counsell depart[_inge_] from the Towre I went before the quene in to
hyr lodgyng, & [_then she_] sayd unto me, M. Kyngston, shall I go in
to a dungyn? Now, madam, y[_ou_] shall go into your logyng that you
lay in at your coronacion. It ys to gu[_de_] for me, she sayd, Jesu,
have mercy on me; and kneled downe wepyng a [_great_] pace, and in the
same sorow fell in to agret lawyng, and she hathe done [_so_] mony
tymes syns. And then she desyred me to move the kyngs hynes that she
[_myght_] have the sacarment in the closet by hyr chambr, that she
my[_ght pray_] for mercy, for I am as clere from the company of man,
as for s[_yn, sayd she as I_] am clere from you, and am the kyngs
trew wedded wyf; and then sh[_e sayd_] M. Kyngston, do you know wher
for I am here, and I sayd Nay, and then [_she sayd_] when saw you
the kyng? and I sayd, I saw hym not syns I saw [_him in_] the Tylte
yerde, and then M. K. I pray you to tell me wher my [_Lord Roch_]ford
ys? and I told hyr I saw hym afore dyner in the cort. O [_where ys_]
my sweet brod'er? I sayd I left hym at York place, and so I dyd. I
[_hear say, say_]d she, that I shuld be accused with iij men; and I
can say [_no more but_] nay, withyowt I shuld oppen my body; and ther
with opynd [_her gown sayeng, O Nor_]res, hast thow accused me, thow
ar in the Towre with me, & [_thou and I shal_]l dy to gether: and,
Marke, thou art here to. O my mother, [_thou wilt dy_] for sorow, and
meche lamented my lady of Worcet^r, for by ca[_wse her child_] dyd not
store in hyr body, and my wyf sayd what shuld [_be the cawse, she_]
sayd for the sorow she toke for me: and then she sayd M. K[_ingston,
shall I dy_] with yowt just^s; & I sayd, the porest sugett the kyng
[_hath had justis, and_] ther with she lawed. All thys sayings was
yester ny[_ght_] . . . . . . . . & thys moryng dyd talke with mestrys
Cosȳ[217], [_and said that Nor_]res dyd say on Sunday last unto the
quenes amn[_er, that he wold sw_]ere for the quene that she was a gud
woman. [_And then sayd Mrs._] Cosyn, Madam, why shuld ther be hony
seche maters [_spoken of? Mary_,] sayd she, I bad hym do so, for I
asked hym why he [_went nat thorough with_] hys maryage? and he made
ansur he wold tary [_a time. Then said she, you_] loke for ded mens
showys; for yf owth cam[_e to the king but good_,] you wold loke to
have me; and he sayd, yf he [_should have ony soche thought_,] he
wold hys hed war of; and then she sayd, [_she could undo him if she
wold_,] and ther with thay fell yowt. Bot [_she said, she more feared
Weston; for_] on Wysson Monday ^{Twysday} last [_Weston told he_]r that
Nores cam more u[_nto her chawmbre for her then for M_]age[218], and
further . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wher I
was commaunded to charge the gentlewemen that y gyf thaye atende apon
the quene, that ys to say, thay shuld have now commynycaseon with hyr,
in lese[219] my wyf ware present, and so I dyd hit, notwithstaundyng it
canot be; for my lady Bolen and mestrys Cosyn lyes on the quenes palet,
and I and my wyf at the dore with yowt, so at[4] thay most nedes talke
at[220] be without; bot I have every thyng told me by mestrys Cosyn
that she thynks met for mee to knowe, and tother ij gentlewemen lyes
with yowt me, and as I may knowe [_the_] kings plesur in the premysses
I shall folow. From the Towre this mo . . .
S^r. syns the makyng of thys letter the quene spake of West[_on[221]
that she_] had spoke to hym by cause he dyd love hyr kynswoma[_n Mrs.
Skelton and that s_]he sayd he loved not hys wyf; and he made anser to
hyr [_again that he_] loved won in hyr howse bettr then them bothe[;
_she asked him who is that? to which he answered_] that it ys your
self; and then she defyed hym.
WILL[=M] KYNG[_STON_]
LETTER II.
_Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell, on Queen Anne's behaviour
in Prison._
[MS. COTTON, OTHO C. X. fol. 222.]
