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The historie of Wyates rebellion with the order and maner of resisting the same, wherunto in the ende is added an earnest conference with the degenerate and sedicious rebelles for the serche of the cause of their daily disorder. Made and compyled by John Proctor.
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Proctor, John, 1521?-1584.
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plausible ende to succede by our sturre otherwise we vndoe our selues For perceiuinge at our entrie y t our myndes runne of spoile who wil not rather resist vs abide the adueÌ„ture of that wherof we beare them in hande then to be in certeine to be spoyled by vs And I see no cause whye you shoulde doubte of want of money seinge ye knowe that suche gentlemen as are confedered with vs keping appointment their souldiours shall come redie furnished to beare theire owne charges for .ix. dayes and our happe shall be verie harde if we be not at London shortlye after we stirre and that with so great a company as shal be oute of daunger to be stopped by any of the shire vpon suche a soden or letted of entrie into London finding halfe the frindes there as we thinke to haue Wyates rekening of y e spoile of the tower and London And being ones in London hauinge the tower in our haÌ„des I trust you thinke we shall not lacke money longe after if any be to be had there or in the Aldermens coffers To that saied the other that hadde spoken as yet neuer a worde I knowe commoners in London that haue more redy money then some of the Aldermenne Softe quod Wyat I praye you in any wyse forbeare all suche talke till we come to y e place wher we would be In mean time let vs worke secretly and by all tokens and signes shewe our selues to fauoure and mainteine oure pretence of straungers only Such and the lyke coÌ„munication was betwene Wyat and two other the mondaye before his rysing Wherby is euident that theire finall entent was to aduaunce them selues by spoyle of other menâ—es goodes although they pretended otherwise And to coloure the same Wyat so fell out with this geÌ„telman for riffling the lorde Chauncelours house that he made a number beleue he woulde haue hanged him out of hande had not Bret and other entreated for him When thei had lien in Southwarke a day or two and fouÌ„de them selues deceiued in LondoÌ„ whiche by the greate diligence and politike handlinge of that worthye and faiethfull knighte the lorde William Haward Admiral of England The Lorde WilliaÌ„ Haward admiral of Englande that had the speciall charge therof with the aide of sir Iohn Whight knight maiour of LondoÌ„ his brethern and citezens was so well preserued as the traitours therby were disappointed of that they loked moost certenly for Wyat as a man desperate and setting all the sixe and seuen aduenturing the breaking downe of a wall out of an house ioyning to the gate at the bridge foote Wyates coÌ„â—minge into the porters lodge at y e bridge fote wherby he moughte enter into the leades ouer the gate came downe into the lodge aboute a leauen of the clocke in the night where he founde the porter in a slomber Care away and his wife with other wakinge watchinge a cole But seing Wyat they began sodenly to start as greatly amased Whist quod Wyat as you loue your lyues sit you still you shal haue no hurt Gladde were they of that warrant pardye What should they do people better accustomed with y e tankerd of beere to passe furth the night then acquainted with target and speare to indure to fight Wyat a fewe with him went furthe as farre as the drawe bridge on the further side wherof he sawe the lorde Admirall the lorde Maiour sir Andrewe Iudde and one or two other in consultation for ordering of the bridge wherunto he gaue diligent eare a good time and not seene At length conceiued by their talke moore then he could digest perceauinge the great ordinaunce there bent retorned saiynge to his mates this place is to hotte for vs. And when he was come to his colleges and declaringe vppon this exployte what he had hearde and seene they then altogether fell to a newe counsell what was to be done The rebels at their wittes ende Some woulde then retourne to Grenewiche and so passe by water into Eliex wherby their company as â—hey thought shoulde encrease and inter into London by Algate And some woulde to Kingston vpon Teames and so further West And some of the whiche Wyat him selfe was chiefe wold retourne into Kent to meâ—te with the Lorde Aburgauenâ—e the Lorde Warden the shyreffe sir Thomas Moyle sir Thomas KeÌ„pe sir Thomas Finch that were at Rochester coÌ„ming on Wyates backe w t a great coÌ„â—pany wel appoynted falsly persuading him