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 THE EPISTLE 
 
 DIR.EGTORY; 
 
 TO 
 
 M. Q; M. I N‘ G R A 1 1 o u s: 
 
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 Street in London, 
 
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 ' Ean And loving 'friend^ T received 
 kbout tenm dajes a gone your letter of 
 the g . ofthU frefentir^htreinyou de^ 
 mand and folicite agaim the things 
 I that Ife flatly denied you y at my late 
 ■^heinginyour thamher d t'^medhe, to 
 put^in rnrking^the relation which then f^ade unto^ 
 yoH^ of the fpeech had this lafl Chriflmldt in rny pre-- 
 fencey hetweem my right worfhipfuU good friend and 
 pair on,and his guefl the euld Lawyer offome matters 
 inottk fidte and country . And for that you prejfe met 
 very ferhufly at this inflant^ both by requefl and many 
 reafins,toyeeld to your defer e herein^and not onely tbis^ 
 
 A z hut 
 
The Epiftle Dedicatory. 
 
 hmalfo ta giv€ my for the fublijliing of the 
 
 jame^ hj fuch fecretmeancs as youaffurc mceyou c^rt 
 thmjit^d out: / have thought good to confer the whole 
 matter with the partiesthemlilves^ whom principal 
 Ij it concerncih [ who at the receipt of your letter were 
 not ftrre from mee : ) And albeit at the frfi^ I found 
 them averJe and nothing'incI'ned to grant your de^ 
 mand: yet after upon confideration of your rcafons^and 
 affuranceof fecrefte: (efpeci ally for that there is no* 
 thing tn the fame contained^ repugnant to charity or 
 te ow bounden duty toward cur mofi gratioiss Princes 
 or Countrey ^ but rather for the fpecialL good ofthem 
 both^ and for the forewarning offome dangers immi* 
 nenttothe fame) they have referred over the matter 
 to mee, yet with this Provilo, that they will knom 
 nothing^noryetyeeld confenttothepublifhing hereof 
 forfeare of fame future fourif) of the ragged Staffe 
 to come hereafter about their eares ^ if their names 
 fhould breakcforth :which{Itrufl)y(m will provide, 
 Jhall nevpr happen,both for theirfunrity , andfor your 
 ownt* dlnd with this I will endy afjuring you that 
 within thefe five or fx dayeSy you fijali receive the 
 whole in writmgby an other way and fecret meanes, 
 neither jhad the bearer fifpe^ what hee carrieth: 
 whereof alfo J thought good to premonifl) you. And 
 this jhalljffficefor this time. ^ \ 
 
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 THE 
 
T H E 
 
 preface of the 
 
 CONFERENCE, 
 
 4'<S^'4‘^'4’l’‘i’#'}’ Ot long before the lafl; Chrill- SchdlM-i 
 ' 1^ mafTe, I was requefted by a Ict- 
 
 ^ tcrfioma very woifliipfulland 
 |I grave Gentleman, whofefonne 
 i 1 T was then my pupill in Cam- 
 
 to rcpaire With my laid 
 Scholar to a ccitaine houfe of his neare London^ 
 and there to paffc over the Holy-dayes in his 
 company: for that it was determined that in 
 HilUry tearme following, hisfaid fonnefliould The occaRoR 
 bee placed infome Inne of Chancery, to follow 
 theftudy ofthe Common-law, and fo to leave meeting, 
 the Vniverfity. This requeft was gratefull un¬ 
 to mee in refpcdl of the time, as alio of the 
 matter, but efpecially of the company. For 
 that, as I love much the yong Gentleman, my 
 pupilcjfor his towardlines in religion,learning, 
 and vertue : fo much more 1 doe reverence his 
 
 A 3 Father, 
 
The Preface oft he conference. 
 
 Father, forthe riper pofTcffion of the fatn?of- 
 ^naments, and for his great wifedorae , expe^ 
 rience, and grave judgement in affaires of the 
 World that doe cccurre: but namely touching 
 OLirowne Countrey, wherein truly I doe not 
 remember to have heard any man in my life, 
 difeourfemore fubftantially, indifferently, and 
 with ieffepaffon, more love and fidelity, then 
 I have heard him: Which was the caufcthatl 
 tookc fingu’ar delight to be in his company, and 
 refufcdnooccafion to enjoy the fame. Which 
 eilfo hee perceivings dealt more openly and 
 confidently ith mce, then with many other of 
 his friends, as by the relation following may 
 well appeare. 
 
 s When I came to the forefaid Houfe by Loji^ 
 'deny I found there among other friends, an an¬ 
 cient man that profeffed the law, and was come 
 from London to kcepc his Chriftmaffe in tha,t 
 place, with whom at divers former times 1 had 
 bcenc well acquainted, for that hee haunted 
 much the company of the faid Gentleman my 
 friend, and was much trufted and uied by him 
 in matters of his profeffion, and not a little bc^ 
 loved alfo for his good eonverfation, notwrth- 
 ftanding fome difference in religion betweene 
 us. For albeit, this Lawyer was inclined to bee 
 aPapift, yet was it with fuch moderation and 
 rdervation of his duty towards his Prinqe and 
 
 Goun- 
 
The fre face of the conference. 
 
 Countrcy and proceedings ofthefame.-ashee 
 feemed alwayes to give full fatisfadion in this 
 point to us that were of contrary opinion. 
 
 Neither did hee let to proteft often times 
 with great affedion, that as hee had many 
 friends and kinsfolke of contrary religion to 
 himfelfe: fo did hee love them never the lefTc 
 for their different confcicnce, but leaving that 
 to God,was dclirous to doc them any friend fliip 
 or fervice that hee could, with all affedion, 
 zeale, and fidelity. Neither was hee wilfiili 
 or obftinate in his opinion, and muchleffere- 
 prochfull in fpcech (as many of them bee j but 
 was content to heare whatfoever wee fliouli 
 fay to the contrary (as often wee did :) and to 
 read any booke alfo that wee delivered him, 
 for his inftrudion. 
 
 Which temperate behaviour, induced this 
 Gentleman and mec,to affed the more his com¬ 
 pany, and to difeourfe as freely with him in all 
 occorrents, as if hee had bcene of our owne re¬ 
 ligion. 
 
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THE ENTRANCE 
 
 ' TO THE MATTER. 
 
 Ne day then of the Ch i'lmaffe, wee 
 three retiring our fclvcs after dinner, 
 into a large G. llcry, for our recreation, 
 ('as often we were accuftomed to doc, 
 when other went to cards and other 
 pa'limes ;) this lawyer by chance had 
 in his hand a little booke, then newly fet forth, contai¬ 
 ning A defence of thi fubUque 'iHfiice done ofUte tn Eng-- 
 landj fip9n divers Priefts and other Papifles for treafon: 
 Which booke, the^Lawyer had read to himfeife a little 
 before, and was now putting it up into his pocket; 
 But the Gentleman my friend, who had read over the 
 fame once or twice in my company before, would 
 needs take thefame into his hand againe, and asked the 
 Lawyer h»s/udgerrient upon the booke. 
 
 The Lawyer an: weredzThat it was notevillpmncd 
 in his opinion to prove the guiltinesof iomep:rfons 
 therein named in particular, as alfo to perfwade in ge- 
 ncrall, that the Papiftes both abroad and at home, 
 who meddle fo earneftly with defence and increafe 
 of their reIigion('for thefe are not all,faid hejdoecon- 
 fequcntly wilhi and labour fomc change in the (late: 
 but yet whether ofarre forth, and in fo deepe a de¬ 
 gree of proper treafon, as here in this booke both in 
 
 B 
 
 *Tke Booke 
 ofjuUicc. 
 
 LaTPjer, 
 
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Qtntlmm* 
 
 The Papifls 
 prafti^es a- 
 gainft the 
 ibtc. 
 
 L4wyer» 
 
 Two (ores 
 ©f dealing 
 sgainE the 
 iVate. 
 
 'DireSffj, 
 
 
 fi) 
 
 gCiieraS andpartki^ar isi>rcfu^cd and inforced, that 
 f«^othlKc)isfomewhatnard wedrrp)^ for y6ii or' 
 ince^in ref^dl of fame other difference betvveene us 
 to judge or difeerne with indifferency^ 
 
 Nay truly faid the Gentleman, for my part I thinke 
 notfo, for that reafon is reafon in what religion fo e- 
 ver^ And for my felfe, I may protcft,that I bcare the 
 honed Papift {'ifthere bee any } no malice for his de¬ 
 ceived confcienccj whereof among others, your felfe 
 can bee a wdnefTe; mary his Pradizes againft the date, ’ 
 I cannot in any wife difgcd : and much lefTc may the 
 Common-wealth beare the fame ( whereof wee aif 
 depend,^ being a finne of all other, the mod heinous, 
 and lead pardonable. And therefore feeing in this^you 
 grant the Papid both in generall abroad, and at home- 
 and in particular fiich as arc condemned, executed and 
 named in this booke to bee guilty ; how can you infi- 
 nuate (as you doejthat there is more prefumed or en« 
 forced upon them by this booke,then there is jud caufe 
 fotodoe. 
 
 Good Sir, faid the other, I dand not here to exa- • 
 mine the doings of m'y fuperiours , or to defend the 
 guilty, but with hardly rather their punifhmentthat 
 have deferved the fame. Onely this I fay, for expli-. 
 cation of ray former fpcech: that men of a different 
 religion from the date wherein they live, may bee 
 faid to deale againd the fame date in two forts ; the 
 one, by dealing for the increafe of their faid different 
 religion, which is alwayes either direflly, or indi-. 
 redly againd the fl ate. (Diredly ) wl'^n the faid re¬ 
 ligion containeth any point or article diredly impug¬ 
 ning the faid date, (as perhaps you will fay that the 
 Romm Religion doth againd the prefent date oiEng- 
 /Win the point of Supremacy; ) and (Jndiredly)tor 
 that every different religion diyideth in a fort and 
 
 ’ .. * drawt- 
 
drawcth fromtHcftate, in that there is no inanwh« 
 in his heart would not wifh to have the chiefe Gover* 
 nour and ftate to bee of his religion, if bee could: and 
 confe^ucntly mifliketh the other in refped of that; and 
 in this kind , not onely thofe whom you- call bufie " 
 
 Papifts in Englandy but alfo thofe whom* wee call 
 hote Puritans among you, (whole difference from 
 theftate efpccially in matters of governementis very 
 well knowne,) may bee called ail tray tors, in mine o^ 
 pinion ; for that every (me ofthefe in deed, doc labour 
 , indire(5lly,(it not more)again{l the ft ate, in how much 
 foever each one endevoureth to increalc his part or 
 fai^ion that defireth a Governouf of his ownc rcli- 
 gion. 
 
 And in this cafe alfb, are the Proteftants in France , 
 and Flanders under Catholique Princes: the Calvinifts 
 (as they are called;) under the Duke of Saxony, who 
 ka Lutheran : the Lutherans under Cafimtre, that fa- of 
 
 voreth Calvinifts : the Grecians and other Chriftians 
 under the Emperour of Coyij^antinople , under the di/Tercnr^re. 
 Sophy y under the great Cb.dim^oi Tartary, and under hgion, 
 other Princes that agree not with them in religion. 
 
 All which Subjeeftsdoe wini(no doabt)in their hearts, 
 that they had a Prince and (tate of their owne reli¬ 
 gion, in ftead of that which now governeth them: 
 and confcquently in this firft I'enfc, they may bee called 
 all traytors, and every a<5t they doe for advancement 
 oftheir faid different religion (dividing bctVv^eene the 
 ftate and them^rendeth to treaion:which their Princes 
 fuppofing, doe fometiines make divers of their aefts 
 treafonableor puniftiablcfor treafon. But yttfo long 
 as they breake not forth unto the fecond kindoftrea- ^ ndof 
 fbn which containeth fome‘afluall attempt or treaty a- 
 gainft the life of the Prince, or ftate, by rebellion or o- 
 t'hcrwife: wee d>oc not properly condemne them for 
 
 B 2 tray- 
 
The applies- 
 tioB of the 
 former ex. 
 
 Ctntlmnn, 
 
 Twtidegre 
 
 •ftreafoEi. 
 
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 trayBrsJ though they doe fomc afts of their religion 
 made treafon by the Prince his lawes, who is of a dif¬ 
 ferent faith. 
 
 And fo to apply this to my purpofe; I thinkc. Sir, 
 ingoodfooth, that inthefirft kindoftrcafbn.as well 
 the zealous Papift, as alfo the Puritans in EngUnd^ 
 may well bee called and proved traytors : but in the 
 fccond fort ( whereof wee fpeake properly at this 
 time ) it cannot bee fo preciielyanfwered,,for that 
 there may bee both guilty and guiltles in each re¬ 
 ligion, And as 1 cannot excufe all Puritans in this 
 point: fo you cannot condemne all Papifts, as long 
 as you take mee and feme other to bee os wee 
 arc. 
 
 I grant your diftindion of treafons to bee true, 
 ({aid the Gentleman, ) as alfo your application there¬ 
 of to the Papifts and Puritans (as you call thcm,)not 
 to want rcafon, if there bee any of them that millikc 
 theprefent ftatc ) as perhaps there beet ) all bee it for 
 my part, I thinkc thefe two kinds of treafons, which 
 you have put downe, bee rather divers degrees then 
 divers kinds: wherein I will refer mee to the ;udgcr 
 mental our Citmhridge here prefent, whole 
 
 skill is more in logicall diftindions^ But yet my 
 tcafonis this, that indeed the one is but a ftep or de¬ 
 gree to the other, not differing in nature, but rather 
 in time, ability or oportunity. For if (as in your for^- 
 mcr examples you have fhewed} the Grecians under 
 thcTurkc and other Cbriftisns under other Princesof 
 a different religion, and as alfo the Papifts and Puri^ 
 tans (as you terme them ) in EngUnd ( for now this 
 word iTiall paffe betweene, us lor diftindion {ake,Jl 
 haveiuch alienation of mind from their prefent regi¬ 
 ment, and doc covet lo much a governourand ftatc of 
 “ their ownejeUgioQ; then no doubt but they arc alfo 
 
 relbl^^ 
 
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 rcfolred to imploy i^cir forc« for awotnplifoirig 
 and bringing to palTc their defircs,if they had oportu- 
 nity: and fo being now in the firft degree or kind of 
 troafon, doe want but occaiion or ability, to breakc in¬ 
 to the fccond. 
 
 True Sir, laid the Lawyer, if there bee no other 
 caufe or circumftance that may with hold them. 
 
 And what caufc or circumftance may ftay them I GintUm^ni 
 pray you (faid the Gentleman) when they lliall have 
 ability and bportunity to doe a thing which they fo 
 much defirc? 
 
 Divers caiifes (quoth the Lawyer ) but efpccially Lawynl 
 and above all other (if it bee at home in their ownc 
 Country,) thefeareof fervitude under forraine na¬ 
 tions, may reftraine them from luch attempts; As wee 
 lee in Germany, that both Catholiques and Proteftants 
 would joync together, againft any ftranger that fhould 
 offer danger to their liberty. And f j they did againft 
 Charles fifth. And in France not long agoe, albeit 
 the Proteftants were upinarmes againft their King, 
 and could have bcenc content,-by the helpc of uski 
 England^ to have put him downs, and placed an other 
 oHheir ownc religion; yet when they faw us once 
 leazed of New-haven, and fo like to proceed to the re- Fmeu 
 
 covery of fomc part of our ftates on that fide the Sea: 
 they quickly joyned with their ownc Catholiques 
 againe to cxpcll us. 
 
 In FUnder though Monfieur were Called FUndersl 
 thither by the Proteftans, elpccially for defence of 
 their religion, againft the Spaniard : yet wee fee how 
 dainty divers chiefe Proieftants of Antv(>€rp.yGaHnt^ 
 and Bruges were, in admitting him, and how quick in 
 expelling, fo foonc as hee put them in the leaft fcare 
 of iubjcftion to the Frfneh. 
 
 Aui as for Eonttgall^ 1 have heard fomc ofthe Ipcrxn/^C 
 \ B j chicieft. 
 
chicfaft Gatholiques’among thera fay, tn this late con¬ 
 tention about their Kingdoms; that rather then they 
 would fuffer the Cafiilian to come in upon them, 
 they would bee content to admit whatfoever aids ot’ 
 a contrary religion to themfclves, and to adventure 
 ,, V whatfoever alteration in religion or other inconve¬ 
 nience might befall them by t&t meancs, rather then 
 ; , endanger their fujjcdion to their ambitious neigh¬ 
 
 bour, • 
 
 The old ha- The like is reported in divers hiftorics of theGre- 
 tred of Eaft at this d^y, who doc hate fo much the name and 
 ward^^tKe' <ionunion of the Latines : as they had rather to cn- 
 Weft Latins. diire all the miferics which dayly they ibifer under 
 the Turkc for their religion and other wife; then by 
 calling for aid from the Weft to hazard their fub/e- 
 ftion to the laid Latines. So that by thefe examples 
 you fee j that feare and horrour ofextcrnail lubjeftion 
 may ftay men in all ftates, and confequently alfb 
 both Papifts and Puritans in the date of 
 from palling to the fccond kind or degree of trea- 
 fon, albeit they were never fod cepe in tiie fir ft, and 
 bad both ability, time, will, and oportunity for the o- 
 ther. 
 
 S€hol4r. Here T prefumed to interrupt their Speech,and faid: 
 that this feemedto meemoft cleare, and that now I 
 underftood what the Lawyer meant before, when hec 
 affirmed, that albeit the moft part of Papifts in ge* 
 ncrall might bee laid to deal againft the fti;teofii>^- 
 landztthis day, in that they dealc fo earneftly for the 
 maintenance and increafe of their religion, and fb 
 ,to incurre lome kind of treafon; yet (perhaps ) not 
 fo fer-forth nor in fo deepc a degree, of proper trea- 
 Ibn as in this booke is prefumed or infbrced ; though 
 Not all Pa - p3j.f j ^ j booke pre- 
 
 ^fumeth or inf^cethal] Papifts ingcnerall tobcc pro- 
 
 periy 
 
f?) 
 
 pcrly tray tors, but oncly foch as in particular arc there¬ 
 in named, or that are by law attainted, condemned ©r ' 
 executed : and what will you fay (quoth I) to thole in 
 particular. 
 
 Surely(quoth hce)I inuft fay ofthcfc,miich after the lawyer' 
 manner which I fpake before: that fome here named ^ 
 in this booke arc openly knowen to have bcene in the 
 fccond degreee or kitid of treafon : as WeflmerUn^ '^ 
 
 Norton , Sanders ^ and the like. But divers others Tiic Prieft* 
 (namely the Priefts and Seminaries that of late have Seminas 
 iuffered,) by fb much as I could fee delivered and 
 pleaded at their arraignements, or heard proteftedby * 
 
 them at their deaths, or gathered by feafoa and dif- 
 courfe of my felfc, (for that no forraine Prince or 
 wife councellor would ever commit To great mat¬ 
 ters of Bate to fiich inflruments:) I cannot f I fay ) 
 butthinke, that to the wife of our Bate, that had the 
 doing of this bufines, the firft degree of treafon 
 (wherein no doubt they were ) was TufKcient to 
 difpatch and make them* away: efpecially in fuch 
 fufpitious times as thefc are : to the end that being 
 hanged for the firft, they fhould never bee in danger 
 to fall into the fccond, nor yet to draw other men 
 to the fame : which perhaps was moft of all mif- 
 doubted. 
 
 After the Lawyer had fpoken this, I held my peace, Cmlerna^" 
 to hcarc what the Gentleman would anlwcr : who 
 walked up and downe, two whole turncs in the Gal¬ 
 lery , without yeelding any word againe: and then 
 ftaying upon the fudden, caft his eyes fadly upon us 
 both, andfaid; 
 
 My Mafters;iww fo ever this bee, which indeed ap- 
 pertaineth not to us to judge or difeuffe, but rather to 
 perfwadeour felvcs, that the ftate hath reafbntodoc 
 cs it doth, and „ that it muft often times, as \ycll pre- 
 
 ’ vent: 
 
The confi- 
 deracions. 
 
 Mi(^y mo'' 
 vcch mercy. 
 
 A good wifli, 
 
 vent inconveniences, as remedy the lame when they 
 arxhappened; yet for my owne part 1 mudconfefTe 
 unto you, chat upon fome confiderations which ufe 
 to come unto my mind, 1 take no fmall griefe of thefe 
 differences among us f which you terme of divers and 
 different rcligionsj for which wee are driven of nc- 
 ccIIity,to ufe Difeipline towards divers, who poflibly 
 other wife would bee no great iitelcfadours. I know 
 thecauleofthis difference is grounded upon a prin¬ 
 ciple not eafie to cure, which is the judgement and 
 cond icnce ofa man, w hereunto obcieth at length his 
 will and affedfion, whatloever for a time hec may o- 
 therwife diffemble out vardly. I remember your 
 fpcech before of the doubtfull and dangerous inclina¬ 
 tion of fuchas live difeontented in a Hate of a diffe¬ 
 rent religion, efpccially, when cither indeed , or in 
 their owne conceipt, they are hardly dealt withali, 
 and where every mans particular punilhment, is taken 
 to reach to the caufc of the whole, 
 
 I am not ignorant how that mifery procureth ami¬ 
 ty, and the opinion ot calamify, moveth aff-dionof 
 mercy and companion, even towards the wicked: 
 the better fortune al waycs is fubjed to envy,andliCC 
 that fuffereth, is thought to have the better caufc, my 
 experience of the divers raignes and proceedings of 
 King Edward, Queene Marjf,and of this our moft gra- 
 tious fovcraigne hath taught mee not a little, touching 
 fhcfcqucll of thele affaiics. And finally, {my good 
 friends ) I muft tell you plaine (quoth hee; and is hce 
 .Tpakc with great aflfeveration) that [ could wifh with 
 all my heart, that either th le differences were not 
 among us at all, or els that they were io tcmpcratly 
 on all parts pur ucd : as the Common-ftatc of our 
 Countrey, the blcffed raigne of her Ma jeliy, and the 
 common caufe 9 ! true religion, were not endangered 
 
 thereby. 
 
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 thereby. new land there hcc brake of, andtiirned 
 slide. 
 
 The Lawyer feeing him hold his peace and depart, 
 hec ftepped after him, and taking him by the gownc 
 faid merrily : Sir, all men are not of yonr complexion. 
 
 Tome are of quicker and more ftirring Spitits,and doc 
 
 love to filh in water that is troubled, for that they doc 
 
 participate the Blacke-moorcs humour, that dwell in 
 
 Cnlnia (whereof 1 fuppofe you have heard and feene The nature 
 
 alfo feme in this Land ) wnofe excrcifc at home is 
 
 f^sfome write) the one to hunt, catch, and fell the 
 
 other, and al wayes the ftronger tomake money of the 
 
 weaker for the time.But now EngUnd we (hould 
 
 live in peace and unity of the ftate, as they doc in 
 
 Germany y notwitbftanding their differences of Rc« 
 
 ligion, and that the one fliould not pray upon the 
 
 other; then fhould the great Fawcons forthc Field 
 
 (I mcanc the favorites of the time ) failc whereon 
 
 to feed , which were an inconvenience as you 
 
 know. 
 
 Gentleman^ 
 
 Truly Sir, faid the Gentleman, I thinke you rove 
 nearer the markc then you weene; for if I bee not de¬ 
 ceived the very ground of much of thefe broilcs 
 whereof wee talke, is but a very pray^ not, in the 
 minds of the Prince or ftate {whofe intentions no 
 doubt bee moft juft and holy ) but in the greedy ima¬ 
 gination and fiibtile conceipt of him, who at this pre- 
 ient in refped of our (innes, is permitted by God, 
 to tyrannize both Prince and ftate: and beingbim- The Tyrant 
 felfe cf no religion, feedeth notwithftanding . upon 
 our differences, irt religion, to the fatting of bimfelfc 
 and ruine of the Realme. For whereas by the com¬ 
 mon diftindion now received in fpeech, there arc 
 three notable differences of religion in the Land, 
 the two extreames, whereof are the Papift and the 
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 of English 
 ftate. 
 
 Three dtife- 
 fences offco 
 ligion in 
 
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 ^hc Earle of 
 
 
 L^jcr, 
 
 n:hc L. 
 Norths polis 
 
 (lO) 
 
 l^irtitan and fhe rdigtous Protellant obtaJfiing tb« 
 means *. this fellow being of neither,maketh his gaine 
 ©f all: and as hee feeketh a Kingdomc by the one cx- 
 tteafne, and fpoile by the other: £o hee ufeth the au-* 
 thority of the third, to compafTc the firft two, and the 
 CDttntcr*minc Of each one, to the overthrow of all 
 three. 
 
 To this T anfwefed •. In good footh Sir, I fee how 
 where you arc: you are fallen into the common place 
 of all Out ordinary talke and conference in the univer- 
 fity; for I know that you meanc my L.of Leicefier, 
 who is the fob fed of all plcafant diicourfes at tbis^ay 
 throughout the Realme^ 
 
 Not fo pleafant as- pittifiill, anfwered the Gentle¬ 
 man, if all matters and cireumftanecs were well'cori=- 
 fidcred, except any man take plcafurc tojcaftatout 
 Owhe miferieS, which arc like to bee greater by his 
 iniquity (if God avert it not) then by all the wicked- 
 neffeof£>?j^/Wbefides: hee being the man that by all 
 probability, is like to bee the bane and fatal! deftiny of 
 out ftate, with the everfion of true religion, whereof 
 by indirc^ff meanes, hee is the greateft enemy that the 
 Land doth HonriOi, 
 
 Now verily (quoth the Lawyer^ if you (ay thus 
 much for the Proteftants opinion or him, what 11^11 
 llay for his merits towards the Papifis? who for as 
 much as I can peredve, doe take themfcives little be¬ 
 holding unto him, albeit for bis gaine heewaslomc 
 yeates their fccret friend againft you: untill by his 
 friends hCe was p'Srfwadcd, and chiefly by the L, 
 Northby way of policy, as the laid L.boffcthdn hope, 
 of greater gaine, to ftep over to the Puritans, a- 
 gairift lis both, whom notwithftanding it is pro*- 
 bable, that hee li^eth a$ linuch, as hee doth the 
 left,; 
 
(ll)' 
 
 Yon know the Bettes lovo, faid the Gdhtlemani 
 which is all tor his owne paunch , and fo this Bcare- 
 whelp, turncth all to his owne comtnodity, and lor 
 ^reedines thereof, will overturne all if he bee not ftop^ 
 ped or niouzcled in time. 
 
 And furely unto mee it is a ftrangc fp^ulation, 
 whereof I cannot pick out the rcafon (but oncly that 
 I doc attribute it to Gods puniflimcnt for our finnes) ^ 
 that in fo wife and vigilant a ftatc as ours is, and in a 
 Countrey fo well acquainted and beaten with fuch 
 dangers^ a man of foch a Spirit ashcc is knowncto 
 hee, of fo extreame ambition, pride, faldiood and 
 tiechery: fo borne, lo bred up, fo noofeled in treafon 
 from his infancy, defeended of a tribe of tray tors, and 
 ficihed in confpiracy againft the Royall bloud of 
 King Henries children in his tender yearcs, and cxcr- 
 cifed ever fince in driftes againft the fame, by the 
 bloud and mine of divers others: a man fo well 
 knowen to beare fecret malice againft her Ma/efty, 
 for caufes irrcconcileable, and moft deadly rancour 
 againft the beft and wifeft Counccllours of her high- 
 nefle: that iuch a one (I fay fohatefull ) to God and 
 man, and fo markcablcto thefimpleft lubjcAofthis 
 Land by thepublique infignes ofhis tyrannous pur- 
 pofe, ihould bee luflfered fo many ycares without 
 check, to afpire to tyranny by moft manifeft wayes, 
 and to pofteiTe himfclfc (as now hcc hath done ) of 
 Court, Counccil, and Countrey, without controlc- 
 ment t fothat nothing wanteth to him but onely his 
 pleafiire, and the day already conceived in his mind 
 to difpofeas hce lift,both of Prince, Crownc, Realmc, 
 and Religion. 
 
 It is much truly (quoth I) that you fay, and it mi- Schel^r, 
 niftreth not a little marvailc unto many, whereof your 
 Worftiipis notthe firft, nor yet the tenth perfon of 
 
 C 2 accompt ^ 
 
Majeftics 
 moft cxc cl¬ 
 ient good 
 Aatiirc. 
 
 Genthman, 
 
 accompt which I have heard difeourfe and c6m*^ 
 The Qaecns plainc. But what BiaU wee fay hereunto/ there is no 
 inan that aferibeth not this unto the fingular benig¬ 
 nity and moi^ bountifull good nature her Vajet^ 
 who meafuring other men by her owne Hcroycail 
 and Princely finccrity.; cannot cafily fufpect- a man 
 io much bounden to her grace, as hee is^ nor remove 
 her confidence flom the place, where Hiee hath.hcapcd 
 fo infinite benefites. 
 
 No doubt ((aid the Ccntkman) but this gracioi?s 
 and (weet dilpofition, of her Majdly is the trueorigi*- 
 nall caufc thereof: which Princely dilpofition,as in her 
 bighnclTe it deferveth all rare commendation, fo iicth 
 the fame open to many, dangers often times, when fo 
 benigne a nature meeteth with ingrate and ambitious 
 perfons : which obfervation perhaps,, caufed her Ma- 
 jefties mort noble Grandfather and Father ( two-rc- 
 nowned wife Princes) to withdraw fome time upon 
 the fudden,.their great favour from certaine Subjects 
 ofhigh eftatc. And hcr^ Majefty may eafily ufeher 
 owne excellent wifedome and memory, to recall to 
 mind the manifold examples of perilous happesfallen 
 to divers Princes, by to,much confidence in obliged 
 Fearcs that proditours with whom the name of a Kingdome, 
 fuhjeas^havc hourcs raignc, Weyeth more, then all the du- 
 
 IfZfier! ^ ty,obligation,honcfty, or nature in the World. Would 
 God her Majefty could fee the contintiali feares that 
 bee in her faithfull Subjeds hearts, whiles that man is 
 about her noble perfon, fo well able and likely ('if the 
 Lord avert it not)to bee the calamity,.of her Prmccly 
 bloud andmamc. 
 
 The taike will never out of many mouths and 
 SiL Ttmii winds, that divers ancient men of this Rcalme, and 
 mlftrfibm. once a wife Gentleman now a Councellour, had with 
 a. certaine friend ofhisj concerning the prefage and 
 
 dccpc: 
 
deepimpreflion,which her MajcHicsFathdr had of the ~ 
 
 Houfe of Sir John Dudhy^ to bee the ruine in time 
 of his Majefties Royailhoufc and bloud, which thing 
 was like to have becne fulfilled foone after f as all 
 the World kno'weth J upon the death of King 
 ward by the Dudley this mans Father; who at one 
 
 blow, procured tod itpatch from a polTefTion of the 
 Crown^all three children of the laid noble King, And 
 yet in the middeftof tlH)fe bloudy pradizes againfi her 
 Majcfty that now is^id her filier (wherein allb this 
 fcllowes hand was fo farre, as for his age hee could 
 tl^uft the fame, within fixteene dayes before Ki'r^ 
 
 £dwards death f hee knowing belike that the King 
 
 fhould die) wrote mod fkttei ing-letters to the Lady 
 
 Mary f as 1 have heard by them who then were with mulation, 
 
 her j promilling all loyalty and true fervice to hcr^ 
 
 after the dcfccaie of her brother, with no lelTc painted 
 
 words, then this man no w doth uie to Quecne 
 
 hth* 
 
 So dealt hcc then with the mofl: dearc children of- 
 his good King and Mifter, by whom hcc had becnc - 
 no lolTe exalted and trufted, then this man is by her 
 Ivlajcfty, And fodeepely diflembled hee then when 
 hcc had in hand the plot to deft toy them both. And 
 what then ('alas) may not wee fcarc and doubt of this 
 his fonne, who in outragious ambition and defireof 
 raigne, is not inferiour to his Father, or to any other 
 afpiring Spirit in the World, but farre moreiiilolent, 
 cruell, vindicative,expert, potent,fubnle,fine,and fox¬ 
 like then ever hec Wjs? I like well the good motion Sir Francii 
 propounded by the forefud Gentleman, to his friend TVallirihtm, 
 at thc^un^tunc, and doeafiuremy fclfc it wouF bee 
 moft ple^nt to the Rcalme,. and profitable^ to her 
 Majefty to wit, that this mans actions might bee cal¬ 
 led publiqucly to triall, and liberty given to good fub- 
 
 C 3 jeds^ 
 
Edmund 
 
 •Dudley- 
 
 Robert Vud* 
 tey- 
 
 jc3:s, -to {ay what they knew againfl the fame, as it 
 was permitted in the nrft yeare of King Henr^ the 
 eight againft his Grandtather, and in the firft of 
 Qnecne Cd€arj againft his Father ; and then I wouid 
 not doubt, butiftheietwohis Anceftorswere found 
 worthy to Icefe their heads for treaion ; this man 
 would not bee found unworthy to make the third 
 in kindred, whofc treacheries doe farre furpaftc them 
 
 both; 
 
 Ldwjer, After the Gentleman had faid this, the Lawyer 
 flood ftill, fomewhat fmiling to himfclfe, and looking 
 round about him, as though hee bad beene halfe afeard, 
 and then faid. My mafters, doe you read over or ftudy. 
 the ftatutes that come forth j* have you not heard of 
 tbeyr^-z/;^ madeinthelaft Parliament for puniftimcnt 
 of thofc who fpcake fo broad of fuch men as my L, of 
 Lejeefler is? 
 
 Qentlcmaf^, Ycs, faid the Gentleman, I have heard how that my 
 
 L. of Lejeefler was very carcfull and diligent at that 
 time to have fuch a Law to palTe againft talkcrs:hoping 
 (belike J that his L. under tha| generall reftraint might . 
 ' lie the more quietly in harbour from the tempeft 
 of mens tongues, which tatled bulily at that time, of 
 divers his Lordihips adions and affaires, which per¬ 
 haps himfelfc would havcwifticd topaffe with more 
 fecrelie. As of his difeontentment and preparation 
 to rebellion, upon Monlieurs firft comming into the 
 tand : of his aiferace and checks received in Court; 
 of the frcfti death of the noble Earle of E^ex: and of 
 this manshady fnatching up ofthe widdow, whom 
 Aaions of hee fent up and downc the Countrey from hoijfe to 
 Leycefler ^oufc by privy wayes, thereby to av^d.tbefigtStand 
 bnve knowlcdgeofthe Queenes Majefty. And albeit bee 
 nofpccch. his good liking before, for 
 
 fatisfying of his owns luft, butaUb married and re- 
 
 married 
 
( 15 ) 
 
 married fier for contcntatiari of her friends ; yet de¬ 
 nied hee the fame, by folemne oath to her Majefly 
 and received the holy Communion thereupon (fb 
 good a confcicncc hee hath) and confequently threat- 
 ned mod ilaarp revenge towards all fub;e(ds which' 
 fhould dare to fpeake thereof: and fo for the concea-^ 
 ling both of this and other his doings, which hee de-^ 
 fired not to have publike, no marvaile though his 
 Lordlhip were fo diligent a procurer ofthatlawfbr 
 filence. 
 
 Indeed ( faid I ) it is very probable that his Lbrdf- Sckotan 
 (hip was in great diftrcfic about that time, when Mon- 
 fieiirs matters were in hand, and that hee did many 
 tbingsandpurpofed more, whereof hcc defired Idle: 
 fpeech among the people, efpecially aft; r wards, when 
 his laid defignements tooke not place, 1 was my fclfe 
 that ycare not farre from Warwicke when hee came 
 thither from the Court a full Mai-Content-^ and when 
 it was thought mod certainely throughout the Realm, 
 that hcc would have taken armes fbone after, if the 
 marriage of her Majedy with Monficur had gone for¬ 
 ward, The thing in Cambn^^ and in all the Countrey 
 as I rode, was in every mans mouth : and it was a 
 wonder to fee notonely the countenances, but alfo the- 
 behaviour, and to heare the bold fpeech es of ail fuch as: 
 wereof his fadiop. 
 
 My Lord himfclfe had given out a little before at 
 KiUin^yvortb^th^t the matter would cod many broken ifrWwr preJ 
 heads before AfUhe/waJfe day next; and my Lord of pj‘a?ives to 
 faid openly at his table in Gnenewich, u- 
 
 SiiThomas being by f if i bee not deceived,^ mSl 
 
 that it was not to bee fuftdred (I mcanc the marriage) riage, 
 which words of his once comming abroad (albeit 
 mifliked by his ownc Lady then allb prefent ) every 
 .Serving*man and Common-companion, tooke then 
 
 up^ 
 
C j 
 
 up in defence of his Lord (hips part againft'thc eocenes 
 Majefty. Such running there was, fuch fending and 
 potting about the Rcalme, fuch amplification uf the 
 powers and forces of Cafitnere and other Princes, 
 ready, (as was aftirmcd) to prefent themfelves unto 
 . his aid, wr defence of the Kcalme and Religion againR: 
 ftrangers; /for that was hoiden to bee his caufc) fuch 
 ^numbring of parties and complices within the 
 To Sir the. Rcalme, (wher-eof himfclfe fhewed the Catalogue to 
 Vtyton* fome of his friends for their comfort) fuch debafing 
 
 ofthemthat favoured the marriage ( efpecially two 
 L Chamber.* Councellors byname, who were faid to bee 
 
 lainc. caufc of all, and f^r that were appointed out to 
 
 M.Comptro. bcc (barpely puniihed to the terrour of all others;^ 
 ier, fuch letters were written and intercepted of purpofe, 
 
 importing great powers to bee ready, and fo many 
 other things done and deligned, tending all to ma- 
 nifeft and open warre: as I began heartily to be afcard, 
 and wilhed my felfc backe at Cambridge againe, 
 hoping that being there, my Scholars gownc (hould 
 cxcufe mee from nccefiity of fighting, or if not, I was 
 rcfolvedfby my Lords good leave)to Ari^otlei 
 
 who preferreth alway the Lyon before the Bcarc; 
 affuring my felfc withall, that his Lordfhip fhould 
 have no better fucceffe in this ( ifit camc totriall^ 
 then his Father had in as bad a caufe, and fo much the 
 more for that I was privy to the minds offomcof 
 his friends, who meant to have deceived Wm, if the 
 matter had broken out. And amongft o^hcr, there 
 was a certains Vicc-prc(ident in the World, who 
 ^ being left in the roome and abfcncc ofan other, to 
 
 procure friends: faid in a place fecredy not farre from 
 Ludlorv jthat if the matter came to blowes, bee would 
 follow his Midreffe, and leave his Mailer in the 
 briars. 
 
(* 7 ) 
 
 Marry Sir (quoth the Gentleman^and I trow many OmUman 
 • more would have followed that example. For albeit 
 Iknow, that the Papilis were moft named and mif- 
 doubted of h s part, in thatcaufe, for their open incli¬ 
 nation towards Monlieur, and confequently, for grea¬ 
 ter difci edit of the thing it felfe, it was given out eve- 
 ry where by this Champion of religion , that her Ma- 
 jefties caule, was the Papifts caufe, (even as his Father 
 had done in the like enterpriie before him, though 
 allupondiftimulation, as appeared at his death, where tVous* 
 hee profefl'ed bimfelfe an earneft Papift;) yet was there 
 no man fo fimple in the Realmc, which diferied not 
 this Vizard at thefirft: neither yet any good fubjeeft 
 (as I fuppofe) who feeing her Majefty on the one 
 part, would not have taken againft the other part, 
 what fb ever hee had beene. And much more the 
 thing it feltc in controvcrfic (I mcanc the marriage 
 of her Royall Majefty with the brother and heire ap- 
 parant of Fray^ce,) being taken and judged by the beft, 
 wifeftand faithfuleft Proteftants of the Realme, to honour 
 bee both honoura^e,conve(,ient, profitable and need- and commo- 
 fall. Whereby onely, as by a raofi loveraigne, and pre- dities-by the 
 fent remedy, all our maladies both abroad and at ^natnage 
 home, had at once beene cured; all forrainc enemies, 
 and domefiicall conlpirators, all differences, all dan¬ 
 gers, all fcarcs had ceafed together : France had beene 
 ours moft aftured; Sfaine would not a little have trem¬ 
 bled ; Scotland, had beene quiet: our competitors in 
 Fngland would have quaked : and for the Pope hee 
 might have put up his pipes. Our differences in re¬ 
 ligion at home, had beene either or no greater 
 then now they are, for that Monfieur being but a mo¬ 
 derate Papifi, and nothing vehement in his opinions, 
 was content with very rcafonablc conditions, for 
 himfelfc and his ftrangers oncly in ufc of their con- 
 ^ - fticncc, 
 
 with h ranee* 
 
 
 i 
 
 i ft* 
 
King of 
 conver¬ 
 ted An, dom. 
 
 60^4 
 
 Zarpjer^ 
 
 fdcflce not unlikely (truly ) but that in time hee might 
 by Gods grace, and py th.* great wifedomeand vertue 
 of her Majefty have bccne Drought aHo to embrace 
 the Ciolpdl, as King an hea hen was by no¬ 
 
 ble Queenc his wife, the hrlt Chriitian ot our 
 En^hlh I'rinces. 
 
 V nto all which felicity, if the Lord in mercy 
 flii^uld have added alio lomc ifliic of there royallbo- 
 di-S, (as was not impoflible,. when firft this noble 
 match was moved,) wee then (doubtles) had beene 
 the moft fortunate people under heaven, and might 
 havebeenc (perhaps) the meane to have rclforcd the 
 Gofpcll throughout all Europe befides, as our Brethren. 
 of France well confidcred and hoped. 
 
 Of all which fingular benefits both prefent and to 
 come, both, in Re and Spe, this Tyrant for bis owne 
 private lucre ( fearing left hereby bis ambition might 
 be reftrained,and bis treachery revealed) hath bereaved 
 theRcalme, and done whatinhimhethbefides, toa- 
 lienate for ever and make our mortall enemy this, 
 great Prince, who fought the love of her Ma Jelly 
 with fo much honour and confidence as never Prince 
 the like, putting twice his owne perfon to Jeopardy' 
 of the Sea, and to the pcrill ofhis malitious enviours 
 here iuEn^Imdi^orhcr Majeftics fake. 
 
 When you fpeake of Monfieur (faid the Lawyer ), 
 I cannot but greatly bee moved,both for thefe confide- 
 rations well touched by you, as alfofor fome other: 
 Specially one wherein (perhaps) you will thinke 
 mee partial!, but truly I am not: for that I fpeake it 
 onely in relpefl: of the quiet and good of my Coun- 
 tiey, and that is, that by Monfieurs match wdth our 
 noble Princeftc, befides the hope of iflue ( which was 
 the principall ) there wanted not alfo probability, that 
 fome union or little tolleration in religion, betweene 
 
 you 
 
(ip) 
 
 ydiiandus, iniglrt Iiavcbeene procui^cd in tliis flatei 
 as wee fee that in fome other Countries is admitted 
 to their great good^ Which thing ^no doubt) would 
 have cut of quite all dangers and dealings from for- 
 rainc Princes, and would have flopped many devifes 
 and plots within the Realme; whereas now by this 
 breach with France^ wee hand alone as mec feeraeth 
 without any great unition or friend (hip abroad, and 
 our differences at home grow more vehement and 
 fharp then ever before, Vpon which two heads, as 
 aHo upon infinit other caufes, purpofes, drifts and pre¬ 
 tences, there doe enfue dayly more deepe, dangerous 
 and defperate pradizes, every man uling either the 
 commodity or neceflity of the time and ftatc for his 
 ownc purpofe, efpecially, now when all men pre- 
 dumc that her Majcfty fby the continuall thwartings 
 wliich have beene ufed againft all her marriage ) is 
 not like to leave unto the Realme, that pretious 
 Jewell fo much and long, deiired of all EngliQi 
 hearts, I meane the Royall heires of her ownc bo- 
 
 ^y* 
 
 Thwartings call you the defeating of all her Ma- 
 jcftics moft; honourable offers of marriage ? ( faid the 
 other J truly in my (K)inion you fhould have ufed an 
 other word to exprefie the nature of lb wicked a fiff; 
 whereby alone, if their were no other, this unfottu- 
 natc man, hath done more hurt to his Comnidn- 
 wealth, then if hee had murdered many thoulands 
 of her fnbjcds, or betrayed whole armies to the pro- 
 feffed enemy. I can remember wellmy felfe, foure 
 treatifes to’this purpofe, undermined by hismeanes; 
 The firfl: with the Swcthen King; the fecond with the 
 Archdukeofthe third with Henry King of 
 France xhax now reigneth: and the fourth with the 
 brother and hcire of the laid Kingdome. For I let 
 
 D 2 ^ pads 
 
 Toller atlon 
 in Religion, 
 with union 
 in defence of 
 our Country, 
 
 Gentleman] 
 
 Divers m.ir- 
 nages of her 
 Ma.dcfeatcdk 
 
(to) 
 
 palTc many other fecret motions.'made by gr^at Po¬ 
 tentates to her Majeily for the fame parpofe, but 
 thefe foure arc operuy knowen, and therefore I name 
 them* vVhich foure are as well knowen to have 
 been; all difturbed by this Dawes^as they were earneft- 
 ly purfaed by the other. 
 
 Leyceficr de- And for the hrft three Suters> bee drove them away, 
 vifes to^rivc by protelling and fwearing that himfelfe was con* 
 away all Su^ traftei unto her Majefty, w hereof her highneffe was 
 Ma eSr fiifficiently advertifed by Ordinall ChatUUn in the 
 ^ ^ ' fir I treaty'for Frames and the Cardinall foone after 
 
 ' puniiTied (as is.thought) by this man with poifooi 
 But yct.thxs fpeech hee gave out then, every where 
 among his friends both ftrangers and other, that hee 
 ff or moth) was.aHured to her Maycfty and ermfe-p 
 quently that all other Princes mull give over their 
 lutesj.for him. Whereunto.notwithftanding , when 
 the Si^cthen would hardly give earc, this man con¬ 
 ferred with his Privado to make a .moft urdeemely 
 and difloyall proofe thereof for the others fatisfadfioDj 
 which thing I am enforced by duty to pafle over^ 
 with filence, for honour to the parties who arc 
 touched therein : as alfo I am to coiicealc his-faid fil¬ 
 thy Privado, though worthy otherwife for bis dif^ 
 honefty to bee difplayed to the World ; but my Lord 
 himfelfe, I am fure, doth well remember both the 
 man and the matter. And albeit there was no wife 
 manat that time who knowing my L. fufpeded not 
 the falfc-hood, and his arrogant alfirmation touching . 
 ttjfceficrcon^ this contrad with her Majefty, yet I'ome both abroad*. 
 
 home might doubt thereof perhaps :,but now- 
 
 pufency. marriage with his Minion 
 
 Dame Lettics of hee bath declared manifcftly. 
 
 hisownemoft impuderrt and difloyall dealing,with 
 his foYcraigne in this report.. 
 
( 21 ) 
 
 For that report f quoth the Lawyer^ I know that 
 it was common and maintained by many, for di¬ 
 vers yeares: yet -did the wiier fort make no accompt 
 thereof, Iceing it came onely from himfclfe, and in his 
 ovvnc bchalte. iSIeithet was it credible, that her Majc** 
 fly who refuted fo noble Knights and Princes as £«- 
 r/?pe hath not the like; Would make choife of fo meanc 
 a peere as Ro^in Dttdhj is,noble onely in two delcents, 
 and both of them liained with the Block, from which 
 alfo himleile, was pardoned but the other day, being 
 condemned thereunto by law for his deferts, as ap- 
 pcarcth yet in publike records. And tor the widdow 
 of E[[ex, X marvaile Sir (quoth hec ) how you call her 
 his wife, feeing the canon lawflandeth yet in force, 
 touching matters of marriage within the ilealme. 
 
