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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B12208	The copie of a leter, vvryten by a Master of Arte of Cambrige, to his friend in London concerning some talke past of late betvven tvvo vvorshipful and graue men, about the present state, and some procedinges of the Erle of Leycester and his friendes in England. Conceyued, spoken and publyshed, vvyth most earnest protestation of al duetyful good vvyl and affection, tovvardes her most excellent Ma. and the realm, for vvhose good onely it is made common to many.	Morgan, Thomas, 1543-1606, attributed name.; Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610, attributed name.	1584 (1584)	STC 5742.9; ESTC S108682	125,586	206

maried to Portugal Castile borne of Blanche heire to Edmond Crookback as hath bene said vvas married to Iohn king of Portugal of vvhom is descended the king that novv possesseth Portugal and the other Princes vvhich haue or may make title to the same and Katherin borne of Constance heire of Castile vvas married back againe to Hentie king of Castile in Spaine of vvhom king Philip is also descended So that by this vve see vvhere the remainder of the house of Lancaster resteth yf the Line of K. Henrie the seuenth vvere extinguished vvhat pretext forreine Forrayne titles Princes may haue to subdue vs yf my L. of Huntington either novv or after her Ma. dayes vvil open to them the doore by shuting out the rest of K. Hēries Line by dravving back the title to the onlie house of York againe vvhich he pretendeth to do vpon this that I vvil novv declare King Edvvard the third albeit he had manie children yet fiue onlie vvil vve speak of at this tyme. The issue of king Edvvard the third VVherof thre vvere elder then Iohn of Gaunt and one yonger The first of the elder vvas named Edvvard the Black Prince vvho died before his father leauing one onlie sonne named Richard vvho aftervvard being king and named Richard the second vvas deposed vvythout issue and put to death by his Cosin germain named Henrie Bolingbrook Duke of Lancaster sonne to Iohn of Gaunt as hath bene said and so there ended the Line of K. Edvvardes first sonne King Edvvardes second sonne vvas VVilliam of Hatfield that died vvythout issue His thirde sonne vvas Leonell Duke of Clacence vvhos onlie daughter heire called Philippe vvas married to Edmond Mortymer Earle of Marche and after that Anne the daughter and heire of Mortymer vvas married to Richard Plantaginet Tvvoe Edmūdes the tvvoe begīners of the tvvoe houses of Lancaster York Duke of York sonne and heire to Edmund of Langley the first Duke of York vvhich Edmund vvas the fift sonne of K. Edvvard the third and yonger brother to Iohn of Gaunt And this Edmund of Langley may be called the first beginner of the house of York euen as Edmund Croocbacke the beginner of the house Lancaster This Edmund Langley then hauing a sonne named Richard that married An 〈…〉 ●ortymer sole heire to Leonel Duke of Clarēce ioined tvvo Lines and tvvoe titles in one I meane the Line of Leonel and of Edmund Langley vvho vvere as hath bene said the third and the fift sonnes to K. Edvvard the third And for this cause the childe that vvas borne of this marriage named after his father Richard Plantaginet Duke of York seing him self strong and the first line of K. Edvvard the thirds eldest sonne to be extinguished in the death of K. Richard the second and seing VVilliam of Hatfield the secōd sōne dead likevvise vvythout issue made demaund of the Crovvn for the house of York by The claime title of York the title of Leonel the third sonne of K. Edvvard And albeit he could not obteine the same in his daies for that he vvas slaine in a bataille against K. Henrie the 6. at VVakefield yet his sonne Edvvard got the same vvas called by the name of king Edvvard the fovverth This king at his death lefte diuers children as namlie tvvoe sonnes Edvvard the fift and his brother The issue of king Edvvard the 4. vvho after vvere both murdered in the Tovver as shal be shevved also fiue daughters to vvit Elyzabeth Cicilie Anne Katherine and Briget VVherof the first vvas maried to Hēry the 7. The last became a Nūne the other thre vvere bestovved vpon diuers other husbandes He had also tvvo brothers the first vvas called George Duke of Clarence vvho aftervvard vpon his desertes as is to be supposed vvas put to death in Callys by commandement of the king his attaynder The Duk of Clarence attaynted by parlament allovved by parlament And this man left behind him a sonne named Edvvard Erle of VVarvvik put to death aftervvard vvythout issue by king Henrie the seuenth and a daughter named Margaret Countesse of Salisburie vvho vvas married to a meane Gentlemā named Richard Poole by vvhom she had issue Cardinal Poole that died vvythout Mariage Hērie Poole that vvas attainted execuded in K. Henrie the 8. his tyme as also her self vvas this Hēry Poole left a daughter married Huntīgtons title by the Duke of Clarēce aftervvard to the Earle of Huntingtō by vvho this Earle that novv is maketh title to the Crovvn And this is the effect of my L. of Huntingtōs title The second brother of king Edvvard