Lordes Knightes and other to the number of thrée score and fiue were taken All these were condemned by the iudgement of Andrew Herkeley Earle of Carlile and on the two and twentie of March following Thomas Earle of Lancaster was beheaded and Warin de Lile William Tochet Thomas Manduit Henrie Bradbourne William Fitzwilliam the younger and William de Cheyney Barons were hanged and quartered at Pomfret Iohn Mowbray Roger Clifford and Goceline Deynvile were drawne and quartered at Yorke Bartholmew Badlesmere at Canterburie Henrie de Mountfort and Henrie Willington at Bristow Iohn Clifford and Roger Elinbrough at Glocester William Kerdife and Henrie Chies at London Frances de Aldham at VVindsore Thomas Culpeper at VVinchelsea The rest of their complices were bestowed in diuers prisons Andrew Herkeley Earle of Carlile vnder colour of peace feigned a mariage which by the King his Nobles was reputed for Treason wherevpon he was apprehended by his trustie fréend Sir Anthonie de Lucy and afterward was disgraded of the Earledome by the taking the swoord from him and cutting off his spurres then was he hanged and quartred at Carlile his head being sent to London and his quarters to foure partes of the land Hugh Spencer the elder and Hugh Spencer his sonne were verie troublesome persons to the Realme and caused many seditious treasons to arise daily but the Father was taken at Bristowe where he was drawne to the Gallowes in his Armour and so hanged then was he taken downe and beheaded and his body hanged vp againe and after foure daies his body was cutte in péeces and cast to the Dogges to be eaten but his head was sent to Winchester Hugh Spencer his sonne was brought to Hereforde where he was condemned without aunswere and was drawne and hanged vpon a paire of Gallowes thirtie foote hie and afterward was headed and quartered Simon Reading and Robert Baldocke Bishoppe of Norvvich and the Kinges Chauncelour who were pertakers with them in their traiterous rebellions the saide Simon Reading was drawne and hanged on the same Gallowes but ten foote lower and Robert Baldocke died in Newgate with many tormentes And many of their confederates were executed in other places so that but fewe of them escaped without punishment In the raygne of King Edward the thirde ROger Mortimer for consenting to the murthering of the Kings Father and many other notorious treasons was condemned at VVestminster in the presence of the whole Parliament and afterward was drawne to the Elmes and hanged on the common Gallowes where he hanged two dayes and two nightes by the Kinges commaundement there were hanged with him Sir Simon de Burford Knight Sir William Burford that was Iustice and Iohn Deuerel Esquier who was desirous to haue made open confession of the Kinges Fathers cruell death but he could not be suffered The Londoners sought to kill Iohn of Gaunt the Kings Sonne Duke of Lancaster for a word which he had spoken against their Bishoppe wherevpon the King deposed the Mayor and Aldermen of London and appointed other in their places and Sir Iohn Minsterwoorth Knight with others were drawne and hanged for the same In the raigne of King Richard the seconde BY the wicked perswasions of Iohn Ball a seditious Préest the Commons of Kent and Essex rebelled against the King chusing for their Captaines in their rebellion Watte Tiler and Iacke Strawe They came to Blacke Heath and so on to London and entred the Cittie on Corpus Christi day where they destroyed many goodly places of the Nobles and others as the Sauoy Saint Iohns by Smithféeld the Manour of Highburie by Yseldon and the Temple where the Prentises of the Lawe were lodged for the increase of their Studie They tooke out of the Tower of London where the King was then lodged Simon Sudburie Archbishop of Canterburie Lord Chauncelour of England Robert Halles Priour of Saint Iohns and Treasorer of England William Apelton a Frier Minor the Kinges Confessour and Iohn Legge a Seriant of the Kinges and beheaded them all on the Tower Hyll They beheaded diuers other in many places as Sir Iohn Cauendishe Lord chéefe Iustice of England the Priour of S. Edmundes-burie and other Richard Lions a famous Lapidary of London was drawne out of his house and beheaded in Chepe They beheaded all men of Lawe as well Prentises and vtter Barresters as Iustices and all Iurers that they might get into their hands They spared none whome they thought to be learned were it neuer so lyttle especiallie if they found any to haue pen and inke they pulled off his hoode and cried out all with one voice hale him into the stréetes and cut off his head The King to pacifie their furie offered them peace on condition they would cease from burning of houses and slaughter of men which the Essex men tooke and returned home but the Kentish men remained burning and killing styll as before Wherevpon the King sendeth Sir Iohn Newton Knight to Wat Tiler their Captaine to intreate him to come talke with him about his owne demaundes the Knight hauing doone his message Wat Tiler mallepartlie aunswered that he would come at his owne pleasure neuerthelesse he followed softlie after the Knight and when he came néere Smithféeld where the King tarried his comming the same Knight was sent againe to méet him and vnderstand his requests Wat Tiler séeing the Knight come néere vnto him on horse backe proudlie saide it had become him better to be on foote in his presence the Knight aunswered that it was no harme sith himselfe was also on horsebacke therewith Wat Tiler drew his Dagger and offering to strike called the Knight Traiteur wherevpon the Knight drew his dagger too and aunswered him that he lyed The King séeing the Knight in daunger commaunded him to alight on foote and to deliuer his Dagger to Watte Tyler whose proude minde would not be so pacified but would néedes run on the Knight wherevppon there came to the King William Walwoorth the Mayor of London and many other Knightes and Esquiers who affirmed that it would be a shamefull reproch if they should suffer the Knight to be murdred At last the King commaunded the Mayor to arrest the Rebell which Mayor being a man of verie valiaunt courage arrested Wat Tyler on the head with such a mighty stroke as he caused him to fall downe greatly astonied then a number more enuironed the Rebell round about and gaue him so many woundes as he had no life left in him c. Iacke Strawe being likewise taken when at London he should lose his head by the iudgement of the Maior confessed as followeth The same time sayth he that we came to Black Heath when we sent for the King we purposed to haue murdred all Knightes Esquiers and Gentlemen that should haue come with him and to haue led the King royallie vsed vp and downe that with the sight of him all men especiallie the common people might
Doctour of Diuinitie auouched that in the quarrell of King Richard who was deposed for his euill gouernement and was likewise dead he would fight against any man euen to the death for which traiterous wordes he was condemned drawne and hanged in his religious habite and wéede And not long after Sir Roger Claringdon Knight with him an Esquier and a Yeoman were beheaded and eight Gray Friers hanged and headed at London and two at Leicester all of them executed for trayterous wordes against the King Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester Sir Richard Vernon the Baron of Kinderton with diuers other rebellious persons put themselues in Armes against the King néere vnto Shrewesburie in a place called Olde Feeld alias Bull Feeld but the Earle of vvorcester the Baron of Kinderton and Sir Richard Vernon were taken and beheaded at Shrewesburie Henrie Percie Earle of Northumberland Richard Scrope Archbishop of Yorke Thomas Mowbray Earle Marshall Thomas Lord Bardolphe and other conspired against the King and caused the Cittizens of Yorke to take part with them in their rebellion but the Kinges power following them forced the Earle of Northumberland and the Lord Bardolphe to take their flight into Scotland but the Archbishop of Yorke and the Earle Marshall were taken and beheaded at Yorke A Squire of VVales named Rice ap Dee who had long tyme rebelled against the King was brought to London and there was drawne hanged and quartered In the raigne of King Henrie the fift THe King kéeping his Christmasse at his Manour of Eltham seuen miles from London was giuen to vnderstand that certaine had conspired against him eyther to haue taken or suddenlie haue slaine him and his brethren on Twelfth day at night wherevpon the King sent word to the Mayor of London that he should arrest all suspicious persons The Maior foorthwith caused euery Alderman in his Warde to kéepe great watch and about ten of the clock at night went himselfe with a strong power to the signe of the Axe without Bishops gate where he apprehended the man of the house named Iohn Burgate Carpenter and seuen other and sent them to Eltham where they confessed before the King that they were confederat with Sir Iohn Oldcastel to fight against him and his Lords in S. Gyles Féeld aboue Holbourne On the morrowe after Twelfth day the King remooued priuilie to UUestminster and with a great Armie kept the Féeld by Saint Gyles for he was warned that Sir Iohn Oldcastell and Sir Roger Acton would be in the same Féeld on the next daye following with fiue twentie thousand people and the same night