 Oh (faid the Gentleman laughing)^ you mcanefor 
 thathee procured the poifbning of her Husband, in^ 
 his \oi\xncfiTom Ireland. You muft thinke thatDo- 
 ftor Vale will dilpence in that matter, as Kee did 
 (at his Lordfhips appointment/with his' Italian phy- 
 litian Docflor to have two wives at once; at the 
 leaft wife the matter was permitted, and borne cut by 
 them both publiquely (as all the W orld knoweth} 
 and that a^ainft no Icffe persons then the Archbifhop 
 of Canterbnrj himfclfe, whofc overthrow was prin¬ 
 cipally wrought* this Tyrant for contrarying his 
 will,in fo beafily a demand. But for this controuerfie 
 whether the marriage bee good or no, Heave it to 
 bee tried hereafter,bctwccnc my yong L'. of Denltghs^ 
 and M. Rhtlip Sidney^ w'^hom the lame moft concer- 
 ncthi for that it is like to deprive him of a good¬ 
 ly in^er^tan^^e if it take place, (as fume will fay that 
 in no rcafon it can, ) not onely in rcfpcfX of the pretc- 
 dc;^t adultery and murder betweeiic the parties ; but 
 alfo for that niy L. was con traded j at leaft,to an other 
 
 3 ~ 
 
 Lamnyeri 
 
 The bafeaes 
 of Ley cell as 
 anceftors.; 
 
 •I 
 
 Anr,o t, 
 Mary, 
 
 GenthmMai^ 
 Dodor T)Ahl- 
 
 
 The Arch.' 
 bifhops ©• 
 verthrow for 
 not allowing 
 two wives to 
 Leycefter his-s 
 Phjiiuaa. 
 
(22 ) 
 
 The Lady ^Lady before, that yet liveth, whereof M, EduvardDUr 
 she.^€l’dnow H» Edmond TUney botbj Courtiers can beewit- 
 Embafijdeffe ncfTcs, and coiifumatcd the fame contra<^ by gene- 
 lii Frame* j-gtion of children, but this (as I faid) miift bee left 
 to bee tried hereafter by them which Ihall have moH: 
 
 • ' intereft in the cafe. Onely for the prefent I muft ad- 
 
 vertife you, t^t you may not take hold fo exactly of 
 all my L. doings in Womens affaires, neither 
 touching their marriages, neither yet their huf- 
 bands. 
 
 Forfirfthis Lordfliip hath a Ipcciall fortune, that 
 when hee defireth any womans favour, then what 
 perfon fo everftandeth in his way, hath the luck to 
 die quickly for the finilhing of his defire. As for 
 Tbe death of example: when his Lordfliip was in full hope to mar- 
 7 .?>ce//cnfirft her jMajcfty, and his owne wife flood in his light, 
 
 .Uady &wi c. fiippofed: hee did but fend her afidc, to the houfe 
 of his fervant Torfier of Cumner by Oxford, yvhcrc * 
 fhortly after fhee had the chance to fall from a paire 
 offtaires, andfo to breake her neck, but yet without 
 hurting of her hood that flood upon her head. But 
 Sir Kichard Sir Eidard Fdrnoy ^vho by COmmandctncntremained 
 Farm/- with her that day alone, with one man onely, and had 
 fent away^ perforce all her Servants from her, to a 
 market two miles of,hee(I fay)with his man can tell 
 how fhee died, which man beingitaken afterward for 
 a fellony in the marches and offering to pub- 
 
 lifli the manner of the faid murder, Wis made away 
 privily in the prifoi. And Sir Richard himfelfe dying 
 about the fame time in Lorfdon , cried pitioiifly, and 
 blafphemed God, and (aid to a Gentleman of wor- 
 fliip.ofmine acquaintance, not long bcfcirc liis death: 
 that all die Divels in Hell did tearc him in peeces. 
 
 Bdd Buttkr. The wife alfb of Bald Buttlsr Kinlhaan to my L. gave 
 out the whole fad a little before-her death. But to 
 
 returns 
 
The fiiip?, 
 ticus death 
 of the Lord' 
 
 returnc unto iny purpofa,' this was my Lords good 
 fortune to have his wife die, at that time when it was 
 like fo turne moit to his profit. 
 
 Long after this, hcc fell in love' with the Lady 
 Sheffield whom I'figni.icd before, and then alfo haS 
 hcc the fame fortune to have her Husband die quickly 
 with an extreame reumein his head (!'asit was given 
 ont ;) but as other fay, of an artinciall Catarre that 
 (topped his breath. The like good chance had bee 
 in the death of my Lord of £Jfex f as 1 havefaid be¬ 
 fore ) and that at a time moft fortunate for his pur-. sheJJIeld, 
 pofe : for when hce was comming home from Ireh/jd^ 
 with intent to revenge himlelfe upon my Lord of 
 Lejcefieryiiit begetting bis wife with child inhisab- 
 Isnce (the child was a daughter and brought up by 
 the lady Shandoies^ TV.Knooles his wife; ) my Lord 
 of Ley hearing thereof, wanted not a friend or two 
 to accompany theDeputie, as among other, a couple 
 oftlie EMesowne lervants, Crompton (ifl mifTenot 
 his name) yeoman of his bottels, and LLid his Se¬ 
 cretary entertained afterward by my Lord of Ley^ 
 cefier. And fo hee died in the way of an extreame 
 Flux, caul d by an Italian Recipe, as all his friends are 
 wed affured : the maker whereof was a Surgion (as is 
 believed) that then was newly come to my Lord 
 from Ita/j, A cunning man and fune in operation, 
 with whom if the good Lady had beene fooncr ac- 
 quainted and ufed his helpe, fliee fhould not have 
 needcefto have fitten fo.penfive at home and fcarefull bellv, 
 of her husbands former returne out of the fimc Coiin- 
 trey, but might have fpared th.e yong child in her bel¬ 
 ly, which fliec was enforced to makeavvay (cruelly 
 and unnaturally ) for clearing the houfe againft thm 
 good mans arrival!. 
 
 Neither muft veu marvaik though all thefe died'- 
 
 m 
 
 The 
 ning 
 
 poiicw 
 of ths 
 
 The fiiifting. 
 or a child in 
 
in div'crs manners of outward difeafes, for this is the 
 excellency of the Jtalim art, for wfiich this Surgion 
 The divetf and D. laUo were entertained f) carefully, who can 
 operation of jnakcaman die, in what manner or fhew offickneflb 
 ovL, you Will: by whole inifrudions no doubt but his 
 Lordihip is now cunning, efpecially adding alfo to 
 ehc counfcil of his Dodor Bajly^ a man alfo not a 
 
 ' littlertuiicd (ashee feemethini is art. For I heard 
 him once my felfe in publique a<5f in Oxford (and that 
 in prefence of my Lord oi' Ley cefter it 1 bccnotde* 
 ceived/maintaine, that poifon might fo bee tempered 
 and given as it fhould notappeare.prclcntly, andyct 
 fliould kill the party afterward at what time fhould 
 bee appointed. Which argument belike pLeafed well 
 his Lordiliip and therefore was chofen to bee difeuf- 
 fed in his audience, if I bee not deceived of his being 
 that day prefent. So though one die of a Flux, and an 
 other of a Catarre, yet this importeth little to the mat¬ 
 ter, but flaeweth rather the great cunning and skill of 
 the Artificer. 
 
 So Cardinall Chatilian ( as I havc laid before,} ha¬ 
 ving accufed my Lord of Leycefler to the Queenes 
 Ma;efty, and afterthat, palling from towards 
 
 France about the marriage, died by the way :tt Can¬ 
 terbury of a burning Fever: and fo proved Dodor Bay- 
 lies alTcrtion true, that poifon may bee given to kill at 
 a.day. 
 
 At this the Lawyer call up his eyes to Heaven, and 
 I ftoodfomewhat mafingand thinking of that which 
 had beenc fpoken of the Earle of FJfex, whofe cafe 
 indeed moved mee more then all the reft, for that hee 
 was a very noble Gentleman, a great Advancer of 
 true Religion, a Patron to many Preachers and Stu¬ 
 dents, and towards mce and fome of my friends in 
 particular) hce had bccne in fome things very benefi- 
 
 Death of 
 
 Cardinall 
 
 ChattUm. 
 
 Scholl, 
 
( 25 ) 
 
 cialhand therefore I faid that it grieved mcc axtreame- 
 ,ly to hearc or tbinke of fo unworthy a death contri« 
 ved by fuch incanes to fo worthy a Peerc. And fo 
 much the more, for that it was my chance, to come 
 to the underftanding of divers particulars concer¬ 
 ning that thing, both from one Lea, an IriHi-man, 
 Robin H&nnks and other, that were prefent at 
 temis the Marchants houfe in Leveling upon the kay, 
 where the Murder was committed. The matter 
 was wrought efpccially by Crompton yeoman of the 
 bottels, by the procurement of as you have no¬ 
 
 ted before, and there was poifoned at the fame time 
 and with the fame cup (as given of curtefie by the 
 Earle J one Miflrede j^les a goodly Gentle¬ 
 
 woman, whom the Earle affedioned much, who de¬ 
 parting thence towards her owne houfe, ( which 
 was 18. miles of, the fbrefaid Lea accompanying 
 her, and vvayting upon her,) fliee began to fall fick 
 very grievoufiy upon the way, and continued with 
 increafe of paines and exccilive torments, by vomi¬ 
 ting, untill fhee died, which was the Sunday be¬ 
 fore the Earles death, enfuing the Friday after, 
 and when fhee was dead, her body was fwolne unto 
 a monftrous bigneffe and deformity, whereof the 
 good Earle hearing the day following, lamented the 
 cafe greatly, and faid in the prefence of his Servants, 
 Ah poore J/es, the cup was not prepared for thee, 
 albeit it were thy hard deftiny to taft thereof. 
 
 Yong Honnies alfo whofe Father is Mafterofthc 
 children of her Majehies Chappell, being at that time 
 Page to the faid Earle, and accullomed to take the taft 
 of his drinke (though fince entertained alfo among 
 other by my Lord o^Leycefler^otheitex covering of 
 matter) by his taft that hce then tooke of the com- 
 poijnd cup, (though in very fmaU; quantity, as you 
 ■ " ' ^ E ' ^ know 
 
 Let: 
 
 Honnktl 
 
 Miflrefle 
 ’Drayl^ot poi 
 foncd with 
 the Earle o 
 E/ex, 
 
(isy 
 
 Finow the fafhion is ; ) yet was hcc like to have lofi: 
 his life, but efcaped in the end, (being yongj with the 
 Ioffe oncly of his haire: which the Earle perceiving, 
 and taking compafllon of the youth ; called for a cup 
 of drinke airttle before his death, and drunk to EiW 
 The Earle of nies, faying ; I drinketo thee my Robiny and bee not a- 
 feard, for this is a bettet cup of drinke then that, 
 whereof thou tookefl the tali when wee were both 
 meso * poifoned, and whereby thou haft loft thy haire and 
 I muff loofc my life. This hath yong Ho»nies repor*- 
 ted openly in divers places^ and before divers Gen¬ 
 tlemen of worfhip fithence his comming into Efig-- 
 land, and the forefaSd IritEmanat hispaftage this 
 way towards France^ after hec had beene prelent at 
 the forenamed Miftreftc Drajkots death, with fomc 
 other of the Earles Servants, have and doc moft con- 
 ftantly report the lame, where they may doe it with¬ 
 out the terrour of my Lord of Leycefiers revenge. 
 Wherefore in tkis matter there is no doubt at alf, 
 though moft extreame vile and intollerable indigni¬ 
 ty , that fuch a man ftiould bee fo openly murdered 
 without punifhmcnr. What Noble-man within the 
 Realme may bee lafe if this bee fuftered ? or what 
 worthy perfonage will adventure bis life in her 
 Majeftics fcrvice if this fliall bee his reward ? But 
 (^SifJ I pray you pardon mee, for I am fomewhat 
 perhaps ,to vehement in the cafe of this my Patron 
 and noble Peereofour Realme. And therefore I bc- 
 feech you to goe forward in your talke whereas you 
 left. 
 
 CmlmAn. , I recounting unto yon others rfaidtheGen- 
 tleman/ made away by my Lord or Lejeefier with 
 Dcith of Sir like art, and the next in order I thinke wasSiriVi- 
 Nichdas colas Throgmartony who was a man whom my Lord 
 7brgm!irtQn. of z^ce(ler uftd a-great while (as.all the' World 
 
 knoweth) 
 
kn6weth)t6 over-thwart and croffc the doings of my 
 Lord Treafurer then Sir Will. Cmlly a man Ipccially 
 mifliked alwayes of Leycefler, both in refped of his 
 old Maftcr the Duke okSomerfet^ as alfo tor that his 
 great wifedome, zeale and fingular fidelity to the 
 Rcalme, was like to hinder much this mansdefigne- 
 ments; wherefore underftanding after acertainc time 
 thatthefe two Knights were fecrctly made friends, 
 and that Sir iV/VW^ was like to dete(A his doings (as 
 hce imagined ,) which might turne to fome prejudice 
 of his purpofes: ( having conceived alio a Iccret 
 grudge and griefe againfl him, for that hce had 
 written to her Maj'cfty at his being EmbalTadoiir in 
 Trance , that hcc heard reported at Duke 
 ranees table, that the Queene of England had a mea¬ 
 ning to marry her Horfe-keeper^ hee invited the 
 faid Sir 'Nicholas to a Supper at hishoulein London 
 and at Supper time departed to the Court, being cal¬ 
 led for (as hee faid ) upon the fudden by her Majelly, 
 and fo perforce would needs have Sir Nicholas to lit 
 and occupic his Lordlliips place, and therein to bee 
 ferved as hee was*, and foone after by a furfeit their 
 taken, hee died of a ftrangc ji'kI incurable vomit. 
 But the day before his death, hee declared toadeare 
 friend of his, all the circumftancc and caufc of his 
 difeafe, which hce affirmed plainely to bee of poi- 
 fon, given him in a Salat at Supper, inveying inoft 
 carneftly againft the Earles cruelty and bloudydifpo- 
 fition, affirming him to bee the wickedeft, moft 
 perilous, and perfidious man under heaven. But 
 what availed this, when hee had now received the 
 bait. 
 
 This then is to (hew the mans good fortune, in 
 feeing them dead, whom for caules hee would not 
 have to live. And for his art of poifoning, it isluch 
 
 E 2 now 
 
 Sir mu €y\ 
 ciU now L. 
 Treafijrcr. 
 
 The poifoai 
 Ring of Sic 
 Nidoiai in ft 
 Salat. 
 
The Lora 
 Chamber- 
 I.iine. 
 
 Monfieur Si¬ 
 nners, 
 
 The p©ir©» 
 
 jiiHg of the 
 Lesdx, 
 
 (28) 
 
 nowand reacliali fo farre, as hec Iioldcth all His focs^ 
 in England and els where, as alfo a good many of his 
 friends in feare thereof, and if it were knowen how 
 many hee hath difpatched or affanlted that way, it 
 would bee marvailous to the pofterity. The late 
 Earle of Suffex wanted not a fernple for many yeares 
 before his death, of fome dramme received that 
 made him incurable. And unto that noble Gentle-* 
 man Monfieur Simkrsj it was difeovered by great pro¬ 
 vidence of God, that his life was to bee attempted 
 by that art, and that not taking place fas it did not" 
 through his owne good circumfpeffion,) it was con«- 
 cluded that the fame Ihould bee afTaulted by vio¬ 
 lence, whereof I fhallhavcoccafion tofay mpreliere-* 
 after. 
 
 It hath been told me alfo by fome of the Servants of 
 the late Lady Lenox, who was alfo of the bloud Royall . 
 by Scotland as all men know, and confequently little 
 liked by Leycefier: that a little before her death or 
 fickneffe, my Lord tooke the paines to come and vifit 
 her with extraordinary kindneffc, at her boufc at 
 Hackney^ beftowing long difeourGs with herinpri- 
 vatc.’but as foonc as hee was departed, the good Ladie 
 Jell into fuch a Elux, as by no meanes could bee ftayed 
 fo long as fhee had life in her body, whereupon both 
 ihee herlelfe, and all fuch as were neare about her, and 
 faw her difeafe and ending day, were fully of opi¬ 
 nion, that my Lord had procured her difpatch at his 
 being there,. Whereof let the Women that lerved 
 her bee examined, as alfo/’^ny/^r that then had^the 
 chiefe doings in her affaires, and fince hath bcenc en¬ 
 tertained by my Lord of Leycejhr, Mallet alfo a 
 ftranger borne, that then was about her, a fober and 
 ’zealous man in religion, and other wife well quali¬ 
 fied, can fay fomewhat m this point (asitbinke) if 
 
(2P) 
 
 hec were demanded. So that this art and exerdfe 
 of poifoning , is much more perfe(fl with my Lord 
 then praying and hee feenipth to take more pleafurc 
 therein. 
 
 Now for the fecond point, which I named, tou¬ 
 ching marriages and contracts with Women: you 
 muft not marvaile though his Lordihip bee fome- uyczffcrs' 
 what divers, variable and inconftant, with himfclfe, moft variable; 
 for that according to his profit or his pleafurc, and as 
 hislua andlikingfhall vary (wherein by the judge- „Ss'and; 
 ment or all men, nee lurpaiietn, not oneiy Saraana^ marriages* ^ 
 falm and Nfro^ but even Heliogithdm himfclfe ;) fo 
 his LordlTiip alfo changeth Wives and Minions, by 
 killing the one, denying the other, ufing the third 
 fora time, and hee fawning upon the fourth. And 
 for this caufe hee hath his tear mes and pretences (1 
 warrant you)'of Contrafls, Precontradfs, Poftcon- 
 tradfs. Protracts, and Rctracls.; as for example: after 
 hee had killed his firft wife, and fo broken that con- Comra^si 
 trad, then forfooth would bee needs make himfelfe 
 Husband to the Queenes Majefiy, and fo defeat all 
 other Princes by vertuc of his precontrad. But af- Vrccm-^ 
 ter this, his luft compelling him to an other place, wads, 
 hee would needs make a poftcontrad with the Lady 
 Sheffifld, and fo hee didj begetting two children upon 
 her, the one a boy called Roi^h Sheffield now living,, 
 fome time brought up at Newmgton^ and the other- 
 a- daughter, borne fas is knowenj at Dudley CaftlCo 
 But yet after, his concupifcence changing againe fas 
 it never ftayeth ) hee refolved to make a rctrad, of Retra&L 
 this poftcontrad, (though it were as furely done 
 (as I havefaid^as Bed and Bible could make the fame )' 
 and to make a certaine new, protrad, (which is a pfotrafei,. 
 continuation of ufing her for a time ) with the Wid- 
 dow of Bffiex_i But yet to flop the mouths of out 
 ■ * E g " criars-- 
 
fjo) 
 
 LeycefSenxtia criars, and to bury the Synagogue with fomc ho: 
 
 Teihmcnis. nour, (for thcfc tWO wjv'cs oi Lejfceficr^ were mcv^ 
 rily and wittily called his old and new Tcflaments, 
 by a perfon of great excellency within the Rcalme ) 
 hce was content to aiTignc to the former a thoufand 
 pounds in money with other petty confidcrations, 
 ^thc pittifulleft abufed that ever was poorc Lady ) 
 
 . and fo betake his limmes to the latter, which latter 
 
 notwithftanding, hec fo ufeth (as wee fee j now con- 
 felfing, now forfwearing^ now dilTcmbling the mar¬ 
 riage; as bee will alwayes yet kcepe a voyd place for 
 a new ftircontra<fl: with any other, when occafion (hall 
 require. 
 
 ' SMar. Now by my truth Sir (quoth I never heard nor 
 read the like to this in my life; yet have I read much in 
 my time, of the carnality and licentioufnefle of divers 
 outragious perfons, in this kind of finne, as namely 
 thefe whom y6u have mentioned before; efpecially 
 the Emperour HeliogabiilHi who palled all other, 
 firm Helio- and was called of the variety of filth which 
 
 sahdvA , and in this kind of carnality, or carnall beaftli- 
 
 f nefle. Whofe death was: that being at length odious 
 
 dcTth? all men, and fo flaine by his owne Souldicrs, was 
 
 drawen through the City upon the ground like a 
 ' , , dogge, and call into the common privy, with this 
 
 M Epicap ♦ iiic frojeUm efl indomit<t ef* rabidit Ubldi^ 
 
 niscatulm. Here is thro wen in, the Wheipe of un¬ 
 ruly and raging luff : which Epitaph,may alio one day 
 ch-inceto ferve my Lord of (whom you call 
 
 th-e Beare-whelp,) if heegoc forward as hec hath bc- 
 gunne,and die as hee deferveth. 
 
 But (gqod SirJ what a companion is this, thata- 
 A pittifull niong us Chriftians, and namely in fo well gover- 
 P€£®iUion. ned,and religious a Common-wealth as oius is, fuch 
 a riot (houid bee permitted upon mens wives, in a 
 
 fub/edt 
 
 r 
 
^'30 
 
 iabjiii: whereas wee read that among the very Hca* 
 
 thens, lefie offences then thefe, in the lame kind, 
 
 were cx;trcamely puniilied in Princes themfelves, 
 
 and that not onely in the perlbn delinquent alone, -phe c • • " 
 
 bat alfo by extirpation of the whole family for his tion 
 
 fake, as appeareth in the example of the Tarquinians Tar^uimansi 
 
 among the Remans, And here allb in our ovvne 
 
 Realmc, wee have regiftred in Chronicle, how that 
 
 one King Edwin above (ix hundred yearcs paft was 
 
 deprived of hisKingdome, for much kffe fcandalous 
 
 fa(ffs then thefe. 
 
 I remember well the flory f quoth the Gentleman) CemkiTsam: 
 and thereby doc eahly make conjedurc, what diffe¬ 
 rence there is betwixt thole times of old, and our 
 dayes now: feeing then , a aowned Prince could 
 not paffc unpuniQied with one or two outragious 
 a(Jls, whereas now a fubjcd: raifed upbut yefterday ^ 
 
 from the meaner fort, rangeth at his plealbre in allH- rablV^Iicin"* 
 ecntioufncfle, and that with fecurity, void of fearc tioiifncfrr^©^ 
 both of God and man. No mans wife can bee free Leyceflers 
 from him, whom his firie lull: liketh to abnle, nor their canahty^. 
 Husbands able to rclift nor fave from his violence, 
 if they Hiew diflike, or will not yecld their conlent 
 to his doings. And if I Ihould difeover in particu¬ 
 lar how many good Husbands hee had plagued fn 
 this nature,and for fuch delights, it were intollerable: 
 for his concupifcencc and violence doe runne/oyntiy 
 together, as in furious beads wee fee they are accufto-^ 
 mcd. Neither holdcth hee any rule in his lull: be- 
 > fides onely the motion and fuggeftion of his owns 
 lenfuality. Kindred, affinity or any other band ofcon^ 
 fanguinity: religion, honour or honeRy taketh no 
 place in his outragious appetite. What hee belt 
 iiketh that hec taketh as lawfull for the time. So- 
 that Kinl-woman,, allie, friends wife, or daughter,- 
 
dt whatfocvcr female fort befidcs doth pleale his 
 eye: (I leave out of purpofe and for honour fake 
 teartnes ofkinred more nearc) that muft yecld to his 
 dehre. 
 
 The keeping of the Mother with two or three 
 of her Daughters at once or fuccelTivcly, is no more 
 with him,then the eating of an Hennc and her Chicken 
 together. There are not (by report ) two Noble wo¬ 
 men about her Majefty (I fpeake upon fomc ac- 
 compt of them that know much ) whom hee hath 
 not folicited by potent wayes: Neither content:d 
 with this place of honour, hee hath defeended to feeke 
 pallure among the waiting Gentlewomen of her 
 Majeftics great Chamber,offering more for their allure¬ 
 ment, then I thinke Lais did commonly take in Co- 
 Money well rinth> if three hundreth pounds for a night, will 
 fpent. make up the fumme: or if not, yet will bee make it up 
 otherwifc : having reported himlelfc (lo little (hame 
 hee hath) that hee offered to an other of higher place, 
 an hundreth pound lands by the yeare with as many 
 Vdvi- Jewels as moft Women under her Ma/efty ufed in 
 England: which was no meane bait to one that ufed 
 trailique in fuch marchandize: iliee being but the lea¬ 
 vings of an other man before him, whereof my Lord 
 is nothing fquemifli, for fatisfyingof his luft, but can 
 bee content (as they fay ) to gather up crummes when 
 hee is hungry, even in the very Landry it felfe, or 
 other place of bafer quality., 
 
 The puniai- And albeit the Lord of his great mercy, to doe him 
 meats of good, no doubt, if hee were rcvokcable, hath laid his 
 God upon hand upon him, infome chafticement in this World 
 to . giving him a broken Belly on both fidcs of his 
 o im goo . whereby mifery and putrifadion is threat- 
 
 ned to him dayly : and to his yong Sonne by the 
 of LpXf (being FjUhs peccati) fuch a 
 ^ ... ' ftrange 
 
<33) 
 
 Grange calamity of the falling flckncflc in his infan¬ 
 cy, * as well may bee a witnefl'e of the Parents finne 
 and wickednefl'e, and of bpth their wafted natures in 
 iniquity ; yet is.this man nothing amended thereby, 
 but according to the cuftomc of' all old adulterers, 
 is more libidinous at this day then ever before, more 
 given to procure love in others by Conjuring, Sorce¬ 
 ry, and other fuch meancs. And albeit for himfelfe, 
 both age, and nature fpent, doe fomewhat tame him 
 from the acb, yet wanteth hee not will, as appeareth 
 by the ltdim Ointment, procured not many yearcs 
 paftbybis Suigion or MoHntihanck^oi that Country, 
 whereby (as they fay ) hee is able to move his fle/h 
 at all times, for keeping of his credit, howfoever his 
 inability bee otherwife for performance : as alfo one 
 of his Phyfitians reported to an Earle of this Land, 
 that his Lordftifp had a bottle for his Bed-head, 
 of tenne pounds the Pint to the fame eftedt. But 
 my Mafters whether are wee fallen, unadvifea ? I am 
 aftiamcd to have made mention of fo bafe filthi- 
 nelTc. 
 
 Not without good caufe (quoth I ) but that wee 
 arc here alone and no man heareth us. Wherefore 
 I pray you let us rcturnc whereas wee left: and when 
 you named my Lord of Leycefteri Daughter borne of 
 the Lady Sheffieldin Dudley Caftle, there came into 
 my head a pritty ftory concerning that affaire; which 
 no w I willrecompt (though fomewb.at out of order ) 
 thereby to draw you from the further ftirring of 
 this unfavery pudle, and foule dunghill, whereunto 
 wee arc flipped, by following my Lord fomewhat to 
 farre in his paths and adions. 
 
 Wherefore to tell you the talc as it fell out: I grew 
 acquainted three Moneths paft with a certaine Mi- 
 niftcr, that now is dead, ana was thc^famc man that 
 
 F was 
 
 * The chiU 
 dien ©f adul* 
 ters (hall 
 be confunacd, 
 and the feed 
 of a wicked 
 bed (hall bee 
 rooted out , 
 faith God, 
 Sa^, j. 
 
 LeyceffeJs 
 
 ointmenc« 
 
 Lejfcefiers 
 
 bottelL 
 
 Sch$l^l 
 
A pfetty dc- 
 vife.' 
 
 
 An a<^ of 
 Atheifme« 
 
 • — . j* * • 
 
 ( 34 ) 
 
 w^^sufedat t>Hdhy Gallic, for complement offome 
 facrcd Ccremonus at the birth of my Lord of 
 fiers Daughter in that place : and the matter was fo or¬ 
 dained, by the wily wit of him that had fowed the 
 feed, that for the better covering of the harveft and 
 iecret delivery of tlVe Lady Sheffie/dy the good wife 
 of the Caitle alfo f whereby appointed gof- 
 
 fips, might without other fufpition have acceffe to 
 the piace) flaould faigne herfelfe to bee with child, 
 and after long and fore travell ( God wot ) to bee de¬ 
 livered of a culhion (^as fhec was indeed) and a little 
 after a faire Colhn was buried with a bundell of 
 cloutcs in fhew of a child : and the Minifter caufed 
 to life all accuftomed prayers and ceremonies for the 
 folemnc interring thereof:for which thing,afterward, 
 before his death heeLad great griefe and remorfe of 
 confcience, with no fmaU dctciiationof the moflir- 
 religious devife of my Lord of LejceJler in fuch a 
 cafe. 
 
 Lamer, Here the Lawyer ^ Began to lau^ a pace both at the 
 
 ^ * devife and at the Minifter, and faid now truly if my 
 
 Lords'eontrads hold Ho better, but hath fo many in¬ 
 firmities , with’ fubtiltics, and by-places befides : I 
 would bee loth that hec were married to my Daugh¬ 
 ter,as meane as fhee is. 
 
 Gentleman, But yet { quoth the Gentleman J I had rather of 
 the two bee his wife for the time then his gueft; 
 efpecially if the Italian Surgion or Phyfition bcc at 
 hand, 
 
 Lavpjer, True it is,(faid the Lawyer)for hce doth not poifon 
 
 ^ his W ives, whereof I fomewhat marvaile, efpecially 
 
 his firft wife, I mule why hec chole rather to make 
 her av^ay by open violence, then by fomc Italian con- 
 fortivc. 
 
 Gefttleman, Hereof (faid the Gentleman) may bee divers rca- 
 
 fons 
 
(3S) 
 
 fons alleadged. Fir ft that he was not at that time {o The firii 
 skiifull in thofc wares, nor had about bimfo why- 
 
 fit Phyfitians and Surgions for thepurpofe: nor yet hiT^wife iT 
 in trueth doe I thinkc that his mind was fo fctlcd viol^ce ra- 
 then in milchiefc, as it hath beene fithence. For you ther then by 
 know, that men are not defperate the firft day , but poifon. 
 doe enter into wickedneiTc by degrees, and with 
 fome doubt or ftaggering of confcience at the be¬ 
 ginning. And fohecatthat time might beedefirous 
 to have his wife made away, for that fhee letted him 
 in his defignements, but yet not fo ftony hartedias 
 to appoint out the particular manner of her .death, 
 but rather to leave that, to the diferetion of the mur¬ 
 derer. 
 
 Secondly, it is not alio unlikely that hee preferibed The {econd 
 unto Sir Richard Varmj at his going thither, that hec ^ 
 
 fhonld firft attempt to kill her by poifon, and if that 
 tooke not place then by any other way to difpatch 
 her, how'focvcr. This I prove by the report of old 
 Do(ftor Bajly who then lived in Oxford (an other Dc.dor 
 manner of man then bee who now liveth about my the elder. 
 Lord of the fame name ) and was Profeffor of the 
 Phyfick Ledure in the fame Vniverfity. This learned 
 grave man reported for moft certainc, that there, 
 was a praflize in Cumner among the confpira- 
 tours, to have poifoned the poore Lady a little be¬ 
 fore fliee was killed, which was attempted in this ^ 
 der., 
 
 They feeing the good Lady fad and heavy (as one, 
 that w^’cll knew-by her other handling that her death 
 was not farre of) began to perfwade her, that her 
 difeafe was aboundance of Mclancholly and other 
 humours, and therefore would needs counfailc her 
 to take fome potion, which fhee abfoiutely refufing 
 to doc, as fufpeding ft ill the wot ft : they fent on - 
 
 F 3 day,^ 
 
A jMraAifc 
 for poifoning 
 the Lady 
 
 Dodor Bius 
 h'tMgton* 
 
 A third rea* 
 fon. 
 
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 day, (unawares to her ) for Doflor Bajlj, and defi- 
 red hiai to perfwade her to take fomc little potion 
 at his hands, and they would fend to fetch the fame 
 at Oxford upon his prcfciiption, meaning to have 
 added alio lomewhat of their ownc for her com¬ 
 fort as the Dodor upon juft caufes fufpeded, feeing 
 their great importunity, and the fmall need which 
 the good Lady had of Phyfick, and thci eforc hcc flatly 
 denied their requeft, mifdoubting (as hee after re¬ 
 ported) Icaft if they had poiioned her under the name 
 ofhis Potion s hee might after have beene hanged for 
 a cover of their finne. Marry the faid Do5or re¬ 
 mained well alTurcd that this way taking no place, 
 fhee fhould not long clcape violence as after enfued. 
 And the thing was fo beaten into the heads of the 
 principal! men of the Vniverfity ofC?,v/Z?r<^, by thefe. 
 and other mcanes: as for that ihec was found mur¬ 
 dered (as all men faid ) by the Cro wners inqueft, and 
 for that fhee being haftely and obicurely buried at 
 Cumner ( which was condemned above as not ad- 
 viiedly done ) my good Lord, to make plaine to the 
 W orld the great love hee bare to her in her life, and 
 what a griefethe Ioffe of fo vertucus a Lady was to 
 his tender heart, would needs have her taken up a- 
 gaine and re-buried in the Vniverfity Church at 
 ford, with great Pomp andr folcmnity ;ThatDo(5tor 
 Bahington my Lords Ghaplaine, making the publique 
 funcrall Sermon at her fccond buriall, tript once or 
 twice in his fpecch, by recommending to there me¬ 
 mories that vertuous Lady fopittifully murdered, in- 
 ftead of fo pittifully flaine, 
 
 A third caufc of this manner of the Ladies death, 
 may bee the difpofition of my Lords naturewhich 
 is bold and violent where it feareth no rcfiftance (as- 
 all cowarclly natures are by kind) and whcre.any dif¬ 
 ficulty 
 
ficulty or danger appearcth, there, more ready to at¬ 
 tempt all by art, fubtilty, treafon and treachery. And 
 to for that hce doubted no great rcfiftance in the poors 
 Lady to withftand the hands of them which flioulci 
 offer to breake her neck; hce durft the bolder attempt 
 the lame openly. 
 
 But in the men whom hee poisoned, for that they 
 were fuch valiant Knights the moft part of them, as 
 heedurfl as foone have eatenhislcabard,as drawhis 
 fword in publique againft them: hee was inforced, 
 
 (as all wretched ircfull and daftardly creatures are} 
 tofupplant them by-fraud and by other mens hands. 
 
 Asalfo at other times, hee hath fought to doe unto di¬ 
 vers other noble and valiant pcrfonagcs,when hee was 
 a fraid to meet them in the field as a Knight fhould 
 have done. 
 
 His treacheries towards, the noble late Earle of 
 Sujfex in their many breaches, is notorious to all 
 land. As alfo the bloudy pradizes againft dwerso- 
 thers. 
 
 But as among many, none were more odious and 
 miflikcd ©fall men, then thofe againft Monfieurd’^ 
 miers a ftranger and Ambaflador : whom firft hee. 
 pradiled to have poifoned (as hath beene touched. The inten. 
 before) and when that devife tooke not place, then hec. Murder 
 appointed that Kohin Tiderhis man) as after upon his. Monfieur 
 ale bench hee confefled ) fhould have flaine him at the. fun^y 
 Black-friars at Greenewteh as hec went forth .at the mcan«. 
 garden gate: but milling alfo of that purpofe, for that 
 hec found the Gentleman better provided and guar-^ 
 ded then hce cxpe<ftcd, hee dealt with certainc 
 (liners and other Firates to finke him at Sea with the 
 Gentlemen his favourers, that accompanied 
 him at his rcturne into France* And though they. 
 mifled of this pradize alfo, (as not daring to fet upon . 
 
 E 3 him ^ 
 
The inten¬ 
 ded murdet 
 of the Earle 
 of Ormond. 
 
 ire. 
 
 t 
 
 Scholar, 
 
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 him for feare of fbmc of her Majeftics (lilps, who, 
 to breake off this defignement attended by fpeciall 
 commandement, to waft him over in fafcty^ yet the 
 forefaid Engli[h Gentlemen, were holden fourc houres 
 in chacc at their comming back i asM, RawlejvjQlX 
 l(noweth being then prefent, and two ofthe Chacers 
 named Clarl^ 2 ind Harris confefl'ed afterward the 
 whole defignement. 
 
 The Earle of Orr^tond in like wi^e hath often de¬ 
 clared, and will avowch it to my Lord of Leycep^ers 
 ftce, when fb ever hee (hall bee called to thedame, 
 that at fuch time as this man had a quarcll with him 
 and thereby was likely to bee enforced to the field 
 (which hee trembled to thinke of^ hee firft fought by 
 all meancs .to get him made away by fecret murder, 
 offering five hundreth pounds for the doing thereof: 
 and fecondly when that devife tooke no place, hee ap¬ 
 pointed with him the field, but fecretly fuborning 
 his Servant WtUtam Killegre to lie in the way where 
 Ormond paffe, and fo tomaffaker him with a 
 
 Callivcr, before hcc came to the place appointed. 
 Which murder though it tooke no effed, for that 
 the matter was taken up, before the day of meeting; 
 yet was Killigre placed afterward in her Majcftics" 
 privy Chamber by Leycefler , for flicwing his rea¬ 
 dy mindj't© doe for his Mailer fo faithfull a fer- 
 vicc. 
 
 ‘ So faithfull a fervicc(quoth I?)truly, in my opinion, 
 it was but an unfit preferment, for fo facinorous a 
 faft. And as I would bee loth that many of his 
 Italians^ or other of that art, fliould come nigh about 
 her MaJellies Kitchen ; fo much leffc would I, that 
 many fuch his bloudy Champions, fliould bee placed 
 by him in her highneffe Chamber. Albeit for this 
 Gentleman in particular, it may bee, that with cliangc 
 
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 of his place in fcrvice, hec hath changed alfo his mind 
 and affedion, and received better inftrudion in the 
 fearcofthe Lord. 
 
 But yet in gencralll mnft needs fay, that it cannot 
 bee but prejudiciali and exceeding dangerous unto 
 our noble Prince and Reaime, that any one man 
 whatfoever ( efpccially luch a bne as the World ta- 
 keth this man to bee ) Ihould grow to fo abfoiute au¬ 
 thority and commandry in the Court, as to place 
 about the Princes perfon (the head, the heart, the 
 life of the land j whatfoever people liketh himbeft, 
 and that now upon their'delerts towards the Prince, 
 but towards himfelfe: whole fidelity being more ob¬ 
 liged to their advancer then to their foveraigne, doe 
 ferve for watchmen about the fame, for the profit of 
 him, by whofeappointment they were placed. Who 
 by their meanes calling indeed but Nettes and Chaincs,, 
 and inviliblc bands about that perfon, whom moll of. 
 all heepretendeth to ferve, he fhntteth up his Prince 
 in a prifon mofl fure , though fweet and fenfe-- 
 klTe. 
 
 Neither is this art of afpiring new or flrangeunto 
 any man that is experienced in affaires of former time; 
 for that it hath beene from the beginning of all go- 
 vernement a troden path of all afpirers. In the (lo¬ 
 ries both Sacred and Prophane,’ forraine and domc- 
 flicall of all Nations ,Kingdomes,Countries,and States 
 you iBall read, that fuch as meant to mount above o- 
 thers, and to governe all at their owne diferetion : did 
 lay this for the firft ground and principle of their pur- 
 pofe; to polTeffe themfelves of all fuch, as were in place 
 about the principall: even as hec who intending to 
 hold a great City at his owne difpofition, not dareth 
 make open warre again!! the lame: getteth fecrctly 
 into his hands or at his devotion, all the Townes, 
 
 .. Villages, 
 
 Preoccupa¬ 
 tion of her 
 Majeftiesper-- 
 fon. 
 
 An ordinary 
 way of afpi¬ 
 ring by pre-- 
 occupation 
 of the Princes ’ 
 perfon. 
 
 A C0111 pari- 
 fon. 
 
(/^o) 
 
 Villages, Cables, FortreiTcs, Bulwarkes, Rampircs, 
 Water^j Waycs, Ports and PalTages, about the fame, 
 arid fo without drawing any {word againft the faid 
 City, hee bringeth the lame into bondage to abide his 
 will and pkafure. 
 
 This did all thefe in the Romanc Empire, who 
 rofe from lubjcds to bee great Princes, and to put 
 downe Emperours. This did all thole in />4»r^and 
 other Kingdomes, who at fundry times have tyran¬ 
 nized their Princes. And in our ownc Country the 
 examples arc raanifeft of Vorti^er^ Harold, henry of 
 Lancafler^ Richard of JVarmck^^ Richard of Glocefier, 
 John of Northfimberland and divers others, who by 
 this meane Ipecially, have pulled downe their Law- 
 full foveraignes. 
 
 And to fpeakc oncly a word or two of the laft, 
 
 " for that hee was this mans Father; doth not all Eng^ 
 
 . landknovTy that hcefirft overthrew the good Duke 
 oi Somer/et, by drawing to his devotion the very ler- 
 Dvkc Dudley, vants and friends of the laid Duke? And afterward 
 did not hee polfeffe himlclfe of the Kings ownc 
 perfon, and brought him to the end which is knowen, 
 and before that, to the moft fhamefull diflieriting of 
 Lis owne Royall Sifters: and all this, by poffcfting 
 firft the principall men, that were in authority about 
 him? 
 
 Wherefore Sir if my Lord of Leycefler have the 
 fame plot in his bead fas moft men thinke^ and that 
 hee meancth one day to give the lame pufti at the 
 Crowne by the Houfe of Huntington, againft all the 
 race and line of King Henry the feventh in generall, 
 which his Father gave before him , by prctenceof 
 the Houk of Sujfo/kc, againft the Children of King 
 Henry the eight in particular; hee wanteth not rca- 
 fon to follow the lame mcanes and platforme of plan- 
 
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 ting fpeciall pcrfons, for his purpofc about the Prince 
 for furcly his Fathers plot lacKcd no witty device 
 or preparation, but onely that God overthrew it at 
 the inftant: as happily hee may doe this mans ) alfo 
 notwithftanding any diligence that humane wifedome 
 can ufe to the contrary. 
 
 To this faid the Gentleman: that my Lord of />/- Gentleman^ 
 cefter hath a purpofe to (hoot one day at the Dia- 
 demc by the title of fiuntingtony is not a thing obfeure 
 in it felfe, and it ihall bee more plainely proved here- 
 alter. But now will I fhew unto you, for yourinftru- 
 d:ion, how well .this man hath followed his. Fathers 
 platforme (or rather paCfed the fame)in pofTefling him- 
 ielfe of all her Majefties fervants, friends, and forces, 
 to ferve his turne at that time for execution, and in 
 the meanefpacc for preparation. 
 
 Firftjin the privy Chamber,next unto her Majefties 
 Perfon, the moft part are his owne creatures (as face power m the 
 calleth them ) that is, fuch as acknowledge their being Caam. 
 in that place, from him; and the reft hee fo over-ruleth * 
 
 either by Battery or fearc, as none may dare but to ferve 
 his turne* And his raigne is fo abfolute in this place, 
 
 (as alfo in all other parts of the Court J as nothing ' • 
 
 canpaftebut by his admiftion, nothing can bee faid, 
 
 done, orfignified, whereof hee is not particularly ad- 
 
 vertifed : no bill, no fupplication, no complaint, no 
 
 lute, no fpeech,. can parfe from any man to the Prin-r 
 
 cefte (except it bee from one of the Councell) but by 
 
 his good liking; or if there doe; hee being admonifticd 
 
 thereof ( as presently hee (hall;) the party delinquent 
 
 is furc after^to abide the fmart thereof. Whereby 
 
 heeholdcth as it were a lock upon the cares of his 
 
 Prince, and the tongues of ail her Majefties fervants, 
 
 fo furely chained to his girdle, as no mandarcthto 
 
 fpcake any one thing that may offend him, though 
 
 G it 
 
leyceflsr 
 iH.icried at 
 W’Aenfledi; 
 when her 
 Mj jelly was 
 StuntH 
 Houfc Do- 
 
 ( 4 *^ 
 
 it bee never fo true or bchovefiill for hcrMa/eftyt^ 
 know. 
 
 As wella[>peared in his late marriage with Dame 
 which albeit it was celebrated twife : hrll at 
 KilUngmorth^ and Iccondly at H^aenfiedd ( in the prc- 
 fcnce of the Earle of , Lord Sir 
 
 ek Knofles and odicrs ) and this exadly knowen to 
 the whole Court, with the very day, the place, the ' 
 aor vvitneffes, and the Minif^cr that married them toge- 
 
 Minifter” thcr : yet no man durft open his month te make her 
 
 Majeily privy thereunto, until! Monfieur Simiers 
 dikiofed the fame, ("and tltereby incurred his high 
 diipleafurc } nor yet in many dayes after for fearc of 
 Bejeefler, Which is a iub/edion moft diilranorablc 
 and dangerous to any Prince living, to Hand at the de¬ 
 votion of his fubjeft, .what to hcarc or notto heare, 
 
 ■ of things that pafle within his owne Realme. 
 
 Mb Tute cm And hereof it fbliowcth that no fote cMiprcvailc 
 
 paffe bat by in Court, bee it never fb mean®, except hec firll bee 
 lejfiefitr, made acquainted there with, and receive not onely 
 the thankes, but alfo bee admitted unto a^rcat part 
 of the gaine and commodity thereof. Which, as it is 
 Read PoU- ^ great in jury to the futer: fo is it a farre more grea- 
 earcofKing tcr to the bounty, honour and fecurity of the Prince,, 
 ^^ebard u by whofc liberality this man feedetb oncly, and for- 
 /and you (hall tifieth bimfclfc, depriving his foveraigne of all grace, 
 find this pro- thankcs, and good will for the feme. For which caufe 
 ceeding of alfa hcc giveth out Ordinarily, to every futer, that her 
 komth« Ik parfiinonious of her felfe, and very 
 
 lo'bccputaS dilttcilc to gr^t anyfutc, were it not oncly upon his. 
 a great caufe ince(fant foltcitation^ Where y hec filleth his owns 
 ef his over- purfc the more, and emptieth the hearts of fuch as re¬ 
 throw. £eive benefit, from due thankcs to their Prmecs for 
 
 the futc obtained. 
 
 Hereof aifo en^th, that no man may bccprefe»i 
 
 red, 
 
 / 
 
redinCcmrt (6ee hee otherwifc never ibweUado^ 
 ierving fervant to her Majejdy except hoe bee one of 
 Lejicefi9rs hAion or followers: none can bee advan¬ 
 ced, except hcc bee liked and prefered by him: none 
 receive grace, except heeftand in his good favour, no 
 one may live in countenance, or quiet of life, except 
 hee take it,ufc it, and acknowledge it 6:0m him> fo as 
 . all the favours, graces, dignities, preferments riches 
 and rewards, which her Ma/efty beftoweth , or the 
 Realme can yeeld: mud ferve to purchafe this man 
 private friends, and favourers, oncly to advance his 
 party, and to fortific his fadf ion. W hich fa^ion if by 
 thele mcanes it bee great,("as indeed it is:)you may not 
 ■ mar vailc, feeing the riches and wealth, ot lo worthy a 
 Common-wcalc, doc ferve him but for a price to buy 
 the fame. 
 
 Which thing himfclfc well knowing, firameth his 
 fpirit of proceeding accordingly. And firft, upon 
 confidence thereof, is become fo infblcntand impo¬ 
 tent of his Ire that no man may bearc the fame, how 
 luftly <^n/uftlv fo ever it bee conceived : for albeit 
 hee be^i to hate a man upon bare furmifes oncly 
 (as commonly it fallcth out, ambition bdng alwayes 
 the mother of fufpition ) yet hee profecuteth the 6mc, 
 with fuch implacable cruelty, as there is no long 
 abiding for the party in that place. As might bcc 
 {hewed by the examples of many whom hcc hath 
 chafed from the Court, upon his onely dilplcafure, 
 without other caufc, being koownc to bee other- 
 wife, zealous Proteftants. As Sir Itrme Bowes, 
 Maftcr George 45^, and others tha« wee could 
 name. 
 
 To this infolency is alfo joyned {'as by*nature it 
 followeth ) moft abfolntc and peremptory dealing in 
 all things whereof it plealeth him to difpofe, with- 
 
 G a oat 
 
 Na prefer¬ 
 ments but by 
 Le^ceftcr t» 
 U^cefirwtU' 
 
 Ltjfcefiers 
 anger and 
 iai'olencf. 
 
 teyceflers 
 
 peremptory 
 
 dealing. 
 