selfe y t he shuld find amonge them mo frendes then enemies But whether his desyre to returne into Kent grew vpon hope he hadde to fynde ayd there or whether it was to shifte him selfe awaye it was much doubted of his owne companye And some of them that knewe him well excepte they were muche deceyued reported not longe before their execution that his desier to retire into Kent was onelye to shyfte hym selfe ouer the sea The Lorde Warden beynge nowe come to Rochester as ye hearde The Lorde Wardens beinge at Rochester towardes Wyat. and verye honourably furnished with horse and men well appoynted to no smale nuÌ„bre enteringe in consultation with suche gentlemen as were there for the better procedynge in their seruice shewed a great desier to accelerate the onset vpon the traitours least malice shuld impute both his former present staye rather to want of forwardnesse then to good policie Wherefore he desyred to pursue after them with all expeditioÌ„ Whervnto y e gentlemen then being in armes with him sayde As for your Lordshyps contation hetherto it shal be weyed not as fooles by fansye malice deme but as wyse meÌ„ shall measure it by theyr discretion of wisdom We see not but vnaduised hardinesse preproperous haste in moste matters haue these two coÌ„panions Errour in the beginning Repeâ—tauÌ„ce in y e end And for this our case who so vnderstandeth the same can not but confesse your lordships deliberate forbearing to haue proceded of great wysdome as wherin hast coulde litel preuayle And wheras your lordshippe is so dâ—sirous to pursue after Wyat and his bande you see howe they haue lyen in Southworke and within four miles of London these foure dayesâ— and yet not medled with by the queenes armie beyng so nere Which is neither for want of men nor of forwardnesse in that noble gentleman the earle of Penbroke the queenes leiuetenant The earle of Penbroke the quenes leuetenaunt but vpon greate policie further respecte no doubt then we seeme to conceyue Wherfore your lordshippe may doe better to pause and fyrst to aduertise the queenes maiestie and the lord leiuetenaunt both what your lordeshyppe vpon graue and depe consideration hath conceyued in this doubtfull time and also in what readinesse your lordshippe is and other gentlemen with you whose pleasures knowen we maye then happelye procede in seruice bothe with good conteâ—â—tacion to them aboue and best suertie for our selues Otherwise if fortune shoulde not fauour our iourneye
¶ Imprynted at Cantâ—rbury in saincte Paules parysh by Iohan Michel The historie of wyates rebellion with the order and maner of resisting the same wherunto in the ende is added an earnest conference with the degenerate and sedicious rebelles for the serche of the cause of their daily disorder Made and compyled by Iohn Proctor Mense Decembris Anno 1554. ¶ In the ende ye shall finde a table directing to the principal pointes conteyned in this booke ¶ To the most excellent and moste vertuous ladye our moste gracious Soueraigne Marie by the grace of God Quene of Englande Fraunce Naples Hierusalem and Irelande Defeâ—dour of the faith princesse of Spaygne Sicilie Archeduchesse of Austria Duchesse of Millaine Burgundie and Braband CouÌ„tesse of Haspurge Flaunders â—yâ—ole your Maâ—esties moste faythfull louynge and obedient subiecte Iohn Proctor wissheth all grace loâ—ge peace quiet raygne from God the father the sonne and the holy Ghost IT HATH been alowed most gracious soueraigne for a necessary policie in all ages as stories do wytnes that the flagicious enterprises of the wicâ—ed whiche haue at any tyme atteÌ„pted with trayterous force to subuert or alter the publike state of their countries as also the wise and vertuous policies of the good practised to preserue the common weale and to repell the enemies of the same shuld by writing be committed to eternal memorye partly that they of that age in whose tyme such thinges happened mought by the oft reading conceiue a certaine gladnes in consideryng with them selues beholding as it were in a glasse froÌ„ what calamitie and extreme ruine by what policie wisedome their natiue couÌ„tries were deliuered besides the great misery peril they them selues haue escaped partly for a doctrine and a monition seruing bothe for the present future tyme but cheifly and principally that the traytours themselues who through hatred to their prince or countrey shall either of their owne malicious disposition be stirred or els by other peruerse counsel therunto induced may alwaies haue before their eyes the miserable ende that happeneth as iust reward to al suche caytiues as either of ambition not satisfied with their owne state wyll seke prepostorously to aspire to honoure