and foode to drawe furth life begon â—n you To preserue frendes vnto you and reserue habilitie to them that might attende companye and comforte you What haue you but by me And what are you in hope to haue without me And wyll you thus requite my tender loue and kindnesse with suche hatefull rebellion What so euer I haue done for you I haue done the same for your progenitoursâ— frendes and kinsmen And can neither theyr cause styrre you nor your owne case moue you to be good to me by whome you all stande You haue been the occasion at the least the mischiefe whiche you with mischiefe striue nowe to defende that these manye yeres I haue lost manye and diuerse of my liuelye and â—ounde membres being cruelly cut from my politike bodie and haue also susteyned the great contempt and breache of godlye and wise orders deuised for preseruation of mine estate and conseruation of my membres in their dewe and ordinarie course Whereby how odible I haue sithence been to my selfe and hateful to all christian realmes aswell the general voice of all forren countries daylye strikinge your deafe eares doeth witnesse as also the playne speache vttred not longe ago by a moste faithfull true membre of my sister Scotland the earle of Huntley confirmed The earle of Huntley Who beinge here and hearynge some here either for bragge or â—rayse tellinge howe manye Scottes in Scotland English souldiours hadde slaine What great maistrie haue you done quod then that good Scottishe earle when with armie royalye come into Scotlandâ— ther kyl a fewe Scottes and one abiect Scotte without armes or pollicie commeth home to youre owne houses and distroyeth ten thousande Englishe people in a daye both bodie and soule with heresie The same beinge afterwarde moued to become Eâ—glish and to be sworne to me and my lawes No quod he I am a trew christian Scotte borâ—e and so I wyll remayne For as I am I knowe no enemie but the Englishe man but beynge once sworne Englishe where shoulde I assure me of one sure frende that haue nowe but one knowen enemye For be you out of doubt although ye Englishe men haue not warre with all forren princes christian yet assure your selues to be in perfite peace with none but when time shall serue to haue the whole worlde in armes against you if ye procede as yet ye doe rather like to be come Turkes then to continue Christians whose religion ye dayly refuse and sette furth heresye In the meane time the whole worlde wondereth at your blindnesse that you see not your own madnes and impietie I speake thus in this sorte not as a Scotte to an Englishe man but forgetting al priuate quarrels as one christian to another lamenting in my heart to behold the wretâ—hed condition and present face of this your realme whereof I heard muche or I came here and here I finde trewe muche more then I heard O frendlye wise and moste trewe saying ful of counsel and witte yet spoken to suche in whose stonie heartes it coulde make no impression whereby hath followed not onelye subuersion and shameful confusion to diuerse of them to whome it was spoken but also my daunger euer sitheÌ„ce more and more encreased And nowe that it hath pleased the highe God of his vnspeakable mercie tappointe so vertuous a gouernesse ouer me at the sounde of whose heauenlye and manifolde vertues as he hathe hitherto compounded my quarrels abrode and as it were holden forren handes backe beinge willinge to pursue me and to make example of me by shameful eâ—de as I was example to the whole worlde of all disorder impietie and heresie so now by her ministery and authoritie he meaneth mercyfully to cure and heale my mangled bodye to repayre myne abased state to restore my good and wholsome lawes to reforme my disordered membres Whiche her noble grace accordinglye pursuinge with all her might and authoritie findinge also like disposition in my principall membres her highnesse â—onourable and noble subiecâ—â—s nowe you onelye you I â—â—ye sporne agaynste Goddes â—ercifull worke and as moste ennemyes to my prosperous estate cease not to hinder what God hathe ment to me what his chosen instrument this most verâ—uous lady doeth attempte to compasse for me deuisinge