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arguethe playnlye not to remayne in his brest such integritie

of harte and syncere amytie towards the K. H. and his pro-

cedyngs, as his H. alwayes heretofore hath expected and

loked for. Which thyng ye may propone and alledge unto

the said Fr. K. and the great maistre, or to one of theym,

with such modestie and sobrenes, as ye thynk they may per-

ceyve, that the K. H. hath good and just cause in this part

sumwhat to take their light credence unkyndlie.

And wheras the sayd Fr. K. sayethe, that touching such

lawes as the K. H. hath made, he wil not medle Avithal;

alledgyng it not to be mete, that one prynce shuld desire

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1 68 another to chaunge his lawes, saying, that his be to olde to

be chaunged ; to that ye shal saye, That suche lawes as the

K. H. hath made here, be not made without substantial

grounds by great and mature advise, counsayl, and deli-

beration of the hoole policie of this realme ; and are indede

no new lawes, but of great antiquitie, and many yeres passed

were made and executed within this realme, as now they be

renovate and renewed, in respect of the common Aveale of the

same. And it is not a litle to his Highnes marvayll, that

the sayd Fr. K. ever wold counsail or advise hym, if yn

case hereafter any such like offenders shulde happen to be

yn this realme, that he shulde rather bannyshe theym, then

in suche wise execute theym : and specially consideryng,

that the sayd Fr. K. hymself, in -commonyng with you at

that tyme, not only confessed thextreme executions, and

great bruyllie of late done in his realme, but also that he

now entendethe to withdraw the same, and to revoke and

cal home agayne such as be out of his realme. The K. H.

therfore the more straungely taketh his sayd advise and

counsayl; supposyng it to be neyther thoffice of a frend

nor of a brother ; that he wolde determyn hymself to cal

home into his realme agayne his subjects, beyng out of the

same, for spekyng agaynst the Busshop of Romes usurped

authorite, and counsayl the K. H. to banyshe his traitours

into straunge parties ; where they myght have good occasion,

tyme, place, and opportunyte, to work their feats of treason

and conspiracie the better agaynst the K. H. and this his

realme. In which part ye shal sumwhat engreve the matter

after such sorte, as it may wel appere to the sayd Fr. K.

that not only the K. H. myght take those his counsayls

and communications both straungely and vnkindly, thinkyng

the same not to procede of mere amytie and frendship ; but

also usyng such polycie and austeritye, in proponyng the

same with the sayd Fr. K. and the great maistre, takyng

such tyme and opportunytie as may best serve for the same,

as they may wel perceyve the K. H. procedyngs here within

this realme, both concernyng the sayd executions, and al

other thyngs, to be only grounded upon justice and the

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equlte of his lawes. Which be no new lawes, but auncient

lawes, made and established of many yeres passed within

this realme, and now renovate and renewed, as is aforesaid,

for the better order, weale, and suretye of the same.

And ye may farther saye, that if the Fr. K. and his

Counsail wel consider, as they ought to do, that it were moche

better to advaunce the punyshment of traytours and rebells

for their offences, then to punisli such as do speke ayenst

the usui-ped auctoritie of the Bushop of Rome, who dayly

goeth about to suppress and subdue kynges and prynces,

and their auctlioritie, geven to theym by Goddes word.
Al which matiers the Kynges pleasure is, that ye shal

take tyme and occasion, as ye talkyng agayn with the Fr.