the fourth vvas Richard Duke of Glocester vvho after the K. K. Rich. the third death caused his tvvo sonnes to be murdered in the Tovver and toke the kingedom to him self And aftervvard he being slaine by king Henry the 7. at Bosvvorth fielde left no issue behind him VVherfore king Henry the 7. descending as hath bene shevved of the house of Lancaster by Ihon of The happie cōiūctiō of the tvvoe houses Gaunts last sonne third vvife taking to vvyfe ladie Elizabeth eldest daughter of K. Edvvard the fourth of the house of York ioyned most happely the tvvo famylies together and made an end of al controuersies about the title Novv K. Henrie the 7. had issue three children The issue of king Hēry the seuenth of vvhom remayneth posterity First Henry the 8. of vvhom is descended our soueraine her Ma. that novv happilie raigneth and is the last that remaineth a liue of that first Line Secōdlie he had tvvo daughters vvherof the first named Margaret vvas married tvvice first to Iames king of Scotland frō The Line and title of Scotland by Margar. eldeste daughter to king Hēry the seuenth vvhome are directlie discended the Q. of Scotland that novv liueth and her sonne K. Iames being dead Margaret vvas married againe to Archybalde Douglas Earle of Anguishe by vvhom she had a daughter named Margaret vvhich vvas married aftervvard to Mathevv Stevvard Earle of Lenox vvhos sonne Charles Stevvard vvas married to Elizabeth Cādishe daughter to the presēt Coūtesse of of Shrevvsburie by her hath left his onlie heire Arbella a litle daughter named Arbella of vvhom you haue heard some speech before And this is tovvching the Line of Scotland descending from the first eldest daughter of K. Henrie the seuenth The second daughter of K. Henrie the seuenth The Lyne title of Suffolke by Marie seconde daughter to king Henry 7. called Marie vvas tvvice maried also first to the kig of Frannce b● vvhom she had no issue and after his death to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk by vvhom she had tvvo daughters that is Fraūcis of vvhich the childrē of my L. of Hartford doe make their clayme Elenore by vvhom the issue of the Earle of Darbie pretēdeth right as shal be declared For that Fraūcis the first daughter of

Charles Brandon by the Quene of Fraunce vvas married to the Marques of Dorset vvho after Charles Brandons death vvas made Duke of Suffolk in right of his vvife and vvas beheaded in Q Maries time for his conspiracie vvvth my L of Leycesters father And she had by this man three daughters that is Iane The issue of Fraūcis eldest daughter to Charls Brandō Duke of Suffolk that vvas married to my L. of Leycesters brother proclaimed Queene after king Edvvards death for vvhych both shee and her husbande vvere executed Katherine the second daughter vvho had tvvoe sonnes yet lyuyng by the Earle of Hartford Marie the third daughter vvhich left no children The other daughter of Charles Brandon by the Q. of Fraūce caled Elenor vvas married to George Clifford Earle of Cumberlād vvho left a daughter The issue of ●lenor seconde daughter to Charls Brandō by her named Margaret married to the Earle of Darbye vvhich yet liueth hath issue And this is the title of al the house of Suffolk descended frō the second daughter of K. Henrie the seuēth married as hath bene shevved to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk And by this you see also hovv manie their be vvhoe do thinck ther titles to be far before that of my Lord of Huntingtons if either right Lavv reason or consideration of home affaires may take place in our Realm or yf not yet you cannot but imagine hovv manie great Princes and potentates abrode are like to ioyne and buckle vvyth Huntingtons Line for the preeminence if once the matter fal againe to cōtention by excluding the Line of K. Henry the 7. vvhich God forbid SCHOL Trulie Sir quoth I I vvel perceyue that my Lords turne is not so nighe as I had thought vvhether he exclude the Line of king Henrie or Hūtīg●ō behinde manie other titles no. For if he exclude that then must he enter the Cumbat vvith forraine titlers of the house of Lancaster and if he exclude it not then in al apparence of reason in Lavve to as you haue said the succession of the tvvoe daughters of king Henrie the seuenth vvhich you distingvvishe by the tvvoe names of Scotland and Suffolke muste needes be as clearlie before him and his Line that descendeth onlie from Edvvard the fourth his brother as the Q. title that novv raigneth is before him For that both Scotland Suffolk and her Ma. do hold al by one foundation vvhich is the vnion of both houses and titles together in K. Henry the seuenth her Ma. Graundfather GENTL That is true quoth the Gentleman and euident enough in euery mans eye and therfore no doubt but that as much is meant against her Maiestie yf occasion serue as against the rest that holde by the same title Albeit her Maiesties state the Lorde be praysed be such at this tyme as it is not safitie to pretend so much against her as against the reste vvhat soeuer be meant And that in trueth more should be meante gainst her highnes then against all the rest ther is this reason for that her Maiestie by