thou nowe declared thy self/ Therfore what Ioy,/ what Comfort/ what pleasure/ or solace shold I conceyve in the/ that thus wsout discression & advisement hast mysused thy self/ havyng no maner of regard to me thy naturall father ne inespecyall vnto thy souerayn lord/ to whome all honest And loyall subiectes berythe faythfull & humble obedyence/ ne yet to the welthe of thyn owen estate But hathe so onadvysedly ensured thy self to hir for whome thou hast purchased the/ the kynges displeasure intollerable for any subiecte to susteyn/ but that his grace of his mere wysdome dothe consider the lightnes of thy hed and wilfull qualites of thy person/ his displeasure and Indignacion ware sufficient to cast me and all my posterytie in to vtter subuercion & dysso- lacion/ but he beyng my especyall & syngular good lord and fauorable prynce/ And my lord Cardynall my good lord/ hathe and dothe clearely excuse me in thy lowd facte/ And dothe Rather lament thy lightnes, than malyng the same/ And hathe devysed an order to be taken for the/ to whome bothe thou & I be more bound than we be able well to consider/ I pray to god that this may be to the a sufficient monycion & warnyng to vse thy self more wittier hereafter for thus I assure the yf thou dost not amend thy prodigalitie thou wylt be the last Erle of our howsse/ ffor of thy naturall Inclynacion thou art disposed [f. 20s] to be wastfull prodegall And to consume all that thy progenytors hathe ws great travell gathered to gether And kept ws honour/ But hauyng the kynges mats my syngular good & gracious lord I entend (god wyllyng) so to dispose my succession that ye shall consume therof but a littill/ for I do not purpose (I assure the) to make the myn heyer (ffor prayses be to god) I haue more choyes of Boyes who I trust wyll prove them selfes myche better And vse them more lyke vnto nobilitie/ among whome I woll chos & take the best & most lykelyest to succed me/ Nowe naaysters & good gentilmen qs he vnto vs/ yt may be yos chaunces herafter whan I ame deade to se the prove of thes thynges that I haue spoken to my Sonne prove as true as I haue spoken them/ yeat in the mean season I desier you all to be his frend and to tell hyme hys fault whan he dothe amys wherein ye shall shewe yos selfes to be myche his frendes/ And ws that he toke hys leave of vs/ And sayed to his sonne thus/ goo yos wayes And attend vppon my lordes grace yos mayster/ And se that you do yos dewsie/ And so departyd and went his ways down thoroughe the hall in to his barge/ Than after long debatyng and consultacion vppon the lorde Percyes assuraunce/ yt was devysed that the same shold be enfrynged and dissolued/ And that the lord Percye shold mary ws oon of the Erle of Shrewesburyes doughters/ As he dyd after/ By means whereof the former contracte was clearely ondon/ wherews ms Anne Bolloyn was greatly offendyd/ Sayeng that if it lay euer in hir power she wold worke the Cardynall as myche displeasure (As she dyd in dede after) And yet was he nothyng to blame/ ffor he practised no thyng in that matter but it was the kynges oonly devyse/ And evyn as my lord Percye was commundyd to avoyd hir Company/ Evyn so was she commaundyd to avoyde the Court/ And she sent home agayn to hir ffather for a season/ where at she smoked for all this while she knewe no thyng of the kynges entendyd purpose/ But ye/ may se whan ffortune begynnythe to lower howe she can compasse a matter to worke displeasure by a farre fetche/ <1ffior nowe>1 marke good reder the grudge howe it began that in processe burst ows to the vtter ondoyng of the Cardynall/ <10 lord>1 what a god art thou that workest thy secrettes so wondersly ws be not [f. 21] perceyved vntill they be brought to passe and ffynysshed/ marke thys history folowyng/ good reder/ And note euery circumstaunce/ And thou shall espie at thyn eye the wonderfull workes of god agaynst suche persons as forgettithe god and his great benefites/ Marke I say/ marke them well/ <1After that all>1 thes troblesome matters of my lord Percys was brougthe to a good staye/ And all thynges ffynesshed that was byfore devysed/ Ms Anne Bolloyn was revoked vnto the Court where she florisshed after in great estimacion And ffauour/ havyng allwayes a privye Indygnacion vnto the Cardynall for brekyng of the precontract made bytwen my lord Percye & hir supposyng that it had byn his owen devyse & wyll and non other/ not yet beyng privye to the kynges secrett mynd all- thoughe that he hade a great affeccion vnto hir/ howbeit after she knewe the kynges pleasure and the great love that he bare hir in the bottome of his stomake/ Than began she to loke very hault and stows hauyng all maner of Ioyelles or riche apparell that myght be gotten ws mony/ yt was therfore Iuged by and by thoroughe all the Court of euery man that she beyng in suche fauour ws the kyng myght worke maystres ws the kyng And opteyn any sewse of hyme for hir ffrend/ And all this while she beyng in this estymacion in all places/ yt is no dought but good Quen katheren hauyng this gentillwoman dayly attendyng vppon hir/ bothe hard by report/ And perceyved byfore hir eyes the matter howe it framed ayenst hir (good lady) allthoughe she shewed (to ms Anne/ ne vnto the kyng) any sparke or kynd of grudge or displeasure/ but toke and accepted all thynges in good part And ws wysdome and great pacience dissimuled the same/ hauyng Ms Anne in more estymacion for the kynges sake than she had byfore/ declaryng hir self therby to be a perfect Grysheld/ as hir pacient actes shall hereafter more evidently to all men be declared/ The kyng waxed so ferre in amours ws this gentilwoman/ that he knewe not howe myche he might avaunce hir/ This perceyveng the great lordes of the Councell beryng a secrett grudge ayenst the Cardynall because that they could not rewle in the Comenwell (for hyme) as they wold/ who kept them lowe and rewled theme as well as other meane subiectes/ where at they caught an occasion [f. 21s] to Invent a mean to bryng hyme ows of the kynges highe fauour and them in to more auctorytie of Rewle & Cyvell gouernance/ after long and secrett consultacion among them selfes howe to bryng ther malice to effect ayenst the Cardynall/ They knewe right well that it was very deficyll for them to do any thyng directly of them selfes wherfore they perceyvyng the great affeccion that the kyng bare lovyngly vnto Ms Anne Bolleyn ffantazyng in ther heddes that she shold be for them a suffycyent & an Apte Instrument to bryng ther maliciouse purpose to passe/ ws whome they often consulted in this matter/ And she hauyng bothe a very good wytt and also an Inward desier to be revenged of the Cardynall/ was as aggreable to ther requestes as they ware them selfes/ wherfore ther was no more to do but oonly to Imagyn some pretenced circumstaunce to Induce ther malicious accusacion/ In so myche that there was Imagyned & Invented among them dyuers Imagynacions and subtill devysis howe this matter shold be brought abought/ the enterprice therof was so dayngerous that thoughe they wold fayn haue often attempted the matter ws the kyng/ yet they durst not/ for they knewe the great lovyng affeccion and thespecyall fauour that the kyng bare to the Cardynall/ And also they feared the wonder wytt of the Cardynall/ for thys they vnderstode very well/ that if ther matter that they shold propone ayenst hyme ware not grounded vppon a Iust and an vrgent cause the kynges fauor beyng suche towardes hyme and his wytt suche that he wold ws pollecye van- quyshe all ther purpose & travayll and than lye in a waytte to worke them an vtter distruccion and subuercion wherfore they ware compelled all thynges considered to forbere ther enterprice vntill they myght espie a more convenyent tyme & occasion/ And yet the Cardynall espieng the great zeale that the kyng had conceyved in this Gentill woman/ Ordered hym self to please as well the kyng as hyr/ Dissimulyng the matter that laye hyd in his brest/ And prepared great Bankettes And solempne feastes to entertayn them bothe/ at his owen howsse/ And thus the world began to growe in to wonderfull Invencions not hard of byfore in this Realme/ the love bytwen the kyng & this gorgious lady grewe to suche a perfeccion that dyuers Imagynacions ware Imagyner/ wherof I leve to speke vntill I come to the place where I may haue more occasion/ [f. 22] <1Than began/>1 a Certeyn Grodge to arise betwen the ffrenche kyng and the Duke of Burbon/ in so myche as the Duke beyng vassayll to the howsse of ffraunce was constrayned for the savegard of his person to ffle his domynion and to forsake his terretory & Contrie dowghtyng the kynges great malice and Indignacion/ The Cardynall havyng therof Intelligence/ Compased in his hed that if the kyng our souerayn lord (havyng an occasion of warres ws the Realme of ffraunce) myght Retayn the Duke to be his generall in his warres there in as myche as the Duke was Hed vntothe Emprourto Invyte hyme also to stere warres ayenst the ffrenche kyng/ The Cardynall hauyng all this Imagynacion in his hed/ thought it good to move the kyng in this matter And after the kyng was oons aduertised herof/ And conceyved the Cardynalles Imagynacion & Invencion/ he dremed of this matter more & more vntill at the last it came in question among the Councell in consultacion So that it was there fynally concludyd that an Ambassett shold be sent to the Emprour abought this matter/ ws whome it was concludyd that the kyng and the Emperour shold Ioyn in thes warres ayenst the ffrenche kyng And that the Duke of Burbon shold be our Souerayn lordes Champion & generall in the feld/ who had appoynted hyme a great nomber of good Souldiors ouer & besides the Emperours army ws was not small/ and led by oon of his owen noble men/ and also that the kyng shold pay the Duke his wages & his retynewe monthly/ In so myche as sir Iohn Russell (ws was after Erle of Beddford) lay contynually by yond the sees in a secrett place assigned bothe for to receyve the kynges mony and to paye the same monthly to the Duke/ So that the Duke began fierce warre ws the ffrenche kyng in his owen terretory & Dukdome/ ws the ffrenche kyng had confiscatt and seased in to his handes/ yet not knowen to the dukes ennemyes that he had any Ayed of the kyng our souerayn lord/ And thus he wrought the ffrenche kyng moche troble & displeasure/ In so myche as the ffrenche kyng was compelled of fyne force to put harnoys on his bake & to prepare a pieusaunt army Royall and in his own person to auaunce to defend and resist the Dukes power and malice/ the duke hauyng vnder- standyng [f. 22s] of the kynges avauncemet was compelled of force to take Pavya a strong town in Itally ws his host for ther securitie where as the kyng beseged hyme & encamped hyme wonderouse strongly entendyng to enclose the Duke ws in thys towen that he shold not Issewe/ yet notwsstandyng the Duke wold & did many tymes Issewe and escramoche ws the kynges army/ <1Nowe>1 lett vs leave the kyng in his Campe byfore Pavya And retourne to the lord Cardynall/ who Semed to be more ffrenche than Emperyall/ but howe it came to passe I cannot declare you/ but the kyng lyeng in hys Campe sent secretly in to Englond a pryvy person a very wytty to treatte of a peace bytwen hyme and the kyng our souerayn lord whos name was Iohn Iokyn/ he was kept as secrett as myght be that no man had Intelligence of his repayer for he was no ffrenche man but an Itallion borne a man byfore of no estymacyon in ffraunce/ or knowen to be in fauour ws hys ms, but to be a merchaunt, and for his subtill wytt elected to entreat of suche affayers as the kyng had Commaundyd hyme by ambassett/ This Iokyn after his arryvall here in England was secrettly conveyed vnto the kynges manour of Richemond and there remayned vntill wytsontyd at ws tyme the Cardynall resortyd thether and kept there the seyd feast very Solomply/ In ws season my lord Caused thys Ioken dyuers tymes to dyne ws hyme/ whos talke & behauour semed to be wytty, sober & wonderouse discrett who contynued in Englond long after vntyll he had (as it semed) brought his purposed ambassett to passe ws he had in commyssion// ffor after this there was sent ows Immedyatly a restraynt vnto sir Iohn Russell in to thos parties where he made his abydyng by yond the sees that he shold retayne and kepe bake that monythe wages still in hys handes ws shold haue byn payed vnto the Duke of Burbon (vntyll the kynges pleasure ware to hyme further knowen) ffor want of ws mony at the day appoynted of payment/ <1The>1 Duke & his retynewe ware greatly dismayd and sore disapoynted/ And whan they sawe that ther mony was not brought vnto them as it was wont to be/ And beyng in so dayngerous a case for want of victualles ws was wonderouse skant & deare there was many Imagynacions what shold be the cause of the lett therof/ Some sayd this & some sayd they wyst neuer what/ So that they mystrusted no [f. 23] thyng lesse than the very Cause therof/ In so myche at the last what for want of victuall and other necessaryes ws could not be gotten ws in the town The Capteyns & Sowldiours began to grudge and Mutter And at the last for lake of victuall ware lyke all to perysshe/ they beyng in this extremytie came byfore the Duke of Burbon ther Capteyn/ And sayd/ Sir we must be of very force and necessitie compelled to yeld vs in to the daynger of our ennemyes and better it ware for vs so to do then here to sterve lyke dogges/ whan the Duke hard ther lamentacions and vnderstode the- extremytie that they ware brought vnto for lake of mony (sayd agayn) vnto theme/ Sirs qs he ye are bothe valyaunt men and of noble Corage who hathe seruyd here vnder me right worthely and for yos necessitie wherof I ame particypant I do not a littill lament/ howbeit I shall desier you as you are noble in hartes and Corage so to take pacience for a day or twayn/ And if Socoure come not than frome the kyng of Englond (as I dought no thyng) that he wyll dissayve vs/ I woll well agree that we shall all put our selfes and all our lyfes vnto the mercy of our ennemyes/ wher ws they ware all agreable And expectyng the Commyng of the kynges mony the space of iijs dayes (the ws dayes past) the Duke seyng no remedye/ called his noble men & Capteyns And Sowldiours byfore hyme/ And all wepyng sayd/ O ye noble Capteyns and valyaunt men, my gentill Companyons/ I se no remedye in this necessitie but other we must yeld vs vnto our ennemyes or elles ffamysshe/ And to yeld the town and our selfes I knowe not the mercye of our ennemyes/ And as for my part I passe not of ther Cruelties/ ffor I knowe very well that I shall suffer most cruell deathe if I come oons in to ther handes/ yt is not for my selfe therfore that I do lamet but it is for yos sakes, yt is for yos lyfes/ yt is also for the saluegard of yos persons ffor so that ye myght escape the daynger of yos ennemyes handes I wold most gladly suffer deathe/ Therfore good Companyons and noble Sowldyours I shall requyer yow all/ consideryng the dayngerous mysery and Calamytie/ that we stand in at this present to sell our lyves most derely rather then to be murdered lyke beastes/ yf ye wyll folowe my Councel we woll take vppon vs this nyght to geve our ennemyes an assault to ther Campe and by [f. 23s] that means we may other escape or elles geve them an ouerthrowe/ And thus it ware better to dye in the feld lyke men than to lyve in captivytie and mysery as prisoners/ To the ws they all agreed/ Then qs the Duke/ ye perceyve that our ennemyes hathe encamped vs ws a strong Campe And that there is no way to enter but oon ws is so plantyd ws great ordynaunce And force of men that it is not possible to enter that wayes to fight ws our ennemyes wsout great daynger/ And also ye se that nowe of late they haue hade small dought of vs In so myche as they laaue kepte but slender watche/ therfore my pollecye & devyse shall be this/ that abought the deade tyme of the nyght whan our ennemyes be most quyot at rest/ shall Issue frome vs a nomber of the most delyuerest sowldyours to assault ther Campe who shall geve the assaulte right fercely evyn dyrectly ayenst the entre of the Campe ws is all most Invyncyble/ yos ferce & sharpe assault shalbe to them in the Campe so dought- full that they shalbe compelled to torne the strengthe of ther entre that lyethe ouer ayenst yos assault to beate you frome the assaulte than wyll I issue ows at the posterne and come to the place of ther strenthe newlie torned And there or they beware woll I entere and fight ws them at the same place where ther gonnes & strengthe lay byfore And so come to the rescue of you of the sault/ And wynnyng ther ordynaunce ws they haue torned And beat them ws ther owen peces/ And than we Ioynyng together in the feld I trust we shall haue a fayer hand of theme/ This devyse pleased them wonderouse well/ than payment/The Duke & his retynewe ware greatly dismayd and sore disapoynted/ And whan they sawe that ther mony was not brought vnto them as it was wont to be/ And beyng in so dayngerous a case for want of victualles ws was wonderouse skant & deare there was many Imagynacions what shold be the cause of the lett therof/ Some sayd this & some sayd they wyst neuer what/ So that they mystrusted no [f. 23] thyng lesse than the very Cause therof/ In so myche at the last what for want of victuall and other necessaryes ws could not be gotten ws in the town The Capteyns & Sowldiours began to grudge and Mutter And at the last for lake of victuall ware lyke all to perysshe/ they beyng in this extremytie came byfore the Duke of Burbon ther Capteyn/ And sayd/ Sir we must be of very force and necessitie compelled to yeld vs in to the daynger of our ennemyes and better it ware for vs so to do then here to sterve lyke dogges/ whan the Duke hard ther lamentacions and vnderstode the- extremytie that they ware brought vnto for lake of mony (sayd agayn) vnto theme/ Sirs qs he ye are bothe valyaunt men and of noble Corage who hathe seruyd here vnder me right worthely and for yos necessitie wherof I ame particypant I do not a littill lament/ howbeit I shall desier you as you are noble in hartes and Corage so to take pacience for a day or twayn/ And if Socoure come not than frome the kyng of Englond (as I dought no thyng) that he wyll dissayve vs/ I woll well agree that we shall all put our selfes and all our lyfes vnto the mercy of our ennemyes/ wher ws they ware all agreable And expectyng the Commyng of the kynges mony the space of iijs dayes (the ws dayes past) the Duke seyng no remedye/ called his noble men & Capteyns And Sowldiours byfore hyme/ And all wepyng sayd/ <10>1 ye noble Capteyns and valyaunt men, my gentill Companyons/ I se no remedye in this necessitie but other we must yeld vs vnto our ennemyes or elles ffamysshe/ And to yeld the town and our selfes I knowe not the mercye of our ennemyes/ And as for my part I passe not of ther Cruelties/ ffor I knowe very well that I shall suffer most cruell deathe if I come oons in to ther handes/ yt is not for my selfe therfore that I do lamet but it is for yos sakes, yt is for yos lyfes/ yt is also for the saluegard of yos persons ffor so that ye myght escape the daynger of yos ennemyes handes I wold most gladly suffer deathe/ Therfore good Companyons and noble Sowldyours I shall requyer yow all/ consideryng the dayngerous mysery and Calamytie/ that we stand in at this present to sell our lyves most derely rather then to be murdered lyke beastes/ yf ye wyll folowe my Councel we woll take vppon vs this nyght to geve our ennemyes an assault to ther Campe and by [f. 23s] that means we may other escape or elles geve them an ouerthrowe/ And thus it ware better to dye in the feld lyke men than to lyve in captivytie and mysery as prisoners/ To the ws they all agreed/ Then qs the Duke/ ye perceyve that our ennemyes hathe encamped vs ws a strong Campe And that there is no way to enter but oon ws is so plantyd ws great ordynaunce And force of men that it is not possible to enter that wayes to fight ws our ennemyes wsout great daynger/ And also ye se that nowe of late they haue hade small dought of vs In so myche as they haue kepte but slender watche/ therfore my pollecye & devyse shall be this/ that abought the deade tyme of the nyght whan our ennemyes be most quyot at rest/ shall Issue frome vs a nomber of the most delyuerest sowldyours to assault ther Campe who shall geve the assaulte right fercely evyn dyrectly ayenst the entre of the Campe ws is all most Invyncyble/ yos ferce & sharpe assault shalbe to them in the Campe so dought- full that they shalbe compelled to torne the strengthe of ther entre that lyethe ouer ayenst yos assault to beate you frome the assaulte than wyll I issue ows at the posterne and come to the place of ther strenthe newlie torned And there or they beware woll I entere and fight ws them at the same place where ther gonnes & strengthe lay byfore And so come to the rescue of you of the sault/ And wynnyng ther ordynaunce ws they haue torned And beat them ws ther owen peces/ And than we Ioynyng together in the feld I trust we shall haue a fayer hand of theme/ This devyse pleased them wonderouse well/ than prepared they all that day for the purposed devyse And kept them secrett & cloose wsout Any noyse or shott of Peces wsin the town ws gave ther ennemyes the lesse feare of any troble that nyght but euery man went to ther rest/ wsin ther Tentes & lodgynges quyotly no thyng mystrustyng that after ensued/ Then whan all the kynges host was at rest/ the assaylauntes issued ows of the town ws ows any noyce accordyng to the former appoyntmet And gave a ferce & cruell assault at the place appoynted/ that they ws in the Campe had as myche a do to efend as was possible to resist/ And evyn as the Duke had byfore declared to his sowldyours [f. 24] they wsin ware com- pelled to torne ther shott that lay at ther entre ayenst the assayllauntes/ ws that Issued the duke and ws hyme abought xvs or xvjs thousand men or more/ And secrettly in the nyght his ennemyes beyng not privey of his Commyng vntill he was ntred the fyld and at his first entre he was ms of all the rdynaunce that lay there and slewe the gonners and charged he seyd peces & bent them aycnst his ennemyes whome he slewe wondersly a great nomber/ he Cut down Tentes and Pavylions and murdred them ws in them or they wyst of ther Commyng/ Suspectyng/ no thyng lesse than The dukes entre/ So that he whan the feld or euer the kyng could aryse to the rescue/ who was taken in hys lodgyng or euer he was armed/ And whan the Duke had opteyned the fyld & the ffrenche kyng taken prisoner, his men slayn And his tentes Robbed & spoyled ws was wonderous Riche And in the spoyle sercheng of the kynges treasour in his Coffers/ there was found among them the leage newely concludyd bytwen the kyng of Englond & the renche kyng vnder the great seale of Englond/ ws oons by yme perceyved he began to smell the Impedymet of his mony Ws shold haue come to hyme frome the kyng/ havyng (vppon dewe serche of this matter) further Intellygence that all this matter & his vtter vndoyng was concludyd & devysed by the Cardynall of Englond/ And the Duke conceyvyng suche an Indygnacion herevppon ayenst the Cardynall/ that after he hade establysshed all thynges there in good order & securitie/ he went Incontynent vnto Rome entendyng ther to sakke the town And to haue taken the Pope prisoner/ where at his first assault of the walles he was the first man that was there slayn (yet not- wsstandyng) his Capteyns contynued there the assault And in conclusion wane the town And the Pope fled vnto Castell Ayngell/ where he contynued long after in great Calamyte/ <1I have>1 writtyn thus thys history at large bycause it was thought that the Cardynall gave the chefe occasion of all thys myschefe/ ye may perceyve what thyng so euer a man purposithe [f. 24s] be he prynce or prelate yet notwsstandyng god disposithe all thynges at his wyll & pleasure/ wherfore it is great foly for any wyse man to take any waytie enterprice of hyme self trustyng all together to his owen wyll not callyng for grace to assist hyme in all his procedynges/ I haue knowen & seen in my dayes that prynces. And great men wold other assemble at any Parliament or in any other great busynes first wold most reuerently call to god for his gracious assistaunce thcrin And nowe I se the contrary/ wherfore me semys that they trust more in ther owen wisdomes & Imagynacions than they do to goddes helpe & disposicion And therfore often they spede therafter and ther matters take suche successe/ Therfore not oonly in this history but in dyuers others ye may perceyve right evydent examples And yet 1 se no man in auctorytie or highe estate Allmost regard or haue any respect to the same (the greatter is the pitie and the more to be lamented/ Nowe wyll I desist frome this matter/ and procede to other) <1Vppon>1 the <1takyng>1 of the ffrenche kyng many Consultacions And dyuers oppynyons ware than in argument among the Councell here in England/ wherof Some hild oppynyon/ that if the kyng wold Invade the realme of ffraunce in propir person ws a pieusaunt Army Royall he myght easely conquere the same consideryng that the ffrenche kyng and the most part of the noble pieers of ffraunce ware than prisoners ws the Emproure/ Some agayn sayed/ howe that ware no honour for the kyng our souerayn lord (the kyng beyng in Captiuyte) But some sayed that he ffrenche kyng owght by the lawe of Armez to be the kynges prisoner/ for as myche as he was taken by the kynges Capteyn Generall (the Duke of Burbon) and not by the Emprours so that some moved the kyng to take warre thervppon ws the Emprour/ onles he wold delyuer the ffrenche kyng ows of his handes and possession/ ws dyuers many other Imagynacions and Invencions evyn as euery mans ffantazys seruyd theme to long here to be rehersed the wehe I leave to the writers of Cronycles/ Thus ontynuyng [f. 25] long in debatyng vppon this matter/and uery man in the Court had there talke as wyll wsout wyt led er fantazis/ At the last it was devysed by means of dyuers ambassettes sent in to Englond ows of the Realme of ffraunce desyryng the kyng our souerayn lord to take order ws the Emprour for the ffrenche kynges delyuere as his Royall wysdome shold seme good/ wherin the Cardynall bare the stroke/ So that After long delvberacion And Advyse taken in this matter it was hought good by the Cardynall that the Emprour shold edelyuer ows of his ward the ffrenche kyng vppon sufficyent ledges/ And that the kynges too Sonnes (that is to say) the Dolphyn and the Duke of Orlyaunce shold be delyuerd in hos- iage for the kyng ther ffather ws was in conclusion brought to passe/ Than after the kynges delyuere owst frome themprours vse & the kynges our souerayn lordes securitie for the recom- ence of all suche demaundes and restitucions as shold be emaundyd of the ffrenche kyng/ The Cardynall lamentyng the renche kynges Calamytie/ And the Popes great aduersitie wehe yet remayned in Castell ayngell) owsher as a prisoner or elles for his defence & savegard (I cannot tell whether) Travelled all that he could ws the kyng & his Councell to take order as well for the delyuere of the oon, as for the quyotnes of thother/ At last as ye haue hard here tofore/ howe dyuers of the great states/ & lordes of the Councell lay in a wayt ws my lady Anne Bulloyn to espie a convenyent tyme & occasion to take the Cardynall in a brake/ thought it than that nowe is the tyme come that we haue expected supposyng it best to cause hyme to take vppon hyme the kynges Commyssion and to travell by yond the 5 sees in this matter/ Sayeng (to encorage hyme therto) that it ware more mete for his highe discression, wytt & auctorytie to compasse & bryng to passe a perfight peace among thes great & most myghty prynces of the world than any other ws in this Realme or elles where/ Ther ententes & purpose was oonly but to gett hyme ows of the kynges dayly presence/ And to convey hyme ows of the Realme that they myght haue convenyent laysor and opportunytie to Aduenture ther long desired enterprice/ And by the ayde of ther C heafe ms (my lady Anne) to deprave hyme so vnto the kyng in his absence that he shold be rather in his hyghe displeasure than in his accustumed fauour/ or at the lest to be in lesse estymacion ws his mas/ well what wyll you haue more/ [f. 25s] Thys matter was so handeled that the Cardynall was commaundyd to prepare hymself to this Iourney the ws he was fayn to take vppon hyme/ but wether it was ws his good wyll or no I ame not well able to tell you/ but this I knewe that he made a short abode after the determynat resolucyon therof but caused all thynges to be prepared onward toward his Iourney And euery oon of his seruauntes ware appoynted that shold attend vppon hyme in the same/ Whan all thynges was fully concludyd And for thys noble ambassett provyded and furnysshed than was no lett but auaunce forwardes in the name of good/ my lord Cardynall had ws hyme suche of the lordes & bysshopes and other worthy persons as ware not privye of the Conspiracye/ Than marched he forward ows of his owen howsse at westminster passyng thoroughe all london ouer london brydge/ hauyng byfore hyme of gentillmen a great nomber iijre in a ranke in blake veluett lyuere Cottes and the most part of them ws great chayns of gold abought ther neckes/ And all his yomen ws noble men & gentilmens seruauntes folowyng hyme in ffrenche tauny lyuere Coottes hauyng enbrodered vppon ther bakes & brestes of the same Coottes thes letters/ T & C/ vnder the Cardynalles hatte/ his Sompter Mewlles ws ware xxti in nomber & moore ws his Cartes & other Cariages of his trayn ware passed on by fore/ conducted & garded ws a great nomber of bowes & speres/ he Roode lyke a Cardynall very soumptiously on a mewle/ trapped ws Crymmesyn veluett vppon veluett and his stirropes of Copper & gylt And his spare mewle folowyng hyme ws lyke apparrell/ And byfore hyme he hade his ij great Crossys of siluer/ ij great pillers of Syluer/ the great seale of England/ his Cardynalles hatt/ And a gentilman that Caried his valaunce otherwyse called a clooke bage wche was made all to gether of ffynne Scarlett clothe enbrodered ouer & ouer ws clothe of gold very richely hauyng in hit a Clooke of fynne Scarlert/ thus passed he thoroughe london and all the way of his Iourney/ hauyng his harbergers passyng byfore to provyde lodgynges for his trayn/ The first Iourney he made to Dertford in kent vnto sir Richard wyltchers howsse wche is too myles beyond Dertford where all his trayn ware lodged that nyght & in the Contrie there abought/ The next day he roode to Rochester and lodged in the bysshopes palice there and the rest of his trayn in the Cytie & in Strode on this side the bryge [f. 26] The iijs day/ he Rode frome thence to ffeuersham/ And there was lodged in the Abbey and his trayn in the town and some in the Contrie/ there aboughtes/ The iiijth day he Rode to Caunterbury where he was encountered ws the worshipfullest of the town and Contrye and loged in the Abbey of Crystes churche in the Prours lodgyng/ And all his trayn in the Citie/ where he contynued iijre or iiijs dayes in ws tyme ther was the reat Iubely And a fayer in honour of the feast of Seynt Thomas her patrone/ In wche day of the seyd feast wsin the abbey there as made a Solompne procession and my lord Cardynall presently in the same Appareled in his legantyn ornamentes ws his Cardynalles hatt on hys hed/ who commaundyd the monkes and all ther quyer to syng the littany after thys sort Sancta maria ora pro papa nostro Clemente And so pervsed the litteny thoroughe/ my lord Cardynall knelyng at the quyer doore at a forme couered ws Carpettes and Cusshons The monkes & all the quyer standyng al1 that while in the myddes of the bodye of the chirche/ At ws tyme I sawe the Cardynall wepe very tenderly ws was as we supposed for hevynes that the pope was at that present in suche Calamytie & great daynger of the launceknyghtes/ The next day I was sent ws letters frome my lord Cardynall vnto Calice by emposte In so myche as I was that same nyght in Calice/ And at my landyng I found standyng vppon the peere wsout lanterne Gate all the Councell of the towne to whome I delyuerd and dispeched my message & letters or euer I entred the town/ where as I lay ij dayes after or my lord came thether/ who arryved in the havyn there ij dsy aftyr my commyng abought viijs of the Cloke in the mornyng/ where he was receyved in procession ws all the worshipfullest persons of the town in most Solomplest wyse And in the lantern gate was sett for hyme a forme ws Carpettes & Cusshons/ where att he kneled & made hys prayers byfore his entre any further in the town and there he was senced ws ij great Sencers of Syluer and sprynkylled ws halewater/ That don he arrose vppe & passed on ws al1 that assemble byfore hyme syngeng vnto Seynt Maris churche/ where he standyng at the highe Aulter tornyng hyme self to the people gave them his benediccion & clean remyssion/ And than they conducted hyme frome thence vnto an [f. 26s] howsse called the Chekker/ where he lay & kepte his howse as long as he abode in the town (goyng Immedyatly to his naked bed by cause he was somewat trobled ws syknes in his passage vppon the Sees that nyght) vnto this place of the Chekker resorted to hyme Monsur de Bees Captayn of Bolloyn ws a nomber of gallaunt gentilmen, who dyned ws hyme/ And- after some consultacion ws the Cardynall/ he ws the rest of the gentilmen departid agayn to Bolloyn Thus the Cardynall was dayly visited ws oon or other of the ffrenche nobilitie/ Than whan all his trayn & Cariages ware londed at Calice And euery thyng prepared in a redynes for his Iourney/ he called byfore hyme all his noble men and gentilmen in to his privye chamber/ where they beyng assembled sayd vnto them in thys wyse in effect/ I haue (qs he) called you hether to thys entent to declare vnto ou/ that I consideryng the dyligence that ye mynyster vnto me/ And the good wyll that I bere you agayn for the same entendyng to remember yos dyligent seruyce here after in place where ye shall receyve condygn thankes & rewardes/ And also I wold shewe you ferther what Auctorytie I haue receyved directly frome the kynges highnes/ And to enstruct you somwhat of the nature of the ffrenche men/ And then to enforme you what reuerence ye shall vse vnto me for the highe honour of the kynges mas/ And also howe ye shall entertayn the ffrenchemen whan so euer ye shall rnete at any tyme/ ffyrste/ ye s hall vnderstand that the kynges mats vppon certyn waytie consideracions hathe for the more avauncemet of his Royall dignytie assigned me in this Iourney to be his lieutenaunt generall/ And what reuerence elongythe to the same I wyll tell you/ That for my part I must by vertue of my commyssion of leutenauntshipe Assume & take vppon me in all honour and degrees to haue all suche semyce & reuerence as to his hyghnes presence is mete & dewe/ And nothyng therof to be neclected or omytted by me that to his Royall estat is appurtenaunt/ And for my part ye shall se me that I will not omyt oon Iote/ therof/ Therfore bycause ye shall not be Ignoraunt in that behalf/ ys oon of thespecyall causis of this yos assemble wyllyng and commaund you as ye entend my auour/ not to forgett the same in tyme & place but euery of you do obserue thys enformacion & Instruccion/ as ye woll at my retorne avoyd the kynges Indignacion but to opteyn his highnes thankes the wche I wyll further for you as ye shall deserue [f. 27] Nowe to the poynt of the frenche mens nature/ ye shall vnderstand that ther disposicion is suche/ that they wylbe at the first metyng as ffamylier ws you as they had byn acquayntyd ws you long byfore and commyn ws you in the frenche tong as thoughe ye vnderstode euery word they spoke/ therfore in lyke maner/ and be ye as famylier ws them agayn as they be ws you/ yf they speke to you in the ffrenche tong speke you to them in the Englysshe tong for if you vnderstand not them/ they shall no more vnderstand you/ And my lord spekyng merely to oon of the gentilmen there (beyng a welsheman) sayd Rice/ qs he/ speke thou welshe to hyme/ And I ame well assured that thy welshe shall be more defuse to hyme/ than his frenche shall be to the/ And than/ qs he agayn to vs all/ lett all yor entertaynmet & behauor be accordyng to all gentilnes & humanytie/ that it may be reportyd after yor departure frome thence/ that ye be gentilmen of right good hauour And of myche gentilnes/ And that ye be men that knowyth yos dewsie to yor souerayn lord & to yos mayster/ Allowyng myche yor great Reuerence/ Thus shall ye nott oonly optayn to yor selfes great commendacion & prayce for the same/ but also auaunce the honour of yor prynce & contrie/ Nowe goo yor wayes admonysshed of all thes poyntes/ And prepare yor selfes ayenst to morowe/ ffor than we entend (god wyllyng) to sett forward/ And thus we beyng by hyme Instructed & enformed departed to our lodgynges makyng all thynges in a redynes ayenst the next day/ to avaunce forthe ws my lord/ The <1next morowe>1 beyng Marie Magdalens day all thynges beyng ffurnysshed my lord Cardynall Roode ows of Calice ws uche a nomber of blake veluett Coottes as hathe not byn seen- s an Ambassitor/ All the speres of Calice, Gynnes, and hamnes are there attendyng vppon hyme in this Iourney in blake veluett Cootes many great & massy Chaynnes of gold ware worne there/ thus passed he forthe ws iijre Gentilmen in a ranke wche occupied the lengthe of iijre quarters of a myle or more/ hauyng all his accustumed and [f. 27s] gloryous furnyture caried byfore hyme evyn as I before haue rehersed excepte the brode seale the wche was left ws doctor Tayllour in Calice than Mr of the Rolles vntill his retorne/ passyng thus on his way And beyng skant a myle of his Iourney it began to rayn so vehemently that I haue not seen the lyke for the tyme/ that endured vntill we came to Bulloyn/ And or we came to Sandyngfeld/ the Cardynall of lorrayn a goodly yong gentilman encountered my lord And receyved hyme ws great reuerence & Ioy And so passed forthe together vntill they came to Sandyngfeld ws is a place of Religion standyng bytwen the frenche Englyshe & themprors domynyons beyng newser holdyng of nether of theme/ And beyng come thether/ met ws hyme there le Countie Brian Capteyn of Pykardy ws a great nomber of men of Armez as Stradiates and Arbanoys ws other standyng in array in a great pece of Oates all in harnoys vppon light horsis passyng ws my lord as it ware in a wyng all his Iourney th oroughe Pykkardy/ ffor my lord Somewhat doughted the Emprour lest he wold lay an Ambusshe to betray hyme/ ffor wche cause the frenche kyng commaundyd theme to awayte vppon my lord for the Assuraunce of hys person ows of the daynger of his ennemyes/ Thus Roode he accompanyd vntill he came to the town of Bolleyn/ where he was encountered wsin a myle therof ws the worshypfullest Citezyns of the Town hauyng among them a learned man that made to hyme an Oracion in latten/ vnto the wche my lord made answere semblably in latten/ And that don Monsur de Bees Capteyn of Bolloyn ws the Retynewe there of gentilmen mett hyme on horsebake ws conveyed hyme in to the towen ws all this assemble vntill he came to the Abbey gate where he lighted and went directly in to the Churche and made hys prayers byfore the Image of our lady to whome he made his offeryng/ And that don he gave there his blessyng to the people ws certyn dayes of pardon/ than went he in to the abbey where he was lodged and hys trayn ware lodged in the highe & basse towns// [f. 28] The next mornyng/ after he hard masse he rode vnto Muterell sur la mere where he was encountered in lyke case as he was the day byfore ws the worshypfullest of the town all in oon lyuere hauyng oon learned that made an oracion byfore hyme in laten whome he answered in lyke maner in laten And as he entred in to the town there was a Canapie of sylke enbrodred ws the letters & hatte that was on ther seruauntes Cottes borne ouer hyme ws the most persons of estymacion ws in the town/ And whan he was alighted his footmen seased the same as a ffee dewe to ther office/ nowe was there made dyuers paiauntes for <1Ioy>1 of hys Commyng/ who was called there and in all other places ws in the Realme of ffraunce as he travelled/ (le Cardynall pacyfike) And in laten (Cardynallis pacificus) who was accompaned all that nyght ws dyuers worthy gentilmen of the Contrie there abought/ The