daye by day sedicious false and traiterours brutes rumours tales to molest and trouble her to confounde and destroye me And rather then ye wyll be reduced from erroure to trueth and refourmed from disorder to better gouernaunce by the calling and persuasion of gods true instrument and chosen ministresse ye wyll beleue what that most vile and deuelishe rable of Antichristes ministers by their pestilent bokes teache you in corners as that by gods law ye maye rebell againste youre head O cursed and hellishe generationâ— I beseche you consider bothe me aud youre selues You haue been the cause of my great griefes and yet you enâ—ie me the remedie You knowe if I perishe you can not florish yet disdaine you to be refourmed that I maye bee confirmed in myne auncient and blisfull state You resiste to be subiect to good gouernaunce that my benefites might be perfourmed in you to youre great furtheraunce and contrarye to your allegeaunce contrarye to nature wil thus vexe and trouble me Yea by youre dede although not by your wil perhaps deliuer me into the haÌ„des of theÌ„â—hat be my fooes but in dede moste ennemies to your selues I saye no more but referre you to consider what I haue sayed and to way with your selfes in what case I stande and wherunto I was brought by this â—â—lusion whiche hathe so deformed me and bewitched you And further by my sister Boheme consider what I maye come to and am like to be if you cease not this your willfull and desperat outrage Finallye doe not forget the straung diseases sundrie plagues great dearthe whiche I haue longe suffered as clere tokens of Goddes vengeaunce to be bente ouer you and me and the blessing of hys merâ—ifull handes to bee taken from vs. So now ponder with your eares my wordes that I haue spoken that my sorowe may reache your heart And if you thinke me worthie whome you shoulde vtterly destroy and bring to hateful confusion then maye you lawefully mainteine that you haue taken Ponder I beseche you louinge countreemen what our commen parent and natiue countree Englande hathe saied Call therewith to your remembraunce what shee myghte saye in waye of iuste complainte and then see if by anye meanes you can either excuse your selues as not acquainted w t the cause of her greiffes or accuse her as causeles complayning afore she hathe nede â— suppose you not to bee so 〈◊〉 and so blind that you see â—ot your disorder nor so impudent and shameles that you acâ—nowledge not your knowen malice nor yet so desperate and â—o vtterlye destitute of grace â—hat you wyll not hereafter refourme your selues partly disâ—â—forted by the manifolde euils â—olowinge such vnnatural pracâ—ises partly allured by
pompe and glory cariyng with him vi pieces of ordinauÌ„ce whiche they had gotten of the quenes besides their owne to Cowling castle a holde of the Lorde Cobhams foure myles distant from Rochester and not much out of their way towards London where the lord CobhaÌ„ was Wyat at his comming to Cowling castle bent his ordinaunce against the gate with great and sundry shottes fyre â—rake and burned vppe a waye â—hrough the gate The Lorde Cobham defended his castle as stoutly as any man might do hauing so fewe against so great a numbre and so litle munition him selfe discharging his gunne at suche as approched the gâ—te right hardely And in that assault two of his own men were slaine After this assault talk with the lorde Cobham Wyat marched to Grauesende where he reposed that night wyates marchiÌ„g to Dartforde From Grauesende he his bande marched the wednesday nexte after to Dartford where he reposed that night whether came sir Edwarde Hastinges maister of the Quenes horse and sir Thomas Cornewalles knightes The comming of the maister of the horse sir Thomas Cornewalles to Wyat. both of her graces honorable preuie counsell sent froÌ„ the qnene to Wyat tunderstand the cause of his commotion and â—lso as it was sayde finding any repentant submissioÌ„ in him to promise pardon or at the lest great hope therof Wyat vnderstaÌ„ding their coÌ„ming taking with him certen of his baÌ„d weÌ„t to the weast ende of the towne where he had planted his ordinauÌ„ce at the lighting of