K. or the great maister may declare your mynd, as before

is prescribed unto you : addyng therunto such matier, with

such reasons, after your accustomyd dexterite and discretion,

as ye shal thynk most expedient, and to serve best for the

Kyngs purpose, defence of his procedyngs, and the proffe

of the Fr. K''s. ingratitude, shewyd in this behalf. Not

doubtyng yn your wisdome, good industrie, and discreate

circumspection, for thorderyng and wel handlyng of the

same accordyngly.
And touchyng Melancthon, consideryng there is no lyke- 169

lihode of his repaire into Fraunce, as I have wel perceyved

by your letters, the K. H. therfore hath appoynted Chris-

tofer Mount indelayedly to take his journey where Melanc-

thon is, and, if he can, to prevent Mounsr. de Langye in

such wise as the sayd Melancthon his repaire into Fraunce

may be stayed, and diverted into England. Not doubtyng

but the same shal take effect accordyngly. And as to Maister

Haynes, the Kyngs pleasure is, that he shal go to Paris, there

to lerne and dissiphre the opynyons of the lerned men, and

their inclynations and affections, as wel towards the K. H.

procedyngs, as to the Busshop of Rome his usurped power

and aucthorite, after such sort as the Kings sayd Highnes

hath now writen unto hym by his Graces letters, addressed

both unto hym and the sayd Christofer Mount : directyng

theym what they shal do yn al thjTiges commyttyd to theyr

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charge at this tyme ; as I doubt not but they wil put therto

theyr devoires for the accomplishement of the Kynges plea-

sure, as apperteynethe.
And thus makyng an ende, prayeng you to use your dis-

cression yn the proponyng of the premysses to the Fr. K.

and the great maister, or the one or both of theym : usyng

the same as a medecyne, and after such sorte, that, as nere

as ye can, it be not moche displeasantly taken : adverteysyng

tlie Kinges H. from tyme to tyme of the successes therof,

and of al other occurrants, as the case shal require : requir-

yng you farther, as ye shal have convenyent tyme, to pro-

cure answer of themperors ambassador resident with you,

wherof the K. H. wold be advertised with as convenyent

spede as ye can : I shal for this tyme byd you most hartily

farewel. At Thornebery, the xxiiid day of August.

Your assuryd freend,
Thomas Crumwell.

Number LXIX.

The last Will and Testament of the Princess Katharine

Doioager.

Cott.Librar. IN the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy

Ghost, Amen. I, Katharine, &c. supply and desire K.

Henry VIII. my good Lord, that it may please him of his

grace, and in aulmes, and for the service of God, to let me

have the goods, which I do hold as wel in gold and silver

as other things; and also, the same that is due to me in

mony for the time past : to the intent that I may pay my

debts, and recompence my servants for the good services

they have don unto me. And the same I desire as afFectu-

ously as I may, for the necessity wherin I am ready to dy,

and to yield my soul unto God.
First, I supply [i. e. pray'\ that my body be buried in a
convent of Observant friers. Item, That for my soul may
170 be said 500 masses. Item, That some personage go to
our Lady of Walsingham in pilgrimage ; and in going by
the way to deal xx nobles. Item, I appoint to Maistris

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Darel xxl. for her mariage. Item, I ordain, that the collar

of gold, which I brought out of Spain, be to my daughter.

Item, I ordain to Mestress Blanch c/. sterling. Item, I or-

dain to Mestress Margery and Mr. Whyller, to each of

them, x\l. sterling. Item, I ordain to Mrs. Mary, my

physicians wife, and to Mrs. Isabel, daughter to Mr. Mar-

guerite, to each of them, xlZ. sterling. Item, I ordain to my

physician the years coming wages. Ite7)i, I ordain to Fran-

cisco Philippo al that I owe unto him. And beside that,

xl/. sterling. Item, I ordain to Master John, my apothecary,

his wages for the year coming. And beside that, al that is

due unto him. Ite?n, I ordain, that Mr. Whyller be paid

of expences about the making of my gown. And beside

that, XX /. sterling. Item, I give to Philip, to Anthony, and

to Bastian, to every of them, xx/. sterling. Item, I ordain to

the little maidens, x^. to every of them. Item, I ordain that

my goldsmith be paid of his wages for the year coming.

And besides that, al that is due unto him. Item, I ordain,

that my lavander be paid of that which is due unto her :

and besides that of her wages for the year coming. Item, I

ordain to Isabel of Vergas xx/. sterling.
Item, To my ghostly father, his wages for the year

coming.
Item, It may please the King, my good Lord, to cause or-

naments for the church to be made of my gownes, which he

holdeth ; for to serve the convent thereas I shal be buried.

