1 
 
The rijht Hon^!^Koheni)uA\eY Earlc of 
 hciccstcr^Baron of Dcnhi^h, knight of the 
 noUe order of George ^ S^Mtchati.andUtc 
 one ofherMa^^/ho^y^rivy counfcli ^tC' 
 
LEieESTERS 
 
 COMMOiSf-WEALTH. 
 
 Conceived, fpoken and 
 
 publiflied with rnoft earnsfl: 
 proteftatfon of dutifull gGod- 
 Will a^id affeftion towards 
 this RcaimCo 
 
 By 
 
 RobertParsons 
 Jefmte. 
 
 WHEREUNTO IS ADDED 
 
 Job, 10.27. 
 Th Heavens Jhall reveale his Imquitte^ 
 
 ' LONDON, 
 
 Printed mdcxli. 
 
THE EPISTLE 
 
 DIRECTORY, 
 
 TO 
 
 M, G. M. In G r a t 1 o u $ 
 
 Street in tointuTf: 
 
 I.4tre And loving friend^ I recei" 
 
 |i vedaboUt tenne dales agonyonr 
 I letter ef the 9. of this frejcnt : 
 '^^^!^^ ' "^'herein you demand and ('oil" 
 cite againe the thing , that Ifo fatly denied 
 joH 5 at mj late being in ydnr chamber : I 
 meane to put in writing the relation which 
 then I made untoyou^ ofthe^eech had thk 
 lafl Chriftmas in my frefcnce^ betweene my 
 right worfipfnll good friend and patron , 
 and his guejl the old Litwy er, of fo?^e matters 
 in our fiate and country. And for that yoit 
 frejfemevery ferinujly at thkinfiant^ both 
 by recjuefl and manj reafons ,to jeeld to yo^H^ 
 de fire herein ^ and not only this, bntalfoto 
 give my confent for the pnblifhing of the 
 famej^y fuch fecret meanes as you ajfure 
 
 A % JOH 
 
The Epiftle Dedicatoiy. 
 jeu cm there find out : I have thought goo^' 
 to confer the whole matter with the far ties 
 themfelves , whom principally it concerneth 
 ( who at the receipt of your letter mre not 
 far from me: ) And alheit at the firfl I 
 /ound them averje and nothing inclined to 
 grant your demand : yet after Hf on confide^ 
 rationofyour reafenSy and a^nrance offe^^ 
 ere fie (efpeciallyfor that there is nothing i?$ 
 the fame containedy repugnant to charity or 
 to our bounden duty towards our mefl gratis 
 ous Princes or Countrey, but rather for the 
 fpecmll good them both ^ andfor thefore^ 
 warning of fbme dangtrs imminent to the 
 fame) they have referred over the matter to 
 mee^ yet with this Provifo , that they will 
 know nothingynoryet yeeldconfent to the pub-- 
 lijhing hereof y for fear e of fome future flm'- 
 rifh of the ir^gged Stajfe to come hereafter a-* 
 bout their eares, if their names fhould breaks 
 forth : which (1 trufi) you will provide, /baS 
 neuer happen y both for their fecurity ^and for 
 jour own. And with this I will end^ ajfurincr 
 you that within thefe five or fix dayes ^ you 
 (hull receive the whole in writing by another 
 way and fecret meanes y neither fhall the 
 hearer fuj^eU what he carrieth : wherofalfb 
 J thought good to premonifhyou. And this 
 Jhallfuffice for this time. 
 
 THE 
 
THE 
 
 PREFACE OF THE 
 CONFERENCE. 
 
 Pt long before the hik Scholar. 
 Chriftmafle , I was . 
 requefted by j| letter 
 from a very worfliipful 
 and grave Gentleman , 
 whofe fonne was then 
 my piipill in Cambridge^ to repaire with 
 my faid Scholar to a certaine houfe of 
 his neare London^xnA there to pafTe over 
 the Holy-day es in his company : for The occxCum 
 that it was determined that in Hillary oU\i\%coi^k* 
 tearme following, his faid fonne fhould ^ ^''^^^ ^""^ 
 be placed in fomelnne of Chancery, to "^^'^'^'S' 
 follow the (tudy of the Common-law , 
 and fo to leave the Vniverfity. This re- 
 queft was gratefuU unto mee in refped 
 of the time, asalfo of the matter, but 
 efpecially of the company. For that, as 
 I love much the yong Gentelman, my 
 pupill, for his to wardlines in religion , 
 learning, and vertue : fo much more I 
 doe reverence his Father, for the riper 
 A 3 polfeffion 
 
The Preface* 
 poffeffion of th<: fame ornaments,and for 
 hisgreat.wifedome, experience, and 
 grave judgement in affaires of the world 
 1/ SC G^'' that do occurre : but namely touching 
 6 ^ h^^k^^^ ^^^^ Country jWherin truly I da not 
 ^ ' 5 "'Orcmember to have heard any man in my 
 vp > iU^ life^ difcourfe more fubitantially, indit- 
 
 iVi A^'^-ferently , and with lefle paffion , more 
 
 jU l (TK '^fMh love and fidelityjthefi I have heard him, 
 p(ct^ z^<j^ Which wasllie caulc that Itooke Im- 
 <cl "L'lr*^ gular delight to be in his company, and 
 / *^ refufed no occafion to enj®y the lame. 
 fxXjffK^si fi^j^^' Which alfo he perceiving,dealt more o- 
 ^ penly and confidently with me, then 
 
 with many other of his friends3as by the 
 relation following may well appeare. 
 •rte pcrfons and ^V^j^en I Came to the forefaid Houfe 
 
 place of this con- , ^ / t r j i < 
 
 fcrencc. by London , I tound there among other 
 friends, an ancient man that profefTed 
 the law , and was come from London to 
 keepe his Chriftmas in that place, with 
 whom at divers former times I had been 
 well acquainted, for that he haunted 
 much the company ofthefaid Gentle- 
 man my friend , and was much trufted 
 andufed by him in matters of his pro- 
 feflion, and not a little beloved alfo for 
 his good converfation,notwithftanding 
 fome difference in religion between us. 
 For albeit, this Lawyer was inclined to 
 
 be.. 
 
The Prefaci. 
 be a Papift, yet was it with fuch mode- 
 ration and refervation of his duty to- 
 wards his Prince and Countrey and pro- 
 ceedings of the fame : as he feemed al- 
 waies to give full fatisfadion in this 
 pomt to us that were of coritrary o- 
 pinion. 
 
 Neither did he let to proteft oftentimes a temperate 
 with great afFedion,that as he had many * 
 friends & kinsfolk of contrary religion 
 to himfelfe : fo did he lo^e them never- 
 theleffe for their different confcience ^ 
 but leaving that to God, was defirous te 
 doe them any friendftiip or fervice that 
 he could, with allaffedion, zeale, and 
 fidelity. Neither was he wilfull or ob- 
 ftinate in his ©pinion, and much leflfe re- 
 proachful! in fpeech ( as many of them 
 be ) but was content to heare whatfo- 
 ever we Siould fay to the contrary ( as 
 often we did : ) and to read any booke 
 alfo that we delivered him, for his in- 
 ftrudion. 
 
 Which temperate behaviourpinduced 
 this Gentleman and me , to affed the 
 more his company , and to difcdurfeas 
 freely wirh him in all occurrents, as if 
 he had been of our ownrehgioo. 
 
 THE 
 
CO 
 
 THE ENT R ANGE 
 TO THE MATTER. 
 
 jNedaythcnofthe Chriflmaflc, 
 ' we three retiring our fclves after 
 , dinner, into a large Gallery , for 
 lour recreation, (as often wee 
 were accuftomed to doe, when o- 
 ' thcr went to carc'$ 1 & others pat 
 f imes : ) this Lawyer by chance hadinhishan^ 
 a little bookCjthen newly fct forth , containing 
 A dcf&nce of the publique Janice done pf Ifit^ inEJ^g Thcbookcof 
 Und^ men divers Priefts and 0tb2r Pap'iflis for tre^'- lufticc. 
 Ion : Which book , tjbe Lawyer had read to himr 
 felfe^ little before, and wajs now putting it up in- 
 to his pocket; But the Gentleman wy friend, 
 who had read over the fame once or twice jn my 
 company before, wpuld needs take the fame into 
 his hand againe^md 2$ feed the Lawyer his judge^ 
 ment upon ihe baofce. . 
 
 The Lawyer anrwered I Thatit was e?ill_pen- l^w/tr. ^ CJ^i^ 
 nrd in his opinion to prove the gniltines of fome y. /ftf /I - f ^ ^• 
 pcrfons therin named in pirticuhr^as alfo to per- fg^ 
 fvvsde in gcnerall , that the Pjpiftes both abroad ' 
 and at home , who meddle fo carneHly wiih 
 defence sndincreafe of their religion (forthefe 
 ^arcnocall, faid he ^ doe corf. que ntly wifli an^ 
 laboi r fome change in the ftatc : but yet whcr 
 ther fo farre forth, and in fo deepe a decree 
 of proper trcafon , as here in this booke hot h in 
 
 scne- 
 
(^) 
 
 gcnerail and particular i/prefumcd and iaforced^ 
 ihac (qoochhe) is fome what hard (I weene)^for 
 you or me (in refpeft of foine other difference be- 
 tween u$) to judge or difcetnc with mdifferency. 
 GtntklMHm Nay truly fud the Gentleman , for my pstt I 
 tbinkenotfo, for that reafon is reafon in wh.nt 
 religion foevcr Aad for my felfeTl may proreft, 
 f'^}3p^^ ^^atl bearethehoncflPapift ( tf ihert be riny )no 
 malice for his deceived coi»rcience^whC! ot atriong 
 11i€P»pift« f^thers^your fclfe can be a witnes:jmary h s Pradi- 
 prjaiccs agaiqft ccs againft the ftate, 1 cannot in any wife digeft : 
 fhcftatc. and much Icfle twaythe Common-wcalth beare 
 
 the fame ( wherof we all depVnd, ) bemg a finnc 
 of -all other, the molt heinous, and leaft paidona- 
 ;^ic. And thetforc feeing in.ihis , you grant the 
 Papifl both in generall abroa^,and at home, and 
 in particular fach as arc conde'mned, executed and 
 named in this booke to be guilty : how can you 
 infinuate ( as yon doe ) that there is more prefu- 
 'ZCiDcd or enforced upon them by this booke , then 
 there is j oft caufe fo to doe ? 
 
 G^^od Sit/aid-the other,I ft^nd not here to ex- 
 amine the doings of my fupenours , or to defend 
 thcguilty,but wifti hartily rather their puuifiirntnt 
 that have, deferved the fame. Only this I fay, for 
 explication (if my former fpeech : that men «f a 
 different reJjg on from ihe Hate whcnn they live, 
 tn^y be faid ^o de-^!e againft the fame ftate in two 
 forts: the one, by dealing for the incre:ife of iheir 
 faid different religion, wkich is a!w.iles cither 
 Dircaiy, direftly, or indiredly againft the ftate, (^Dredly^ 
 
 when the faid religion containeth any point or 
 article diredly impugning the faid Itate , (as 
 perhaps you v^rill fay that the Roman Religion 
 doth againft the prefent ftate of Engl and in the 
 IndircSJy. BSS^ Supremacy: ) and ( Indiredly ) for 
 ''^-^l^^k'ts^xy different religion dividethin a fort and 
 ''^"^\ ' draw- 
 
 Two forts of 
 dciltng Againft 
 the fiatc 
 
(3) 
 
 draweth from the flate , in that there is no man 
 who in his heart would not wi(h to have the chief 
 Governour and itite to be of his relig on , if he 
 could:and confcq Aently millikeih the other in re- 
 fptdof that ; and in thu kind, not only thofc 
 whom you call bufie Papifts in England , but 
 alio thofc whom we caI\ hot I^iritans among you^ 
 (whofe difference from the ft ue efpccially in mat- 
 ters of governement is very well known) may be 
 called all traytors,m mine opinion: for that every 
 one of thi-fe indeed,do labour indircftly, ( if not 
 more ) agamft the ftacc,in how much foevcr each 
 oncend^avoureth toincrcafc his part or faction 
 that dcfi cth a Governour of hfs own religion. 
 
 And in this calc alfo , are the Protcfiants in Thcilatcofall 
 France and. Flanders under Cathohke Princes : Subkafkaftatc 
 theCalvinift£ ( as they are called ; ) under the 
 D .ke of Saxony,who is a Lutheran:the Lutherans 
 under Cafimtre^ih^t favoureth Cilvinifis::hc Gre- 
 cians and other Chriftjans under the Emperor of 
 ConftantinoplejUnder the Sophy, under the great 
 Chame of Tartaiy^ and under ocher Princes that 
 agree not with them in religion. All which Sub- 
 jedsdoewifli (no doubt) in their hearts, that 
 ihty had a Prince and (late of their owne religi- 
 on, inftcad of that which now governeth them : 
 and confcquently in this firft fenfe , they may be 
 c alled al! tr ycors, and evesy ad they doe for ad- p 
 vaacement of their faid different religion (d[- V'^Aitt^j l- 
 viding between the ftate and them ) tendeth to 
 ficafbn : which their Princes fuppofing, do fome- 
 timcs make divers of their ads treafonable or 
 punilhable for trcafon. But yet Co long as they xbc fccondl&M 
 breakc r oc forth unto the fecond kind of treafon of treafon. 
 which containcth fome ;?duall nttcmpr or treaty 
 againft the life of the Prince,or ftate,by rebellion 
 or otherwifc Wee doe not propcr'y condemne 
 
 ihcm 
 
the© for traytors , though they doc fomc aft$ of 
 iheir religion made treafon by the Prince his 
 lawes, who is of a different faith. 
 The application And fo to apply this to my purpofc : I ihinke, 
 ofthcform« i^Sir,in gooH footh ^ that m the firft kind of trea- 
 cxample, [^^^^ ^^jj ^j^^ zealous Paptft , as alfo the Puri- 
 tans in England , may well b*? called and proved 
 traytors; but hi the fccond fort (whereof wee 
 fpeake properly at this time ) it cannot be fo pre- 
 ICcif^lfy anfwered, for that there may be both guil- 
 ^ty and guiltles in cach[reIigiom And as I cannot 
 excafe all Puritans in this pointy fo you cannot 
 condcmne all Papifts, as long al-you take me and 
 fomc other to be as we are. i> 
 S^entkmUjl^ I grant yoar diftindion of treafens to bd true , 
 ( faid the Gentleman, ) as alfo your application 
 thereof to the Papifts and Poritans ^ as you call 
 thcmi ) not to want rcafon , if there be aqy of 
 them that miflike the prefent ftatc ( as perhaps 
 there be : ) a(6cit for iny part , I thifike tbefc 
 two kinds of trcafons^wkich you hive put down, 
 be rather divers degrees then divers kinds : wher- 
 in I will refer mee to the judgement of ©ur 
 Cambridge friend here prefent / whofe skill is 
 more in logicall diftindions. But yetmyreafoa 
 19 this, that indeed the one is but a ftep or degree 
 to the other, not differing in nature, but rather in 
 time, ability or opertunitfy. For if (as in your 
 former examples you have diewed ) the Gr , cians 
 under the Turke, and other Chriftians andtr o- 
 thcr Princes of a different religion , and as rilfo 
 the Papifts and Puritans ( as you rearmc tlTem ) 
 in England ( for now this word (hall paffc be- 
 tweenc us for diftinflion fake,) have fuch aliena- 
 tion of mind from their prefent regimenr,and doe 
 Two degrees ef covet fo much a governour and ftate of their 
 ttuibm** ' owne religion : then no doubt but thty are alfa 
 
 refoU 
 
refolved to mi^ljMtheir t jrccs for accoraplifliing 
 and bringing to paflc their defircs , if ThcyhaJo- 
 porctfinity ! and (o being now in the firft c^egrcc or 
 kind of trcafon, doe wint but occafion or ability, 
 to bfeakc into the f^cond. 
 
 True Sir, faMdie Lawyer , if there be no o- 
 thcr^aufe ^ circumftance that may wuhhoid 
 them. 
 
 And what caufcorcircumflance may ftay them G^nthtfUn. 
 I pray you (faid the Gentleman) when th? y fli II 
 have ability and oportunity to doc a thmg wlii*ii 
 they fo much dcfire ? 
 
 feivers caufes ( quoih the Lawyer ^ but efptci- WW/^r* 
 ally and above all other ( if it be at home in ikck 
 owae Country ) the fear of fcrvitude under for- 
 rainc nations , may n firame them from fuch at* 
 tempts : as we fee m Germany thit both C^^ho•:z:;, 
 licjues and Protcftants would joyne together , a^g^ 
 gainft any Granger that fliould ofter danger eQ-* 
 their libcny. And fo they did .againft ^W/es tte^ 
 fifth. And in France not long 3goe,albcit the Pio— 
 teftants were up in armes againft their I^ing, aodH 
 could have been content>by"ihe help of us in Eng-^ 
 land, to havcput him down , and placed another 
 of their own religion : yet when they faw us once^ 
 fcaited ofNew havcn, and lo like, to proceed to France* 
 the recovery of fome part of oar flares on that fiie^ 
 the Sea : they guickly joyacd with their ov¥at5^ 
 Critholiques againe to txpcll u?. H 
 
 In Flanders likewife , though Monfieur were Flanders.' 
 called thither by the Pioteftat tSjefpccially for de- 
 fence of their religion^ againft the Spaniard ; ycc 
 ; we fee how dainty divers chief protefiantsof Ant- 
 werp, Gaunt, and Bruges were,in admitting him, 
 and how quick in cxpelling,fo foon as he put them 
 in the leaft fenre of fubjedion to the French. 
 
 And as for Porc'igal)^ i lyive hc^ird fome of the Portu^t!, 
 
 chiefeft 
 
(6) 
 
 chiefefl Catholiques amoiig them fay, in this late 
 contention about their Kingdomc : thit rather 
 then they wowld fufter the Caftilian toceme in 
 upon them,thcy would be content to admit whac- 
 foevcr aids of a contrary religion to themfclves , 
 and to^ adventure whatloever alteration in religi- 
 on or other inconvenience might befall them by 
 that means rather then endanger their fubjcftioa 
 to their ambitious neighbour. 
 The oW hatred^ The like is repornd in divers hiftorics of the 
 ®J^*^^"»^»«ns;ferecians at this day, who doc hate (o much the 
 W^ft tatliM, ^3me and dominion of ih. Latirscs : as they had 
 ^rather to endure all the mifcncs which dayfy they 
 xfufFcr under the Turke for their rei gion and 
 ^therwife : then by calling for aid from ihe Welt 
 ^©hazard the fubjettion to the fnd Luiuei, So 
 that by thefc examples you fee , that feare atid 
 horrourof cxternall fubjedion may ftaymenin 
 fiates,and confequently alfo both Papifts and Pu- 
 ritans in the ftace of England , from pifJing to 
 the fccond kind or degree of treafon , albeit they 
 , were never fo deepc in the firft , and had both 
 ability, time, will, and oportunity for the o- 
 ther. 
 
 S£koUr» ^^^^ ^ prefumed to interrupt theif Speech, and 
 
 faid : that this feemcd to mee moft cleare , and 
 that now I underftood what the Lawyer meant 
 before^ when he affirmed, that albeit the moft 
 part of Papifts in generall migkt be faid to deale 
 againft the ftatc of Eiigl,%nd at this day , in that 
 they deal fo e'^^rnefily for the maintenance and in- 
 crcaleof thcit religion , and fo to fncurre fomc 
 kind of treafon : yet ( perhaps _) not fo far -forth 
 nor info deepe a degree of proper tteifca as in 
 Not all Papifts this booke is prefumed or inforced : though fo^ 
 property tray- n\y part Cfard I) I do not fee that the book prefu, 
 mcih or inforccth all Papifts in gerrerall to be pro^ 
 
 perly 
 
pcrly traytors, but or.tiy ^uch as in particular ate 
 thciem named, or thdt arc by Liw attainicdjCon- 
 dtmncd cr cxccutiJ^l : and what will you fay 
 Ccjuoth ( } to thofc in paiticuiar > 
 
 Sviily C quoth h« ^ I muft fay oftheCfjmuch LiWJiT* 
 after the manner which I fpakc before : ikat 
 fome here named in ihis book are openly knownc 
 to have betne in the fccord degree or kind of 
 trcafon : 2sWe[tmnland ^ ^icrm y Sanaeru and Thc Pncftjani 
 the i]ke. Bwt divers others ( namely the Pnefts Scminaiici that 
 and Seminariej thai of !«tt have fufttied, ; wcrccxccuccd. 
 fo much as I coeld fee delivered and pleaded at 
 their arraignememS| or heard protcfled by ihem 
 at their de?ihs, or gathered by rcafon anddif- 
 courfcof my G Ifc , C for that no forraine Prince 
 or wife councellor would ever commit fo great 
 matters offtate ro futh infl/uments : ) lean- 
 not ("I fay} butihirkc^ thattothewifeofouf 
 flatc , that had the doiKg of this bufincs , the 
 firft degree of treafon ( wherein no doubt they 
 were ) was fiifficient to d'fpatch and make them 
 2 way ! efpecially infuchfufpitums^ximesasthcfe 
 arc ; to the end that being hanged for the firft, 
 thiy fhould never bee in danger to fall into the 
 fccond , nor yet to draw other men to the 
 fsnae : which perhaps was m oft of all mif- 
 doubted, 
 
 i\fter the Lawyer had fpt ken this, I held my GcntUmilh 
 ]peacc , to he?re what the Gentle man would an- 
 fwer: who walked up and down two whole turnes 
 in the Gallery without yeelding any word ?gain : 
 and then fhying upon the fudden , caft his eyes 
 fadly npon us both, and fiid ; 
 
 My maflers he wfoevf r this be which indeed ap- 
 pertames not tons to juJgc or difcus,but rather to 
 perfwadcourfelvcs , that the ft ate hath reafon to 
 do as it doth, and that it muft oftentimes as wUl 
 
 prevent 
 
prevent inconvcnience$,ai umedy the fame when 
 thej arc happened : ytt for my owne part 1 rauft 
 tonkfft unto you, that upon fome conlidei at ons 
 which ufe to come unto my mind,l take no foiall 
 griefe ©f thefe differences among us (which you 
 tcrme of divers and different religions) for which 
 we are driven of oeceffity to ufc difcjpline toward 
 divcrSjwh© pcffibly otherwife would be no greac 
 
 The C6ntiicn* mafefadors. 1 know the caufc ©f this diftercnce is 
 
 ti<>lis. grouudcd opon a principle not eafie tocure^which 
 
 is the judgement and confcicnce of a man,where- 
 unto obeyeth at length his will and 3fF«:dio8, 
 whatfoever for « time he m^y otherwife difiem 
 We outwardly. I remember your fpccch before of 
 the d^oubtfull aad dangerous inchnation of fuch 
 as live difcontentcd in a State of a different reli- 
 gion, efpecially,wken either in dceci, or in their 
 owncconceipt, they are hardly dealt withall, and 
 where every mSRS particular punifhment is taken 
 to reach to ihecaufe cf the whole. 
 
 I am not ignorant how that mifery procurerh 
 
 Mifcry movcth amity, and the opinion of calamity momh affe- 
 dion of mercy and compaffion, even towards the 
 wicked: the better fortune alway is fubjed to en- 
 vie, and he that fufFeretb, is thought to have the 
 better caufe j my experience of the divers rcignes 
 and proceedings of King Edward, Queenc Mary^ 
 and of this our moft gracious Soveraigne hath 
 taught me not a little , touching the ft quell of 
 
 Agoo^ wifli. thefe affairs. And fiiially(my good friends)! muft 
 tell you plainc (quoth he, and thishcfpakc with 
 great affeveration) that I could wifh with all my 
 heart, that either thefe differences were nota- 
 mong us at aIl,or cHe that they were fo temperat- 
 ly ©n aJ parts purfued^as the common ftate of our 
 country ,thc bleffcd reigne ©f her Majefly, and tiie 
 coaamoacaufc of true religion were not endan- 
 
(9) 
 
 gered thereby. But n^w : and there he brake off, 
 and turnoil aiiojt;. 
 
 The Lawyer feeing him hold his peace and dc- la^fer^ 
 parr,ke Iteppcti Aut hjm, and taking hiaa by the 
 gowtiCjfaid merrily J Sir, all men arftnoc of your 
 complexion, (ome Are of quicker and more ftir- 
 ri/»g Spines, arid doe I ?c to fifh jni wactr that is 
 trouG»lcd,for tbatth y ioe pare c;patc ihe Bhck- 
 moores humour, th c dwell m Guiyica (whereof The nature an4 
 I fuppofr yott have heard and feene alio fomc in praaice of ihc 
 thi Lan t) whofe excrafc at home is (as fomc ^"i^^^^^* 
 write j the one to hunt, catch, and fell the other, 
 and alwayes ?he ftronger to make money of the 
 weak t for the time. But now if m England wc 
 fliould live in peace and unity of the ftate, as they 
 doe in Germany, notwithftaoding their dif- 
 ferences of Religion, and th it the one fliould not 
 prey upon the other : then fli >uld the great Faul- 
 Cons for the Field (I meanc the favourites of the 
 time) fade whereon to feed, which were an in- 
 convenicHce as you ka- w. 
 
 Truly Sir, faid the Gcndeman, I thinkc you Gmtlm&n. 
 rove r.cerer the marke then you weeiie : for if I be 
 not deceived: the vtry ground of much of thcfe 
 broilcs whereof we talkc, is but a very prey : not 
 jft the minds of the Prmce or State (whofc inten- 
 tions no doubt be moft jufi and holy) but in the 
 greedy imagination and fubtile conceixof him, 
 who at this prefent in refpt^fl of our finneSjis per- 
 mitted by God, to tyranniic both Prince and 
 State : and bemg himfelfe of no religion, feedeih 
 notwithftinding upon our differences in religion, 
 to th? fatting of bimfeire and ruineof theRcalm. ThcTyramof 
 For whereas by the consmon diflinftion now re- Enghfli ft^itc. 
 Ceived in fpeech, there are three^ notable difFe* 
 rencesof religion in the L^^nd/lae twoextreams, J^^^^^ff^f^^ 
 whereof are the Papift and the Puritan^ and the jn Engtandr" 
 B religi- 
 
Scholar. 
 
 The Earlc of 
 Lciccfttf. 
 
 GenilmAn. 
 
 fCligieus PfOteftant obtaining the mcane ! this 
 fellow being neiihcr,maketh his gaine of all : and 
 as he fetkeih a Kingdome by the one extrcame^ 
 and fpoilcby the other ; fo he ufeth the authority 
 of the third, to compaflc the firft two, and the 
 counter- mine of each Qne,to the overthrow of all 
 Aree. 
 
 To this I anfwcrcd : In good footh Sir, I fee 
 now where you arc : you are fallen into the com- 
 mon place of all our ordmary talks and confe- 
 reece in the Univerfi;y j for I know that you 
 mcane my Lord of Lcke/isr, who is the ful jed of 
 allpleafant difcourfcs at this day ihroughoui the 
 Realme. 
 
 Notfopleafant 3Spittifull,anfwered the Gen- 
 tlentian^if all matters and circumftances were wcl 
 confidcredjCXcept any man take pleafure to jcit at 
 our ©wnc mifcriet, which are like t© be greater 
 by his iniqmtyOf God avert it not) then by al the 
 wickcdneffe of England bcfides : he being the 
 man that by all probability, is like to be the bane 
 and fatall deiijny of our vState, with the'evciTion 
 of true rcli gion, whcreof .hy indired mcanes, he 
 is the greateft enetiiy that the Land doth nouyldu 
 Now verily (guorh the Lawyer) if you fay 
 thus much for the proteftants opinion of him, 
 what fhall I fay for his merits towards the Pa- 
 pifls> whofor asmuch 3S I can perceive, doe 
 take theji?Xelves little beholding unio hi*m, albe- 
 it for hiS gaine he was feme yeeres their fecrct 
 friend agiinft you: untill by his friends he was 
 ThcLordNoiths perfwaded,attd chiefly by the L^ld T^mh by way 
 policy. of policy, as the faid Lord bofleth, in hope of 
 
 greater gaine, to flep over to the Puritans , a- 
 gaintt us both^whomnotwithftanding it is pro- 
 bable, thatheloveth as much, as he doth the 
 rcfi. 
 
 You 
 
(it) 
 
 You know the Beares iove,faid thcCicndemafr, ^ - - 
 which is all for his crwn pancH, and fo this Bear- ^^^^^^^n, 
 wheipjturneth all to his own commodiiy, and for 
 grecdincfle thereof,-will overturn all if4ie be not 
 lioppedormuiledin time. : • . - i 
 
 An4 furely uato meat is a flrnnge fpecul'ationi 
 whereof I cannot pick out the reafonYbut onely 
 that I do attribute it to Gods puniflment fe>r our a {Irangc ( c 
 finn€s)that in fo wife and vigiUnt a St^te as ours culaiion. 
 is,3nd in a Countrcy well scquainied anii bea- 
 ten with fuch dangers man of fuch:a Spirit 
 as he is knowne to be, of fo extreme ambition, 
 pride, faUhood and trcchery; fo borne, fo bred 
 up/o nozled in treafon from his infanty,defcen- 
 ded of a tiibe of traytours, and flefhed in con- 
 (piracy againii the Royall blood of King Htnr'm 
 childtcn in his tender yserfs, and cxcrcrf<>'d ever 
 fiacc in drifts againlUhe lame, by the blood and 
 mine of divers others : - a man fo well knownc 
 to beare fccret mrdice againft her Majfifty, for 
 caufesirrcconcileable, and moft dradly rancour 
 againft the bcft and wifeft Counccllours oF hex 
 Highncffe : that fuch a one (I layjfo huefullj^ 
 to God and man, and fo matkeable to th&fim- 
 pleft Subjed oi this ILand, by the pubbgue cn- 
 lignes of his tyrannous parpofe, "fliouM b^Tuff.*- 
 redfomany yeeres without check:-, toafpire to 
 tyranny by moft msriifcfl waycs, and to pofil^d© 
 himfeifc ( as now he hath dorfe) of Court,C oun~ ' 
 cell and Gounrrey, without controlcmenc : fo 
 that nojhmg wanteih to.him bat oriely his plea- 
 fure, aod the d:^y already conceived' m Ws-minde > 
 to difpofe ss he liii,both of Piince,Crowi^YRealm 
 and Religion, 
 
 It is much truly (quoth I) thatyou f?y, and ir ^^^^^ ^^^^ 
 minifireth not a little merv^ilc unto mary/wh'cr- ' 
 of yourWcrfliipis no: the firft, nor yet the -ter-ih 
 B 2 pcifun 
 
Tli<!Q^ccnR Ma 
 ititjcs moft cx- 
 cciicntgood na 
 turc» 
 
 (11) 
 
 pctfon of accotnpt which I have heard difcouife 
 ajid compbine^ But what fliall I fay hereunto ? 
 rhcrc js no man that afcribeth not this uat© the 
 fi-guiar benignity and mpft hountifull goodna- 
 tu:^ of hsr Mijttty whorneafunng oth^r men 
 byh^r GW iC Heroicall and Princely Sincerity; 
 Cion iceaiily fulped i man fo much bounden to 
 her grace, as he is, nor remove her confidence 
 from the place, where fhe hath heaped fo infiaite 
 b.nefits. 
 
 No doubt (faid thr Gentleman) but this gra- 
 cious and fwctt difpofition of her Ma jetty is the 
 true ©riginall c.^ufc thereof : wh^ch Princely dif- 
 pofit!on,asinherhighnefl'j it dcferveth all rare 
 com nendanon, fo lyeth the fame open to many 
 dangers oftentimes, when fo ben?gne a nature 
 mceteth with ingrate ani ambitious- pecfons : 
 which obfervatioa perhaps, caufed her M^jefties 
 moft noble Grandfather and F.icher(two renow- 
 ned wife Princes) to withdraw fometime upon 
 the rudden,their great favour from ccrtaine Sub- 
 jeds of high eflate^ And her Majefiy m y eafdy 
 life her owne excellent wifdome and memory, to 
 recall to rnindc the manifold examples of peri- 
 lous haps fallen to divers Princes, by too much 
 confidence in obliged proditours : with whom 
 the name of a Kmgdomc, and one houres reigne, 
 weycth more,then all the duty,obIfgarion, hone- 
 fiy^ or nature in tht world. Would God her Ma - 
 i Jly could fee the continuall feares that be in her 
 Lordof Lekcfter faiihfu[[ Subjeas hearts,whjles that man is about 
 her noble perfon, fo well able and hkcly (if the 
 Lord avert it not)to be the calamity of her PriBc- 
 ly blood and name. 
 
 The t ilke will never out of many mouthes ani 
 minds, ihat divert ancient men of this Regime, 
 and once a wife Gentle man now a CounccUour, 
 
 rd« have of my 
 
had with a certaine trie .4 of his, concerning the 
 pre(:ige and deep imp tflion,wb)ch hei' Mujcftics 
 Father had of iht houfe of Sir Ubn Ouatey^ to be 
 the rainc in time ot hisMajcihc^ /uyall houfe 
 and bloodjWhich thir/g was lik.* to h vvo been ful- 
 filled foon after (as all the worhi kaoweth) upon 
 the death of )L\\^gEdwArdjoy the hid'Dmk)\ chis 
 mans Father: who at one blow, procured to dif- 
 patch fromapofl cflion from the Grown ^ all three 
 children oF the f^iid noble Ki'^ g. A d yn i»i the- 
 mjddcft of thofe blooo^y pra^xcs againft her Mi- 
 ]ti\y ih.it now is and hcs: lifter (wherein alfo th!$ 
 fellowes hand was fo far, as for his nge he could 
 ihruft the fame) wjch'r^ (ixtcen dayes before K /ig 
 Edwsrds dearh^it-^oo ^ jng btlike that the Knig 
 fhouid dye) wrote moli fl utering letters to the 
 Lac'y syim(as 1 hav-' heard by fherh who then n^^^.- j-/r t 
 were With her) pror uliag all h- yalty aifid tnie ler- tion« 
 Vice to htr,iftt r the dectafeofh-^-r brother^- with 
 n© leilepamted wcrds, then this man now (ioth 
 ufe to Queenc Eli9;abeth, 
 
 So dealt he iheo with the moft denre children 
 ©f his good King andMafter, by whom he had 
 beene no lefle exalted and truiicdj then ihis man 
 is by her M'<jefty. And fo deeply dsfl'embled he 
 then when he had in hand the plot to deftroychem 
 both. And whit then (alas) msy not we fcare and 
 doubt of this his (on^who m ©utragious ambition 
 and defire of reigne^is nor infcriour to hi$ Father 
 ©r to any other afpiriBg fpirit m the world, tuc 
 far more infoIent,ciuclL vindicative, expert^ po- 
 tent,fubtilc,finCj3nd fox I ke then ever he was ? I 
 like wdl the good motion propounded by the Si. , , 
 forefaidGentlemaii , to his. n seJid at the lame /Sfme, ;6tsghaj|i, 
 and doe affure my felfc n would b^.moi pi '^aiC^j 
 to iheRealme, and proficiible to feerMajt#rj ^q> 
 w if, that tlris -EnaKs ions m i ghc 'bs €;iile.^^iA^ 
 3 I isfaely 
 
liquely tp tEiallj;inci Ubcriy-giYen to good fubjcfts 
 to r^y vvb^t tli,cy knew againft the fame, as it was 
 permukdin the fiiiiyeer a^^^ ;he ci^hc 
 
 agimft iiu Gran<!ifqt;her,and in tkc firft of Queen 
 
 Eimuad Dudley y^jaify againft his Fatbcr ; and then I woula noc 
 doubt,batlf ihefc tyvQ his Anceftors were found 
 
 Robert ey. ^Qj-^i^y ^q Jofe th^ir heads for trcafdn; ihl^ 
 
 would not be found unworthy to make the third 
 ' in kindred, whpfe treacheries doe farrc furpaffe 
 them botlv. 
 
 lawyi^" A fternhe Gentleman had faid thisjthc Lawyer 
 
 flood ftill^fomewhat fdiiling to himfelfej&look-- 
 ' ingrpui^d about him, as though he had fain halfe: 
 
 afraid^ atid then Did j My m^fters, doe you read 
 overor ftudy the Statutes that come forth ? have 
 y eu i>ot heard of the frcvifa^^dt in the hft Par- 
 liament fo^ punilhment of ihofe'who fpeake fo 
 broad pf luch mr^a as Lord o^Le'mUtf is ? 
 Gmtkm^n*] Y^,Sjfaid the-Gentkman J hav^ keard how that 
 my LQr4 ©fts^crfler was yerycarefull and dili- 
 gent at that time to have fuch a Liw to pafTe a^: 
 TbcLaw againft gainft !4lk€i's^^.^Hoping (btlike^ that his L. under 
 talking. -that gefnerJ^U reftraific miohc lye the more quietly 
 
 in harbot kotvi the tempefl of mens lon^uSawhich 
 tatled bufijy at that time^of divcj;§ his Lordlhips 
 adicn^A^^d aflair^^which pcrh^p$.himfelf would 
 feaye wiO>edto paflcwiih more ff crcfie. As of his 
 difcpntentmeEt and preparation to rebelhonj up- 
 on A'lnnfieWs fiift coming, into the Land ; of his 
 cifgrace and checks received irCourtjof the frelh 
 death of the noble Earle of £ Jex \ & of this mans 
 A^l'on^ of Lef- ha{\y fnatching up of ihd widow, whom he fcnt up 
 ccftcr whereof ^nd downe the Counttty fram hotife to houfe by 
 he would have privie .W5yes,thereby to avoid ihrfight & know^ 
 Lofpccitla. iedgeof thcQuecnes Majeily; And albeit he. had 
 not onely ufed her at his good I king before, for 
 fatisfying of hisowne iult, but alfo married and 
 
 remarried 
 
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 remarried hcrfor conccncation of her friends : yet 
 denied |ie the r^me,by folemnc oath to her Maje-* 
 fly, and received the holy Communion thereupQn 
 (lo good a confcicnce he hath) and confecjuently 
 thrcatned moft fliarp revenge towards all fubjcds 
 which fhould 4are to fpeake thereof ; and fo for 
 the concealing both of this and other his doing«, 
 whichiie defired not to haye pubLke^no marvaile 
 though hiS Lordfhip were fo diligent a procurer 
 of chat law for fiience. 
 
 Indeed(faid l)it is very probable that hlsLord- shoUr. 
 flrp was in great dijftrcffe about that time, when 
 Monjitur^ matters wepe irvh^nd, and th^it he did 
 many things and purpofed more, whs;reaf he de- 
 fired Itffe fpecch among the peoplcjefpecially af- 
 terwards^ when his faid defigaements tpoke not 
 place.l was my felfe that yecr not far from War- 
 wick when he came thither from the Court a full 
 M lie-content jand when it was ifeought moft cer-» 
 tainly throughout che Realm, that he would have 
 •taken armes foon aftcrjif ihe marrjage of herMa- 
 jefty with Movfsurh'^d gone forward. Thethmg 
 in Cambridge and in all the Countrey as I rode^ 
 was in every mans nj^urb: and it was a wonder to 
 fee not oiieiy che coaritenanc€s,but alfo the b^ha- 
 viour^and to heare the bold fpcechcs of all feichas 
 were of his fadion. 
 
 MyLord himfelfe had given out a little before 
 at Kiilingwonhjthit thematter would coli many Lckcftersprei 
 broken heads before Michaelmaffe day nextjand ratives tot^bd- 
 my Lord of If^avmili bad f^d openly at his table ^^«FPnM<>n(l^ 
 in Greenwich, Sir r%li??^ He;7;7ige being by (if I ^"-^s^^s^'^^^g^*- 
 be not deceived^ that it wi^snot to be fuffered (I 
 meane the marrfage) which words of his okcc 
 coming abroad (aibeitmiOiked by his own Lady 
 then alfo prefent^ every Serving man and com.- 
 ?p.on companion, tooke then up in defence of his 
 
LotdfhipS pan againft the Queenes MAjefty.Such 
 running there was, fuck fe ding and pofting a- 
 botitthe Realme, fuch ampi ific.uion of the pow- 
 ers and forces of Ca^mm arid other Princes, ready 
 (as was affirmed) to prefeni ihemfelvcs unto his 
 aid, for defence of the Realme and Religion a- 
 gamft ftrar^gers : for that was holden to be his 
 caufc) fuch aumbrmg of parties and complices 
 within the Realme, (whereof himfelfe (hewed 
 fo Sir Thomas the Catalogue to fome of his friends for their 
 layton, com fort) fuchdeii^ng of them that favoured the 
 
 marri :ge (efpeci ally two or ihrct Count Hours 
 L.Treafurcr, by Eiame,who were faid to be the caule of all,and 
 L.Chambcrkinc for rhat were appointed out to befhatplypunifhed 
 MXontrolcr. f^j^e tcrrour ^ f all others ?)U]ch letters were 
 written and intercepted of piirpufe, imp^^rting 
 great powers to be ready,and io miny other things 
 done and deligned. tend'o» all tom. nifeft land 
 open w^^rre ? as I began h uly to be afraid, and 
 wifhed myfelfc b ukc .it C ^rDbndge sgaint-, ho- 
 ping that bejpg thcre^iry Scholars g> W5 C fliould 
 cjtcnfe n^e from ncc? ffi y of hi^hur;g, or if n' -t, I 
 w-s re(blvcd(by rr y Loitis or^oci le ;vf )'o follow 
 AnO^$tl€y who pr^fti tf rh dw^y iH-^ Lfoii b ore 
 the^Beaie;;iffunngmy fvlfe w?thail,thn hifLord- 
 fhipfhoiild h; ve no better fucccflV in this (if it 
 came to trial 1) then his Father h :d in ns bad a 
 caufe, and fo much the more lor thnt I w ^> pri- 
 vie to the mindes of fome of his fncnds, who 
 ment to have deceived him,if the matter h^d bro- 
 Thomas Hib- ken out. And amongft other^ there was a certa n 
 iot. , ' Vice prefidenc in the VV^-rld, who being kft in 
 
 the reome and abfenee of another , to procure 
 fricnc^sjfaid in a place fecre^ly not far from Lud- 
 low^thatif the matter came to blowes, he would 
 follow his Miftreffe, and leave his Maflcr in ihe 
 briars. 
 
Marry fir (({i the Gc.al man) nnd T trow mi- Ge?lJ/e»M»« 
 ny more would have tollowed that txarrplc For 
 albeit I know, ihatthe P.^pifls were molt naracd 
 and mifdoubtcd of his part,in ihatcaufc, for chcir 
 open mcIiHation tow ^diManfieuTy 8c corsfequcnt- 
 ly,for greater difcred it of the thing it ttlfcjit was 
 given out every where by this Chimpion of reli- 
 gion,thacherMij€fties caufc was thel? :piflscaufc 
 (even as hif Father h:id done in the Jjke enter- ificcftcrsFathct 
 priTe before him^though all upondiffirr,ul aion,as atraitcrousPapift 
 appeared at his deaib,where he pn h fled himfcif 
 an earneft Papiit : J yet was there no m;:nfo fim- 
 ple in ihtRe.ilrnjwh!ch defcried not tfa s viZard at 
 the firii ; neither yet at y g&od fubjed (is I fup- 
 pofe) who fteij.g her M.ijefly -^n the one part, 
 would nc^c have taken .^gainft the other p.^rijWhac 
 fo ever he had l?ecne. And much more the thing 
 itfelfe in contr< vtrtie (I meane the marnage of 
 h^i roy; I! M^jv Ity with the brother and heire ap- 
 p^rantoi Fiance) being taken and judged by the The honour and 
 boil, wifcltand faithfidleft Prott ftants of the comn odmcs by 
 Bealmtjto be both h'niourahle,coi5venicnt,profi- ^jjh^pjanif^ 
 table and ncedfull. Whereby Qnclv,ns by a moft 
 foveraigne, and prefent remedy, all our maladies 
 both abroad and at home, had at once been cure^; 
 all foreign enemies^and domeftical confptrators, 
 all difFcrence/, all dangers, all fearcs had ceafed 
 together : France had bcene ours moft affufed j 
 Spame would not a little have trembled ; Scot- 
 land h ?d been quiet j our coy Ptt/ ou j. in England 
 would have! qu3kv d ; and forinc Pi.)pe he might 
 have put up his pipes. Our di&Vrenccs in religion 
 at homejh id been either Icffi , or no greater iheo 
 now they are/or ih^t Mo?" fie bcmg hut a mods- 
 rateP ipirt^and nothing vehement \n his opinions 
 was content with very reaGjnable conditior.s, for 
 himfeifc and his ftrangers oaely in ufc of their 
 
fi8) 
 
 confclencenot unlikely (truiy)but that in time he 
 might by Gods grace, and by the great wifdome 
 and vercue of her Ma jefty have been brought alfo 
 i^Jt)ertKing to embrace the Gofpelljas King Ethilbsrt an hea- 
 ef g^ntjconvcr. ^j^^^ ^^^^^ Q^een Bettba his wife,the firft 
 
 mik^^Dom.6o^ Chriftian of oar Eugliih Princes. 
 
 Unto all which felicity, if the Lord in mercy 
 fliouldliave added alfo feme ill ue of their royall 
 bodies fas was not impoffiblcjwhcn fii ft this no^ 
 ble match was moved,) we then (doubtleffe)bad 
 been the moft fortuaate people under heaven,ancl 
 might have been (perhaps) the mcane to hivc re- 
 florcd the Gofpell throughout all lurope bcfides, 
 as our Brethren of France well confidercd and 
 hoped. 
 
 Of all whichSngular benefits both prcrent and 
 to come^both inRc 3ind Sps^xhis tyrant for his own 
 private lucre (fearing, left hereby his ambition 
 might be refirained, and his treachery revealed) 
 hath bereaved theRealmc,and done vyhat in him 
 lycth befides, to ahenate for .ever and make our 
 mortall enemy thf.s great Prince^ who fcught the 
 love of her M jefty with fo much honour & con- 
 fidence as never Prince the Iike,putting twice his 
 owne petfon in jeopardy of the Sen, and to the 
 periilof his malicious enviors here in England, 
 for her Ma jcfiies fake. 
 IS^^sr. When you fpeak of MonfmY(S^id the Lawyer) 
 
 i cannot but greatly be moveJjbothfor ihefc con- 
 jiderations well touched by you, as alfo for fome 
 other 5 efpecialty^one wiitvfnn (perh3ps}you will 
 thihke me partiall^but truly I atia" not ; for that I 
 fpeskc it oncly in rcfped of the qnict and good of 
 my Coantrey,and that isjthit by Monlleur smutch 
 with our noble Pi:ince0e,bendes the hope of iffuq 
 (which was the principall) the; c- wanted not alfp 
 probability, that fcaic uaioa cr liule toleration 
 
Ci9) 
 
 inieligion, between you and us, might have been 
 
 procu|eci in this ftate^as we fee that in foi^e other 
 
 Countries is admitted to their great good. Which 
 
 ihing(na doubi)\irouid have cut ofFquite alfdan- J^'j!^^'^^^*^^^^^ 
 
 gcrs andrdealings from forraine Princcs,&: would ^-nio^^^nVem^^^ 
 
 h we (lopped mane devifcs and plots within the of our Covij^^fi 
 
 Realme: wheras now by this breach with France, 
 
 we ftand alone as me fecmeth without any great 
 
 unitionor fricndfliip abVoad, and our differences 
 
 at home grow more vehement and fliarp then 
 
 ver before. Upon which two heads, as alfo upon 
 
 infinit other caures.purpofes^oriftsand pretences^ 
 
 there doc enfue daily more deepe, dangerous and 
 
 dcfperatc pradifes, every man ufing either the 
 
 commoduy or necefliry of the time and flatefor 
 
 hi'sovvne purpofc, efpcciaiiy now when all men 
 
 prefume that her M^ijcfty (by the conrinuali 
 
 thwarting!, which have been ufcd againft all her 
 
 marriage) is not iilce to leave unto the Realm.e, 
 
 that precious jcwcll fo much and long defired of 
 
 all Enoltfli hearts, I meanc tj]e Royall heires of 
 
 her owne body. . 
 
 Thwartings call you the defeating of all her Q^ful^^i^ 
 Majefties molt honourable cft'crs of marriige ? 
 (faid the other) truly in myopiniori you fbouid 
 have ufed another word tOMpicffc the nature of 
 fo wicked a fad : wherby'alone^if there were no 
 other,this unfortunate man, hath done more hurt 
 tothis Common wesith^then if he hid murdered 
 m iny tboi:fands of her fubjeds,or berrr^yd whole 
 armies tatheprofefled entn.y. lean remeiYiber 
 well my felfe,fourc trearifes to this puipofe^ un- Vvcrstnir^hg^*, 
 dermmed by his meanes : the diil With thcrSwc- o^^^c^ 
 then King the fecond with tSe Aichduke'of Au- 
 itria, tre third with H(7n^ Kingot France chat * 
 now reignethjand the fourth with the brother and 
 hcire of the faid Kingdcmw-, For I ht p-^flc nn^ry 
 
 oihcr 
 
other fecret motions maac by great Potentates 
 to her Majefty for the fame purpofe, but ihefc 
 fourc arc openly known, and therefore I name 
 ihem. Wbich foure are as Will kRcvvne tohave 
 been all diliurbed by this DAtvei^ as they were 
 earncflly puriued by the otheK 
 Lciccfters dcvi ^^^^ t\\\^t $uters,he drove them a 
 
 cMtodrivcawaly v^^Yi^y protcftmg and fwe^nng that himfrUV wis 
 all Sucofs from contradcd unro herMajefty^wherof htr highnefle 
 hcrMaicfty. wis fufficicotly acivertifcd by Cardinall ^ bxtiUan 
 in the firft treaty for Frsnce> and the Cardinall 
 foone after puniflied (as is thought^ by this man 
 with poyfon. But yet this fpeech he g^ve out then, 
 every where among his friends both llrangers 
 andotherSjihat he» forfooth, wasaffured to her 
 Majefty, and confequencly th ft all other Princes 
 muft give over their faits, for him. Wbereunto 
 notwuhftanding, when the Sweden would hard- 
 ly give care, this man conferred wi h his Pr vado 
 to make a mod unfeemly and difioTil proof ther- 
 of, for the others fatisfrdion, whuh thing I 
 am enforced by duty to paffe over with filence , 
 for honour to the parties who are touched there- 
 in : as alfo I am to conccalehis faid filthy Pri- 
 vado, though w^^rthy other wife for his duhone- 
 flyto bedifpl. yed to the w< rM : but niy Lord 
 tiimfelfe, I amfurCj^doih vv 11 remember both 
 ihe man and the matter. kvA albeit there was 
 no wife man at that time who knowing rry Lord 
 fufpeded not the falf-hood, and h^s arrogant af- 
 firmation touching this contrad with her Maje- 
 fty, yet fome both abroad and at home might 
 I'^^cc^tt tm* doubt thereof perhaps : but new of late, by his 
 rfimpudcw^ knowjse marriage with his M»nion Dame Ltttict 
 * ^' c^Effex he hath dechred manifelily his owne 
 molt impudent and difloyall dealing with hjs fe- 
 ver 2 igae in this report, 
 
 lot 
 
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 For that rcport(quoih the Lawyer)! know that la^j^f^ 
 it W IS comnaon,and maintained by many for di- 
 vers yecrcs j yet did the wifer fort make no ac- 
 counc thereof, feeing it came onely from hmifclf, 
 and in his own beh ilfc. Neither was it credible^ 
 that her M^ijcfty who refufed fo noble Knidbi^ The bafcneflre of ^l-j. 
 and Pri«Kes,as Europe hath not the like, would J^^^^gf ^ 
 make choice of fo meanc a peere as i?(>t>i» Z>«<rf/y> 
 i$,noble oncly m two defcents, and both of them 
 flained with the block, from which alfo himfclfe 
 was pardoned but the other day, being codcmned 
 thcruntoby law for his dercrts,a8 appeareth yet in Anno j.R.Mary^ 
 publick records. And forihc widow of fcffcx, I 
 marvaile fir (quoth he)how you call her his wife, 
 feeing tbeCanon-law iiandcch yet in force touch- 
 ing matters of marriage w thin the Realme. 
 
 Oh (faid the Gentleman laughing) you meane ^^filkmm> 
 for that he procured the poifoning of her husband 
 in his journey from Ireland. You muft think that 
 DodorD^wiU difpencc in that matter, as he DoftorDalc. 
 did (at his Lordfliips appointment) with his Ita- 
 lian phyfi:ianDodor to have two wives at Do^or lulio. 
 once ; at the leaftwife the matter was permitted, 
 and born out by them both publiqucly (as all the 
 world knoweth) and that againft no leffe perfons , 
 then the Archbifhop of Canterbury himfelfe, 
 whofe overthrew wis principally wrought by Thc/^rchbifliops 
 this tyrant for contrarying his will,in fo beaftly a I'^^'J^^^^ 
 demand. But for this contruverfic whether the ^vtvcsVoLcicc- 
 marriage be goodorsoj leave it to be tried hercr ftcr his Physician 
 after,between my yong Lord of Denbighe, and 
 Mafter ph'ilipSidm)\^^om the fame molt concer- 
 neth : for that it is hkc to deprive him of a good- 
 ly inheritance, if It take place (as fome will fay 
 that in no rcafon it can) not only in refped of the 
 precedent adultery ancHnurder beiweene the par- 
 ties J but alfo for that my Lord was contraded 
 
 at 
 
(11) 
 
 f\\%%My^^^^' at kaft, to another Lady before, that yet Lveth, 
 M^^^^^"*" whttcof M,^Slqv SdwArd Diar 3Lnd M^fter Edmond 
 l^lrcjTc in TKmy^ both Courtiers, can be witnefles^and con- 
 fumated the fame contrad by generation of chil- 
 dren. But this (asl faid) muft be left to be tried 
 hereafter by them who (hall have moft intercft in 
 the cafe. Onely for the prefcnt I muft advertife 
 you, that you may not take hold fo exadly af all 
 my L, doings in women? affaires, neither touch- 
 ing their marriages^neither yet their husbsmds. 
 
 Forfirft hisLordfllip hath a fpcciall fortune, 
 that when he defireth any womans favour, then 
 whn perfon fo ever ftandeth inhis way, hath the 
 luck to dye quickly for th c fini&ing of his defirc. 
 As for example, when his Lordftiip was in full 
 hope so marry her Ma}eay, and his owne wif^e 
 flood in his light, as he fuppofed 5 he did but feed 
 her afide to the houfe of his fervant F&rfler of 
 Cumner by Oxford, where fiiortly after iht had 
 the chance to fall from a pa,ire of iiaircs, and fo 
 to breake her neck,but yet without hurting of her 
 hood that flood upon her head. But Sit Rkhurd 
 ?^<3r«ey, who by commandenient remained with 
 her that day alone>witk one man onely, and had 
 fehtaway perforce aUher Servants from her, to a 
 Market two miks of,he (I fay) with his man can 
 tell how fhedied, which man being taken after- 
 ward for a fcllony in the marches of Wales, and 
 offering to publifb the manner of the faid murder, 
 was made away privily in the prifon : and Sir 
 RichirdhimkU dying about the fame time inLon- 
 don,cried pitioufly and blarphemedGod,ind faid 
 %o a Gentleman of worfhipof mine 3:cqui4n- 
 tan£C,not long before his death,that all the divels 
 inhelldidteare himinpieccs. The wife alfoof 
 ^^M^kre, Bdd Butiler kinfman to my Lord , gave out the 
 whole ha a little before her ^eath.But to return 
 
 unto 
 
unto my purpoie^this was 117 Ldrds good fortunl 
 to have his wife (iye,at that time when it was like 
 to turne moft to his profit. 
 
 Long after this he fell in love with the Lady 
 S^r^f/^i^, whom I fignified before, and then alfci 
 had he the fame fortune to have her husband dye 
 quickly^with an extreaaie rheume in his head (as 
 it was given out) but as others fay^of an artifici- 
 al] cacarre that flopped his breath. The like good 
 chance had he in ihe death of my Lord of Effex The {u{p'm6y^ 
 (as I have faid before) and that at a time moft ^^^^^^ of chcLdid 
 fortunate for his purpji'e 5 for when he was co- 
 ming home from Ireland, with intcat to revewge 
 himfelfe upon my Lord o^Leyceficr^ for begetting 
 his wife with chdde in his abrence(the childe was 
 a daughtcr^and brought up by the L^L^pbandoks^ 
 ^.Knodieshis wif^:) my Lord of Lej'.hearingther- 
 ^fj wanted not a friend or two to accompany the 
 i).'piKy, as among other, a couple of the Earles 
 ownc fervant$,<:r^wp/-o;7(if I mifle not his name) The poifyhXti^^ 
 yeoman of hisbottlcSjand Lhidhis Seciecary^en of t^cEadcdf 
 rertained afterward by my Lord of Um^eri stnd 
 fo he dyed in the way of an cxtreame fluXjcaufed 
 by an Ita\i in Recipe^ as all his friends are well af- 
 furcd 3 the maker whereof was a Chyrurgeon (as 
 is belceved) that then was newly come to my 
 Lord from kaly : a cunnip.g man,and fare in ope- '^'hc flrfcrng of I 
 ration^with whom if the good Lady had becne 
 foonet acquainted and ufed bishelpe, fnc fliouid ^^^^r* 
 not have needed to fitren fo penfive at home and 
 "fearefullof herhu?oands fG£m^returne out of 
 the fame Countrcy, but n^gWha^Tc fparcd the 
 yong childein her belly, wbich fKe was enforced 
 to make away (cruelly and unnaturally) for clea- 
 ring the houfe againft the good mans atriv:!!!. 
 
