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A62991	Historical collections, out of several grave Protestant historians concerning the changes of religion, and the strange confusions following in the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary and Elizabeth : with an addition of several remarkable passages taken out of Sir Will. Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, relating to the abbies and their institution.	Touchet, Anselm, d. 1689?; Hickes, George, 1642-1715.; Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.	1686 (1686)	Wing T1955; ESTC R4226	184,408	440

me by the Emperor's Embassador that dead is by his Majesties order to put my Chaplains more out of fear When I was the last year with the King's Majesty my Brother that question was then moved and could not be denied but was affirmed by some of you before his Majesty to be true now I am not so much unquieted for the trouble of my said Chaplains as I am to think how this matter may be taken the Promise to such a Person being no better regarded and for mine own part I thought full little to have received such unkindness at your hands having always God is my Judge wished unto the whole number of you as to myself and have refused to trouble you or to crave any thing at your bands but your good will and friendship which very slenderly appeareth in this matter Notwithstanding to be plain with you howsoever ye shall use me or mine with God's help I will never vary from mine Opinion touching my Faith and if ye or any of you bear me the less good will for that matter or lessen your friendship towards me only for that cause I must and will be contented trusting that God will in the end shew his Mercy to me assuring you I would rather refuse the friendship of all the World than for sake any Point of my Faith I am not without some hope that ye will stay this matter not inforcing the rigor of the Law against my Chaplains The one of them was not in my House these Four Months and Dr. Mallet having my Licence is either at Windsor or at his Benefice who as I have heard was Indicted for saying of Mass out of my House which was not true but indeed the Day before my removing from Woodham-water my whole Houshold in effect being gone to Newhall he said Mass there by mine Appointment I see and hear of divers that do not obey your Statutes and Proclamations and nevertheless escape without punishment be ye Judges if I be well used to have mine punished by rigor of a Law not to take notice of all the false reports that ye have suffered to be spoken of me Moreover my Chaplain Dr. Mallet besides mine own Command was not ignorant of the Promise made to the Emperor which did put him out of fear I doubt not therefore but ye will consider it and likewise in such a manner as by the occasion ●…o part of our friendship be taken away nor I have any cause not to bear you my good will as I have done heretofore Thus with my hearty Commendations to ye all I pray Almighty God to send you as much of his Grace as I would wish to mine own Soul The Copy of the Lady Mary's Letter to the King's Majesty Fox's Acts p. 709. MY Duty most ●…umbly remembred to your Majesty it may please the same to be Advertised That I have received by my Servants Your most Honorable Letters the Contents whereof do not a little trouble me and so much the more for that any of my said Servants shoul●… move or attempt me in matters touching my Soul which I think the meanest Subject within your Highness Realm could evilly bear at their Servants hands having for my pa●…t utterly refused heretofore to talk with them in such matters and of all other Persons least regarded them therein to whom I have declared what I think as she which trusted that your Majesty would have suffered me your poor Sister and Beads-woman to have used the accustomed Mass which the King your Father and mine with all his Predecessors did evermore use wherein also I have been brought up from my youth and thereunto my Conscience doth not only bind me which by no means will suffer me to think one thing and do another but also the Promise made to the Emperor by your Majesties Council was an Assurance to me that in so doing I should not offend the Laws although they seem now to qualifie and deny the thing And at my last waiting upon your Majesty I was so bold to declare my Mind and Conscience to the same and desired your Highness rather than you should constrain me to leave Mass to take away my life Whereunto your Majesty made me a very gentle Answer And now I most humbly beseech your Highness to give me leave to Write what I think touching your Majesties Letters indeed they be signed with your own Hand and nevertheless in mine opinion not your Majesties in effect because it is w●…ll known as heretofore I have declared in the Presence of your Highness that although our Lord be praised your Majesty hath far more Knowledge and greater Gifts than others 〈◊〉 your years yet it is not possible that your H●…ghness can at these years be a Judge in matters of Religion and therefore I take it that the matter in your Letter proceedeth from such as do wish those things to take place which be most agr●…eable to themselves by whose doings your Majesty not offended I intend not to rule my Conscience and thus without molesting your Highnes●… 〈◊〉 farther I humbly beseech you even for God's ●…ake to bear with me as you have done and not to think that by my Doings or Example any inconvenience might grow to your Majesty or y●…ur Realm for I use it not after such sort putting no doubt but in time to come whether I Live or Die your Majesty shall perceive that my intent is grounded upon a true Love towards you whose Royal Estate I beseech Almighty God long to continue which is and shall be my daily prayers according to my duty And if neither at my humble suit nor for the regard of the Promise made to the Emperor your Highness will suffer and bear with me as you have done till your Majesty may be a Judge herein your self and rightly understand these Proceedings of which your Goodness yet I dispair not otherwise rather then to offend God and my Conscience I offer my Body at your Will and Death shall be more welcome to me than Life with a troubled Conscience And thus I pray Almighty God to keep your Majesty in all Vertue ●…nd Honor with good Health and long Life to his Pleasure Thus of these Letters Dr. Heylyn pag. 15. Much care was taken and many endeavors used by the King and Council to bring her to a good conceit of the Reformation But nothing in this could be effected As much unprofitable pains was taken by the Emperor's Agent in laboring to procure for her the free Exercise of her own Religion Whereupon She being weary of the Court retired to Hunsdon in the County of Hereford where Ridley Bishop of London had recourse unto her and at first was kindly entertained But having staid Dinner at her request he made an offer of his Service to preach before her on the Sunday following To which she answered That the Doors of the Parish-Church adjoyning should be open for him that he might Preach there if he pleased but that neither