next day he Roode towardes Abvyle/ where he was encountred ws dyuers gentilmen of the Town & Contrie And so conveyed vnto the town where he was most honorably receyved ws paiauntes of dyuers kyndes wyttely & Costly Invented standyng in euery Corner of the strettes as he roode thoroughe the town/ hauyng a lyke Cannapie borne ouer hyme beyng of more richer sort than the other at Mutterell or at bolleyn was/ They brought hyme to hys lodgyng wche was as it semed a very fayer howsse newly bylt ws brykke/ At ws howsse kyng lowice maried my lady mary kyng herre the viijs Sister wche was after maried to the Duke of Suffolk Charles Brandon/ And beyng wsin yt was in maner of a Gallery/ yet notwsstandyng it was very necessary/ In thys howsse my lord remayned other viijs or xs dayes/ to whome resorted daly dyuers of the Councell of ffraunce/ feastyng theme & other noble men & gentilmen that accompaned the Councell bothe at Dyners and Soppers/ Than whan the tyme came that he shuld depart frome thence he roode to a Castell beyond the water of Somme called Pynkney castell adioynyng vnto the seyd watter standyng vppon a great rokke or hyll wsin the ws was a goodly Collage of prestes [f. 25s] the Cituacion wherof was most lyke vnto the Castell of wyndesore in Englond And there he was receyved ws a Solompne procession conveyng hyme fyrst in to the Chirche/ And after vnto his logyng wsin the Castell/ At <1thys castell>1 kyng Edward the iiijs met ws the ffrenche kyng vppon the bryge that goyth ouer the water of Somme/ as ye may red in the Cronycles of Englond/ whan my lord was settilled wsin his logyng/ it was reported vnto me that the ffrenche kyng shold come that day in to Amyens ws was wsin vjth Englysshe myles of Pynkkney Castell/ And beyng desirous to se his first commyng in to the town Axed licence And toke ws me oon or too gentilmen of my lordes And rood in contynent thether/ As well to provyde me of a necessary lodgyng as to se the kyng/ and whan we came thether beyng but strayngers toke vppe our Inne (for the tyme) at the signe of the Ayngell dyrectly ayenst the west doore of the Cathederall Churche de notre dame saynt Marye/ And after we had dyned there and tarieng vntill iijs or iiij'r of cloke expectyng the kynges Commyng/ In came Madame Regent (the kynges mother) Ridyng in a very riche Charyott and in the same ws hir was hir doughter the Quene of Naver fur- nysshed ws an Cth ladys or gentilwomen or more folowyng/ ridyng vppon whight Palfrayes ouer & besides dyuers other ladys & gentillwomen that roode some in riche chariottes and Some in horsse litters/ who lighted at the west doore ws all this trayn accompaned ws many other noble men & gentilmen besides hir gard ws was not small in nomber/ than ws in ij howers after the kyng came in to the town ws a great shott of Gonnys/ And dyuers paiauntes made for the nons at the kynges (byen venewe) hauyng abought his person bothe byfore hyme and byhynd hyme/ beside the wonderfull nomber of nobyll men & gentilmen iijs great Gardes dyuersly apparelled/ the first was of Souches and Burgonyons/ ws Gonnes & halfe hakkes/ The second was of ffrenche men some ws bowes and Arrowes/ and some ws bylles/ The iijs Gard was pur le corps ws was of tall Scottes myche moore comlier persons than all the rest/ The ffrenche gard & the Scottes had all oon lyuere ws ware riche Coottes of fynne wyght clothe ws a gard of Syluer bullyons enbrodred an handfull brode/ [f. 29] The kyng Came Ridyng vppon a goodly Genett/ And lighted at the west doore of the sayd Chirche and so conveyed in to the Chirche vppe to the highe Aulter where he made his prayers vppon his knees And than conveyed in to the bysshoppes palleyes where he was lodged and also his mother/ The next mornyng I roode agayn to Pynkney to attend vppon my lord at ws tyme my lord was redy to take hys mule towardes Amyens/ And passyng on his Iourney thetherward he was encontered frome place to place ws dyuers noble & worthy personages makyng to hyme dyuers oracions in latten/ to whome he made answere agayn ex tempore/ At whos excellent learnyng & pregnant witt they wondred very myche/// Than <1was word>1 brought my lord that the kyng was commyng to encounter hyme/ ws that he hauyng none other shifte was compelled to allyght in an old Chappell (that stode by the highe way) and there newly apparelled hyme in to more Richer apparell/ And than mounted vppon a newe Mewle very richely trapped ws a foote clothe & trapper of Crymmesyn veluett vppon veluett pirld ws gold and ffrynged abought ws a depe frynge of gold very costly his stirropes of siluer and gylt the bosses & chekes of his brydell of the same/ And be that tyme that he was mounted agayn after this most gorgious sort/ the kyng was come very nere/ ws in lesse than a quarter of a myle englysshe/ mustryng vppon an hill side his gard standyng in a ray along the same/ expectyng my lordes Commyng/ To whome my lord made as myche hast as convenyently it became hyme vntill he came ws in a payer of butt lengthes/ And there he stayed a whyle/ the kyng perceyvyng that stoode still & hauyng ij worthy gentilmen yong & lusty beyng bothe brethern and brethern to the Duke of lorrayn & to the Cardynall of lorrayn/ wherof oon of theme was called monsur de Gwees and thother monsur Vademount/ they ware bothe apparelled lyke the kyng in [f. 29s] Purpull veluett lyned ws clothe of Syluer and ther Cottes cutt/ the kyng caused mounsur vademount to issue frome hyme And to ride vnto my lord to knowe the cause of lais tractyng who roode vppon a fayer Courser takyng his race in a full gallope evyn vntill he came vnto my lord And there cawsed his horsse to come a loft oons or twyse so nye my lordes mewle that he was in dowght of his horsse/ And ws that he lighted frome his Courser And doyng his message to my lord ws humble reuerence/ ws don he mounted agayn And caused his horsse to do the same at his departyng As he did byfore And so repayred agayn to the kyng/ And after his answere made/ the kyng auaunced forward/ that seyng my lord did the lyke/ And in the mydway they mett enbracyng eche other on horsbake ws most amyable countenaunce entertaynyng eche other right nobly/ then drewe in to the place all noble men & gentilmen on bothe sides ws wonderfull chere made oon to an other as they had byn of an old acquayntaunce/ the prece was suche and thyke that dyuers had ther legges hurt ws horsysse/ Than the kynges officers cried/ marche/ marche devaunt/ Ale devaunt/ And the kyng & my lord Cardynall (on his right hand) Roode together to Amyens euery Englysshe gentilman accompanyd ws an other of ffraunce/ The trayn of ffrenche & Englysshe endured ij long myles/ that is to sey/ frome the place of ther encounter vnto Amyens/ where they ware very nobly receyved ws shott of Gonnes and Costly paiauntes vntill the kyng had brought my lord to his logyng and there departed a sonder for that nyght/ the kyng beyng lodged in the bysshoppes palice/ The next day after dynner my lord ws a great trayn of noble men & gentillmen of Englond rode vnto the kynges Court at ws tyme i he kyng kept his bed beyng somwhat disseased/ yet not- wsstandyng my lord came in to his bed Chamber/ where satt on theon side of his bed his mother madam Regent/ And on thother sid the Cardynall of lorrayn ws dyuers other noblemen of ffraunce/ And after a short commynycacion and drynkyng of a Cuppe of wyn ws the kynges mother/ my lord departed agayn to hys lodgyng accompanyd ws dyuers gentilmen & noble men of ffraunce who supped ws hyme/ Thus contynued the kyng & my lord in Amyens the space of ij wekes & more consultyng & feastyng eche other dyuers tymes [f. 30] And in the feast of the Assumpcion of our ladye my lord Roose betymes & went to the Cathederall chirche/ de noster dame/ and there byfore my lady regent and the quen of Naver in our lady chappell he sayd his seruyce & masse and after masse he hymself mynystred the Sacremet vnto bothe my lady Regent & to the quene of Naver/ And that don the kyng resortyd vnto the chirche and was conveyed in to a riche Travers At the highe Aulters end and dyrectly ayenst hyme on the other side of the Aulter sat my lord Cardynall in an other Riche trauers iijs gresis hyer than the kynges And At the aulter byfore theme bothe a bysshope sang hye masse And at the ffraccion of the host the same bysshope devyded the Sacramet bytwen the kyng and the Cardynall for the performance of the peace concludyd bytwen theme/ ws masse was song solompnly by the kynges Chappell hauyng among theme Cornettes and Sakbuttes And after masse was don the Troppeters blewe in the Roodeloft vntill the kyng was past inward to his lodgyng ows of the chirche And at his commyng in to the bysshoppes palice where he entendyd to dyne ws my lord Cardynall/ there satt ws in a Closter abought ijc parsons deseased ws the kynges evyll (vppon ther knees) And the kyng or euer he went to dynner pervsed euery of theme ws robbyng and blessyng them ws his bare handes beyng barehedyd all the while/ after whome folowed his Almosyner distributyng of mony vnto the persons disseased/ & that done he sayd certyn prayers ouer theme and than whasht his handes & so came vppe into his Chamber to dynner/ where as my lord dyned ws hyme/// Than <1yt was>1 determyned that the kyng and my lord shold remove ows of Amyens/ And so they did to a towne or Citie called Compygne ws was more than xxs Englisshe myles frome thence/ vnto ws towen I was sent to prepare my lordes lodgyng/ And so as I rode on my Iourney beyng vppon a ffriday my horse chaunced to cast a shoo in a littill village where stode a fayer Castell/ and as it chaunced ther dwelte a smythe to whome I commaundyd my seruaunt to carry my horsse to shoo and standyng by hyme while my horsse was a shoyng there came to me [f. 30s] oon of the seruauntes of the Castell per ceyvyng me to be the Cardynalles seruaunt and an Englysheman/ who requyred me to goo ws hyme in to the Castell to my lord his mr/ whome he thought wold be very glad of my commyng & company/ to whose request I grauntyd by cause that I was allwayes desirous to se and be acquaynted ws strayngers inespecyall ws men in honour and Auctorytie/ So I went ws hyme/ who conducted me vnto the Castell And beyng entred in the first ward/ the watchemen of that ward beyng very honest tall men came & saluted me most reuerently/ And knowyng the cause of my commyng/ desired me to stay a littill while vntill they had aduertised my lord ther mr/ of my beyng there/ And so I dyd/ And incontynent the lord of the Castell came ows to me/ who was called monsur Creekey a noble man bome and very nyghe of bloode to kyng lowice the last kyng that raygned byfore this kyng ffraunces/ And at his first commyng he enbraced me/ Sayeng that I was right hartely welcome/ And thanked me that I so gently wold visit hyme & his Castell/ sayeng furthermore that he was preparyng to encounter the kyng & my lord to desier them most humbly the next day to take his castell in the way/ if he could so entret theme And trewe it is that he was redy to ride in a Coote of veluett ws a payer of veluett Armyng shoos on his ffeete and a payer of gilt sporres on his heles/ Than he toke me by the hand and most gentlye led me in to his Castell thoroughe an other ward/ And beyng oons entred in to the base Court of the Castell I sawe all his ffamely and howshold seruauntes standyng in goodly order in blake Cootes and Gownnes lyke morners who led me in to the hall ws was hanged ws handgonnes as thyke as oon cowld hang by an other vppon the walles/ And in the hall stode also an haukes perke wheron stode iijs or iiijs fayer goshalkes/ than went we in to the parlour ws was hanged ws fynne old Arras/ And beyng there but a while commonyng together of my lorde of Suffolk howe he was there to haue beseged the same/ his seruauntes brought to hyme brede & wynne of dyuers sortes/ wherof he caused me to drynke/ And after/ qs he/ I will shewe you the strengthe of my howsse howe herd it wold haue byn for my lord of Suffolk to haue wonne it/ than led he me vppon [f. 31] the walles ws was very strong more than xven foote thyke/ And as well garnysshed ws batere peces of ordynaunce redy charged to shoot of/ ayenst the kyng and my lordes Commyng/ whan he had shewed me all the walles & bulwarkes Abought the Castell/ he dissendyd frome the walles and came down in to a fayer Inner Courtwhere his Genyt stoode for to mount vppon ws xijth other Genettes the most fayrest bestes that euer I sawe/ And in especyall his owen ws was a mare genett/ he shewed me that he myght haue had for hir iiijc Crownnes/ but vppon the other xijs genettes ware mounted xij goodly yong gentilmen called pages of honor all bare hedyd in Coottes of Clothe of gold & blake veluett clokked and on ther legges bootes of red Spaynysshe lether And spurres parcell gylt/ Then he toke his leave of me commaundyng his Steward & other his gentilmen to attend vppon me/ And conducte me vnto my lady his wyfe to dynner/ And that don he mounted vppon his genett/ And toke his Iourney forthe ows of his castell And than the Steward ws the rest of the gentilmen led me vppe in to a tower in the gathowsse where than my lady ther mastresse lay for the tyme that the kyng & my lord shold tary there/ I beyng in A fayer great dynyng chamber where the table was Couered to dynner/ And there I attendyng my lades Commyng/ And after she came thether ows of hir owen chamber she receyved me most gently lyke an noble estate hauyng a trayn of xij gentilwomen/ And whan she ws hir trayn came all ows/ she sayd to me/ ffor as myche/ qs she/ as ye be an Englysshe man whos Custumet is in yos Contrie to kys all ladyes and gentilwomen wsout offence/ And althoughe it be not so here in this Realme/ yet woll I be so bold to kys you & so shall all my maydens/ by means wherof I kyst my lady & all hir women/ then went she to hir dynner beyng as nobly serued/ as I haue seen any of hir estat here in Englond/ hauyng all the dynner tyme ws me pleasaunt commynycacion ws was of the vsage & behauour of our gentilwomen & gentilmen of Englond/ And comendyd myche the behauour of them right [f. 31s] ex- cellently/ ffor she was ws the kyng at Arde when the great encounter & meatyng was betwen the ffrenche kyng & the kyng our souerayn lord at ws tyme she was bothe for hir person & goodly hauour appoynted to company ws the ladys of Englond/ And to be short after dynner/ pausyng a littill I toke my leave of hir & so departed & roode on my Iourney// <1I passyd so forthe>1/ on my Iourney/ by reason of my tractyng of tyme in Chastell de Crykkey that I was constrayned that nyght to lye in a town by the way called Montdedyer/ the Suburbes wherof my lord of Suffolk hade lately burnd/ And in the next mornyng I toke my Iourney and came to Compign vppon the Saturday than beyng there the markett day/ And at my first Commyng I toke my Inne in the myddes of the market place and beyng there sett at dynner in a fayer Chamber that had a fayer wyndowe lokyng in to the streett I hard a great Rumour and clatteryng of bylles/ ws that I loked ows in to the strett/ And there I espied where the officers of the town brought a prysoner to execucion/ whos hed they strak of ws a sword/ And whan I demaunded the cause of his offence/ yt was answered me/ that it was for kyllyng of a rede dere in the fforrest thereby the punyshenaent wherof is but deathe/ Incontynent they had sett vppe the poore mans hed vppon a pole in the markett place bytwen the stagges hornes/ and his quarters in iiijs partes of the fforrest/ Than went I abought to prepare my lordes lodgyng & to se it furnyssh ed ws was there in the great Castell of the town/ wherof to my lord was assigned theon halfe and thether half was reserued for the kyng/ and in lyke wyse there was a long Gallery devyded bytwen theme/ wherin was made in the rnyddes therof a strong wall ws a doore & wyndowe/ And there the kyng & my lord wold many tymes imete at the same wyndowe and secretly talke togethers & dyuers tymes they wold goo theon to the tother at the seyd doore/ Nowe was there lodged also madame Regent the kynges mother and all hir trayn of ladys & gentillwomen/ vnto ws place the Chauncelor of ffraunce came (a very witty man) ws all the kynges grave councellers/ who toke great paynnes dayly in Consultacion/ In so myche as I hard my lord Cardynall fall ows ws the Chauncelor layeng vnto his charge that he went abought [f. 32] to hynder the leage ws my sayd lord Cardynall hade byfore his commyng concludyd bytwen the king our souerayn lord & the ffrenche kyng his mr In so myche that my lord stomaked the matter very stoutly/ And told hyme that it shold not lie in his power to dis- solue the amyable ffidelitie bytwen them/ And if his mayster the kyng beyng there present forsake his promyse & followe his Councell he shold not fayle/ after his retourne in to Englond/ to feale the smarte/ and what a thyng it is to breake promys ws the kyng of Englond/ wherof he shold be well assured/ and ther ws all he arose & went in to his owen lodgyng wondersly offendyd/ So that his stowse Countenaunce and bold wordes made them all in dowght howe to pacyefie hys despleasure & revoke hyme agayn to the Councell who was then departyd in a furye/ there was sendyng/ there was commyng/ there was also entreatyng/ And there was great submyssion made to hyme to reduce hyme to his former frendly commynycacion/ who wold in no wyse relent/ vntill madame Regent came hir self/ who handelled the matter so discretly & wittely that she reconsild hyme to his former commynycacion/ And by that means he brought ther matters to passe that byfore he cowld not atteyne nor cause the Councell to graunt/ ws was more for feare than for any affeccion to the matter/ he hade the hedes of all the Councell so vnder his gyrdell that he myght ruell them all there as well as he myght the Councell of Englond/ the next mornyng after this conflycte he roose earely in the mornyng abought iiijs of the Clocke/ syttyng down to wright letters in to England vnto the kyng commaundyng oon of his Chapleyns to prepare hyme to masse/ so myche that his seyd chapleyn stode reuested vntill iiijs of the Clocke at after none/ All ws season my lorde neuer roose oons to pis/ ne yet to eate any meate but contynually wrott his letters ws his owen handes/ hauyng all that tyme his nyght Cappe & keuerchefe on his hed/ And abought iiijs of the Clocke at after none he made an end of writtyng Commaundyng oon Cristofer Gonner the kynges seruaunt to prepare hyme wsout delay to ride empost in to Englond ws his letters/ whome he dispeched a way or euer he [f. 32s] dranke/ And that don he went to masse/ and sayd his other dyvyn seruyce ws his Chappelleyn as he was accustumed to do/ and than went strayt in to a garden/ and after he had walked the space of an hower or more And there sayed his evyn song/ he went to dynner & Sopper all at oons/ And makyng a small repast/ he went to his bed to take his rest for that nyght/ The next nyght folowyng he caused a great Supper to be provyded for madame Regent and the quen of Naverne and other great estates of ladyes & noble women/ there was also madam Reigne/ oon of the doughters of kyng lewyce whos Syster kyng ffraunces had maried (latly deade) thes sisters ware by ther mother enheritrices of the duchye of Bryttayn/ And for as myche as the kyng had maried oon of the Systers by whome he had the moytie of the sayd Duchie And to attayn thother moytie/ And to be lord of the hole/ he kepte the sayd lady Reygnye wsout mariage entendyng that she hauyng non Issue that the hole duchye myght dissend to hyme or to his succession after hir deathe for want of yssue of hir body/ But nowe lett vs retorne agayn to the Supper or rather a Solompne bankett/ where all thes nobyll persons ware hyghly feasted/ And in the myddes of ther tryhumphe the ffrenche kyng ws the kyng of Naverne came sodenly in vppon them onknowen/ who toke ther places at the nether end of the table/ there was not oonly plenty of ffynne meates/ but also myche myrthe and Solace/ as well in commynycacion as in instrumentes of musyke setforthe ws my lordes mynstrelles/ who played there so Connyngly & dulce all that nyght that the kyng toke therin great pleasure/ In so myche that he desired my lord to lend theme vnto hyme the next nyght/ And after Supper & bankett ffynysshed the ladys & gentilwomen went to dauncyng/ Among whome oon madame ffountayn a mayd had mthe price/ And thus passed they the nyght in plesaunt myrthe & Ioye/ the next day the kyng toke my lordes mynstrelles and Roode vnto a noble mans howsse where was some goodly Image that he had avowed a Pilgrymage vnto/ to performe his devocion whan he came there he daunced & other ws hyme the most part of that nyght my lordes mynstrelles played there so excellently all that nyght that the Shalme (whether it ware ws extreme labor of blowyng or ws poysonyng (as some Iuged) by cause they ware more commendyd & accepted ws the kyng than his owen) I cannot tell but he that played the Shahme (an excellent man in that art) died ws in a day or twayn after [f. 33] <1Then the kyng>1 Retorned agayn vnto Compigne/ And caused a wyld boore to be lodgyd for hyme in the fforrest/ there whether my lord Roode ws the kyng to the huntyng of the wyld Swyne wsin a Toyle where the lady Regent stode in Charyottes or waggans lokyng ouer the toylle on the owssyde therof accom- panyd ws many ladyes & dameselles/ among whome my lord stode by the lady Regent to regard & behold the pastyme/ & maner of huntyng/ there was wsin the toyle dyuers goodly gentillmen ws the kyng redy garnysshed to this hyghe enterprice and dayngerous huntyng of the perellous wylld Swyne/ the kyng beyng in his dublett & hosyn oonly wsout any other garmete' all of shepes Colour clothe his hosyn frome the kne vppward was alltogether thrommed ws sylke very thyke of the same Colour havyng in a slipe a fayer brace of grette wyhight greyhoundes Armed as the maner is to arme ther greyhoundes frome the violence of the boores tuskes/ And all the rest of the kynges gentilmen beyng appoynted to hunt this boore ware lykewyse in ther dublettes & hosyn holdyng eche of them in ther handes a very sharpe boores spere/ the kyng beyng thus furnesshed commaunded the huntes to oncouche the boore/ And that euery other person shold goo to a standyng/ among whome ware dyuers gentilmen & yomen of Englond/ And incontynent the boore issued ows of his denne/ chaced ws an hound in to the playn/ And beyng there/ stalled a while gasyng vppon the people/ And incontynent/ beyng forced by the hound he espied a littill busse standyng vppon a banke ouer a diche vnder the ws lay ij gentilmen of ffraunce/ And thether fleed the boore to defend hyme thrustyng his hede snoffyng in to the same bushe where thes ij gentilmen lay/ who fled ws suche spede as men do frome the daynger of deathe/Than was the boore by violence & pursews of the hound & huntes dryvyn frome thence And ran strayt to oon of my lordes footmen a very comly person & an hardy who hild in his hand an Englysshe Iavelen ws the ws he was fayn to defend hymeself frome the fierce assault of the boore/ who foyned at hyme contynually ws his great tuskes/ wherby he was compelled atthe lastto pytche his Iavelen/ [f. 33v] in the Giownd bytwen hyme & the boore/ the ws the boore breke ws his force of foynyng/ And ws that the yoman drewe his sword And stode at defence/ And ws that the huntes came to the rescue/ And put hyme oons agayn to flight/ ws that he fled & ran to an other yong gentylman of England Called mr Ratclyfe Sonne & heyer to the lord ffitzwalter and after Erle of Sussex/ who by chaunce had borowed of a ffrenche gentilman a fynne boore spere very sharpe/ vppon whome (the boore beeyng sore chaffed) began to assault very egerly/ And the yong gentilmen delyuerly Avoyded his strokkes and in tornyng aboought/ he stroke the boore ws suche violence ws the same speere (that he had borowed) vppon the howghes/ that he cutt the Senowes of bothe his legges at oon stroke that the boore was constrayned to sitt down vppon his haunches and defend hyme self for he cowld goo no more/ thys gentilman perceyvyng than his most aduauntage/ thrust his speere in to the boore vnder the sholder. vppe to the hart/ And thus he slewe the great boore/ wherfore among the noble men of ffraunce it was reputed to be oon of the noblest enterprices that a man myght do/ (As thoughe he had slayn a man of Armez)/ And thus our mr Ratclyfe bare than a way the price of that feacte of huntyng this dayngerous & Royall pastyrne in kyllyng of the wyld boore/ whoos tuskes the ffrenche men dothe most comenly dowght above all other dayngers as it semed to vs englyshe men than beyng present/ <1In thys tyme>1 of my lordes beyng in ffraunce ouer & besides his noble entertaynment ws the kyng & nobles/ he susteyned dyuers displeasures of the ffrenche slaves/ that devised a certyn boke ws was setforthe in dyuers articles vppon the causis of my lordes beyng there/ ws shold be as they surmysed/ that my lord was come thether to conclude too mariages/ theon bytwen the kyng our souerayn lord And madame Reygne of whome I spake hertofore/ And an other bytwen the prynces than of England (Nowe beyng quene of this reallme my lady marye/ the kynges doughter/) And the frenche kynges second Sonne the duke of Orlyaunce who ys at this present kyng [f. 34] of ffraunce/ ws dyuers other conclusions and agrementes touchyng the same/ of thes bokes many ware Imprynted & conveyed in to Englond vnknowen to my lord beyng than in fraunce/ to the great slaunder of the Realme of Englond & of my lord Cardynall/ but whether they ware devysed of pollecy to pacefie the mut- teryng of the people ws had dyuers Commynycacions and Imagynacions of my lordes beyng there/ or whether it ware devysed of some malicious person as the disposicion of the Comen people are accustumed to do vppon suche secrett con- sultacions I knowe not/ but what so euer the occasion or cause was the Auctor hathe settforthe suche bokes/ this I ame well assured that after my lord was therof aduertised/ And had pervsed oon of the same bokes/ he was not a littill offendyd/ And assembled all the pryvye Councell of ffraunce together to whome he spake hys mynd thus/ sayeng that it was not oonly a suspecyon in them but also a great rebuke and a diffamacion to the kynges honour to se & knowe any suche sedicius ontrewshe opynly devoulged and setforthe by any malicious & subtyll traytor of this Realme/ sayeng furthermore that if the lyke had byn attempted wsin the realme of Englond he doughted not but to se it punysshed accordyng to the trayterous demeanour & desertes/ Notwsstandyng I sawe but small redresse/ So this was oon of the displeasures that the ffrenche men shewed hyme for all his paynnes and travell that he toke for qualefieng of ther kynges Raumsome/ Allso <1another>1 displeasure was this/ there was mo place where he was lodged after he entred the terretorye of ffraunce but that he was robbed in his privye chamber other of oon thynge or other/ And at Compigne he lost his standysshe of Syluer & gylt/ And there it was espied & the partie taken ws was but a littill boy of xijth or xiijs yere of age a ruffians page of Paris ws haunted my lordes lodgyng wsout any sus- picion vntill he was taken lyeng vnder my lordes privye stayers/ vppon ws occasion he was apprehendyd and examyned And incontynent confessed all thynges that was myst wcs he stale and brought to his mr the ruffian who receyved the same & procured [f. 34s] hyme so to do/ After the spyall of thys boye/ my lord revelled the same vnto the Councell/ by means wherof the Ruffian/ the boys master was apprehendyd/ and set on the pillorye/ in the myddest of the markett place (A goodly recom- pence for suche an haynous offence) Also an other displeasure was/ Some lewd person (who so euer it was) had engraved in the great Chamber wyndowe where my lord lay vppon the leanyng stone t here a Cardynalles hatte ws a payer of Galhowsse ouer it in derision of my lord ws dyuers other onkynd de- meanors/ the ws I leave heare to wright they be matters so slaunderous// <1Thus/>1 passyng dyuers dayes in consultacion expectyng the retourne of Crystophei Gunner ws was sent in to Englond ws letters vnto the kyng as it is rehersed hertofore by empost/ who at last retorned agayn ws ot her letters/ vppon receypt wherof my lord Cardynall mad hast to retorne in to Englond/ In the mornyng that my lord shold depart And remove beyng than at masse in his Closett he consecrated the Chauncelour of ffraunce A Cardynall And put vppon hyme the habyt dewe to that order/ And than toke his Iourney in to Englond ward makyng suche necessary expedycion that he came to Gwynnes where he was nobley receyved of my lord Sandes Capteyn there ws all the retynewe therof/ And frome thence he roode to Calice/ where he taried the shyppyng of his stuffe, horsses, & trayn And in the mean tyme he establysshed there a marte to be kept for all nacions (but howe long indewred and in what sort it was vsed I knowe not) for I neuer hard of any great good that it dide/ or of any worthie assemble there of marchauntes or marchantdice/ that was brought thether for the furnyture of so waytie a matter/ Thes thynges fynysshed and others for the weale of the town/ he toke shippyng And Arryved at Douer/ ffrome wence he roode to the kyng (beyng than in his progresse at sir harre wyates howsse in kent) supposyd among vs his seruauntes that he shold be Ioyfully receyved at his home Commyng as well of the kyng as of all other noble men but we ware dissayved in our expectacion/ notwsstandyng he went Immedyatly after his Com- myng to the kyng ws whome he had long talke and contynued there in the Court ij or iijs dayes and than retorned to hys howsse at Westminster where he remayned [f. 35] vntill myhelmas terme ws was ws in a fourthnyght after/ And vsyng his Rome of Chauncellorshipe as he was wont to do/ At ws tyme he caused an assemble to be made in the starre Chamber of all the noble men, Iuges, and Iustices of the peace of euery shere that was at that present in westminster hall/ And there made to theme a long Oracion declaryng vnto them the cause of his ambassett in to ffraunce And of his procedynges there/ Among the ws he sayd that he had concludyd suche an amytie And ffrendshipe as neuer was hard of in this Realme in our tyme byfore/ As well bytwen the Emprour and vs as bytwen the ffrenche kyng and our souerayn lord concludyng a perpetuall peace ws shall be confirmed in writyng alternatly sealed ws the broode seales of bothe the Realmes graved in fynne gold/ Affirmyng ferthermore that the kyng shold receyve yerely his tribute (by that name) for the Duchye of Normandye ws all other costes ws he hathe susteyned in the warres And where there was a restraynt made in fraunce of the ffrenche quens dower (whome the Duke of Suffolk had maried) for dyuers yeres/ dewryng the warres/ yt ys fully concludyd that she shall not oonly receyve the same yerely agayn but also the arrerages beyng onpayed duryng the restraynt/ All ws thynges sholld be perfected at the commyng of the great ambassett ows of ffraunce/ in the ws shalbe a great nomber of noble men and gentilmen for the conclusion of the same/ as hathe not byn seen repayer hether ows of oon Realme in an Ambassett/This peace thus concludyd there shalbe suche an Amytie bytwen gentilmen of eche realme/ And entercourse of marchauntes ws marchandyse, that it shall seme to all men the terretorys to be but oon monarche/ Gentillmen may travell quyotly frome oon contrie to an other for ther recreacion and pastyme/ And rnarchauntes beyng arryved in eche contrie shalbe assured to travell abought ther affayers in peace & tranquylite So that this Realme shall Ioy & prospere for euer/ wherfore it shalbe well don for all trewe Englisshemen to auaunce & setforthe this perpetuall peace/ bothe in Countenaunce & gesture ws suche entertaynmet as it may be a Iust occasion vnto the ffrenche men to accept the same in good part/ And also to vse you ws the semblable/ And make of the same an noble report in ther contries [f. 35s] Nowe good my lordes & gentilmen/ I most entierly requyer you in the kynges beh alfe that ye wyll shewe yos selfes herin very lovyng & obedyent subiectes wher in the kyng woll myche reioyce yos towardnes and geve to euery man his pryncely thankes for suche liberalitie & gentilnes as ye or any of you shall mynester/ vnto theme/ And here he endyd his perswacion and so departyd in to the dynyng chamber there and dyned among the lordes of the Councell/// <1Thys greate amhassett/>1 long loked for was nowe come ouer ws ware in nomber above iiijs persons of the most noblest & worthiest gentilmen in all the Court of ffraunce/ who ware right honorably receyved frome place to place after ther arryvall/ And so conveyed thoroughe london vnto the bysshoppes palice in powlles chirche yerd/ where they ware lodged/ To whome dyuers noble men resortyd/ And gave theme dyuers goodly presentes/ And in especyall the mayer & Citie of london/ As wyne, Suger, waxe, Capons, wyldfowle, beafes, mottons, and other necessaries in great aboundaunce for the expences of ther howsse/ Then the next Sonday after ther resort to london they repayred to the Court at Grenwyche/ And there by the kynges mas most highely receyved & entertayned/ they had a specyall commyssion to creat & stalle the kynges mas in the Royall order of ffraunce/ ffor ws purposely they brought ws theme a Colour of fyne gold of the order ws a myhell hankyng ther at and Robbes to the same appurtenaunt the ws was wonderous costly & comly of purpull veluet richely embrodered/ I sawe the kyng in all this apparell & habytt passyng thoroughe the chamber of presence vnto his Closett & offered in the same habytt at masse benethe in the Chappell/ And to gratefie the ffrenche kyng ws lyke honour sent incontynent vnto the frenche kyng the lyke order of Englond by an noble man (the Erle of wyltshere) purposly for that entent to Creat hyme oon of the same order of England/ accompaned ws Garter the harold/ ws all robys Garter & other abyllmentes to the same belongeng as Costly in euery degree as thother was of the ffrenche kynges the ws was don byfore the retourne of the great ambassett and for the perform- aunce of this noble & perpetuall peace/ it was concludyd & deter- myned that a Solompne masse shold be song in the Cathederall chirche of powlles by the Cardynall/ ayenst ws tyme there was prcpared a Gallerye [f. 36] made frome the west doore of the Chirche of powlles vnto the quyer doore Raylled on euery syde vppon the ws stode vessels full of Parfeumes bornyng/ Then the kyng & my lord Cardynall & all the ffrenche ws all other noble men & gentilmen ware conveyed vppon this Gallery vnto the highe Aulter in to ther trauersys/ than my lord Cardynall prepared hymeself to masse assocyatted ws xxiiijs myters of bysshoppes and Abbottes attendyng vppon hyme & to serue hyme in suche ceromynyes as to hyme (by vertue of his legantyn prerogatyfe) was dewe/ And after the last Agnus the kyng Roose ows of his trauers And kneled vppon a Cusshon & carpett at the highe Aulter/ And the Graund mr of ffraunce the cheafe Ambassitore that represented the kyng his mrs person kneled by the kynges mas/ bytwen whome my lord devydyd the sacramet as a firme oathe & assuraunce of this perpetuall peace/ that don the kyng resortyd agayn vnto his trauers And the graund mr in lyke wyse to his/ this masse fynysshed (ws was song ws the kynges chapell & the quyer of powles) my lord Cardynall toke the Instrument of this perpetuall peace & amytie And rede the same opynly byfore the kyng and the assemble bothe of Englisshe & frenche/ to the ws the kyng subscribed ws hys owen hand and the Graund mr for the frenche kyng in lyke wyse/ the ws was sealed ws seales of fynne gold engraven and delyuerd to eche other as ther firme deades/ And all thys don & fynysshed they departed/ the kyng rode home to the Cardynalles howse at westminster to dynner ws whome dyned all the ffrenche men/ passyng all day after in Consultacion in waytie matters touchyng the conclusion of thys peace & amytie// that don the kyng went agayn by water to Grenws/ at whos departyng it was determyned by the kynges devyse that the ffrenche gentilmen shold resort vnto Richemond to hunt there in euery of the parkes/ And frome thence to hampton Court And there in lyke wyse to hunt/ And there my lord Cardynall to make for theme a Supper & lodge theme there that nyght/ And frome thence they shold ride to wyndesore/ And there to hunt/ And after ther retourne to london they shold resort to the Court where as the kyng wold bankett theme/ And this perfectly determyned the kyng & the frenche departyd//// [f. 36s] <1Then was there no moore>1 to do but to make provysion at hampton Court for thys assemble/ ayenst the day appoynted/ my lord called for his pryncypall officers of hys howsse as his steward/ Controller And the Clarkes of his kytchen whome he commaundyd to prepare for this bankett at hampton Court And nother to spare for expences or travell to make them suche tryhumphant chere as they may not oonly wonder at hit here but also make a gloryous report in ther Contrie to the kynges honour & of this Realme/ his pleasure oons knowen to accom- plysshe his commaundemet they sent forthe all ther Cators/ purveyours & other persons to prepare of the fynnest vyandes that they cowld gett other for mony or frendshyppe among my lordes frendes/ Also they sent for all the expertest Cookes besydes my lordes that they could gett in all Englond where they myght be gotten to serue to garnysshe this feast/ The pur- vyours brought and sent In suche plenty of Costly provysion as ye wold wonder at the same/ The Cookes wrought bothe nyght & day in dyuers subtiltes and many crafty devisis/ where lakked nother gold, Syluer ne any other costly thyng meate for ther purpose/The yomen And Gromes of the ward Robbes ware busied in hangyng of the Chambers ws costly hangynges And furnysshyng the same ws Beddes of sylke and other furnyture apte for the same in euery degree/ Than my lord Cardynall sent me beyng gentilman vssher ws ij other of my ffellowes to hampton Court to fforsee all thynges touchyng our Romes/ to be noblely garnysshed accordyngly/ ower paynnes ware not small or lyght/ but travellyng dayly frome Chamber to Chamber/Than the Carpenters, the Ioynors, the Masons, the paynters, And all other Artificers necessary to glorefie the howsse & feast ware sett a worke/ there was cariage & recariage of plate, stuffe, and other riche Implemetes/ So that there was no thyng lakkyng or to be Imagyned or dwvysed for the purpose/ There was ala o xiiijs beddes providyd and furnysshed ws all maner of ffurny- ture to them belongyng to long partuculerly hwre to reherse/ but to all wysmen it suffisithe to Imagyn that knowyth what belongythe to the ffurnyture of suche a tryhumphant feast or bankett/// [f. 37] <1The day was come/>1 that to the ffrenchemen was assigned and they redy assembled at hampton Court (some thyng byfore the hower of ther appoyntment)/ wherfore the Officers caused them to Ride to hanworthe a place & parke of the kynges wsin ij or iijs mylles there to hunt & spend the tyme vntill nyght/ At ws tyme they retorned agayn to hampton Court/ And euery of them conveyed to hys Chamber seuerally havyng in them great fiers and wynne redy to refresshe theme remaynyng there vntill ther Supper was redy And the Chambers where they shold suppe ware ordered in dewe forme/ The first waytyng chamber was hanged ws fynne Arras And so was all the rest oon better than an other furnysshed wst talle yomen/ there was sett tables round abought the Chamber bankett wyse all couered ws fynne clothes of dyaper/ A Cup bord ws plate of parcell gylt/ havyng also in the same chamber to geve the more lyght iiijs plates of syluer sett ws lightes vppon them/ a great fier in the Chymney/ The next chamber beyng the Chamber of presence hanged ws very riche arras/ wherin was a gorgious & a precyous clothe of estate hanged vppe/ replenysshed ws many goodly gentilmen redy to serue/ the bordes ware sett as thother bordes ware in the other chamber byfore/ save that the highe table was sett & removed benethe the clothe of estate towardes the myddes of the chamber couered ws fynne lynnen clothes of dammaske worke swetly perfumed/ there was a Cupboard made (for the tyme) in lengthe of the bredthe of the nether end of the same chamber of vjth deskes highe/ full of gilt plate very somptious & of the most newest facions/ and vppon the nether most deske garnysshed all ws plate of clean gold hauyng ij great Candylstykes of syluer & gylt most Curiously wrought the worke manshype wherof ws the syluer cost iijc markes and lightes of waxe as bygge as torches burnyng vppon the same/ this Cupbord was barred in round abought that no man myght come nyghe it/ ffor there was none of the same plate occupied or sterred duryng this feast for ther was sufficient besides// the plattes that hong on the walles to geve lightes in the chamber ware of syluer & gylt ws lightes burnyng in them and a great fier in the chymney/ And all other thynges necessary for the furnyture of so noble a feast/// [f. 37s] <1Nowe was all thinges>1 in <1a>1 redynes and Supper tyme at hand/ My lordes Officers caused the Truppettes to blowe to warne to Supper And the seyd Officers went right discretly in dewe order And conducted thes nobyll personages frome ther Chambers vnto the Chamber of presence where they shold Suppe/ And they beyng there caused them to sytt down/ ther seruyce was brought vppe in suche order & Aboundaunce bothe Costly & full of subtilties ws suche a pleasaunt noyce of dyuers Instrumentes of musyke/ that the ffrenche men (as it semyd) ware rapte in to an hevynly paradice/ ye must vnderstand that my lord was not there ne yet come/ but they beyng mery and plesaunt ws ther fare/ devysyng and wonderyng vppon the subtilties/ byfore the second Course/ my lord Cardynall came In among them, booted & sporred (all sodenly) And bad them proface/ At whos commyng they wold haue risyn & gyve place/ ws myche Ioye/ whome my lord comrnaundyd to sitt still & kepe ther Romes/ And st;ayt way (beyng not shifted of his ridyng apparell) called for a Chayer/ And satt hyme self down in the myddes of the table/ lawghyng & beyng as mery as euer I sawe hyme in all my lyfe/ Anon came vppe the Second Course ws so many disshes, subtilties, & curious devysis ws ware above an Cth in nomber of so goodly proporcion and Costly/ that I suppose the ffrenchemen neuer sawe the lyke/ the wonder was no lesse than it was worthy in deade/ there ware Castelles ws Images in the same/ powlles Chirche & steple in proporcion for the quantitie as well counterfeited as the paynter shold haue paynted it vppon a clothe or wall/ There ware, beastes, byrdes, fowles of dyuers kyndes And personages most lyvely made & counterfet in dysshes/ some fightyng (as it ware) ws swordes/ some ws Gonnes and Crosebowes/ Some vaughtyng & leapyng/ Some dauncyng ws ladyes/ Some in complett harnes Iustyng ws speres/ And ws many more devysis than I ame able ws my wytt to discribbe/ Among all oon I noted/ there was a Chesse bord subtilly made of spiced plate/ [f. 38] ws men to the same/ And for the good proporcyon bycause that frenche men be very experte in that play/ my lord gave the same to a gentilman of fraunce commaundyng that a Case shold be made for the same/ in all hast to preserue it frome perysshyng in the conveyaunce therof in to hys Contrie/ Then my lord toke a boll of gold (ws was estemed at the valewe of .Vs markes) And fillyd ws lpocras (wherof there was plentie) putyng of his Cappe sayed/ I drynke to the kyng my souerayn lord & mr/ and the kyng yos mayster/ And ther ws dranke a good draught/ And whan he had don, he desired the graund mr to plege hyme cuppe & all/ the ws Cuppe he gave hyme/ And so caused all thother lordes & gentilmen in other Cuppes to plege thes ij Royall prynces/ then went Cuppes meryly abought that many of the ffrenche men were fayn to be led to ther beddes/ Than went my lord (levyng theme syttyng still) in to hys privye Chamber to shyft hyme And makyng there a very short sopper or rather a small repast retorned Agayn among theme in to the chamber of presence/ vsing them so nobly ws so lovyng & famylier Countenaunce & entertaynment that they cowld not commend hyme to myche/ And whillest they ware in Commynycacion And other pastymes/ all ther lyueres ware serued to ther chambers/ Euery chamber had a bason & an yewer of siluer & some clean gylt & some parcell gylt and some ij great pottes of siluere in lyke maner And oon pott at the least ws wyne & beare/ A boll or Coblett/ And a siluer pott to drynk bere/ a siluer kandyllstyke or ij/ bothe ws whight lyghtes & yelewe lightes of iijs Cisis of waxe/ and a staffe torche/ a fynne maynchett & a cheete love of brede/ thus was euery chamber ffurnysshed thoroughe ows the howsse And yet the ij Cupbordes in the too bankettyng Chambers not oons towsd/ Than beyng past mydnyght as tyme serued they ware conveyed to ther lodgynges to take ther rest for that nyght/ In the mornyng of the next day (not early) they rose & hard masse & dyned ws my lord/ And so departed [f. 38s] toward wyndesore and there hunted delightyng myche of the Castell & Collage and in the oider of the Garter/ they beyng departed frome hampton Court/ my lord retourned agayn to westminster bycause it was in the myddes of the terme/ <1Yt is not>1 to be doughted but that the kyng was privye of all this worthy feast/ who entendyd ferre to exced the same/ whome I leave vntill the retourne of the frenche men who gave a specyall commaundement to all his Officers to devyse a farre Sumptioser bankett for thes strayngers otherwyse than they had at hampton Court ws was not nec- lectyd but most spedely put in execucion ws great delygence// After <1the retorne>1 of thes Strayngers frome wyndesore/ ws place ws the goodly order therof/ they myche Commendyd/ The day Approched that they ware invited to the Court at Grenws/ where first they dyned/ And after long consultacion of the Sagest ws our Councellours/ dauncyng of the rest & other pastyme the tyme of Supper came on/ Than was the bankettyng Chamber in the Tyltyerd furnysshed for thentertaynmet of thes estrayngers/ to the ws place they ware conveyed by the noblest persones beyng than in the Court/ where they bothe Supped & banketted/ But to discrybe the disshes, the subtylltes, the many straynge devysis/ & order in the same/I do bothe lake wytt in my grosse old hed & Cunnyng in my bowelles to declare the wonderfull and Curious Imagynacions in the same Inventyd & devysed/ yet this ye shall vnderstand that allthoughe it was at hampton Court marvelous Sumptious/ yet dyd thys bankett ferre exced the same as fynne gold dothe siluer/ in waytt & valewe/ And for my part I must nedes confesse (ws sawe them bothe) that I neuer sawe the lyke or redein any story or cronycle of any suche feast// In the myddes of this bankett ther was tornyng at the barriers (evyn in the Chamber) ws lusty gentilmen in gorgious complett harnoys on foote/ Than was there the lyke on horssebake/ And after all this there was the most goodlyest disguysyng or enterlude made in latten & frenche/ whos apparell was of suche excedyng riches that it passithe my capacitie to expound/ this don than came in suche a nomber of fayer ladys & gentilwomen that bare any brute or fame of beawsie in all this realme/ in the most richest apparell and devysied in dyuers goodly facions that all the connyngest tayllours could devyse to shape or Cut to sett forthe ther beawsie, geesture, & the goodly proporcion of ther bodyes/ who semyd to all men more Ayngelyke than yerthely made of flesshe & bone/ [f. 39] (Sewerly to me Symple sowle) it semyd Inestymable to be discribed/ And so I thynke it was to other of a more higher Iugemet/ ws whome thes Gentilmen of ffraunce daunced vntill an other maske cam In of noble Gentilmen/ who daunced & masked ws thes fayer ladyes & gentillwomen euery man as hys ffantazy serued theme/ this don and the maskers departed/ there came in an other maske of ladyes so gorgiously apparelled in costly garmentes that I dare not presume to take vppon me to make therof any declaracion lest I shold retther deface than beawsifie them therfore I leave it ontouched/ Thes ladys maskeresses toke eche of theme a frenche gentilman/ to daunce & maske ws theme/ ye shall vnderstand that thes lady maskers spake good ffrenche ws delighted myche thes gentil- men to here thes ladyes speke to theme in ther owen tong/ thus was thys nyght occupied & consumed frome.v. of the cloke vntill ij or iij after mydnyght at ws tyme it was convenyent for all estattes to drawe to ther rest/ And thus euery man departed/ whether as they had most releave// <1Than as nothyng/>1 other helthe wealthe or pleasure can allwayes endure So endyd this tryhumphant bankett/ the ws in the next mornyng semyd to all the beholders but as a ffantas- ticall dreame/ After all this solompne chere at a day appoynted they prepared them to retourne ws bagg & baggage/ than as to the office of all honorable persons dothe appurteyn/ they resorted in good order to the Court to take ther leave of the kyng and other noble men than beyng there/ to whome the kyng commytted his pryncely commendacions to the kyng ther mr/ And thanked theme of ther paynnes & travell And after long commynycacion ws the most honorable of that ambassett/ he bad theme adewe/ who was assigned by the Councell to repayer vnto my lord Cardynall for to receyve the kynges most noble reward/ wherfore they repayred to my lord & takyng of ther leave/ they receyved euery man the kynges reward/ after this sort euery honorable person in estymacion had most comenly plate to the valewe of iijs or iiijs & some more & some lesse besides other great gyftes receyved at the kynges handes byfore/ as riche gownes, horsses or goodly geldynges/ of great valewe & goodnes/ and some had waytie chaynnes of fynne gold ws dyuers other gyftes ws I cannot nowe call to my remembraunce/ but this I knowe that the lest of [f. 39s] them all had a Somme of Crownes of gold/ the worst page among them had xxs Crownnes for his part/ and thus they (nobley rewardyd) departed And my lord after humble commendacions had to the ffrenche kyng he bade them a dewe/ And the next day they conveyed all ther stuffe & furnyture vnto the sees side/ accompanied ws lusty yong gentilmen of Englond/ but what prayse or commendacions they made in ther Countrie at ther retorne in good faythe I cannot tell you for I neuer hard any thyng therof <1Than began>1 other matters to brewe & take place/ that occupied all mens hedes ws dyuers Imagynacions/ whos stomakes ware therws fulfilled wsout any perfect disgestion/ The long hyd & secrett love bytwen the kyng and ms Anne Boloyn began to breke ows in to euery mans eares/ the matter was than by the kyng disclosed to my lord Cardenall/ whos perswasion to the contrarie made to the kyng vppon his knees cowld not effect/ the kyng was so amorously affeccionate/ that wyll bare place/ and highe discression banysshed for the tyme/ My lord provoked by the kyng to declare his wyse oppynyon in thys matter for the furtheraunce of his desired affecte/ who thought it not mete for hyme alone to wade to ferre to geve his hasty Iugemet or advyse in so waytie a matter desiered of the kyng licence to axe the Councell of men of Auncyent study & of ffamous learnyng bothe in the lawes dyvyn & Civell (that opteyned) he by his legantyne Auctorytie sent ows his commyssion vnto all the bysshoppes of this realme and for other that was exactly owsher learned in any of the seyd lawes/ or elles had in any estymacion for ther prudent Councell & Iugemet in pryncely affayers of long experyence/ Than assembled these prelattes byfore my lord Cardynall at his place in westminster ws many other famous & notable Clarkes of bothe the vnyuersites/ Oxford & Cambryge/ and also ows of dyuers Colleges & cathederall chirches of this realme renommed & allowed learned & of wytty discression in the determynacion of doughtfull questions// Than was the matter of the kynges Case debated, reasonyd & Argued Consultyng frome day to day & tyme to tyme/ that it was to men learned a goodly heryng/ but in Conclusion it semyd me by the departure of the Auncyent fathers of the lawes/ that they departed ws oon Iugement contrary to thexpectacion of the princypall parties/ I hard the oppynyon of Somme of the most famous persons among that sort report/ that the kynges case was so obscure & doughtfull for any learned man to [f. 40] discus/ the poyntes therin ware so darke to be credyttyd that it was very hard to haue any true vnderstandyng or Intellygence/ And therfore they departed wsout any resolucion or Iugemet/Than in this assemble of bysshoppes it was thought most expedyent that the kyng shold fyrst send ows his commyssioners in to all the vnyuersites of Cristendome/ As well here in Englond as in to fforreyn Contries and regions/ to haue among them his graces case Argued substancyally And to bryng ws them frome thence the very defynycion of ther oppynyoons in the same/ vnder the sealles of euery seuerall vnyuersitie/ thus was ther determynacion for thys tyme/ And thervppon agreed that Commyssioners ware Incontynent appoynted and sent forthe abought this matter in to seuerall vnyuersites/ as some to Oxford Some to Cambryge/ some to lovayn/ Some to Paris/ Some to Orlyaunce/ some to bononye/ And some to Padwaye/ And some to other/ Allthough thes Commyssioners had the traveylle/ yet was the charges the kynges the ws was no small sommes of mony/ And all went ows of the kynges Coffers in to fforrayn Regions/ ffor as I hard it reported of credyble persons (as it semed in dead) that besides the great charges of the Commyssioners ther was in estimable Sommes of mony gevyn to the ffamous Clarkes to choke theme/ and in especyall to suche as hade the gouernaunce & custody of ther vnyuersite sealles/ In so myche as they agreed not oonly in oppynyons but also opteyned of theme the vnyuersites sealles (the ws atteyned) they retourned home agayn furnesshcd for ther purpose at whos retome ther was no small Ioy made of the pryncypall parties/ In so myche as the Commyssioners ware not oonly euer in great estymacion but also most liberally auaunced & rewardyd/ fferre beyond ther worthy desertes/ Notwsstandyng they prospered/ And the matter went still forward/ hauyng than as they thought a sewer foundacion to ground them vppon/ thes procedynges beyng oons declared to my lord Cardynall/ Sent agayn for all the bysshoppes whome he made privye of thexpedicion of the commyssioners and for the very profe therof he shewed theme the oppynyons of the seuerall vnyuersites in writyng vnder ther vnyuersities sealles/ Thes matters beyng thus brought to passe/ they went oons agayn to consultacion/ howe thes matters shold be ordered/ [f. 40s] to the purpose/ Yt was than thought good & concludyd by the Advyse of them all that the kyng shold (to avoyd all ambyguyties) send vnto the pope a legacion ws the Instrumet declaryng the oppynyons of the vnyuersites vnder ther sealles To the ws it was thought good that all thes prelattes in this assemble shold Ioyn ws the kyng in thys legacion makyng intersession & sewse to the pope for advyse & Iugement in this great & waytie matter/ And if the pope wold not dyrectly consent to the same request that than the Ambassitors shold further requyer of hyme a Commyssion to be dirrected vnder leade/ to establysshe a court Iudicyall in England (ac vice tantum) directed to my lord Cardynall & vnto the Cardynall Campagious ws was than bysshope of Bathe/ (Althoughe he ware a straynger) ws the kyng gave hyme at suche tyme as he was the Popes ambassitorie here in Englond/ to here & determyn accordyng to the Iust Iugementes of ther concyence/The ws after long & great sews they oppteyned of the pope his com- mysson/ this don and atchyved they made retorne in to Englond makeng report vnto the kyng of ther expedicion/ trustyng that hys graces pleasure & purpose shold nowe perfectly be brought to passe/ consideryng the estate of the Iuges who ware the Cardynall of Englond & of Campagious beyng bothe hys hignes subiectes in effecte/ <1Long was the>1 desier & greatter was the hoppe/ on all sides expectyng the Commyng of the lagacion & Commyssion frome Rome yet at lengthe yt came/ And after the arryvall of the legat Campasious (ws thys solompne commyssion) in England/ he beyng sore vexed ws the gowste was constrayned by force therof to make a long Iourney or euer he came to london/ who shold haue byn most solompnly receyved at Blak hethe/ And so ws great tryhumphe conveyed to london but his glory was suche/ that he wold in no wyse be entertayned ws any suche pompe or vaynglory/ who suddenly came by water in a wyry to his owen howsse wsout Temple barre called than Bathe place ws was furnysshed for hyme ws all maner of Stuffe & Implemes of my lordes provysion/ where he contynued & lodged duryng his abode here in Englond/ Than after some delyberacion/ his commyssion [f. 41] vnderstandyd, rede, & perceyved/ yt was by the councell determyned that the kyng & the Quene his wyfe shold be lodged at Bridewell/ And that in the blake ffriers a certyn place shold be appoynted where as the kyng & the Quene myght most convenyently repaire to the Court there to be erected & kepte for the disputacion & determynacion of the kynges case/ where as thes ij legattes sat In Iugemet as notable Iuges/ byfore whome the kyng & the Quene ware dewly Cited and Sommoned to appere/ Ws <1was>1 the strayngest & newest sight & devyse that euer was rede or hard in any history or Cronycle in any Region/ That a kyng and a quene/ to be convented and constrayned by processe compellatory to appere in any Court (as comen persons) ws in ther owen Realme or domynyon to abyde the Iugemet & decrees of ther owen subiectes/ havyng the dyadem & preroga- tyfe therof <1Ys it not>1 a world to consider the desier of wylfull prynces whan they fully be bent and Inclyned to fullfyll ther voluptious Appetytes/ Ayenst the ws no reasonable per- swasions wyll suffice/ littill or no thyng wayeng or regardyng the dayngerous sequelles that dothe ensue as well to them selfes as to ther Realme & subiectes/ And Above all thynges ther is no oon thyng that causithe theme to be more wylfull than Carnall desier & voluptious affeccion of folyshe love/ thexperyence is playn in this case bothe manyfest & evydent/ ffor what surmysed Invencions hathe byn Invented/, what lawes hathe byn enacted/, what noble and auncyent monastorys ouerthrowen & defaced/ what dyuersites of religious oppynyons hathe rissyn/ what execucions hathe byn commytted/ howe many famous & notable Clarkes hathe suffered deathe/ what charitable founda- cions ware peruertyd frome the releafe of the poore vnto prophan vsis/ And what alteracions of good and holsome auncyent lawes & custumes hathe byn tossed by wyll & wyllfull desier of the prynce/ almost to the subuercyon and desolacion of this noble Realme/ all men may vnderstand what hathe chaunced to this reegion/ The prove ther of hathe taught all vs Englisshe- men a comen experyence/ the more is the pitie/ & to all good men very lamentable to be considered/ yf eyes be not blynd men may se/ if eares be not stopped they may here/ And if pitie be not inordynat/ [f. 41s] Carnall love/ the plage wherof is not seased (allthoughe this love lasted but a whyle) ws our lord quenche/ And take frome vs his Indygnacion/ Quia peccauimus cum Patribus nostris et Iniuste egimus/ &ce/ <1Ye shall vnderstand/>1 As I sayd before/ that there was a Courte erected in the blake ffriers in london/ where thes ij Cardynalles satt for Iuges/ Nowe wyll I set you owse the maner & order of the Court there/ ffirst there was a Court placed ws tabylles, benches, & barres, lyke a consistory a place Iudicyall for the Iuges to sytt on/ there was also a clothe of estate vnder the ws sate the kyng/ & the Quene sat some distaunce benethe the kyng/ vnder the Iuges feet sat the officers of the Court/ the chefe Scribbe there/ was than Doctor Stephens (ws was after bysshope of wynchester) the apparitor was oon Cooke (most comenly called Cooke of wynchester) Than satt there ws in the seyd Court directly byfore the kyng & Iuges/ the Archebisshope of Caunterbure (Doctor warham) and all the other bysshoppes/ than At bothe thendes ws a barre made for them/ the councelles on bothe sydes/ the doctors for the kyng was Doctor Sampson ws was after bysshope of Chichester/ And Doctor Bell ws after was bysshope of worcetor/ ws dyuers other/ the proctors on the kynges part was doctor Peter/ ws was after made the kynges chefe secretory/ And Doctor Tregonell/ And dyuers other/ Nowe on thother side stode the Councell for the quene/ Doctor ffissher Bisshope of Rochester/ And Doctor Standysshe Some- tyme a gray ffreer and than bysshope of Saynt Assas in wales/ ij notable Clarkes in dyvynytie and in especyall the bysshoppe of Rochester/ a very godly man and a devout person/ who after sufferd deathe at Tower hyll the ws was greatly lamented thoroughe all the forrayn vnyuersites of cristendom/ ther was also an other auncyent doctor called (as I do remember) doctor Rydley a very small person in stature/ but sewerly a great & an excellent Clarke in dyvynytie/ The Court beyng thus ffurnysshed & ordered/ The Iuges commaundyd the Crier to commaund Scylence/ than was the Iuges Commyssion ws they had of the pope publysshed & red opynly byfore all the Audyence there assembled/ that don/ the Crier called the kyng by the name of kyng herre of Englond come in to the Court/ &ce/ ws that the kyng answered & sayd (here my lordes) than he called also the quene/ by the name of katheren quen of Englond come in to the Court/ &ce/ who made no answere to the same/ but rose vppe incontynent [f. 42] ows of hir chayer where as she satt/ And bycause she cowld not come dyrectly to the kyng/ for the distaunce ws seuered theme/ she toke payn to goo abought vnto the kyng knelyng down at his feete/ in the sight of all the Courte & assemble/ To whome she sayd in effect/ in broken Englysshe as folowyth/ <1Syr/>1 qs <1she/ I>1 beseche you for all the loves that hathe byn bytwen vs And for the love of god/ lett me haue Iustice & right/ take of me some pitie & compassion/ for I ame a poore woman and a Straynger borne owse of yos domynyon/ I haue here no assured frendes/ And muche lesse Indifferent Councell/ I flee to you as to the hed of Iustice ws in thys realme/ Alas sir where In haue I offendyd you/ or what occasion of displeasure haue 1 deserued ayenst yos wyll or pleasure/ entendyng (as I perceyve) to put me frome you/ I take god & all the world to wytnes that I haue byn to you a trewe humble and obedyent wyfe/ euer confirmable to yos wyll and pleasure that neuer sayed or dyd any thyng to the contrarye therof/ beyng allwayes well pleased & contented ws all thynges wherin ye had any delight or dalyaunce/ whether it ware in littill or myche/ I neuer grudged in word or countenaunce or shewed a vysage or sparke of discontentacion/ I loved all thos whome ye loved/ oonly for yos sake/ whether I had cause or no/ and whether they ware my ffrendes or my ennemyes/ this xxs yeres I haue byn yos true wyfe (or more) and by me ye haue had dyuers childerne/ Allthoughe it hathe pleased god to call theme ows of this world/ ws hathe byn no default in me/ And whan ye had me at the ffirst (I take god to be my Iuge) I was a true mayed wsows touche of man/ And whether it be true or no I put it to yos concyence/ Yf there be any Iust cause by the lawe that ye can allegge ayenst me other of dishonestie or any other lmpedymet to banysshe & put me frome you/ I ame well content to departe to my great shame & dishonour/ And if there be none/ than here I most lowly beseche you lett me remayn in my former estate And to receyve Iustice at yos pryncely handes/ The kyng yos ffather was in the tyme of his [f. 42s] Reyn of suche estymacion thoroughe the world for his excellent wysdome that he was accompted and called of all men/ the second Salamon/ And my ffather fferdynando kyng of spayn who was estemed to be oon of the wyttiest Prynces that Reygned in Spayn many yeres byfore/ Who ware bothe wyse & excellent kynges in wysdome & ryncely behauour/ yt is not therfore to be doughted but that they elected & gathered as wyse Councellers abought theme as to ther highe discressions was thought mete/ Also as me semyth ther was in thos dayes/ as wyse, as well learned men/ And men of as good Iugemet as be at this present in bothe Realmes/ Who thought than the mariage bytwen you And me good & lawfull/ Therfore it is a wonder to me/ what newe Invencions are nowe Invented ayenst me/ that neuer entendyd but honestie/ And cause me to stand to the order & Iugemet of this newe Court/ wherin ye may do me myche wrong if ye entend any Cruel- tie/ ffor ye may condempne me for lake of sufficyent Answere/ hauyng no Indifferent Councell/ but suche as be assigned me/ ws whos wysdome & learnyng I ame not acquaynted/ ye must Consider that they cannot be Indifferent councellers for my parte/ ws be ycs subiectes & taken ows of yos owen councell byfore wherin they be made pryvye/ And dare not for yos ther to/ ther for I most humbly requyer you in the way of charitie and for the love of god (who is the Iuste Iuge) to spare thextremytye of thys newe Court vntill I may be aduertised what way & order my frendes in Spayn woll advyse me to take/ And if ye wyll not extend to me so myche Indifferent ffauour/ your pleasure than be fullfilled/ And to god I commyt my case/ And evyn ws that she rose vppe makyng lowe curtosye to the kyng/ And so departed frome thence/ Supposed that she wold haue resortyd agayn to hir former place/ but she toke hir direct way ows of the howsse/ leanyng (as she was wont allwayes to do/) vppon the arme of hir Generall receyvour called mr Griffithe/ And the kyng beyng aduertysed of hir departure commaundyd the Crier to call hir agayn/ who called hir by the name of katheren quen of Englond come in to the Court// &ce/ wsthat qs Gryffyth/ madame ye be called agayn/ on on/ qs she/ it [f. 43] makes no matter/ for it is no Indifferent Court for me/ therfore I wyll not tary/ goo on yos wayes/ And thus she departyd ows of that Court ws out any further Answere at that tyme or at any other nor wold neuer appere in any Court after/ <1The kyng perceyveng/>1 that she was departed in suche sort callyng to his graces memory all hir lamentable wordes that she had pronuncyd byfore hyme & all the Audyence/ sayd thus in effect/ <1ffor as myche/>1 qs he/ as the quen is goon I wyll in hir absence/ declare vnto you all my lordes here presently assembled/ She hathe byne to me as true obedyent & as confirmable a wyfe as I cowld in my fantzy wyshe or desier/ She hathe all the vertuouse qualities that owght to be in a woman of hir dignytie or in any other of basser estate/ Sewerly/ she is also a noble woman borne/ if nothyng ware in hir but oonly hir condicyons woll well declare the same/ ws that qs my lord Cardynall sir I most humbly beseche yos highnes to declare me byfore all this Audyence/ whether I haue byn the cheafe Inventor or first mover of this matter vnto yos maiestie/ for I ame greatly sus- pected of all men herein// My lord Cardynall/ qs the kyng/ I can well excuse you herin/ mary indeade ye haue byn rather ayenst me in attemptyng or settyngforthe ther of/ And to put you all ows of dought I wyll declare vnto you thespecyall cause that moved me herevnto/ yt was a certyn Scripulositie that prykked my concyence vppon dyuers wordes that ware spoken at a certyn tyme by the Bysshope of Biean the french e kynges Ambassitor/ who had lyen here long vppon the debatyng for the conclusion of a mariage to be concludyd bytwen the prynces our doughter Marye/ and the yong duke of Orlyaunce the ffrenche kynges second Sonne/ And vppon the resolucyon & deter- rnynacion therof he desired respight to aduertise the kyng his mr therof/ whether our doughter Marie shold be legittimate/ in respect of the mariage ws was somtyme bytwen the Quene here & my brother late prynce Arthure/ thes wordes ware so con- ceyved ws in my scripulous concyence/ that it brede a doughtfull prike ws in my brest ws dought prykked vexed & trobled so my mynd [f. 43s] And so disquyoted me that I was in great dowght of goddes Indignacion (ws as semyd me) appered right well/ myche the rather for that he hathe not sent me any Issue male/ ffor all suche issue males as I haue receyved of the quene died incontynent after they ware borne/ so that I dought the punysshement of god in that behalf/ Thus/ beyng trobled in waves of a scripulos concience/ And partly in dispayer of any Issue male by hir/ it drave me at last to consider thestate of this Realme/ And the daynger it stode in for lake of Issue male/ to succed me in this Emperyall dignyte/ I thought it good therfore in the releafe of the waytie borden of scrypulous concience/ And the quyet estate of this noble Realme/ to attempte the lawe ther in And wether I myght take an other wyfe/ in case that my first copulacion ws this gentilwoman ware not lawfull/ ws I entend not for any carnall concupisence, ne for any displeasure or myslyke of the quens person or age/ ws whome I could be as well content to contynewe duryng my lyfe/ if our mariage may stand ws godes lawes as ws any woman alyve/ in ws poynt consistithe all this dought that we goo nowe abought to trie by the learned wysdome & Iugemetes of you our prelates & pastures of this realme here assembled for that purpose to whos concyence and Iugemet/ I haue commytted the charge accordyng to the ws (god wyllyng) we will be Right well contentyd to submyt our selfe to obbey the same for my part/ wherin after I oons per- ceyved my concyence wondyd ws the doughtfull case herin/ I moved first this matter in confession to you my lord of lyncolne (my gostly father)/ And for as myche as than your self ware in some dought to geve me councell/ moved me to axe ferther councell of all you my lordes/ wherin I moved you first my lord of Caunterbury axyng yos lycence (for as myche as you ware our Metropolytan) to put this matter in question/ And so I dyd of all you my lordes/ to the ws ye haue all graunted by writyng vnder all yos seales/ the ws I haue here to be shewed/ That is truthe yf it please yos highnes (qs the bysshope of Caunterbury) I dought not but all my bretherne here present woll affirme the same/ No sir not I/ qs the bysshoppe of Rochester ye haue not my consent therto/ no hathe/ qs the kyng/ loke here vppon this is not this yos hand & seale/ and shewed hyme the Instrument/ [f. 44] ws Sealles/ No forsothe sir qs the bysshope of Rochester it is not my hand nor seale/ to that qs the kyng to my lord of Canterbury/ Sir howe say ye/ is it not his hand & seale/ yes sir qs he/ that is not so qs the bysshope of Rochester/ for in dead you ware in hand ws me/ to haue bothe my hand & seale/ as other of my lordes hathe all redy don/ but than I sayed to you that I wold neuer consent to no suche acte for it ware myche agaynst my concyence nor my hand & seale shold neuer be seen at any suche Instrument (god wyllyng) ws myche more matter touchyng the same commynycacion bytwen vs/ you say truthe/ qs the bysshope of Canterbury suche wordes ye had vnto me/ but at the last ye ware fully perswadid that I shold for you subscribe yos name and put to a seale my selfe and ye wold allowe the same/ all ws wordes & matter qs the bysshope of Rochester vnder yos correccion my lord & supportacion of this noble audyence/ ther is no thyng more ontrewe// well well/ qs the kyng it shall make no matter we woll not stand ws you in argumet here in for you are but oon man/ And ws that the Court was aiourned vntill the next day of ther Session/ <1The next court day>1 the Cardynalles satte there agayn/ At ws tyme the Councelles on bothe sydes ware there present/ The kynges Councell alledged the mariage not good frome the begynnyng by cause of the Carnall knowlege commytted bytwen prynce Arthure hir first hosbond the kynges brother/ and hir/ thys matter beyng very sore touched & mayntened by the kynges Councell/ and the contrary defendyd by suche as toke vppon them to be on that other part ws the good quene/ And to prove the same carnall copulacion they alleged many colored reasons and symulitudes of trouthe/ it was answared colored reasons and symulitudes of trouthe/ it was answared agayn negatifely on the other side by ws it semed that all ther former allegacions to be very doughtfull to be tried/ so that it was sayd that no man cowld knowe the trowshe/ yes qs the bysshope of Rochester/ Ego nosco veritatem howe knowe ye the trouthe/ qs my lord Cardynall/ for sothe/ qs he/ Ego sum professor veritatis/ I knowe that god is truthe it self nor he neuer spake but truthe/ ws sayd/ Qs deus coniunxit homo non separet/ And for as myche as this mariage/ [f. 44s] was mad and Ioyned by god to a good entent I say that I knowe the trouthe/ the ws cannot be broken or losed by the power of man vppon no on fayned occasyon/ So myche dothe all faythfull men knowe/ qs my lord Cardynall/ as well as you/ yet this reason is not sufficent in this case/ ffor the kynges Councell dothe allege dyuers presumcyons to prove the mariage not good at the begynnyng/ ergo/ say they/ it was not Ioyned by god at the begynnyng & therfore it is not lawfull/ for god ordynyth nor Ioynyth nothyng wsout a Iust order therfore it is not to be doughted but that ther presumcyons must be treu as yt playnly apperys/ And no thyng can be more true/ in case ther allagacions cannot be avoyded/ therfore to say that the matremony was loyned of god/ ye must prove it ferther than by that texte ws ye haue alleged for yos matter/ for ye muste first avoyd ther presumcyons/Than qs oon doctor Rydley/ Yt is a shame & a great dishonor to this honorable persons that any suche pre- sumpcyons shold be alledged in this opyn Court ws be to all good & honest men most detestable to be rehersed/ what qs my lord Cardynall/ Domine Doctor/ Magis reuerenter/ no no my lord/ qs he/ ther belongyth no reuerence to be gevyn to this abhomynable presumcyons ffor an vnreuerent tale wold be onreuerently answered/ And there they left & procedyd no further at that tyme/ <1Thus thys court/>1 passed frome Cession to Session and day to day/ In so myche that a certyn day the kyng sent for my lord at the brekyng vppe oon day of the Court to come to hyme in to Brydwell/ And to accomplysshe his commaundemet he went vnto hyme/ And beyng there ws hyme in commynycacion/ in his graces privye chamber frome xjs vnto xijs of the cloke and past at none/ my lord came owse & departed frome the kyng and toke his barge at the blake ffriers steyers and so went to hys howisse at westminster/ the bysshope of Carelyle beyng ws hyme in his barge sayd vnto hyme wypyng the swett frome his face/ sir qs he it is a very hot day/ yea qs my lord Cardynall/ yf ye had byn as well chaffed as I haue byn wsin this hower/ ye wold say it ware very hott/ And asson as he came home to his howesse at westminster/ he went incontynent to his naked bed where he had not lyen ffully the space of ij howers but that my lord of wyltchere came to speke ws hyme of a messwage frome the kyng/ my lord hauyng vnderstandyng of his commyng caused hyme to be brought [f. 45] vnto his beddes side/ And he beyng there shewed that the kynges pleasure was that he shold incontynent (accompaned ws thother Cardynall) repayer vnto the quene at Bridwell in to hir chamber/ to perswade hir by ther wysdomes Advysyng hir to surrender the hole matter in to the kynges handes by hir owen wyll & consent ws shold be myche better to hyr honor/ than to stand to the triall of the lawe/ and to be condempned ws shold be myche to hir slaunder & de- famacion/ To fullfyll the kynges pleasure/ qs my lord he was redy and wold prepare hyme to goo thether ows of hand/ sayeng further to my lord of wyltshere/ ye and other of my lordes of the Councell ws be nere vnto the kyng/ are not a littill to blame & mysadvysed to put any suche ffantazis in to his hed wherby ye are the causers of great troble to all this realme/ And at lengthe gett you but small thankes owsher of god or of the world/ ws many other vehemet wordes & sentences that was lyke to ensewe of thys matter/ ws wordes caused my lord of wyltshere to water his eyes knelyng all this while bye my lordes beddes syde and in conclusion departed/ And than my lord Roose vppe & made hyme redy takyng his barge And went strayt to bathe place to the other Cardynall And so went to gether vnto Bridwell/ dyrectly to the quenes lodgyng/ And they beyng in hir Chamber of presence/ shewed to the gentilman vssher that they catne to speke ws the quenes grace/ the gentilman vssher Aduertised the quene ther of/ Incontynent ws that she came ows of hir privye Chamber ws a skayn of whight thred abought hir neke in to the chamber of presence/ where the Cardynalles ware gevyng of attendaunce vppon hir Commyng/ At whos commyng/ qs she/ Alake my lordes I ame sory to eause you to attend vppon me/ what is yos pleasure ws me/ if it please you/ qs my lord Cardynall/ to goo in to yos chamber/ we woll shewe you the cause of our Commyng/ my lord/ qs she/ Yf ye haue any thyng to say speke it opynly byfore all thes folkes ffor I feare no thyng that ye can sey or allege ayenst me/ but that I wold all the world shold bothe here & se it/ therfor I pray you speke yos mynd opynly/ Than began my lord to speake/ to hir in latten// Nay good my lord/ qs she/ speke to me in Englysshe I beseche you/ allthoughe I vnderstand latten/ ffor sothe than/ qs my lord/ Madame if it please yos grace we come bothe to [f. 45s] knowe yos mynd howe ye be disposed to do in thys matter bytwen the kyng & you and also to declare secretly our oppynyons & our Councell vnto ws we haue entendyd of very zele/ and obedyence that we beare to yos grace/ My lordes I thanke you than qs she/ of yos good wylles/ but to make answare to yos request/ I cannot so sodenly for I was sett among my maydens at worke thynkyng full littill of any suche matter/ wherin there nedyth a lenger deliberacion and a better hed than myn to make answere to so noble wyse men as ye be/ I had nede of good Councell in this case ws touchethe me so nere/ And for any Councell or frendshype that I can fynd in England are nothyng to my purpose or profette/ thynke you (I pray you my lordes) wyll any Englishe man councell or be frendly vnto me ayenst the kynges pleasure they beyng his subiectes (nay for sothe my lordes)/ And for my councell in whome I do entend to put my trust be not here/ they be in Spayn in my natife Countrie/ Alas my lordes I ame a poore woman lakkyng bothe wytt & vnderstandyng sufficyently to answere suche approved wyse men as ye be bothe in so waytie a matter/ I pray you to extend yos good & indifferent myndes in yos auctorytie/ vnto me for I ame a symple woman destitut & barrayn of frendshype and Councell here in a forreyn Region/ And as for yos Councell I woll not refuse but be glad to here/ And ws that she toke my lord by the hand and led hyme in to hyr privye chamber ws thother Cardynall/ where they ware in long Commynycacion/ we in the other Chamber myght some tyme here the quene speke very lowde but what it was we could not vnderstand/ Ther Commynycacion endyd the Cardynalles departed and went directly to the kyng makyng to hyme relacion of ther talke ws the quene/ And after resortyd home to ther howsses to supper// <1Thus went thys>1 straynge Case forward frome Court day to Court day/ vntill it came to Iugemet/ So that euery man expected the Iugemet to be gevyn vppon the case at the next Court day/ At ws day the kyng came thether and sat ws in a gallery ayenst the doore of the same that loked vnto the Iuges where they satt whome he myght se & here speke/ to here what Iugement they woold geve/ in his sewse/ At ws tyme all ther procedynges ware first opynly red in latten/ And that don the kynges learned Councell [f. 46] At the barre called fast for Iugemet/ ws that qs the Cardynall Campagious I wyll geve no Iugement herin vntill I haue made relacion vnto the Pope of all our procedynges/ whos Councell & commaundemet in thys highe case I wyll obserue/ the case is to hyghe (& notable knowen thoroughe all the world) for vs to geve any hasty Iugemet/ consideryng the highenes of the persons and the doughtfull allegacions/ And also whos Commyssioners we be/ vnder whos auctorytie we sitt here/ yt ware therfore reason that we shold make our cheafe hed a councell in the same byfore we procede in to Iugemet defyny- tyfe/ I come not so ferre to please any man for ffere, mede, or fauour/ be he kyng or any other potentate/ I haue no suche respect to the persons that I woll offend my consience/ I woll not for fauour or displeasure of any highe estat or myghty