 Neither muft you marvaile though all thefe di- 
 ed in divcrs manners of out ward diieafcs^ for this 
 
ThcdiVers ope- 
 ration of Roy lor 
 
 yongcr. 
 
 ri 
 
 cm 
 
 IS the excellency of the itaiian art/or which this 
 Chyrurgian and Dodor IntiO were entertained 
 fo carefully 3 who can makr a m m dye, in what 
 man jer or fhcw of li.kficffe yon Will ; by wbofe 
 inltrudions hO doubt but his Lordfhip is now 
 cunning, e(p!;cialiy adding alfo to thefe ihe coun- 
 DodiorBiylythc fellof his Dudor Btf; p, a man alfo not a little 
 ftudied (as hv kemeth) in his arc : for 1 heard 
 hmi once niy itlfc in publique Ad in Oxfprd, 
 and that in pielence of my Lord of LeUtlfter^ 
 (i( I be nor deceivt?d)majntain,tliat poyfon niight 
 fo be tcrnperedand given as ir fhould nor appeare 
 prefciuly, aad yet fii .>u!d kill the party afrerward 
 at what time ihouidbe appointed. Which argu- 
 ment'behke pleafed well his Lordfliip,and th jre- 
 forc was chofen to be difculi'ed in his audience, 
 if I be not deceived of his being that diy pre-^ 
 fenc. S^, though one dye of a flax, and another 
 of a car trre, yet this impor?eth htcle to the mat- 
 tcr,bat fticweth rather the great cunning and skill 
 of the Artificer. 
 
 So Cardinall ChatlUtn fas I have faid before^ 
 having ^ccufed my Lord of Leictlier to thcQjeen^ 
 M ijeity.and alter (h3t,p :ffi from London to- 
 wards Ffance aboat the marr»agc,dicd by the way 
 at Canterbury of a burning fever : and fo proved 
 Dodor Bayi'm aflcrtion true, that poyfoa may be 
 given to kill at a day. 
 
 At this the Lawyer caft up his eyes to heaven, 
 and I flood fomewh.at mufing and thinkiag of 
 that which had beene fpokcnof the Earle of Ef- 
 (ex^ whofe cafe indeed moved me more then all 
 ,the reft, for that he was i veiy noble Gentleman, 
 a great advancer of true Religion , a Patron 
 to many Preachers and Students, and to wards 
 me and feme of my friends in particular , hs 
 had brene in fome things very beneficiall : and 
 
 there- 
 
 Deatli of Cardi- 
 nal] Chacilian. 
 
therefore I faid ihu jt grieved me cxtreamly to 
 hcarc or thmkc of fo unworthy a death concrived 
 by fuchmcanes tofo worthy a Pcere. And fo 
 much th emorc/o r thatj t was my chancc,to come 
 to thcundcrliaridiDgotaivers particulars concer- 
 ning that ihingjboth from oneL.e<i anirifii-man, Lea. 
 Robin HonnitSy and others, that were prefent at ^omlct. 
 Tememii the Merchants hou(e m Pubih upon the i 
 Key, where the murder was commitcflid. The 
 matter was wrou^hc efpecially by Crompton yeo- 
 man of the bottels, by the procurement of tbyi 
 as you haue aoied beforo, and there was poyfo- 
 ned at the lame time, and with the fame cup ("as 
 given of curtciie by tiie Earie^ one Miftreffe Ala ^.^^^ . 
 Drayi^oty a goodly Gentk wornan,whomihe Earle poiiohed wuh^ 
 aft'cdioned much, who departing thence towards thcEadofiiflflx 
 her owne houfe, (which was 18. niiks off, the 
 forefaid Lea accotnpaoying hcr,and wa tjng upon 
 lier^ (he began to fall lick very grievoufly upon 
 the way, and continued with uicreafe of paines 
 and exccffive torments, by vomitmgy untJl llae 
 died, which was the Sunday before the Earles 
 deaih, erifuing the Friday after; and when flis 
 was dead, h ^ body was fwolne unto a mon- 
 ftrous bigneff- and deformity, whereof the good 
 Earle hearing the day following, lamented the 
 cafe greatly, and faid in the prefencc of his Ser- ^ 
 vants, Ah poor c ^ /ice, the cup was not prepared 
 for thee, albeit ic were thy hard deftmy cotafte 
 thereof. 
 
 Yong llonnm alTo, waofc father is Mafler of 
 thcch ldrenof hsrM joiiies chappcil, being at 
 that time Page to the faid Earle, and nccuftomed 
 to take the taile of his driakc (though fince enter- 
 tained alfo aniong ochcr by my Lord of LeiufitY^ 
 for better covering ofmatter^ by his tafte that he 
 thcii tooke of ihc compotmd cup,(though in very 
 
The lark of 
 KfcxTpcechto 
 hi* Page Robin 
 Honnici, 
 
 Death of SirNi 
 chohs Throg- 
 snarcoiu 
 
 (i6) 
 
 fmallquantity, as you know the fafhion is : ) yet 
 waf he like to hate loft his life,bac cCcaped in the 
 cnclfbcing yong)witk the loffe oncly of his haire; 
 which the Earle percciviag, and taking compafli- 
 on of the youth, called for a cup of drinke a little 
 before his dcath,and drunke to HonnUs^ frying) ^ 
 drmke to thee my Kfll^iii,and be not afraid,for this 
 is a better cup of drinke then that whereof thou 
 tookeft the tafte when we were both poy Coned, 
 and whereby thou haft loft thy haire andl muft 
 lofe my life. This hatb yong Honnm reported o- 
 penly in divers places, and before divert Gentle- 
 men of worftiip (iihence his coming intoEngland> 
 and the fotefaid Lta Irifliman, at his paSage this 
 way towards France, after he had been prefcnt at 
 the forenamed Miftris Dr»jlim death, with fome 
 other of the Earles fervants, have and doe moft 
 conftamly report the fame> where they may do it 
 without the terrour ©f my Lord of htktftm re- 
 vengt. Wherefore in this matter there is no 
 doubt at all, though moft exircame vile and 
 intoUcrable indignity, that fuch a man ftiould be 
 fo openly murdered without pun ifhment. What 
 Noble m3n within the Realme maybe fafe, if 
 this be fuffcred ? or what worthy perfonage will 
 adventure his life in her Mijefties fervice, if this 
 fhall be his reward ? Bur, Sir, I pray you par- 
 don me, for I am fome what perhaps too vehe- 
 irsentinthc cafe of this my Patron and noble 
 Peereof our Realme. And therefore I befeech 
 you to goe forward in your talke whereas you 
 left. 
 
 I was recountii3g unto you others (faidtheGen- 
 tlcman) made away by my Lord of Ltici^tr with 
 like art,and the next in order I think was Sir 2^1- 
 cdiU T brogWMft on ^who was a man whom my Lord 
 of Leh(Si€r iifed a great while (as all the World 
 
 know- 
 
r 
 
 knowcth^ to overthwarc and croffe the doings of 
 my Lord Trcafurer then Sir iVifHam CtciO, a man sir William ci- 
 fpccially miflikcd alwayes of UkeftiY^ both in re- cill now Lord 
 fped of his old Mailer ihc Duke of Smer(tt^z% aU Trcaforcr. 
 fo for that his great wifdome, zeale and fingular 
 fidelity to the Realme, was like to hinder much 
 this mans dcfignmentsjwhcrefore underftanding 
 after a ccrtametirae thit thefe two Knights were 
 fecretly made friends, and rhat Sir TSjck&las was 
 like to deted his doings (as he imagined^ which 
 might tnrnc to fome prejodiccof hispurpofes : 
 ('having conceived alfo a f; cret grudge and griefe 
 againlt him/or that he had written to her Maje- 
 liy at kis being EmbrJladour in France, that he 
 heard reported at T>\xkt :MmmMiiiMQy that 
 j ihe Q^eene of England had a meaning to marry 
 her horfckeeper) he invited the faid Sir TSlkhQ- 
 las to z flipper at his houfe in London, and ac 
 fuppek' time departed to the Court, heing called 
 for, as he faid, upon the (nMm by her M jefty, 
 and fo perforce wouU needs have ^ir ?{kbolas to 
 I fit and occ-tipie his Lordfiiips place , and there- 
 in to be fcrvtd as he was : and foonc after by 
 a furfeit there taken, he died of a flrangc and 
 incurable vaim it. But t x day before his death, 
 he declared to a dcarc friend of his, all thecir- Thepoi'fonmjjof 
 cufnitance and caufe of kis difeafe, whuh he Sir Nicholas in a 
 affirmed plainly t© be ©f poifon, given him in 
 a Salet at fuppcr , inveying moft earneftiy a- 
 gainll the Earleji cruiky and bloody difpofiti- 
 on, affirming him to be the vrickedeft, moft 
 perdous, and peifidious m -in under heaven. Bu: 
 what availed this, when he had now received the 
 baic > 
 
 This then is to (hew the mim good fortune, in 
 feeing them dead, whom for caules he would^not 
 have to hvc. And for h»s arc of poifoaingjit is fuch 
 
 IV 
 
n©w,and reacheth fo tar,as he hoUcth all his foes 
 in England and elfewhcre^as Mo a good many of 
 his friends in fear therof, and if it were knowne 
 hovymanyhe hith difpatched or aiTaulted that 
 way,ic would be marvailous to the poftcrify.Thc 
 ThcLordCham- late Ealc ofSujfex wanted not a fcrupic for many 
 bcrlm. yccrs before his dcath^of fome dram receivcd,that 
 
 made him incurable. And unto that noble Gen- 
 MoaScurSimicrs tlcmanMonfieur .9/«fiirj,it was difcovercd bygreaC 
 providence of God,thac his hfe was to be attemp- 
 ted by that arc^and that not taking place (as it did 
 not through his owne good circumfpedion,) it 
 was concluded that the famefliould be aff ^ulted 
 by violence, whereof 1 fhall have occafion to fay 
 more hereafter. 
 
 It ha h becnc told me alfo by fome of the fer* 
 the poJromngof vants of the late L^dy Lemx, who was alfo of the 
 ihc Lady Lenox, blood Royul by Sceil ii jci, ns all menknoWjand 
 confequtntly little liked by Leicefitr y that a little 
 before her death or fickntfle, my Lord tocke the 
 painestocome and vifiche* with extraordinary 
 kindneffe, atherhoufeat Hickney^ beftowing 
 long difcourfes with her in private: but as foonc 
 as he was dep irted, the good Lady fell into fuch 
 a flux, asbynomeancs could be ftayedfolongl 
 as fee had life in her body ; whereupon both (he 
 her felfe, and all fuch as were neere about her, 
 Jaw her difcafe and ending d ay, were fully of opi-: 
 nion, th.nmyLord had procured her difpatch at 
 kis bcipg there. Whereof let the women thati 
 ferved her be examined, as alfo Foyvtcr that then; 
 had the chiefe doings in heraffaiies, and fincci 
 hath beenc entertained by my Lord of Leke- 
 Per. JktaLet^lCo, a (Granger borne, that then 
 was about her, a fober and zealous man ir 
 rcfigion, and other wife well qualified, can fay 
 fomcwhat in this point (as I thinke) if he wcr<| 
 
 deman- 
 
(^9) 
 
 demanded. So that thi> att and exercife of poi- 
 foning, is much more pcrfcft with my Lord then 
 prayiRg, and he fcemcth to take more pleafure 
 therein. 
 
 Now for the fecond point, which I named, 
 
 touching marriages mi centrals w k Women : 
 
 you mult not mai vailc though his Lordfliip be rttofl 
 
 tomcwhat divers, variable and inconOanc wih ^^^^^^^ 
 t-rtLcu J L c I with women m 
 
 nimlelte, tor that according to his prohc or plea- concraai jind 
 
 fare, and as his iuft and likmg fhill vary (where- mirriagcs. 
 in by the judgement pf all men, he fui pifleth, 
 not ontly Urdmapalus and ^ero, hut even He/ia- 
 gnhAluA himfelfe : ) fo his Lorcifli.p alfo changeth 
 Wives and Mmions, by killing the one, deny- 
 ing the other, ufingthe third for a time, and he 
 fawning upon the fourth. And for this caufeKT 
 hath his tearmes and pretences (I warrant you) 
 of Comrads, Precontrads, Poflcontrads, Pro- 
 trads and R.etrads 5 as for example ! after he 
 had killed his firft w?fe, and fo broken that con- contra^s. 
 .trad, then forfooth would he needs make him- 
 felfe Husband to the Queenes Majefiy, and fo 
 defeae all other Princes by vertue of his precon- Prccontra<as. 
 trad. But after thiSjhis luft compelling to ano- 
 ther pi ace, he would needs make a poltcontrad Poftcontradlj. 
 with the Lady Sbiffisld, andfo he did, begetting 
 two children upon her^the one a boy called 
 
 Sfee^?/</ now living, fome time brought up at 
 Newingtonj and the other a daughter, borne 
 (as is knowne) at Dudley Caftle, But yet after, 
 his concupifcence changed againe ("as it never 
 flayeth) he refolved to make a rerrad of this Rctia5^, 
 policontr id, (t^^ ugh Jt were as furcly done (ns 1 
 have laid)as bed and Bible could make thefame^ 
 and to make a certains new protrad^ (which is P^^otratS^ 
 a continuation of ufing her for a time) with the 
 widow of Eff'ex : but yet to flop the mouther of 
 
T. • ft rK two out-criars, and to bury the Synagogue with fomc 
 tcft^mcnrs. honour, (for thefe two wives of Leke^er were 
 merrily and wittily called his old and newTc- 
 flaments^by a perfon of grcAt excellency within 
 ^thcRealme) he was content to affigne to the 
 former a thoufand pounds in money with other 
 petty C3nfiderano.i5, (the pittifulleft abufed that 
 ever was poore Lady} and fo betake his liras to 
 the latter, which latter notwithflandiwg, he f o . 
 /Uufcth (as we fee) now confeffing, now forfwea- 
 ring, now diffembling the marriage j as he 
 wiUaiwayes yet ketp& a void place for a new 
 furcontrad with any other, when occafion fhall 
 require. 
 
 SMdr. ^^^^'^ (quoth I) I never heard 
 
 fior read the like to this in my life^yct have I read 
 much in my timc,of the carnality and licenciouf- 
 ncflc of divers outragious perfons, in this kinde 
 of fin, as namely ihcfc whom you ha^ie meniio- 
 '2ened before ; cfpecially the Emperour HeiiggMm 
 VariusHclioga- who p3ffed all other, and was called yarm, o{ 
 balMs. and his jj^^ ^^^i^y gl^h which he ufed in this kmde •f 
 Tath carnality or carnall bealUineffe t whofe death 
 
 was, that being at length odious t« all men, and 
 'l^faflain by his own Souidicis,was drawn through 
 the City upon the ground LEea dog, and caft in- 
 to the common privy,with this Epitaph ; Hic pro- 
 An Bpitaph, ^eSlus eft iv&emit^ ^ rablda t'tbUim tMului. Here is 
 thrown in the Whelpe of unrufy and raging luft : 
 Jo which Epitaph may alfo one day chance to fcrve 
 my Lord of £ci«ficr (whom you call the Beare- 
 whelp) if he go forward as he hath begun, and 
 dye as he dcierveth. 
 
 But,good fiL'jWhat a compsffioa is this,that a- 
 l^v A pjmfullpcr^^^^^^S usChrifiians,& nanielyin fo wel governed 
 T)'' / jjjifliQj,, and religious a Common- wealth as ours is,futh 
 
 jfrtjtUc 1^'^ -a fiotftould be permitted upon mens wives, in a 
 
 fubjcft ? 
 
fubjeft ? whereas we read thatam^ng the very 
 Heaihens,leffe offences then thefe, in the fame 
 kinde^wcre extreamly pumfhed in Piinces ihcni« 
 felves, and that not onely in the pcrfon delin- 
 quent alonCjbut alfo by extirpation of tkc whole 
 family for his fake, as appeareth in ihe example The cx^crf atioq 
 of the Tarquirimt among the Romans. And ^|^J^^c Tar^umi: 
 here alfo inour""owne Realmc, we have rcgi- AnaoDom^^S^. 
 fired in Chronicle, how that one King Etimn 
 above (ix hundred yeercs paft , was deprived of 
 hisKingdome, f«r mueh lefle fcandalous fads 
 then thefc, 
 
 I remember well the flsryCquoth the Gentle Gentkmein. 
 manj&thereby doc eafily maki conjcdure,what 
 difference there is betwiXt thofc times of old, and 
 ©urdaycsnow: feeing then, a crowned Prince 
 could not pane unpuniihed with one or two out- 
 ragious adsjwhcreas now a fubjcd raifed up but 
 yelierday from the meanerfort, rangeth at his The mtolIcrAb^e 
 pleafure in alllicencioufnelle, and that with fecii' ['«"«=^our«cs of 
 rity, void of fear both of Gad and man.No mans 
 wife can be free from him, whom his fiery juft 
 Lketh to abufe,nor their husbands able to rellft 
 nor hve from his violcnce,if they fhcw djflike,or 
 will not yecid their coFifent to his doings. And if 
 I fhioulddifcover in particular how many good 
 husbands he had plagued in this nature, and lor 
 fuch dclights,it were intolerable ; for his coqcu- 
 pifcence and violence do run joyntly together, as 
 in furious beafis wc fee tkey are accuftomcd.Net- 
 ther holdeth he any rule in his luft belides onei j 
 the motion and fuggeflion of his own fcnfualiry^ 
 kindred, affinity or any other h n\ of confujgiai- 
 nity J te Iigionjhvotrorrrot'iiionefly caKTKno p'l ace 
 liThis outragious appetite : what he bed hkethi 
 thathctaketh a$ lawful! for the time. So that 
 kmiwoman, allie, friends wife or daughrcr, 
 G 4 «>i 
 
or whatfocver female tort befidcs doth pleafe hfs 
 eye ; (I leave out of purp©fe,anci for honour fake, 
 tCv^rmcs of kmred more neere^ thai muft yeeld to 
 hisdefire, 
 
 Thekecpingof the Mother with two or three 
 ©f her daughters at once or fuLceffivclyjisno more 
 wuh him,then the eating of anHen & her chicken 
 together. There are not (by report) two noble 
 women about her Majefty (1 fpcake upon fomc 
 accompt of them that know much) whom he hath 
 not foiicited by potent wayes : neither conten- 
 ted with this place of honour, he hath defcended 
 to feeke pafture among the waiting Gentlewo- 
 men of her Majelties great chamber, cfFering 
 Mony well (pent ^^^^ ^^^^^ allurement, then I thinke Laii did 
 commonly take in Corinth , if three hundreth 
 pounds for a night^will make up the fum or if 
 not, yet will be make it up othcrwife : having re- 
 ported himfelfe (fo little (hame he hath) that he 
 o£*ered to another of higher place,an lOo pound 
 lands by the yeere, with as many jewels as moft 
 Anne Vauifour. women under her Majclly ufed in England jwhich 
 was no mean bait to one that ufed traffick infucb 
 merchandise ; flie being but the leavings of ano- 
 ther man before him^whetof my Lord is nothing 
 fquemifh,for fatisfying of his luft,but can be con- 
 tentCas they f^y) to gather up crums when he is 
 hungry ,€ven m .the very Landry it felfe, or other 
 place of b;ifer quality, 
 the pumflimcnts albeit the Lord of his great mercy ,to doc 
 
 of GoduponLei- him good, no doubt, if he were revokeable, hath 
 ccfterto 'dohiujj laid his hand upon him, in fome chaftiferaenc 
 in this woih^, by giving him a broken belly on 
 both fides of his bowels, whereby mifery and 
 putrifadtion is threatned to him daily : and to 
 his yong Sonne, by the widow of Efjex (being 
 F}lm pacatl) fiuh a flrange calamity of the fal- 
 ling: 
 
ing fickncffe in his intancy, # a$ well may be a «<Tke children of 
 
 fitnefl'e of the Parents finnc and wickedncffe, adulterers fliall 
 
 nd of both their walled natures in init|uity : yet beconrumcd^and 
 
 s this man n®thing amended thereby, but accor- £a bed OialllU 
 
 iing to thecuftome of all old adulterers^is more rooted out.faith 
 
 ibidinous at this day ihen ever before, more gi- God,Sap.|, j 
 
 ren to procure love in others by conjuring, force- 
 
 y, and other fuch meanes. And albeit tor him- 
 
 elfe, both age, and nature fpent, doe fomewhac 
 
 :amc him from the, ad, yet wantethhe not will, 
 
 as appeareth by the Italian ointment, procured 
 
 noc many yeers paft by his Chyrui giwn or Moun- 
 
 tibanke of that Countrey, whereby (as they fay) Lciccftcrs ojwt* 
 
 he is able to move his flefli at all times, for kee- 
 
 king of his credit, howCoever his inability be o- 
 
 therwife for performance ; as alfo one of his Phy- 
 
 fitians reported to an Earle of this Land, that 
 
 his Lordfliiphad a bottle for his bc(i head, of x^ckdlcrsbottk 
 
 ten pounds the Pint to the fame effed. But my 
 
 Matters whether are wc fallen, unadvtfedly? T 
 
 am afliame J to have made mention of fo bafc hl- 
 
 tbineffc. 
 
 Not without good caufe (quoth I) but that we SchQl<ir* 
 are here alone,and no man heareth us.Whercfore 
 I pray you let us returne whereas we left : and 
 when you named my Lord of Lemfien Dauf^hter 
 borne of the Lady Sheffield in Dndttj Caiilc, there 
 came into my head a prety ftoiy concerning that 
 affaire : which now I will recount (thoagh foaac- 
 what out of order) thereby to draw you from the 
 further lUrring cf this imfavory puddle and 
 foulc dunghill, whcrcunto wc arc fl ppcd, by 
 following myLord fomevvhai too far in his paths 
 and adions. 
 
 Wherefore to tell you the tale as it fell out : I 
 grew acquainted three months paft with a certain 
 Minifter,that now is dead,and was ihe fame man 
 
 that 
 
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 that was ufed in Dudley CsiHk^ for c©mplcment 
 of fome facred ceremonies at the| birth of ray 
 Lord ofukellers daughter in that place : and the 
 matter was fo ordained, by the wily wit of him 
 that had fowed the feed, that for tke better co- 
 veringofthe harveft and fecret delivery of the 
 Lad)r Sheffdd^ the good wife of the Caftlc alfo 
 (whereby Ltkeiferi appointed gollips might with- 
 out other fufpition have acceffe to the place) 
 Ihould faine her felfe to be ^with childe, and af- 
 ter long and fore travell, Qod wot, to be delive- 
 red of a cufliion (as (ke was indeed) and a little 
 after a faire coffin was buried with a bundellof 
 clouts, in fliew of achildej and the Minifler 
 caufed to ufc all accuftomed prayers and ce- 
 Aoaftefathdifii remonies for the folemne interring there- 
 of : for which thing afterward , before his 
 death, he had great griefc and remorfe of con- 
 fcience, with no fmall deteftation of the mofi 
 irreligioHs device ©f »y Lord of Itiu^tt in fuch 
 a cafe. 
 
 MeretheLawyerbegaatolaugha pace both 
 as the device and at the Minifler ; and faid, now 
 truly if i»y Lords eontrafts hold no better, but 
 fcathfo many infirmities,wit!iifubtilties, and by- 
 "places kefidcs : I would be loth that he were mar- 
 ried to my daBghter,as mean as (he is. 
 
 But yet (quoth the Gentleman) I had rather of 
 the two be his wife, for the time, then fais gueft : 
 cfpecially if the Italian Chyrurgian or Phyfitian 
 I>e at hand. 
 
 True it is (faid the Lawyer) for he doth not 
 poifon his wives^whereof I fomewhat mervailc, 
 efpecially his firft wife ;I mufe why he chofc n - 
 ther te make her away by open violenct, then by 
 fome Italian cpnfortiye^ V.Q^. ^. 
 
 Hereof (faid the Gentleman) may be divers 
 
 reafons 
 
 GemUmm. 
 
reafons alleaged. Fjilt, that he was not at thit TKcfirft rcafba 
 time fo skiUull inthofe Italian wares, nor had wl^yLciccftcr 
 about him fo fit Phyriciaas.andCkyraro ions for flcwhiswifcbf 
 , ^ ^ . f J T i5 I I VI olcncc, rather 
 
 the purpofe: noxyci in truth doe I thmke that t^en by poyfon. 
 his mindc was Co fetied then ifi mifchiefe, as it 
 hath beene fithenc^. For you fenow,that men are 
 not defperate tke firft day, but doc enter into 
 wicktdocfTe by degrees, and wiish fome doubt or 
 ftaggering of confcience at rhe beginning. And fo 
 he ^ t thar time might be defirous to have his wife 
 m ideaway, for that fhc letted him in his de- 
 figaemcnts, but yet not fo ftony harted as to 
 appoint out the p^irticutar manner of her death, 
 but rather to leave that to the difcretion of the 
 murderer. 
 
 Sccondfy,it is not alfo unlike tfeat he prefcribed Thcfccondrca* 
 unto Sir Richard Varney at his going thither, that 
 he fliouid firil attempt to kill her by poyfon, and 
 if rhat tookeftotplace, then by any other way to 
 difpatch her howfoever. This I prove by the re- 
 port of old Dodor hajly^ who then lived in Ox- D^aor Bay!/ 
 ford (another manner of man then he who now thecWcr, 
 liveth about my Lor(i of the fame name) and 
 was Profeflour of the Phyficke Lcftur e in the 
 fame "Univerhty. I Lis learned grave man re- 
 ported f»r molt certaine, that there was a pra- » 
 dice in Cumner among the confpir^tours, to 
 have poyfoncd the poorc La<dy a little before 
 fbe was killed, which was attempted in thiS 
 odcr. 
 
 ^ They feeing the good Lady fad and heavy (as 
 one that wel knew by her other handling that her 
 death was not far oft ) began to perfw^^e her,that 
 her difeafe was abundance of mclancholly and o- 
 rhcr humors,and therefore would needs connfaile 
 her to take fome potion, which (lie abfolutely re- 
 fufing to do,as fufpeding ftili the worfi^they lent 
 
 pne 
 
^6) 
 
 day,(unwarcs t© hct) for Doftor lRA)fyf and defi- 
 A prMce for j-^^J |iini to perfwade her to take fomc little poti^ 
 
 the fame at Oxtord upon his prcfcription, mea- 
 ning to have added alfo fomewhat of their ewne 
 for her comfort, as the Da^or upon juft caufcs 
 iufpefted, feeing their great importunity, and rhe 
 froaii need which the good Lady had of Phyfickj 
 and therefore ht H itiy denied their requeft^ miC- 
 doubting ^as he after reported) left jf thty had 
 poifoned her under the name of his Potion, he 
 naight after have beene hanged for a colour of 
 their finnc. Marry the faid Doctor remained 
 well affurcd that this way taking no place, Ihe 
 ibouid not long efcape violence, as after cnfued. 
 
 ' And the thing was fo beaten into the heads of 
 
 Ac principal I men of the Univetiity of Oxford, 
 by thefc and other meanes : as for that &c was 
 found murdered ("as all meii faid^ by the Crow- 
 ncrsisqueft, and for that flie being haftily and 
 obfcurtly buried at Cumner(which was condem- 
 ned abovc,as not arfvifedly done) my good Lord, 
 to make plain to the world the great loue.he bare 
 to her in her Iife,and what a griefe the lofle of fo 
 vcrtuous a Lady was to his tender heart, would 
 needs have her taken up againe and reburied in 
 the Univerfity Church atOxford,with gBcat pomp 
 
 ^oa.labinj5ton folemnit y : that Dodor Buhrngton my Lords 
 Chaplain,making the publike funerall Sermon at 
 her fccond buriall,triptonce or twice in hisfpecch 
 by recommending to their memories that vertu- 
 y^ous Lad y fo pitifully murdered Jnftead oLCo pu i« 
 
 Athirdrcaron^._^pj^-|jjf3 caufc of this manner of tbe Ladies 
 death, maybe the difpofitionof my Lords na- 
 ture ; which is bold and violent where it fcareth 
 no r€fiftance(as all cowardly naturci are by 
 
 kinde) 
 
kinde) and where any d-fliculty or danger appear - 
 ech, there, more ready to attempt all by art, fub- 
 tilty,rrcafon and treachery. And fo for that he 
 doubted no great refiftance in the poorc Lady to 
 Withftand ilic hands of them which fiiould offer 
 to break her neck: he durft the bolder attempt the 
 fame openly. 
 
 But in the men whom he poifoncd,for that they 
 were Tuch valiant Knigbt$,thc moft part of them, 
 as he durft as foon baye eaten his fcabard^as draw 
 his fword in pubhk: againft them: he was infor- 
 ced(as all wretched ireful! and daftardlycreacurcs 
 arc)to fupplant them by fraud,and by other mens 
 hanJs. As alfo at other times, he hath fought to 
 doe unto divers other noble and valiant perfona- 
 geSjwhen he was afraid to meet them ia the fieU, 
 as a Knight (hould have done. 
 
 His treacheries towards the noble late Earl of 
 Stiffex in their many brcachc$,is notorious ^all 
 England. As alfo iIk bloody pfaiftifes againffdi- 
 
 vers others. 
 
 But asamong many none were more odious and 
 iMiflikTJof all men, then ihofe againft Monfieur 
 Simiers, a ftranger and Embafladour j whom firft 
 he pradifed to have poifoncd(as haih bin touched 
 before) and when that device tooke not place, xheintcndc^i 
 thtn he appointed dm Robin Tider his manjKs af- nwirdcrof Men* 
 ter upon his Ale- bench he confeffcd) fhoulahave ficur Simicrs by 
 flaine him at the Blackfriars at GreenwJcK as he fnndry mcanc*. 
 went forth at the garden gate 5 but miffing alfo 
 that purpofe, for that he found the Gcntlcmaa 
 better provwied and guarded then he expedcd, he 
 dealt withcertaine FlufhiBers and other Pirates 
 tofinkehimat Sea, with the Enghfh Gentle- 
 men his favourers , that accompanied him ac 
 his rcturne into France* And though they mif- 
 " fed of this praaiccalfo,(3s not danngtofetupon 
 
him for fcare of jfome oi her M-ijeflies fliips,who 
 to breake off this defigamcnt attended by fpeciall 
 commandement, to waft him over mfafety)yet 
 the forefaid Englifli Gentlemen were holden 
 foure houres inch ace at their conning backe, as 
 Mafter Ravftey well knoweth, being then prcfcnt, 
 and two of the chafers, mmcdCUrli and Mmu^ 
 coijfeffcd afterward the wh©le deifignment. 
 T^ejiiteiicfci The Earl of Omwd in Iikewife hath often dc- 
 
 "^t^otOtmoU ^'^^^^'^^ ^^"^"^^ ^^^^ UiCi^cn 
 
 face, whcnfoevcr he fhali be called to the fame, 
 
 that at fuch time as this man had a qaarell with 
 him, and thereby was likely to be enforced to rht 
 field (which he trembled to thinke of ) he ficft 
 fought by all meanes to get him made away by 
 fecrct murder, offering five hundred pounds for 
 the doing thereof. And fecondly, when that de- 
 vice tooke no place, he appQinted with him the 
 field, but fecretly fuboramg his fervant i^h&iam 
 William Killcgrc K;5figKe to lye in the way where Omand fliould 
 paffe, and fo to maflacre him with a caliver, be- 
 fore he came to the place appointed. Which 
 murder, though it tooke no effcft, for that the 
 matter was taken up, before the day of meeting : 
 yet was KiUigre placed afterward in her Majcfties 
 privy Chamber by Lelctfttfy for fhewing his rea- 
 dy mindc to doe for his Matter fo faithfuil a fer- 
 vice. 
 
 SchoUr* So faithfall a fervice (quoth T) truly, in my 
 
 opinion, it was but an unfit preferment, for to 
 facinorous a fad. And as I would be loth that 
 many of his Italians, or other of that art,(h mid 
 come nig.h about her Mijefties kitchen ; fo, 
 much kffe would I, that many fuch his bloody 
 Champions , fliould be placed by him in her 
 Highneffc chamber. Albeit for this Genileman 
 in particular, it may be, that with change of his 
 
 place 
 
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 place in fcrvice, he hath changed fllfojiis mmdlc 
 andafttdion, and received better infflruftion ia 
 the feare of the Lord. 
 
 Buc yet in general,! muft needs fay^that it can- 
 not be but prejudicial! and exceeding dangerous 
 unto our noble Prince and Realme, that any one 
 man whatfoevcrCcfpeciallyfuch a one as the world 
 takcihthis man to be) rfrould grow to foabfo- 
 lute authority and commaadry in the Court, as 
 to place about the Princes perfoa (the bead, the p^^^fca^on 
 heart, the life of the land ) whatfoevcr people ofhcrM«cftic« 
 liketh him beft, and that now u pon their deferts pcrlba. f - MC 
 towards the Prince, but towards himfelfe; whofc 
 fidelity being more obliged to their advancer, 
 then to their fovcraigne, doe fcrve for watchmen 
 about the fame, for theprcEt of him^ by whofc 
 appointment they were placed. Who by their 
 meanes cafiing mdeed but nets and chaines, and 
 inf ifible bands about that perfon, whom moft ©f 
 all he pretendeth to fctve , he^f butteth up hi« 
 Frincein a pnfon moft fwre, though fweet and 
 fenfeleffc. 
 
 Neither is this art of afpiring new or ftrangc A« Jrt«rfj»*iiy 
 umo any man that is experienced im ifFairfs of ^1^^^^!^^% 
 former time ^ for that it hath been from the begin- thcPdnccs pcf- 
 ningof all government a troden path of ail afpi- im^ 
 rcrs. In the ftories both facrcd and prophane, 
 foraine anddomefticall of all Nations, King- 
 domes, Countries and States,you (hall read, that 
 fuch as ment to mount ^bove others, and to go- 
 verne all at their owne difcreti^R j did lay this 
 for the firft ground and principle of their purpofe^ Acomp^wfoo* 
 topofllfle ihemfclves of all fuch as were in place 
 about the pripcipall; even as he wKq intending to 
 hgld 3 great City at his owne difpoUtion, dareth 
 not mfik open war againftthc f imejgettethfecret- 
 ly into his hands or at his dcvotion,al theTowns, 
 
 Vii- 
 
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 VilIagcs^Caftles,Fortrclies,bulwarks»Rampfres, 
 Waters, Wayes, Parts and Pnffiges, about the 
 fame, and fo without drawing any fword agamft 
 the faid Gity,he bringeth the fame into bondage 
 to abide his wll .^nd pleafure. 
 ' Xhis did all thefe in the Roman Empire, who 
 
 rofe?rom fubjeds to be great Princes, and to put 
 downe Emperours* This did all thofe in France 
 and other Kingdomos, who at fundry times have 
 tyrann'tzed their P inces. And in oiir owac 
 Countrcythe examples arc manifeft of f^om-. 
 ger, Harold, Henry oi Lzncsiilcry Ricbird o( War- 
 wicke, Ricburd oi GlocciitYy of Northum- 
 berland, and divers orhers, wh > by this mcanc 
 fpecially, have pulled downe their iawFull So- 
 veraignes. 
 
 And to fpeake oncly a word or two of the laft, 
 for that he was this mans Father ; doth no: all 
 Thewayof afpi. England know, thathe firli overthrew the good 
 Dudlcrl^ Duke of Som^rfety by drawmg to his devorion 
 
 the very fcrvants and friends of the faid D jke ? 
 And afterward did not he poffeffc himftlfe of 
 the Kings owne perfon, and brought him to 
 the end which is kncwne , and before that, to 
 the moft fiiamefuU difticritmg of his; owne 
 royall Sifters : and all this, by pofiefllng firft 
 the principall men, that were in authority about 
 fcim ? 
 
 Wherefore fir, if my Lord of Lekefiir have the 
 fame plot in his head (as moft men thinke)and 
 th uhe mcaneth one day to give the fame pufh 
 at the Crowne by the H )ufe ©f Hunthgton, a- 
 gainft all the race and line of Ki^ig Htnrf the fe- 
 vcnih in general!, which his Father eave before 
 him, by pretence of the Houfe of \5»^*/i5[e,3gainft 
 the Chddrenof King f/<j«r)' the eight in parti- 
 cular jhe wsntcth nocreafonto follow ihe fame 
 
 mcanes 
 
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 mcancs and platform of pUnting fpeciall pfrfoni 
 for h is parpofe about t fee Prince, for fur^ly his fa- 
 thers plot lacked no witty dcTice or preparation, 
 but oncly that God overthrew it at the inftanti 
 (as happely he may doe this ma nsYa lfo notwith-^ 
 itauding any diligence that humane wifedome 
 can nfe to the contrary. 
 
 To this faid the Gentleman t that roy Lord of GcnikmiJU 
 Lcyceftcrhath a purpofc to {hoot one day at the 
 Diadem by the title of Huntington,i$ not a thing 
 obfcure in it fclfe, and it flaall bee more plainly 
 proved hereafter* But now will I fliew unto jcu 
 for your inflru^tion, how well this man hath fol- 
 lowed his fathers platforme (or ra thcr paJed the 
 fime) in poflcffing himfelfe of all her Majefties 
 fci vantSjfriends, and forces, to ferve his turnc at 
 that time forexecution, and in the meanc fpacc 
 for preparation* 
 
 Firft, in the privy Chambcr,nf xt unto her Ma> Icycefters fb- 
 jetties perfon^the moft part are his own creatures P^*^!^ 
 (as he calleih thcm^ that is, fuch as acknowledge C^*"™^^*^ 
 their being in that pi ace, from him; and the reft 
 hefo over-rulcth, either by flattery or feare, as 
 none miydarc but to ferve his turne.As his reign 
 is fo abfolute in this place, (as alfo in all other 
 pirts of the Court) as nothir^ can pafle but hj 
 hij admiffion, nothing can be faidydone,or figni- 
 ficd, whereof hec is not particularly advcrtiled i 
 no bill, no fupplicatioo, no complaint, nofute^ 
 nofpeech, can pafle from any man to the Prin- 
 ccfle (except it be from one of the Councell)but 
 by his good li king : or if there doe, he being ad- 
 moniflied thereof (as prefently he ihall,)the party 
 delinquent is fure after to abide the fmart there- 
 of. Whereby he holdfi«h as it were a lockc upon 
 the cares of his Prince, and the tongues of all hct 
 MajeftiCS fervants/o fjrelychaiiiedto his girdle, 
 D as 
 
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 as no man dareth to tpcak any one thing tkat may 
 eft' nd him, though it be never fo true or behove- 
 full for her M.ijcfty to know. 
 I cvccftcr marti. ^^''^ appeared in the late m;jrriage with 
 
 €d ar Wacn ' Dame B[feXy which albeit it wascekbr^tedtwife: 
 ftiaa : when her firft at Kilhngvvorth, and fecondly at Waenftead 
 Mnicfty was at ( mthc pre fence of the Earlc of Warwick , Lord 
 ^oa'o7*Tl!e^e^^*'*^^^ Sir Frfl?7C« ^r;7C0i«, and others) and this 
 Ph^fkL^lvi^^ exactly known to the whole Court^wiih the very 
 ftcr. <^^y > the place , the witncfl'es , and the Minifter 
 
 that married them togeiher : yet no man durft o- 
 pen his mouth to makeher Ma jefly privy therun- 
 to , unrill Monfieur 5i»3icy$ difclofcd the fame, 
 (and therby incurred his high difpleafure) nor yet 
 m many d^ycs after for feare oityctfltr. Which! 
 is a (ubjcdion moft diflionorable and dangerous ' 
 to any Prince living , to ftand at the devotion of 
 his fubjcdjwhat to hcare or not to hcarc of things 
 that paffe within his own Realrac. 
 No futc can paffc herof it foUoweth that no fute can prevailc 
 
 feutby Lcyccftcr. in Court, be it never (o meane, except he firft be 
 made acquainted there with, and receive not only 
 the thankeSjbut alfo be admitted unto a great part 
 Read Folidorcin of the gaine and commodity therof.Which,a$ it if 
 chc7. ycarc of a great injury to the futer : fo is ic a far more grea- 
 King Richard I. f^r t© the bour ly , honour and fecurity of th< 
 findrhis pro Prince,by whofe liberality this man feedeth onlyj 
 cceding of ccr- and fortifieih himftlfe, depriving his foveraigm 
 xxM\c about that of ail grace^ thanks and good will for the famCi 
 K. to be put as a ^ox which caufe alfo he giveth out ordinarily, t< 
 Ivmhrow. ^^^'^y ^^^^ Majefly is nigh and perfimo 
 nious of her felfe , and very difficile to grant an 
 fute , were it not only upon his inceffant folicita 
 tion. Whereby he filltth his owk purfc the more 
 and empiieth the hearts of fuch as receive benefii 
 from due thankes to their Princes for the fut 
 obtained* 
 
 lierec 
 
Hereof alfacnlueih, itiat no man may oc pre- 
 ferred in Court ( be he othei wife never (o well 
 1 defcrving fervanc to her Mijefty) except he be 
 o ic of Lejct^m fadion or followers: none can be 
 advanced , except he be liked and preferred by 
 him : none receive once , except he ftand in his prcfcrmcntf 
 good favour, no one may live in couatenance, or Lcyccilrians. 
 ^iiict of life , except he take it J life it,, acknovy- 
 Jedge it from him, fo as W the favours, g^ace > , 
 dig.iities , riches and rewards , which ;»Ver Ma- . 
 ;cliy beftoweth , or the Realme can yecld , muft 
 ferve to purchafe this man private fi^eads , and 
 favourers , onely to advance his party ^ and to 
 fortific his faction. Which fad^o;! if '.'V thefe 
 meancs it be great, ( fo as indeed it is : ) y^u may 
 not marvile , leeing the riches and wealth , offo 
 worthy a Common wealc, doe Tei ve him buc for 
 a price to buy the fam \ 
 
 . Which thing himfelfe well knowing, framcrh 
 his fp,ru of proceeding accorci-ngly. And « , Sfl^K*^ 
 upon corifideiice thereof, is hecpmie fo mfolenc 
 and impotent of h:s Ire that no man may bearc 
 the fame, how jartiy or inj idly focvcr it bee 
 conceived: for albeit he begii* to hitea man 
 upon bare furmifes on^ly ( commonly ic fal- 
 leihout, ambkioa being alw ^y s the moiher 
 Gffurpidori) yet he prefv cutcrh the Dme with 
 fuch impUcabli- cruelty , as there is no long abi- 
 ding fur the party in thu place, As might bee 
 fhewed by the examples of many whom hec hath 
 chafed from the Court, upon his onfy difpleafure, 
 without other caufe^ being known tobeotht r- 
 Wife , zealous Proteftanr. ht^irlerQmcB'WiS^ 
 Mr. G^Oig^. Sctfiaand others thrit we conld name. 
 
 T«"> ^his infolency is alfo joyaed (as by nature Lcyccftcrspe. 
 It followeth ) mA abloluteand peiempcory dea- remptorydcd- 
 Aicig ia all things whereof it plesliedi hiai to dif- 
 
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 pofc, without rcfpsA tiihcr of rtafon, ordcrjdue, 
 right, fubordination,cul^omc,convcni€my,GC the 
 like: whereof notwithftandtng Princes ihem- 
 felves arc wont to have regard in difponcioti of 
 their matters : a$ for example,among the fervants 
 of the Qj^eeucs M ^ jetties houfliold,it is an anci- 
 ent and molt commendable order and cuftome, 
 that when a place of higher roome falleth voyd, 
 he that by fucceffion is ncxt,and hath made proof 
 of his worrhin^fle in an inferiowr place, feculd 
 rife and poffeffe the fame, (except it be for fomc 
 extraordinary caulc) to the end that no man un- 
 experienced or untryed, fhould be placed in the 
 higher roomes the firft day, to the prejudice of o- 
 thers, and diflervice of the Prince. 
 Brcflkin^T of or- Which moft reafonablc cuftome this man con- 
 dctin herMaic- temning and breaking at his pleafure, thruftcth 
 fticshoufliold. into higher roomcs a^y perfon whatfoevcr, fo he 
 like his inclinfltion, or feele his reward; albeit 
 he nekher be fit for the purpofe, nor have beenc 
 fo much as Clarke in any infei iour office before, 
 - , The like hee uCeth out of the Court, in all o- 
 latfngofa^Hor' ^^^^r places where matters fhould pafle by orde r, 
 dcrinthcCoun- eleftion, or degree : as in the Vniverficiesjin ele- 
 try abroad. dion of Scholars, and Heads of hoafes, in Eccle- 
 fiafticall perfons/or dignirics in Churchjin Offi- 
 cerSjMagiftrateSjStewirds of Iands,SherifFes and 
 knights of Shire$,in Burgefles of the Parliament, 
 inCommiffi mers, Judges, Jufticesof ihc peace, 
 (whereof many tn every fliire muft weare his li- 
 very) a?^d all other the like: where this mans will 
 muiJ ftand for.reafon, and his letters for abfolace 
 lawes, neither is there any man, magiflrate, or 
 communer in the Realme,who dareth not foonet 
 deny their petition of her M ^jeRies letters, upon 
 juftcaufes ("for that hcrhighncfffc: is content after 
 10 be fatisfied vrith rcafon)then to refift the cora- 
 
 mandemenc 
 
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 mandemcnt of this mans letters, who will ad- 
 mit no cxcofc ot faiisfadion, but ondy the exe- 
 cution of his faid commandcmcnt, b« it right or 
 wrong. 
 
 To this anfwcrcd the Lawycr^Now yerily,firj LiUfjtr* 
 you paint unto mc a ftrange pattcrne of aferfcflt 
 Potentate in the Court; behkf thit flranger,who 
 callcth our State in his printed bookc Lfja^nn a LcyccftrUn 
 femKmpuhlicami aLcyceHriao Commonweahh, Gommonwcalth 
 or the Commonwcalch of my Lord of LcyceRer, 
 knoweih much of ihefe mritcers. But to holdjfi -, 
 ftill within the Court : I aflure you that by con- 
 fidcraiions, which you have laid downe, I doe 
 begin now to perceive that his pany muft need* 
 be very great and ftrong within the faid Court, 
 feeing that hec hith fo many wayes and meanes 
 $0 cncreafe, enrich, and encourage the fanne, and 
 fo ftrong abihtics to tread dowi e his enemies. 
 The common fpeech of many wameth not rea- 
 fon, I perceive, vrhich callcth him the heart and 
 life of the Court. 
 
 They which cal him the heart(faid the Gentle- GtfJtlman. 
 man^ upon a littlo occafion more^ would call Leyceftcr c^]!c<l 
 him alfo the head: and then I marvell wh^t 
 fhould bee left fof her MajeOy, when ihej take ^^'^ ^ ^"^^^ 
 from her both lifcjheartjaudhea^fliip in her own 
 Reslme ? But the truth is,th.u he haih the Conrt 
 at this day in almoll the fame cafe as his father 
 had It in King E^Wi^rc/j iiycs, by rhe fame dcvire, 
 (the Lord forbid that ever it c 0(ne fuily to the 
 fame ftate, for then we know what eFifued to the 
 principall and if you wiU h lye an evuicnt de- 
 monftration of this mans power and favriir in 
 that place, call you but to minde the times when 
 her Majef^y opon moft juH and urgent occ fi' 
 ORS , did Withdraw but a htilc her wonted fa- 
 vour and countenance townr^is him : did not all 
 D 3 the 
 
. . - . the Court as it vrerejinutmy prefcntly^ did not e- 
 of Lcy«cfters ^^^Y nfi^i^ i^^n^ the lippe ? except a tew , who at- 
 tyrannyinthc teiWard paid iweetly for their minh ^ were there 
 Court. ^ riot every day new devices fought out , th.it fome 
 fhould be ot> their knees to her Mjijefly , fomc 
 iihould weepe and put finger in their eyes : othee 
 ihould find out cercainc covert manner of threat- . 
 ning : other reafons and perfwafions of love : o- 
 I iher of profit r Other of honour : other of 
 
 ! neccfficy ; and all to get him recalled back to fa- 
 
 vour againe ? An^h^d her Mijefty tiny reft per* 
 mitted unto he^, untill fhe h id yeelded and gran- 
 ted to the fame? 
 
 Confidcr then (I pray you)thit if ar that time, 
 in his diii;race , he h i fhis fad-on (o fafi aflbred 
 to himCelf ; w'':i u h ::h he n >w in his profpenty , 
 after fo mtryy..urs of fortification? v/hcrin by ail 
 reijfon \\v h nh not been negligent , feeing that in 
 policy the firft point of good fornficition 15, to 
 Qaci nc8 danger make that fort imp' Ggnable,\vhich once hath been 
 a^ainc. in d ingt r to be loii, Wherof you have an example 
 
 in RkbiYdi Duke of York, in the time oiKM^nrj 
 the fixr whn being oiice in the Kings hands by hi$ 
 own fubmiffion, and difmilTcd agame (when for 
 bis dtftrts, he (houldhave fufFeicH) provided af- 
 ter , the Kinp fhould ntver be :*ble to over-reach 
 hjm the fecond time, or have him in his power to 
 do him hurtjbut mndc himfelfe flrong enoagh to 
 AnnoUcgai sx. dowae the^oiher with extirpation of his 
 family. 
 
 And this af the Court, houfhold and Chamber 
 of her M^jefiy. Bin now if we fhill psfl'c froai 
 Cotirt to Councell.we fhall find him no IcflV for- 
 L^^yccfters puiC' tified but rather more : for albeit the providence 
 fance ,n the privy of God haih bin fuch, that in this moft honoura- 
 Coiincdl. j^j^ aflt mblie, there hath not wanted fome two or 
 three ef the wifefi, gravcft, and moll experienced 
 
 in 
 
 Icyceftcr provi- 
 idcch never to 
 come in the 
 
in out ftate, that have fcta and marked this mm? 
 perillous proceedings from the beginning,(w!icror 
 notwithftanding two arc now deceafed, and their L.K<epcr. 
 places fupplicd to Leyce(ltm good liking;) yet Chamberlain, 
 ('alas^the wifdocn of thefe worthy men, hath dif- 
 covered alwaycs more, then their authorities were ^ 
 able to redrefle : fthe others great power and vio- 
 lence confidered) and for therefidu<^ of that bench 
 and tabic, though I doubt not but there be divers, 
 who do in heart detel^iiis doings ( as there were 
 alfo, no doubt 'among the Councellours of King 
 Edward^who mifl keth this mans fathers attt mpts, 
 though not fo hardy as to contrary the famej ) yet 
 formoft pirt of the Councell prcfeat, they are 
 known to be fo affided in particular , the one for 
 that he is to him a Bcother,the other a Facherjthe 
 other a Kinfman,the other an allie,the other a faft 
 obliged friend , the other a fellow or follower in 
 fadion , as none will ftand in the breach againft 
 him : none dare refift or encounter his dcfigne- 
 meat : but every man yielding rather to the force 
 of his flow, pcrmittcth him to picrce,and pafl'c at 
 his pleafure in whatfoever his will is once fetled 
 to obtaine. 
 
 And hereof(^werc I not ftaicd for refped of fome 
 whom I m.iy not name^I could alledge ftrang ex- 
 amples.not fo much in affiires belonging to fj^l^- ,^ , . 
 jcctsand to pnvat men,ns(were thecauleof 5?^-^- th^- Cxmcel! a»-e 
 rfertforreft,Des^igibofK:i ' i2^^w^y//7jofb P if- inro;^ca to wink 
 
 tures foLily procured by Sombam^ of the Archbifli. at Ley^cfter. 
 of Canterbury^ of the Bar^leh of Sir iQhn Threg- 
 martonyo{M,RGb'n(on and the like»j wherin thofe 
 of the Councell that difliked his doings^ lead da- 
 r^d to oppofc thcmfclvws to the fame , but alfo in 
 things that appertaine dircdiy to the Crown and 
 dignity,totheSc.ue and Common weal, and to the - 
 fafety and continuance thcrof. It is not fecure for 
 D 4 any 
 
1 cyceftcrs intel- 
 ligence with the 
 rebellion in Irc- 
 
 Afteons cafe 
 now come in 
 Bngland. 
 
 SaWarour llainc 
 inhi^bed. 
 
 „ (48; 
 
 anyone Counccllorjor other of authority ,to take 
 notice of my Lords errours or raifileedls^but with 
 extreame peril! of their ownc ruine. 
 
 As for example : in the beginning of the re- 
 bellion in Ireland, when ray Lord of Lcycefter 
 was in fome difgrace, and confequenily, as hec 
 imagined, but in fuaile ftatc at home, he thought 
 it not unexpedient , for his better aflurance, to 
 hold focne intelligence alfo that way, for all c- 
 ventSj and fo he dkl : whereof there was fo good 
 evidence and tcftimony found, upon one of the 
 firft of accompt, that was there flaine, (as ho- 
 nourable perfonages of their knowledge have 
 affuredme) as would have beenefufficient , to 
 touch the life of any fubjeft in the hnd, or in any 
 flare Chriflian, but ®nely my Lord of Leyccfter, 
 who is a fubjed: without fubjedion. 
 
 For whatthinke you ? durft any man take no- 
 tice hereof,or avouch that he had feen thus much? 
 durft he that tooke it in Ireland, deliver the fame 
 where efpecially hcc fhould have done ? or ihey 
 who received it in England, for it came to great 
 hands, ufe it to the benefit of their Princeffe and 
 CoHtitrey ? Nofurely : for if it had fceene but 
 onely fufpeded that they had fecne fuch a thing, 
 it would have beene a$ dangerous unto them as it 
 was to A^eon to have feene Diana and her mai- 
 dens naked : whofe cafe is fo common now in 
 England as nothing more, and fo doe the exam- 
 ples of dFvcrs well declare : whofe anfortunatc 
 knowledge of too many fecrets brought them 
 quickly to unfortunate erMJs, 
 
 For we hcare of one SalvAtm a flranger, long 
 ufed in great myfteries of bale affaires anddiiho- 
 neft adions, who afterward (upon what demerit 
 I know not) fuftalncd ahard fortune, for being 
 late with my Lord in his fiady, well neare untill 
 
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 midnight, (if 1 bcrighily informed) went home 
 to his chamber, and the next morning was found 
 flainc in his bed. Wee hcare alfo of one Doughty^ Doughty infigtl 
 hanged in hafte by Captaine Dru^jc upon the Sea, by Diakc 
 and that by order , as is thought , before bis de- 
 parture ouc of England, for that he was over pri* 
 vy to the fecrets of this good Barle^ 
 
 There was alfo this laft Summer paft, one Thcflofy df 
 GAiCi hanged at Tiborne,umong others, for rob- Gat«baag«^ 
 bing of Carriers, which G^fahad becne lately 
 Clarke of my Lords kitching, and had layd ouc 
 much money of his owne,as he faid,for my Lords 
 provifion, being alfo oihcrwifc in fo great favour 
 and grice with my Lord, as no man living was 
 thought to bee more privy of his fecrets then this 
 fnan,whercupon alfo it is to be thought, that hee 
 prcfamcd the rather to commit this robbery, (for 
 to fuch things doth my Lords good favour moft 
 extend,) and being apprehended, and in danger 
 for the fame, he made hisrecourfe to his Honour 
 for protcdion, as the fafliion is, and that hce 
 might hce borne out, as divers of leffc merit had 
 ' becne by his Lordfliip, in more haynous caufcs 
 before him* 
 
 The good Earle anfwcred his fervant and 
 dcare Pnvado coorteoufly , and afiurcd hitn for 
 iiis life, howfoever for outer fhew and comple- 
 ment ihe forme of Law might pafle againlt him. 
 But GAtti feeing himftlfe condemned, and no* 
 thing now betweenc his head and the halccr, but 
 the word of the Magiftratc which might come m 
 an inftant, when it would bee t©o late to fend to 
 his Lord ! remembring alfo the fmall afi'urance 
 of his faid Lords word f yhis former dc^^lings 
 towards other men, whereof this man was too 
 much privy, he thought good to follicite hi$ cafe 
 alfo by fome other of his friends, though not fo 
 
 puilTanc 
 
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 jjuiffant a$ Ms Lord and 24 iftcr, who dealing m- 
 deedjboth diligently andeffedually in his affaire^ 
 found the matccr more difficult a great dealc then 
 cither h§ or they had imagined: for that my Lord 
 of Leyceftcr was n^t onely not his favourer, but 
 a greit haftcner of his death under handjand that 
 withfuch care,diligence, vehcmency, and irrefi- 
 foble meanes, ("having the Law alfoonhis fide^ 
 that there was no hope at all of efcaping; which 
 tiling when Gates heard of, he eafiiy beiccved for 
 the experience he had of his makers good nature, 
 and faid^th it he a! wayes miftrufted the famCjCon- 
 fidering how much his Lord(hip was in debt to 
 liim, and hee made privy to his LordHiips foule 
 <ecret$, which fecrets hee would there preftntly 
 have uttered in the face of all the worldjbnt that 
 lie feared torments or fpeedy death,with fome ex- 
 traordinary cruelty, if hee fliould fo have done, 
 and therefore hee difclofed the fame onely to a 
 <jentleman of woifliip, whom hee trufted fpeci- 
 ally,whofe name I may not utter for fome caufes, 
 (but it beginneth with H.) and I am in hope ere 
 it be long, by meanes of a friend of mine,to have ; 
 a fight of that difcourie and report of Gates^ 
 whtch hitherto I have not feene nor ever fpake 
 1 with the Gentleman that keepeth it, though I 
 be well aflured that the whole matter paffed in 
 fubftance as I have here recounted it, 
 Sehkr, Whereunto I anfwered, that in good faith it 
 
 Thi» relation ffif were pitty that: this relation fhould be loft, for 
 Gxtcs may icrvc that it is very like, that many rare things bee de- 
 hcri^aftcrtoran daj-ed therein, feeing it in done by a man fo pri>- 
 aaarJoninthe ^^^^^ themfelves, wherein alfohee 
 
 fcco?i<3 edition , , , r % A T IT 1 
 
 ©fthisbookc. "^d beene lucd an inltrument. I will have it 
 (quoth the Gentleman) or elfe my fciends flialt 
 f ule me, howbeit not fo foonc as I would, foe 
 that he is in the Weft Countrey that fhould pro- 
 
 cur€ 
 
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 xrrc k for me, and will not returnc for certains 
 nonths, but after I ^all fee him sgainc, I will 
 not (cave himuntill he procure it for me, as hec 
 lath promifed : well ("quoth 1) hot what is be- 
 come of that evidence found in Ireland under my 
 Lords hand,which no man dare purfue,avouch,ot 
 behold* - 
 
 Truly C^^id the Gentleman) I am informed Q^ntUmn* 
 that It lyeth fafely referved in good cuflody,to be 
 brought forth and avouched whcnfocver it fliall 
 pleafe God fo to difpofe of her M 'jeflies hearr5a$ 
 to lend an indifferent earc,as well to his accufers, 
 as to himfelfe,in judgei»ent. 
 