were taken more then foure score men in Armour of the same faction Also the King being tolde of an Ambushment in Harengay Parke sent thither certaine Lordes who tooke many of them among whome was one VVilliam Murle a ritch Mault man or Brewer of Dunstable who had his two horsses trapped with golde following him and a payre of gylt Spurres in his bosome for he thought to haue béene made Knight on the morrowe The twelfth day of Ianuarie thrée score and nine of them were condemned of treason at VVestminster and on the morrowe after seuen and thirtie of them were drawne from the Tower of London to Newgate and so to Saint Gyles and there in a place called Fickettes féeld were all hanged and seuen of them burnt gallowes and all The ninetenth day of Ianuarie were drawne and hanged Sir Iohn Beuerley Priest Iohn Burgate Carpenter a text writer in Saint Iohns stréete and a Glouer on London Bridge and shortlie after Sir Roger Acton Knight was taken who on the tenth of Februarie was drawne hanged and buried vnder the gallowes On the last of Iulie was discouered a great conspiracie against the King by thrée Lordes in whome aboue all the rest he reposed greatest trust and confidence the chéefest of them was Henrie Scrope Lord Treasorer the second was Richard Earle of Cambridge brother to Edwarde Duke of Yorke and the third was Sir Thomas Grey a Knight of the North. These thrée had caused Edmund Earle of March to sweare vppon a Booke not to disclose their councell and then they tolde him that they intended to kyll the King and to make the saide Edmund King the which if he refused to take vpon him they would likewise kyll him The Earle prayed them to giue him one houres space to take aduisement what he were best to doo which being graunted him the Earle went secretlie and told the King thereof who caused them foorthwith to be apprehended and brought before him where they confessed the treason for the which on the sixt of August they were arreigned in the Kinges presence and the same day all thrée beheaded The Earle was buried head and all but the other two headdes were sent the one to Yorke and the other to New Castell vpon Tine to be set vp Iohn Bennet Woolman who had scattered about London diuers Scedules full of sedition was drawne hanged and beheaded on Michaelmas daye and the eight daye of October a Parchment-maker of Trylmell stréete was drawne hanged and headed for harbouring Sir Iohn Oldcastell contrarie to the Kinges commaundement In the raigne of King Henrie the sixt AT Abington were gathered together a great many of lewde and rebellious persons who sought to make a great vprore in the Realme but the Lord Protector rode thether with his company and arrested there the Bayliffe of the Towne named William Mandeuill a Weauer who was appointed for their Captaine and he had named himselfe Iacke Sharpe of Wigmers Lande in Wales When he was examined he confessed that he meant to haue doone many mischéefes especiallie against Priests so that he would haue made their heads as cheape as Shéepes heads that is to saye thrée for a penny or as some write ten for a penny he was drawne hanged and headed at Abington and his head was sent to London and set on the Bridge the rest of his company were executed in diuers other places for example to other The thirtéenth day of Iulie following one Richard Russell Wooll-man was drawne hanged and quartered for that he would haue made Dukes and Carles at his owne pleasure Roger Bolingbrooke a great Astronomer with Thomas Southwell a Chanon of Saint Stephens Chappell at VVestminster were taken as conspiratours of the Kinges death for it was saide that the same Roger should labour to consume the Kinges person by waye of Necromancie and the saide Thomas should say Masses in the Lodge of Harnesey Parke beside London vppon certaine Instruments with the which the saide Roger should vse his craft of Necromancie against the Faith and was assenting to the saide Roger in all his workes And the fiue and twentie day of Iulie being Sunday Roger Bolingbrooke with all his Instruments of Necromancie that is to say a painted Chayre wherein he was wunt to sit vpon the fowre corners of which Chayre stoode fowre swordes and vpon
executed 1551. A Millers sonne fayning himselfe to be King Edward executed 1556. Foure Rebelles executed at Saint Edmundsburie 1557. The blessed protection of almighty God in preseruing the Lady Elizabeth in her manifold daungers and troubles The troubles of Lady Elizabeth in Queene Maries tyme. The historie of Lady Elizabeth Sir Richard Southwell Sir Edward Hastinges and Sir Thomas Cornwalles sent to fetch vp Lady Elizabeth The vnmannerlinesse of the Knights A straite Commission from the Queen to bring the Lady Elizabeth either quick or dead The gentlenesse of Queene Marie to send her horse Lytter to bring her Sister to trouble Lady Elizabeth taketh her iourney toward the Queene Lady Elizabeth brought vp to London Sir William Sentlowe cōmitted to the Tower Lady Elizabeth charged with Sir Thomas Wiats conspiracie Lady Elizabeth charged with the busines of Sir Peter Carew Lady Elizabeth threatned to goe to the Tower Lady Elizabeth purgeth her selfe to the Lordes Lady Elizabeths seruaunts remooued from her The Queenes men and women attendaunt vppon the Lady Elizabeth The hard dealing of a certaine Lord with the Lady Elizabeth The Earle of Sussex gentle to the Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth writeth to the Queene but it would not serue Lady Elizabeth sent to the Tower The wordes of Lady Elizabeth entring the Tower The christian prayer of Lady Elizabeth The Lord of Sussex speaketh for Lady Elizabeth The Bishop of Winchester enimie to Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth examined by the Bishop of Winchester The freendlie speech of the Earle of Arundel to Lady Elizabeth Sir Iames Acroft examined touching the Lady Elizabeth These were not the Officers of the Tower but such as went in white greene Lady Elizabeths seruaunts restrained from bringing her diet to the Tower Displeasure betweene the Lord Chamberlaine and the Lady Elizabeths men Lady Elizabeths wayting men in the Tower Variaunce betweene the Lord Chamberlaine Lady Elizabeths seruaunts Lady Elizabeth denied the lybertie of the Tower Lybertie graunted to Lady Elizabeth to walke in a garden Suspicious heads A young childe examined for bringing flowers to Lady Elizabeth The Constable of the Tower discharged of his Office and Sir Henrie Benifield with his cōpany placed about the Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth both in great feare and doubt of her lyfe Lady Elizabeth in doubt of Sir Henry Benifield Lady Elizabeths prayer Lady Elizabeth remooueth from the Tower to Woodstocke Lady Elizabeth secluded from her seruaunts Lady Elizabeth in dispayre of her selfe Lady Elizabeths Vsher talketh with the Lord of Tame The gentle heart of the Lord of Tame to Lady Elizabeth Tanquam ouis Like a sheepe to to the slaughter Lady Elizabeth honourablie receiued and beloued of the people The gentle entertainement of Lady Elizabeth at the Lord of Tames house Sir Henrie Benifield grudged at the gentle entertainement of Lady Elizabeth The rude and vngentle behauiour of Sir Henrie Benifield Lady Elizabeth commeth to Woodstocke The strait watch kept at Woodstocke A merie storie concerning the straite keeping of the Lady Elizabeth The straitnesse of Sir Henrie Benifield merily noted Lady Elizabeth with much adoo suffered to write to the Queene The cruell dealing of Sir Henrie Benifield to the Lady Elizabeth reproued The Letters of Lady Elizabeth carried to the Queene Doctor Owen Doctor Wendie Queene Maries Phisitions sent to Lady Elizabeth The popish Prelates repined against the Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth requested to submit her selfe to the Queene Councell of the Papists to marie the Lady Elizabeth to a Spaniard Wicked councell giuen against Lady Elizabeth Spaniardes more fauourable to Lady Elizabeth then some English men Lady Elizabeth in daunger of fyre Lady Elizabeth in daunger of kylling An other conspiracie of murder against Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth preserued by the Lordes prouidence from execution in the Tower Winchesters platforme ouerthrowne Verses written by Lady Elizabeth in the glasse windowe Lady Elizabeth not suffered to come to the Lord of Tames house Lady Elizabeth wisheth her selfe to be a Milke maide The Lord William Haward gentle and fauourable to Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth requested by Winchester to submit her selfe to the Queenes mercie Lady Elizabeth standeth to be tryed by the lawe Talke againe betweene Winchester and Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth denieth to confesse any fault doone to the Queene Lady Elizabeth sent for to the Queene Lady Elizabeth brought to the Queenes bed Chamber Talke betweene the Queene and Lady Elizabeth Small comfort at the Queens hand toward her Sister King Phillip thought to be a freend to Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth by Gods prouidence set at lybertie Sir Henrie Benifield discharged Mistresse Ashley sent to the Fleet. Three gentlewomen of Lady Elizabeths sent to the Tower Note the wonderfull working of the Lordes prouidence in sauing of Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth delyuered by the death of Stephen