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A03193	Englands Elizabeth her life and troubles, during her minoritie, from the cradle to the crowne. Historically laid open and interwouen with such eminent passages of state, as happened vnder the reigne of Henry the Eight, Edvvard the Sixt, Q. Mary; all of them aptly introducing to the present relation. By Tho: Heywood.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.; Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601, engraver.; I. S., fl. 1631-1638, artist.	1631 (1631)	STC 13313; ESTC S104056	51,982	256

Admirall the younger Brother married the Queene Dowager whose hap it was of all the rest to suruiue her husband she contested with her Sister in Law for precedence and pri●ority of place both were priuately encouraged both swell'd alike with spleene neither would giue way to other the one claim'd it as she had beene once Queene the other challeng'd it as she was the present wife of the Protector the two Dukes were as suell to ●his fire new kindled be●●●wixt the women Dud●ey incenseth the one pri●tely Gray encourageth the other secretly The wiues set their husbands at odds by taking their parts the Gordian knot of brotherly loue is therevpon dissolued Northumberland and Suffolke take hold of this aduantagious occasion insomuch that within a short time after the Admirall was questioned for Treason by consent of his brother condemned in Parliament and his head struck off at the Tower-hill March 20. 1549 his Brother the Protector with his owne hand signing the warrant for his death The one being thus remoued there was now lesse difficulty to supplant the other in the same month of Febr. in which his brother lost his head was the Protector cōmitted to the Tower by the Lords of the Councell many Articles especially touching the gouernment of the State were commenced against him but the yeare after upon his submission to the Lords and intercession made for him by the King hee was released this proued but a Lightning before death his great and potent Aduersaries still prosecute their malice against him insomuch that not long after calling him to a second accompt when he had acquit himselfe of all such Articles of Treason as could bee inferred against him hee was in a tryall at Guild-hall conuicted of Felony and on the 22. of Ianuary was beheaded on the Tower-Hill These two next Kinsmen to the King the proppes and stayes on which the safety of his minoritie leaned the hinges on which the whole State turned being thus cut off it was a common feare and generall presage through the whole Kingdome that the two Vnc●es being dead the Nephew would not suruiue long after and so accordingly it happened for now all such Gentle-men and Officers as the Protector had preferred for the Kings attendance were suddenly remoued and all such as were the Fauourites of the two Dukes onely suffered to come neere his person In the Interim was the Match concluded betwixt the Lord Guilford Dudley Son to the Duke of Northumberland the Lady Iane Gray daughter to the Duke of Suffolke Not long after the King fell sicke and dyed the 6. of Iuly in the 7th yeare of his Pri●cely gouernment and o● the tenth of the same month was proclaymed Queene the Lady Iane It is to this day a question both how he dyed and where hee was buryed yet others say hee lyes buried at Westminster he was a Prince of that hope that it would seeme improper thus to leaue his honour in the dust vncharacterized Hee was studious for the propagation of the Gospell the refining and establishing of true Religion the foundation whereof his Father had proiected Images hee caused to be demolished and as Idolatrous to be taken out of all Churches within his Domininions the learned men of his time hee encouraged and commanded them to open and expound the Scriptures caused the Lords Supper to bee administred in both kinds vn●o his people In the third yeare of his Reigne by Parliamentall Decree hee abolished the Masse commanded the Liturgie to be made and our Common prayer and Seruice to be read in the English tongue hee was acute in witt graue in censure mature in Iudgement all which concurring in such tender yeeres were beyond admiration In the liberall Arts so frequent that he appeared rather innate and borne with them then either acquired by teaching or study All the Port-Townes and Hauens in England Scotland and France hee had ad● vnguem not the least punctilio of any State affaires past beyond his obseruation nor did hee commit such obseruations to memory but had a chest euery yeare for the reseruation of such Acts as past the councell board himself keeping the key hee would appoynt certain hours to sit with the Master of Requests only to ●ispatch the cause of the Poore hee was the Inchoation and Instauration of a glorious Church and Common-weale hee was perfect in the Latine Greeke Italian French and Spanish tongues and as Cardanus reports was well seene in Logicke and the Principles of naturall Philosophy no stranger to Musicke singing at first sight in Melancthon's common-places hee was c●●uersant and all Cicero's workes with a great part of