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A03193	Englands Elizabeth her life and troubles, during her minoritie, from the cradle to the crowne. Historically laid open and interwouen with such eminent passages of state, as happened vnder the reigne of Henry the Eight, Edvvard the Sixt, Q. Mary; all of them aptly introducing to the present relation. By Tho: Heywood.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.; Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601, engraver.; I. S., fl. 1631-1638, artist.	1631 (1631)	STC 13313; ESTC S104056	51,982	256

nisi regni haeredibus cō●ingere solet Qu. Anne was ●herefore crowned be●ause it is an honour so●y conferred vpon such whose issue are capable of ●●ccessiō wherby it is pro●able that the Kings pur●ose was to adnihilate and ●●tinguish the Title of his ●aughter Mary and to ●aue the Crowne and dig●●ty Royall to the sole ●eires of Q. Anne For this ●use were the two young ●adies brought vp apart ●hich may be a reasō why ●ey were after so different in their dispositions and so opposite in thei● Religions both of them though not sucking th● milke yet as well imita●ting the mindes as following the steps of their mo●thers Queene Katharin● liuing and dying a con●stant Romane Catholique Queene Anne both in he● life and death resolute 〈◊〉 the defence of the Refor●med Religion which 〈◊〉 the most probable conie●ctures haue left to vs vp●on file was by the instiga●tion of some Romists the● powerfull with the King● who was not then fully se●●led in those tenents whic● he after made his maxim● the prologue to her fall an● ●●ues Catastrophe which 〈◊〉 long after hapned On May day A no 1536. ●as a great iusting held at ●●eenewich in the which ●●e chiefe challenger was ●●e Lord Rochford brother 〈◊〉 the Queene and the de●●ndants were one Henry ●orrice of the Kings Bed●amber with others they ●ānaged their armes with ●eat dexterity and euery ●urse which they ranne ●me off with the lowd ap●●●ause of the people inso●uch that the King at first ●●ght seemed in outward ●ewe to be wonderously ●lighted but about the ●iddle of the triumph ●e a storme in the midst ●a quiet Sea the King arose suddenly from h●● seat and attended with 〈◊〉 persons only tooke Barg●● and was row'd to Westmi●●● leauing no small amaz●●ment behinde him eu●●ry one wondring and co●●iecturing as their affect●●ons led them what mig●● be the occasion thereo● All things were with 〈◊〉 night husht vp and in q●●●et no appearance of d●●content eyther in King 〈◊〉 Courtier perceiued b● no sooner did the day pe●●● out but the King 's disco●●tent appeared w th it Geo●● Bulleine Lod Rochford 〈◊〉 Queenes brother and He●●ry Norrice the defenda●● were saluted with a co● breakfast next their hea●● 〈◊〉 their beds both con●eyed to the Tower the ●ewes being brought to ●he Queene struck as cold ●o her heart and hauing ●ast ouer dinner with dif●ontent ●ecause the King 〈◊〉 his custome was had ●ent none of his waiters to ●id Much good doe it her 〈◊〉 the Table but percei●ing her seruants about ●er some with their eyes glazed in teares but all with looks deiected on the earth it bred strange con●ep●ions in her yet being ●onfident in her own inno●●ency bred in her rather ●mazement then feare The same day entred in●o her chamber Sr Thomas ●udley L. Chancellor the Duke of Norfolke Thomas Cromwell Secretary and ● d●●●●●ce after them Si● William Kinsman Constab●e of the Tower at their first apppearance her apprehension was that they were sent from the King to comfort her about the imprisonment of her brother but obseruing them to looke more austerely vpon her then vsually they were accustomed shee be●gan to mistrust their message but casting her eye beyond them and espying the Constable of the Tower to accompany them in their vnwelcome visit she grew then confident that her death was now approaching and that these were the Heralds to pre●are it so expressing more ●odesty then Maiesty ●oth in her behauiour and ●ountenance she prepared ●er selfe to attend their ●essage which the Chan●ellor deliuered vnto her in ●ew words telling her ●hat it was his Maiesties ●ōmand that she must in●antly be conveyed from ●hence to the Tower there ●o remaine during his ●ighnes pleasure to which ●he answered that her in●ocence and patience had ●●med her against all ad●ersities what soeuer and 〈◊〉 such were his Maiesties ●ommand and pleasure ●hey both should with all ●umility be obeyed so ●ithout change of habit or any thing necessary fo● her remooue shee put her● selfe into their safe custody and by them was conueyed into her Barge Iust vpon the stroke o●fiue she entred the Tower● the Lords with the Luie●tenant brought her to he● Chamber to whome a● their departure she spok● these few words