Gardiner How the Lord heere beganne to worke for Lady Elizabeth Lady Elizabeth proclaymed Queene the same day that Queene Marie died The Lord make England thankefull to him for his great benefites Consideration of the hardnesse of the time then and the cruell dealing against Lady Elizabeth Consideration of the wonderfull patience of Lady Elizabeth Consideration of the present helpe of God at all times to Lady Elizabeth Rebelles executed at Durham 1570. Rebelles executed at Yorke Rebelles executed at Berwicke The Nortons executed Conspiracie in Norfolke Iohn Felton executed in Paules Churchyard in London 1571. Doctour Storie executed at Tyborne 1572. Kenelme Barney Edward Mather and Henry Rolfe executed for treason The Duke of Norfolke condemned for high treason and beheaded on the Tower hyll The Earle of Northumberland beheaded at Yorke for high treason Iohn Hall and Oswald Wilkinson executed 1573. Thomas Woodhouse executed 1574. Cuthbert Mayne executed 1577. Iohn Nelson executed Thomas Sherwood executed 1578. William Lacie Kirkman executed at Yorke Euerard Haunse executed Edmund Campion Ralphe Sherwin and Alexander Briant executed 1581. Thomas Foord Iohn Shert and Robert Iohnson executed Luke Kirbie William Filbie Thomas Cottā and Lauraunce Richardson 1582. Iohn Slade and Iohn Body executed Edward Arden executed in Smithfield 1583. William Carter executed Haddock Fenne Hemerfoord Nutter and Mūden executed Frances Throckmorton executed 1584. God sharply scourgeth al traitours who practise any euyll against their Prince England hath beene greatly endaungered by traiterous practises The cause of an euyll cut off the effect can take no place No greater enimies to the safetie of England then Papists The common speech of Traytours at theyr death It is the duety of euerie good subiect to haue a speciall care of the safety of his Prince The first conclusion of such as hold al the Popes doctrine to be true The second conclusion of such as expect theyr Golden day The third conclusion of such as would ouerthrow theys Countrey for theyr Idolatrous Religion The fourth conclusion of such as can not be wun to loue her Maiestie The fift conclusion of the property of papistry The sixt conclusion of such Papistes as
euerie sworde an Image of Copper hanging with many other Instrumentes beside he stoode on a high Scaffolde before Paules Crosse holding a sworde in his right hand and a Scepter in his left arrayed in a meruailous strange attire and after the Sermon was doone by Maister Lawe Bishoppe of Rochester he abiured all Articles belonging to the Arte of Necromancie or against the Faith Afterward these two were condemned of Treason Thomas South well died in the Tower of London but Roger Bolingbrooke was drawne from the Tower to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered Iohn Dauid seruaunt to William Catur an Armorer dwelling in Saint Dunstones Parishe in Fléetstréete appeached his Maister of Treason and a day being assigned for them to fight a Combate together in Smithféeld the Maister was there slaine by his saide seruaunt The Duke of Glocester being arrested by the Lord Beaumont high Cōstable the Duke of Buckingham the Duke of Sommerset other for speciall matters within few daies after he died with sorrow but two thirty of his principal seruauntes being sent to diuers prisons fiue of them were arraigned and condemned at London whose names were Sir Roger Chamberlain Knight Middleton Herbert and Arteyse Esquiers and Richard Nedham Gentleman all which fiue were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiborne and there hanged but they were let downe quicklie stript naked marked with a knife to be quartred and then a charter was shewed them for their liues but the Yeoman of the Crowne had their liuelode and the hangman had their cloathes Thomas Thany otherwise called Blew beard a Fuller was taken beside Canterburie for raysing a rebellion who afterward was hanged and quartered The Commons of Kent arose against the King hauing to their Captaine Iacke Cade who named himselfe Mortimer Couzin to the Duke of Yorke and of some he was called Iohn Amend all this Captaine and his company came to Blacke Heath and there kept the Féeld more then a moneth pilling and spoyling the Countrie round about At length the Kinges Proclamation going abroad against the Rebelles Iacke Cade was taken by a Gentleman of Kent named Alexander Eden in a Garden in Sussex there was he slaine at Hothféeld afterward brought in a Cart to London where he was quartered his head set on London Bridge and his quarters sent to diuers places in Kent eight men were executed at Canterburie for the same offence and in other Townes of Kent and Sussex was doone the lyke execution In the raygne of King Edward the fourth WAlter Walker a Grocer that dwelt in Chepe for certaine wordes that he spake touching King Edward was beheaded in Smithféeld on the twelfth day of March. Nicholas Faunt Mayor of Canterburie Spicing Quintin and other were hanged and headed at Canterburie for rebelling against King Edward the heads of Spicing and Quintin were set on Algate of London Thomas the Bastard Faulconbridge who tooke parte with the Rebelles in Kent against the King was taken at Southhampton and was beheaded at the Castell of Mildeham in Yorkeshiere his head was sent to London and there set on the Bridge Thomas Burdet an Esquier of Warwickeshiere sonne to Sir Nicholas Burdet for speaking of Treasonable wordes against the King was condemned of Treason drawne from the Tower of London to Tiborne and there beheaded In the raigne of King Edward the fift TO set downe the troublesome accidentes happening in this Kinges raigne would require a verie large discourse growe to greater quantitie then the scope that I haue intended beside for that troubles did still follow one in an others necke both in his life time as also after his death by reason he left two Sonnes who were so young in yéeres as they could not take the gouernment vpon them I will therefore referre you to the Chronicles which at large will certifie you of that which I am loth héere to rehearse yet it shall not be a misse to report vnto you howe the King lying on his death bedde desired to pacifie and set in good agréement those that had long time béene heauie enimies especiallie the Lord Marques Dorset the Quéens Sonne by her first Husband and William the Lorde Hastinges a Noble man then Lord Chamberlaine and for his Highnesse would gladlie sée all enmitie ceased before he died he called them into his Chamber when lyfting himselfe vp and being vp helde with pillowes he vttered to them a woorthy Oration which Oration for that it sheweth notable examples to vnsteadie and wilfull heads and deliuereth good councell to all ingenerall I haue béene so bolde to insert it héere to shew the Princelie aduise of so noble a King as also to giue some light of the troubles in those dayes The Oration of the King which he spake lying on his death bedde MY Lordes my déere Kinsemen alyes in what plight I lie you sée and I féele by which the lesse while I looke to liue with you the more déepelie am I mooued to care in what case I leaue you for such as I leaue you such be my children like to finde you Which if they should as God forbid finde you at variaunce might hap to fall themselues at warre ere their discretion would serue to set you at peace Ye sée their youth of which I recken the onelie suretie to rest in your concorde for it suffiseth not that all you loue them if eche of you hate other if they were men your faithfulnesse happilie would suffise but childehoodde must be maintained by mens aucthoritie and slipper youth vnder-propped with elder councell which neither they can haue but ye giue it nor ye giue it if ye grée not For where eche laboureth to breake that the other maketh and for hatred of eche others person impugneth eche others councell there must it néeds be long ere any good conclusion goe forward And also while either partie laboureth to be chéefe flatterie shall haue more place then plaine and faithfull aduise of which must néedes ensue the euill bringing vp of the Prince whose minde in tender youth infected shall readilie fal to mischéefe riot and draw downe with his noble Realme to ruine but if Grace turne him to wisedome which if God send then they that by euill meanes before pleased him best shall after fall furthest out of fauour so that euer at length euill driftes drawe to naught and good plaine waies prosper Great variaunce hath there long béene betwéene you not alway for great causes sometime a thing right well intended our misse construction turneth vnto wurse or a small displeasure doone vs either our own affectiō or euill tongues agréeueth but this I wot well ye neuer had so great cause of hatred as ye haue of loue That we be all men that we be Christian men this shall I leaue for Preachers to tell ye and yet I wot nere whether any Preachers wordes ought more to mooue ye then his that