Titus Liuius two of Isocrates Orations hee translated out of the Originall into Latine hee was facetious and witty as may appeare in the fourth yeare of his reign thirteenth of his age being at Greenewich on S. Georges day comming from the Sermon with all the Nobility in State correspondent for the day said My Lords I pray you what Saint is S. George that w●e so much honour him heere this day The Lord Treasurer made answere If it please your Maiesty I did neuer in any History read of S. George but onely in Legenda aurea where it is thus set downe that S. George out with his sword ran the Dragon through with his speare The King hauing something vented himselfe with laughing replyed I pray you my Lord and what did hee with his sword the while That I cannot tell your Maiesty said hee To conclude hee was so well qualified that hee was not onely the forwardest Prince of all his Auncestors but the sole Phoenix of his time Dic mihi musa virum shew me such another As hee began and continued hopefully so hee ended Religiously being fallen sicke of a Plurisie some say consūption of the lungs hau●ng made his peace with God and the world he lifted vp his eyes and hands to heauen prayed to himselfe thinking none to haue heard him after this manner Lord deliuer mee out of this miserable life and take me among thy chosen howbeit not my will but thy will be done Lord I commit my Spirit to thee O Lord thou knowest how happie it were for me to be with thee yet for thy chosens sake send me life and health that I may truly serue thee Oh my Lord God blesse thy people and saue thine inheritance Oh Lord God saue thy chosen people of England defend this Land from Papistry and maintaine thy true Religion that I and thy People may praise thy holy name for thy Sonne Iesus Christ's sake to which hee added Oh I faint haue mercy on me O Lord and receiue my Spirit With which eiaculation his life ended not without suspition of poyson deliuered him in a Nose-gay but the diuilish Treason not being enquired after neuer came to light The Lady Mary being at the time of the Kings death at Hunsdon in Hertfordshire was much

it fell out iust about midnight the difficulty alleadged was lest that being in the darke shee might perhaps be rescued therefore the next day being Palme-Sunday they repaired vnto her Lodging againe and desired her to prepare her selfe for that was the latest houre of her liberty she must to the Barge presently whereunto shee answered The Lords will be done since it is her Highnesse pleasure I am therewith very well contented passing through the Garden and the guard to take water shee looked backe to euery window and seeing none whose lookes might seeme to cōpassionate her afflictions said thus I wonder whither the Nobility intends to leade me being a Princesse and of the Royall bloud of England Alasse why being an harmeles innocent woman am I thus hurryed to captiuity the Lord of Heauen knowes whither for I my selfe doe not Great hast was made to see her safe in the Barge and much care to haue her passe by London vnseene which was the occasion that both she and they were engaged to remarkable danger the Tyde being young the Barge-men fear'd to shoot the Bridge but being forced to it against their wils the sterne struck against one of the Arches and wanting water grated against the Channell with great hazard to be ouerwhelmed but God in his mercy preseru'd her to a fairer fortune Shee was landed at the Tower-stayres the same intended for Traytors loath she was to haue gone ashore there laying open her innocent and loyall behauiour both towards the Queene and present State but being cut short by the churlish reply of one who was her conuoy shee went ashore and stept short into the water vttering these words I speake it before thee O God hauing no friend but thee in whom to put my confidence heere landeth as true a subiect being Prisoner as euer landed at these stayres since Iulius Caesar laid the first foundation of this structure Well if it proue so said one of the Lords it will be the better for you as shee passed along the warders then attending bade God blesse her Grace for which some were rebuked in words others by a mulct in the purse She was then deliuered to the charge of the Constable of the Tower who receiued her as his Prisoner and told her that hee would shew her to her Lodgings but shee being faint began to complaine the good Earle of Sussex seeing her colour began to faile she ready to sinke vnder his armes call'd for a Chayre but the Constable would not suffer it to be brought ●en shee sate downe vpon a faire stone at which time there fell a great shower of raine the Heauens themselues did seeme to weepe at such inhumane vsage Sussex offered to cast his Cloake about her but she by no means would admit it Then the Lieftenant M. Bridges entreated her to withdraw her selfe from the violence of the storme into some shelter to whom she answer'd I had better to sit here then in a ●orser place for God knoweth not I whither you intend to lead me At which words looking vpon he● Gentleman-Vsher and seeing his eyes full o● teares shee told him he did not