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 out rcrpcdl either of rcafon, order, due, right, fubor-\ 
 dimtion, cuftome, conveniency,or the like: whereof 
 notwithftanding Princes thcmfclv'cs are wont to 
 have regard in difpofition of their matters; as for ex¬ 
 ample among the fervants of the Quecnes Majeftics 
 houihold, it is an ancient and moft commendable or¬ 
 der and cudome, that when a place of higher roome 
 falleth void , bee that by fucccflionis next, and hath 
 made proofe of his worthineife in an inferiour place, 
 fhould fife and poderfe the fame, f except it be for feme 
 extraordinary caufe) to the end that no man unexpe¬ 
 rienced or untried, ihould bee placed in the higher 
 roomes the firft day, to the prejudice of others, and 
 differ vice of the Prince. 
 
 Breaking of Which inoft reafonable cuftome, this man con- 
 temning and breaking at his pleafure, thrufteth into 
 houlhold! higher roomes any perfon whatfoever, fo hee like 
 his inclination or feele his reward : albeit hee neither 
 ^ be fit for the purpolc, nor have becne fo much as clarkc 
 
 in any inferiour office before. 
 
 Ujfcefiers 1 he like hee ufeth out of the Court, in all other 
 
 rp order places where matters fhould paffe by order election 
 thc°ountr% degrece: as in the Vniverfitics,in election of Scho- 
 abroad. ^ lars and heads of houfes, in Ecclefiafticall perfons, 
 for dignities of Church, in Officers, Magiftrates. 
 Stewards of lands, Sherirfes and Knights of the Shires, • 
 in Burgefles of the Parliament, in Commiffioners, 
 Judges, juftiecs of the peace, (whereof many in 
 every (hire muff wcare his livery ) and all other the 
 like • where this mans will, mi^ Itand for reafon, and 
 his letters for abfolute lawes i neither is there any 
 man, magiftratc, or communer in the Rcalnie, who 
 dareth not fooncr deny their petition of her Maje- 
 ftics letters, upon juft caulcs ffor that her highneffc ^ 
 is content after to« bee fatisfied with reafon ) then to 
 
 rchft 
 
 
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 rcfift tbc commandcmcnt of this mans letters \ wha 
 will admit no cxcule or fatisfaeffion, but oncly the 
 execution of his laid commandement, bee it right or ,' 
 wrong. 
 
 To this anfwcred the Lawyer, now verily (Sir) L^mer 
 you paint unto mee a tkange paterae of a perfed Po- ^ 
 tentate in the Court: belike that ftranger, who calleth 
 our ftate in his printed booke Lejcefirenfem rem^nh^ 
 iicam, a Leyceftrian Common-wealth, or the Cora- A Lcycc- 
 mon-wealth of my Lord of Lejeefler, knoweth much Com- 
 of thefe matters. But to hold (Sir) ftill within the wealthy 
 Court: I affurc you that by confiderations, which you 
 havefaid dbwne, I doe begin nowto perceive, that 
 his party muft needs bee very great and ftrong with¬ 
 in the laid Court, feeing that hee hath fomany wayes 
 and meanes to encrcafe, enrich, and encourage the 
 fame, and lb ftrong abilities, to tread downehis ene¬ 
 mies. The Common fpeech of many wanteth not 
 reafon I perceive, which calleth him the heart and life 
 of the Court. 
 
 They which call him the heart (faid the Gentle- Centlentan, 
 man) upon a little occafion more, would call him leycelkrczC 
 alfo the head : and then I marvaile what fhould bee led the 
 left for her Majefty, when they take from her both* heart and life 
 life, heart, and headfhip in her owne Rcalme? But 'he Court, 
 the truth is, that hee hath the Court at this day, inal- 
 moft the fame ca-e, as his Father had it, in KingT^f- 
 7f>arcls dayes, by the fame device, (the Lord forbid, 
 that ever it come fully to the fame-ftate, for then 
 wee know what enfued to the principall:) and if 
 you will have an evident demonftration of this mans 
 power and favour in that place; call you but to mind 
 the times when her Majetty upon moft juft and ur- 
 gent occa{ions,did with-draw, but a little her wonted 
 fevour and countenance towards him: did not all 
 
 G ^ ^hc. 
 
A depone 
 ftration of 
 leycefters ty¬ 
 rannic ii| the 
 Couru 
 
 Lejccft-er pro- 
 vidcth never 
 to come in 
 the Queenes 
 danger again. 
 
 Anno Regni 
 
 Leyceflcrs 
 puiflance in 
 the privy 
 G oiincell. 
 
 theCdartasitwcrc, mutiny prcfently^ did not cvc-’ 
 ry man hang the iippe? except a few« who afterward 
 paid fwcetly for their mirth, were there not crery day 
 new devifes fought out, that ibme (hould bee on 
 their knees to her Ma/efty, iome fliould weepe and 
 put finger in their eyes: other (houldfind out certainc 
 covert manner of threatning: other rcalons and per- 
 fwafions of love: odier of profit :othcr of honour:othcr 
 of neceflitic: and all to get him recalled back tofe^ 
 VDur againe ? And bad her Majefty any reft permitted 
 unto her, untill fhee had yeclded and granted to the 
 fame. 
 
 Confider then (I pray you j that if at that time, in 
 Hs difgrace, hce had his faffion fo faft affured to him- 
 felf: what hath he now in his profperity,after fo many 
 ycaresof fortification? wherein by all rcafon bee hath 
 not bccnc negligent, feeing that in policy the firft 
 point of good fortification is, to make that fort im¬ 
 pregnable, which once hath becne in danger to bee 
 loft. Whereof you have an example in Richard Duke 
 of Torkcy in the time of King Henry the fixt, who being 
 once in the Kings hands by his owne fubmiflion, and 
 dimiffed againe ( when for his deferts, hec fhould have 
 lufifered: provided after,that the King (hould never bee 
 able to over-reach him the fecond time, or have him 
 in his p6wcr to doe him hurt,but made himfelfc ftrong 
 enough to puli'downe the other with extirpation (S' 
 his family. 
 
 And this of the Court, honlhold and Chamber of her 
 Majcftic. But now if wee fhall paffe from Court to 
 Counccll, wee fhall find him no lefic fortified but ra¬ 
 ther more: tor albeit the providence of God hath 
 beene fiich, that in this moft honourable affemblie, 
 there hath not wanted fomc two or three of the wi- 
 feft, gcavcft, and inoft experienced in our ftate, that 
 
 have 
 
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 bavc icene and marked this mans pilous procee¬ 
 dings from the beginning, (whereof notwitbftanding 
 two are now diiiLcaicd, and their places iupplied to 
 Leycefiers good liking :) yet ( alas ) the wifedome of 
 fheic worthy men, hath dilcovered alwayes more, 
 then their authorities were able to redreffe: (the o- 
 thers great power and violence confidcred ) and for 
 the reiiduc of that bench aid tabic, though I doubt not 
 but there bee divers, who doc in heart deteft his do¬ 
 ings (as there were alfo, no doubt among the Coun- 
 ccllours of King Edward, who mifliketh this mans 
 Fathers attempts, thoueh notfo hardy as to contrary 
 the fame: ) yet for moft part of the C^unccll prefent, 
 they arc knoWne to bee fo afteAed in particular, the 
 one for that hce is to him a Brother, the other a Fa¬ 
 ther, the other a Kinfman, the other anallic, the other 
 a fall obliged friend, the other a fellow or follower in 
 &d:ion, as none will (land in the breach againft him: 
 none dare refift or encounter his defignements: but 
 every man yeclding rather to the force ofhis flow, 
 permitteth him to pearce, and pafle at his plea- 
 fore^ in whatfoever his \^l is once fctled to ob- 
 taine. 
 
 And hereof (were I not flayed for refpeftoffome 
 whom I may not name ) I could alledge flrangc ex¬ 
 amples,not fo much in afiaircs belonging to fubjcfts 
 and to private men, (as were the cafes of Stutrfden for- 
 refl, Denbigh of KtlHngworth^ of his foire PaftureS 
 fow^y procured by Sopttham , of the Archbifhop of 
 of the L. Barkjey , of Sir John Throg* 
 ofMaflcr Rohivfin like; ) wherein 
 
 thofc of the Councell that difliked his doings, lead 
 dared to oppofe themfelves to the fame: but alfoin 
 things that appcrrainc dircdly to the Crownc and 
 dignity, to the State and Common-weak, and to the 
 
 L, Keeper. 
 L. Chamber* 
 laine. 
 
 Matters 
 wherein the 
 CottivccU are 
 inforced to 
 winke at Lej-? 
 cefitt. 
 
teycefiers 
 ittceiligence 
 with the rc* 
 bellion in 
 Ireland, 
 
 nQWCome in 
 'England, 
 
 Sahatour 
 flaiue in his 
 bed, 
 
 iafety and continuance thereof. It is not fccure for 
 any one Councellojur, or other ofauthority, to take no¬ 
 tice of my Lords erronrs or mifdecds, but with ex- 
 treame pcrill of there owne ruinc. 
 
 As for example; in the beginning of the rebellion 
 in Ireland, when my Lord of Lejeefler was in fomc 
 difgrace, and confequently, as hee imagined but in 
 fraile (late at home, hce thought it not unexpedient, 
 for his better aflurance, to hold fomc intelligence alfo 
 that way, for all events, and fb hee did‘.whereof there 
 was fo good evidence and teftimony found, upon one 
 of the firft of accompt, that was there flaine,(as honou¬ 
 rable perfbnages of their knowledge have aflured mee^ 
 as would have beenc fufificient, to touch thclife of any 
 fubjeft in the land, or in any ftate Chriftian, but oncly 
 my.Lord oiLejceJler: who is afubjcdl without fub/e- 
 dion. •' 
 
 ' For what thinke you? durft any man take notice 
 hereof, or avouch that hce had feene thus much? durft 
 hec that tookc it in Ireland, deliver thefame where 
 jefpecially hee fhouldhave done? or they who recei¬ 
 ved it in England,{iov it came to great hands, j ufe it to, 
 the benefit of their Princes and Country? No fure- 
 ly ifor if it had beenc but onely fuipefted, that they had 
 fccncfuchathing, it would have bcene as dangerous 
 unto them as it was to AHeon to have Diana 
 and her Maidens naked; whofe cafe is fo common 
 now in England as nothing more, and fo doc the ex¬ 
 amples of divers well declare ; whofe unfortunate 
 knowledge of to many-fccrcts, brought th:m quickly 
 to unfortunate ends. 
 
 For wee heare of one Salvatour a ftranger, long 
 ufed in great Myftcries orbafc affaires and didioncft 
 adions, .whoaiterward (upon what demerit I know 
 not ) fuftained- ahard fortune, for being late with my 
 1 Lord 
 
(49) 
 
 ILord in hts fhidy, well nearc untill midnight, (if i 
 bee rightciy informed ) went home to his Chamber, 
 and the next morning was found fiainc in his bed. 
 
 Wee hearc alfb of onzDonghtj^ hanged in haft by "Doughty 
 Captainc Drakf upon the Sea, and that by order (as is banged 
 thought ) before his departure out of hnglmd ^ for 
 that hec was over privy to the fecrets of this good 
 Earle. 
 
 There was alfothis laft Summer paft, one. Gates The ftoryof 
 hanged at Tihertte^ among others, for robbing of Car- 
 riers,which Cates bad bccnc lately Clarke of my Lords 
 Kitching, and had lay-out much money of his owne;, 
 
 (as hec faid ) for my i ords provifion,being alfo other- 
 wife, info great favour and grace with his Lord as 
 no man living was thought to bee more privy of his 
 fecrets then this man, whereupon alfo it is to bee 
 thought, that hee prefumed the rather to commit this 
 robbery, (for to fuch things doth my Lords good fe- 
 vour molt extend :) and being apprehended and in 
 danger for the fame, hee made his recourfc to his ho¬ 
 nour for, protection, (as the fafhion is) and that hec 
 might bcc borne out, as divers of leflc merit had 
 becne by his Lordfhip, in more heinous caufes before 
 him. 
 
 The good Earle anfwcred his Servant and dearc 
 Privadocurtcoufly, and affured him, for his life, how 
 fb ever for utter fhew or complement the forme of 
 Law might paffe againft him. But Cates feeing him- 
 fclfo condemned , and nothing now bctwcenc his 
 head and the halter, but the word of the Iv:agittrate 
 which might come in an mftant, when it would bee 
 too late to fend to his Lord : remembring alio the Imali 
 affurance of his faid Lords word by his former dea¬ 
 lings towards other men, whereof this man'was too 
 much privy ; hee thought good to loliicitshis cafe alfo 
 
 H by 
 
Scholar, 
 This rela¬ 
 tion of 
 Gates , may 
 Cerve hereaf¬ 
 ter for an ad¬ 
 dition in the 
 fecond edi¬ 
 tion of this 
 booke« 
 
 (ro) 
 
 bty fome other of his friendsi though not £o puilTan^' 
 as his Lord and Mafter, who dealing indeed, both di¬ 
 ligently and effeclually in his affaire, found thomattCE, 
 more difficult a great deale then cither hec or they 
 had imagined : for that my Lord of Leycefter^ was not 
 onely not his favorer, but a great hafiener of his death 
 under hand; and that with fuch care, diligence, vche- 
 mency,and irrefifiablemeanes, fhaving the Lawalfb 
 on his fide,^ that there was no hope at all of efcaping; 
 which thing ,when Gates heard of, ,hee eafily belee-f 
 ved for the experience hec had of his Mafters good 
 nature,and faid, that hee-alwws miffruflcd the fame, 
 eonfidering how much his l^rdlfiip was in debt to - 
 him, and hee made privie to his Lord (hips foule fc- 
 crets, which fecretshee would, there prefently have 
 uttered in the face of all the W orld,but that hee feared 
 torments or fpeedy death, with fame extraordinary 
 cruelty, if hee Ihould fo have done, .and therefore hee 
 difclofed the fame onely to a Gentleman of worfhip, 
 
 AV horn hee trufted fpecially, whofe name I may net' 
 utter for-fome cauies £but it beginneth with H, } 
 and I am.in hope ere it bee long, by meanes of 
 a friend of mine, to have a fight of that- difeourfe 
 and report of Gates , which hitherto I have not 
 feene nor ever, fpake I with the Gentleman that 
 kcepeth it, though I, bee,, well affured that the whole 
 matter pafied in fubftance as I. have .here recounted 
 it. 
 
 Whereunto I anfwercd, that in good faith it were 
 pitty that this relation fhould bee loft, for that , it is 
 very like, that many rare things bee declared therein^ 
 feeing it is done by a man fb privy to the affaires 
 themfelves, wherein aUo hee had becne iifcd an in- 
 ftrument. I will have it (quoth the Gentleman) or 
 els m.y friends.(hall failc mee, hqwbck not,fo foone 
 ' . as. 
 
(jl) 
 
 'as I would, for that hecis inr the Weft countfcy that 
 ftiould procure it for mee, and will not returnc for 
 certaine rnonths, but after I (hall tec him againc, I 
 will not leave him untill hee procure it for mee, as 
 hee hath promifed well (quoth I, J but what is be¬ 
 come of that evidence found in Ireland under my 
 Lords hand, which no man dare purfuc, avouch,or be-^ 
 
 ■hold. 
 
 Truly ( faid the Gentleman j I am informed that CmtUman^ 
 it liethfafeiy.referved in good cuflody, to bee brought 
 forth and avouched, when fo ever it (hall pleafe God 
 16 to difpole of her Majeftics heart, as to lend an in¬ 
 different eare, as well to bis acculers, as to himfelfe, in 
 •judgement. 
 
 Neither muft youthinke, that this is ftrange, nor 
 that the things are few, which arc in fuch fort refer- 
 ved in deck for the time to come, even among great Tiie deck 
 perlonages, and of high calling, for feeing the pre- for 
 
 lent ftateof his powder to bee fuch, and the tempeft 
 ofhis tyrannic to bee fo ftrong and boifterous, as no 
 man may ftand in tlie rage thereof, without perill, 
 
 ‘ for that even from her Majefty her felfc, in the leni¬ 
 ty of her Princely nature, hee extorteth what hee de- 
 figneth, cither by fraud, flattery, falfe information, Uyeeflers 
 requeft,pretence, or violent importunity, to the over- puiflanc vio- 
 bearing of all, whom hee meancth to oppreffe: No with 
 marvaile then though many even of the beft and 
 faithfulieft fubjeds of the Land, doe yeeld to the pre- ^ 
 
 Tent time, and doe keepe filence in lome matters, 
 that otherwife they would take it for duty to ut¬ 
 ter. 
 
 And in this kind, it is not long fithence a wor- . • 
 •fliipfull and wife friend of mine told mee a tefti- 
 mony in fecret, from the mouth of as noble and 
 jravc a Councellour, as 'England bath enjoyed thefe 
 
 . . H 2. many 
 
<52; 
 
 TheEwleof many hundrctliyeares s I meane the late Lord Cham* 
 sujjex his bcrlainc, with whom my faid friend being alone at 
 %ech ot the Londoft,not twenty dayes before bis death, 
 
 /§?! ° conferred fomewhat familiarly about theie 2 nd like 
 ' matters, as with a true Father of his Countrey and 
 
 Common-wealth ; and after many complaints in the 
 behalfe of divers, who had opened their griefesunto 
 Councellours, and faw that no notice would bee 
 taken thereof; the faid noble man, turning himfelfc 
 fomewhat about from the water (for hec fate neare 
 his pond fide, where ,1 ee beheld the taking of a pike 
 or carpe ) faid to my friend ; It is no marvaile (Sir j 
 for who dareth intermeddle himfelfe in my Lords 
 affaires ? I will tell you (quoth hee) in confidence 
 bet weene you and mee, there is as wife a man and as 
 grave, and as faithfull a Councellom , as EngUnd 
 breedeth, (meaning thereby the Lord Trcaiurer) 
 who hath as much in his keeping of Leycefiers ownQ 
 handwriting, as is fuificient to hang him,it cither hee 
 durft prefent the fame to her Majefty, or her Majefty 
 doe juifice when it fiaould bee prefented. But in¬ 
 deed ( quoth hee) the time permitteth neither of them 
 both, and therefore it is in vaine for any man to drug¬ 
 gie with him. 
 
 Thelc were that noble mans words, whereby you 
 may confider whether my Lord of Leycefler bee 
 ftrong this day in Councell or no; and whether his for¬ 
 tification bee fufficient in that place. 
 
 But now if out of the Councell, wee will turne 
 
 __ but our eye in the Countrey abroad, wee (hall find 
 
 fcountpey a- as good fortification alfo there , as wee have perufed 
 broad, already in Court and Councell: and fhall well per¬ 
 ceive that this mans plot, is no fond or indifereet 
 plotjbut excellent well grounded, and fuch as in all 
 proportions hath his due corrcfpondence. 
 
 ^Corja 
 
 The Lord 
 Burghley* 
 
 LeyufleTS 
 ^ower in the 
 
f 53) 
 
 Confider then, the chiefs and principal! parts of 
 this land for martial! affaires, for ui'e aud commodi¬ 
 ty of armour, for ftrcngth, for opportunity, for liber¬ 
 ty of the people, as dwelling far theft of from the pre- 
 fence and alpet^ of their Prince, fuch parts (ifay) 
 as arc fitteft fot fudden enterprifes, witbom danger 
 of interception : as arc the North , the Weft , the 
 Countries of Wales, the Hands round about the land, 
 and fiindry other places within thefame: Are they not 
 all at this day at his difpohtion ? are they not ail f by 
 his procurement ) in the onely hands of his friends 
 and allies? or of Inch, as by other matches, have the 
 fame complot and purpofe with him? . 
 
 InTi^r^is prefident, the man that of all other is 
 fitteft for that place, that is , his neareil: in artinity, 
 his deareft in friendftiip, the head of his faffion, and 
 open competitor of the Scepter. In £ arwlckjs Czp- 
 taine, his Wives uncle, molt alTuredto himlcifeand 
 as one who at convenient time, may as 
 much advance their defignements, as any one man in 
 England, 
 
 In Waks the chiefc authority from the Prince, 
 h in his owne brother in law : but among the peo¬ 
 ple, of naturall affe(ftion, is in the Earle oiPembrooke: 
 who both by marriage of his filters daughter is made 
 his ally, and by dependence is knowneto bee wholly,, 
 at his difpofition. 
 
 The VVeft part of EngUndi^ under Bedford^ a 
 man wholly devoted to his and the X^uritaus tst~ 
 dion. 
 
 In Ireland was governour of late the principal! 
 inftrument appointed for their purpoks : both in 
 refp-d: of his heat,and afF;dion toward their deligne- 
 ments, as alfo of fomefecretdifeontentment, widch 
 
 hcc hath towards her Majeity and the ftate prcfcnt 
 
 ” H 3 for 
 
 Eirle 
 
 of 
 
 ton* 
 
 Banvicfi* 
 
 The Lord 
 Hun/den, 
 
 ITdles: 
 
 S' idr^£y 
 
 The Earle of 
 
 The Welt 
 Eidcot Bcd‘ 
 ford. 
 
 The Lord 
 Grey, 
 
( 5 ^) 
 
 tHerMajefty for certaine hard f fpsachcs and ingrate recompsn- 
 (as he faith, as hce pretendeth: but indeed for that hce is 
 knowne to bee of nature fyrie, and impatient of (lay, 
 ^omfmed^ from feeing that Common-wealth on foote, which 
 led him lame thcnext competitours for th:ir gainc, have painted 
 wretch: that out to him and fuch others, more pkafant then the 
 grieved him .Xcrreftriall Paradifeit felfe, 
 
 fo, C ^ xbis then is the Hethr, this is the Jjax^ appointed 
 in her fervice the entcrprile, when the time Oiall come. This 
 at Lieth) as muft bee (forfooth^ an other Richard oipVarwick^^to 
 hecfaid, hee ^gainethe Crownc for Henry the ninth of the Houfe 
 would live to of7"<?r%: as the other Richard did put downeHe^r^ 
 e revenge . of the Houfe oi Lane after ^ and placed Edward 
 
 the fourth, from whom Huntington deriveth his tide: 
 therefore this m.an is ncceflanly to bee entertained 
 from time to time, (as wee fee now hee is) infome 
 • charge and martiallaftion, to the end his experience, 
 power, and credit may grow the more, and hee bee 
 able at the time to have fbuldiers at his commande- 
 
 ^ In Scotland 
 or els where, 
 againfi; the 
 mexc inherit 
 tours or pre- 
 fentpofleflor. 
 Sir Ichn 
 J^arotte. 
 
 'Sir Edrvard 
 hior/ey* 
 
 Sir George 
 Carew, 
 
 Sir Ami as 
 Paulet. 
 
 Sir Thomas 
 Lawton, 
 
 ment. And for the former charge which held of late 
 in Ireland, as this man had notbeene called away, but 
 for execution of fome other fecrec purpofe, * for ad¬ 
 vancement of their defignements : fobee wellaiTured 
 that for the time to come, it is to bee furnilfred a^^ainc 
 with a fure and fall friend to Lejeefter and to^^that 
 fadion. 
 
 Inthclleof/r/^^f I grant that Lejeefter hath iofr 
 a great friend and a trufty fervant by the death of 
 Captaine Horfey , but yet the matter is fupplied by 
 the fuccefrion ofan other, no lefleafTured unto him, 
 then the former, or rather more, through the band 
 of affinity by his wife. The two Hands of Cerjey 
 and Gernfey^x^iw thepofrelTion of two friends and 
 moft obliged dependents. The one, by rcafon hee 
 is exceedingly addided to the Puritane proceedings- 
 
 the 
 
■/y5) 
 
 the Other, as now being joyned unto him by the 
 marriage of • Miftres Be^e his wives Sifter, both 
 Daughters to Sir Trancn, or (at lead) to my Lady 
 Knoohsy and To become a rivale, companion and bro¬ 
 ther, who was before (though trufty), yet but his fer- 
 vant, 
 
 And'thcfe are the chiefe Keyes, Fortrefles, and' 
 
 Bulwarkes, within, without and about the Heal me, 
 which my Lord of Leyeefler poflefling, (as hee doth,^ 
 hee may hee aftured of the body within : where not- 
 withftanding ( as hath beene fhewed ) hee wanteth 
 no due preparation for ftrength ; having athisdifpo- 
 fttion (befides all aydes and other helpes fpecifiedbe- Her Maje^ 
 fore ) her Ma/eftics horfe, and ftables, by intcreft of Hies liable, 
 his owne ofhee; her Armour,Artillery and Munition, 
 by the office of his brother the Earle of Waryvkk^ muHitJon, 
 
 The Tower of London and treafure therein, by the dc- xiie^TowcS 
 
 pendence of Sir Owln Hepton his Iwornc fervant, 
 
 as ready to receive and fiir-nilffi him with the whole 
 
 (ifoccafion ferved ) as one of his predecellours was^ 
 
 to receive his Father in King Edwards dayes, for 
 
 the like efFe<5ta againft her Ma/cfty, and her 
 
 ftcr* 
 
 And in the City of it felfd, what thisman London^ 
 
 at a pinch, could doe, by the helpe of fome of the Ronvknd 
 principallmen, and chiefc leaders, and (as it were}' 
 Commanders of the Commo:;s there, and by the be- ^ 
 ftirring of Fleetw:od his madde llecordcr, and othdr 
 inch his infirumentsas alfo in ail other Townes^ 
 
 Ports and Cities of importance, by fuchof hisowne 
 fetting up, as he hath placed there to ferve bis defigne- 
 ments,and /uftices of peace with other , that in moft ' 
 
 Shires doe weare his livery, and are at his appoint¬ 
 ment: theiimpleft man within the Rcalmc doth con— 
 fidcr. 
 
 
S£^oUr, 
 My Lord of 
 Huxtivgtont 
 preparation 
 at Ajhbg. 
 
 Ki^ifigworth 
 
 Ril^h lAnt^ 
 
 Wbcrcuntd if you adde now his ownc forces and 
 fiirni'urc, which hce bath iti Kiltingwonh Caftic and 
 other places, as alfo the forces of Huntington inpar« 
 ticular, with their friends, followers, allies, and 
 Compartenors : you (liall find that they are not behind 
 in their preparations. 
 
 For my Lord of Huntingtons for ward neife in the 
 caure(iaid I ) there is no man, I thinkc, which maketh 
 doubt: marry for his private forces, albeit they may 
 bee very good, for any thing I doc know to the con¬ 
 trary, (cf)ccially at his houle within five and twenty 
 miles of Kt/lingvtorthty^fhcrc one told mec fome yearcs 
 paft, that hce had furniture ready for five thoufand 
 men;) yet doe I not thinke, but that they arc forre in- 
 feriour to my Lord of Leycefier who is taken to have 
 cxcefilve ftorc, and that in divers places. And as for 
 thcCaule laft mentioned by you,there arc men of good 
 intelligence, and of no fmall judgement, who report, 
 that in the fame,hee hath well to furnilh, ten thoufand 
 good fouldiers, of all things neceifary both for horfc 
 and man,bcfidcs allothcr munition,armour,& artillery, 
 (whereof great ftore was brought thither u ider pre¬ 
 tence of triumph, when her Maj*efty was there, and 
 never as yet carried back againc^ and bcfidcs the great 
 abound ance of ready Coine, there laid up (as is faid) 
 futficient for any great exploit to bee done within the 
 Real me. 
 
 And I know that the eflimation of this place was 
 fuch, among divers, many yearesagoe: as when at a 
 time her Mij'e(\y lay dangerouGy Tick, and like to die, 
 at Haw'ton Court, a certains Gentlem in of the Court, 
 came unto my Lord of Huntington ^ an J t )ld him, that 
 for fo much as he; tookchis Lord to bee next in fac- 
 ccdioii after her Mifedy,hee wou’i >flF iv him a meane 
 of great helps, for coinpalling of his purpofo, after 
 
 the 
 
the difccdc oFfier Ma/cfty which was’, the pofleffioa 
 ot KiHingyforth Caftlc ( for at that time thefc two 
 Earles were not yet very friends, nor confederate to¬ 
 gether ) and that being had, hee ifrcwed to the Earle 
 the great furniture and wealth, which thereby hee 
 ihould poffcflc for purfuitecd his parpofe. 
 
 The propofition was well liked, and the matter 
 Cftccmed of great importance, and confcquently ro- 
 ceived with many thankes. But yet afterward her 
 Majeftyby the go^ providence of God, recovering 
 agairie, letted the execution of the bargaine: and my 
 Lord of HnutingtoH having occafion to Joync amity 
 with Lejeefter t had more refpeef to his owne com¬ 
 modity, then to his friends iccurity, (as commonly 
 id fuch perfons and cafes it fallcth out ) and fo difeo- 
 vered the whole device unto him, who forgat not 
 after, from time to time, to plague the dcvifrrbyfc- 
 Cret mcanes, untili hee had brought him to that poorc 
 eftatc,asall the World feefh:though many men bee not 
 acquainted with the true caule of this his difgrace and 
 bad fortune. 
 
 To this anfwercd the Lawyer: In good faith ( Gen¬ 
 tlemen) you open great myftcries unto mcc, which 
 either I knew not, or confidcred not fo particularly 
 before, and no marvailc, for that my profeffion and 
 cxcrcifc of law, reftraineth mcc from much company 
 keeping; and when I happen to bee among fomc that 
 could tell nice much herein, 1 dare not either askc, 
 or hcarc if any of himfelfe beginne to talkc, lead after¬ 
 ward the fpecch comming to light, I bee fetched over 
 the coals (as the proverbe is) for the fame, under pre¬ 
 tence ofan other thing. But you (who are not fufpe- 
 ^cd for religion) have much greater priviledge in 
 fuch matters, both to hearc and Ipeakc againc, which 
 men of mine eftate dare not doc s Oncly this I knew 
 
 I before, 
 
 THe* oitee 
 and accepts-* 
 tion of 
 lifj£rvortb 
 Caftlc, 
 
 Lm»ytT\ 
 
(585 
 
 The prcro- beforej‘^that“tbr6ughout all En^Und my Lord of Lfj2 
 gative of my cefi)er is taken for Vominm fac ?of»w;Whofc excellency 
 'LoxA oUejTi 2 i 3 Qy.Q others is infinite , whofe authority is ab- 
 cejer^ folute, whofc commandemcnt is dreadfull, whole 
 diflikc is dangerous, and whofe favour, is omni|^- 
 tent. 
 
 And for his will, though it bccfeldomclaw, yet 
 alwayesishis power above law: and therefore wee 
 Lawyers in all cafes brought unto us, have as great 
 regard to his inclination, as Aftronomers have to the 
 Planet dominant, or as Sea-men .have to the North- 
 Pole. 
 
 Lejceflet For as they that failci doe direft their coHrfe,ac- 
 
 theStarred!^ cording to the fituation and diredion of that ftarre 
 Liwwhich guideth them at the Pole s and as Aftronomcr5 
 thek^cUents who make prognoftications, doe foretell things to 
 affaires. comc, according t© the afpcdl of the Planet domi¬ 
 nant, or bearing rule for the time.: fo wee doe guide 
 out Clients barke, and doe prognofticate what is like 
 tocnfueofhiscaule, by the afpeft and inclination of 
 my Lord of Lejeefier, And for that reafon, as foone 
 - as ever wee heare a cafe propofed, our cuftomc is to 
 aske, what part my Lord of Ltjeefier is like to favour 
 in the matter (for in all matters lightly of any im-- 
 portance, heehathapartj or what may bec.gathered 
 of his inclination therein: and according to that 
 wee giveagheffe, more or Icffe, what end willcn- 
 fuc. 
 
 But this (my MailersJ is from the purpofe; and 
 therefore returning to your former fpecch againc, I 
 doc lay, that albeit I was not privy before to the par¬ 
 ticular provifions of my Lord and his friends, in luch 
 and filch places: yet feeing him accompted Lord ge- 
 ncrall over alPthc whole Realme, and to have at his 
 coflunandement, aU thefe foycrall commodities and 
 
 forces^ 
 
forces pcrtainmg to tier Majefty which you have men* 
 tioned before, and fo many more as bee in the Realmc, 
 and not mentioned by you (for in fine, hee hath alls ) 
 
 I could not but accompt him (as hee is ^ a potent 
 Prince of our ftatc, for all furniture ncedfull to dc- 
 fcnccor offence, or rather the oncly Monarch of our 
 nobility, who hath fufficient of hitnfclfc to plunge 
 his Prince, if hee (hould bee difcontented, cfpcciall 
 for his aboundance of money, (^which, by the wife, 
 is tearmed the Sinewes of Martiall a(flions ) wherein 
 by all mens judgements, hee is better furniflicd at 
 this day, than ever any fubjedl ofour land, cither hath nitwe in 
 hccnc heretofore, or lightly may bee hereafter, both 
 for bankes without the Rcalme, and fluffed coffers 
 within, Infomuch that being my fclfe in the laft 
 Parliament, when the matter was moved, for the 
 grantofaSubfidic, after that, one for her Ma jetty had 
 given very good rcafons, why her highnefle was in 
 want of money,and confequcntly needed the aflittance 
 of her faithfoll fub/e^s therein, an other that fat 
 next mcc of good accompt faid in mine care fecrctly: 
 thefe re&fons I doc well allow, and am contented to 
 give my part in-money‘.but yct,for her Majefties need, of a K^ghc 
 T could make anfwere as one anfwcrcd once the Em- of the shhe 
 perour Tiherim in the like cafe and caufc ; Abunde 
 tf pecfiniamforey Ji dlibertofno inJocietatem recipereturi 
 that her Majcfty (hould havemoncy enough, if one of 
 her fervants would vouchfafe to make her highnette 
 partaker with him x meaning thereby my Lord of 
 Leycefieri whofe treafure mutt needs in one refped, 
 bee grcatcr,then that of her Ma jetty ;for that hee layeth 
 up whatfoever hee gctteth.and his expenfeshee calteth 
 upon the purfe of his Princes. 
 
 For that (faid the Gentleman) W'hether hee doe or Centlemsn^ 
 no, it importcthiittle to the matter; feeing both that 
 
 ' la which 
 
Sbic;. 
 
 
 wbich hcc fpendeth, and that hcc hordeth^ is trul}^ 
 and properly his Princes Treafure: and feeing hcc hath 
 The infinite fo many and divers wayes of gaining, what fliould 
 wayesofgai. 'hce make accompt of his owns private cxpcnccs?if 
 hcelayout one for a thonfend, what can that make 
 hath; poorer? bee that hath fe goodly lands, pof* 
 
 felHons, Scigniorks and rich offices of bis ownc, as 
 hec is knowne to have ; hcc that hath fo Ipcciall fa¬ 
 vour and authority with the Prince, as hce can.ob- 
 tainc whatfoevcT hec lifteth to demand : hee that hath 
 his part and portion in all futes bcfidcs, that pafTe by 
 grace, or els (for the moft part) arc ended by law; hec 
 that may chop and change what lands hce lifteth 
 with her Majeftic, difpoilc them of all their woods 
 and other commodities, and rack them afterward to, 
 the utten-noft penny, and then returne the fame, jo 
 tenter-ftretebed and bare-ftiorne, into her Majefties 
 hands againe, by frclh exchange, rent for rent, for o- 
 thcr lands never enhanfed before ; hec that pofTcfteth 
 fo many gainefuli licences to himfelfo alone of wine, 
 oylcs, currants, cloath, velvets, with his new office 
 for licence of alienation , moft pernicious unto the 
 Common-wealth, as hec ufeth the fame, with many 
 other the like, which were fufficient to enrich wnolc 
 failin’ mit Towncs, Corporations, Countries, and Common- 
 with h« Mas wealths ; hce tba^ath the art, to make gainefuli to 
 
 Liccnfes. 
 
 jefty. 
 
 Offices, 
 
 Clc.argy, 
 
 himfelfc every offence, difpkafure, and falling out of 
 her Majefty with him, and every angry countenance 
 caft upon him : hec that hath his ihare in all olbccs 
 of great profit and holdeth an abfolutc Monopolic of 
 the fame; hec that dilpofeth at his will the Ecclcfiafti- 
 call livings of the Realmc, maketh Bilhops, none, but 
 fuch as will docrealon, or ofhis Ghaplaincs v/hom 
 hcc lifteth, and retaineth to htmfclfc lo much of the 
 Hying as Uketh h^ beft; hcc that fweepeth away the 
 
 glsbe 
 
giebe from fo many benefices throughout the hud 
 and compoundeth with the pcrlon for the reft, Hcc 
 that fo fcoureth the Vniverfity and Colicdges where 
 hcc is Chancellor, and fclleth both headlliips and 
 Schollars places, and all other offices, roomes and dig¬ 
 nities, that by art or violence mayyccld moneys hee 
 that maketh title to what land or other thing hce 
 pleal'e, and driveth the parties to compound for the 
 lame: hee thattaketh in whole Forefts, Commons, 
 Woods and Pafturcs to himfelfe, compelling the te¬ 
 nants to pay him new rent, and what hcc ceffeth s hce 
 that vexeth and oppreffeth whom foe ver hee lift, ta- 
 keth from any what hcc lift, and maketh his ownc 
 claime, futc, and end as hce lift; hee that fclleth his fe- 
 vour with the Prince, both abroad in forrainc Coun¬ 
 tries, and at home, and fetteth the price thereofwhat 
 himfelfe will demand : hee that hath and doth all this, 
 and befides this , hath infinite prefents dayly brought 
 unto him Of great valew, both in Jewels, Plate, all 
 kind of Furniture and ready G)inc; this man (I hy) 
 imy eaiily bcarc his ovvne expcnces, and yet lay up luf* 
 ficiently alfo to weary his Prince when needs fhall re¬ 
 quire. 
 
 You have faid much Sir, (quoth the Lawyer J and 
 fuch matter, as touchCth neercly both her Majefty and 
 the Common-wealth; and yet in myconfcience iff. 
 were to plead at the bar re for my Lord ; I could not 
 t^ll whicn ofall thefc members to deny.= But for that 
 which you mention in the laft part, of his gaining ty 
 her Majefties favour, both at home and abroad s Tou¬ 
 ching his homc-gaine it is evident, feeing all that bee 
 hath is goten oncly by the opinion of her Majefties 
 favour towards him ; and many men doe repaire unto 
 him, with fat prefents, rather for that they fuppofe, 
 hee may by his favour doc them hurt, if hcc feele not 
 
 I 3- . thcicv. 
 
 Beneficei^ 
 
 Veivesfity, 
 
 OpprefTionSi 
 
 Rapines,' 
 
 Princes fa¬ 
 vour, 
 
 PrefentSi 
 
 LeycefleTt 
 home.gaine 
 by her Maje- 
 iiies favour. 
 
’A pretty 
 
 fy. 
 
 leyc^ers 
 forraine gain 
 by her Ma)e- 
 Stics favour* 
 
 their reward, then for that they hope hee will labour 
 any thing in their a^aires. . 
 
 You remember (I doubt not ) the ftory ofhim, that 
 oftered his Prince a great yearely rent, to have but 
 this Favour onely, that hce might come i^cry day in 
 open audience, and fay in his eare, God fave yourMa- 
 jeftie, affuring himfclfe, that by the opinioh of confi¬ 
 dence and fecret favour, which hereby the people 
 would concei/c to bee in the Prince towards^m, hce 
 ^ould eafily get up his rent againe double told* 
 Wherefore, my Lord of Ley^fter receiving dayly 
 from her Majeftic greater tokens of grace and favour 
 then this, and himfelfe being no evil! marchant, to 
 make his ownc bargainc for the beft of his commo¬ 
 dities : cannot but gaine exceedingly at home by his 
 favour. 
 
 And -for his Lucre abroad upon the fame caufc, I 
 leave to other men to conceiv e , what it may bee,fi- 
 thence the beginning of her Ma/eliies raigne, the times 
 whereof and condition of all Chriftcndomchath beene 
 fuch, as all the Princes and Potentates round about us, 
 have becnc conftrained at one time or other, to fue 
 to her higneffe for ayd, grace, or favour : in all which 
 futes, men ufe not to forget (as you know J the 
 parties moft able by their credite, to further or let the 
 ^mc* 
 
 In particular onely this I can fay, that I have heard 
 of fundry French-men, that at fuch time, as the treaty 
 was betweene France and England^ for the rc-ddivery 
 of Cailis unto us againe, in the firft ycare of her Ma- 
 jcftics raigne that now is, when the Frcnch-mcn 
 were in great diftrefle and mifery, and King Philip re- 
 •fufed abfolutcly to make peace with them, except 
 Gallic were reftored to England (^whether for that 
 ;purpofchwtod now delivered the French homages 
 
 the 
 
the Frcnch-mcn doe report (I fay) that aiy Lord of leyzeftcrs 
 Lejeefter flood them in great ftcad at that neccHity, 
 for his reward, (which you may well imagine was 
 notfmall, for a thing of luch importance, J and be- 
 came a futer, that peace might bee concluded, with 
 the rcleafe of to the French: which was 
 
 one of the mod impious fads (to fay the truth, ) 
 that ever could bee deviled againll his Common¬ 
 wealth. 
 
 A fmali matter in him (faid the Gentleman ) for in. 
 this hcc did no more, but as Chrill faid of the jewes: 
 that they filled up the ineafure of their Fathers finnes.. 
 
 And fo if you read the dory of King EdwjtrdsiivaCy. 
 you fhall find it mod evident, that this mans Father > 
 before him, fould Bnllolgne to the French by like 
 treachery. For it was delivered up upon compofi- 
 fition,withoutncccflity or reafon, the five and twenty 
 oiiApritivCi the fourth yeare of King Edward the fixt, 
 whenhee (\ meane Duke Dudley) had now put in the 
 Tower the Lord Protedouv, and thrud out of the Earles of 
 Counccll whom hec lifted : as namely the Earles of and 
 Aruvdell and Southampton^ and fo invaded the whole ^^^hmpton 
 government himfeife, to fell, fpoilc and difpofc at his fhg (^ou 
 plcafure. Wherefore this is but naturalito my Lord of hy D^udley^ 
 Lejeefter by difcent, to make marchandizc of the ftate, * 
 
 for his Grandfather EdmunddMo, was fuch a kind of 
 Copefmatf, 
 
 An evili race of Marchants for the Common¬ 
 wealth (quoth the Lawyer) but yet. Sir, I pray you 
 (laid hcc ^expound unto mee Ibmewhat more at large, 
 the nature of thefe licences which you named, as alio 
 the changing of lands with her Majefty, if you can 
 ict itdownc any plainer: for they feeme, to bee things 
 of exceflive gainc : efpccially his way of gaining by 
 oii5:ndinghci Ma/edy, or by her highnefle. offence 
 
 wards 
 
 Zawjer} 
 
Lejufim 
 gaine by fal¬ 
 ling out with 
 >kec Mjijelly. 
 
 ^Ocntleman. 
 
 wards himjfor It feenieth to bee a device above all skm 
 or rcafoa. 
 
 Not fo (quoth the Gentleman) for you know that 
 every falling out muft have an attonement againc, 
 whereof hec being furc by the many and puifant 
 meancs of his friends in Court, as I have llic wed be- 
 •fore, who (ball not give her Majeftyreftuntillitbec 
 done: then for this attonement, and in perfeft rccon- 
 - ciliation on her Majefties part,(he muft grant my Lord 
 fome lute or other, which hce will have al wayes rea¬ 
 dy provided for that purpofe, and this fate (hail beo 
 well able to reward his friends, that laboured for his 
 reconcilement, and leave alfo a good remainder for 
 ihimfelfe. And this is now fo ordinary a praftizc with 
 him,as all the Realm oblerveth the fame,and difdaign- 
 cth that her Ma/efty fhould beefo unworthHy abufed. 
 For if her highneffc fall not out with him as often 
 as hec defircth to gaine this way, then hee picketh 
 fomequarrcll or other, to (hew himfelfe difeonten- 
 ted with her, fo that one way or other, this gainefall 
 reconciliation muft bee made, and that often for his 
 commodity. The like art hec exercifeth in inviting 
 her Ma/efty to his banquettes and to his houfes, where 
 if Qic come, (bee muft grant him in futes, ten times 
 fo much as the charges of all amount unto t fo that 
 Rohm playeth the Broker in all his affaires, and 
 maketh the uttermoft penny of her Ma/cftic every 
 way. 
 
 Now for his change oflands, ithinkei havebccnc 
 rcafonable plainc before: yet for your fuller fatisfaflion, 
 you (ball underftand his further dealing therein, to 
 bee in this fort. Beftdes the good lands and of an¬ 
 cient poffeftion to the Crowne, procured atherMa- 
 /efties hand, and yled as before was declared: hce 
 iethths fame trick for his worft lands, that hee pof- 
 
 fefteth 
 
Icflcth any whether they come to him,by extott 
 *ieancs and plainc oppreflion,or through maintenance 
 & broken titles, or by coufenage of fimple Gentlemen, l^ceffers 
 to make him their heire, or by what hard title or un- fraudulent 
 honeft mcanes lo ever, ( for hec pradheth ftorc of yf 
 fuchand thinketh little of the reckoning:) after bee her MajeW 
 hath tried them likewife to the uttermofl; touch , and whaeby hee 
 letten them out to luch as (ball gainc but little by the hath notably 
 bargaine: then goeth hec and changeth the feme with endammaged 
 her Majcfty for the beft lands hee can pick out of Crowiwo 
 the Crowne, to the end that hereby hee may both en¬ 
 force her Majefty to the defence of his bad titles, and 
 himfelfe fill his coffers with the fines and uttermoft 
 commodity of both the lands. 
 
 His licences doe (land thus: firft hec got licence le^cefim 
 for certainc great numbers of deaths, to bee tranf- liceafcsi 
 ported out of this land, which might have beencan 
 nndoing totheMarchantfubjed, if they had not re¬ 
 deemed the fame with great fummes of money : fo 
 that it redounded to great dammage of all occupied 
 about that kind of commodity. After that hee had 
 the grant for carrying over of barrcll (laves and of 
 feme other fuch like wares* Then procured hee a 
 Monopolie, for bringing in offwcet wines, oyles,cur¬ 
 rants and the like ; tha gainc whereof is incftimablc. 
 
 Hee had alfo the forfeit of all wine that was to bee 
 drawne above the old ordinary price, withlicence 
 to give authority to fell above that price : where¬ 
 in Captaine Horfey was his inflrument, by which 
 meanes it is incredible what treafure and ycarcly 
 rent was gathered of the Vintners throughout the 
 land, ’ 
 
 To this adds now his licence of filkes and vcl- silicas v-uid 
 vets, which onely were enough to enrich the Major Ychets, . 
 4nd Aldermen pi London, tlaey were all decayed 
 
 K (as 
 
{ 66 } 
 
 fas often I have heard clivers Marchants afSrw.J 
 And his licence of alienation ofland^s, which fas in 
 part I have opened before) ferveth him not oncly to 
 cxceflivc gaine, but alio for an extreame fcourge, 
 wherewith to plague whom he pleafcth in the Realm, 
 The Tyran- Jpor feeing that without this licence, no man can buy, 
 iiicaU lictncc fgH ^paffe,or alienate, any land that any waycs may bee 
 ffaiicBanon. tenure, as Mden in chiefs of the 
 
 Prince; (as commonly now moft land may) hce cal- 
 Icth into <]ueftion whatfoever liketh him bell, bee it 
 never fo clcarc; and under this cplpur, not onely cn- 
 ridicth hirafelfe without all mcafure, but reven^ 
 geth himfeUo alfo, where hec will, without all or* 
 dcr. 
 
 Ltmtr* Hcarc the Lawyer ftood ft ill a pretty while, bi¬ 
 ting his lip, as hce were aftoniflied , and then faid; 
 Verily I have not heard fo many and fo apparant 
 things, or fo c^ious, of any man that ever lived in our 
 EdmundTiud- Common-wealth. Andl marvailc much of my Lord 
 of Lejeefter^ that his Grandfathers foitune doth not 
 move him much, who loft his head in the beginning 
 of King the eights dayes, for much lefle and 
 
 fewer offences, in the fame kind, committed in the 
 time of King Henry the feventh : for hee was thought 
 to bee the inventour of thefe poolings and molefta- 
 tions, wherewith the people were burthened, in the 
 latter dayes of thefaid King. And yet had hee great 
 pretence of reafon to allcaged for bimldfe;in tha* thefe 
 exaflions were made to the Kings ufe, and not to his, 
 (albeit no doubt) but his ownc gaine was alfo there, 
 Mafter Stow writeth in his Chronicle, that in the 
 EdrnwdOud- of his imprifonment in the Tower, heewrota 
 
 writteT m notable bookc, intituled The tree ef Con, mm- wealthy 
 the Tower, ‘which bookc, the fetd Stowimh, that hee hath dcU* 
 / yered to my Lord of Lejeefier many ycares agonc. 
 