And the furrs of the same I give to my daughter.
Taunton, Richard Molend,
Downton, William Portman,
Hendon. Thomas Powlet,
These three places are set William Peter,
at the end of this will by an- 'T^^"' ^^'^
other hand : which perhaps ^^^^ ^^^^'
were the names of the lord- These seem to be the ad-

ships belonging to her. ministrators appointed by the

King for the execution of the

Lady Dowager's will.

er.

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171 Number LXX.
jRyche, the King's Solicitor, to the King-; his advice con-

cerning Katharine Princess Dowager''s goods and Jewels.

Ihus.

Cott. Li- PLEASITH your Majesty to be advertised of my poor

^^^' mind ; which is not specified to your Majesty by the other
letter sent to your Majesty by me, your Graces humble So-

licitor, and your other two most humble servants. Because

I thought it not convenient to make them privy therto :

most humbly beseeching your Highnes to take my mind in

good part : for I mean none other, but to declare to your

Majesty the truth : affirming to your Highnes, that I shal

be as ready to execute your Graces commaundment, accord-

ing to my most bounden duty, with as much good wil, heart,

and mind, to my little power, as any living creature shal do.

Pleasith your Majesty to consider, that the Lady Dow-

ager was a sole woman ; having by al lawes a ful authority

and capacity to have propriety in goods and cattals : albeit

her Grace affirmed, that all was yours ; and that she had

nothing to give without your Graces licence. Wherin her

Grace meant not wel ; nor yet according to the truth. And

she having such capacity as is aforesaid, your Majesty may

not seize her goods and cattals, unless there were other

cause so to do than I know. For by the laws of your

realm, the Bp. of the dioces in this case shal commit the

administration of her Graces goods to the next of her Graces

kindred, lawfully begotten, and being denizons : to the in-

tent the debts should be paid, or otherwise disposed of for

the wealth of her soul. But whether your Majesty, being

supreme Head of the Church of your realm, by your laws

may commit the administration of the goods of her Grace

dying intestate, I dare not therin speak precisely. The ful

and determinate solution of that question I remit to your

Majesty, and to others of your Graces Council, to debate

and determine. And therfore in this wise to take and seize

her Graces goods as your own, is repugnant to your laws ;

and, as I tliink, with your Graces favour, rather enforceth

her blind opinion while she hved, than otherwise.

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But, Sovereign Lord, under your Graces favour, I think

you may have, take, and seize the goods and cattals of her

by another mean lawfully ; which is this : if your Graces

pleasure be so, yee may cause a letter to be written to the

Bp. of Lincoln, commanding him to grant the administra-

tion of al such goods and cattals as lately were the Lady

Dowagers, to such as your Highnes shal name. And then

to have the goods of them to your Graces use, in recompence

of such sums and debts, as your Highnes hath, or shal ley

out for her burial, or otherwise. And this, as I think, were

the best way, and concurrent with your Graces laws.
Signifying unto yoiu- Highnes, that now I have declared

my bounden duty unto your Grace, I shal willingly, to the

best of my power, execute your commaundment without 1/2

fear or respect of any man : most humbly beseeching your

Majesty, to accept this my poor information according to my

meaning ; and to pardon me, if any thing or matter be com-

prized herein contrary to your Graces pleasure.
And that I may be certify ed of your further pleasure:

advertising your Majesty, as I think, the plate, or other things

comprized in the inventory sent to your Majesty, wil amount

to 5000 mark, and rather better. And thus the Holy Tri-

nity preserve your Magnificence with as long life as ever hved

man. From Kimbolton, this present xix day of January : by

your Graces Most humble servant,
Ry chard Ryche.

. — ¦ »¦

Number LXXI.