 Neither muftyoutbinke that this i$ ftrangc, 
 nor that the thmgs are fevr which are infuch fort 
 referved in dccke for the time to come, even a- The deck rcfcr- 
 mong great p^rfonages , and of high calling, J^^^ Lcycc- 
 for feeing the prefent flatc of his power to bee 
 fuch, and the tempeft of his tyranny to be fo 
 firong and boyfterous, as no man may ftand in 
 the rage thereof , without perill, for that even 
 from her Majefty her felfe, in the lenity of her 
 Princely nature, hee extorteth what hce defigm- 
 eth, either by fraud, flattery, falfe information, Lcyccftcrjpuir- 
 rcquefl, pretence, or violent importunity, ^"j^^^^^p*^^^^ 
 the over« bearing of all, whom hec ''^^^^^^^ hcrfclfc* 
 to opprcfle: No marvaiJe then though many 
 even of the beft and faithfuUeft Subjeds 
 of the Land , doe yeeld to the prcfent time, 
 and doe keepc fdence in fome matters, 
 that otherwifc ihey would take it for dutie 
 to utter. 
 
 And in this kind it is not long fithence a wor. 
 fhipfull and wife friend of mine told mee a te- 
 fiimony in fecrcr, from ^hcmcuthof as noble 
 and grave «i Counccllonr ns Engl:md haih en- 
 joyed thcie many hundi'cd yc:,res ; 1 meane the 
 
 hce 
 
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 TIieBarUof hte Lord Chamberlaiuc, with wbom myfald 
 SuiTcK tusfpeech friend being aloeie at bis houfe in London, noc 
 T^^^ftiJ*^^ twenty dayes before his death, conferred fofnc« 
 Lexcctlcr. what familiarly about thefc andlike matters, as 
 with a true father ©f his Countrcy and Common- 
 wealth: and after many complaints in the behalf 
 of di?er$jWho had opened their griefs unto Coun- 
 cellcfurs, and faw that no notice would be taken 
 thereof, the faid Nobleman, turning himfclfc 
 fomewhat about from the water, (for hcefatc 
 neare his pond fide, where h«e beheld the taking 
 of a Pike or Carpc) faid to my friend. It is no 
 marvell, fir, for w ho dareth intermeddle himfelfe 
 in Day Lords affaires ? I will tell you (quoth he) 
 inconfidence betweeneyou and me, there is as 
 wile a man and as grave,and as faichfuU a Coun* 
 The LordBa^. ccllour as England breedcth, (meaning thereby 
 *€f« the Lord Treafurcr) who hath as much of h s 
 
 keeping of Lcyceftersowae hind writing, ?$is 
 fufficient to hang him, if either he durft prefen* 
 rfscfame to her Majefly, or her Majefly doe ja- 
 fticewhenit fhonld be prcfented. But indeed 
 (9^othhe) the time pcrmitteth neither of them 
 both, and therefore it is in taine for any man to 
 fimgglc with him. 
 
 Thcfe were that Noblemans words, whereby 
 you may confider whether my Lord of Lcycefter 
 lie ftrong this day in Councell or no : and whe- 
 ther his fortification be fufficient in that place, 
 ^.tftefteis p©- now if out of ihe Councell, we will turnc 
 
 viTcriii tliccomi- bdtour eye in the Countrey abroad, we fhall 
 tscy Abroad. fiaJc as good fortification alfo there, as we have 
 pcrufed already in Court and Councell: andfhill 
 well perceive that this mans plot is no fond ot 
 indtfcreet plot, but excellent well grounded, and" 
 foch as in all proportidns hath his due correfpon- 
 jeB^e« 
 
 Confi- 
 
Confidcrthcn the chitte and principall parts 
 of this land for martiall afFaircjjfor tfe and com- 
 modity of armour, for flrengih, for opportMnity, 
 for liberty c f the people, as d wtlU«g farthcft eff 
 from the prefence and afpeA of their Princc,fach 
 parts CI fay) as are fitceft for fuddcn entcrprifes, 
 without danger of interception: a$ are the North, 
 the Weft, ihc Countries of Wales, the Iflands 
 round about the land, and fuadry other places 
 within the fame : are they not all at this day at 
 his difpofltion ? are they not all ^l^y his pro- 
 curement^ in the onely hands of his friends 
 and allyes ? or of fuch, as by other matches 
 have the fame complot and purpofc with 
 him ? 
 
 In Yorke is prcfidentthe man that of all other Toike Barle of 
 is fitteft for that place, that is, his nearcft in affi- Huntlageon* 
 nity, his dcareft m friendfhip, the head of his fa- 
 dion,and open competitor of the Scepter.In Bar- Barwtck. 
 wicfce is a Captainc,his wives um;le,moft affured JhclordHiuil» 
 to himfclfc and Hantington, as one who at con- 
 vcnient time may as much advance their dtflgnc- 
 ments,a$ any one man in England. 
 
 In Wales the chicfe authority from the Prince Wales, 
 isinhisowne brother m law: but among t^c ^^fg^rtVof ^ 
 people, of natural! aft^dion, is in the Earle of pembrooke. 
 Pembrookc, who both by marriage of his fifters 
 daughter is made his ally, and by dependance is 
 knowne to be wholly at his difpofition. 
 
 The Weft part of England i$ under Bedford, The Weft- 
 a man wholly devoted to his and the Puritans fa- EarlcofBed- 
 aion. 
 
 In Ireland wasgovernour of htc the principal Thclortf Crey. 
 inflrumcnt appointed for their purpc'fcs ; both jn 
 refpeft of his heat and nffeftion toward thesr dc- 
 fignemcnts^as alfo of Come fecrct difcontentment 
 which he hath towards her Majefly andihcftutc 
 
 prefent. 
 
4Hcr'M«{efly> prefent for ccrtaine hard t fpecches and ingrate 
 
 (ss he faith; for lecorapences, as he pcetcndcih : but indeed for 
 
 fl?FmJ^^^^^ knowne to bee of nature fyrie, and im-. 
 
 caviling hin^lamc P^^/ntxjf ftay, from feeing that Commonwealch 
 
 wretch: that on foot , which the next competitours for their 
 
 grieved him foo gsine have painted out to him and fuch others, 
 
 (tor that he was more pleafant then the Terreftnall Paradife it 
 bumnhcrfer- V 
 
 vice at Licthjas t>! . ; . . „ , . » 
 
 he faid,hc would ^ then is the Hif#^r,this is the appoin- 
 livc to be rcvcn- ted for the cnteiprife, when the time fhall come. 
 Ecd* This muft be(torfcoch) another K!C/^«yrfof War- 
 
 wicke , eo gaine the Crowne for Hmy the ninth 
 of the Houfeof Yorkc: as the other Richard did 
 put downe Hemy the b'xt of the Houfe of Lanca- 
 fler, and placed Edtpard the fourth , from whorri 
 Huntington deriveth his title therefot'e this mm 
 is neceflarilj to be entertained from time to time 
 (as we fee now he is) in fomc charge and mar- 
 tiall adion, to the end his expcrience,power.,and 
 credit may grow the more, and he be able a.t the 
 time to have fouldiers at bis commandment. And 
 for the former charge which held of late in Ire- 
 land^ as this inaii had not beene called away, but 
 * In ScotIan«!jOr ior execution of lome other fecret purpafe, * for 
 clfwhcrc, againft advancement of their acfigneracncs : fo bee well 
 SfprS aflbred that for the time to come, it is co bee fur- 
 poifcfTor, niflied againe v/ith a liare and fift fricnd to Ley- 
 
 cefter and to thit fidiofio 
 Sir lohn Parotc la the lie of Wight I grant that Le.ycefter hath 
 loft a great friend and a trufty fcrvant ! y the 
 SiiEc?*\rard death of Captaine Hi^rf^, bat yc: the matter is 
 Horfcy. fupplied by the fucceffi )n of another, no Ufle a(- 
 
 ycw?^^^^^ furedunto hinuheu the form rr, or rather more, 
 through the band of alB airy y bis wif^^^.The two 
 SirAroiasPaulct Hands of Gerfty and Galley are fn ike poffef- 
 Sir Thomas (^^^^j^ friends and mo^}. obliged dependents. 
 
 aytcE. jj^^ ^^^^ by reafon he is exceedingly addifted co 
 
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 the Puritan proceedings : ihe otherjas now beir?2 
 joyned unto him by the marriage of niiftiis Bc[[e^ 
 his wives (iftcr, both daughters to Sir framUy or 
 {atleaft) to my Lady J^nooleS^ and fo become a 
 rivall, companion and brother, who was before 
 (though trufty) yet but his fervant. 
 
 And thefc are the chiefe Keyes, Fortreffes,anG 
 BulwaikeSjwithin.wiihoMt and about the Realm^ 
 which my Lord of Ltyceftcr pofl'effing, (as hee 
 doth) hec msy be afl'ured of the body within: 
 where notwithftanding (as hath becne flicwed^ 
 he wanteth no due preparation for firength : ha- 
 ving at his difpofition (bcfides ail aydes and o- 
 thcr helpes fpecified before) ber Majeflies horfc, HaMaicftiCj 
 andftables, byintcreftof hisownc office! her ^^blc^hcrar- 
 Armour,Artillcry,2nd Munition, by the office of 3";")^^^^ 
 his brother the Earle of Warwicke* The Tower xhc Tower, 
 of London and treafure therein, by the depen« 
 dence of Sir Owin Hopton his fworne fervant, as 
 ready torefcue andfurniffi him with tbewhole^if 
 occalion ferved, as one of his predeccffi)urs was, 
 to receive his Father in King Umar^s dayes,^ for 
 the like efteft, againfl her Majefty and her Si- 
 fter. 
 
 And in the City of London it felfe, what this lonJon, 
 man at a piwch could doc,by the helpe of fome of Sir KowlanJ 
 the principall men ^and chiefe Leaders, and (as k Heyward»&c. 
 were) Commanders of the Commons there^and 
 by the beftirring of F/mw;.a^ his msddc Recor- 
 der, and other fuch his iaftruments : as alfo in 
 all other Towncs, Ports, and Cities of impor- 
 tance, by fuch of his owne ftttirgisp, as hcc 
 haih placed there to fei ve his defignements, and 
 Jufiices of peace, with other, that inmoft Shireji 
 doc wear? his livery, and arc at his 3f)pointra<nts 
 thefimplcft man within the Realme, doih c^n- 
 fider . 
 
UjlotioT 
 
 Huneingrons 
 preparation at 
 AQiby. 
 
 KtUingworth 
 Caftlc. 
 
 Kalpli Lane. 
 
 Whcrcunto if you adde now his ownc forces 
 and furniture which hee haih in Kiihngworth 
 Caille^and oibcr placcs,as alfo the forces of Hun- 
 tington in particular,w5th their fricnflsifollowers, 
 alhes and compartcn^^rs, you ffiall finde ihat they 
 arc not beiiinde in their preparations. 
 
 For my Lord of Huntingtens forwardneffe in 
 thecaufe ((aid I)thcre is no man,I ihinkc, which 
 makeih doubt : marry for his private forces,albcic 
 they may be very good, for any thing I doe know 
 to the contrary, (efpeciallyat his houfe within 
 five and twenty miles of KilIfngworth,whcre one 
 told mee fome yeares pift, that he had furniture 
 ready for five thoufand men 0 ya do l not think 
 but th<ry are farre inferiour to my Lord of Leycc- 
 fter, who is taken to have exec {five llorejand that 
 m divers. places. And as for the Caftle laft men- 
 tioned by yoUjthere are men of good intelligence, 
 and of no fmall judgementjwho report that in the 
 fame he hath to furnifli ten thouUnd good foul- 
 diers, of all things neceffary both for horfc and 
 man, befides all ot,her munitianiarmour, and ar- 
 tillery, (whereof great ftore was brought thither 
 under pretence of triumph^when her Majedy was 
 there, and never as yet carried backe againe) and 
 befides the great abundance of ready coync there 
 (as is faid^ fufficient for any great expt©^t to bee 
 done within theRealme. 
 
 Andvl know that the eftimation of thispbcc 
 wasfuch, among divers , many yeares agoe : as 
 when at a time her Mijefty by dangcroufly fick, 
 and like to dye, at Hamptoa Court, a certaine 
 Gentleman of the Court came unto my Lord of 
 Huntington, and told him,that foe To much as he 
 tooke his Lord to be nexi 'n fucccdion after her" 
 M ijefly , hee wolH csiki mm a meane of grcic 
 helpc tor comp^^dtng ct his purpofe, after the 
 
 difceafc 
 
deccafc of her Majcliy which was, thcpoffeffijon The offer tjid 
 
 of Killingwonh Cd&k Cfbr at that time ihcfc "Wptation of 
 
 two Eatks were siot ya very friends, norcorife- ^'^^'"gworth 
 
 derate together) and that being had,he fhewed to 
 
 the Earlethc great furniture and wealth which 
 
 thereby he fhould pofleflc for purfuit of his pur- 
 
 pofe. 
 
 The propcfirion was well liked, and che mat- 
 ter cfteemed of great imp0rtaRce,and confequcnt- 
 ly received with many thankcs. But yet afterward 
 her Majefty by the good providence of God^reco- 
 vcring agai nc^icttcd the execution of the b argains 
 and my Lord of Huntington having occafion to 
 joyne amiiy with Leyceitcr, had more refped to 
 his ownc commodity, then to his friends fecurity, 
 (as commonly in fuch perfons and cafes it faileth 
 out) and fo difcoyeied the whole device unto him, 
 who forgat not after/rom time to time,ro plague 
 the devifer by fecret meanSjUntill he had brought 
 him to that poore eftate, as all the world feeth : 
 though m^ny men be not acquainted with the true 
 caufe cf this his difgrace and bad fortune. 
 
 To this anfwered the Lawyer : In good faith Latpjif^ 
 (Gefitlcmen) you open grcac myfteries unto me, 
 which cither I knew uotjor confidcred not fo par- 
 ticularly before 5 and no Biarvell,for that my pro^ 
 feffion and cxercife of Law, reftraineth me from 
 much company keeping : and when I happen to 
 be among fome that could tell mec much herein, 
 I dare not either aske, or heare if a»y of hinafelfc 
 bcginne to t'Jke, left afterward the fpecch com- 
 mmg to light, I be fetched over the coalesCas the 
 proverb is) for the fame, under pretence of ane- 
 ther thing. But you (who arc not fufptded for 
 religion) have much greater priyiledge in fuch 
 matters, boch to h«are and fpeake againe, which 
 laenof mine cftatc dare not does OnelythisI 
 
The prerogative before, that th u .hout all England my 
 »y Lord of L<>rd of Leyceftcr is takai for Dominmfa^' tmm : 
 Iey<;€ft€r. vvhofc excellency above others is infifv re , WhoGe 
 aiichouty is sb'oluce,whole CO nandn^ent IS dread- 
 fulljwhofcdiflikc i$dangcrous,and whofe favour 
 is omnipotent 
 
 Aod for h»s will, though it he fcldome Law, 
 yetalwayes is his power above liw t and there- 
 fore vvee Lawyers in all cafes brought unto us, 
 have as great regard to hts «ncl in."tioa, as Aftio- 
 nomtrs have to th.. Pi met dominant, or as Sea- 
 aicn have to the North Pole. , 
 Lcyecfti^r the For as th^y ihat faiL, doe dirc6l rheir courfe 
 Star dire^ory to accord mg to the fituation and dircdion of that 
 Lawyers in their ^^^^^ gnxAtxh thcm at the Pole : and as 
 
 ^Ihouomers who make Proi^uoftications, doe 
 foretell things to come, according to the afpt d 
 of the Planet dominant, or bearing rule for the 
 time : fo wc doe guide our Clients baike.am^ do 
 prognollicate wh^^t is like to enfue of his caufe,by 
 the afpe^t and inclination of my L re of Lc yce- 
 flcr. Artd for that reafon, as foone as ever wee 
 hcarc a cafe propoftd, ourculiomc is to a.sk,what 
 part my Lord of L< yccfler is i ke ? o favour in the 
 matter, ("for in ail matrrrs 1 ghtly of any i v por- 
 tance he hath apart_) or what may be gathered of 
 his inclif. vtion therein : an i according to that 
 wc giv- a gueflV,more or I ffe, what end will cn- 
 lue, BMiihis(n y Maftvts) iS from ihepurpcfe: 
 and ihi-reforc r^ turning to your former fpeech a- 
 gaine, I do fay, that albeit I was not privy before 
 to the particular provifions of ii/y Lord and his 
 friends, in fuch and fuch places : yet feeing hira 
 accompted Lord Generall over all the whole 
 Realme, and to have at h s commandcment all 
 thcfe feverall commodities and forces pcrtainirg 
 to her Majefty which you have mentioned be- 
 fore. 
 
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 fore, and fo many mor. jl^ be in the Realme, and 
 not mentioned by you (for in fine he hath al :) I 
 could not but account him (as hee is) a potent 
 Pnnce of our State, for all furniture noedfullto 
 defence or oftcnce, or rather the onely Monarch 
 of our Nobility, wh'.; hath fuflicient ncedfullto 
 plunge his Pi ince, if he lliouivl bee difcon tented^ 
 cfpecially for his abundance of money, (which, , „ ^ 
 by the wife, is tearmcd the Sinewes of Mmiall ^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 adions^ wherein by all mens judgements, hee is ^<^ncy, 
 better fur ni filed at this day, then ever any fub- 
 jcifl of ourland, either haih beene heretofore, ot 
 lightly may be hcreafcer, both for bankes with- 
 out the Realrae, and fluffed coffers within. Info- 
 much that being my felfe in ihelaft Parliament, * 
 when the matter was moved for the grant of a 
 Subfidie, after that, one for her Majelly had gi- 
 ven very good reafons,why her Highncfl'e was in 
 want of money,and confequeiitly needed the affi- 
 fiance of her faithful! fubjefts therein ^ another 
 that fate next me, oFgood account, faid in mine 
 eare fecretly, ihefe reafons I doe well allow, and Thc%ingofa 
 am contented to give my part in money : but yet ^^j^^ touching 
 forhcr Majefties need, I could make anfwer as Lcyccfiers monf 
 one anfwered once the fc mperour Ti&gri^ in the 
 like cafe and caufe, Abundi ei fecunlm f^H,(i h li" 
 her to fuQ in focktatem recipktur 5 that her Majefty 
 fliould have Mone y caough, if one of her fer vants 
 would vouchfafe to make her Highnefle partaker 
 with him ; meaning thereby my Lord of L^^ycc- 
 fler, whofe treafui e muft needs in one rcfpe^ be 
 greater then that of her Majefly 5 for that he lay- 
 eth up whaifoever he getteth, his eicpences hq 
 cafteth upon the purfe of his Pnnccfle. 
 
 For that (faid the Gentleman) whether Ise doe Gsmbm^l] 
 or no, it importeth little to the matter ; feeing 
 both that which hee fpendc-th, and that hehord^ 
 E 2, 
 
Sutes. 
 
 €1^5 ts truly andprbpeiiy his PHnccs Trcafurc : 
 5jnd (ccing hee haih fo many and divers wayes of 
 llicmMmaics gainingjwhat fliouldhc make accetint of his own 
 ofga^mpg private cxpences if bee lay out one for a thou- 
 fand, what can that make him the poorer ? hcc 
 that hatb fo goodly lands, poff.flions, Scigmo- 
 ncsj andrichoffi. es ofhisowncjas he is knownc 
 to have : hee ikai hath fo fpcciail favour and au- 
 thority with the Prince^ as he can obtainc what- 
 foevcrhc iiftcth to demand : he that hath his pare 
 and portion in all fwtes bt fidcs,that paic by grace. 
 Of clfe (for the moft part) are ended by Law : he 
 that may chop and change what lands hee hftcth 
 WKh her Majpfiy^difpoilt them of ahheir woods 
 aad other ce?mraiodities,and rack them afterward 
 to the utccrmoft pe«ny,and then rcttivne the fame 
 fo tenter-firetched,and bare fharnc, into her Ma- 
 jtities hands agimc, by frefli exchange, rent for 
 rent, for other lands never enhanfcd before ^ hcc 
 that pofftfleth fo many gainfull Licences toliim- 
 fdfe alone, ofWinc,OyUs, Currants, Cloath, 
 Velvets, with his new office for Licence of alic- 
 nation,mo(i pcrnkiouj unto the CommonweaJih 
 as hee ufeih the fame, with many other the like, 
 whjch were iufficient to enrich whole Townes, 
 Corporations^ Countries and Conamonwealths : 
 heihuh uhthe art, to make gainfull to himfelfc 
 Falling out with every offence, difpleafure, and f illing out of her 
 M^jefly with him, andcveiy angry countenance 
 caft upon him ! he that hath his fhare inalloffi« 
 ces of great proGt,and holdeth an abfclute Mono- 
 p' ly ofthe fame : he that difpofeth at his will the 
 Ecclefiaflicitll livings of the Realme, makcth Bi- 
 ihops, m nc, biufuch as will doe reafon, or of his 
 Chaplains whom he liftethjandrctaincth to him- 
 felfefomuch of the livingaslikethhim beft : hee 
 that fwcepcth away the glebe from fo many Be- 
 nefices 
 
 licences. 
 
 her Maicfty. 
 OflSccf. 
 
 Clergy, 
 
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 ntlaces daroughoat the Land, and compoundah StntUc£$» 
 with the pfftion for the rtfi. He dui fo fcoarctfe 
 theUaivcrfity and Colkdge* w litre he ij Cban^ V«iver%, 
 ccllour, and lelleih both Hcadfbips and Scholars 
 places, and all other offices, roomes and digni- 
 ties, that hy art or violence may ycdd money ; he 
 that makcth title to what land or other thing he 
 pleafe, and dnveih the parties to compound for opprcfijojif, 
 the fame fame : he that lakcrh in wbolc Foreils, 
 CoiTimons, Woods, and Paftarcs to feimftlfe, 
 compelling the Tenants fo make him pay ricw 
 rent^and what he ctfleth : he that vexeth and op- 
 preflcth whomfoever hee Ift, takeih from any Ka^ks«, 
 wh thee lift, and makcth his owne claime, iuit^ 
 and end as he lift: he that felleth his favour With Pnnces faFowr* 
 the PrincCjbodi abroad in forraine countncs^and 
 at home, and fetteth the price thereof what him- 
 felfe will demand : he that harh and doth all thii, 
 and bcfides this, hath infiiiite prefents daily 
 brought unto him of great Vilue, both in Jcw^h, 
 Plate, a! 1 kind^ of Furniture, and ready Coiac i 
 this man (I Dy) may eafily beare hisowneex- 
 penccs, and yet lay up fi;fficiently alfo to weary 
 his Prince when need fhall require. 
 
 You have laid much, fir, Cqaoth \hr Lawyer) 
 and fuch matter as toucheth nearly b ;th her Ma- 
 jefty and the Commonwealth: and ycc in my 
 confciencc if I were to pU ad at the b irre for my 
 Lord J could not tell which of all thcfe members 
 to deny. But for that which you mention m the 
 laft parr, of his gaining by her M ijsflics favour, 
 both at home and abroad : Touching his home- leycc^crs home 
 gaine, it is evident, feeing all that he hath it got- gasnctvhci Ma- 
 ten onely by the opinion of her Majefties favour i-avour. 
 towards him, and m^ny men doe rcpaire unto 
 him with fat prefcnts^raihtr for that ihey fuppofe 
 he may by his favjur do ihem liurt,if he f<;ele not* 
 E 3 their 
 
Aprctty ftojjy. 
 
 Lcyceftcrs for^^ 
 rainc gaineby 
 her Maicftics 
 favour. 
 
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 their reward, then for that they hope he will la- 
 bour any thing in their affaires. * 
 
 You remember j(I doubt not} the ftory of him 
 that ©fFcred his Prince a great yearly rent, to have 
 hm this favour onely, that hee might come every 
 day in open audience, and fay in hi$ eaue, God 
 fave your Majcfty, affuringhimfelfc, that by the 
 opinion of confidence tnd fecret favour, which 
 hereby the people would conceive to be in the 
 Prince towards him, he fiisuld eafilyget up his 
 rent againe double toU. Wherefore my Lord of 
 Leycclter receiving daily from her Majcfly grea- 
 ter tokens of grace and favour then this, and 
 himfclfe being no evill Merchant, to make 
 his owne bargame for the beft of his com- 
 modities, cannot but gaine exceedingly at home 
 by his favour. 
 
 And for his lucre abroad upon the fame caufe^ 
 I leave to other men to conceive what it may be, 
 fithence the be ginning of her M^jefties rtigne, 
 the times whereof and condition of all Chriftcn- 
 domc hath beene fuch,a$ all the Princes and Po- 
 tentates round about us, have beene conftrained 
 at one time or other, to fue to h r Highneflc for 
 aidjgrace, or favi ur : in all which futes, menufc 
 not to forget (as you know)the parties moft able 
 by their crcd it,to further or let the fame» 
 
 In particular onely this I can fay, that I have 
 heard of fuiidry Frenchmen, that ac fuch time as 
 the treaty was betweene France and England,for 
 the re- delivery of Callis unto us againe, in the 
 firll yeare of her Majcfiies rcigne that now is, 
 when the Frenchmen were in great dtftreffeand 
 miferyjand King ThMp refufed abfolutely to make 
 peace with them, except Galliswere rcflored to 
 England (whither for that purpofe he had now 
 delivered the French hoftages :*) the Frenchmen 
 
 doe 
 
doc report fay) thai my Lord of Lcyccfier UyctRcn Mo^ 
 
 Hood them' in great ftcad at th it nectificy, for hi$ fer betraying 
 
 reward, (which you mny well imagine was not ^^^•^K** 
 
 fmalljfor a thing of fuch imp ortancc)and became 
 
 a fuiter, that peace might be conrluued, with ihc 
 
 rclea(c of Caliis to the French ; which was 
 
 one of the mod impious fa6fcs (to fay the triiih,} 
 
 that ever could be devifed againli his Common-* 
 
 wealth. 
 
 A fmall matter m him (faid the Gemleman) GentkfSlMW* 
 for in this hr «id no more, bat as Chrvfl faid oi 
 the J w^^s: ihat they filled,up the mcafuie of their 
 Fache.s finnes. And fo if you reade the ffory of 
 King Edwards rime, you lb Ml fiade ic moft eyi* 
 dent, that thjs mans f.-ther before him, fold Bui- Leyct^ets fa- 
 loig ;e to the French by like treachery. For it thcrfoldBul- 
 W3S delivered up upon conipofuio i, wth^it ne- ^*^'S"^* 
 cefli y or reafon, the five a!id twenaeth of April, 
 in the foui th year of KingSdw&rd the fixt, when 
 he CI meane Duke DudUj) had new put m the Eavks of Arujs- 
 Tower the Lord Protec'tor, and thruft out of the ddand Soutb- 
 Councell whom helitted,^ as namdy, the Earles of^c'coanrr 
 of Arundel and Southampton, mci fo invaded the by^D^Dudlcyf 
 w hole government himCc \ fe,to ft 1 j , • poile, or d • f-* 
 pofe at his pleafure. Wherefore this is but natu- 
 rall to my Lord of Leyceiler by difcent, to 
 make merch ndife of the State, for his Grand- 
 father Bdmkndz\{QyN^s fuch a kiiide of Copcf- 
 nian. 
 
 An evill race of Merchants for the Common- 14^%^^ 
 wealth (quoth th'r Lawyer) but yet, Su*, I pray 
 you (faid he) expound unto me fomewhu more 
 at iarge^thc nature of theie hcences which y ou na- 
 med^as alfo ihe changi^^g of lands with her M 'je- 
 fly,if you can fet it downe any plainer : for they 
 fecme to be things of cxceflive gaiiie : efpccially 
 his way of giining by o&'cnding hec Majelly, or 
 E 4 by 
 
By her Highacffe oftcncc towards him, for it fee- 
 mcth to be a device above skill or reafon, 
 IcyceRcrs «ainc Not f© (quoth the Gentleman) for you know 
 bv fsllm^ouf that every falling out mufthavean attonemcnt 
 y^ithhcrMaitfty whereof hee being fure by the many and 
 
 puiff^ntmeanesof his friends in Court, as I have 
 jfhewed before, who fliall not gwe her Majefty 
 reft untill it be doue : then for this attonement, 
 and in perfeft rccoticiliation on her Ms jeftics part 
 fhc truft grant my Lord fome fute or other,which 
 he will have alwayes ready provided for that pur* 
 pofe, and this fute fhall bee well able to reward 
 his friends, that laboured for his reconcilement, 
 and leave alio a good remamder for himfclfe. 
 And this is now fo ordinary a pradicc with him, 
 ^is all ^e Realme obferveth the fame. and difdain- 
 €th that herMajefiy fliould bee fo unworthily a- 
 bufcd. For if her HighnefTe fall not em with 
 him as often as he defireth to gaine this way^then 
 he picketh fomc quarrell or other, to (hew him- 
 felfe difcontented with her, fo that oneway or 
 other, this gainfull reconciliation muft be made, 
 and th^t often for hit commodity. The like art 
 he exercifeth in inviting her Mnjefty to his ban- 
 quets, and to his houfcs, where if (hee come, (he 
 muft grant him in futes , tenne times fo muc h as 
 the charges of all amount unto : fo that Robin 
 piayeththe Broker in all hisaffures.andmaketh 
 the uttermoft penny of her Majefty every way. 
 GintUwAnl Now for his change of lands, I thinke I 
 
 have beene reafonable pi sine before : yet for 
 your fuller fatisfadion, you ftiall underftand his 
 further dealing therein, to be in this fort. Be- 
 ficl<:s the good lands, and of ancient pofleffion 
 to the Crowne, procured at her Majeftics hand, 
 and ufed as before was c^eclared ; hee ufcth 
 the fame tricke for his worft lands, that he pof- 
 
 fefleih 
 
feffeth any way,wnether they come to him^by ex- 
 tort meanes and plaine opprcffion, or through 
 maintenance and broken titlts,or by coufenage of 
 fimplc Gentlemen, to make him their heirc, or by Lcyccftcrsfrau- 
 whit hard titk or unhontft meanes fo ever, ( for dulcnt change of 
 hce pradizcth ftore of fuch and thinketh little of land* with her 
 the reckoning :) after he had tried them Iikewifc Maie«y whereby 
 to the mtermoft touch, and letten them ourto ^^^^^J^J",^^^^^^^ 
 fuch asfliall game but little by the bargainer then thcCrowac* 
 goethhc and changeth the f-ime with her Majefiy 
 for the beft lands he can pick out of the Crowne, 
 to the end that hereby he may both enforce her 
 M ^ jefty to the defence of his bad titles, 3nd him- 
 fdfe fill his coffers with the fines and uttermoft 
 commodity of b^)th the lands. 
 
 His licences do ftand thus firft he got licence Lcyccftcrsliceii'^ 
 for certaifte great numbers of cloath$,tobe tranf* fe*. 
 ported out of this land , which might have beene 
 an undoing to the Marchant (ubjed , if they had 
 not redeemed the fame with great futnmes of me- 
 ny : fo that it redounded to great darrmage of all 
 occupied about thit kind of commodity After 
 that he had ^he grant for carrying over of barrell 
 ftavesandoffomc other fuch like wares. Theji 
 procured hce a Monopolie , for bringir g in of 
 fweet wines , oyles, currants and the like : the 
 gainc wherof is ineftimable.He hid alfo the for- 
 feit of nil wine that was to be drawn above •he 
 old ordinary price , with licence to gire autho- 
 rity to fcl] above that price : wherin Captaine 
 Horfey was his inftrwment , by which meanes 
 it is incredible what treafure and yearely rent 
 was gaihered of the Vintners throughout the 
 land,' 
 
 To this adde now his licence of filkes and vel 
 vets, which dnly were enough to enrich the Major Yeivcti^^ 
 and Aldermen of London,if they were all uccaied 
 
(66) 
 
 (as often I have heard oivcrs M.irchants affirme,) 
 And his licence of alienation of lands, wh^ch (as 
 in part 1 have i.pencd before) ferveth hun noc 
 onely to exceffive game , but alfo far an cx- 
 treame fcourge , whcrewiih to phgue whom he 
 Tke Tyrannicall pleafeth in the Realm. For Citing ihat withuuc- 
 licence of aliena- this licence, no man can buy, fell, paflc , or ^li^- 
 natc , any land that any wai s may be drawiu to 
 that tenure , as h oUen in chiefe of the Prince : 
 C .^s commonly now mo(l land miy ) he cailcth 
 into queftion whatfoever lik th him bert,bc it ne- 
 ver fo cleare : and under this colour, not on'y ea- 
 nchcth himfelfe without all me '(ure , bur r, ven- 
 geth himfelfe alfo, wher he wdl , wuhaut all 
 order. 
 
 GustUwsft' ^^^^ Lawyer flood ftill a pretty while, bi- 
 
 ting his lip, a$ he were ^ftoniflied, ai»d th^n laid^ 
 Vtrily 1 have not heard fo many and fo app^rant 
 things, or fo odious of ^ny ^an th u ever lived 
 in our Common wealth. And I marvaile much 
 IflliaandDudlcy. ^'^^y J-^^^of Le}cefier ^ that hu Grandfathers 
 fortune doth not move him much , who lofl his 
 head in the beginning of King HC«rj> the eights 
 ^ayes, for much lefle and fewer offences , mthe 
 ftme kind , committed in the time of yLmgHenry 
 th^ feventh : for h: was thought to be the mven- 
 tot^r of thefe poolings and molcflations ) where- 
 with the pffople were burthened>iu the latter days 
 of the faid King. And yet had he great pretence 
 of reafon to al ledge d for himfelfe : in that thefe 
 cxadions were made to the Kings ufe, and noc to 
 his, (albeit no doubt) but his own gaine was al- 
 fo there, Mifter Siow v/ntctU in his Cronicic , 
 Edmund Dudlcis that in the time of h s imprifonment in the Tow- 
 b®okc wrttten in j^^ ^^gt a notable book, intituled The tree of 
 the Tower. Common wealchjwhich book the faid Sfw faith, 
 that hce hath delivered to my Lord of tfl^e/^^r 
 
 many 
 
(61) 
 
 many years agQne* Ajju it the faid book be fo no- 
 table as Mailer S/on? affirmeth : I marvile that 
 his Lord m lO m my yeares, doth not piiblifK the 
 fame, for the glory of his anceftors ? 
 
 It may be (laid the Gentleman) that the fecrcts GentUmSn% 
 therein contained, hi fuch, as it fecmeth good to 
 my Lord, to ufe them ohely himfelfc 3 and to ga- 
 ther the -fruit of the tree into his owne houfc 
 alone. For if the tree of the Common-wealth in 
 Edmund VudlU book, be the Prince and his race : 
 and the fruits to be gathered f'^om that tree , bee 
 riches, honours, dignities, and preferments ? ihen 
 no doubt , but as the writer Edmund was cunning 
 therein : fo have his two followers, Uhn and Ko- 
 ben , well ftudied znd pradi^tcd the fame , or ra- 
 ther have , exceeded and farre piffed the authour 
 himfelfe. The one of them gathering fo eagerly, 
 and with fuch vchemency, as he was like to have 
 broken down the mainc boughes for greedinefl'e: 
 the other yet plucking and heaping fo fafl to him-* 
 fclfc and his friends , as it is and may be , moft 
 juftly doubted , that when they have cropped all 
 they can, from the tree left them by their father The fuppI^ntiV 
 Edmund ( I meane the race of Kmg Hg«ry the fe- of the race of 
 venih ) then will they pluck up theStemme it felf Henry the?, 
 bytherootes, as unprofitable : and pitch in his ^^'^'"'^^''"S^*^ 
 place another 1 runke that is the line of Hmtm- 
 gt&n ) that may begin to feed a new , with frcfh 
 fruits againe , and fo for a time content their ap- 
 petites,untill of gatherers,they may become trees, 
 C which is their finall purpofe) to feed thcmfeives 
 at their own difcretion. 
 
 Andhowfoever this be,it cannot be denied, but Edmund Dud. 
 that Edm. Oudlis broo4)h^ve learned by this book, Icics brood more 
 and by other meancf to be morec mning giihe- cunnin^ihca 
 rersjthen ever their firft progenitor was, that made ""^'^ ^* 
 the book .Pirft for that he made profeffion to ga- 
 ther 
 
(6Z) 
 
 thcr to hi$ Prince (* rhougb wickedly ) and ihcfc 
 men make demonitration , that thty kive ga- 
 thered for themfclves : and that with much 
 more iniquity. Secondly , for that Edmund Dud- 
 ley though hee got himfelfe neare ?bout the 
 tree , ycr was he content to ftand on the ground, 
 and to fcrve hiaifelfe from the tree , as commo- 
 dity was offered : but his children not eiiee- 
 Hiingthat fafe gathering, will needs mount aloft 
 upon the tree, to puU, croppc , r^id nfle at 
 Kdrthumberland; ^^eir pleafure. And as in the fccoil4 point the 
 3Bi4 Lcyccftcr Sonne l$hnV»dley was more fubtile , then Ed- 
 
 with their Prince ^^^^ the Father : fo in a ih rd point the Ne- 
 wtlljiotbcraliM. ^j^^^ ^^^^^^ p^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^f.y ^1^^^^ j^^y ^^^^^ 
 
 For that, hife feeing the evill fucceffe of ihofc 
 two that went before him , hee hath provided 
 together fo much in conve iienc time , and to 
 makt himfelfe thercwirh fo fat and ftrong , 
 ( wherein the other two failed ) as he will never 
 be m danger more , to be called t© any accompt 
 for the fame. 
 
 Mif0ml S^°^ ^^^^^ C^aoth the Lawyer) T thanfce 
 
 you heartily, for this pleafant difcourfe upon £rf- 
 tHund Dudleu tree of Common- wealth. And by 
 your opinion , my Lord of Lcycefier is the moft 
 learned of all his kindred , and a very cunning 
 Logitioner indeed, that can draw f©r himfelfe fo 
 commodious conclufion^jOUt of the perillous prc- 
 mifles of his progenitors. 
 No marvail (quoth the Gcntleman)for that his 
 
 ^entiilHin. L. is Mafter of Art in Oxford , and Chancelour 
 befides of the fame Vniverfity,where he hath ftorc 
 fl M ft know^of many fine wits and good Logi- 
 
 j^Kr ^r^aA^ n tionersathis commandement: and where he Icar- 
 ol Arcjana a cun- i i i i r • i 
 
 aing Logitioner. ^^^n not only the rules and artot cunning gathe- 
 ring ! but for the very pradixe ("as 1 h ave touched 
 before) feeing there is no one Colledge, or other 
 
 thin<^ 
 
(^9) 
 
 t^ing of commodiry wiihin ttat place, where 
 htncc h hath riOi pulledjwhatfocvcr was poflibly 
 to be gathered, either by art or violence. 
 
 Touching Oxford (laid I ) for that I am an 
 Unjvcrfjty mm my ftlf€,and have both experience 
 oi Cambridge , and good acquaintance with di- 
 vers ftudents of the other univcrfiiy ; I can tell 
 you enough, but in fine all tcndeih to this condu- ^^y^^f^^j^ ^^^^ 
 fion, that by his Chanccllcrfnfp, is cancelled al- fjngand fpoilinjg 
 mott all hf .pe of good in that Urnveifity : and by of Oxford, 
 hiS protection , it is very like foone to come to 
 deftrudion. And furcly if there were no other 
 thingjto declare the oddes and diftlrence betwixt The Lord 
 him and our Chancellour, C whom he cannot Trcafoicr, 
 bearcfor that every way he feeth him,to paffe him 
 in ail honour and vertue) it were fufficient to be- 
 hold the prefent ftate of the two Univerfiiics , 
 fvht reof they are heads and governours. 
 
 For our own, I will not fcsy much, left I might CambridsCo 
 pcih?ps feeme partiall : but let the thing fpeak for 
 it felfe. Confidcr the fruit of tlae Garden, and 
 therby you mny judge of th: Girdiners diligence, 
 Looke upon the B fhopricks , Paftojfhips , and 
 Pulpits of England , and fee whence principally 
 they have rccdved their furniture for advance- 
 ment of the Gofpell. And on the contrary fide , 
 looke upon the Seminaries of Papifiryat Rome 
 and Rhems , upon the Colledges of Jcfuifls , 
 and other companies of Papitis beyond the 
 feas , and fee where- hence th^ y are , eip ccially, 
 fraught. 
 
 The Pf icfls and Jefuifts here executed within 
 the landjand other that rcmaine cither in prifon^ 
 or abroad in corners : arc they not all / irt a man- 
 ner)of ihnUnivetfity? I fpeak not to thedifgr;?ce 
 of any good that remaine there, or that have iffu- 
 cd out ihtncc into the Lords Vmcyard : but for 
 
 the 
 
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 the mofi p3rt there, of ihi:» our time, have they 
 not either gone beyond the feas, or left their pla- 
 ces for difcontentment in Religion, or clfc be- 
 come Servingnscn, or followed the bare name of 
 Law or Phyfick, without greatly profiting there- 
 in, or funhermgihcfervice of Gods Church, or 
 their Commonwealth ? 
 
 And wherehence (I prsy y0u)enrueth all this, 
 but by reafon that the chicfe Gover >aur thereof 
 •Thedifordcrs of isan Atheifthimfelfe, andufcth the place onely 
 wUkednlfTe^oi ^^^"^ ^"^ fpoile > for herehciice it commeth, 
 tkcir Chancdlor ^^^^ order and difciplinc is difl'olved in 
 
 that place, the fervour of ftucy cxcinguifhcd • ihe 
 publique Ledures abandoned (I meane of the 
 more part :) the Tavernes and Ordmary tabies 
 frequented ! the apparell of Students . growne 
 nionftruoiis; and thcSatutes and good ordinance 
 both of ihe Univeifity and of every Colledge and 
 Hall in private^broken and infringed at my Lords 
 good pleafure, wiihaut refped: either of oath, cu- 
 iiome, or reafon t@ the contrary. The heads and 
 Officers are put in aad out at his onely difcrccion: 
 and the Scholars pLices either lold, or difpofed 
 by his letters, or by thefe of his fcrvants and fol- 
 lowers: nothing can be had there, now, wuh- 
 out pr^fenc ,momyr it is as common buying 
 and fcJIffig of phces in thit llniverfity, as of 
 horfcs in Smithfield : whereby the good and vcr- 
 "tuous are kept out, and companions thruft in, fit 
 to ferve his Lord afterward, m all affaires that 
 fliall occurre. 
 
 Lcafcs- And as for leafes of Farmcs, Woods, Pafturcs* 
 
 Perfonages^Benefices, or the like, which belong 
 any way ro any part of the Univcrfity^to let or be- 
 fiowjthefcjhis Lord and his Sciwants have fo flee- 
 ced, fhorne,and fcrapcd already, that there remai- 
 neth little to feed upon hereafter : albeit hee 
 
 want 
 
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 want not ftill his fpit> and intelligences in tiie 
 
 place, to advert ife him from time to time, when 
 
 a* y m w little moifell is offered. And the princi ttyctfitximo 
 
 pall inftruments which for this purpofe he hath 
 
 h.id there before rhiF, have been two Phyfitians, 
 
 Bay') and Culptftty both kncwnc PapiiU' a little 
 
 while agoe, butn w juft of G^</eWi religion, and 
 
 fo much the hctcr for my Lords humour : for hif 
 
 Lordflnp do» h alw:iies covct,to be furnifhed with 
 
 certaine chofen men about him, for diV^rs affairs: 
 
 as thife t.vo G J' < \m in the Univerfity: Oe» and 
 
 A' tn ("two Atheifts) forfi^'unng .md ct njuring s 
 
 lulio the Italian, L'yp04 thv Jt w J^i po fonmg, 
 
 and frr the ?rt . f 'jeOiroymg thildren in womens 
 
 bellies : V^rmb tor murdeTing: I>;||ji;'i for 
 
 # Bauds : arii t in occupations which his * AtDi«Mc« 
 
 L-rcifh^pCXtfaf^th hnureinWaf- 
 
 Whercfore ro rertirne to the fpeech where we ^ickOitrc dame 
 i_ n I - I ^ V \ cr Lctric layman© 
 
 bfg n : moU clearc it is, that my Lordot Lcycc- fomc other fu4^ 
 fler hath meanc : to g line and gatbtr alf^ by the pieces of plca- 
 Univcf kty^as w^l • . by the c^'untiy abroad.Wher lure- 
 in(as I am told^he bcareth hmifelfe fo abColute a 
 Lord,3s if he were iheirKing,iEjd nottbeirClian- " 
 cellour. Nay far more then ii he were the gene- 
 rail and p irtfcular founder of all the Colledges 
 and othtr houfts of ibc Univerfity -no man daring 
 to contrary or interrupt the ic^ft word or figmh- 
 cation of his will, but with h^scxn came danger : 
 which is a proceeding more fit for phalanx the ty- 
 rant, or fome Governourin Tartary, then for a 
 Chancellour of a learned Univeifiiy. 
 
 To this anfwtred the Lawyer, for my Lords 
 wrath towards fuch as will not flaad to his judg- 
 ment nnd opinion, I can mv fclfe be a fiiffieicrit 
 witneffc, who having had often occTSion to dealc 
 for compofition of matters betwixt his Lordfliip 
 and others^ have ftene by experience^ that al- 
 
 wayes 
 
wnycs ttiey have fpcd belt,who flood leaft in con- 
 tention wiih him, whatfoever their caufe were. 
 For as a gi cat and violent river, the more it is 
 flopped or contrariedjthe more it rifcth andfwcl* 
 kthbigir, and in the end, dejedethwith more 
 force the thing that made rcfiflance : fo his Lord- 
 Hie crill of be\ng the great and mighty Potentate of this 
 ftandrngwiih Reaimc, and accuf^tjrncd now to have his will 
 Lcyccftcr in a!>y in all things, cannot beare to bee croflVd or rcfi- 
 fled by any man, though it were inAis ownc ne- 
 celfaiy defence. 
 
 Hereof! hive feene examplrs in the caufcs of 
 Snowdeo foreft in Wales, of Dcnbighc, cfKiI- 
 Jingwoith, of Drayton, and others : where the 
 patties that had intereft, or thought themfelves 
 wronged, had beene happy if ihcy had yeelded at 
 the firft to hiS Lordfliips pltafurCjWithout further 
 queftion^for then had they efcnped much trouble, 
 charges, difpleafyre, and vexation, when by rcfi- 
 ftance they incurred, to their great ruinc, (and 
 * Pooremcnrc # loffe of life to fome) and in the end were faine 
 fitting vvai wicks to fubmit themfelves unto his willjwiih far worie 
 incloiurcac conditions then in thebeeinning were ofFereJ 
 North hall wcrc , i t i_- ° ■ r ii • j j 
 
 handed his "^"^^ them ! which thing ^as pittifiall indeed to 
 pleafaic by Ley- behold, hut yet fu^kis my Lords difpofition. 
 ccft€rj authotity A noble difpofition (quoth the Gentleman,) 
 Omlm4tt* that I mufl give him my co jt, if hee demand the 
 Oicat Tyran«y. I'^^^e, and that quickly alfo,for feare left if I flag- 
 I grr or mike doubt thereof, hee compellme to 
 yeeld both coat and doublet, in penance of my 
 flay. I have read of fome lu^h Tyrants abroad in 
 the woridtmarry their end was alwayc'S according 
 totheir life, asitis veiy like h;uic wiU be alfoin 
 this mank,for that there is fmal hope of his amend- 
 ment, and God pafieth not over commonly fuch 
 matters tmpuniflied in this life, as well as in the 
 life to come. 
 
 But 
 
But I priy yod fir/c. n,^ mention i« now ma^^ 
 of ihe fbimcr oppicffions, fo much talked of 
 throughout the realajjthit you will take die pains 
 to explain the fubftancc therof uJicq mej for albeit- 
 in general!, every man dodi know ih?- fanfic, and 
 in heart docdctelt the tyranny -jhcrtof ; yet wc a- 
 broad m the Countrcy, doc dot underftand it fq 
 well and diflind^y as you rhat b< J^q.wyers, wfeo 
 have feene and anderltood tlie rwjioU proccffe of 
 the fame* . ^ . . . ' ^ 
 
 The cnic of KiUing^orth andD<inbigh(faid the Lgy^jir* 
 Lawyer^are much alike in n\a|C:?r apd manner of 
 proceeding, though different ia time, place and 
 *mpoi tance.F jr that the Lordfii p in P;'nbi?h in The Lordniip of 
 Norchw Jeribjemo- crivcfi unco him by' heiM^jel'iy ^^^I'bigh and 
 a great wbile agoe,3t die bcginuiRg of his tiHagi p^^^^ 
 (which IS aLafdfhipaf iingidar gr<tat ivriportaniqe therein, 
 jm that CoUntrty, having (^as 1 htiye hx?ard) well 
 necrc 200, wcrft«pfull Genilemen freeholders 
 10 thefam^ ; ) the tenants cf the place, c'^nfider- 
 ing the prtfcnt ft ite of ching^,and halving learned 
 the hungry difpoiition cf thcK ftcw JLurd, made ^ 
 . common purfc of a thoufaad pon ;:ds,, to prcftnc 
 him withall, at his firrt entrance : which though 
 he received (as he refuCeth nothing y ) y :t accou^a- . 
 ted he the fum of frxs^il cffcd for faci$f idianof 
 his appctirc; and thercfote applied lawn fe If e,no£ 
 •oncly to liiake' the uf^ermott cbac be <;ould by 
 Leafes, and futh bke w.^yesof cQmraoJiue ; buc 
 alfohe w ^uld needs entorce the ; TFreeholi» rs to 
 raife their old retit of the Lord ftiip, fvom tyrp 
 hundrcth and fif y pounds a yeere, m iherca- 
 boats (at which rate he had received the ianfi« 
 in gifc from her M (jcfty^J uot© eight or nine 
 hundrcth pounds by the yeere, f or that he l^ad 
 found out (f@rfooth) an old record^ (as he faid^ 
 
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 Ibng paft,that Lordlhiphad yccldcd fo much old 
 rciit : and therefore he wcold now enforce ihe 
 \ prefent tenants, to make up fo much againe upon 
 
 theii^ I^ndS| which they thought was ngainft all 
 teafon for thtm to doe : hue my Lord perforce, 
 would have it fo, and in the end compelled them 
 fo yeeld to his wiH,to the impoveriihing of all the 
 whole Countrey about, 
 tlie Manor of The like proceeding he ufed with the tenants 
 Kriiigworth,and about Killin£W'«>rth| where he received the faid 
 ^7ffion*'thcX J^^^^^T Gaflle from the Prince, in gift of 
 ^' * twenty foure pounds yeerely rent or thercab^ur, 
 
 feitb made It aow better then five hundreth by 
 yecre : by an old record alfo,found by great for- 
 tune in the hole of a wall, as is given out (for he 
 haih lingular good lock al wayes iij finding out re- 
 cords f )t his purpofc) by vcrtue whereofj he hath 
 taken from the tenants round about,th*ir L ind s, 
 WooJsjPaftures anuCommons,to make himfelfc 
 Patke$,Chac€$,and other commodities therwith, 
 tothefubverGon of mary a good family, vihkh 
 *W3S mamtainf?d there, before this t^cvourtr fct 
 ^bot in that Countrey. 
 f of matter of Snowden Foreft, doth paffc 
 
 sJ^den(ox€& allthctefl, both for cunning and cruelty ; he 
 woftpitifull.! tragedy whereof was this, he h^d learntd by his 
 intelligencers abroad (whereof he had gre.u ^\ott 
 in every part of the Realme)ihat there was a 
 goodly ancient Foreft in Nonh wales, which 
 hath almoft infinite borderers about the fame : 
 ^6r it lyeth in the middeft of the Countrey, bc- 
 "ginning at the hils of Snowden (whereof it hath 
 liis name) in Carnarvanfhire, and reacheth eve- 
 -ry way towards divers other (hires. When my 
 Xord heard ofthis, he entered prefently into the 
 conceit of a Angular great prey : going to her Ma- 
 Jcfty, fignifiicd that her highncfle wa$ often times 
 
 abufedi 
 
abufcd, by ihc incroachii»g of fuch as dwelt upon 
 her Forelh,wkiich wasmcccfl'ary to be reftrained j 
 and therefore befeechcd her Mi jelly to beftow 
 upon him the incrochracnts only^vyhich he fliould 
 be able to findc out upon the Foreft of Snowden, 
 which was granted. 
 
 And thereupon he chofe out Commlffioncrs fit 
 for the p irpofe, and fent them intd Wales, with 
 the like Comraiflion as a certaine Emperour wag 
 wont to give his Msjellrates, when they departed 
 from him to governe^ zsSHCtemm writeth^ ScUit Anoldtytanni- 
 qiriei V(limi& quiim (9fU4 habeo. You know what I tail € ommiJGoa 
 would haye,and what I have need of. Which re- 
 commendation, thtfe Com^aiffianers taking to 
 hearrj, omitted no diligence in execution of the 
 fame; and fo going into Wales,by fuch mcanes a$ 
 thcyufcdjof letting one man toaccufe another j 
 brought quickly all the Couatrey round about in 
 three or fourc fhkes, within the cempafle ©f Fo- 
 reft ground ; and fo entred upon the fame/or my 
 Lord o( Ukifltrt. Whereupon, when the people 
 were amazed, and cxpeded what order my Lord 
 kimfelfe would take therein : hisLord wasfo far 
 off from refufing any part of thn,which hisConi- 
 mifHoners had prcfeated and o6Pcred bim : as he 
 would yet further flrctch the Foreft beyond the 
 Seaiinto the I fie of Anglefey, and make that alfo A rediculons (!•« 
 within hii compaffe and bounder. monftradon of 
 
 Which when the Commont»Iiy Caw, and that «xccffiyc avarice 
 \ they profited nothing by their complaining and 
 crying out of this tyranny : tbty :ippGLnrcd to 
 fend (ome certaine number of tbemiclves, to 
 London, to mak: fupplijation to the Prince s 
 and fo they did j choofing out for that purpofe 3 
 dozen Gentlemen, and many more of the Com- 
 mons of the Countrey of Llin, to dealefcrthe 
 whole. Who coming to London, and exhibiting 
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 a moft humble fupphcauon to her Mijcfty for 
 re^rt flt uf th^-ir opprefliori': received an anfweri 
 by the procurement of my Lord of Lejctfier^ thit 
 they fli^juld hive jutticc , if the commonalty 
 wottld returne home to their houfcs, and the 
 Gentletftea remaine there, to folicite the caufe. 
 Which as foone as ihty had ycr Idcd unto, the 
 ^ Gentlemen were all taken and cafl into prifon, 
 
 and there kept for a great fpacei amd afterward 
 were lent downc tc Ludlow, (as the place moft 
 emu4;inr o^ al! thefc Countries) there to weare 
 p-ptrs of perjury, and receive mhcr punifhments 
 of inf:if5py . for their complaining ■ which puailh-. 
 mtnrs notwichftanding,afterv»ard upon great fuit 
 of the parties and thur fncnds, were turned *nto 
 great fines of money, which they were confirai- 
 ned to pay, and yet btfidcs to agree alfo with 
 h 6rt,gu!« ©p- yny Lord of LeyieSer for their owne lands, ac- 
 prcmoa. fenowledgine the fame to be his, and fo to buy it 
 of him againe. 
 
 tvhetby not onely thcfe privateGenrlemcn,but 
 all the whole Countrey thereabout,was and ii(ifi 
 a manner) uti*r(y undone. Aad the participation 
 of this itju:yjreachethfo far and wide, and is fo 
 generall in thefe parts, as you fliall fcarce findc a 
 man rhat cometh from thatcoaft,who fecleth not 
 the fmart thereof 5 being either impoverifhed, 
 begger^d or ruinated thereby. 
 
 Whet eby I aflare you thit the hatred of all that 
 Countrey, is uniferDll and vehement agiinft 
 my Lord 5 as I think never thing created by God, 
 W35 fo odious to that Nation, as rhc very natne of 
 my Lord of Ukilf^r is, Which h;$ Lordfliip well 
 knowing, I doabt not, but that he will take heed 
 hrw he go thitherto dwell, or fend thither his 
 poftenty. 
 
 GmlemifU pofterityCguoth the G:htleman^ I fup- 
 
 pofe 
 
 LeyccHcr ex- 
 csean'kiy hat(.din 
 Wales. 
 
pofc he haih little cauie to be folicitour j for thac 
 
 God himfclfc taketh c3rc commonly, that goods 
 
 and honours Co gotten ar^l mainiained,as hi> be, 
 
 ftall never trouble the third hcire.Many for him- 
 
 felfe,lconftflV (che matter ftanding as you fuy) 
 
 that he h^th rcafop to foibcare th.u Country,and 
 
 lo leave ofFhu buiidir g begun J*c Denbigh, as I Thcend ofty- 
 
 hearc fay he hnh doner fur that che univcrfill ha- rants, 
 
 tred of a ptopIe,is a perilous matrei^ar d if I were 
 
 in his Lcidfliips cafe,! (liculd often thinke of the 
 
 end of I^aro ; who after ail h s gb ry, upon U ry Ncio. 
 
 of the people was adjudged to have his head thruil 
 
 into a Pifory, and fo to be btaten to death with 
 
 rods and thongs. 
 
 Or rather I ftiould feare the fucceffe oil^itiUm Vitclllui. 
 the third Emperor after Ts(^6ro , who for his wick- 
 edneffe and oppreflion of the pcople,wast krn by 
 them at length, wht n fortune began to fade h 
 and led outof his Palace n;ikcd, with hooks of I- 
 ron failned in his flt fli, and fo dr-J wn through the 
 City with infamyjwhtrejloden in the llrcets with 
 filth and ordure call upon hi rj, and a prick pat 
 under his chin, to the end he fliould not loofce 
 ^owne or hide his f ^ce, was brought to the banke 
 of Tybcr, and there^nner m:niy hu ndred wounds 
 received, was caft into the river. So implncable % 
 thing IS the furour of a muftitude^when it is once 
 flirred, and hath place of reverige. And fohe.ivy 
 is the hand of God upon tyrants ?n this worlds 
 when it pleafeih his divine M^jefty to take re- 
 vcBgeof tfeefame, 
 
 I have read in leanief^\n\\\% dcfcription of It:!- 
 Iy,hcw that in Spoleto (if I be not deceived) the 
 chiefe City of the Country of Umbria, there w ^s ^ 
 a firange tyrantjwho in the time of his profpenry, ^^ on"- " "^-^ 
 comeifincd all Hien^and forbarc to injury no m m ^ ' 
 that camewithin his clawsjeftctmiog hiinfelF furc 
 F 3 cnoBgh 
 
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 enough for ever being calicd to render account in 
 this hfe^and for the next he cared Iiide. But God 
 upon the fudden turned upfidc-downe the whccle 
 of his fclicity,and call h'lm into the people* hands j 
 who tooke him, and bound his naked body upon 
 aplankc, in the Mirkct place, with afire and 
 irajvtongues by him : and then made proclama- 
 tion, that feeing this man was not otherwife able 
 to m3ke fatisfadion, for the publique injuries 
 that he had done ; every private perfon annoyed 
 by him, fliould come in order, and with the hot- 
 burning tongues there ready, (hould take of his 
 flefhfomuch, as was correfpondem to the inju- 
 ry rcceived,as indeed they did until! the mifcrable 
 man gave up the ghoft, and after too : as this au- 
 thor writeih. 
 