After your departyng yesterday, Greneway gentilman ysshar cam to me,
& . . . M. Caro and Mast^r Bryan commanded hym in the kyngs name to my
[_Lord of_]
Rotchfort from my lady hys wyf, and the message was now
more . . . . . se how he dyd; and also she wold humly sut unto the
kyngs hy[_nes_] . . . . for hyr husband; and so he gaf hyr thanks,
and desyred me to know [_at what_] tyme he shuld cum affore the kyngs
counsell, for I thynk I s[_hall not_] cum forthe tyll I cum to my
jogement, wepyng very . . . . . . . . I departed from hym, and when
I cam to the chambr the [_quene heard_] of me and sent for me, and
sayde I here say my lord my [_brother is_] here; it ys trowth, sayd
I; I am very glad, said sh[_e that we_] bothe be so ny together;
and I showed hyr here wase . . . . Weston and Brerton, and she made
very gud countenans . . . . I also sayd, M. Page and Wyet wase mo,
then she sayd he ha . . . . on hys fyst tother day and ye here now
bot ma . . . . . . I shall desyre you to bayre a letter from me [_to
Master_] Secretory; and then I sayd, madam, tell it me by [_word of
mouth & I_] will do it, and so gaf me thanks saying, I ha[_ve moche
marvell_] that the kyng's counsell comes not to me; and thys [_same
day she_] sayd we shuld have now rayne tyll she ware [_delivered owt_]
of the Towre. I pray you it may be shortly by [_cawse of the_] fayre
wether. You know what I mayne. The quen[_e sayd this_] nyght that the
kyng wyst what he dyd wh[_an he put soche_] ij abowt hyr as my lady
Boleyn and Mestres [_Cosyns, for_] thay cowd tell hyr now thyng of my
[_lord her father nor_] nothyng ellys, bot she defyed them all. B[_ot
upon this my lady Bolen_] sayd to hyr, seche desyre as you heve ha[_d
to soche tales_] hase browthe you to thys. And then sayd [_Mrs. Stoner,
Marke_] ys the worst cheryssht of heny m[_an in the howse, for he_]
wayres yernes, she sayd that was [_becaws he was no_] gentleman. Bot he
wase never in m[_y chamb^r but at Winchestr, and_] ther she sent for
hym to ple[_y on the virginals, for there my_] logyng was [_above the
kings_] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . for I never spake with hym syns, bot apon
Saterday before May day, and then I fond hym standyng in the ronde
wyndo in my chambr of presens, and I asked why he wase so sad, and
he ansured and sayd it was now mater, and then she sayd, you may not
loke to have me speke to you as I shuld do to anobull man, by cause
you be aninferer persson. No, no, madam, aloke sufficed me; and thus
far you well . . [_s_]he hathe asked my wyf whether heny body maks
thayr bed . . . . [_m_]y wyf ansured and sayd, nay, I warant you, then
she say . . . . . . . y myght make baletts Well now bot ther ys non
bet . . . . . . . . d that can do it, yese sayd my wyf master Wyett
by . . . sayed trew.
. . . . my lord my brod' will dy.}
. . . . ne I am sur thys was as } WILL[=M] KYNGSTON.
. . . tt downe to den^r thys day.}
. . . . . thys day at diner I sent M. Nores hys diner & sent
hym . . . . . . . . a knave to hys prest that wayted apon hym
withe . . . . . . . . . . . t unto hym, and he ansured hym
agayn . . . . . . . . . . . . ny thyng of my confession he ys worthye
to have . . . . . . . hyt I defy hym; and also he desyreth to
hav . . . . . . . . . [_ha_]lf anowre yf it may be the kyngs plesur .
WILL[=M] KYNG[STON.]
LETTER III.
_Sir William Kyngston to Secretary Cromwell, with further details of
the Queen's conduct._
[MS. COTTON, OTHO C. X. fol. 224 b.]
S^R.
The quene hathe meche desyred to have here in the closet the
sacarments, & also hyr amner who she supposeth to be Devet; for won
owre she ys determyned to dy, and the next owre meche contrary to that.
Yesterday after your departyng I sent for my wyf, & also for mestrys
Cossyn to know how the[222] had done that day, they sayd she had bene
very mery and made agret dyner, and yet sone after she called for hyr
supper, havyng marvell wher I was all day; and after supper she sent
for me, and at my commyng she sayd, "Wher have you bene all day," and
I mad ansure I had bene with prysoners, "so," she sayd, "I thowth I
hard M. Tresur[_er_,"] I ansured he was not here; then she be gan talke
and sayd I was creuely handeled ... a Grēweche with the kyngs counsell
with my lord of Norfolke that he sayd, [_Tut, tut, tut_,] and shakyng
hys hed iij or iiij tymes, and as for Master Tresurer he was in the
[_Forest of Windsor_.] You know what she meynes by that, and named M^r.
