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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07909	A vvatch-vvoord to Englande to beware of traytours and tretcherous practises, which haue beene the ouerthrowe of many famous kingdomes and common weales. Written by a faithfull affected freend to his country: who desireth God long to blesse it from traytours, and their secret conspiracyes. Séene and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quéenes iniunctions.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1584 (1584)	STC 18282; ESTC S112941	79,185	110

of Tame aunswered it shall not néede Well saide he néede or néede not they shall so doo mistrusting belike the company which God knoweth was without cause The next daie her Grace tooke her iourney from thence to Woodstocke where she was inclosed as before in the Tower of London the Soldiours garding and warding both within and without the walles euery day to the number of thrée score and in the night without the walles fortie during the time of her imprisonment there At length she had gardens appointed for her to walke in which was verie comfortable to her Grace but alwaies when she did recreate her selfe therein the doores were fast locked vp and in as straite manner as they were in the Tower being at least fiue or six lockes betwéene her lodging and her walkes Sir Henrie himself kéeping the keies and trusting no man therewith Wherevpon she called him her Gaoler and he knéeling downe desired her Grace not to call him so for he was appointed there to be one of her Officers From such Officers quoth she good Lord deliuer me And now by the way as digressing or rather refreshing the Reader if it be lawfull in so serious a storie to recite a matter incident and yet not impertinent to the same occasion héere mooueth or rather enforceth me to touch bréeflie what happened in the same place and time by a merie conceited man being then about her Grace Who noting the straite and straunge kéeping of his Lady Mistresse by the said Sir Henrie Benifield with so many locks doores with such watch and warde about her as was strange and wunderful espied a Goate in the warde where her Grace was and whether to refreshe her oppressed minde or to notifie her straite handling by Sir Henrie either els both he tooke it vppon his necke and followed her Grace therewith as she was going into her lodging Which when she sawe she asked him what he would doo with it willing to let it alone Unto whome the same partie aunswered No by saint Marie if it like your Grace will I not for I cannot tell whether he be one of the Quéenes fréendes or no I will carrie him to Sir Henrie Benifield God willing to knowe what he is So leauing her Grace he went with the Goate on his necke and carried it to Sir Henrie Benifield who when he sawe him comming with it asked him halfe angerlie what he had there Unto whome the partie aunswered saying Sir quoth he I cannot tell what he is I praie you examine him for I found him in the place where my Ladies Grace was walking what talke they haue had I cannot tell for I vnderstand him not but he should séeme to me to be some straunger and I thinke verilie a Welch man for he hath a white fréese coate on his backe And for so much as I being the Quéenes subiect and perceiuing the straite charge committed to you of her kéeping that no straunger should haue accesse vnto her without sufficient licence I haue héere found a stranger what he is I cannot tell in place where her Grace was walking and therfore for the necessarie discharge of my duety I thought it good to bring the saide straunger to you to examine as you sée cause and so he let him downe At which wordes Sir Henrie séemed much displeased and saide Well well you will neuer leaue this géere I sée and so they departed Now to returne to the matter from whence we haue digressed after her Grace had béene there a time she made sute to the Councell that she might be suffered to write to the Quéene which at last was permitted So that Sir Henrie brought her pen inke and paper and standing by her while she wrote which he straitlie obserued alwayes she being wearie he would carrie away her Letters and bring them againe when she called for them In the finishing therof he would haue béen messenger to the Quéene of the same whose request her Grace denied saying One of her owne men should carrie them and that she would neither trust him nor none of his therein Then he aunswering againe saide None of them durst be so bolde he trowed to carie her Letters being in that case Yes quoth she I am assured I haue none so dishonest that would denie my request in that behalfe but will be as willing to serue me now as before Well saide he my Commission is to the contrarie and I may not so suffer it Her Grace replying againe saide You charge me verie often with your Commission I praye God you may iustlie aunswere the cruell dealing you vse towardes me Then he knéeling downe desired her Grace to thinke and consider how he was a seruaunt and put in trust by the Quéene to serue her Maiestie protesting that if the case were hers he would as willinglie serue her Grace as nowe he did the Quéenes highnesse For the which his aunswer her Grace thanked him desiring of God that she might neuer haue néede of such seruauntes as he was declaring further to him that his dooinges towards her were not good nor aunswerable but more then all the fréends he had would stand by To whome Sir Henrie replied and saide That there was no remedie but his dooinges must be aunswered and so they should trusting to make good account thereof The cause which mooued her Grace so to saye was for that he would not permitte her Letters to be carried foure or fiue daies after the writing therof But in fine he was content to send for her gentleman from the Towne of Woodstocke demaunding of him whether he durst enterprise the carriage of her Graces Letters to the Quéene or no and he aunswered yea Sir that I dare and wil with all my hart Wherevpon Sir Henrie halfe against his stomacke tooke them vnto him Then about the eight day of Iune came downe Doctour Owen and Doctour Wendie sent by the Quéene to her Grace for that she was sicklie who ministring to her and letting her blood tarried there and attended on her Grace fiue or sixe dayes Then she being well amended they returned againe to the Court making their good report to the Quéene and the Councell of her Graces behauiour and humblenesse towardes the Quéenes Highnesse Which her Maiestie hearing tooke verie thankefullie but the Bishoppes therat repined looked blacke in the mouth and tolde the Quéene they meruailed that she submitted not her selfe to her Maiesties mercie considering that she had offended her Highnesse About this time her Grace was requested by a secrete fréend to submit her self to the Quéenes Maiestie which would be very well taken and to her Grace great quiet and commodity vnto whom she aunswered That she would neuer submitte her selfe to them whome she neuer offended For quoth she if I haue offended and am guiltie I then craue no mercie but the lawe which I am certaine quoth she I should haue had ere this