her present possession letteth more their desires then al the rest together vvyth ther future pretences But as I haue said it is not The pollicie of the Conspirators for the deceyuing of her Maiesty safitie for them nor yet good policie to declare openlie vvhat they meane against her maiestie It is the best vvay for the present to hevve dovvn the rest and to leaue her Maiestie for the laste blovve and vpshoote to their game For vvhich cause they vvill seeme to make great difference at this daye betvvene her Maiesties title and the rest that descende in likevvise from king Henrie the seuenth auovving the one and disalovving the other Albeit my Lord of Leycesters father preferred that of Suffolk vvhen tyme vvas before this of her Ma. and compelled the vvhole Realm to svveare therunto Such is the variable pollicy of men that serue the tyme or rather that serue them selues of al tymes for their purposes SCHOL I remember quoth I that tyme of the Duke vvas present my self at some of his proclamatiōs for that purpose VVherin my L. his sonne that novv liueth being thē a doer as I can tel he vvas I meruaile hovv he can deale so contrarie novv Leycester variabilitie preferring not onlie her Ma. title before that of Suffolk vvherof I vvonder lesse because it is more gainful to him but also an other much furder of But you haue signified the cause in that the tymes are chaūged other bargaines are in hād of more importaunce for him VVherfore leauing this to be considered by others vvhō it cōcerneth I beseech you Sir for that I knovv your vvorship hath bene much conuersant amonge their friendes and fauourers to tel me vvhat are the barres and lettes vvhich they do aleadge vvhy the house of Scotlād and Suffolk descending of K. Henrie the seuēth his daughters should not succed in the Crovvn of England after her Ma. vvho endeth the Line of the same K. by his sonne for in my sight the matter appeareth verie plaine GENTL They vvant not pretences of barres and lettes against them al quoth the Gentleman vvhich I vvil lay dovvn in order as I haue heard thē aleaged Barres pretēded gainst the claime of Scotland Suffolk First in the Line of Scotland theire are thre persōs as you knovv that may pretende right that is the Quene and her sonne by the first mariage of Margaret and Arbella by the second And against the first mariage I heare nothing affirmed but against the tvvoe personnes proceeding therof I heare them aleage three stops one for that they are straūgers Against the Queene of Scotland her sonne borne out of the land and consequentlie incapable of inheritaunce vvythin the same an other for that by a special testament of K. Hērie the eight authorized by tvvoe seueral Parliamentes they are excluded the third for that they are enimies to the religion novv receiued amonge vs therfore to be debarred Against the seconde mariage of Margaret Against Arbella vvyth Archibalde Douglas vvherof Arbella is descended they aleage that the said Archibalde had a former vvyfe at the tyme of that mariage vvhich liued lōg after and so neither that marage lavvful nor the issue therof legitimate The same barre they haue against al the house and Line of Suffolk for first they say that Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk had a knovven vvyfe a liue vvhen he married Marie Queene of Fraunce cōsequentlie that neither the Ladie Fraunces nor Elenore borne of that mariage can be lavvfulie borne And thes is al I can heare them say against the succession Against Darbye of the Coūtesse of Darby descended of Elenore But against my Lord of Hartfords children that come from Fraūces the eldest daughter I heare them aleage tvvo or three bastardies more besides Against the children of Har●ford this of the first mariage

filthie Priuado though vvorthie othervvise for his dishonestie to be displayed to the vvorld but my Lord him self I am sure doth vvell remēber both the mā the mater And d●lbei● ther vvas no 〈◊〉 man at that tyme vvho knovving my L. suspected not the falsehood and his arrogant affirmation tovvching this contract vvyth her Ma. yet some both abrode and at home might doubt therof perhaps Leicester conuinceth him self of impudencie but novv of late by his knovven mariage vvyth his Minion Dame Lettice of Essex he hath declared manifestlie his ovvn moste impudent and disloyal dealing vvith his soueraign in this reporte LAVV. For that reporte quoth the lavver I knovv that it vvas common and mainteyned by manie for diuers years yet did the vviser sorte make no accōpt therof seing it came onlie from him self and in his ovvn behalf Neither vvas it credible that her Ma. vvho refused so noble knightes and Princes as Europe The basenes of Leicester ācestors hath not the like vvould make choise of so meane a peere as Robin Dudley is noble onlie in tvvo descentes and both of them steyned vvyth the Block from vvhich also him self vvas pardoned but the other daye being cōdemned therunto by lavve for his desertes as appeareth yet in publik Anno 1 R. Marie recordes And for the vvydovve of Essex I maruaile Sir quoth he hovv you cal her his vvyfe seing the canon lavve standeth yet in force tovvching matters of mariage