at Tiborne and Wapping in the Wose beside London A Commotion was made by the Commons of Cornevvall who vnder the leading of Iames Tuchet of Audley Lord of Audley with Michael Ioseph a Horse Farrer or Blacksmith of Bodman and other came to Blacke heath where the King mette with them and discomfited the Rebelles taking their Captaines and there were slaine of the Rebelles about thrée hundred and a thousand and fiue hundred of them taken the King gaue to them that tooke them their goodes The Lord Audley was beheaded on the Tower hyll and the Blacke Smith and Flamoke a Lawier were hanged headed and quartered at Tiborne A Shoomakers sonne in Bishoppes gate stréete of London was hanged at Saint Thomas Watrings on Shroue Tuesdaie for naming himselfe to be Edward Earle of VVarwicke Sonne to George Duke of Clarence which Edward Earle of VVarvvicke was then and had béene all the raigne of this King kept secret prisoner in the Tower of London The aforenamed Perkin Werbeck that named himselfe King Edwardes Sonne and Iohn a Water Maior of Corfe were executed at Tiborne In the raigne of King Henrie the eight of famous memorie EDward Duke of Buckingham was accused of high treason for which he was apprehended and sent to the Tower of London on the sixtéenth day of Aprill before which time the Dukes Chauncellour was taken who had confessed matter of high treason concerning the Kinges person Shortlie after the Duke was arraigned at VVestminster where were brought against him as witnesses Sir Gilbert Perke his Chauncellour Iohn de la Court his Confessour Charles Kneuet Esquier and a Monke Priour of Henton In the end he was found guiltie and had iudgement to be drawne hanged and quartered so on the seuenth day of Maie following the saide Edward Duke of Buckingham Earle of Hereford Stafford and Northhampton was beheaded on the Tower hyll such is the ende of ambition the credite of false Prophecies and of euill life In December at the Cittie of Couentrie Frauncis Phillip Schoolemaister to the Kinges Henxmen Christopher Pickering Clarke of the Kinges Larder and Anthonie Manuile Gentleman intended to haue taken the Kinges Treasure of his Subsedie as the Collectours of the same came towardes London and therewith they intended to haue raysed men and to haue taken the Castell of Killingvvoorth and then to haue made battaile against the King for the which they were drawne hanged and quartered at Tiborne the eleuenth of February the rest of their conspiracie were executed at Couentrie Elizabeth Barton the holie Maide of Kent and diuerse other of her faction were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiborne there hanged and headed c. for sundrie conspiracies by them committed in the matter of diuorce betwéene the Kinges Maiestie and Quéene Katherine The nine and twentie day of Aprill the Priour of the Charterhouse at London the Priour of Beuall the Priour of Exham Reinoldes a Brother of Sion Iohn Haile Uicare of Thistlewoorth were all condemned of high treason so the fourth day of Maie following they were drawne hanged and quartered at Tiborne their heads and quarters set on the Gates of the Cittie all sauing one quarter which was set on the Charterhouse at London The eightéene day of Iune thrée Monkes of the Charterhouse at London named Exmewe Middlemore and Nidigate were drawne to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered for treason The two and twentie day of Iune Doctor Iohn Fisher was beheaded on the Tower hyll and his head was set on London Bridge and the sixt of Iulie following Sir Thomas More was beheaded on the Tower hyll for denying the Kinges supremacie Thomas Fitz-garret Sonne and heyre to the Earle of Kildare was beheaded fiue of his Unckles were drawne to Tiborne and there hanged and quartered for treason In the same Moneth which was Februarie Nicholas Musgraue Thomas Gylbie and other stirred a new rebellion and besieged the Cittie of Carlile from whence they were driuen and many of them taken and put to death Also the same moneth Sir Frauncis Bigot Sir Robert Constable and other began a conspiracie and for the same were attainted The nine and twenty day of March twelue men of Lincolne were drawne to Tiborne there hanged and quartered for the rebellion in Lincolneshiere fiue were Priestes and seuen were Lay men one was an Abbot a Suffragan Doctour Mackerell an other was the Uicar of Louthe in Lincolneshiere and two Priests In Aprill through certaine Commissions sent into Sommersetshiere to take vp Corne the people began to make an iusurrection which was by Maister Pawlet and others alayed the beginners thereof to the number of thrée score were condemned whereof fouretéene were hanged and quartered one of them was a woman Frier Forrest was hanged by the middle in a chaine of yron and then burnt in Smithféeld for denying the King to be supreame head of the Church and with him was burnt the Image of Daruel Gatherine of Wales Hugh Ferringdon Abbot of Reading and two Priests named Ruge and Onion for denying the Kinges supremacie were hanged and quartered at Reading the same day was the Abbot of Glastenburie Richard Whitting hanged and quartered on Torre hill beside his Monasterie for the same cause Thomas Lord Cromwell Earle of Essex being in the Councell Chamber was suddenlie apprehended and committed to the Tower of London the nine and twentie day of Iulie following he was attainted by Parliament of heresie and treason and the eight and twentie day of Iulie he was beheaded on the Tower hill with the Lord Walter Hungerford of Heitisburie Rober Barnes Thomas Gerrard and William Ierome Priestes were burnt in Smithféed and the same day Thomas Abel Edward Powel and Richard Fetherstone were hanged and quartered for denying the Kinges supremacie Laurance Cooke a Priour of Dancalfe William Horne a lay Brother of the Charterhouse Giles Horne Gentleman Clement Philpot Edmond Bromham Darby Kenham Robert Bird and Iaruis Carrowe were all put to death for treason In Aprill certaine persons beganne a new rebellion in Yorkeshiere who were shortly after taken and put to execution in diuers places of which Leigh a Gentleman Tatarsal a Clothyer and Thorneton a Yeoman were put to death at London Sir Iohn Neuell Knight and ten persons more were put to death at Yorke The Lord Leonard Grey being endighted of certaine points of treason by him committed and was alleadged against him was arraigned at Westminster but he discharged the Iurie and confessed the endightment wherevppon he had iudgement and was beheaded on the Tower hyll on Saint Peters euen The first day of Iulie a Welch minstrell was hanged and quartered for singing of Songs which were interpreted to be prophecying against the King Germaine Gardner and Larke Parson of Chelsea were executed at Tiborne for denying the Kinges supremacie with them was executed for other offences one Singleton and
found with the Almightie who when all helpe of man and hope of recouerie was past stretched out his mightie protection and preserued her Highnes and placed her in this Princelie seate of rest and quietnesse wherin now she sitteth and long may she sit the Lord of his glorious mercie graunt we beséech him In which storie if I should set foorth at large and at full all the particulers and circumstaunces therevnto belonging and as iust occasion of the historie requireth besides the importunate length of the storie discoursed peraduenture it might mooue offence to some being yet aliue and trueth might gette me hatred Yet notwithstanding I intend by the grace of Christe therein to vse such breuitie and moderation as both may be to the glorie of God the discharge of the storie the profite of the Reader and hurt to none suppressing the names of some whome héere although I could receite yet I thought not to be more cruell in hurting their name then the Quéene hath béene mercifull in pardoning their liues Therefore now to enter into the discourse of this tragicall matter first héere is to be noted that Quéene Marie when she was first Quéen before she was crowned would goe no whether but would haue her by the hand and send for her to dinner and supper but after she was crowned she neuer dined nor supped with her but kept her aloofe from her c. After this it happened immediatly vpon the rising of Sir Thomas Wiat that the Ladie Elizabeth and the Lord Courtney were charged with false suspition of Sir Thomas Wiats rising Wherevpon Quéene Marie whether for that surmise or for what other cause I knowe not being offended with the Ladie Elizabeth her Sister at that time lying in her house at Ashridge the next daye after the rising of Wiat sent to her thrée of her Counsaylours to wit Sir Richard Southwell Sir Edward Hastings then Maister of the Horse and Sir Thomas Cornewalles with their retinue and troupe of Horsemen to the number of two hundred and fiftie Who at their suddaine and vnprouided comming found her at the same time sore sicke in her bedde and verie weake féeble of body Whether when they came ascending vp to her Graces priuie Chamber they willed one of her Ladies whome they met to declare vnto her Grace that there were certaine come from the Court which had a message from the Quéene Her Grace hauing knowledge thereof was right glad of their comming howbeit being then verie sicke and the night farre spent which was at ten of the clock she requested them by the messenger that they would resort thither in the morning To this they aunswered and by the same messenger sent word againe that they must néedes sée her would so doo in what case so euer she were Wherat the Lady being agast went to shew her Grace their wordes but they hastilie following her came rushing as soone as she into her Graces chamber vnbidden At whose so sudden comming into her chamber her Grace being not a litle amazed saide vnto them Is