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A11051
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The mirrour of vertue in worldly greatnes. Or The life of Syr Thomas More Knight, sometime Lo. Chancellour of England
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Roper, William, 1496-1578.
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1626
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STC 21316; ESTC S116166
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Church 〈◊〉 vnto her Madame my Lord â—…gone The next Sunday after thé surrender of his Office departure of his Gentlemen he went vnto his Ladyes pew himselfe and with his Cap in hand he made her low Courtesy saying vnto her Madame My Lord is gone In the tyme before his troubles he would talke with hiâ—… Wife and Children of the ioyes of heauen the paynes of helâ—… of the liues of the Holy Martyrs of their grieuous Martyrdomes of their meruailous Patience and of their sufferings deathes that they died mosâ—… willingly rather theÌ„ they woulâ—… offeÌ„d God also what a happy blessed thing it was for the louâ—… of God to suffer losse of goods imprisonment losse of life anâ—… landes Moreouer he would fâ—…r ther say vnto them That vpon his Fayth if he could but perceiue that his wife Children would encourage him to dye in a good cause it would be such a comfort vnto him that for very ioy therof he would runne merrily to his death By this discourse and other such like he gaue them feeling what troubles might afterwardes chance to happen vnto him wherby he had so farre encouraged them before the tyme that afterwardes when thâ—…y happened vnto him indeed they seemed a great deale the lesse Now after the Resignation of his Office there came vnto him to Chelsâ—…y M. Thomas Cromwell then in the Kings his fauour with a message from his Maiesty about which when they had fully coÌ„ferred togeather priuatly M. Cromwell quoth Syr Thomas More you are now newly entred into the â—…eruice of a mosâ—… Royals Wise liberall Prince and if you follow my poore aduise you shall in your Counsellâ—… giuing euer tell him what hâ—… ought to do but neuer what hâ—… is able to do So shall you shew your selfe a true and faythful seruant a right worthy CouÌ„ sellour for if a Lyon knew hiâ—… owne strength it were hard foâ—… any man to rule him Within a short tyme afteâ—… his there was a Commissioâ—… graunted forth and directed 〈◊〉 M. Cranmer then Archbishop 〈◊〉 Canterbury to determyne thâ—… matter of the Mariage between the King Queene Katharine at S. Albans Where at last it was fully determined and concluded according to the Kings desire and then began he to coÌ„playne that since he could haue no Iustice at the Popes handes he would therfore from thenceforth separate himselfe from the Sea of Rome and thereupon he presently maried the Lady Anne Bullen Which when Syr Tho. More vnderstood he sayd to M. Roper God graunt God graunt Sonne Roper that these matters within a while be not confirmed by Oath About this tyme Queene Anne was to passe through London froÌ„ the Tower to Westminster to her Coronation some few dayes before Syr Thomas More receiued a letter frâ—… the Bishops of Durham Bath Winchester requesting him both to keep them company from the Tower to Westminster to the said Coronation and withall to accept of Twenty Poundes which by the Bearer thereof they had sent vnto him to buy him a gowne which he thankfully receiued but yet went not staying still at home vntill the Coronation was past At his next meeting with the said Bishops he spake merrily vnto them saying My Lordes by the letter which you sent lately vnto me you required of me two things one wherof since I was well contented to graunt therefore I thought I might be the boulder to deny you the other â—…nd also because I tooke you â—…r no Beggars and my selfe I â—…ow to be no rich man I â—…ought I might the rather acâ—…pt of your liberality with the â—…ore honesty But indeed your â—…her Request put me in mynd 〈◊〉 a certaine Emperour I haue â—…ow forgotten his name that â—…ade a law that whosoeuer coÌ„â—…itted a certayne offeÌ„ce which do not now neyther rememâ—…er should suffer death by beâ—…g deuoured of wild beastes exâ—…ept it were a Virgin that ofâ—…ended against the same such â—…euerence did he beare vnto Virâ—…inity Now it so fell out that â—…he first who committed the ofâ—…ence was indeed a Virgin â—…her of the Emperour hearing ruption by doing wrong or taking bribes it would without doubt in this so troublesome a tyme of the Kings displeasure agaynst him haue beene deeply layd to his charge therby to haue found any the least hole in his coate But he alwayes kept himselfe so cleare euen of suspition of any such thing that no man was once able therwith to blemish him although the same was shrewdly many times attempted speciaâ—…y in the case of one Parneâ—… against whome Syr Thomas More whilst he was Lord Chancellour in the suite of one Vaugham Parnels aduerary had passed a sentence or decree by way of Iustice. Whereupon Parnell made a most grieuous complaynt vnto the King that Syr Thomas More 〈◊〉 for passing of the forsaid 〈◊〉 taken from the said Vauâ—… vnable for the Gowte to trauell abroad himselfe by the handes of his wife a fayre great gilded cup for a bribe VpoÌ„ this aâ—…ulation Syr Thomas More was by the Kings appointment called before the whole body of the Counsell where this matter 〈◊〉 heynously laid to his charge He forthwith confessed that for asmuch as that cup was loÌ„g after the passing of a foresaid decree brought vnto him for a new