prynce/ do that thyng that shold be ayenst the lawe of god/ I ame an old man bothe syke & Impotent lokyng dayly for deathe/ what shold it than avaylle me to put my sowlle in the daynger of goddes displeasure to my vtter dampnacion for the fauour of any prynce or hyghe estate in this world/ my commyng & beyng here is oonly to se Iustice mynystred accordyng to my Concyence/ As I thoughte therby the matter other good or bade/ And for as myche as I do vnderstand and hauyng perceueraunce/ by the allegacions And negacions in this matter layed for bothe the parties that the truthe in this Case is very doughtfull to be knowen/ and also that the partye defendaunt woll make no answere ther vnto/ dothe rather Appell frome vs supposyng that we be not Indifferent/ consideryng the kynges highe dignytie And Auctorytie ws in thys his owen realme/ ws he hathe ouer hys owen subiectes And we beyng his subiectes and hauyng our lyvynges & dignytes in the same/ she thynkythe that we cannot mynester true & Indifferent Iustice for feare of his displeasure/ Therfore to avoyd all thes Ambyguytes and obscure doughies I entend not to dampne my sowle for no prynce or potentate alyfe/ I wold therfore (god wyllyng) wade no further in this matter onles I haue the Iust oppynyon & Iugement ws the assent of the Pope/ And suche other of his councell as hathe more experyence And better learnyng in suche doughtfull lawes than I haue/ [f. 46s] Wherfore I woll adiourne this Court for this tyme accordyng to the order of the Court in Rome frome whence this Court & Iurisdiccon is derevyed/ And if we shold goo further than our commyssion dothe warraunt vs it ware folly & vayn And myche to our slaunder & blames and myght be for the same accompted brekers of the orders of the hygher Court frome whence we haue (as I sayd) our orygynall Auctorytes/ ws that the Court was desolued/ And no more plee holden/ ws <1that/>1 stept forthe the Duke of Suffolk frome the kyng And by his commaundemet spake thes wordes ws a stought & hault countenaunce/ Yt was neuer (qs he) mery in Englond whilest we had Cardynalles among vs ws wordes ware setforthe ws suche a vehement Countenaunce that all men marvelled what he entendyd/ to whome no man made Answere/ The Duke agayn spake thos wordes in great dispight/ to the ws wordes my lord Cardynall (perceyvyng his vehemency) soberly made answere And sayd Sir of all men wsin this Realme ye haue lest cause to disprase or be offendyd ws Cardynalles/ ffor if I symple Cardynall had not byn/ ye shold haue had at this present no hed vppon yos sholders wherin ye shold haue a tong to make any suche report in dispight of vs who entendyd you no maner of displeasure nor we haue geven you any occasion ws suche dispight to be revenged ws yos hault wordes/ I wold ye knewe it my lord that I and my brother here entendyd the kyng and his realme as myche honour welthe & quyotnes as ye or any other of what estat or degree so euer he be ws in this realme/ And wold as gladly accomplysshe his lawfull desier As the poorest subiect he hathe// But my lord I pray shewe me/ what wold ye do if ye ware the kynges Commyssioner in a fforrayn Region/ hauyng a waytie matter to treate vppon And the conclusion beyng doughtfull therof wold ye not Aduertise the kynges mas or euer ye went thoroughe ws the same/ yes, yes, my lord I dought not/ Therfor I wold ye shold banysshe yos hastie malice & dispight ows of yos hart/ And consider that we be but com- myssioners for a tyme/ And can ne may not bye vertue of our commyssion procede to Iugemet wsout the knowlege & concent of the chefe hed of our auctoritie/ [f. 47] & havyng his concent to the same ws is the pope/ therfore we do no lesse ne other wyse than our warraunt wyll beare vs/ And if any man wyll be offendyd ws vs therfore he is an vnwyse man/ wherfore my lord hold yos peace/ and pacefie yos self and frame yos tong lyke a man of honour & of wysdome/ And not to speke so quykly or so reprochefully by yos frendes ffor ye knowe best what frendshype ye haue receyved at my handes/ the ws yet I neuer reveled to no person alyve byfore nowe/ nowsher to my glory ne to yos dishonour/ And therws the Duke gave ouer the matter wsout any wordes to replie and so departed and folowed after the kyng ws was goon In to ridwell at the begynnyng of the Dukes first wordes// <1Thys matter contynued>1 long thus/ And my lord Cardynall was in displeasure ws the kyng for that the matter in his sewse toke no better Successe/ the fault wherof was ascribed myche to my lord/ notwsstandyng my lord excused hyme allwayes by his Commyssion ws gave hyme no fferther auctoryte to proced in Iugemet wsout knowlege of the pope/ who reserued the same to hyme self/ At the last they ware aduertised by ther post that the pope wold take delyberacion in respeyght of Iugemet/ vntill his Courtes ware opyned/ wehe shold not be a fore Bartholmewetyd next/ The kyng consideryng the tyme to be very long or the matter shold be determyned thought it good to send an newe ambassett to the pope to perswade hyme to shewe suche honorable favoure vnto his grace that the matter myght be soner endyd than it was lykly to be/ or elles at the next Court in Rome to ruell the matter ouer accordyng to the kynges request/ To this ambassett was appoynted Doctor Stephyns than Secretory that after was made Bysshope of wynchester/ who went thether and there taried vntill the latter end of Sommer/ as ye shall here after/ The kyng commaundyd the Quene to be removed ows of the Court And sent vnto an other place/ and his hyghnes roode in his progresse ws Mr' Anne Boleyn in his company all the grece season/ Yt was so that the Cardynall Campagious made Sewse to be discharged that he [f. 47s] mygh t retourne agayn to Rome/ And yt chaunced that the Secretory ws was the kynges Ambassitor to the Pope was retorned frome Rome/ whervppon it was determyned that the Cardynall Campagious shold resort to the kyng at Grafton in Northamton shere and that my lord Cardynall shold accompanye hyme thether/ where Campagious shold take hys leave of the kyng/ And so they toke ther Ioumey thether ward frome the More and came to Grafton vppon the Sonday in the mornyng/ byfore whos commyng ther rose in the Court dyuers oppynyons that the kyng wold not speke ws my lord Cardynall and ther vppon ware layed many great wagers/ Thes ij prelattes beyng come to the Gattes of the Court where they alyghted frome ther horssys/ Supposyng that they shold haue byn receyved by the hed officers of the howsse (as they ware wont to be) yet for as myche as Cardynall Campagious was- but a straynger in effect/ the seyd Officers receyved them and conveyed hyme to a lodgyng wsin the Court ws was prepared for hyme oonly/ And after my lord had brought hyme thus to his lodgyng/ he left hyme ther & departed supposyng to haue goon directly lyke wyse to his Chamber (as he was accustumed to do) and by the way as he was goyng it was told hyme that he had no lodgyng appoynted for hyme in the Court and beyng ther ws astonyed/ Sir herre Norreys grome of the stole ws the kyng came vnto hyme (but wether it was by the kynges commaunde- met or no I knowe not) and most humbly offered hyme hys Chamber for the tyme vntill an other myght some where be provyded for hyme/ ffor sir I assure you (qs he) here is very littill Rome in this howsse skantly sufficient for the kyng/ therfor I beseche yos grace to accept myn for the season/ whome my lord thanked for his gentill offer/ And went strayt to his chamber/ where as my lord shyfted his ridyng apparell/ And beyng thus in this Chamber/ dyuers noble persons & gentilmen beyng his lovyng ffrendes came to visit hyme and to wellcome hyme to the Court/ by whome my hed was aduertised of all thynges touchyng the kynges displeasure towardes hyme ws dyd hyme no small pleasure/ & caused hyme to be the more redyly provyded of sufficyent excusys for his defence/ Than was my lord aduertysed by Ms Norres that he shold [f. 48] prepare hyme self to geve attendaunce in the Chamber of presence ayenst the kynges comimyng thether/ who was disposed there to talke ws hyme and ws the other Cardynall/ who came to my lordes Chamber and they to gether went in to the seyd Chamber of presence where the lordes of the Councell stode in a Rowe/ in order a long the Chamber/ my lord puttyng of his Cappe to euery of theme most gently/ And so did they no lesse to hyme/ at ws tyme the Chamber was so ffurnysshed ws noble men, gentilmen, and other worthy persons that oonly expected the meatyng & the countenaunce of the kyng & hyme/ & what entertaynmet the kyng rnade hyme/ Than Immedyatly after came the kyng in to the Chamber/ and standyng there vnder the Clothe of estate/ my lord kneled down byfore hyme who toke my lord by the hand (and so he dyd the other Cardynall) than he toke my lord vppe by bothe Armez & caused hyme to stand vppe/ whome the kyng receyved ws as amyable a chere as euer he dyd/ & called hyme a side and led hyme by the hand to a great wyndowe where he talked ws hyme And caused hyme to be Couered/ Than to behold the countenaunce of thos that had made ther wagers to the contrarye/ yt wold haue made you to smyle and thus ware they all dyssayved (as well worthy for ther presumpcyon) the kyng was in long and ernest commynycacion ws hyme In so myche as I hard the kyng say/ howe can that be/ is not this yos owen hand/ and plukked ows frome hys bosome a letter or writyng and shewed hyme the same/ and as I perceyved that it was answerd so by my lord that the kyng had no more to say/ in that matter but sayd to hyme/ my lord goo to yos dynner and all my lordes here wyll kepe you company/ And after dynner wyll resort to you agayn/ and than we woll commen further ws you in this matter/ and so departed/ the kyng dynned that same day ws ms Anne Boleyn in hir chamber (who kept there an estate more lyke a quen than a symple mayd) than was a table sett vppe in the chamber of presence for my lord & other lordes of the Councell where they all dyned together/ and sittyng thus at dynner commenyng of dyuers [f. 48s] matters/ qs my lord/ it ware well don if the kyng wold send his chaplayns and bysshoppes to ther Cures and benyfices/ yea mary qs my lord of Norffolk/ ye say very well/ And so it ware for you to/ I cowld be contentyd therws very well/ qs my lord/ if it ware the kynges pleasure to graunt me lycence ws his fauour to goo to my benefice of Wynchester/ Nay qs my lord of Norffolk/ to yos benefice of yoske where consistithe your greattest honour and charge/Evyn as it shall please the kyng/ qs my lord/ and so fill in to other commynycacion/ ffor the lordes ware very lothe to haue hyme planted so nyghe the kyng as to be at wynchester/ Immedyatly after dynner they fill in secrett talke vntill the wayters had dynned/ And as I hard it reported by them that wayted vppon the kyng at dynner that Ms Anne Bolleyn was myche offendyd ws the kyng/ as ferre as she durst/ that he so gentilly entertayned my lord/ sayeng as she satt ws the kyng at dynner in com- mynycacion of hyme/ Sir/ qs she/ is it not a marvelous thyng to consider what debt & daynger the Cardynall hathe brought you in ws all yos subiectes/ howe so swett hart/ qs the kyng/ ffor sothe/ sir/ qs she/ there is not a man ws in all yos realme worthe.v~l but he hathe endettyd you vnto hyme by hys means (meanyng by a lone that the kyng had but late of hys subiectes) well, well, qs the kyng/ as for that ther is in hyme no blame/ ffor I knowe that matter better than you or any other/ Nay sir/ qs she/ besides all that what thynges hathe he wrought wsin this realme to yos great slaunder & dishonor/ there is neuer an noble man ws in this realme that if he had don but half so myche as he hathe don but he ware well worthy to lease his hed/ Yf my lord of Norffolk/ my lord of Suffolk/ my lord my father/ or any other noble person ws in yos realme had don myche lesse than he but they shold haue lost ther hedes or thys/ whye than I perceyve/ qs the kyng ye are not the Cardynalles frend/ fforsothe sir than/ qs she/ I haue no cause nor any other man that lovythe yos grace/ no more haue yos grace if ye consider well his doynges// at thys tyme the wayters had taken vppe the table And so they endyd ther commynycacion <1Nowe ye>1 may perceyve the old malice begynnyth to breake ows and newely to kyndell the brand that after proved to a great ffier/ ws was as myche procured by his secrett ennemyes (touched some thyng byfore) as of hir self/ After all this com- mynycacion the dynner thus endyd/ the kyng Rose vppe & went Incontynent in to the Chamber of presence where as my lord & other of the lordes ware attendyng his commyng/ to whome he called my lord/ in to the great [f. 49] wyndowe/ and talked ws hyme there a while very secretly/ And at the last the kyng toke my lord by the hand and led hyme in to his privye Chamber syttyng there in Consultacion ws hyme all a lone/ wsout any other of the lordes of the Councell vntill it was nyght/ the ws blanked hys ennemyes very sore/ And made them to stere the Coles beyng in dowght what this matter wold growe onto/ havyng nowe non other refuge to trust to/ but to Ms Anne in whome was all ther hole & firme trust/ and affiaunce/ wsout whome they doughted all ther enterprice but frustrate & voyde/ Nowe/ was I fayn beyng warned that my lord had no lodgyng in the Court/ to ride in to the contrie to provyde for my lord a lodgyng/ So that I provyded a lodgyng for hyme at an howsse of mr Empsons Called Eston iijs myles frome Grafton/ whether my lord came by torche lyght/ it was so late or the kyng & he departyd at whos departyng the kyng commaundyd hyme to resort agayn erley in the mornyng to thentent they myght fynysshe ther talke ws they had than begon & not concludyd/ After ther departyng my lord cam to the seyd howsse at Eston to his lodgyng/ where he had to supper ws hyme dyuers of his ffrendes of the Court/ And syttyng at Supper in came to hyme Doctor Stephyns the Secretory late Ambassiter vnto Rome (but to what entent he came I knowe not) howebeit my lord toke it that he came bothe to dissembell a certyn obedyence & love towardes hyme or elles to espie hys behauor and to here his Commynycacion at Supper/ Not wsstandyng my lord bad hyme wellcome/ And commaundyd hyme to sytt down at the table to supper/ ws whome my lord had thys commynycacion ws hyme vnder thys maner/ Mr Secretory qs my lord ye be welcome home ows of Itally whan came ye frome Rome/ fforsothe/ qs he/ I came home allmost a monethe agoo/ and where/ qs my lord/ hathe ye byn euer sence/ fforsothe/ qs he/ folowyng the Court this progresse/ Than haue ye hunted & had good game/ & pastyme/ fforsothe sir/ qs he/ and so I haue/ I thanke the kynges mathe// what good greyhoundes haue ye qs my lord/ I haue some sir/ qs he/ And thus in huntyng & lyke [f. 49s] disportes passed they all ther commynycacion at Supper/ And after Supper my lord and he talked Secretly together vntill it was mydnyght or they departed/ The next mornyng my lord Rose earely And rode strayt to the Court At whos commyng the kyng was redy to ride wyllyng my lord to resort to the councell ws the lordes in his absence And seyd he cowld not tary ws hyme commaundyng hyme to retorne ws Cardynall Campagious who hade taken hys leave of the kyng/ where vppon my lord was constrayned to take hys leave also of the kyng/ ws whome the kyng departyd amyably in the syght of all men/ the kynges soden departyng in the mornyng was bye the specyall labor of ms Anne/ who rode ws hyme oonly to leade hyme abought bycause he shold not retorne vntill the Cardynalles ware goon the ws departyd after dynner retornyng agayn towardes the more/ the kyng Rode that mornyng to vewe a ground for a newe parke ws is calld at thys day hartwell parke where ms Anne had made provysion for the kynges dynner fearyng his retorne or the Cardynalles ware goon/ Than rode my lord & thother Cardynall after dynner on ther way homward/ And so came to the monastory of Seynt Albons/ wherof he hyme self was Commendatory/ And there lay oon hole day/ And the next day they rode to the More/ And frome thence the Cardynall Campagious toke his Iourney towardes Rome ws the kynges reward (what it was I ame incerteyn)/ Neuerthelesse after his departure the kyng was enformed that he Caried ws hyme greai treasures of my lordes conveyed in great Tonnes notable Sommes of gold & syluer to Rome/ whether they Surmysed my lord wold secretly convey hyme self ows of thys realme// In so myche that a post was sent spedely after the Cardynall to serche hyme/ whome they ouertoke at Calice/ where he was stayed vntill serche was made/ there was not so myche mony found as lie receyved of the kynges reward/ And so he was dismyssed And went his way [f. 50] <1After cardynall/>1 Campagious was thus departed And goon/ Mihelmas terme drewe nere Ayenst the ws my lord retourned vnto hys howsse at Westminster And whan the terme began he went to the hall in suche lyke sort and Iesture As he was wont most comenly to do/ And sat in the Chauncery beyng chaun- celour/ After ws day he neuer sat there more/ the next day he taried at home expectyng the commyng of the ij Dukes of Suffolk & Norffolk ws came not that day/ but the next day they Came vnto hyme to whome they declared/ how the kynges pleasure was that he shold surrender and delyuer vppe the great Seale in to ther handes And to depart symplely vnto Assher an howsse (cytuat nyghe hampton Court) belongyng to the bysshope of wynchester/ my lord vnderstandyng ther messwage demaundyd of them what commyssion they haue to geve hyme any suche commaundemet who answered hyme agayn/ that they ware sufficyent commyssioners in that behalf hauyng the kynges commaundemet by his mouthe so to do/ yet/ qs he/ that is not sufficyent for me/ wsout a ferther commaundemet of the kynges pleasure/ for the great seale of Englond was delyuerd me by the kynges owen person to enioy dewryng my lyfe ws the mynys- tracion of the office & highe Roome of Chauncellershype of England ffor my sewertie wherof/ I haue the kynges letters patentes to shewe/ ws matter was greatly debated bytwen the Dukes & hyme/ ws many stows wordes bytwen them/ whos wordes & chekkes he toke in pacience for the tyme/ In so myche that the Dukes ware fayn to departe agayn wsout ther purpose at that present And retorned agayn vnto wyndesore to the kyng/ And what report they made I cannot tell howbeit the next day they came agayn frome the kyng bryngyng ws theme the kynges letters/ After the receypte & redyng of the same/ by my lord ws was don ws myche reuerence/ he delyuerd vnto them the great Sealle/ contentyd to obey the kynges highe commaundemet/ And seyng that the kynges pleasure was to take hys howsse ws the contentes/ was well pleased sympley to depart to Assher takyng no thyng but only some provysion for his howsse/ And after long talke bytwen the Dukes & hyme/ they departed ws the great Seale/ of Englond to wyndesore vnto the kyng/ [f. 50s] Than went my lord and Called all officers in euery office in his howsse byfore hyme to take accompte of all suche stuffe as they had in charge/ And in his Gallery there was sett dyuers tables where vppon a great nomber of Riche stuffe of sylke in hole peces of all Colours/ as veluett/ Satten/ Damaske/ Caffa/ Taffata/ Grograyn/ Sarcenet/ And of other not in my remem- braunce/ Also there lay a Ms peces of fynne holand Clothe/ wherof as I hard hyme say after ward ther was Vcth peces therof conveyed bothe frome the kyng & hyme/ ffurthermore ther was also the walles of the gallery hanged ws clothes of gold & tissue of dyuers makynges and clothe of syluer in lykewyse/ on bothe the sydes and riche clothes of Baudkyn of dyuers Colours/ ther hong also the richest Sewtes of Coopes of his owen provysion ws he caused to be made for his Colleges of Oxford & Ipsews/ that euer I sawe in Englond/ Than had he in ij Chambers adioyn- yng to the Gallery/ thoon called the gylt Chamber/ and thother called most Comenly the Councell chamber/ wherin ware sett in eche ij brode & long tables vppon trestelles where vppon was sett suche a nomber of plate of all sortes/ as ware all most Incredyble/ In the gylt Chamber was sett ows vppon the tables nothyng but all gylt plate/ And vppon a Cupbord standyng vnder a wyndowe/ was garnysshed all holy ws plate of cleane gold wherof Somme was sett ws peerle & riche stones/ And in the Councell chamber was sett all wyght plate & parcell gylt/ And vnder the tables in bothe the Chambers ware sett baskettes ws old plate ws was not estemed but for broken plate & old not worthy to be occupied/ And bokes conteynyng the valewe & wayte of euery parcell layed by them/ redy to be sen/ And so was also bokes sett by all maner of Stuffe conteynyng the contentes of euery thynge/ Thus euery thyng beyng brought in good order & furnysshed he gave the charge of the delyuere therof (vnto the kyng) to euery officer ws in his office/ of suche stuffe as they had byfore in charge/ by Indenture/ of euery parcell/ ffor the order of his howsse was suche as that euery Officer was charged by Indenture ws all suche parcelles as belonged to ther office [f. 51] <1Than all thyng/>1 beyng ordered as it is byfore rehersed my lord prepared hyme to depart by water/ And byfore his departyng he commaundyd sir ws Gascoyn his treasorer to se thos thynges byfore remembred delyuerd savely to the kyng at his repayer/ that don the seyd sir willam seyd vnto my lord/ Sir I ame sory for yos grace/ for I vnderstand ye shall goo strayt way to the tower// Ys this the good Comfort and councell qs my lord/ that ye can geve yos ms in aduersitie/ yt hathe byn allwayes yos naturall Inclynacion to be very light of Credytt and myche more lighter in reportyng of falce newes/ I wold ye shold knowe sir ws and all other suche blasfemers that it is no thyng more falce than that/ ffor I neuer (thankes bs to god) deserued by no wayes to come there/ vnder any arrest/ allthoughe it hathe pleased the kyng to take my howse redy furnysshed for his pleasure at this tyme/ I wold all the world knewc and so I confesse to haue no thyng other riches, honour, or dignyty that hathe not growen of hyme & by hyme therfore it is my very dewtie to surrender the same to hyme agayn as his very owen ws all my hart/ or elles 1 ware an onkynd seruaunt/ therfore goo yos wayes & geve good attendaunce vnto your charge that no thyng be embeselled/ And therwsall he made hyme redy to departe ws all his gentilmen & yomen ws was no small nombre/ And toke his barge at his privye stayers And so went by water vnto Putney where all his horsys wayted his Commyng/ And at the takyng of his barge ther was no lesse than a Ms bottes full of men & women of the Citie of london waffetyng vppe & down in temmes expectyng my lordes departyng/ supposyng that he shold haue goon directly frome thence to the tower/ where at they reioysed/ And I dare be bold to sey that the most part neuer receyved dammage at his handes// <10 waueryng/>1 and newfangled multitude ys it not a wonder to consider the inconstant mutabilitie/ of thys oncertyn world/ the comen peple allwayes desireng alteracions & newel- ties of thynges for the strayngenes of the case/ [f. 51s] ws after tournyth them to small profett & commodytie/ ffor if the sequell of this matter be well considered & digested ye shall vnderstand that they had small cause to tryhumphe at his fall/ what hathe succedyd all wyse men dothe knowe/ And the Comen sort of them hathe felt/ Therfore to grudge or wonder at it/ suerly ware but folly/ To study a redresse/ I se not howe it can be holpen/ ffor the Inclynacion and the naturall disposicion of Englisshe- men/ is & hathe allways ben to desier alteracion of officers ws hathe byn thorougly fed ws long contynuaunce in ther romes/ wt sufficyent riches & possessions/ And they beyng putt owt/ than commythe an other hongery and a leane officer in his pla ce that byttythe nerer the bone than the old/ So the pepill be euer pild & pold ws hongery dogges/ thoroughe ther owen desier of chaynge of newe officers/ nature hathe so wrought in the people that it woll not be redressed/ wherfore I cannot se but allways men in auctorytie be disdayned ws the comen sort of men/ And suche most of all/ that Iustly mynestrethe equytie to all men Indifferently/ ffor where they please some oon ws receyveth the benefit of the lawe at his handes accordyng to Iustice/ there dothe they In lykewyse displease the contrary partie who supposith to sustayn great wrong/ where they haue equyte & right/Thus all good Iusticers be allwayes in contempte ws some/ for executyng of Indifferentcye/ and yet suche mynysters must be/ ffor if there shold be no mynysters of Iustice/ the world shold rone full of error and Abhomynacion and no good order kept ne quyotnes among the people/ there is no good man but he wyll commend suche Iusticers as dealyth vpp rightly in ther romes and reioyse at ther contynuaunce & not at ther fall/ And whether this be true or no/ I put rne to the Iugemet of all discret persons// nowe lett vs leave & begyn agayn where we left// <1Whan he was/>1 ws all his trayn arryved & londed at Putnethe he toke his mewle and euery man his horsse/ And settyng forthe not past the lengthe of a payer of Garden buttes he aspied a man come ridyng empost down the hyll in Putnethe town/ de- maundyng of his ffootmen who they thought it shold be/ And they answered agayn and sayd/ that they supposed it shold be sir herre Norres/ [f. 52] And by & by he came to my lord & salutyd hyme and sayd that the kynges mas had hyme com- mendyd to his grace/ and willyd hyme in any wyse to be of good chere/ for he was as myche in his highenes fauor as euer he was/ And so shalbe/ and in tokyn therof/ he delyuerd hyme a ryng of gold ws a riche stone ws ryng he knewe very well for it was allwayes the prevye tokyn bytwen the kyng & hyme whan so euer the kyng wold haue any specyall matter dispatched At his handes/ And seyd ferthermore that the kyng commaundyd hyme to be of good chere & take no thought for he shold not lake/ And allthoughe the kyng hathe delt ws you onkyndly as ye supposse/ he saythe that it is for no displeasure that he beryth you/ but oonly to sattysfie more the myndes of some (ws he knowyth be not yo' frendes)/ than for any indygnacion/ And also ye knowe right well that he is able to recompence you ws twyse as myche as yos goodes amountithe vnto/ and all this he bad me that I shold shewe you/ therfore sir take pacience/ And for my part I trust to se you in better estate than euer ye ware/ But whan he hard ms Norres reherce all the good & comfortable wordes of the kyng/ he quykly lyghted frome hys mewle/ all alone as thoughe he had byn the yongest person among vs/ And in contynent kneled down in the dyrte/ vppon bothe his knes holdyng vppe his handes for Ioye/ Mr Norres perceyvyng hyme so quykly frome his mewle vppon the ground mused & was astoned therwt and therwt he allyghted also and kneled by hyme en- bracyng hyme in his armez & axed hyme howe he dyd callyng vppon hyme to Credyt his messwage/ Ms Norres/ qs he/ whan I consider yoscomfortable & Ioyfull newes I can do no lesse than to reioyse/ ffor the sodden Ioy surmounted my memory haueng no respect nowther to the place or tyme/ but thought it my very bounden dewtie to render thankes to god my maker and to the kyng my souerayn lord & mr/ who hathe sent me suche comfort/ in the very place where I receyved the same/ and talkyng ws mr Norres vppon his knees in the myer/ he wold haue pulled of his vnder Cappe of veluett but he cowld not [f. 52s] vndo the knott vnder his chyne/ wherfore ws violence/ he rent the laces & pulled it frome his hed and so kneled barehedyd/ And that don he couered agayn his hed and aroose & wold haue mounted his mewle but he cowld not mount agayn ws suche agilitie as he lighted byfore where his footmen had as myche a 5 do to sett hyme in his saddell as they could haue/ Than roode he forthe vppe the hill in the town talkyng ws ms Norres/ And whane he came vppon Putnethe hethe/ Ms Norres toke hys Ieave & wold haue departed/ than/ qs my lord/ vnto hyme/ Gentill Norres if I ware lord of a realme thoon half therof ware 10 insufficient a reward to geve you for yospaynnes and good comfortable newes/ But good Ms Norres consider ws me that I haue no thyng left me but my clothes on my baccke/ therfore I desier you to take this anall reward of my handes (the ws was a littyll chayn of gold made lyke a bottell chayn) ws a crosse of 15 gold hangyng there at/ wherin was a pece of the holy crosse (ws he ware contynually abought hys necke next his skyn) And sayd further more/ I assure you ms Norres/ that whan I was in prosperytye/ allthoughe it seme but small in valewe/ yet I wold not gladly haue departid ws it for the valewe of a Mi ii/ Therfore 20 I beseche you take it in gree and where it abought yosnecke for my sake/ And as often as ye shall happen to loke vppon it/ haue me in remembraunce vnto the kynges matie as opportunytie shall serue you/ vnto whos highnes and Clemencye I desyer you to haue me most lowely commendyd/ ffor whos Charitable 25 disposicion towardes me I can do no thyng but oonly mynyster my prayer vnto god for the preseruacion of his Royall estate long to reygn in honour helthe & quyot lyfe/ I ame hys obedyent, subiect, vassayle, & poore chapleyn And so do entend (god willyng) to be/ duryng my lyfe/ Accomptyng that of my selfe I ame of no estymacion nor of no substaunce but oonly by hyme & of hyme/ whome I love better than my self/ and hathe Iustly & truly serued to the best of my grosse wytt/ And ws that he toke ms Norres by the hand and bad hyme farewell/ And beyng not goon but a small distaunce/ he retourned & called ms Norres agayn/ And whan he was retorned (he sayd vnto hyme) I ame sory qs he/ that I haue no condygn token to send to the kyng/ but if ye wold at this my request present the kyng ws this poore foole/ I trust hys hyghnes wold accept [f. 53] hyme well/ suerly for a noble mans pleasure he is worthe a Ms ii/ so Ms Norres toke the ffoole ws hyme/ ws whome my lord was fayn to send vj of tall yomen ws hyme to conduct & convey the foole to the Court/ ffor the poore foole toke on & fired so in suche a rage whan he sawe that he must nedes departe frome my lord/ yet notwtstandyng they conveyed hyme ws ms Norres to the Court where the kyng receyved hyme most gladly/// <1After the departure/>1 of Ms Norres ws hys token to the kyng my lord Roode strayt to Assher an howsse appurteynyng vnto the bysshopriche of wynchester/ Cituat ws in the Countie of Surrey not ferre frome hampton Court/ where my lord and his ffamely contynued the space of iijre or iiijs wekes wtout beddes/ shetes table clothes/ Cuppes/ and disshes to eate our meate/ or to lye in/ howbeit there was good provision of all kynd of victualles and of drynk bothe bere & wyn wherof ther was sufficient & plentie// My lord was of necessite compelled to borowe of the bysshope of Carlylle and of sir Thomas Arundell bothe disshes to eate hys meate in And plate to drynke in and also lynnyn clothes/ to occupie/ And thus contynued he in thys straynge estate vntill the feast of alhaloutyd was past/ <1Yt>1 <1chaunced>1 me vppon alhalou day in the mornyng to come there in to the great chamber to geve myn attendaunce where I found mister Cromwell leanyng in the great wyndowe ws a prymer in his hand sayeng of our lady mattens (ws had byn synce a very straynge syght) he prayed not more earnestly/ than the teares distilled frome his eyes/ whome I bad god morowe/ And ws that I perceyved the teares vppon his chekes/ to whome I seyd/ wye ms Cromwell what meanyth all this yossorowe// ys my lord in any daynger for whome ye lament thus/ or is it for any losse that ye haue susteyned by any mysadventure/ Nay, nay/ qs he/ it is my onhappie Adventure/ ws a all that I haue travelled for all the dayes of my lyfe for to lossoe my mayster trwe & [f. 53v] dyligent seruyce/ why sir/ qs I/ 5 I trust ye be to wyse to commyt any thyng by my lordes com- maundemet other wyse than ye owght to do of right wherof ye haue any cause to dought/ of losse of yosgoodes/ well, well, qd he/ I cannot tell but all thynges (I se byfore myn eyes) is as it is taken/ And thys I vnderstand right well/ that I ame in disdayn 10 wt most men/ for my ms sake and suerly wtout Iust cause/ how- beit an yll name oons gotten wyll not lightly be put a way/ I neuer had any promocyon by my lord to thencrease of my lyvyng/ And thus myche wyll I say to you/ that I do entend (god wyllyng) this after none whan my lord hathe dyned to ride to i5 london and so to the Court/ where I wyll other make or marre or I come agayn/ I wyll put my self in the prese to se what any man is Able to lay to my charge of ontrouthe or mysdemeanor/ Mary sir/ qs I/ In so doyng/ in my conceyt ye shall do very well & wysely (besechyng god to be yosgwyde & send you good luke) evyn as I wold my self and ws that I was called in to the Closett to se & prepare all thyng redy for my lord/ who entendyd that day to sey masse there hymeself And so I dyd/ And than my lord came thether ws his Chapleyn/ oon doctor Marshall sayeng first his mattens & herd ij masses on his knees/ And than after he was confessed he hyme self seyd masse/ And whan he had ffynesshed masse & all his dyvyn seruyce/ retorned in to his chamber/ where he dynned among dyuers of his doctors where as ms Cromwell dynned also/ And sittyng at dynner it chaunced that my lord commendyd the true & faythfull seruyce of his gentilmen & 30 yomen wher vppon ms Cromwell toke an occasion to say to my lord that in concyence he owght to consider ther treuthe & loyall seruyce/ that they dide hyme in this his present necessitie ws neuer forsakyth hyme in all his troble/ yt shall be well don therfore sayd he/ for yos grace to caulle theme byfore you/ all thes yosmost worthy gentilmen & right honest yomen/ And lett them vnderstand that ye right well consider ther pacience, treuthe & faythfulness/ and than geve them yoscommendacion ws good wordes & thankes ws shalbe to them great [f. 54] corage to sustayn yosmyshape in pacient mysery And to spend ther lyfe And substaunce in yosseruyce/ Alas Thomas/ qs my lord/ vnto hyme ye knowe I haue no thyng to geve theme/ And wordes wtout deades be not often well taken ffor if I had as I haue had of late/ I wold depart ws them so ffrankly As they shold be well content but no thyng hathe no savour And I ame a shamed and also sory that I ame not able to requyte ther faythfull seruyce/ And allthoughe I haue cause to reioyse con- syderyng the ffidelite that I perceyve in the nomber of my seruauntes who wyll not departe frome me in my nayserable estate but be as dyligent, obedyent And seruysable abought me as they ware in my great tryhumphant glorye yet do I lament agayn ihe want of substaunce/ to distribut among them/ why sir qs ms Cromwell/ haue ye not here a nomber of chapleyns to whome ye haue departed very liberally ws sperytuall promo- cions/ In so myche as Somme may dispend by yosgraces prefer- ment A Mi markes by the yere And Some.vcth markes And some more and some lesse/ ye haue no oon chapleyn ws in all yoshowsse or belongyng vnto you but he may dispend at the least well by yosprocuremet or preferment/ iij c markes/ yerely who had all the profettes and avuntages at yoshandes And thes yosseruauntes non at all And yet hathe yospoor seruauntes taken myche more payn for you in oon day than all yosIdell chapleyns hathe don in a yere/ therfore if they woll not freely and frankeley consider yosliberalitie/ And depart ws you of the same goodes gotten in yosseruyce/ nowe in yosgreat Indygence & necessitie/ it is pitie that they lyve/ And all the world woll haue them in Indignacion & hatred for ther abhomynable Ingratytude to ther ms & lord/ I thynke no lesse/ Thomas/ qs my lord/ wherfore cause all my seruauntes to be callyd & to assemble wtout in my great chamber After dynner and se them stand in order/ And I wyll declare vnto them my mynd accordyng to yoos advise/ After that the bordes end was taken vppe Ms Cromewell came to me & sayd/ hard ye not what my lord sayd evyn [f. 54s] nowe/ yes sir/ qs I/ that I dyd/ well than/ qs he/ assemble all my lordes seruauntes vppe in to the great chamber/ And so I did and whan they ware all there assembled I assigned all the gentilmen to stand on the right side of the chamber/ And the yomen on the lyft side/ And at the last my lord came thether 10 apparelled in a whyht rochett vppon a violctt gown of clothe lyke a bysshope who went strayt in to the great wyndowe/ <1Standyng there/>1 a while and his chapleyns abought hyme beholdyng the nomber of his seruauntes devydyd in ij partes cowld not speke vnto them for tendernes of his hart the floodde of teares that distilled frome his eyes declared no lesse/ the ws perceyved by his seruauntes caused the fountayns of wateer to Gushe owt of ther faythefull hartes down ther chekes in suche aboundaunce/ as it wold causea Cruell hart to lament/ at the last after he had torned his face to the wall & wyped his eyes ws his 20 hand kercheffe he spake to them after this sort in effect/// Most/ faythfull gentilmen/ and trewe hartyd yomen/ I do not oonly lament yos personal presence abought me/ but I do lamcnt my necligent Ingratitude towardes you all/ on my behalf/ In whome hathe byn a great default that in my prosperytie hathe not don for you/ as I myght haue don other in word or deade ws was than in my power to do/ But than I knewe not my Ioyelles & specyall treasures that I had of you (my faythfull seruauntes) in my howsse but nowe approved experience/ hathe taught me/ and ws the eyes of my discression (ws byfore ware hyd) do perceyve full well the same/ there was neuer thyng that repen- tythe me more that euer I dyd than dothe the remembraunce of my oblyvyous necligence & ongentilnes that I haue not promoted or preferred you to condygn Romes & prefer- mentes accordyng to yosdemerites/ howebeit it is not onknowen vnto you all that I was not so well furnysshed of temperall avauncemetes as I was of sperytuall prefermentes/ And if I shold haue promoted you to any of the kynges offices & Romes/ than shold I haue encurred the Indignacion of the kynges seruauntes/ who wold not [f. 55] myche lett to report in euery place behynd my bake that there cowld no office or rome of the kynges gyft eskape the Cardynall & his seruauntes/ And thus shold I incurre the obloquye & slaunder byfore all the hole world/ But nowe it is come to this passe that it hathe pleased the kyng to take all that euer I haue in to his possession/ So that I haue no thyng laft me but my bare clothes vppon my bake the ws be but symple in comparyson to thos that ye haue seen me haue or this/ howebet if they may do you any good or pleasure/ I wold not stykke to devyde them among you/ yea/ and the skyne of my bake if it myght countervaylle any thyng in valewe among you/ but good gentilmen & yomen my trusty & faythefull seruauntes/ of whome no prynce hathe the lyke/ in my oppynyon/ I most hartely requyer you to take ws me some pacience a littill whyle/ ffor I dought not but that the kyng consideryng the offence suggested ayenst me by my mortall ennemyes to be of small effect woll shortly I dought not restore me agayn to my lyvynges so ihat I shall be more able to devyd some part therof yerely among you/ wherof ye shalbe well assured/ ffor the surplusage of my revenues what so euer shall remayn at the determynacion of my accomptes/ shalbe (god wyllyng) distributed among you/ ffor I woll neuer hereafter esteme the goodes & riches of this oncertyn world but as a vayn thyng/ more than shalbe sufficient for the mayntenaunce of myn estate & dignytie that god hathe or shall call me vnto in this world duryng my lyfe/ And if the kyng do not thus shortly restore me/ than woll I se you bestowed accordyng to yosowen requestes/ and wright for you owther to the kyng or to any other noble person ws in this Realme to reteyn you in to seruyce/ for I dought not but that the kyng or any noble man or worthy gentilman of this Realme woll credytt my letter in yos commendacion/ Therfore in the meane tyme/ myn advyse is that ye repayer home to yoswyfes (suche as hathe any) And suche among you as hathe none to take thys tyme to visett yosparentes and frendes in the Contrie/ Ther is none of 5 you all but oons in a yere wold requyer licence/ [f. 55v] to visit yos wyfes & other of yosfrendes/ take this tyme (I pray you) in respect therof/ And at yosretourne I wyll not refuse you if I shold