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over-manifest to the world, and quite against the treaties with France; as also for that his subjects in like case had been at other times ill entreated by the English, whereof they had heretofore made sundry complaints, and rested so ill satisfied, that they could never be brought to serve herein, without they v/ere by the Emperor's express com- mand, yea, and with threatening of punishment, compelled thereto: which should too much open the matter to the world, and be almost a plain publication of war with France. And lastly, the scarcity of victuals in those parts presently was such, that he could not, without his subjects great pre- u 4 296 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK judice and hinderance, grant liberty for the conveyance of any away. ^nno 154.9. This business of King Edward with the Emperor being luest^ror" ^^^^^ answered, the Emperor had some business also with he Empe- King Edward : which D' Arras at this meeting reported Ling. to the ambassadors, Cheyne and Hoby : whereof one was
English near about Boloign, which treated concerning cer- tain practices of Nece and Dragute Rayes, two infidels, sea commanders, that governed a fleet of ships belonging to the lie French Turk ; which the French King had procured of the great -uj.jj Turk, for his service against the Emperor. A duplicate of these letters the King had sent to Hoby to deliver to the Emperor, for his behoof and service. D' Arras shewed that it was his master's desire, that the King would communicate to him the original letters, in case it might not turn to the hinderance of the King"'s proceedings, for the better proof and trial thereof: which might, he said, stand the Emperor in good stead, and would be an acceptable pleasure to him. igO Secondly, He desired, that whereas one Sebastian Gabote, ei)astian qj. Cabotc, grand pilot of the Emperor''s Indias, was then in England, forasmuch as he could not stand the King in any great stead, seeing he had but small practice in these seas, and was a very necessary man for the Emperor, whose servant he was, and had a pension of him ; that some order might be taken for his sending over in such sort as the Emperor should at better length declare unto the King's Council. Notwithstanding I suspect Gabote still abode in England at Bristow, (for there he lived,) having two or three years after set on foot a famous voyage hence, as we shall mention in due place. I bulwark Thirdly, There was a bulwark lately made by the Eng- heEnnui'^ ^^^^^' ^^ ^^ sccms, in Boloignois, towards the Emperor's or's terri- frontiers, and built, as they asserted, upon part of his ter- ritories ; this had been sundry times declared vmto the King's ambassadors, and redress required. Wherefore now the Emperor desired commissioners to be appointed on either
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For he thought he had great wrong done herein. But to '__ this Sir PhiHp Hoby answered, that he was informed, the Anno 1 649. ground whereon this bulwark was built, was indeed within the King's territories, and so proved by the confession of one of the Emperor's own subjects. But D' Arras said, some of the officers there denied it. Lastly, Whereas at Paget's being ambassador there. The match Somerset being then Lord Protector, motion was made on ^^g L^dy the King's behalf for a marriage between the Infant of Por- Mary and
upon the knowledge of the Infant's estate, and what dower "^^ved. he could be able to assure unto the said Lad}^, with certain other points desired to be cleared ; the Emperor had since sent into Portugal, to treat upon this matter, and to know the certainty hereof. And therefore he would gladly know, whether upon answer received from thence, the King and his Council minded to proceed any further herein, and stand to the motion made in the Protector's time.
his return home, the Emperor used these words to him at mends reii- parting : " I shall pray you, said he, after my most hearty g^^" ^^ the " commendations to the King and his Council, to desire " both him and his Council to have matters of religion first " recommended ; to the end we may be at the length all of " one opinion. Till when, to speak plain unto you as I " think, I can neither so earnestly, nor so thoroughly assist " my good brother, as my desire is."