The Lady Brian., governess to the Lady Elizabeth, her

letter to the Lord Crumwel^Jrom Hunsdon; for instruc-

tions concerning the said lady, after the death of Queen

Anne her mother.
MY Lord, after my most bounden duty, I recommend <^"tt- Li-

me to your good Lordship : beseeching you to be good c. lo. '

Lord to me, &c. My Lord, when your Lordship was last

here, it pleased you to say, that I should not mistrust the

Kings Grace, nor your Lordship. Which word was more

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comfort to me than I can write, as God knoweth. And

now it boldetli me to shew you my poor mind. My Lord,

when my Lady Maries Grace was born, it pleased the Kings

Grace to [appoint] me Lady Mistress; and made me a

Baroness. And so I have been a [governess] to the children

his Grace have had since.

Now it is so, my Lady Elizabeth is put from that degree

she was afore : and what degree she is at now, I know not,

but by hearsay. Therefore I know not how to order her

nor my self; nor none of hers, that 1 have the rule of;

that is, her women and her grooms : beseeching you to be

good Lord to my Lady, and to al hers : and that she may

have some rayment; [i. e. for mourning;] for she hath

neither gowne nor kirtell, nor petticoat, nor no maner of

linnin, nor foresmocks, nor kerchiefs, nor slieves, nor rayls,

nor body-stychets, nor handkerchiefs, nor mofelers, nor

begins. All these her Graces mostake, I have driven off, as

long as I can, that, be my troth, I cannot drive it no lenger :

beseeching you, my Lord, that you wil see, that her Grace

may have that is needful for her, as my trust is yee wil do.

Beseeching you, my own good Lord, that I may know from

you by writing how I shal order my self; and what is the

Kings Graces plesure and yours, that I shal do in every

thing. And whatsome ever it shal please the Kings Grace

or your Lordship to command me at al times, I shal fulfil

it to the best of my power.

173 My Lord, Mr. Shelton saith, he is master of this house:

what fashion that shal be, I cannot tel. For I have not seen

it afore. My Lord, yee be so honourable your self, and

every man reporteth your Lordship loveth honour, that I

trust your Lordship wil se the house honourably ordered,

howsome ever it hath been aforetime. And if it please you,

that I may know what your order is, and if it be not per-

formed, I shal certify your Lordship of it. For I fear me,

it wil be hardly enough performed. But if the head of
knew what honour meaneth, it wil be the better ordered : if

not, it wil be hard to bring it to pass.

My Lord, Mr. Shelton would have my Lady Elizabeth

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to dine and supp every day at the board of estate. Alas !

my Lord, it is not meet for a child of her age to keep such

rule yet. I promise you, my Lord, I dare not take it upon

me to keep her in health, and she keep that rule. For there

she shal see divers meats and fruits, and wine : which would

be hard for me to restrain her Grace from it. Yee know,

my Lord, there is no place of correction there. And she is

yet too young to correct greatly. I know wel, and she be

there, I shal nother bring her up to the Kings Graces ho-

nour, nor hers; nor to her health, nor my poor honesty.

Wherfore I shew your Lordship this my desire: beseech-

ing you, my Lord, that my Lady may have a mess of meat

to her own lodging, with a good dish or two, that is meet

for her Grace to eat of. And the reversion of the mess shal

satisfy al her women, a gentleman usher, and a groom.

Which been eleven persons on her side. Sure I am, it wil

be (in to right little) as great profit to the Kings Grace this

way, as the t'other way. For if al this should be set abroad,

they must have three or four mess of meat, where this one

mess shal suffice them al with bread and drink, according

as my Lady Maries Grace had afore : and to be ordered in

al things as her Grace was afore.

God knoweth, my Lady hath great pain with her great

teeth, and they come very slowly forth : and causeth me to

suffer her Grace to have her wil more than I would. I trust

to God, and her teeth were well graft, to have her Grace

after another fashion than she is yet : so as I trust the King's

Grace shal have great comfort in her Grace. For she is as

toward a child, and as gentle of conditions, as ever I knew

any in my life. Jesu preserve her Grace. As for a day or

two at a hey [i. e. high] time ; or whensome ever it shal

please the Kings Grace to have her set abroad, I trust so to

endeavour me, that shee shal so do as shal be to the King's

honour and hers : and tlien after to take her ease again.

