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The historie of Wyates rebellion with the order and maner of resisting the same, wherunto in the ende is added an earnest conference with the degenerate and sedicious rebelles for the serche of the cause of their daily disorder. Made and compyled by John Proctor.
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Proctor, John, 1521?-1584.
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1554
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plausible ende to succede by our sturre otherwise we vndoe our selues For perceiuinge at our entrie y t our myndes runne of spoile who wil not rather resist vs abide the adueÌ„ture of that wherof we beare them in hande then to be in certeine to be spoyled by vs And I see no cause whye you shoulde doubte of want of money seinge ye knowe that suche gentlemen as are confedered with vs keping appointment their souldiours shall come redie furnished to beare theire owne charges for .ix. dayes and our happe shall be verie harde if we be not at London shortlye after we stirre and that with so great a company as shal be oute of daunger to be stopped by any of the shire vpon suche a soden or letted of entrie into London finding halfe the frindes there as we thinke to haue Wyates rekening of y e spoile of the tower and London And being ones in London hauinge the tower in our haÌ„des I trust you thinke we shall not lacke money longe after if any be to be had there or in the Aldermens coffers To that saied the other that hadde spoken as yet neuer a worde I knowe commoners in London that haue more redy money then some of the Aldermenne Softe quod Wyat I praye you in any wyse forbeare all suche talke till we come to y e place wher we would be In mean time let vs worke secretly and by all tokens and signes shewe our selues to fauoure and mainteine oure pretence of straungers only Such and the lyke coÌ„munication was betwene Wyat and two other the mondaye before his rysing Wherby is euident that theire finall entent was to aduaunce them selues by spoyle of other menâ—es goodes although they pretended otherwise And to coloure the same Wyat so fell out with this geÌ„telman for riffling the lorde Chauncelours house that he made a number beleue he woulde haue hanged him out of hande had not Bret and other entreated for him When thei had lien in Southwarke a day or two and fouÌ„de them selues deceiued in LondoÌ„ whiche by the greate diligence and politike handlinge of that worthye and faiethfull knighte the lorde William Haward Admiral of England The Lorde WilliaÌ„ Haward admiral of Englande that had the speciall charge therof with the aide of sir Iohn Whight knight maiour of LondoÌ„ his brethern and citezens was so well preserued as the traitours therby were disappointed of that they loked moost certenly for Wyat as a man desperate and setting all the sixe and seuen aduenturing the breaking downe of a wall out of an house ioyning to the gate at the bridge foote Wyates coÌ„â—minge into the porters lodge at y e bridge fote wherby he moughte enter into the leades ouer the gate came downe into the lodge aboute a leauen of the clocke in the night where he founde the porter in a slomber Care away and his wife with other wakinge watchinge a cole But seing Wyat they began sodenly to start as greatly amased Whist quod Wyat as you loue your lyues sit you still you shal haue no hurt Gladde were they of that warrant pardye What should they do people better accustomed with y e tankerd of beere to passe furth the night then acquainted with target and speare to indure to fight Wyat a fewe with him went furthe as farre as the drawe bridge on the further side wherof he sawe the lorde Admirall the lorde Maiour sir Andrewe Iudde and one or two other in consultation for ordering of the bridge wherunto he gaue diligent eare a good time and not seene At length conceiued by their talke moore then he could digest perceauinge the great ordinaunce there bent retorned saiynge to his mates this place is to hotte for vs. And when he was come to his colleges and declaringe vppon this exployte what he had hearde and seene they then altogether fell to a newe counsell what was to be done The rebels at their wittes ende Some woulde then retourne to Grenewiche and so passe by water into Eliex wherby their company as â—hey thought shoulde encrease and inter into London by Algate And some woulde to Kingston vpon Teames and so further West And some of the whiche Wyat him selfe was chiefe wold retourne into Kent to meâ—te with the Lorde Aburgauenâ—e the Lorde Warden the shyreffe sir Thomas Moyle sir Thomas KeÌ„pe sir Thomas Finch that were at Rochester coÌ„ming on Wyates backe w t a great coÌ„â—pany wel