following falling vpon her knees I beseech God Almighty to 〈◊〉 my assistance and helpe onely so farre forth as I am n●●guiltie of any iust crime that may be layd against me the● turning to the Lords I in●treat you to beseech the King in my ●ehalfe that it wil● please him to be a good Lor● vnto mee which word● were no sooner vttered but they departed The fifteenth of the same moneth the Lords of the Councell met at the Tower the Queene was called to● to the Barre and arraigned before the Duke of Norfolk who sate as Lord high Steward the Lord Chancellor on the right hand and the Duke of Suffolke on the left hand with diuers others Marquesses Earles and Barons the Earle of Surrey sonne to the Duke of Norfolke sate directly before his father a degree ●ower as Earle Marshall of England the Queen● sit●ing in a chaire diuers accusations especially touching inconstancy were obiected against her to all which she answered punctually with such grauity and discretion that it appeared to her Auditory she could not bee found guilty of any aspersion whatsoeuer But when in their fauourable censures they were readye not without great applause to acquit her The Iury brought in a contrary verdict by which shee was convicted condemned and had her iudgement to be burned or else her head to be cut off at the Kings pleasure The Sentence being denounced the Court arose and she wa● conueyed backe againe to her Chamber the La● Bullein her Aunt and the Lady Kinsman wife to the Constable of the Tower onely attending her Two dayes after were brought vnto the Tower-Hill George Lord Rochford Henry Norris Marke Smeton Medlin Brierton Francis Weston all of them of the Kings Priuy Chamber who seuerally suffered and had their heads stricken off no other account of their sufferings being giuen out abroad but that they deseruedly dyed for matters concerning the conuicted Queene Two dayes after the Queene was brought to the greene within the Tower and there mounted on a Scaffold where were present most part of the Nobility 〈◊〉 Lord Mayor of London with certaine Aldermen and many other Spectators her last words were these My honourable Lords and the rest here assembled I beseech you all to beare witnesse with me that I humbly submit my selfe to vndergoe the penalty to which the Law hath sentenced me as touching my offences I am sparing to speak they are best knowne to God and I neither blame nor accuse any man but commit them wholly to him beseeching God that knowes the● secrets of all hearts to haue mercy on my Soule next I beseech the Lord Iesus to blesse and saue my Soueraigne Master

perplexed with the newes of the Proclamation of the Lady Iane as Queene of England but more especially vnderstanding that it was done by the consent of the whole Nobility herevpon the Suffolke men assemble themselues about her not liking such shuffling in State profer'd their free and voluntary seruice towards the attaining of her lawfull inheritance this being bruited at Court the great Duke of Northumberland hauing a large Commission granted and sig●ed with the great Seale of England by the vertue thereof raised an Army with purpose to suppress and surprize the Lady Mary the designe was no sooner aduanced and on foote but the Lords in generall repenting them of so great an iniurie done to the Kings Sister and the immediate Inheritrix sent a Countermand after him the Nobility forsooke him the Commons abandon'd him so that being come to Cambridge he with his Sons and some few seruants were left alone where notwithstanding he and his associates proclaimed the Lady Mary Queene of England in the Market-place yet for all this hee was arrested of high treason in the Kings Colledge from thence brought to the Tower and on a Scaffold on the Hill the 12. day of August lost his head This was the end of the great Duke of Northumberland Now those two great opposing Dukes Somerset and Northumb whose vnlimited Ambitions England the gouernement therof could not satiate one peece of ground containes them They lye quietly together in one small bed of earth before the Altar in St. Peters Church in the Tower betwixt two Queenes wiues of K. Henry the 8th Queene Anne and Queene Katherine all foure beheaded All their greatnesse and magnificence is couered ouer with these two narrow words Hic iacet Northumberland o●erthrew Somerset and ●aised himselfe vpon his Ruines Mary who was friend to neither but indifferent to both easily dispenced with the cut●ing off Northumberland thinking her selfe to stand more firme by his fall and ruine The Lady Elizabeth residing at her Mannour in ●he Country much lamented the death of her Brother being strange●y perplexed in her mind as not knowing by any probable coniecture what these strange