 But to the purpofe : feeing my Lord eareth lit- 
 tle for fuch examples, and is become fo hardy 
 now, ai he makcth no account to injury and op- 
 ^^^len of parti P*^^^'^ whole Cousitriesand Commonalties toge- 
 CHlarmen. ^hcr 5 it fhall be bootlcffe to fpeake of his pro# 
 ceedings towards particular men, who have not 
 fo great ftrength to rtfift, as a multitude hith. 
 And yet 1 can aflurc you, that there are fo many 
 and fo pitiful! things publiflied daily of his ty- 
 ranny in this kinde ; as doc move great coinpaf- 
 fioQ towards the parry that doe fuffer, and hor- 
 r«uragnnft h'lm who fliimeth not daily to offer 
 fuchinjuiy. 
 
 As for example ; whofe heart would not bleed 
 to heare the cafe before mentioned of Maitcr 
 Mafter Robinfott Rebinfenof Staffordihire ; a proper yong Gentle- 
 man, and well given both in religion and other 
 vertues ; whofe Father died at Newhafcn, in 
 her Majcfties fervicc,aadcr this mans brother the 
 Earle of Warwickjand recommended at his death 
 this his cIdeHSon,to the fpccial ptotcftion of iti- 
 
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 eeptr and his Brother, whofe femnt alfa th»« Rp- 
 bmfm hith biii,from his youth upward, and fpciu 
 the m ft cf his living in his fervice. Yet noiwith- 
 fian'' i g all this, when Rohinfani Lands were ia- 
 taiiglcd With ac^rtaine Londoner, upon intereft 
 for his former maintenance in their fcivcejWhofc 
 title my Lard of Lf icgflir (though craftily, yet not 
 coveitiy) under Ferrii hi's c]o3k,had gotten to him- 
 felfc ; he ceafed not to purfue the poorc Gentle- 
 wan even to imprifonment,arraignment,and fen- 
 tence )f death, for greedimffc of the Did living ; 
 together with the vexation of his brother in law 
 Mafter H4K««r/, and all other his friends, upon ^3^^^,^,^^^^^^^ 
 pretence,forfooth, that there was a man (1 line by 
 Attbinfons party, in defence of his owne poircflion 
 again ft Leiu^ers intrude rs,ihac woukl by violence 
 bre?>ke into the fame. 
 
 Whatihalllfpeakcof others, whereof there 
 would be no end ^ asof his dealing wiihM iftcr 
 Richard Ue, for his Manor of Hooknorton (if I ^*R'c^«^''d Lee, 
 failenotin the name:) with Mafter I wj/wicij LudowickGrivcl 
 Cr:veli,by fee king to bereave him of all his living 
 ot once, if the drift had taken place ? wuh G(orge George Witney. 
 Witney^m the bchalfw* of ^'ixHemy Ligb^ior infor- 
 cinghimto forgoe the Cf)ntrolerihip at Wood- 
 flock, which he hol^eth by Patent from King 
 Hewyihc fcvemh? with my Lord harl(Uy,whom ^ ordBarklcy. 
 he enforced to yeeld uphis lands to h s brother 
 which his anciftors had held quietly for 
 almoft two hundreth yccrcs together ? 
 
 Wkatfhilll fay of his intollerable tyranny 
 wpon the laft Archbifhop of Canterbury /or D j caftcrbur • 
 ftor lulh his fake, and that in fo foule a m.ittcr > ^' 
 Vpon Sir tohn Tb^oinafU^j whom he brought-^^i^ol^n Throg* 
 pitifully to his grave before his time, by contino- *"*"on. 
 all vexations, for a pcece of fiithfuU fervice 
 done by him to his Couatrey» and to all ih* line 
 F 4 of 
 
. (So) 
 
 of King ffe/»r)f,Againft ihisman$F.i(her, In King 
 EdWifvd and Queen Mams dayei ? Upon divers 
 
 lattc. of the Lanes^ for one mans fake of that name be- 
 
 fore mentionedjthat oftcred to takcKilhngwonh- 
 
 -Giffofd CaftU ^ upon fome of the Giffords^ and other for 
 
 Thngmatrt^ns fake ? (for that is alfo his Lords dif- 
 pofition, for one mans caufe whom he brooketh 
 not, to plague a whole generation, that any way 
 pcrtaineth, or is allied to the fime : ) his endleile 
 
 rirDrcwDrcwry perfccuting of Sir DfCwDn^.y^ and many other 
 Courtiers, both men and women ? All thefe(I 
 fay) and many others, who daily fiifFer injuries, 
 rapines and oppreffions at his hands, throughout 
 the Realme, what fhoald it availe to name them 
 in this place ? feeing neither his Lordcareth any 
 thing for the fame,nc8ther i he parties agrieved are 
 like to attain any lead releafe of iifflidi^>n there- 
 by, but rather aouble opprsffion for their com- 
 plaining. 
 
 The picffintftatc Wherefore to return again wheras we began ; 
 
 ©f my Lord of you fcc by this little,who,and how grcat,& what 
 
 Lcyccfter. maniaer of m3n,my Lord of Leycefier is this day, 
 in the ftate of England. Yoa fec,and may gather, 
 in fome part, by that which hath bin fpoken, his 
 wealchjhis ftrength, his cunning, his difpofition. 
 
 T • . , His wealth is excefli^e in all kmdc of riches for 
 
 ciec ers wca t ^ p^jyate man,and mufl needs be much more^ihen 
 any body lightly can imagine , for the infinite 
 wayes he hath had of gaine,ro many ycercs togc- 
 
 teyccft.ftrcngih ther.His ftrengih and power is abfolutc and irre- 
 fiftafele, as hath beenc fliewed both in Chamber, 
 
 Lcyceft* cunning ^°"'^^> Counccll and Country. His cunning in 
 plotting and fortifying the fame,both by force and 
 fraud,by Mines and countermines, by trenchejj 
 bulwarkeSjflatakers an4rampier«:by friendsjcne- 
 mies, allies, fcrtantSjci'eatures, and dependents, 
 or any other that raay fervc his turnej is very rare 
 
 and 
 
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 and finguhr. His difpoluion to cruelty, murder, Lcyceftcrsiif- 
 
 treafon and tyranny : and by all ihefe to fupream poStioa. 
 
 Soveraigniy over other, is molt cvdcru and 
 
 cleare. And then judge you whether her Maje- 
 
 fty that now raigneth (whole life and profperity, 
 
 the Lord in mercy long prefervc,) have not juft 
 
 caufe to fcarCjin refpcd of thefe things onely ; if 
 
 there were no other particulars to prove his afpi- 
 
 ring intent befides > 
 
 No doubt (quoth the Lawyer^ but thefe anc 
 great matters, m the quelHon of fuch a caufc as is 
 a Crown And we have fecn by example, that the 
 lead ot ihefc four, which you have here named^or ^taof wft 
 rather fome little branch conrainoKl in any of fcn^c (oflier 
 rhem,hatfe bin ftifficient to found juft fufpition, Maicfty. 
 dilhuli: or je iloufie, in the heads of moll wife 
 Princesjtowards the proceedings of more aflured 
 rubjcdsjthen my Lord of Ltycejiir^ in rcafon may 
 be prefiimed to be. For that the fafety of a ftate 
 and Prince, fiandeth not onely in the readme flc 
 and habilijyof refifting open attempts,when they 
 fhall fall out ; but alfo (ancf that much more as 
 Statifts write) in a certaine proviiient w JtchfuK 
 ncfle, of preventing all poflibiliticst and likeli- 
 hoods of d-inger of (ijppreflion,f©r that no Prince 
 commonly, will put himfclfe to the curtefie of 
 another mnn^be he never fo obliged) whether 
 he fhjll rftaine his Crovvnc or no : feeing 
 the caufe of a Kuigdome, acknowlcdgeth nei- 
 ther kindred, duty, faith, friendfhip, nor fo- 
 ciety. 
 
 I know not whether T doe expound or declafc 
 myfelf well or no;but my meaning iSjthn w bet- 
 as every Prince hath two points of < flurancc frorw 
 his fubjed ; the one, in chat he is faithful], and 
 lackcth will to annoy his Sovcraignc j theorhcr, 
 
 for 
 
A p0i«t of fifccf- ^^^^ weake and wantcth ability to do the 
 rJypoUcyfora ^^°"c* 'h^^^fi'^ alwayei of more importance 
 PfiM* then rhcfecondjand coniequencly more to be ey- 
 
 ed and obferved in policy ; tor that our will may 
 be changed at onr pleafure^but not our ability* 
 
 Cor.Gdering thenttpon that which hath beene 
 faid and fpecified before, how th.it my Lord of 
 Lsktllsr hath pofleflcd himfelf of all the tlrength, 
 powers and finewcs of the Realme, hath drawnc 
 all to his own diredion, and hath made his party 
 fo ftrong,as it feemech not refiftible : you have 
 great reafon to fay, that her Mi jelly may juftly 
 conceive fome doubt, for that if his will were ac- 
 cording to his power, moft aflured it is, that her 
 Majefty were not in fafcty, 
 SiiiS/rm ^^y not fo,good nrj(qyoch I) for in fuch a cafe 
 
 truly,I would repofe little upon his will^which is 
 fo many wayes apparant,to be moft infatiable of 
 ambition. Rather would I thinke that as yet his 
 ability fcrvcth not,either for time, place, force,or 
 fome other circumftancc : then that any part of 
 goo'i will ihould want in him* feeing that not 
 onely his defire of foveraignty, bat alfo his intent 
 and attempt to afpire to the fame, is fuftciently 
 declared ("in my conceitj by the very particulars 
 of his power andf lots already fct downe. Which 
 if you pleafe to have the patience, to heare a 
 Scholars argument,! will prove by a principle of 
 our Philofophy,^ 
 A pWlofophicall For if ec be true which AriftotU faith, there it 
 ^*ft ^® ^S^"^ fi { pic in the world, which wotketh 
 »rtniof fovc-'* ^^^^ ^"^J (as the bird biiildeth not 
 
 s«i|;iity; her ncfi but to dwell and hatch her yong ones 
 
 thereins^andnotonely this, but alfo that the 
 fame agent, dorh al«y ayes frame his worke ac« 
 cording to the proportion of his intended endi 
 (as when the Fox or Badger makcth ^ wide c;frth 
 
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 or den, it is a figne that he meaneih to draw thi- 
 ther great ftorc of prey : ) then muft we alfo io 
 rcafon thinke, that fo wife and pohtick an agenr, 
 at IS my Lord of Leiullef (or hinfelfe, wanteth 
 Bot his end in thefe plottings and preparations of 
 his ; I meane an end proportionable in grcat> 
 nefie to his preparations. Which end can be no 
 kflc nor meaner then fupreamc Sovcraignty, 
 feeing his provifion and furniture doe tend that 
 wiy,3ndarcin ctery point fully correfpondcnc 
 to the Came. 
 
 What me^neth his fo diligent beficging of the Thcf reparatJoai 
 P Princes pcrfon ? his taking up the wayes and paf- of Lcyccftcrdc 
 fages about her ? his infolcncy in Court ? his fin- ^^*r* 
 gularity in the Councell ? his violent preparation * 
 of ftrength abroad ? his enriching of his compli- 
 ces > the banding of his fadion, with the abun- 
 dance of friends every where ? what doe thcfe 
 things fignifie (I fay) and fo many other, as you 
 have well noted and mentioned before; but one- 
 ly his intent and purpofc of Supremacy ? What did 
 the f;ime things poaend in times paft in his Fa - 
 ther, but even that which now they portend in the 
 SoHRC ? Or how (hould we thmke, that the Son 
 hath another meaning in the very fame adiom, 
 then had his Father before him, whofe fteps ho 
 followcth. 
 
 I remember I have heard oftentimes of divers H^w the Duke 
 apicientand grave men mCambridge^how that in of Northumbcr* 
 King fi/»r^r^/jdayes the Duke of Northumberland jj^^^^^j^*^""^^^^^ 
 this mans Faiher.was generally fufpciked of all 
 men,to mean indeed as afterward he (hewed, ef- 
 pecially when he had once joyned with the houfc 
 o(Suff0lf(t andmadchimfelfeaprincipall of thit 
 fadion by marriage. But yet for that he was po^ 
 tent,and proteftcd every where, and by all occafi- 
 ons his grefit loTe,duty,and fpeciall pre^abov« all 
 
 OihciSj 
 
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 oxhdsi thai he bare towatus his Prince & Coun- 
 uy ittomm durft accufc bim opcnly,untilI h was 
 teo late to withftand hisp©wcr,Ca$ commorily it 
 fjlleth out in Aich affaires j 2nd ihe like is evident 
 in Hiy Lord of Lejctfien adions nowfaibeit to her 
 Majefty,! doubt not, but that be wili pretend and 
 proteft^as his Father did to her Brother) cfpecial- 
 ly now after his ©pen affociation with the fadion 
 of Huntington } which no leflfe itnpugneth under 
 this mans protcdion» the whole line of Henr) ihc 
 fevcnthfor right of the Crowne, then the houfe 
 of SH§$l\t did under his Father the particMlar 
 GintUmm Progeny efKingHwry the tight. 
 
 Nay rather nfiuch moreCquoth the Gentleman) 
 Theboldncflcjqf fo''^ ^bat I docriotfead in King EiWAtdi raignc, 
 the titlcrs of (when the matter was in plotting notwithftand- 
 Clarence. ing) that the houfe of Sug^lk^ durft ever make 
 open claime to the next fucccffion» But now the 
 houfe of Hufltngi is become fo confidenr,upon the ' 
 ftrcngth& favor cf their fautor5,a$ thsy dare both 
 p!ot,pr?d:ice & pretend,all at once,aad fear not to 
 fet out their title, m every place where they come. 
 
 And do they not fear the ftatuteCIaid the Law- 
 yer) fo rigorous in this point, as it makcth the 
 matter trcafon to determine of titles ? 
 Btfitkmn. No : they need not(quoth the Gentleman)fee- 
 Thctbufeof rhc ing their party is fo ftrong andterriblc,as no man 
 Stitutcforfilence dare acGufe them: feeing a If j they well know, 
 celfion'*^ procurement of that Statute, waf oncly 
 
 to endanger or flop the mouihes of the true Suc- 
 cefforSjwhiles themfelvcsin the meanefpacc went 
 about under hand, to eftablifh their owne am- 
 bufliment. 
 
 lawjtr* Well : Cqwoth thcLawycr) for the pretence of 
 
 my Lord of Hunthgton to the Crowne,! will noc 
 fiand with you^ for that it is a matter fufHciently 
 known andieen throughout tbe Realme. As alfo 
 
 that 
 
that my Lord of LtfCifti- u at chitday a prmcipili 
 favourer and patron of that caufc^ albeit fomc 
 yeers paft,he were an carneft advtrfary and ene- 
 my to the faoie-Bat yet I have heard fome friends 
 of his,ia rcafoning of thcfc matters, deny ftoutly 
 aponitor two, which you have touched here, and 
 doc fceme to beleefc the fame. 
 
 And that is,fir(l, that howfoever f9y Lord of Two eicufettl« 
 Lekeffer do meane to hdpe his friend, when time Icadgca by Lcf^ 
 (hall ferve, yet pretcndeth he noihmg to the c^ftcrifticiiat,, 
 Crowne hirwfelfc.Thefecond is.that whatfoever 
 may be meant for the title, or compafli.ig the 
 Crowne after her Mijefties death, yet nothing is 
 intended during her raigne. And of both theie 
 points they allsdge rcafons. 
 
 As for the firft,that my Lord of Uyttfltf is ve- 
 ry well knownc to have no title to the Crowne 
 himfclfe, cither by difcent in blood, alliance or 
 otherwayes. For the fccond,thar. his Lord.hath no 
 caufe to be a Milccontent in the prefent govern^ 
 ment, nor h< ^pe for more preferment, if my Lord 
 of HmUngtonyiw¥i.\ng to morrow next, then 
 he reccivcth now ai her Majefties hands j having 
 all the Realme (as hath bin flicwed ) at his ownc 
 difpofition* 
 
 For the firft Cquoth 'he Gentleman) whether Q^i^^g^ 
 he meane the Cro\*ne for himfelf , or for his 
 friend, it inporteth nor much 5 feeing both Whether Ley - 
 wayes ir is evident, that he meaneih to hjve all ccftcrmcane tfec 
 at his owne dtfpofition. And albeit now fort^ie ^-^ownnncerdy 
 
 , r I • r tor Hunt! netoa 
 
 avoyding of envy, he give it out, as a crafty or for him&ltc- 
 Fox, that hcmeancth not but to run wi:h other 
 men, and to hunt w t\\ Htintington and ot^cr 
 hounds in the f\me ch ife ^ yet is it not unlike, 
 but that he will play rhe Beare, when he co neth 
 to dividing of the pfay, and Wiil fnatch ihc 
 befi p T« to himfelfc.yea,and thefe felf fame per- 
 
 fons 
 
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 Com of his trainc and taction, whom you call his 
 firicnd, though in pablique , to cxcofe his doings, 
 and to cover the whole plot , they will and muft 
 deny the matters to be fo meant : y«t otherwife 
 they both thinke , hope and kaow the contrary , 
 and will not flick in iecret to fpe.^k ir,and among 
 thcn?>felvef , it is their talke of confolacion. 
 jf / L The words of hit fpeciall Councelloar the 
 ^TnS to J-^**^ ^lerffc, are known, which he uttered to his 
 MtdcrPooIy* tfo^^y P^^^Jfi upon the receit of a lettec front 
 Court, of her Majcftics difpleafure towards him^. 
 for his being a witneflc at L«|'C^/ler5 fecond mar- 
 riage with Darae lettke ( although I know he 
 was not i^^norant of the firft } at Wanftead : of 
 which difpleafure , this Lord making far leffe ac- 
 conapt then , in reafon he fhould , of the juft of- 
 Pooty toW this fence of his fo veraigne , faid : that for his owu€ 
 Icnaintr ^"^^ part he was refolved to linke or Iwimme wich my 
 Lord of Lenefiir i^ho ffaid he^ if once the Cards 
 may come to fliuffling ( I will ule but his very 
 own words) I make no doubt but he alone fliall 
 bearc away the Bucklers, 
 The wor<1s of Sir The words alfo of Sir Tb^moi Laytdft^to Sir Hen- 
 Thomas Layton jtf T^vile^ walking upon the Tairefle at Windfor 
 brother mlawtd are kaown , wha told him, after long difcourfc 
 nyLord. ^£ jj^^lj. (jjppy conceived Kifigdome , that hce 
 doubted not ^ but to fee him one <iay , hold the 
 fame office in Windfor, of my Lord of Uyce^er , 
 which now my Lord did hold of the Quccne, 
 Meaning thereby the go6 dly office of Conltable- 
 ihip, wiih all koyalciei and honours belong- 
 ing to the fame , which now the faid Sir Henrf 
 c^rcifeth onely as Deputy to the Earlc. Which 
 was plainely t« figoifie, that, he doubted not but 
 to fee my Lord of Lejufter one day King,or eh his 
 other hope could never poifibly take eftcft or 
 «9me to pafie. 
 
 To 
 
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 To the fame peint tended the words of Mi- The wor^i of 
 flreffe jlnntn^tft^ Dame Utm fiflcr, unto the ^^^^^l^^ 
 Lidy Annt^iktw^ in the great Chamber, upon ^^^^ y^^^ C^m- 
 a day when her brother /io^erl Knnplet had dan- cclTc. 
 ced difgratiouiiy and rcornfully before the Queen 
 in prefcnce of the French, Which ihiag for that 
 her Majefly tooke to proceed of will in him, as 
 for difl ke of the (Irangeri inprefence^and for the 
 ^uarrell of his filler Bffex\ it pleafed kerMajeBjf 
 so check him for the fame, wi:h addition of a re- 
 pr«achfull word or two (^full well deferved) as 
 though done for defpite of the forced abfence 
 from that plac<c of honour, of the good old Gen- 
 tlewoman (£ mitigate the words) his fiften 
 Which words, the other young twig receifing in 
 deepe dudgen, brake forth in great choler to her 
 forenamed companion, and faid. That ftie no- 
 thing doubted, but that one day fiiee ihould fet 
 ber fifter, upon whom the Queene railed now fo 
 much (for lb it plcafcd her to tearme her Ma je- 
 flies ftiarpc fptech) to fit in her place and throne, 
 being much worthier of the fame , for her 
 qualities and rare vercucs , then was the o- 
 Which undutifull fpccch, albeit it were 
 over-heard and condemned of divers th u fate 
 about them » yet none durft ever report the 
 fame to her Ma jcfly,as I h^ve heard fundiy Cour- 
 tiers affirme, in refpedt of the revenge which the 
 reporters ihoitid abide at my Lord of Leyccftcrs 
 liand^, whenfccver the matter fliould come to 
 light. 
 
 And this is row concetning the opinion and 
 fccret ipeeches of my Lords ownc friends, who 
 cannot but utter their conceit and judgement in 
 time and place convenient, whatfoevcr they arc 
 willed to give out publikely to- the contrary, for 
 deceiving of fuch as Will belccve faire painted 
 
 words^ 
 
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 wor^s,againft evident ana manifcft demonftrati- 
 onofreafon. 
 
 ef UycS""" ^ fay rcafon/or that if none of chefe fignes and 
 Hicioing Jor tokens were, none of thefc preparations nor any 
 kfinfclfc before of thefc fpceches and detcdions, by his friends 
 HuoKingcoa. jh^t know his heart j yet in force of plain rcalon J 
 could alkadge unto you three arguments oncly, 
 which to any man of intelhgencey-wouLi eafily 
 perfwade and give fatisfadion, that my Lord of 
 Leyce^ermtzncth bcft and firfi for himrelfe in this 
 fuit. Which three arguments, for that you feerac 
 to be attent ^ I will aot ftick to run over m ail 
 brevity. 
 
 The fttfl argu- And the firft, is the vety nature and quality of 
 mcnt.the N4wre ambition it fe If, which is fuch,(a$ you know) chat 
 cfamb.tion. never ft:iycthi but pafleth from (degree to degree 
 and the more it obtainetb, the more it covcreth, 
 and the more efteemcth it felfe, bpth worthy and 
 able to obtaine. And in our matter that now we 
 handle; even as in wooing, he ih u futthto a La- 
 dy for another, and obtaineth her good will, en- 
 lerctheafily into conceit of his owne woi thinefle 
 thereby, and fo commonly into hope offpeeding 
 himfclfc, wh lehe fpeakcth for his friend : fo 
 much more in Kingdomcs : he that feeth himfelf 
 1^ ofpowcrtoputthe Crownc of another mans 
 
 head, will q iickly (kp to the next degree, which 
 js>to fct itof his owne, fecmgthap alway^sthc 
 charity of fuch good men,is wonc to be fo order- 
 ly is (according to the precept) it btginneth wuh 
 icfelfcfJrft. 
 
 Addc to thisjthat ambition is jealous/ufpitious 
 and fearfuilof itfelfc,efpcciaUy wheait is j )yaed 
 with aconfcience loden with the guilt of many 
 crimes, whereof he would be loth to be called to 
 account, or be fubjed to any man that might by 
 auhority take review of his lifeSc a6lions,when it 
 
 ikould 
 
iTnould pleaPe him. In which kinde,(eelng my Lord 
 of Leyceffer hath fo iTiuch ro encrcafe his feare5as be- 
 fore hath beene lliewed by his wicked dealings: It is 
 not like, that ever hee will put himfelfe to another 
 mans coy rtcfie^ For paffmg his audid in particular 
 reckonings^which he can no way anfivet" or fatisfic: 
 but rather will ftand upon the grofle Sum^ and gc- 
 nerall Quietus eliy by making himfelfb chiefe Au- 
 ditour 5 and MafVer 6f all accbmpts for his ownc 
 part in this life^howfbever he do in the next: where- 
 of fuch humours have little regard. And this is for 
 the fiat u re of ambition in it felfe* 
 
 The ie^ond argument may bee taken from my The ftc6ni 
 Lords particular difpofition * which is fuch, as may argument, 
 give much light alfo to the matter in queftion: be- ^^^^^'J^^l^^ 
 ing a difpofition fo well liking and inclined to a ^iTpofiaom 
 ' Kingdorae ^ as it hath bcene tampering about the 
 fame , from the firll day that hee came in favour. Leycefteu 
 Firft5by fecking openly to marry with tlie Qucenes ^^i^'ponoon to 
 Majeftie her fdfe.and fo to draw the Growne upon ^^^IZ^l^ 
 his owne head, and to his pofterifcy. Seeohdly,when ^ 
 that attempt tooke not place, then hee gave it out, 
 as hath beene flicwed before , how that he was pri- 
 vily contraded to her Majefty, (v/herein as I told 
 you his dealing before for fatisfa Aioji of a ftranger, 
 fo let him with Hiame and diflionour remeKTiber now ^ ^^^^^ tj^g 
 alfo, the fpedacle hee fecretly made for the per- hoblc 
 fwading of a fubjeft^andCounfellour of great ho- £aric of 
 nour in the fame caufe) to the end that if her High- ^emirnkt. 
 nefle fliould by any way have mifcarried , then he 
 might have entituled any one of his owne brood, 
 (whereof he hath ftore in many places as is knowne) 
 to the lawfull fucceffion of the Crownc^ under co- 
 lour of that privy and fecret marriage , pretending 
 the fame to bee by her Majeftie; i wherein hee 
 will want no wimclips depofe what hec willi 
 G Thirdlf ^ 
 
The \indm2 Thirdly, when he faw alfo that this devlfc was futf- 
 fcU dcvifc jed to danger , for that his privy contrad might 
 of Naturall denied more eafily, then he able juftly to prove 
 Str^utc"of* ^^^^ famcjaftcr her Majefties deceafe : he had a new 
 fttcccflSoD. fetch to ilrengthen the matter , and that was to 
 caufe thefe words ot {j?{At thrall iff/te) to be put in- 
 to the Statute offucceflion for the Crowne, againft 
 nil order and cuftome o( our Realme, and againft 
 the knowne common ftile of Law , accuftomed 
 to bee ufed in Statutes of fuch matter : whereby 
 hee might be able after the death of her Majefty, 
 to make ligitimate to the Crowne any one baftard 
 of his owne, by any of fo many hacknies as he kcc- 
 peth , affirming it to bee the NcLturall tffue of her 
 Majefly by himlelte. For no other rea(on can bee 
 imagined vAy the ancient ufuall words of Law- 
 fnK ifflie fhould fo cunningly bee changed into 
 !2^atHrall ijfuc > thereby not onely to indanger our 
 whole Realme with new quarrels of fucceflion^buc 
 alfo to touch Cas farre as in him lyethj the Royall 
 honour of his Soveraigne, who hath beene to him 
 but too bountifull a Princeffe. 
 
 Fourthly, when after a time thefe fetches and de- 
 vices began to be difcovered, he changed ftraight 
 his courfCj and turned to the Papifts and Scottifh 
 fadion, pretending the marriage of the Queene in 
 priibn. But yet after this againe, finding therein 
 not fuch fucceffe as contented him throughly, and 
 having in the meane fpacc a new occafion offered 
 of baite y he betooke himfelfe Hftly to the party of 
 Huntington : having tlierein (no doubt} as good 
 meaning to himfelfe, as his Father had by joyning 
 with Suffollie* Marry yet of late, he hath caft anew 
 about, once againe, for himfelfe in fecret, by trea-^ 
 Tkemtrriagc ting the marriage of young ^riei^^i with his Son^ 
 o£^rhcU4, iuntled the Lord 
 
 So 
 
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 So that by this we fee the difpofition of this man 
 bent wholly to a fccpter. And albeit in right title, 
 and difcent of bloud (as you fay) hee can juftl/ 
 daime neither Kingdomc nor Cottage (confide- 
 ring either the bafcneilc or difloyalty of his Ancc- 
 ftours:J if in rcfped of his prcfent ftate and power, 
 and of his naturall pride, ainbition^and crafty con- 
 veyance, received from his Father , hee hath lear- 
 ned how CO put himfclle i^irft in pofleflion of chiefe 
 rule, under other pretences, and after to devife 
 upon the title at his leafure. 
 
 But now CO come to the third argument t I fay The \kiid 
 more, and above all this, that the nature and ^'g""'*"*^* 
 ftatc of the matter it felfe , pcrmitteth not, that my The nature 
 Lord of JLsycejier Should meane fincerely the ^ J 
 Crowne foi HHntingtm'^ cfpecially feeing there^ ■ ' 
 hath pafled betweene them fo many yeares of dil-- 
 like and enmity: which albeit, for the time and 
 prefent commodity , bee covered and prefled 
 downe : yet by reafon and experience we know, 
 that afterward when they fhall deale together 
 againe in matters of importance , and when jea- 
 loufie fhall bee joyned to other circumflances of 
 their a<^ions , it ig impoflible that the former mif- 
 like fhould not breake out in farre higher degiffe^ 
 then ever before. 
 
 As wee faw in the examples of the reconciliation, The nature cf 
 made betwixt this mans Father, and Edwurd^Tiukc, old rcconci- 
 of Somerfet, bearing rule under King Edward the l^d cnniitf . 
 fixt : and betweene Richard of Xor^Cy and Edmmd 
 Duke of Sitmerfety bearing rule in the time ot King 
 H^ nrj the fixt. Both which Dukes of Sofnerfcty at» 
 ter reconciliation with their old, crafty, and ambi- 
 tious enemies a were br<?ught by the fame to their 
 deftrudion foone ajh:er. Whereof I doubt not, buc 
 siy Lord o^lej^tpr will take good hecd^ in joy- 
 G 7 mn^ 
 
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 ning by reconciliation with Huntington , after lb 
 long a breach : and will not be fo improvident, as 
 to make him his foveraigne, who now is but his de- 
 pendent. He remembreth too well the fuccefle of 
 the Lord Stanley , who helped King Henry the fea- 
 f yenth to the Crpwne : oF the Duke of Buckingham j 
 
 who did the fame for Richard the third: of the Earlc 
 of n^arwicHC-i who fet up King Edward the fourth: 
 and of the three lercies, who advanced to the Scep- 
 ter King Henry the fourth. All which Noblemen 
 upon occafions that atter fell out , were rewarded 
 with death by the felfe fame Princes , whom they 
 had preferred . ^ 
 The rcafon And that not without rcafon,as Seignior Macha- 
 e^M^ch^vcU. ^^ji^ Lords Counfellour affirmeth. For that 
 fuch Princes , afterward can never give fufficient 
 fatisfadion to fuch friends , for fo great a benefit 
 received. And conlequently, leaft upon difcontent- 
 ment , they may chance to doe as much for others 
 again fl: them, as they have done for them againfl: 
 others : the fureft way is, to recompence them with 
 fuch a reward, as they (hall never after be able to 
 complaine of. 
 
 Wherefore I can never thinkc that my Lord of 
 Leycefier will put himfelfe in danger of the like fuc- 
 cefle at Himtingtons hands : but rather will follow 
 The meaning the plot of his owne Father, with the Duke of Suf- 
 ^r^jv^^"^^ /o/^i", whom no doubt, but hee meant onely to ufe 
 htUndwuh ^ pretext and helpe, whereby to place himfelfe 
 Suffolk^* in fupreame dignity,and afterward whatfoever had 
 befallen of the flate , the others head could never 
 have come to other end , then it enjoyed. For if 
 Queene Mary had not cut it ©fl^ l^ing John of 
 th umber Imd would have done the lame in time, 
 and fo all men doe well know, that wenp privy to 
 any of his cunning dealings. 
 
 And 
 
And \vhitHmtingtonsrecret Opinion o^Leycelter 
 Isy Cnotwichftanding this outward fhew of depcn- 
 dance^ it was my chance to learne/rom the mouth South-houff; 
 of a fpeciall man of that hafty King, who was his 
 Ledger or Agent in London ; and at a time falling 
 in talke of his Maftcrs title , declared that he had 
 heard him divers times in fecret , compUioc to his 
 Lady, (^Lejcefters fifter^ as greatly fearing that in 
 the end > he would offer him wrong , and pretend 
 fome title for himfelfe. 
 
 Well (quoth the Lawyer^ it feemeth by this laft Lawyer. 
 point, that thele two Lords are cunning praditio- 
 ners in the art of diffimulation : but for the former 
 whereof you fpeake , in truth, I have heard men of 
 good difcourfe affirme, that the Duke of Nohhi^m- THc mcaaing 
 berUnd had ftrange devifcs in his head , for decci- ^ ^; 
 Vingof Sitffoike , Cwho was nothing fo fine as him- 
 felfe,) and for bringing the Crowne to his owne the D. of 
 Family. And among other devifes it is thought, Suffolk^ 
 that hee had moft eertaine intention to marry 
 the Lady Mary himlelfe , after once hee had 
 brought her into his owne hands^ and to have bc- 
 ftowed her Majcftie that now is , upon (ome one 
 of his children ("if it fhould have bcene thought 
 beft to give her l^ife , ("and fb confequently to have 
 fhakcn off Suffollie and his pedegree , with con- 
 digne punifhment , for his bold behaviour in that ^ 
 behaMe, 
 
 Verily (quoth this had beenc an excellent S'^rfco/zir 
 Stratageme, if it had tafcen place. But I pray you 
 (Sir) how could himfelfe have taken the Lady Ma^ 
 ry to wife , feeing hee was at that time married to 
 another ? . 
 
 O (quoth the Gentleman) you queftion like a Gentleman^ 
 Scholiar. As though my L©rd of Leycefter had not 
 a wife alivc; when hee Hrft began to pretend mar- 
 G 3 riagc 
 
riage to the Quefcnes Majcfly.Do not you rcmem-' 
 bet ehe ftoi y ot King T{ichard the third^who at fuch 
 time as he thought beft for the eftabiiihing of his 
 he pradifc title j to marry Bis owne Ncecc, that afterward wai 
 o^^^^v married to King Henry the feventh , how he caufed 
 patching' his ^^^^^^^7 given abroad that his owne wife was 
 Wife. dead, whom all the World knew to bee then alive 
 and in good health^but yet foone afterward {he was 
 fcene dead indeed. Thefe great peilbnages in mat- 
 ters of fuch weight, as is a Kingiome , nave privi- 
 ledges to difpole of Womens bodies , marriages, 
 lives and deaths, as fhall be thought for the time 
 mod convenient, 
 A ntw Tfium' ^^'^ what doe you thinke ("I pray you} of this 
 virat between new Triumvir dt fo lately concluded about Arbella? 
 Lejc€jler,Tah (for fo 1 muft call the fame , though one of the 
 Coun"cfl'I^of perfons bee no Kir, but rir^<? i) I meanc 
 Shrewesburp marriage betv/eene young Denbigh and the 
 
 little Daughter of Lenox , v/hcreby the Father-in- 
 law, the Grand-mother, and the Uncle of the new 
 defigned Quecne, have conceived to themfelves a 
 fingular triumphant raigne. But what doe you 
 think may enfue hereof > is there nothing of the old 
 plot of Duke John of 7(orthi4mberiand in this ? 
 tawjer* Marry Sir, ("quoth the Lawyer) if this be fo , I 
 dare aflure you there is fequell enough pretended 
 hereby. Apd firft, no doubt but there goeth a deep 
 drift^ by the wife and fonne , againft old Abfabam 
 (xkit Husband and Father } with the well-lined 
 large pouch. And fecondly , a farre deeper, by 
 unhy Robert ^giim^i his beft Miftrefle : but dce- 
 peft of all by the whole Crew, againft the defignc- 
 ^ti%imgm* ttients of the hafty Earle j who thirfleth a Kmg- 
 dome with great intemperancc>and fcemcth(if there 
 were plaine dealing) to hope by thefe good people 
 to quench ftiortly his droughtc 
 
 , ISut 
 
But either part,in truth^feeketh to deceive other: 
 and therefore it is hard to fay where the game in 
 fine will reft. 
 
 Well, howfbevcr that be Cquoth the Gentleman^) Gentleman* 
 I am of opinion, that my Lord of Leycejier will ufc 
 both this pradife and many more, for bringing the 
 Scepter finally to his owne head : and that he will The flcfght^ 
 not onely imploy Huntington to defeate ^ cot land) ^^I'^'A^^^ 
 ZTidArbeU^iodQ^ca^ccHmtington: but al^b would^^ ^Jjjjf^"^ 
 ufe the marriage of the Queene imprifoned, to de-f^ifc. 
 feat them bothjif ihe were in his hand : and any one 
 of all three to difpoflelTe her Majefty that now is: as 
 alfb the authority of all foure to bring it to him- 
 fclfe : with many other fetches, flings and frifcoes 
 bcfides^which fimple men as yet doe not conceive. 
 
 And howlbever thefe two conjoyned Earles, doescambling 
 Fceme for the time to draw together , and to play between z.^- 
 booty : yet am I of opinion , that the one will be- ^^ft^^^ 
 guile the other at the uplhot. And Haftings, for^Xocf * 
 ought I fee, when hee commeth to the Icambling, 
 is like to have ho better luck by the Beare , then 
 his Anceftour had once by the Boarc. Who u^ng 
 his helpe firft in murdering the Sonne and H^ire 
 of King Henry the fixt , and after in deftroying the^.^j^^^^ 
 faithfull Friends and Kinfmen of King ^-d^ard ^i^fcf^gf^^^ 
 the fift, for his eafier way to ufurpation : made an u Edw^^* 
 end of him alfo in the Tower, at the the very fame 
 day and houre , that the other were by his coun- 
 fell deftroyed in Pontfret Cafile. So that where 
 the Goale and price of the game is aKingdome, 
 there is neither faith, neither good fellowfhip , nor 
 faire play among the Gameflers^ And this fhall be 
 enough for the firft point: (vi%;) what good my 
 Lord of Leycefier mcaneth to himfelfe in refp^il of 
 Huntington, 
 
 Touching the fecond, whether the attempt be 
 G 4 P^rp^"' 
 
(88) 
 
 %. That the purpofed in her Majeflies dayes qr no,thc uiactcr Is 
 conipiracors much leflc doubtful! , to him that knoweth or can 
 imagine what a torment the delay of a Kingdome 
 iiaves. ^^^^ ^ fufFereth hunger thereof^ and 
 
 feareth that eyery houre may breed fome altera- 
 tion, to the prejudice ot his conceived hope. Wee 
 fee oftentimes that the childe is impatient in this 
 matter , to exped the naturall end of his parents 
 life. Whom, notvvithftanding, by nature he is en- 
 forced to lov^e : and who alfo by nature^is like long 
 to leave this World before him : and after whole 
 deceafe, hee is allured to obtaine his defire : but 
 moft certaine of dangerous event , if he attempt to 
 get it, while yet his parent liveth.' Which fourc 
 confiderations are (no doubt) of great force to con- 
 faine a child in duty, and bridle his defire : albeit 
 ibmetimes not fufficicnt to withftandthe greedy 
 appetite of raigning. 
 Fouti: confix 13 uc what fliall wee thinke, where none of thefc 
 dei acions. fbure con'fiderations do reftrainc?where the prefent 
 tolTeflbr is no parent } where ihe is like by nature, 
 to out- live the expcClor ? whofe deatli muft neqds 
 bring inhnite difficulties t^ the ennfrprife ? and in 
 whole life- time the matter is moft eaficj to be atchie- 
 ved, under colour and authority of the prefent Pof- 
 feflbr ^ (hall we thinke that in (uch a cafe the ambi- 
 tious nVan will over-rule bis ownc paflion^and leefe 
 his commodity. ' 
 As for that which is alleadged bcfore/or my Lord 
 A thing war- in the reafon of his Defenders: that his prefent frate 
 thy CO be no- is fo profperous , as hee cannot exped better in the 
 ?ed m ambiti-.,^^xj change whatfocver fhould be : is of foiall mo- 
 ous men, ixitnx. y in the conceipt of an ambitiqus head , whofe 
 eye arid heart is alwaycsupon that, which he ho- 
 peth for 5 and enjoyeth not ; and not upon that 
 which already hec poflefleth , be it never fo good. 
 
 Efpecially 
 
Efpecially in matters of honour fln<I authority, it is 
 an infallible rule, that one degree defircd and not 
 obtained, afflrfteth more then five degrees already 
 poflelled, can give confolation : the ftoryof'Duke 
 Hamin confirmeth this evidently , who being the 
 greateft fubjeft in the World under King Afftievus^ Hiftor.j. 
 afi:er he had reckoned up all his pompcjriches^ glo- 
 ry, and felicity to his friends, yet hee faid, that all 
 this was nothing unto him, untill he could obtaine 
 the revenge which hee defired , upon Mard^chaus 
 his enemy : and hereby it commeth ordinarily ta 
 pafle, that among higheft in authority are found 
 the greateft ftore of Male-contents, that moft doc 
 endanger their Prince and Countrey. 
 
 When the Femes took part with Henry of Boting- ^hc Ptteitj, 
 brook^^ againft King 1(icbard the fccond their law- 
 full Soveraigne : it was not for lack of preferment, 
 for they were exceedingly advanced by the faid 
 King, and pofle fled the three/Earledomesof T^^r- 
 thambcrlandy mr eflery and Uafford togcrhtv, be- 
 fides many other ofKces and dignities of nonour. 
 
 In like fort , when the two Neviles tookc upon 
 them to joyne vv^ Richard of Yorl^ey to put downe ^yjigs, 
 their moll: benigne Prince,King Henry the fixt: and 
 after again in the other fide,to put dov^e King Ed- 
 t^ard the fourth j it was not upon want of advance- 
 ment: they being Earles both Salubiiry and Pf^^r- 
 mcii)^nd Lords of many notable places befides. B uc 
 it was upon a vaine imagination of future fortune, 
 whereby fuch men are commonly led i and yet had 
 not they any finell in their noftrils of getting the 
 Kingdome for thenifelves, as this man hath to prick 
 him forward. 
 
 If you fay thatthefe men hated their Soveraigne, le^ceJUishs,^ 
 and that thereby they were led to procure his de- tied to her 
 ftrudionuhe fame I may anfwer of my Lord living, Majcft*- 
 
 though 
 
(90) 
 
 though of all men he hath leaft caufc Co to do. But 
 yet fuch is the nature of wicked ingratitude , that 
 where it oweth moft , and difdaineth to be bound » 
 tarc!^in^\' there upon every little difcontentment, it turneth 
 slittdc ' double obligation into triple hatred. 
 
 This he (hewed evidently in the time of his little 
 difgrace, wherein hce not onely did diminiflv> vili- 
 bend, and debale among his friends , the ineftima- 
 ble benefits hee hath received from her Majeftie, 
 but alio ufed to exprobrate his owne good ferviccs 
 and merits , and to touch her highncfle with in- 
 grate confideration and recompence of the fame 5 
 which behaviour, together with his hafty ptepara- 
 tion to rebellion, and affault of her Majefties Roy-i 
 all perfon and dignity, upon fo fmall a caufc gi- ' 
 yen , did well Ihew what minde inwardly he bea* 
 Leyce^en reth to his Soveraigne , and what her Majefty may 
 her Ma 'eft ^^^^^ ' ^^^^ offending him, fliee fliould once fall 
 jl„^^[jgtiJ^gof within the compaffe of his furious pawes : feeing 
 kis difgracc' Tuch a fmoke of difdaine .could not proceed , but 
 from a fierie fornace of hatred within. 
 
 And furfly it is a wonder full matter to cohfidcr 
 what a little check, or rather the bare imagination 
 of a fmall overthwart , may worke in a%roud and 
 difdainfull ftomacke. The remembrafice of hii 
 Yjjg cjnfg^ of marriage mifled, that hee fo much pretended and 
 hatred in /If^- defired with her Majeftie, doth fticke deeply in his 
 after towards breaft , and ftirreth him daily to revenge. As alfb 
 hcrMajcfty« doth the difdaine of certaine checks and difgraces 
 received at IbmetimcSj, efpccially that of his laft 
 marriage : which irketh him (b much the more 3 
 by how much greater feare and danger it brought 
 him Into at that time ; and did put his Widow in 
 fuch open phrenfie , as fhee raged many moneths 
 after againft her Majefli^, and is not cold yet y 
 but remaincth it were a fv/orne enemy for that 
 
 injury. 
 
(91) 
 
 injury , and ftandeth like a fiend or fury at Ac 
 elbow of her AmadU , to ftirre him forward when 
 occafion Ihall ferve. And what effeft fuch female The force of 
 fuggeftions may worke , when they finde an hu- ^^^^^ 
 mour proud and pliable to their purpofe , you may 8*^^^**** 
 remember by the example of the DucheUe of ^^j- 
 msrfet y who inforced her Husband to cut off the 
 head of his onely deare Brother , to his ownc evi- 
 dent dcftrudion,for her concencation. 
 
 Wherefore-, to conclude this matter without An evident 
 further difpute or reafon : faying, there is fo much ^^"^^[iJj^^^ 
 difcovered in the cafe as there is : fo great dcfire of ^^.^^j^^ ^ j^^" 
 raignc, lb great impatience of delay, fo great hope meant in time 
 andhability offucceflc, if it be attempted under of her Ma- 
 the good fortune and prefent authority of the com- 
 pecicours : feeing the plots be fo well laid , the 
 preparation fb forward, the favourers fo furnished, 
 the time fo propitious , and (b many other caufes 
 conviting together: feeing that by differing, all 
 may be hazarded, and by haftening, little can be 
 indangcred ; the ftate and condition of things well 
 weyed : finding alfo the bands of duty fo- broken 
 already in t^ conlpiratours , the caufes of miflikc 
 and hatre4p manifeil , and the (blicitours to exe- 
 cution , fo potent and diligent, as women, ma- 
 lice, and ambition, are wont to bee : it is more 
 then probable, that they will not leefe their prefent 
 commodity, efpecially feeing they have learned by 
 their Archi-tipe or Proto-plot which they follow, (I 
 meanc the confpiracy of Hmht^mbtrtand and Suf- Aa crrour of 
 folke in King Edwards dayes) that herein there j^^^c 
 was fome errour committed at that time , which "ofj^cacd bi* 
 overthrew the whole ; and that was, the deferring thcSonne. 
 of fome things untill after the Kings death ^ which 
 ftiould have beene put in execution before. 
 
 For if in the time of their plotting, when as yet 
 
 their 
 
(92) 
 
 chcir defigncments were not publiAed w the worI<L 
 ihey had under the countenance of the King fas 
 well they might have done) gotten into their hands 
 the two Sifters , and difpatched fome other few af- 
 faires, before they had caufed the young Prince to 
 die : no dobuc^ but in mans reafon the whole de- 
 itgnemcnt had taken place : and confcquently it is 
 tobeprcfuppofed^ thatthefemen (being nofooles 
 in their owne affaires) will take heed of falling in- 
 to the hke crrour by delay : but rather will make 
 ail lure , by ftriking while the iron is hot , as our 
 proverbe warneth them. 
 laiiifjcr. It cannot bee denied in reafon Cquoth the Law- 
 X^O ej^c that they have many helpes of doing what 
 they lift now, under the prefent a favour , counte- 
 nance, and authority of her Majcfty , which they 
 Ihould not have after her Highnefie deceafe ; when 
 each man fhali remaine more at liberty for his fu- 
 preameobedie e,by reafon of the ftatutc provided 
 tor the uncert. xy of the next fucceffor: and there- 
 fore I for my part , would rather counfell them to 
 make much of4^Maje life; for after that, 
 they little know what may eafue.or befall their de- 
 lignemcnts, 
 
 Gmkman. They will make the moft thereof (quoth theGen- 
 tleman) for their owne advantage , but after that, 
 what IS like to follow, the examples ot Edr»ard and 
 Kicbard the fecond,as alfo Henry and edward the 
 lixt, doc fufficiendy fore-warne us.: whofe lives 
 were prolonged, until! their deaths were thought 
 more profitable to the confpiratours , and not lon- 
 fu'' /^^^^^^:^h^ftf"te you fpeak of, procured by 
 S to ^^^«^'^i^es> for eftablifhingthe inccrrainty of the 
 rcmthccon-"^^^*^^^^ rucceffour, Cwhereas all our former fta- 
 ^iratoHrs ^^^^^s were wont to be made for the declaration and 
 wrnc. certainty of the fame^ it is with Frovifo (as you 
 
 know) 
 
(n) 
 
 know) that Itihall not endure longer then the life 
 of ber Ma jefty, that now raigneth : that is, indeed, 
 
 t no longer then untill themfeivcs be ready to place 
 another. For dien, no doubt , but wee (hall fee a AProcIama- 
 faire Proclamation, that my Lord of Huntington is tion witk 
 the onely next heire : with a bundle of halters to halters, 
 hang all fuch, as fhall dare onec open their mouth 
 for dcniall of the fame. 
 
 ^ At thefe words the old Lawyer fteppcd back , as Lawyer^ 
 fomewhat aftonied , and began to make Crofles in p^pidic^n 
 the ayre after their fafhion, whereat we laughed j blcUing. 
 and then he (aid , truly my Mailers I had thought 
 that no man had conceived fo evill imagination of 
 this ftatutc as my felfe : but now I perceive that I 
 alone am not malitious. For my owne part,! muft The fiatutc 
 confeffe unto you, that as often as I reade over this concca- 
 ftatute, or thinkc of the fame (as by divers occafi- appar^c!^^^^ 
 ons many times I doe} I feele my felfe much gree- , 
 ved and afflidedin minde, upon feares which L. 
 
 ^ conceive what may be the end of this ftatute to our 
 
 I Countrey, and what privy meaning the chiefe pro- 
 curers thereof might have for their owne drifts, a- 
 gainft the Realme and life of her Majeftie that 
 now raigneth. 
 
 And io much more it maketh mee to doubt, for T^ichard go- 
 that in all our records ot law,you fhall not find ("to ing towards 
 my remembrance)any one example of fuch a devife % 
 for concealing of the true inberitour : but rather in c^^omc bv 
 all ages,ftates,and times, Cefpecially from Richard Parliament 
 the firft downeward} you fhall finde flatutes, ordi- as TMort * 
 nances, and provifions , for declaration and mani- notcth,*^»«o 
 
 ^ fcftation of the rarae,as you have well obferved and 
 touched before. And thereforei,this ftrange and new declare^ the ^ 
 devife muft needs have fbme ftrange and unaccu- next hcirc* 
 ftomed meaning : and God of his mercy grant,thac 
 it hare not Ibmc ftrange and unexpcfted event. 
 
 <■ ■ In 
 
04; 
 
 The danger In fight of all men,this is already evldent,chat nc- 
 ofourCoun- ycr Countrey in the world was brought into more 
 ccali^^^rh'c ^PP^^^"^ danger of utter ruJnc, then ou rs is at this^ 
 rSt tlirc^ day,by pretence of this Statute. For whereas there 
 is no Gentleman fo meane in the Realme,that can* 
 not give a guelle more or Icfle ^ who fliaJl bee his 
 next heire, and his Tenants foone conjedure, what 
 manner ot perfon fhall be their next Loid: In the ti- 
 tle of our noble Crownjwhereof all the reft depen- 
 detn j neither is her Majefty permitted to know or 
 fay^who fliall be her next fucceflc>r,nor her fubjeds 
 allowed to underftand or imagine, who in right 
 may be their future Soveraigae : An intollerablc 
 injury in a matter of fo finguiar importance. 
 
 For (alas} what (hould become of this our native 
 Counrrey, if God fhould take from us her moft ex- 
 Sreatincon* ccllent Majefty (as once he will} and fo leave us 
 vf nieiKCs. dcftitute upon the fudden, what fhould become of 
 cur lives, of our ftates, and of our whole Realme 
 or govcrnement ? can any man promife himfelfe 
 one day longer, of reft, peace, poiieffion, lite or li- 
 berty within the land , then God ftiall lend us her 
 Majefty to raignc over us > Which albeit, wee doc 
 and are bound to wifh that it may bee long : yet 
 realbn telleth us , that by courle of nature, it can- 
 not bee of any great continuance , and by a thou- 
 fand accidents it may be much fhorter. And fhall 
 ihen our moft noble Common-wealth and King- 
 dome , which is of perpetuity , and muft continue 
 CO our felves and our pofterity, hang onely upon 
 the life of her Highncflc alone , well ftrucken in 
 yeares, and of no great good health, or robuftious 
 and ftrong complexion? 
 Sir CJsri/l^pher I Was within hearing fome fix or fcavcn yeares 
 ^attmOt^' agoc, when Sir chriftopher Hatton^ in a very great 
 «xon, aflcmbly, made an eloquent oration (which after I 
 
 v/cnc 
 
(95) 
 
 weae was put in print3 ac the pardoning and deli- 
 very of him from the gallovves ^ that by errour (as 
 was thought) had dilcharged his pcece upon her 
 Majcfties Barge, and hurt certaine perlbns in her 
 Highnefle preftnce. And in that Oration he decla- 
 red and dcfcribed very efFedually, what ineftima- 
 blc dammage had enfued to the Realme5if her Ma- 
 jefty by that or any other means fhould have beenc 
 taken from us. He fet forth moft lively before the 
 eyes of all men, what divifion^what diflenfion^whac 
 bloudfhcd had enfued, & what facall dangers were 
 moft certaine to fall upon us, whenfoever that dole- 
 full day fhould happen : wherein no man fhould be 
 fure of his life, of nis goods, of his wife, of his chil- 
 dren : no man certain whether to flie, whom to fol- 
 low, or where to Iceke repofe or protedion. 
 And as all the hearers there prefent did eafily grant 
 that he therein faid truth^and farre lefle then might 
 have becne faid in that behalfe , thinj^s ftanding as 
 they doe ; (b many one (I trow) hath heard thefe 
 words proceed from a Councellour, that had good 
 caule to know the ftate of his own Countrey,entred 
 into this cogitation, what puniihmcnc they might 
 defer vc then , at the whole State and Common- Intollerablc 
 wealths hands^who firft by letting her Majefly from Tre^fom- 
 marriage , and then by procuring this Statute of 
 diflcmbling the next iaheritour, had brought their 
 Realme into (b evident and inevitable dangers? for 
 every one well confidered and v/eighed with him- 
 felfe, that the thing which yet only letted thefe dan- 
 gers and miferies fct downe by Sir Chriftopher ^mutt 
 neceflarily one day faile us aii,that isjthe life of her 
 Majefty now prefexit : and then (fay we) how fal* 
 lethitout,that fo generall a calamity as muft needs 
 overtake us ere it be long (and may, for any thing 
 we know to moxro\Y next)is not provided t6r,:^.rwert 
 as foic-feenc, Ts 
 
(96) 
 
 Is there no remedy, but that wee muft willingly 
 and wittingly runne into our owne ruine ? and for 
 the favour or fcarc of (ome few afpirours , betray 
 our Councrcy, and the bloud of fo many thoufand 
 innocents'as live within the land ? 
 
 For tell niee (good Sirs} I pray you, if her Ma- 
 jeftie (hould die to morrow next (whdfe life God 
 long prefer ve and blefle,} but if ihe llioiild be ta^ 
 ken from us , (as by condieion of nature and hu- 
 mane frailty Ihe may) what would you doe } which 
 way would you looke ? or what head or part knew 
 any good fubjed in the Realme to follow^ I fpeakc 
 not of the confpiratours , for I know they will bee 
 ready and refolved whom to follow : but I fpeake 
 of the plaincj fimple, and well-meaning fubjeft, 
 who following now the utter letter of tliis fraudu- 
 lent ftgtute 3 ( fraudulent I meane in the fecret 
 conceipt of the cunning afpirours l) fhall bee ta-^ 
 ken at that day upon the fudden^ and being put in 
 a maze by the unexpeded contention about the 
 Crowne, fliall be brought into a thoufand dangers^ 
 both of body and goods^ which now are not thought 
 upon by thevn who are moft in danger of the fame^ 
 And this is for the Common-wealth and Couil- 
 trey. 
 
 •The danger nnto her Majefty, for whofe good and fafety 
 
 tobcrM^ic- the ftatute is oncly pretended to be made>no doubt 
 % by this but that it bringeth farre greater dangers then any 
 flaiutc. devife that they have ufed befidcs. For htreby un^^ 
 der colour of retraining the claimes and titles of 
 true fucceflburs , (whofe endeavours notwithftan* 
 dingjare commonly more calme and moderate then 
 of ufurpcrs,} they make unto themfclves^a meanc 
 to forfter and fct forward their owne confpiracy 
 without controlement : feeing no man of might 
 may oppofe himfelfe againft them, but with fufpiti- 
 
 ihe roiffirics 
 to follow up- 
 on her MdjC' 
 iiies death. 
 