appoynted falsly persuading him selfe y t he shuld find amonge them mo frendes then enemies But whether his desyre to returne into Kent grew vpon hope he hadde to fynde ayd there or whether it was to shifte him selfe awaye it was much doubted of his owne companye And some of them that knewe him well excepte they were muche deceyued reported not longe before their execution that his desier to retire into Kent was onelye to shyfte hym selfe ouer the sea The Lorde Warden beynge nowe come to Rochester as ye hearde The Lorde Wardens beinge at Rochester towardes Wyat. and verye honourably furnished with horse and men well appoynted to no smale nuÌ„bre enteringe in consultation with suche gentlemen as were there for the better procedynge in their seruice shewed a great desier to accelerate the onset vpon the traitours least malice shuld impute both his former present staye rather to want of forwardnesse then to good policie Wherefore he desyred to pursue after them with all expeditioÌ„ Whervnto y e gentlemen then being in armes with him sayde As for your Lordshyps contation hetherto it shal be weyed not as fooles by fansye malice deme but as wyse meÌ„ shall measure it by theyr discretion of wisdom We see not but vnaduised hardinesse preproperous haste in moste matters haue these two coÌ„panions Errour in the beginning Repeâ—tauÌ„ce in y e end And for this our case who so vnderstandeth the same can not but confesse your lordships deliberate forbearing to haue proceded of great wysdome as wherin hast coulde litel preuayle And wheras your lordshippe is so dâ—sirous to pursue after Wyat and his bande you see howe they haue lyen in Southworke and within four miles of London these foure dayesâ— and yet not medled with by the queenes armie beyng so nere Which is neither for want of men nor of forwardnesse in that noble gentleman the earle of Penbroke the queenes leiuetenant The earle of Penbroke the quenes leuetenaunt but vpon greate policie further respecte no doubt then we seeme to conceyue Wherfore your lordshippe may doe better to pause and fyrst to aduertise the queenes maiestie and the lord leiuetenaunt both what your lordeshyppe vpon graue and depe consideration hath conceyued in this doubtfull time and also in what readinesse your lordshippe is and other gentlemen with you whose pleasures knowen we maye then happelye procede in seruice bothe with good conteâ—â—tacion to them aboue and best suertie for our selues Otherwise if fortune shoulde not fauour our iourneye
being his leude guyde â—e marcheth forward coÌ„meth within the power of sir WilliaÌ„â—erberd earle of Penbroke being that daye the queenes leiuetâ—uant generall in y â— fieâ—de Who yet with diuers other noble meÌ„ and faithfull subiectes beynge tâ—en in armes with him prest and readie to receaue so impudent a race of traytourous rebels to their deserued breakefâ—st vnderstandinge partlye by â—ure spiall partly by their owne vewe that the rebels exceded not the numbre of foure thousande and most of them naked voyde of al policie and skyl considering with al that thei could not set vpoÌ„ Wyat his whole band but great effusioÌ„ of bloud shoulde folowe the queenes armie beinge so gredie to be reueÌ„ged the other so impotent to â—esist determined rather by pollicie to atcheue the victorie then by bloude shedde to confounde the rebels Wherin they shoulde please God aunswere the quenes mercifull expectation and purâ—hase vnto theÌ„ selues moste renowne and honour of that dayes seruice Upon these resolutions they permitted Wyat with the fore part of his bande to passe quietlye alonge and throughe betwene the queenes maiesties horsmen the lord Clynton being marshall of the â—â—eâ—de and captayne of the barâ—ed horses and dimilaunces on the South side Iacke of Musgraue beinge captayne of the â—ighte horsemen on the Northe side The great ordinaunce beâ—â—ge charged to shute full vpon the breast of the rebels coÌ„ming â—â—stwarde The earle of Penbroâ—e with the maine battell of fotemen aswel for handgunnes morishe pikes bowes and byls standyng in goodly aray on the â—ortheast syde behind the sayd â—â—eat ordinaunces ready to set vpon the rebels in the face comâ—â—ing towardes Holborne Wyâ—â— comminge in the forefront of his bande perceiuinge that he was thus beset with horsemen on bothe sides the great ordinauÌ„ces and the fotemen before his face Northeastward so that he could no wayes escape but necessarilye muste fall into their handes althoughe for pollicie he was suffered and a greate part of his men to passe so farre quietlye and with out resistauÌ„ce through the horsmen he sodenlye forsooke hys waye intended thorowe Holborne with might maine as faste as they coulde he and his mates ranne down