 And 
 
1 ^ 7 ) 
 
 And if the feidjbookc bee fo notable as 
 atfirmeth; I marvaile, that his Lord in fo many ycarcs, 
 doth not publiih the lame, for the glory of his ance. 
 ftorsf 
 
 It may bee ffaid the Gentleman) that thcfecrets 
 therein contained, bccfuch, asitfcctncth good to my 
 Lord, to ufc them onely himfelfe, and to gather the 
 fruit of that tree into his owne houfe alone. For if 
 the tree of the Common-wealth in Bdmmd Dud* 
 left booke, bee the Prince and his race: and the fruits 
 to bee gathered from that tree, bee riches, honours, 
 dignities, and preferments: then no doubt, but as the 
 writer Bdmptnd was cunning therein: fo have his two 
 followers, lohn and Robert '^ well ftudied and pra(5tized 
 the fame, or rather have, exceeded arid farre paffed 
 the authour himfelfe. The one of them gathering fo 
 cagarly, and with fuch vchcmcncy, as hee was like to 
 have broken downe the maine boughes for greedi- 
 neffe: the other yet plucking and heaping fo faft to 
 himfelfe and his friends, as it is and may bee, mod; 
 juftly doubted, that when they have cropped all they 
 can, from the tree left them by their Edmnnd 
 
 (I meanc the race of King Henry ihQ feventh:) then 
 will they pluck up the Stemme itfelfebythe rootes, 
 as unprofitable: and pitch in his place another Trunkc, 
 f that is the line of Hmtington ) that may begin to 
 feed anew, with frefh fruits againe, and fo for a timd 
 content their appetites, untill of gatherers, they may 
 become trees, (which is their finall purpofe) to feed 
 themfelves at their owne diferetion. 
 
 And ho wfoever this bee, it cannot bee denied, but 
 that Edmmd Dndleu brood, have learned by this 
 booke, and by other meanes, to bee more cUnning ga¬ 
 therers, then ever their firft progenitor was,that made 
 the booke, Firft for that hec made profefliontoga- 
 
 K 2 > ther 
 
 GentlmAn. 
 
 The fup-’ 
 planting of 
 the race of 
 Henry the 7% 
 The infer- * 
 ting of 
 tin^tont 
 
 Edmund 
 Tyudkii 
 brood e 
 rnnning then 
 himfelfe,. 
 
Horthumber* 
 land and Lej^ 
 afief with 
 their Prince 
 will not bee 
 ^'ided* 
 
 Lm»jcr, 
 
 Ctntleman, 
 
 Leyceper 
 Matter of art 
 and a cun- 
 sdugLogitio^ 
 ncc.. 
 
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 tbert^^tU Prince (though wickedly) and thefe mcn 
 make demonftration, that they have gathered for, 
 themlelves: and that with much more iniquity* Se-, 
 condly, for that EdmmiDndtey though hee got him- 
 felfe ncare about the tree, yet was hee content ^to ftand 
 on;the ground, and to ferve himfelfc from the trcc^ 
 as commodity was offered: but his children not 
 efteeming that fafe gathering, will needs mount aloft 
 upon the tree, to pull, croppe, andrifHe at their plea- 
 fure. And as in this fccond point the Sonne John 
 Dndl^y was more fubtilc, then Edmmd the Father:, 
 fo in a third point, the j^ephe w Robert Dudley is more, 
 crafty then, they botli. For that, hee feeing the cvill 
 fucceffe ofthofe two that went before him, hee hath 
 provided together fo much in convenient time, and 
 to make himfclfe therewith fo fat and ftrong, (where« 
 in the other two failed ) as hee will never bee in dan¬ 
 ger more, to bee called to any accompt for the 
 feme. 
 
 In good faith Sir (quoth the Lawyer ) I thanke 
 you heartily, for this pleafent difeourfc upon Edmund 
 Dudleii tree of Common-wealth, And by your 
 opinion, my Lord of Leycefter is the moft learned of 
 all fiis kindred, and a very cunning Logitioncr in¬ 
 deed, that can draw for himfeife fo commodious cos- 
 cluhons, out of the pcrillous. premiffes of bis pr oge¬ 
 nitors. 
 
 No marvaile (quoth the Gentlcman^v for that his 
 L. is Matter, of Art in Oxford^ and Chancclouc 
 befidesofthefame Vniverfity, where hee hath (lore 
 (as you know) of many fine wits and good Logi- 
 tioners at his commandement; and where hec lear- 
 ncth not oncly the rules and art of cunmng gathe¬ 
 ring; but alfothe very praflize (as I have touched 
 Worc)/ecing there is no one Coikdge, or othcc 
 
ScholUr^ 
 
 C^9) 
 
 diing of commodity within th^t place, where 
 hence hce hath not pulled, whatfoever was poffibly 
 to bee gathered, either by art or violence. 
 
 Touching Oxford^ (faid I) for that I aoi an Vni- 
 verfity mart my lelfc',.and have both experience of 
 Cambndge , and good acqiaintanee with divers ftu- 
 dentsofthe other Vniverlity : I can tell you enough, Uyctffm 
 but in fine all tendeth to this conclufion ^ that by his aimfing an^ 
 Chancellorfhip, is cancelled almoft all hope of g,ood in 
 that Vniuerfityandby his protedion, it is like foonc 
 to come to^ deftruftion. And kirely if there were 
 no other things to^declare the oddes and difJerence ' 
 betwixt him, and our Chancellour, (whom hec can- ^he Lord- 
 pot beare, for that every way hee feeth him, to pafle Treafucer* 
 him in all honour and vertue) it were futheient to 
 behold the prefent date of the twoVniverfities,where? 
 of they arc heads and governours. 
 
 For GLir ownc, I will not fay much, left I might 
 perhaps feeme partiall; but let the thing fpeakc for it 
 fclfe. Confider the' fruit of the Garden, and thereby 
 you may judge of the Gardiners diligence. Lookc 
 upon the BifhoprickSjPafterl^ips, and Pulpits of 
 Imdy and fee whence principally they have received 
 their furniture for advancement of the Gofpell. And 
 on the contrary fide, looke upon the Seminaries of 
 Papiftry at Rome and Rhems, upon the Colledges of 
 Jefiiifts, and other companies of Papifts beyond 
 the feas, and fee where-hcncc they are> efpcdally, 
 fraught'. 
 
 The Priefts and Jefuifts here exccutgd within 
 the land j and other that remains cither in prifon, or 
 abroad in corners: are they not all (in a manner ) of 
 thatVniverfity? I fpeake not to the difgracc of any 
 good thatremainc there, or that have iffued out thence 
 into the Lords Vineyard but for the moft part 
 
 • “ K 3 , there, 
 
 
TKe dif- 
 ocdersofOx- 
 ford by the 
 wickedneffc 
 of their 
 Chanceilcmr. 
 
 Leafcs. 
 
 there I of this our time, have they not cither gone 
 beyond the fcas, or lett their places for difeontent- 
 ment in Religion, or els become ferving men, or fol- 
 ld\Ved the bare name of Law or Pbyfick, without 
 profiting greatly therein, or furthering the fervice of 
 Gods CStirch or their Common-wealth? 
 
 And whcrc-hcnce (I pray youj enfucth all this,bat 
 by rcafbn that the chiefe Governour thereof is an 
 Athcift himfelfc, and ufeth the place onely for gainc 
 and fpoile? for here-hcnceit commetb, that all good 
 order and difcipliile is diffolved in that place, the 
 fervour of ftudy extinguiOied : the publiqiie Ledtures 
 abandoned (I meane of the more part;) the Tavernes 
 and Ordinary-tables frequented: the appardl of Ru- 
 dents grownc monfiuous i and the ftatutes and good 
 ordinance, both of the Vniverfity and of every CoU 
 ledge and Hall in private, broken and infringed at 
 my Lords good plcafurc, without rcfpcdl either of 
 oath, cuftome, or reafon to the contrary* The heads 
 ahd officers arc put in and out at his oncly difcrctiom 
 and the Schollars places either (buld, or difpofed by 
 his letters, or by thefe of his fervants and followcrss 
 tiolhing can bcc had there, now, without prefent 
 mony : it is as common buying and felling of places 
 in that Vniverfity, asof horfesin Smhkfic/d: where¬ 
 by the good and vertuousarekeptoutand compa* 
 nions thruft in, fit to ferve his Lord *af ter ward, in all 
 affaires that (hall occurrc.“ ■ 
 
 And as for lea cs of farmes. Woods, Failures, Per- 
 ibnages, Benefices or the like, which belong any way 
 toany part of the Vniverfity, to let or beftow, thefe, 
 his Lord and hit Servants have fo fleefed,(horne, and 
 feraped already, that there remaineth, little to feed 
 .upon hereafter: albeit hee want not ftill bis fpics and 
 intelligencers in the place, to advettife him from 
 
<70 
 
 time fo time, when any little new ttiorfell is 
 And the Principall inftruments, which for this pur- 
 pofe, hce hath had there before this, have beene two 
 Phyhtians Bajlj and Culpeper, both knownePapifts 
 a little while agoc, but now juft of Galens religion, 
 and fo much the fitter for my Lords humour; for his 
 Lordfhip doth alwayes covet, to beefurnilhed with 
 certaine chofen rnen about him, for divers affaires ; as 
 thefe two Galenifts for agents in the Vniverfity: 
 Veemd Allen ("two Atheiftes) for figuring and con¬ 
 juring : lulio the Italian and the Jew, forpoi- 
 ioning, and for the art of deftroying children in Wo¬ 
 mens bellies: VerneU for murdering : Dickies for 
 * Bawdes: and the like in other occupations which bis 
 Lordfliip cxerciieth, 
 
 W hereforc to returne to the fpccch where wee 
 began: moft cleare it is, that my Lord o^Leyeefter hath 
 mcanes to gaine and gather alfa by the Vniverfity, 
 as well as by the Country abroad. Wherein f as I am 
 told ) heebeareth himfeife fo ablblute a Lord, as ifhec 
 were their King,and not their Ghancellour : Nay farre 
 more then, if hec were the generall and particular 
 founder of all the Colledgcs and other houfesofthe 
 Vniverfity: no man daring to contrary or interrupt 
 the kaft word or fignificationof his will, but with 
 his extreamc danger : which is a proceeding more fit 
 for Pkdlam-,t\\t Tyrant ,* or fomo Covernour in 
 Tart Ary y then for a ChanccUour of a learned Vniver¬ 
 fity.' . • ♦ 
 
 To this anfwercd the Lawyer,for my Lords wrath, 
 towards fuch as will not ftand to his judgement and 
 'opinion V Lean 'my lelfe bee a fufhcknt witheffe: who 
 having had often eceafion to deale for compofilfion 
 of matters, betwixt his Lordfliip and others , have 
 feenc by experience, that alwayes they h^ve fped 
 
 Uycefltrt 
 
 inftrumeflti* 
 
 *Ac 
 
 houfc in 
 IV armc\». 
 /hire Daijnc - 
 Lcttice lay, 
 and fome o- 
 ther fuch 
 peecex of * 
 plcafurco 
 
 Laypyer^ 
 
Tkc perill Qf 
 ftanding 
 with Leycefier 
 in any thing. 
 
 * Poore men 
 reRfting 
 JVarwicfis 
 inclofure at 
 North-hall 
 were hanged 
 for his plea- 
 fure by JLey^ 
 cefers autho» 
 rity. 
 
 K}fntknMn. 
 
 'Great Ty¬ 
 ranny# 
 
 il'i) 
 
 beft, "Who 'ftbod left in contention wi^ him, what- 
 Ibevcr their caufe were. For as a great and violent 
 river, the more it is ftopped or contraried, the more 
 it rheth and iwelleth bigge, and in the end, de/efteth 
 with more force the thing that made reftftance: fo 
 his Lordfliip being the great and mighty Potentate 
 of this Realme, and accuftomed now to have his will 
 in all things, cannot beare to bee crofted or refifted 
 by any man, though it were in his o wne neegftary 
 defence. 
 
 Hereof I have feenc examples, in the caufes of 
 Snowdeft forreft in fV^Usy oiD^Mghey of Kiliingmrphy 
 oiDtAjton and others: where the parties that had in- 
 tereft , or thought themfelves wronged , had becne 
 happy, if they had yeelded at the firft: to his Lord- 
 (hips plcafure, without further queftion: for then had 
 they efcaped much trouble, charges, difplcafure and 
 vexation, which by rctlftancc they incurred, to their 
 great ruine, (and * lofte of life to fome) and in the end 
 were faine alfo to fubmit themfelves unto his will, 
 withfarre worle conditions, then in the beginning 
 were offered unto them; which thing was pittifull 
 indeed to behold , but yet fuch is ray Lords difpofi- 
 tion, 
 
 A noble difpofition ^(quoth the Gentleman,) that 
 I muft give him my Coatff hee demand the fame, 
 and that quickly alfo, for fearc Icaft if I ftaggar or make 
 doubt thereof, heC'compell mce toyceid both coat 
 and doublet, in penance of my ftay. I have read of 
 fome fuch Tyrants abroad in the World ; Marry their 
 end wasalwaycs according to their life, as it is very 
 like that it will bee alfb in this man, for that there 
 is fmall hope of his amendment, and ^od paffeth 
 not over commonly fuch matters unpunifticd in this 
 •iifc tas well as in the life to come. 
 
 But 
 
t 
 
 But I pray yoiT Sir, feeing mention is now made 
 of the former opprcflions, fo.much talked ofthrough- 
 out the Realme , that you will take the paines, to cx- 
 plaine the fubHance thereof unto mee : for albeit in 
 generailj every man doth know the fame,and in heart 
 doc deteft the Tyranny thereof: yet wee abroad in 
 the Countrey, doe not underftand it fo well and 
 diilindly as you that bee Lawyers, w^ho have 
 Icene and underftood the whole proceffe of the 
 fame. 
 
 The cafe of Kllliy:gv^orth and Denbigh, (fafd the Lawjerl 
 Lawyer ) are much alike in matter and manner of 
 proceeding, though different in time place and im¬ 
 portance, Lor that the LordiLip of Denbighin North- The Lord- 
 wales, being given unto him by her Majefiy a great 
 while agoeat the beginning of his riling, (which is 
 a Lordfhip of lingular great importance^ in that Coun- preffiorTufed 
 trey , having fas I have heard.) well neeretwo hun- therein, 
 dred vvorfliipfull Gentlemen free-holdcrs to the 
 fame :) the tenants of the place confidering thepre- 
 fentflate of things, and having learned, the hungry 
 difpolition of their new Lord : made a common purfe 
 of a thoufand pounds, to prefent him withall, at his 
 firfl entrance. Which though hee received ( as hec 
 refufeth nothing.) Yet accompted heethefummeof 
 fmall effedt for fatisfaffion of his appetite ; and there¬ 
 fore applied himfelfe, not onely to’make the utter- 
 moft that hee could by leafes, and fuch like wayes'of 
 commodity: but alfo would needs enforce the free¬ 
 holders , toraife their old rent of the Lordihip, from 
 twohundreth and fifty pounds a yeare or there aboufs 
 fat which rate hee had received the fame in guift 
 from her Majefty Junto eight or nine hundreth pounds 
 by the yeare. For that hee had found out (fbrfooth) 
 an old record, (ashcefaid J whereby hee could prove, 
 
 L that 
 
The manner 
 ©f 
 
 wor/i? aivd 
 Lejceflers 
 opprefllon 
 sherc. 
 
 (The cafe of 
 Snor»den 
 foreft moft 
 pitsifulL 
 
 (74) 
 
 that in ancient time long paft, that Lordfliip had 
 ycelded fo much old rent; and therefore hes would 
 now enforce the prefent tenants, to make up fo much 
 againe upon their lands , which they thought was 
 againft all reafon for them to doe; but my Lord per¬ 
 force, would have it fo,and in the end compelled them 
 to yeeldtohis will, to the impoveriihing of all the 
 whole Countrey about. 
 
 The like proceeding hee ufed with the tenants 
 about KiHinpporthy where hee receiving the faid Lord- 
 {hip and Callle from the Prince, in guift of twenty 
 foure pounds yearely rent or there about, hath made 
 it now better then five hundreth by yeare: by an old 
 record alfo , found by great fortune in the hole of a 
 wall as is given out (for hee hath, lingular good luck 
 alwayes in finding out records for his purpofe ) by 
 vertue whereof,hee hath taken from the tenants,round 
 about, their Lands, Woods, Paftures, and Commons^ 
 to make him feifeParkes, Chaces, and other commo¬ 
 dities therewith, to the fubverfion of many a good 
 family, which was maintained there, before this de- 
 vourer fet foot in that Countrey. 
 
 But the matter of Snovpden Poreft , doth paffe all 
 the reft, both for cunning and cruelty; the tragedy 
 whereof was this hee had learned by his intelligen¬ 
 cers abroad, Cwhereof hee hath great ftorc in every 
 part of the Realme ) that there was a goodly ancient 
 poreft in North-walesy which hath almoft infinite bor¬ 
 derers about the fame; for it lieth in the middeft of 
 the Countrey , beginning at the Hils of Snowden 
 ^whereof it hath his name) in Carnarvan-(hint and 
 rcacheth every way towards divers other (hires.' 
 W hen my Lord heard of this, hee entered prefent- 
 ly into the conceit of a Angular great pray ; and go- 
 to her Majefty, (ignified that her highneffe w^ s 
 
 often i 
 
( 75 ) 
 
 dftcn tifics abufcd, by the incrochingoffuch as dwelt 
 upon her Forcfts, which was neceffary to bcc rc* 
 ftrained : and thereforebefeeched her Maj.fty, tobc- 
 flow upon him the incrochments onely, which hec 
 rtiould bee able to find out, upon the forell of Snmdm^ 
 which was granted. 
 
 And thereupon hec chofc out Commiffioners fit 
 for the purpofe, and fent them into fVales^ wich the 
 like commiflion, asacertaine Emperour was wont 
 to give his Magiftrates, when they departed from 
 him to governe, as Stietomn^ writeth : Scitis qnidve- 
 l\m, ^ qmhm 9pm haheo. You know what I would 
 have, and what I have need of. Which recommen¬ 
 dation, thefc CommifliOners taking to heart, omitted 
 no diligence in executLon of the fame: and fo going 
 into fValesy by fach meanes as they ufed, of fetting one 
 man to accufe an other : brought quickly all the Coun- 
 trey round about in three or foure (hires, within the 
 compalfe of foreft ground : and fo entred upon the 
 fame, for my Lord of Lejeefier, Whereupon, when 
 the people were amazed , and expeded what order 
 my Lord himfelfc would take therein : bis Lord was 
 fofarreoffrom refufing any part of that, which his 
 Commiflioners had prefented and offered him : as 
 hee would yet further ftretch the Foreft beyond the 
 Sea, into the He of Angiefejy and make tliat alio within 
 his compas and bounder. 
 
 Which when the commonalty faw, and that they 
 profited nothing, by their complaining and crying 
 out of this Tyranny ; they appointed to fend fome 
 certaine number of themfclves, to Lendotty lo make 
 fuppUcation to the Prince: and fbthey did: Choofing 
 out for that purpo'c a dozen Gentlemen, and many 
 more of the Commons of the Countrey oiJJlny to 
 deals for whole. Who comming to JLfntchnznd 
 
 La - - 
 
 An old Ty* 
 
 rannicall 
 
 comiaiinon:^ 
 
 .4 
 
 A ridiailoui; 
 demonflrs- 
 tioa ofe'x.ccC^ 
 five ava» 
 rice. 
 
4 
 
 i 
 
 A fingiilar 
 oppreflion^ 
 
 Leyeefier 
 cxtreamely 
 hated in 
 i'Fales. 
 
 GmtUfmn^ 
 
 ( 7 « 5 ) 
 
 exhibiting a moft humble fapplicatlori toherMa/cfty 
 for redrcife of their oppreHion; recei v’ed an anfvvcrc, 
 by the procurement of my Lord of Leycefier, that they 
 iLould have iuhice, ifthecommonalcy would rcturne 
 home to their houfes, and the Gentlemen remaine 
 there, to follicite the catife. Which as foone as they 
 had yeelded unto, the Gentlemen were all taken and 
 call into prilon, and there kept for a great fpacc, and 
 afterward were fent dovjnQ to Ls^Mow, ('as the place 
 moft eminent of all thefe Countries^ there to weare 
 papers of perjury, and receive other punifhments of 
 infamy, for their complaining : which punifhments 
 notwithftanding , afterward upon great fute of the 
 parties and their friends, were turned into great fines 
 of money, which they were conftrained to pay, and 
 yet befides to agree alfo with my Lord of Lejeefler 
 for their owne lands, acknowledging the fame to bee 
 his,and fo to buy it of him againe.. 
 
 Whereby not oneiy thele private Gcntlcn3cn, but 
 all the whole Countrey thereabout, was and is (in a 
 manner^ utterly undone. And the participation of 
 this injury, rcacheth fo farre and wide, and is (6 gene- 
 rall in thele parts : as you (hall skarce find a man that 
 commeth from that coaft, who feeleth not the fmart 
 thereof: being either impoveriflhed., beggered,or rui¬ 
 nated thereby. 
 
 Whereby I affure you that the hatred of all that 
 Countrey , is fo nniverfail and vehement againil- my 
 Lord,: as 1 thinke never thing created by God, was 
 fo odious-to that Nation, as the very name of my 
 Lord of Leyceficr is. Which his lordfhip * well 
 knowing, I doubt not, but thathee will take heed, 
 how hee goe thither to dwell, or faid thither his do- 
 llcrity. 
 
 For his poftcrity (quoth the Gentleman) I fuppofs 
 
 hee.. 
 
^ 77 ) 
 
 Lice hath little caufe to bee felicitous: for that God 
 himfelfe taketh care commonly, that goods and ho¬ 
 nours fo gotten and maintained, as his bee, Hiall never 
 trouble the third heire* Marry for himfelfe, 1 con- 
 fefle (the matter Handing as you fay ) that hee hath 
 rcafonto forbeare that Countrey , and to leave of his 
 building begunne at Denbigh, as I heare fay hee hath 
 done. For that the imiverfall hatred of a people, is The end o£ 
 a perilous matter. And if I were in his Lordfhips Tyrants, 
 cafe , I Hiould often thinkc of the end of Nero: who 
 after all his glory, upon fury of the people was ad¬ 
 judged to have his head tbruft into a Pillory, and 
 fo to bee beaten to death, with rods and thonges. 
 
 Or rather I fhould feare the fucceffe of Vitellipts^ VinUiwh 
 the third Emperour after Nero, who for his wicked- 
 nefieand opprelTion of the people, was taken by them 
 at length, when fortune began to failc him,and led out 
 of his palace naked, with hookes of Iron feftened in 
 hisflefh, and fo drawne through the City within* 
 famy, where, loden in the Hrects with filth and or¬ 
 dure cad upon him , and a prick put under his Chinne, 
 to the end hec fhould-not looke downe or hide his 1 
 
 face, was brought to the banke of Tyber, and there¬ 
 after many hundred wounds received, was caft into 
 the River. So implacable a thing is the furour of a 
 multitude, when itisoncedirred, and hath place of 
 revenge. And fo heavy is the hand of God upon Ty¬ 
 rants in this World, when itplcafeth his divine. Ma- 
 jedy to take revenge of the fame. 
 
 I have read in in his defeription of 
 
 bow that in Spleto (if I bee not deceived ) the chiefc ^ 
 
 City of the Countrey of Vmbria^ there was a drange riMe revenge 
 Tyrant; v;ho in the time of his profperity, contemned taken upona i 
 all men.and fort are to injury no man, that came with- Tyrant, - 
 ih hia dawes: edeeming himfelfe fure enough, for 
 
 L 3 - 
 
Zeycefiers 
 .opprcffion of 
 particular 
 
 met. 
 
 Maftcv Rom 
 Hif/ofii 
 
 evqc being called to render accompt in this^'^fe, and 
 for the next hee cared little. But God upon the 
 fudden turned uplide downe the whcele of his feli¬ 
 city, and call him into the peoples hands: who tooks 
 him, and bound his naked body upon a planke, in the 
 market place, with a fire and iron tonges by him: 
 and then made proclamation, that feeing this man was 
 not otherwiie able to make fatisfadion, for the pub- 
 liq-jc injuries that hee had done; every private perfbn 
 annoyed by him, fhould come in order, and with the 
 boat burning tonges there ready, flaould take of his 
 flefli £b much, as was corrclpondent to the inju¬ 
 ry received, as indeed they did untill the miferabie 
 man gave up the ghoft, and after to: as this authour 
 writeth. 
 
 But to the purpofe; feeing my Lord careth little 
 forfuch examples, and is become fo hardy now, as 
 hee maketh no accompt to injury and opprefle whole 
 Countries and Commonalties together: it ftiall bee 
 booties to fpcake of his proceedings towards parti¬ 
 cular men, who have not fb great lirength to relift, as 
 a multitude hath. And yet I can affurc you, that there 
 arc fo many and fo pittifuU things publilhed dayly 
 of his Tyranny in this kind: as doe move great com- 
 paffion towards the party that doe fuffer, and hor- 
 rour againft him,who fhameth not dayly to offer fiich 
 injury. 
 
 As for example; whofc heart would not bleed to 
 hcare the cafe before mentioned, of Maftcr Rob'mfon 
 ol Staford[hire : a proper yong Gentleman, and well 
 given both in Religion and other vertues, Whofe 
 rather died at Nervhaven in her Maj*cfties fcrvicc, 
 under this mans brother the Earle of fVarwkkj and 
 recommended at his death, this his cldcfl Sonne, to the 
 fpechll prqt^on oiLejeefter and his Brother, whofe 
 
 fervant 
 
fcrvant alfo this 'R^infon hath becne, from his youth 
 upward , and fpent the moft of his living in his fer- 
 vicc. Yet notwithftanding all this, when Kobinfons 
 lands were intangled with a certaine Londoner, 
 upon intereft for his former maintenance intheirfer- 
 vice,whofe title my Lord of Leycefter ('though crafti¬ 
 ly,yet not covertly ) under Ferris his cloak, had got¬ 
 ten to himfelfe : bee ceafed not to purfue the poorc 
 Gentleman even to imprifonment, arraignment, and 
 fentence of death, for greedines of the laid living: to¬ 
 gether with the vexation of his brother in law Mafter 
 Harcotirt and all other his friends, upon pretence, for- Haf> 
 
 footh, that there was a man flainc byparty, court, 
 in defence of his owne pofTeflion againft Leycefiers 
 intruders, that would by violence breaks into the 
 fame. 
 
 What fliall I fpcake of others, whereof there would 
 bee no end ? as of his dealing with Mafter Richard Mafter 
 Lecy for his Manor of Hosk^orton fiflfailenotinthc thardLee, 
 name:) with Ludomck^Grivell,hy ^ , .. 
 
 bereave him ofall his living at once, if the drift had 
 taken place ? with George Witney y in thebchalfe of Sir ’wit^ 
 
 Henry Leigh ^ for inforcing him to forgoc the Con- ^ 
 
 trollerftiip of Woodfiock^y which hee holdeth by patent 
 from King Henry the feventh? With my Lord Barckr Lord 
 lejy whom hec enforced to yecld up his lands to his 
 brother JVarmck^y which his anceftors had held 
 quietly for almoft two hundreth ycarcs toge¬ 
 ther? 
 
 What (hall I fey of his intollerable Tyranny upon Archbifhep 
 the laft Archbifhop of Canterbury, for Doctor JuHo ofC^nterhury'^ 
 his fake, and that in fo fowle a matter ? Vpon Sir John lohn 
 TkrogmartonyWhom hee brought pittifully to his grave 
 before his time, by continuall vexations, for a peece of 
 faithful! femce done by him to his C^ntrey, and to 
 
 ^ -V - - . - - ^ 
 
Lanu 
 
 Giff'^rd* 
 
 Sir 25rci» 
 Vrevpr^* 
 
 The prefent 
 ft ate of my 
 Lord of 
 Leycefier, 
 
 teycejiers 
 
 Wealth. 
 
 t€yct{lert 
 
 Strengths 
 
 teyccfcTs 
 
 Cunnings 
 
 C8o) 
 
 alitbclincof King Henry, againfl this mans Father, 
 in King Edward and Queene Maries dayes sf Vpon 
 divers of the LanetEoi one mans fake of that name 
 before mentioned, tliat ofF:rcd to take Killmgworth^ 
 upon dome of the Giffords^ and other for 
 Throgmartons fake? (for that is alfo his Lords difpof- 
 tioDj for one mans caufe whomdiecbrooketh not^to 
 plague a v/hole generation, that any way pertaincth, 
 or is allied to the fame;) his cndleife perfecuting of 
 Sir Drew Drewry, and many other Courtiers both 
 men and women? Allthefe fl fayJand many others, 
 who daylyfufferinjuries, rapines and oppreflions at 
 his hands, throughout the Reahne, what {lioiild it 
 availe to name them in this place ; feeing neither his 
 Lord careth any thing for the fame, neither the par¬ 
 ties agrieved are like to attaine any lead releafeofaf- 
 fiidion thereby, but rather double opprelTion for their 
 complaining. 
 
 Wherefore, to returne agame whereas wee began, 
 you fee by this little, who, and how great, and what 
 manner of man, my Lord of Leycefter is this day, in 
 the ftatc of England, You fee and may gather,in fome 
 part, by that which hath becne fpoken, his wealth, 
 his ftrength, his cunning, his difpofition. His Wealth 
 is excefdivc in all kind of riches for a private man, 
 and miift needs bee much more, then any body light¬ 
 ly can imagine, for the infinite wayes hce hath had 
 ofgaine, fo many yeares together. His Strength and 
 power is abfolutc and irrcfifiable, as hath bcene Hiew- 
 ed,both in Chamber, Court, Councell, and Countrey, 
 His Cunning in plotting and fortifying the fame, 
 both by Force and Fraud, by Mines and Conter- 
 mines, by Trenches, Bulwarkes, Flankers^ and Ram- 
 piers ; by Friends, Enemies, Allies, Servants, Crea¬ 
 tures, and Dependents, or any other that may ferve 
 

 (Si) 
 
 his tame*: is vciy rare and fingular,^ His DifpofitioS 
 to Cruelty, Mur(ler, Treafon, and Tyranny: and by 
 all thefe to Supreame 'Soveraignty over orfier; is moft 
 .evident and clearc. And then judge you whe¬ 
 ther her Majcfty that now raigneth ( whofe life and 
 profperity, the Lord in mercy long preferve,) have 
 not juft caufe to Feare, inrefpeflof thefe things onc- 
 ly; if there were no other particulars to prove his afpi- 
 ring intent befides? 
 
 No doubt (quoth the Lawyer ) but thefe are great 
 matters,in the queftion of fuch a caufe as is a Crowne.’ 
 And wee have feene by example, that the Icaft of 
 thefe foure, which you have here namedj or rather 
 fome little branch contained in any of them, hath 
 bcene fiifficicnt tofound juft fufpition, diftruft or.jca- 
 loufie, in the heads of moft wife Princes, towards 
 the proceedings of more affured fubjeds, then my 
 Lord of Leyeefler , in reafon may bee prefumed to 
 bee. For that the fafety of a ftate and Prince, ftan- 
 deth not onely in the rcadines and hability of refi- 
 fting open attempts, when they (hall fall out: but alfb 
 ("and that much more as Statiftes write) inacertaine 
 provident watchfulneffe, of preventing all poflibiii- 
 ties and likelihoods of danger of furpreflion: for 
 that no Prince commonly, will put himfelfe to the 
 courtefie of an other man ) bee hec never Fo obliged ) 
 whether hee fhall rctaine his Crawne or no; fee¬ 
 ing the caufe of a Kingdome , acknowlcdgeth 
 neither kindred, duty, faith, friendlhip, nor focie- 
 
 ty* 
 
 I know not whether I doe expound or declare 
 my felfe well or no, but my meaning is, that whereas, 
 every Prince hath two points of alTurance from his 
 fubjed, the one, in that hee is faithfull and lacketh 
 will, toannoie his foveraigne: theotherj for that hes 
 '. M ''' is 
 
 teyi^[{eT4 
 
 Lawj^2^ 
 
 Caufes of 
 f'earc 
 for her 
 
 I 
 
A point of 
 Jieccffary po¬ 
 licy for a 
 Prmcc., 
 
 ^ifhollAT^ 
 
 A philofo^ 
 pbicall argu. 
 ment to 
 prove Lejr~ 
 cefiers intent 
 of foYcraign- 
 
 (82) 
 
 Is weakc and wanteth ability, to doc the fame : the 
 firft is alwayes of more importance then the fecond, 
 and confequently more to bee eyed and obferved in 
 policy: for that onr will may bee changed at our plca^ 
 fure, but not our ability. 
 
 Confidering then, upon that which hath bccne 
 faid and fpecified before, bow that my Lord of Ley^ 
 €efter , hath poffclTed himfelfe of all the ftrength, 
 powers and iinewes of the Realme, hath drawne all 
 to his owne direction, and hath made bis party fo 
 ftrong as it ieemeth not rcfiftablc: you have great rea- 
 foji to fay, that her Ma/efty may juftly conceive fomc 
 doubt, for that if his will were according to his 
 power, moft ailured it is, that her Ma/efty were not in 
 lafety. 
 
 Say not fo, good Sir, (quoth \) for in fuchacafe 
 truly, I would repofc little upon his will, which is 
 fo many wayes apparant, to bee moft: infatiablc of 
 ambition. Rather would I thinke that as yet his 
 ability ferveth not, either for time, place, force, or 
 fomc other circumftance: then that any part of good, 
 will Ihould want in him : feeing that not onely his 
 defire of foveraignty, but alfo his intent and attempt 
 toafpiretothefame, is fufficicntly declared (in my 
 conceit ) by the very particulars of his power and 
 plots already fet downe. Whkh, if you plcafc to 
 nave the patience, to heare a Schollars argument, I 
 will prove by a Principle of our Philofophy. 
 
 For if it bee true which ^riftotle faycth, there is 
 no agent fo (itBgle in the World, which workethnot 
 for fome finall end, ( as the bird buildeth not her neft: 
 but to dwell and hatch her yong ones therein:) and 
 not onely this, but alfo that the fame agopt, doth al¬ 
 wayes frame his workc according to the proportion 
 of his intended en^s ( as when the Fox or Badger 
 
 maketh.^ 
 
maketha wi^Iecarthor dcnnc, it is a figne that hot 
 meaneth to draw thither great ftore of pray;) thca 
 midi: wee alfo in rcafon thinke, that fo wife and po¬ 
 litick an agent, as is my Lord of Lfycefier for min* 
 felfo, wanteth not his end in thefe plottings and pre¬ 
 parations of his; I mcanc an end proportionable in 
 greatneffe to his preparations. Which end, can 
 noleife nor meaner then Supreame Soveraignty, feeing 
 his provifion and furniture doe taid that way, and 
 are in every point fully correfpondent to the iame. 
 
 What meaneth his fo diligent befieging of the 
 Princes perfon ? his taking up the wayes and paffagw 
 about her ? his infolency in Court? his fingularity in 
 the Councell? his violent preparation of ftrength 
 abroad ? his enriching of his Complices? the banding 
 of his faflion, with the aboundance of friends every 
 where? what doe thefe things (ignific fl fayj andfo 
 many other, as you have well noted and mentioned 
 bcfore:but onely his intent and purpofe of Supremacy? 
 W^hat did the fame things portend in times pall: in 
 his Father, but even that which now they portend 
 in the Sonne ? Or how ftiould wee thinke, that the 
 Sonne hath an other meaning in the very fame anions, 
 then had hi§ Father before him, whofe fteps hee fol- 
 loweth. 
 
 Iremember I have heard, often times ofdivcis an¬ 
 cient and grave men in Cambridge^ how that in King 
 £dw 4 rds dayes tke Duke of Northumberland this 
 mans Father, was generally fufpeded of all men, to 
 ^lleane indeed as afterward hee (hewed, cfpccially 
 when hee had once joyned with the houfe of Sufolke^ 
 and made himfeife a principall of that fadfion by mar¬ 
 riage, But yet for that hee was potent, andprotefted 
 every where,and by all occafions his great love, duty, 
 and fpcciall care, above all others, that bee bare to- 
 
 M a ^ wards 
 
 The pi'epftfi- 
 tions of Ley* 
 cefler declare 
 his inteady4 
 end. 
 
 How the 
 Duke of 
 HortlurAber* 
 lard diffem- 
 blcd his end. 
 
wards his Prince and Countrey: no man durft accufc- 
 bim openly, untill it was to late to withftand his 
 power : ( as, commonly it falieth out in fuch affaires ) 
 and'thc like is evident in my Lord of Leycefiers a^ffi- 
 ohs now (albeit to her Majcity; I doubt not, but that 
 hce will pretend and proteft, as his Father did to her 
 Brother, J efpecially now after his open affociation 
 with the faff ion of Huntington: which nolefTeim- 
 pugnethunder this mans protedion, the whole line 
 of Hwy the fevcnth for right of the Crownc, then 
 the Houfe Suffolk^ did under his Father the parti¬ 
 cular progeny of King Henry the eight. 
 
 Nay rather much more f quoth the Gentleman ) for 
 that I doe not read in Edwards raigne, ( when 
 The boldnes the matter was in plotting notwithftanding ) that the 
 of the titlers Houfe of Suffol^e durft cvcr make open elaime to 
 of Clarence, the next fuccelfion. But now the Houfe oiHaftings 
 is become fo confident, upon the ftre«gth and favour 
 of their fautors, as they dare both plot, praftile and 
 pretend, all at once, and feare not to fot out their title, 
 in every place, where as they come. 
 
 And doe they notfearc theftatute ffaid the Law¬ 
 yer) fo rigorous in this point, as it maketh the matter 
 treafon to determine of titles? 
 
 Qintlman. 
 
 
 Gmhnw,. .No, they_ need not (quoth the Gentleman; feeing 
 Theabiifeof ^heir party IS fo ftrong and'terrible, as no man dare 
 the ftatiue aecufe them*, feeing alio they well know, that thepro- 
 forhlcncc in curcment of that llatute , was oncly to endanger or 
 tke true fuc- ftop the mouths of the true SuccefTours, whiles them- 
 «eaion. fdves, in the meane fpace, went about under-hand,to 
 
 eftablifh their ownc ambufhment. 
 
 Lawier. (quoth the Lawyer) for the pretence of my 
 
 ^ to the Crowne, I willnot ftand 
 
 with you, for that it is a matter fufficiently knoWne 
 smd kenc throughout the Rcalmc. A5 alfo that my 
 
 Lord. 
 
(8s) 
 
 L&rd ofX^jc^J^ffrisat this day, a principail favoHrcr 
 and patron of that caufe, albeit fomc yearcs paft, hcc 
 were an earneft adverfary and enemy to the feme. 
 But yet I have heard fb me friends of his, in rcafbning 
 ofthcfc matters, deny ftoutly a point or two, which 
 yott have touched here, and doefeemc to believe the 
 fame. 
 
 And that is, firft, that howfoever my Lord of Lej^ 
 cefter do^ meanc to helpc his friend, when time (hail 
 ferve, yet pretendeth hee nothing to the Crowne 
 himlelfe. The fecond is, that whatfodver may bee 
 ment for the title, or compafHng the Crowne after 
 her Majefties death, yet nothing is intended during 
 her raigne. And of both thef« points they alledge rea- 
 fons. 
 
 As for the firft, that my Lord of is very 
 
 wellknowne, to have no title to the Crowne him- 
 fclfe, either by difeent in blond, alliance or others* 
 waycs. For the fecond, that his Lord hath no caufe to 
 bee a Male-content in the prefent government, nor 
 hope for more preferment, if my Lord of Huntington 
 were King to morow next, then hee recciveth now 
 at her Majefties hands i having all the Realms (as hath 
 bcene lliewcd^ at his owne diTpofition, 
 
 For the firft f quoth the Gentleman^ whether hee 
 mcane the Crowne for himfclfe, or for his friend, it 
 importeth mot much ? feeing both wayes it is evi¬ 
 dent, that hee meaneth to have all at his owne difpo- 
 fition. And albeit now for the avoiding of envy, hee 
 give it out, as a crafty Fox, that hee meaneth not but 
 to riinne with other men, aiid to hunt with Huntings 
 ton and other hounds in the fame chafe: yet is it not 
 unlike, biit that hee will play the Beare, when bee 
 commeth to deviding ofthepray, and will fnatch the 
 b#ft part to himf^fe. Yea and thefe felfe fame per- 
 
 R 3 
 
 Two eiScOfes 
 alleadgcd by 
 Leycefiers 
 friends. 
 
 Whether 
 teycefier 
 meane the 
 Crowne fins 
 cerely for 
 Huntington 
 or for him— 
 felfe. 
 
The vrords 
 of the Loi‘d 
 Northfto Ma« 
 ftcf P09l/f 
 
 Pooly told 
 this to Sir 
 Robert Ur* 
 
 mm* 
 
 The words 
 of Sir Tho' 
 jttas Layton 
 brother in 
 law to my 
 Lord. 
 
 (S($) 
 
 fbns of his traine and fadlion , whom you call his 
 friends, though in publique, to cxcufc his doings, and 
 to cover the whole plot, they will and muft deny the 
 matters to be fo ineant:yct otnerwife they both thinkc, 
 hope and know the contrary, and will not hick in. 
 fecret to ipeake it, and among themfelvcs, it is their 
 talkc of confblation* 
 
 The words of his fpeciall Councellour the Lord 
 Northi arc knowne, which hee uttered to his trufty 
 Pooly, upon the receipt of a letter from Court, of her 
 Majellies difpleafure towards him , for his being a 
 witnclTe at Leyceflers fecond marriage with Dame 
 Lattice (although I know hee was not ignorant of 
 the firft) at PVanflead: of which difpleafure, this Lord 
 making far lelfe accompt then, in reafon hee Ihould, 
 ofthejuftofeiccofhisfoveraignc, faid ; that for his 
 owne part hee was refoived to iinke or fwimme with 
 my Lord of who (faith hee Jif once the Cards 
 
 may comctoftiufHing (I will ufebut his very ownc 
 words ) 1 make no doubt but hee alone fliall beare a- 
 way the Bucklers. 
 
 The words alfo of Sir Thomas Layton , to Sir ILeat- 
 ry NtvtUy walking upon the Tay-rep at Wlndfor are 
 knowne, who told him, after long dilcourfe of their 
 happy conceived Kingdome, that hee doubted not, 
 but to fee him one day, hold the fame office in ^ind* 
 for^ of my Lord o^Leycefter^ which now my Lord 
 did hold of the Queene. Meaning thereby the good¬ 
 ly office of Conftabkffi ip, with all Royalties and bo- 
 nours belonging to the fame, which now the faid Sir 
 Henry exercifeth onely as Deputy to the Earle. Which 
 wasplaincly tofignifie, that, hee doubted not buttQ 
 fee my Lord of Leyeyflerono, day King, or els his Or 
 thcr.hope could never poffibly take elfc^i or come to 
 faffc. ' ' 
 
 To 
 
r?7) 
 
 To the fame point, tended the words of Miftreffe 
 ^nnt Weft Dame Lettlce Sifter , unto the Lady 
 Anne in the great Chamber, upon a day when 
 
 her Brother Robert KHo^plerh^di danced difgratioufty 
 and fcorncfully before the Quecne in pretence of the 
 French, W hich thing for that her Majefty tookc to 
 proceed of will in him, as for diflike of the ftrangers 
 in prefence, and for the quarrel! of his £ffex: 
 it pleafed her highnefTc to check him for the fame, 
 with addition of a reproachful! word or two (full 
 well deferved) as though done for difpite of the for¬ 
 ced abfcnce, from that place of honour, of the good 
 old Gentlewoman (I mitigate die words) his Sifter. 
 Which words, the other yonger twigge receiving, 
 in deepe diidgen, brake forth in great choler to her 
 fore-named companion, and laid , that fhee nothing 
 doubted, but that one dayfhec fhouldfce her Sifter, , 
 upon whom the Queene railed now fo much ( for 
 fo itpleafed her to tcarmcher Majefties ftiarp Ipecch) 
 to fit in her place and throne, being much wor¬ 
 thier of the fame, for her qualities and rare vertues, 
 then was the other. Which undutifull (pccch, al¬ 
 beit, it were over heard and condemned of divers 
 that lat about them t yet none durft ever report the 
 fame to her Majefty ; as I have heard fundryCour-- 
 tiers affirme, in refped of the revenge which the 
 reporters fhould abide at my Lord of Lejeefters. 
 hands, when fo ever the matter fhould come to 
 light. 
 
 And this is now concerning the opinion and 
 fccrct fpceebs of my Lords owne friendis, who can¬ 
 not but utter their conccipt and judgement in time 
 and place convenient, whatfoevet they arc willed 
 to give out publikely to the contrai y, for decei¬ 
 ving of fuch as will believe faire painted word^ 
 
 againfe^ 
 
 The wbrc?5 
 of Miflrefie 
 
 hftcr unto 
 this holy 
 CountelTe-i 
 
iThrec argu¬ 
 ments of Lej- 
 tefters mea¬ 
 ning for 
 himfelfe be^ 
 for€ Huntivg-^ 
 ton> 
 
 The firft ar¬ 
 gument the 
 Nature of 
 ambition. 
 
 (ss; 
 
 againU evident and manifcH; ■demonftration of tea- 
 ion, 
 
 I fay rcafon^ for that if none of thefe (igpcs and 
 tokens were, none of thefe preparations nor any of 
 thefe fpccchesand deted:ions,by his friends th^it know 
 his heart: yet in force ofplaine rcafon, I could allcadge 
 unto you three arguments onely, which to any man 
 ofintelligence, would eafily perfwade and give fatis- 
 fadion, that my Lord of Lejeefier mcaneth beft and 
 firft for himfelfe in this fute. W inch three arguments, 
 for that you fee me to bee attent. I will not flick to 
 runne over in all brevity. 
 
 And the firft, is the very nature and quality of 
 ambition it felfc, which is fuch, (as you know) that 
 it never ftayeth, but paffeth from degree to degree, 
 and the more it obtaineth, the more it covereth, and 
 the more efteemeth it felfe, both worthy and able to 
 obtainc. And in our matter that now wee handle, 
 even as in wooing, hee that fueth to a Lady for an 
 other, and obtaineth her good will, entereth eafily 
 into conceipt of bis owne worthincs thereby, and fo 
 commonly into hope of fpeeding himfelfe, while hee 
 fpcaketb for his friend : fo much more in Kingdomes: 
 heejthat feeth himfelfe of power to put the Cro wnc of 
 an other mans head, will quickly ftepto thenexfft-le- 
 gree which is,to fet it of his owne,feeing that alvvayes 
 the charity of fuch good men, is wont to bee fo or¬ 
 derly, as (according to the precept) it beeinneth with 
 it felfe firll, 
 
 Adde to this, that ambition is jealous, fufpitious,' 
 and fearefull of it felfe, efpecially when it is j*oyned 
 with a confcience loadcn with the guilt of many 
 crimes, whereof hee would bee loth to bee called to 
 accompt, or bee fubjeft to any man that might by au- 
 thqrity take review of his life and a«aions, when it 
 
 ” fhould 
 
(8p) 
 
 ihould pica{chim> In which kind, feeing my'Lord 
 o^ Lejeefier hath fo much to encrcafe his feare, as be¬ 
 fore hath beene fliewed by his wicked dealings: it is 
 not like, that ever hee will put himfejlfc to an other 
 mans courtefie, for pafling his audidl in particular 
 reckonings, which hec can no way anfw.cr or fatisfic; 
 but rather will (land upon the grofle Summe, andge- 
 nzrdWQtiietus efi, by making himfelfc chiefc Auditour 
 and Matter of all accompts for his owne part in this 
 life, howfoever hee doc in the next: whereof fuch 
 humours have little regard. And this is for the nature 
 of ambition in it felfe. 
 
