{14} His name was Sir Thomas Falconer.
{17} This is not true, for her legitimacy was with good reason
contested.
{27} This is a mistake; her epitaph says _stipendia constituit tribus
hoc coenobio monachis et doctori grammatices apud_ Wynbourne.
{29} Sir Giles Dawbney; he was not Earl of Bridgewater, not a Lord.
{34} This romantic inscription probably alluded to Philip II., who wooed
the Queen after her sister’s death; and to the destruction of his Armada.
{36a} This probably alluded to the woollen manufacture; Stow mentions
his riding through the Cloth Fair on the Eve of St. Bartholomew.
{36b} The collar of SS.
{46} He probably means rushes.
{49} Her father had been treated with the same deference. It is
mentioned by Foxe in his “Acts and Monuments,” that when the Lord
Chancellor went to apprehend Queen Catherine Parr, he spoke to the King
on his knees. King James I. suffered his courtiers to omit it.
{53} Lord Treasurer Burleigh died August 4, 1598.
{56} She was the daughter, sister, and aunt, of Sir William, Henry, and
Sir Philip Sidney.
{68} This was a strange blunder to be made so near the time, about so
remarkable a person, unless he concluded that whoever displeased Henry
VIII. was of course put to death.
{69} This is a mistake; it was the surcoat of Edward IV., enriched with
rubies, and was preserved here till the civil war.
{70} This is confounded with the Round Tower.
{71} It is not clear what the author means by _hypocaustis_; I have
translated it bathing-rooms; it might mean only chambers with stoves.
{73} The original is _optici_; it is impossible to guess what colour he
meant.
{76} Here are several mistakes.
{84} Those marked with a † are extinct, or forfeited.
{91} This is another most inaccurate account: the murderers of Becket
were Tracy, Morville, Britton, and Fitzurse.
{99} Queen Mary.
{101} Viz., Popish.
{102} “This is the work of the Lord, and it is wonderful in our sight.”
{103} “I have chosen God for my help.”
{105} _i.e._, “I will confine you.”
{106} The Irish rebel.
{108} _al._ not.
{110} _al._ horse.
{112a} _al._ find
{112b} _al._ say.
{112c} The First.
{113a} Fathers.
{113b} During Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
{113c} Charles I.
{115} Burleigh, Leicester, and Walsingham.
{116} _al._ were without.
{117a} The eldest son.
{117b} Existing.
{117c} In which she ruled.
{118} Mary.
{119} _al._ amused.
{122a} Camp.
{122b} Council.
{122c} In the first year of Queen Mary.
{124a} Of his Privy Council.
{124b} The Duke of Somerset.
{126} _al._ humours.
{127a} Of which you have an account hereafter in this small pamphlet.
{127b} In a future state.
{127c} The art of poisoning.
{127d} Martial state.
{128} Leicester’s.
{129} _al._ supported by.
{130a} An estate.
{130b} Under Edward VI.
{131a} Elizabeth’s.
{131b} Counsellors.
{132} Because notwithstanding many dissented from the Reformed
Establishment in many points of doctrine, and still acknowledged the
Pope’s infallibility and supremacy, yet they looked not upon these
doctrines and discipline to be fundamentals, or without which they could
not be saved; and, therefore, continued to assemble and baptise and
communicate for the space of ten years in the Reformed Church of England.
{133} The Pope.
{136} Beginning.
{138} Poland.
{140a} Gondomar, the Spanish Ambassador, amused King James I. with much
dissimulation.
{140b} The traitor, of whom hereafter in this collection.
{144} _al._ had
{165} Instability.
{166a} James I.
{166b} He dishonourably cut off this good servant’s head, and seized
upon his estate.
{174} _al._ blew.
{181} As related before, in the account of Secretary William Cecil.
{189a} Horatio.
{189b} Elizabeth’s.
{191} Willingly.