vvythin the Realm GENTL Oh said the gentleman laughing you meane for that he procured the poysoning of her husband in his iourney from Ireland You must think that Doctor Dale vvil dispence in that mater as he did D. Dale at his Lordships appointment vvyth his Italian D. Iulio phisitian Doctor Iulio to haue tvvo vvyues at once at the leastvvyse the mater vvas permitted The Archbisshops ouerthrovv for not allovving tvvoe vvyues to Leicester his Phisition and borne out by them both publiquelie as al the vvorld knovveth and that against no lesse persons then the Archbisshop of Canturburie him self vvhose ouerthrovv vvas principalie vvrought by this Tyraunt for contrarying his vvil in so beastlie a demaund But for this controuersie vvhether the mariage be good or no I leaue it to be tryed hereafter betvvene my yong L. of Denbighe and M. Philippe Sydney vvhom the same moste concerneth For that it is like to depriue him of a good lie inheritaunce if it take place as some vvil say that in no reason it can not onlie in respect of the precedent adulterie and murder betvvene the parties but also for that my L. vvas cōtracted at leaste The Lady Sheffield nov●● Embass●desse in Fraunce to an other Ladie before that yet liueth vvherof M. Edvvard Diar and M. Edmond Tylney both Courtiars can be vvitnesses and consumated the same contract by generation of children But this as I said must be lefte to be tryed herafter by them vvhich shal haue moste interest in the case Onlie for the present I must aduertise you that you may not take holde so exactlie of al my L. doinges in vvomens affaires neither tovvching ther mariages neither yet their husbandes For first his Lordship hath a speciall fortune that vvhē he desireth anie vvomans fauour then vvhat person so euer standeth in his vvay hath the luck to die quicklie for the finishing of his desire As for example vvhen his Lorship vvas in full hope to The death of Leicester first L●die and vvyfe marrie her Ma. and his ovvn vvyfe stoode in his light as he supposed he did but send her a sid to the house of his seruant Forster of Cumner by Oxforde vvhere shortlie after she had the chaunce to fal from a paire of stares and so to breake her neck but yet vvythout hurting of her hoode that stoode vpon her heade But Sir Richarde Varney vvho by Sir Ri●h Varney commaundment remayned vvyth her that daye alone vvyth one man onlie and had sent avvay perforce al her seruauntes frō her to a market tvvo myles of he I saye vvyth his mā can tel hovv she died vvhich mā being taken aftervvard for a fellonie in the marches of VVales offering to publish the maner of the said murder vvas made avvaye priuilie in the prison And Sir Rychard him self dying about the same time in London cried pitiouslie blasphemed God said to a gentlemā of vv●rship of myne acquaintaūce notlōg before his death that al the diuels in hell did teare him in peeces The vvife also of Balde Buttler kinsman to my B●lde Bu●ler L. gaue out the vvhole facte a litle before her death But to returne vnto my purpose this vvas my Lordes good fortune to haue his vvyfe die at that tyme vvhē it vvas like to turne moste to his profit Long after this he fell in loue vvyth the Ladie Sheffield vvhom I signified before thē also had he the same fortune to haue her husband die quickly vvyth an extreme reume in his head as it vvas giuē out ●ut as other say of an artificiall Ca●a●re The s●● 〈…〉 s death of the Lord Sh●sh●ld that stopped his breath The like good chaūce had he in the death of my Lord of Essex as I haue said before and that at a tyme moste fortunate for his purpose for vvhē he vvas comming home frō Ireland vvyth intent to reuenge him self vpon my L. of Leycester for begetting his vvyfe vvyth child in his absence the childe vvas a daughter and brought vp by the La Shandoies VV. Knooles his vvyfe my L. of Ley. hearing therof vvanted not friend or tvvo to accompanie the deputie as amōg other a cople of the Earls ovvn seruauntes Crōpton The poysoning of the Earle of Essex if I misse not his name yeoman of his bottels and LLoide his Secretarie entertained aftervvard by my L. of Leycester And so he died in the vvaye of an extream Flux caused by an Italian Recipe as al his friēdes are vvel assured the maker vvherof vvas a Surgiā as is belieued that thē vvas nevvlie come to my Lord from Italie A cunning man sure in The Shifting of a childe in Dame ●e●tice belly operation vvyth vvhom if the good Ladie had bene soner acquainted vsed his help she should not haue needed to haue sitten so pensiue at home feareful of her husbands former returne out of the same countrie but might haue spared the yong childe in her belly vvhich she vvas enforced to make avvay cruelly vnnaturalie for clearing the house against the good mans arriuall Neither must you marueyll though al thes died in diuers maners of outvvard diseases for this is the excellencie of the Italian arte for vvhich this The diuers operations of Poyson Surgian and D. Iulio vvere enterteined so carefullie vvho can make a man die in vvhat maner or shevv of sycknes you vvil by vvhose instructions no doubt but his Lordship is novv cunning ofpecialye Doctor ●aylye the