@n, that he mcaneth to claime for himfclfe. And fo 
 they being armed on the one fide, with their autho-. 
 rity and torce of prelent fortune, and defended on 
 the other fide, by the pretence of the llatute \ they 
 may fecurely worke and plot at their pleafure, as 
 you have well proved before that they doe. And 
 whcnlbcver their grounds and foundations fhall be 
 ready, it cannot be denied , but that her Majeftics 
 life lyeth much at their difcretion, to take it, or ufc 
 if, to their befl: commodity : (and there is no doubc 
 but they will ,) as iuch men are wont to doe in fucK 
 a^fFaircs* Marry one thmg ftandeth not in their 
 powers fo ablblutely , and that is, to prolong her 
 M^jefties dayes, or, tavour tov/ards ttemfelves, ac 
 thdr pleafures: whereof it is hoc unlike but they 
 will have due confideration^leaft perhaps upon any 
 fttdden accident, they might be found unready* 
 
 They have good care thereof lean aflure Y^^ ^ Gentlema?!^ 
 f quoth the Gentleman) and meane noc to bee 
 prevented by any accident , or other miftiap what- 
 Ibever : they will bee ready for all events : and 
 for that caule ^ they haften fo much their prcpa- ^^^^ 
 rations at this day , more then e ver before l by of the 
 fending out their fpies and fbllicitours every- ConCpiris* 
 where , to prove and confirme their friends , by touri* 
 delivering their common warch-word : by com- 
 plaining on all hands of our Prpteftants Bilhops 
 aiid Clergy ^and of all the prefent ftate of our ir- 
 reformed Religion, {as they call it:) by amplifying 
 onely the danger of Papifts and ijcottilh faction : 
 by giving out openly that now her Majefty is paft 
 hope of Child-birch > and confcquemly, teeing God 
 hath given no bettej fucccffe that way in two Wo- 
 men one after the other it were not convenient(fay' 
 they) that aijotbet^^f thatfexc fhouW enfuc, witli. 
 hifh eQaimend*ttbi) 9!f the Law i^rffi^t in frdtice, 
 ti where- 
 
08) 
 
 whereby women ate forbidden to fuccced. Which 
 fpeech , though in fhew it be delivered ^gainft the 
 Queen otSfe^^j^and other of King Henry the fcrcnth 
 his lin€,that difcend of Sifters : yet all men fee that 
 it toucheth as well the difabling of her Ma jeftyathat 
 is prefent, as others to come : and fo tendeth direct- 
 ly to Maturation of the principall purpofe, which I 
 have declared before. ^ 
 SchoUxf. ^^^^ ^^^^ ^5 ^hc reft which you fpeakc of, be^ 
 fides the Watch-word , it is common and every 
 where treated in talke among them : but yet for the 
 rhc Watck- Watch- word it felfe (for that you name it) I think© 
 
 f ^^^^3 "^^^y ^^^"^ ^^^^ ^^'^ 
 
 ioms,^^^' ^^^y > perchance I was. For in truth I 
 
 came to it by a rare hap (*as then I told you) the 
 thing being uttered and expounded by a Baron of 
 their owne faction , to another Noble man of the 
 fame decree and religion , though not of the fame 
 opinion m thefe affaires. And for that I am requc-^ 
 fted not to utter the fecond, who told it me in fccrct, 
 I muft alfb rpare the name of the firft, which tther- 
 wife I would not ) nor the time and place where he 
 uttered the fame. 
 Lawyer^ To this (faid the Lawyer) you doe well in that : 
 but yet I bcftech you, let mc know this Watch-word' 
 (if there bee any fuch) for mine inftrudion and 
 helpc when need (hall require. For I aflure you 
 that this Gentlcmans former fpeech of fiialters hadir 
 fo terrified mee, as if any fhould come and askc* or 
 fcele my inclination in thefc matters , I would an- 
 fwer them fully to their good'contcntment,if I knew 
 the Watch-word whereby to know them. For of alii 
 things , I love not to bee hanged for quarrels ofl 
 Kingdomes. 
 
 SchoUar. ^^^^ Watch- word Is, (jfaid I) wbether jou be fit* 
 ^re wt fctled f Y^^ anfwer y 5a, and fccmc fib un« 
 
 ^ * derftand 
 
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 dcrftand the meaning tlicrcoft then are you known^ 
 to be of their faftion, and Co to bee accdmpted and 
 dealt withall for things to come. But if you ftagger 
 Or doubt in anfwering, as if you knew not perfedly 
 the miftery, (as the Nobleman my good Lord did, 
 smagitiing that it had beenc meant of his religion , 
 which Was very well know^ne to be good, and fctled 
 in the Gofpell) ihen are you difcried thereby ^ ci- 
 ilier not to be of their fide, or clfe to be but a Punic ^ ^^^^ 
 hot well inftrnded j and confcquently, he that mo- ftcry. 
 Veih you the queftion, will prefcntly break off that 
 fpccch, and turne to (bme other talke , untill after- 
 ward occafion be given to pcrfwade you^ or elfe irt^ 
 ftru^l you better in that affaire. 
 
 Marry the Noble man > whereof I fpakc before^ 
 pereeivihg by the demanding , that there was fomc. 
 miftery in covert) under the queftion : tookc hold 
 ofthe Words, and would not fuffcr the propounder 
 to flip away (^s he endeavoured) but v/ith much 
 ititreaty brought him at length to expound the full 
 meaning and purpofe of the riddle^ And this wa« 
 the firft occafion ("as I thinke) whereby this fecrec 
 came abroad. Albeit atterwards at the publiquc 
 Communions, which were made throughout fo ma- 
 maiiy Shires , the matter became more con monS 
 cfpccially among the ftrangers that inbabitc ("as 
 yoa know^ in great numbers with us at this day. 
 All which (as they fay/ are made moil aHlired to 
 this fadion, and ready to aflxfl the fame witii great 
 forces ac all occafions* 
 
 'Good Lord (quoth the Lawyer) how niihy miftc- Latpyer^ 
 rfes and fecrcts be there abroad in the v^orld,wherc- 
 of we fimple men know nothing , and fufpc^ Icfle* 
 This Watch-word fhould I never Itayc iniagined l ^^^^^j-^g 
 and for the great & often aflerafelies,un4er jprctcncc jitc«hii«iu^ 
 «>f Communion>i though of themfclvc$j im their ni9f>\. 
 
 H ^ own? ' 
 
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 «wnc ttacqrc , they were uifeccuftoraed, ^nd eonf?- 
 qucntly fiibjcd to furpidon , ye; I did never con- 
 Straiig€r« ceive fo farre forth as now I doe : as neither of rfie 
 rind? lodging and entertaining of fo many ftra^pgcrs in 
 the Realme, whereof our Artizans doe complaine 
 every-whsfc. But now I fee the re^fon thereof , 
 which Cno doubt ) is founded upon great policy for 
 the purpofc* And by this alfo I fee that the houfe of 
 Hmtington prefleth f;s^rre forward for the gamef 
 and fhouldreth nearethe goale to lay hands upon 
 the fame. Which to tell'you plainly, Uketh me but 
 a little : both in refped of the good will I bear^ to \ 
 the whole Line of King Henry y which hereby is lite i 
 to be difpoffeffed y as alfo for tl:i^ mifery which I doc 
 fbre-fec^itwiR: neceflarily cnfue upon our Coun^trey, 
 Tk^pcrillof if once the challenge o^Emtington take plac^ ia 
 •urCoun«r«7 our Realme. Which challenge being derived from 
 iumz^^' the title of onely in the Houfe oirorktM" 
 
 IpUct ^^^^ union of the two great Houfes : raitefh Mp 
 againe the old contention betwcene the Families of 
 Ttfr<^? and I.<i»f4j^€r3wherei^.fo much £»g/i/B blou4 
 was (pilt in times paft, and much more like tp bcc, 
 
 !)owred out now, if the fame contention {bpuld bee, 
 ct on foot againe. Seeing thap to the controverfiq 
 of Titles, would bee added alfo the controverfie of 
 Religion, which of all other differences is moft, 
 dangerous. 
 
 ^en^Uman» Sir Cquoth the Gentleman) now you touch a 
 matter of confequcncc indeed, and fuch as the very 
 naming thereof maketh my heart to fhake and trem- 
 ble. I remember well what P6;/i]> Ctf/»;»*f fettcth 
 downe in hi^ Hiflory of our Countries calamity} by 
 th^t contention thofe two Houfes , diftinguiftiei 
 I R dRof ^y^^^ Redi^ofe and the White : butyet bqth in 
 il^^Yyj^ their Armes might juft^^ have borne the qcjour of 
 * R«d, wivh ^ fieric fwojrd Wa^k field ^ ta fignific 
 
 the 
 
(loi; 
 
 the abundance of bloud and mortality which cnruci 
 in our Countrey, by that moft wofuU and crucll 
 contentibn. 
 
 I will not ftand here to fct downc the particulars, 
 obfer^ed & gathered by the forefaid author, though 
 a ftrangcr, which for the moft part he faw himfelte, 
 while hec lived about the Duke of Burgtindy , and 
 King Lewi o^Pra^eCy of that time : namely the pit- 
 tifuU defcription of divers right Noble men of our 
 ReadmCjWho befides all other mileries, were driven The tpifcry of 
 to begge openly in forraine CountrieSjand the like. England by 
 'Mine owne obfervation in reading over our Coun- ^hc contends 
 try affaircsjis fufficient to make me abhorre the me- rw^t*^ an?^ 
 mory of that timcjand to dread all occafion that may LMnfltf* 
 lead us to the like in time to comerfeeing that in my 
 judgement,neither the Civill warres of Mariui and 
 SiUay or of Tmpey and C^i^far among the T^^manes^ 
 nor yet the Gi^tlphians and GibiLineg among the//^- Gaelphiait 
 lidHSy did ever worfae fo much woe, as this did to our andaifci«M/» 
 poore Countrey. Wherein by reafbn ot the conten- 
 tion of Xorl^ and Lancafter^ were foughtcn fixteenc 
 or feventeen pitched fields^in lefle then an hundred 
 yearcs. That is, from the eleventh or twelfth yearc 
 of King Richard the fecond his raigne , (when this 
 controvcrfie firft began to bud up) unto the thir- 
 teenth yeare of K. Henry the feventfa. At what time 
 by cutting ofF the chiefe titler of Hi^ntingtons houfc, 
 to wit,yong Edward Plantaginet Earlc oiwdrwicii:, Edmrifhm- 
 Son and Heire toGtf(?rg^,Dukeof ciarencc^^ht con- ta^imt Earlc 
 tcntion moft happily was quenched and ended, 
 wherein fo many fields (as I have faid) were fough- 
 tcn between Brethren and Inhabitants of our owne 
 Nation. And thetein,and otherwife onely about the 
 fame quarrel,werc flain,murdered5and made away, 
 alwut nine or ten Kings,and Kings Sonnes; befide* 
 3tbove fortyEarks«Marqueflcs,and Dukes of names 
 H 3 but 
 
but maay more Lords, Knights, and gica?; GcntJo^ « 
 men and Capcaincs : and of ilic Common -people 
 without number, and by particular conjcdfiTc Very 
 
 The BattcU ncarc two iiundred thouiand. For that in one Bat- 
 l^'^f^^'^ tell, fought by King Bdrvard th^ fourth, there arc 
 
 Sunday7«^«» ^^^^^^^^ flaine on both parts, five and thirty. 
 
 ^^60/ thoufand feven hundred and eleven pcrfons , be- 
 fides others wounded and taken pribners, to be put 
 to death afterward , at the pleafure of the Conquc- 
 rour : at divers Battels after, ten thoufand flaine at| 
 a BattcU. And in thofe of Ear»et and Tnl^eibury^ 
 fought both in one yeare. 
 
 JfH ? s '^^^^ differed pur afHiaed Country in thofe dayes,.. 
 
 claimc^t'o ihc ^^^^ unfprtunatc and deadly contention , whic^^, 
 
 Rcalmc , and could never be ended jbut by the happy conjundiori; 
 
 to hec Ma- of thofe two Houfes together|in Henry the feventh : 
 neither yet fo(as appcareth % Chronicle^ untill (as 
 Ihavefaid^ the ftatc had cut off the ifl'ue male of 
 |hc Duke of c/^rew^f, who was caufc of divers perils 
 . to King Henry th^ feventh,thQU^h he were in prifon* 
 By whofe Sifter the faftion of Hmtington thi% 
 dk^y doth fceke to raife up the fame contention ar 
 gaine,with farre greater danger both to cheRealm^ , 
 and toller Majefty that now raigncth, then eycr be- 
 fore. 
 
 And for the Rcalme rt is evident, by that it givcth 
 roomc to grangers , Competitours oi the Houfc of 
 lanca[ter : better able to maintainc their ownc title 
 by fword^ then ever vvas any of that linage before - 
 them. And for her Majcfties perill prcfentjlt is no- 
 thing hard to conjc^tujrc ; (eeipg the fame title in the 
 fbrc-faid Earlc of ^arwicki was fo dangerous and 
 troublcfomc to her Grandfather (by whom flic hol- 
 icthj as hec was fainc twice to take armcs in de- 
 fence of hi2> right, a <^ainft the faid title, which was 
 in thofe 'i^zs prcSrtred ancl advamp ed by the friends 
 
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 of r/<<rejiff, before that of Henry: as alfo thlt of Hun- 
 tington is at this day,by his fadion, before that of 
 her Maiefty though never fo unjuftly. 
 
 Toucning Htcntingtons x\t\cy before her Majefty, Lan^jer. 
 Cquoth the Lawyer) I will fay nothing : becaufe in 
 rcafbn, I fee not by what pretence in me World, he 
 may thruft himfelfe fo far re forth : feeing her Ma- 
 jcfty is dcCccndcd , not onely of the Moufe of Lan- 
 citfiery but alfb before him nioft apparently from //««fm;r. 
 the Houfe of Yorke it felfe , as from the cldcft '^P ^"^^^^^^^ 
 Daughter of King Edward the fourth , being the folzhi^liu- 
 cldeft Brother of that Houfe. Whereas Hunting- jciky. ' 
 ton claimcth onely by the Daughter of George 
 Duke of C/tfrm^jthe younger Brother, Marry yet 
 I muft confeflc, that if the Earle of H^armetfs title 
 were better then that of King Henry the feventh, 
 Cwhich is moft falfe, though many attempted to de- 
 fend the fame by Iword;) then hath Htcnt 'in2,ton * The moft of 
 fomc wrong at this day by her Majefty. Albeit in Utrnm^ms 
 very truth , the * attaints of fo many of his Ance- ^'j^on^|''^^ 
 flours by whom he claimeth, would anfwcr him al- .^^Jgkcch ucic 
 (o fufHcicntly in that bchaife,if his title were other- attainted ®f ' 
 wife allowable. Trcafon. 
 
 But I know befides this, they have another fetch Theinftmous 
 of King Richdrd the third, whereby he would needs device of king 
 prove his elder Brother King Edward to bee a Ba- ^'f^j"^ t 
 ftard : and confequently his whole line,afwell male ;h:^d..ilowc<l 
 as female to be void. Which deviie though it be n- ' 
 diculous, and was at that time when it was firft in- 
 vented : yet,as Richard found at that time a Doctor 
 Sbaw, that Ihamed not to publilh and defend the 
 fame,at Pauls Crofle in a Sermon: znd John of Nor- j 
 tbumberland my Lord of Leyceliers Father found out yj^i 
 divers Preachers in histimcjto fet up the title of Suf- 
 folke,^ to debafcthe right of K. He»nfi daughter, 
 both in lBnd$niCamkridg£,Oxfordyznd other places, 
 H 4 moft 
 
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 moS apparently againft *U L^fiV and reafon ; fo I 
 ipabi not but thele men vKOuld finde out alfp fc^qth 
 Shavpes, Smds-^ and others^to fet out the title oi Clit- 
 . reiife, before the whole intereft of King Hmjn the 
 ^o^cab ^ hcr^ fcventh and his pofterity, if occafion ferved. V^hicH 
 l2»jcfty* / isa point of importance to bee confidcred by her 
 Majefly 3 albeit for my part, I meane not not now 
 to ftand thcreupon^but oncly upon that other of the 
 Houfe of L/2^^/z^^r, as I have faid. 
 
 For as that molt honourable, lawfull, and happy 
 conjundion of the two adverfaiy Houfes , in King 
 u Binvy the fevemh and his Wife , made an end of 
 
 €f both hou- (hedding of Englijh bioud within it felfe , and 
 ; . * brought us that moft defired peace , which ever 
 
 ^ince wee have enjoyed, by the raigne of their two 
 moft noble iflUe : To the plot that now is in hand, 
 for the cutting off the refidue of that ifilie, and for 
 recalhng tacke of the whole Title tothc Houfc of 
 Torlie agair^e ; is like to plung us deeper then ever 
 in civile difcord, and to make us the bait of ail (or- 
 raine Princes : feeing there be among them at this 
 ^hc Line of day, Ibme of no fmall pov/er (as 1 have faid j 
 Tomj^X who pretend to bee the next heires iy the Hauie 
 of lancafier : and confequently , are not like to 
 
 five over or abandou their owne right, if once tlie 
 oore bee opened to contention for the fame , by 
 difanulling the Line of King Hcm*y the feventh 
 wherein onely the k^yes of all concord reiTJaine knit 
 together* 
 
 And albeit I know well that fuch as be of my Lord 
 o't Huntingtens party , will make fmall accorapt oF 
 the Title oiLiiTtcafier^z^ lefle rightfull a great dealel 
 then that of Torlie , fand I for my part meane nou 
 greatly to avow the fame, as now it is placed, beingi 
 my felfe no favourer of forraine Titles:} yet indifc\ 
 feent men have to confidcr tow i\ w^as takfiiii^in 
 
f?05> 
 
 dmes paft, bow ii m^y againe in time co come, 
 
 if contemion fhould arife : how snany Noble pcrfo- Th« old eftf. 
 
 nages of our Realinc did offer themfclves to die in macion of the 
 
 defence thereof; how many Oaths and Lawcs were Hvyufe oSlan^ 
 
 given and received .throughout the Realmc for '^^fl^'- 
 
 maintenance of the. famc^agamft the other Houfc of 
 
 Tpflie for ever : how niany vvorthyKings were crov/- 
 
 hcdjand raigned of that Houfe and Race; to v/itjihc 
 
 toure mod Noble Henries^ one after another ; the 
 
 fourth, the fitt, the fixt, and tlic feventh : who borh 
 
 in numberjgovernmentjfandityjcourage^and feats ^ 
 
 of armes, were 'nothing inferiour (if not fuperiour) 
 
 to thofe of the other Houfe and Line oiTor{ej after 
 
 the divifion betweene the Families. 
 
 It is to bee confidered aifo as a fpeciall figne of 
 the favour and aftedion of our whole Nation unto 
 that Family : that H^nr^ Earle ofRichmnd^thou^h Henry Earlc 
 diicending but of the laft Sonne, and third Wife of oiT{iehmni, 
 John of Gamty Duke of Lancafter , was Co refpe- 
 ilqd for that onely by. the univerfall Realme : as 
 they inclined wholly to call him from baniiliment, 
 and to make him King wicii the depofition of Tlicb- 
 ardpi which then ruled of the Houfe of T orke > upon 
 condition onely, thit the faid Henry ibould take to 
 Wife a Daughter of the contrary Family : fo great 
 was in thofe dayes the afedion of English hearts to- 
 wards the Line of Laucafttr , for the groat worthi- 
 neffe of fuch Kings as had raigned of that Race, 
 how good or bad Ibever their Title were : which I 
 ftand not here at this time to difculFe , but onely to 
 infinuate what party the fame found in our Realme 
 in times paft; andconfequentlyjhow extreame dan- 
 gerous the contention for the fame may be hereaf- The Line ©f 
 ter : cfpccially|feeing that at this day the remainder 'T'*rtti^d{l» 
 of that Title is pretended to reft wholly in a ftran- 
 gcr^ whofc power is very great. Which wc Lawyers 
 
arc wprtt td cftcemc a$ a point of no finall impor- 
 tance, for juftifying of any mans title to a King- 
 dome. 
 
 Scholar* You Lawyers want not reafon in that Sir Cquoth 
 13 howfoevcr you want right : for if you will exa- 
 mine the fucccflion of govcrncmcnts, from the be- 
 ginning of the V/orld untill this day, cither amo^g 
 The fword of Gentile, Jew, or Chriftian people , you lhall findc 
 great force to that the fivord hath becne alwayes better then halfc 
 j«ftifictKcti. the title, to get , cftablifli , or maintaine a King- 
 dom$^ ' which maketh me the more apalled to hearc 
 
 you difcourfe in fuch fort of new contentions, and 
 forrainc titles , accompanied with fuch power and 
 ftrength of the titlcrs , which cannot bee but infi- 
 nitely dangerous and fatall to our Realme , if once 
 it come to adlon y both for the divifion that is like 
 to be at home , and the variety of parties from a- 
 broad. For as the Prince whom you fignifie, will 
 not faile (by all likelyhood) to purfue his title with 
 all forces that hee can make, if occafion were offe- 
 red : fo reafon of ftate and policy will enforce o- 
 Crcat dan- ^her Princes adjoyning, to let and hinder him 
 2^^'* therein what they can : and (b by this mcanes (hall 
 
 we become ^i^dd and If$ael among our fclves, one 
 killing and vexing the other with the fword : and 
 to forrainc Princes we fhall be, as the Hand of Sa- 
 lamina was in old time to the Athenians and Mega^ 
 tians : and as the Hand of Cidlia was afterward to 
 the Grecians^ Cartbaginlaniy and Kgmans : and as in 
 our dayes,thc Kingdome o( Naples hath beenc to the 
 Sfaniardsy French-men , Germans , and Vemtianx\ 
 Thai is , a bait to feed upon , and a game to fight 
 for. 
 
 Wherefoir, I befeech the Loi;d,to avert from us 
 all occafions of fuch mifcrics. And I pray you Sir, 
 for that wee arc fallen into the mention of thefc 
 
 matters^ 
 
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 matters, to take Co much paines as to open unto me 
 the ground of thefe controvcrfies,fo lone now quiec 
 bctwcenc TorliC and Lancafter : feeing they arc now 
 like to bee railed againe^ For albeit in gencrali I 
 have heard much thereof,' yet In paiticular,! either 
 conceive not,or remember not the foundation of the 
 fame : and much leflc the ftate of theii fcverall titles 
 at this day, for that it is a jftudy not properly pcnai- 
 mng unto my profcflion. 
 
 The controverfir betwcenc the Houles of Tor{e Lg^M^ 
 and LaTttafler Cquoth iljc Lawyer) took his aduall 
 beginning in the ifllic of King Sdypard the third , Thcbcjin- 
 who died (bmewhat more then two hundred yeares "ing ©f c^c 
 agone ; but the occafion, pretence, or caufe oi that b^^ij^^ r^S 
 quarrell, began in the children of King Hf;^r/ 2;,^^, 
 the third , who died an hundred yeares before that, 
 and left two Sonnes ; Edward^ who was King af- 
 ter him , by. the name of Edward the firft , and was 
 Gi;andtather to Edward the third : and Edm$nd 
 (for bis deformity called Crookcbackcj Earle of 
 Lancaftrt'y and beginner of that Houfc , whofe in- 
 heritance afterward in the fourth difcent, fell upon 
 a Daughter named Blanch y who was married to the 
 fourth Son of King Edwa^ the third , named fgbn 
 of GauHti^ov that he was borne in the City of Gamt 
 in Flandersy and fo by this his firll wife, hee became 
 Duke of Lancafier^ and heire of that Houfe. And for ^^^^^ q^^^ 
 that his Son Henrj of Bolingbml^e (afterward cal- y^^j^ beginner 
 Jed King Henry t\xc fourth} pretended among other of the Houfc 
 thingSjthat Edmond Crool^ebdclcs great Grandfather oiLancafitu ^ 
 to Blanch his mother, was the elder Sonne of King 'SUnfb, 
 Henry the third, and uniuftly put by the inheri- 
 tance of the Crowne, for cnat he was Crook-backed I^noiOms^ 
 and deformed : hee tooke by force the Kingdomc 
 from Kickard the fccond, Nephew to King Edward 
 Axe third, by his firft Sonne} and placed the fame 
 
 in 
 
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 HowihcKingin the Houfc <ari<f>/M/?fr, where it remained for 
 fi^ftb-oric ^^^^^ whole diTcents , untill afterward , Edrffari 
 to the H?ufc I^"^ of Tdtlie defcended of lo%7t oi Gaums yonger 
 ^tLanaifier, i>rother , making clairtie to the CroWne title of 
 his Grandmother , that was hciire to Lionel ^ Duke 
 Clarence^ tohno^ Gamts elder Brother , tookc 
 the fame by force from Henry the fixt, of tBe Hoiifc 
 oi Lmcaief i and brought it backc againc to the 
 Houfe of Yorlie : where it continued with much 
 trouble in two Kings onely , untill both Houfes 
 were joyned together in King Henrj the fcventh , 
 and his noble iniic. 
 
 Hereby wee fee how the iffue o£lohn of Gduntf 
 Duke of Lxn:aftef y fourth Son to King Edward the 
 third , pretended right to the Crowne by EdmHd 
 Cro9l(tbacl(e, before the iflUe of sill the other three 
 Sonncs of Edward the third, albeit they were the el- 
 der Brothers , whereof wee will fpcake more hcrc- 
 -ghc iffuc of after. Now Jo'm of Gamt though hee had many 
 2dm ot Ggmt. children, yet had he fourc onely, of whom iflUe re- 
 mained two Sonncs and two Daughters. The firft 
 Son was Hmffo£Bolingbfoo^<,t>\xkto':Lancaflcfp 
 who tooke the Crowne from King Richard the fe- 
 condjhis tinkles Sonne,a ^iathbeene faid; and hrft 
 ©fall planted the fame in the Hon^e oi' LancaSer: 
 where it remained in two diCccnts' after him, that is, 
 in his Son Henry the fife, and in his Nephew Henry 
 the fixt, who was afterward deft'royed,together with 
 Hrary Prince of his onely Sonne and Hdircj, 
 and confequently all that Line of Henry BoliHi- 
 bf0Bk^ cxtinguifhcd , by Edward the fourth of the 
 Houfe of Tor^r. 
 ^ ' The other Son o^lohn oi Cjfaimtjm^ lohn, Duke 
 The pdcfrcn of Som^crfHj hy Kathtrine Sfimfrird , his third vi^ifc' : 
 •f king Henry vy^Mch lohn bzd ifluc another /ofe»,an<ihe,ti^^''g4>'62 
 the fcvcndb. his Datjghtcr andHcire, who bcirt^tnarri^d to 
 
 m9ni 
 
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 mn4 T^dtfy Earlc of Ri^iwwrf, had ifluc Nenrj 
 tarle of Rlcbmmdi^^ after was named King Hm^ 
 rj the fcYcnth, whole Line yet cnolurcth. 
 
 The two Daughters John of Gannt were mar- 
 tied to Pcrtk^gaU'^ni Cajlile : chat is^PhiHp borne of Dau©htcrg 
 ^lanchyliekc toSdmond Cro§i(ebac^y as hath becne marncd to 
 faid^was married to lohJt King of Fprr/^r<«/^ofwhom Poftei^aU^ni 
 is defccndcd the King that now goflifleai Pertugally ^^fi^** -, . v 
 and the other Princes which have or may make title 
 to the fame : and I^therm borne of Cmftance^lltiVQ, 
 of c aBiley was married back againe to Henry King 
 of Cafiile in Spaine , of whom King 'PnUip is alio 
 defcended. So that by this, wee fee where the re 
 mainder of the Houfe ot Lancafter reftctb^if the Line 
 of King Uemy the. feventh were extinguifhcd : and 
 VMha*: pretext forraine Princes may have to fubdue Forriinc ^ 
 Vs,> f my Lord oiHmtingtm either opw,or after her ties. 
 Majcfties dayes , wiU open to them the doore , by 
 {hutting out the reft of King Uenrks Line, and by 
 dravying backe the title to the onely Houfe of Yorit 
 a^aiae : which he pretendeth to doc^upon this that 
 I ^yill now deckt^i 
 
 King Udrv^rdxht third, albeit he had many chil- thciflueof 
 dren, yet five onely will we fpcakc of at this time : 
 %^hei;cofthrec were elder then Jabst of Gaunt ^ and'^^'*^ 
 one yongier. The fir ft of the cider was named td-^ 
 5?r4;r^tbe blacke Prince , who died before his Fa-< 
 ther, leaving one onely Sonne named Richard^who 
 aifccrwaf d being King, and named Richard the fc- 
 cond , was dcpofed without iflue , and put to death 
 by.hi^ Cofin germain , named Hmry BoUthgbrooJiCt 
 Duke of Lancafter^ Son to J ohn^ oi Gumt , as hath 
 feccnc faid 5 and fo' there eadcd the Line of King 
 5rfw(«r^f 6rft Sonne* 
 
 , KineiE//)r<«nt fccond Sonmtiimpp^Hliam ^fHm'* 
 j?W<fe.th^: diediVrith^ut ifliic. 
 
the two be- 
 ytnoertofthe 
 
 '&Lt Cltimc 
 Old titU of 
 
 tkt iifae of 
 king €(hfir4 
 
 His third Sonne was LeoneUDnkto? cUreHCi^ll 
 whofconcly Daughter andHeire called Phiiipy was 
 married to Edm9ns[ Msr timer Eadc oiMnrch i and 
 after that, Aiint the Daughter and Hcire of j^^r- 
 timefyVfis married to Richard VUntaginety Diikc 
 of Tori^f , Son and Heire to Edmoni oi La'4gle}y the 
 firft Duke of Torl^c t which Sdmmd was the Hft Sort 
 of King Edward the third, and younger Brother to 
 [^ohn of Gaunt* And this Edmund of LaTigUy may 
 bee called the firft beginner of the Houfc of forl^ t 
 even as Edmond crool^hacfi^ the beginner of the 
 Houfe of L(vtcafter. 
 
 This £^fow;i<^I.tf»j;/rj5 then having a Sonne na- 
 med Richard J that married ^^nt Mortimerj ^olc 
 Heire to Leonell Duke of cUratce^pyncd two Lines 
 and two Titles in one : I mcane the Line of Leo^ 
 ndly and of Edmond Langley^ who were C^s hath bin 
 faMj) the third and the fift Sonnes to King Edward 
 the third. And for 'this caufe, thechilde that was 
 borne of this marriagejnamcd after his Father Kick* 
 ard Flantaginet^ Duke of Yorf^c^ feeing himfelfe 
 ftrong,and the firft Line of King Edward the thirds 
 ctdeft Son to be cxtinguiftied in the death oi King 
 Richard the fecond : and feeing mlliam ©f Hatfield 
 the fecond Sonne dead likewife without iflUc : made 
 demand of the Crowne for the Houfc of Torl^e , by 
 the title o^LeontUthc third Sonne of King Sdward* 
 And albeit hce could not obtaine the iame in his 
 dayes, for that hee was flaine in a Battell againft 
 King Henry the fixt at wal^efield : yet his Sonne 
 Edward got the fame, and was called by the name 
 ai^Angtdward the fourth* 
 
 This King at his death left divers children , as 
 namely two Sonnes, Edward tlie fife and his Bro- 
 t^r, who after were both murdered in the Tower, 
 as Ihall be fhcwcd ; and alfo five Dawghtcrs: to wit, 
 
 Sli^dbeth, 
 
(Ill) 
 
 Eii%abetby Cicityi Unne, K/itberine , and Briget. 
 Whcreo£,the firft was married to Henry the fevemh. 
 The laft became a Nunne,and the other three were 
 beftowcd upon divers other husbands. 
 
 Hee. had alio two Brothers : ^hc hrft was called The Duke of 
 GeorgeDuka^^Ctarettce^ who afterward upon his ^^^'^ f^' 
 defcrtis ("as is to be fuppoledjj was put to death in p;["|J^^^ 
 Callifi by. comtpandement of the King, and his at- 
 cjlinder allowcd'^hy Parliament. And this man left 
 behinde him a Sonne, named Edward Earlc of 
 Warwick , put to death afterward, without ifTuc, by 
 King Henr J ihc Teventh , and a Daughter named 
 Margaret iCounicSc oi Salisbury^ who was married 
 to a meant Gentleman named 7(icbard Toole^ by 
 whom fhe had iflue Cardinall Foole^ that died with- 
 out marriage • and Bentj Poole that was attainted ^^Mthf^mf. 
 and executed in King Hentf the eight his ^^^^^5 J^ukc^of 
 Cas alfo her fcUe was) and this Henry Booie left a y^^^^f ^ 
 Daughter married afterward to the Earle of Hun- 
 tingWi^y whom this Earle that now is makcth title 
 to the Crowne. And this is the effeft oi my Lord of 
 Hmtingtons title. 
 
 The fecond Brother of King Edrpard the fourth, 
 was KichardDnkc of Glocefterywho after the Kings ^"fjj^^^-^^^ 
 death| caufed his two Sonnes to be murdered in the ^ ' 
 Tower, and toofce the Kingdome to himftlfe. And 
 afterward he being flaine by King Htf»r; the fevcnth 
 at Bofworth-fieid, left no iflUe behind him. Where- 
 fore King Henry the fevcnih defcending as hath bin iht happy 
 (hewed of the Houfe of Lancaflerjby Jo^noi Gaunts conjanaiois 
 laft Sonne and third Wifc,and taking to Wife Lady ^® 
 Eli%abeth^ cldeft daughter ot King Ed-ward the 
 fourth, of the Houfe of Tork^ • joyned raoft happily 
 the two Families together, and made an end of all 
 controverfics about the title. 
 
 Now King Henrjik^ fevcnth had iflue three Chil- 
 dren: 
 
(Ill) 
 
 thciffucof ixtiM of whom remalncth poftcrity. Firft, Hmjfs 
 King Henr;f the eighth , of whom is it^ctnd^A out Soveraigne^ 
 the fcvcmh. ^itv Majefty that now happily raigricth , and is the 
 The Line and ^^.ft that remaiiieth alive of that gift Line. Sccond- 
 ;Titlc oiScot' ly, he had two Daughters : whereof the firft named 
 hndby Mir^ Margaret', was married twice ; firft to Jams King 
 If'* h^^"^^^ Scotland^ from whom are direftly difcended th^ 
 Kin? ^nr^^ Queene of Scotland chat now liveth,and her Sonnei 
 ^c'y. and King J (tm€s being dead, Margaret was mar- 
 ried againe to Archibald Dot^glas Earle oi Anguifb: 
 by whom ihee had a Daughter named Margaret^ 
 which was nlarried afterward to Mathew Steward^ 
 Earle of temx 5 whofe Sonne Charles Stetpard was 
 married to Bli^abub C^»^fi/A, Daughter to the pre- 
 fent Coumefle of Sbrewsbt^rjy and by her hath left 
 o4fhM his onely Heire 3 a little Daughter named Atbella^ 
 of whom you have heard fome fpeech before. And 
 this is touching the Line of Scotland 3 defcending 
 from the firft and eldeft Daughter of King Benr^ 
 thefeventfc, 
 
 The Line and The fecond Daughter of King Henry the feventh 
 
 eVitle of ifw/- called iV/jr^jWas twice married alfo: firft to the King _ 
 ond^d^j^l off rmcQy by whom fhe had no iffue : and after his a 
 ter to Tctn-^" ^^eathto Char Us Brandon Duke of ^«/d//i:e,by whom ' 
 Htnr^ iic 7. ihe had two Daughters ; tliat is, Francis > of which 
 the Cli»ldren of my Lord of Hartford do make thei^ 
 daime: and £/f«<?f3 by whom the iflue of the Earle jl 
 ©f Darby pretendeth riglit^as lhall be declared. For if 
 ih-^t Francis the firft Daughter of Charles BrandoH \ 
 by the Queene of France^ was married to the Mar- i 
 qixQ&oi Porfet^ who zticv Charles Brandons dcauih^ \\ 
 f hcifiTue of was made Duke o^Su^ffdke in right of his Wrffc^^iKl h 
 ^<mfftf, eldeft was beheaded in Queene CMaries time, for %iscon- 
 ^h^sfrlt ^F^^^icy with my Lord of Le)f/;^^w Father, Md Vcit ^ 
 Duke of ^^^^ ^^^'^^ Daughters : that is,ytfar^,thac 
 
 married to my Lovd ^^ Le^cefters BmKer, and 
 
 proclaimed 
 
ptodaimed Qvjfcnc attti King Edwards death /or Thc/mic oF 
 whi,h both and h< r husband were executed : Francis cldeft 
 Kac tW4€ the fecond D n'ghtcr, wKo had two dauglncj to 
 'Sonnes,yethvingbythe B.idcof timfard: and ^u^^K^'^^^X^ 
 M^ry the third D lugtcr, whi h left no Children. ^""^^ i^-^^olk. 
 
 The other Daaghtcr of ^hajla Brandm by the 
 *Qtrcene of France called i/t^or, was married to The/flTuc ofElc- 
 Ocorgf CL^vd Earlc of Cumbtrbnd , who left a ^^^f^^"*"** 
 Daughter by her named M'Vf^mt^ married to the clmlcs Bran- 
 "E.irk of D^rby, ivhich yet hveth, ond hath ifllie. doii. 
 And this \% the title of the H mfc olSuffd^e^ dcf- 
 'cendcd frorn theft'cond D.n^.ghrer of K. He}i'/y the 
 ^: venih,marned (^as hath becnilKWed) io(^hir(ts 
 tra^d^n D jke of SufFo' kc. And { y this, you may 
 tee slfo hcnv vnar.y there be, who do ihi^ke their 
 tstlrs to be far before that of my 'Lox&oiHuntini- 
 ir<!H%if either r'ghtjbw, re alonjOr cor fideration of 
 home atTai res may take place m our Realm : on 
 if not 3 yet you cannot but imagine hcW many 
 gVeat Pripces and Potentates abroad are lifee to 
 Jbync atid buckle with H'mnng'Citt Line for the 
 preeminence : if once the matter fall agatne to 
 contention by'exclndnig the LineofKU)g H€?^ry 
 the fcvcnthjwhu h G od forbid. 
 , Truly Sir C qiiotu I) I well perceive that my 
 Lords turnc is not To nigh as I had thobght,whe- Huntmgconbf* 
 t^er he exclude the Line of King Hent^ , or no: behind many 
 for if he exclude that, thcrs ihuit he enter the <^^li«r tiilss. 
 Combat with forraine titlers of the Houfe of 
 Ldvc'aftLr\ and jf he exclade it nbt^then iti all ap- 
 parance of reafon and in Law to(as yoahave faid} 
 the fucccdion of the t w© D uighters of fcing Hevtj 
 the fcventh (* whiili you diitmou fli by the t#o 
 names of ScotUnd and Su§^>'l{2) muil needs 
 bee as cleartly before him and his Line ^ 
 that decended only from Edwsifd the fbunh hi$ 
 Brother ? as thi C^eencs title that ntw ic^gnttfe. 
 
 I is . 
 
("4) ^ . 
 
 is W for c him. Forihacooih Scotland j Suftolkc 
 and her Majcfly do hold all by one foundation, 
 which u tKe un^on of both Houles and Titles 
 together, in King Hcmj the fcvcnth her Majeftics 
 Grandfather, 
 
 GentltMH* That js true ^quoth the Gentleman) and evi- 
 dent enough in every mans eye 5 and therefore no 
 doubt: but as that much is meant againft her Ma- 
 jcfty,if occafion ferve,as againft the reft that htJd 
 •fey the fame title. Albeit her M:ij€ ft ies ftate (the 
 Lord be praifed) be fuch at this time, as it is not 
 fafcy to prettndio much againft h€r,as againft the 
 reft,wh3tfocvef be meant. And that in cruth,more 
 £bould be ment againft her hi^hnes, then againft 
 all the reft : t^icre is this reaConjfor thathcrMaje- 
 fly by her prefent poffefGon letteth more their 
 defireSjthcR alV the reft together with their future 
 ThepoKcyofthc Pretences. But ks I have faid, it is not fafcty for 
 cwiifpiraeourstor them, nor yet goo^^olicy to declare openly^what 
 the deceiving of they meanc againft her Majcfly. It is the bcft 
 BCtMaiefty, ^j^g prefent to hew downe the reft , 
 
 and to leave her Majefty forthc laft low a id 
 upfhor to their game. For which c ufe, they 
 Will icome to make gteat difFrrence at thu day, 
 betwecneher Majeftics title and the reft, ihat 
 defccnd in likewifc from King Henrf the fe- 
 venth : avowir gthe one, and difillowing the 
 other. Albeit, my Lord of Lekeftm Father, 
 preferred that of Suffa'tiii^ when time w»s, before 
 this of her Ma j?fty, and compelled the whole 
 Realme to fwcare thereunto. Such is the varia- 
 ble policy of mcii, that ferve the time, or rather 
 thatlerve themftlvcs, of all times, forthcirpur^ 
 pofcs. 
 
 ScboUrm I remember (quoth I) that time of the D* kc, 
 
 and was prefent my felfe, at fome of his Procla- 
 mations for that purpofc : wherein my Lord his 
 
 Sonne 
 
("0 
 
 Sonne that now livcih : bc^ng then a doer, (as I 
 
 can tell he was r } I marvile hpw he can dealc fo 
 
 contrary now ! preferring not onely her Majcfties • ^ ^ 
 
 title httoi^ WwoiSuffoiit (whereof I wonder blB^J,^*"*' 
 
 leffc becaufe it is n»ore gainfull to him, ) buc al- 
 
 fo another much further of. But you have figni- 
 
 fied the caufe, in that the times arc changed, and 
 
 other bargaincs arc in hand of more importance 
 
 for him. Wherefore leaving this to be confide- 
 
 red by others whom it concerneth , I befecch 
 
 you, Sir, (for that I know, your worihip hath 
 
 beeene much converfant among their friends and 
 
 favourers) to tell me what are the barres and 
 
 It ts which thcydo* allcdp.e, why the houfe of 
 
 Scotland and Suffolk defcendcdof king Btmj 
 
 the (evcnth his daughters , fliould notfucceed in 
 
 the Crowne of England after her Majefly , who 
 
 ended the line of the fame king by his fon 5 for 
 
 in my fight the matter appeareth very plaine^ 
 
 They want not pretences of barres and lets a- Q^^ii^m^j.^ 
 gainft them nil ( quoth the Gentleman) which I 
 will liydowne in order , as I have heard them 
 allcdged. Firft, inthe line of Scotland there are Earrcs pretended 
 three pcrfonsasyou knew, that may pretend againft the claim 
 right , that is the Queen and her fon by the firft ^^t^^^^"^^""* 
 marriage of Adfiir^<y«, and ^rbeUa by the fecond. ■ ^* 
 And agoinft the firft marriage , I heare nothing 
 affirmed^ but againft the two peiTons proceeding 
 thereof J heare them alledge three flops, one for 
 that they are ftangcrs born oat of ihc land,& c®n- ^gainft tfae 
 fccjuentiy incapable of inheritance within the Queen of Sccv 
 fame ; another for that by a fpeciM teftament of land atidfees 
 king H.8.auihorifed by a.Ceverall p^liam.thcyare 
 excludedi g for that they are enemiCS to the reli- 
 gion now among us & therefore to be debarred. 
 
 Agamft the fccond marriige of MMtgint wii.t /ij^alnCI .'^xfeS^ 
 AnbiM Osugfas vfhQtto^ ijM<8is dcfcended^ 
 
(n6) ! 
 
 <key allcdge, iHat thfe laid Arcbibaldh^d a former i 
 \y>ft^at the time ©f iKat marriage , which lived 
 long after : and fo neither that marriage lawiull , 
 nor iKe iffue therof legitimate. 
 
 The fame barre they have againft all the houfe 
 and Line of SufFolk^'i for firft they f^ y, that Cbarhs 
 Br4»ilo«Puke of SufFoIke, had a knowen wife a- 
 iive.whenhc: married ^fary Quetn of Fcancejand 
 con(e<^«ently , that neither the Laciy Frances nor 
 Elemr ^ borne of that marriage, can be lawfully 
 borne. And this is allj can heatc them fay againft 
 the fucceflion of the Counreflcof O^^kI?)! defcended , 
 Againft Darby. pfSkner. But againft my Lord of Httrtfords ch il- 
 dren,That came from Frames the eldeit daugh ter,I 
 heare them alledge two or three baftardies tRorjB 
 Againft the chil bclides thi^of ihe firft marrlngc. For firft , they 
 tdrcnofHait- affirme tliat He«y; Marqvisfl'e Dorfet , whcn he^ 
 ford, married the Lady Fmices^hzd to wife the olq E^rl 
 
 of Arundeli fitter, who Ivcd both then and many 
 yeares after, and had a prov»(ion out of his living 
 to her dying day whei by th.it marri^g^e could np 
 W^ybe good. Secondly that the lady Kaihm^f^ 
 daughter to the faid Lidy Fraues^ by the Idarqucs 
 (by whom the Earl of Hartford had his children) 
 was lawfully married to the Earle of Pembrojce 
 that now livtthjand confcquencly, could hnve no 
 lawful! iffuc by any other during his life» gly* that 
 the faid I^i^ibfme was never lawfully married to 
 the faid Earl Hartfoyd^bvt bare hmi thofe children 
 as his Concubinejwhich(.i« they f3y)is defined and 
 rcgillred in the Ajrchb.of Canterbune? court,upon 
 due exammation takejn by order of her Majefly 
 that now reigneth , and this is in effeft fo much 
 as 1 have heard them sU aledgc, about their affars. 
 It is much (quoth I)th:n you have flidjif it may 
 SCmJf* gjj pyQye Marry yet by the w :iy,I cannot but 
 
 fmilc tohearemy Lord of Leyctfler allow of fo 
 n»anj bafiardies nowr upon the iiTue of Lady 
 
Pnrces^whom in time palt, when M;?eher cidefl Lcyccfteridca- 
 
 duughccr was niained to hjs brother, he advanced img wiih the 
 iwkgit'madon before both the daughters uf king houfcof Swflfolk. 
 Henry the eight. But to the purpofe : I would 
 gladly know what grounds of verity thefe alhg3- 
 tioushave, and how far in truth they may ftoppe 
 from inbcrirance : for in deed 1 never heard thcnj 
 fo d i ft I h d ' y ledgcd before. 
 
 Wht reto aufwered the Gentleman, that our QmUmim* 
 fnend the L wycr could bcft refolvethat, if ic 
 pleafed h m to fpcake without his fee : though in 
 I ibme points allcdged every oiher manCquoth be} 
 that knowerh the Hate and commort govcrnmenc 
 ofEngland, mayeafily give his judgement alfo^ 
 And ia ths tale of baftardyj if the matter may be Baftai Jy, 
 proved jtheic is no d fficuhy, but that no right to 
 inheritance can jafUy bee pretended: as alfo Forrajncbirtk, 
 (perhaps) in the cafe offorrainc hirik, though in 
 this 1 am not fo cimnmg : but yet I fee by expe* 
 riehce, that forrainers borne in other lands, can 
 h irdly come and claimc inheritance in England, 
 albeit, to the contrary, I have heard great and 
 long difpiues, but fuch as indeed pafled rr y capa- 
 city. And if it might pleafc our friend here pre* 
 fenr to expound the thing unto us more clearly, I 
 for my part would gladly beftow the hearing^and 
 that with attention. 
 
 To this anlweved the Lawyerj I will glad [y^, 2:^2 wjier. 
 fir, tell you mymkidc many thing that it fliull 
 plea(^ you dem md: and much mere in this mat- 
 ter, where ii^» by occafion of often conference I am 
 fomewhit perfed.The impediments which thtfc 
 mt'\ alledg-i againft the fucccfllon of king Herny 
 the 8. his fifters,are of two kinds,3syou : The 
 one knowne and allowed in our law, as you have Ba/kr^Ifc^ Uwf I 
 well faidjif It may beproved;andthac is baftardy: Itoos. 
 whereby they feck to difable all the whole Liiie 
 .1 i and 
 
Tlic impodi* 
 mcnts againft 
 Scotland three 
 in number. 
 
 (118; 
 
 and ract of S«jfo/<te - alio AibeU$ ©f the fccond 
 and later houfc of Scotland, Whereof it is tofmall 
 purpofe to fpeakany thing here : feeing the whole 
 controverfie ftandeth upon a matter of fad onely 
 to be proved or improved by records and witnef- 
 fes.Onely this I will fay, that fome of thefe ba- 
 jftardics, before named, are rife in many mens 
 mouthtSj and avowed by divers that yet live : but 
 let other men lookc to this,who have moft inter- 
 eft therein, and may be moft damnified by them^ 
 if they f^ll out true. The other impediments, 
 which are alledged onely agamft the Qjieene of 
 Scots and her fon,are in number three, you re* 
 cite them : that is forraine birth, king H(?7ricste- 
 ftamenr,and Religion : whereof I am content to 
 fay fomewhatjfeeing you dcfire it : albeit there be 
 fomuch publilhcd already in bookes of divers 
 languages beyond the fe3,3S I am informed, con- 
 cerning this matter, as more cannot be faid* But ^ 
 yet fo much as I have heard pafle among Law- 
 yers my betters,in conference of thefe affaires : I 
 will not let to recite unto you , with this provifo ] 
 and proreftation alwaycs, that whatlfpeakc, I 
 fpeak by way of recitall of other mens opinions : 
 not meaning my felfe to incurre rhe ftatute of af- 
 firming or avowing any petfons title to the crown 
 whacfoever. 
 
 Vidl then touching forraine birrh, there bee • 
 
 of foi'Tainc'S ^^^^ thn will fay , that it is a 
 
 ' common and gcnerall rule of our law, that no 
 flraoger at al may inherit any thmg by any means 
 within th? Land r which in truth I take to be fpo- 
 ken withc)utground,in ^hatgenerall fenfe. For I 
 could never yer come to the fight of any fuch 
 comnon or uwiverfill rule : and I know, that di- | 
 vers examples may be alledged in fundry cafes to ' 
 the contrary: and by that which is expcefly fet j 
 
 down 
 
 A protcftation. 
 
 Touching the 
 
downe in the feventh and iiindi years of king 
 
 Ed, the 4, and in the eleventh and fourteenth 
 
 of Hen. the 4- ^Pf earc? h plainly that a ftrangcr ^j.^^ 
 
 m^^y purchafe lands m Englaad, as alfo i» hcrit by pmchafc. 
 
 his wife , if he marry an inheritrix. WhereYore 
 
 this common rule is to bee reftrained from that 
 
 generality,unro proper inheritance onlyjin which The true Maxi- 
 
 icnfe I do eafily grant, that our common Law n*.a againlt Ali- 
 
 hnth bcenof ancient, and is ar this day , that no^***' 
 
 perfon born out of the 41egiance of the king of 
 
 Eagland whofc father & mother were not of the 
 
 fame allegiance at the time of his birch, AdU be 
 
 able to have or demand any heritage within ihe 
 
 fame allegiance, as heire to any perfon. And this The ftatutc of 
 
 rule of owr common Law is gathered in ihefe ^ing B«Jwar<i 
 
 ftlf fame w >rds of a ft nurc made inihe if. yc.^E Max^mV"^^ 
 
 of king Edr the third , which indeed is the onely t^^crcd.**^ 
 
 place of cffedjthat can be alledgcd out of our law 
 
 againftihe inheritance of ftrangcrs infuchfenfc 
 
 and cafes as we are now to treat of. 
 
 And albeit now the commot Law of our r.^p^^, 
 Country do runne thus in generau , yet will scott5(h title is 
 the friends of the Scottifti claime rffirme , noilcrccdbythc 
 that hereby ih.it title is nothing let or hindred at a^jainft 
 all towards the Crowne; and that for divers 
 manifeft and weighty reafons, whereof the prin- 
 cip ill are thcfe which cnfue, 
 
 Firft > it IS common and a s;encrall rule of our firft rcafon. 
 Englifli lawes, that no rule, Axiome or Maxima 
 of law (be it never fo genernll)can touch or bin J 
 the Crown , except exprcffe mention bee made 
 thereof in the fame-for that the king and crowne 
 have great priviledge and prerogative above the 
 ftate and affaires 0/ fubjeds, and great differen- 
 ces allowed in points of law. 
 
 As for ex3mple,it is a gencrall & common rule The rule of 
 of iawjthat the wife after the deceafe of her huC thirds. 
 
 I 4 band.. 
 
band, (hall cr joy the third of his lands ! but 
 yet the Qiaeenc fhall not enjoy the third part of 
 the Crowne, after the Kipgs death : as well ap- 
 pcareth by experience, and is to be feene bylaw. 
 Tenant by cour- >^nno and Sti, of the third ; and Anm 
 
 tcfic. ^.and 2,8, of He^y^thc (ixt. Alfo it is a comr^oa 
 
 rule, that the husband fhall hold his wives landSr 
 after ner death, as tenant by coHrtefie duimg his 
 life,butyet it holdeth not in a Kingdome. 
 
 In like manner, it is agenerall and co r^mon 
 riile, that if a mm dye fcafed of Laiid inFee- 
 fimple, hiving daughters and no foane, his Linds 
 Divlfion among fh-jllbe divided by equall portioas among his 
 daughters. daughters, which boldeth not m the Crowne 
 but rather the tldcft Daughctr inhcriterh the 
 whole, as if fhe were the fffue male 4 So alfo it is 
 Executors. a comrnon rule of our l3w,that the executor fhill 
 have all the goods and chattels of the Tcftatf>r, 
 but not in the Crowne. And fo in many other- 
 cafes whi^h might bee recited, it is evident that 
 the Crowne h.nh privilcdge above othets, 
 and cannot be fubjcd torulc, be ic never fo ge- 
 nerall, except expreflcmention be mide thereof 
 in the fame law-' as it is in the former place 
 and a fiuute alledged : but rather to the contrary 
 Cas afier fhall be fhcwed^ thercis exprelfeex-: 
 ception, for the preroguive of fuch aS;dt:f(jcnd o£ 
 Royall bloud. 
 
 Their fecond reafonis, for that the demand or 
 title of a Crowne canuot in true fei»fe bee cohi- 
 fathinhcr tancc prehcnded under the words of the former Oatnte, 
 as IS meant in the forbidding aliens to demand herirsge within the 
 ftatutc. allegiance of Engiandr and that for two refpeds* 
 
 The one, for that the Crowne it felfe cannot be 
 called an heritage of allegiancr, or within alle- 
 giance, for.that It isholdcnof no fuperiour up- 
 on eaitb, butimmcdiac/slyvfr^txi Qod bioifelfe : 
 
 the 
 
 on): 
 coni' 
 
 The » rcaion. 
 The Crowrtc no 
 
th? fccond/or that this Itatuce treateth onely and* 
 mcanerh of inheritance by defcent, asheyreto 
 ihe fame, (for I have fliewed before that Ahcnj 
 may h^ld lands hy purchafe within our Domini- 
 on) and then fay they, the Crowne is a thing in- The Crownc « 
 corporate, and dcfcendeth not according to the^^^P^'*"^*** 
 common courfe of othct private inheritances: but 
 gocfh by fuccfffion, as ocher incorporations doe. 
 In figne whereof it is evident, th^t albeit the 
 King be more favoured in all his doings, then a- 
 ny common perfon ^ til be, yet -cannot hee avoyd^ 
 by law his gf^iats -ind letters patents by reafon of' 
 h.;s lionnge (as other infants and commor^ heireg 
 under age m^^y d^ie) but alv/ayesbe faid to be of 
 full age in refpeft of ht$ Crown* even as a Prior, 
 Parfon^VicarjDe anchor other perCon i^rcorporate 
 fhall be, vvhtch cannot by ar>y meanes in law beo 
 fais^ to be within agc,in rcfped of chcir incorpo- 
 rations. 
 
 Which thing maketh an evident difference in 
 our cafe, from the meaning of ihe former ftatutc; 
 for that a P.ior, Dcane,or Parfon, bemg Aliens 
 and no D^-ni^tens, might alwayes in rime of peace 
 demand lauds in England, in rcfpcd: of their cor- 
 porations, notvvichltandiKg ;he faid {bmre or 
 common law a giinft Aliens, as appeareth by ma- 
 ny booke cafes yet extant : as ralfo by the liature- 
 made in the time of Kmo Richard ik^ fecond, 
 which was after tl^ie forefaid ibtute of King Ed- 
 WJrd the third. 
 
 The third reaion is, for thai in the former ftl- The r. wVon. 
 tiue It fchc of K}iPi^ E( Wird, there are excepted l^cJ^^'^^thy 
 exprefly from this generall rule, InfmU^du Roy, ^^^^^ 
 that is, the Kings off fprtng or jfluc, as the word 
 Infant doth fignifie, both iii France, Porrugall, 
 Spaine, and other GoUntrics : and as the Lacine 
 word Lilnri (which aafwereth the fame) is taken 
 
 com- 
 
commonly icvthe civill hw. Neither may we rc- 
 tSbeswtwau F.dc ftraine the French words of that Sarute iafant s 
 TOb.%ru to the kings children onely of the firft degree 
 
 (asfomcdoc, for that the harrcnneffc of our lan- 
 guagcdr^th yeeldus no other word for the fame) 
 but rather, that thcrby are undcrfiQod,as w II the 
 ncphcwes and other difcendants of the king or 
 UoodRoyali, as his immediate children. Font 
 were boch unrcafonable and ridiculous to tmig»a 
 that king Edward by this (lacute, wotsid go about 
 to difinherit hisown nephewi| if he (hould have 
 any borne out of his own allegiance (as eafily he 
 mighratihit time) his fons being much abroad 
 from liipland j and the black Prince, his eldeft 
 fon having two children borne beyond ihefeas : 
 and confequentlyjit is apparent, that this rule or 
 maximefet downagaintt Aliens is no way to be 
 ftretchcd agamft the defcendants of the king or 
 of the blood Roy all. 
 1l8cf<Ktn!ircafo» Their fourth reafon is,that the meaning of king 
 11*eKiig$ mca- ^d»<ir<< and his children ("living at fuch time as 
 ™& this fiatute was ma'ie) could not be, that any of 
 
 their Image or iflue might be excluded in law, 
 from inheritance of their right to the Crowne,by 
 their foraine birth wherefocver.For oiherwife, it 
 is not credible that th^. y would fo much have dif- 
 perfed their own blood m othcrCouncries,as they 
 did^by giving their daughters to {ltangers,& other 
 ^^w^^^u^^ meanes :as LiQntltktVn^^ third fon was marricci 
 fe^^^r in Millan, and lobn of Gaunt the fourth foujgave 
 ^^^^ * his two daughters, pb'Uip and KathtYwe to Portu- 
 gall and Caltile ; and his neece^aw to the king 
 of Scots ; as Tb&mas of Woodftocke alio the yon- 
 geft brother, married his two daughters, the one 
 tothekingof Spaine, and the other t® Djke of 
 Brirame.Which no<d oubt (they being w ife Pria- 
 ccs^and fo nccr of the blood Royal) would never 
 
(lis) 
 
 have done; if they had ifnagined that hereby iheir 
 ifTue fhoiild have loft all claimeand title to the 
 Crown of England : and therefore it is moft cvi- 
 dent,that no fuch bar wasnrhen extant or invaginM 
 
 The fifcrcafon i5,that divers perfoas born out ^^l^^^^f^^' 
 of all Englift dominion and allegiance , both fo*J|I|crsa<lmitc4 
 before the Conqueft and fince^have bin admitted 
 to the fucr flion of ©ur Crow n, as lawful! mhe- 
 ritours, without any exception againft them for 
 their forainc birth As before the Conqueft is evi- 
 dent in yong Edg<if Btbeting borne in Hungarie, 
 and thence called home to inherit the Crowne, 
 by his great unckle king gdward the Confvflbr, Florcshift.Anno 
 With full confent of the whole Realm ; fhe B. of '° * 
 Worccfler being fent as Ambaffador to fetch him 
 horoe^with his father named Edtv^dthc out-law. 
 