two ambassadors were at Brussels, they gave the Court the news of it, and of the canvassing that followed for a succes- sor. And because an English cardinal was nominated among the rest as likely to wear the triple crown, I will set down this part of their letter. " The Bishop of Rome being " dead, about the 9th of this instant, the Cardinal Farneze " sent word shortly after to the Emperor, that he would get " him, if it were his pleasure, one and twenty voices with " his own, for whomsoever he would have Pope. The Em- 298 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK " peror made answer, that he would do herein as God ' " should put in his head ; and, as it is said, he counselled Anuo 1649." him to do the hke. Here are sundry opinions about the " new Bishop elect. For some think the Emperor himself " will be Pope, if he may : others think he will procure 191 " his brother Ferdinando to be Pope; and some suppose " the Duke of Savoy : others name the Cardinal Pole ; " others the Cardinal of Trent; and many, the Cardinal " Carpi or Veruli, who are good Imperials. On the other " side, there are also said to be in the election the Cardinal " Salviati, and the Cardinal Ridolphi, who are both good " French." The begin- The year declining, and martial achievements being hin- treaty be- dered by the long nights and ill weather, it became a pro- tween Eng- pgj. geasou for treaty between England and France: which land and f -^ • ^ a i ^ • France. began upon a pretty strange occasion. One Anthony Gui- Occasioned dot, a foreign merchant residing here, of his own head, for ought appeared, (though he pretended he had his order from France,) made several journeys in the month of December to and fro, to propound a treaty : which at last by his in- dustry had the intended effect, though at first there was but little appearance thereof. The inkling thereof soon came to the Emperor^s court ; who hearing of it, desired by Hoby, the English ambassador, to know the truth. By a letter of the 13th of December the said Ambassador adver- tised it over into England to the Council, with his advice thereupon. They, December 31, wrote back to him their thanks, and " how they perceived the bruit that was in the " Emperor's court, concerning the communication of peace " between the two realms. But that he might be assured " they had not forgotten what they had before written to " him, namely, that in case they proceeded towards a con- " elusion of peace with the French, they would cause the *' Emperor to be made privy to it. And that so they in- " tended to do indeed. But that as for the practice entered " by Anthony Guidot, it was a thing begun of his own mind. " And that because as yet there was no great likelihood it " sliould take any eflect, seeing tliere was neitlier time,
OF KING EDWARD VI. 299 " place, nor meeting of commissioners appointed thereunto; CHAP. " therefore they thought it not necessary to write of a thing ^^^^^' " as yet so uncertain and doubtful. But that if they per- Anno 1549. " ceived, if by that means, or any other, there should be " any towardness of a meeting for that purpose like to take " any good effect, they would certify him of it, to the intent " the Emperor might by him be made privy to it. And " that one thing he might be assured of, that in case they " entered into any such communication with France, yet " nevertheless they would do nothing, that should by any " means be prejudicial to the treaty between the King''s " Highness and the Emperor his good brother." But in January, by the pains of Guidot, the matter began Commis- to ripen, and come to some further effect. For now, in p^i'^j^ej^^^ good earnest, commissioners were appointed on both sides, both sides, to treat. For, as the Council wrote to the said Ambassa- dor, January 16, Anthony Guidot came out of France, and brought word, that the French King desired to have a meeting to treat upon a peace, and for that purpose had named for his part Mons. de Rochepot, Mons. de Chastilion, Mons. de Mortier, and Mons. de Sassie, otherwise called the Secretary Boucheter. And perceiving the good inclination to peace, which the French shewed to have, they thought it not unmeet for the public wealth and quietness of Christ- endom, that the King's Highness for his part should give ear unto it. And so he had appointed the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Paget, Sir William Peters, and Sir John Mason, as commissioners for his Majesty, to meet with the said French commissioners upon the frontiers, about the S5th or 26th of this present. And they gave the Ambassador to know, moreover, that if upon their conference there ap- 1 92 peared any towardness of a good conclusion, he should be certified of it, to the intent he might advertise the Emperor.