begge ws you/ I consider that the seruyce of my howsse hathe byn suche and of suche a sort that ye be not meate or apte to serue no man vnder the degree of a kyng/ Therfore I wold whishe you to serue no man but the kyng/ who I ame suer wyll not reiect you/ Therfore I desier you to take yospleasures for a monyth and than ye may come agayn vnto me/ And I trust by that tyme the kyng mas wyll extend hys clemency vppon me/ 15 Sir qs ms Cromwell/ there is dyuers of thes your yomen that wold be glad to se ther ffrendes but they lake mony/ therfore bere is dyuers of yosChaplens/ who hathe receyved at yor handes great benefices & highe dignytes/ lett them therfore nowe shewe them selfes vnto you as they are bound by all humanytie to do/ I thynke ther honestie & charite ys not so slender and voyed of grace that they wold not se you like where they may helpe to refresshe you/ And for my part Allthoughe I haue not receyved of yosgraces gyft any oon penny towardes thencrese of rny yerely lyvyng yet wyll I departe ws you this towardes the dispetche of yosseruauntes (And delyuerd hyme vs in gold) And nowe lett vs se what yoschapleyns wyll do/ I thynke they wyll departe ws you myche more than I haue don/ who be more able to geve you a pound than I oon penny/ Goo to maysters qd he to the Chapleyns/ In so myche as some gave hyme/ xs/ Some xs marc/ Some Cs/ And so some more and Some lesse as at that tyme ther powers did extend/ wherby my lord Receyved among theme as myche mony of ther liberalitie as he gave to eche of his yomen a quarters wages & bord wages for a monyth/ And they departed down in to the hall/ where some determyned to goo to ther frendes/ And some sayd that they wold not departe frome my lord vntill they myght se hyme in better estate/ My lord retorned in to his chamber lamentyng the departure frome his seruauntes makyng his mone vnto ms Cromwell who comforted hyme the best he cowld/ And desired my lord to geve hyme leave to goo to london where he wold other make or marre or he came agayn (ws was allwayes his comen sayeng) than after long Commynycacion ws my lord in secret he departed [f. 56] and toke his horsse and Rode to london at whos departyng I was bye/ whome he bade farewell/ And sayd/ ye shall here shortly of me And if I spede well I wyll not fayle to be here agayn ws in thes ij dayes/ And so I toke my leave of hyme/ And he rode forthe on his Iourney/ Sir Rafe Sadler (nowe knyght) was than his Clarke/ and rode ws hyme// <1After that my lord>1 had Supped that nyght (beyng allhalou day at nyght) And all men goon to bed/ yt chaunced so abought mydnyght/ that oon of the Porters came vnto my chamber doore And there knokked/ And wakyng of me perceyved who it was/ Axed hyme what he wold haue/ that tyme of the nyght/ sir qd the porter/ there is a great nomber of horsse men at the gate that wold come In/ sayeng to me that it is sir Iohn Russhell/ And so it apperys to me by his voyce/ what is yospleasure that I shall doo/ Mary qs I/ goo down agayn And make a great fier in yoslodge ayenst I come to drye them/ for it rayned all that nyght the sorest that it dyd all that yere byfore/ than I Roose and put on my nyght gown/ And came to the gattes And asked who was there/ ws that ms Russell spake whome I knewe by his voyce/ And than I caused the porters to opyn the gattes and lett them all In/ who ware wette to the skyn desyryng ms Russell to goo in to the loge to the fier/ And he shewed me that he wase come frome the kyng/ vnto my lord in messwage ws whome he requyred me to speke/ Sir/ qs I/ I trust yosnewes be good/ yea I promyse you on my fidelitie/ qs he/ And so I pray you showe hyme/ I haue brought hyme suche newes that wyll please hyme right well/ Than will I goo qs I/ and wake hyme/ And cause hyme to rise/ I went Incontynent to my lordes chamber doore/ and waked my lord who asked me what I wold haue/Sir sayd I/ to shewe you that sir Iohn Russell is come frome the kyng who is desirous to speke ws you/ And than he called vppe oon of his 5 gromes to lett me In/ And beyng ws in/ I told hyme what a Iourney Ms Russell had that nyght/ I pray god/ qs he/ all be for the best/ [f. 56v] yes sir qs I/ he shewed me/ And so bad me tell you that he had brought you suche newes as ye woll greatly reioyse there at/ well than/ qs he/ god be praysed and wellcome 10 be his grace/ goo ye and fetche hyme vnto me/ And be that tyme I woll be redy to talke ws hyme/ than I retorned frome hyme to the logge/ And brought ms Russhell frome thence to my lord/ who had cast on his nyght gown And whan ms Russell was come in to his presence/ he most humbly Reuerencyd hyme vppon his knee/ whome my lord bowed down and toke hyme vppe and bad hyme welcome/ Sir qs he the kyng commendyth hyme vnto you/ And delyuerd hyme a great Ryng of gold ws a Turkkas for a tokyn/ And willyd you to be of good chere/ who lovythe you as well as euer he dide/ and is not a littill disquyoted for yor troble/ whos mynd is full of yos remembraunce/ In so myche as his grace byfore he satt to Supper called me vnto hyme/ And commaundyd me to take this Iourney secretly to visit you to yor comfort the best of my power/ And sir if it please yosgrace I haue hade this nyght the sorest Iourney for so littill a way tha euer I had to my remembraunce/ My lord thanked hym paynnes and good newes/ And demaundyd of hyme if he had Supped/ And he seyd nay/ well than qs my lord to me/ Cause the Cookes to provyd some mete for hyme/ And cause a chamber ws a good ffier to be mad redy for hyme that he may take hys rest a while vppon a bed/ all ws commaundemet I fulfylled/ And in the mean tyme my lord & ms Russell ware in very secrett commynycacion/ And in fynne/ Ms Russell went to his chamber takyng his leave of my lord for all nyght/ And sayd he wold not tary but a while for he wold (god wyllyng) be at the Court at Grenews agayn byfore day/ ffor he wold not for any thyng that it ware knowen his beyng ws my lord that night/ And so beyng in his chamber havyng a small repast/ Rested hyme a while vppon a bedd whillest his seruauntes Supped & dried them selfes by the ffier/ [f. 57] And than incontynent he roode a waye ws spede to the Court/ And shortly after hys beyng there/ my lord was restored agayn vnto plenty of howsshold stuff, vessell and plate/ And of ill thynges necessary some part so that he was indifferently ffurnysshed muche better than he was of latte/ And yet not so aboundauntly as the kynges pleasure was/ the default wherof was in the officers & in suche as had the ouer sight of the delyuere therof/ And yet my lord reioysed in that littill in comparison to that he had byfore/// <1Nowe lett>1 vs <1retourne agayn>1 to ms Cromwell to se howe he hathe sped sence his departure last frome my lord/ <1The case>1 stode so that ther shold begyn shortly after Allhaloutyd the parlyament/ And beyng ws in london devised ws hyme self/ to be oon of the Burgious of the parliament/ And chaunced to mete wt oon sir Thomas Russhe knyght (a specyall frend of his) whos Sonne was appoynted to be oon of the Burgious of that parlia ment/ of whome he opteyned his rome/ And by that means put his foote in to the parliament howsse/ Than ws in ij or iijs dayes after his entre in to the parliamet/ he came vnto my lord to Assher/ ws a myche pleasaunter Countenaunce/ than he had at his departure/ And meatyng ws me byfore he came to my lord sayd vnto me/ that he had oons adventured to put in his foote where he trusted shortly to be better regardyd or ill ware don/ And whan he was come to my lord they talked to gether in secrett maner And that don he roode owt of hand agayn that nyght to london/ because he wold not be absent frome the parliament the next mornyng/ There cowld no thyng be spoken ageynst my lord in the parliament howsse but he wold answer it incontynent or elles take day vntill the next day/ ayenst ws tyme he wold resorte to my lord to knowe what Answere he shold make in his behalf/ In so myche that there was no matter allegd ayenst my lord but that he was euer redy furnysshed ws an sufficient Answere/ So that at lengthe for his honest behauour in his ms case he grewe in to suche estymacion in euery mans oppynyon that he was estymed to be the [f. 57s] most faythe- fullest seruaunt to his ms of all other/ wherin he was of all men greatly cummendyd/Than was there brought a byll of Articles in to the parliament howsse to haue my lord condempned of treason/ Ayenst ws byll ms Cromwell enveyed so discretly, wt suche wytty perswacions & depe reasons that the same byll cowld take there no effect/ than ware hys ennernyes compelled to endyght hyme in a Premunire/ And all was don oonly to the entent to entitill the kyng to all his goodes & possessions the ws he had gathered together and purchased for his Collrges in Oxford & Ipsews/ And for the mayntenaunce of the same (ws was than abyldyng in most Somptious wyse) wherin whan he was demaundyd by the Iugges (ws ware sent hyme purposly to examyn hyme what answere he wold make to the same) he seyd/ The kynges highnes knowyth right well wether I haue offendyd hys mas & his lawes or no/ in vsyng of my prerogatife legantyn for the ws ye haue me endighted/ Notwtstandyng I haue the kynges lycence in my Coffers vnder his hand & broode seale/ for excersisyng and vsyng the auctorytie therof in the largest wyse wtin his highenes domynyons/ the ws remaynyth nowe in the handes of my Ennemyes/ therfor bycause I woll not stand in question or triall ws the kyng in his owen case/ I ame content here of myn owen ffranke wyll & mynd in yospresence to confesse the offence in the indyghtment/ And put me holly in the mercy & grace/ of the kyng/ hauyng no doughtes in his godly disposicion & charitable concience/ whome I knowe hathe an highe discression to concyder the trouthe and my humble submyssion & obedyence/ And allthoughe I myght Iustly stand in the tryall ws hyme ther in/ yet I ame content to submyt my self to his clementsye/ And thus myche ye may say to hyme in my behalf/ that I ame Intierly his obedyencer/ and do entend (god wyllyng) to obey & fulfyll all his pryncely pleasure in euery thyng that he will commaund me to do/ whos wyll & pleasure I neuer yet disobeyed or repugned/ but was allwayes contentyd & glade to accomplysshe his desier & commaundement (byfore god) whome I owght most rathest to haue obeyed/ the ws necligence nowe greatly repentithe me/ Notwtstandyng [f. 58] I most hartely requyer you/ to haue me most humbly to hys Royall matie/ commendyd for whome I do & wyll pray for the preseruacion of his Royall person long to rayn in honour, prosperyte & quyotnes and to haue the victory ouer his mortall & kankard ennemyes/ And they toke ther leave of hyme & departyd/ <1Shortly after>1 the kyng sent the Duke of Norffolk vnto hyme in message/ (but what it was I ame not certeyn) But my lord beyng Aduertised that the Duke was commyng evyn at hand/ he caused all his gentilmen to wayt vppon hyme down thoroughe the hall in to the base Court to receyve the Duke at the entre of the gattes and commaundyd all his yomen to stand still in the hall in order/ And he and his gentilmen went to the gattes/ where he encountred ws my lord of Norffolk whome he receyved/ bare hedyd/ who embraced eche other/ And so led hyme by the Arme thoroughe the hall in to his chamber/ And as the Duke passed thoroughe the hall/ at the vpper end therof he torned agayn his visage down the hall Regardyng the nomber of the tall yomen/ that stode in order/ there/ & sayd/ Sirs/ qs he/ yosdiligent & faythefull seruaunce vnto my lord here (yor ms) in this tyme of his Calamyte hathe purchased for yosself/ of all noble men/ myche honestie/ In so myche as the kyng commaundyd me to say to you in his graces name/ that for yostrewe & lovyng seruyce that ye haue don to yosms/ his highnes woll se you all furnysshed at all tymes ws seruyce accordyng to yosdemerittes/ ws that my lord Cardynall put of hys cappe/ And sayd to my lord of Norffolk/ Sir/ qs he/ thes men be all approved men wherfore it ware pitie they shold want other seruyce or lyvynges/ And beyng sorrey that I ame not able to do for them as my hart dothe whisshe/ Do therfore requyer you my good lord to be good lord vnto theme/ and extend yosgood word for 5 theme when ye shall se opportunytie/ at any tyme hereafter/ And that ye wyll preferre ther dyligent & faythfull seruyce to the kyng/ Dought ye not therof/ qs my lord of Norffolk/ but I wyll do for them the best of my power/ and when I shall se cause I wylbe an earnest sewter for them to the I wyll [f. 58v] Retayn myself in seruyce for yos honestes sake/ And as ye haue begon/ so contynewe and remayn here still wt my lord vntill ye here more of the kynges pleasure/ goddes blessyng & myn be ws you// And so went vppe in to the great chamber to dynner/ whome my lord Cardynall thanked & sayed vnto hyme yet my lord of all other nobyll meii I haue most cause to thanke you/ for yosnoble hart & gentill nature ws ye haue shewed me behynd my bakke/ as my seruaunt Thomas Cromwell hathe made report vnto me/ but evyn as ye are a noble man in deade so haue ye shewed yosself no lesse to All men in 20 Calamytie/ And in especyall to me/ And evyn as ye haue abated my glory & highe estate and brought it full lowe/ so haue ye extendyd yoshonorable fauour most charitably vnto me beyng prostrate byfore ye/ forsothe sir ye do Right well deserue to bere in yos armez the noble & gentill lion/ whos naturall Inclinacion is that whan he hathe vanqiesshed Any best And seyth hyme yelded lyeng prostrate byfore hyme at his foote/ thin wyll he shewe most clemency vnto his vanquysht & do hyme no more harme/ ne suffer any other devouryng beste to dammage hyme/ whos nature and qualitie ye do ensewe/ 30 therfore thes verses may be Ascribed to yoslordshyppe/ ws be thes/ <2Parcere frostratis/ Scit nobilis Ira leonis/>2 <2Tu quoque fac Simile/ quisquis regnabis in orbem/>2 ws that the water was brought them to wasshe byfore dynner/ to the ws my lord called my lord of Norffolk to washe wt hyme/ but he refused of Curtesy/ And desired to haue hyme excused/ And sayed that it became hyme not to presume to wasshe ws hyme any more now than yt dyd byfore in his glory/ yes forsothe qs my lord Cardynall ffor my Auctory & dignyte legantyn is goon wherin consisted all my highe honour/ A Strawe qs my lord of Norffolk for yoslegacye/ I neuer estemed yoshonour/ the more or higher for that/ but I regarded yor honour for that ye ware Archebysshope of yorke and a Cardynall/ whos [f. 59] estate of honor surmountythe any duke nowe beyng ws in this realme/ And so wyll I honor you/ And acknow- loge the same And beare you reuerence accordyngly therfore I beseche you content yosself for I woll not presume/ to wasshe ws you/ And therfore I pray you hold me excused/ than was my lord Cardynall constrayned to washe alone/ And my lord of Norffolk all alon also/ whan he had don/ And whan he had don my lord Cardynall wold fayn haue had my lord of Norffolk to sytt down in the chayer in the Inner side of the table/ but suerly he refused the same also ws myche humblenes/ than was there sett an other chayer for my lord of Norffolk ouer ayenst my lord Cardynall/ on the owt side/ of the table/ the ws was by my lord of Norffolk based some thyng benethe my lord/ And duryng the dynner all ther commynycacion was of the dyligent seruyce of the gentilmen ws remayned ws my lord there/ attendyng vppon hyme there at dynner/ And howe myche the kyng and all other noble men dothe esteme theme/ ws worthy commendacions for so doyng And at thys tyme howe littill they he estemed in the Court that are come to the kynges seruyce/ and forsaken ther ms in his necessitie/ wherof some he blamed by name/ and ws this Commynycacion the dynner beyng endyd/ they roose frome the table and went together in to my lordes bedd Chamber/ where they contynued in Consultacion a certyn season/ And beyng there/ yt chaunced ms Shelley the Iuge to come thether sent frome the kyng/ wherof Relacion was made to my lord/ ws caused the Duke & hyme to breke vppe ther commynycacion/ And the Duke desired to goo in to some chamber to repose hyme for a season/ And as he was commyng owt of my lordes chamber he mete ws Ms Shelley to whome ms Shelley made Relacion of the cause of hys commyng/ And desierd/ the duke to tary & assist hyme in doyng of hys mess- wage/ whome he denyed and sayd/ I haue no thyng to do wt yor messwage wherin I woll not meddell And so departed in to a Chamber where he toke his rest for an hower or ij [f. 59s] And in the mean tyme my lord issued owt of hys chamber/ And came to ms Shelley to knowe his message/ who declared vnto (after dewe salutacion) That the kynges pleasure was to haue his howesse at westminster (than Called yorke place) belongyng to his bysshopriche of yorke/ entendyng to make of that howsse a palice Royall/ And to possesse the same accordyng to the lawes of thys hys graces realme/ his highnes hathe therfore sent for all the Iugges and for all his learned Councell to knowe ther oppynyons in the assuraunce therof/ In whos determynacions it was fully resolued that yosgrace shold recognyse byfore a Iugge the right therof to be in the kyng & his Successors/ And so his hyghnes shalbe assured therof/ Wherfore it hathe pleased his mas to appoynt me by his commaundemet to come hether to take of you this rccognysaunce/ who hathe in you suche Affiaunce/ that ye will not refuse so to do accordyngly/ Therfore I shall desier yosgrace to knowe yosgood will therin/ Ms Shelley/ qs my lord/ I knowe that the kyng of his owen nature is of a Royall stomike/ and yet not wyllyng more than Iustice shall leede hyme vnto by the lawe/ And therfore I councell you & all other fathers of the lawe & learned men of his Councell to put no more in to his hed than the lawe may stand ws good concience/ ffor whan ye tell hyme (this is the lawe) it ware well done ye shold tell hyme also/ that allthoughe thys be the lawe/ vet this is concyence/ ffor lawe ws out concyence is not good to be gevyn vnto a kyng in councell to vse for a lawfull right/ but allwayes to haue a respect to Concyence/ byfore the rigor of the comen lawe/ ffor (laus est facere qs decet/ non qs licett)/ the kyng owght of his Royall dignytie and prerogatife to mytigat the Rigor of the lawe where concyence hathe the most force/ tharfore in his Royall place of equall Iustice/ he hathe constitute a Chauncelour/ an officer to excecut Iustice ws clemencye/ where concyence is oppressed by the Rigor of the lawe/ And therfore the Court of Chauncery hathe byn heretofore [f. 60] comenly called the Court of concyence/ by cause it hade Iurysdiccion to com- maund the highe mynysters of the Comen lawe to spare execucion & Iugemet where concience had most effecte/ ther- fore I say to you in this case allthoughe you and other of yor profession perceyve by yos learnyng that the kyng may by an order of yoslawes lawfully do that thyng ws ye demaund of me/ howe say you ms Shelley may I do it ws Iustice & concyence/ to geve that thyng away frome me & my Successors ws is non of myn/ if this be lawe ws concience/ shewe me yos oppynyon/ I pray you/ fforsothe my lord/ qs he/ there is some concyence in this case/ but hauyng regard to the kynges highe power/ And to be employed to a better vse & purpose/ it may the better be suffred ws concyence/ who is sufficient to make recompence/ to the chirche of yorke ws doble the valewe/ That I knowe well/ qd my lord/ but here is no suche condicion/ nother promysed ne agreed/ but oonly a bare & symple departure ws an others right for euer/ And if euery bysshope may do the lyke/ than myght euery prelate/ geve away the patremony of ther chirches ws is non of thers And so in processe of tyme leve no thyng for ther Successors/ to mantayn ther Dignytes/ ws ill thynges con- sydered shold be but small to the kynges honour/ Sir I do not entend to stand in termes ws you in this matter/ but lett me se yoscommyssion/ to whome ms Shelley shewed hyme the same/ And that seen and perccyved by hyme sayed agayn/ thus/ Ms Shelley/ qs he/ ye shall make report to the kynges highnes/ that I ame his obedyent subiect & faythfull chapleyn & bedman whos Royall commaundemet & request I wyll in no wyse disobey but most gladly fulfill & accomplysshe his pryncely will & pleasure in all thynges and in especyall in this matter in as myche as ye the ffathers of the lawes say that I may lawfully do it/ therfore I charge yos conciences & dischargethe myn/ howbeit I pray you shewe his matie frome me/ that I most humbly desier his highenes to call to his most gracious remembraunce/ that there is bothe hevyn & hell/ [f. 60s] And there ws the Clarke was called who wrott my lord recognysaunce/ And after some secret talke/ ms Shelley departed/ Than Roose my lord of Norffolk 10 frome his repose/ And after Somme comynycacion ws my lord/ he departed/ <1Thus/ contynued>1 my lord at Assher who receyved dayly messwages/ frome the Court/ wherof some ware not so good as some ware badd/ but yet myche more evyll than good/ ffor his 15 ennemyes perceyvyng the great affeccon that the kyng bare allwayes toward hyme/ devysed a mean to disquyot & disturbe his pacience thynkyng therbye to geve hyme an occasion to frett & chafe that deathe shold rather ensewe than encreace of helthe or lyfe the ws they most desired/ They feared hyme more after his fall than they did before in his prosperytie/ doughtyng myche hys readopcion in to auctorytie by reason that the kynges fauour remayned still towardes hyme in suche sorte/ wherby they myght rather be in daynger of ther estates than in any assuraunce/ ffor ther cruelltie mynesterd by ther malicious Invencions surmysed & brought to passe ayenst hyme// Therfore they toke this order among theme in ther matters/ that dayly they wold send hyme some thyng or do some thyng ayenst hyme wherin they thought that they myght geve hyme a cause of hevenes or lamentacion/ As some day they wold cause the kyng 30 to send for iiijs or v of hys gentilmen/ frome hyme to serue the kyng/ And some other day they wold lay matters newly Invented ayenst hyme/ An other day they wold take frome hyme some of hys promocions or of ther promocions whome he preferred byfore/ than wold they fetche frome hyme some of his yomen/ in so myche as the kyng toke in to seruyce xvjs of theme at oons and at oon tyme/ put them in to his gard/ this order of lyfe h led contynually/ that there was no oon day, but or euer he wen to bed he had an occasion greatly to chafe or frette the hart ow of his bellye/ but that he was a wyse man and bare all ther malice in pacyence/ At Cristmas he fill sore syke that he was lykly to dye/ Wherof the kyng beyng aduertysed was very sory therfore/ And sent doctor buttes his graces phecision vnto hyme to se in what estate he was/ Doctor Buttes [f. 61] came vnt hyme and fyndyng hyme very syke lyeng in his bedd an perceyvyng the daynger he was in/ repayred agayn vnto th kyng/ of whome the kyng demaundyd sayeng/ howe doth yonder man haue you seen hyme/ yea sir qs he/ howe do ye lyke hyme/ qs the kyng/ fforsothe/ sir qs he/ yf you wold haue hyme deade/ I warraunt yosgrace/ he wyll be deade ws in this iiijs dayes (if he receyve no comfort frome you shortly and ms Anne/ Mary (qd the kyng) (God forbod) that he shold dye)/ I pray yo good Ms Buttes goo agayn vnto hyme And do yos cure appo hyme/ ffor I wold not loose hyme for xx Mi 1i/ Than must yos grace/ qs ms Buttes/ send hyme first some comfortable message/ as shortly as is possible/ Evyn so wyll I/ qs the kyng/ by you/ And therfore make sped to hyme agayn/ And ye shall delyuer hyme frome me thys Rynge/ for a tokyn of our good wyll an fauor towardes hyme (in the ws ryng was engraved the kynge visage ws in a Rubye as lyvely counterfeyt as was possible to b devysed) thys Ryng he knowyth very well for he gave me the same/ And tell hyme that I ame not offendyd ws hyme in my hart no thyng At All/ And that he shall perceyve (and god send hyme) lyfe very shortly/ Therfore byd hyme be of good cheare and pluke vppe his hart & take no dispayer/ And I charge you come not frome hyme vntill ye haue brought hyme owt of all daynger of deathe/ And than he spake to ms Anne sayeng/ Good swett hart I pray you at this my instaunce (as ye love vs) to send the Cardynall a token ws comfortable wordes/ Amnd so doyng ye shall do vs a lovyng pleasure/ She beyng not mynded to disobey the kynges earnest request (what so euer she entendyd in hyr hart towardes the Cardynall) toke incontynent hir tablett of gold hangyng at hir girdell And delyuerd it to ms Buttes ws very gentill & comfortable wordes/ in commendacion to the Cardynall/ And thus ms Buttes departed and made spedy retorne to Assher to my lord Cardynall/ After whome the kyng sent Doctor Clement/ Doctor Wotten/ & doctor Cromer the scott/ to consult and assist Ms Buttes for my lordes helthe/ After that ms Buttes had byn ws my lord and delyuerd the kynges & ms Annes tokens vnto hyme/ ws the most comfortablest wordes he [f. 6ls] cowld devyse on ther behalf/ wherat he reioysed not a littill/ aduauncyng hyme a littill in his bedd And receyved thes tokens most Ioyfully thankyng ms Buttes for his comfortsble newes & paynnes/ Ms Buttes shewed hyme further more that the kynges pleasure was that he shold mynester vnto hyme for hys helthe/ And for the most assured and brefe wayes to be had for the same/ hathe sent Doctor wotten/ Doctor Clement/ And Doctor Cromer/ to Ioyn ws hyme in counsell & mynystracion/ Therfore my lord/ qs he/ it ware well don that they shold be called in to visett yosperson & estate/ wherin I wold be glad to here ther oppynyons/ trustyng in allmyghty god that thoroughe his grace and assistaunce we shall ease you of yospaynnes and rid you clean frome yosdissease and Infirmytie/ wherwt my lord was well pleased & contented to here ther Iugemetes/ ffor in deade he trust more to the Scottysshe doctor than he did to any of thother/ by cause he was the very occasion that he inhabytid here in Englond/ and byfore he gave hyme partly his exebicion/ in Paris/ than whan they ware come in to hys chamber and had talked ws hyme/ he toke vppo to debate his dessease learnedly among theme/ So that they myght vnderstand that he was seen in that art// After they had taken order for mynystracion it was not long or they brought hyme owt of all daynger & feare of dethe/ And wtin iiijs dayes they sett hyme on his feete/ And gott hyme a good stomake to his meate/ thys don/ And he in a good estate of amendemet/ they toke there leave/ to departe/ to whome my lord offered his reward/ the ws they refused seyeng that the kyng gave them in specyall commaundemet to take no thyng of hyme for ther paynnes and mynystracion/ ffor at ther retourne/ his highnes seyd that he wold reward theme of his owen costes/ And thus ws great thankes they departid frome my lord/ whome they lefte in good estate of recouere// <1After thys tyme>1 my lord dayly amendyd/ and so contynued still at Assher vntill Candyllmas/ ayenst ws ffeast the kyng caused to be sent hyme iijs or iiijs Cartloodes of stuffe/ And most parte therof was lok ked in great standerdes (excepte beddes & kytchyn siuffe) wherin was bothe plate [f. 62] and Riche hangynges/ And chappell stuffe/ Than my lord beyng thus ffurnysshed was therwt well contented/ Allthoughe/ they whome the kyng assigned did not delyuer hyme so good ne so riche stuffe as the kynges pleasure was/ yet was he Ioyous therof And rendred most humble thankes to the kyng/ And to theme that appoynted the seyd stuffe for hyme/ Sayeng to vs his seruauntes At the openyng of the same stuffe in the standerdes/ the ws we thought and sayd it myght haue byn better if it had pleased them that appoynted it/ Nay sirs qs my lord/ to vs/ he that hathe no thyng is glad of somwhat thoughe it be neuer so littill/ And allthoughe it be not in comparison halfe so myche & good as we had byfore/ yet we reioyse more of this littill than we dyd byfore of the great aboundaunce that we than hade/ And thanked the kyng very myche for the same/ trustyng after thys to haue myche moore/ therfore lett vs all reioyse & be glade that god & the kyng hathe so graciously remembred to restore vs to some thynges to mayntayn our estate lyke a noble person/ Than commaunded he ms Cromwell beyng ws hyme to make sewt to the kynges mathe that he myght remove thence to some other place/ ffor he was wery of that howsse of Assher/ for ws con- tynuall vse therof the howsse waxed onsavery/ supposyng that if he myght remove frome thence he shold myche soner recouer his helthe/ And also the Councell had putt in to the kynges hed that the newe gallery at Assher (ws my lord hade late byfore his fall newly sett vppe/) shold be very necessary for the kyng to take down & sett it vppe agayn at westminster/ ws was don accordyngly/ And standes at this present day there/ the takyng a way therof byfore my lordes face was to hyme a Corrysife/ ws was Invented by hys ennemyes oonly to torment hyme/ the ws in dede discoraged hyme very sore to tary any lenger there/ Nowe ms Cromwell thought it but vayn & myche folly [f. 62s] to move any of the kynges Councell to assist & preferre hys sewte to the kyng (among whome rested the nomber of hys mortall ennemyes) for they wold owther hynder his removyng or elles remove hyme ferder frome the kyng than to haue holpen hyme to any place nyghe the kynges comen trade/ Wherfore he refused any sewte to theme & made oonly sewte to the kynges owen person/ whos sewte the kyng gracyously hard And thought it very convenyent to be graunted And thoroughe the specyall mocyon of ms Cromwell the kyng was well contentyd that he shold remove to Rychemond ws place my lord had a littill byfore repayred to his great cost & charge/ ffor the kyng had made an exchaunge therof ws hyme for hampton Court/ all this his removyng was don ws out the knowlege of the kynges Councell/ for if they myght haue had any Intelligence therof byfore/ than wold they haue perswaded the kyng to the contrary/ but whan they ware aduertised of the kynges graunt & pleasure/ they dissimuled ther countenaunces in the kynges presence/ ffor they ware greatly affrayed of hyme/ lest his nyghe beyng to the kyng myght at lengthe some oon tyme resort to hyme and so call hyme home agayn/ consideryng the great affeccion & love that the kyng dayly shewe towardes hyme/ Wherfore they doughted hys risyng agayn if they found not a mean to remove hyme shortly frome the kyng/ In so myche that they thought it convenyent for ther purpose to enforme the kyng vppon certeyn consideracions ws they Invented/ that it ware very necessary that my lord shold goo down in to the Northe/ vnto his benefice of yorke/ where he shold be a good staye for the Contree/ to the ws (the kyng supposyng that they had ment no lesse than good faythe) grauntyd and condyssendyd to ther suggestion ws was fferced ws so wonderfull Imagyned consideracions/ that the kyng (vnderstandyng no thyng of ther Intent) was lightly pcrswaded to the same/ <1Whervppon>1 the Duke of Norffolk commaundyd ms Crommwell (who had dayly accesse vnto hyme) to say to my lord that it is the kynges pleasure that he shold ws spede goo to his benefice where lyethe his cure/ and looke to that accordyng to his dewtie/ Ms Cromwell at his next repayer to my lord declared vnto hyme what my lord of Norffolk sayd/ who lay [f. 63] than at Richemonde/ howe it was determyned that he shold goo to his benefice/ Well than Thomas/ qs my lord/ seyng ther is non other remedy I do entend to go to my benyfice of wynchester/ And I pray you Thomas so shewe my lord of Norffolk/ contentyd sir/ qs ms Cromwell/ And Accordyng to hys commaundemet dyd so/ to the ws my lord of Norffolk answerd/ and seyd what wyll he do there/ Nay/ qs he/ lett hyme goo in to his provynce of yorke/ wherof he hathe receyved his honor/ and there lyethe the sperytuall borden & charge of his concyence/ as he owght to do/ and so shewe hyme/ The lordes who ware not all his ffrendes/ hauyng intelligence/ of his entent/ thought to wtdrawe his appetite ffrome wynchester/ wold in no wyse per- mytt hyme to plant hyme self so nyghe the kyng/ Movyd therfore the kyng to geve my lord but a pencion owt of wynchester and to distribut all the rest among the nobilitie & other of his worthy seruauntes And in lyke wyse to do the same ws the revenues of Seynt Albons and of the revenues of his Colleges in Oxford & Ipswhiche/ the ws the kyng toke in to his owen handes/ Wherof ms Cromwell had the receypte & gouernaunce a fore be my lordes assignemet/ In consideracion therof it was thought most convenyent that he shold haue so styll/ Not- wtstandyng owt of the reveneus of wynchester & seynt Albons the kyng gave to some oon noble man iij c markes & to some Cii And to some more & to some lesse accordyng to the kynges royall pleasure/ Nowe ms Cromwell executed his office the ws he had ouer the londes of the colleges so Iustly and exactly that he was had in great estimacion/ for his wytty behauor therin/ And also for the treu, faythfull & dyligent seruyce extendyd towardes my lord his ms/ That it came at lengthe so to passe that thos to whome the kynges matie hade gevyn any Annuites or ffees for terme of lyfe by patent/ owte of the fornamed Revenewes/ cowld riot be good but duryng my lordes lyfe/ for as myche as the kyng had no lenger estate or title therin/ ws came to hyme by reason of my lordes attendu the premunire/ And to make ther estates good & sufficient accordyng to ther patentes/ it was thought necessary to haue my lordes confirmacion vnto ther grauntes/ And this to be brought abought there was non other [f. 63s] mean but to make sewte to ms Cromwell to atteyn ther confirmacion/ at my lordes handes/ whome they thought myght best/ opteyn the same/ Then began bothe noble man & other who had any patentes of the kyng owte other of Wynchester or Seynt Albons/ to make earnest sewte to ms Cromwell for to Solicite ther causes to my lord to gett of hyme his confirmacions/ And for his paynmes therin susteyned/ they promysed euery man not oonly worthely to reward hyme but also to shewe hyme suche pleasures as shold at all tymes lye in ther seuerall powers/ Wherof they assured hyme/ Wherin ms Cromwell perceyvyng an occasion and a tyme gevyn hyme/ to worke for hyme selfe And to bryng the thyng to passe ws he long wysshed for/ Entendyd to worke so in thes matters to serue ther desiers/ that he myght the soner bryng his owen enterprice to purpose/ Than at his next resort to my lord he moved hyme privyely in this matter to haue his councell and hys advyse/ And so by ther wytty hedes it was devysed that they shold worke to gether by oon lyne to bryng by ther pollecyes ms Cromwell in place & estate where he myght do hymeself good and my sord myche profett/// <1Nowe began matters/>1 to worke to brynge Ms Cromwell in to estymacion in suche sort as was afterward myche to his encrease of dygnyte And thus euery man hauyng an occasion to sewe for my lordes confirmacion made nowe earnest travell to ms Cromwell for thes purposes/ who refused non to make promyse that he wold do hys best in that case/ And havyng a great occasion of accesse to the kyng for the disposicion of dyuers londes wherof he had the order & gouernaunce/ by means wherof and by his witty demeanor/ he grewe contynually in to the kynges favor/ as ye shall here after in this history/ But first lett vs resorte to the great busynes abought the assuraunce of all thes patentes ws the kyng hathe gevyn to dyuers noble men & other of his seruauntes wherin ms Cromwell made a countenaunce of great sewte to my lord for the same that in processe of tyme he serued all ther tornes so that they had ther purposes/ And he ther good wylles/ thus roose hys name & frendly acceptaunce ws all men/ the fame of his honestie & wisdome sounded so in the kynges eares that [f. 64] by reason of his accesse to the kyng he perceyved to be in hyme no lesse wysdome than ffame had made of hyme report/ for as myche as he had the gouernaunce & receyptes of thos londes ws I shewed you byfore/ And the conference that he had ws the kyng therin enforced the kyng to reput hyme a very wyse man and a meate Instrumet to serue his grace/ As it after came to passe/ <1Sir nowe>1 the lordes thought long to remove hyme ferther frome the kyng and owte of hys comen trade/ Wherfore (among other of the lordes) my lord of Norffolk seyd to ms Cromwell/ Sir/ qs he/ me thynkythe/ that the Cardynall yosms/ makythe no hast northeward/ shewe hyme that if he goo not a way shortly/ I woll rather then he shold tary still/ teare hyme ws my teathe/ Therfore I wold advyse hyme to prepare hyme a waye/ as shortly as he can/ or elles he shalbe sent forward/ Thes wordes ms Cromwell reported to my lord at his next repayer to hyme/ who than had a Iust occasion to resort to hyme for the depeche of the noble mens & others patentes/ And here I wyll 10 leave of this matter & shewe you of my lordes beyng at Richemond <1My lord havyg>1 licence of the kyng to repayer & remove to Richemond wherfore my lord made hast to prepare hyme thetherward And so he came and lodged wtin the great parke there/ ws was a very pritty howsse & a nett/ laky sarie Romes that to so small a howsse was conuen nt & necessary where was to the same a proper garden garnysshed wt dyuers plesaunt walkes & alies/ my lord contynued in thys loge frome the tyme that he came thether shortly after Candylmas vntyll it was lent ws a privye nomber of seruauntes by cause of the smalnes of the howsse/ And the rest of hys famely went to bord wages/ I wyll tell you a certyn tale/ by the way of Com- mynycasion <1Sir as my lord>1 was accustumed towardes nyght to walke in the garden there to sey his seruyce/ it was my chaunce than to wayt vppon hyme there/ and standyng still in an alie/ [f. 64s] wyllest he in an other walked ws his chapleyn sayeng of his seruice/ And as I stode I aspied certyn Images of beastes counterfeit in tymber standyng in a corner vnder the loge wall/ to the ws I repayred to behold/ Among whome I sawe there a Dwn Cowe/ wheron I mused most by cause it semed me to be the most lyvelyest entaylled among all the rest/ My lord beyng (as I sayd) walkyng on the other side/ of the Garden/ perseyved me/ came sodenly apon me at my bake onwares the Imagynacions & travelous busynes to avoyd suche darke & straynge prophecyes hathe byn the very occasion to bryng the same the soner to effect & perfeccion/ therfore lett men beware to devyn or assure them selfes to expound any suche prophecyes/ ffor who so doyth/ shal first dissayve them selfes/ And secondly bryng many in to errour/ thexperience hathe byn lately experyenced (the more pitie) But if men woll nedes thynke them selfes so wyse to be assured of suche blynd prophecyes/ And wyll worke ther wylles therin/ owther in avoydyng or in ffulfil- lyng the same/ god send hyme well to sped/ for he may as well and myche more soner take dammage/ than to avoyd the daynger therof/ lett prophecyes alone a goddes name/ Applie yosvocacion And commytt thexposicion of suche darke riddelles And obscure prophecyes to god that disposyth theme as his devyn plesure shall see cause/ to allter & chaynge all yosenterprices & Imagynacions to nothyng & disceyve all yosexpectacions and cause you to repent yosgreat folly/ the ws whan ye feale the smert wyll yos self confesse the same/ to be bothe great foly & myche more naadnes/ to trust in any suche ffantazes/ lett god therfore dispose theme/ who gwerdenythe and punysshethe/ accordyng to mens desertes & not to all mens Iugementes/// [f. 65s] <1You have hard>1 here byfore what wordes the Duke of Norffolk had to ms Cromwell towchyng my lordes goyng in to the northe to his benyfice of yorke/ at suche tyme as ms Cromwell de the same to my lord/ to whome my lord answered in thys wyse/ Marie Thomas/ qs he/ than it is tyme to be goyng if my lord of Norffolk take it so/ Therfore I pray you goo to the kyng and move his highnes in my behalf and sey that I wold ws all my hart goo to my benefice in yorke but for want of mony/ desyryng his grace to assist me ws some mony towardes my Iourney ffor ye may sey that the last monye that I receyved of his mas hathe byn to littyll to pay my debtes/ compelled by his Councell so to do/ therfore to constrayne me to the payment therof/ & his highenes hauyng all my goodes hathe byn to myche extremyte/ wherin I trust hys grace wyll haue a charitable respecte/ ye may sey also to my lord of Norffolk and other of the councell that I wold departe if I