the haste such that it might not haue pleased you to come to morrowe in the morning They made answer that they were right sorie to sée her in that case And I quoth she am not glad to sée you héere at this time of the night Whervnto they answered that they came from the Quéene to doo their message duety which was to this effect that the Quéenes pleasure was that she should be at London the seuenth day of that present month Wherevnto she saide Certes no creature more glad then I to come to her Maiestie being right sorie that I am not in case at this time to waite on her as you your selues doo sée and can well testifie In déed we sée it true quoth they that you doo say for which we are verie sorie Albeit we let you vnderstand that our Commission is such and so strayneth vs that we must néedes bring you with vs either quicke or dead Whereat she being amazed sorrowfullie saide that their Commission was verie sore but yet notwithstanding she hoped it to be otherwise not so straite Yes verelie said they Whervpon they called for two Phisitions Doctor Owen and Doctor Wendie and demaūded of them whether she might be remooued from thence with life or no. Whose aunswer and iudgement was that there was no impediment to their iudgement to the contrarie but that she might trauaile without daunger of life In conclusion they willed her to prepare against the morning at nine of the clocke to goe with them declaring that they had brought with them the Quéenes Litter for her After much talke the messengers declaring how there was no prolonging of times and daies so departed to their Chamber being entertained and chéered as appertained to their worshippes On the next morrowe at the time prescribed they had her foorth as she was verie faint and féeble and in such case that she was ready to swound thrée or foure times betwéene them What should I speake héere that cannot well be expressed What an heauie house there was to behold the vnreuerent and dolefull dealing of these men but especially the carefull feare and captiuity of their innocent Ladie and Mistresse Now to procéede in her iourney from Ashridge all sicke in a Litter she came to Redborne where she was garded all night From thence to S. Albones to Sir Ralphe Rowlets house where she taried that night both féeble in body and comfortles in minde From that place they passed to Maister Doddes house at Mymmes where also they remained that night and so from thence she came to Highgate where she being verie sicke taried that night and the next day During which time of her abode there came many Pursuiuants Messengers from the Court but for what purpose I cannot tell From that place she was conueied to the Court where by the way came to méete her many Gentlemen to accompany her Highnesse which were verie sorie to sée her in that case but especiallie a great multitude of people there were standing by the way who then flocking about her Litter lamented and bewailed greatlie her estate Now when she came to the Court her Grace was there straite waies shut vp and kept as close prisoner a fortnight which was till Palme Sundaie séeing neither King nor Quéene nor Lord nor fréend all that time but onelie then the Lord Chamberlaine Sir Iohn Gage the Uicechamberlaine who were attendaunt vnto the doores About which time Sir William Sentlowe was called before the Councel to whose charge was laide that he knew of Wiats rebellion Which he stoutlie denied protesting that he was a true man both to God and his Prince defying all Traitours and Rebelles but being straitly examined he was in conclusion committed to the Tower The Friday before Palme Sunday the Bishoppe of Winchester with ninetéene other of the Councel who shall be héere namelesse
came vnto her Grace from the Quéens Maiesty and burdened her with Wiats conspiracie which she vtterlie denied affirming that she was altogether guiltlesse therein They being not contented with this charged her Grace with businesse made by Sir Peter Carew and the rest of the Gentlemen of the West countrey which she also vtterly denying cleared her innocencie therin In conclusion after long debating of matters they declared vnto her that was the Quéenes will and pleasure that she should go vnto the Tower while the matter were furder tried and examined Whereat she being agast said That she trusted the Quéens Maiesty would be more gratious Lady vnto her and that her Highnesse would not otherwise conceiue of her but that she was a true woman declaring furthermore to the Lords that she was innocent in all those matters wherewith they had burdened her and desired them therefore to be a furder meane to the Quéene her Sister that she being a true woman in thought worde and déede towardes her Maiestie might not be committed to so notorious dolefull a place protesting that she would request no mercie at her hand if she should be prooued to haue consented vnto any such kinde of matter as they had laide vnto her charge And therefore in fine desired their Lordshippes to thinke of her what she was and that she might not so extremelie be dealt withall for her trueth Wherevnto the Lordes aunswered againe that there was no remedie for that the Quéenes Maiestie was fullie determined that she should goe vnto the Tower wherwith the Lordes departed with their cappes hanging ouer their eyes But not long after within the space of an howre or more came fowre of the foresaide Lords of the Councell which were y e Lord Treasurer the Bishop of Winchester the Lord Steward the Earle of Sussex with the Garde who warding the next Chamber to her secluded all her Gentlemen and Yeomen Ladies and Gentlewomen sauing that for one Gentlemen Usher thrée Gentlewomen and two Groomes of her Chamber were appointed thrée other men of the Quéenes and thrée waiting Women to giue attendance vpon her that none should haue accesse to her Grace At which time there was an hundred of Northen Soldiours in white coates watching and warding about the Gardens all that night a great fire being made in the middest of the Hall and two certaine Lordes watching there also with their band and company Upon Saturday following two Lords of the Counsaile the one was the Earle of Sussex the other shalbe namelesse came and certified her Grace that foorthwith she must goe vnto the Tower the Barge being prepared for her and the tide now ready which tarieth for no body In heauie moode her Grace requested the Lordes that she might tarie one other tide trusting that the next would be better and more comfortable but one of the Lordes replied that neither tide nor time was to be delaied And when her Grace requested him that she might be suffered to write to the Quéenes Maiestie he answered that he durst not permitte that adding that in his iudgement it would rather hurt then profite her Grace in so dooing But the other Lord more courteous and fauourable who was the Earle of Sussex knéeling downe tolde her Grace that she should haue libertie to write and as he was a true man he would deliuer it to the Quéenes Highnesse and bring an aunswere of the same whatsoeuer came thereof Wherevpon she wrote albeit she could in no case be suffered to speake with the Quéene to her great discomfort being no offender against the Quéenes Maiestie And thus the time and tide passed away for that season they priuilie appointing al things ready that she should go the next tide which fell about midnight but for feare she should be taken by the waie they durst not So they staied tyll the next day being Palme Sunday when about nine of the clocke these two returned againe declaring that it was time for her Grace to depart She aunswering if there be no remedy I must be content willing the Lords to goe on before Being come foorth into the garden she did cast vp her eies toward the windowe thinking to haue séene the Quéene which she could not Whereat she saide She meruailed much what the Nobilitie of the Realme meant which in that sort would suffer her to be ledde into captiuitie the Lord knewe whether for she did not In the meane time commaundement was giuen in all London that euery one should kéepe the Church and carie their Palmes while in the meane season she might be conueied without all recourse of people into the Tower After all this she tooke her Barge with the foresaide Lordes thrée of the Quéenes Gentlewomen and thrée of her owne her Gentleman Usher and two of her Groomes lying and houering vpon the water a certaine space for that they could not shoot the Bridge the Barge men being verie vnwilling to shoot the same so soone as they did because of the daunger thereof for the sterne of the Barge strooke vpon the ground the fall was so bigge and the water was so shallowe that the Barge being vnder the bridge there staied againe a while At landing she first staied denied to land at those staires where all traitours and offendors customablie vse to land neither well could she vnlesse she would goe ouer her shooes The Lordes were gone out of the Barge before and asked why she came not One of the Lordes went back againe to her and brought word she would not come Then saide one of the Lordes which shalbe namelesse that she should not chuse and because it rained he offered to her his cloake which she putting it backe with her hand with a good dashe refused So she comming out hauing one foot vpon the staire saide Héere landeth as true a Subiect being prisoner as euer landed at these staires and before thée O God I speake it hauing no other fréends but thée alone To whome the same Lord aunswered againe that if it were so it was the better for her At her landing there was a great multitude of their seruaunts and Warders standing in their order What néeded all this saide she It is the vse saide some so to be when any prisoner came thither And if it be for my cause saide she I beséech you that they may be dismissed Whereat the poore men knéeled downe and with one voice desired GOD to preserue her Grace but the next day they were therefore released of their olde coates After this passing a little furder she sate downe vpon a colde stone and there rested her selfe To whom the Lieuetenant then being said Madame you were best to come out of the raine for you sit vnholsomely She then replying aunswered againe Better sitting héere then in a wurse place for God knoweth I know not whether you will bring me With that her gentleman Usher wept she demaunding of him