maister Hastinges sir Thomas Cornewalles froÌ„ their horsse Wyat hauing a parte sin in hys haÌ„d aduanced him selfe soÌ„what afore suche gentlemen as were with him Pridâ—â— vsing but litle reuerence due froÌ„ a subiect to couÌ„selours traced nere them to whoÌ„ the maister of the horsse spake in substaunce as foloweth The quenes maiestie requireth to vnderstand the very cause wherfore you haue thus gathered together in armes her liege people whiche is the part of a traitour and yet in your proclamations and persuasions you call your selfe a true subiecte which can not stande together I am no traitor quod Wyat the cause wherfore I haue gathered the people is to defend the realme froÌ„ oueruÌ„ning by straungers whiche muste folowe this mariage takinge place why ê™ the queenes agentes there be no strangers yet come whome eyther for power or nuÌ„bre ye nede to suspect But if this be your only quarrell because ye mislike the mariage wyl ye come to communication touching that case and the quene of her gracious goodnes is content ye shal be hearde Wyates arrogant aunâ—â—â—â—â—â— To whom Wyat shaped 〈…〉 declare his malicious entent traiterous heart to the quenes owne person and royall estate I yelde therto quod Wyat but for my suertie I wyl rather be trusted then trust And therfore I demaunde the custodie of the tower her grace in the tower the displacing of certen couÌ„sellers and placing other in their rowmes as to me shall seeme best Upon this leude answere long stout coÌ„ference was betwene them In so muche that the maister of the horsse said vnto him with a sâ—out corage wyat before thou shalt haue that thy traiterous demauÌ„de grauÌ„ted thou shalt die and xx M. with thee Shortly after the maister of y e horsie with maister Cornewalles finding him an arrant traitour desperatly set to al mischiefe retourâ—ed to the quenes maiestie The coÌ„moÌ„ people being with him calling to their remeÌ„brance how Wyat in al apparance made his whol matter of styr for straÌ„gers no waies against the quene perceiuing how vnreuerently he vsed him selfe aswel to y â— quenes harrold at Rochester as to y â— priuie couÌ„sel at Dartford coÌ„sidering w t theÌ„ selues also that he wold suffer none of the quenes proclamatioÌ„s to be read amoÌ„g them their heartes began to rise against him And among theÌ„ selues suÌ„drie of theÌ„ much murmured wisshinge with the losse of al thei had thei had neuer been acquainted with Wyat nor his doinges and in dede sought as â—any waies as thei could to be rid of him Whiche perceiued by â—â—at and his mates they deuisâ—d a brute to be sounded in his hande that the lorde Aburâ—aueny A craftie policie the shireffe did cause to be hanged as many as they câ—â—lde take coming froÌ„ Wyates â—â—nde Wherewith the people sâ—â—â—â—ing in a great mase what tâ— do were wonderfullye perâ—â—â—â—ed The queene vnderstanâ—â—â—â— by the master of the horsse â—nd sir Thomas Cornewalles the arrâ—gancie of Wyat and â—otwithstanding that she perceyued her merciful inclination rather to prouoke him then otherwise yet semed she nothing willinge euen then by violence and force as she easly mought tâ— suppresse him But yet a longer time to suffer and abide by delay and mercy her enemy mought be wonne to reconciliation The nobilitie whiche werâ— at that time with her grace The suit of the nobles to the quene peâ—â—ceiuinge such surmounting mercie rather to increase then anyâ— wayes to abate courage malice in the insolent and proudâ— heart of thâ— traytours and further vnderstandinge that the traitours demed the conâ—ation or forbearing to procede ratheâ— of debilitie feare then oâ— mercye and clemencye counselled with her grace that wiâ—â— her gracious leaue and licence they mought seâ— vpon him and his baÌ„de before he should passâ— Blacke heath declaring that to suffre suche an arrogant traytour beinge but a meane â—â—mâ—er to approche thus contempâ—â—â—uslye so nere her royall perâ—on as it were in defiaunce of â—er grace her true subiectes â—houlde greatlye redounde to their dishonours in the opinion of all faithfull men thoroughout the world The Quenes answer to the nobles The quene gaue them all moste heartie