vnderneth the parke wal of bricke adioyninge to the Queenes manour house called sainte Iames. The lorde Clinton obseruinge his time firste with hys dimylaunces brake their araye deuided Wyates bande in .ii. partes Then came â—he light horsemen who so hardly persued the tayle of his baÌ„de tâ—at they slewe many hurte more and toke moost of them Whiles the sayd horsmen were â—â—us in fyght with the â—aile of his bande Wyat him selfe and v. C. men or there aboute peked on still all alonge vnder sainte Iâ—mes parke wall vntill he â—â—me to Charinge crosse where dâ—â—ers of the queenes houshold sâ—ruauntes and others fought wâ—th them and in the ende killed .xvi of the rebelles Neuertâ—elesse Wyat hauinge escaped with a part of his company mercâ—inge a longe in battaile raye â—â—tred into Fletstrete and came 〈◊〉 Flete brigge toward Ludgâ—te And althoughe noman resâ—â—â—ed his passage throughe the â—â—râ—etes thus farre yet when at length he perâ—eiued that he had no helpe of frendes in London and the suburbes as he loked for lefte his men standinge still in battail araye and rode backe as â—arre as the teÌ„ple barre gate with a naked sword in his haÌ„de the hiltes vpwarde as some report at whiche gate he woulde haue gone throughe towardes Charinge crosse to the residue of his meÌ„ but he was then stopped by force of the queenes true subiectes who wolde not suffer him to passe with out teÌ„ple bar At the length came one sir Morryce barkley knight vnto him requâ—â—ed him to consider that he coulde not preuaile in thys wicked pourpose and that hys men weare all taken and slayne in the filde and therfore willed him to cease of froÌ„ any further ocâ—asion of bloude shed exhorâ—ing him to yelde him selfe prisoner to stande to the queenes mâ—rcie Whiche to doe Wyat refused and saied that he woulde rather be slain then yelde to any â—an And yet neuerthelesse as it chaunced there came a Harrold of armes immediatlye ryding in the quenes coote Armor to this place to whose cote shortlye after Wyat submitted hym selfe prisoner so went to the court at West minster and ther was brought before the priuye Counsell shortlye after with in one houre sent from thense to the Tower of LondoÌ„ prisoner Amongest other thinges this is to be remeÌ„bred that whiles the saied Wyat and certein of his men as afore saied were cominge thus towardes Flerestrete a certein Captayne of the said rebelles with diuers of his souldiers retourned from Charinge crosse downe to the court gate at white halle and gaue a larme before the gate and shorte diuers arrowes into the saied courte the gate being open in so muche that one maister Nicolas Rockewood being a gentilman of Lyncolnes inne and in armour at the said court gate was shorte throughe his nose with an arrowe by the rebelles For the comminge of the said rebelles was not loked for that way but thought that the Queenes Armye shoulde haue ioyned battell with them in the 〈◊〉 accâ—rding to promise mad◠〈◊〉 theÌ„ sayd Wyat on this hehalf 〈◊〉 promised that he would 〈◊〉 to the quenes fotebattel 〈◊〉 with theÌ„ pyke against pyke 〈◊〉 maÌ„ to man Which when it 〈◊〉 to the verie point he refuâ—â—d â— shranke a bye way by saiâ—t â—â—mes parke walle for his reâ—â—ge as you haue heard before where many of them were slain 〈◊〉 horsemen so that they came â—ot â—â—e the quenes power of the 〈◊〉 battel Which increased some â—â—sperate boldnes in the despaiâ—ing rebelles not without great disâ—oÌ„â—eâ—ure to all the court the â—â—tie of London perceiuing that he was himselfe and so many rebeles with him come through the 〈◊〉 armye thus farre wheruâ—oÌ„â—rewe great admiration amoÌ„gest who will not deceaue me And 〈◊〉 dede shortlye after newes 〈◊〉 all of victorie howe that â—yat was taken Thâ—s daye the Iudges in the â—â—men Place at Westminster 〈◊〉 in armoure The Maiour â—ldermen and the housholders 〈◊〉 the Citie by .iiij. of the clocke 〈◊〉 the morning were in armor The lorde Wyllyam Hawarde â—â—ghe Admirall being emongest 〈◊〉 Who as I haue tofore said â—â—s by the Quenes maiestie â—â—pointed Captaine generall â—iuetenaunt for the time to coÌ„â—â—â—re in counsell and ioyne in â—â—ecution with the lorde Maiour his brethren for the sure and spedie gardinge and warding of the Citie to the preâ—erâ—â—tion whereof the Queenes 〈◊〉 ensigne of God whâ—◠〈◊〉 â—ede alone gaue this victoâ—â— and alone with out pollycie 〈◊〉 might of man ouerthrewe her â—â—nemies Yet so that he therw t â—â—â—â—ared his special fauor pleaâ—â—â—â—e towardes his seruauÌ„t that â—â—ble knight the Erle of Penâ—â—â—ke in appointing him cheife â—â—â—mpion this daye to defende 〈◊〉 chosen and electe virgin â—hose faieth hath not bene waâ—â—ring in this catholike religion nor his truth seruice doughtâ—â—ll