her Graces waiting seruaunts and so warded them both in and out At the saide sute of her Officers were sent by the commaundement of the Councell to waite vppon her Grace two Yeomen of her Chamber one of her Robes two of her Pantrie and Ewrie one of her Buttry an other of her Seller two of her Kitchin and one of her Larder all which continued with her the time of her trouble Heere the Constable being at the first not verie well pleased with the comming in of such a company against his will would haue had his men to haue serued still with her Graces men which her seruaunts at no hand would suffer desiring his Lordship to be contented for that order was taken that no stranger should come within their Offices At which aunswer being sore displeased he brake out into these threatning words Well saide he I wil handle ye well enough Then went he into the Kitchin and there would néedes haue his meat rosted with her Graces meat and saide that his Cooke should come thither and dresse it To that her Graces Cooke aunswered My Lord I will neuer suffer any straunger to come about her diet but her owne sworne men so long as I liue He saide they should But the Cooke saide his Lordshippe should pardon him for that matter Thus did he trouble her poore seruaunts very stoutlie though afterwardes he were otherwise aduised they more courteouslie vsed at his hands And good cause why for he had good chéere fared of the best her Grace paid wel for it wherfore he vsed himselfe afterward more reuerentlie toward her Grace After this sort hauing béen a whole moneth there in close prison and being verie euill at ease therewithall she sent for the Lord Chamberlaine and the Lord Shandoyes to come speake with her Who comming she requested of them that she might haue libertie to walke in some place for that she felt her selfe not well To the which they aunswered that they were right sory that they could not satisfie her Graces request for that they had commaundement to the contrarie which they durst not in any wise breake Furthermore she desired of them if that could not be graunted that she might walke but into the Quéenes lodging No nor yet that they aunswered could by any meanes be obtained without a furder sute to the Quéene and her Councell Well saide she my Lordes if the matter be so hard that they must be sued vnto for so small a thing and that fréendshippe be so straite God comfort me and so they departed she remaining in her olde dungeon still without any kinde of comfort but onelie God The next day after the Lord Shandoyes came againe vnto her Grace declaring vnto her that he had sued vnto the Councell for furder libertie Some of them consented thervnto diuers other dissented for that there were so many prisoners in the Tower But in conclusion they did all agrée that her Grace might walke into those lodginges so that he the Lord Chamberlaine and thrée of the Quéenes gentlewomen did accompany her the windowes being shutte and she not suffred to looke out at any of them wherewith she contented her selfe and gaue him thankes for his good will in that behalfe Afterwardes there was libertie graunted to her Grace to walke in a little garden the doores and gates being shutte vp which notwithstanding was as much discomfort vnto her as the walke in the garden was pleasant and acceptable At which times of her walking there the prisoners on that side were straightlie commaunded not to speake or looke out at the windowes into the garden till her Grace were gone out againe hauing in consideration therof their kéepers waiting vppon them for that time Thus her Grace with this small libertie contented her selfe in God to whome be praise therefore During this time there vsed a little boie a mans childe in the Tower to resort to their chambers and many times to bring her Grace flowers which likewise he did to the other prisoners that were there Wherevpon naughtie and suspicious heads thinking to make wring out some matter thereof called on a time the childe vnto them promising him Figges and Apples and asking of him when he had béene with the Earle of Deuonshiere not ignorant of the childes wunted frequenting vnto him The boye aunswered that he would goe by and by thether Further they demaunded of him when he was with the Lady Elizabethes Grace He aunswered euerie day Furthermore they demaunded of him What the Lord of Deuonshiere sent by him to her Grace The childe said I will goe know what he will giue me to carrie to her Such was the discretion of the child being yet but foure yéeres of age This same is a craftie boie quoth the Lord Chamberlaine How say you my Lord Shandoyes I praie you my Lord quoth the boie giue me the Figges you promised me No marie quoth he thou shalt be wipped if thou come any more to the Lady Elizabeth or to the Lord Courtney The boie aunswered I will bring my Lady my Mistresse more flowers Whervpon the childes father was commaunded to permitte the boie no more to come vp into their chambers The next day as her Grace was walking in the garden the childe péeping in at a little hole in the doore cried vnto her saying Mistresse I can bring you no more flowers Whereat she smiled but saide nothing vnderstanding thereby what they had doone Wherefore afterwards the L. Chamberlaine rebuked highlie his Father cōmaunding him to put him out of the house Alas poore Infaunt quoth the Father It is a craftie knaue quoth the Lord Chamberlaine but let me sée him héere no more The fift day of Maie the Constable was discharged of his Office of the Tower and one Sir Henrie Benifield placed in his roome a man vnknowne to her Grace and therefore the more feared which so sudden mutation was vnto her no little amaze He brought with him an hundred Soldiours in blew coates wherewith she was meruailouslie discomforted and demaunded of such as were about her whether the Ladie Ianes Scaffold were taken away or no fearing by reason of their comming least she should haue plaied her part To whome aunswere was made that the Scaffold was taken away and that her Grace néeded not to doubt of any such tirannie for God would not suffer any such treason against her person Wherewith being contented but not altogether satisfied she asked what Sir Henrie Benifield was And whether he were of the conscience or no that if her murdering were secretlie committed to his charge he would sée the execution thereof She was aunswered that they were ignorant what manner of man he was howbeit they perswaded her that God would not suffer such wickednesse to procéede Well quoth she God graunt it be so for thou O God canst mollifie all such tirannous hearts and disappoint all such cruell purposes And I
her to the number of thrée score much to all their comfortes who had not séene her Grace of long season before notwithstanding they were commaunded in the Quéenes name immediatlie to depart the Towne to both their and her Graces no little heauines who could not be suffered once to speake with them So that night all her men were taken from her sauing her gentleman Usher three gentlewomen two Groomes and one of her Wardroppe the Soldiours watching and warding round about the house and she close shut vp within her prison The next day following her Grace entred Hampton Court on the backe side into the Princes lodging the doores being shut to her and she garded with Soldiours as before lay there a fortnight at the least or euer any had recourse vnto her At length came the Lord William Haward who meruailous honourablie vsed her Grace whereat she tooke much comfort and requested him to be a meane that she might speake with some of the Councell To whome not long after came the Bishop of vvinchester the Lord of Arundell the Lord of Shrewesburie and Secretarie Peter who with great humilitie humbled themselues to her Grace She againe likewise saluting them said My Lords quoth she I am glad to sée you for me thinkes I haue béen kept a great while from you desolately alone Wherefore I would desire you to be a meane to the King and Quéenes Maiesties that I may be deliuered from prison wherein I haue béene kept a long space as to you my Lordes it is not vnknowne When she had spoken Stephen Gardiner the Bishoppe of vvinchester knéeled downe and requested that she would submit herselfe to the Quéens Grace and in so dooing he had no doubt but her Maiestie would be good vnto her She making aunswer That rather then she would so doo