had mony/ Sir qs ms Cromwell I wyll do my best and after other Commynycacion he departed agayn & went to london// My lord than in the begynnyng of lent removed owt of the loge in to the Charterhowsse of Richemond/ where he lay in a lodgyng (ws Doctor Collett (sometyme dean of powlles) hade made for hyme self) vntill he removed northeward ws was in the passion weke/ after/ And he had to the same howsse a secrett gallery ws went owt of his Chamber in to the Charterhowsse chirche/ whether he resortyd euery day to ther seruyce/ And at after nones he wold sytt in contemplacion ws oon or other of the most auncyent ffathers of that howsse in his sell/ who among theme & by ther councell perswadyd frome the vaynglory of thys world/ And gave hyme dyuers shirtes of heare the ws he often ware after ward (wherof I ame certyn) And thus he perceuered for the tyme of his abode there in godly contemplacion/ Nowe whan ms Cromwell came to the Court he chaunced to move my lord of Norffolk that my lord wold gladly depart northeward but for lake of mony wherin he desyred his assistaunce to the kyng/ Then went they bothe Ioyntly to the kyng/ to whome My lord of Norffolk declared how my lord wold gladly depart northeward if he wanted not mony to bryng hyme thether/ The kyng thervppon referred the assignemet therof to the Councell/ where vppon they ware in dyuers oppynyons/ some sayed he shold haue none for he had sufficient but late delyuerd hyme/ Some wold he shold [f. 66] haue sufficient & anowghe/ And some contrarywyse wold he shold haue but a small Somme/ And some thought it myche ayenst the Councelles honor/ and myche more ayenst the kynges highe dignyte/ to se hyme want the mayntenaunce of his estate ws the kyng had gevyn hyme in this Realme and also hathe byn in suche estymacon ws the kyng and in great auctorytie/ vnder hyme in this realme/ yt shold be rathe a great slaunder (in forrayn Realmes) to the kyng & his hole councell to se hyme want that latly had so myche/ and nowe so lyttill/ therfore rather than he shold lake (qd oon among theme) that rather than he shold lake/ allthoughe he neuer did me goo any pleasure yet wold I lay my plate to Gagge for hyme for a Mi ii Rather than he shold depart so symply as some wold haue hyme for to do/ lett vs do to hyme as we wold be don vnto consideryng his small offence and his in estymable Substaunce that he oonly hathe departyd ws all for the same oonly for satisfieng of the kynges pleasure Rather then he wold stand in defence ws the kyng in defendyng of hys case/ As he myght Iustly haue don as all ye knowe/ lett not malice cloke thys matter wherby that pitie & mercy may take no place/ ye haue all yos pleasures fulfillyd ws ye haue long desired/ And nowe suffer concyence to mynester vnto hyme some liberalitie/ the day may come that some of vs may be in the same case/ ye haue suche alteracions in persons as well assured as ye suppose yosselfes to be and to stand vppon as suer a ground/ And what hangythe ouer our heddes we knowe not/ I can say no more nowe do as ye lyst/ Than after all this they began agayn to consult in this matter/ And after long debatyng and reasonyng abought the same/ yt was concludyd that he shold haue by the way of prest a Mi marces/ owt of wynchester bysshopriche byfore hand of his pencion ws the kyng had graunted hyme owt of the same/ for the kyng had resumed the hole revenues of the bysshopriche/ of wynchester in to his owen handes/ yet the kyng owt of the same had grauntyd dyuers great pencyons vnto dyuers noble men & vnto other [f. 66s] of his Councell So that I do suppose/ all thynges Accompted hys part was the lest So that whan thys determynacion was fully concludyd they declared the same to the kyng/ who strayt wayes commaunded that Mi marces to be delyuerd owt of hand to ms Cromewell and so it was/ The kyng callyng ms Cromwell to hyme secretly/ bad hyme to resort to hyme agayn whan he had receyved the seyd Somme of mony/ And accordyng to the same commaundemes/ he repayred agayn to the kyng/ to whome the kyng sayd shewe my lord yos ms allthoughe our Councell hathe not assigned any sufficient Somme of mony to beare hys charges/ yet ye shall shewe hyme in my behalf that I woll send hyme a Mi ii of my benyvolence/ And tell hyme that he shall not lake/ And byd hyme to be of good chere/ Ms Cromewell vppon his knee most humbly thanked the kyng (on my lordes behalf) for his great benyvolence & noble hart towardes my lord/ whos comfortable wordes/ qs he/ of yor grace/ shall reioyse hyme more than iijs tymes the valewe of yosnoble reward/ And therwt departed frome the kyng and came to my lord directly to richemond/ To whome he delyuerd the mony and shewed hyme all the argumet in the councell ws ye haue hard byfore ws the progresse of the same/ & of what mony it was & wherof it was levyed ws the Councell sent hyme And of the mony ws the kyng sent hyme And of his comfortable wordes/ wherof my lord reioysed not a littill & greatly comforted/ And after the receypt of this mony my lord consultyd ws ms Cromwell abought his departure & of his Iourney ws the order therof// <1Than my lord>1 prepared all thynges ws spede for his Iourney in to the northe/ Sent to london for lyuere clothes for his seruauntes that shold ride ws hyme thether/ Some he refused suche as he thought ware not mete to serue/ And some agayn of ther owen mynd desired hyme of his fauour to tary still here in the Sowthe/ beyng very lothe to enbandon ther natife contrie/ ther parentes/ wyfes & childerne/ wherwt he most gladly licenced ws his good wyll & fauour And rendered vnto theme his hartie thankes for ther paynfull seruyce & long tariaunce wt hyme in his troblesome dekay & ouerthrowe/ So that nowe/ [f. 67] all thynges beyng ffurnysshed towardes this Iourney ws he toke in the begynnyng/ ofthe passion weke/ byfore Ester/ And so rode to a place than the Abbottes of westminster called hendon/ And the next day he removed to a place called the Rye where my lady Parre lay/ the next day he roode to Royston and lodged in the monastory there/ And the next he removed to huntyngdon/ And there lodged in the Abbey/ And frome thence he removed to Peterboroughe And there lodged also wtin the Abbey beyng than Palmesonday where he made hys abode vntyll the thursday in Ester weke/ wtall his trayn/ wherof the most part went to bord wages in the town havyng xijs Cartes to carry his stuffe of his owen ws came frome his collage in Oxford where he had lxs Cartes to Cary suche necessaryes as belonged to his byldynges there// Vppon Palmesonday he went in procession/ ws the monkes beryng his Palme/ settyng forthe godes seruyce right honorably ws such syngyng men as he than had remaynyng ws hyme/ And vppon maundy Thursday he made his maundy in our ladys Chappell/ hauyng lixti poomen whos feet he than wasshed wyped & kyssed/ eche of thes poore men had xijd in mony iij elles of Canvas to make theme shirtes/ a payer of newe shoes/ A Cast of Brede/ iijs red herynges/ and iijre whight herynges and the ode person had ij'/ Vppon Esterday in the mornyng he rode to the resurreccion/ And that day he went in procession in his vesture Cardynall ws his hatt & hode vppon his hed/ And he hymeself sang there the highe masse very devoutly/ And graunted cleane remyssion to all the herers and there contynued there all the holledayes// My <1lord contynuyng/>1 at Peterboroughe after this maner entendyng to remove frome thence sent me to sir willam ffitzwillam a knyght ws dwelt ws in iijre or iiijs mylles of Peterboroughe to provyde hyme there a lodgyng vntill monday next folowyng on his Iourney northeward/ And beyng ws hyme/ to whome I declared my lordes request/ and he beyng therof very glad/ reioysed not a littill that it wold please my lord to vysit his howsse in his waye/ sayeng [f. 67s] that he shold be (the kyng mas excepted) most hartilest welcome to hyme of any man a lyve/ And that he shold not nede to discharge the cariage of any of hys stuffe for his owen vse duryng the tyme of his beyng there but haue all thynges furnysshed redy ayenst hys commyng/ to occupie (his owen bedd excepted) Thus vppon my report made to my lord at my retorne/ he reioysed of my messwage/ comaundyng me therwt to geve warnyng to all his officers & seruauntes to prepare them selfes to remove frome Peterboroughe vppon Thursday next/ than euery man made all thynges in suche redynes as was convenyent payeng in the town for all thynges as they had taken of any person for ther owen vse/ ffor ws cause my lord caused a proclamacion to be made in the town/ that if any person or persons in the town or contrie there ware offendyd or greved ayenst any of my lordes seruauntes/ that they shold resort to my lordes officers of whome they shold haue redresse/ and truly answered/ as the case Iustly requered/ So that all thynges beyng ffurnysshed my lord toke his Iourney frome Peterboroughe vppon the Thursday in Ester weke/ to Ms ffitzwillam where he was Ioyously receyved and had right worthy & honorable entertaynmet at the oonly charges & expences of the seyd Ms ffitzwillam/ all his tyme beyng there/ The occasion that moved ms ffitzws thus to reioyse of my lordes beyng in his howsse/ was that he some tyme beyng a merchaunt of london and shereve there fill in debate ws the Citie of london vppon a Grudge bytwen the Aldermen of the benche and hyme vppon a newe corporacion that he wold erected there of a newe mystery called merchaunt tayllours con- trarye to the oppynyon of dyuers of the benche of aldermen/ of the Citie of london/ ws caused hyme to geve & surrender his Clooke/ and departed frome london & inhabyted ws in the Countrie/ And ayenst the malice of all the seyd aldermen and other rewlers in the Comen wele/ of the Citie/ my lord defendyd hyme/ and reteyned hyme in to seruyce/ whome he made first his Treasorer of his howsse/ & than after his highe Chamberlayn/ And in conclusion (for his wysdome/ gravytie/ port/ and eloquens/ beyng a gentilman of a comly stature)/ made hyme oon of the kynges Councell/ and so contynued all his lyfe after ward/ Therfor in [f. 65] consideracion of all thes gratitude receyved at my lordes handes as well in his trobyll as in hi preferment/ was most gladest (lyke a faythfull frend of good remembraunce) to requyt hyme ws semblable gratuytie and right Ioyous/ that he had any occasion to mynyster some pleasure suche as lay than in his power to do/ Thus my lord contynued there vntill the monday next/ where lakked no good chere of costly vyandes bothe of wyn and other goodly enter- taynemet/ So that vppon the seyd monday my lord departed frome thence vnto Stampford where he lay all that nyght/ and the next day he removed frome thence vnto Grantham and was lodged in a gentilmans howsse called/ ms hall/ and the next day he rode to Newarke/ & lodged in the Castell all that nyght/ The next day he roode to Southewell a place of my lordes ws in iijs or iiij'r myles of Newarke/ where he entendyd to contynewe all that Somer/ as he dyd after// here I must declare to you a notable tale of commynycacion/ (ws was don at ms ffitzws byfore his departyng frome thence) bytwen hyme & me/ the ws was this/ <1Sir my lord>1 beyng in the Garden at ms ffitzws walkyng and sayeng of his evynsong ws hys Chapleyn/ I beyng there gevyng attendaunce vppon hyime/ his Evynsong fynesshed commaundyd his Chapleyn that bare vppe the trayn of his gown wyllest he walked/ to delyuer me the same and he to goo aside whan he had don/ And after hys chapleyn was goon a good distaunce owt of any heryng/ he sayd vnto me/ in this wyse ye have qs he/ byn late at london/ fforsothe my lord/ qs I/ not late/ sence that I was there to bye yos lyueres for yosseruauntes/ And what newes qs he/ was there than hard ye no commynycacion ther of me/ I pray you tell me/ Than perceyvyng that I had a good occasion to talke my mynd playnly vnto hyme/ sayd/ Sir if it please yosgrace/ it was my chaunce to be at a Dynner in a certyn place ws in the Citie/ where I among dyuers other honest & worshipfull gentillmen/ happed to sitt [f. 68s] ws ware for the most part of my old famylier acquayntaunce/ wherfore they ware the more bolder to enter in commynycacion wt me/ vnderstandyng that I was still yosgraces seruaunt/ Axid me a questyon ws I cowld not well assoyll theme/ what was that/ qs my lord/ fforsothe sir/ qs I/ ffirst they axid me howe ye dyd And howe ye accepted yosaduersitie & troble & the losse of yos goodes/ to the ws I answered that ye ware in helthe (thankes be to god) And toke all thyng in good part/ And sir it semed me that they ware all yosIndifferent frendes lamentyng yosdekay & lossc of yosRome & goodes/ doughtyng myche that the sequell therof cowld not be good in the Comen welthe/ ffor often chayngeng of suche officers ws be ffate fed in to the handes of suche as be lean and hongerd for riches woll suer travell by all means to gett aboundaunce & so the poore Comens be pillyd & extorted for gready lucre of Riches & treasure/ they sayd that ye ware full fed and entendyd nowe myche to the auauncemet of the kynges honor & the comen welthe/ Also they marvelled myche that ye beyng of so excellent a wytt and highe discression wold so symply confesse yosself gyltie in the premunyre/ wherin/ ye myght full well haue stand in the triall of yoscase/ ffor they vnderstod by the report of some of the kynges Councell learned that in yoscase (well considered)/ ye had great wrong/ to the ws I cowld make (as me thought) no sufficient Answere but sayd that I dought not but that yos so doyng was vppon some greatter consideracion than my wytt cowld vnder- stand/ ys this/ qs he/ the oppynyon of wyse men/ vea forsothe my lord/ qs I/ and allmost of all other men// Well then/ qs he/ I se that ther wysdomes perceyve not the ground of the matter that moved me so to do ffor I considered that my ennemyes had brought the matter so to passe ayenst me/ and conveyed it so that they made it the kynges case/ and caused the kyng to take the matter in to his owen handes & quarell/ And after that he had vppon occasion therof seased all my goodes & possession in to his demayns/ And than the quarell to be his/ he wold rather than yeld or take a foyell in the lawe/ and therby restore [f. 69] to me all my goodes agan/ wold soner (by the procuremes of my ennemyes and evyll wyllers) Imagyn my vtter vndoyng & distruccion/ Wherof the most ease therin had byn for me perpetuall Imprisonmet/ And rather then I wold Ieopard so ferre/ or put my lyfe in any suche hasard/ yet had I most levest to yeld & confesse the matter commyttyng the hole some therof is I did vnto the kynges Clemency & mercy and lyve at large lyke a poore vykare/ than to lye in prison ws all the goodes & honour that I hade/ And therfore it was must best way for me (all thynges consideryd) to do as I haue don/ than to stand in triall ws the kyng ffor he wold haue byn lothe to haue byn noted a wrong doer/ And in my submyssion the kyng (I dought not) had a great remorse of concyence/ wherin he wold rather pitie me than malygne me/ And also there was a contynuall serpentyn cnnemye abought the kyng that wolld I ame well assured if I had byn found styfe necked/ called contynually vppon the kyng in his eare (I m~an the nyght Crowe)/// ws suche a vehemencye/ that I shold (wt the helpe of hir assistaunce) have opteyned soner the kynges indignacion/ than his lawfull fauour and his ffauor oons lost (ws I trust at this present I haue) wold neuer haue byn by rae recouered/ therfore I thought it better for me io kepe still his lovyng favour/ ws losse of my goodes & dignytyes than to wynne my goodes & substaunce ws the losse of hys love & pryncely fauour/ ws is but oonly deathe// Quia indignacio prin- cipis mors est/ And thys was the specyall ground and cause that I velded my self gyltie in the premunire/ ws I percevve all men knewe not/ wherin sence/ I vnderstand the kyng hathe cunceyved a certyn pryke of concyence/ who toke secretly to hyme self the matter more grevous in his secrett stomake than all men knewe/ for he knewe wether I did offend hyme ther in so prevously (as it was made) or no/ To whos concyence I do commytt my cause/ trowthe/ & equytie// And thus we left the substaunce of all this commynycacion/ allthoughe we had myche more talke/ yet is this sufficient to cause you to vnderstand as well the cause of his confession in his offence/ as also the cause of the losse of all his goodes & treasure/// [f. 69s] <1Nowe lett vs/>1 retorne were we left/ My lord beyng in the Castell of Newarke/ entendyng to ride to Southwell ws was iiij'r myles frome thence/ toke nowe his Iourney thetherward ayenst Supper/ where he was fayn for lake of reparacion of the bysshopes place/ ws appurteyned to the see of yorke/ to be lodgyd in a prebendaries howsse ayenst the seyd place/ And there kepte howsse vntill wytsontyd next ayenst ws tyme he removed in to the place newely amendyd & repayred/ And there contynued the most part of the Somer/ Sewerly not wtout great resort of the most worshipfullest gentilmen of the Contrie/ And dyuers other/ of whome they ware most gladly entertayned & had of hyme the best chere he could devyse for theme whos gentill & famylier behauour ws theme caused hyme to be greatly beloved & estemed/ thoroughe the hole contrie there aboughtes/ he kept an noble howsse and plentie bothe of meate & drynke/ for all commers bothe for riche & Poore/ And myche almes gevyn at his gate/ he vsed myche charite & pite/ among his poore tenauntes & other/ allthoughe the fame therof was no pleasaunt sownd in the eares of his ennemyes and of suche as bare hyme no good wyll/ howebeit the Comen people woll report as they fynd cause/ ffor he was myche more famylier among all persons than he was accustumed/ And most gladdest whan he had an occasion to do them good/ he made many agrementes and concordes betwen gentillman & gentillman/ And bytwen some gentillmen & ther wyfes that had byn long a Sonder and in great troble/ and dyuers other agrementes bytwen other persons/ makyng great assembles for the same purpose and feastyng of them not sparyng for any costes where he myght make a peace/ and amytie/ ws purchased hyme myche love & frendshipe in the Contrie// yt chaunced that vppon Corpus xpi Eve after supper he commaundyd me to prepare all thyng for hyme in a redynes/ ayensthe next day/ for he entendyd to syng highe mynstr/ that day And I not forgettyng his commaundemet/ gave lyke warnyng to all his officers of hys howsse & other of my ffellows/ to forse that all thynges appurteynyng to ther romes ware fully furnysshed to my lordes honor/ [f. 70]This don I went to my bed/ where I was skantly a slepe & warme but that oon of the porters came to my chamber doore/ callyng vppon me/ and sayd there was ij gentillmen/ at the gat that wold gladly speke ws my lord frome the kyng/ ws that I arose vppe and went incontynent vnto the gate ws the porter/ demaundyng what they ware that so ffayn wold come In/ they seyd vnto me that ther was ms Breerton/ oon of the gentilmen of the kynges privye chamber/ And ms Wrothesley wcs ware come frome the kyng empost/ to speke ws my lord/ than hauyng vnderstandyng what they ware caused the Porter to lett them In/ And after ther entre they desired me to speke ws my lord wsout delay for they myght not tary/ at whos request I repayred to my lordes chamber & waked hyme that was a slepe/ but whan he hard me speke/ he de- maundyd of me what I wold haue/ Sir qs I/ ther be bynethe in the porters loge ms Breerton gentilman of the kynges pryvye Chamber/ and ms writhesley come frome the kyng to speke wt you/ they wyll not tary therfore they beseche yosgrace to speke ws you owt of hand/ well than qs my lord byd them come vppe in to my dynyng chamber/ and I wyll prepare my self to come to theme/ than I resorted to them agayn/ And shewed them that my lord desired them to come vppe vnto hyme & he woll talke ws thenae ws a right good wyll/ they thanked me & went ws me vnto my lord and assone as they perceyved hyme beyng in his nyght apparell dyd to hyme humble reuerence/ whome my lord toke by the handes demaundyng of theme howe the kyng his souerayn lord did/ sir seyd they/ right well in helthe & mery/ (thankes be vnto our lord)// Sir qs they/ we must desier you to talke ws you a part/ ws a right good wyll/ qs my lord/ who drewe them a side in to a great wyndowe/ and there talked ws theme secretly/ and after long talke they toke owt of a male/ a certyn Coffer couered ws grean veluett/ and bound ws barres of siluer & gylt/ ws a looke of the same/ hauyng a key ws was gylt ws the ws they opened the same chest/ owt of the ws they toke a certyn Instrumet or writyng conteynyng more then oon skyn of parchement/ [f. 70v] havyng many great Seales hangyng at yt/ where vnto they put more waxe for my lordes Seale/ the ws my lord Sealed ws his owen seale & subscrybed his name to the same/ And that don they wold nedes departe/ And for as myche as it was after mydnyght/ my lord desired them to tarye & take a bed/ they thanked hyme/ And seyd they myght in no wyse tary for they wold ws all spede to the Erle of Shrewesburys directly wsout lett by cause they wold be there or euer he stered in the mornyng/ And my lord perceyvyng ther hasty spede/ caused them to eate suche cold meate as ther was in store wtin the howsse and to drynke a coppe or ij of wyne/ And that don he gaue eche of theme iiijs old Souerayns of gold desiryng them to take it in gree sayeng that if he had byn of greatter abyllitie/ ther reward shold haue byn better/ And so takyng ther leave/ they departyd/ and after they ware departed/ as I hard sey they ware not contentid ws ther reward/ In deade they ware not none of his indifferent ffrendes ws caused them to accept it so disdaynously howebeit if they knewe what littill stoore of mony he had at that present they wold I ame suere (beyng but his Indyfferent frendes) they wold haue gevyn hyme harty thankes/ But no thyng is more lost or cast a way/ than is suche thynges ws is gevyn to suche Ingrate persons/ My lord went agayn to bed And yet all his watche & disturbaunce that he had that nyght notwtstandyng/ he song hyghemasse the next day as he appoynted byfore/ There was none in all his howsse that knewe of the commyng or goyng of thes ij gentilmen and yet there la ws in the seyd howsse many worshipfull strayngers// <1After thys sort/>1 and maner my lord contynued at Southewell vntill the latter end of Grease tyme/ at ws tyme he entendyd to remove to Scrobye/ ws was an other howsse/ of the bysshop- riche of yorke/ and ayenst the day of his removyng he caused all his officers to prepare as well for provysion to be made for hyme there as also for cariage of his stuffe and other matters con- 5 cernyng his estate/ his removyng and entent was not so secrett/ but that it was [f. 71] knowen/ abrode in Contrie/ ws was lamentable to all his neyghbors/ abought Southwell/ and as it was lamentable vnto them/ so was yt as myche Ioy to his neygh- bors abought Scrobye/ Ayenst the day of his removyng dyuers knyghtes & other gentilmen of worshype in the Contrie/ came to hyme to Sowthewell entendyng to accompany & attend vppon hyme in that Iourney the next day And to conducte hyme thoroughe the fforest vnto Scrobye/ but he beyng of ther purpose aduertised howe they did cntend to haue lodged a great stagg or tweyn for hyme by the waye/ purposly to shewe hyme all pleasure & disporte they cowld devyse and havyng (as I seyd) therof Intelligence was very lothe to receyve any suche honor & disport at ther handes not knowyng howe the kyng wold take it and beyng well assured that his ennemyes wold reioyse myche to vnderstand that he wold take vppon hyme any suche presumpcyon/ wherby they myght fynd an occasion to enforme the kyng howe sonpmtyous & pleasaunt he was notwtstandyng his aduersite and ouerthrowe/ And so to bryng the kyng in to a wrong oppynyon of small hope/ in hyme of reconsilmet/ but rather that he sowght a mean to opteyn the fauour of the Contrie/ to wtstand the kyngcs procedynges wt dyuers suche Imagynacions wherin he myght soner catche displeasure than fauour & honour/ And also he was lothe to mike the worshipfull gentilmen privye to this his Imaginacion lest parauenture that they shold conceyve some toye or fantzy in ther hedes by means therof and so to eschewe ther accustumed accesse and absent theme selfes frome hyme/ ws shold be as myche to hys greve/ as the other was to his comfort/ therfore tie devysed this meane way/ (as hereafter folowyth) ws shold rather be taken for a laughyng disport than other wyse/ ffirst he called me vnto hyme secretly at nyght goyng to his rest/ And commaundyd me in amy wyse most secretly that nyght to cause .vj.h or.vijs horsses besides his mewle for his owen person to be made redy by the breke of the day for hyme/ and for suche persons as he appoynted to ride ws hyme to an Abbey called welbeke/ where he entendyd to logge by the way to Scrobye/ wyllynge me to be also in a redynes/ [f. 71s] to ride ws hyme/ And to call hyme so early that he myght be on horssebake after he had hard masse by the brekyng of day/ Sir/ what wyll you more/ All thynges beyng accomplisshed accordyng to his commaundemet And the same fynysshed & don/ he ws a small nomber byfore appoynted mounted vppon his mewle settyng forthe by the brekyng of the day towardes welbeke ws is abuught xvjs mylles frome ihence/ whether my lord & we came byfore vjth of the cloke in the mornyng and he went strayt to his bed levyng all the gentilmen strayngers in ther beddes at Sowihewell no thyng privye of my lordes secrett departure/ who expectyd his vppe risyng vntill it was viijth of the Clocke/ but after it was knowen to theme/ and to all the rest there remaynyng behynd hyme/ than cuery man went to horsbake/ gallopeng after supposyng to ouertake hyme/ but he was at his rest in welbeke or euer they roose owt of ther beddes in Sowthewell/ And so ther cheafe huntyng and Coursyng of the great Stagge was disapoynted & dassht/ but at ther thether resort to my lord syttyng at dynner the matter was gested & laughed owte/ merylye/ and all the matter well taken/ My lord the next day removed frome thence/ to whome resortyd dyuers gentillmen of my lord therle of Shrewsburys seruauntes to desier my lord in ther mss name to hunt in a parke/ of therles called worsoppe parke/ the ws was ws in a myle of welbeke/ and the very best & next waye for my lord to travell thorowghe on his Iourney where myche plenty of game was layed in a redynes to shewe hyme pleasure/ howbeit he thanked my lord ther ms for his gentilnes and theme for ther paynnes/ sayeng that he was no meate man for any suche pastyme/ beyng a man oth disposed/ suche pastyme & pleasure ware meate for suche noble men as delight therin/ Neuerthelesse/ he cowld do no lesse than to accompte my lord of Shrewsbury to be myche his frend in whome he found suche gentilnes & noblenes in his honorable offer/ to whome he rendered his most lowly thankes/ but in no wyse they cowld entreat hyme to hunt allthoughe the worshipfull gentilmen beyng in his company provoked him all that they cowld do therto/ yet he wold not consent desyryng theme to be contented/ sayeng that he came not in to the Contrye [f frequent or folowe any suche pleasures or pastymes/ but oonly to attend to a greatter Care that he had in hand ws was his dewtie, study & pleasure And ws suche reasons & perswasions he pacified them for that tyme/ howbeit yet as he rode thoroughe the parke bothe my lord of Shrewsburys seruauntes And also the foreseyd gentilmen moved hyme/ oons agayn byfore whome the dere lay very fayer for all pleasaunt/ huntyng and Coursyng/ but it wold not be/ but made as myche sped to ride thorowghe the parke/ as he cowld/ And at the issue owte of the parke/ he callyd therles gentilmen & the kepers vnto hyme/ desiryng theme to haue hyme commendyd to my lord ther ms/ thankyng hyme for hys most honorable offer & good wyll/ trustyng shortly to visit hyme at his owen howsse/ And gave the kepers xls for ther payns & diligence/ who conducted hyme thoroughe the parke And so rode to an other abbey called Rofford Abbey/ And after he rode to blythe Abbey/ where he lay all nyght/ And the next day to Scrobye where he contynued vntill after Michelmas mynystryng many deades of charitie/ Most Comenly euery Sonday (if the Whether did serue) he wold travell vnto some paryshe chirche/ there abought and there wold say hys devyn seruyce And other here or say masse hyme self/ causyng some oon of hys Chaplyns to preche vnto the people/ And that don he wold dynne/ in some honest howsse/ of that town/ where shold be distributed to the poore a great almes/ as well of mete & drynke/ as of monye/ to supplye the want of sufficient mete/ if the nombor of the poore did so exced of necessitie/ And thus ws other good deades practasyng & excercisyng duryng his abode at Scrobye as makyng of love dayes and aggremetes bytwen partie & partie/ beyng than at varyaunce/ he/ dayly frequentyng hyme self abought suche busynes/ & deades of honest charitie// [f. 72s] <1Than abought/>1 the feast of Seynt Michell next ensuyng my lord toke his Iourney towardes Cawood Castell/ the ws is wtin vijes myles of yorke/ And passyng thether he lay ij nyghtes and a day at Seynt Oswaldes Abbeye where he hymeself con- firmed Childerne in the Chyrche frome viijth of Clocke in the naornyng vntyll xjs of the clocke at none/ And makyng a short dynner resortyd agayn to the chirche at oon of the cloke/ And there began agayn to confirme moo childern vntill iiijs of the cloke/ where he was at the last constrayned for werynes to sitt down in a chayer/ the nomber of the childerne was suche/ that don he sayd his Evynsong and than went to Sopper/ And rested hyme there all that nyght/ And the next mornyng he applied hyme self to departe towardes Cawood and or euer he departed he confirmed all most an Cs childerne more And than rude on his Iourney/ And by the way ther ware assembled at a stone Crosse standyng vppon a greane ws in a quarts of a myle of fieryebrigg abought the nomber of CCs childerne to confirme/ where he allighted and never removed hys foote vntill he had confirmed theme all/ And than toke his mewle/ agayn and roode to Cawood where he lay long after ws myche honour and love of the Contrie/ bothe of the worshipefull and of the symple/ excercysyng hyme self in good deades of charitie/ And kepte there an honorable & plentifull howsse/ for all commers/ And also bylt & repayred the Castell ws was than greatly dekayed hauyng a great multitude of artifycers and laborers/ above the nomber of CCCs pcrsons dayly in wages/ And lyeng there he had Intelligence/ bv the gentilmen of the Contrie/ that vsid to repayer vnto hyme/ that there was sprong a great varyaunce & deadly hate/ bytwen sir Richard Tempest & ms Bryan hastynges than but a squyer ws was after made knyght/ bytwen whome was lyke to ensue great murder onlesse some good mean myght be found to redresse the Inconvenyence that was most lyklyest to ensue/ my lord beyng therof aduertised laymentyng the case made suche means by his wysdome & letters ws other per- swasions that thes ij gentilmen ware content to resort to my lord to Cawood/ and there to abyde his order/ hyghe & lowe/ than was there a day [f. 73] Appoynted of there assembly byforr my lord/ At ws day they Came/ not wtout great number on cche partie/ wherfore ayenst ws day my lord had requyred many worshipfull gentilmen to be there present to assist hyme wt ther wysdomes to appease thes ij worthy gentilmen/ beyng at deadly foode/ and to se the kynges peace kepte/ com- maundyng no more of ther nomber to enter in to the Castell ws thes ij gentilmen than vj persons of eche of ther menyall seruauntes and all the rest to remayn wsout in the town or where they listed to repayer/ And my lord hyme self issuyng owte of the gattes callyng the noimber of bothe parties byfore hyme strayntly chargeng t hem most earnestly to obserue & kepe the kynges peace/ in the kynges name/ vppon ther parelles wsout owther braggyng or quarellyng eyther ws other and caused theme to haue bothe beare and wynne sent theme in to the town/ And than retourned agayn in to the Castell beyng abought ixs of the cloke/ And bycause he wold haue thes gentilment to dyne ws hvme at his oven table/ thought it good/ in avoydyng of further Inconvenyence/ to appeace ther rancore byfore/ where vppon he called theme in to his Chappell/ And there ws the assystence/ of the other gentilmenhe fill in to commynycacion wt the matter/ declaryng vnto theme the dayngers & myschefese that thoroughe ther wylfulnes & foly ware most lyklyest to enswe/ wi dyuers other good exhortacions/ Notwsstandyng the parties layeng And allegyng many thynges for there defence/ Sometyme Addeng eche to other stout & dispyghtfull wordes of diffyaunce the ws my lord & the other gentilmen had myche a do to qualifie/ ther malices was so greate/ howbeit at lengethe/ ws long contynuaunce// wyse argumetes & depe perswasions made by my lord they ware aggreed & fynally accordyd abought iiijs of the cloke at after none/ And so made theme ffrendes/ And as it semed they bothe reioysed & ware right well contentyd therwt/ to the great comfort of all the other worshipfull gentilmen/ causyng theme to shake handes and to go arme in Arme to dynner/ And so went to dynner/ thoughe it was very late/ to dynne/ yet notwtstandyng [f. 73s] they dyned together ws thother gentilmen at my lordes table where they dranke lovyngly eche to other ws countenaunce of great Amytie/ After dynner my lord caused them to discharge ther rowtes & assemble that remayned in the town and to retayn ws theme no mo seruauntes than they ware accustumed most comenly to ride wt/ And that don/ thes gentillmen ffulfillyng his commaundemet taried at Cawood and lay there all nyght whome my lord entertayned in suche sort that they accepted his noble hart in great worthynes trustyng to haue of hyme a specyall Ioyell in ther contrie/ hauyng hyme in great estymacion & fauour/ as it appered after ward by ther behauor & dymeanor towardes hyme// Yt ys <1not/ to he/>1 doughted but that the worshipefull persons As doctors and prebendaries of the cloos of yorke/ wold & did resort vnto hyme accordyng to ther dewties as vnto ther father & patron of ther sperytuall dignyties/ beyng at his first commyng in to the contrie/ ther chirche of yorke beyng wtin vijs myles/ wherfore ye shall vnderstand that Doctor hikden Deane of the chirche of yorke ws the treasorer and dyuers other hed officers of the same repayred to my lord welcommyng hyme most Ioyously in to the contrie sayeng that it was to theme no small comfort to se hyme among theme as ther cheafe hed ws hathe byn so long absent frome theme/ beyng all that while lyke ffatherlesse childerne & comfortles trustyng shortly to se hyme among them/ in his owen chirche/ yt is/ qs he/ the especyall cause of all my travell in to this Contrie not oonly to be among you for a tyme but also to spend my lyfe ws you as a very father and a mutuall brother/ Sir than/ qs they/ ye must vnderstand that the ordenarie Ruelles of our chirche hathe byn of an auncyent Custume/ wherof allthoughe ye be hed & chefe gouernor yet be ye not so well acquaynted ws theme as we be/ therfore we shall vnder the supportacion of yos grace/ declare some part therof to you/ as well of our auncyent Custumes As of the lawse & vsage/ of the same/ Therfore ye shall vnderstand that where ye do entend to repayer vnto vs/ the old lawe & custume of our chirche hathe byn that the archebisshope beyng our chefe hed & pasture as your grace nowe be/ myght ne owght not to come above the quyer doore nor haue any stalle in the quyer/ vntill [f. 74] he by dewe order ware there stalled/ ffor if ye shold happen to dye byfore yos stallacion ye shold not be buried above in the quyer but in the body of the same chirche benethe/ therf-ore we shall (vna voce) requyer yos grace/ in the name all other our brotherne/ that you wold vouchesalve to do herin as yos noble predecessors & honorable fathers hathe don/ And that ye wyll not infrynge or violate any of our laudable ordy- naunces & constitucions of our chirche/ to the obseruaunce & preseruacion wherof we be obliged by vertue of an othe at our first admyttaunce to se them obserued & fulfilled to the vtter- most of our powers/ ws dyuers other matters remaynyng of Record in our treasory howsse/ among other thynges// Thos recordes/ qs my lord/ wold I gladly se/ And thos seen & digested/ I shall than shewe you further of my mynd/ And thus of thys matter they ceassed commynycacion and passed forthe in other matters/ So that my lord assigned theme a day to bryng in ther recordes/ at ws day they brought ws them ther reiester boke of record/ wherin was writtyn ther constitucions and auncyent Rewles whervnto all the fathers & mynesters of the chirche of yorke ware most cheafely bound bothe to se it don & performed and also to performe & obserue the same them selfes/ And whan my lord had seen/ rede/ & considered theffect of ther recerdes And debated ws theme substancyally therin/ he determyned to be stalled there in the mynstere the next monday after Alhalou- day/ Ayenst ws day there was made necessarye preparacion/ for the furniture therof/ but not in so sumptious a wyse as his predecessors did byfore hyme/ ne yet in suche a sort as the comen fame was blowen a brode of hyme/ to his great slaunder/ and to the reporters myche more dishonestie to forge suche lyes & blasfemous reportes wherin ther is no thyng more ontrewe/ The trowthe wherof I perfectly knowe/ for I was made pryvye to the same/ And sent to yorke to forse all thyng to pre- pare accordyng for the same/ ws shold haue byn myche more meane & basse than all other of his predicessors hertofore hathe don/ yt came so to passe that vppon hallhalouday oon of the hed officers of the chyrche ws shold (by vertue of his office) haue most doynges in this stallacion came to dynne ws my lord at Cawood and sittyng it dynner they fill in commynycacion [f. 74v] for the order of his stallacion/ who sayd to my lord that he owght to goo vppon clothe frome seynt Iames chapell (standyng wtout the gattes of the Citie of yorke) vnto the mynster the ws shold be distributed among the poore/ My lord heryng this made answere to the same in this wyse/ Allthoughe/ qs he/ that our predycessors went vppon clothe right Somptiously/ we do entend (god willyng) to goo a foote frome thence wtout any suche glory/ in the vamppes of my hosyn/ for I take god to be my very Iuge that I presume not to goo thether for any tryhumphe or vaynglory/ but oonly to fulfyll the obseruaunces & Rewles of the chirche to the ws (as ye say) I ame bound/ And therfore I shall desier you all to hold you contentyd ws my symplycyte/ And also I commaund all my seruauntes to goo as humbly wtout any other sumptyous apparell than they be costumably vsed & that is comly & decent to were/ ffor I do assure you I do entend to come to yorke vppon Sonday at nyght and lodge there in the Deans howsse and vppon monday to be stalled & there to make a dynner for you of the cloose and for other worshipfull gentylmen/ that shall chaunce to come to me at that tyme/ And the next day to dynne ws the Mayor and so retorne home agayn to Cawood that nyght/ And 5 thus to fynysshe/ the same wherby I may at all tymes resort to yorke mynster wsout other scripulosite or offence to any of you/ This day cowld not be onknowen to all the Contrie but that some must nedes haue knowlege therof/ wherby that notice was gevyn vnto the gentillmen of the Contrie/ And they beyng therof as well aduertised as Abbottes/ Priors & other of the day of this solemnyzacyon/ sent in suche provision of dayntie victualles that it is allmost Incredyble/ wherfore I omyt to declare vnto you the certyntie therof/ As of great & fatt beafes/ muttons/ wyld- fowle/ and venyson bothe red & falowe and dyuers other dayntie meates suche as the tyme of the yere dyd serue/ sufficyent to furnysshe a great & somptious feast/ all ws thynges ware onknowen to my lord/ for as myche as he beyng preventyd and disapoynted of his reasonable purposed entent/ by cause he was arrestyd as ye shall here hereafter/ So that [f. 75] the most part of this provision was sent to yorke/ that same day that he was arrested and the next day folowyng/ ffor his arrest was kept as cloose & secrett frome the contrie as it cowld be/ by cause they doughted the people ws had hyme in great love & estymacion/ for his accustumed charitie/ & liberalitie vsed davlye among theme ws famylier gesture & countenaunce/ ws be the very rneans to allewer the love & hartes of the people in the northe parties/ <1Or euer I wad>1 any ferther in this matter I do entend to declare vnto you what chaunced hyme byfore this his last troble at Cawood as a sygne or token gevyn by god what shold 30 folowe of his end or of troble ws did shortly ensue/ the sequell wherof was of no man (than prescnt) owther premedytate or Imagyned/ therfor for as myche as it is a notable thyng to be considered I wyll (god wyllyng) declare it as truly as it chaunced accordyng to my symple remembraunce/ at the ws I my self was present// <1My lordes accustumed>1 Ennemyes in the Court abought the kyng had nowe my lord in more dowght than they had byfore hys fall/ consideryng the contynuall fauour that the kyng bare hyme/ thought that at lengthe the kyng myght caulle hyme home agayn/ And if he so did/ they supposed that he wold rather Imagyn ayenst theme/ than to remytt or forgett ther Crueltie ws they most oniustly Imagened ayenst hyme// warfore they compased in ther hedes that they wold owther by some means dispatche hyme by some synester Accusacion of treason/ or to bryng hyme in to the kynges highe indignacion by some other wayes/ this was ther dayly Imagynacion & studye/ hauyng as many spyalles and as many eyes to attend vppon his doynges (as the poettes fayn Argos to haue)/ So that he cowld nother worke/ or do any thyng but that his ennemyes had knowlege therof shortly after/ Nowe at the last they espied a tyme wherin they caught an occasion/ to bryng ther purpose to passe thynkyng therbye to haue of hyme a great avauntage/ ffor the matter beyng oons disclosed vnto the kyng in suche a vehemencye as they purposed/ they thought the kyng wold be moved ayenst hyme wt great displeasure/ And that [f. 75s] by them executyd & don/ the kyng vppon ther Informacion/ thought it good that he shold come vppe to stand to his triall/ ws they lyked no thyng at all/ Notwtstandyng he was sent for after thys sort/ ffirst they devysed that he shold come vppe apon arest in ward the ws they knewe right well wold so sore greve hyme that he myght be the weker to come in to the kynges presence to make answere/ wherfore they sent sir walter welshe knyght (oon of the gentilmen of the kynges privye chamber)/ down in to the Contrie vnto the Erle of Northehumberland (who was brought vppe in my lordes howsse) ws a Commyssion/ And they twayn beyng in commyssion/ Ioyntly to arrest my lord of haulte treason/ thys conclusion fully resolued/ they caused ms walsshe to prepare hyme selfe to thys Iourney ws this commyssion and Certyn Instruccions annexed to the same/ who made hyme redy to ride and toke his horsse at the Court gate Abought oon of the clocke at none vppon halhalou day/ towardes the Northe/ <1Howe>1 <1ame I>1 come to the place where I wyll declare the thyng that I promysed you byfore of a certyn token of my lordes troble ws was thys/ <1My lord>1 syttyng at dynner vppon Alhalou day in Cawood castell hauyng at his bordes end dyuers of his most worthiest chapleyns syttyng at dynner to kepe hyme company for lake of Strayngers/ ye shall vnderstand that my lordes great crosse of Syluer accustumably stode in the corner at the tables end leanyng ayenst the tappett or hangyng of the chamber/ And whan the tables end was taken vppe/ & a convenyent tyme for theme to arryse/ And in arryssyng frome the tabyll/ oon doctor Augusteyn/ the phisicion beyng a venycian borne/ hauyng a boystors gown of blake veluett vppon hyme/ As he wold haue come owt at the tables end his gown ouerthrewe the crosse that stode there in the corner/ And the Crosse raylyng down along the tappett it chaunced to fall vppon doctor Bonners hed ws stod among other by the tappett makyng of Curtesy to my lord and ws oon of the poyntz of the [f. 76] crosse Raced hys hed a littill that the blode ran down/ the company standyng there ware greatly astoned ws the chaunce (my lord syttyng in his chayer) lokyng vppon them perceyved the chaunce/ demaundyd of me beyng next hyme what the matter ment of ther soden abasshemet/ I shewed hyme howe the Crosse fyll vppon doctor Bonners hed/ hathe it/ qs he/ drawen any bloode/ yea forsothe my lord/ qs I/ as it semythe me/ ws that he cast down hys hed lokyng very soberly vppon me a good while wsout any word spekyng/ at the last/ qs he/ shakyng of hys hed/ <1Malum Omen>1/ And therws sayd grace/ and rose frome the table/ And went in to his bed chamber there lamentyng makyng his prayers/ Nowe marke the sygnyficacion howe my lord expoundyd this matter vnto me after ward at Pountfrett Abbey/ ffirst ye shall vnderstand that by the Crosse ws belonged to the dygnytie of yorke/ he |p vnderstode to be hymeself/ And by Augusteyn he vnderstode that ouerthrewe the Crosse to be he that shold accuse hyme/ by means wherof he shold be ouerthrowen/ the fallyng vppon ms Bonners hed (who was ms of my lordes faculties & sperytuall Iurisdiccions) ws was dampnefied by the ouerthroweng of the crosse by the phisicion/ And by the drawyng of blode betokned deathe/ ws shortly after came to pas/ Abought the same very tyme of the day of thys myschaunce ms walshe toke hys horsse at the Court gate/ as nyghe as it cowld be Iuged/ And thus my lord toke it for a very sygne or token of that wcne after enswed if the circumstaunce be equally considered & noted/ Allthoughe no man was there present at that tyme that had any knowlege of ms walshes commyng down/ or what shold followe/ wherfore as it was supposed that god shewed hyme more secrett knowlege of his lattere dayes & end of his troble than ill men supposed/ ws appered right well by dyuers talkes (that he had ws me at dyuers tymes) of his last end/ And nowe that I haue declared vnto you theffect of this prodegye and sygn/ I wold retorne agayn to my matter//// [f. 76s] <1The tyme drawyng>1 nyghe of his stillicion sittyng at dynner vppon the ffridiy next byfore mondiy on the ws he entendvd to be stalled it yorke/ the Ehle of Northumberland and ms walshe ws a great company of gentilmen/ as well of therles seruauntes as of the Contrie ws he had gathered together to accompany hyme in the kynges nime (not knowyng to what purpose or to what entent) came in to the hill it Cawood (the officers sittyng at dynner/ and my lord not fully dyned) but beyng it his freuctes/ nothyng knowyng of therles beyng in his hill/ The first thyng that therle dyd after he came in to the Cistell com- miunded the Porter to delyuer hyme the kayes of the gittes who wold in no wyse delyuer hyme the kayes/ allthoughe he ware very roughtly commaundyd in the kynges name to delyuer theme/ to oon of therles seruauntes/ Seyeng vnto therle/ Sir ye do entend to delyuer them to oon of yos seruauntes to kepe theme & the |p gattes and to plant an other in my rome/ I knowe no cause whye ye shold so do/ and this I assure you that yos lordshipe hathe no oon seruaunte but that I ame asable to kepe theme as he/ to what purpose so euer it be/ And also the keyes ware delyuerd me by my lord my Ms ws a charge bothe by othe & by other preceptes & commaundemetes therfore I beseche yos lordshipc to pardon me/ thowghe I refuse yo' commaundemet ffor what so euer ye shall commaunde me to do that belongyth to my office/ I shall do it ws a right good wyll as Iustly as a yos seruauntes/ ws that qs the gentilmen there present vnto therle (heryng hyme speke so stoutly lyke a man/ therfore reason) Sir/ qs they/ he is a good ffellowe & spekyth lyke a faythfull seruaunt vnto his mr/ and lyke an honest man/ therfore geve hyme yos charge and lett hyme kepe still the gattes/ who we dought not wyll be obedyent to yos lordshipes commaundemet/ Well than/ qs therle/ hold hyme a boke and commaund hyme to lay his hand vppon the boke/ where at the porter made some dought/ but beyng perswadyd by the gentilmen there present/ was contentid/ and layed his hand vppon the boke/ to whome/ qs therle/ thou shall swere to kepe well & truly thes gattes to the kynges our souerayn lordes vse and to do all suche thynges as we shall commaund the in the kynges name beyng his hyghnes commyssioners and as it shall seme to vs at all tymes good as long as we shalbe here in the Castell/ And that [f. 77] ye shall hint lett in nor owte at thes gattes but suche as ye shalb maundyd/ by vs frome tyme to tyme/ And vppon this othe he receyved the kayes at therles and mr walshes handes/ of all thes doynges knewe my lord no thyng/ for they stopped the stayers that went vppe in to my lordes chamber where he sate/ so that no mam cowld passe vppe agayn that was come down/ At the last oon of my lordes seruauntes chaunced to loke down in to the hall at a loope that was vppon the stayers and retorned to my lord that shewed hyme that my lord of Northumbeland was in the hall/ where at my lord marvelled and wold not beleve hyme at the fyrst but commaundyd a gentilman/ beyng his gentilman |p vssher to goe down & bryng hyme perfight word/ who goyng down the stayers lokyng down at the loope/ where he sawe therle/ who than retorned to my lord & shewed hyme that it was very he/ than/ qs my lord/ I ame sory that we haue dyned for I feare that our officers be not stored of any plenty of good ffysshe/ to make hyme suche honorable chere/ as to hys estate ys con- venyent/ Notwsstandyng he shall haue suche <1as we>1 haue/ ws a right good wyll and lovyng hart/ lett the table be standyng still and we woll goo down and meate hyme/ and bryng hyme vppe and than he shall se howe ferreforthe we be at our dynner/ ws that he put the table frome hyme/ and rose vppe/ goyng down he encountred therle vppon the myddes of the stayers/ commyng vppe/ ws all hys men abought hyme/ And as sone as my lord espied therle he put of hys cappe/ and sayd to hyme/ my lord ye be most hartely welcome (And therws they enbraced eche other) Althoughe my lord/ qs he/ that I haue often desired and wysshed in my hart to se you in my howsse/ yet if ye had lovyd me as I do you/ ye wold haue sent me word byfore of yos commyng to thentent that I myght haue receyved you accordyng to yos honor & myn/ Notwsstandyng ye shall haue suche cheare as I ame able to make you ws a right good wyll/ trustyng that ye wyll accepte the same of me as of yos very old & lovyng frend/ hopyng hereafter to se you oftener whan I shalbe more able and better provydyd to receyve you/ ws better fare/ [f. 77v] And than my lord toke my lord of Northeumberland by the hand & led hyme vppe in to the Chamber/ whome folowed all therles seruauntes where the table stode in thestate that my lord left it whan he rose/ sayeng vnto therle/ Sir nowe ye may perceyve howe ferforthe we ware at our dynner/ my lord led therle to the fier sayng my lord ye shall goo in to my bed chamber where is a good fier made for you/ and there ye may shyfte yos apparell vntill yos chamber be made redy therfore lett yos male be brought vppe and or euer I goo I pray you geve me leave to take thes gentilmen yos seruauntes by the handes/ And whan he had |p taken theme all by the handes/ he retourned to therle & sayed Ah my lord I perceyve well that ye haue obserued my old preceptes & Instruccions ws I gave you whan ye ware abydyng ws me in yos youthe/ ws was to cheryshe yos fathers old seruauntes wherof I se here present ws you a great nomber/ sewerly my lord ye do therin very well and nobly and lyke a wyse gentilman/ ffor thes be they that will not oonly serue & love you/ but they wyll also lyve & die ws you/ and be treu & faythfull seruauntes to you/ And glade to se you prosper in honor/ the ws I beseche god send you ws long lyve/// <1Thys sayd/>1 he toke therle by the hand & led hyme in to hys bedd chamber and they beyng there all alone (save oonly I that kepte the doore/ accordyng to my dewtie beyng gentilman vssher) thes ij lordes standyng at a wyndowe/ by the chymney in my lordes bedd chamber/ therle trefmlyng sayed ws a very faynt & softe voyce/ vnto my lord/ layeng his hand vppon his arme/ My lord/ qs he/ I arrest you of hyghe treason/ ws ws wordes lord was marvelously astonyed standyng bothe still a long space wsout any ferther wordes/ but at the last/ qs my lord/ what movyth you or by what auctorytie do you this/ fforsothe my lord/ I haue a commyssion to warraunt me/ & my doynges/ where is yos commyssion/ qs my lord/ lett me se yt/ Nay sir that you may not/ qs therle/ well than/ qs my lord/ I wyll not obey yos arrest/ ffor ther hathe byn bytwen some of yos predicessors & myn great contencyon & debate growen vppon an auncient grudge/ ws may succed in you ws lyke inconvenyence as it hathe done here tofore/ therfor onlesse I se yos Auctoryte and commyssion I wyll not obey you/ Evyn as/ [f. 75] they ware debatyng this matter bytwen them in the chamber/ So busyly was mr walshe arrestyng of Doctor Augustyn/ the phisicion/ at the doore wsin the portall whome I hard saye vnto hyme/ goo in thou traytor or I shall make the/ And ws that I opyned the portall doore And the same beyng opyn/ mr walshe thrust doctor augustyn in byfore hyme ws vyolence/ thes matters on |p bothe the sides/ astonyied me very sore/ musyng what all this shold mean/ vntill at the last mr walshe beyng entered the chamber/ began to plukke of hys hode/ the ws he had mad hyme ws a Cote of the same clothe/ of Cotten/ to thentent that he wold not be knowen/ And after he had pluke it of/ he kneled down to my lord/ to whome my lord spake first sayeng thus (commaundyng hyme to stand vppe)/ Sir here my lord of Northumberland hathe arrested me of treason but by what auctorytie or commyssion he shewyth me not but saythe he hathe oon/ if ye be privye therto or be Ioyned ws hyme therin/ I pray you shewe me/ In dead my lord/ qs mr walshe/ if it please yos grace/ it is trcwe that he hathe oon/ well than seyd my lorde I pray you lett me se it/ sir I beseche yos grace hold vs excused/ qs mr walshe/ ther is annexed vnto our commyssion a Sedell ws certyn Instruccions ws you may in no wyse be prive vnto/ why qs my lord/ be yos Instruccions suche that <1I>1 may not se theme/ parauenture if I myght be privye to them I cowld the better helpe you to performe theme/ yt is not onknowen vnto you bothe I ame assured but I haue byn privye & of councell in as waytie matters as this is/ ffor I dought not for my part but I shall prove & cleare my self to be a trewe man/ ayenst thexpectacion/ of all my Cruell ennemyes/ I haue an vnderstandyng where vppon all this matter growyth/ well there is no more to do I trowe gentilman ye be oon of the kynges privye chamber yos name I suppose is (walshe) I ame content to yeld vnto you/ but not to my lord of Northumberland/ wsout I se his commyssion/ And also you are a sufficyent commyssion/ yos self in that behalfe in as myche as ye be oon of the kynges privy chamber/ ffor the worst person there/ is a sufficient warraunt to arrest the greattest peere of this realme/ by the kynges oonly com- maundemet wsout any commyssion/ Therfore I ame redy to be ordered & disposed att yos wyll/ put ther fore the kynges |p commyssion and yos auctory in execucion/ a goddes name/ [f. 78s] And spare not and I wyll obey the kynges pleasure/ ffor I feare hmore the crueltie of my onmercyfull ennemyes/ than I do my treuthe & allegyaunce/ wherin I take god to witnes I neuer offendyd the kynges mas in word or dede And therin I dare stand face to face ws any man a lyve hauyng Indifferency wsout parcyalitie/ Than came my lord of North- umberland vnto me standyng at the portall doore/ And com- maundyd me to avoyd the chamber (And beyng lothe to depart frome my mr) stode still and wold not remove/ to whome he spake agayn & seyd there is no remedy ye must nedys departe/ ws that I loked vppon my lord (as who sayth shall I goo) vppon whome my lord loked very hevely/ And shoke at me hys hed/ perceyvyng by hys countenaunce/ it boted me not to abyd/ And so I departed the chamber/ And went in to the next chamber/ where abode many gentilmen of my fellowes and other/ to learne of me somme newes of the matter ws in/ To whome I made report/ what I sawe & hard/ ws was to them great hevynes to here/ Than therle called dyuers gentilmen in to the chamber ws ware for the most part of his owen seruauntes/ And after 20 therle & mr walshe had taken the keyes of all my lordes cofferrs frome hyme/ they gave the charge & custody of my lordes person vnto thes gentilmen/ they departed and went abought the howsse to sett all thynges in order that nyght ayenst the next mornyng entendyng than to depart frome thence/ ws my lord beyng Saturday the ws they deferred vntill Sonday bycause all thynges cowld notbe broughtto passe as they wold haue it/ They went busely a bought to conveye doctor Augustyn a way to london ward ws as myche spede/ as they cowld sendyng ws hyme dyuers honest persons to conduct hyme who was tied vnder the horsse belly And this don whan it was nyght/ thes commyssioners assigned ij Grommes of my lordes to attend vppon hyme in his chamber that nyght/ where they lay/ And the most part of the rest of therles gentilmen seruauntes whatched |p in the next chamber and abought the howse contynually vntill the morowe/ And the porter kept the galtes so that no man cowld goo in ne ows vntill the next mornyng at ws tyme my lord rose vppe supposyng that he shold haue departed that day// howbeit he was kept cloose secretly in his [f. 79] chamber expectyng contynually his departure frome thence/ Than therle sent for me in to his owen chamber/ And beyng there/ he com- maundyd me to goo in to my lord and there to geve attendaunce vppon hyme/ And charged me vppon an othe that I shold obserue certyn Articles/ And goyng away frome hyme towardes my lord/ I met ws mr walshe/ in the Court/ who called me vnto hyme & led me in to hys chamber/ And there shewed me that the kynges highnes bare towardes me his pryncely fauour for my dyligent & true seruyce that I dayly mynestred towardes my lord & mr/ wherfore/ qs he/ the kynges pleasure is/ that ye shalbe abought yos mr as most cheffest person in whome his highnes puttyth great confidence/ And assured trust/ whos pleasure is therfore that ye shalbe sworne vnto hys mas to obserue certyn articles in writyngthe ws I wold deliuere you/ Sir/ qs I/ my lord of Northumberland hathe all redy sworne me to dyuers articles/ yea/ qs he/ but my lord cowld not delyuer you the articles in writyng as I ame commaundyd specyally to do therfore I delyuer you this byll ws thes articles/ to the ws ye shalbe sworne to fulfill/ Sir than/ qs I/ I pray you to geve me leave to pervse theme or euer I be sworne to se if I be able to performe theme// ws a right good wyll/ qs he/ And whan I had pervsed theme and vnderstod that they ware but reasonable & tollerable/ I answered that I was contented to obey the kynges pleasure and to be sworne to the performaunce of them/ And so he gave me an newe othe/ And than I resorted to my lord where he was in his chamber syttyng in a chayer the table beyng couered redy for hyme to goo to dynner/ but as sone as he perceyved me commyng in/ he fill in to suche an woofull lamentacion ws suche rewfull termes & waterye eyes/ that it wold haue caused the flyntiest hart to baue relented & burst for sorowe/ And as I and other cowld comforted hyme but it wold |p not be/ ffor nowe/ qs he/ that I se this gentilman/ (meanyng by me) howe faythefull/ howe diligent/ And howe paynfull, synce the begynneng of my troble/ he hathe serued me/ Abandonyng his owen contrie/ his wyfe & [f. 79v] childerne/ his howsse & famelye/ his rest & quyotnes/ only to serue me/ And remembryng ws my self that <1I>1 haue no thyng to reward hyme for his honest merytes grevythe me not a littill/ And also the sight of hyme puttythe me in remembraunce of the nomber of my faythfull seruauntes/ that I haue here remaynyng ws me in this howsse whome I did entend to haue preferred & auaunced to the best of my lower frome tyme to tyme as occasion shold serue/ but nowe alss I ame preventyd/ & haue no thyng laft me to reward theme/ffor all is depryved me/ and I ame laft here ther desolat & mysrable mr bare & wretched/ wsout helpe or socoure but of god alone// howbeit/ qs he/ to me (callyng me by my name)/ I ame a trewe man and therfore ye shall neuer receyve shame of me for yos seruyce/ I perceyvyng his heuynes & lamentable wordes sayd thus vnto hyme/ my lord I mystrust no thyng yos trewshe/ And for the same I dare & wyll be sworne/ byfore the kynges person and hys honorable Councell/ wherfore (knelyng vppo n my knee byfore hyme)/ sayd/ my lord comfort yos self and be of good chere/ the malice of yos oncharitable ennemyes nor ther ontrouthe shall neuer prevayle ayenst yos truethe and faythfulnes/ ffor I dought not but commyng oons to yos answere/ my hoPe is suche that ye shall so acquyt & cleare yos self of all ther surmysed & fayned accusacions that it shall be to the kynges contentacion and myche to yos auauncement & restitucion of yos former dygnyte & estate/ yea/ qs he/ if I may come to myn answere I feare no man a lyve/ ffor he lyvyth not vppon the yerthe that shall loke vppon this face (poyntyng to his owen face)/ shall be able to accuse me of any ontrouthe/ And that knowyth myn ennemyes full well/ wcne woll be an occasion that I shall not haue Indifferent Iustice/ but woll rather seke some other synyster wayes to distroy me/ Sir/ qs I/ ye nede not therin to dowght the kyng beyng so myche yos good lord as he hathe allwayes shewed hyme self to be/ in all yos trobles/ ws that came vppe my lordes meate/ and so we left our commynycacion/ |p I gave hyme water & satt hyme down to dynner (ws whome sate dyuers of therles gentilmen)/ notwsstandyng my lord did eate very littill meate/ but wold many tymes burst owte sodenly in teares ws the most sorowfullest [f. 80] wordes that hathe byn hard of any wofull creature/ And at the last he fetched a great sighe frome the bottome of his hart sayeng thes wordes of scripture/ <20 constancia niartiruni laudabilis/ 0 charitas in->2 <2extinguibilis/ 0 faciencia/ Invincibilis// Que licet inter fressuras>2 <2persequencium visa sit desficabilis// Invenietur in laudem et>2 <2gloriam et honorem in tempore tribulacionis/>2 And thus passed he forthe his dynner in great lamentacion & hevynes/ who was more fed & naoysted ws sorowe & teares than ws owther pleasaunt metes or dylicate drynkes// I suppose there was not a drie eye among all the gentilhnen/ syttyng at the table ws hyme/ And whan the table was taken vppe/ it was shewed my lord that he could not remove that nyght (who expected none other all that daye)// qs he/ evyn whan it shall seme my lord of North- umberland good/ the next day my lord prepared hyme self (beyng Sonday) to ride/ whan he shold be commaundyd/ And after dynner/ be that tyme that therle hade appoynted all thyng in good order ws in the castell/ yt drewe fast to nyght/ there was assigned to attend vppon hyme fyve of vs his owen seruauntes and no mo/ that was to sey/ I/ oon chapleyn/ his barbor & ij Gromes of his chamber/ And whan he shold goo down the stayers owt of the great chamber my lord demaundyd for the rest of his seruauntes/ therle answered that they ware not farre (the ws he had enclosed ws in the Chappell by cause they shold not disquyot his departure) sir I pray you/ qs my lord/ lett me se theme or euer I depart or elles I woll neuergoo owt of this howsse/ alake my lord/ qs therle/ they shold troble you therfore I beseche you to content yos self/ well/ qs my lord/ than wyll I not depart owt of this howsse but I wyll se theme & take mv leave of theme in this chamber/ And his seruauntes beyng inclosed in the chappell hauyng vnderstandyng of my lordes |p departyng awaye and that they shold not se hyme byfore his departure/ began to grudge and to make suche a rewfull noyce/ that the commyssioners dowted some tumult or enconvenyence to aryse by reason therof/ thought it good to lett them passe owt to my lord/ and that don they came to hyme in to the great chamber where he was [f. 80v] and there they kneled down/ byfore hyme among whome was not oon drie eye/ but pytifully lamentyd ther maysters fall and troble/ to whome my lord gave comfortable wordes and worth praysis for ther dyligent faythfullnes & honest treuthe/ towardes hyme/ assureng them that what chaunces so euer shold happen vnto hyme that he is a true man and a Iust to his souerayn lord and thus ws a lamentable maner shakyng eche of them by the handes was fayn to departe the nyght drewe so fast vppon theme/ My lordes mewle & our horsys ware redy brought in to the Inner Court where we mounted/ and commyng to the gate/ ws was shett the porter opened the same/ to lett vs passe/ where was redy attendyng a great nomber of gentilmen ws ther seruauntes (suche as therle assigned) to conduct & auttend vppon hys person/ that nyght to Pumfrett and so forthe as ye shall here/ here after/ But to tell you of the nomber of people of the Contrie that ware assembled at the gates wcne lamentyd his departyng/ was wonderous/ ws was abought the nomber of iij Mr persons/ who at the opynyng of the gattes after they had a sight of his person/ cried all ws a lowd voyce/ god save yos grace/ god save yos grace/ the fowlle evyll take all theme that hathe thus taken you frome vs we pray god that a very vengeaunce may light vppon theme/ thus they ran crieng after hyme thoroughe the town of Cawood they lovyd hyme so well/ for suerly they had a greate losse of hyme bothe the poore & the Riche/ ffor the poore had of hyme great releafe/ and the riche lakked his councell in any busynes that they had to do/ ws caused hyme to haue suche love among theme/ in the Contrie/ Than rode he ws his conductors towardes Pumfrett/ and by the way as he rode he axed me if I had any famylier acquayntaunce among thes gentilmen that rode ws |p hyme/ yea sir sayd I what is yos pleasure/ imary/ qs he/ I haue left a thyng behynd me ws I wold fayn haue/ Sir sayd I if I knewe what it ware I wold send for it owt of hand/ Then sayed he let the messanger goo to my lord of Northumberland/ and desie hyme to send me the [f. 81] Red bokerham bagg lyeng in m Almery in my chamber sealed ws my seale/ ws that I departed frome hyme/ and went strayt vnto sir Roger lasselles knyght who was than Steward to therle of Northeumberland beyng among the rowt of horssemen as oon of the cheaffest rewlers whome I desired to send some of hys seruauntes bake vnt therle his mr for that purpose the ws graunted most gently m request and sent incontynent oon of his seruauntes vnto my lord to Cawood for the sayd bagg/ who did so honestly his mesuagethat he brought the same to my lord Immedyatly after he was in his chamber ws in the Abbey of Pumfrett where he la all nyght/ In ws bagg was no other thyng enclosed but iijr shyrtes of heare ws he delyuerd to the chapleyn his gostly father very secretly/ ffurthermore as we roode toward Poumfrett my lord demaundyd of me/ whether they wold lede hyme that nyght/ fforsothe sir/ qs I/ but to Poumfrett/ Alas/ qs he/ shal I goo to the Castell and lye there & dye lyke a beast/ Sir I ca tell you no more what they do entend but sir I wyll enquye here among thes gentilmen of a specyall frend of myn whoo is cheafe of all ther councell/ ws that I repayred vnto the sayd sir Roger lasselles knyght desiryng hyme most earnestly that he wold vouche salve to shewe me whether my lord shold goo t be logged that nyght who answered me agayn that my lord shol be lodged ws in the abbey of Poumfrett and in non other place and so I reported to my lord who was glade therof/ so that ws in nyght we came to Poumfrett Abbey & there logged And therle remayned still all that nyght in Cawood castell/ to se the dispeche of the houshold/ And to establysshe all the stuffe/ in some sewertie wsin the same/ The next day they removed ws my lord |p towardes Dancaster desyryng that he myght come thether by nyght by cause the people folowed hyme wepyng & lamentyng/ and so they dyd neuer the lesse allthoughe he came in by torche lyght/ crieng (god save yos grace) god save yos grace my good lord Cardynall/ runnyng byfore hyme ws Candelles in ther handes/ Who caused me therfore to ride hard by his mule to shadowe hyme frome the people/ and yet they perceyved hyme cursyng his ennemyes/ And/ [f. 81v] thus they brought hyme to the blake ffreers ws in the ws they logged hyme that nyght/ And the next day we removed to Sheffeld parke where therle of Shrewsbury lay ws in the loge/ and all the way thetherward the people cried & lamented as they dyd in all places as we rode byfore/ And whan we came to the parke of Sheffeld nyghe to the logge my lord of Shrewesbury ws my lady his wyfe a trayn of gentillwomen And all my lordes gentilmen & yomen/ standyng wsout the gattes of the logge to attend my lordes com receyve hyme ws myche honor whome therle enbraced sayeng thes wordes/ My lord/ qs he/ yos grace is most hartely welcome vnto mc And glade to se you in my poore logge the ws I haue often desired/ And myche more gladder if you had come after an other sort/ Ah my gentill lord of Shrowesbury/ qs my lord/ I hartely thanke you/ And allthoughe I haue no cause to reioyce/ yet as a sorowefull hart may Ioye/ I reioyce my chaunce w so good to come in to the handes & custody of so noble a person/ whos approved honour & wysdome hathe byn allwayes right well knowen to all nobell estates/ And sir howe so euer my ongentill accusers hathe vsed ther accusacions ayenst me/ yet I assure you and so by fore yos lordshipe and all the world I do protest that my demeanor & procedynges hathe byn Iust and loyall towardes my souerayn & liege lord/ of whos behauor & doynges yos lordshipe hathe had good experyence/ And evyn accordyng to my trowthe & faythfulnes/ so I beseche god helpe me in this my calamytie/ I dought no thyng of yos trouthe/ qs therle/ therfore my lord I beseche you be of good chere/ and feare not/ for I haue receyved letters frome the kyng of his owen hand/ in yos fauour And entertaynyng the ws you shall se/ Sir |p I ame no thyng sory but that I haue not wherws worthely to receyve you & to entertayn you accordyng to yos honour & my good wyll/ but suche as <1I>1 haue ye are most hartely welcome therto desiryng you to accept my good wyll accordyngly/ ffor I woll not receyve you as a prisoner but as my good lord and the kynges trewe faythfull subiecte/ And here is my wyfc/ come to salute you/ whome my lord kyst barehedyd/ and all hir gentil women/ [f. 82] and tokc my lordes seruauntes by the handes as well gentilmen & yomen/ as other/ than thes ij lordes went arme in arme in to the logge conductyng my lord in to a fayer Chamber at thend of a goodly gallery ws in a newe tower where my lord was lodged/ there was also in the myddes of the same Gallery a trauers of Sarcenet drawen so that thoon part was preserued for my lord & thother part for therle//// <1Than departed all the>1 great nomber of gentillmen and other that conducted my lord to therles of Shrewsburyes/ And my lord beyng there contynued there xviijs dayes after/ vppon whome therle appoynted dyuers gentilmen of his seruauntes to serue my lord for as mvche is he had a small nomber of seruauntes there to serue/ and also to se that he laked no thyng that he wold desier/ beyng serued in his owen chamber at dynner and Supper as honorably and ws as many dayntye disshes as he had most comenly in his owen howsse beyng at libertie/ And oons euery day therle wold resorte vnto hyme And sitt ws hyme commonyng vppon a benche in a great wyndowe in the Gallery And thoughe therle wold right hartely comfort hyme yet wold he lament so pitiously that it wold make therle very sory & hevye for his greve/ Sir sayd he/ I haue & daylye do re- ceyve letters frome the kyng commaundyng me to entertayn you as oon that he lovythe and hyghely fauoryth wherby I perceyve ye do lament wsout any great eause myche more than ye nede/ to do/ And thoughe ye be accused (as I thynke in god fayth) oniustly/ yet the kyng can do no lesse but put you to yos triall/ the ws is more for the satisfieng of some persons/ than he |p hathe for iny mystrust in yos doyenges/ Alas/ qs d my lord/ to iccuse me vnto the kynges person And not to come to myn Answere/ byfore his mas/ ffor I ame well assured (my lord) that/ there is no man alyve or deade that lokythe in this face of myn/ is able to accuse me of any disloyaltie towardes the kyng/ Oh howe myche than dothe it grevythe me/ that the kyng shold haue/ [f. 82v] any suspycyous oppynyon in me to thynke that I wold be false or conspire any evyll to his Royall person/ who may well consider that I haue no assured frend in all the world in whome I put my trust but oonly in his grace/ ffor if I shold goo abought to be traye my souerayn lord and prynce/ in whome is all my trust and confidence byfore all other persons/ myght iustly thynke & report/ that I lakked not oonly grace but also bothe wytte & discression/, Nay, Nay, my lord <1I>1 wold rather idventure to shed my hart bloode/ in his defence/ as I ame bound to do by myn allegeaunce/ and Also for the savegard of my self/ than to Imagen his distruccion/ ffor he is my stafe that supportethe me/ And the wall that defendyth me/ ayenst my malygnaunt ennemyes/ and all other who knowythe best my trewthe byfore all men and hathe had therof best & longest experyence/ therfore to conclude/ it is not to be thought that euer I wold goo abought or entend maliciously or trayterously to travell or whyshe/ iny preiudice/ or dammige to his Royill person/ or Imperyall dignytie/ but as I sayd/ defend it ws the shedyng of my hart blode/ and procure all men so to do/ And it ware but oonly for the defence of myn owen person/ and symple estite (the wcne my ennemyes thynke I do so myche esteme) hauyng non other refuge/ to flee to for defence or socoure in all aduersitie/ but vnder the shadowe of his mathes wyng/ Alas my Iord/ I was in a good estate nowe & in case of a quyot lywyng right well content therws/ but the ennemy thht neuer slepithe but studyeth & contynually Imagynyth/ bothe slepyng & wakyng my vtter distruccion/ perceyvythe the contentacion of |p my mynd/ doughted that ther malicious & cruell dealyng wold it lengthe growe to ther shame & rebuke/ goythe abought therfore to prevent the same ws shedyng of my blode/ but frome god (that knowythe the secrettes of ther hartes And of all others) it cannot be hyd/ ne yet onrewardyd whan he shall se opportunytie/ ffor my good lord if ye wyll shewe yos self so myche my good frend as to requyer the kynges mas by or letters/ that my hccusers miy come byfore my fhce in his presence/ And there that I may make answere/ <1I>1 dought not but ye shall se me acquyte my self of all ther [f. 83] malicious accusacions/ And vtterly confound them/ ffor they shall neuer be able to prove by any dewe probacions that euer I offendyd the kyng in wyll thought & deade/ therfore sir I desier you and most hartely requyer yos good lordshipe to be a meane for me that I may answere vnto my accusers byfore the kynges mas// The case is his/ and if ther accusacions shold be true/ than shold it touche no man but hyme most earnestly/ wherfore it ware most convenyent that he shold here it hyme self in propir person/ but I feare me/ that they do entend rather to depeche me then I shold com byfore hyme/ in his presence/ for they be well assured And very certeyn that my trouthe shold vanquesshe ther ontrouthe/ And surmysed accusacions ws is the specyall cause that movythe me so earnestly to desier to make my Answere/ byfore the kynges mas/ the losse of goodes// the slaunder of my name/ ne yet all my troble grevyth me no thyng so myche as the losse of the kynges fauour/ and that he shold hiue in me suche in oppynyon wsout deserte/ of ontrouthe/ that hathe ws suche travell & payn semed his heyghenes so Iustly/ so piynfully and ws so faythfull an hart to his profett & honor/ at all tymes/ And also agayn the trouthe of my doynges ayenst ther oniust accusacyons/ proved most Iust and loyall shold be myche to my honestie/ and do me more good than to attayn great treasure/ As I dought not but it wyll if they myght be Indiffer- ently hard/ Nowe my good lord way ye my reasonable request/ |p And lett charitie/ and trouthe move yos noble hart ws pitie to ; helpe me in all this my trowthe/ wherin ye shall take no maner of slaunder or rebuke (by the grace of god)// Well than/ qs my lord of Shrewsbury/ I woll wright to the kynges mas/ in yos behalf declaryng to hyme by my letters howe grevoualy ye lament his displeasure & Indignacion/ And what request ye make for the triall of yos trewthe towardes his heyghnes/ Thus ifter thes commynycacions & dyuers others (as bytwen theme dayly was accustumed) they departed a sonder/ where my lord contynued the space after of a fouerthnyght haueng goodly & honorable entertaynmet whome therle wold often requyer hyme to kyll a doo or ij ther in the parke/ [f. 83s] who allwayes refused all maner of earthely pleasures & disportes owther in huntyng or in other games/ but aPplied his prayers contynually very devoutly/ So thit it chme to passe at certyne season sittyng it dynner in his owen chamber hauyng at his bordes end that same dhy (as he dyuers tymes had to accompanye hyme)/ a messe of therles gentillmen & chappleyns/ And etyng of Rosted wardens at thend of his dynner/ by fore whome I stode at the table dressyng of thos wardons for hyme beholdyng of hyme perceyved hys Colour often to chaynge and alter dyuers tymes wherby I Iuged hyme nott to be in helthe/ ws caused me to leane ouerthe table/ siycng onto hyme/ softly/ Sir me semys yos grice/ is not well at eise/ he answered agiyn and seyd/ forsothe no more I ame/ for I ame/ qs he/ sodenly taken/ abought my stomake/ ws a thyng that lyethe ouerthwart my brest as cold as a whetston/ the ws is but wynd/ therfore 1 pray you take vppe the clothe/ and make ye a short dynner/ and resort shortly agiyn vnto me/ And after that the table was taken vppe/ I went & sit the wayters to dynner wsout in the Gallery/ And resorted agayn to my lord where I found hyme still syttyng where I left hyme very evyll at eise/ Norwsstandyng he wis in commynycicions ws the gentilmen sittyng at the bordes end/ And asson as 1 was entred the Chamber he desired me/ to goo down to the pottecarie/ And to enquyer |p of hyme/ whether he had any thyng that wold breke wynd vpward/ and accordyng to hys commaundemet I went my way towardes the pottecarye/ and by the way I remembord oon article of myn othe byfore made vnto mr walshe/ ws caused me first to goo to therle/ and shewed hyme bothe what estate he was in/ & also what he desired at the potticaries hand for his releafe/ ws that therle caused the pottecarie to be called Incontynent byfore hyme/ of whome he demaundyd whether he had any thyng to breke wynd that troblyth oon in his brest/ And he answered that he had suche gere/ than qs therle/ fetche me some hether/ the wcne the pottecarie brought in a whight paper a certyn wyht confeccion/ vnto therle/ who commaundyd me to geve the assay therof to the pottecarie/ and so I did byfore hyme/ And than I departyd therws bryngyng it to my lord byfore whome I toke also the assay therof And delyuerd the same [f. 84] to my lord who receyved the same holy all together at oons/ and Imedyally after he had receyved the same/ sewerly he avoydyd excedyng myche wynd vppward/ loo qs he/ nowe ye may se that it was but wynd/ but by the means of this recepte/ I ame (I thanke god) well eased/ And so he rose frome the table and went to hys praycrs as he accustumedly did after dynner/ And beyng at hys prayers there came vppon hyme suche a laske/ that it caused hyme to goo to his stoole/ And beyng there therlc sent for me/ And at my Commvng he sayd/ ffor as myche as I haue allwayes perceyved in you to be a man in whome my lord yos mr hathe great affiaunce/ and for my experyence/ knowyng you to be an honest man/ (ws many moo wordes of commendacions than nedes here to be reherced)/ sayed it is so that my lord yos lamentable ms hathe often desyred me to wright to the kynges mas that he myght come wnto his presence to make answere to his accusacions/ And evyn so haue I don/ ffor thys day haue I receyved letters frome hys grace/ by sir willam kyngstone |p knyght wherby I do perceyve that the kyng hathe in hyme a very good oppynyon/ and vppon my often request he hathe sent for hyme by the seyd sir ws kyngston to come vppe to answere accordyng to hys owen desier/ who is in his chamber/ wher for nowe is the tyme come that my lord hathe often desired to