 And fince the Conqueft,it appeareth plainly in 
 king Stephen and king Hmy the fecond, both of 
 them borne outof Engli£h dominions^and of Pa- 
 rents, that at their birth^ were not of the Englifli 
 allegiance 5 and yet were they both admitted to 
 the Crowne, Yong Arthur alfo Duke of Britain 
 by his mother C$nftance that matched with Geffray 
 king the fecondsfonne, was declared by 
 
 king /^icWfif his unckle, at his departure towards poUib.i j.Flor. 
 Jerufalem, and by the whole Realme, for law- hift.1208. 
 full heire apparent to the Crowne of England, 
 though he were borne in Bricameout of Engliili 
 allegiance ; and fo he was taken and judged by all 
 the world at th n day : albeir, after king Rkkifds 
 death, his other UMcle lobn, moft tyrannoufly took ^.^ohnatyxaat 
 both his kingdome and his life from him. For 
 which notable injuftice, he was detefted of all 
 men both abroad and at home 5 & moft apparent- 
 ly fcourged by God, with grievous and manifold 
 plagues, both upon himfelf and the Realm,which 
 yeeldcd to hisufurpation.So that by this alfo it ap- 
 peareth, 
 
p^areth, what the praaicc of our Countreyhath^ 
 beencfrom time to time in this cafe of forr > nc' 
 birth : which pradicc is the beft interprerer of out 
 common Engl (hlxw : which dependeth^rp;cial- 
 ly,and moft of all^upon cuftomc : nor can :hc ad- 
 Y^rfary allcdge any one example to the contrary, 
 The^.reafba* Their fixc^is of the jadgcmcn: and fcntence of 
 TheiudgcmcBt King H^nr; ihe fcveiirli, an^ of his Cotincell; who 
 aad fenccnceoT being to?'!th?r in coafaltucionj at a ccttaihe time 
 aboytthe marri.ige of ;>f«rg«r€r his eldeit daugh- 
 ter into Scotland : fome of his Coun^ ell moved 
 this doubf, wh u fiiould enfue, if by chance rhe 
 Jkings iffue male (houy ftile, and fo the fucceffi- 
 oh devolve to rhe ht yrcS of the faid Ma^gmt^ as' 
 now it doth ^ Whercunto that vv.fc and mof^ pru'- 
 denr Prince made anlwer : thKif a ly fuchcyeiit* 
 ft'^uld be,it coyid nnt be prejadiciall to England,, 
 being the bigger parr, but rather bencficiall : for* 
 that It fhould draw Scotland to England : that is, 
 ^Kc leflerto the more: even as in times paft it' 
 tiappcned in Normandy, Aquitaine, md Tome o- 
 ther Provinces.Which anfwer appcafed all doubts ' 
 and gave fingular content to thofe of his Cotin- 
 ccH, Polidars wtiteth, that lived at that time, 
 and wrote the fpcciall matters of that reigne, by? 
 the kings ownc inftrudion. So that hereby wCe 
 fee no fcjueftion made of king Htnryox his Coun- 
 ccllors touching forraine birth, to let the fuccefli- 
 otiOfLady Margmtt ilTue : which no doubt 
 would never have beene omitted in that learned 
 affcmbly, if any law at ihattime had beene eftee- 
 mcd or imagined to beare the fame. 
 
 And thefe are fix of their prmcipallcftreafons 
 to prove, that neither by the words nor meaning 
 of oar common lawes , nor yet by cdftome or pra- 
 dice of our Realme, an Alien may bee debarrec4 
 from claim of his intercft to the Crowne, when 
 
 it 
 
it fallcth tp himby ngbtuii Jcfcent in blood and The^^rcafon^ 
 fucceffion.But i(i ihe particul >r c^fe of the Queen ThcQoecBc©! 
 x)f Scocs and her Ton, i\\cy doe adde ai o herrea. Y^^^j^^^^ 
 fon or c\yo:thcrcby tp prove them in vtry deed to ^ 
 ^e no Aliens • Not oi Jy in refped of thtir of tea 
 and continuall mixiure with Enghfli blood from 
 xhc beginning (and eCpccially of Utc,thc Qaceo« 
 Gtandii|Other and husband being Engliihjand fo 
 Jher foijne bt;go-tjqn of s^n £r»glij(b f;ither^but alfo 
 fer t wo other c^ufes an^i reafons, which feen.c in 
 truth of Ttry ^ood importance. The firft is, for 
 ^that Scotland by all Enghflimen (how foe ver the 
 Scou deny ihc lame) is tajcen aad holden as fub- 
 jeS to England by)Way of Homage ;vvhich many 
 of their kiiigs m di veis times have acknowlet^ged: 
 and confcquently the Quccnc and her fon bcmg 
 torne in Scotland arc not borne out of the alle- 
 giance of England, and (o no fprrainers. The fc- 
 ^ond paufe orr.eafon is,tor that the forcnamcd fta- 
 ^utc of fprrainers m ihe 25.yeare of KingE^war4 
 jihe ihiirdj is intitled, ef thoje that m borne bcymi 
 t^efea^. And in the body of the faid ftatucc, the 
 doubt is moved of children borne out of En^lifk 
 alkg aiKe beyond the fe^s : whereby cannot*" bee 
 underftood Scotland, for thsit it is a piece of the 
 contment land within the fcas. And all our old 
 Records in Engbnd, that talke of fcrvicc to bee 
 done within thefe two councncs, have ufually 
 Af^k,;^^inv/&rds^lnfriiqmtH9vm fta^ot in French 
 idrjs U'^qnsM mtn^xKit js^vvithinthe foure Seas : 
 whereby piuft needs be underftood as well Scot- 
 land as E( gland, and that perhaps for the reAfon 
 before mentioned, of the f. bjedion of Scotland 
 by way of Homage to the Crowne of England. 
 In refped whereof it may be, ih:?t it w iS accoun- 
 ted of old but one dominion or allegiance. And 
 confequently, no man borne ihereia can bee ac- 
 counted 
 
(126) 
 
 counted an alie:-ito Enoland. And this fiia! fufficc 
 for the fiifl pointjtouchingforagine Nativity. 
 , f ditti fecond impediment objedcd, which is 
 
 pcdimtnt agSnft tcftamentof King Hemy the cight,authori2cd 
 the Q^of Scots, by Parliament, wherby they siSim the fucccmon 
 & her foii»which of Scotland to be excluded: it is not prcciftly true 
 1$ K-Heiiry the ^i^^t they are excluded, but onely that they are put 
 * bisicftamcnt. ^^^^ ^^^.^^^^ fucceffion of the houCot S^^fa/)^- 
 For in that pretended Teftanient (which after 
 fhill be proved to be none indeed) King Htnty io 
 djrpofcth,that after his own childr :n(if they fhold 
 chance to dye without iflue) the Crc wne (liall 
 paii'e to the heires of Frames Sc oiBUnor^ his neC- 
 €cs by his yonger filler Marj Qaeene of France ; 
 and after them (deccafing tllo without ifllie^ th? 
 facceffion to returnc to the next heirc againc. 
 Wherby it is evident, that the fucceflion of Al^r- 
 gmt Q^ecnc of Scotland, his eldeft filler, is not 
 excluded ; but thruft back onely from their due 
 place and order, to exped the remainder, w4iich 
 may in time be left by the yonger. Whereof in 
 mine opinion, doe cnfue fome confiderations a- 
 . gainft the prefem pretenders themfclves. 
 
 Scdt«ti"° Firfl.4«mKmgHe««„judgement.Aefor. 
 the iudgcmcntof prctcnpcd rule of foraine birth, was no fum- 
 K, Henry the 8, cieot impediment againft Scotland ; for if it had 
 bin, ne doobt but that he would have named the 
 fame in his alleaged tcftament^ and thereby have 
 utterly cxcladcd that fucccffio.But there is no fuch 
 thing in the tertiment, S condly, if ihey admit 
 Thcftieceffiotiof this teftamentjwhtch alotteth the Crown toScot- 
 th'c^id^^mcmof ^^^P Suffolk ; then, feeing ihit all the 
 
 the competitors, houfe of Suffolk (by thefe men? after tr ns^ is ex 
 eluded by baftardy^itmuft nerds fol(ow,thatScot 
 land by their own judgement is nexr,& fo this tc- 
 ftament wil make againtt them,a., uideed it doth 
 in all points molt apparantly ,but only that it prc- 
 
 ferreth 
 
0^7) 
 
 fcrreththc houfc of SMftolk, before that of Scot- 
 lauv /And thcrtfore (I th.nk lir) that y©u miftakc 
 fomr /hat about their opmion in allcaging this 
 tcftamcnt.Foi I fuppofe,th3t no man of my Lord 
 ofHmuvgrom fattion,will allcagc or urge the tc- 
 flimony oi diis ceftamcnt; but rather iome friend 
 of the houfeof SuQdi(^ in whofe favour,! take it, 
 that it was firtt of all forged. 
 
 It may be ("quoth the Gentleman) nor will I G€IJ«lf»0fc 
 fland obftmatly in the contraryjfor that it is ^lard 
 fometime to jadgc ot what fadion each one is, 
 who difcourfcth of thefc affairej.Bur yer I marvel 
 ( if It wt re as ydu fay) why Uyct^ers F ^ther after 
 K,&dwird% death,made no mention iherof in the 
 favo* of Suffol}{^ii\ the other tcftament which then 
 kc proclaimed,a$ made by K.Ei/w^rrfdeceafed/or 
 preferment oiSuffdJ( before his own fifters, 
 
 The caafc of this is e vident(^uoth theLawyer) laWfifl 
 for that it m;idc not fofficiently for his purpofc : The Bukc^ 
 which wasto riifinhcrit the two daughters of King Noithiinte« 
 Hemy himfelfr, and advance ihc houfc of St^pli 
 before them both, 
 
 A notable change (quoik the Gentleman) that Otfitltmafg^ 
 a title fo much exalted of late by the Father, a- 
 bov€ all ordery right, rankc and degreej (hoald 
 now be fo pnuch debafcd by the Son, as thou-h it 
 were not worthy to hold any degree,but rather to 
 be troden under- foot for plain baftardy And you ^j^^ mi^til^iff 
 fee by (hiS,how true it is which I told you before j dealing the 
 thatthe ruceof Dudlies are moft cunning mer- houfc of ^u^tef* 
 chant$,ro make their gaine of ail things,raen and 
 times. And as we have feene now two teftamenis 
 alle aged, the one of the Kings father, and the o- 
 ther of the kmgs ronne,and both of them in preju- 
 dice of the tcftators triKfucceflbrs : fo many good 
 fubjefts beg«n greatly to {car,that we may chance 
 
 19 
 
-tofec^dttly a third T eltJfaenc of 'her Sl^jcfty 
 for the tituhng of HuvtifigtdH ^ and c^tifp;uj«n 
 of King H^^/rirs blood, & jhat before her Majefty 
 can ihmk of fickncffe: wherein I befcechthe Lord 
 I be no Prophet. But now, fir, to the forefaid 
 Will and Tellament of King Hmyy I hsiyc often 
 iheard in ttufehjthat thething was counterfeit,or ac 
 the leaft not able to be proved : a ul that it was 
 difcoTCredf e)efted,and defficed in Qaeen Miirks 
 time : hut I Would gladly underftaiid 1vhai yod 
 Lawyers eftteme or judge chercof. 
 Lan^jeit* Touching this matter (quoth the L:^wyer3 it 
 
 cannot be deniedjbut that in the 28. and g 6 yeUrs 
 The authority of King ti$mei reign,upon coF»fideration of fome 
 KitaH^^^''^^^ doubt and inefolucson, whidi the King himfelfe 
 tcftLicnt."^' had (hewed, to have about the order of fucccffion 
 ia his own€ children, as aifo for takii^g away all 
 occafions of controverfics in thofeof the next 
 blood ; the whole Parliament gave auihoniy un- 
 to the faid King, to debate .-^nd determine ihofe 
 matters himfelfc,togethcr with his learned coun- 
 celljwho bcft knew the lawes of ihe Realme, and 
 titles that any man might h we thereby ^ and that 
 whatfoever fucccffion his MajeOy (huuld declare 
 as moft right andlawfull under his letters patetits 
 fealed, or by his laS Will and Teftament right- 
 fully made and flgned with his owne hind : that 
 the fame ftould bee received for good and 
 lawful!. Upon pretence whcreof/oon after King 
 Hemes death, there was fiiewed a Will with 
 the kings ftamp at the fame, and the names of 
 divers witncfles, wherein (o-^shath beene faid) 
 the fucceffion of the Crownc, after the kings 
 owne children, is ?ffigned to the heyrcs of 
 Frgmes and Eltnore , Nceces to the king , by 
 his younger Sifter. Which affignation of ihc 
 Crown, being as it were a meer gifc in prejudice 
 
 of 
 
(137) 
 
 ®fthc elder fillers right (as alfo of the right of 
 
 Frances and £/c«(?r themfelves who were omitted 
 
 in the fame affignation, and their heires intituled 
 
 onc-ly jwas cftecmed to be againft all reafon,law, 
 
 and nature, and confequently not thought to pro- The iQngs 
 
 ceed from fo wife andfage a Prince as K.-Ntnrk Teftamtnt 
 
 was knownc to be : but rather, cither the whole /or^^i. 
 
 forged, or at leaft wife that claufc inferted by 6- 
 
 thcr, and the K.irgs ftamp fetunto it, after his 
 
 death, or when his Majedy lay new paft undcr- 
 
 ftanding. And hereof there wameth not divers 
 
 Bioft cf idem reallons and proofes. 
 
 For firftytis notprob.iblcnorcredible,thatKing ^y.^ 
 //ewmwoafd evergo about,ag3inftlaw and rea- 
 fon,to difinherit the lioe of his eldeft rifter,with-^ 
 out any profit or in^ereft to himfelfe : and thcre^ 
 by, give moft evident occafion of Civill war and - 
 difcord within the^ealm/eeingjthat in fuch a carfe j^^^^ ^ 
 of manifeft and'appareht wrong, m fo great a & r/Vii 
 f»atter,thc authontieof Parlamertt, takeih little {^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 eft-Ci^, againft the true and lawfull inheritor ;as 
 well appeared tn the former' times and contenti- 
 ons of Hetirkxht dyiih, Edrvar(i ih^i, ionvdi i and 
 the th^rd ; inwhofe rcignes^ the diver t 
 and contrarie Parliaments made and holden^ ^- 
 gainft the next iohcritor,held no longer with any 
 man, then unrill the other was able to make his 
 '^wne par tie good. 
 
 So I ike wife, in the cafe of King E^n?^c^ the xbt ex- 
 thirdhi? fwcceffion to F^ 4«ce, in the right of his Ample of 
 mother, though he were excluded by the generall fran^e, 
 tiTembiyand confcnt of their Parhaments | ye.C 
 *ht efteemsd not his right cxtinguiflicd thereby ; 
 as tteither did other Kings of our Couatrie that 
 enfucd after him. And for our p' cfenicafe, if 
 ROihing elfe (hould have rcftrained King Hemie^ 
 ^ K from. 
 
(n8) 
 
 from fuch open injufticc towards his jcldcfi Cflcr 2 
 yet this cogitation, at Icaft, would hare flayed 
 him: tK^t byj giving example of fupplanting his 
 elder filters Linc,by vcitue of a teftamcnt or pre- 
 tence of Parliament 5 fomc other might take oc- 
 . cafion to difplace his children by like pretence : as 
 we fee that Duke 7)u(iley did foonc after by a for- 
 ged tcftament of King Edward the fixt. So ready 
 SchoUars there are to be found, which eafily will 
 iearne fuch leffons ofTniquity, 
 Thg rcavid Secondlys there be too many incongruities and 
 rm In ir^<lig^^"^s in the faid pretended W ill to proceed 
 ^ ' . from fuch a Prince and learned coumcell as King 
 congmtms f^^^^i^^ For firrt, what can be more ridicu- 
 an '^"fg'jpyg^ than to give the Crowneto the heires of 
 * Francss and £/e»or,3nd not to any of themfelves? 
 
 or what had they offended that their heires fliould 
 enjoy the Crowne in their right, and not they 
 themleives ? What if King Henries Children 
 fliould have dyed, whiles Lady Francis had been 
 yetalive^ who (hould have poffeflcd the King- 
 dome before her, feeing her Line was next ? aad 
 yet by this tcftament fhee could not pretend her 
 felfe to obtaine it. But rather having marry ed A- 
 Adrian dtian Stokes her horfe-kceper, (he muft have fulFc- 
 StOkes, red her fonne by him ( if fhe had any ) to enjoy 
 the Crown : and fo ^diian of a Serving man and 
 Matter of Horfes 3 (houJd have become the great 
 Mafler and Protedor of England. Of like abfur- 
 dicie is that other claufe alfo, wherein the King 
 bindcthhis owne daughters to marry by confenc 
 and direftion of his counfell,or otherwife to leefe 
 the benefit of their fucceffion : yet bindcth not his 
 Neices dau2hters,to wit,the daughters of Frauds 
 Sc Elenor ^it thty had any) to any fuch conditional 
 Thirdly, there may bee divers caufes and ar-i 
 
 guments 1 
 
(IJP) 
 
 gumeats alleJgcd in law, why this pretended wii4 7- third 
 is not authentically : if othcrwife, it were certaine rea/on. 
 that King Henrie had meant it : firO^ for that it xhe pre* 
 is not .agreeable to the mind and meaning of Juppojed 
 Pai'hameiir, which mtended onciy to give autho- if^iUunot 
 ritic for declaration and explication of the true authenii- 
 title : and not for donation, or nuricating of the ^^^^ 
 fame, to the ruinc of the Rc jlme. Secondly, for 
 that thtre is no lawfulland autiiencicall Cople 
 extant thcrcofjbut oncly a h:ire inrolement in the 
 Chancene, whtch is not fufficient in fo weighty 
 an afFauc : no witnelle oi the privic Councell or 
 of Nobiht e to the fame : which had been conve- 
 nient in lb great a cafe (for the bed of the witnef- 
 fcs therein namtd, is Sir /ohn GatcSy whofe mife* 
 tabic death is well knowne :) no pubhke Notary, 
 no probation of the will bcfc«re any BiOiop or any 
 lawful I C ourt for that purpole : no examination 
 of the witnell«:$;orothcrtbing orderly donCjfor 
 lawfull authoriiitng of the matter. 
 
 But of all other things this is moft of impor- 
 tance: that the Kmg never ft:t his ownc hand to The dip* 
 the foreGiid Will, but his ftampe was put there- proving of 
 unto by others, either after his death, Or when he the Wil 
 was paft remembrance: as the late Lord Paget in mtn^JJts. 
 the beginning of Queen JAants dayes , bemg of The Loid 
 the Privie Councell, firft of all other difcovered Paget, 
 the fame of his owne accord , and upon meere 
 motiGn of confcience^confeffing before the whole 
 Councell , and afterward alfo befoic the whole 
 Pailamcnt, how that bimfelfe was privy thereun- 
 to>and partly alfo culpable, ("being drawn the tun- 
 to, by the inftigation and forcible authority of o- 
 thers : ) bur yet afterward upon other more godly 
 motions deteOcd the device ; and fo of his owne 
 free-wiilj very honourabljlvi'cnt and offered the 
 K 1 difco* 
 
(ho) 
 
 Sh Edw. difcoverie thereof to the Councdl. As alfo did Sir 
 Montague £a»ard Mom ague ^ hotdchititlw^ict that had 
 been piivy and ^ttkm at thefaid doings> and ®Re 
 William fFUham Clarke , that was the man who put the 
 Clatke. ftampe unto the paper, and is alcribed an?ong the 
 ot er prctenfcd witnefles > confeiied tkc wncJe 
 preaaiBes to be tiue,Jind purch^fed his p -rdon fet 
 his offence therein. Whereupon Queen CMatk and 
 her Counctil , caufed prcfently the faid Inrole- 
 tnem, lying in the Caancerie to be cancelled, de- 
 faced and aboiifljed. 
 
 And fuhcnce that time in her Majefl-ics d^ye s 
 that now livcth, about the 1 1 .or 1 1. yeare of her 
 rcigne, ('if I count not amiffe) by occafion of 
 ccrtaine little bookc ipread abroad at that time 
 very fccretly, for advancing of the houfe of Suf- 
 A meeting folh^t^ by pretence of this Teftamcnt : I remcm- 
 togetber a- her well the place where the late Duke of Nor» 
 lout this foll^i the Marqueffe of iVincUfttt ( which thea 
 matter of was Treafurerj the old Earles of Atundett 2iVid. 
 the Hohi- peffiroo te that now are dead, with my Lord of 
 /i/y, penhook that yet liveth, (as alfo my Lord of Lej» 
 
 cefier hir&idk^ if 1 bee not deceived) with divers 
 others,met together upon thrs matter : and after 
 long conference about the forcfaid prctenfed will^ 
 and many proofes and reafons laid downe, why 
 it could not be true or authenticail : the old Earlc 
 of Fenhrooli protefling that he w as with the King 
 in his chamber from the firft day of his fickneffc 
 unto his Uft hpiire, and thereby could well affiare 
 the f alfification thereof : at length it was moved, 
 that from that place they ftiould goe, with the 
 reft of the Nobility, and prodaime the Queen of 
 M' tord of ScotiandhtivQ apparent in C^e^p-jJie. Wherein my 
 Ixiaft. Lord of Lepcefier (zs I take it was ihea as for- 
 gave play* ward as any man clfe#how bee it, now for his 
 t^dC'i^bU» profit 
 
(140 
 
 profit, he be turned afidc, and would turne back 
 again to morrow next for a greater commodity. 
 
 And albeit, for fomecaufesto themfclves belt 
 known,they proceeded not in the open publillirng 
 of their determination at that time : yet my Lord 
 ©f Fenhrool^^ now living can beare witnclfe that 
 thus much is true : and thar his father , the old 
 Earlca at that time told him openly before cheo- 
 ther Noblemen, that he had brooght him to that ^^^^ 
 affcmbly and place to inftrud him in that truth, Penbrooks 
 
 defend it alfo with his fword ( if need required ) ^^/^^ ^^''^ 
 after his death. And I know that his Lordfhipis hU fon^ya 
 of that honour and Nobility, as he cannot leave ^^'^^^Z* 
 off ealUy the remembrance or due regard of 
 fo worthy an admonition. And this fliall fuf* 
 ficc for the fecond impediment , imagined co pro- 
 ceed of this fuppofcd Teftament of King Henrie 
 the eighth. 
 
 As for the third impediment, of religion , it is xhe third 
 not generall to all : for that only one perfon (if I iYnpedi- 
 be not deceived ^ of all the Competitors in K, yyicntoftt* 
 Henries Line can bee touciaed \\ ith fufpltion of itoig^^ 
 different Religion, from the prefent ftatc of Ewg- 
 land. Which perfon notwithftanding (^as is well 
 kaowne) while (hee was in goveinwntin her 
 owne Realme of Scotl^nd^ permitted ail liberty of 
 Confcience, and free exercife of Religion to thofe 
 of the contrary profeffion and opinion , without 
 veftraint. And if fliehadnot, yet doc I not fee, 
 either by prefcript of h w, or pradifc of thefc our 
 times, that diverfity of Religion, raav ftayjuft In- 
 heritors from enjoying their due poffcflions,ia a- 
 ny ftate or degree of private men : and much lefle 
 in the claimc of a Kingdome : which alwayes in 
 this behalfe as hath been laid before)is preferred 
 
 in piivilcdge. 
 
 K3 
 
 Thi$ 
 
(140 
 
 Fmces of ^^^^^ experience,in divers Countries 
 
 Germany. P^^^* world at this day ; as in Gefma- 
 
 nyy where among fo many Princes, and ib divided 
 in religion as they be : yet every one fcicceedeth 
 to the ft ace whereto he hath right j without refi- 
 ftancc for his religion. The examples ahb of her 
 Majcfty that now is, and of her lifter before, is 
 evident-who being known to be of two different 
 J^. Mary inclinations in rehgion, and the whole Realmc 
 jQfCCW E- divided in opinion for the (ame caufe : yet both of 
 IiiL ibeth. them at their fever ail times with generail conleat 
 ofalljwere admitted ro their lawful! inheriranc-e: 
 *rfce Dud- excepting onely ^ f"^^- * tr.ii ors againft the f< r- 
 icis i^QU' JTiCr, who withftood her right, as alfo in her the 
 fimt. ^*ght of her MaielUe that is piefcnt, and that not 
 for Religinn5(as appeared by their owne confef- 
 fion after) but for ambition and defire of rcigne, 
 Monfjeur, the Kings brother and heire Trance^ 
 as all the world knoweth, is well accept-^d^favou- 
 red, and admitted for fucceffor of that Crowne, 
 by all the Proteftants at this d ly of that Counrry, 
 notwithftanding his opinion in religion knowne 
 ^ r to be difR rent . And 1 doubt not, but tht King of 
 Navarre or Prince of Cvnd^y in the contrary part 
 ^varie vvould thinke rhcmfelves greatly iniurcd hv the 
 pnnce of a c x i j rc r u 
 
 ^ I "Jteof trance, which is dilteient from them m 
 
 ^ ' religion at this day, if after the death of tht Ki g 
 that now i5, and his brother without illbc ^ ( if 
 God fo difpofc) they fhould be barred from inhe- 
 riting the Crowne, under pretence ontl/ of their 
 Religion My Lord o{ Huntington himfelfe alfo, 
 IS he not knowne to bcc of a dilfeVent^ religion 
 t.7*fv Lord hom rhe prefent ftate of Engl nd ? and rhat^if he 
 £?/ Hun* were King tomorrow next , he wou'd niter the 
 em'^t?7n5 whelegoverrament^order, condition, and llateof 
 ttigkn, rthgion, now ufed and eftablAed within the 
 Reainie ? But 
 
043) 
 
 But as I faid in the bcginninejif one of a whole 
 family, or of divers families be culpable, or to ^^^Jf^^^^of 
 be touched herein 5 what have the reft offended 
 thereby i» will you exclude alI,forthcmifiike of ^f^^ 
 one? And to defcend in order; if the firtt in K. ^^^»^ V 
 Henries line, after her Majefty may be touched 
 in this point,yet whyfliould the reft be damnifi- 
 ed thereby? The'K of S cot tarjd her fon,that next 
 cnfuethTto fpcakinequityjwhy fhould he bee 
 ^hut out for his religion? And are not all the o- 
 ther in like manner Proieftants, whofe difccnt 
 IS confequent by nature,ordcr,and degree, 
 
 Fortheyong ^. 0/ Scotland (quothi) the truth Schollar 
 is,thatal7i;ayesfor mine own part, I have hadgreat j^jj^ * 
 hope ^nd expeifation of htm, not onely for the con^ Ktnz of 
 ceipt Kphtch commonly wen have of fiich Orient Scoclai^ 
 youths^yhorne to i(inidomes 5 hut efpecially for that 
 1 undeffioodfrom time to timey that bid education 
 i»as in ail learning, princely exercifefy and in/lrw* 
 £fion of true religion , under rare and vertuous 
 men for thatpurpofe. Whereby 1 conceived hope^ 
 that he mi^ht not onely become in time an honou^ 
 Table and profitable neighbour unto uSy for ajfum 
 ranee of the Gojpell in thefe parts of the world; 
 but alfo (if Goafhould deprive us of her Maiefiy 
 without ij^ue) mightbe ameane by his fucceffton 
 to unite in Qoncord and Government the two 
 Kealmes together , which heretofore bath heene 
 fought by the price of many a thou/and mens 
 bloudy and not obtained. 
 
 Marry yet now of late ( 1 know not by what 
 means) there is begun in mens hearts a certainc 
 mirtike or grudge againft him^for that it is given 
 out every where that he is inclined to be a Pa- 
 'pift,and an enemy to her Majefties proceedings, 
 which argueth him verily of Angular ingratitude 
 K 4, if 
 
(^44) 
 
 if it be truejCottfiiiering the grc^t helper znd pio# 
 le^ioa which he hiith received from her Highnes 
 evjBT fith€n$ he was borne, ? 
 Oend, fimplcC quoth the Gentleman) 
 
 ai^ to belcev€Leverie. report that you f^eaire of this 
 tnatter ? know you mot > that it i$ expedient for 
 ttjyLordof Lej/cefier znd his fa^Jion , that this 
 youth,abovc all other, bee held iti perp«cuAlI dif- 
 grace with her Majefty , and with this Rcalme ? 
 You know, that Rkhard of Gloucefier had never 
 yfce *me been able to have ufurped ashedid . if heehad 
 to fet out not fiift perfwaded K Edward the fourth, to hate 
 Mr SMaJe- his owne brother the Duke of Clarence, which 
 fiy mth Duke flood in the w 7 between i^ic^^xr J and the 
 ty young thing, which he moft of all things coveted : that 
 King of is,thepoflibilitietothe Crowne, and fo in this 
 Scotland, cafe is there the like device to be Qbfervcd. 
 
 Fot truly, for the yong King of Scotland^ reli- 
 gion^it is evident to a$ Enany as have reafon^that 
 it can bee no othw of it felfe 6ut inclined to the 
 beftjboth in refped of his education,inftruftion, 
 and convcrfation with thofc of true religion : as 
 alfo by his former adions, Edids, Government, 
 and pwvate behaviour he hath declared* Marric 
 thcfe men whofc profit is nothing lefle, than thac 
 he or any other ef that race fhould doe well : 
 doe not ceafe dayly by ail fecret wayes,driftSj and 
 molcftations poffible, to drive him eifher to mif- 
 like of our religion, orelfe to incurre the fufpiti- 
 on thereof, with fuch of our Realme, as otherwife 
 would be his bed friends^ 4 or if not this , yet for 
 Tery need and feare of his owne iife^ to make re- 
 courfe to fwch other Princes abroad^ as may moft 
 offend ormifl*ke this ftate. 
 
 And for this caufe, tliey fuborne certainc bufic 
 ftlkyvcs of theiir owne crew and fadion, per- 
 taining 
 
(H5) 
 
 caifling to the minifterie of Scotfand, (but unwor- xhe intol" 
 thy of fo worthy a calling ) to ufe fuch info- Ur able pro- 
 Icncic towards their King and Prince , as is not ce^dings of 
 ontly undccentjbut intolerable. For he m^y io^ cert >nnMi^ 
 nothing, but they will examine and difcuffe tht ^li/lers in 
 fame in Pulpit. If hcc goe but on hunting, when Scod ni 
 it pleafcth them to call him to their preaching : if a?;ahjl 
 he make but a dinner or (upper, when, or vvhere^ ^j^^fy tq.^ 
 or with whom they like not ; if he receive but a y-j fj^^Q^^ 
 couple of horfeSjOr other prefcnt from his (n^nds nation of 
 or kmfemen beyond the feas : if hee falute oi ufe ^j^g. 
 courteot:fl / any mm^ ormeffenger w hich com . mksin 
 methfrom them ( as you know Princes of their England, 
 nob lity and courtefie arc accuftomcd , though 
 they come from their enewiies , as very often 
 hath bcene fcene, and highly commended in her 
 Majeflic of England : ) If hee deale familiarly 
 with any Ambaffador which liketh not them : or 
 finally , if hee doe fay or fignifie any one thing, 
 whatfoercr that pleafcth not their humour, they 
 wil prefently as feditious Tribunes of the people, 
 exclaime in publickc • and fteppmg to the Pulpit 
 where the Word of the Lord onely ought to be 
 prcachedjWill excite the Communalty to difcon- 
 tentation, inveying againft their Soveraigne with 
 fuch bitcerncs of fpeech, unreyerend tearmes,and 
 infoient controiements , as is not to be fpoken : 
 Now imagine what her Majcfty and her grave , 
 councell would do in England^ if fuch proceedings 
 fliould be ufed by the Clergy againft them. 
 
 fNo doubt(quoth I)but that fuch unquiet fpirits Scholhr« 
 fliould be puniflied in our Realme, Andib I faid 
 of late to their moft reverend and worthy Prelate Sit Patri^ k 
 and Primate the Arch-bi(hop of5r. -r^»</rew,with Adam ' oa 
 whom it was my luck to come acquainted in ^rchhfjlj, 
 London^ whither he was come^by his Kings ap- of St. Aa» 
 
 poyntment drcwes* 
 
(i4<S) 
 
 pointment(ns he faid^cotreafcerrain affairs with 
 oar Q. and CouncelL And talking with him of 
 this diforder of itis miniftcric, he confcflcd the 
 fame with much griefc of mind, and told me, 
 that he had preached thereof before the K.him- 
 felfe^detcfling and accufing divers heads therof, 
 for which caufe he was become very odious to 
 them and other of their fadion^both in Scotland 
 and Kvghftd. But he faid, that as he had given 
 the rcafons of his doings unto our Qu. io mea- 
 nctb he fhortly to do the fame unto Morjfieur Be- 
 ^<!f,and to the whole Church of G eneva ^by Ccn^ 
 ding thither the Articles of his and their do ngs, 
 prorefiing unto me that tbe proceedings and at- 
 tempts ot thofe faftious and corrupt men, was 
 moft fcandalous/editious and perilous, both to 
 the K. pcrfonjand to the realm; bemg fufficiem 
 indeed, to alienate wholy the yong Prince from 
 all afFedion to our religion, when he fhall fee 
 thechiefe Profcffors thereof to behave them- 
 fclves fo unduEifulIy towards him, 
 Gcntl. That is thethiifg which ihefe men,his compe- 
 Treafom titors,moft defire(^«of & tbe (^entkmdv) hoping 
 plmed thereby to procure him moft evill will and dan- 
 gAin^ the. gcr,both at home and from Svglund, For which 
 l(jng of caufe alfo^they have praftifed fo many plots and 
 Scots. treacheries with his owne fubje6!$againft him % 
 hoping by that meanes to bring the one in di- 
 ftinfi and hatred of the other, and confcquently 
 the K. in dnnger of delirudionby his own. And 
 in this machination, they have behaved ihcm- 
 fclves fo dextcroufly, fo covertly ufed the man- 
 Hage nnd contriving licrcof, and fo cunningly 
 conveyed the executio?! of many things : as it 
 miohr>iJK^eed/cem apparent to the yong K.that 
 the whole plot of tieafons againtt his Realme, 
 
(147) 
 
 and Pcrfon, doth come {xomEngUndy thereby 
 to drive him into jcaloufie ofourflate, and our 
 ftate of himrand all this for their ownc profit* 
 Neither is this any new dcncc of my Lord of 
 Leicefi to draw men for his own gain into dan- 
 ger and hatred with the ftate, under other pre- 
 tences. For I could tell you divers fiories and 
 ftratagems of his cunning in this kind, and the 
 one farre different from the other indcvicerbut 
 yet all to one end. / have a friend yet livivfythat 
 Tpas tQtoards the old Earie of Arundel in good 
 credit ^md hy that means had occafiov to deal with 
 the lateT>u^e of ^ovMkin his chief efl affaires 
 before his troubles. This man is n?ontto report 
 firange things fr(M the 7)ufiesowne mouthy of my 
 
 Leicefters treacherous dealing towards Leyceftcrs 
 him, for gaining of hisbloud, as after appeared^al- cunning 
 beitthe Dui^e when he rep tted the fame, miflru^ device for 
 fled not fo much my Lords malice therein. But the overthroro 
 fumof aIl,isthisinefFea : that Lettc^er having 2). 
 a fecret dcfire to pull down the faid Duke^to the of Norf. 
 end that he might have no man above himfelfcj 
 to hindcK^him in that whrch he moft defir€th;by 
 a choufand cunning devices drew in the Duke to 
 the cogitation of that marriage with the Queen 
 of Scotiandy which aftei ward was the caufe or 
 occalionof his ruine. And hee behaved him- 
 felfe fo dexteroufly in this drift , by fetting on 
 the Duke < n the one lide , and alfo by in- . 
 trapping him on the other: ^%ludas himfelie . ^ ^^pu* 
 never plaid his part more cunningly when hee t ^^ ^^ 
 fupped with his Mafter, andfct himfclf foneer, " 
 as he dipt his fpoon in the lame diQi,& durit be- 
 fore others, aske who fhould betray hiin ? mea- 
 ning that night to doe ithimfelfc, as he (licwed 
 foon after luppcr, when he cameasa Captainc 
 
 with 
 
(148) 
 
 with a band Confpir a tors^and with a courte- 
 ous kiflj delivered his perfon into the hands of 
 them, whom hee well knew to thirft after his 
 bioud. 
 
 The very like did the Earle of Ltyceftet with 
 the puke of NOtj Oli^ for ihc a t of treafon, 
 though in the parties betrayed there were great 
 difference of innoccncy. N;imely, at onetime, 
 when her Msjefty was at BAfing in Udmpfhire, 
 and the Duke attended th^re ro have audience, 
 with gre:it indiffcrency in himfclfe to follow, or 
 leave off hss fuir for marriage : ( f or that now he 
 began to fufped, her Majefty liked not greatly 
 thereof; ) my Lord of Le^eftet came to him and 
 counfelled him in any caie to perfcrere, and not 
 T^efpee- to relent, affuring hina with many bathes and 
 tshesof Ley protcftjtions, that her Majcfty mufi and ihould 
 seiler/o be brought to allow thereof j whether Ihe would 
 the Du^e or nojand that bimfelfc would feale that purpofe 
 gf Norf. with his blood.Ntithcr was u to be fuffcred that 
 her Maiefty (hould have her will herein^ with 
 many other like fpeeches to this purpofe : which 
 the Dake repeated againe then prcfenrly to my 
 faid friend : with often laying his hand upon his 
 bofocne and i^aying j I have here which affureth 
 Levceil- fufficiently of the fidelity of my Lord of £cy- 
 cmikn/^e ^^^^^ * meaning not onely the forcfaid fpeeches, 
 ^4r Vi.,t bur alfo divers letters whiclj he had written to 
 the Duke of that cfft as hkcwifc he had done 
 to fomc other per/on of more importance in the 
 Rcaime; which matter comming afterward to 
 li^ht, he coufened mo ft notably her Majefty, by 
 {hewing her a reformed copie of the faid Letter^ 
 for thcLetter it felfe. 
 
 Bfeit now how well he performed his promifejin 
 dealing with her Majefty for theDake or againft 
 
 the 
 
 of ^ he 
 
the Duke in this matter^ her Hi^hncfle can beft 
 
 ficU, and the event it felfe fhcwed. For the Duke 
 
 being admitted foon after to her Majefties fpcech 
 
 at another place* and receiving a farre other an- 
 
 fwer than he had in hop« conceived upon Ltycc- ^ht ^u\t 
 
 ^err proraifes,retyredhimfelfetoZ.oaflba> sshttt of Norf, 
 
 ihe Jfamc night following hee received Ltttttsfijl^ginto 
 
 both from Leyce/^er, 2nd Sit Nicholat Throgmor^ Norfoikc 
 
 f OrtjUpon Lepefim inlligation ( for they were at 
 
 that time both friends and of a ftdion ) that he 
 
 (hould prefently flye into A'or/o/i^, as he did,which 
 
 was the lafl and fi nail complement of allL jfi^e/?. 
 
 former devices , whereby to plunge his friend 
 
 ver the cares la fufpition and difgrace, tn fuch fort 
 
 as he fhould never be able to diaw hirafelfe out of 
 
 the ditch againc) as indeed he was notj but dyed 
 
 in the fame . • 
 
 And herein you fee alfo the fame fubtile and CHadivi" 
 Mach^viliaa flight, which I mentioned before, of iianjiigbts 
 diivmg men to attempt fomewhat, whereby they 
 may jncurre danger, or remainc in perpctuall fuf- 
 pition or difgrace. And this prafticc h t hath long 
 ufcd^ and doth dayly, againftfuch as he hath will 
 to deftroy* As for example, what fay you to tjie 
 device he had of htc^ to intrsp his well defcrving £eyceftcr$ 
 ft iQad 3 Sit: Chriftopher Hat ton t in the matter of ^^^icesfor 
 Hall his Priefl , whom hee woald have had Sjr ^j^g q^^^ 
 Cbri^opher to fend away and hide, being touched fj^yo"^ of 
 and detcded in the cafe of Ardent, thereby to^^y^^hjj^ 
 have drawnc in Sir Chrifiopber himfelfe > as Sir ftophec 
 Charks Candijh can well declare, if it pleafe him, Hattoa. 
 being acecflary to this plot, for the overthrow of 
 Siv Chrifiopher : To which intent> and moft dc- 
 rilifti drift, pertained ( I doubt not) if the matter 
 were duely examined, the late interception of let- 
 ters in parU from one Mdnd of LyoaSi then in 
 
 ROftth 
 
devices a- 
 g^infi the 
 Ea^le of 
 Shrewf. 
 bury. 
 
 (150) 
 
 RomeftoHenr/Vmptonykvfmtto Sk Chrifiopher^ 
 in which Icttcrsj Sir Chrifiopber is reported to 
 be of fuch credit and fpcciall favour in Rome^zs 
 if he were thegreateft Papift in Ez/^k»t/ 
 r e czCxets meaneth alfo thefc pernitious late dea« 
 
 ^olif tt a- ^^^§^ ^gainft the Earleof Shrea^sburieyZmin of 
 ' the raoft ancient and worthicftNobilitie of our 
 Realm ? what meane the pra<^i:ifes with hisnea* 
 reft both in bed and bloud againft him ? what 
 meane thofe moft falfe and flanderous rumours 
 caft abroad of late of his difloyall demeanours 
 towards her Maieftv andhiscountrey, with the 
 great prifoner committed to his chargeHs all this 
 to any other end,but onely to drive him to fomc 
 impatience^and thereby to commit or fay fomc- 
 thing which may open the gate unto his ruine? 
 Divers other things could 1 recite of his beha- 
 viour towards other noble men of the Realm, 
 who live abroad in their countries much injured 
 and malecontented by his infclency : albeit in 
 refped of hisprefent power they dare notcom- 
 plaine. And furcly^it is ftrangc to fee how little 
 account he maketh of all the ancient nobilitie 
 of our Realme ; how he contemneth, derideth 
 and debafeththem 5 which isthefafhion of all 
 fuch asi mean to ufurp^to the end they may have 
 ncrie who fliall not acknowledge their firft be- 
 ginning and advancement from thcmfelves. 
 
 Not only ufurper$(^]'t/o/^ the Larvyer) but all 
 others who rife and mount aloft from bafely» 
 nage,bc ordinarily moft contemptuous ^contumul- 
 tuous, andi;;/i/e??f3gainit others of more anti- 
 ijuity And this was evident in this mans father, 
 Neil? men who being a Buck of the feril head 
 mo/i con- was intollerable in contempt of others : as ap« 
 temptuous- peareih by thofc whom hee^ trod downe of the 
 
 Nobili- 
 
 Leyccftcis 
 contempt 
 of the an- 
 tient Mo' 
 biltty of 
 England. 
 
 Lawyer^ 
 
(150 
 
 Nobilitle in his time ; as alfo by his otditiarie 
 jcfts againft the Duke of Somerfet and others. 
 But among other times> letting one day ac his 
 owne tableCas aCounfellor told meethatwas 
 prefcnt)he tookoccafion totalkeof the Earl of 2>-T)udIics 
 ^rundelyVfbom he had then not onely removed f^flatthc 
 from the Counfeil , but alfo put into the Tower ^^^^ ^/ 
 oiF Low^^Wjbeing (as is wel known) the fir ft and Arundcll. 
 chiefcft Earle of the K,ealme. And for that the 
 faid Earle {hewed himfelfe fomewhat fad and 
 affliified with his prefent ftate (as I marvel notj ' 
 feing himfelf in pnfon,and within thecompaflc 
 of fo fierce a Bearespaws^ it p leafed this good- 
 ly Duke to vaunt upon this Earlcs mifcry^ at his 
 owne Table(a8 1 have faid)and asked the noble 
 men and gentlemen there prefent, what Creft 
 or Cognisance my L. of Arundel did give ? and 
 when every one anfw ere d , that hee gave the 
 white horfe;! thought f; (quoth the i>uke)and 
 not without great caufe 5 for as the white Paul- 
 frey when he ftandeth in the liable, and is well 
 
 {•rovendred, is proud and fierce, and ready to 
 cape on every other horfesback, ftill neying, 
 and prauncing, and troubling all that ftand a* 
 bout him ; but when he is once out of his hoc 
 ftable, and deprived a little of his eafe andfat 
 feeding^every boy may ride and matter him at 
 his pleafure : fo is it (quoth he) with my Lord 
 of jirmdefl- Whereat many marvelled that 
 were prefent, to hcare fo infolent fpeech paflc 
 from a man of judgement, againtt a Peerc of 
 the Realme call into calamity. 
 
 But you would more have marvelled ( quoth GentL 
 the Gentleman) if you had fecncthat which I 
 3id afterward^hich was the moft bafe and ab- 
 jed behaviour of the fame Duke to the fame 
 
 £ark 
 
The 9 H ^^^'^ of Armdel at Cmbridie^vini ypon tWc w 
 
 '•awards London f when this Baric was fcm to 
 l^^ia foar apprehend and brfng him up, asprifonct. If I 
 2)i4keDiL''' ii^ouid tell you how he fell down on his kiieesj 
 Icy in ad' ^ wcpt,how he befought the faid Earle to 
 'verfe fur- ^ a good Lord unto him,whom a little bcfprc 
 iidnes. ^o much contemned and reproached^you 
 
 would have faid that himfelfc might as well bd 
 compared to this his white Paulficy , ^is theo- 
 ther: Albeit in this I wiUcxcufe ncitheir of thclxi 
 both) neither almoft any of thcfe great men 
 who are fo proud and infolent in their profpc* 
 rous fortune^ as they arc cafily led to cpntcmne 
 any man^ albeit themfelves'bee moft contemp- 
 tible of all othcrSjwbenfocver their fortinc be- 
 ginner h to change : and fo will my L, bf Lei- 
 cefter be,alfo no doubt at that day>th6ti^h now 
 in his wealth he triumph ov^rall,ahd^Jitih'not 
 Stholiar. whom^or how many he offend ahd iiifure. 
 
 Sir^thcreinl bcletvc you ( quoth 1) for wee 
 Leycedcrs h^^c had fufficient tryall already of my Lord^ 
 hafe beha- fovtiividt in adverfity. His ba& and abjed be«» 
 viourin ai- haviour in his laft difgrace about his mafriagCj 
 njBirJitfe. well declared what hce would doe in a matted 
 ofiBore importaiice His fawning and flatten 
 T\hg of themjwhom he hated riiott : his fervile 
 Leva (let s ^P^^^hes, his feigned and diflem bled tear e's, ar^j 
 deceivm^ all very well knownc : Then Sir Chtifioph&r 
 eferChr - ^^^^^^^ needs be enforced to receive at 
 itcpher his hands the honourable and great office of 
 Hirton ^hamberlainfiiip of Chefitr^ fdr that be would 
 by any meanesret gne the fame unto him^ whe- 
 ther he would or no : and made him provide 
 fnot without his charge ) to receive the fame, 
 thoug'h his Lordfliip never meant it, as after wel 
 appeared. For that the prefcnt pange being paft* 
 
 it 
 
(i$3) 
 
 It liked my Lord to fulfill the Italian Pro Vcrbc* 
 of fuch as in dangers make vowcs to Saints ; 
 Scampdto H pericolo , gahhm il /atito, the danger 
 cfcapcd^the Sainf is deceived. ^ 
 
 Then, and in that neccflity , no men of the 
 Realm werfe (o much honotircd. commended, Sc 
 ferved by him as the noble* Chamberlainc de- ^pretie 
 ceafed^aad the good Lord Trcafurer yet living: fbift of 
 to whom, atucertama tiine, he wrote a letter Lord of 
 in all fraud and bafe diflimulation, and cauftd Leyceftcn 
 the fame to be delivered withgreat cunning in 
 ihe fight of her Majefty 3 and yet fo^as to (hew 
 a purpofe that^it fhould not be feen . to-the end, 
 her Highneffe might tather take occafibn to call 
 for the fame and read it, as fhe did. For Mi- 
 ilris Framis Harvard {to whom the ftrdiagem 
 was committed^ pl^ying her part dexteroufly, 
 offered to deliver the fame to the Lord Trea* 
 furcr, neare the doore of the withdrawing 
 Chamber, he then comming from her Majefty : 
 And to draw the eye and attention of her High- 
 nctfe the rnore unto i , fliee let fall the papcr-^ 
 before it touched the ireafurers hand , and by 
 that occafion brought her Majefty to call for iHc 
 fame : Which after flie had read and confidercd 
 the ftile^togethct with the metall and conftitu- 
 tionof him that wrote it , and to whom it was r/- ^ 
 4crit, her Highne rife could not but breake forth n- 'V 
 in laughter,wiih deteftat ton of fuch abfurd and J^jf^fP^^^ ^ 
 abjeft difiimulation : fay ng unto ihy Lord ^^^/L 
 Trcafurer there prefcnt : my Lord believe him 
 not, for if he had you inlikecafe,he would play 
 the Beare with you, though at this prefent hee 
 fawne upon you never fo faft. 
 
 But now Sir, I pray yoq goe forward in your 
 fpccch of Scotland ^ tor tterc I remember you 
 L lefc 
 
(154) 
 
 left off, when by occaGon we fell into thele di^^ 
 
 Gentl. Well thcn(quoth the Gentleman ) to returac 
 againe to Scotland (as you move) from whence 
 wee have digrcffcd : mott cerraine and evi- 
 dent it is to all the world , that all the broylcs, 
 crouWcs^ and dangers procured to the Prince in 
 that countrey , as alfo the vexations of t&em, 
 . who any w ay arc thought to favour that title ia 
 fu' our ownc Realmc , doc proceed from the d^ift 
 and comflotof thefeconfpirators# Which bc- 
 Majt/fy By fid^s the great dangers mentioned before , both 
 oppre/ston aomefticall and forraine, temporall, and of rc- 
 Sj J^' ligion,muft needs inferre great jeopardy alfo to 
 '^^^^^^ herMaicftics perfon and prefent reign>that novw^ 
 ^ n 'T' go^^**"^^^ > through the hope and heat of the 
 xilh ttm* ^{^ixox% ambiticn , inflamed and increafed fo 
 much the more by the nearcnefl'e of their deli» 
 red prey. 
 
 For as fouldiers emred into the hope of a rick 
 and well furniflied Citic,arc more fierce and fu- 
 rious, wl)en they have gotten and beaten downe 
 u4 Similie the Bullwarks round about : ind as the greedy 
 trug, Burglarer that hath pierced and broken downe 
 man walls to come to a trCaftirc^is leflie patient 
 of ftay^ ftopa and delav, when hecommcth in 
 fight of that which he defiteth, or perceivcth 
 only lime partition of wane skot or the like 'be* 
 iwixt his fiugers,and the cofcrs or monie bags: 
 (o thefe men when they (liall (ee the fucccffion 
 of Scotlard extinguiihet^ , together with all 
 frienns and favourers theiwf, (which now arc 
 to her Majefly a?» Bullwarks and w-als^and great 
 obftacle^; rothe afpirors^antl when they fhall fee 
 onely her Ma; dits life and perfon, to Itand be* 
 twixt Jthcn* a id their fierie dcfircs ( for they 
 
 make 
 
(155; 
 
 make little aaount oPall otter Competitors by 
 King H nrie: UneO «> Aoxxht but it will bee to 
 them a great priek and fpurrc to difpatch Her 
 Majcft 16 alfo: the nature of both Earles being 
 well confideredjwhereof the one killed his own ^^^^^ of 
 wife,(a$ hath been iliewed before) onelyupon Leyctftcr, 
 a little vaine hope of marriage with a Queene, 
 and the other being To farre blinded and borne _ . ^, 
 away with the fame furiou> fume, & mott im- ^. ^^J 
 potent itching humor of ambition^as hisowne "^^'^'^S* 
 mother, when (he was alive, feemed greatly to ^^^^ 
 feare his finders, if once the matter (hould come 
 fo ncare> as her life had onely Uood in his way. 
 For vfhich caufe, the good old Countefle was 
 wontto pray God ( as I have heard divers fay ) 
 that ftie might dye be fore her Majcfty ( which 
 happily was granted unto hcryro the en i that The old 
 by ftanding m her fonne^^siray (who (he faw Comtejfc 
 to her giief, furioufly bent to wear e a Crown:) of Hua- 
 there might not i'ome dangerous extremity tingtonj 
 grow to her by that neaiencffe: And if his owne fptech of 
 mother feared this mifchance, whsc may her herfonne. 
 Majefty doubt i*t his, 8c his companions hanJs^ 
 when fhe oncly (hall be the obflacle of all their 
 unbridled and intpatientde' res ? 
 
 Cleareit is(<}u6tb the Lawyti)rhat the nearc- Lawyer* 
 . acffe of afpirors to the C rovvne, cndangereth Meatenejfe 
 greatly the picfcnt poflclTors^as you have well compe- 
 proved by rcafoniand I could flic w by divers ex- tnors doth 
 amples,if It were need. For when Hevrie'BuL' tndtethm 
 lirjgbroo^e,D\ikc of La'^icafier.hw not onely Him fo advcn- 
 i^W^ che fecond to be without iff ue , but alfo f?/re. 
 Roger Mortimer, Enlc of March j thn(hould Htnr.BuI- 
 bave fucceded in the Crow nc^ to bee flame in Imobrook 
 Ireland: though befoie(as is thoui>ht)he meant after iQug 
 not to ufurpe, yet feeing the pofliWity and \l,thc 4. 
 
 L 2 near 
 
(150 
 
 nearc cut that he had, was inuitcd therewith to 
 Richard jgy hands of his Soveraignes blond and dignity* 
 ^uke of as he did. The like is thought of Richardfiuke 
 Gloucefter Qlocefier^ that he never meant the murtherof 
 Afm iQng hisncphewcs, untill he faw their father dead, 
 Richard andthemfelves in his ownc hands ; his brother 
 the thirJ. aifo Duke of Clarence difpatched,and his onely 
 fonne aadheire Earle of fVamkli within his 
 ownc power^ 
 
 Wherefore feeing that it hath not pleafed Al- 
 mighty Godjfor caufes to himfclfe beft known^ 
 to leave unto this noble Realm, any ifllie by her 
 The »rcnt excellent Maieftie,it hath been a poynt of 
 
 ypiftdome great wifcdome in mine opinion , and of great 
 ^f her Ma- fafety to her Highnes perfon,ftatc, & dignity^to 
 jefiyin con- preferve hitherto the line of the next Inheritors 
 fervmthe houfc of Scotland, ( I mcanc both the 
 
 tiext heircs mother and the fonney whofe deaths hath been 
 of Scot- diligently fought by the other Competitors^ 
 land, and had btrne long ere thisatchieved, if her 
 Majefties ownc wifedome, and rc yall clemency 
 (as is thought) had not placed fpeciall eye upon 
 the confervation thereof , from time to time. 
 Which Princely providence . fo long as it (hall 
 endurCjmuft needs be agiesjrfafety and fortrefs 
 to her Majefty, not onely againft the claimes, 
 aides, or annoyance of torraine Princes^ who 
 wii not be fo forward to advance itrange titles^ 
 while fo manifeft heircs remain at home,nor yet 
 fo willing ( m refped of policy ) to hclpe that 
 line to poliVffion of the whole Ifland : but alfo 
 againtl pradicesof domclticall afpirers (as you 
 have fhewed)in whofeafiairs ro doubt but thcfe 
 two branches of Sc tla^d arc great b ocks, as 
 dfo fpeciall bulwarks to her Majedies life and 
 perfon : fceing(a$ you fay)thcfc copartners make 
 
 fo 
 
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 fo little account of the other of that line, who 
 fhould cnfue by order of fucccffion. 
 