I think Mr. Shclton wil not be content with this. He

may not know it is my desire; but that it is the Kings

plesure and yours it should be so. Good my Lord, have

my Ladies Grace, and us that be her poor servants, in your

vol.. 1. PART II. s

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remembrance. And your Lordship shal have our harty

prayers by the grace of Jesu: who ever preserve your

Lordship with long Hfe, and as much honour as your noble

hart can desire. From Honsdon with the evil hand of her

that is your daily bead-woman,
Marget Bryan.
174 I beseech you, my own good Lord, be not miscontent,

that I am so bold to write thus to your Lordship. But I

take God to my judge, I do it of true hart, and for my dis-

charge. Beseeching you, accept my good mind.

To the Rt. noble and my singular

good Lord, my L. Privy Seal, be

this delivered.

Number LXXII.

Sir Richard Moryson, to the Lord Crumwel ; concerning

printing the King's answer to the Pope''s calling of a

Council at Mantua.

Cleopatra, ]yjY Lord, my most humble duty premised. Wheras

316. your good Lordship appoynted me, both to alter and also
shortly to se printed the King's answer touching the Man-

tuan Councel ; now my petition is, that your Lordship woll

think the printing of it deferred rather upon good respects,

than that I have not encreased the book according to your

commandment. For as soon as this answer came forth, one

Tubalde, which now is in Saxony, was sent of them to

Philip Melancthon. Many were sent into France. I think

there be few nations, but the book there hath been seen.

Now, my Lord, if it shal come out as I am bidden, the

most part changed, many things left out, (which be both

truly spoken, and cannot but do good, being bydden bye,)

men of other nations may reckon, that either we be affraid

or ashamed to say as we have said. They may think things

pas lightly here, that are so little while liked. If the book

had gone forth in a private name, yet they might have

charged us with inconstancy, which yet leave to day that we

yesterday loved. The sentence of a Prince, the answer of

RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 259

an whole realm, either ought not to be printed, or else, once

printed, not to be changed.

The Germans have nothing in their answer, but I am

sure it is at the least touched in ours. Many arguments are

handled in this, that they leave utterly untouched. Again,

if we should say simply even as they say, we might then

seem to repeat theirs, and not to write our own. Notwith-

standing, I have two or three leaves, that may welbe added,

and the book in maner as it was. At the least they shal

gather, that we be neither affraid nor ashamed to say, they

intend no good faith that intend guile; no setting up of

truth that go about to keep down Gods word. And for the

place of the papacy given by our consent over us, and taken

away by our consent, I have thus changed.

" In time past, we being deceived by false pretence of

" Scripture, by whose authority you claimed your preroga-

" tive and jurisdiction upon al men, did acknowledge your

"primacy; and following the consent, or rather error of 175

" the world, gave you authority upon Kings subjects: now

" we wil be no lenger deceived: now we justly cal in again

" that you have injustly extorted of our fathers ; and woll

" that truth make an end of your reigne, which began by

" error. It is lawful, reason woll, yea, we are commanded

" to take from you that that no man can give you, but he

*' that is deceived." And after this followeth as it is in the

first. " We Princes wrot our selves to be familiars to Popes,

" as long as we thought so : we obeyed them as our su-

" periors. Sic.""

And I trust your Lordship wil take in good part that,

that I, according to my most bounden duty, have done se

la vra. banta, &c.
II V7'0. humil. servifore,
Ricchiar de Morryson.

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Number LXXIII.

The protestation of the Clargie of the Lower House within

the 'province of Canterhury : with declaration of f antes

and abuses which hertofore hath^ and now be within the

same, woiihy special reformation.

MSS. ijsj veray humble and reverent maner, with protestation,