sioners, was to demand payment of an annual pension due offers^tnd to England, as a debt owned by the former French King; brags. and to hear what the French commissioners would offer concerning Boloign. But to know how matters went be-
300 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK tween the commissioners, and how intolerably insolent and ^ insulting the French were, and lastly, to understand the Repository. Anno 1549. present condition of things at home, a letter from the Lord ^^* l*aget, one of the commissioners on the English side, to the Earl of Warwick, lord great master, will abundantly show. See the Whereby it appeared, that the French carried themselves loftily in all their proceedings. And the knowledge of the present juncture increased their courage. They told our commissioners, they would have Boloign by fair means or by foul. And as for the pension, they would, they said, be no longer tributaries. They extolled the power of their King, and spake but meanly of ours, with such bragging and braving terms and countenances, (which especially ap- peared in Rochepot,) that one would have judged him a man, said the Lord Paget, more fit to make of peace a war, than of war a peace. They would recognize no debts. For, they said, the English had made them spend, and had taken upon the seas, ten times as much as the debt came to. They said, the pension was granted, but the times were turned. That it was granted by the French King that was dead, to a King of England that was dead. And that the King of France could not by his simple grant, without con- firmation of Parliament, bind his successors. That King Henry made his bargain at that time, when he had the cages in his hand, namely, the French King and the Emperor at one time, and so might make his bargain himself, as he listed. But his ministers took not heed to knit it surely up by Par- liament. They said therefore, they would use time as King Henry did, when his time served. For they said, they knew their state, and that the English were not able to war with them. And in fine, all that they offered was, that the English commissioners should wipe away all pretences that they made to France, and ask a reasonable sum for Boloign, and they would make a reasonable answer. Or, if they would not, in respect of their master^s young age, acquit his pretence, they required Boloign, and they would agree with them for a sum ; and they might reserve to their master his droits, that he pretended to; and to them [the French]
OF KING EDWARD VI. 301 their defences for the same. But Rochepot said, they would CHAP, have Boloign, whosoever said nay ; and that the Enghsh ^^^^^' were in poverty and mutiny at home, beset all about with Anno 1549. enemies, having no friend to succour them, destitute of money to furnish them, and so far in debt, as hardly they ^ could find any creditors. This language angered the Eng- lish extremely, but they could not well tell how to help themselves.
very chargeable place, and in danger to be lost, on the best terms they could. In March this produced a peace, and Boloign was sold. For what, and the conditions, let other historians reJate.
and the other commissioners signified to the Ambassador at Jj^j^hited' the Emperor''s court, with commission to him to open the with it by same, on the King and CounciPs behalf, to the Emperor, g^dor. Upon the receipt whereof he demanded audience, when at 1 93 his coming to the Emperor's presence, which was March 22, he said, " That whereas the King's Highness, by advice of his " Lords, had lately, for the better quietness of Christendom, " and such other grounds and considerations as had been " heretofore by him, the Ambassador, declared to him and " his ministers, entered to treat of peace with France ; and " having now at length, after some time spent in debating " the matter, grown finally to an end, and concluded a peace " with the French King ; the King his master had com- t* manded him to open and declare the same unto him. " The sum whereof, he said, was, that for a certain sum of " money to be paid to the King's Majesty, partly in hand, " and partly at days, Boloign, with the members thereto " adjoining, and the other pieces of the new conquest, were '' to be restored to the French King; and certain pieces " which the King had fortified in the midst of Scotland, to " the Scots, who were comprehended with the French King " in this treaty, in such sort as the form of their compre- " hension should appear to his Majesty. " And this, Sir, (as he proceeded,) is the effect of this 302 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK " agreement. Wherein such consideration and respect hath ^' " been had to your Majesty's amity and friendship, as to Anno 1649." the Strait league that is between you and the King my " master appertaineth ; as by this copy of those parts of " the treaty that concern this matter, may more plainly ap- " pear to your Majesty."*'' And here he delivered unto the Emperor a note containing two or three clauses of the treaty sent him by the Earl of Bedford and his colleagues : which the Emperor received, and said, he would cause it to be overlooked. The Ambassador went on, shewing the Em- peror, " that the King trusted to find at his hands no less " continuance of friendship, than he and his Council minded " towards him ; wherein he should find no lack in them to " the uttermost that by the treaty could be required. Not " doubting but his Majesty, as a prince of such wisdom " and experience, and knowing as he did the state of the " King his master's realm, and what great charges Boloign " did put his Highness and realm unto, did well enough " remember, that after eight years wars with the Scots, and " six years wars with the French King, wanting the assist- " ance of either friend, neighbour, or ally, the French