she would lie in prison all the dayes of her life adding That she craued no mercie at her Maiesties hand but rather desired the lawe if euer she had offended her Maiestie in woord thought or déede And besides this in yéelding quoth she I should speake against my selfe and confesse my selfe to be an offendour which neuer was towards her Maiestie by occasion whereof the King and Quéene might euer héereafter conceiue of me an euill opinion And therefore I say my Lords it were better for me to lie in prison for the trueth then to be abroad and suspected of my Prince And so they departed promising to declare her message to the Quéene On the next day the Bishop of VVinchester came againe vnto her Grace and knéeling downe declared that the Quéene meruailed that she would so stoutlie vse her selfe not confessing to haue offended so that it should séeme the Quéenes Maiestie wrongfullie to haue imprisoned her Grace Nay quoth the Lady Elizabeth it pleaseth her to punish me as she thinketh good Well quoth Gardiner her Maiesty willeth me to tell you that you must tell an other tale ere that you be set at libertie Her Grace aunswered that she had as liefe be in prison with honestie and trueth as to be abroade suspected of her Maiestie and this that I haue saide I will saide she stand vnto for I will neuer belye my selfe VVinchester againe knéeled downe and said Then your Grace hath the vauntage of me and other of the Lordes for your so long and wrong imprisonment What vauntage I haue quoth she you know taking God to record I séeke no aduauntage at your hands for your so dealing with me but God forgiue you and me also With that the rest knéeled downe desiring her Grace that all might be forgotten and so departed she being fast locked vp againe A seuen-night after the Quéene sent for her Grace at ten a clocke in the night to speake with her for she had not séene her in two yéeres before Yet for all that she was amazed at the so sudden sending for thinking it had béene wurse for her then afterwardes it prooued and desired her gentlemen and gentlewomen to praye for her for that she could not tell whether euer she should sée them againe or no. At which time Sir Henrie Benifield with Mistresse Clarencius comming her Grace was brought into the garden vnto a stayres foote that went into the Quéenes lodging her Graces gentlewomen waiting on her her gentleman Usher and her Groomes going before with Torches where her gentlemen and gentlewomen being commaunded to staie all sauing one Woman Mistresse Clarencius conducted her to the Quéenes bed Chamber where her Maiestie was At the sight of whome her Grace knéeled downe desired God to preserue her Maiestie not mistrusting but that she should trie her selfe as true a subiect towardes her Maiestie as euer did any and desired her Maiestie euen so to iudge of her and saide that she should not finde her to the contrarie whatsoeuer report otherwise had gone of her To whome the Quéene aunswered You will not confesse your offence but stande stoutlie to your trueth I praie God it may so fall out If it dooth not quoth the Lady Elizabeth I request neither fauour nor pardon at your Maiesties handes Well saide the Quéene you still stiflie perseuer in your trueth belike you will not confesse but that you haue béene wrongfullie punished I must not saye so it it please your Maiestie quoth she to you Why then saide the Quéene belike you will to other No if it please your Maiestie quoth she I haue borne the burden and must beare it I humbly beséech your Maiestie to haue a good opinion of me and to thinke me to be your true Subiect not onelie from the beginning hitherto but for euer as long as lyfe lasteth And so they departed with verie fewe comfortable wordes of the Quéene in Englishe but what she saide in Spanishe God knoweth It is thought that King Phillip was there behinde a cloath and not séene and that he shewed himselfe a verie fréend in that matter c. Thus her Grace departing went to her lodging againe and the seuenight after was deliuered of Sir Henrie Benifield her Goaler as she tearmed him and his Soldiours and so her Grace being set at libertie from imprisonment went into the Country and had appointed to goe with her Sir Thomas Pope one of Quéene Maries Counsaylors and one of her gentlemen Ushers Maister Gage And thus straitlie was she looked too all Quéene Maries time and this is the discourse of her Highnesse imprisonment Then there came to Lamheyre Maister Ierningham and Maister Norris gentleman Usher Quéene Maries men who tooke away from her Grace Mistresse Ashley to the Fleete and three other of her gentlewomen to the Tower which was no little trouble to her Grace saying that she thought they would fetch away all at the end But God he praised shortlie after was fetched away Gardiner by occasion of whose oportune decease the life of this excellent Princesse the wealth of all England was preserued
common wealth All men are bound in duetie to defend their Countrie Herodotus in his Booke called Clio which is the first Booke of his Story The whole hody being out of quiet the members must needes fare the wurse The marke that these Traytours ayme at may be easily discerned The prosperity of the Prince is the safety of her Kingdome The eare of the Princes safetie concerneth the verie meanest Subiect much more the Magistrate to whome she hath giuen office of honour The safetie of her Maiestie a thing most pretious to all good Subiectes The Queens Maiesties gouernement ought with heedefull care to be considered The Queens Maiestie a Iuell of most high estimation to the Realme of England Res est solliciti plena timoris amor The Realme of England neuer so long tyme together more godly and quietly gouerned William Fitz Osbert got him a trayterous cōpany and rebelled against the King 1196. A Scholler of Oxford attempted to kyll the King 1239. Iohn Poydras a Tanners sonne of Excester claimed to be King 1316. Edward de Bruis for vniustly crow ning himselfe King of Ireland was beheaded 1317. They that betraied the Towne of Berwick were hanged for theyr labour 1317. Thomas Earle of Lancaster beheaded for rebelling against the King and many of his confederates executed 1321. Andrew Herkeley Earle of Carlile hanged and quartered 1322. The two Spencers very trouble some traytors to the Realme in the ende had theyr iust deserts 1326. Roger Mortimer and others executed for consenting to the murdering of the Kings Father 1330. The Mayor and Aldermen of London deposed because the Londoners sought to kyll the Kinges Sonne 1377. The Commons of Kent Essex rebelled against the King theyr Captaines being Iacke Strawe and Watte Tyler 1381. The King offereth the rebelles peace The King sent to Wat Tyler Note the pride of a traytour Wat Tyler arrested by the Mayor of London and afterward slaine The confession of Iacke Strawe One of the Rebelles cast into the fire by his fellowes Two and thirtie of the Rebelles mured vp in a Seller The Rebelles murder one an other Iohn Ball Priest the comforter of the Rebelles hanged 1382. The names of the Rebelles that would haue made themselues Kinges Iohn Wrawe one of the leaders of Rebels hanged 1383. The Noble men rebelled against King Henrie the fourth and priuilie conspired to murder him 1399. The people of the Towne fought against the Rebelles and tooke the cheefest of them and beheaded them King Henrie escapeth a great daunger 1401. A Priest a Prior and a Doctor of Diuinitie being a Gray Frier were all executed for treason 1403. The Earle of Worcester Sir Richard Vernon and the Baron of Kindertō beheaded for rebelling against the king 1404. The Archbishop of Yorke and the Earle Marshall beheaded for rebelling against the King 1406. A Welch Rebell executed 1412. A secrete conspiracie against the King according as it is set downe by I. Stowe King Henrie kept the Feeld by Saint Giles aboue Holbourne Many of the Rebelles hanged burnt in Fickets feeld and others executed soone after for the same offence 1414. Three Noble men whome the King best trusted and made great account of conspyred his death 1416. Iohn Bennet executed for scattering seditious Lybelles in London 1417. William Mandeuill Captaine of a lewde company of rebellious persons at Abingtō executed there and others of his company in diuers other places 1433. Richard Russell executed Conspiratours of the Kings death by Necromancy Roger Bolingbrook executed 1442. A Combate betweene a Maister and his seruaunt who appeached him of treason 1447. The Duke of Glocester arrested died soone after but fiue of his men were hanged and after pardoned 1448. Blew beard hanged for raising rebellion 1450. The Commons of Kent rebelled Iacke Cade being their Captaine 1451. Walter Walker beheaded for wordes against the King 1461. The Mayor of Canterbury and other executed for rebellion The Bastarde Faulconbridge lost his head 1472. Thomas Burdet beheaded for treason 1478. The Lord Marques Dorset and the Lord Hastings great enimies Note the care of a Prince for his Countrie The daunger where flattery is more esteemed then true and faithful dealing A speciall note for all traitours Ambition a pestilent and deadly Serpent whose infection where he commeth turneth all to mischeefe The remembraunce of misfortunes past ought to teach vs to be fearefull of the lyke A good note for this present tyme of peace The Lord Riuers put in warde The Duke of Glocester