and louing thankes sayinge that she nothinge doubted of their true heartes towarde her Yet was she lothe to make anye profe or triall therof in suche quarell as shoulde be with losse of bloude For to represse them with violence and subdue them by the sworde coulde not haue so happie successe but manye of my pore subiectes quod she should derelye bye it with the losse of their liues Wherfore she determined to suffer as longe as she mought and to forbeare that practise tyl there were no other hope ne remedie For albeit in the capitall traytours therâ— coulde be but great default yet in the multitude she was persuaded to be no malice but onlye misled by their captaynes and rather seduced by ignoraunce then vpon any euyl purpose ment to her grace Wherfore she desired them to be contented for she was fully determined to continue her mercifull sufferaunce and other her gentle meanes soo longe as shee mought and vanquish her enemies without the sword if any sparâ—le of obedience or naturall zeale remaine in their heartes Notwithstanding she required 〈◊〉 to prepare and retayne 〈◊〉 force in a readines if their â—â—â—â—e heartes should driue her 〈◊〉 vse extremitie But her highnes
at any time towardes hys prince Wyat as is said was coÌ„â—mitted to the Tower So were diuers other gentlemen as sone â—fter was Henrye Graye duke of Suffolke his .ii. bretherne the duke being so hardly pursued by the lord Hastinges erle â—â—â—tingdon was by him apprâ—â—hended in Leycetershire The duke of Suffolkes apprehension by the Erle of HuÌ„tiÌ„gdon wherby he declared him selfe as wel in honour and vnspotted loyaltie as in parentage patrimonie to sucâ—ede his great grandfather y e lord Hastinges whose fidelite and stedfast trueth towardes kinge Edwarde the fourthe and his chyldren the Cronicles reporte to his immortall honâ—ure Of the common people there were suche a numbre taken in the chase by the Earle of Penbroke that besides the vsuall gailes sundrie churâ—hes in Lonâ—don were made places for their sauâ—garde tyl order was taken for their enlargement The duke was arrayned by his Perres and by verdit fouÌ„de â—â—â—tie of treâ—son before the duâ—◠〈◊〉 Norff. beinge lorde Cunstaâ—â—â— and that daye his Iudge 〈◊〉 he and his brother Thoâ—â—s at seuerall dayes made 〈◊〉 ende at Tower hyll by 〈◊〉 of their heades Sundrie 〈◊〉 of Wyates complices beâ—â—ge arrained and condemne◠〈◊〉 their confession of treaâ—â—â— suffered in diuerâ— partes of 〈◊〉 â—hyre aâ— Henâ—ye 〈◊〉 â—â—â—ghte Thomas Iâ—leye hys 〈◊〉 and Water Mantel at 〈◊〉 where Wyat firste 〈◊〉 his sâ—anderde 〈◊〉 â—â—eueâ— William his broâ—â—â—r with another of the 〈◊〉 â—t Seuenockes Bret at 〈◊〉 haâ—â—inge in â—haynes◠〈◊〉 of the common sorte verye 〈◊〉 were executed saue onely 〈◊〉 he â—â—slyked the saâ—e and 〈◊〉 howe â—enitent and sâ—rowâ—â—â—â— he was therfore Certayne wordes proceding from Wyat at hys arraynemâ—â—t My Lordes I muste confesse my selfe giltie as in the ende trueth must â—â—forse me to saye and that I 〈◊〉 iustly plagued for my siÌ„nes 〈◊〉 mâ—st greuouslye I haue 〈◊〉 agaynâ—t God who 〈◊〉 suffeâ—ed me to fal into this beastlye brutiâ—hâ—nesse and horriâ—â—e offense of treason And loe in me the like ende as all sorthe that haue atteÌ„pted like enterprises from the beginning haue 〈◊〉 For peruse the Cronicles throughout and you shal finde 〈◊〉 rebellioÌ„ neuer from the beginning 〈◊〉 â—nderâ—â—andyng the greâ—◠〈◊〉 â—â—nour and suerty 〈◊〉 this realmâ— shall receyue 〈◊〉 maâ—â—â—ge if it shal please 〈◊〉 Queâ—nâ— to be mercyfull to 〈◊〉 â—hâ—re is no man liuing thâ—◠〈◊〉 more trustie and saythâ—â—â—â—◠〈◊〉 â—â—rue her grace no no◠〈◊〉 râ—â—die to die at her highâ—â—â—â—â—oteâ— what so euer the quâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 â—hus â—â—rre touchinge Wyâ—â—s wordes at his arrayneâ—â—â—t I thought not superâ—â—uâ—â—â— hereto reporte to the ende thâ—t all other blindly fallen intâ—â—he â—â—â—â—e errour woulde by the example of Wyat 〈◊〉 also â—â—th â—im to repentaunce aswel â—â—â—â—ssâ—nge to the worlde with â—â—en voyce their detestable miscâ—â—â—fe as also from the verâ—e â—â—rge suche as were in prison in 〈◊〉 countrey for that offense â—â—inge of no