 The fecond argument may bee taken from my The fecond 
 Lords particular difpolition •. which is fuch, as may argument, 
 give much light alfo to the matter in quelUon: being LejfteJIers 
 adifpofition fo well liking and inclined to a King- i 
 
 dome, as it hath beene tampering about the fame, from * '*^*°”* 
 
 the nrtl day that hee came in favour, F irO: by fecking ipjce/Iers 
 openly to marry with the C^eencs Ma/efty hcrlclfc, di^ofirion to 
 and lo to draw the Crownenpon his owne head, and tamper for a 
 tohis pofterity. Secondly, when that attempt tookc Kingdome. 
 not place, then hee gave it out, as hath beene (hewed 
 before, how that hee was privily contracted to her 
 Majefty (wherein as 1 told you his dealing before for ^ meane the 
 fatisfadlion of a rtrangei, f j let him with lhame and 
 diOionour remember now alio, the XpcAaclc hee 
 fecretly mtde fir the perfwading of a fubjed: and 
 Counccllour of great honour in the fame caufc) to 
 the end that if her highnefTc ihouid by any way have 
 mtfearried, then hee might have cntitulcd any one of 
 his owne brood, ( whereof hee hath liore in many 
 places as is know nc) to the kwfuil facceflSon of the 
 Crownc, under colour of that privy and fecrct mar- 
 rijgc, pretending the fame to t)ee by her Majeliy^ 
 wherein hee wiU wantno witnefTes todepofewbat 
 
 N ' hee 
 
The und^U 
 
 full devife of 
 Natural! 
 iffuc , ia the 
 flatuce of 
 fuccefUon. 
 
 The marrl- 
 agd of ^r- 
 
 UlU* 
 
 ($o) 
 
 hiC'Vvill. Thirdly, whsa hzc fa w alfd that this devnfo 
 was (ubjcA to danger, for that his privy contrafl 
 might bee denied,more eafily, then hee able juftly to 
 prove the fame, after her Majeftics difeeafe: hee had a 
 new fetch to ftrengthen the matter and that was to 
 caufethefe words of to bee put into 
 
 the ftatute of fucceflion for the Crowne, againft all 
 order and cuftomc of our Realine, and againft the 
 knownc common ftilc of law, accuftomed to bee 
 ufed in ftatutes of fuch matter; whereby hee might bee 
 able after the death of her Ma/dty to make legitimate 
 to the Crowne, any one baftard of his owne by any 
 of fo many hacknies asbekeepetb, athrmingit to bee 
 the Natf*ra/l of her Ma;efty by himlelfe. For 
 no other reafon can bee imagined why the ancient 
 afuall words of, Lawf^ll iffns fliould fo cunningly 
 bee changed into Naturall ; Thereby not ooely 
 to indanger our whole Realme with new quarrels 
 offucceflion but alfo to touch (as farreas in him liethjj 
 the Royall honour of his foveraigne, who hath beenc 
 to him but to bountifull a PrincclTe. 
 
 Fourthly, when after a time theft fetches and dc- 
 vifes, began to bee difeovered, hee changed ftreight 
 his courfe, and turned to the Papifts and Scottifh fa** 
 ftion, pretending the mirriageotthe Queeneinpri- 
 ibn. But yet after this againc, finding therein not 
 fuch (uccefle as cOiitented him throughly, and having 
 in the m ane fpace a new occafion offered of baites 
 hee be^ooke himftlfe nftly to the party of Huntingm 
 ton: having therein (nodoub"^ as good meaning to 
 himl Ifc, as his Father had by; *yning with 
 Marry yet of late, hee hath caft a new about, once a- 
 gainc, for himfclfe in fecrct, by treating the marriage 
 of yong jirMd f with his Sonne pitied the Lord 
 
 Sc 
 
i9i) 
 
 So that by this wcefcc the difpofition of this map 
 bent wholly to a feepter. And albeit in right, title 
 and difeent of bloud (as you fay) bee can juftly claims 
 neither Kingdonie nor Cotage ( confidering either 
 thebafenede or difloyalty of his Anceftours :} if in 
 refped of his prefent (late and power, and of his na- 
 turall pride, ambition, and crafty conveyance received 
 from his Father: bee hath learned how to put him- 
 fclfe firft in pofTeflion of chiefe rule, under other 
 pretences, and after to devife upon the title at his lea- 
 iiire* 
 
 But now to come to the third argument: I fay more The third 
 and above all this , that the nature and Bate of the argument* 
 matter it felfc, permitteth not, that my Lord of Zej- nature’ 
 refier fhould meane fincersly theCrowne, ioi Hun- 
 ttngtony efpecially feeing there hath paffed betweene 
 them fo many ycares of diflike and enmity t which, 
 albeit, for the time and prefent commodity, bee cove¬ 
 red and preffed downe : yet by rcafon and experience 
 wee know, that afterward when they fhali deale to¬ 
 gether againe in matters of importance, and when 
 jcalonfie fhall bee joyned to other circumftances of 
 their adions : it is impoflible that the former miflike 
 fhould not breaks out in farre higher degree, then ever 
 before. 
 
 As wee faw in the examples of the reconciliation, 
 made betWLxt this mans Father and Edward Dvike of ofoldrccon- 
 Somtrfet , bearing rule under King Edward the fixt; ciled enmitf. 
 and betweene RkhardoiTor^, and Edmund Duke of 
 Somsrfity bearing rule in the time of King Henry i\\z 
 'fixf. Both which ^Dukes of Somerfety after reconci¬ 
 liation with theii* old, crafty and ambitious enemies, 
 were brought by the fame to their deflrudion foone 
 ■ after. Whereof F doubt not,v but my Lord of Lejetfi'er 
 ^ v/iy take good heed, in joyning by reconciliation 
 . " M 3 with 
 
(S)i) 
 
 v;ith Hmtmgtbn^ after fo long a breach \ and will not 
 beefoimprovident, as to maKe him his fovcraigne, 
 who now is but liis dependent. Heercraembreth too 
 well the fucceiTe of the Lord Stanley who helped King 
 Henry the feventh to the Crownc; of the Duke of 
 Bftc^ngham, who did the fameforjRiVW^:/the third; 
 of the t arle of H'armck, who fet up King Edward the 
 fourth and of the three Percies^ who .advanced to the 
 Scepter King Henry the fourth. All which Noble 
 men upon occafions that after fell out: were rewarded 
 with death, by the felfc fame Princes, whom they had 
 preferred. 
 
 1 he rcaibii And that not without reafbn as Siegnior Adakhavell 
 
 Q^MaebAvdU Lords Councellour affirmeth. Lor that fuch 
 Princes, afterward can never give fufficient fatif^ 
 fadion to fuch friends, for lo great a benefit received. 
 And confequcntly, lead upon difeontentment, they 
 may chance doe as much for others againd them, as 
 they have done for them againd others: the fureft 
 way is, to rccompencc them, with fuch a reward, 
 as they (hall never after bee able to complainc 
 of. 
 
 Wherefore I can never tbinkc that my Lord of Zejr 
 or/^will put himfclfein danger of the like fucccffc 
 The mea- at Hunttngt§ns hands : but rather will follow the plot 
 
 ning of ihc of his ownc Father, with the Dukc of 4$V/^i?/;^,whom 
 no doubt, but hec meant oncly to ufe for a pretext and 
 Horthum er* whereby to place himfclfe in fupreamc digni¬ 
 
 ty , and afterward whatfoever had bcfellcn of tho 
 date, the others head could never have come to other 
 end, then it enjoyed. For if Queene Mary had not 
 cut it off, I^oi Northumber^andy would have 
 
 done the fame in time, and fo all men doc well 
 knowj that wre privy to any of hb cunning dca- 
 
 .And 
 
 land with 
 
( 93 ) 
 
 A-nd’ wliat Umtlngfons fecret opinion of L^jeefier 
 is (^notwithrtanding this outwarxl fhcw of depen¬ 
 dence J it was my chance to learnc, from the mouth soyth-heufi, 
 of a fpeciall man of that halty 'King, who was his 
 Ledger or A gent inLotuio)t-md at a time falling in talke 
 of his Makers title, declared, that hee had heard him 
 divers times in fecret, complaine to his Lady, (Ley^ 
 
 Sifter ) as greatly fearing that in the end, hec 
 would offer him wrong, and pretend fome title for 
 himfclfe. 
 
 Well ('quoth the Lawyer/it feemeth by this laft Zawyer^ 
 point, that thefe two Lords, are cunning praftifto- 
 nersin the art of dillimulation: but for the former 
 whereof you fpcake,in truth, I have heard men of good 
 difeourfe affirmc, that the Duke of Northumberland The 
 had ftrange devifes in bis head, for deceiving of Suf- 
 f,lke (who was nothing foHneas himfclfe J and for 
 bringing the Crowne to his owne. family. And a- towards the 
 xnong other devifes it is thought, that hee hadmoft 
 certainc intention to marry the Lady himfclfe, 
 
 (after once hee had brought her into his owne hands ) 
 and to have bellowed her Majefty that now is upon 
 fome one of his children ( if it fhould have becne 
 thought beft to give her life ,) and fo confequcmly to 
 have ftiaken of Suffolk^ and his pedegree, with con- 
 digne panifhmcnt, for his bold behaviour in that bc^ 
 halfe. 
 
 Verily (quoth I) this had becne an excellent Stra- Sibolar^ 
 t^eme, if it had taken place. But I pray you (SirJ 
 how could himfclfe have taken the Lady Mary to 
 wife, feeing hee was at that time married to an o- 
 ther? 
 
 Oh (quoth the Gentleman^-you queftion like a 
 SchoUar. As though my Lord of Leyeefier had not 
 alive, y/hen hec firft began to pretend mac- 
 -- • ‘ ' N i ^ riage 
 
The pradife 
 of King 
 ehdrd for 
 difparching 
 his Wife. 
 
 *A new 
 Triumvir at 
 betwcene 
 Leycefier^ 
 Talbot , and 
 the Coun. 
 icffe of 
 Shmvsl/urj. 
 
 nagctothe Queencs Ma/efty. DocnotyduVemcm- 
 bcr the ftory of King Richard the third, who at fuch 
 time as hce thought beft for the cftablifhing of his 
 title; to marry his owne Neeoe, that afterward was 
 married to King Henry the feventh, how hce caufed 
 fecretiy to bee given abroad that his ownc wife was 
 dead, whom all the World knew to bee then alive 
 and in good health, but yet foone afterward fhee was ' 
 feenc dead indeed, Thefe great pcrfonages,in matters 
 of fuch weight, as is a Kingdome, have priviledges to 
 difpolc of Womens bodies, marriages , lives and 
 deaths, as (hall bee thought for the time moft conve¬ 
 nient. 
 
 And what doe you thinke (I pray you ) of this new 
 Triumvirat fo lately concluded about ArbelUt (for fo 
 I muft call the fame, though one of the three perfons 
 bee no but, Viragoy ) I mcane of the marriage be- 
 twecnc yong Denbigh and the little Daughter of 
 nox^ whereby the Father in law,thc Grandmother and 
 the Vncle of the newdedgned Qik^c, have concei¬ 
 ved to themfclves a fingular triumphant raigne. But 
 what doe you thinke may enfuc hereof.^ is there no¬ 
 thing ofthe old plot of Duke of Northumberland 
 
 in this? 
 
 ^ ^ Marry Sir, (quoth the Lawyer^ if this bcefo: I 
 I.Ayvj€r» fequeli enough pretended here¬ 
 
 by. And^ fird no doubt, but there goeth a deepe drift, 
 
 I ' 43/ the wife and fonne, againft old Abraham (the 
 
 Husband and Father j with the well lined large poueb. 
 And fccondly, a farre deeper by trufty againSi: 
 •feis .belt Miftreffe.: but deepeft of all by the whole 
 Hm’mm, againft the defignements of the bafty Earlle: 
 
 ‘. ‘ ' who thirftctb a Kingdome, with great intemperance, 
 
 andikcnncth (if .therc were plainc dealing) to hopeLb^ 
 goc^ p^pl®^ qusneb fboctsJy bis droi^ht. 
 
 . . But 
 
("P5) 
 
 But either part, in truth, feeketh to deceive others 
 and therefore it is hard to fay where the game in 
 fine u ill red. 
 
 Well howfbeverthat bee (quoth the Gentleman) 
 I am of opinion, that my Lord of Leycefier^ willufe 
 both this pradfizc and many more, for bringing the 
 Scepter finally to his owne heads and that hee will not 
 oncly imploy Huntington to defeatc Scotland , and 
 Arb:lU to defeate Huntington : but alfo would ufe the 
 marriage ofthe Quecne imptHoned, to defeatc them 
 boih, if lliee were in his hands and any one of all three 
 todilpofTelTchcr Majefty that now is s as alfo theau* 
 thority, of all f^ure to bring it to himfclfes with many 
 other fccchcs,flingesand frifcoesbcfidcs, whkh fimplc 
 men as yet doe not conceive. 
 
 And howfoever thele two conjoyned Earles, doe 
 feeme for the time to draw together, and to play boo¬ 
 ty s yet am I, of opinion, that the one will beguile, 
 the other at the uplTiot. And Haflings for ought I 
 fee, when hee commeth to the fcamoling, is like to 
 have no better luck by the Bearc, then his Anceftour 
 had once by the Boare. Who ufing his hclpe firdin 
 murdering the Sonne and Hcire of King Henry the 
 fixt, and after in deftroying the faithfull Friends and 
 Kinfmen of King Edward thefift, for his eafierway 
 to ufurpation s made an end ofhim alfo in the Tower, 
 at the very fame day and houre, that the other were 
 by his counfeli deflroyed in Eontfut Cafile; So that 
 where the Goale and- price of the game is a Kingf 
 dome 2 there is neither faith,neither good fellowIbip, 
 nor faire play among the Gamefi rs^ And this fbalX 
 bee enough for the firft points {vitu.) what good axy 
 Lord of Ley meaneth to hrmfdfe in refpec^l cl ‘ 
 NutfUngfon, 
 
 TouwWng the fecond, whether, the' attempt bee 
 
 
 The fleig^g> 
 ot Leycefter 
 for bringing 
 Cill CO him* 
 felfc. 
 
 Scambling 
 hetwcenc 
 tejeefler and 
 HuntirgtoH^ 
 the upfhot- 
 
 Riihard of 
 Glocelter Ani 
 
 I* 
 
■i. That the 
 - confpirators 
 mcantin her 
 M3)citics 
 dayejt 
 
 JFonre consi¬ 
 der aiions. 
 
 A thing 
 worthy to be 
 noted in am¬ 
 bitious men* 
 
 parpoicdin her Ma/efties dayesof no, the mattoris 
 much lelk doubtfuil, to him that knowethorcan i- 
 magiiie, what a torment the delay of a Kingdoms is, 
 tolachaone as fufFsreth hunger thereof, and feareth 
 that every hourc may breed ibme alteration, to the 
 prejudice of his conceived hope, Wee fee ofecu times 
 that the child is impatient in this matter, to expenfl: 
 the natural! end of his parents life, W horn, notwith- 
 ftanding, by nature hee is enforced to love: and who 
 alfo by nature, is like long to leave this World be¬ 
 fore him; and after whole dilccafe, hee is afluredto 
 obtaine his defire : but moft certaine of dangerous 
 event, if hec attempt to get it, while yet his parent 
 liveth. Which foure confidcrations, are (nodoubt^ 
 ofgreat force to containe a child in duty, and bridle 
 his d'efirc: albeit fometimes not futficient to with- 
 ftand the greedy appetite of raigning. 
 
 But what fhall wee-thinke^ where none of thefe 
 foure confiderafions docreftraine? where the prefect 
 PoffelTor is no parent ? where fliee is like by nature, 
 to out-live the expcdlor? whofe death muft needs 
 bring infinite difticulties to the enterprife? and in 
 whofe life time, the matter is moft cafie to bee atchic- 
 ved, under colour and authority of the prefect Pof^ 
 ieffor? fliall wee thinke thatinfuch a cafe the ambi¬ 
 tious man, will overrule his ownc pailion, and Iccic 
 his commodity. 
 
 As for that, which is alleaged before, for my Lord 
 in the rcafon of his Defenders; that his prefent ftate 
 isfo profperous, as hce cannot expedl better in the 
 next change whaifocvcr fhould bee; is of fmall mo¬ 
 ment, in the conceipt of an ambitious head, whofe eye 
 and heart is alwayes upon thar , which hee hopeth 
 for, and cnjoyeth not; and not upon that which alrea¬ 
 dy hec poff^cth, bee it never fo good, Efpccially 
 
iH matters of hoiibut and authority, it is ah infallihic 
 rule, that one degree defired and not obtained,afi 
 iiiActh more, then five degrees already polfeifed, can 
 give confolationithc ftory of Duke J/<«w4«,confirmeth 
 this evidently, who being the grcatell fubjed in the 
 World under iing Aj[mrHs ,after hec had reckoned up 
 all his pompe, riches, glory and felicity to his friends, 
 yet hee fayed, that all this was nothing unto him, un¬ 
 till hec could obtaine the revenge, which hec defired, 
 upon Mardoch^m his enemy : and hereby it commeth 
 ordinarily to paiTe, that among higheft in authority, 
 are found the greateft (lore of Mal-contents, that mofr 
 doe endanger their Prince and' Countrey. 
 
 W hen the Percies tookc part with Henry of Boling-^ The FerclHl 
 againft King Richard t\\Q fecond their la\w- ' 
 
 full foveraigne: it was not for lack of preferments 
 for they were exceedingly advanced by the laid King, 
 and pofleffed the three Earlcdomes oiNorthumberland^ 
 jVorcefier, and Stafird together, befidcs many other 
 offices and dignities of honour. 
 
 In like fort, when the two Neviles, tooke upon 
 them,'to foync with RIcha’d o£ Torke^ toputdownc tievilesJ 
 their moil benigne Prince King Henry the fixt: and 
 after againe in theother fide, to put downe King £d^ 
 ward the fourth : it was not upon want of advance¬ 
 ment s they being Earles both of Salisbury and War-> 
 wickj, and Lords of many notable places befidcs. But 
 it was upon a vaine imagination of future fortune, 
 whereby fuch men are commonly led i and yet had ‘ 
 
 not they any fmcll in their noftrels, of getting the 
 Kingdome for themfelyes, as this man hath to prick 
 him tor war 
 
 If youfay that thefe men hated their foveraigne, defiers 
 and that thereby they were led to procure his deffru- hatred to her 
 •^ion-; the fame I may anfwere of my Lord living, Majett/. 
 
 O ' though 
 
Th^cvill na¬ 
 ture of in» 
 
 Lsycefiers 
 fpeeches of 
 her Majefty 
 in the time 
 of his diCf 
 gr^ice. 
 
 The caufes 
 of hatred in 
 teycefier to¬ 
 wards her 
 
 (p8) 
 
 tbongH of all men bee bath lead caufe fb to doc. Bat 
 yetfuchis the nature of wickeH ingratitude,that where 
 it oweth moft, and difdaineth to bee bound : there 
 upon every little difeontentment', it turneth double 
 obligation into triple hatred. 
 
 This hec ibewed evidently iii the time ofhis little 
 difgracc, wherein heenot onely did diminiili,^ vili¬ 
 pend, and debafe among his friends, the ineftimable 
 fcenefites bee hath received from her Ma/efty, but alio 
 ufed to exprobate his owne good fcrvices and me¬ 
 rits, and to touch herhighneffe with ingrate conhde- 
 rationand recompence of the fame, which behaviour 
 together with bis hafty preparation to rebellion, 
 and alfault of her Majeftics Royal! perfon and dig¬ 
 nity ^uponfo fmall acaufe given s did well lliew what • 
 mind inwardly hee beareth to his Ibveraignc, and 
 what her Majefty mayexped, if by offending him^ 
 fhee fhould once fall within the compafle of his fu¬ 
 rious pawes; feeing fuch a fmoke of difdainc could 
 not proceed, but from a fide furnace of hatred with¬ 
 in. 
 
 And iurely it is a wonderfull matter to confider 
 what a little check, or rather the bare imagination of- 
 a fmall overthwart, may worke in a proud anddif* 
 dainefull ftomack. The remembrance of his marriage 
 milTcd, that hcc fo much pretended and defired with 
 her Ma/efty doth ftick deeply in his breaft and ftir- 
 reth him dayly to revenge. As alfo doth the dif. 
 daine of ccrtainc checkes and difgraccs received at ' 
 fometimes, cipecially that ofhis laft marriage: which 
 irketh him fo much the more, by how much greater 
 feare and danger it brought him into, at that timCj. 
 and did put his W idow in fuch open phrenfie, as 
 (hee raged many moneths after againft her Majefty, 
 and is not cold yet«but remaineth as it were a fworne 
 
 enemy,,, 
 
(pp) 
 
 enemy, for that inj ary, and ftandeth like a friend 6c 
 fury at the elbow of her Amadisy to ftirre him for¬ 
 ward when occafion fhall ferve. And what effcfl Thcforc* bf 
 foch female fuggeftions may worke, when they 
 find an humour proud and pliable to their purpofe; 
 you may remember by the example of the Ducheffe of 
 Somerjet ywho inforced her Husband to cut off the head, 
 of his onely deare Brother, to his owne evident de- 
 ftrudion for her contentation. 
 
 Wherefore, to conclude this matter without fur- An evIdcRc 
 thcr difpute or reafon : faying there is fo muchdifeo- c^nclufion 
 vered in the cafe as there is : fo great defire of raigne, 
 fo great impatience of delay, fo great hope and habi- meantintime 
 lity of fucceffe, if it bee attempted, under the good of her Maje- 
 fortunc and prefent authority of the competitours; fty. 
 feeing the plats bee fo well laid, the preparation fo 
 'forward , the favorers fofurniQied, the time fb pro¬ 
 pitious, and fo many other caufes conviting together: 
 feeing that by difterring, all may bee hazarded, and by 
 haftening, little can bee indangered, the ftate and con¬ 
 dition or things well weyed : finding alfo the bands 
 of duty fo broken already in the confpiratours, the 
 caufes of miflike and hatred fo manifeft, andthefoli- 
 citours to execution, io.potent and diligent, as wo¬ 
 men, malice, and ambition, are wont to bee: it is 
 more then probable , that they will not leefe their pre¬ 
 fent commodity, efpecially feeing they have learned 
 by their Archi-tipc or Proto-plot which they fol-' 
 low f I mcane the confpiracy of NorthmnherlavddinA cnour^f 
 Suffolk^ in King Edwards dayes J that herein there Father 
 was fomc errour committed at that time, wmich over- correded by 
 threw the whole, and that was, the differring of fome the Senne* ’ 
 things iintill after the Kings death, which fhould have 
 becnc put in execution before. 
 
 "Porif inthetimp of their plotting, when as yet 
 ^ ' O a their 
 
(ibo) 
 
 their defignements were not publiflied f6 the World,, 
 they had under the countenance of the King ( as well 
 they might havedonc^ ^gotten into their hands the 
 two Sifters, and difpatcbed ibme'other few affaires^ 
 before they had caufed the yong Prince, to die: no 
 doubt, but in mans^ reafon the whole defigneinent. 
 had taken place; and confequently it is to bee prefup- 
 pofed, that thefc men (being no fooles in their 
 owne affaires ) will take heed of failing into, the like 
 errour by delay; but rather will make all lure, by ftri- 
 king while the iron is hot, as. our proverbe warneth 
 them, 
 
 I^fer, cannot bee denied in reafon (quoth the Lawyer) 
 
 but that they have many helpes of doing what they.- 
 lift now> nndertheprefent a favour, countenance and 
 authority of her Majefty, which they fhould not have 
 after her highnefle difeeafe : when each man ftiallre- 
 maine more at liberty for his fupreame obed lence, by 
 reafon of the .ftatutc provided for uncertainty of the 
 next fucceffor : and therefore I for my part, would ra^ 
 ther counfell them, to make much of her Ma/efties 
 life: for after that, they little know what may cnlue,oi: 
 befall their defignements* 
 
 They will make themoft thereofYquoth the Gcn^ 
 tlemanjfor their, owne advantage, but after that, what 
 is like to follow, the examples of Edn’ard and Richard 
 the fecond, as -alfo oi Henry and Edvpard^Q ^\ti doc 
 fufficiently fore-warnc us .: whole lives were prolon¬ 
 ged, untill their deaths were thought more profitable 
 H«i* Mak^ to the conlpiratours, and not longer. And forthefta- 
 ftfes life and tutcyoufp3akc of, procured by themfclves, for dfa?* 
 deathj CO bliftiiog the inccrtainty of; the next true fucceffour 
 fcrvethccon- (whercas all our former ftatutes were wpnt to bee 
 fpiratours made for the declaration and certainty pf the fame) 
 it is (as you know), that it fhali not cn- 
 
 .. ' dure 
 
t 
 
 C101) 
 
 diire iongS, then the life of her Majefty, that now 
 raigneth; that is, indeed,' no longer then untill thetn- 
 fdves bee ready ta place an other. For then,no doubt, 
 but wee (hail fee a faire proclamation, that my Lord 
 of Huntington is the oncly next heire: WitKa bundle 
 of halters to hang all fuch, as (hall daro once open 
 tlicir mouth for deniall of the (ame. 
 
 At thele words the old Lawyer ftepped back, as 
 fome what aftonied, and began to make Croffes in 
 the ayre, after their fafhion, whereat wee laughed, 
 and then hee laid ; truly my Mafters 1 had thought 
 that no man had conceived fo cvill imagination of 
 this ftatute,as my felfc: cut now Iperceive that I alone 
 am not malitious. For my owne part, I muft con- 
 fclTe unto you, that as often as J read over this ftatutc, 
 orthinkc of the fame ( as by divers occalions many 
 times I doe ) I feele my felfe much greeved andaf- 
 hiifled in mind, upon feares which I conceive what 
 may bee the end of this ftatutc to our Countrey^ 
 and what privy meaning, the chiefe procurers there- 
 oF might have for their owne drifts, againft the 
 Realme and life of her Majeftie that now raig¬ 
 neth. 
 
 And fo much more it^maketh mce to doubt, for 
 that in all records oflaw, you fhail not find (to 
 my remembrance) any one exaniple of fuch a devife, 
 for concealing of the true inhentour: but lather in 
 all ages, ftates, and times (^ipccizXXyixovo Richard the 
 firft downeward) you fhall hnd flatures,' ordipantes, 
 and provifionS', for declaration and manifdlation' 
 of the &me, as’ you have well obfcrved and touched 
 before. And therefore this ftrange and new do- 
 viie, tnuft needs* have fome ftf'ange and unaccufto- 
 med meaning; and Ciod of his 'mercy grant, that it 
 have not fome ftrange and unexpeded event. 
 
 O f, “ iHi 
 
 A pfoclfmi* 
 tion with* 
 haltcrsi 
 
 Lawjerl 
 
 Papifiicall 
 
 blefling. 
 
 The flanitc 
 of concca* 
 ling the heire - 
 apparant. 
 
 Richdfd go¬ 
 ing towards 
 Merufdem 
 began the 
 enftome by 
 Parliament,’ 
 as Felidore 
 noteth ^nno 
 10. of Richard' 
 the fecondto 
 declare tho 
 next heire. _ 
 
The ' danger In figlit of all men, this is already evident, that nc- 
 
 of^urCoim- verCountrcy in the World, was brought into more 
 trey by con- apparent danger of utter ruine, then ours is at this day, 
 e ^ pretence ol this ftatute. For where as there is 
 — Hi _ • Gentleman iomeanein the Rcalme, that cannot 
 give a geffe more or Icffe, who (hall bee his next heire, 
 and his tenants foone conjecture, what manner of 
 perfon {hall bee their next Lord : in the title of our no¬ 
 ble Crowne, whereof all the reft dependeth* neither 
 is her Maj*efty permitted to know or lay, who fhall 
 bee her next lucccflTor, nor her lubj'edts allowed to 
 tindcrftand or imagine, who in right may bee their 
 future foveraigne : An intollcrable injury in a matter 
 offo lingular importance- 
 
 For (alas j what Ihould become of this our native 
 Countrey, if God iLould take from us her moft excel¬ 
 lent Maj’elty (as once bee will^ and fo leave us defti- 
 Gfeatir\<fon- tutc^uponthe ludden what Ihould become of our 
 Yeniences. lives,of our dates,and of our whole Realme or govern¬ 
 
 ment ? can any man promile himlelfc, one day longer 
 of reft, peace, pofleftion, life or liberty within the 
 land, then God lhall lend us her Majefty to raigne o- 
 ver us ? W hich albeit, wee doe and are bound to willi 
 -that it may bee long: yet reafon telleth us, that by 
 courfc of Nature, it cannot bee of any great conti¬ 
 nuance, and byathoufand accidents it may bee much 
 .Ihorter. And lhall then our moft noble Common- 
 -wealth and Kingdome, which is of perpetuity, and 
 muft cj)ntiuuc to our felvcs and our poftcrity, hang 
 only upon the life of her highneffe alone, well ftrucken 
 inycarcs, and of no great good health or robuftious 
 and ftrong complexion. 
 
 Sir ckn/?os j was within hearing fomc fix or feVen ycarcs agdc,' 
 
 when Sir Chnfiopher Hatton, in a very great aflembly, 
 i?ade ?n eloquent oration ('which after I wenewas 
 
(' 102 ) 
 
 put in printj at the pardoning and delivery of him ' 
 from the galloufe, that by errour fas was thought)., 
 bad difeharged his peece upon her Majefties Barge, 
 and hurt certaine perfons in her highnefle prefence. 
 
 And in that oration hec declared and delcribcd very 
 effectually, what ineftimable dammage hadenfued to 
 the RealmCjif her Majcfty by that or any other meanes 
 fhould have bcene taken from us. Hce fet foorrh 
 moft lively before the eyes of all men, what divifion, 
 whatdiffenfion, whatbloodfhed had enfued,and what 
 fatall dangers were moft certaine to fall upon us, 
 whenfoever that doleful! day Ihould happenrwherein 
 no man ftiould bee fure of his life, of his goods, of his 
 wife, of his children: no man certaine whether to flie, 
 whom to follow, or where to feeke repofe and pro- 
 tedion. 
 
 And as all the bearers there prefent did eafily grant 
 that hec therein faid truth and farre leffc then mght 
 have bcene faid in that behalfe, things ftanding as they 
 doe:fo many onefi trowJthat heard tbefe words pro¬ 
 ceed from a Councellour, that had good caufe to know 
 the ftate of his owne Countrey : entred into this co¬ 
 gitation what punifhment they might deferve then, 
 atthe whole State and Common-wealths hands, who 
 firft by letting her Majefty from marriage, and then IntollcraWc 
 by procuring this ftatute of diffembling the next in- 
 heritour; had brought their Realme into fo evident 
 and inevitable dangers? for every one wellconfidered 
 and weighed with himfelfe, that the thing which yet 
 oncly letted thefe dangers and miferies fet downc by 
 Sir Chrifiopher^ muft iieccffarily one day faile us all, 
 that is, the life of her Majefty now prefent: and then 
 (fay wee) how fallethit out, thatfo gencrall a cala¬ 
 mity as muft needs overtake us ere it belong ( and 
 may, for any thing wee know to morrow next^is net 
 well as forefccne, ' ^ 
 
,Thc miferies 
 to follow 
 uponherMa- 
 jefties death* 
 
 The danger 
 CO her Maje¬ 
 sty hy this 
 ;^atute. 
 
 (i©4) 
 
 Is there no remedy, but that ivee muft willin^y 
 and wittingly runne into our owneruinc? and for the 
 favour or feare of ibmc few afpirours, betray our 
 Countrey and the bioud of fo many thoufand inno^ 
 cents,as live within the land? 
 
 For tell mec (good SirsJ I pray you;if her Ma/efty 
 fhould-die to morow next (wnofe life God long pre- 
 ferve and bleffc, / but it fhee fhould bee taken from 
 us, fas by condition of nature and humane frailty fhee 
 may) what would you doe? which way would you 
 lookc? or what hea.i or part, knew any .good fubject 
 in the Rcalme to follow ? I fpeake not of the confpi- 
 ratou-rs, for 1 know they will bee ready and refoived 
 whom to follows but I Ipeake of theplaine/imple and 
 well meaning fubj?d-, who following now the utter 
 letter of this fraudulent ftatute, (fraudulent I meane 
 in the fecret conccipt of the cunning afpirours:) 
 fhall bee taken at that day upon the fudden,.and being 
 put in a maze by the unexpected contention about the 
 Crowne, ihall bee broug't into a thoufand dangers, 
 both of body and goods, which now arc not thought 
 upon, by them who are moft in danger of the fame. 
 And this is, for the Common*wealth and Coun- 
 iirey. 
 
 But unto her Majefty, for whofe good and.fafety, 
 the ftatute is oncly pretended to bee made, no doubt, 
 but that k bringeth farre greater dangers, then any 
 devife that they liaveufcd befides. For hereby under 
 -colour of rePtraining the claimes and titles of true fuc- 
 ceffours, fwhofe endeavours notwithftanding, arc 
 commonly more caknc and moderate then of ufur- 
 pers,) they make unto themfelvcs, a meanc to forftcr 
 and fet forward their owne confpiracy without con- 
 trolement: feeing no man of might may oppofc him- 
 felfeagainftthcm, but with lufpitipn, that heemca- 
 
(lOj) 
 
 netb to claime for himfelfc. And fo they being 
 tned, on the one fide, with their authority and force 
 of prefent fortune, and defended, on the other fide,by 
 (he pretence of the ftatute: they may fecurely workc 
 and plot at their pleafure, as you have v/ell proved 
 before that they doe. And whenfbever their grounds 
 and foundations lliall bee ready, it cannot bee denied, 
 but that her Majefties life, lieth much at their difere- 
 tion,to take it, or ufc it, to their beft commodity : (and 
 there is no doubt, but they will, ) as fuch men are 
 wont to doc in fuch affaires. Marry one thing ftan- 
 deth not in their powers fo abfolutely, and that is, to 
 prolong her Majeftiesdayes or favour towards them'- 
 f:lves, at their plealures ; whereofit is not unlike but 
 they will have due conhderation, leaft perhaps upon 
 any fudden accident, they might bee found unrea¬ 
 dy. 
 
 They have good cafe thereof I can affure you, 
 
 (quoth the Gentleman ) and meane not to bee pre¬ 
 vented by any accident, or other mifhap whatfoeveri 
 they will bee ready for all events : and for that caufe, 
 they haften fo much their preparations at this day. The haft- 
 more then ever before: by lending out their Ipiesand ning of the 
 folicitours every-where, to prove and confirme their 
 friends : by delivering their Common watch-word; 
 by complaining on all hands of our proteftants 
 Biiliops and Clergy, and of all the prefent Itate of 
 onr irreformed religion, (as they call it;) by ampli- 
 fying onely the danger of Papifts and ScottiQi fa- 
 ft ton : by giving out openly that now her Majefly is 
 pafthope ef Childbirth, and confequently feeing God 
 hath given no better £icccfie that way .in two VVo- 
 men one af:er the other : it were not convenient (fay 
 they ) that an other of that fexe fliould enfue: with 
 
 high commendation of the Law Sdwk. in Fr^ncc.^ 
 
 " — - - j> ' where- 
 
(lO^) 
 
 whereby wo^Tlcn are forbidden to fuccced. Which 
 ^ech though in ihew, it bee delivered againft the 
 Queene of Scots and other of King Hettry the feventh 
 his line, that difeend of Sifters: yet all men fee that it 
 touchethas well the dibbling ofhcr lvlajefty, thatis 
 prefent, as others to come; acid fotendethdiredly to 
 Maturation of theprincipall purpofc, which 1 have de¬ 
 clared before. 
 
 Scholia^. Here faid I,for the reft which you fpeake of, befides- 
 
 the Watch-word, it is common and every where trea¬ 
 ted in talke among them ; but yet for the Watch-word 
 The Watchs it fclfe ffor that you name it) Ithinke fSir) many 
 word of the know it not, if I were the firft that told you the ftory, 
 Confpira- gg 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 owns fa&ion, to 
 another Nobleman of the fame degree and religion, 
 though not of the fame opinion in thefe affaires. And 
 for that 1 am requefted not to utter the fecond, who 
 told it mcc in fecret, I muft alfo fparc the name of. 
 thefird t which otherwife I would not, nor the time 
 and place where hce uttered the fame. 
 
 To this (laid the Lawyer) you doe well in thats 
 . but yet I befecch you,let mee know this W atch-word 
 (if there bee any luch) for mine inftruffion and hclpe, 
 when need fhall require. For I affurc you that this 
 Gentlemans former fpeech of halters hath fo terrified 
 mee, as ifany (hould come and aske or feele my in¬ 
 clination in thefe matters, I would anfwer them fully 
 to their good contentment, it I knew the Watch¬ 
 word, whereby to know them. For of all things, 
 
 I love not to bee hanged for quarrels of King- 
 domes. 
 
 SchoiUr Watch-word is, ( faid I) ivhether joh bee fetled - 
 
 ^ yea, ^nd to wnderftand 
 
(t07) 
 
 the meaning thereof; then are you knowne tehee of 
 their fadion, and fo to bee accompted and dealt with* 
 ail for things to come. But if you ilaggarordoubtin 
 anfwefing, as if you knew not perfedly the miftcry 
 (as the Noble man my good Lord did ^ imagining 
 that it had becnc meant of his religion, which was 
 very well knowne to bee good and fetled in the 
 Gofpcll) then arc'^ you diferied thereby, cither not to 
 bee of their fide, or els to bee but a Punic not well in- A great mif 
 ftruded, and confequcntly, hee that moveth you the 
 queftion, will prefently ticake of that fpecch, and 
 turne to fome other talkc, untill afterward occahoq 
 given to perfwade you, or els inftrud you better 
 in that adFaire, 
 
 Marry the Noble man, whereof I fpakebeforc,per- 
 cciving by the demanding, that there was fome mifte- 
 ry in covert, under the queftion : tookc hold of the 
 words, and would not liifFer the propounder to flip 
 away ( as hee endevoured ) but with much intreaty, 
 brought him at length, to expound the foil meaning 
 andpurpofe of the riddle. And this wasthefirftoc- 
 cafion (as I thinke ) whereby this fecret came abroad. 
 
 Albeit afterwards at the publique communions,which 
 were made throughout lo many (hires, the matter bc° 
 came more common: efpccially, among the lirangers 
 that inhabitc ( as you know Jin great numbers with 
 us at this day. All which ( as they lay) are made molt 
 affored to this fadion, and ready to aflift the fame 
 with great forces at all occafions. 
 
 Good Lord (quoth the Lawyer) how many miftc- LavpjtK 
 rics and fecrcts bee there abroad in the World, where¬ 
 of wee (imple men know nothing and fiifped leffc. 
 
 This Waten-word Ihould I never have imagiacd: 
 and for the great and often aifemblics under pretence 
 qf^mmonions, though of thcmiclves and of there 
 ... P 3 “ owne 
 
 « 
 
(loS I 
 
 » o wne nature, they were unaccuilomecT, arid conic4 
 
 ^tiin^ers quently fubje(5l to fufpition : yet did I never conceive 
 
 wtH?n^hc ^ foorth as now I doe: as neither of the lodging 
 
 Land. and entertaining of io many ftrangers in the Realme, 
 
 whereof our Airtizans doe complaine every wherCi 
 But now I-fee the reafon thereof’ which (no doubt J 
 is founded upon great policy for- the purpofe. And 
 this alfo I fee, that the houfe of Huntington ^ prcHeth 
 farreforward for the game, and (libiildreth nearc the 
 goale to lay hands upon the fame. W hich to tell you 
 phinely, liketh mee but a little: both in refpefl of the 
 good will I bcare to the wholelinc of King Henry^ 
 which hereby is like to beedifpoflefTed : as alio for the 
 mifery, which I doe forefee,muff ncceflarily enfue up-* 
 Thepei-illof on out Couhtrey, if once the chalenge oi Huntington 
 ©ur Country place in OUT Realme. Which challenge being 
 rLf chime ^^^ived from the title of Clarence onely, in tiie Houle 
 take place. Torke , before the union of the two great Houles: 
 
 raifeth up againe the* old contention, betweene the 
 families of Torke and Lancaflery wherein fo much 
 lifi bloud wasfpiit in times paft, and much more like 
 to bee po wred out now, if the fame contention fliould 
 beefeton foot againe. Seeing that to the controvert 
 fie of titles, would bee added alfo the controverfie of 
 Religion, which of all other, differences is moli 
 GtHtleman. dangerous. 
 
 Sir (quoth the G entleman) now you touch a matter 
 of confcquence indeed, and luch as'the very naming 
 - thereof, maketh my. heart to fhake and tremble. J re¬ 
 member well, what Philtp Cominue fettah downc 
 ' in his hiflory of our Countries calamity, by that coii- 
 The red . tention of thofc two Houles, diftinguifiied by the 
 role and'tke red rofc and the white j but yet'> both in their arrncs 
 vihue. might juftly have borne the colour of red with . a 
 firic fword in a black field to fignific the aboundance 
 V .. . cf 
 
 f 
 
(icp) 
 
 of biou4 and mortality, which enllicd in our Couri** 
 trey, by that moft wofull and crucll contention.’ 
 
 I will not hand heretofct downe thcparticulars, 
 obfcrved and gathered by the fore^id author, though 
 a hranger,* which for the moft part hee'faw himfelfe,. 
 while hce lived abou: the Duke of Bmy gundy and 
 King Lewes oi France namely the pitti- 
 
 full defeription of divers right Noble men of oiir- 
 Realme, who belid is all other miferics, were driven 
 - to-begge openly in forraine Countries, and the like. 
 Mine owne obfervation in reading over our Coun¬ 
 trey affaires, is furheient, to make meeabhorrethe me¬ 
 mory of that time, and to dread all occafion, that may 
 lead us to the like in time to come; feeing that in my 
 judgement, nether the Civill warres oFLMarim and 
 SUU^ or oi Pompey and Cafar among the Romanes, 
 nor yet the Cuelphians^ and Gibllines among the Ita^ 
 liansy die ever woikefo much wo, as this did to our 
 poore Countrey, Wherein by reafon of the content 
 tion of Tor kf Lane after were foughten fixteene 
 
 or feventeene pitched fields, inleffe then an hundreth 
 ycares. That is, from the eleventh or twelfth yearc 
 of King Richard the fecond his raigne ( when this 
 controver le firft began to hud up ) unto the thirteenth 
 yeareof King Henry the: feve»ith. At what time by 
 cutting off the daiefe ritkr of Huntingtons ’’oufe , to 
 wityyoug^Fdward Plantaginet Ea> e of IVarwickj Sonne 
 and Heire to George Duke of Clarence-, the conten¬ 
 tion moft happily was quenfhed and ended, wherein 
 io many ficlds(as I have laid) vere foLigliten,betweene 
 Brethren and Inhabitants of- our owne nation. And 
 -therein, and otherwiieonely about the fame quarrell, 
 were flaine murdered- and made away,, about nine or 
 tenne kings and Kings Sonnes, befidcs above fourty 
 Earlcs,Wtamue{fes, and Dukes of name :but many more 
 
 P 3 ' Lords,. 
 
 The mifery 
 of England 
 by the con¬ 
 tention be- ' 
 tweene 
 Tori{e and 
 Lajtcafier. 
 
 Guelphians 
 and GibiUnes, 
 
 EdwardPlan^ 
 tagiYtet Earle, 
 of fP’arwie^* 
 
TTic Battcll 
 by Tadcafier 
 on Palme 
 Sunday, Urt* 
 14^0. 
 
 The Bangor 
 of Huntings 
 tons claim?, 
 to the Realm 
 and to her 
 MajiAy^ 
 
 (no) 
 
 Lords, Knights, and great Gcndcincn and Captaincst 
 and of the Coiamon-peoplc without number, and by- 
 particular confcdurevcry ncaretwo hundred thou- 
 fand. For that in one Battell fought by King 
 jyW the fourth, there are recorded to bee daine on 
 both parts,five and thirty thou^nd feven hundreth and 
 eleven perfons, bcfidcs other wounded and taken pri- 
 fbners, to bee put to death afterward, at the pleafure of 
 the Conquerour: at divers Battels after, ten thoufand 
 flaine at a Battell, As in thofe of Barmt and Tnkef* 
 fought both in oncyearc. 
 
 ThisliifFered our affli<&ed Countrey in thofe dayes, 
 this infortUnatc and deadly contention, which 
 could never bee ended, but by the happy cOn/undioa 
 of thofe two houfes together, in Henry the feventk: 
 neither yet fb (as appearcth by Chronicle ) untill (as 1 
 have faid) the ftatc had cut of, the iifue male of the 
 I>vkcQiClttrence, who was caufe of divers perils to 
 King Henry the feventh, though hec were in priion^ 
 By whofe fiftcr the fadion of Huntm^ten at this 
 day, doth ieeke to raife up the fame contention 
 gaine with farre greater danger both to the Realmc 
 andtohcrMajcfty that now raigneth, then ever be- 
 Ibre, 
 
 And for the Rcalmc it is evident, by thatitgiveth 
 roomc to ftrangers, Competitours of the Houfe of 
 Lancafier: better able to maintaine their owne title 
 by fword, then ever was any of that linage before 
 tnem. And for her Ma/efiies perill prelent, it is na- 
 rfiing hard^to conjetoe : feeing tl« fame title in the 
 £)refaid Earle of Warwick^ was fj dangerous and 
 troublcfomc to her Grandfather ( by whom ihee hol- 
 deth ) as bee was feine twice to take armes in de¬ 
 fence of his right, againft the faid dtlc, which was 
 dayes {axfcrr^and ^ythc/fdcntfs 
 
 of 
 
 

 ('ll!) 
 
 of CtinriiKi^ before that of Henty: as alfo this of Him* 
 tinyton is at this day, by his fedion, before that of her 
 Ma/efty though never fo unjuftly. 
 
 Touching Hmnngtons title, before her Majefty 
 (quoth the Lawyer ) Iwill fay nothing: becaufein 
 reafoD, I fee not by what pretence in the World, hec 
 may ihi uft himfelfe fo farre foorth; feeing her Ma jefty 
 is defeended, not onely of the Houfe of lancafier: 
 but alfo before him moft apparently, from the Houfe 
 oiTorkeitizXfcy as from the cldeft daughter of King 
 £dward the fourth, being the eld eft brother of that before'hej ^ 
 
 Houfe, Whereas Huntington claimeth onely, by the Majcfty. ' 
 daughter of Duke of CUnneo the yonger bro- 
 ther. Marry yet I muft confeffe that if the Earle of 
 Warrvieks tit^, were better then that of King 
 
 the fcventh(^which is moft falfe, though many attemp- ^ . 
 
 ted to defend the fame by fword :) then hath Bun^ oimnHn 
 tington fome wrong at this day, byhcrMa;efty. Al- tom . 
 
 belt in very truth, the f attaints of fo many of his An- fiouri by 
 certours by whom hee claimeth; would anfwerchim '^hom 
 alfofulhciently in thatbehalfe,ifhis title were other- title 
 
 wife allowable, treafon.^ au> 
 
 But I know belidesthis, they have an other fetch The 
 of King Richard the third, whereby hec would needs ni 0 us device C'Z-<9-z*>':^^ 
 prove, his elder brother King Edward to bee a Baftard : of K Richard 
 and confequently his whole line as well male as female 
 to bee void. Which devife though it bee ridiculous, uumivitln 
 and was at the time when it was firft invented ; yet, 
 as Richard found at that time a Doftor Shaw, that ftia- 
 med not to publiili and defend the fame,,at Eaides Annoi,Ma->^ 
 
 Croffe in a Sermon: andof Northumberland my • 
 
 Lord of Leyceflers Father, found out divers Preachers 
 in his tifne, to fet up the title of Sujfolke^ and to debafc 
 the right of King Henries daughter both in London, 
 
 Cf^bridge^ OA^Wand other pbc«> moft apparently 
 
 againfe 
 
 1 
 
 j 
 
Apointtobe 
 noted by her 
 Majefty. 
 
 The ioyning 
 of both 
 houfes. 
 