trie hyme self & his truthe (as I trust) myche to hys honor/ And 1 put no doughtes in so doyng that it shall be for hyme the best Iourney that euer he made/ in all his lyfe/ Therfore nowe 1 wold haue you to play the part of a wyse man/ to breke fyrst this matter vnto hyme so wittely & in suche a sort that he myght take it quyotly in good parte/ for he is euer so full of Sorrowe/ & dolor in my company that I feare me he wyll take it in evyll part/ And than he dothe not well for 1 assure you (and so shewe hyme) that the kyng is hys good lord And hathe gevyn me the most worthy thankes for his entertaynmet desiryng & commaundyng me so to contynewe/ not doughtyng but that he wyll right nobly acquyte hyme self towardes hys heyghnes/ Therfore goo yos wayes to hyme/ and so perswad ws hyme that I may fynd hyme in good quyot at my commyng for I wwyll not tary long after I/ I shall if it please yos [f. 84s] lordshipe endevour me to accomplyshe your commaundemet to the best of my power but sir I dought oon thywg/ that whan I shall name (sir ws kyngeston) he wyll mystrust that all is not well because he is Constable of the towi,er/ And Capteyn of the Gard hauyng xxiiijti of the gard to attend vppon hyme/ Mary it is treuthe qs therle/ What therof thoughe he be constable of the tower/ yet he is the most meatest man for his sysdome/ and discression to be sent abopught any suche messwage/ and for the gard it is for none other purpose but oonly to defend hyme/ Ayenst all them that wold entend hyme any evyll owther in word or deade/ And allso they be all or for the most part suche of hys old seruauntes (as the kyng toke of late in to hys seruyce) to thentent that they shold attend vppon hyme most Iustly and dothe knowe best howe to serue hyme/ well sir/ I wyll do what I can/ And so departed toward my lord/ And at my repayer/ I found hyme syttyng at the vpper end of the Gallery vppon a trussyng chest |p of hys owen/ ws hys beedes & staffe in his handes/ And espieng me commyng frome therle/ he demaundyd of me/ what newes nowe/ qs he/ fforsothe/ sir qs I/ the best newes that euer came to you if yos grace can take it well/ 1 pray god it be what is it/ qs he/ ffor sothe/ qs I/ my lord of Shrewesbury perceyvyng by yos often commynycacion/ that ye ware allwayes desyrous to come byfore the kynges mas/ And nowe as yos most assured frend hathe travelled so ws his letters vnto the kyng/ that the kyng hathe sent for you by mr kyngeston/ And xxiiijti of the gard to conduct you to his highnes/ Mr kyngesston/ qs he/ rehersyng his name oons or twyse/ And ws that clapped his hand vppon his thyghe/ And gave a great sighe/ Sir/ qs I/ yf yos grace cowld or wold take all thynges in good parte/ it shold be myche better for you/ content yos self therfore for goddes sake/ And thynke that god and yos frendes hathe wrought for you accordyng to yos owen desier/ Dyd ye not allwayes whisshe/ that ye myght cleare yos self by fore the kynges person/ Nowe that godd & yos frendes hathe brought yos desier to passe/ ye will not take it thankfully/ yf ye consider yos treuthe and loyaltie vnto our souerayn lord ayenst the ws yos ennemyes cannot prevayle (the kyng beyng yos good lord as he is) you knowe well that the kyng can do no lesse than he dothe/ you beyng to his highnes accused of some heynous cryme/ but cause you to be brought to yos triall/ And there to receyve accordyng to yos demerittes the ws his highenes trustithe and sayth no lesse but that you shall prove yos self a lust man to his mas/ [f. 85] wherin ye haue more cause to reioyse than thus to lament or mystrust his fauorable Iustice/ ffor I assure you yos ennemyes be more in dought & feare of you/ than you of them/ that they whisshe that thyng (that I trust) they shall neuer be able to bryng to passe ws all ther wyttes the kyng (as I seyd before) beyng yos Indifferent & syngular good lord & frend/ And to prove that he so is/ se ye not howe he hathe sent gentill mr kyngeston/ for you ws suche men as ware yos old treu seruauntes and yet be/ as fferre as it becommythe thcm to be/ oowly to attend vppon you for the want |p of yos owen seruauntes/ willyng also mr kyngeston/ to reuerence you ws as myche honour as was dewe to you in yos hyghe estate/ And to convey you by suche easy lourneyes as ye shall com- maund hyme to do/ and that ye shall haue all yos desiers & commaundemete'/ by the way/ in euery place to yos graces contentacion and honor/ wherfore sir I humbly beseche yos grace/ to emprynt all thes Iust perswasions ws many other Imynent occasions/ in yos discression/ and be of good cheare/ 1 most humbly ws my faythfull hart requyer yos grace/ wherws ye shall pryncypally comfort yos self/ & next geve all yos frendes & to me & other of yos seruauntes good hope of yos good spede/ well well/ than qs he/ 1 perceyve more than ye can Imagyn or do knowe/ experyence/ of old hathe taught me/ And therws he rose vppe and went in to his chamber/ to his cloose stoole/ the ffluxe trobled hyme so sore/ and when he had don he came owt agayn and Immedyatly my lord of Shrewsbury came in to the Gallery vnto hyme ws whome my lord mett/ And then they bothe sittyng down vppon a benche in a great wyndowe/ therle axed hyme howe he did/ And he most lamentably (as he was accustumed) answered thankyng hyme for his gentill enter- taynmet/ Sir/ qs therle/ if ye remember ye haue often whisshed in my company to make answere byfore the kyng/ And 1 as desirous to helpe yos request/ as you to whishe/ beryng toward you my good wvyll/ hathe writtyn especyally to the kyng in yos behalf makyng hyme also priyye of yos lamentable 8orowe/ that ye inwardly receyve for his hyghe displeasure/ who acceptyth all thynges & yos doynges therin as frendes/ [f. 85v] be accustumede to do in suche cases/ wherfore 1 wold advyse you to pluke vppe yos hart and be not agast of yos ennemyes/ who I assure you haue you in more dowght than ye wold thynke/ perceyvyng that the kyng is fully mynded ti haue the heryng of yos case byfore his owen person/ nowe sir if ye can be of good chere/ I dought not but this Iourney ws ye shall take towardes his highnes shalbe myche to yos auauncemet and An ouerthrowe of yos ennemyes/ the kyng hathe sent fir you by that worshypful |p knyght mr kyngeston/ And ws hyme xxiiijti of yos old seruauntes/ ws be nowe of the Gard to defend you ayenst yos onknowen ennemyes to thentent that ye may savely come vnto his mas/ Sir/ qs my lord/ as 1 supposse mr kyngeston is Constable of the tower/ yea, what of that,/ qs therle/ 1 assure you he is oonly appoynted by the kyng for oon of yos ffrendes & fir a discrett gentilman/ as most worthy to take vppon hyme the save conduct of yos person/ for wsout faylle the kyng fauorethe you myche more/ And beryth towardes you a specyall secrett fauor ferre other wvyse than ye do take it/ well sir/ qs my lord/ as gid wyll so beit/ 1 ame subiect to fortune And to ffortune I commytt my self beyng a trewe man redy to accepte suche ordynance as god hathe prouydyd for me/ And ther an end/ sir I pray you where is mr kyngeston/ Mary/ qs therle/ if ye wyll I will send for hynie/ who wold most gladly se you/ I bray you than/qs he/ send for hyme/ at whos message/ he came Incontynent/ and assone as my lord esphed hyme commyng in to the gallery he made hast to encounter hyme/ Mr kyngeston came towardes hyme ws myche reuerence/ at his apbroche he kneled down and saluted hyme on the kynges behalf/ whome my lord (bareheded) offred to take vppe/ but he still kneled/ Than/ qs my lord/ mr kyngeston/ I pray you stand vppe/ Awd leve yos knelyng vnto a very wretche/ replett ws mysery not worthy to be estenicd but for a vile abiecte/ vttirly cast a way wsout desert/ And therfore good mr kyngeston/ stand vppe or I woll my self knele down by you/ ws that mr kywgeston stod vppe sayeng ws hurnble reuerence/ Sir the kynges mas hathe hyme commendyd vnto you/ I thanke his hyghncs/ qs my lord/ I trust he be in helthe & mery/ the ws I beseche god long contynewe/ yea wsout dought/ qs mr kyngeston/ And sir he hathe [f. 86] commaundyd me/ first to sey vnto you that you shold assure yos self that he berythe you as myche good wyll & fauour as euer he dyd/ And wyllyth you to be of good chere/ And where report hathe byn made vnto hyme/ that ye shold commytt ayenst his Royall mas certyn haynous |p Crymes/ ws he thynkythe to be vntrewe/ yet for the mynys- tracion of lustice in suche casis requysit/ And to avoyd all suspecte/ parcyallytie/ can do no lesse/ at the least/ than to send for you to yos triall/ mystrustyng no thyng yos trowth & wysdome but that ye shalbe able to acquyt yos self ayenst all complayntes & accusacions exibyted ayenst you/ And to take yos Iourney towardes hyme at yos owen pleasure/ commaundyng me to be attendaunt vppon you ws mynestracion of dewe reuerence/ And to se yos person preserued frome all dammage And Inconvenyences that myght ensewe/ and to elect all suche yos old seruauntes (nowe his) to serue you by, the way/ who hathe most experyence of yos diett/ Therfore sir I beseche yos grace to be of good chere/ And whan it shall be yos giid pleasure to take yos Ioumey 1 shall geve myn attendaunce/ Mr kyngeston/ qs my lord/ I thanke you for yos good newes/ And isr herof assure yos self/ that if I ware as able awd as lustie/ as I haue byn but of late/ I wold not fayle to ride ws you in post/ but sir I ame disseased ws a fluxe that makyth me very weke/ But mr kyngeston/ all thes confortable wvordes ws ye haue spoken be but for a purpose to bryng me in a fooles paradice/ I knowe what is provydid for me/ Notwsstandyng I thanke you for yos good will & paywes taken abought me/ And I shall ws all spede/ make me redy to ride ws you to morowe/ And thus they fill in to other commynycacion bothe therle and mr kyngeston/ ws my lord who commaundyd me to forse and provyde that all thynges myght be made redy to departe/ the morowe after/ I caused all thynges to be thrust vppe & made in a redynes as fast as they could convenyently/ whan nyght came that we should goo to bed my lord waxed very syke/ thoroughe hys newe desease/ the ws caused hyme contynually frome tyme to tyme/ to goo to the stille all that nyght/ ln so myche frome the tyme that his desease toke hyme/ vnto the next day he had abive lti stoolles So that he was that day very weke/ the matter that he avoyded was [f. 86v] wonderous blake/ the ws phisicions call Colour Adustum/ And whan he perceyved |p it he sayd vnto me/ if 1 haue not/ qs he/ some helpe shortly yt will cost me my lyfe/ ws that 1 caused oon doctor Nicholas a Phisicion beyng ws therle to loke vppon the grosse matter that he avoyded vppon sight wherof he determyned/ howe he shold not lyfe past iiijs or.v. dayes/ yet notwsstandyng he wold haue ridden ws mr kyngestoh that same day if therle of Shrewsbury had not byn/ Therfore in consideracion of hys Infirmyte they caused hyme to tary all that day/ And the next day he toke his lourney ws mr kyngeston/ And the Gard/ And as son as they espied ther old mr in suche a lamentable estate/ lamented hyme ws wepyng eyes whome my lord toke by the handes And dyuers tymes by the way as he rode he wold talke ws theme some tyme ws oon and some tyme ws an other/ At nyght he was lodged at an howsse of therle of Shrewsburys called hardwyke hall/ very evyll at ease/ the next day he rode to Nothyngham/ And ther lodged that nyght more sykker/ and the next day we rode to leycester abbey and by the way he waxed so sykke/ that he was dyuers tyme lykly to haue fallen frome his raewle/ And beyng nyght or we came to the abbey afore seyd/ where at his commyng in at the gattes the Abbott of the place ws all his Covent mett hyme ws the light of many torches whome they right honorably receyved ws great reuerence/ To whome my lord sayd/ ffather abbott I ame come hether to leave my bones among you/ whome they brought on his mewle to the stayers foote of his chamber/ and there lighted Amd mr kyngeston than toke hyme by the Arme/ and led hyme vppe the stayers (who told me aftemard that he neuer Caried so hevy a burden in all his lyfe) And asson as he was in his chamber he went incontynent to his bedd very sykke/ this was vppon Satorday at nyght/ and there he contynued sykker & sykker/ vppon Monday in the mornyng as I stode by his beddes side/ abought viijs of the Clocke/ the wyndowes beyng cloose shett/ hauyng waxe lightes burnyng vppon the Cupbord/ 1 behyld hyme As me semed drawyng fast to hys end/ he perceyyed my shadowe vppon the wall [f. 87] by his beddes |p side/ Asked who was there/ Sir I ame here/ qs 1/ howe do you/ qs he/ to me/ very well sir if 1 myght se yos grace well/ what is it of the clocke/ qs he/ to me/ for sothe sir/ qs I it is past viijs of the clocke/ in the mornyng/ viijs of the clocke/ qs he/ that cannot be rehersyng dyuers tyme/ viijs of the Clocke/ viijs of the Clocke/ Nay/ nay/ qs he/ at the last/ it cannot be viijs of the cloke/ ffor by viijs of the Clocke ye shall loose yos mr/ for my tyme drawyth nere that 1 must depart owt of this world ws that mr doctor Palmes a worshipfull gentilman beyng his chapleyn/ & gostly father standyng bye bad me secretly demaund of hyme if he wold be shreven/ And to be in a redynes towardes god what so euer shold chaunce/ at whos desier 1 asked hyme that question/ what haue you to do/ qs he/ to aske me any suche question/ And began to be very angry ws me/ for my presumpcion vntill at the last/ Mr Doctor toke my part And talked ws hyme in latten And so pacyfied hyme/ And after Dynner Mr kyngeston sent for me in to hys chamber/ And at my beyng there/ Sayd to me/ So it is that the kyng hathe sent me letters by this gentilman (Mr Vyncent) oon of yos old companyons who hathe byn late in troble in the tower of london for mony that my lord shold haue at his last departyng frome hyme/ ws nowe cannot be found/ wherfore the kyng at this gentilmans requcst for the declaracion of his trewthe/ hathe sent hyme hether ws his graces letters dyrected vnto me/ commaundyng me by vertue therof to examyn my lord in that behalf/ And to haue yos councell herin howe yt may be don that he may take it well & in good part/ this is the cheafe cause of my sendyng for you/ wherfore I pray you what is yos best Councell to vse in thys matter for the true acquytall of this gentilman/ Sir qs I/ as touchyng that rnatter/ imy symple Advice shalbe this/ that ye yos owen person shall resort vnto hyme/ and visit hyme/ And in commynycacion breake the matter vnto hyme/ And if he woll not tell the treuthe/ ther be that can satysfie the kynges pleasure therin/ And in any wyse speke no thyng of my ffellowe vyncent/ And I wold not advyse you to tract the tyme ws hyfne for he is very syke/I |p feare me he wyll not lyve past to morowe in the mornyng [f. 87v] Then went mr kyngeston vnto hyme And asked first howe he did And so forthe procedyd in Commynycacion/ wherin mr kyngeston demaundyd of hyme the seyd mony/ sayeng that my lord of Northumberland hathe found a boke at Cawood that reportithe howe ye had but late xvs in redy mony And oon penny therof wyll not be found/ who hathe made the kyng privy by his letters therof/ wherfore the kyng hathe writtyn vnto me/ to demaund it of you if ye do knowe where it is become/ ffor it ware pitie/ that it shold be embeselled frome you bothe/ therfore I shall requyer you in the kynges name to tell me the treuthe herin to thentent that I may make Iust report vnto his mas/ what answere ye make ther in/ ws that my lord pawsed a whyle And sayd/ Ah good lord howe myche dothe it greave me/ that the kyng shold thynke/ in me suche disceyt wherin 1 shold disceyve hyme of any con penny that I haue/ Rather than I wold (mr kyngeston) embesell or deceyve hyme of a mvght 1 wold it ware molt & put in my mouthe/ wcne wordes he spake twyse or thrice very vehemently/ I haue no thyng ne neuer had (god beyng my Iuge) that 1 estemed or had in it any suche delight or pleasure but that 1 toke it for the kynges goodes hauyng but the bare vse of the same duryng my lyfe/ And after nay deathe/ to leave it to the kyng wherin he hathe but prevented myn entent and purpose/ And for this mony that ye demaund of me/ I assure you it is none of myn for I borowed it of dyuers of my ffrendes to bury me & to bestowe among my seruauntes ws hathe taken great paynnes abought me/ lyke trewe and faythfull men/ Notwsstandyng if it be his pleasure to take thys inony frome me/ 1 must hold me therwt content/ yet I wold most humbly beseche his mas to se them satysfied of whome I borowed the same/ for the discharge of my concience/ who be they/ qs mr kyngeston/ That shall 1 shewe you/ I borowed CCs therof of sir Iohn Alyn/ of london/ And CCs of sir Richard Gressham/ And CCs of the mr of Savoye/ And CCs of Doctor hykden dean of my College in Oxford/ And CCs of the |p Treasorer of the Chirche of yoske/ And CCs of the Dean of yoske/ And CCs of parson Elis my chapleyn [f. 88] And an Cii of my Steward (whos nanae 1 haue fforgotten) trustyng that the kyng wyll restore theme agayn ther mony for it is none of myn/ Sir/ qs mr kyngeston/ there is no dought in the kyng (ye nede not to niystrust that) but whan the kyng shalbe aduertised therof (to whome I shall make report of yos request) that his grace woll do as shall become hyme/ but sir I pray you where is this mony/ Mr kyngeston/ qs he/ I will not conceyll it frome the kyng/ I woll declare it to you or I dye/ by the grace of god/ take a littill more at this tyme trustyng that ye wyll shewe me to morowe/ yea that I livyll mr kyngeston/ for the mony is save a noughe/ And in an honest mans kepyng/ who wyll not kepe oon Penny frome the kyng/ and than mr kyngeston went to his Soper/ howbeit my lord wexid very syke most lyklyest to dye that nyght/ And often Swowned/ And as me thought drewe toward fast hys end vntill it was iiijs of the Clocke in the mornyng/ At ws tyme I Asked hyme howe he dyd/ well/ qs he/ if 1 had any meate I pray you geve me some/ Sir ther is none redy/ 1 wys ye be the more to blame/ ffor you shold haue allwayes some meate for me in a redynes to eate whan my stomake seruyth me/ Therfore I pray you gett me some/ for I entend thys day (god willyng) to make me strong to thentent I may occupie my self in Confession and make me redy to god/ Then sir qs I/ 1 wyll call vppe the Cookes to provyd some meate for you/ And woll also if it be yos pleasure call for mr Palmes that ye may Comen ws hyme vntill yos meate be redy/ ws a good wyll/ qs he/ And ther ws I went first and called vppe the Cooke/ commaundyng hyme to prepare some meate for my lord And than 1 went to mr Palmes and told hyme what case my lord was in/ wyllyng hyme to rise and to resort to hyme ws spede/ And than 1 went to mr kyngeston and gave hyme warnyng that as I thought he wold not lyve/ Aduertysyng hyme that if he had any thyng to say to hyine that |p he shold make haste for he was in great daynger/ ln good fayth/ qs mr kyngeston/ ye be to blame for ye make hyme beleve that he is sykkyr and in more daynger [f. 88v] then he is/ Well sir qs 1/ ye shall not say an other day but that I gave you warnyng as I am bound to do/ in discharge of my dewtie/ Therfore 1 pray you what so euer shall chaunce lett no necli- gence/ be ascribed to me herin/ for I assure you his lyfe is very short/ do therfore nowe as ye thynke best// Yet neuerthelesse he arose & made hyme redy and came to hyme after he had eaten of a Colas made of a chykken a sponefull or too/ At the last qs he/ wherof was this Colas made/ forsothe sir/ qs 1/ of a Chikkyn/ wye/ qs he/ it is fastyng day and saynt Androwes Eve/ what thoughe sir qs Doctor Palmes/ ye be excused by reason of yos syknes/ yea/ qs he/ what thoughe I wyll eate no more/ than was he in confession the space of an hower// And whan he had endyd his confession mr kyngeston bade hyme god morowe (for it was abought vjjes of the clocke in the mornyng) And Asked hyme howe he did/ Sir/ qs he/ 1 tary but the wyll & pleasure of god/ to render vnto hyme my symple sowlle in to hys dyvyn handes/ Not yet so sir/ qs mr kyngeston/ ws the grace of god ye shall lyve & do very well if ye wyll be of good cheare/ Mr kyngeston my desease is suche that I cannot lyve/ I haue had some experyence in my desease/ And thus it is/ I haue a ffluxe ws a contynuall ffevour/ the nature wherof is this/ that if there be no alteracion ws me of the same ws in viijtn dayes than must owther ensue excorriacion of the lntraylles/ or ffrancye/ or elles present deathe/ And the best therof is deathe/ And as 1 suppose this is the viijs day And if ye se in me no alteracion/ than is there no remedye (allthoughe I may lyve a day or twayn)/ but deathe ws is the best remedy of the three// Nay sir in good fayth qs mr kyngeston/ ye be in suche dolor & pensyvenes doughtyng that thyng that in deade ye nede not to feare/ ws makyth you myche wors than ye shold <1be///>1 well, well, Mr kyngeston/ qs he/ I se the matter ayenst me howe it is framed/ But if I had serued god as dyligently as I haue don the kyng he wold not |p haue gevyn me ouer in my gray heares/ howbeit thys is the Iust reward that I <1must>1 Receyve for my worldly dyligence & paynnes that I haue had to do hyme seruyce/ oonly to satysfie his vray pleasures/ not regardyng rny godly dewtye [f. 89] wherfore you ws all my hart to haue me most humbly commendyd vnto his Royall mas besechyng hyme in my behalf to call to hys most gracious remembraunce All matters procedyng bytwen hyme & me/ frome the begynnyng of the world vnto thys day/ and the progresse of the same/ And most cheafely in the waytie matter/ yet dependyng/ (meanyng the imatter newly begon bytwen hyme & good quen katheryn) than shall his concyence declare whether I haue offendyd hyme or no/ he is suer a prynce of a Royall Corage/ And hathe a pryncely hart/ And rather than he wyll owther mysse or want any parte of hys wyll or apetite/ he wyll put the losse of oon half of hys realme in daynger/ ffor I assure you/ I haue often kneled byfore hyme in his privye chamber on my knes the space of an hower or too/ to perswade hyme frome hys wyll & apetide/ but 1 cowld neuer bryng to passe to diswade hyme therfroo/ Therfore mr kyngeston/ if it chaunce hereafter you to be oon of hys privye councell (as for yos wysdom & other qualites ye be mete so to be) I warne you to be well advysed & assured what matter ye put in his hed/ ffor ye shall neuer pull it owt agayn/ And sey furthermore that 1 requyer his grace (in goddes name) that he haue a vigilent eye/ to depresse this newe peruers sekte of the lutarnaunce that it do not encrease wsin his domynyons thoroughe hys necligence/ in suche a sort as that he shalbe fayn at lengthe to put harnoys vppon hys bake to subdewe them As the kyng of Beame did/ who had good game to se his rewde Commyns (than enfected ws wycklyfes heresies) to spoyell and murder the sperytuall men & Religious persons of hys Realme/ the ws fled to the kyng & his nobles for socours ayenst ther frantyke rage/ of whome they could gett no helpe of defence/ or refuge/ but laughed theme to |p scorne hauyng good game at ther spoyle & consumpcion not regardyng ther dewties nor ther owen defence/ And whan thes erronyous heretykes had subdued all the clargy and sperytuall persons takyng the spoyell of ther riches/ bothe of [f. 89v] chirches/ monastorys/ And all other sperytuall thynges havyng no more to spoyle caught suche a Corage of ther former libertie/ that/ than they disdayned ther prynce and souerayn lord/ ws all other noble personages And the hed gouerners of the Contrie/ And began to fall in hand ws the temporall lordes to slee & spoyle theme wsout pitie or mercye most cruelly/ ln so myche that the kyng and other hys nobles ware constrayned to put harnoyes vppon ther bakkes to resist the ongodly powers of thes traterous heretykes And to defend ther lyves & liberties/ who pitched a feld Royall ayenst theme/ in ws fyld thes traytors so stowtly encounterd/ that the parte of theme ware so cruell & vehement/ that in fyne they ware victors/ and slewe the kyng/ the lordes & all the gentilmen of the Realme/ leavyng not oon person that bare the name or port of a gentilman a lyve/ or of any person that had any Rewle or auctorytie in the Comen we1e/ by means of ws slaughter they haue lyved euer synce in great mysery & pouertie/ ws out an hed or gouernor but lyved all in Comen lyke wyld bestes/ abhorred of all Cristyan nacions/ lett this be to hyme an evydent example to avoyd the lyke daynger I pray you good imr kyngeston/ Ther is no trust in rowttes or onlawfull Assembles of the comen pepolle ffor whan the ryotouse multytud be assembled there is among theme no mercy or consideracion of ther bounden dewtie/ As in the history of kyng Rycherd the second/ oon of hys noble progenytors ws in that same tyme of wykclyffes sedicious oppynyons/ dyd not the Comens/ I pray yoii/ rise ayenst the kyng & nobles of the Realme of Englond/ wherof some they apprehendyd whome they wsout mercye or lustice put to deathe/ And did they not fall to spoylyng & Robbery to thentent they myght bryng all thyng in comen/ And at the last wsout discression or reuerence/ spared |p not in ther rage to take the kynges most Royall person owt of the tower of london/ and Caried hyme abought the Citie most presumptiously/ causyng hyme (for the preseruacion of hys lyfe) to be aggreable to ther lewd proclamacions/// Dyd not also that trayterouse herityke/ sir lohn OldCastell pytche a feld ayenst kyng herry the.vth ayenst whoime the kyng was constrayned to encontre in his Royall [f. 90] person/ to whome god gave the victory/// Alas mr kyngeston/ if thes be not playn presedentes and sufficyent perswasions to admonysshe a prynce to be circumspect ayenst the semblable myschefe/ and if he be necly- gent/ than wyll god stryke and take frome hyme his power/ and dymynysshe his regally/ takyng frome hyme his prudent councellours and valyaunt capteyns/ and leave vs in our owen handes ws out hys helpe & ayed/ And than wyll ensewe mys- chefe vppon myschefe/ Inconvenyence vppon Inconvenyence/ barynes & skarcyte of all thynges/ for lake of good ord comen welthe to the vtter distruccion & desolacion of this noble Realme/ ffrome wcne myschefcs god for hys tender mercy defend vs/ Mayster kyngeston farewell I canno more but whyshe all thyng to haue good successe/ my tyme drawyth on fast 1 may not tary ws you/ And forgett not (1 pray you) what 1 haue seyd & charged you wsall ffor whan I ame deade/ ye shall parauenture remember my wordes myche better// And evyn ws thes wordes he began to drawe his speche at lengthe/ And his tong to fayle/ his eyes beyng sett in his hed whos sight faylled hynie/ than we began to put hyme in remembraunce of Cristes passion and sent for the Abbot of the place to annele hyme/ who came ws all spede/ and mynestred vnto hyme all the seruyce to the same belongyng/ And caused also the gard to stand by bothe to here hyme talke byfore his deathe & also to be wytnes of the same/ And incontynent the Clocke strake viijs/ at ws tyme he gave vppe the gost & thus departed he this present lyfe/ And callyng to our remernbraunce his wordes the day byfore howe he sayd |p that at viijs of the Cloke we shold lose our mayster/ oon of vs lokyng vppon an other/ supposyng that he proficied of hys departure/ <1Here is thend>1 and ffall of pryde and Arrogauncye of suche men exalted by ffortune to honour & highe dygnytes/ ffor I assure you in hys tyme of auctoryte & glory/ he was the haultest man in all his procedynges that than lyved/ hauyng more respect to the worldly honor of hys person/ than he had to his sperytuall profession/ wherin shold be all meknes, hymylitie, & charitie/ the processe wherof I leave to theme that be learned & seen in the dyvyn lawes/// [f. 90v] <1After that he>1 was departyd/ mr kyngeston sent an empost to the kyng to Aduertise hyme of the deathe of the late Cardynall of yorke/ by oon of the Gard that bothe sawe & hard hyme talke & die/ And than Mr kyngeston callyng me/ vnto hyme & to thabbott went to consultacion for the order of hys buriall/ After dyuiers commynycacions it was thought good that he shuld be buried the next day followyng for mr kyngeston wold not tarie the retourne/ of thempost/ And it was ferther thought good that the mayor of leycester and hys bretherne shold be sent for to se hyme personally deade/ in Avoydyng of ffalce Rumors that myght hape to sey that he was not deade/ but still lyvyng/ than was the mayor and hys bretherne sent for And in the mean tyme/ the body was taken owt of the bed where he lay deade/ who had vppon hyme next his body a shirt of heare besydes his other shirt wcne was of very fynne lynnyn holond clothe/ this shirt of heare was onknowen to all hys seruauntes beyng con- tynually attendyng vppon hyme in his bedd chamber except to his chapleyn wcne was his gostly father/ wherin he was buried and layed in a Coffen of bordes/ hauyng vppon his dead Corps all suche vestures & ornamentes as he was professed in whan he was consecrated bysshope & Archebysshope/ As myter crosseer ryng & palle ws all other thynges appurtenaunt to his profession/ And lyeng thus all day in his Coffen opyn and bare faced that all men rnyght se hyme lye there deade/ wsout ffaynyng/ than whan |p the mayor, hys bretherne & all other had sen hyme lyeng thus vntill iiijor or.v. of the cloke/ at nyght he was caried so down in to the chyrche/ ws great solempnyte/ by the Abbot & Couent ws many torches lyght syngyng suche seruyce as is dewe for suche ffuneralles/ And beyng in the churche the Corps was sett in our lady chappell ws many dyuers tapers of waxe burnyng abought the hearsse/ And dyuers poore men syttyng abought the same holdyng of Torches lyght in ther handes who watched abought the dead body all nyght wyllest the Chanons sang dirige/ and other devout Orisons/ And abought iiijor of the cloke in the mornyng they sang masse and that don and the body entired Mr kyngeston ws vs beyng his seruauntes ware present at hys seyd ffuneralles and offered at hys masse/ And be that tyme that all thynges was fynysshed and all Ceremonyes that to suche a person was decent & conuenyent it was abought vj of the cloke/ in the mornyng/ Then prepared we to [f. 91] horsebake/ beyng seynt Androwes day thappostell And so toke our lourney towardes the Court beyng at hampton Court where the kyng than lay And after we came thether ws was vppon seynt Nicholas Eve we gave attendaunce vppon the Counsell for our depeche/ vppon the morowe I was sent for by the kyng to come to hys grace/ And beyng in mr kyngestons chamber in the Court had knowlege therof And repayryng to the kyng I found hyme shotyng at the Rownds in the parke on the baksyde of the garden/ And perceyvyng hyme occupied in shotyng/ thought it not my dewtie/ to troble hyme/ but leaned to a tree entendyng to stand there and to attend hys gracious pleasure/ beyng in a great study/ At the last the kyng came sodynly behynd me where I stode/ And clappt his hand vppon my sholder/ And whan I perceyved hyme 1 fyll vppon my knee/ to whome he sayd/ callyng mee by my name/ I woll/ qs he/ make an end of my game/ And than woll I talke ws you/ And so departed to his marke whereat the game was endyd/ than the kyng delyuerd hys bowe to the yoman of hys bowes And went his way in ward to the place/ whome I folowed/ howbeit he called for sir Iohn |p Gagge ws whome he talked vntill he came at the garden posterne gate/ And there entred the gate beyng shett after hyme ws caused me to goo my wayes/ And beyng goon but a lyttyll distance/ the gate was opened agayn/ And there sir harry Norres called me agayn commaundyng me to come in to the kyng who stode behynd the doore in a nyght gown of Russett velvett furred ws Sabelles/ byfore whome 1 kneled down beyng ws hyme there all alon the space of an hower & more dewryng wcne tyme he examyned me of dyuers waytty matters concernyng my lord/ whysshvhg that leuer than xx Ms ii he had lyved/ than he asked me for the xvs (ws mr kyngeston moved to my lord byfore his deathe) Sir sayd 1 I thynke that 1 can tell yos grace partely where it is/ yea can qs the kyng than I pray you tell me and you shall do vs myche pleasure/ nor it shall not be on- rewardyd/ Sir sa yd I if it please yos highnes/ After the departure of Davyd Vyncent frome my lord at Scrobye who had than the custody therof/ leavng the same ws my lord in dyuers bagges sealed ws my lordes seale/ delyuerd the same imony in the same bagges sealed vnto a certyn prest (whome I named to the kyng) savely to kepe to his vse/ ys thys trewe/ qs the kyng/ yea sir qs 1 wsout all dought/ [f. 9lv] the prest shall not be able to denye it in my presence/ ffor 1 was at the delyuere therof/ well than/ qs the kyng/ lett me alone kepe thys gere secrett bytwen yos self and me/ And lett no man be privye therof/ ffor if I heare any more of it/ than I knowe by whome it is come to knowlege/ iijre may/ qs he/ kepe councell if ij be away/ And if I thought that nay cappe knewe my councell/ I wold cast it in to the fier and burne it/ And for yos trewthe & honestie/ ye shall be oon of our seruauntes/ and in that same rome ws vs that ye ware ws yos old mr/ therfore goo to sir lohn Gage/ our vice chanaberlayn/ to whome I haue spoken alredy to geve you yos othe & to admytt you our seruaunt in the same Rome/ And than goo to my lord of Norffolk and he shall pay you/ all yos hole yeres wages ws is xs/ is it not so qs the kyng/ yes forsothe/ sir qs 1/ And 1 ame |p behynd therof for iijs quartrs of a yere/ that is trewe/ qs the kyng/ for so we be enformed therfore ye shall haue yos hole yeres wages ws oure reward delyuerd you by the Duke of Norfolk/ the kyng also promysed me ferthermore to be my syngular good & gracious lord whan so euer occasion shold serue/ And thus I departed frome hyme And as I went 1 mett ws mr kyngeston commyng frome the councell who commaundyd me in ther names/ to goo strayt vnto theme for whome they haue sent for by hyme/ And in any wyse/ qs he/ for goddes sake/ take good hede what ye say/ ffor ye shall be cxamyned/ of suche certyn wordes as my lord yos late mr hade at hys departure/ And if you tell theme the treuthe/ qs he/ what he sayd you shold vndo yos self for in any wyse they wold not here of hyt/ therfore be circumspect what answere ye make/ to ther demaund/ why sir/ qs I/ howe have ye don/ therin yos self/ Mary qs he I haue vtterly denyed that euer I hard any suche wordes/ and he thaat opened the matter first/ is fled for feare ws was the yoman of the gard that rode empost to the kyng frome leycester/ therforre goo yos wayes/ god send you good spede/ And whan ye haue don come to me in to the Chamber of presence where I shall tary yos commyng to se howe you spede/ And to knowe howe ye haue don ws the kyng/ Thus 1 departed and went dyrectly to the councell chamber doore/ and as sone as 1 was come I was called in among them/ And beyng there/ My lord of Norffolk spake to me first and bad me welcome to the Court/ And sayd my [f.92] lordes thys gentilman hathe bothe Iustly And payn- fully serued the Cardynall hys mr lyke an honest & diligent seruaunt/ therfore I dought not but of suche questyons as ye shall demand of hyme/ he wyll make lust report/ 1 dare vndertake the same for hyme/ howe say ye/ it is reported that yos mr spake certyn wordes evyn byfore his departure owt of thys lyfe/ the truthe wherof 1 dought not ye knowe/ And as ye knowe I pray you report & feare not for no naan/ ye shall not nede to swere |p hyme/ therfore goo to howe saye you/ is it trewe that is reported/ ffor sothe sir 1 was so diligent attendyng more to the preseruacion of his lyfe/ than 1 was to note & marke euery word that he spake/ - And sir in deade he spake many Idell wordes as men in suche 5 extremes/ the ws I cannot nowe remember/ yf it please yos lordshypes to call byfore you mr kyngeston he wyll not fayle to shewe you the truthe/ Mary so haue we don alredy/ qs they/ who hathe byn here presently byfore vs/ And hathe denyed vtterly that euer he hard any suche wordes spoken by yos mr/ at the tyme of hys deathe or at any tyme byfore/ fforsothe my lordes/ qs 1// than 1 can say no more for if he hard them not I cowld not heare theme/ for he hard as myche as 1/ and I as myche as he/ therfore my lordes it ware myche foly for me to declare any thyng of ontrouthe ws I ame not able to lustefie/ loo/ qs my lord of Norffolk I told you as myche byfore/ therfore goo yos wayes/ qs he/ to me/ you are dismyst/ And come agayn to my chamber anon for I must nedes talke ws you/ I most humbly thanked theme & so departed/ And went in to the Chamber of presence/ to rnete ws mr kyngeston/ whome 1 found standyng in Comynycacion ws an auncyent gentillman vssher of the kynges privy chamber called mr Ratclyfe/ And at my Commyng Mr kyngeston demaundyd of me if 1 had byn ws the Councell and what answere I rnade theme/ I sayd agayn that I had satisfied them sufficyently ws my answere/ And told hyme the maner of it And than he asked me howe 1 sped ws the kyng/ I told hyme partely of our commynycacion/ And of hys graces benyvolence/ and pryncely lyberalitie/ and howe he commaundyd me to goo to my lord of Norffolk/ As we ware spekyng of [f. 92v] hyme/ he came frome the Councell in to the chamber of presence/ asson as he aspied me he came in to the wyndowe where I stode/ ws mr kyngeston and mr Ratclyfe to whome I declared the kynges pleasure/ thes ij gentilmen desired hyme to be my good lord/ Nay qs he/ I woll be better vnto hyme than ye wene for if 1 could haue spoken ws hyme byfore he came to the kyng 1 wold haue |p had hyme to my serayce/ (the kyng excepted) he shold haue don no man seruyce in all Englond but oonly me/ And loke what 1 may do for you/ 1 woll do it ws a right good wyll/ Sir than/ qs 1/ woll it please yo' grace to move the kynges mas in my behalf to geve me oon of the Cartes & horsys that brought vppe my stuffe ws my lordes ws is nowe in the tower to carie it in to my Contrie/ yea marie wyll 1/ qs he/ and retorned agayn to the kyng for whome 1 taried still ws mr kyngeston/ And mr Ratclyfe/ who sayd that he wold go in and helpe my lord in my sewte/ ws the kyng/ And incontynent my lord came forthe and shewed me howe the kyng was my good & gracious lord// Amd hathe gevyn me vj of the best horsse that 1 can chose amongest all my lordes Cart horsse ws a Cart to Carye my stuffe/ And.v. markes for my Costes homwardes/ And hathe commaundyd me/ qs he/ to delyuer you Xii for yos wages beyng behynd on payed And xxs for a reward/ who commaundyd to call for mr Secretorye to make a warraunt for all thes thynges/ than was it told hyme/ that mr Secretory was gon to harworthe for that nyght/ than com- maundyd he oon of the messengers of the chamber to ride vnto hyme in all hast for thes warrauntes and wylled me to mete ws hyime the next day at london And there to receyve bothe my mony my stuffe & horsse/ that the kynge gave me/ And so 1 dyd/ of whome 1 receyved all thynges accordyng/ And than 1 retorned in to my Contrie And thus endyd the lyfe of my late lord & mr/ the Riche & tryhumphant legat and Cardynall of Englond/ on whos sowle Iesu haue mercy Amen/ ffinis Qs. G. C. [f. 93] <1Who lyste>1 to Rede And consider ws an Indyfferent eye this history may behold the wonderouse mutabilitie/ of vayn honours/ the bryttell Assuraunce of haboundaunce/ the oncertyntie of dignytes the ffiateryng of fayned frendes/ And the tykkyll trust to worldly prynces/ wherof thys lord Cardynall the |p hathe felt bothe of the swette & the sower in eche degrees/ As fletyng frome honors/ losyng of Riches/ deposed frome Dignytes/ fforsaken of ffrendes// And the inconstantnes of prynces fauour/ Of all ws thynges he hathe had in this world the full felycyte as long as that ffortune smyled vppon hyme/ but whan she began to frown howe sone was he depryved of all thes dremyng loyes And vayn pleasures/ the ws in:.XXti yeres ws great travell, study, and paynnes opteyned/ ware in oon yere and lesse (ws hevynes, care, & sorowe) lost and consumed/ 0 madnes/ 0 folyshe desier/ 0 foiad hope/ 0 gredy desier of vayn honors, dignyties, and Ryches/ <10>1 what inconstant trust And assuraunce is in Rollyng ffortune/ wherfore the prophett sayd full well/ Tezaurisat et ignorat cui congregabit ea/ who is certyn to whome lie shall leave his treasure & riches that he hathe gathered together in this world it may chaunce hyme to leave it vnto suche as he hathe purposed/ But The wyse man saythe/ that an other person who paiauenture he hated in his lyfe shall spend it owt & consume it/