caused the Lord Riuers the Lord Grey and Sir Thomas Vaughan to be beheaded The young King and his Brother brought to the Tower The Protector crowned King by the name of King Richard the third King Richard sendeth to haue the two young Princes put to death in the Tower The young Prince informed that his Vnckle would be King and his aunswere to the same The Prince his Brother shut vp close prisoners Sir Iames appointed who should murder the Princes The young King and his Brother murdered King Richard thanketh Syr Iames for murdering the Princes Myles Forrest rotted in peeces to death Dighton in good forwardnes to be hanged Syr Iames Tyrrel beheaded for treason King Richard himselfe slaine in the feeld Certaine persons executed for making seditious slaunderous Lybelles against the King 1494. Peter Werbecke a Flemming named himselfe King Edwardes second Sonne for which diuers of his company were executed in sundry places 1497. A commotion against the King by the commons of Cornewall vnder the conduct of the Lord Audley and Michael Ioseph a Blacke Smith 1498. A Shoomakers sonne hanged for fayning him selfe to be the Earle of Warwicke 1499. Perkin Werbeck hanged 1500. Edward Duke of Buckingham cōdemned for treason beheaded 1522. Conspiracie at Couentrie to haue taken the Castell of Killingwoorth and to make warre against the King 1524. The holy Mayde of Kent other executed 1535. Certaine Charterhouse Monks and other executed for treason 1536. Charterhouse Monkes executed for treason Bishop Fisher Syr Thomas More beheaded 1536. The Earle of Kyldare and fiue of his Vnckles executed Rebellion in Yorkeshiere An other conspiracie Lincolneshier rebelles executed at Tiborne 1537 A commotion in Sommersetshiere and diuers of them executed 1538. Frier Forrest hanged burnt 1539. Abbots of Reading and Glastēburie executed 1540. The Lord Cromwell beheaded Six Priests three burnt and three hanged Seuen executed at Tyborne for treason 1541. A new rebellion in Yorkeshiere The Lord Leonard Grey beheaded A Welch minstrell hanged 1542. Germaine Gardner and other executed 1544. A commotion in Sommersetshiere 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Commotion in Cornewall and Deuonshiere Certaine executed for ayding the Rebelles The Rebelles in Norfolke and Susfolke encamped themselues Robert Ket Captaine of the Rebelles taken and many of them slaine and executed Commotion in Yorkeshiere The Rebelles refusing the Kings Pardon were shortlie after executed at Yorke Captaines of the Deuonshiere rebelles executed Bell a Suffolke Rebell executed 1550. Rebelles of Kent
peace the common and equall distribution of Iustice the familiar cherishing of Nobilitie the good preseruing and loue of the Commonaltie the mutuall and tender kindnes at home the amitie and awe abroade the swéete enioying of all these happie commodities match héerewith the danger and feare of loosing them how can it then be but that the minde shalbe meruailouslie distracted Great and full of diuersities are the fittes of a passioned Louer but yet greatest where reason rulest least Farre greater to a good minde must be the panges of consideration in this case but yet greatest where reason ruleth most The sillie Louer is transported as they complaine poore soules in their ditties sometime with ioy of his enioying sometime with feare of his foregoing there is no meane or order of his excessiue affection and all is because the abused creature hath set his felicity in a wrong conceite But if such vaine short repentable and féeble delight of fancie haue such force vpon the minde of man howe much more ought the déepe wise naturall and true impression of the eternall comfort of the soule the good and safe estate both of the common weale and of the priuate hauiour of himselfe and of those thinges and persons that he holdeth dearest yea and of his posteritie for euer worke more mighty violent continuall effects in the mind of an honest good man that setteth his thoughtes vpon iust and assured groundes All these contemplations cannot but fill a good Christians and a good Subiects eie with sight and knowledge how vnestimable a treasure our noble and vertuous Quéene Elizabeth is to the Realme of England and the same cannot but pierce his heart with strong feare care for her preseruation so farre as surely it were able as in the dumbe borne sonne of Cresus breake the stringes of a tyed tongue to drawe spéeche out of the most barbarous and rudest Subiect to crie out at her Highnesse peryll and with such noyse as he is able to make though it were but as a Goose of the Capitole to giue warning to the watchmen of the Tower of our safetie This hath mooued me to forget how vnskylfull and how vnapt I am to treate of matters so farre aboue me and only to remember how méet it is for all men to thinke of those things that touch them so néerely when they haue from point to point made due examination of them to ring out the larum bell of good councell to their Country or giue them some watch-word of passed perils wherby they may the better preuent imminent extremities wherein they may both manifest the care they haue of theyr Princes safetie as also the vnfeined affection they beare to theyr Countrie It hath béene and yet remayneth extant to be séene the many and sundrie disordered attemptes which haue threatned daunger to her Maiesties most royall person and perill to the whole state ingenerall whereby many good mindes haue béene greatlie discomforted and those bad spirites which haue thirsted and laboured in these vnduetifull actions haue béene encouraged to runne on in their disloyall determinations A thing much to be lamented that in the Sun-shine of so many happy blessinges whereof this Realme so long time together neuer héeretofore tasted such wicked and malitious natures should bréede amongst vs both to ouerthrowe our selues and the quietnesse of a number well affected It is good for such wilfull heads to take héede in time and that the ouerthrowe of such seditious practises wherewith this Realme from time to time hath béen too much troubled may remaine for a warning to them and in middest of their secret confederacies to remember this that to exalt their hearts against Gods annointed is the verie ready way to bring themselues to confusion The onely roote and originall of such vnnaturall humours in men is Treason which of all other things is most odious in the sight of God and amongst men hath least prosperous successe for proofe whereof and because this Watch-word may the more déepelie enter the thoughts and cogitations of them to whose handes it shall happen it shall not be much amisse for mée to make repetition of former tretcherous practises and withall to declare their end and successe which happilie may cause some men to alter their bad affections and séeing the accidentes that hath héeretofore chaunced in their owne Countrie they may forsake those contrarie natures whereby they are gouerned and so in time shew themselues more vehement in duetie In the raigne of King Richard the first THere was one William Fitz Osbert a Cittizen of London a man but of poore and meane degrée yet endued with a quicke witte and an eloquent tongue as many of these secrete perswaders are he perswaded the people to séeke liberty and fréedome and so prouided himselfe of two and fiftie thousand Londoners to rise against the King And to maintaine his traiterous enterprise he tooke the Stéeple of Bowe Church in Chepe and fortified it with Munition and victualles but in the end the Church was assaulted by the Cittizens and William with his Complices were taken and so brought to the Archbishoppe in the Tower where he was condemned by the héeles drawne from thence to a place called the Elmes where he was hanged with nine of his fellowes In the raigne of King Henry the thirde KIng Henrie the third lying at UUoodstocke a Scholler of Oxforde fayning himselfe mad enterprised to haue slaine the King in his Chamber but he was taken and after long imprisonment was torne in péeces with horsses at Couentrie In the raigne of King Edward the second THere was one Iohn Poydras a Tanners sonne of Excester who in diuers places of England named himselfe the Sonne of King Edward the first and saide that by a false Nurse he was stollen foorth of his Cradle and Edward that then was King put in his place but shortly after he was conuict of his vntrueth when he confessed that he did it by the motion of a familiar spirite which he had in his house in the likenesse of a Catte whome he had serued for thrée yéeres as all Traitours els forget God and serue the deuill but for this his seruice he was not long after hanged at North-hampton Edward de Bruis the King of Scottes Brother who for the space of thrée yéeres had assaulted Ireland and vniustly vsurping the King of Englands title crowned himself King thereof was at length taken by the King of Englands subiectes and was beheaded at Dundalke The Towne of Bervvicke was betrayed to the Scots through the Treason of Peter Spalding and other English men whome the King of Scottes in reward of their tretcherie caused to be hanged for being Traitours to their owne Countrie Thomas Earle of Lancaster hauing prouided himselfe of a great number of his confederacie rebelled against King Edward the second wherevppon the King pursued the Rebelles and at Borowbridge the saide Earle of Lancaster with