well to discon●o●● late her with his sorrow who had so much grief● of her owne that she● doubted whether she● had strength enough 〈◊〉 support it Being lock'd and bolted in her Lodgings with some of her seruants she was much daunted and perplexed but called to her Gentle-woman for her booke desiring God not to suffer her to lay her foundation vpon the sands but vpon the Rock whereby all blasts of blustering weather might not preuaile against her whereunto shee added The skill of a Pilot is vnknowne but in a tempest the valour of a Captaine is vnseene but in a battell and the worth of a Christian is vnknowne but in tryall and temptation this earthly Globe O Lord is but a Theater on which thou hast placed vs to get some proofe from hence of our sufficiencie death will assaile vs the world will entice vs the flesh will seeke to betray vs and the Diuell ready to deuoure vs but all this and much more shall neuer deiect my spirits for thou O King of Kings art my Spectator and thy Son Christ my Sauiour Iesus hath already vndergone these tryals for my encouragement I will therefore come boldly to the throne of Grace there it is I am sure that I shall find comfort in this time of neede though an Hoast should encampe against mee my heart shall not feare though warre should rise against mee in this will I be confident Thou Lord art my light and my saluation whom shall I feare thou Lord art the strength of my life of whom shall I be affraid In this Interim the Lords tooke aduice about a more strict watch and ward to be set vpon her all agreeing that it should be exactly performed but the good Earle of Sussex was very passionate to heare all this and said My Lords my Lords let vs take heede and doe no more then our Commission will well beare consider that ●he was the King our Ma●ters Daughter and therefore let us vse such dealing 〈◊〉 may hereafter proue answerable the other Lord agreed to his words saying it was well spoke of him and so for that time departed Two dayes after Gardiner making vse of the Queenes name and authority caused Masse to bee inforcedly said and sung before her which seemed to be the greatest tryall shee had till that time endured but necessity hauing no law shee was forced to giue way to it and not vnaduisedly that spirit is prodigious which rather than shake hands with inconueniencie would cast it self into the iawe● of danger shee with 〈◊〉 setled countenance swallowed downe vpon extremity the bitter potion of indignity shee would rather bow then breake rather strike sayle then perish in the storme the greatnesse of her mind gaue place to the weakenesse of her meanes because shee could not harbor where shee would she anchored where shee might with best security Philip of Spaine being interressed in this Story as one whom God vsed for an instrument to preserue the Lady Elizabeth All those that interposed his comming into the Kingdome being cut off namely the Duke of Suffolke Sir Thomas W●at with all his consederacie and the much suspected Lady Elizabeth being vnder safe custody in the Tower I hope it will not bee impertinent to impart somwhat of his landing Marriage and Coronation On the twentieth day of Iuly Anno 1554. hee arriued at South-hampton and was there honourably met and receiued by the Queenes Counsell and the greatest part of the Nobility at his first setting foote on Land the Gar●er was presented to him and fastned about his Legge before hee would enter into any house hee went first to the Church of Holy-Rood there to giue thankes for his prosperous and successfull Voyage hauing spent about halfe an houre in deuotion

the like honour he could neuer obtaine as he should haue by deliuering her out of Prison which was not long after effected Sir Henry Benning-field staying long at Court made her iealous that his businesse was not greatly for her good during his residence there one Basset a Gentleman and great Fauonrite to the Bish. of Winchester came to Blanden-bridge a mile distant from Wood-stocke where met him twenty men well appointed and secretly arm'd in priuy Coates From thence they came to the house ernestly desiring to speak with the Princesse about serious and important affaires but by Gods great prouidence Sir Henry her Keeper had left so strict a charge behind him that no liuing Soule might haue access vnto her vpon what occasion soeuer till his returne no not though a messenger were dispatched from the Councell or the Queeene her selfe hee should not bee admitted by which extraordinary Prouidence of God drawing the meanes of her safety euen from the malice of her aduersaries their bloody enterprize was vtterly disappointed these things with other of the like nature being deliuered vnto her her doubts and feares dayly more and more increasing it is constantly reported that hearing the Milke-maids morning euening singing so sweetly considering their hearts to be so light and hers so heauy their freedome her bondage their delights abroad her dangers within shee wished euen frō her soule both for safety of her person and security of her Conscience that no Royall bloud at at all ran in her veynes but that she