yeares gift he at the GentlewomaÌ„s importune pressing it vpon him of courtesy refused not to-receiue it Then the Earle of Wiltshire Syr Thomas Bullen Father to Queene Anne a verý great enemy to Syr Thomas Mâ—…re and chiefe complayner of this busines agaynst him to the King with much reioycing said vnto the Lords there present Loe did I not tell you my Lordes that you shold find this matter true Whereupon when Syr Thomas More had stood silent a while smyling vpon the Lord of Wâ—…shire he at length earnestly desired their Lordships that as they had courteously heard him tell the one part of his Tale so they would be pleased to vouchsafe him the indifferent hearing of the other Then he further declared vnto their Honours That albert indeed he had with much intreaty receyued the cup yet immediatly thereupon he caused his Butler to fill it with wyne and of that cup he dranke vnto her and she pledged him Then as freely as her husband had giuen it vnto him euen so freely gaue he the same backe agayne to her to giue vnto her husband for his New-yeares gift which at his request though much against her will she receyued agayne as herself and diuers others there present were deposed before them So was this great Mountayne was turned presently into Molehill So likewise at another time vpon a New yeares day there câ—…me vnto Syr Thomas More one 〈◊〉 Croker a rich widdow for whome with no small paynes he had passed a Decree in the Chauncery agaynst the Lord Arundell to present him with a payre of gloues and fourty pouÌ„ds in Angells within them for a New yeares gift Of whom he thankefully receiuing the Gloues
place where I haue had conuenient tyme and leasure to remember my last End and now most of all am I bound vnto his Grace that I shall be so shortly rid out of the miseries of this wretched life therfore will I not fayle to pray earnestly for his Grace both heere in the other world also The Kings pleasure is further quoth Syr Thomas Pope that at your execution you shall not vse many words M. Pope quoth he you do well to giue me warning of the Kings pleasure for otherwise I might haue offended his Maiesty agaynst my will I had indeed purposed at that tyme to haue spoken somwhat but of no matter of offecâ—… to his Grace neuertheles whatsoeuer I intended I am ready to conforme my selfe obediently to his commandement And beseech you good M. Pope be a means vnto his Maiesty that my daughter Margaret may be at my Buriall The King is contented already quoth Syr Thomas Pope that your wife children and other of your Friends haue liberty to be present therat O how much am I bound vnto his grace quoth Syr Thomas More that vouchsafeth to haue so gracious a consideration of my poore Buriall WhereupoÌ„ Syr Tho. Pope taking his leaue cold not forbeare weeping which Syr Tho. More percâ—…yuing comforted him in this wise Q net your selfe good M. Pope and be not discomforted for I trust we shall one day â—…e ech other in heaueÌ„ where we shal be sure to liue and loue together in ioyfull blisse eternally Vpon Syr Thomas Popes departure he changed himselfe into his best apparel as one that had bin inuited to some soleÌ„ne feast which M. Lieutenant seing aduised him to put it off saying that he that was to haue it was but a Iauell What M. Lieutenat quoth â—…he shall I accompt him a Iauell that shall do me this day so singuler a benefit Nay I assure you were it cloth of Gold I would accompt it very well bestowed vpon him as S. Cyprian did who gaue to his Executioner thirty peeces of Gold Yet through the Lieutenants persuasions he altered his Apparell and after the ExaÌ„ple of the forsayd holy Martyr he gaue that litle money he had left to his Executioner which was one Angell of Gold Then was he by M. LieuetenaÌ„t broght out of the Tower froÌ„ thence led towards the place of Execution vpon the Tower-hil where going vp the Scaffold which was weake ready to fall he said smilingly to M. LieutenaÌ„t I pray you good M. LieutenaÌ„t see me safe vp for my coming downe let me shift for my selfe Then desired he all the people about him to pray for him to beare witnesse that he should now there suffer death in for the fayth of the Holy Catholique Church Which done he kneeled downe and after his prayers sayd he turned to the Executioner with a chereful countenance spake thus merrily vnto him Plucke vp thy spirits man and be not afrayd to do thine Office my necke is somwhat short therefore take heed thou strikest not awry for sauing of thyne honesty but if thou doest vpon my word I wil not heerafter cast it in thy teeth So at one stroke of the Executioner passed Syr Thomas More out of this world to God vpon the same day which himselfe had mâ—… desired 6. Iulij 15â—…5 Soone after his death intelligeÌ„ce therof came vnto the Emperour Charles the fifth wherevpon he sent for Syr Thomas Elioâ—… then Embassadour there said vnto him My Lord Embassadour we vnderstand that the King your Mâ—…ister hath put his faythfull seruant graue CouÌ„â—… 〈◊〉 â—…eath 〈◊〉 Thomâ—… 〈◊〉 Whereunto Syr Thomas Eâ—… answered that he had heard nothing thereof Well quoth the Emperour it is too true 〈◊〉 will I say that if I had byn Maister of such a Seruant of whose counsailes and performance in State matters my selfe haue had thâ—…se many yeares no small experience I would rather haue lost the best Citty of my dominions theÌ„ such a worthy Counsellour Whicâ—…â—…peach of the Emperour was afterward related by Syr Thomas Eliot vnto M. William Roper his wife being with him at supper in the presence of one M. Clement â—… Hâ—…ywood and their wiues FINIS