smale numbre but â—nd to compouâ—de by their disâ—â—â—tion with the offenders accordinge to the qualitie of their offenses Which maner of order â—â—ing not hard of in y â— like case or at the leaâ—t verye rarelye declared a singular clemencie and â—enignitie in the queene that â—eing folowed so cruelly wolde yâ—t be so moued with pitie as tâ— vouchsafe to answere them with suche lenitie in the executinge of so fewe in comparison to so great a nuÌ„bre so large a â—ause beinge all in her graces mercy to dispose at her plesure â— beside suffre the rest to escape with so smale abashement of â—heir countenaunce after so hainous â—ffense 〈◊〉 thâ—t shall peruse this storye diligentlye and coâ—sider al partes therof exactlye with remembraunce of thinges past sithence the beginning of the queenes moste happye raygne must of force recogniâ—e of what condition so euer he be the magnificence mercie and fortitude of this moste noble princesse as from time to time with such pacience to indure so great malice of her owne subiectes with suche lenitie to forbeare the reuenge of so intollerable outrage with suche mercie in the ende to pardon and remit â—o haynous and great offendours Happie was it w t those haynous offendours that her graces moste worthie and honourable counsell were so agreable to her vertuous inclination as inclined rather to pursue mercifull pardon for continuaunce of life then to prosecute reuenge by â—xecution of death It is to be wâ—â—hed by all good men with one assent that prouoked with so great clemencie these degenerates reforme theÌ„ selues and forbeare thus to attempt so gracious a princesse vnto whom by gods authoritie the sworde is not vaynly committed leste thereby they procure to theÌ„ selues damnation in sekinge by suche outrage theyr owne deathe and confusion From the desier wherof we see by a numbre of euident argumentes the queenes highnes and her honourable counsell to be so farre as by all meanes they can imagine they seeke tâ— eâ—â—hewe that they by moste wylfull and malicious meanes folowe to their subuersion ¶ An earnest conference with the degenerates and sedicious for the searche of the cause of their greate disorder HEre I purpose to shut vp this tragicall treatise touchinge the displayinge of Wyat and hys aduenture and yet not to ende my trauel concerninge the same but shall gladlye debate and conferre with thee louinge countreeman suche speciall and necessarie matter as further riseth therof tending as well to our mutual comfort presently as also to a generall doctrine to indure to oure posteritie not without presente terror to the wicked race whose hertes broile in desire to rebel Al which pointes this present storie doeth pleÌ„teouslye performe to him that listeth to learne Wherby first y â— good and godly may be comforted as by this experimente to consider howe God alwayes defendethe his chosen and electe vessell our moost gracious and mercifull princesse against the malitious and cruell assaultes of her ennemies be they neuer so craftie neuer so stronge And secondlye a generall doctrine therewith taughte or rather by newe experience renued so many times taughte before that the ineuitable end of rebellion is certein confusion to the rebel Of these two y e thirde necessarely springeth as a terrible prohibition in the heartes of the â—â—cked neuer after to attempte â—â—e lyke villanie against Gods â—â—noynted wherof they can at â—o tyme skamble other part theÌ„ small confusion linked to perpetuall infamie And to make perfite impression herof in your â—eartes you degenerates that â—annot satisfie your selfes with so vertuous a priÌ„cesse but thus â—rom time to time moleste her highnes w t seditious rumours vprores and rebellion I here â—ppeale to you chiefly require you to enter into the secrete cloâ—et of your owne heart and to â—onder with me in egall ballaunce of due consideration the incomparable vertue mercie and benignitie of this most worthy princesse oure queene with your owne mischiefe crueltie and intollerable malice And then let truth giue sentence whether this disorder groweth of â— lack in y e head or of a malicious corruptioÌ„ iÌ„ the meÌ„bres Can