or of malice to their prince wyll entre into that horrible crime of preuie conspiracie or opeÌ„ rebellioÌ„ The industrie of writers doth sufficieÌ„tly declare in a numbre of stories that conspiracie treason hath alwayes turned to the authours a wretched miserable ende if their persones happen at any tyme to escape temporal punishmâ—nt as rarely they haue done yet their names spicially of y e notorious principal offenders haue ben alwaies had in suche vile odible detestation in all ages among all nations as for the same thei haue been euer after abhorred of all good men These general considerations mouing other to indict and penne stories moued me also to gather together and to regester for memorie the merueilous practise of Wyat his detestable rebellioÌ„ litle inferior to the most dauÌ„gerous reported in any historie either for desperate courage in the authour or for the moÌ„struous end purposed by his rebellion Yet I thought nothyng lesse at the begining then to publishe the same at this time or at this age minding onely to gather notes therof where the truth mought be best knowen for the which I made earnest and diligent inuestigation and to leaue them to be published by others hereafter to the behof of our posteritie But hearing the sundry tales thereof farre dissonauÌ„t in the vtteraunce many of them as far wide froÌ„ truth facioned from the speakers to aduaunce or depraue as they fantased the parties and vnderstaÌ„dyng besydes what notable infamie spronge of this rebellioÌ„ to the whole countre of Kent to euery meÌ„bre of y e same where sundrie many of them to mine owne knowledge shewed them selues most faythfull worthy subiectes as by y e storie self shal euidently appeare which either of hast or of purpose were omitted in a printed booke late sette furth at CaÌ„terbury I thought these to be speciall coÌ„sideratioÌ„s wherby I ought of duetie to my countrey to compyle and digest suche notes as I had gathered coÌ„cerning that rebellion in some forme and fashion of historie to publishe the same in this age and at this present contrary to my first intent as well that the very truth of that rebellious enterprise mought be throughly knowen as that also the sheire where that vile rebellion was practised might by opening the full truth in some parte be deliuered froÌ„ the infamy whiche as by report I heare is made so general in other shyres as though very fewe of Kent were free froÌ„ Wyates conspiracie most humblie beseching your highnes to take this my traueil in so good and gracious parte as of your graces benigne gentle nature it hath pleased you to accept my former bookes dedicated vnto your highnes Wherby I mynde nothinglesse then to excuse or accuse any affectionately but to set furth eche mannes doynges truely according to their demerites that by the coÌ„templation hereof both the good may be incouraged in the execution of perfite obedience vnspotted loyaltie and the wicked restrained from the hatefull practice of suche detestable purposes To the louyng reader THe safe sure recordation of paynes and peryls past hath present delectaâ—ion sayeth Tullye For thinges were they neuer so bitter and vnpleasaunt in the execution being after in peace and securitie renewed by report or chronicle are bothe plausible and profitable whether they touched our selues or other Beynge thus in this poynte persuaded louynge reader I thoâ—ghte it a trauayle neyther vnpleasaunt for thee nor vnthankeful for me to coÌ„triue the late rebellioÌ„ practised by Wyat in â—oâ—me of a chronicle as thou seest Whereby as I meane not to please the euyl nor displease the good so I muche desire to amende the one by settinge before his eye the lamentable Image of hateful rebellion for the increase of obedience and to helpe the other by setting furth the vnspotted loyaltie of suche as aduenturouslye and faithfullye serued in this daungerous time for the increase of knowledge and policie the better to represse the like dangers if anye hereafter happen And further although hereby I couete not to renewe a feare of a daunger past yet would I gladly encrease a care and studie in euery good mannes hart to auoyde a like daunger that may happeÌ„ and most tymes haâ—â—peneth when a daunger with much difficultie auoided is not sufficient warninge to beware of the next I haue forborne to touche any man by name Wyat onelye excepte and a fewe other which the story would not permit to be leaft out Yet take me not that I meane to excuse anye mans faulte thereby For what shoulde I shewe my selfe â—o vngrate or vnnaturall vnto my naturall countreimen as namelye to blase them to the worlde whome eyther their owne good happe or the queenes surpastinge mercie woulde to be