had beene descended from some meane and humble Parentage Queene Mary was bruited to bee with Child great thanksgiuing was made and prayers for that purpose were appointed to bee read in Churches King Philip was chosen by a decree in Parliament Protector of the Infant Male or Female yet notwithstanding hee greatly fauoured the Lady Elizabeth her aduersity made him very iealous of the English Nation apprehending that if they aymed at the life of a Naturalist being their Queene and Soueraigns Sister they would then make it a small scruple of Conscience to assault him and his Followers being meere Aliens and strangers hee did therefore hasten her enlargement which happly was granted within few dayes after but before her departure frō Woodstocke hauing priuate notice that one M. Edmond Tremaine and M. Smithweeke were on the Racke and strictly vrged to haue accused her innocence at her remoue frō thence shee wrote these two Verses with her Diamond in a glasse window Much suspected by me Nothing proued can be Quoth Elizabeth Prisoner Immediately after order came down to bring her vp to Court wherevpon all things were prepared for the iourney Sir Hen Benningfield with his souldiers the Lord of Tame and Sir Henry Chamberlaine were her guardians on the way as shee came to Ricot the wind was so high that her seruants had much adoe to keepe her cloaths about her her hood was blowne from her head twice or thrice wherevpon shee desired to retyre her selfe to a Gentlemans house neere adioyning to dresse vp her head which by the vio●lence of the winde was all vnready the request was reasonable and modest but S. Henry would not by any meanes permit it insomuch as shee was faine alight vnder a hedge and there to trim her selfe as well as shee could that night shee lay at Ricot the next day they iourneyed to M. Dormers and the third to Colebrooke lying at the signe of the George diuers of her Gentlemen came thither to see her but by the Queens command were immediately sent out of the towne to both their and her Graces no small heauinesse being not so much as suffered to speake to each other the next day following her Grace entred Hampton Court on the Backside the doores being shut vpon her the Souldiers in their ancient posture of watch and ward she lay there fourteene dayes before any man had admittance vnto her many were her fears her cares doubled but at length a Sonne of Consolation appeared the Lord William Howard came vnto her vsed her very honourably condol'd with her and rais'd her deiected Spirits with comfortable speeches wherein shee conceiued much ioy and requested his Fauourable encouragement that she might speake with some of the Councell which he most louingly effected for not long after came her fast friend the Bishop of Winchester accompanied with the Lords of Arondell and Shrewsbury and Secretary Peter who with great humility humbled themselues to her grace she was not behind in courtesie but louingly resaluted them againe and said My ho●ourable Lords I am glad with all my heart to see your faces for mee thinks I haue beene kept a great while from you desolately alone committed to the hands of a strict keeper my humble Request is to all your Lordships that you would bee the happy instru●ments of my further inlarg●ment it is not vnknowne vnto you what I haue suf●fered now a long time I beseech you therefore to take me into your louing Consideration the Bishop of Winchester kneeling down replied thus Let mee request your grace but to submit your selfe to the Queene and then I doubt not but that you shall presently enioy an happy issue of your desires No said she rather then I will so doe I will lye in prison all the dayes of my life if euer I haue offēded her maiesty in thought word or deed then not mercy but the law is that which I desire if I yeeld I should then speake against my selfe confes a fault which was neuer on my part intended by occasion wherof the K. Q may then iustly cōceiue an euill opinion of me no no my Ls. it were much better for me to lye in prison for the truth then to be at liberty suspected by my Prince she had no sooner vttered the words but they al departed promising to declare her mind to the Qu. On the next day the B. of Winch. came vnto her againe and kneeling on his knees declared that the Qu. wondred that she should so stoutly stand out not confessing to haue offended so that it should seeme the Q. Maiesty had wrongfully imprison'd her no said she I ner'ehad any such thought it may please her Maiesty to punish me as she thinketh good well quoth he her Maiesty willed me to tell you that you must tell another tale before you are set at Liberty Alas said she I had rather bee here in custody with honesty and truth then abroade at Liberty suspected by my Prince and this that I haue said I will stand to for I will neuer belye my selfe why then said he your grace hath the aduantage of of mee and the rest of the Lords for your long and wrong imprisonment what aduantage I haue said she God and your own conscience can best tell and here before him I speake it for that dealing which I haue had amongst you I seek no remedy but