 The Line of 
 Tortu^alU 
 
 (iij) 
 
 againft ail law and reafon; fol doubt nbt, but 'rfiefe 
 men would find out alfo, both.*S’^^^^'^’x, Sands , and 
 others,to fet out the title ol Clarence^ before the whole 
 intcreft of King Hinrj the feventh and his pofteri- 
 ty, if occafion fcrved. Which is a point of impor¬ 
 tance to bee conlidered by her Majefiy albeit for my 
 part, T meanc not now to hand thereupon, but onely 
 upon that other of the Houfe of Lancafter, as I have 
 faid. 
 
 For as that moft honourable, lawfull, and happy 
 con/unflion of the two adverfary Houles, in King 
 the feventh and his wife, made an end,of the 
 fhedding of Enghjb bloud within it fclfcjand brought 
 us that moft defired peace, which ever fince wee 
 have enjoyed, by the raigne of their two moft noble 
 iftue: fo the plot that now is in hand,for the cutting of, 
 therefidueofthatUfTue, and for recalling back of the 
 whole title to the onely houfe of Torke againe : is 
 like to plung"us deeper, then ever in civile difebrd, 
 and to make us the bait of all forraine Princes; feeing 
 there bee among them at this day,fome, ofnofmall 
 power ('as 1 havefaid) v/ho pretend to bee the next 
 heires by the houfe of Lancafter : and coniequcntly, 
 arc not like to give over or abandon their owne right, 
 if once the doofe bee opened to contention for the 
 fame, by difannulling the Line of Kingthe fe¬ 
 venth; wherein onely the keyes of ail concord remains 
 knit together. 
 
 And albeit I know well that fuch as bee of my Lord 
 of Hmtm^tons party , will make f hi all accompt of 
 the title of Lancafter ^ as lefte rightfull a great deale 
 then that oiTorke (and I for my part meane not great¬ 
 ly to avow the lame, as now it is placed, being my 
 felfe no favourer of forraine titles :) yet indifferent 
 
 it was taken in times paft, 
 
 and 
 
 r' 
 
 f 
 
 1 
 
^ (3:13) 
 
 and how it may againe, in time to come, if conten¬ 
 tion fliould arife : how many Noble per fonages of our The oldcfti- 
 Realmedid offer ihcmfclvcs to die in defence there- n^ation of 
 of: howmany oaths and lawes were given andre* t^^eHoufeof 
 ceived throughout the Realme for maintenance of 
 
 the fame, againft the other Houle of Torke for ever: 
 how many worthy Kings were crowned, and raigned 
 "of that houfe and race, to wit, the foure raoft Noble 
 Henries^ one after an other,the fourth, the hft, the fixt, 
 and the feventh ; who both in number, governement;, ^ 
 fandlity, courage, and featesof armes, were nothing 
 inferiour fif not fuperiour^ to thofeof the other houfe 
 and line of after the divilion betweene the fa¬ 
 milies. 
 
 It is to bee conlidered alfo, as a fpeciali figne of the 
 favour and affection, of our whole nation unto that 
 family: that Earle of though difeen- Ferny E^dc 
 
 ding but of the lait Sonne , and third wife of John oi of iiichmo7rd, ' 
 Gnunt Duke oi Lancafier, was forefpeded, for that 
 onely by the univerfall Regime: as they inclined whol¬ 
 ly ,to call him from bariillnnent,and to make him King, 
 with the depdlitionof Kich-^rd^ which then ruled of 
 the Houfe of Xorke^ upon condition onely, that the 
 faid Henry fhould take to wife, a daughter of the con¬ 
 trary family : fo great was inthofedayes, the affedion 
 of EngU(h hearts, towards the line of Lanc^^fier, for 
 the great worthinefTc of fuch Kings as had raigned 
 of that race, how good or bad fo ever their title were: 
 which I (land not heare at this time to dilculTc, but 
 onely to infinuate, what party the fame found incur 
 Realms in times pall, and conicqiientlyJnow extreame . 
 dangerous the contention for the fame may bee here- 
 after: efpecially, feeing that at this day, the remainder 
 of that title, is pretended to reft wholly in a ftranger, 
 whofc power is very great. Which weeLavvyers 
 
 Q .. are- 
 
I 
 
 Schollar, 
 
 The fword 
 ofgreit force 
 to juftifie the 
 title of a 
 K.ingdonie. 
 
 Great dans 
 
 
 Cl 14) 
 
 are wont to efleenfe as a point of no fmallimp6& 
 tance, for juftifying of any mans title to a King-? 
 dome. 
 
 You Lawyers want not reafon in that Sir fquotH 
 I) howfoevcr you want right; for if you will examine 
 thefucceflion of governemcnts, from the beginning 
 of the y/orld unto this day, either among Gentile, 
 Jewe, or Chriftian people, yon (hall find that the 
 fword hath bcene alwayes better then halfe the title, . 
 to get, eftabliQi, or maintaine a Kingdome: which 
 makethmee the more apalledto hea^e you dilcourie^ 
 in fuch fort of new contentions, and forraine titles, 
 accompanied with fuch power and ftrength of the 
 titlers* Which cannot bee but infinitely dangerous, 
 and fatall to our Realmc, if once it come toadion, 
 both for the divifion that is like to bee at home, and 
 the variety of parties from abroad. For as the Prince 
 whom you fignific, will not faile (by all likelihood ) 
 topurfue his title with all forces that hee can make, 
 if occafion were offered ; fo reafon of ftate and pollicy 
 will enforce other Princes adjoyning, to let and hin¬ 
 der hina therein what they can ; and fo by this meancs 
 fhall wee becomeand IJrael 2 Lmon^ our fclvcs,’ 
 one killing and vexing the other with the fword ; and 
 to forraine Princes wee (hall bee, as the Hand oiSa^ 
 i<!tmina was in old time to the Athenians and Mega-- ■ 
 tians : and as the Hand of Cicilia was afterward to 
 Grecians ^ Carthaginians, and Ko^^nansi and as in 
 our dayes, the Kingdome of Naples hath beene to the 
 Spaniards , French men , Germans , and Venetians^ , 
 That is, a,bait to feed upon, and a game to fight 
 For. 
 
 Wherefore, I befeech the Lord, to avert fi-omus 
 all occafions of fuch miferies. And I pray you Sir, 
 For .that wee are fallen into the mention of thefe mat- 
 
 , terS;,:., 
 
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r 
 
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 tctsi eo take fo 'much paines as to open Unto mec tlte' 
 ground of thefe controverfies, fo long now quiet, 
 betweene Torke and Latjcajler: feeing they are now 
 like to bee raifed againe. For albeit in gencrall I have 
 heard much thereof, yet in particular, I either con¬ 
 ceive not, or remember not, the foundation of the 
 fame: and much leffc theftateof their feverall titles 
 at this day,for that it is a ftudy not properly pertaining 
 ‘Unto my profellion. 
 
 T he controverfie betweene the Houfes of Yorke 
 and Lancafier (quoth the La wycr) tooke his aduall 
 beginning in the iffue of King Edward the third, xhe begin: 
 whq>dicd fomewhat more then two hundred yeares nmg of the ^ ^ 
 
 agdne; but the occalion, pretence or caufe of that quar- controverfie . ^ 
 
 rcll, began, in the children of King Henry the third, betwixt ror% 
 who died an hundred yeares before that, and left two 
 Sonnes, Edward who was King after hiiri,by the name 
 of EdwardxS:^ firft, and was Grandfather to Edward ^ 
 
 the third: and Edmond, (for his deformity called . 
 
 Crookeback ) Lancafier and beginner of 
 
 that houfe, whofe inheritance afterward in the fourth 
 difeent, fell upon a Daughter named Blanch^ 
 was married to the fourth Sonne of King Edward thz 
 third, named JohnoiGamt^ for that hee was borne 
 in the City of Gaunt in Elan^rs^^vidi. fo by this his firft - 
 wife, hce became Duke of and heire of that Edmond ^ 
 
 houfe. And for that his Sovmz Henry cd Bolingbrooke Creoliebac^ 
 
 ('afterward called King H^;7^vthe fourthJ pretended beginner of- 
 among other things, that Edmond Crookeback^^ great of 
 
 Grandfather to Blanch his mother, w^as the eider ^ 
 
 Sonne of King Henry the third, and unjiiftly put by the ' 
 inheritance of the Crownc, for that hee was Crookc- uin ©f ^ 
 backed’and deformed; hee tooke by force, the King- ^ 
 
 dome from Richard the fccond, Nephew to King Ed-- ^ , 
 
 the third by his ftrft Sonne, and placed the fame ^ '• 
 
 Q 2 ” in 
 
 - - - •' > . 
 
 I 
 
 i . ■ 
 
Kow tlie 
 Kingdorae 
 was fii'll: 
 brought to 
 the Houfe 
 Liincdjicr. 
 
 (iis) . 
 
 }nthshonreof X^*?r 4 /?cr, where it remained fortbirec 
 whole difcents ^ untill afterward , Edward Duke o£' 
 Edrk^ defcendcd of John of Gmnts yonger brother, 
 making claime to the Crowne by title of bis Grand¬ 
 mother, that was heire to Lionel Duke of Clarence^ 
 John of Gamts elder Brother; tooke the fame by force 
 from Henry the fixt, of the Houfe o{ Lane after ^ and' 
 brought it. back againc to thcHouf^f where- 
 it continued with much trouble in two Kings one- 
 y atf ly,untiU both Houfes were joyned together in King 
 
 ^ 2- Htf^rjthefeventhand his noble iffue., 
 
 g)5t^Jsrt^ -isp^ Hereby wee fee how the iff tie of John of Gaunt- 
 
 Duke of , fourth Sonne to EdUwardxhc 
 
 thirdj pretended right to the Crowne Uy Edmond' 
 Crookebacke , before the iffue of all the other three 
 ci Edward the third, albeit they were the cl- 
 ^ der Brothers , whereof wee will ipcake more hcre- 
 The ifiue of after. Now John, of Gaunt though hee had many 
 ■ ^."^ohn of cliildren, yet had hee foiire onely, of whom ifllierc- 
 
 niaine, two Sonnes and two Daughters. The firft' ’ 
 Sonne was Henry oi Bolingbrook^ Duke oi Lane after 
 who tooke the Crowne from King Riehard the fe- 
 cond, his Vnkles Sonne, as hath beene laid, and* firft 
 of all planted the fame in the Houfe o\ Lane after 
 it remained in two difcents after him, that is, in his 
 Sonne the fift, and in his Nephew Henry the 
 
 (ixt, who was afterward deftroyed together with 
 Henry Prince of Wales , his oncly Sonne and heirc^ 
 and confequently all that Line of Henrj Bolmgbrooke 
 extinguifhed, by Edward the fourth of the Houfe of 
 Xorke, 
 
 The other Sonne of was /^^;^Duke. 
 The tveae- oi Somerfet by Katherm Sfinsford ^\s third wife: 
 gvee of King which John, had iffue an other John, and \\QQ,JlLargaret ' 
 H&nry the 7. hls. Daughter, and. Hcirc, who being married to Ed^ 
 
 , tnond. 
 
 •ia7z^> z.<7 eQ'- 
 
(” 7 ) 
 
 'Earle of Rlehmmd^ had iiTuc Henry'EzA'z 
 oi'Richmond, who after was named King Henry the, 
 feventhjwhofe Line yet endureth. 
 
 The two Daughters o{ lohnoi' Gannty were mar- -phe tw© 
 ried to PortugAll Caftile: that is, Philip borne of Daughters 
 Blanch, Heireto Pdmond Craokebtache^ as hath beene marrieti to 
 laid, was married to ichn King kjIP ortugall^ of whom Ponugall and 
 is defeended the King tliat now pofl'cileth Tmugallt 
 and the other Princes which ha.ve or may make title 
 to the fame : and Katherm borne of Confiance Heire 
 of Caftile , was married back againe to, Henry King 
 ot Caftile in Spaine ^ of whom King Phdtp xs dMo 
 defeended. So that by this, weeLe, where the re¬ 
 mainder of the Houfe Lane after refteth, if the Line, 
 
 of King Hifwj. theieventh were extinguilhcd ; and Forrainc ti- 
 what pretext forraine Princes may have to lubduc dcs,, 
 us, if my Lord of either now or after her 
 
 Majehies dayes, will open to them the doore, by 
 fliuttingout the red of King Henries Line,, and by. 
 drawing back the title to the oncly Hou'e o^Torkc 
 againe : which hee pretendeth to doe,upon this, that I 
 will now declare. 
 
 King Edward-xh^ihicd , albeit hce had many chil- The ilTuc ’ 
 dren, yet rive onely will wee Ipeake of, at this time, of King 
 Whereof three were elder then John oiGaunt, a id 
 oneyonger. The firii: of the elder, was named £d- 
 wardihc black Prince, who died before his Father, 
 leaving one onely Sonne named Richard who after- 
 ward being. King and named Richard, the fecond, 
 was depoled without iffue, and pur to death by his 
 Cofin germain, named Henry BoUnybroake Duke of 
 LancafttTy Sonne Xo'johno^ Gannidc^ hath Decne laid, 
 and fo there ended the L ine ofKing Ed^arh Sr(f Son. ' ;* 
 
 King Edwards {<:coT\d Sonne, was William ‘ 
 
 that died without iiTue. 
 
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 Two ’E«^- 
 mon^s the 
 two begin' 
 nets of the 
 
 (n9) 
 
 His third Sonne, was Leomll Duke of Clarenee\ 
 whofe onely Daughter and Heirc called Philip, was 
 married to Edmond Mortimer Earle of March: and 
 after that, Anne the Daughter and Hcire Mortimer, 
 was married to Richard Plantapinet Duke of Torke, 
 Sonne and Heire to Edmond of Langley the firfi: Duke 
 oilCorke: which Edmond was the nft Sonne of King 
 Edward the third, and yonger Brother to John of 
 Gamt, And this Edmond oi Langley may bee cal- 
 firft beginnnerofthe Houle of 7(?r% .* even as 
 two Houfes Edmond CroockhackjhQ beginner of the Houfe Lan^ 
 of Larcajier cajler, 
 
 and Torie, Edmond Langley then, having a Sonne named 
 
 Richard, that married Anne Mortimer foie Heire to 
 ;;j LeonellTiiikQoiClarence, joyned two Lines and two 
 
 Titles in one •. I meane the Line of Leoneli and o^Ed^ 
 mondLangley, who werefas hath beenelaid) the third 
 and the lift Sonnes to King Edward the third. And 
 for this caufe, the child that was borne of this mar¬ 
 riage, named after his Father Richard Plantaginet 
 Duke of Torke, feeing himlelfe ftrong, and the frft 
 fine of King Edward the thirds eldeft Sonne, to bee 
 - / ■ eifraguidied in the death of King Richard the fecond; 
 
 ' ' . and {tzmgJVilliam Hatfield the fecond Sonne dead 
 .^J^^™^ Ukewife without iffue : made demand ofthe Crowne 
 Terser ° Houfeof Torke, by the title of Leoneli the third 
 
 Sonne o{'Edward, And albeit hec could not 
 obtainethe fame in hisdayes, for that hee wasBaine 
 in a Battell againft King Henry the lixt at tVakyfield: 
 
 \ yet his Sonne Edward got the fame, and was called 
 
 by the name of King the fourth. 
 
 7 -^^ This King at his death leffdivers children,as hamc- 
 
 the fourth^^^ ly iwo Sonnes, Edward the lift and his brother, whei 
 — ' after were both murdered in the Tower, asfhallbce 
 
 Daughters; to wit Elizabeth, 
 
 * Ckily, 
 
( 115 .) 
 
 0€ltyyAnneyKathertne^^^ndi Briket, W hereof^ the firf^ 
 was married to the leventh. The laft became a 
 Nunne, and the other three, were beftowed upon di* 
 vers other husbands, 
 
 Heehad aUo two Brothers: the firfl: was called TheDukcaf 
 George Duke of Clarence , who afterward upon his at- 
 
 deferts ('as is tobeefuppofed,j was put to death in 
 Callldy by commandement of the King, and his attain- 
 der allowed by Parliament. And this man left be¬ 
 hind him a Sonne named Edward Earle of iVarwkk^^ 
 put to death afterward withoutifluc, by Henry 
 the feventh, and a Daughter named Margarety Coun- 
 tejfe of SaMurj, who was married to a meane Gen¬ 
 tleman named by whom fheehadiflue 
 
 Cardinall Poole that died without marriage, and 
 Henry Poole that was attainted and executed in King 
 Henry the eight his time (as alfo herielfc was} and 
 this Henry Poole left a Daughter married afterward to Dakc of 
 the Earle of Hmtington,by whom this Earle that now Clarem* 
 is maketh title to the Crowne. And this is theef- 
 fe<fl of my Lord of Huntingtons title. 
 
 The fecond Brother of King Edward the fourth,’. • 
 was Richard 'D\^kc of Clocejlery who after the Kings , , 
 
 death, caufed his two Sonnes to bee murdered in the xht\hixL^^^ 
 Tower, and tooke the Kingdome tohimfelfe. And ' 
 
 afterward hee being flaine by King Henry the feventh 
 2 it Bofw9rth-fieldy\Atno\^\XQb^\{\nA him. Wherefore 
 King Henry the feventh defeending as hath beene _ 
 fhewed of the Houfe of Lancafler, by lohn of G aunts ^ 
 
 laft Sonne and third W ife, and taking to wife Lady of the” two 
 Eld eft Daughter of King the fourth Houfes# 
 
 of the Houle ofT<?r;(f.’ joyned moft hapyily the two 
 Pamilies together, and made an cndofallcontrovcr- 
 ftes about the title. 
 
 Now King Henry the feventh had iffuc three Chil¬ 
 drens 
 
 I 
 
i 
 
 
 X, (no; 
 
 ^he'ifliie of dfcn : 6f whom rcmaiaeth poftcrity. Firft, Henry the 
 Henry eight, of whom i^dcfccnd^icl O'Jt foveraigne, her Ma- 
 t cfevcnti. jefty that now happily raigneth, and is the laft that 
 
 ,Thc Line rcmaineth alive of that firft Line. Secondly, hce 
 and Title of had two Daughters : whereof the hrft named Mar-- 
 Scotland by garet y was married twice, firft to lames King of 
 Scotland (vom whom arc diredly difcended the 
 te^r to K^ng' Q*>'^cne of Scotland that now liveth and her Sonne: 
 Henr^the 7, ^I'ld King lames being dead, Margaret was married 
 again to Archibald Douglas Earle by whom 
 
 fhee had a Daughter named Margaret , which was 
 married afterward , to Mathew Steward Earle ofZ^- 
 
 2. 
 
 noXy whole Sonxx^^harles Steward ^ w^as married to 
 
 
 The Line 
 
 iElt^-aheth Candijh Daughter to the prefent Countcfic 
 2 cr-^ iW^^of Shrewsburyy and by her hath left his onely Heire, 
 ^ ^ a little Daughter named Arbella^ of whom you have 
 
 heard fome fpeech before. And this is touching the 
 \Av\zo{Scotlandy defending from the firft andeldeft 
 Daughter of King Henry the feventh. 
 
 The fecond Daughter of King Henry the feventh 
 aVd Titrc of called Mary^ was twice married alfo; firft to the King 
 Su^'olJie by France by whom fhee had no iflhe : and after his 
 'Maiyy fecond death to (^harles Brandon Duke of Suffolkr^ by whom 
 Daughter to Daughters, that is, Franclsy of which 
 
 ■ thc^f^endi. the Children ofmy Lord Hartford 
 
 claime : and Elenore by whom the iftlie of the Earle 
 qSD arby precendeth right, as (hall bee declared. For 
 that Francis the firft Daughter of Charles Brandon 
 by the Quecne oi Francey w^as married to theMar-* 
 quelle of Dor/et, who after Charles Brandons death 
 was made Duke of Suffolk^ in right of bis Wife, and 
 The iiTue of was beheaded in Queenc Maries timCy for his confpi- 
 Francistldtii racy with my Lord of Lejeefters Father. And fhee 
 had by this man three Daughters: that is,to?,that was 
 ilon^Di\k[^o} married to my Lord of Leyc^fters Brother, andpro- 
 sufcHic, ' ^ " claimed 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
 . ^ 
 
(i2X5 
 
 daimed QuecneSafterKing death, for which T'He ifiuebf 
 
 both fhceand her husband were executed : Katherm ^ eldeii 
 the fecond Daughter,who had two Sonnes,yet living, ch^i^snrm^ 
 by the^Earleof Hartford: and A'fary the third Daugh- don 
 ter,which left no Children. Sufolfi:^ 
 
 The other Daughter of Charles Brandon by the 
 Qusene ofcalled was married to Crf<7rj^f Theiffneof 
 
 Clifford of Cumberland who left a Daughter iecon^ 
 
 by her nauaed Margaret , married to the Earle of, ■ 
 
 Darby, which yet liveth and hathiiTue. And this is 
 the tuie of all the Houfeof Suffolk,^, defeended from 
 the fecond Daughter of King Henry the feventh, mar¬ 
 ried (as hath beene (hewed ) to Charles Brandon Duke 
 of Suffolk^. And by this , you fee alfo how many 
 there bee, who doe thinke their titles to bee fat before 
 that of my Lord tAHuntingtomjik either right,law, rca- 
 (bn,or confideration ofhome affaires may take place in 
 our Realme;or ifnot,yctyou cannot but imagine how* 
 many-great Princes and Potentates abroad, are like 
 to joyne and buckle with Huntingtons Line for the 
 pi eecninence : if once the matter fall againe to conten¬ 
 tion by excluding the Line ofKing i/e;?^^ the feventh 
 v/bieh God forbid. 
 
 Truly Sir (quoth IJ I well perceive that my Lords SchoUm ^. 
 turne is not fb nigh as I had thought, whether hee ex- HumvgtQn 
 elude the Line oLKing Henry ^ or no. For if hee ex- hehmd many 
 - elude that, then muft hee enter the Cumbat with for- 
 raine tiders of the Houfc of Lancafter: and if hee ex¬ 
 clude it not, thenin all apparance of reafon and in 
 Law to (as you have faid} the fuccelfion of the two 
 Daughters of King Henry the feventh (which yon 
 diftinguiiE by the two names of Scotland and Sufy 
 folki) muft needs bee as dcarcly before him and his 
 Line, that defeendeth onelyfrom the fourth 
 
 l^is Brother s as the Queenes title that nowraignetk 
 ‘ ^ -^-“ • R . .. 
 
(l«) 
 
 is before him. Fof that both Scmlamt^ Suffolk*, and* 
 hcrMa/cfty doc hold all by one foundation, which 
 is , the union of both Houfcs and Titles togctherj , 
 in King Hi?«r^. the fcvcnth her Majefties Grandfa-^ 
 ther. 
 
 That is true (quoth the Gentleman^ and evident' 
 
 ■ * enough in every mans eye: and therefore no doubt, 
 but that as much is meant againft her Majefty if oc- 
 cafionferve, as againft the reft that hold by tne fame 
 title. Albeit her Majefties ftate(the Lord beepraifed )- 
 bee fuch at this time, as it is not fafety to pretend fo 
 much againft her, as againft the reft, whatfoever bee 
 meant. And that in truth, more (hould bee meant a-- 
 gainftherhighnefte, then againft all the reft, there is 
 this reafon : for that her Majefty by her prefent pof- 
 feftion letteth more their deftres , then all the reft; 
 The. policy together with there future pretences. But as I have 
 of the Con- ^ is not fafety for them, nor yet good policy to 
 
 i^e^weiring declare Openly, what they mcane againft her Majefty: 
 of her Maje- It is the bcft way for the prefent, to hew downc the 
 ' reft, and to leave her Majefty, for the laft blow and' 
 upfbote to their game. Tor which caufc, they will 
 feeme to make great difference at this day, bctwccnc 
 her Majefties title, and the reft, thatdefeend in like- 
 wife from King the levtnth: avowing the one, 
 
 and difrllowing the other. Albeit, my Lord o£Ley~ 
 tefiers Father, preferred that of when time 
 
 was, before this of her Majefty, and compelled the 
 whole Rcalme to fwcare thereunto. Such is-the 
 variable policy of men, that ferve the time, or rather^ 
 that ferve themlclvcs, of all times, for their pur-~ 
 pofes. 
 
 I remember (quoth I) that time of the Duke, and 
 was prefent my fclfe, at fomc of his Proclamations 
 purpqfe* Wtocin my ^rd Ms Sonne that 
 
jadw liv'cth: being then a doer, {'as I can tcllhec 
 I marvaiie how hee can deale fo contrary now: pre« 
 ferring not oncly her Ma/cftics title before that of UyteSm^iC 
 Suffoi^ (whereof I wonder IcfTe becaufc it is more riabiUcie* 
 -gaincfull to him,) but alfo another much further of. 
 
 But you have hgnified the caufc, in that the times 
 are changed , and other bargaines arc in hand of more 
 importance fjr him. Wherefore leaving this to bee 
 confidered by others, whom it concerneth, I bcfeech 
 you. Sir, (for that I know, your worfhip hath beenc 
 , mu^converfant among their friends and favourers J 
 to tellmee what are the barres and lettes which they 
 doe alleadgc, why the Houfe of Scotland and Snf- 
 folke defeending ofKing Henry the feventh his Daugh¬ 
 ters, fhould not fuccecd in the Crowne of England 
 after her Majefty, who endeth the Line of the fame 
 King by his Sonne ; for in my fight the matter appea- > 
 
 reth veryplaine. 
 
 They want not pretences of barres and lets againft Gcntlenum) 
 them all (quoth the Gentleman ) which I will lay 
 downe in order, as Iihavc heard them ailedged, Firft Barres pre- 
 in the Line of Scotland there are three perfons as you tendedagamft 
 know that may pretend right: that is, the Queene the claime of 
 and her fonne by the fir ft mariage of Margaret y and ani 
 
 jirbellahy the fccond. And againft the firft marriage 
 I heare nothing affirmed ; but againft the two perfons 
 proceeding thereof, I heare them alledgc three ftops: 
 one, for that they are ftrangers borncout of the land, Againft the 
 and confequently incapable of inheritance within the Queene of 
 fame: another, tor that by a fpeciall tcltament of King 
 Henry 8 . authorized bya.fevera.l Parliaments they arc 
 excluded;the third for that they arc enemies to the rcli- 
 gionnow receivcdamongus,& therf re to bedebarredf, 
 
 Againft the fecond marriage of Margaret with Againft jIU- 
 shikald Douglas, whereof Arbdh is dekended , they 
 
 R a ^ aliedge 
 
Agaiftft 
 
 Againft the 
 children of 
 Hartford. 
 
 %Mler, 
 
 ( 124 ) . 
 
 all^ge/that the faid Archibald had a former w ife at the 
 time of that marriage,which lived long after:& fo nei¬ 
 ther that mariage lawful,nor the iffue theroflegitimate; 
 
 The fame barre they have againft all the houfe and" 
 Line of Suffolk, fofc’ firft they lay, that Charles Bran^ 
 dcH Duke of Sujfolk£i had a knowen wife alive when 
 he married ^4^7 Qj^eneof and confequent-' 
 ly, that neither the Lady Trances nor Elenor^ borne of' 
 that marriagC:Canbc lawfully borne. And this is all, 
 
 I can hearc them fay againft the fuccelHon of the Coun-^ 
 te0e'Of defeendedof Bltnor, But againft my 
 
 Lord of Hartfords children, that come from Trances 
 the cldeft daughter, I hearc them allcdge two or three 
 baftardies morebelidcs this of the firft . marriage. For - 
 ftrft, they affirmc that/:r(p»;7 lvlaFquC'flreF)^r,when • 
 he married the Lady Troftces^hdui to wife the old Earle 
 of Armdels After, who lived bothiihen and many- 
 yeares after, and had a provifion out of his living tor 
 her dying day: whereby that marriage could noway 
 be good.Secondly,tbat the Lady daughter to 
 
 the faid Lady Trances^ by the Marques ( by whom the 
 o^Hariford had his children) was lawfully mar« . 
 ried to the Earle of Pembroke that now Iivetb,&confe- 
 quently,could have no lawfuU iftueby any other during 
 his life. 3 ly* that the laid Katherine was never lawfully 
 maried to the faid Earle offf^r^or^i^biit bare him thole 
 children as hisConcubinc, which (as they fay )is defined 
 and regiftred in the Archbifhopof^4»r^’r^»r/ViLcourt, 
 upon due examination taken by order ofherMajefty 
 that now rcigneth, and this is in efifedf fo much as I 
 have heard them allcdge, about thele affaires. 
 
 It is much f quoth I ) that you have faid, if it- may 
 be all proved,Marry yet by the way, I cannot but fmilc 
 to heare my Lord of Leicefier allow offo many baftar- 
 dies^qwupon the iffa? of iadic Tra^^ces, whom in 
 
 $ 
 
Cl2J) 
 
 time paft, when Infie her eld eft daughter vvas married 
 to his brother,he advanced in legitimation before both 
 the daughters of K,Henry theeight.But to the purpofe: 
 I would gladly know what grounds ofveritie thefe 
 allegations have, and how far in truth they may ftoppe 
 from inheritancefar indeed 1 never heard;them £o 
 diftin^ly alledged before. 
 
 Whereto anfwcred the Gentleman, that our friend 
 the lawyer could beft rcfolve that, if it pleafed him to 
 Ipeakc without his fec.-ihough in loraepointsalledged 
 every other man ( quoth he) that knoweih the ftate 
 and common governement way c^Cily 
 
 give his judgement alfo.- As in the cafe of baftardie,if 
 the matter may be proved, there is no difficulty , but 
 that no right to inheritance can jultly be pretended .* 
 as alfo ( perhaps )in the cafe of forraine birth, though 
 in this I am not lo cunning .* but yet I fee by experi¬ 
 ence, that forreiners borne in other lands, can hardly 
 come and claims inheritance in Eng/arui^aheit^to the 
 contrary,! have heard great and long difputes,buti«ch 
 as indeed pafled my capacity. And if it might plcafc our 
 friend here prefent to expound the thing unto us more 
 clearcly^J for my part would gladly beftow thehea^ 
 ring, and that with attention. 
 
 To this anfwcred the Lawyer. I will gIadly,Sir,tei 
 you my mind in any that it (liall pkaic you demand : 
 and much more io this matter wherein by occafion of 
 often conference, I amfomewhat perfodV, 
 
 The impediments which thefe men allcdge againft 
 the iucceftion of K. Henry the 8 . his fikers, are of two 
 kindes,as 3 ou fee s The one know^cn and allowed in 
 our law, as you have well faid, if it may bee proved : 
 and that is baftardie ; whereby they fecke to difablcall 
 the whole Line and race oiStifolkg : as alfo ArbelUyoi 
 the fecond and later hpnicoiScotland, Whereof it is 
 
 R 3 
 
 f 
 
 teUeJlcr tiki's^ 
 ling with the 
 hoijfc 
 folks. 
 
 CentUmmi 
 
 B aif or dy." 
 
 Forrainbirth.' 
 
 Lawjcrf 
 
 Baftardics 
 
 lawfullllopjr;’ 
 
The impedi* 
 ments a* 
 
 (126) 
 
 to fmall purpofetofpeakc anything here ^feeing the 
 whole controverfie Itandeth upon a matter of fad onc- 
 ly, to be proved or improved by records and wit- 
 neffes- Onely this! will fay,that feme of tbefebaftar- 
 dics, before named, are rife in many mens mouths,and 
 avowed by divers that yet live ; but let other men 
 looke to this, who have moft intcreft therein, and 
 may bee moft damnified by them , if they fall out 
 true. 
 
 The other impediments, which are alleadgcd one¬ 
 ly againft the Queenc of Scots and her Sonne, arc in 
 gainft Scot^ number three,as you recite thcm:that is,forraine birth, 
 
 Tcftament and Religion ; whereof I 
 content to fay fome what, feeing you defire it: al¬ 
 beit there bee lb much publifhed already in bookes 
 of divers languages beyond the fea, as I am informed, 
 concerning this matter, as more cannot bee laid. 
 But yet fo much as I have heard paffe among Law¬ 
 yers my betters, in conference of thefc affaires 21 will 
 not let to recite unto you, with this Provifb and 
 Proteftation alwayes, that what I fpcake, I fpeake 
 by wayofrccitallof other mens opinions ; not mea¬ 
 ning my felfc to incurre the ftatute of affirming or 
 avowing any perlons title to the Crowne, what- 
 loever. 
 
 Firft then touching forraine birth, there bee fome 
 the firft 1m. men in the World that will fay, that it is a common 
 pediment of and gcncrall rule of our law, that no ftranger at alf 
 ma/ inhcTit any thing, by any meanes, within tha 
 Land: which in truth I take to bee fpoken without 
 ground, in that generall lenfe. For I could never yet 
 come to the light of any fuch common or uni vcrfall 
 rule: and I know, that divers examples may bee al- 
 . leadged in liindry cafes to the contrary 2 and by that, 
 which is exprefly let downc in iIk feventh and ninth 
 
 ycarcs 
 
 A pcotella- 
 eion. 
 
 Touching 
 
 forraine 
 birch. 
 
ycarcs ofKing the fourth, and in the eleventh 
 
 and fourctcenth of Henry the fourth, it appeareth 
 plaincly that a ftrangcr may purchafe lands in An Alien 
 as alfo inheritc by his Wife, if hcc marry an in- 
 heritrix. Wherefore this common rule is to bee re- 
 drained from that generality, unto proper inheritance 
 onely ; in which fenfe I doe cafily grant^that our Com- The trHe 
 mon law hath bccne of ancient, and is at this day,that Maxima a- 
 no perfon borne out of the allegiance ofthe King of gaindAlicns. ' 
 England whofe Father and Mother were not ofthe 
 fame allegiance at the time of his birth, fhall bee able 
 to have or demand any heritage within the fame al¬ 
 legiance, as heire to any perfon. And this rule of The ftatute 
 our Common law is gathered in thefe felfe fame of King eA- 
 words of a ftatute made in the five and twentieth whence 
 ycare of King Edward the third , which indeed is 
 the onely place of effedf, that canbccallcadged out * 
 
 of our lav/ againft the inheritance of ftrangers in fuch 
 fenfe and cafes,as wee now treat of. 
 
 And albeit now the Common law of our Coun- Rearons,why 
 trey, doe runne thus in generall, yet will the friends Scotnlh 
 
 of the Semijh claime atfirme, that hereby that title jettta'bTthc 
 is nothing let or hindred at all towards the Crowncs Maxima’ 3- 
 and that for divers manifeft and weighty reafons; gamftAliefi3;5 
 whereof the principall are thefe which enfue, 
 
 Firft itiscommo;?, and a generall rule ofourJgj?^- The 
 I$Jh hwesy that no Kulc, Axiome,or Maxima 6flaw 
 (bee it never fo generall ) can touch or bind the 
 Crownc, except expreffe mention bee made thereof, 
 in the fame ; for that the King and Crownc have great 
 priviledge and prerogative, above the ftate and af¬ 
 faires of fubjeds, and great differences allowed in 
 points of law. 
 
 As for example, it is a generall and conynon rule of The rule o/. 
 kw, that tlw wife after the deccafe of her husband, thirds. 
 
 « 
 
T^nintby 
 
 .■:MrtcCc. 
 
 ®ivifion a- 
 mong da«gh- 
 terj. 
 
 
 
 iThe i^reafon 
 iTke Ciowne 
 no fuch inhe¬ 
 ritance as is 
 jneantinthe 
 Satute, 
 
 fliall enjoy the third of his lands: but yet the Queerk- 
 fhall not enjoy the third part of the Crowne, after 
 the Kings death: as well appearcth by experience^ 
 ^nd is to bee feene by law, 5 * and 2 i.of£*^- 
 
 TPard the third; and p. and 28 . 0 ! the fixf J 
 Alfo it is a common rule,' that the Husband ihall hold 
 his wives lands after her death: as tenant by courtefle 
 during his life, but yet it holdeth not in a King- 
 dome. 
 
 In like manner, it is a generall and common rule, 
 thatifamandie feafed of Land in Fcefimple, having 
 Daughters and no Sonne: his lands flialibccdevidcd 
 by cquallportions among his Daughters: which hol¬ 
 deth not in the Crowne: but rather thceldeft Daugh¬ 
 ter inheritetb the whole, as if iliee were the ifl'ue 
 male. So alfo it is a common rule of our law, that 
 the executonr ihall have all the goods and chattels 
 of the Teftatour, but yet not in the Crowne. And 
 fo in many other cafes which might bee recited, it 
 is evident that the Crowne hath priviledge above 
 others, and can bee fubjcifl: to rule, bee it never ib 
 generall, except exprefle mention bee made thereof 
 in the fame law : as it is not in the former place and 
 •a ftatute alleagcd : but rather to the contrary, ( as 
 after iLall bee fhewed) there is cxprefl’e exception, 
 for the prerogative of inch as defeend of Royall 
 bloud. ^ 
 
 Their fecond reafon is, for that the demand or 
 title of a Crowne, cannot in true fenfe bee comprehen¬ 
 ded under the words*of the former ftatute, forbid¬ 
 ding Aliens to demand heritage within the allegiance 
 oi England: and that for two refpeds. The one, for 
 that the Crowne it feife cannot bee called an heritage 
 of alledanccor within allegiance, for that it is holden 
 
 of no luperiour upon earth $ but immediately from 
 
 __ . - 
 
(tig) 
 
 God tiimfelfc : the fccond, for that this ftatutc trcatcth 
 onely and meaneth of inheritance by defeent , as Hcirc 
 to the fame, ( for I have fhewed before that Aliens 
 may. hold lands by purchafe within our Dominion ) 
 and then fay they, the Crowne is a thing incorporate tHc Crow» 
 and deicendeth not according to the common coiirfe a corpora 
 of other priv ate inheritances ; but gocth by fucceflion, tion. 
 as other incorporations doe. Jnfigne whereof^it is e- 
 videnc, that albeit, the King bee more favoured in ali 
 his doings then any common perfbn fhall bee: yet 
 cannot hee avoid by law his grants and letters pa^ 
 tents by rcafon of his nonage ( as other infants and 
 common heires under age may doe) but alwayes bee 
 laid to bee of full age in refpcfl of his Crowne: even 
 as a Prior, Parfon, Vicar, Deane, or other perfon in¬ 
 corporate fhall bee, which cannot by any mcanes in 
 la w beefaid , to bee within age, in refped: of their in¬ 
 corporations. 
 
 Which thing maketh an evident difference in our 
 cafe, from the meaning of the former ftatute: for that 
 a Prior, Deane, or Parlbn, being Aliens and no De¬ 
 nizens : might alwayes in time of peace, denaand lands 
 iwEn(TUnd/\Vi refpe<5l of their corporations, not with- 
 ftanding the faid ftatute or common law againft A- 
 liens, as appeareth by many booke cafes yet extant: as 
 alfo by the ftatute made in the time of King Richard 
 the fecond, which was after the forefaid ftatute of King 
 jE</jv4r^tbe third. 
 
 The third realon is, for that in the formcc ftatute it The third 
 fclfe, of King Edward^ there ?re excepted cxprefly rcafon. 
 from this generallrule, Infantes dn RojythdX is, the The Kings 
 Kings off-lpring or iffuc.as the word doth fig- 
 
 nifie,both in FraneeortptgallySpainei and other Coun- ^ 
 
 %ries : and as the latin word Libert ( which anfwc- 
 rcth the fame) is taken commonly int^cCivilHaw.' 
 
 ^ ^ g . - “ 
 
 « 
 
 f 
 
 I 
 
 t 
 
tihmfuml 
 Pi de verb* 
 
 The fourth 
 reafon. 
 
 The Kings 
 mcARJng. 
 
 The matches 
 of England 
 with forrai* 
 ncrs. 
 
 (i ja.) 
 
 Ncitbir may reftraine the french words of thaf 
 ftatute I N F A N T B s D V K o Y , to the Kings 
 children only of the Hrft degree /as foine doe,for that 
 the barrenneffe of our language doth yeeld us no gther 
 word for the fame ) but rather, that thereby arc under- 
 ftood, as well the iVephewes and other difeendants of 
 the King or blood Royal, as his immediate children. 
 For it were both unreafonable and ridiculous to ima¬ 
 gine', that King Edward hy this ftatutc, would goe a- 
 bout to difinherit his owne nephewes, if hce Ihould 
 have any borne out of his owne allegiance (as eafily 
 he might at that time ) his fonnes being much abroad 
 from England^ and the blacke Prince his cldeft fonne 
 having two children borne beyond the feas t and con- ' 
 fequently, it is apparent, that this rulcor Maximefet 
 fetdowne againtf Aliens is no way to behretched a— 
 gainft the defendants of the King or oi the blood 
 Roy all. 
 
 Their fourth reafon is, that the meaning of King Ed^ 
 •ward and bis children (living at fuch time as this fta- 
 tutewas made J could not be, that any of their linage . 
 or iffue might be excluded in law, from inheritance 
 of their right to the Crowne, by their forreine birth 
 wherefoever. For otherwife, it is not credible that 
 they would fo much have, difperfed their own blood 
 in other countries,as they did : by giving their daugh¬ 
 ters to ftrangers^and other meanes. As Eeo?jelthe kings 
 third fonne was married in MUlan : and lohn oPj Gaunt 
 the fourth fonne gave his two daughters, Ph Up and 
 Katherine to Eortugall and Caflile: and his ncice loan 
 to the King of Scots ; as Thotnas of JVoodfiocke alfo 
 theyoungeft brother, married his two daughters , the 
 one to the King oPSpaine , and the other to Duke of 
 Brittaine, Which no doubt (they being wifcPnncc^j 
 44 ?dfonecrc of the blood Royal^ would never have 
 
 done ^ 
 
(tjl) 
 
 done : if they had imagined that hereby their ifftje 
 fhould have loft all clay me and title to the Crownc of 
 England.; and therefore it is moft evident,that no fuch 
 barre was then extant or imagined. 
 
 1 heir lift reafon is, that divers perfons borne out of The fift reas 
 allEnglifti dominion and allegiance, both before the 
 conqueft and fince, have bccnc admitted to the fuccef- of 
 
 fion of our Crownc, as lawfull inheritors,without any admitted^* 
 exception againft them for their foriaine birth. As be* 
 fore the conqueft is evident in youn% Edgar Etheling 
 borne in Hmgarie , and thence called home to inherit 
 the Crowne,by his great Vncle King Edrvardthe Con- Flores hift: 
 feftor, with full confent of the whole Rcalme, theBi- 
 fhop of H^drcefler Deing fen t as Ambafladour to fetch 
 him home,with his father named Edward the out-law. 
 
 And fince the conqueft, it appeareth plainly in King 
 Stephen and King Henry the Iccond, both of them 
 borne out of Englifh doininions,and of Parents, that 
 at their birth,were not of the Englifti allegiance: and 
 yet were they both admitted to the Crownc, Young 
 Arthur alfo Duke of Bretaigne by his mother fon- 
 fiance matched with Gejfray King Henry the 
 conds fonn-*, was declared by King Richard his Vncle, J 
 
 at his departure towards lerufalem , and by the whole , 
 
 Realme for lawtullhcire apparent to the Crowne of 
 though he were borne in Britaine out of Eng¬ 
 lifti allegiance,and fo he was taken and adjudged by all 
 the world at that day: albeit after King Richards death. King Hhi 
 his other Vncltlobn , moft tyrannoufly took both his ^ lyraraf. 
 kingdorae and his life from him. For which notable 
 injuftice he was dete! ted of all men both abroad and at 
 home; and mod apparentlyfooUi^ged by God , with 
 grievous and manifold plagucs,both upon hiinlelfeand 
 upon the Realme, which yeelded to his ulurpation. So 
 that by this alfo it appeareth , what the pradiceof our 
 
 S 2 vCGuntrey 
 
 « 
 
 f 
 
 i 
 
The (ixt 
 
 reafon. 
 
 The judge¬ 
 ment and 
 fentence of 
 K* Henry \.\it 
 fevcpth. 
 
 (132; 
 
 couhtrey hath bccnc from time to time in this cafe oi 
 forraine birth : which pradicc is the beft Interpretor 
 of our common Englillihw .• which dependeth efpe- 
 ciaily,and mod of aU,upon cuflome; nor can thead- 
 veriary alleage any one example to the contrary. 
 
 Their dxt , is of the judgement and fentence of King 
 Herrj the ieventh , and of his Councell .* who being 
 together in confultation , at acertaine time about the 
 mariage of Margc^nt his elded daughter into Scotland^ 
 fome of his CouHceil moved this doubt, wbatfliould 
 enfue, if by chance the Kings iifuc male Ihould faile, 
 andfo.theiuecvfliondevolue to the heiresof thefaid 
 Margaret , as now it doth ? Whereunto that wife 
 and mod prudent Prince made anfwcr.-that if any fuch 
 event fhould be,it could not be prejudicial! to England, 
 being the bigger part, but rather beneficiall : for that 
 it fhould draw Scotland to England', that is, the lefTcr 
 to the more : even as in times pad it hapned in Nor^ 
 mandy, Aquitane^ and fome other Provinces* Which 
 anfwer appeafed all doubts, and gave lingular content 
 to thofe of his Councell, as Polidore wntcth,that lived 
 at that time, and wrote the fpcciall matters of that 
 reigne, by the Kings o wnc indrudion. So that hereby, 
 wee fee no queOion made of King Henry or his Coun-- 
 fcllorstouching forraine birth, toletthefucccffionof 
 Lady Margarets iffuc: which no doubt would never 
 have beene omitted in that learned afTembly , if any 
 law at that time had beene edeemed or imagined to 
 barrethe fame. 
 
 Andthefearedxe of their principalcd reafons, to 
 prove, that neither by the words nor meaning of oim 
 common lawes, nor yet by cudome or pradicc of our 
 Realme, an Alien may be debarred from claime of his 
 intcredto the Crownc, when it falleth to him by 
 rightfuil defeent m blood and fucceflTiQn. But in the 
 
 par-- 
 
(m) 
 
 particular cafe of' the c^eene of Scots and her fonnci Thefevemi; 
 they doe adde another rcafon or two : thereby to 
 prove them in very deed to be no Aliens. Not onely 
 in refped: of their often and continual! mixture with fonnenp '' 
 Englilh blood from the beginning ("and efpeciallyof AUmr. 
 late, the Queenes Grandmother and husband being 
 EngliQi, and lo her fonne begotten of an Englifh fa¬ 
 ther) butalfo for two other caufes and rcafons, which, 
 feeme in truth of very good importance. 
 
 Thertrft is, for that Scotland by a\\ EnglilEmcn»^ ‘ 
 
 (.howfoever the Scots deny the fame ) is taken and 
 holden as fub/cvfl to En^Und by way of Homage v 
 which many of their Kings, at divers times have ac¬ 
 knowledged i and confcquently, the Qucenc and hec> 
 fonne being borne in Scotland, arc not borne out of the 
 allegiance of England^ and fo no forrainers. 
 
 The fecond caufe or reafon is, for that the fbrenamed 
 flatute of Forrainers in the five and twenty yeareof 
 King Edward\}i\z third, is intituled of ihofe that are. 
 borne beyond the feas. And in the body of the fame fta- 
 tiite, the doubt is moved of children borne out of Engr 
 li£h allegiance beyond the leas; whereby cannot be un- 
 derftood Scotland^ for that it is a peece of the continent 
 land within the feas. And all our old Records in Eng-^ 
 land, that talke of fervice to be done within theie two- 
 countries : have ufually thefe latine words, Infra 
 iHor maria , or in Frcnch, dsins le:ti quatre mers, that is, 
 within the foiire feas ; whereby muft needs be under- , , 
 
 flood as urell Scotland as England, and that perhaps for 
 the reaibn before mentioned , of the fubje^ion of 
 Scotland by way of Homage to the Growne of Eng¬ 
 land, In refpedl whereof it may be., that it was ac-? 
 counted of oldTittJt one dominion or allegiance. And 
 confequentiy , no man borne therein can be accounted 
 aii Alien to England, And this fliall fuffice for the 
 
Thefccond 
 impedi'nent 
 againil the 
 Qi^of Scon, 
 and her fon 
 which is K. 
 Henry the 
 eighthis Te- 
 ftament. 
 