 Marry yet of the two, Ithinke the youth of of 
 ^cor/diw^ be of much more importance for their Scotl,inds 
 purpofe , to bee made away, both for that hec dififu6iion 
 may have iffue,andis like in time to be of more ojmoreim- 
 ability, for defence of his owne inheritance ; as portanct to 
 alfo for that he being once difpatched, his mo- the con/pi - 
 ther fliould fooneenfuc by one flight or other, rmrsithm 
 which they would devife unwitting to her Ma- hismotbit^ 
 jefty / albeit , I muft needcs confeflc that her 
 Highneffe hath ufed moft fingubr prudence for 
 prevention rhcrcof,in placing her reftraint with 
 fo noble, ftrong, and worthy a Peereof our rke Enrle 
 Realme, as the Earlc of Shrmshtimts , whofe (j/Salisbu- 
 fidelity and conftancy being nothing plyablc to , y di/gra* 
 the others fadion, glveth them little contcma- (;£jhy the 
 tion. And for that caufc the world fceth how compeii^ 
 many fundry and divcrsdevices they have ufcJ^ f^^rr, 
 and do ufe dayly to iiaiidcr and difgrace. him,and 
 thereby to pull from him his charge committed 
 
 To this the Gentleman ay^/w ere d nothiv^ at aU^ Gei\t\. 
 hut flood ft tl mufivgwith hmfelfey as though hce 
 bad conceived fame deep matter in h'ls head t and 
 after a little paufe he began to fay asfollocveth 
 
 I cannot truly but much macvailc^whenl do vigi-^ 
 compare fomc things of this time and govern- /.j?;/ eye 
 ment, with the doings of former Princes, Pro- that her 
 genitorsto herMajeify. Namely of Hevf letht Makflks 
 J. and Henrie the 8« who had fo vigilant an eye ancc/io/s 
 to the laterall line of King Edward the' 4. by had to the 
 his brother of Clarence , as they thought it ne- ( cL't^raU 
 ceffary, not only to prevent all evident dang^i-s /^>2t\ 
 that might enfue that way,but even the pombi« 
 lities of all perill ; as may well appear by the 
 cicecutionof Erf.Earl of lyarmcli before named 
 L 3 Son 
 
Son and heire to the faid Duke of Clarer7cej2nd 
 of Margaret his lifter Countefle of Salisbury^ 
 with the Lord Henry Montague her fonne, by 
 whofe D.iuzhter the Sarle of Huntington now 
 perfons claimeih.AU which were executed for avoyding 
 executed of inconveniencies^ and that at fuch timesjwhen 
 of the h'ufe imminent danger could be much doubted by 
 vfQhxi^cQ that Linc^efpecially by the latter. And yet now 
 when one of the fame houfe and Line, of more 
 ability and ambition, th^in ever any of his 
 Anceiiors were , maketh open title and cUimc 
 to the Crowae, with plots, packs, and prepara- 
 tions to moft ntanifeft ufurpationjagainft all or- 
 der, all law, and all rightful i fucceffion f and a- 
 gaini^: a fpecial ftatute provided in that behalfe- 
 yet is he permitted , borne out, favoured , and 
 friended therein : and no man fo hardy , as m 
 defence of her Majeftie and the Rcalmc to con- 
 tr Je him for the fame. 
 The exam^^ ^^^^ Majeftie is brought into th 
 
 pie oflviVi ^^^^ opinion of my Lord of Himtivgton^ fide- 
 us Qx(m$ l'fy> 3s/i//i^^5 was of Marcus Brutus, his 
 de^ru^ion. ^^^^^^ obliged fncnd : of whofe ambitious pra- 
 * ^ifcs,andafpiring, when C'^/ir was advertifed 
 by his careful! friends i hcanlwered, that hec 
 tWknt'N "Brutus lo be ambitious, but I am 
 furc ( quoth he that my Brutu^ will never at- 
 tempt any thing for t^hc Empire while CaefarM'^ 
 v^th : and after my death let him ftiift for the 
 fan\e among othei s,as he can. But what enfued? 
 J urely I am loath to tell the event lor ominati- 
 cns fake , but yet all the world knoweth that 
 crc many monethspafled, this moft noble and 
 < IcHK^nt Enipcrour was pitcifully murthercd 
 y the fame Brutus and his partneisinthe pub- 
 Ivvv: Senate 5 when Icaft of all he expeded 
 
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 tkch tt^eafon. So dangerous a thing it h to be fe* 
 cure in a matter of fo great fequcll , ortotruft 
 them with a mans life » who may pretend prefer- 
 ment orificerefl by hif death. 
 
 Wherefore, would God her Majeftie in this cafe 
 might be induced to have fuch due care and regard 
 of her own cftate and royali pcrfon,as the weigh- 
 ty monjent of the matter requireth : which con* 
 taineththe blifle and calamity of fo noble and 
 worthy a kingdome as this. 
 
 I know right well, that mod excellent natures 7-^^ ^^^^^ 
 are alwayes furthcfl: off from diffidence in fuch confidence 
 people as proves love , and are moll bounden by njcriepaiU 
 dutie : and fo it is evident in her Maiettic, But yet ig^^^ i» 4 ' 
 furely, this confidence fo commendable in other pyij^^p, 
 mentis fcarce allowable oftentimes in the perfon 
 of a Prince : for that it goeth accompanyed with 
 fogreat perillas is inevitable to him that will not 
 fufpedt principally when dangers are foretold or 
 prefaged, ( as commonly by Gods appoyntment 
 they are , fcr th'e fpeciall hand he holdcth over 
 Princes affaires ) or when there is probjible con- 
 jefture, or jufl; furmife of the fame. 
 
 We know that the forenamed Emperor Caefar^ 
 had not onely the warning given him of tfte in- 
 clination and intent of Brutus to ufurpitionj but 
 even the very day when hee was going towards 
 the place of his appoynted deftiny , there was gi- 
 ven up into his hands a dctedion of the whole 
 trcafon, with requeft to read the fame prefently, Theeocam" 
 which he upon confidence omitted to doe. Wee P^^of Alex* 
 read alfo of Alexander the great how hee was ^^^^^ ^^^^ 
 not onely forbidden by a learned man to enter ^ow 
 into 5<^*j/to(whither he was then going) for that 
 there was treafon meant againft him in tlie place, jontold 
 but alfo that he was foretold of Antifater: mif- danger, 
 L?4 chievoui 
 
chicvoiis meaning againft him in particular. But 
 the yong Princt h aying fo welldeferved of ^n- 
 tipater, could not he brought to mift. uft the man 
 that was fo dcarcunto him : and by that meanes 
 waspoyfoacd in a banquet by thicc fonsof ^n- 
 fipater^y^hich were of moft credit ^ad confidence 
 in the Kings Chamber. , ? , 
 
 SchoIIar ^^^^y^^^h^^y ^^^^^ did fomewhat tremble with 
 feare,horror,3nd deteftation of fuch events. And 
 I faid unto the Gentleman ; I befeech you Sir , to 
 taike no more of thefe matters, for 1 cannot well 
 abide to heare them named i hoping in the Lord 
 that there is no caufe, nor ever (h^ill be, to doubt 
 the like in BrigUnd : efpecially from thefe men, 
 
 L^e m- who are fo much bound to her Majcfty , and fo 
 
 cutions. forward in fceking out, and purfuing all fuch as 
 may be thought to be dangerous to her Majefties 
 perfon, as by the fundry late executions wee have 
 have feen, and by the puniihments every way of 
 Papifts we may perceive. 
 
 GentI Truth it is (quoth the Gentleman^ that jufticc 
 
 hath bin done upon divers of lare, which conten* 
 teth me grcacly^for the tcrrout and reftraint of o- 
 therspf what fed or religion foever they be: And 
 it is moft neceffary ( doubtles) for the compref- 
 ling of partieSjthat great vigilan«c be ufed in that 
 behalfe. But when 1 coniider^ that only one kind 
 of men are touched herein : and that all fpecch^re- 
 gard>doiibr,diftruft,^nd watch isof them alone j 
 without reflexion of eye upoa other mens doings 
 ' or defignements ; when I fee the double diligence 
 and vehemency of ccrrainc inftrumencs, which I 
 hke not, bent wholly to raife wonder and admira- 
 tion of the people .feare, terrour,and attention to 
 the doings^fayinis, and meanings of one part or 
 faction alonejsnd of that namely and only which 
 
 thefe 
 
tbcfc confpirators cftccm for mod dangerous and fnui t$ 
 oppo/itc to themfelvcs : I am ("belccvc me) often he feared 
 tempted to fufped fraud and falfemeafurc : and in pur/iiitig 
 that thefe men deale,a$ wolves by aature in other one part or 
 Countries are wont to do : Which going together fa&ion on» 
 in great numbers to aflailc a flockc of (heep by ly, 
 night, doe fet feme one or two of their company The cm' 
 upon the wind fide of the fold a far off, who par- pmfon of 
 ly by their fent and oi her bruceling>whtch of pur- Wolves 
 pofe they make , may draw the dogs and fliep- andReheU. 
 hcards to purfue them alone,whiles the other doe 
 enter and fl ay the w Bole flock. Or as rebels that 
 meaning to furprizc a Town,to turnc away the 
 Inhabitants from confidering of the danger, and 
 from defence of that place, where they intend t o 
 enter , doe fet on fire fonrie other parts of the 
 Townc further off, and doe found a falfe alarnac 
 at fome gate,where is meant leaft danger. 
 
 Which art was ufed cunningly by T^chard D. Richard 
 of Xor^e in the time of King Henrie the fixt, Dttf^e of 
 when he to cover his owne intent, brought all the Tor/fce. 
 Realmc in doubt of the doings of Esmond Duke 
 of 5(?/weryef,his enemy. But lohn of Northumher' D^j^vidly^ 
 /W, father to my Lord of Leycefiery ufed the 
 fame art much more skilfully , when hee put all 
 EngUndin ama^e and mufingof the Proteftor, 
 and of his friends : as though nothing could be 
 fafe about the yong King, untill they were fup- 
 preflcd : andconfequenily , all brought into his 
 owne authority, without obftaclc. I fpeake not '^i^^f^^^^ 
 this toexcufc Papifts, or to wifli them any way tfpoltey. 
 fpared wherein they offend ; but onely to fignifie 
 that in a Countrey, where fo potent faftions bee, 
 it is not fafe, to fuffer the one to make it felfe fo 
 puiflant by purfuit of the other : as afterwards 
 (he Prince muft remaine at the devotion of the ** 
 
 ftronger : 
 
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 firongcr : but rather as in a body molcfted and 
 troubled with contraric humours, if all cannot be 
 purged, the beftPhyfick is without all doubt to 
 reduce and hold them at fuch an equality, asde- 
 Sraftion may not be feared of the predotliinantt 
 To this faid the Lawyer Iaughing,yea marry Sir, 
 I wotild to God your opinion might prevaile in 
 this matter $ for then fliould wee bee in other 
 tearmcs then now wc are. I was, not long fincc, 
 in company of a cctaine honourable Lady of the 
 Court, who, after fome /peech pafled by Gentle- 
 men that were prefent, of fome apprehended, and 
 fome executed, and fuch like affaires , brake mto 
 a great complaint of the prefent time, and there- 
 with (I allure you)moved all the hearers to griefc 
 (as women you know are potent in ftirnng of 
 aflPeftions ) and caufed them all to wi(h that her 
 Majefty had beenc fiigh to have heard her words. 
 Tbe/pneb l doe well remember (quoth fiie) the firft do- 
 ofd certain fcnycares of her Highneffe reignc^ how happy, 
 La^tyftht pleafant and quict they were^with all manner of 
 €9urt* comfort and confolation. There was no mention 
 then of fjftions in rehgion, neither was any man 
 much noted or rejected for that eaufe : fo other- 
 wife his con verfation were civill and coarteous. 
 No fufpition of treafon, no talkeof bloudlhed, 
 i\o complaint of troubles, miferies, or vexations. 
 All was peace, all was love, all was joy, all was 
 delight. Her Majeftie (I am fure^took more Rc- 
 acation at that time in one day , than flice doth 
 now in a whole week : and wee that ferved her 
 HighneffcjCpjOyed more contentation in a wecke, 
 than we c^n now in divers yeares.For now, there 
 are fo m^ny fufpitions every where^for this thing, 
 and for ^har, as we cannot tell whom to truft. S© 
 many mtlancholick in the Court,that fcem male- 
 
 conten- 
 
coHtcnccdjfo many complaymng or faing for tkut 
 friends that are in trouble : others flip over the 
 Sea, or retire themfelves upon the fuddaine : fo 
 many talcs brought us of this or that iiingeri of 
 thismaa fufpcded, of that man fent for upland 
 fuch Ike unplcafant,and unfavorie ftuflFe 5 as wc 
 can never almoft bee merry one vtholc day toge* 
 thcr» 
 
 Wherefore Cquoth this Lady) wee that are of 
 her Majefties traine and fpeciall fcrvice, and doe 
 not onely feele thefe things in our fclves, but 
 much more in the grief of her moft excellent Ma- 
 jefty whom we fee dayly moleftcd herewith (be- 
 ing one of the beft natures,! am fure, that ever 
 noble Princcfle was mdned withall:) wee cannot 
 but mone,tabeliold contentions advanced fo far ^^^^1^^' 
 forth a^they are : and we could wifh moft hearti*- ^^-V^^?^ 
 ly that for the time to come thefe matters might ^^•'^^^ 
 paffe with fuch peace/riendlhip, and tranquillity, ^f^*^' ^' 
 as they (doc^n oiherCountryes, where difference /^^^^' • 
 in religion breakcth not tlie band of good fellow- 
 (hip,o>^ fidelity. And with this in a fmiling man- 
 ner file brake off, asking pardon of the company^ 
 if (he had fpoken her opinion over boldly ^ hke a 
 womajj. 
 
 To whom anfwcred a Courtier that fate next Tht fpeeeh 
 her : Madame, your Ladifhip hath faid nothing in of a Cour-* 
 this bchalfe> that is not dayly debated amongft tier. 
 us, in our common fpeeeh in Court as yoa know* 
 Yourdefire alfo herein is a publick defire, if it 
 might be brought to paffe : for there is no man 
 fo fimple, that feeth not how perilous thefe con- 
 tentions and divifions among us may bee in the 
 end. And 1 have heard divers Gentlemen that be 
 learned , difcourfe at large upon this argument : 
 alleaging old examples of the Athcnlam^ Lacf 
 
 dmonim^ 
 
0^4) 
 
 Theperitt demonims, Cmhigtnim^ and RomdnSi who re- 
 0fdivifions ceived notable dammagcs, and dcftrudion alfo in 
 ^f^tdim the end, by their divificns and fadions among 
 in a Com * themfelvc$,and fpccially from them of their own 
 mnwalth Cities and Countriesj who upon faftions lived a- 
 broad with Forrainers : and thereby were always 
 as fire-brands, to carry home the flame of Warrc 
 upon their Couiitrcy. 
 
 The like they alfo (hewed by the long experi- 
 ence of all the great Cities and States of itdy: 
 which by their faftions and forucites, were la 
 continual! gar boy le, bloud-(hed and mifcric* 
 Whereof oar ownecountrey hath alfo tafted her 
 part, by the odious contention between the hou* 
 ies ©f Lancaftet and Torl{e : wherein it is marvai- 
 lous to conGder, what trouble a few men often- 
 times, departing out of the Rcalme, were able to 
 workeby theparc of their fadion remaining at 
 home ( which commonly encreafeth toward 
 them that are abfeBt)& by the readines of forrain 
 Pnnces, to receive alw ayes, and comfort fuch as 
 are difcontented in another ftatc : to the end, that 
 ' fcy thejr meanes, they might hold an Ore in their 
 neighbours boat : Which Princes that are nigh 
 borderers , doe alwayes above all other thmgs 
 meft covet and defire. 
 Thedan^e^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ Courtiers fpeech and rcafon, 
 
 roufremet ^^^^^^y ^ perceived, that afwell among them in 
 ^rjJ/r?^si Court, as among us in the Realmc and Country 
 on in out prelent inconvenience and dangerous 
 
 Regime ' ^^9"^^^ this our home didcntion, is cfpyed,and 
 *^ confequently moliEnglifh hearts inclined to wifh 
 the remedy or prevention thereof , by fome rea- 
 fonablc moderation , or re-union among our 
 lelvcs. For that the profecution ot thefc differen- 
 ces to cxcrccnitiejcanaot but after many wounds 
 
 and 
 
and exulcerations bring matters finally to rage, 
 fury,and moft deadly dcfpcration. ' 
 Whereas on the^othcr fide, if any fwect] qualifi- 
 cation, or fmall toileracion among us were ad« 
 mittcd : there is no doubc, but that affaires wouU 
 pafl'c in our Realme with more quietneffe, tafctj 
 and publike weale of the fame , then it is like it 
 will doe long : and men would eafily be brought, 
 that have Englifti bowel's , to joyne in the prc- 
 fervation 'of their Countrey from ruine, bloud- 
 (hcd>and forraine oppreflion, which defparation 
 of faftions is wont to procure. 
 
 I am of your opinion (quoth the Gentleman) q^j^j 
 in that , for I have fcene the experience thereof, 
 and all the world beholdeth the fame at thi« day, 
 in all the Countries of Gcmanky Polonia^ Botm- BxmpUs ^ 
 land, and Hungam : whtrc a httle bearing of oftoUtfOr' 
 the one with the other, haih wrought them much tmnin mAt 
 cafe,and continued them a peaccjwhereof all Eu- tersofuU' 
 rope bcfides haih admiration and envie. The firft g^on* 
 12 years alfo of her Ma|efticsreign,whcreofyour ^ 
 Lady of the Court difcourled of before, can well ^^^^^^J* 
 bee a witneflTe of the fame : wherein the commi- 
 feration and lenity that was ufcd towards thofc 
 ©f the weaker fort , with a certaine fweet dili- 
 gence for their gaining, by good means was the 
 caufe of much peace, contcntaa0n,and other be- 
 acfic to the whole body. 
 
 Wee fee in Frmce^ that by over much prcffing yL-i-^^-t, 
 ^f one part onely , a iiie was inkindled not ^ 
 many yeares fince, like to have confumcd and - - 
 deftroyed the whole : had nor a neceffjry mol- ^^^^^ 
 lific uion been thought upon by the wifcft of that ^ 
 Kings Councell full contrary to the will and in- 
 dinatiooof fomc great pcrlon^gcs , who meant 
 perhaps to have gained more by the other : 
 
 aad 
 
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 and fince that time wc fee what pcacc,v?eakh|and 
 re«union hath cafued in that Country that was 
 fo brokenjdiffevcredjand wafted before. And all 
 this, by yctldingahtt'cinthatthing, which no 
 force can aiaftcr, but exul cerate rather,and make 
 wor(e : I mcane the confciencc and judgetjicnt of 
 men in matters of Religion. 
 
 Flanders. ^^^^ ^'^^ ^ ^^"^^ ^^^^ ^" Flandevsj 
 
 where after all ihefe broylesand miferies of fo 
 many yeares warres (caufed principally by too 
 much ftreyning in fuch affaires at the beginning) 
 albeit the King bee never fo ftrid- laced, in yccl« 
 ding to pubiike libert/, and free exercife on both 
 parts : yet is he defcended to this at length ( and 
 that upon force of reafon) toabftaine from the 
 purfuit and fearch of mens confciences, not only 
 in the townes, which upon compofition hec recei- 
 vethjbut alfo where he hath recovered by force, as 
 in Tor»e;, and other places -.where I am informed 
 that no man is fearched, demanded, or molefted 
 for his opinion or confcience,nor any ad of Papi- 
 ftry or contrary religion required at their handy, 
 but are pecmitted to live quietly to God and 
 theailelves^at home in their owne houfes : fo they 
 performe otherwife their outward obedience and 
 duties to their Prince and Coontrey. Which only 
 qualification, toUerance, and moderation in our 
 Realme C if I bee not deceived, with many more 
 that be of ray opinion) vi^ould content all diviG- 
 ons,faAions, and panics among us , for their 
 continuance in peace : bee they Papifls, Puritans, 
 Familianf: or of whatfocver nice difference or 
 fedion befidcs, and would be fufficient to retamt 
 all parties within a temperate obedience to the 
 Magiiirate and government, for confervation of 
 their Countrey :fvhich were of nofmall impor- 
 tance 
 
tmce to the contenc^ition of her Majefty , and the 
 V¥ealc pubh^k of the whple kingdome. 
 
 Bwt vrhai fliould I talkc of this thing which is ^oier^tU 
 fo contrary to the dc&es and dcfignements of our o« imfug- 
 puiCTant Confpirators ? What (konU Ciceio the tht 
 Senator ufc perfwafions to Captaine C^nline^znA ip^/pir0> 
 his crew, that quietneffe and order were better Cicero, 
 than hurliburhes? IsitpofHble that our afpirors Catehne. 
 will ever permit any fuch thing, caufe, or matter, 
 to be treated in our ttate, as may tend to the fla- 
 bilityof her Majefties prefent government ? No 
 furely, itAandetb nothing with their wifedomc 
 or policy, efpecially at this inftant , when they 
 have fuch opportunity of following their ownc 
 adions in Her Majefties name, under the vizard 
 and pretext of her defence and fafety : having 
 fowed in every mans head fo many imaginati- 
 ons of the dangers prefent both abroad and at 
 home ; from Scotland^ fl4»dtrs, Spaincy and IrC" 
 land : Co man confpiracies, fo many intended 
 rourtherSj and others fo many contrived or con- fp^^^^ors ^ 
 ceived mifchiefcs : as my Lord of Leicefier aflu- oppoftuni- 
 reth himfelfc that the troubled water cannot be 
 cleared againe in fhort fpace, nor his baits and 
 lines laid thercin,ea(iiy efpyed : but rather, that 
 hereby, ere long, he will catch the fifli he gapeth 
 (o greedily afccr : and in the mcane time , for tfec 
 purfuitof thefe crimes, and other that he dayly 
 will finde out, himfelfe muil: remaine perpetuall 
 Dilator. 
 
 But what meaneth this fo much inculcating of 
 troubles, trcafonf, murthers,and invafions ^ I Itkc 
 not furely thefe ominous fpeeches. And as I 
 am out of doubr^ that Lcirc^crche c?fter of thefe 
 fhadowes, dotk look to play hi$ part firit m iheic 
 troublcfomc affaires : fo doe 1 hearuiy fcare, ehac 
 
 ualeiic 
 
(1^8) 
 
 uniefle the tyranny of this Lektfirtan ftiry bee; 
 fpecdily flopped , that fuch tniferie to Prince ! 
 and people ( which the Lord for his mercies 
 fake turne from us as never greater fell before to 
 ourmiierabk Couiitrey, is tar nearer hand than 
 is expefted or fufpcftcd. 
 
 And therefore for the prevention of thcfc cala- 
 Lcyccfter "^^ties, to tell you plainly mine opinion ( good 
 #« be ca^ed ^^^^) ^nd therewith to draw to an end of this our 
 to account, conference (for it waxeth late: ) I ureuld thinke 
 it the mod neceflatie poynt of all for her Majcfty 
 t© call his LordQiip to account among other, and 
 to fee what othtr men could fay againft him , at 
 length, after fo m my yeares of his fole accufing, 
 and purfuing of others. 1 know,and am very well 
 aflured^ that no one aft which her Majcflie hath 
 doac fince her comming to the Grpwiie ( as (hee 
 hath doneright many moft highly to becommen- 
 ded)norany that lightly her Ma^efty may doc 
 ' kereafter, can be of more utility to Her felfe, and 
 ,to the Rcalme,or, more gratcfull to her faithfull 
 «nd zealous fubjecls than this noble aft of lufticc 
 would be, for tryallof this mans deferts towards 
 hisCountrey. 
 
 I fay it wowld be profitable to her Majefty, and 
 to the Realme , not onely in refpcft of the ma- 
 ny dangers before mentioned, hereby to be avoy- 
 ded,which are like to eniuc moft certainly , if his 
 courfes bee ftill permitted : but alfo for that her 
 Majertyfhall by this, deliver Her felfe from that 
 generall grudge and griefc ofmind,with great dif- 
 like, which many fubicfts, otherwife moft faith- 
 full, have conceived againft the excefsive favour 
 (hewed to this maji fo many yeafes , without de- 
 fcrt or rcafon. Which favour he having ufcd to the 
 hurt^ annoyance^ and oppreftion both of infinite 
 
 feverall 
 
fevcrall perfons,and the whole common- weal ih 
 ( as hath bin faid; ) the gritfc and rcfentment 
 thereof, doth redound commonly infucfc cafes 
 not only upon the perfon delmouerit alone, but 
 tiUo upon [he Sovei aignc,by whofc favour & au- 
 thority ht ofFtrs fuch iniurics, though ntver io 
 jnucbagamlt the others inrer,d fire or mcaningv 
 
 And hercofwc have eyaunplcs ofiundry Pnn 
 ces,in ail :>gc^ and Countries^ whofe exorbitant 
 favour to fome Wickt d fubicd ihatabufcd the 
 j'ame,h.i(h bin the c.iufe of great d ngcr and ru- 
 ine 5 the lins of the favourite being returned and 
 revtRgrd upon the favourer. As in the Hiftoric 
 of I he Grctinv^ is declared , by occafion of the 
 pittiful? m'urcherof thatwife and vidoiious P, 
 FhUip of Maceiiorj , who albeu , that he were rU death 
 well aiiured to have given no offence of hiinfelf Philip 
 to "hny of his lttbieds,& conft quenrly feared no of MaiC- 
 thing, but c nvcrfed openly and confidently a- doniCyarJ 
 mongthcm ; ycf^ for thathec had favoured too caufe there 
 much one uke ^ital'js j a proud r^nd infolcnt of. 
 Courtier and bad born him ou{ in certain of his 
 wickcdne5;or at kaltnot punifi^ed the fame af- 
 ter it was de«*c6ed and coil plained upon : the 
 p'arcics grieved accounting the crime more pro-* 
 per and heinous on ihc part of him, who by 
 office fhould do niftier^ prote<fl Qth^r^than of * 
 the perpetrator, . vh't followeth his own pafli- 
 6n a id renfualityjlet pafs Attalus^Sc made their 
 revenge upon the bloud & life of the K himfc If, 
 by one FiSi/yd^/Wijfuborned for that purpofc, in Paufaf)iai3* 
 the marri age day of the Kings ownc diughccjr* 
 
 Great ftore of like examples may be repeated^ 
 OH'^ of the ilorics of other countries, nothing bv> 
 liig mere ufuall or frequent among ; 11 nations, 
 than the afftidions of realms afid kingdoms,and 
 M tht 
 
 4,- 
 
(mo) 
 
 the overthrow of Princes and great Potentates 
 themfcl*es, by their too much afFcdioa towards 
 fomc ujuworthy particular pcrfons ; a thing in- 
 deed (o common and ordinary, as it may well 
 feem to be the fpeciall Rock of all other^wherc- 
 at Kings ^ Prinees doe make their fliipwracks^ 
 , For if we look into the ftatesand Monarchies 
 all Chriftendon e, and confidcr the ruines that 
 have bin of any Princes or Ruler within thr 
 Tame : we fhall find this poynt to have bin a 
 great and principall part of the caufe thereof 
 F 'n s 0^ ^^"^ ^^^^ countrey, the matter 
 
 r^'^f (i i'^ evident. For whereas fince the Conqucft 
 mfthruw '^"'^^^^ P^*"^^P^'^y * three juft andlawfuil 
 ^ , Kings, to, have come to coniufion^by alienation 
 ^pQOwnui) their fubjeds: that is, Ed,Toari the fecond, 
 jamming ^^^^^ fecond, and Hznm the fixt : this OHly 
 I point of too much favour towards wicked per- 
 pMimat j.^^^^ ^j^.^f^f^ ^^^(.^ of deftrudion in all 
 
 three. As in the firft , the exceflivc favour to. 
 
 /C'Edw.2 wards Fefer Gdi;|/?o?;,and two of the 5J)ewcerr. 
 
 In the fecond, the like extraordinarie,and indif- 
 cxeet aftedion towards Itobertf^ere^ Eurle of 
 
 *X1 Rich.a. Oxford, and Marqueffe of T>uhUn^ and Thomas 
 Moriehray^ twomoftturbulent and wicked men, 
 t*i3t fct the K. againft hi* ownVncles & the n 
 bility.JIn the third (being a fimplc andhr 
 
 J^.Henr.eJ. man) albeit no great CKorbitant afFcdion ¥ 
 fecne towards any, yet his wif^ Queen Mar^ 
 rets too much favour and eredit (by him not 
 controled , towards the Mar quefle of SufFolke, 
 that after was made Duke, bywhofe inftindi 
 and wicked Coiinfcll, flic made away firft the| 
 noble Duke of Gioucefter^ nnd afterward com. 
 muted other things in great prejudice of the 
 Real me, and fnfFered the faid moft impious and 
 
 finful 
 
070 
 
 finfull Duke to range and male faavock ©f aU 
 fort of fubjeasathisplcafme Cm uch after th€ 
 faihion of the Eailc of Leiccfier now , though 
 yet not in fo high aaJ extrc aine a degree: (this 1 
 fay was the priacipall and original! caufc, both 
 before Gou and man^C as FoUdore well noteth) PoUib. 
 of all the calamity and extreme dcfolatioii, hifl.^ngL 
 which ahcrenfued both to the King, Quecne* 
 and their oncly child, with the utter extirpatioii 
 of their family^ 
 
 And io lifccwifc now to fpeak in our partf<?u.. 
 br cafe, if there be any grudge ©r griefe at this 
 day, any mrflikc, repining, complaint or mur- 
 mure againil ber Majeftiei. government, in the 
 hearts of her true and faithful! fubjc(^ls, wh6 
 wifh amendment of that which is amifle , and 
 not the overthrow of that which is well ; ( as 1 
 trow It were no wifedome to imagine there 
 were none at all O I dare avouch upon Confci- 
 «iice> that Cither all, or the gi catcli part ther^« 
 of^ proceedcth from this man; who by the fa« 
 vor of her Majefiy fo afflii^th her pcoj le a$ ne- 
 verdid before \i\rt\,ta\itt^Av€ftoVySpe>]ceY^Verei 
 ox€M^hfaf or any othf r mifcLevoUs tirant,thac 
 abufed mofl hi^J Princes favbur with n our 
 Realmeof iLngUnd VV hereby it is cvdent how 
 profitable a thing it flionld bee to the whole 
 Rcarl ie, how honour able to her Maje-y, and 
 how gratefull to all her fubjeds, it this man at 
 length might be called to hi^ account, 
 
 :5i (quoth the Lawyer; you alleagegr^atrea^ Lawyer, 
 fon, aad verily ^ am of opinion, that if her Ma^ 
 jc% Km w but the tenth part of ih]S,which you 
 have here fpo:«en> alfo her good fubje <^ts de- 
 fires and complaint in this bchalfe : fhe would 
 well: (hew, that her Highneffe feareth not to 
 M 2. per* 
 
pctmit iufticc to pafleupoALcfc«'/?er , or anyo« 
 ther within her Rcalmc, for fatisfa^ion of her 
 people, whatfocver feme men may think and re- 
 port tc3b the contrary, or howfocver othcrwifc of 
 her ownc milde difpofition towards the per* 
 Ion, fhe have boinc with him hitherto. For fo 
 we fee thist wife Princes can doe at times con*' 
 vcnient for peace and tranquillity, and publikc 
 wcalc : though contrary to their owne particu- 
 lar and peculiar inclination. 
 
 As to goc no further then to the laft example 
 narnf d and alleaged by your felfe before:though 
 Tke pU' Q}^^^^ Margaret the wife of K Hevrie the fixt, 
 nfjhmi^tof^^^ favoured moft unfortunately many yeares 
 William tof^thti\lV U am Duke of Svffol\ ( as hath bin 
 7i)uk€ of f2id)whcreby he committed manifold outrages, 
 Snffoik. afflided the Realme by fundry meanes : yet 
 ihe being a woman of great prudcnce,when fht 
 faw the whole Communalty demand juflicc up- 
 on him for his demerits, albeit ihe liked and lo- 
 ved the man fiili ; yet for fatisfadion of the 
 people, upon io generail a complaint, {hee was 
 content ferft to commit him to prifon , and af- 
 terward to banifh him the Realme : but the pro^ 
 vidcnce of God wculd not permit him foto c» 
 fcape : for that he being incountred and laken 
 upon the Tea in his paffage, he was beheaded in 
 the fhip , and fo received fome partof condignc 
 punilVment for his moft wickcd^loofc, and li- 
 centious life. 
 
 And to fecke no more examples in this cafe, 
 & we know into what fi^vour and fpccia 1 grace 
 Sir Edmond 7)udley^my Lord of Leycefien good 
 Grandfaibei was crept. With Kii>g Hcvry the 
 feventh, in the latter end of his reigne :and 
 '.vhat intollcrable wickedneife and mifchiefe he 
 
 wrough^i 
 
wrought againft the whole Realine^and againft 
 infinite particular per fons of the fame, by the 
 polings aad oppreffions which hee pradifed: 
 wherby though the King received great tempo- 
 rall commodity at tpatcime, ( a$ her Majcfty Thepunijh 
 doth nothing at all by the prefent extortions of ment of 
 his Nephew;) yet for jufticc fake,and for meere Edmond 
 compaffion towards his affli(fted fubicds , that Dudley, 
 complained grievoufly of this iniquity : that 
 moil vertuous and wife Prince King Renrte was 
 conteat to put from him this lewd inftruinent, 
 anddcvilliih fuggeftor of new exadions: whom 
 hisfonne Hemrieihox enfued in the Crown, call- 
 fed prefently before all other bufines, to be cal* 
 led publickly CO account , and for his dcfcrts to 
 leefe his head : So as where the inttrcft of a 
 whole Realme, or common caufe of many, ta- 
 keth place ? the private favour of any one cannot 
 ftay a wife & godly Prince3(fuch as al the world 
 knoweth her Maiefty to be.j from permitting i 
 fiice to have her free paffage, 
 
 Trudy it fiiould not (quoth the Gentleman) Gentl. 
 for to that end were Princes firftcleded^ »iia The caufes 
 upon that confideration doe fubie ds both pay -^hy Frin- 
 them tribute and obedience,, to bee defended cesaiecho*^ 
 by them from iniuries and oppreffions , and to fenydnd dn 
 fee lawes executed, and iuftice exercifed, upon receive o- 
 and towards all men with inditferency. And h^dknct, 
 as for our particular cafe of my Loid of Lcy^ 
 cefterylAot noikt in right and equity how her 
 Maiefty may deny this lawful! defire and. peti- 
 tion of her people. Forif herhighneffe doe per- 
 mit and command the Lawes dayly to pafle up- 
 ^achieves and murderer^s without exception> 
 and that for one fad onely, as by experience we 
 fee 3 how then can it bedenyed in this man, 
 M 3 who 
 
who in both kinds hath committed more enor* 
 mous ads;> thtn may be well recounted^ 
 Leyceflcrs As m the firft^of theft, not oriely by Tpoyling jii 
 Thefts* and o^pr/ffin^, almo ft infinite pnvatc men : but 
 alfo whole i owns, Villages, Corpcrationvsind < 
 Countries, by robbing tHc Readme with mordi- i 
 nate licences, by deceivmg the Grown with rac* , 
 king,changing and mib zeling tHn Lands,by a- i 
 bufing his Pnnce asd Sovcraigne in Idling his I 
 favdiir both at home and abroad r with taking I 
 bribes tor matter ot juftice, grace, rcqucft,fup- I 
 pIication,or whatfocvcr fute clfe may depend up- t 
 on the Courtjor of the Prmces authority: with j 
 fc ting acfale^and making open narket of what- i 
 focver her M ijeiiy can givcjdoc^or procurejbe if 5 
 Ipintuall or temp rail. In which fort ot traffi^i i 
 he cjmmitc tb moife theft oftentimes in one day 1 
 than all the way-kecpcrsjcut-purfes, coufeners, 
 pirates , burglaresjor other of that art in a whole 
 ycare, within the Real me 
 Leyceftt rs And as for the fecond, which is murther,you 
 murtherSs ^^^^ beard before fomewhat faid and proved: 
 ' . but yet nothing to that which is thought to have 
 bin in fccrct com mi tt«J upon divers occafioris 
 at divers times, in fundry perfon% of different 
 calling in both fexes, by moft variable means of 
 killing, poyfoning, charming, inchanting,con- 
 juring, and the like, according to the diver fity 
 of men, places, oppcriuni tic's, and inftruments 
 for the {amc. fey all which mcanes^ I thmk he 
 hath more bloud iyuig upon his head at this day, 
 crying vengeance againft him at Gods hands, 6c 
 her Majefty, than ever had private man in our 
 Count! y etor^, were he never fo wicked. 
 
 iVhcreie rorv^if n^c addc his 0 her good beha^ 
 ^lour^ni bis in^oUcrdbleliccntioufmJfe w 
 
(t75) 
 
 tltnd and manner of carnaiity , i^lth all fort of a heap of 
 Wives, Friendstund ^inferipomen : ifitvee add his Leyceflers 
 iniuries aod dijhonours^ done hereby to infinite : if enormities 
 we addehis treafonSjtreacheries^andconfpiracies {hat mould 
 about the Crorvne 5 hu dijloyall behaviour, and ha* be ready at 
 treda^ain/iher Majefiy^ hu or dinarie lying, andthedny of 
 common perjuring himjelfe in all matters for his his trialL 
 gain^both great and fmal^ Us rapes and moft v'o^ 
 lent extortions upon the poore ; his ahufing of the 
 Parliament ani other places of }u(iice , xt?ith the 
 Nobility avdnvhole Commnnalty be fides-, iftvc add 
 dlfo his open injuries which hee offereth d /yly to 
 Religion y andthe Minijier; thereof by tithing 
 tbem^ and turning all to h 'ls owvegatne 5 together 
 ^itb his manifefi and linown tyranvypra^ifed tb* 
 wards all efiates abroad, throu hout all Shires pf 
 the 1(iyigdome 5 hu difpoyting of both the Vniver- 
 fities y and d fcour aging of infinite not uh\c wits 
 thercyfrom feei^ivg perfehion of l^nowledge a?id 
 learnings (whic)$ 0 herwifc rvere hfie to hecctne 
 notable) efpectally godsword(wbich giveth life 
 unto the foule^) by defrauding them of the price 
 and reward propofedfor their travail in that liind^ 
 through hu infatiahle SimoniacaU contra^ s :if I 
 fayiWefhould lay together all the fe en orwities be- 
 fore her Maiefiy, andthoufands more in particu^ 
 larywbich might and would be gather ed^ if his day 
 of his triall were but in hope to be granted,! do no t 
 fee in equity iind reafon^bow her Htgh>fejfefitt rg ' 
 in throne f and at theroyall fierve^ asfloee doth, 
 could denie her Subtests this moft tawfuU requcfi ^ 
 confiderlng, that every one of rh fe crimes apart ^ 
 requiretb jufi'ce of h^s owne nature dnd much 
 more all together ou/ht to obtaine the fdmc^ at the 
 hands of any good and godly Mugifirate in the 
 WQYld. 
 
 M 4 No 
 
Scholbr. doubt (quoth I but that thefe conGdera* 
 
 Uif m'a' ^^^"^ needs weigh much with any !i&ealou^ 
 ieffies ten^^ Prince, and much more with her moft exec 11 
 d(Y heart ^^i^^^y whofe tender heart towarcis her Realm 
 tcwArdt Subjc<5l!s^is very well kno "sii of all men. It 
 
 the lealme * ^ thought alfo but that her Highnetfe 
 
 ' hath inrclligence of divers of hcfe matters al- 
 ieagcd, though not perhaps of all. But what 
 would you have her Maiefty to doc?perhaps the 
 confultation of this affaire, isftot, whacwere 
 convenient, but what is expedient : nor, what 
 ought to bee done in jufticc, but what may bee 
 done in fafety. Ycu hive defcnbed my Lord be- 
 fore to be a great man, ftrongly furniilicd and 
 fortified for cvents.What if it be not uxure to 
 bark at the Bear that is fo wel britched? I fpeak 
 Ufitoyou^ftut that which I hcare in Cmbr dge 
 and other places where I have paffed : where e- 
 very mans opinion is, that her M ijefty ftandeth 
 not in frcechoyfe to doe what her felfe beft ii- 
 keth in that cafe, at this day. 
 G entl. I ^^novv f faid the Gentleman ) that Lekefier^ 
 Leyceders friends give it out every where that her Maiefiy 
 dcfire that now,is their good Lords prifoner, apd that fhcc 
 men Jhould either will or mud be direded by him for the 
 fhrAl^e her titne to come,f xcept (lie will do worfc ; Which 
 Maiefiyl thing his LordOiip is well contented fhould bee 
 to fiand n^?^^^^ 3broad,3nd believed for twocaufes : the 
 feart of one to hold the people thereby more in awe of 
 him. himfelfjthan of their ^overaign : and fccondly to 
 draw her Majcfty indeed by degrees to fear him. 
 For confidering with himfclfc what hec hath 
 done : and that it isimpoflih's in truth that ever 
 hcrMajeiiy fhouldlf ^ truf^him 
 
 alter fomanv ^weth arc 
 
 corr' nhiaketh 
 
(i77) 
 
 that he hath no w ay of fui e ftanding,but by terror 
 and opinion of his puill* nt grentaeliej wherby he 
 would hold her MTjrdy and the Real me in thr^l- 
 dofne,as his father did m his time befo e him. And 
 thcfijfor th ?t he wel rcmcrrbrtth che f ue fjyuig, 
 ^ Uus cufiouliuturnttati^ymetm'h^: n u \ provide; cicero h 
 fljorily,tbat thofc which feare him^bc not able to Ofjicto. 
 hurt him: and consequently you kuow what mml 
 follow, by the txmj^le of K , Edward^who fc ^rcd 
 . Duke i>udtey eA;. a lUy for tha: he had cut iS is ^ rule of 
 two Vncles heads , and the Duke took order MachiveU 
 th\t he Hioulcl never live ro revenge the fanae For obferved^y 
 It is a fct]ed rule of Mach^a ueli which the T>uilies ^^eDudlies 
 doe obfcrve : That.Tvher yon- haveo done a great 
 injur jy there mujt yvu never jotgive. 
 
 But 1 will telly OH ( my fucnds) and I v\iU teJl LeyceAcr 
 yru 10 u ruth, for that I know what I fpeak here- firongomlf 
 in, 2nd am pnvie to the ftate of my Lord in this her Ma^ 
 behalfe, and of mens opinions md affections to- iefliesji^^ 
 wards him wirhin che Realmc Moll certaineic is, vo it. 
 th.it hee is ftrong by the prefent favour of the 
 Pnnce(as h nh bmihewed bcforc)inrefpe<ft wher« 
 of.he is admitted alfo as chief parron of the Hut- 
 tington ta^ion, though neither loved, nor greatly 
 trulied of the fame : but let her Ma jelly once turn 
 her countenance altde from him in good earnell, 
 and fpeak but the word onlyjf ^<2r iu^ice fhall tal^e 
 place a^ain/i him y md I will undertake with ga- 
 ging of both my life and little lands thatGod hath 
 given me, that without Ilur or croublc,or any dan- 
 ger in the world, the Beare fhall be taken to her 
 Majefticshand,andfaft chained to a ftakc, with offer 
 mouzelI,cordiCollar,and nn2,and all other things W^de for 
 neceffary ;fo that her Majefly fhal bait him ac her tal^ng a»i 
 picafure, without all danger of byting, breaking tying 
 loofe^or any other inconvenience w hatfocver. Beart* 
 
 For 
 
(178) 
 
 For (Sirsjyoii muft not thmk,that thU man hoi- 
 deth any thing abroad in the Rcalmc but by vio- 
 lence , and that onely ugon her Majeftics favour 
 and countenance towards him. He hath not any 
 thing of his ownc, either from his anceftors, or 
 of himfelfe, to ftny upon^in mens hearts or con- 
 ceits :"he hath not ancient Nobility, as other of 
 ourreslm have,whcj by mens affedions are great- 
 Ldcefter ^y^^^ved. His ixxhtv John Dudley wars the firft 
 whU bet ^^^'^ ^^^^ i who raifed yd made h mfelfe 
 wstmetb ^^S fuppl anting oFother, and by fert'ing debate 
 frmiMs ^'"^ Nobihcie ; as alfo his grandfather Ed' 
 
 mtt&OfS* ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ wicked Pronjioter/and wretched Pe- 
 * tifogger, enriched himfcife by other mens ruincs ; 
 bojh of thena condetuned Traitors, though diffe- 
 rent in quality, the one being a coufencr, and the 
 other a tyrant, and both of their vices conjoyncd, 
 colleded, and comprifed ( with many more ^iddi - 
 nons) in this man ( or beaft rather ) which is Tfr;- 
 ^W,thc third of their kin ahd kmd. So that from 
 his anceftors, this Lord receiveth neither honour 
 nor honcfty , but onely fuccefiion of tre^fon and 
 infamy. 
 
 And yet in himfelfe hath he much leffe of good, 
 wherewith to procure himfclfe loye or credit a- 
 mongmen, than the fe anceftors of his had 5 hee 
 being a man wholy abandoned of hum ane vertue, 
 and devoted to wickednes, which makethmen g- 
 dible both to God and man. In his father (no 
 doubt)there were to be feen many excellent good 
 parts, jf they had been joyned with faith,honcfty. 
 The smi' moderation and liDyaUy. For all the world know- 
 p&rtfm of that he was very wifc,yaliant,m5gn3nimous3hbc- 
 Lcycci^er rall^and afiured friendly where he once promifed: 
 laffSbbis of all which vtrtucs my Lord his fonhathnei* 
 father, {^^^ Q^^yy ^iQX fliadow, but onely a certame falfe 
 
 rcprc« 
 
(i7P) 
 
 reprcfentation of the firft, being craftie and fub- 
 tilc to deccive^iind ingenioas to wickednefle.For 
 as for valour,bchath as much as hath a moufcrhis 
 magnanimry IS bafe fordiduy i his liberahty ra- 
 pine : his ftiendih'p plainc fraud, holding onely 
 for his gaine,and ho otherwife , though it were 
 bdund with a thousand oafhcs | of which he ma- 
 keth as great account, as hens doc ofcackling>buc 
 onely for his commodity : ufing them fpeciatly 
 and in gryateft number, when moft he nacaneth 
 to deceive. Namely ,if he fweare folcmnly by his 
 GmgCyOX by the cternall God, then be fure it is ' 
 a falfc lye:for thefe are obl ervations in the Court: 
 and foiretitxics in his owne lodging 5 in hke cafe 
 his manner is to take up and fweare by the Bible, 
 whereby a GLmletnan of good account^ and one 
 that fecmech to foUoW him,(a<i many do that hke 
 him but a litrlc)protefted to me of his knowledge, 
 that in a very tliopt fpace, hce obieived him wit- 
 tingly and willingly to be forfworn (ixteen times. 
 
 This man therefore fo contemptible by his an- 'j'he Wdh* 
 ceftors , fo o^ibleof hifwfelfe, fo plunged, over- ^^^/^ ^r^* 
 whelmtd and defamed in all vice,fo envyed in the Lcycefkr 
 Court, fo dcteftcd in the Country ^and not irufted jf ^^^ 
 of fe is owne and deareft friends j nay ( which I jfa^ turn$ 
 am privie to) fomifltkcd and bated of his owne 
 fervants about him, for his beaflly life, nigardy, tountenace 
 and AthL'ifmc f being never feene yet to fay one f^^^ 
 private prayer within his chamber in his life ) as 
 they deSre nothing in this world fo much as his 
 ruinc, and that they may be the firft, to l iy hands 
 upon hiaa for revenge. 1 his man (I fay)fo broken 
 both within & without, is it pofSble that her M a- 
 jefly and her wife Councell fhould feare ? I can 
 never behevc it^or if it be fo,it is Gods permifEon 
 withotat all caufcjfoi punifliment of our fins ; for 
 
 chac 
 
(i8o) 
 
 that this man, if he once perceive indeed that they 
 fcarc him, will handle them accordingly,and play 
 the Be re indeed : which inconvenience I hope 
 they will h wt care to prevent, and (o I leave it to 
 Godjand ^he^ , craving pardon of my Lord of 
 Leieefier for my boldnes, if I have been too plain 
 with him. And fo I pray you let us goe to Cupper, 
 f jr I Tec my f criunt cxpc^ing yonder at the Gal- 
 lery doorc to caU us downe- 
 Lawyer. To that, faici c Liwyer, I am content with all 
 The end he.?rt 5 and 1 -.^o 'Id it h^id bcene fooner , for 
 md depar^' ^^^^ I afraid 5 J ^It any by chance have ovcr- 
 tmefrom heard us here (i nee nighc. For my ownc part, I 
 the GattC" "^"^ fay,that I have not becni at fuch a conference 
 flf^ this fcven years, nor meane to bee hereafter, if I 
 
 may cfcape well with this; whereof I am fure I 
 ftall dreame this fortnight, and thinfce oftner of 
 my Lord of Lekeflet , than ever I had intended : 
 God amend him and mc both. But if ever I hcare 
 at other hand*^ oi: thefe matters hereafter, I (ball 
 furely be quake briich , and thinke every bufti a 
 theefe. And with that, came up the Miflris of the 
 lioufe to fetch us down to fupper, and fo ail was 
 huflit , faving that at fupper a gentleman or two 
 began ^^zm to fpeak of my Lord, and that fo cori- 
 forma ble to fome of our former fpeech ( as indeed 
 it is the common talkc at cables every where) that 
 the old Lawyer began to flirinfe and be appalcd;^ 
 and to catt dry looks upon the Gentleman our 
 friend, doubciag left fomcthingh id been difcovc- 
 red of oar conference. But indeed ic was not fo. 
 
 Pia 
 
(i8i) 
 
 Pia ctutilis Mcditatip, dcfumpta 
 cx libro lobi* Caf, 20. 
 XJOe: fcio a ptincipio, ex quo poptns tft homo fuper 
 ^^tefifam^qugdlausmpiorum brevis fityrt gaudU^ 
 urn hypocrit(e adinftaf pmCti, Si afcenderitu/gad 
 €celum (uperbia ejusi et caput €jjH nuhes tetigerit ; 
 quafifierquilinium in fine perdftur, et qui eum vide" 
 rantjicent uhi efi^velut fomnium avolans non inve- 
 nietnrjravfitt ficut vifiono^uma. Oculus qui enm ^vi- 
 deratinon videbit.neq; ultra intuehitur mm locus fu^ 
 us.Filii eius atterentur egefiate^t^ manus iffius red» 
 dent et iabonmfuum.Ofa tins impUbunmr i^ittis 4- 
 dolefcemiie ejuSi(ij' cum eo in pulvere domient. Pa- 
 nts eius in utero iUius vertetur in fd afpidum intm- 
 /ecus, Divit 'tas quas dexoravitievomet.et de ventre 
 tUius extmbet eas 7)eus. Caput ajpidum furgety 
 occidet eum lingua vipr£, Luet que fecit omnia^nec 
 tamen confumttur, luxta multi tudinm adinventio- 
 num fuarum^fic et fufiinebit.iZuonia cofringens nw 
 dabit pauperis : domum vapuiti^non edtfic^^Jit tam^ 
 nec tfi fatiatm venter eius , cum habumtqute 
 concupierit po/siderencn potent. Non reman fit deci-' 
 ho eiusy(^ propter ea non permanebit de bonis eiusXtl 
 Jatiatus fueiit, ar6tabitUTi aftuMt,(sr cmnis dclof 
 i rruet fuper eum<, Vtinam impkatur venter eim^ ut 
 immit tat in (k^eus)h a jut oris fui^ (3* pluat fuper 
 iffum bellum /uum. lugict arma ferrea.ar muet in 
 arcum areum. Gladiusedudus egteditns de va- 
 gina fua^O' fulgurdns in amaritudine fua- Omnes te^ 
 nebr<e abfcondii £ fun tin oc'cultis eius. Devorabtt c- 
 um ignis qui non fuuenditw^affligeturreli^ius in ta- 
 bemaculofuo. Jpertum exit get msn domus iUiuSyde^ 
 traheturin diefuroris dei. Haictfi pars hominisim" 
 pii^J dieo^^s" h^reditas verborum ejus a domino* 
 
The wic* 
 ^ed mans 
 pomp, 
 
 HU joy. 
 His pride. 
 
 Hk chtU 
 dren. 
 
 His old age 
 
 His head, 
 
 Hii refit- 
 mion. 
 
 Hispunifb' 
 meat. 
 
 Hu mt* 
 
 ^edneffQ. 
 
 A Godly and profitable Meditati0n^ 
 
 taken out of the lo* Chapter of 
 the Booke of Job. 
 
 THi$ I know from the firft, that man waj pla- 
 ced upon earthy that the praifc ( or applaafc) 
 given to wkkcdnaen, endureth buta little^ and 
 the joy of an hypocrite is biU for a moment* 
 Though hi« prids were fo great as to mount to 
 heaven, and his head fhould touch the skyes , yet 
 in the end fliall iiee come to perdition as adung» 
 hiU,and they who beheld hitn On glory before) 
 (hall fay, where is he ^ he (hall be found as a fly- 
 ing dreame, and as a phantaGc by mgbt fliall fade 
 away. The eye that beheld hiin before, ftiailno 
 more fee him, nor yec (hall hts pUce (of hoaour) 
 ever more behold him.His dv.ldixn (tail be w«rn 
 out with beggeiie, andhisowne h;»iicls ftiall re- 
 tarnc upon him his I'orKOw. His (^ola) bones fnal 
 be repleniflied widi the vices of his youth , and 
 they lliall fleep witiihim m his grave. His bread 
 m his belly (hal be tU' ned inwardly into the gaule 
 of Serpents. The riches which hc: h<irh devoured 
 he fliall vomit forth sgaine, and God ih \\\ pull 
 them forth of his belly. He (hall fuck the head of 
 Coca trices, and the(venemGUs) tongues of adders 
 fliali flay him. He (hall fuftame due pumllmient 
 for all the wickednes that he hath committed^nor 
 yet fliall he have end or eonfummanon thereof* 
 Hce (hall fufFer according to the mukuudc of all 
 his wicked inventions. For that by violence hec 
 hath fpoyied the poore^made havock of his houfe, 
 
 and 
 
(183) 
 
 and not buil Jed the rame. His wo?nb^i$ never fa* 
 tisfied,& yet when he hath that which he defiredU 
 he (hall not bee able to poflTefl'c the fame. There 
 remaineth no part of his meat ( fonhe poore:^ 
 and therefore there (hall remaine nothing of his 
 goods. When his belly is full then (hall he begin fiisgmfe» 
 to be ftraitnedjthen fliall he fwcat, and all kinde 
 of forrowfliall rufh upon him. I would his belly Htsaffii^ 
 were once full , that God might: fend out upon SUnu 
 him the rage of his fury, and raine upon him his 
 war^rHe (hall ftye away from Iron weapons,and 
 run upon a bow of braife. A drawnc fword com- 
 m^ng out of his skabard(hall flafh as lightning 
 in his bitterne^e. All daikneffc lye hidden for Hudcm^ 
 him in Tecret : the fire that needeth no kiadling natim^ 
 fli:ill devourc him, and hec fliall be tormented a- 
 lone \i\ his tabernacle. The ofF-fpricg of his nit foftt/m 
 houfe fliall be made opt;n,and pulled down, tlt^, 
 la the day of Gods fary. This is the 
 portion of a wicked man from 
 GoJ, and this is the inhcri* 
 cance of his fubttance 
 from the Lord, 
 
 FINIS; 
 
LEICESTER'S 
 
 Priated, tAnm 'jDom, mdcxh. 
 
LEICESTER'S 
 
 GHOST. 
 
 J That fometimes fliin'd like the orient Sunne, 
 Though Fortunes fubjeCl^yet a pmflant Lord^ 
 Am now an objtd to be gaz'd upon. 
 An abjt. ft rather fii; to be deplor'd 
 Dejcfted iiow that whilome was ador'd : 
 Atf.:ft'-a once^ fufpjded fuice of many 
 Kejefted now, relpectei karce of any. 
 
 My S pint hovering in the foggie aire 
 Since it did pafie the frozen Stygian Hood, 
 Vnro great Brit dries Empire did rcpaire> 
 Where cf Eliza's death I underftood. 
 And that the heavens carefull cf Englands good 
 Rais'd up a Kingjwho crowned with loves peace 
 Brou|.>ht in new ioyes & made old griefes to ceafc. 
 
 Thus froni the concave vaults ot ftarlcfle night 
 Wher e neitljcr fiinne nor mcone vouchf^h lo ihlne^ 
 My v/rerci},e(i Cjhoil: a: length is come to lig^^ 
 By chareers granted from the powers di^-ine 
 Snake-eatJag cnvie^ 6 doe not repine 
 
 At lionouis-lhadow, doe not bite the dead, 
 
 My pride is pad;, my pompe from th'earth is fled. 
 
 My Princely birth^ my high enoblcd (Irate 
 2viy fomtime-dreadfuli Irownes now none regard^ 
 My great good-turnes to many done of h;re 
 V/ith graiefull hearts.now few or none reward 
 My hiine is blotted out, my honour Icar'd 3 
 M;- mon'iments defac'd, my reHques orac 
 Ycn.yaiiAiles ioz my Bxcellency fcorne. 
 
 Ah 
 
Ah filly pcafants, as each Grecian boy, 
 Vv' ould brave flout Hc^or being dead and cold. 
 That whilome was the pjller ov old 1 icy. 
 V/hofe piefencc living rhey durd tcarcc bclioM, 
 Now fincc you fee nie dead you grow fo bo.d^ 
 
 As to concrole my acts, wliofc lookcs did daunt 
 
 The proudcil Peercs that liv'd in Trofd'^v r.t. 
 A time there was, when {lately Bearer. co^M ciimej 
 And in that time, v/as 1 a flately Beiire , 
 Who cjimb'd fo faft and in a Yiuk time. 
 That my high mountnig other be:, lis did tea re 
 My fortunes * by their downWs I did re? re : 
 
 1 i\ow rejoycCj v/hiift others I made mounie. 
 
 And ferv'd the tune to make time Icrve my turnc. 
 
 I was the Oif-fpring of a Princely Syrc 
 He too well knew by his c}ime4kl]ing pndc 
 Like T>e ^raus hee taught mc lo afpire ; 
 Wee both did flie he I'eil^ I did but Hide :. 
 Like in ait^Mnp'.s^ yet un!)ke chance wc trycd : 
 Hee by a c^ueene did dye, and as ihr?t c'.A^^f.cM^, 
 1 by a ^ueehe did live, and was advancVl. 
 
 For Lady lane by lum a «PiX!cnc prcclr.iii'd 
 Wr»r> foone fupprcfl, oj^uccne Af.;?7CiO!: CVo v!'a* 
 Widch as her proper r'o'hr fnc boldly Glai:v.\l, 
 My Father flriv'd in vainc :c kcepe her duv, ne. 
 And for ihar left his lifj, 1 iry renownc, 
 Tilificred Cyrthi:i to ihc Kin<;domc cn'r.e, 
 7 hat gave new iile to my kte dying {..nr,:. 
 
 That Peerelcffe o^ieene of happie ni nioiv ' ' 
 That late like 'Debora the Kin^domc iw.ii'i, 
 Now triumphs in the lafper coloured ; kie 
 With ftarre-cmbrodercd veflure rich arrayrd ; 
 SheCj flice rcflor'd my honours then decay'd 
 When rrcalon did attaint my Fathers b\o\\d^ 
 And drowned our Princcly race in Icibcs &ciid. 
 
 Th.e 
 
Then iuptterwzsln mvHorofcope 
 And cinihia bkft ixie with her faire afpcdj 
 What mighr not then my youth and courage hope 
 When me my Soveraignes favour did proted, 
 
 0 vvhat may not a Princefle grace efted 
 Vv^hen Makefile on hopclefle men dodi fniilc 
 Whole joycs did fecme to pcriHi in exile. 
 
 livea vvhen ,^eehe Maries iraglck Kaignc di^^cnd 
 My comick fortunes in their prime begun 
 
 1 hat am.: when CidthU's brighmelle did extend 
 
 T ^ lighten this daike Land whofe fplendant Sunnc 
 Was in Eclipfe and forrowes flreame did runne 
 I like the glorious day-ftarrc did appeaic 
 With faire uprife^to grace this Hemifphearc. 
 