and " the Scots being in the mean time joined together, and " having to do no where else with any other; it was more " than necessary for his Highness to grow to agreement " and peace, as he had done. Nevertheless he remained, as " he had done always, his Majesty's assured friend, in any " thing that he could or ought to do him pleasure in : in " hope, assuredly, to receive the semblable correspondence " of friendship at his hands, whom he reputed his best bro- " ther and perpetual ally." TheEmpe- The Emperor perceiving the Ambassador to come to an ror's an- ^^^ ^f j^jg ^^Ik, after a little pause, and having with sundry words of ceremony willed the Ambassador to render his most hearty commendations unto the King's Majesty, with like thanks vmto his Majesty, and the Lords for this respect that they shewed him, said, " Mons. I'Ambassador, I am " right glad, and do rejoice even with all my lieart to " understand, that the King my good brother is now at the
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" surely, I have long coveted to see him in these his tender '_ "years at quiet, and at concord with his neighbours. •^""*^ 1^49, " Which being now come to pass, I mistrust not, but both ^ 9^ " he for his own commodity, and we his friends for his " sake, shall have cause to rejoice thereat. For the regard " that my good brother and the Lords of his Council have " had, in this their conclusion with France, towards me, " and the amity and league that is between us, I pray you " render unto them my most hearty thanks; assuring the " King my good brother, that like as I have always hitherto " looked for no less at his hands, so shall he be sure to find " the reciproque thereof at mine, in the sure observation of " the league that is between us to the uttermost jot, or in " any other thing that I may shew him pleasure in, to the " best of my power. And truly, I cannot but confess to " have perceived the earnest affection and good-will, that " the King my good brother and his Council have borne al- " ways towards me, in the communicating to me from time " to time the estate of his affairs. Whereby indeed I have " perceived, as ye say, how necessary it hath been for them " to grow to peace ; especially in respect of my good bro- " ther's younger years. And like as they have not hitherto " wanted (although in respect of their wisdom they have " had little need thereof) such friendly advice and counsel, " when they have required it at my hands, as I could give " them ; no more shall my good brother find me unready " to continue and increase the amity and friendship that " hath thus long continued between us and our houses, to " the uttermost that I may. The reciproque whereof I " doubt not to find at his and his minister's hands, when- " soever opportunity shall be thereto administered." And to this tenor the Emperor most obligingly concluded. Anthony Guidot was well rewarded for his pains. For Guidot whatsoever favours he received from France for this service, ^^'"''^^^^ ' King Edward soon after the peace gratified him with a thousand crowns, and a thousand crowns pension, and made him a knight, and his son had a pension of two hundred
304 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK and fifty crowns, as the King makes a memorial of it in his journal. But this was not all ; for as I find elsewhere, the Anno 154.9. King, about a year after, seemed to make him his merchant, Warr.Book.^j^^j granted him a licence, under the name of Sir Anthony Guidot, his factors and attorneys, to transport and carry over beyond seas woollen cloths and kersies, lead, tin, and all other merchandizes of this realm, being not of the staple of Calais, neither prohibited by the laws of the land : and also to bring in velvet, cloth of gold, and other merchandizes, a& sweet wines, and oils, paying for the customs and subsidies as the merchants of England did. The grant also of ^501 yearly (answering to the thousand crowns mentioned in the journal) during life, is also here set down ; to be received by the King's order of the Duke of Florence, who owed to the King and his successors 500/. a year for certain years. m
Afire in the palace. Earl of Arundel confined. Books pub- lished this year ; hy Chehe, P. Martyr, Hooper, Ochin^ Will. Thomas. The Holy Bible : Beck, Bale, Sfc. Nezo Book of Ordination. The state of the realm. Sir Stephen , curate of Cree church.
^*^'""^* more private matters. At Christmas a fire happened at the King's palace at Westminster ; the effect, as it seems, of the great feasting there. For it fell chiefly in the kitchen and office adjoining, as the scullery. Whereby, beside other da- mao-e, much of the King's plate was spoiled and consumed. So that the charge only of recruiting his plate, partly occa- sioned by this fire, cost a good round sum. As appears in the Warrant Book, where a warrant is mentioned to the ex- chequer, to pay to certain persons for plate bought of them for the King's use, and for new making and gilding certain vessels burnt there at the feast of Christmas, together with mending of plate, the sum of 1687/. 16-9. llg.
OF KING EDWARD VI. 305 meanours sequestered to his house ; as hkewise, for certain CHAP. XXTV considerations, were Thomas Arundel and Mr. Rogers, of. the privy chamber. Rumours hkewise blew about, that the Anno 1549 Earl of Southampton also was sequestered to his ^louse : ^^ ^^.^.^^^^j which indeed was not so. But he might ffo at his pleasure confined: ,.,,.,., , . 1 ^ -1 • 1 • 1 • and others. whither hmi listed. This news the Council imparted m their letters to Hoby their ambassador. What those misdemean- ours of the Earl of Arundel were. King Edward in his Journal relates, viz, plucking down locks and bolts at West- Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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