 Porrain birth 
 
 no impev]i= 
 mem in the 
 judgement of 
 %,Hemy tlie 
 «ight. 
 
 Thefuccef- 
 (ion of Scot¬ 
 land next by 
 the fndge- 
 -tnentof the 
 xompetiiors. 
 
 fi34; 
 
 iirft point, touching forrainc Nativity^ 
 
 For the fecond impediment ob/ei^ed, 'which is the 
 Tcftament ot King Henry the eight $ authorized by 
 Parliament, whereby they affirms the fuccellion of 
 Scotlandto bee excluded: it is notpredfUy true that 
 they are excluded , but onely th x they are put back be¬ 
 hind the fucceffion ot the houfe of Suffolke, For in 
 that pretended Teftament (which after (hall be proved 
 to be none indeed ) Kuig henrj fo diipofeth, that after 
 his owne children fif they fhould chance todie with¬ 
 out idue) the Cro wne (hall pafle to the heires of Frarh- 
 Elenore, his neices by his younger filter 
 Mevry Queene of Trance: and after them (deceafing 
 alfo* without ifFue)tbe fiicceflion to returne to the next 
 heires againe. Whereby it is evident, that the liiccef- 
 fion of tJMargaret Queene of Scotland his cldeft lifter, 
 is not excluded ; butthruft back only from their due 
 place and order, to expert the remainder, which may 
 in time be left by the younger. Whereof in mine opi- 
 nioiidoe enfue fome confiderations againft the ptelent 
 pretenders themfelvcs. 
 
 Firftjthatin King Veenries judgement, the former 
 pretended rule of forraine birth , was nofufficient im¬ 
 pediment againft Scotland: for if ithad b^ene no doubt, 
 but that he would have named the fame in his aileaged 
 teftament, and thereby have utterly excluded that Itic- 
 ceftion. But there is no fuch thing in the Teftament 
 
 Secondly, if theyadmit this Teftament, which al- 
 lotiteth the Cro wne to Scotland , next after Snffo 'ke : 
 then, fceing'that all the houfe of Sufolkcy) by thefe 
 mens affertion) is excluded by Baftardie; it muft needs 
 follow,that Scotlandby their owne j'udgement is next, 
 and fo this Teftament will make againft: them, as in¬ 
 deed it dolh in all points moft apparently, but only that 
 it preferreth the hox^Q of before that of Scot- 
 
Und. And therefore (I thinkc Sir ) that you miOake 
 Ibnvcwhat about their opinion in allcaging this Tcfta- 
 ment. For I fuppofc , that no man of my Lord of 
 Umungtons fad:ion, will alleage or urge the teftimo- 
 nie of this Tcftamcnt: but rather lomc friend of the 
 houle of Sujfolke in whole favour,! take it,that it was 
 firft of all forged. 
 
 It may be (quoth the Gentleman ) nor will I (land 
 obftinatly in the contrary ; for that it is hard, fome-^ 
 time to judge of what faction each one is, whodit 
 courfeth of thefe affaires. But yet I marvell fif it were 
 as youfayj why father after Edrpards 
 
 death, made no mention thereof in the favour of Syf- 
 in the other Teftament which then he proclay- 
 med , as made by King Edward deceafed , for prefer* * * 
 
 ment of Suffolke before his o wne lifters. 
 
 The cauie of this is evident (quoth the Lawyer) for l a vv. 
 that it made not fufficiendy for his purpofe : which 1 he Duke 
 was to difinherit the two daughters of King Henry of Northumm 
 himfclfe , and advance the houle of Sujfoiki before 
 
 them both. . ^ / 
 
 A notable change (quoth the Gentleman ) that a fi- CmtUmA-nl 
 tie fo much exalted of late by the father , above all or¬ 
 der,right, rankc, and degree *. ftiould now be fo much 
 debafed by the fonne, as though it were not worthy to 
 hold any degree, but rather to be troden under foot for 
 plains baftatdie. And you fee by this, how true it is Mede'rimfcf. 
 which I told you before ; that the race of Dudlies are the houfeof 
 moft cunning Merchants, to make their gaine of all 
 things, men and times. And as wee have feene now 
 twotcftamcntsalleaged , the one of the Kings father, 
 and the other of the Kings fonne, and both of them 
 in prejudice of the teftators true fuccelTors : lomany 
 good liibieds begin greatly to fearc, that wee may 
 chance to fee (honly a third teftament of her Maiefty 
 
for the intituling of Huntington , and extirpation of 
 .KingH^?;r#f/bloud, and that before herMa/cfty can 
 thinkc of fickneffe i wherein I befecch the Lord I 
 bee no Prophet. But now (SirJ to the fbrefaidWill 
 and Teftament of King Henrj ; I have often heard,in 
 truth, that the thing was counterfeit, or atthelcaft 
 not able to bee proved : and that it was difeovered, 
 rejcd:ed,and defaced in Quecne Maries time: but I 
 would gladly underftand what you Lawyers eftceme 
 or judge thereof. 
 
 Touching this matter ( quoth the Lawyer) it can- 
 . not bee denied, but that in the twenty and eight,and 
 ^ and occa- ycarcs of King Henries raignc, Upon 
 
 i\on of King confideration of fome doubt and irrefolution, which 
 He»ries te- the King himielfe had fhewed, to have about the 
 order ot fucccllion in his ownc children, as alio for 
 taking away all occafions of controverfies inthofeof 
 the nextbloud i the whole Parliament gave authori¬ 
 ty unto the faid King, to debate and determine thofe 
 matters himfelfe, together with his learned Coun¬ 
 cell, who bed knew the lawes of the Realme, and ti¬ 
 tles that any man might have thereby: and that what- 
 foever fucceflion his Majefly fhould declare as moft 
 right and law full under his letters patents fealed, or 
 by his laft will and teftament rightfully made and ftg- 
 ned with his ownc hand ; that the fame ihould bee re¬ 
 ceived for good and law full. 
 
 Vpon pretence whereof, fbonc after King Henries 
 Heath,there was (hewed a will with the Kings ftamp 
 at the fame,and the names of divers witneftes, where¬ 
 in ;('as hath becne feid) the fucceftionof the Crownc, 
 after the Kings owne children, is aifigned to the 
 Heircs oiFrances and of Elenory Neeces to the King, 
 by his yongcr After, Which aflignation of the 
 Crownc, being it were a mecre guift in prej'udicc 
 
hf the ^der firtcrs right (as alfo of the right of FrdHsil 
 
 and E^enor themfelves,who were omitted in the fame 
 
 aifignation, and their Heires intituled oncly ) was 
 
 efteemed to bee againft all reaion^ law, and nature,and 
 
 confequcntly not thought to proceed from fo wife 
 
 and fage a Prince, as King Hcnrji was knownc to bee: The Kfngg 
 
 but rather, either the whole forged, or at leaftwife Tcftament 
 
 that claule inferted by other, and the Kings (lamp 
 
 fet untoit, after his death, or when his Majelfylay 
 
 now paft underftanding. And hereof there wan- 
 
 teth not divers moft evident rcafons and proofes. 
 
 Forfirft, it is not probable or credible, that King The firft’ 
 would ever goe about, againft law and reafon, reafon. 
 to difinherite the line of his eldcft lifter, without any 
 prodt or intereft to himfelfe : and thereby, give moft In/uflicc and 
 evident occafion of Givill warre and difcord within 
 the Rcalmc, feeing, that in fuch a cafe of manifeft and 
 apparent wrong, in fo great a matter, the authority 
 of Parliament, taketh little cfFeft, againft the true and 
 lawfull inheritour: as well appeared in the former 
 times and contentions of Hfnry the fixt, 'Edivard the 
 fourth, and Richard the third: in whoferaignes,the 
 divers, and contrary Parliaments made and holdcn, 
 againft the next inheritour, held no longer with any 
 man, then untill the other was able to make his owne 
 party good. 
 
 Solikewife, in the cafe of King Edward the third ThecscampJe 
 his fucceflion to France^ in the right of his Mother, oiEumc. 
 though hee were excluded by the gcnerall affembly 
 and confent of their Parliaments: yet hee eftcemed 
 not his right extinguiftied thereby: as neither did other 
 Kings of our Countrey that enfued after him. And 
 for our prefent cafe, if nothing els fhould have rc- 
 ftrained King Henry , from fuch open injuftice to¬ 
 wards his cldeft After: yet this cogitation, at Icaft, 
 
 T . would 
 
 ♦ • • - 
 
The fecoad 
 leafon. 
 Jncongroitics 
 and indigm* 
 tjjfS, 
 
 SPolieSf 
 
 The third 
 
 would have Ihyedhim : that by giving example cf ^ 
 implanting bis elder (ifters Line by vertue of a tefta* 
 saent or pretence of Parliament: fomc other might 
 take occahon to difplace his children by like pretence: 
 as wee fee that puke Dudley did (bone after, by a 
 forged teftament of King £divard the fixt. So ready 
 Schollars there are to bee found, which cafily will 
 Icarnc fuch Lcflbns ofiniquity. 
 
 Secondly, there bee too many incongruities and 
 indignities in the faid predented Will to proceed from 
 fuch a Prince and learned Councell as King Henries 
 was. For firft what can bee more ridiculous, then 
 to give the Crowne unto the Heires of Frances and 
 JEUmry and not to any ofthemfclvesf* or what had 
 they offended that their Heires fhould enjoy the 
 Crowne in their right and not they themfelvcs? 
 What if King Henries children fhould have died, 
 whiles Lady Francis had becne yet alive ? who fliould 
 have poflefTed the Kingdome before her, feeing her 
 Line was next ? and yet by this teftament fhee could 
 not pretend her fclfc to obtaine it. But rather ha¬ 
 ving married Adrian Stokes her Horfekecper, ihcc 
 muft have fuflfered her Sonne by him (iffhee had any^ 
 to enjoy the Crowne: and fo Adrian of a ferving man v 
 andMafter of horfes, ftiould have become the great 
 Maftcr and ProtC(ft:our of England, Of likcabfurdity 
 is that other claufc alfo, wherein the King biixlcth 
 his owne Daughters to marry, by confent and dire¬ 
 ction of his counfcU, or other wife to leefe the bene¬ 
 fit of their fucceftion; but yet bindeth not his Ncices 
 Daughters, to wit, the Daughters of Francis and > 
 Elenor ( if that they had any ) to any fueh condi¬ 
 tion. 
 
 Thirdly, there may bee divers caufes and argu¬ 
 ments aU^dged in law, why this pretended will is 
 
 not’ 
 
not a^enticaH: ifotherwifc, it were ccrtainc that Tho Yfcrw^ 
 King Henry had meant its Firft, for that it is not a- pofedWiii^ 
 greablc to the mind and meaning of the Parliament, 
 which intended oncly to give authority, for dcclara- • 
 tiofi and explication of the true title: and not for dona¬ 
 tion or intricating of the fame, to the ruipc of tho 
 Realmc, Secondly, for that there is no lawfull and 
 authenticall Cojw extant thereof^ but onely a bare in- 
 redementin the Chancery, which is not iufihcientia 
 fo weighty an affaire: no witnefle of the Privy Coun- 
 cel or of Nobility to the fame s which had bcene con¬ 
 venient info great a cafe (for the beft of the witneffes 
 therein namcd,is Sir lohn d4f«,whole miferable death 
 is well kno wne:) no publike Notary s no Probation 
 of the will before any Bilhop, or any lawfoll Court 
 "forthatpurpofc: no examinationofthewitneffes sot 
 other thing orderly done, for lawfull authorizing of 
 the matter. 
 
 But of all other things this ismoft of importances The tJiCpro: 
 that the King never fethis ownc hand to the fore- ring of the 
 laid Will, bnt his ftamp was put thereunto by others, by wit, 
 either after his death, or when heewaspaft remem-i 
 branceias the late Lord in the beginning of Queen f Lori 
 
 Maries daycs, being of the Privy Councell, firft of 
 all other diicovered the fame, of his owne accord, 
 and upon meerc motion of confcicncc, confefling be¬ 
 fore the whole Councell, and afterward alio before 
 the whole Parliament, how that himfclfc was privy 
 thereunto, and partly alfo culpable, (being drawen w ' 
 thereunto, by the inftigation and forcible authority 
 of others ;) but yet afterward upon other more godly 
 motions detefted the device : and fo of his ownc 
 free will, very honorably went and offered thedifeo- 
 very thereof to the Councell. As alfo did Sir £d- sit Edwgri 
 Ypard Montague^ Lord chiefc Juftice, that had bcene ^tmtague, 
 
 , T 2 privy 
 
Ckrinii 
 
 'A meeting 
 together a- 
 bout this 
 matter of the 
 oobility. 
 
 My Lord of 
 Le^cefief a* 
 gaineplayeth 
 doisWe* 
 
 ptlvy and prefcht at the faid doings, and one 
 Clarke, that was the man who put the ftamp unto 
 the paper/and is aferibed among the other pretenfed 
 witneffes, confcffcd the whole premises to bee true, 
 and purchafed his pardon for his offence therein. 
 ^Whereupon Queene Mary and her Councell, caufed 
 prcfcntly the laid inrolcmcnt, lying inthe^ancery, 
 to be canceled, defaced and abolifhed.^ 
 
 And fithence that time in her Ma/efties dayes that 
 now liveth about the ii.or la.yeare ofherraigne, 
 ([if I count not amiflej. by occafionofa certainc little 
 booke fpred abroad at that time, very fecrctly, for 
 advancing of the houfe of Snjfolke , by pretence of 
 this Teftament; I remember well the place where 
 the late Duke of Norfolk^ , the Marqueffe ot Win- 
 cbefter (which then was Treafurer^ the old Earles of 
 Arundell and P^«^m%that now arc dead, with my 
 Lord of Fenbrooke that yet liveth, (as alfo my Lord of 
 himfclfe if I bee not deceived^ with divers 
 others, met together upon this matter; and after long 
 conference about the forefaid pretenfed will, and 
 manyproofes and reafonslaid downe, why it could 
 not bee true or authenticall; the old Eaile of *Penlrook^ 
 protefting that hee was with the King in his Cham¬ 
 ber from the firft day of his fickneffe unto his laft 
 boure, and thereby could well allure the falfification 
 thereof; at length it was moved, that from that place 
 they fbould goe,with the reft of the Nobility,and pro- 
 claime the Queene o^SmUndhtix^ apparent in Cheap- 
 fiie. Wherein my Lord oiLeycefler (as I take it) was 
 then as forward as any man els : how bee it, nowifor 
 his profit, hee bee turned afide, and would turne 
 back againe to morrow next, for a greater cbmmo- 
 dky. 
 
 Arid albeit 5 for fome caufes to themfclvcs befl 
 
_ _ _ 
 
 ifiownc, they proceeded not in the open publifliing 
 
 of their determination at that time: yet my Lord of 
 Penhrooke now living, can bearc witneffc that thus 
 much is true: and that his Father the old Earle at that 
 time, told him openly before the other Noblemen, 
 that hee had brought him to that aflembly and place, 
 to inftrud: him in that truth, and to charge him, to 
 witneife the fame, and to defend it alfo, with his 
 fword (if need required ) after his death. And I 
 know that his Lordfliip is of that honour and no-e 
 bility, as hee can not leave of eafily the remembrance 
 or due regard offo worthy an admonition. And 
 this fliall fufhcc for the fecond impediment, imagined 
 to proceed of this fuppofed Teftament oihm^Henrj 
 the eight. 
 
 As for the. third impediment, of religion,, it is not 
 gcnerail to all; for that onely one perfbn (if I bee not 
 deceived ) of all the Competitours in King Henries 
 line, can bee touched with fufpition of different reli¬ 
 gion, from the prefentftatc oi England, Which per- 
 Ibn notwithfiandiiig (as is wsllknowne^ while dice 
 was in governement in her ownc Realms of Scot/and, 
 permitted all liberty of confcicnce, and free cxercifc 
 of religion, totbofeofthc contrary profedion and o- 
 pinion, without reftraint. And ifdieehadnot; yet 
 doc I not fee, either by prefeript of law, or praflife 
 of thefe our times, that diverfity of religion, may ftay 
 juft inheritours from enjoying their due poffeflions, 
 in any ftatc or degree of private men; and much Icffe 
 in the claime of a Kingdome ; which alwayes in this 
 behalfe (as hath beene faid beforej is preferred in pri» 
 yiledge. 
 
 This wee fee by experience, in divers Countries 
 and parts of the World at this day: as in Germany^ 
 where among fo many Princes, and fo devided in re- 
 .. ' T.3 ligioa 
 
 The old Earl 
 ©f Pembrook^ 
 admonition, 
 to the Earle 
 hisSonae ye5 
 living. 
 
 The third' 
 impediment 
 of Religiooi 
 
 Princes of? 
 Germarj^ 
 
QueneAfir/. 
 ^^ccnc E/i- 
 i^akth* 
 
 The 2 >«i, 
 hh Monfiewi:, 
 
 iKing 
 
 njarre Prince 
 ef Condy^ 
 
 ’'My Lord of 
 
 Huntivgtons 
 
 religion. 
 
 The title of 
 thofe which 
 . caiue the 
 Q^ecne of 
 Scuts. 
 
 ligbn as^tiicybcet yet every otic fuccc^ctb to tfje 
 ftatc, 'svhcrctohce hath right, without rciiftancc i&r 
 his religion. The examples alfo of her Ma jelly that 
 now is, and of her filler before, is evident: who being 
 knowneto bee of two diflferent inclinations in reli'- 
 gion, and the whole Realme devided in opinion for 
 the fame caufe: yet both of them at their fevcrall times 
 withgcneiall coafent of all, were admitted to thcic 
 lawfull inheritance: excepting onely a few * tray- 
 tours againft the former, who withllood her right as 
 alfo in her, the right of her Ma/efty that is prefOTt, 
 and that not for religion ( as appeared by their o wnc 
 confcfiion after ) but for ambition and defire ofraigne, 
 Monfieur, the Kings brother and hdre oi France, as 
 all the World knoweth, is weh accepted, favored and 
 admitted for fuccefibur of that Crowne, by all the 
 Proteftants at this day of that Countrey, not with- 
 ftanding his opinion in religion knowne to bee diffe¬ 
 rent. And I doubt not, but the King of or 
 
 Prince of Condy, in the contrary part, would tbinkc 
 themfelves greatly in juried by the ftatc of France, 
 which is diff erent from them in religion at this day, 
 if after the death of the King that now is and his 
 brother without ifiue, (if God fo difjx)fe) they ftiould 
 bee barred from inheriting the Crowne, under pre¬ 
 tence onely of their religion. My Lord of Huntings 
 ton himfelfc alfo, is hec not knowne to bee of a diffe-^ 
 rent religion from the prefent ftate of England^ and 
 that, if bee were‘King to morrow next, hec would 
 alter the v^hole governement, order, condition, and 
 ftate of religion, now ufed and eftabliftied, within the 
 llcalme? 
 
 But as Ifaid in the beginning, if one ofa whole Fa¬ 
 mily, or of divers Families, bee culpable, or to bee 
 touched hepein; what have the reft offended thereby.^ 
 
 will 
 
<J43) 
 
 exclude all, for the miflikeofone? And to 
 defeend in order: if the firft in King Henries line, after 
 her Majefty may bee touched in this point, yet, why 
 fhould the reft hec damnified thereby? 1 he King of 
 Scotland her Sonne, that next enfucth fto Ipeake in 
 equity ) why fhould hec bee ihut out for his religion? 
 
 And arc not all the other in like manner Proteltants, 
 whole difeent is confequent, by nature, order and de¬ 
 gree? 
 
 for the yong King of Scotland (quoth 1) the truth SeholUr' 
 is,that alwayes for mine owns part, I have had great The yong* 
 hopcandexpedationof him, not onely for the con- King o£ 
 ceipt which commonly men have of fuch Orient Scotland, 
 youths, borne to Kingdomes ; but efpecially for that 
 I underftood from time to time, that his education 
 was in all learning, princely exercifes andinftrudion 
 ofttue religion, under rare and vertuous men for that 
 purpofe. W hereby I conceived hope, that hec might 
 not onely become in time, an honourable and profi¬ 
 table neighbour unto us, foraffurance oftheGofpell 
 in thefc parts of the World : but alfo('if God fhould 
 deprive us of her Ma/cfly without iflue) might bee 
 a meane by his fucceiTion to unite in Concord and 
 Govcrncment, the two Realmes together, which 
 heretofore hath bcenc fought , by the price of 
 many athouftnd mens bloud, and not obtained,- 
 Marry yet now of late ( I know not by what 
 meanes ) there is begun in mens hearts a certain© 
 miflikeor grudge againfthim, for that it is given out 
 every where that bee is inclined to bee a Papift, 
 and an enemy to her Ma/efties proceedings. Which 
 arguethhim verily, of lingular ingratitude, if it bee 
 true.confidering the great helps and protedion which 
 bee hath received from her highneffe OTr (ithence hee - 
 
 Andj 
 
G^ntUmth And sire you fo fimplc ( quoth the GcntlehianJ 
 as to belecve every report that you hcarc of this mat¬ 
 ter ? know you not, that it is expedient for my Lord 
 of Leycefigr and his fadion, that this youth, above all 
 other, bee held in perpetuall difgrace with her Ma/cfty 
 The device and with this Realme ? You know, that Richard of 
 MakfW had never beeneableto have ulLiipcdashee 
 
 the yong*^” if heehadnot firft perfwaded King Rdn^ardthe 
 King of scot^ fourth to hate his owne Brother the Duke of C/a- 
 ian£ rence^ which Duke ftood in the way,bet wcene Richard 
 
 and the thing, which hcc moft of all things coveted- 
 That is, the poflibility to the Crownc, and fo in this 
 cafe is there the like device to bee obfer vcd. 
 
 For truly, for the yong King of Scotlands reh*- 
 gion, it is evident to as many as have reafon, that it 
 can bee no other of it felfe but inclined to the beft; 
 
 . both in refped of his education, inftrudion, and con- 
 verfation, with thofc of true region: as alfo by his 
 former Adions, Edids, Governcment, and private 
 behaviour, hcc hath declared. Marry thefc men whofc 
 profit is nothing Icffe, then that hce or any other of 
 that race fhould doc well: doe nor ccafc dayly by all 
 fecrct wayes, drifts, and molcftations poflible, to 
 drive him cither to miflike of our religion, or els to 
 incurre the lufpition thereof, with fuch of our Realme, 
 as other wife would bee his beft friends: or if not this: 
 yet for very need and fcare of his owne life, to make 
 rccourfe to fuch other Princes abroad, as may moft 
 The intollc* offend or miflike this ftate^ 
 
 Sngsof°cer- And for this caufe, they fubornc certaine bufic 
 tainMinifiers fellowes of their owne crew and fadion, pertaining 
 in Scotland to the miniftery of Scotland ^ (but unworthy of fo 
 asainfl: their worthy 3 Calling) to ufe fuch infolcncytowards their 
 King by fab^ King and Princc, asisnotonely undecent, but intol- 
 fhisTnemiir toble. For hce may doc no thing, but they will 
 \ci England, .. * ^ ^ examine 
 
< examine and difeuffe the fame in Pulpit, IPhcegoc 
 but on hunting, when it pleafeth them to call him to 
 their preaching : ifhec make but a dinner or fupper, 
 when, or where, or with whom they like not s ifhee 
 receive but a coople of horfes or other prefent from 
 his friends or kinimen beyond the feas ; if heefalute 
 or ufe courteoufly any manor meffenger which com- 
 metfr from them fas you know Princes of their no¬ 
 bility and courtetie are accuftomed, though they 
 come from their enemies, as often hath becnefeenc 
 and highly commended in her Mafefty England:) 
 if hec deale frmiiiarly with any Ambaffadour which 
 liketh not them ; or finally if bee doc fay, or fignifie, 
 any one thing whatfoever, that pleafeth not their hu¬ 
 mour ; they willprefently, as feditious tribunes ofthc 
 people, cxclame in publique, and ftepping to the Pul¬ 
 pit where the word of the Lord onely ought to bee 
 preached : will excite the commonalty to difeonten- 
 tation,inveying againft their fbveraigne with fuch bit* 
 terncfTe of fpccch, unreverend tearmes, and infolent 
 controlcments, as is not to bee fpoken; Now imagine 
 what her Majefty and her grave councell would doe 
 in England, if fuch proceedings fhould bee ufed, by the 
 Cleargy againft them. 
 
 No doubt ( quoth I) but that fuch unquiet Spirits SchalUrl 
 fhould bee punillicd in our Realme. And fo i faid 
 of late to their moft reverend and worthy Prelate sij. patrUfi 
 and Primate the Archbifliop of Saint <tAndrems, ^damfon 
 with whom it was my duck to come acquainted in Archbifli(Dp 
 London, whi:hcr hee was come by his Kings appoint- 
 ment (as hee faid ) to treatc certaine affaires with our 
 Queeiieand Councell. And talking with him of this 
 difordcr of his miniftcry, hcc confefTed the fame with 
 much griefe of mind, and told mee, that bee bad 
 'preached thereof before the King himfdfe, detefting 
 
 ^ . --- _ - . - y . - 
 
Gentle 
 
 Treafons 
 plotted a« 
 gainfl: the 
 King of 
 Scots, 
 
 (i4>) 
 
 ani a'cai(iiT.g diveis h"ais thereof, for which 
 heewas become very odious to them and otlier of 
 their faiftioiij both in ScstUnd mi England, huthee 
 laid, that as hce had given the reafons ofhis doings 
 unto’our Qngene; fo mraneth hee /hortiy to doe the 
 fame unto Moniieur BezA^mi to the whole Church 
 oiGeneva , by fending thither the Articles of his and 
 their doings, Protefting unto inee that the procee¬ 
 dings and attempts ot thofe fadious and corrupt 
 men,was moil fcandalous,feditiousand perilous,both 
 to the Kings perfon, and to the Realme : being fuf- 
 ficient indeed, to alienate wholly the yong Prince 
 from all afFedion to our religion, when hee lhall fee 
 the chiefc Profeffours thereof to behave thcmfclves 
 fo undutifully towards him. 
 
 That is the thing which thefe men, his competi- 
 tours,moft de{ire(quoth the Gentleman)hoping there¬ 
 by, to procure himmoft evill will and danger, both 
 at home and from England, For which caufe alfo, 
 they have pradized fo many plots and treacheries 
 with his ownc fubjeds againft him: hoping by that 
 mcanes, to bring the one in diftruft and hatred ofthe 
 other, and confequently the King in danger of deftru- 
 dion by his ownc. And in this machination, they 
 have behaved themfclvcs fo dexteroUfly, fo covertly 
 ufed the mannage and contriving hereof, and fo cun¬ 
 ningly conveyed the execution of many things; as 
 it might, indeed, feeme apparent unto the yong King, 
 that the whole plot of treafons againfi: his Realme 
 and Perfon, doth come from England y thereby to 
 drive him into jealoufie of our ftatc, and our ftate of 
 him: and all this for their ownc profit. 
 
 Neither is this any new device of my Lord of 
 Lejeeftevy to draw men for his owne gainc, into dan* 
 with the ftate, under other pretences.' 
 
(147) 
 
 For I could tell you divers ftories and ftrafagemei 
 
 of his cunning in this kind, and the one farre different • 
 
 from the other in device ; but yet all to one end. I 
 
 have a friend yet living, that was towards the old 
 
 Earle of Armidelly in good credit, and by that mcancs 
 
 had occafion to deal with the late Duke of Norfolk^ 
 
 in his chiefefl: affaires before his troubles. This man 
 
 is wont to report ftrangc things from the Dukes 
 
 owne mouth, of my Lejeefters mofftrcache- vi*ce*foc^ove? 
 
 rous dealing towards him, for gaining ofhisbloud, throwing thq 
 
 as after appeared : albeit the Duke when hee reported Duke of 
 
 the fame, miftrufted not fo much my Lords malice 
 
 therein. But the lumme of all, is this in effedt: that 
 
 Lejeefter having a fecret defire, to piUJ downe the 
 
 Laid Duke, to the end that hee might have no man 
 
 above himfclfe, to hinder him in that which hee moft 
 
 defireth : by a thoufand cunning devifes drew in the 
 
 Duke to the cogitation of that marriage with the 
 
 Queene of Scotland^ which afterward was the caufe 
 
 or occafion of his ruinc. And hee behaved himfclfe 
 
 fo dexteroufly in this drift, by fetting on the Duke dency ©f 
 
 on the one fide, and intrapping him on the other : as ludas, 
 
 Itidas himfclfe never played his part more cunningly, 
 wh:n hee (upped with his Malfer, and fet himfclfe 
 fo necrc, as hee dipped his (poonein the feme diih, and 
 durft before others aske, who fhould betray him^ 
 meaning that night, to doe it himfclfe, as hee (hew¬ 
 ed foone after fupper, when hee came as a Captaine 
 with a band of confpiratours, and with a courteous 
 kifTe delivered his perfon, into the hands of them, 
 whomhcc well knew to thirft after his blond. 
 
 The very like did the Earle of Leyeefter with the 
 Duke o^Norfolke for the art of treaion, though in the 
 parties betrayed there were great difference of inno- 
 cency* Namely, at pnetime, when her Majcfty was 
 
(hs; 
 
 at Safirtg in Ham^fhlrey and the Dukeattcnatd there td 
 have audience, with great indiflferency in himfclfc, fa 
 TheTpeeches follow or leave off his* lute for marriage: (for tha£ 
 ©f Leicefler no w. he began to lbfpe(!f ,Her Maielty liked not greatly 
 totheDukc thereof; } my Lora of Leicefier to him, and 
 
 mNorfollie. counfellcd him in any cafe to perfevere and not to re¬ 
 lent , afTuring him with many oaths and protefiatiorsi 
 that Her Majefty muft and fhould be brought to allow 
 thereof, whether fhe would or no, and that himfeife 
 would feale thatpurpofe with his blood, iVeither was 
 it to be fuffered that Her Maiefty fhould have her will 
 herein ; with many other like fpecches to this purpofe.^. 
 which the Duke repeated againe then prefcntly to my 
 laid friend : with often laying his hand upon his bo- 
 fomc, and faying ; 1 have here which aflureth me fu^ 
 ficicntly of the fidelity of my Lord of Leicefler^ mea- 
 i«;ey?.coufe- ning not only the forefaid fpeeebs, but alfo divers Ict- 
 nage of the tcrs which hc had written to the Duke of that cftec^f^ 
 <^e€nci 25 like wife he. had done to fome other peribn of more 
 
 importance in the Kcalmej which matter comming- 
 afterward to light,hc coufened mofl: notably her Ma¬ 
 iefty, by (hewing her a reformed copic of the faid, 
 Letter, for the letter it fclfe. 
 
 But now how well hee performed his promife, in 
 dealing with her Ma/efty for the Duke, or againft thc: 
 Duke in this matter, her Highneflc can beft tell, and 
 the event it fclfe (hewed. For the Duke being admit-^ 
 ted foone after to Her Majefticsipccch, at an other 
 place, and receiving a far other anlwer then hcc had in 
 The Duke of hope conceived upon Leiceflers promifes: rctyred him^ 
 neijolkts, fclfc to London.^ where the fame night following hee 
 received letters both from , and Sir Nicholas 
 
 Throgmorton , upon Lekefters inftigation ( for they 
 were at that time both friends and of a fadion ) that 
 fhould prcfently flee into Norfilkesis hec did,which 
 .1 ' ' was.;. 
 
 
 r 
 
was the laft and finall complement of all Leieefiersiot^ 
 mer devices, whereby to plunge his friend over the 
 cares infufpition and difgrace, infuch ibrtjas^he fliould 
 never be able to draw himfelfe out of the ditch againe^ 
 as indeed he was not, but dkd in the fame. 
 
 And herein you fee alfo the fame fubtile and Maehi- 
 vilian (Icight, which I mentioned before, of driving 
 men to attempt fo me what, whereby they may incurre 
 danger, or remaine in perpctuali fufpition or difgrace. 
 And this pradfice hce hath long ufed, and doth daily, 
 againft fuch as he hath will to deftroy. As for exem- 
 ple: What fay you to the device he had of late, to in¬ 
 trap his well deferving friend , Sir C^rifiopher Hatton, 
 in the matter of Hall his Prieft, whom hce would 
 have had Sir Chrifiopher to fend away and hide, being 
 touched and dete6:eddn the cafe of Ardent, thereby to 
 have dra wne in Sir Chriflopher himfelfe, as Sir Charles- 
 Candijh can well declare, if it pleafc hiin,being accef- 
 fary to this plot, for the overthrow of Sir Chrifiopher . 
 To which intent and mottrdevilifh drift pertained (V 
 doubt not) if the matter were duly examined, the late* 
 interception of letters in Taris from one ALdredok 
 Lyons then in Rome , to Henry ^ fervant to Sir 
 
 Chrifiopher, in which letters,Sir hrfiopher is reported 
 to be of fuch credit and fpeciall favour in Rome , as if ' 
 hee were the greateft Papift in England, 
 
 . What meaneth alfo thele pernitiouslate dealings* 
 againftthe Earle of Shrewsbury, a man of themoft 
 ancient and worthieft Nobility of our Realme?'what 
 meane the pradiEs with his ncateftboth in bed and 
 bloodagainft him? what meanc thefc moftfalfcand 
 flaunderous ramiurs caft abroad of late of his difloyall 
 demcanures towards het Majefty and his conntrey , 
 with the great priloner committed to his charge ? Is 
 all.this to any other end,butonly to drive him to fomc 
 
 Machiviliaa 
 
 Skights. 
 
 Lekefiefs de-’- 
 viecs for the 
 overthrow of 
 Sir Chriplo- ^ 
 p\)e.r H^tonl 
 
 Leicefiers ic2 
 rices againft 
 the Earicof. 
 Shrewsburjf, 
 
Leiceflers 
 contempt of 
 the ancient 
 ‘Nobility of 
 England. 
 
 LAi»pr\ 
 
 New men 
 moft con¬ 
 temptuous. 
 
 Duke 
 lits jell at 
 the Eardc of 
 jirnndel. 
 
 fl5oJ 
 
 iiHfwticnce, and thereby to commit or fay fomething 
 which may open the gate unto his mine? Diverse-* 
 ther things could I recite of his behaviour towards 
 other noble men of tlic Realm,who live abroad in their 
 countries much iniured and malcontented by his inio- 
 Icncie; albeit in refped of his prefen t power they dare 
 not complaine. And furely it is (irange to fee, how 
 little account hce maketh of all the ancient Nobility 
 of our Rcalme: how he contemneth, derideth and 
 debafeth them:\yhich is the faQiion of all fuch as mean 
 to ufiirpe, to the end they may have none who flial 
 not acknowledge their firll: beginning and advance¬ 
 ment from themfelves. 
 
 Not only Vfurpers (quoth the Lawyer ) but all o- 
 thers who rife and mount aloft from bafe lynage , bee 
 ordinarily moft contemptuouSiContumultuous 3 & info- 
 lent againft others of more antiquity. And this was 
 evident in this mans father, who being a Bucke of the 
 firft head (as you know) was intolerable in contempt 
 of others: as appeareth, by thofe whom hee trode 
 downc of the Nobility in his time: as alfo by his or¬ 
 dinary jefts agaiiift the Duke of Somerfet and others. 
 But among other times, fitting one day at his owne 
 table ('asaCounfclIortold me that was preient) hce 
 tQoke occafion to talkc of the Earle of Arundel whom 
 he then had not only removed from the Counfell, but 
 alfo put into the Tower of London , being/as is well 
 knownc) the firft and chiefeft Earle of the Rcalme. 
 And for that the faid Earle,fhewed himfclfe fomewhat 
 fad and afflidlcd with his prefent ftate(as I marvel not, 
 feeing himfclfe in prifon, and within thecompafie of 
 fo fierce a Bears pawes ) it pleafed this goodly Duke, 
 to vaunt upon this Earles mifery, at his owne table (as 
 I have faid) and asked the noble men and Gentlemen 
 there prefent, whatCreftor Cognizance my Lord of 
 
 Armdei 
 
 4 
 
( ^50 
 
 ArUYidd did give ? and when every one aaTwercd 
 that he gave the white^orfe : I thought do f quoth 
 the Dakc ) and not wimout great catifc : for as the 
 white Paulffcy when heeftandeth in thedabic , and is 
 weli pro vend r ed , is proud and fierce, and ready to 
 leapeupon every other horles back, (fill ncying and 
 prouncing, and tr.oiibling all that ftand about him s 
 but when hee is once out of his boat flable, and depri¬ 
 ved a little of his eafe and fat feeding, every boy may 
 ride and maftcr him at his pleafurc: fo is it f quoth he } ' 
 with my Lord of Arundel: Whereat many marvelled 
 that were prefent, to heare fo indolent fpcech pafTe 
 from a'man of judgement, againft a Peers of the 
 Realme, call into calamity. r’ ' ; —^ 
 
 But you would more have marvelled ('quoth the 
 Gentleman J if youhad feenethat, which I did after¬ 
 ward, which was the mold bafe and abject behaviour 
 of the fame Duke', to the fame Earle of Arundel at 
 Cambridge, and upon the way towards Loudon: when "f I’c 
 this Earle was lent to apprehend and bring him up, as 
 prifoner. If I fhould tell you how hee fell downe o n ^ * 
 
 his kneesjho w he wept,how he befought the daid Earle adveifc fot- 
 to 6e a good Lord vnto him, whom a little before he times. ~ ^ 
 had fo much contemned and reproached : you would 
 have faid, that himfelfe might as well be compared to 
 this his white Paulfrcy, as the other. Albeit in this, 
 
 I will cxcafe neither of them both, neither almofl: any 
 other of thefe great men, who are fo proud and info- 
 lent in their profperous fortune, as they arc cafily led 
 to contemne any man, albeit thcmfelvcs be moft con¬ 
 temptible of all others, whenfoever their fortune bc- 
 ginneth to change: and fo will my Lord of Leieefier 
 be alfo, no doubt at that day, though now in his wealth 
 he triumph over all, and cai^eth not whom ,qr tow ma¬ 
 ny toe ofiend and in jur^ 
 
'SehoUer* 
 
 Lticefiers 
 bafe behavi¬ 
 our in advcr- 
 
 Leicefiers dc= 
 
 > ceiving of Sir 
 Ghriftopher 
 
 > Hatton* 
 
 A pretty ifhift 
 of my Lord 
 ^of Loicefler, 
 
 (jfi) 
 
 Sir therein 1 beleevc you (quoth 1J for weeharehad 
 fufficient tryall already ot my Lords fortitude inad» 
 verfity, His bafe and abieft behaviour in his laft dif- 
 gracc about his marriage, well declared what he would 
 doe, in a matter of more importance. His iawiting 
 and flattering of them, whom he bated moft; his Ser¬ 
 vile fpccchcs, his feigned and diflembled teares, are all 
 very well knowne: Then Siv'Chriftopker 
 needs be inforced, to receive at his hands the honoura- 
 bdeand gr-eat office of Chamberlainfliip of' Chefler, for 
 that he would by any means refign the fame unto him^ 
 whether he would or no : and made him provide (not 
 without his charge ) to receive the fame, though his 
 Lord fhip never meant it, as after well appeared. For 
 that the prefent pangc being pall, it liked my Lord to 
 • fulfill the Italian Proverbe, of fuch as in dangers make 
 vowes to Saints : Scampato ilpericoh^ gMAto il Sa»^ 
 the danger efcaped, the Saint is deceived. 
 
 Then, and in that neceflity, no men of the Realmc 
 "were fo'much honoured , commended and lerved by 
 him , as the noble Chamberlakie deceafed, and the 
 good Lord Treafurer yet living : to whom’, at.accr- 
 tainctime, hee wrote a letter, in all fraud and bale 
 diflimulation, and caufed the fame to bee delivered 
 with great cunning in the fight of Her Maiefty ; and 
 yet fo, as to (hew a purpofc that it fhoiildmot be feen: 
 to the end, her Highneffe might the rather take occa- 
 fion to call forthe fame and reade it, as fhe did. For 
 Miftris Frances Harpord ( to whom the ftratagem 
 was committed J playing her part dexteroufly, offered 
 to deliver the fame to the Lord Treafurer, ncere the 
 doore of the with- drawing ijhamber, hce; then com- 
 ming from Her Ma/efty. And to draw the eye and 
 attention of her Highnefle the more unto it, fhec let 
 ^ the paper, before it touched the Treafurers hand® 
 
fame; Which after (he had read and confidered the 
 ftiic,together Avith the mctalland conftitutionof him 
 th« wrote it, and to whom it was fent: Her High- 
 neffe could not but breakc forth in laughter, with dc- 
 teftation of fuch abfurd and abiefl difsimulation: fay¬ 
 ing unto my Lord Treafurcr there prefent *. my Lord 
 belceve him not, for if hec had you in like cafe face 
 would play the Bearewith you, though at this .pre¬ 
 fent hee fawnc upon you never fo faft. 
 
 But now, Sir,I pray you goc forward in your fpcech 
 of Scotland^ for there, I remember you left: off,when 
 fey occafion wee fell into thefe digreflions. 
 
 Well then ( quoth the Gentleman ) to returhc a- 
 gainc to Scotland (as you movc^ from whence wee 
 fcave digreffed 5 mod certaine and evident it is to all 
 the world, that all the broylcs, troubles, and dangers 
 procured to the Prince in that counfrey, as alio the 
 vexations of them, who any way arc thought to fa^ 
 vour that title in our o wne Realmc, doc proceed from 
 the drift and complot of thefe confpirators. Which 
 befides the great dangers mentioned before , both do- 
 mefticall and forraine, temporall,and of religion, mud 
 needs inferre great jeopardy alfo to Her Maiefties per- 
 fonand prcfcnt rcigne, that now goyerncth, thtough 
 the hops and heat of the afpirors ambition, inflamed 
 and incrcaled fo much the more, by the nearnefle of 
 their defired pray. 
 
 For as Ibuldicrs entred into hope of a rich and well 
 furnifhed Citic, arc more fierce and furious, when 
 they have gotten and beaten downe the Bul-workcs 
 round about: and as the greedy Burglarer that hath 
 pearfed and broken downe many wals to coihc to a 
 treafure, is Iclfe patient of flay, flop and delay, when 
 hee cqmmcth in fight of that which he dclireth, or 
 
 ■ 
 
 Her Maj(> 
 fticsTpcccb 
 of Leicefler 
 to the Ttd|a 
 furer. 
 
 
 
 The danger 
 of her Ma- 
 jeftie by op-^ 
 preflion of 
 the favourers 
 ofthe ScQtt^ 
 title. 
 
 A Sitnilic 
 true, ■" 
 

 Sarle efLet- 
 
 Eaiie Q{^un^‘ 
 itH/toft. 
 
 “The old 
 
 Countcffc.of 
 Uuntin£t<ms 
 fpeech of her 
 ionne. 
 
 JL^myer, 
 
 INearneflc 
 iBcompetis: 
 tors <loth in. 
 cite then to 
 adventure. 
 
 fi54^ 
 
 jpcrccivcth onlyfomc partition of wanc-skotorthc 
 like, betwixt his fingers and ihc cofers or money fcags; 
 h thefe men, when they flaall fee the fuccemon of 
 ScotUnd cxcinguiflacd • together with all friends and 
 fevourers thereof, (which now arc to Her Majcf^ as 
 Bulwarkesand Walks, and great obftaclcs to the alpi- 
 rors ) and when they (hall fee only Her Majefties life 
 and perfon, to ftana betwixt them and their fiery de- 
 fircs, (for they make little account of all other Cotn- 
 petitours by King Henries line ;) no doubt, but it will 
 be to them a great pricke and fpurre, to difpatch Her 
 Maicfty alfo: the nature of both jEarles being well 
 confidered, whereof the one killed his own wife (js 
 hath becne ihewed before) oncly upon a little vainc 
 hope of marriage with a.Qgeenc, and the other being 
 fo farre blinded and borne away, with the ferae furi¬ 
 ous fume, and moft impotent itching humour of am¬ 
 bition: as his ownc mother, when ihe was alive , fec- 
 med greatly to fcare his fingers, if once the matter 
 {hould come fo nccre , as her life had only ftood in his 
 way. For which caufc, the good old Countefle, was 
 wont to pray Ciod fas X have heard divers fay ) that 
 fhe might die before Her Ma|efiy,( which happily was 
 granted unto her) to the end that by handing in her 
 fonnes way (who fhee few to her griefc, turioufly 
 bent to wcarea Crownc;) their might not feme dan¬ 
 gerous extremity grow to hcr,by that nearnefie ; And 
 if his ownc mother feared this mifchancc, what may. 
 her Majcfty doubt, at his,and his corrpanions hands, 
 ydien ihe only (hall be the obfiack of ail their unbrid- 
 Icdand impatient defires ? 
 
 Cleare it is (quoth the Lawyer ) that the nearneffe of 
 afpirours to the Crowne, endangereth greatly thepre- 
 . fent polfelTors, as you have well proved by rcafon,and 
 1 could (hew by divers examples, if it were need. For 
 
 when 
 
when Heiry SfdUn^rot/ke^'Dvk^oi 
 
 enly/S!xVW<a^ the fccond to be without ifluC } butal^ 
 
 M.o£er tJHorumer , Earle of 'March , that Ihould have 
 fuccccded in the Crowne, to bee flaine in Ireland : 
 ih^gh before (as is thought) hec meant not to ufurpe^ att^ 
 yet feeing the poflibility and ncere cut that he had: 
 was invited therewith to lay hands of his Soveraignes fourth, 
 blood and dignity , as he did. The like is thought of 
 Richard ^ Ddte of Glocffier that he never meant the 
 murder of his nephewes, untill he faw their father 
 dead, and thcmfelvcs in his owne hands s his brother 
 allb Duke of Clarence difpatched, and his only fonne third, 
 and heire Earle of fVarvoicke , within his ownc power. 
 
 Wherefore, feeing it hath not plcafcd Almighty 
 God, for caufes to himfclfe beft knownc, to leave un¬ 
 to this noble Realmc > any ifluc by her moft excellent 
 Majefty, it hath beene a point of great wifdome in l ^ ‘ 
 mine opinion, and of great fafety to Her Highneflc in confix 
 perfbn,ftatc, and dignity ; toprelcrvc hitherto, the the next 
 line of the next Inheritors by the houfc of Scotland^ heircsof 
 (\ mcane both the mother and the fon ) whole deaths 
 hath becnc fo diligently fought, by the other compe- 
 
 titours, and had beene long ere this atchieved, if her 
 Ma/edics ownc wifdome and Royall clemency ( as is 
 thought ) had not placed fpcciail eye upon the conlcr-f 
 .vation thereof, from time to time. Which princely 
 providence, fo long as it (hall endure, mud needs be a 
 great laFety and fortrefle to Her Majefty, notoncly a- 
 gainft the claimes, ayds , or annoyance of forrainc 
 Princes, who will not be fo forward to advance ftrange 
 titles, while fo mandeft heires remaine at home, nor 
 yet fo willing (in refped: of policy ) to helpe that 
 line to poffcflion of the whole lland: but alio againib 
 prafticcs of domefticall afpirours(as you have lliewcd) 
 in whole affaires no doubt but thefc two branches of 
 
 X 2 Scot* 
 
 * 
 
,Thc King of 
 Scotland! de- 
 ftniSion of 
 more impor¬ 
 tance to the 
 confpirators, 
 then his mo. 
 ihcrs. 
 
 The Earle of 
 SaUsburj, difs 
 graced by^e 
 c^peticors. 
 
 €{nthn^\ 
 
 The vigilant 
 eye that her 
 Majeiliesaa. 
 ceftocs had to 
 the colateiall 
 line* 
 
 Scotland ate great blocks, as alfo fpecialt Bulwarkes to 
 her Majefties life and perfon: feeing^ as you fay) thefe 
 copartners make fo little account of all the other of 
 that line, vi ho fhould cnlue by order of fucceflion. 
 