passages of State might come to but considering that amongst these tempestuous stormes her Sister Marie's and her owne were now at an Aduenture in one bottome she resolutely first ayded her Sister with 500. men her selfe the formost Prima ibi ante omnes then the storme being ouer shee attended her Maiestie in her Barge to the Tower where was released the Duke of Norfolke the Lord Courtney and Dr. Gardiner soone after diuers Bishops suspended in the dayes of her Brother Edward were restored viz. Dr. Gardiner to Winchester and Iohn Poynet put out Dr. Bonner to London and Nicholas Ridley confind ' ●ohn Day to Chichester ●nd Iohn Scory excluded Dr. Tonstall to Duresme Dr. Heath to Worcester ●ohn Hooper excluded ●nd committed to the Fleete Dr. Vesey to Exe●er and Couerdale●ashier'd ●ashier'd The misera●le face of a wretched Kingdome began now ●o appeare They that ●●oul● dissemble their Religion tooke no great are how things went ●ut such whose consci●nces were ioyned to ●uth perceiuing that ●e Lamps of the Sanctu●y began to shine dim ●eing those bright Ta●ers pull'd out of their ●ckets and extingui●shed concluded that coles were now kindled which would proue the destruction of many a good Christian which accordingly happened From the Tower of London the Queene rode through the City towards her Pallace at West-minster The Lady Elizabeth to whom all this while shee shewed a pleasant and gracious out-side rode in a Chariot next after her drawne with sixe Horses trapt in cloath of siluer the Chariot being couered with the same wherein sate only to accompany her the Lady Anne of Cleue The fifth day of October shee was crown'd at West-minster by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester Dr. Thomas Cranmer being at that time in the Tower The Lady Elizabeth was most Princely attended at her Sisters Coronation fiue dayes after began the Parliament wherein besides the supplantation of the reformed Religion Guilford Dudley and the Lady Iane his wife lately proclaymed Queene were both arraigned and conuicted of treason As for the Lady Ia●e how vnwilling shee was to take the imperiall dignitie vpon her doth appeare by this letter following sent to her Father a little before her death FAther althoug it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you by whom my life should rather haue been lengthened yet can I so patien●ly take it that I yeeld God more hearty thanks for shortning my wofull dayes than if all the world had beene giuen into my possessions with life lengthened at my owne will And albeit I am very well assured of your impatient dolours redoubled many wayes both ●●bewa●ling our owne wo ●nd esp●cially as I am informed my wofull estate yet my deare father if I may without ●ffence reioyce in my owne mishaps herein I may account my selfe blessed that washing my hands with the innocence of my fact my guiltless blood may cry before the Lord mercie to the innocent And yet though I must needes acknowledge that being constrained and as you know well enough continually assayed yet in taking vpon me I seemed to consent and therein grieuously offended the Queene and h●r Lawes yet do I assuredly trust that this my offence towards God is so much the lesse in that being in so Royall estate as I was my enforced honour ne●uer mingled with mine innocent heart And thus good father I haue opened vnto you the state wherein I presently stand my death at hand althought to you perhaps it may seeme wofull yet to mee there is nothing that can bee more welcome than from this vale of misery to aspire to that h●●uenly thr●ne of all ioy and pleasure with Christ my Sauiour in whose stedfast faith if it may be lawfull for the daughter so to write to the father the Lord that hath hitherto strengthened you so continue to keepe you that at the last wee may meet in heauen with the Father Son and holy Ghost I am Your obedient Daughter till death IANE DVDLEY Shee was no way conscious of those illegall proceedings practised against the Queene by her owne and her husbands father much griefe there was for the Lady Iane the Queene her selfe tooke the sadnesse of her estate into consideration gaue her leaue to walke in the Queenes Garden not debarring her of any pleasant prospect belonging to the Tower and had not her father after first offence remitted ran headlong into a second it is generally conceiued shee would haue pardoned her life his mis-councelled rashnes hasten'd the deaths of these 2 Innocents Guilford and Iane The Statists of that time especially such as were addicted to the Romish faction held it not policie to suffer any that were addicted to the contrary faction to liue especially if they could entrap them being fallen into any lapse of the law therfore vpon the