 Smce B)Hte fir {I fway'd all this united Land 
 No Subjeif^: firmer held his Soveraignes grace, 
 My will imperiall for a Law did fland. 
 Such was my Princes pleaiiirCj fuch my place. 
 As Momus durfl not otier me difgrace. 
 What man did Ihiile when Leifiers brow did frownc 
 Whofe wit could guide ,though never get theCrowh 
 Whilfl ni this glorious Ocean I did fwim 
 'J o high preferment divers men I brought, 
 Which fince have fought my Honours Lamp to dim. 
 Yea fuch as I before advanc'd of nought 
 Againfl: my perfon treacheries have wrought. 
 Thus honours doe oft-tim.es good manners change. 
 And men grown rich to anciet friends grow ftrangc. 
 
 I grieve to thinke, I did fuch men advance 
 And ralfe their bafc lines to a flatcly pitch 
 Vnder the fliadov/ of my countenance 
 The fubflance of the Earth did make them rich, 
 W^hat fury did racir fences thus bewitch, 
 
 > Or was it feme ill Spirit that pofleft them ? 
 
 T o fee kg my mms^ whole large bounty bleft them* 
 
 Thus 
 
Thus they in vainc my downcfall did c«nfpire 
 Like (io^i^s that at the Mcone doe fondly barkc 
 And did but buinc themfclves like Iktm's fire^ 
 Or like grim Owles did wonder in the darke 
 Coniem'd of me that mounted like the Larke, 
 Or that rare bird that builds her nefl on Iiigh 
 In Cedar Ti^cs whofc tops aftiont the skie. 
 
 When 1 commanded who durft countermand 
 Were noi: meane fubieds^ fubjed to my beck. 
 What man of worth my pleaiurc did with-ftand. 
 What limple fwaines could doe^ I did not vvreakc 
 I gave the mate to thoie lIiic gave me check 
 Sy the J^ieenes helpe and thrcatning lookcs 
 I rurd the pawnes5the BilhopSjKnighrsjSc Rooks, 
 
 Thus did I play at Chelle and w^onne the game 
 Having the qucene my puiflance to fupport^ 
 The Bifliops for ambition did me blame 
 The pawncs al firmed I wan by much extorc 
 TheRooks &Knigks foild draughts to mar my fport, 
 \ Had not fume ftopt me with their timely checks, 
 I might have given them check without their necks. 
 My brainc had wit^ my tongue was eloqueni: 
 Fit to difcourfe or tell a Courtly tale 
 My prelence portly brave Magnificent, 
 My words imperious, ftout, fubftantiall 
 My geftures loving, kind, Heroically 
 My thoughts ambitious, proud, and fiiU of ire. 
 My deeds were good Or bad as times require. 
 
 Some of my foes that bare me deadly hate. 
 That had to them chiefe Offices aiiign'd. 
 And were my feliow Conllils in the i>tate 
 lealous ftill of my afpiring mind 
 Gave me this praife though otherwife ynkindj 
 i' That I was wondrous politique and wife, 
 ^ A States-man diat knew how to temporifo. 
 
 A 3 Soiyi? 
 
(4; 
 
 Some others tookc me for a zealous man ^ , 
 Becaufe good Pieachers I did patronize, , -r^-"'- 
 And many thoug^ht me a Precijfian ] 
 But God doih know, I never was precife I 
 I feem'd devout in godly cxcrcife : B 
 And by Religious {hew confirm'd my nuVIu 
 But who duril fay J was an hypocrite. 
 As Numa when he tirft did feeke to draw ( 
 The Roman people underneath his yoke, S 
 Touching; Religion he ordain'd a Law 1 
 And f.7ne(i he with Nimph Kgerh fpoke I 
 Thar ;:im lo this good m xion did provoke : I 
 \^^ucreby is If it wei e with hca vens confenc 
 He orought his mtn to civili government. 
 So when I came in high affaires to dealc 
 Of found Religion 1 did make a Ihow I 
 And by pi er ; nee cf hot and fer venr xealc 
 In wealth and haioa I more ftrong did grow 
 For this by prafticc I did plainl) Lnow ; ' 
 That men are apt to yttld to any motion 
 Made by a man that as of pure devotion. 
 Yet could I flraine my Confcience for a need. 
 For though I leem'd an carneft Proteftanc 
 For gaine I favour 'd Papifl: fo indeed. 
 Some held me for a newter,and I grant 
 To ferve my turne 1 would turne Puritant : 
 Thus by Religion^honour fome doe winne 
 And this fairc cloke oft covers filthy finne. 
 Like as the ayre-fucking-Chamelion 
 \ , Can Iiim transforme to any hue fave white • 
 ' So men can mrnc to any falhion * 
 Save to that forme which is fincere and riaht 
 For though he may delude the peoples fig^lir,^ 
 It IS m vainc before God to diflemble 
 Whofe pwer the Divels fcnow,& knowing tremble 
 
 Was 
 
(5) 
 
 Was I the onely man that hath offended 
 
 In making hoiincfle a cloake for finne ? 
 
 The Frenchmen lor religions fake pretendei 
 
 Their ci'vill Warres of iate time did bcgin^ 
 
 But yet ambition chieHy drew them in^ 
 Yea mad ambition, and defire of gaii"ic 
 Makes endicfle broyles betwixt the Stares & Spai^ 
 
 Of promifes, I was fo prodigal I, 
 So kind, well fpoken, and lo liberally 
 That tp fome great Divine as it might fall 
 Perhaps I promifed a Biflioprick, 
 But in pertbrmancc I was nothing quick y 
 Thus with faire words, mens humours ok I fed 
 Whilft hope this while a good opinion bred. 
 
 To learned Schollers I was fomething franck 
 Not for the love that I to learning bore. 
 But either to get praifc or pick a thanke 
 ^ Of fuch as could the Mufes aide implore 
 To confecrate my name for evermore j 
 For he is bleft that lo befriended dyes 
 Whofe praife the Mufcs v/iU immortallxc. 
 You that defire to have your fame furvive 
 When you wiihin your graves intomb'd fhall lye^, 
 Cherilh thofe facred Siders while you live 
 For they be daughters of Dame memory 
 Of die thundring Monarch of the sky : 
 They have the gifi to regifter with pen 
 Th'eternall tame or infamy of men. 
 
 The Students of the Vniverfity 
 Oxford whereof I was die Chancellor, 
 That Nui;fe of fcience and Philofophy 
 Knowing the greatneflc of my wit and jpcwer 
 Did honour me as the faire fpringing flowery 
 That in the PrincefTe favour highly grew 
 , Whom fhe with fliowers of gold did ^ bcdcw, 
 
 A 4 At 
 
Atlmy command both 7)ee and Mien tended 
 By Magick Art my pleafure to fulfill 
 Thefe to my fervice their bcft ftudies bended. 
 And why they durft not difobcy my will. 
 Yea whatfoever was of fccrct skill 
 i» In Oxford or in Cambridge to be fold 
 "l bought for love, for feare, or elfe for gold. 
 
 Dpubtleffe the moft renown'd Philofophers 
 As Fhto and titbageras have fought 
 To learne the Hicrogliphick Charafters 
 And fecrets which by Magick ^kiil arc wrought. 
 Such as th'Egyptians, lewes^ and Chaldccs taught 
 Thwart's not ill it nuen doe not abufe it. 
 No fault fb bad, but fome men will excufe k, 
 
 Lopus and lulio were my chicfe Phyfitians, 
 Men that were cunning in the Art to kill 
 Good Schollers bi^t of pafRng ill conditions. 
 Such as could riddc mens lives yen no blood fpill. 
 Yea and with fuch dexterity and skill 
 Could give a dram oFpoyfon that could flay 
 At end of the yeare, the moneth, the weeke or dj 
 
 I never did thefe wicked men imploy 
 To wrong my Prince or my true loving friend 
 But falfe deceitful! wretches to deftroy 
 And bring them to an vnexpe^ed end 
 Let them looke to it that did moft offend, 
 Whofe names are B.egiftred in Pluto's fcroulcs. 
 For I will never anfwcr for their foules. 
 
 Knights and Efquircs the beft in every {hire 
 Did waite on me in England up and downe. 
 And fpme among them did my Livery weare 
 My fmiles did feeme to promife tliem renowne. 
 But difniall haps infu d when I did firowne 
 As when the ftarre Arftwrus doth appearc 
 Of raging Tem pefts Sea-men ftand in feare. 
 
 As 
 
(7) 
 
 As for the Souldiers and the men of wari^e : > 
 
 At home in lervice ferae I did retaine. 
 
 Others I fent abroad not very farre 
 
 Ac my commandment to returne agajae, 
 
 Thefe I with coft did fecrerly maintaine 
 That if ought chanced otherwife then well, 
 I might haue fent my foes to heauen or hell. 
 
 Liftewife I brought the Lawyers in fomc awe. 
 The wonhy ftudents of the Innes of court. 
 That then applied them to the common Law, 
 Did yeeld to mc in matters of import. 
 Although fometimes I did the Lawe extort. 
 And whether right or wrongs my caufe once heardj 
 To plead againft me made great Lords afeard. 
 
 So the Lord Bar^yf, loft good lanrlsby ^^^r^ff- 
 Whereof perchance at fii ft hc did not dreame,*^ 
 Might many times doth overcome the right. 
 It is in vaine to ftrive againft the ftreame, 
 When he that is chfefe fiibied in the Realme, 
 
 Vpon his Princes favour refts him bold. 
 
 He cannot or he will not be controld. 
 Thus by the .^eene my puiflance was upheld, 
 Atid lor my foes I euer was coo ftrong, 
 1 he grace I had from her all feare expeld, 
 I mighc wrong others^buc not futtcr wrong, 
 'So many men did unto me belongs 
 
 Which Oil my favour chiefely did depend, 
 • And for my fake both goods, and land would fpend. 
 The beft efteemed Nobles of the land. 
 On vv'hc^fe fiipporc the publiquc ftate relied. 
 Were linckt with me iu friendHiips taithfull band. 
 Or elfe in kindred nerely were allied. 
 Their pcrfcd loues and conftant hearts I cried. 
 
 The inferior fort at our devotion ftood 
 
 Keady to execute what wc thought good. 
 
 The 
 
(S) 
 
 TBc Earle of Warwicke my owne loving brother 
 Mf fillers Husband th'Earie of Huntington, 
 The bounteous Earle of Bedford was another 
 Of my beft friends belov'd of e«/'ery one 
 Sir Henry Sidneys power in Wales well knowne 5 
 Ai'id there tlie Earle of Pembrofee chiefe of all 
 Of kinnc my i iend what ever thence might fall 
 In Bar-wick my wives Vncle had chiefe power 
 The Lord of Hunldon my afliired f riend> 
 In Ireland the Lord Gre> was Governour, 
 Gernley and lerfey, likewife did depend 
 ¥poa fuch nicn^as did my will attend : 
 Mf^pion my man Lieutenant of the Tower 
 Was prompt to doe me fervice ac an hourc. 
 
 Sir^EiJw^Trf Hoffey in tlie IHe of Wiglir 
 And nol>Ie Sir George Cury next bore fway. 
 Men of 2;rcac coui age and no little might 
 To uke niy part in any doubtlull fray 
 In London the Recorder Fleetwood lay : 
 
 That often us'd good words chat might Incenfi: 
 
 The Citizens to ftand in my defence* 
 
 The Prentifes did likewife take my part 
 As 1 in privalte quarrels oft have tryde. 
 So that I had the ver y head and heart 
 The Court and City leaning on my fide, 
 Widi flattery fome, others with gihs I plyd , 
 And fome with threats, ff ern looks & angry words» 
 i wonne to my defence witli Clubs and Swords, 
 
 Thus I by wifedome and fine poilicie. 
 
 Maintained the reputation of my life. 
 
 Drawing to me the flowre of Chivalric 
 
 To fuccour me at need in civill ftrife 
 
 Men that lov'd change in every place were rife r 
 And all the realme'was >Sy my power pofll-ft (bdL 
 Tliink wtiat tl^s might have wrought but judge the 
 
 Like 
 
(p) 
 
 Lik-c Ctaud'mMarceflus drawnc through Rome 
 In his faire chaiioc which with Trophecs deckr. 
 Crowned with Garlands by the Senates doomc. 
 Whom they Hve times tlicir Conlul did eh^ 
 That from their foes he might their hvcs ^rotcd: : 
 When he wkh conqueft did his Country greet 
 Loaden with fpoylcs lay proflratc at his tccc. 
 So did I ride in tryumph through chiefc towncs 
 As if r had becne V ice-r oy of this Lscnd^ (crowned 
 My face well grac'd with Ihiiles, my purfc with 
 Holding the reynes of honour in my hand, 
 I managed the ftatc, I did comma^^d : 
 My lookes with humble majefty replcac. 
 Made fome men wilh me a Kings royall feat. 
 
 Thus waxc I popular to purchafe fame 
 To me the common peoples knees did bovvj, 
 I could my humour fliil fo fitly iram© 
 To cntertaine all men to outward Ihew 
 With inward lovc^tor few my heart did know : 
 And that I might not feemc pufc up with pricfc 
 Bare-headed oft through Cities I did ride. 
 
 While fome cry'd out, God favc you gracious Lords 
 
 Loid how they did my fame hyper bohzc 
 
 My words and gcilurcs iid fo well accord 
 
 As with their hearts I fcem'd to fimpathizc, 
 
 I charm'd their eares and did inchant their eyes ; 
 
 Thus I was reckoned their chiefe Potentate 
 
 No poller but a pilkr Q^ the f^etc. 
 
 Then I was calFd the life and tli'heart o*th'Cour8' 
 And fome I woe m(hz 1 had becne the head, 
 1 liad 10 great a trayne and fuch a port. 
 As did die pompe ot Mertimer exceed. 
 Who as in th'Englilh Chronicles we read. 
 When fecond Edward loft his Kingly rights 
 W'as waited ^ at once with nine-fcore Knishts. 
 
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 That Earic of March and Roper Mortimer, 
 Kul d tlie young King,queene motherland the Pecrec 
 1 Robert T>h ilcy Earie ofLeicefler, 
 Did fway in court end ail the Englifh flceres> 
 His rule Wis lliorc, mine flojri Hit many ycarci 
 He did his fife witli ignominy loofe, 
 I hved and triumphc o*re my proudefl foes. 
 As the Im^ge of great Alexander dc-.d, 
 Made kiiig CaJ/mdet tremble at the fiahc, 
 i>pymg the figure of his Koyall head, 
 vviiolc prefence romecime did tlie world affright, 
 \l hkc as Ca^Cu-s Monirchifmg fprigh:, 
 •t" n u ^^^^^ ^'''^^^^ HlUpf^S field , 
 1 lU he that flew his Liege himfelfe w is kild. 
 So view yee petty Lords my Princely ghoft, 
 1 Ipe.ke to you vvhcfe heaits be fall of^all. 
 1 whiiit I liucd was honoured of the niofl: 
 And either feared for love of great and (mail. 
 Or ov d for fcare of fuch as wiiht my fall, 
 iifu^ ^^"^'^^^ reprefencing ftate, 
 Whofc perfon fometime did your pnde abate. 
 Weigh what I was.knights, genclemen,and Peeres, 
 ^ my death threatning frowns did make you quake 
 As yet they have not pafled many ycares, 
 ^Hice I your plumes piuckt, iofiy crefl^s did fliakc 
 
 ^^^^ ^^^^ acquaintance fake, 
 
 Wax yee not pale to heste o£ Lei/lers name. 
 Or to backebice me blulh ye not for fliame. 
 You fay in dealings ditt I w^s unjufl, 
 
 jf true luflice ballancc yee could guide. 
 Had I dealt jnfliy I had turnd to duft 
 Long before this, your corps fwolnc vp with pride, ' 
 M "^^^ ^wi'viving doe my ads deride, 
 My fame yet liues though death abridgd my daies, , 
 ^.om;- of you dr'd that ovcr-liu'd your prayfc. 
 
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 Are there not fomc among you Parafes, 
 Timc-fervers, and obfervcrs of no mtafLirc;, « 
 Prince-plcafers, people-pleafers, hypocrites, 
 Dambd Machiavilians giueii to hift and plcc.fmc^ 
 Chui'ch-robbersjbeggers oj- the Princes creaiure, 
 Tiiice-breakers^ Pirate, Athiefls^ Sicophants^ 
 Can equity, dwell heeie where coafcience wants/; 
 
 And yet you thinke none juftly deales but ;;oa, 
 
 Divine Aftrea vp to heauen is fled. 
 
 And turnd to Libra ^ there looke up and view 
 
 Her baliancc in the xodiacke figured^ 
 
 luft Ariftides once was baniflied^ 
 Where Hues his match whom enuy did purfuc-' 
 Becaufe men thought he was lo jiifl and triie. 
 
 Yce fay, ambition harbourd in my brainc, . 
 I fay ambition Is no heynous iinne 
 To men of ftate, do flately thoughts pcrtaine. 
 By baier thoughts what honour can he w^n , 
 Who ever did a great exploit begin^ 
 Before ambition moved him to ihe deed 
 And hope of honour, urg'd him to proceed. 
 
 Themiftocles had never put to flight, 
 Zcrxzes huge ho{^y nor tam'd the^'Perfinns pride. 
 Nor fad King Tarfus got by martiall fight. 
 The Romane fpoyles with conquefl on his fide. 
 If firft ambition had not beefie their guide. 
 Had nor this humor their ftoiit herurs allure. 
 To high attemj)ts their fame had bccne bbfcurc. 
 
 ' Jhc Eagle doth difctainc to catch poore flyes. 
 The Lyon with the Ape doth (come to play, 
 1 he Dolphin doth the whirlpole low difpife, - 
 Thus if Birds, Beafo, and Filhes beare fuch fway, 
 If they would teach vnderlings to obey. 
 Much more fhould men whom reafon doth adornc, " 
 Be noble minded and bafe fortunes fcorne, 
 
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 Adniii I could diflcmble wittily. 
 This is no grievous finne in men of ftatc ; 
 Diflbmbiing is a point of pohcic 
 Plaine deaung now growes ftale and out of date : 
 Wherefore I ott: conceard my private hate 
 Till 1 might find fit time though long I ftay'd 
 To wreakc the wrath that in my heart 1 layd. 
 
 Th'old Proverbe Is, plaine dealing is a jcwelU 
 iVid he that ulcth it a B egger dyes. 
 The world is now adayes t>ecome fo cruell 
 That Courtiers doe plaine Cv,untry-mcn defjlfilej 
 •^icke wits and cunning heads doc quickly rile. 
 And to be plaine, yec muft not plamly deale 
 That office feeke in Court or Common-weak. 
 
 Now Arifiippus is in more requeft 
 That knew the way to plea[e a Monarclis mind. 
 Then that poore cynicke fwad that us'd to icft 
 At every idle knave the t he couid find, 
 To unkind friends yee mud not be too kind : 
 This is a maxime wliich to you I give. 
 Men muft dhitmbk or they cannoi; live, 
 
 Yee fay,l was c coward in the field, 
 
 I lay it fits not fuch a noble wight 
 
 To whom his Counirey doih ihe title yceld 
 
 Of Lurd-Lieutenant wkh fall jxnver and mighc 
 
 To venture his ov/ne perion in the fight: 
 
 Let others dye,which as our vaflailes ferve 
 
 While heaven lor better haps our hopes preferve* 
 How foonedidEnglands joy in France diminifli 
 When th'Earlc of Salisbury at Orleance 
 By Gun-fliot ftroke , his hor.our'd life did finifh ^ 
 When xMot tliat did oftentimes advance 
 The Hnglifli enfignes in difgracc of France, 
 
 Was at the laft invironed and flame 
 
 Whofc name the Frcnch-mcns terror dotf; rcmainc 
 
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 And whax a fatal! wound did Rome receive 
 By CraJfuA dtatli wI)om faichlefle Partluaiis Eew, " 
 How did the Senate for Flammius grieve 
 And ior JIEmilius deaths and his Jlouc crew^ 
 Whom HanibaU at Cannes did fubdue : 
 Cutofi" an arme;,yec hfe the heart may diciUh 
 Cut of the head and every pare will pexiiia* 
 IfQcratcs th' Athenian us'd to fay, 
 Vaunt-currers are like hands to battel] preH 
 The men of armes are feet whereon to flay. 
 The footmen as the ftomach and the breH, 
 The captaine as the head above the reH : 
 The head once crafed troubleth all the parts 
 The Gcncrall flaine dotli kill tenthoufaiidhearo. 
 Therefore a Lord Lieutenant lliould take care 
 That he infafety doe himfeltc repofe 
 And fbould not hazard life at every dare. 
 But watcli an^kl ward^ fo Fikbius m'd his foci; 
 When rafli Mmtt'.us did tfie con<iucll hfk z 
 It fuch in open danger will intnidc 
 1 1 is fond ralh.nclle and hot ibrrit^Je, 
 
 Yee fay J was lafcivious in rny love 
 And that 1 tempted many a gallant Dame, 
 Not io content:>but I did alio pi o ve 
 To v/innc their handmaids if I iik 'd the jranac 
 Why firs yee know^Iove fdndlcs fuch a Saiiie* 
 As if we inay believe what Poets pen 
 It doth inchant tiie hearts of Gods and men, 
 
 Jove lov'd the daughter of a jealous flie 
 Danag a maid imntured within a tcv/er^ 
 Yet to accomplllh th'end of his dcfire 
 He metamorphizM to a golden fl^ovver 
 F^ll in the lap of his faire Paramniur : 
 And being tearm'd a pod did not diflainc 
 T« furne to man, to beaft^ and ihowrc of rainc. 
 
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 t)cere Lords,whcn Cupid throwcs his fiery daks 
 Doth nuiie of them your tender bodies hit, ^ 
 Doth Citbtna never charme your hearts. 
 Nor beauty try your quintefl'^ntiall wit 
 Peihi'ps you will fay no, fie 'lis unfit. 
 Now by my Gartcr,and my Gmgt to boot. 
 The blind God furely hirs,if he doth (hootc. 
 
 Whereas ye doc objeA niy Magick charmes, 
 1 [ought to winne taire dames to my defire, 
 'Tis better fo then ftrive by force of Armes 
 For forced love will quickly backc retire 
 If faire meanes cannoc winne what wc require : 
 Some fecret tricks and Heights mufl be dcvifcd 
 That love may even from Hell be excrcifed: 
 
 To you dull wit it feemes impoflible 
 
 By drinkes or charmes this worke to paflc to bring, 
 
 Know then that Gigts were invifible 
 
 By turning the figill of his Ring 
 
 T oward his palme and thereby ilcw theKing, 
 Lay with his wife of any man unfeenc 
 Laflly did raigne by marrying with the quccnc. 
 
 King Salomon ^Qx^i2.g\ck natnrall 
 Was held a cunning man by fome Di vinos. 
 He wrote a booke of Science naturall 
 To bind ill Spirits in their darke confines 
 He had great ftore of wives and Concubines, 
 Yet was a Sacred King, this linferre 
 The wifeft man that now doth live may errc. 
 
 Alfo yee fay, that wTien I waxed old 
 When age and time mifpent had made mc dry^ 
 For ancient,held in carnall Luft is cold. 
 Natures defe^^ with Art I did fupply 
 And that did helpe this imbecility, 
 I ufd (Irong drinks and Oynmients of great, prlcf:, 
 yVhofe taftc or touch might make dead fleflii anfc 
 
To this I anfwer :rhac thofe finc extraftions,' 
 
 Drams and cleduaries finely made, 
 
 Serv'd not fo much to heipe vcneriall adions. 
 
 As for to comfort nature thac*s dccaid ; 
 
 Which being with indifferent judgment weighM,; 
 In noble men may be allowed I truft. 
 As rending to their healch,not to their luft. 
 
 ' What if I drinke nothing but liquid gold, 
 Ladrina,chriftal,pearle refolv'd in wine. 
 Such as th'Egyptians full cups did hold, 
 When Cl^faira with her Lord did dine 5 
 A trifle, care nor, for the coft was mine ? 
 
 What if I give Hippomencs to drinke 
 
 To fome fair Dames,at tmal faults you mufl wiafc^> 
 
 Ye fay I was a traytor to the Queene, 
 Aftd that when Monjitur was m greateft grace, 
 I being out of favourjmov'd with fplecne. 
 To fee a Frenchman frolique in the place. 
 Forth toward Barwick then did poft apace, 
 Mindirg to raiie up a rebellious rout, 
 To take my part in what I went ab®ur. 
 
 That I was then a traytor I deny. 
 Bur I confcffe that 1 was Mmftemsioc, 
 And fought to breakc the league of amity. 
 Which then betwixt my Prince and him did grow, 
 Doubting Keligion might be changed fo. 
 
 Of that eur Lawes and cuftomcs were in dangcrj. 
 
 To be corrupt or altered by a ftranger: 
 
 Therefore I did a faftion flrong maintame, 
 Againft the Eartc of Stt^x, a Clout Lord 
 On M»nfieun fide^and then Lord Chamberlain, 
 Who fought to make that nuptinll accord, 
 Which none may breakc, witnefle the facredWord» 
 But thus it chancedjthat he ttriv'd in vaipe 
 To knit that knot wbicii h«aven did not ordainc. 
 
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 Ttius did yc mif-intcrprcc ir.y conceits. 
 That for difloyalty my deeds did blame, 
 Yet many men have laid their fecret baits, 
 T'intrap me in fuch fnares to work my (hame. 
 Whom 1 in time fufficicntly did tame ^ 
 
 And by my Soveraignes favour bore them downe, 
 Pioving my felfe true Liegeman to the Crownc. 
 
 T^inke ycc I could forget my Sovcraignc Lady, 
 That was to me fo gracious and fo kinde ? 
 How many triumphs for her glory made I ? 
 O I could never blot out of my minde, 
 What Charaders of grace in her have <hin'd. 
 But fome of you, which were by her prcfcr'd. 
 Have with her bones almoft her name inter'd* 
 
 When fhe was gone,which of you all did weep ? 
 What mourtofull fong did PdllometM ling ^ 
 Alas I when (he in deaths cold bed did flsep, 
 Which of you all her dolefull knell did ring ? 
 How long w ll ycc now love your crowned King , 
 If you fo foon forget your old Queen dead, 
 Which foure and fpurty yeares bath governed ^ 
 
 Yee fny, / fcughtby murder to afpirc. 
 And by ftrong poyfon many men to flay, 
 Which as ye thought might crofife my high defire, 
 And cloud my long expelled golden day. 
 Perhaps / hid fome blocks out of my way, 
 
 Which hindrcd me from comming to the Bower, 
 Where Q^/jbwfhiu dike lamps in Pbarohsto\icv. 
 
 Alas ! I came not of a Tygers kinde. 
 My bands with bloud / hated to defile j 
 But when by good experience I did finde. 
 How fome with fained love did me beguile. 
 Perchance all pitty then / did exile j 
 And as it wer« agamft my will,wa$ preft 
 To feek their deaths that did my life detcfl. 
 
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Lo ihen,a«cn(l co hearc a doUfuIl ra?e 
 Of thofc whofc dcaih y e doe fuppofw I vrrouiht, 
 Yet wilh I that the wcrld belecvc not all 
 Th it Kacli of me by envious men been wrought. 
 But when I for a Ki'igfy fortUiic fogoht, 
 O pardon nicymy f Jfc / might forget, 
 And cail downc ffeme, nr.y ftjtc aloft tofer. 
 
 My firft wife fell downe from a piire of ftaircs. 
 And br;«kc herneck,3nd fo at Comner dy'd, 
 WhiUl hCi tiue fervants Ud with fmall affaires, 
 UfUo a Faire at Abingdon did ride, 
 T his difinallhapdid tott"sy wife betide * 
 
 Whether yee call ic chance or deftmy, 
 
 Too true it is> (Ik d d untimely dye. 
 
 0 had f now a fliowre of tcares to fhed, 
 Lockt m the empty circles of my « yes. 
 All could / Hi'^d m mourning for the dead. 
 Th at loft a fpoufe fo young,fo fajrc,fo wife. 
 So fairc a corps fo foulc ^ coarfc new lies. 
 
 My hope t*have married with a faaious Quecne^ 
 Drave pitty back,anJ kept my teares unfcenc. 
 
 What man fo fond that would no: lofc a Pearlc 
 
 To finde a Diamond Jcive br^flc for gold : 
 Or who would not forfake a gallant giric. 
 To w»n a Qjeen, gre.4c men m awe to hold, 
 
 1 m rule he state, and of none be control'd? 
 
 O but the Itt ps ihat lead unto aihrone, 
 Aic dangerous for men to tread upon, 
 
 Tlie Cardinall ChstiUhnwis my foe, 
 Whofe death peradvcnture did cotrpaft, 
 Becaufc he let C^en Eh's^^betbto know 
 My falCe report given of ^ firnrcr ad, 
 liow I with her hid made a precontrad. 
 AM ihf gr^jat Princes hrpe I bar'd thereby^ 
 That f( ui;hc to marry wnh her Majcfty. 
 
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 The Prelate had bin better held hts tongiie, 
 And kift his holy Fathers feet in Rome : 
 A Maffe ih^ fosner for his foule wasfung ^ 
 But he might thanke me, had he fiaid at home, 
 Or late or never he to heaven had come : 
 
 Therefore I fent him nimbly from the coafts^ 
 Perhaps to fapper with the Lord of hofts. 
 
 When death by hap nay firft wives neck had crackt, 
 And that my fait unto the Queene ill fped^ 
 It chanced that I made a pod contrad. 
 And did in fort the Lady Shiffnld wed, 
 Of whom I had two goodly children bred : 
 For the Lord Sheffald died as I was furc, 
 { Of a Catarre,whi<;h pbyficke could not cure. 
 
 Some thinke the rhume was artificiall, 
 Which this good Lord before his end did take ; 
 Tufli,what 1 gave to her was natural!. 
 My plighted troth yet fome amends did make. 
 Though her at lengih,unkinde I did forfake 5 
 She mufi not blame me, for a higher reach 
 Made my fure promife findc a fudden breach. 
 
 The valiant Earlc vrhom abfent I did wrong,\ 
 In breaking Hymeneus holy band ; 
 In Ireland did protrad the time too long, 
 Whilfi fome in England ingled under hand. 
 And at his coming homeward to this land 
 He dyed withpoyfon,as they fay,infcded, 
 Not Without caufe/or vengeance I fufpedled : 
 
 Becaufe this fafl: notorious fcandall bred. 
 
 And for I did his gallant wife abufe; 
 
 To falve this fore when this brave Lord was dead, 
 
 I for my felfe did thisfaire Lady chufe. 
 
 And flefh is fraile, deare Lady me excufc ; 
 It was pure love that made me undertake, 
 Jhis hpplefferecoatrad with thee to make. 
 
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Now in Jove« pallacc that good Lord doth fup, 
 And drinke fyll bowles of Nedor m the jkic. 
 Hnnmes his page,that taflcd of that cup, 
 Did onely loofe his h.iire,and did not dye 5 
 True-noble Earle, thy fame to heaven doth flye. 
 He doth repent his faulc,and pardon ctovc, 
 That marr'd thy bed and too loon made thy grave 5 
 
 Thou didft behinde thee leave a tnatchkfie Sonne, 
 A peerclt iTe paterne for all princely peercs, 
 Whofe fpai ks of glory in my time begun, 
 Kindled wsth hope. HamM highly in few yeeres, 
 But death him ftruck,and drown d this land in icarcfs 
 His Sonne deth live true image of kim dead, 
 To grace thisfoil^ where (ho wcrs of tears v/ere fljcd. 
 
 They were to blame that faid theQueen fhovild marry 
 With mc her Horf keeper,for fo they call'd me. 
 But thou ThYOfrnmon which this talc didfl: carry 
 From France to Eng!and,haft more fiiarply gall'd me, 
 Sith my good Queenc in office high extold mc j 
 For I was M Ukr of her Highnefle Horfc, 
 I fcornc thy words,which did my hate inforce* 
 
 Bhc titll me then, hew didft thou like thy fare. 
 When I to fupper laft did thee invite ? 
 If I did rid thee of a world of care. 
 By giving thee a Salet, gentle Knigh% 
 With gaftly lookes doe not my foule aft'ght ; 
 
 Letter I wa$,whom England once did dread, 
 , But no w I am like thee Throgmftmity dead. 
 
 IMy Lf>rd of Suffex w as too cholerick, 
 
 That caird me traitor and a traitors fonne j 
 
 But I ferv'd him a fine Italian trick j 
 
 ftad not I done fo, I had bin undone ; 
 
 Now marke the cnd,what conqueft hath he won > 
 A litle fcruple that to him I fent, 
 Did purge bis cholcr, till hii life was fpeiir, 
 
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 He was a galUnt Noble man indeed 
 O buthis lite did ftillfny life decreaCc ? ^ 
 Therefore I fcnc him ^nh eonvenieni fpccd. 
 To reft amongft his anceRors in p^ace : 
 My rage was pacifi'd at his d^ccafc-. 
 And now I come t'itiibrace his love too late, 
 Him did / lovcjwhom living I did hatr. 
 
 1 came to vifit as / chanc'd to walkc 
 My Lady of Lenox, whom I foond not wcll^ 
 J took her by the hand,hid private talke, 
 Anoi fo departed,a jfliort tile to tell : 
 When I was gone, into a flux Ihe fell. 
 That never ceaft her company to keep, 
 Till it had brought her to a fenflufle fleep, 
 
 I dream'd flic had not many daycs to live ; 
 And this my dreamc did fliortly fall out true, 
 So as her Gh®flly Farher I did, give 
 Some comfort to her foule : for well 1 knew 
 That flit would flioitly bid the world adieW. 
 Some fay I gave fuch phyfick as did fpill h<?rj 
 But I fuppofe that meere ccnccit did kill her. 
 
 Some will objefl: perhaps,! did pretend 
 To meet the Earle ofOrmond on a ^day, 
 In fingle fight our qunrrell for to end 5 
 Bat did command my fervant^i//yj;w;', 
 To lye in acnbufh that ftout Lord to flay. 
 But heaven d id not confent to work his fpoilcj 
 That was the glory of ih*e Infli foile. 
 
 Perhaps /doubted that I was too wcakc, 
 And loath I was he fliould the conquefl win : 
 If in this caufe I did mypromife breake, 
 I hope men will not count it for a fii ; 
 Is irnot good tofleep in a whole skin? 
 
 When Hannibal could not prevaile by blowcs. 
 He ufed ilrat^gems to kill his foes. 
 
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 If I the death of Monf/cur Simwi foughr, 
 When he from France Amb. fT^dr ur vrai feotj 
 I had juft cawfetofceke it as I thought 5 
 For towards me he bore no good intcRt 5 
 Had he not fled betimes, perhaps 1 mcnt 
 
 T'have fent him in cmb.iHage for my pleafurc 
 To the black kingthit keeps Avernus trcafuic,! 
 
 For when no man abou: the Court duifl fpeak. 
 That I the Lady Lttttct married, 
 This piatling Frenchman firft the ice did breake^ 
 And to the Qu' cncthc htt difcovered ; 
 Which not without iuH cau<*e ihe anger bred : 
 T hus th*ape did play his part controFd of none, 
 When he eipf d the Beare from home was gone. 
 
 One S^shadore an Italian borne, ~ 
 Having once w itchc wirh me till mi J'ft ©f night. 
 Was foun i flame in his bed the next day morne : 
 Alas poore man I rue his wofull plight, 
 Thatdid in nothing but m (inne dehghc : 
 H id he to honeft adions bent his wit, 
 Me might h.ive longer liv'd and fcap'd this fit. 
 
 But what reward Should fuch 1 man expefl-. 
 Whom gold to any IcwdnefTc' could entice^ 
 Onestuine cnec ftrv'd, why Oi iuld we not reje^ 
 So vilde an inftrumcnt of damned vice ? 
 V. hit if he were difp^tchcd in a true ? 
 Was it not better this mans blood to fpill, 
 Then let him live the wprld with finne to fiil ? 
 
 T doubted Ua that Omihty would bewray 
 My counfell,and with others party t ^kc } 
 Wherefore,the ro<>ner him to rid awny, 
 I fent him forth to fea with Captaine D/*)^^, 
 Who knew how t\niertain him for my fikc j 
 Before he went hii lot by me vv as c -lt, 
 His death wa&plotted^and petform'd in hafl. 
 
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 He hoped well j but I did io difpofe, 
 Tkat he at Port St. lulkn loft his head. 
 Having no time permitted to difclofe 
 The inward griefes that in his heart were bred; 
 We need not feare the biting of the dead : 
 Now let him got tranfported to the fcas, 
 And tell my fecrets to th* Antipodes. 
 
 My fervant G&ta did fpeed as ill or worfe, 
 To whom I did my dofe inccnts impart. 
 And athis need with money fiuft his purfe. 
 And wil*d him ftiU take courage at his heart ; 
 Yet in f.he end kc felt the deadly (mart : 
 He was inveigled by fome fubtic witted. 
 To rob} fo he was taken and committed • 
 
 Of pardon I did put him flill in hope, 
 When he of felony was guihy found. 
 And fo condcmn*d,till his laft friend the Pope 
 Did him uphold from falling to the ground, 
 what hope of grace where vice did (o abound. 
 He was beguiled like birds that ufe to gape 
 At Zsuxei table for a painted gtape. 
 
 Yet I did to the man no injury, 
 And gave him time andleafure to repent, 
 And well he knew he had deferv'd to dye, 
 Therefore all future mifchiefc to prevent, 
 I let him flip away with my confent : 
 For his reprivall, like a crafty Fox, 
 I fent no pardon but an empty Box. 
 
 Elfc as unfaithfull hMtdtr betraid 
 The Duke of Buckingham his Mafter deare, 
 When he of RicbaYds tyranny afraid, 
 Fied to his fervants houfe for fuccour there: 
 
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 3o might my wan for gaihCjor forcM for ftare, 
 Have brought my corps with ftiame unto my grarc, 
 £y too much trufling on a paltry knave. 
 
 Me feeras at me great Norfolkcs Duke doth frowiir, 
 Becaufe he thinkcs I did his death contrive, 
 Perfwading fomc he aimed at the Crowne, 
 And that by royall match he meant to flrive 
 A kingdome to his Lordftiip to revive. 
 
 Alas good Duke ! he was too meek and milde. 
 And I too faithlefle that his trufl beguird. 
 
 For that I found his humour firft was bent 
 To take the Scots captived Queen to wife, 
 I egg'd him on to follow his intent. 
 That by this meanes I might abridge his life, 
 And flic a crowned Queen to ftint all fttife, 
 Firft finding Scotland loftjto England fled, 
 Where fiie in hope of f dccour loft head. 
 
 O l?!effcd SpiritSjfivc yee evermore 
 In heavenly SioB,where your maker reignes. 
 And give me leave my fortunes to deplore, 
 That am faft fetterd with fins iron chaines. 
 Mans moft fwcet joys are mixt with fome foul pains. 
 And doih he live of high or low degtce, 
 In life or death that can from woe ht free ? 
 
 Ah now my tongue growcs Vlreary to recite 
 Such mafl*a:res as have btcn here expreft, 
 Whofc fad remembrance doth nffliO: my fpright, 
 Me thinkes I fee legions of foules to reft 
 In Abiabams bofome, and my felfc oppfeU, 
 
 The burden of my finnes doe weigh mc downe. 
 At mc the fiends doc laugh,and Angels frownc. 
 
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Mj crimes I grant were gcai and man ifol 
 Yet not fo hcynous as men m ikc report, 
 Bot flattering Parafices arc grownc fo bold 
 Thai they of Princes matters make a fport, 
 T© picafe the humors of the vulgar fort : 
 
 And that poorc peevifli giddiheadcd crue. 
 
 Are prone to credit any tak untrae. 
 
 Let thofe that live endeavour to live wc\l, 
 Left after death like mine tkeir guilt remaine ; 
 la no man thinkc there is no Heaven or Hell, 
 Or with the impious Sadduces maintaine 
 That after death no fleih (hall rife againe : 
 Let no man truft on Fortunes iSckle wheele. 
 The guerdon due for fime I partly feclc. 
 
 Know that the Prince of heavenly Saraphins, 
 When he 'gainft his Creator did rebel], 
 Was tumbled downe for his prefumptuous finne 5 
 Sathanthat once was Weft like lightning fell 
 From the higheft heaven, to the deepeS hell : 
 And all thofe Ang^Ils that his part did take, 
 Have now their portion in the burning lak? • 
 
 Of mighty hcapes of trcafur-e I could vant, 
 Forlreaptprofic out of every thing, 
 Icould the Prince and peoples hearts inchant, 
 With my faire words and fmoothfac'd flittering, 
 And out of drofle pure gold I oft did wring: 
 For though the naeanes to win he oft unmeet, 
 The fmell of lucre ever fmcllerh fweet. 
 
 So I fomtimes hid very much good hap 
 Great fuites of my dread Soveraignc to obtaine, 
 Prodigall fortune powr'd down from her lap. 
 Angels of gold as thick as drops in rainc. 
 Such was my luck to finde the golden veine 
 Likewife with me it fccmed nothing ftrangc. 
 Both rents and lands oft with my Piince to change 
 
[ had anpthcr way t'innch my fclfc 
 
 By getmg licences for mc alone, 
 
 For Wine, Oylc, Velvet, Cloaih, and fuch like pelfc^ 
 
 By licences to alienation. 
 
 By raififlg rents, and by opprcffion : 
 
 By claiming Forrcfts,Paftures,Conftmon$3 Woodf^ 
 And forfeiture of lands, af life and goods* 
 
 By this flrong courfe aUoI greatly thrived 
 jn falling out with my decre Soveraigne, 
 For I the Plot fo cunningly contrived. 
 That reconcilement foorie was made againc. 
 And by this meancs great gifts I did obtainc*. 
 For that I mightmy bags the better fill , 
 1 beg'd great luites as pledge of new goodwill- 
 
 Befides fomtimes I did cncreafe my ftorc. 
 By benefit that 1 from Oxfordtooke, 
 Electing heads of houfcs herctofors^, 
 1 lov'd their mency, and they lovM their booke. 
 Some poorer though more learned I forfooke : 
 For in thore daies your charily was cold, 
 Little was done for love, hue much for gold. 
 
 Doubtleffe my Father was a valiant Peerc 
 In Edw4 d the Cxt daies when he was Tent, 
 Gainit Rebells that did rife in Norfolke (hire*, 
 And after ihit when he to Scotland went. 
 Under the Lord Proteftors R giment ; 
 
 By notable exploits agiinit the Scot, 
 
 Eternal! glory to himltlfe he got. 
 
 Truly ambition was his greatcfi fault, 
 Which commonly in noble hearts is bred, 
 He thought the never could his flate exalt 
 Till the good Daks of Sumerfct Wis dead, 
 Who by my Fathers meanes did lofe htshead J 
 So ill the race of could endure 
 The i€ymor$ lives which did their fame obfcure. 
 ^ ^ When 
 
Wfetn ©ncc King Ediparei at the bCitt hadfliof. 
 My Fathcr^fayd^your Grace ihoots ncere the mark. 
 The King rcpli'd, but not fo nccrc I wot, 
 jls when you fhot my Vndes head off quite : 
 The duke my Father kftewthe Kmgfaid rigf^f. 
 And that he ment this matter to debate 
 If ere hee liv'd to come to mans cftatc. 
 
 Itfccmes my Father in times paft had been 
 A skillfull Archerjthough no learned cicrkc, 
 So Srange a chance as this is feldome feen, 
 1 doe fappofc he (hot not in the dark, 
 TBtat could fo quickly hit fo fairc a mark ; 
 
 Nor have I mill my aime,nor worfe have fped. 
 When I ftiot off the Duke of Norfolks bead. 
 
 Now when the Duke of Somerfet was dead, 
 My Father to the French did Bulloignc fell. 
 As plcafed him the King he governed. 
 And from the privy counfell did dcpell 
 Tfe'earles of Southampton, and of Arundell f 
 Thus whilft he ruled and controuled all , 
 The wife young King extreamly lick did fjtU. 
 
 Who having bnguiflit long,of life deprived. 
 Not without peifon as it was fuCpedcd ; 
 The counfed through my Fathers mcanes contrived 
 That SuffolksDaug^ther fiiould be Q^een elefted, 
 The Sifters of King Edv^ard were re jcded : 
 My brother Gut'fardto Une Gray was wedded. 
 Too high preferr'd that wasfofoone beheaded. 
 
 This Lady lane thn once was tcarmcd Queeen, 
 Gr|||fr in fame then fortune^was put downc, 
 H^not Kinjg Hemes Daughters living been. 
 Might for her vertues have defcrv'd a Crowne ; 
 Fortune at once ©n her did fmile and frowne ? 
 Her wedding garment for a Princes meet 
 Was quickly changed for a windzog fheet# 
 
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 For I was iump of fnlim ufars mind« 
 That couM no one fupenor Lord endure, 
 Nay I to guide my Soveraigne was inclind^ 
 And bring the common people to my lure. 
 Accounting that my fortune was obfcure^ 
 
 And that I lived in a wofull plight 
 
 If any one edipft my glorious I tght* 
 
 The love to rcignc makes many men refpeA 
 Neither their friend, iheir kindred, nor their vow. 
 The love to reigne makes mnny men ncgled; 
 The duty which to God and man chf y ow, 
 From out this fountaine many mifchcifcs flow t 
 Hereof cximplcs many may be read 
 In Chronicles of th'Englifh Princes dcad^ 
 
 This humor made King Harrold break his oaA 
 Made unto WiBiam Duke of Normandy : 
 This made KingR«/^^j and young '^uutlArk boti 
 Their elder Brother l{pkrt to dehe, 
 And Stephm to forget his loiahy 
 
 To MAtpd the Eropreffe, and to hold in fcornc 
 The f aithfull oath which he to her had CwornCa 
 
 This made yonng H(nry crowned by his fire, 
 Againfthis Father Warfare to maintaine : 
 This made Kinoiobn the kingdome to afpire^ 
 Which to his Nephew Mihuf did pertaine^ ^ 
 And him in prifon hardly to rctaine t 
 
 And this made BuUingbrosli c'ufurp the Crovvnc, 
 Putting his lawful! St^veraigne Rupavd dowuCo 
 
 This made Bifm^rii the fourth athisreturne 
 From Burgundy, when he to Yorke was come^ 
 To break the oath which he bad lately fwome. 
 And rule the Realme in good King Htmm roemc^. 
 This made the Tyrant Richard eke todoome 
 His Nephewcs death, and rid away his wife. 
 And fo la bloud to ei?d bis wretched life* 
 
A prcty ploc m praftict i did put, 
 Biifeer to take a Qyccne wirh®ut dchy, 
 Or when the earns were (huf fled and well cut. 
 To cfeufc the King and caft ihe knaves away j 
 He flieuld be cunning thn great game would play 5 
 III luck hath he that no good game can make. 
 When Princes play and ciowncs lyc at the flake. 
 
 Tirfi I affayed Queene Eiix^beth to wed, 
 Whom divers Princes courted, but in vaine 5 
 When in this courfc unluckily I fpcd, 
 1 fought the Scots Qucenes manage to obtainc i 
 But when I renpt no profit for my paine, 
 
 I fought to match Denbigh my tender childc 
 To Dame ArbcUi^ but I wai begail'd. 
 
 Even as QUivm with M(irl(t Amb^^iy^ 
 And LefkJlMth& Roman Empire (harM, 
 That of the world then hold the fovcraignty, 
 So I a new Triu iwerat prepared. 
 If death a while yong Deabighs life had fpar'd. 
 The grandamcjuncle and the faiher in law, 
 Might thus have brought all England under awe, 
 
 Tn the low Countries dic^ my fame foare high, 
 When I was fcnt Lievtertant generall, 
 The Qacems proud foes I ftoutly did deny, 
 And made them to fomc compofition fall. 
 There I maintained portmajeflicall 5 
 
 Ifi pompe and triumph many daycs I fpcnt, 
 From noble then my name grew excellent, 
 
 Then was my heart in height of his defirc, 
 My minde puft up with fuiquedry and pride : 
 The vulgar fort my glory did admire, 
 Even as the Romans ^ve Mar cri'd, 
 When the Emperour to the Sen at houfe did ride j 
 So did the Flemings with due reverence, 
 tike thunder fay^Ged fare your Excellence. 
 
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 Few SubjeSs before me obcain*d this ftilc, 
 Uiileffc they were as Viccroyesof this land: 
 The name of Lordftiip fccm'd too bafc and vile, 
 Ta me that gotern'd fiich a royall band. 
 And had a Princes abfoluce command : 
 Who did not of my puilTance fiand in awe, 
 That might pm him to death by martiall law ? 
 
 Loc, what a title hath my honour got. 
 
 And Excellency added to my name > 
 
 Can this injurious world (o cjuickly blot 
 
 A name fo great out of records of fame, 
 
 Covering my gloiy with a vale of (haroc ? 
 Or wiil it now contcmnc mc being dead. 
 Whom living even with feare it honoured ? 
 
 The towneof Dcnsboroughl didbtficge. 
 Which did on compofition ftiortly yeeld ^ 
 I did goodfervice ce my gracious li^gc, 
 Tilbby ill councellours 1 was beguil'd : 
 For fuch as were my Captains in the field, 
 
 To whom at length chiefe charge I didcomir*ir^ 
 
 Seduced me to many things urHr« 
 
 When Sir hbn 'Umis ceunfell I rcfufcd, 
 Whofe perfc A skill in feats of armes I kne w. 
 By RoVflaniT ork^i device I wis abufed. 
 Whereon feme loffe foone after did enfue ; 
 De venter towne and Zutphen fconce I rue. 
 By TorJ(i^nd Stanlcj without many blo-vycs. 
 Were rcndred to the mercy of the foes. 
 
 And thn which to my heart might more griefe firike^ 
 Happened the death of that renowned Knight, 
 My Nephew sUnt% necre Colctton dike 
 Receav'd his deadly wound th ough fortunes fp'ghfi 
 1 fent no frelh (upply to him in fi ^hc ; 
 I was not firretoft with a mighty hoft : 
 So with his loffe of life fomc famt I loft, 
 
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 The Court itk him lok a brave Courtier j 
 The Countrey loft a guide, their faults to mendl 
 The Campe didloofe an expert Souldier 5 
 The City loft an honourable friend : 
 The Schooles a patron, their right to defend : 
 The C©urt,thc Countrcy^tkc Schools & City, 
 Tor Sidnejs death fiill fieg a tnournfull dity. 
 
 Now while my princely glory did abound, 
 Like rich LucuBua I great feafis did make. 
 And was forhofpitality rcnown'd : 
 The ufe of armes I quickly did forfake ; 
 An eafier tasfcc I ment to undertake : 
 
 I tooke no joycs in w®undsand broken pates. 
 But tocaroufe and banquet with the States* 
 
 Not HlK#j4[&<ite,who(e dainty fare, 
 Did all the Roman Empcroucs fealt exceed 
 In coft and rareneffc, might with mine compare, 
 Though he on braincs of Oftriches did feed 
 And Phenicopteine$,and that inftead 
 Of oyle he us*d his lamps with balme to fill : 
 Such was the plcafute of this tyrants will. 
 
 To me Count Egniomti daughter did refort. 
 Of fuch brave Dames as Flanders ft ill did yeeld i 
 That it did rather fceme I came to court 
 A gallant Lady^then to pitch a field ; 
 For I did lay afide the fword and (hield : 
 At cards and dice I fpcnc the vacant dayes, 
 And made great fcafts,inftead of martialfraies 
 
 But whilft in games and love my time I fpent, 
 Seeming fecure,a$ though T car'd for nought : 
 My mefl'engers abroad I daily fent, 
 As inftruments of my ftdl working thought. 
 Whereby my purpofe oft to p^ffe 1 brought, 
 And comp:iire what before I did devife, 
 Ac fuch a time as no man will furmife* 
 
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 Thus great aa^mpts 1 oft did cntcrf rifc^ 
 Like a Magician tkit with Toinc fine wile 
 Dazles the fighc of the fpc^atprs eyet^ 
 And with illufions doth their fcnft heguilf^ 
 Such policies my cunning did compiIC| 
 That I before mm\s eyes did cafl a mift^ 
 While I perfoctn'd (uch mattezs a$ I lift* 
 
 Ye that like apes doe imicate my deeds. 
 Hoping thereby like favour to obtaine ; 
 Know that To high a fpiiitnevcr breeds 
 In a blunt peafant^or uanunared fwaine^ 
 But in my bt art imperious thoughts did reigne : 
 No flegtoatick dull inilk-fop can afpire^ 
 But one compa^ of th*elcmeot of fire. 
 
 He daily mud devife (bme ftratagem^ 
 He muia be rich^iiout^liberalljand wifc^ 
 The humonrs of bafc men he muft conttmne. 
 He muft be gracious in the peoples eyes^ 
 He (hottld be furniiitt with rare (jualities. 
 With learning Judgement,policy and wk, 
 ^nd fuch like part^ as for the tisne are fit. 
 
 For every forward fellow is »ot borne 
 
 To be a Sppi$ or a Maximm, 
 
 Unleffe that wifed^cae doth his (late adoroc^ 
 
 Or valour make his life more glorious^ 
 
 Though he be bafe of birth like MariHSf , 
 Yet he by vertues aid aloft may come^ 
 Like him that was feven times CoufuU io Rome. 
 
 ytntUm name at firil was meane and bafe. 
 Till kc the Partbians hoft had ovcrihrowne^ 
 And C 'Mn cajnc not of noble race. 
 Borne at Arpinia a poore country towne. 
 Yet he made armcs give place unto the gowne. 
 
 And Rome by his great wildonK freed from fpoiif:, 
 Cali'd hi£B the father of ibcir native Pfide, 
 
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Perhaps young Courtiers iearne fomething to fina 
 To skip or dance before their Mii^ris face. 
 To touch like Orfbmhmt inchanting firing, 
 To run at dlt,to jet With ftatcly pace. 
 Or by fomc fine difcouife to purchafc grace, 
 Bi cannot manage the aftaircs of State, 
 Which befi belongs to each great Potentate. 
 
 Liflen to me ye lufty Souldiers, 
 That in fuch favour high attempt to grow. 
 Experience bred in me this manly yeares, 
 Hath taught me running which you doe net know^ 
 Some precepts here I doc intend co (how : 
 A d if my Syren fong pleafe not great Pecres, 
 Then may they with Vlyffes ftop their cares. 
 
 Truft not a friend that is new reconciFd, 
 In loves faire ihew hi may hide foule deceit. 
 By him ye unawares may be beguil'd, 
 Reveale to none your matters of great waight. 
 If any chance to know your lewd conceit, 
 Suipeded to bewray your bad intent, 
 He ought to fuffer death and baniihment. 
 
 CAppiU the fceurge of^famous Rome, 
 WiSit all the Romanes had onely one head. 
 That when he lifi to give their fatall doonne. 
 He might with one great blow ftrikc all them dead. 
 So fkould he never need their hate to dread : 
 Even fuch a mifchiefe I wiftit to my foes. 
 That many men might perifh with few blowcs. 
 
 But unto thofe that doe your favour fceke , 
 And by your helpe hope their low ftates to raife. 
 You muft be courteous,b0untifull,andmeeke : 
 C^efar by clemency won greateft praife. 
 And was efteem'd the mirrour of his d^yes. 
 For it belongs to men of great eflatc. 
 To fpare the poore,and rich mens mindcs abate. 
 
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It*$ ill CO be a nab upon t^ac ground 
 Whereas the Prince the alley meanes to fwcep. 
 Their owne conceits they fondly doe confound, 
 That into high attempts doe boldly creep. 
 And with their (hallow patesi,|loe wade r« deep. 
 To hinder what their Soveraigae doth intend. 
 Or to controule wkic they caanoc amend. 
 
 CMiiflbenet much torment did fuftaine, 
 Becaufc gr«at Aiexdndits pride he checkt. 
 Grave Semu choofing his death was (laine 
 By Niroi doome, whofc faults he did correft : 
 life not too (harpc rebuke$,bui have refpe^ 
 Unto the perfons,when great men doc eviH, 
 The vengeance leave to God,or lo the devilU 
 
 Be not too haughty,pride procureth hate, 
 Ani mcane mens hate may turnc to yourdifgrace, 
 Nor too familiar be in high cftate. 
 For that will breed contempt among the bafe, 
 Obferve a meane which winncih man much grace : 
 Speake well to all,truft none,ufe well your foes, 
 For this may pu|rchafe love where hatred growes. 
 
 And if that you doe feare your friend (hould chance 
 To mount too highly in the Princes grace. 
 His praife to heaven then ftick not to advance. 
 Say that the charge he bcareth is too bafc. 
 And that his worth deferves farre better place, 
 
 So may you by this praife rid him away, 
 
 Andfo fupplyhis place another day. 
 
 Say he will prove a terror in the field, 
 This private life doih much obfcure his fame. 
 More fit to bcarc great Ajax fevenfold flileld. 
 Then like S^rdd^apAlui court a daaie. 
 He idleiy lives at home,it is a flume. 
 His very pyefence may his foes appall. 
 Let him be fenc Lieutenant GcncralK 
 
 Now 
 
Now if he chance to penih m fonae fight. 
 It was not your worke,but the chance of warrei^ 
 Or thus you may excafc your (eljres by flci ght^ 
 Blaming the influence of she angry ftarres^ 
 That thug by death his future fortune barreSi 
 And (fighing) we are fory,yoii raay fay, 
 That this brave man would cafthiitilcUe away^ 
 
 But if in feats of armcs he have no skill. 
 
 If he be Iearned>wife,and eloquontt 
 
 By praifinghim thus may you have your will. 
 
 Procure him in arabaffagc to be fent 
 
 Far off, left ke returne incontinent. 
 As to the mighty Cbtmpt prifior lAn^ 
 And triumph in his roome when he is gone« 
 
 Let no man think I exercised the ghoft 
 Of this great Peere that flcepeih in the duft, 
 Orconjur'd up his fpirit to this coaft. 
 To prcffc him with dcfpaire,or praife unjuft : 
 I am not partiall,but gtve him his 4ue, 
 And to his (bule I wifh etertiall health t 
 l^t dot I think all written tales are true. 
 That arc inferred in his Commonwealth : 
 What others wrote before,! do furvive. 
 But am not like to thofe incenft with hate^ 
 And as I plainly writc^fo docl ftrivc 
 To write thctruth,not wronging his cftate : 
 Of whom it may be faid,and ccnfur'd well. 
 He both in vice and vertue did excelL 
 
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