 Marry yet of the two, I thinke the youth of 
 landhQ of much more importance for their purpole, to 
 be made away, both for that he may have ifluc-, and is 
 like in time to be of more ability, for defence of his 
 o wne inheritance: as alfo for that hee Being once dif^ 
 patched, his mother lliould foone enfue, by one Height 
 or other, which they would devife unwitting to Her 
 Majefty t albeit, I muft needs confefle,that her High- 
 neffehathufed moft fingular prudence for prevention 
 thereof: in placing her reftraint with lb noble, ftrong, 
 and worthy a Peere of ourRealme, as the Earle of 
 Shrewsbury is: whole fidelity and conftancy being no¬ 
 thing pliable to the others fa(^on, giveth them little 
 contentation. And for that caufe, the world feeth, 
 how many fundry and divers devices they have ufed, 
 and doc ule daily to flaunder and difgrace him , and 
 thereby to pull from him his charge committed. 
 
 To this the Gentleman anfwcred nothing at all, but 
 Rood ftill muling with himfelfe,as though he had con¬ 
 ceived fome deepc matter in his head: and after a little 
 paufc he began to fay as folio weth. 
 
 I cannot truly but much marvaile, when I doe com- 
 jpare fome things of this time and government, witb 
 the doings of former Princes,progenitors to Her Ma- 
 iefty. Namely of Henry the fcventh,.and Henry 
 eight; who had fo vigilant an eye to the laterall line of 
 King the fourth by his brother of Clarence^ as^ 
 
 they thought itnecefiary, not only to prevent all evi¬ 
 dent dangers that might enfue that way, but even the 
 pofiibilitiesof allpcrill ; as may well appeare by the 
 
 fVarmckc before named^ 
 
Sonne and hcirc to thefaid Duke of Cl^renci] and 61 
 May^ArethisSil^eT Comtc^c of SaMnrjy with the 
 Lord Henry Montague her Sonne, by whoie Daughter Perfons tt€. 
 the Earle of Hmungtoyf now claimeth. Aii-whkh cuted of the 
 wefS executed for avoiding of inconveniences, and Houfe of 
 that.at fuch times, when no imminent danger 
 could bee much doubted, by that Line, cfpccially, 
 by the latter. And yet now when one of the fame 
 Houfe and Line, of more ability and ambition, 
 then ever any of his Anceftours were, maketh open 
 title and claime to the Crowne, with plots, packs, and 
 preparations to-moft manifeft ufurpation, againft all 
 order, all law, and all rightfull fuccefUon: and againfi: 
 a Ipeciall ftatute provided in that bchalfc: yet is hee 
 permitted, borne oiitj favored,-and friended therein; 
 and no man fo hardy,as in defence of her Ma;eftie and 
 Rcalmcjto controle him for the fame. 
 
 It may be, that her Majefty is brought into the fame The example 
 opinion of my Lord of Huntingtons . fidelity, as lulius of luliw ca* 
 Cafar yjTiS of Brutus^ his deareft obliged deftm^ 
 
 friend : of whole ambitious pradifes, and afpiring, 
 when Cafar was advercifed by his carcfull friends : 
 hec anfvvered, that hcc well knew Brutus to bee ain»« 
 bitious, but I am fure (quoth hcejthat my Brutus will 
 never attempt any thing for the Empire, while 
 far liveth : and after my death, let him fiiift for the 
 fame among others, as hee can. But what cnfiied? 
 
 Surely I am loth to tell the event, for ominations 
 fake, but yet all the World knoweth, that ere many 
 moneths pafied, this moft Noble and Clement Em- 
 perour. Was pittifully murdered by the famci?m«tf- 
 and his Partners, in the publique Senate, when leaft: 
 of all hee expefled fuch ' treafon. So dangerous a 
 thing it is, to bee lecure in a matter of fo great fequel 1, 
 or-tqtruftthem with a mans life, who may pretend 
 
 X 3 . prefer.- 
 
T oo much 
 confidence 
 -very perilous 
 ia a Prince* 
 
 The example 
 of Alexander 
 the grear, 
 how he was 
 foretold his 
 danger. 
 
 prcA3i!fiic9it or^ intcreft , by ‘ death, , 
 
 Whcrclopc, Wiould God W Majefty in this caCv 
 Blight bcc induced^ to have fach due care and regard 
 ofherowne eftate and Royall peribn, as the weighty 
 moment of the matter requircth s which contai*cth 
 thebliffe and calamity of fo Noble and worthy a 
 Kingdomc,as this is. 
 
 I know-right well, .that moft excellent natures are 
 alwayes furtbeft off from diffidence in fuch people^ 
 as proves love, and are moft bounden by duty ^ 
 and fo it is evident in her Majefty. But yet furely^ 
 this confidenceib commendable in other men,is fearfe 
 allowable often times in the perfon of a Prince; fcK 
 thatitgoeth accompanied with fo great pcrill, as is 
 inevitable to him that will not {ufped principally 
 when dangers are foretold or prefaged,(as commonly 
 by Gods appointment they are, for the Ipcciall 
 hand hce holdcth over Princes affaires, ) or when 
 there is probable conjedure, or /oft furmife of the 
 iame. 
 
 Wee know that the forenamed Emperour 
 
 had notoncly the waming gxvcu him of thcinclina- 
 
 tion and intent of Bmtm to ufiirpation, but even the 
 very day when hec was going towards the place of 
 hh appointed deftiny, there was given up into his 
 hands a detedien of the whole treafon, with requeft 
 to read the fame prefently, which hce upon confi¬ 
 dence omitted to doe. Wee read alfb oi Alexrtn^ 
 der the great, how hce was notonely forbidden by 
 a learned man, to enter into Babylon ( whether hec 
 was then going) for that there was treafon meant 
 againft him, in the place, but alfo that hee was foretold 
 of Antipaters mifehievous meaning againft him, in 
 particular. But theyong Prince having fo well de- 
 icrvcd of Antfpater could not bee brought to miftruft 
 
(^59) 
 
 man that was fo dearc unto him : and by that 
 meanes was poiioncd. in a banquet, by three Sonnes 
 t^AntipAter , which were of moft credit and confi¬ 
 dence in the Kings Chamber. 
 
 tlCrCytruly, my heart did fomewhat tremble with 
 fearc, horrour, and deteftation of (uch events. And 
 I faid unto the Gentleman. I befeech you. Sir, to 
 talkc no more of thelc matters, hr I cannot well 
 abide to heare them named: hoping in the Lord, 
 that there is no caufc, nor ever fhall bee, to doubt the 
 like in England: fpccially^ from thefe men who are fo 
 much boundentoherMajefty, and fo forward in fec- 
 king out and purfuing all fuch, as may bee thought 
 to be dangerous to her Ma/efties perfon, as by the fun- 
 dry late executions wee have leenc, and by the 
 puniQiments every way of Papifts, wee may per¬ 
 
 ceive. 
 
 Truth it is ( quoth the Gentleman ) that jufticc 
 bath bcene done upon divers of late, which contend 
 teth mce greatly, for the terrour and reftraint of o- 
 thers, of what fed or religion foever they bee; And 
 
 itis moft nccclfary fJoubtlca^for the comprefting of 
 
 parties, that great vigilance bee uled in that bchalfe. 
 But when ! confider, that oncly one kind of men 
 are touched herein: and that all fpeech, regard,doubt, , 
 diftruftjand watch, is of them alone; without reflexion 
 of eye upon any other mens doings or defignements: 
 when I fee the double diligence, and vehcmcncy of 
 certaine inftruments, which I like not, bent wholly 
 torayfc wonder and admiration of the people, fearc, 
 terrour, and attention, to the doings/ayings, and mea¬ 
 nings ofonc part or faff ion alone, and of that namely 
 and oncly, which thefe confpiratours cftcemc for 
 moft dangerous and oppofitc to themfclvcs; I am 
 
 ( believe mec) often tempted to iufpcd fraud and 
 
 ' fallc 
 
 Schollerl, 
 
 Late execBs 
 tions» 
 
 Centlmml 
 
 Fraw^ to Ifceec 
 feared in • 
 piirfiiing onft 
 part or fa- 
 dioAonelj^ 
 
Tkc cornpi 
 
 dfott of 
 Weives and 
 Rebels, 
 
 Richdri 
 Duke oif 
 'Xorlie* 
 
 ^ukt7){idley. 
 
 A good rule 
 ^cf policy# 
 
 falfc mciferc t and that theft men dealc^ as Wolres 
 by nature in other Countries arc wont to doss 
 Which going together in great numbers to affaiica 
 flock of fheepe by night, doefet fomeoncortwopfc* 
 their company u^n the wind fide of the folda€u:re 
 off, who partly by their fent and other farutehag 
 which of purpofe they make, may draw the dogges 
 and (hepheards to purfue them alone , whiles the 
 other doc enter and flay the whole flock. Or as re-* 
 bels that meaning to furprireaTowne,toturneaway 
 the Inhabitants fiom confideration of the danger, 
 and foom defence of that place, where they intend to 
 enter; doe fet on fire fome other parts of the Towns 
 further off, and doc found a falfe alarmc at fome gate, 
 where is meant Icaft danger. 
 
 Which art, was ufed cunningly byJRirWdDuke 
 of Tor^ in the time of King Henry the fixt, when 
 hce to cover his owneintent: brought all the Rcalme 
 in doubt of the doings of Edmond Duke of Somerfet, 
 his enemy. But John of Northumberland ^ Father to 
 my Lord of ufed the fame art ranch more 
 
 skilfully , whfHi Iie«; puc all JOnv^wfel xn a mazc and 
 tnufing of the Proteftour and of his friends; as though 
 nothing could bee fafe about the yong King, until! 
 they were fuppreffed: and confcquently, all brought 
 into his owne authority, without obftaclc. I fpeakc 
 not this, to cxcufe Papiffs, or to wiili them any way 
 fpared wherein they oftencl; butonely to fignihethat 
 inaCountrey, where fo potent fadions bee, it is not 
 fafe, to fuffer the one to make it felfc fo puuTant by 
 purfuite of the other:as afterwards the Prince mull re- 
 maine at the devotion of theftronger; but rather as in 
 a body molcltedand troubled with contrary humours, 
 if all cannot bee purged, the bell Phylickis, without 
 all doubt, to reduce and h(^d them at fuch an equality; 
 
{I6l) 
 
 as deftru^lion may'not bee feared of the predorai-] 
 nant. 
 
 To this faid the Lawyer laughing , yea marry Sir.' 
 I Tjjould to God, your opinion might pr^vaile in this 
 matter : ibr then Ihould wee bee in other tearmes, 
 then now wee are, I was not long fioce, in com¬ 
 pany of a certaine honourable Lady of the Court, 
 who, after fome fpeech paffed by Gentlemen that 
 were prefent,offomc apprehended, and fome execu¬ 
 ted, and fuch like affaires : brake into a great complaint 
 of the prefent time, and therewith (I affureyouj mo¬ 
 ved all the hearers to griefc (as women you know arc 
 potent in ftirring of aSeef ions, J and caufed them all 
 to willi that her Ma/elly,had beenc nigh to have heard 
 her words. 
 
 I doe well rememberfquoth (Lee ) the firft douzen 
 yearesof herhighnefferaigne , how happy, pleaiant, 
 and quiet they were, with all manner of comfort and 
 confolation. There was no mention then of fadions 
 in religion, neither was any man much noted or re/e- 
 <2ed for that caufe-: fo otfaerwife his converfation 
 were civill and courteous. No fufpition oftreafon, 
 notalkeof bloudfhed , no complaint of trou' les, mi- 
 feries or vexations. All was peace, all was love, all 
 was joy, all was delight. Her N a/eOy (I amfure) 
 tooke more recreation at that timc,in one day, then fhe 
 doth now in a whole weekes and wee that ferved 
 her highneffe, enjoyed more contentation in a weeke, 
 then wee can now in divers yea; es. Fornow, there 
 arc fo many lufpitions, every where, f )r this thing 
 and for that : as wee cannot tell whom to trufh So 
 many mclancholique in the Court, that fxtnc malc- 
 jconteutcd: fo many complaining oi fuing for theif 
 friends that are in trouble: other flip ovicr the Sea,or 
 retire themfclvcs upon the fudden: fo many »alcs 
 ‘ , Y “ bcought 
 
 The fpeech 
 of a certaine 
 Lady of the 
 Court. 
 
 . ^4 
 
( 162.) 
 
 brought a$ of this or that danger, of this mar? fu^ 
 Ipcftcd, of that man fent for up, and fuch like un^ 
 pleafantand unfavery (lufte : as wee can never aloioft 
 bee merry one whole ay together. ^ 
 
 Wherefore (quoth this Lady^ wee that areofner 
 Majefties traine and Ipeciaii lervice, and doe not ondy 
 fed thefe things in our ielves, hut iiiuch more in the 
 griefcof her molt excellent Majcify, whom wee fee 
 dayly moleftcd herewith (being one of thebelf na- 
 More mede* tures, I amlure,that ever noble Princeile was indued 
 ration wifbed With ail :) wce cannot but mone, to behold contentions 
 in mattersof advanced fo farre foorth as they are : and wce could 
 fai^lion^ wilh moll hartily that for the time to come, thefe 
 matters might pafle with fuch peace, fri. ndlliip and 
 tranquility^ as they doe in other Countries t where 
 difference in religion breaketh not the band of 
 good fellowfliip, or fidelity. And with this in a 
 fmiling manner, (hec brake eft”; asking pard n of the 
 company, iffhee had fpoken her opinion, over boldly, 
 like a woman. 
 
 The fpecch whom , anfurered 9 Counier, that fat next 
 
 of a Couir^ her: Madame, your Ladifhip hath faid nothing in this 
 sier. behalfc, that is not dayly debated among us, in our 
 
 Common Ipccch in Court, as you know, Yourde- 
 fire alfo herein is a publique defire, if it might oee 
 brought to paffe: for there is no man fo fimplc, that 
 leethnot, how perilous thefe contentions-and devi- 
 fions among us, may bcc in the end. And 1 have 
 heard divers Gentlemen, that bee learned, difeourfe at 
 large upon this argument; alleaging old examples of 
 the Atheniansi Lacedemonians^ Carthagenians, and 
 Theperlllof v^nsy who received notable dammages, and deftru- 
 divifiens and ffionalfo, in thc end, by their divilions and factions 
 ^aions in a . anti fpecially fiom them of their 
 
 w^aTth.^”* ownc Qties and Countries, who upon factions lived 
 
 ^abroad: 
 
 » 
 
abroad with Forraincrs : and thereby were alwaycs aS 
 fire-bands to carry home the flame of Warre, upon 
 fheir Countrey. 
 
 ^he like, they alfo fliewed by the long experience 
 of all the great Cities and States oi Italy : which by 
 their factious and foru'eites, were in continuall gar- 
 boilc, bloudflicd and mifery* Whereof our owns 
 Countrey hath tailed alfo her part, by the odious con- 
 tention bet weenc the Houfes of Lancafter and Terkf: 
 wherein it is marvailous to coniidcr, what trouble 
 ^ few men oftentimes, departing out of theRcalmc, 
 were able to workc, by the part of their fodion re¬ 
 maining at home ( which commonly cncreafeth to¬ 
 wards them that are abfent ,) and by tlie readines g€ 
 fbrraine Princes, to receive alwayes, and comfort 
 fuch, as are difeontented in an other ftate: to the end, 
 that by their mcanes, they might hold an ore in their 
 neighbours bote : Which, Princes that are nigh bor- 
 elcrers, doe alwayes,above ail other things,mofteovet 
 
 • anddefirc. 
 
 This was that Court,Vrs fpeech and reafbn, where¬ 
 by I perceived, that as well among them in Court, as 
 among us in the Realme and Countrey abroad, the 
 pTclent inconvenience and dangerous fequell of this 
 
 • our home diflention, is efpkd s and confequently 
 mod EngliQi hearts inclined to with the remedy or 
 
 ‘ prevention thereof^ by fomc reafonable moderation, 
 or re-union among our felvcs. For that the profe- 
 cution of thele differences to extremity, cannot 
 but after many wounds and cxulcerations bring mat- 
 ’ ters finally to rage^ fury and'mod deadly defpera- 
 tion. r • 
 
 Whereas on the otherfide, if any fwcet qaalifica- 
 - tion,ot fMall tolLeracion among us, were admitted: 
 there is no doubt, but that affaires would paffe. in 
 ♦ y ^ ^ ovx 
 
 y 
 
 The ^angeli 
 rous feqtiell 
 of diSentioa 
 in our 
 Realme* 
 
Gentleman, 
 
 Exaaiples of 
 tollaaciQii 
 in matters of 
 Religion. 
 
 Germany* 
 
 The breach 
 and rc=imk)a 
 aga’ne in 
 '^ranc&* 
 
 C164) 
 
 our'Realine, with more quietne^-j fafcfy3nd’puMic|u&* 
 weaieofthc-fame, then it is like it will doe long;, 
 and men would eafily bee brought, that have Engli[h> 
 bowelsjto joyiie in the prei'ervation of their Countjgy, 
 from mine, bloudilied,and fbrraine opprellion,which 
 delperationof fa^dions•is wont to procure, 
 
 lam of your opinion ('quoth the Gentleman ) in 
 that, for I have feene the experience thereof^ and all 
 the World behold ah the lame at this day, in all the 
 Countries of Geym^nj^Polon'a,Bcemland, and 
 where a little bearing of the one with the other, hath 
 wrought tnem much eafe, and eontiniied them a peace, 
 whereof all Europe befidcs, hath admiration and envy. 
 The firfl douzen yeares alio of her Ma/edies raigne, 
 whereof your Lady of the Court dilcourfed before, 
 can wcil bee a witnefTe of the fame; Wherein the 
 commiferation and lenity that was uled towards 
 thofe of the weaker fort, with a certaine fweet di¬ 
 ligence for their gaining, by good naeanes, was the 
 caufeofmuch peace, contentation, and other benefit 
 
 to the whole h.idy. 
 
 Wee izz 'mErmce, that by over much prefling of 
 one part onely, a dre was inkindled not many yeares 
 fince, like to have confumed and deftroyed the wholes 
 had not a ncceffary molification becne thought 
 upon, by the wifeft of that Kings Councell, full con¬ 
 trary to the will and inclination of fome great per- 
 fbnages, who meant perhaps to have gained more 
 by the other. And fince that time, wee fee what 
 peace, wealth and re-union, hathinfued in that Coun- 
 trey, that was fo broken, diflevered and wafted be¬ 
 fore. And all this, byyeelding a. little in that thing, 
 which no force can maftcr, but exulcerate rather, and 
 tnakeworfe: I meane the confeience and judgement 
 of meg in m^ersof religion. 
 
 : ■ ^ The 
 
 
{iSy) 
 
 The lif?e alfo I could name you in Vlamd'ers , where ^kffdcrt]- 
 after all thefe broylcs and miferies, of lb many yearcs 
 warres (caufed principally by too much ftreyning in 
 fiichiOfaires at the beginning Jalbcit, the King.be never 
 fo laced, in yeelding to publike liberty, and free 
 cxercife on both parts yet is he defeended to this at 
 length (and that upon force of reafon) to abftain from 
 the purluitc and karch of mens confciences, not onely 
 in the to wnes,which upon compofition hee receiveth, 
 but alfo where hoe hath recovered by force, as in Tor- 
 ’ffptj, and other places: where I am informed that no 
 man is learched,demanded, or molefted for his opini¬ 
 on or confcience, nor any ad: of Papiftry or contrary 
 religion required at their hands : but are permitted to 
 line quietly to God and themfelvcs , at home in their 
 ownc houies : fo they performe other wife,, their out¬ 
 ward obedience and duties to their Prince and coua^ 
 trey. Which only qualification, toUerance,and mode*- 
 ration in our Rcalme (if I be not deceived, with many 
 'more that be of my opinion) would content alldivi- 
 lions, fadions , and parttes among us, for their Conti¬ 
 nuance in peace : be they Papifts, Puritanes,Pamilians, 
 or of whatlbever nice diflference or fedion belides, 
 and would be fudicient to rctaine all parties, within a 
 a temperate obedience to the Magiftrate and govcrnc- 
 ment, for confervation of their countrey: which were 
 of no fmall importance to the contentation of Her 
 Ma/efty, and weak publike of the whokkingdome. 
 
 But what ihould I talke of this thing, which is lb 
 contrary to the defires and defignments of our puiflant 
 Confpirators ? What (hould Cicero the Senator ufc Moderarmn 
 perfwafions to Captaine and his crew, that - 
 
 ■ quietneffe and order wer© better then hurkburlies ? ^ 
 
 Is it polHole that our Afpirours will ever permit an3r ckerd) 
 fuch thing, caufc, or matter, to be treated in our ftate^ j' ^ 
 
 J 
 
The Con- 
 fpirators op 
 portttnity. 
 
 i 
 
 to 
 
 called to ac 
 counf. 
 
 as may tend to the flability of Her Ma/cftics' prefent 
 government. No farcly it ihndeth nothing with their 
 wifedome or policie: erpccially at this i.nftant, when 
 they have fuch opportunity of following their ^nc 
 adtionsin Her Ma/efties name, under the vizard and 
 pretext,-of her defence and fafety ; having lowed in 
 every mans head, fo many hn aginations of the dan¬ 
 gers prelent both abroad and at home : from Scotland^ 
 Flanders , Spame^ and Ireland : lo rnagy conlpiracie^ 
 ^fo many intended murders,and others lo many contri¬ 
 ved or conceived mifehieves; as my Lord of Leicefier 
 affureth himlelfe, that the troubled water cannot bee 
 
 - cleared againc , in ihortfpace, nor his baitsand lines 
 laid therein, ealily elpied r butrathcr , that hereby ere 
 long, bee will catch the hfh he gapeth fo greedily af¬ 
 ter : and in the meane time, for the purfute of thefc 
 crimes, and other that daily he will find out, himfelfc 
 tnuft remainc perpetuall Dieffator. 
 
 But what mcancth this fo much inculcating of trou¬ 
 bles, treafons,murders and invalions ? I like not furcly 
 'thelc ominous Ipeechcs. Anri ae I am out of doubt, 
 -that Leicefler the caller of thefc fhadowes, doth lookc 
 to play his part, firft in thefc troublefome affaires: fo 
 * doe I heartily fcare, thatunlefie the tyrannic of this 
 Letceftrian fury be fpeedily ftoppcd, that fuch milery 
 to Prince, and people (which the Lord for his mcrcks 
 fake turnc from us) as never greater fell before to oiir 
 miferablc countrey ; is farre nearer hand then isexpe- 
 or fufpedfed. 
 
 And therefore, for prevention of thelc calamities^ 
 to tell you plainelj mine opinion ( good.Sirs)and thcr- 
 wkhtodrawto an end of this our conference (fork 
 
 - w^cth late p I would thinke it the moft nccedi^y 
 Kpointof ail tor Her Ma/efty fo call his Lordfhip to ac- 
 €01X11 among other, and to fee what other men could 
 
(t6f) 
 
 fay againft him^ at length, after fo many yeares of hla 
 foie accufing and purfuing of others. I know and am 
 very well aflured, th it no one ad which Her Majdly 
 hath donf fince her comming to the Crownc ( as Ihce 
 bat^one right many moft highly to be commended) 
 nor any that lightly Her Maiefty may doe hereafter, can 
 be of more vtiUtie to Her felfc, and to the Rcalme, or, 
 more gratefijll Lrtto her faithfull and zealous iubieds 
 then this noble ad of lu ice would bee, fortryallof 
 this mans del wards his countrey, 
 
 I lay it wodd be profitable to Her Maicftic, and to 
 the Rcalme , not only inrelpedi f the many dangers 
 before mentioned, heteby to bee avoyded, which arc 
 like to enfue moll ccrtaincly. if his com les be dill per¬ 
 mitted : but alfOjfor that Her Maicfiy fhallby this,QC- 
 livcr Her felfe from thatgencrall grud-e and gnefe of; 
 mind, with great diflike, which many fubieds,other- 
 wile moft faithfull, have conceived againft the exeef* 
 five favour ihewed to this man fo many yeares , iVith- 
 out defert or realon. W hich favour, he having ufed to 
 the hurt, annoyance and oppreflionboihof infinitfe- 
 Verall pcrfons,and the whole Commr>n~wealth(ai hath 
 becne laid ;J the griefe a "d r^-feiuiment thereof, doth 
 redomid commonly in fachc<ifes , not only upon the 
 perfon delinquent alone, but all’) up m the Soveraigne, 
 by whof favour and authority hec off reth fuchiniu- 
 rics, th )ugh never f) much againft the others intent, 
 will, defire,or meaning, ^ ; 
 
 And hereof we have examples of findry Princes,in 
 all ages and countries; whofe exorbitant'favour to 
 fomc WMcked fobietft that abufed the la ne i bathbcenc 
 thecaufeof great danger and mii e s-ihelinncsof th© 
 Favourite,being returned, and revenged upon the Fa^ 
 vourcr. As in the Hiftoric of thc CrecMfrs is d^l^red, 
 
 by.occafion ot the pittifull murder of that wife and yi- 
 
 ctorioi^’ 
 
iTBe death 
 of King 
 Philip of 
 cedomcy and 
 cauletheteof. 
 
 . Fau/mas, 
 
 'Kinss of 
 Epffsnd o- 
 verthrwwnc 
 by too much 
 favoiaringof 
 fome particu* 
 
 ^onovis Vrmcc Philip of Macedonie] who albelf,that 
 he were well afllircd to have given no oftence of him* 
 felfe to any of his fubiedisjand confequently feared no¬ 
 thing , but converted openly and confidentl]^ among 
 them^ yet, for that hce had favoured too muciftnc 
 T>vkQ %J^nAl/*s^ a proud and infolent Courtier, and had 
 borne him out imeertaine of his wickedneffe, or at 
 leafl > not punhhed the fame after it was deteded and 
 complayned upon: the parties grieved , accounting 
 the cri...e more proper and hainous on the part of him^ 
 who by otlice ihould doe iuftice, and protedt other, 
 then of the Perpetrator, who folio weth but his owne 
 paflion and- fenfuality : let pafle Attalfis , and made 
 their revenge upon the blood and life of the King him- 
 felfe, by one Taufanl^s , fuborned for that purpole, in 
 the marriage day of the Kings owne daughter* 
 
 Great (lore of like examples might be repeated, out 
 of vthcftorics of other countries , nothing being more 
 ufuail or frequent amongall nations,then theafflidions 
 of Realmes and kingdomes, and the overthrow of 
 Princes and great Potentates themfelvcs, by their too 
 
 much affection cowards iomc unworthy particular 
 
 perfons : a thing indeed lo common and ordinary, as it 
 may well feemetobe the fpecialcll Rock of all other, 
 whereat Kings and Princes do make their ihip wracks. 
 
 For if -weclooke into the Rates and Monarchies of 
 all Cbriftendomc, and confidrr theruincs that have bin 
 of any Princes or Ruler within the fame: weefhall 
 find this point to havebeene z great and principall part 
 of the caufe thereof: and in our owne Rate and conn- 
 trey, the matter is too too evident. For wbercas,<ince 
 thcconquch wee number principally, three iuRand 
 lawfull Kings; to have come tb confu(ion,by aIien?tion 
 of their fubjeds; that is, Edward the fecond ^Richard 
 thciccond. and Her^rj theiixt, this only point of too 
 * ' much 
 
IC« Edwdtd^i 
 
 (l^p) 
 
 much favour towards wicked perfbns, was the cbiefdl 
 caufc of dertruc^ioh in all three. As in the hrft,the ex- 
 ceflive favour towards Peter Gave ft ok and two of the 
 Spencer^, In the fecond, the line extraordinary,and in- 
 diiffeet affedion towards Robert Vere, Earle of Ox* 
 
 DtebliHe^dU^Thomas Mowbray^ ^ .. r , 
 
 two rnoft turbulent and wicked men, that fet theKuig ^ 
 againif his owne Vncles and the Nobility. 
 
 Jn the third (being a fnnple and holy man) albeit,no 
 great exorbitant aft'ccfion was feene towards any, yet 
 his'wife, Queene Margarets too much favour and cre¬ 
 dit (by him not controled ) towards the Marques of 
 SHjfoLkSi that after was made Duke, by whofe inftind: 
 and wicked cOunfeil, fhemade away firft the noble 
 Duke of Glocefler , and afterward committed other 
 things in great preiudice of theHealme, andfuffered 
 the laid moll impious & finfull Duke,to range & make 
 bavockeof all fort offubiedls at hispleafure (much 
 aftcrthefalhionof the Earle of now, though 
 
 yet not in fo high and extremei dcgree;(this I fay was 
 the principall and originall caufe, both before God and 
 
 man, (as Polidore well noteth ) of all tlic calamity and 
 extreme defolation , which after enfiied both to the 
 King, Queene,and their only child, with the utter ex¬ 
 tirpation of their family. 
 
 And^fo like wif? now to fpeak in our particular cafe,' 
 if there be any grudge or griefe at this day,any miflike, 
 repining,complaint or murmure againil Her Maiefties 
 government , in the hearts of her true and faitbfuU 
 fubieds, who wifih amendment of that which isa- 
 mifle , and not the overthrow of that which is well t 
 (as i trow it were no wildome to imagine there were 
 noneall: ) I dare avouch upon confcience, that ei¬ 
 ther all, or the greatefl: part thereof, proceedeth from 
 th^ man ; who by the favour of her Maiefty lo aili(fl- 
 
 Z eth 
 
(lyo) 
 
 teth h'er pcdple, as never did before him, either 
 ficHi or Spencer^ or Vere, or Moyvbrny , or any other 
 mifehiev^ous Tyrant, that abu-ed molt hb Princes fa¬ 
 vour within our Realms of England, Wher j^by it is 
 evident, how profftable'a thing it ihould bee to^c 
 whole Realms, how honourable to Her Maicftie, andi 
 how gratefull to all her fubieefs, if this man at length 
 might be called to his account. 
 
 Sir^quoth the Lawyer j you allcage great reafon,and 
 verily I am of opinion , that if her Majefty knew bur 
 the tenth part of this, which you have here fpoken, as- 
 ^fo her good lubieds defires and complaint in this be- 
 halfe ; ihee would well lloew , that Her Highnefsc 
 fcarcth not to permit iufiice to palse upon Leicefier, 
 
 - or any other within her Realme, for. fatisfadion of her 
 people, whatfoever fomc men may thinke and report - 
 to the contrary, or howfosver otherwifeof her ownc 
 mild difpofition,or goodaffeblion towards the perfon,’ 
 fhcehave borne with him hitherto, For fowceJee, 
 that wife Princes can doe at times convenient, for 
 peace and tranquillity,and publike weale; though con¬ 
 trary to tKeir owo« pArticwlar and peculiar inclination. 
 
 As to goe no'further, then to the laft example na- 
 iiicd and alicaged by your felfe before .-.though Quecne 
 puDilh- ji^argaret the wife of King Henry the fixt, had favou- 
 :)ukTcf unfortunately many yearcs together^ William . 
 
 Duke of Suffolki (as hath beenc Laid ) whereby he com¬ 
 mitted manifold out-rages, and afflidfed the Rcaline 
 by fundry meancs s yet fhee being a woman of great 
 prudence, when ihe faw the whole Communalty de¬ 
 mand juftice upoivhim for his demerites, albeit ihec 
 liked and loved the man ftill: yet for fatisfadion of 
 the peopk,upon fo general! a complaint: fhe was con¬ 
 tent , firft to commit him to prifon, and afterward to 
 baailitotheRealme; but the providence of God 
 
 would 
 
' ( lyi) 
 
 wdald not permit him fo to efcape: for that hc6bcinf 
 icicouhtrcd, and taken upon the lea in his paflage, bee 
 was beheaded in the Ihip, and fo received lome part 
 of puniflament for his moft wicked,ioof^ 
 
 and ncentious life. 
 
 And to feeke no more examples in this cafe, and 
 wee know into what favour and fpcciall grace Sir 
 Edmond Dudley my Lord of Lejeeflers good Grand¬ 
 father was crept, with King Henry the feventh,in the 
 latter end of his raigne; and what intollcrable wicked- 
 nell'e and mifehiefe hec wrought againd the whole 
 Rcalme, and againft infinite particular perfons of the 
 fame , by the polings and oppreflions which hee 
 pradifed : whereby though the King received great 
 tcmporall commodity at that time, (as her Ma/cfty 
 doth nothing at all, by the prefent extortions of his 
 Nephew :) yet for julf ice lake , and for meerecom- 
 .paflion towards his afflicled fubjeds, that complained 
 grievoufly of this iiiiquity.that mdl vertuousand wife 
 Prince King Henrjy was content to put from him, 
 
 this lewd inftrument, and devililTi fuggeftour of new 
 exactions : whom his Sonne Henry y that infaed in the 
 Crowne, cauled prclently before all other bufinefle, 
 to bee called publiquely toaccompt, and for his de- 
 lerts to leefe his head ; So as where the intereft ofa 
 whole Realme, or common caiife of many, taketh 
 place o* the private favour of any one, cannot ftay a 
 wife and godly Prince, ( fuch as all the World know- 
 cth her Majeify to bee) from permitting jiiftice to 
 have her free pafTage. 
 
 Truly it fhould not ( quoth the Gentleman^ for 
 to that end were Princes hrft elcdcd, and upon that 
 conlideration doe fubje(ffs pay them both tribute and 
 • obedience: to bee defended by them from injuries and 
 oppreflions , and to fee lawes executed, and jufticc 
 vs . Z a ‘ cxer- 
 
 The’ pimife 
 ment of 
 mond Dudleyt 
 
 GenHem^Ln^ 
 T he caufts 
 vvIt^ Princes 
 were .chofen, 
 and doe re¬ 
 ceive obe^ 
 dience. 
 
teycepcTS 
 
 Thefts* 
 
 Leyceflers 
 
 muraers* 
 
 ( 172) 
 
 cxcreifed, upon ^nd towards all men, with in’difFc- 
 rency. And as for our particular cafe of my Lord of 
 Lejeeftery I doe not fee in right and equity, how her 
 Majefty may deny this lawful! defirc and p#titi^ of 
 her people. For if her highnefle doc permit and 
 command the hv/es dayly to pafTe upon thieves and 
 murderers, without exception, and that foronefaft 
 oncly , as by experience wee lee : how then can it bee 
 denied in this man, who in both kinds hath commit¬ 
 ted more enormous ad:s, then may bee well recoun- 
 ted. 
 
 As in the firft, of theft, not oncly by fpoiling and 
 opprefling almoft infinite private men; but alfo whole 
 Townes, Villages, Corporations, and Countries, by 
 robbing the Realmc with inordinate licences, by de¬ 
 ceiving the Crowne, with racking, changing and im- 
 ^zeling the lands, by abuling his Prince and foveraign 
 in felling his favour both at home and abroad ; with 
 taking bribes for matter of juftice, grace, requeft,fupr 
 plication, or whatfoever fute els may depend upon 
 
 the Court, or of the Princes authority: with fetting at 
 faile and maldng open market, of whatfoever her 
 
 Majefty can give, doe,mr procure, bee it fpirituall or 
 tcmporall. In which fort of traffique, hee commit* 
 teth more theft, oftentimes in one day; then all the 
 way-keepers, cut-purles, coufiners, pirats, burglarcs, 
 or other of that art in a whole yeare, within the 
 Realme. 
 
 And as for the fecond, which is murder, you have 
 heard before fomewhat laid and prooved; but yet no¬ 
 thing , to that which is thought to have becne in fe- 
 cret committed upon divers occafions at divers times, 
 infundry perfons, of different calling in both fexes, 
 by moft variable meancs of killing, poifoning, char¬ 
 ming, inchanting, cqn;uring and the like; acccording 
 
to the dimfity of men, places, oportunitics and iiv 
 ftruments for the fame. By all which meanes, I 
 thinke, hee hath more bloud lying upon his head at 
 ^is day^ crying vengeance againft him at Gods 
 hanei? arid her Majefty , then ever had private man 
 in our Countrey befoie, were hee never fo wic¬ 
 ked. 
 
 Whereto now, if wee add his other good beha¬ 
 viour, as his intollerable licentioufneffe in all filthy- 
 kind and manner of carnality, with all fort of W ives, 
 Friends and Kinfwamen s if wee add his injuries and 
 diihonours , done hereby to infinite .* if. we add his 
 treafons, treacheries and confpiracies about the 
 Crowne; his difloyall behaviour and hatred againft 
 her Majefty.his ordinary lying, and common per¬ 
 juring himleifc , in all matters for his gains,both great 
 and fmall 5 his rapes and moft violent extorfions upon 
 the poore; his abufing of the Parliament and other 
 places of jufticc, with the Nobility and whole com- 
 munalty befides 5 if wc, add alfo his open injuries 
 which hee offereth dayly to religion, and theMini- 
 ffers thereof, by tltbing them, and turning all to his 
 owne gaine ; together with his manifeft and knowne 
 tyranny pradized towards all eftates abroad, through¬ 
 out all Shires ofthcKingdome: his difpoyling of both 
 the Vniverfitics, and difeouraging of infinite notable 
 wits there, from feeking perfedfion of know¬ 
 ledge and learning, (which otherwife were like to 
 become notable) efpecially in Gods word (which gi- 
 veth life unto the foule,) by defrauding them of the 
 price and reward propoied for their travailc in that 
 kind, through his infatiable Simoniacall contradls: if 
 I fay, wee fhould lay together all thefe enormities 
 before her Majefty, and thoufands more in particular, 
 which might and would bee gathered, if his day 
 - - - ^ ^ 
 
 A heape of 
 Leycepers 
 enorniitie* 
 that WouldL 
 bee r^ady at 
 the day ofhi^ 
 iriall. 
 
of triiiii Were bat in hope to bee gfanted. I doe hot 
 -ieein cquky and tcalon, how her highncffc fitting 
 in throne, and at the Royall Sterne, as fhec doth,| 
 could deny hcr-iubjeds this moft lawfiiiy’e^cfi; 
 eonfidering, that every one of thefe crimes ^art, 
 requireth fuftice othis^ ownc nature; and much more 
 all together ought to obtaine the fame, at the 
 hands of any good and godly Magiftrate in the 
 World, 
 
 1^0 doubt (quoth I) but that thefe confidcrations,' 
 HerMajefties muft needs weigh much with any zealous Prince, 
 ^end r heart and much more with her moft excellent Majeftyj 
 Slrae whofe tender heart towards h>r Reaimc and Subjeds, 
 is very well knowne of all men. It is not to bee 
 thought alfo, but]that her highneffe hath intelligence 
 of divers of thefe matters allcaged, though not per¬ 
 haps of all. But what would you have her Majefty 
 to doe ? perhaps the confultation of this affaire,is not, 
 what were convenient, but what is expedient; nor, 
 what ought to bee done in / jftice, but what m ly bee 
 doneinlafcty. You have dderibed my Lord before 
 to bee a great and fortified 
 
 for all events. What ifit bec not fccure to bark at 
 the Bearc that is lo well brirched ? I fpeake unto you 
 but that which I heare in CAmhridge and other places, 
 where I have pafTcd : where every mans opinion is, 
 that her Ma/cfty ftandeth not in free choife to doe 
 what herfeJfe beft liketh in that cafe, at this day. 
 (Gtntlcman, l know (faid the Gentleman) that Lejeefiers friends 
 Lejfcefters de- give R out every where, that her M a jelly now, is 
 their good Lords prifoncr, and that fhee cither will 
 her'*Maje\^ or nlull bcc ditcflcd by him for the time to come, cx- 
 tQ ftand m cept fhce Will doc worfe: Which thing his Lord (hip 
 fe«c ©fhim. is well contented (hould bee fpred abroad, and be¬ 
 lieved, for two caufcs s the one to hold the people 
 
 thereby 
 
('r75V‘ 
 
 ihercbf more in awe of -hiavrclfc, then oft iicir Sove* 
 raigne : an4 fecondly to draw Her Maieftie indeed by 
 degrees tofearehim. For conddering withhimleifc 
 whatbe F.ath done; and that it is impoffible in truth 
 that i^c tier Ma/diy iliould love him againe, or truft 
 him after fo many treacheries, as he well knpwcth are 
 come to Her Highneffe qndcrftanding : bee tbinketh 
 that he hath no way of fare (landing , hut by terrpur , 
 and opinion of his puilfant greatnelle; whereby hee 
 would hold Her MajVify, and the Rcalme in tbral- 
 dome, as his: fathei did in his time before him. And 
 then for that he wellreincmbrah the true laying, 
 lus enfios dmturnipads, met us : he muft provide (hort- 
 ly that thofe whichfeare him, t>c not a.le to hurthims 
 and confequcntly you know what muft follow, by the 
 example of King MdwardiWho feared Duke 'Dpuilej ex¬ 
 tremely, for that bee had cutoffhistwo Vnclcs heads, 
 and the Duke tooke order that hee (hould never live to 
 revenge the fame. For it is afetlcd ruleof Machivel, 
 which the Dailies doe obf:rve : 'Thaty where y oh have 
 once done 4 great injury^ there mufiyoa never forgive, 
 
 But I Will tell you y anJl I will tell yoU 
 
 no untruth, for that 1 know what 1 Ipeake herein, and 
 am privic to the ftatc of my Lord in this behalfe, and 
 of mens opinions and affedions towards him within 
 the Rcalme. M oft certaine it is, that he is Ifrong by 
 the prefent favour of the Prince {as hath been (hewed 
 before jin refped whereof, hee is admitted alfo as- 
 chiefc patron oi tbz Hmtington faflion, though nei¬ 
 ther loved, nor greatly trul'ted of the fame ; but let her 
 Majefty once turne her countenance a(ide from him in 
 good earoeft, and fpcake but the word only , that ju- 
 ftice ihall take place againft him; and I will undertake 
 with gaging of both my life and little lands that God 
 hath given ms, that without fturre or trouble, or any 
 
 danger 
 
 
 Cieero m ' 
 Officio* 
 
 A rule pf 
 
 Machivell 
 obferved by 
 
 the 7)udlies^ 
 
 Leicef, ftrojlg 
 only by Her 
 Majefties fa*, 
 vour. 
 
An offer 
 made tor ca¬ 
 king nd ty¬ 
 ing theCear« 
 
 Ltkejlet 
 what he re¬ 
 ceive th from 
 hisanceftors. 
 
 (l7i5) 
 
 danger in the world, the Bearc fhall be taken to Her 
 Ma/efties hand, and faft chained to a ftake, with mou- 
 2cl cord,cpllar and ring and all other thi igs neceffaryj“ 
 fothat Her Ma/cfty ILail baite him at heiy^kafur^ 
 without all danger of byting» breaking loo^ an/ 
 other inconvenience whatfoever. 
 
 For (Sirs) you mull not thinkc, that this man hoi- 
 deth any thing abroad in the Realmc but by violence, 
 and that only upon her MajelHes favour and counte¬ 
 nance towards him. Hee hath not any thing of his 
 owne, either from his anceftors, or of himfeife, to 
 ftay upon, in mens hearts or conceits •• he hath not 
 ancient nobility, as other ofour Realme have, wherby 
 mens affedfions.are greatly moved. His hxh^tlohn 
 Dptdley was the firft noble of his line; who raylcd and 
 made himfeife bigge by fupplanting of other, and by 
 fetting debate among the Nobility; as alfo his Grand¬ 
 father Edmondy a moft wicked Promoter, and wret¬ 
 ched Petifoger,enriched himfelfby other mens ruincs: 
 both of them condemned Traytors, though different 
 in quality, the one being a Coufencr, and the other a 
 
 ‘Tyrant, dn<l o/T vxcqo conioynedi, coiletfl^cd 
 
 andcomprifed (with many more additions ) in this 
 man (or bcafl: rather) which is Roifert,the third of their 
 Itinne and kind. So that, from his anccfl:oFS,this Lord 
 recewth neither honour nor honefty, but only fuccef- 
 (k)n of treafon and infainy. 
 
 And yet in himfeife. hath hec much lefleof good, 
 wherewith to procure himfeife love or credit among 
 men, then thefe anceftors of his had ; he being a man 
 wholly abandoned of humane vertue, and devoted to 
 wickedneffe, which maketh men odible both to God 
 andman. In his father (no douot) there were to bee 
 fecne many excellent good parts, if they hid bcenc 
 ioyned with faith, honefty , moderatioD,andioyaltie. 
 
 " - For 
 
(*77 ) 
 
 For all the world know«th, that he was very wife, va- 
 liant, inag'nanimous,!iber^ll,and affurcd friendly where i^icefurwhh 
 iwc oncepromifed : of all which vcrtiicSjfiiy Lord fcis his father, 
 ion^) neither Qiew nor ftiado w , but only a ccr« 
 
 tain^^al^ereprcfcntationof thehrll, being crafty and 
 fubtile to deceive, and ingenious to wickednefle. For 
 as for valour,he bath as much as hath a moiile: his triag- 
 nanimity, is bale ford idity ; his liberality,rapine ; his 
 friendihipjplaine fraud, holding only for his gaine,and 
 ivo other wife, though it were bound wdth athoufaod 
 oaths; of which he maketh as great account, as hens 
 doe of cackling , but only for his commodity ; udog 
 them fpecially,and in greateft number, when moft hee 
 mcaneth to deceive. Namely,if he fweare folemnely 
 by his George^ or by the eternail God , then be fare it 
 is a falfe lye ; for thefe are obfervations in the Court: 
 and fometimes inhisowne lodging ; inlikecale hi^ 
 manner is to take up and fweare by the Bible,whereby 
 a Gentleman of good account, and one that feemeth 
 to follow him (as many doe that like him but a little ) 
 protefted to me of his knowledge, that in a very fliort 
 
 ipacc, he obfer ved hirn, wittingly and willingly, to 
 
 forfwornc fixteene times. 
 
 This man therefore, fo contemptible by his ance- 
 ftors, foodible of himfelfc , fo plunged , overwhei- 
 med, and defimed in all vice, fo envied in the Co^irt, he^^Maje- 
 fo deteftedin the countrey, and not trulled of his own Hy tmne but 
 anddeareit friends; nay (which I am privicto J fo berconnte*- 
 mifliked and hated of his owne fervants ibout him,for "^cefrom 
 hisbeaftlylife, nigardy, andAtheifme (being never 
 fecne yet, to lay one private prayer within his Cham¬ 
 ber in his lif:) as they defire nothing in this world fo 
 much as his ruine, and that they may be the rtrft, to lay 
 hands upon him for revenge. This man (I fay)fo bro- 
 ton without, is itpoBiblethatHer. 
 
 
ZArvjirl 
 The end and 
 departure 
 from the 
 GaUerie. 
 
 (178) 
 
 Majcfty,and her wifeCouncellfliould fcaref IcaS 
 never beleeve it; or if it be fo, it is Gods permin^n 
 without allcaufe, for punifhmcnt of our hnnes : 
 that this man, if hcc once perceive indeed iba^|||iey 
 feare him, will handle them accordingly, and play the 
 Beare indeed: Which inconvenience I hope they will 
 have care to prevent, and fo I leave it to God, and 
 them; craving pardon of my Lord of Lelcefter for 
 my boldnelTe, if I have becnc too plaine with him*: 
 And fo I pray you let us goe to fupper, for I fee my> 
 fervant expeding yonder at the galleric doore, to caU 
 usdowne. ^ ■ 
 
 To thatjfaid the Lawyer, I am content with all my 
 heart; and I would it had bcene fooncr, for that I am 
 afraid, left any by chance have over-heard us here fince 
 night* For my owne part, 1 muft fay, that I have not 
 beene at fuch a conference this feven ycares, nor means 
 to be hereafter, if I may ekape well with this ; wher- 
 of I am fure I (halldreame this fortnight, and think 
 oftner of ray Lord of Leiceftcry then ever I had enten- 
 ded ; God amend him and me both. But if ever I 
 
 hcarc al 1 ftiall 
 
 furely be quak-britch , and thinkc every bufh a theefe,. 
 And with that, came up the Miftris of the houfe, to 
 fetch us downe to fupper, and fo all was huftit, faving 
 that at fupper a Gentleman or two began againe to 
 fpeakc of my Lord, and that fo conformable to fomc 
 of our former fpeech ( as iudeed it is the common 
 talke at tables every wherej that the old Lawyer 
 began to ftirink and be appaled and tocaftdry^ . 
 lookes upon the Gentleman our friend,doub- - 
 ting leaft fbmething had beene difeove^ 
 red of our conference. But 
 indeed it was not fo» 
 
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