Controler to be avery [_gentleman_] ... she to be a quene and crevely
handeled as was never sene; bot I [_think the king_] dose it to prove
me, and dyd lawth with all and was very mery, and th[_en she said I
shall have just_]ists; and then I sayde have now dowt ther[_in_]; then
she sayd yf hony man [_accuse me I can say bot n_]ay, & thay can bring
now wytnes, and she had talked with the gentell[_wemen_] ... sayd I
knew at Marks commyng to the Towre that nyght I reysayved ... at it
was x. of the cloke or he ware well loged, and then she sayd ... knew
of Nores goyng to the Towre, and then she sayd I had ... next yf it
had bene leyd she had wone, and then she sayd I w[_old God I had m_]y
bysshoppys for thay wold all go to the kyng for me, for I thy[_nke
the most part of_] Yngland prays for me, and yf I dy you shall se the
grette[_st punishment for m_]e withyn thys vij yere that ever cam to
Yngland, & then sh[_e sayd I shal be in heaven, for_] I have done mony
gud dedys in my days, bot zit I thynke [_moche onkindnes yn the_] kyng
to put seche abowt me as I never loved: I showed [_her that the king
toke theym_] to be honest and gud wemen, bot I wold have had [_of myn
owne prevy chambre_,] weche I favor most &c.
WILL[=M] KYNGST[_ON_.]
To Mast^r Seretory.
LETTER IV.
_Edward Baynton to the Treasurer: declaring that only one person,
named Mark, will confess any thing against Queen Anne._
[MS. COTTON, OTHO C. X. fol. 209. b.]
M^R THEASURER,
This shalbe to advertyse yow that here is myche communycacion that
noman will confesse any thyng agaynst her, but allonly Marke of any
actuell thynge. Wherfore (in my folishe conceyte) it shulde myche
toche the kings hono^r if it shulde no farther appeere. And I cannot
beleve but that the other two bee as f[_ully_] culpapull as ever was
hee. And I thynke assur[_edly_] the on kepith the others councell. As
many .... conjectures in my mynde causeth me to thynk ... specially
of the communycacion that was last bet[_wene_] the quene and Master
Norres. M^r. Aumener [_tolde_] me as I wolde I myght speke with M^r.
S[_ecretorie_] and yow together more playnely expresse my ... yf case
be that they have confessyd like wret ... all thyngs as they shulde do
than my n....... at apoynte. I have mewsed myche at ...... of mastres
Margery whiche hath used her .... strangely toward me of late, being
her fry[_nde_] as I have ben. But no dowte it cann[_ot be_] but that
she must be of councell therewith, [_there_] hath ben great fryndeship
betwene the q[_ene and_] her of late. I here farther that the que[_ne_]
standith styfly in her opynyon that she wo...... whiche I thynke is in
the trust that she . ... ther two. But if yo^r busynes be suche ..
.... not com, I wolde gladly com and wayte . ...... ke it requysyte.
From Grenewy[_che_] ....... mornyng.
EDWARD.....
LETTER V.
_Sir William Kyngston to Secretary Cromwell, May 16^{th}. 1536, upon
the preparations for the execution of my Lord Rochford and Queen Anne._
[HARL. MS. 283. fol. 134. _Orig._]
SIR,
Thys day I was with the kyng's grace and declared the petysyons of
my Lord of Rochford, wherin I was answred. Sir, the sayd lord meche
desyreth to speke with you, weche towchet hys consyens meche as he
sayth, wherin I pray you I may know your plesur, for by cause of my
promysse made unto my sayd lord to do the same, and also I shall desyre
you further to know the kyngs plesur towchyng the quene, as well for
her comfyt as for the preparacion of skefolds and hother necessarys
consernyng. The kyng's grace showed me that my lord of Cantorbury shuld
be hyr confessar, and was here thys day with the quene; & not[223]
in that mater, sir, the tyme ys short, for the kyng supposeth the
gentelmen to dy to morow, and my lord of Rocheford with the reysydew
of gentelmen, & as zit with yowt [_confession_] weche I loke for, bot
I have told my lord of Rocheford that he be in aredynes to morow to
sulfur execusyon, and so he accepse[224] it very well, and will do his
best to be redy, Notwithstandyng he wold have reysayved hys ryghts,
weche hathe not bene used and in especiall here. Sir, I shall desyre
you at[225] we here may know the kyngs plesur here as shortly as may
be, at[225] we here may prepayre for the same weche[226] ys necessary,
for the same we here have now may for to do execusyon. Sir, I pray you
have gud rymembrance in all thys for hus[227] to do, for we shalbe redy
al ways to our knowlage. Zit thys day at dyner the quene sayd at[225]
she shuld go to Anvures[228] & ys in hope of lyf, and thus far you well.
WILLM KYNGSTON.
LETTER VI.
_Sir William Kingston to Lord Cromwell, apparently May 18^{th} 1536._
[MS. COTTON, OTHO C. X. fol. 223.]
SYR,
Thys shalbe to advertyse you I have resayved your lett^r wherin yo[_u
wolde_] have strangerys conveyed yowt of the Towre and so thay be by
the [_meanis_] of Richard Gressum, & Will-m Loke, & Wythepoll, bot the
[=n]mbr[229] of stra[_ngers past_] not XXX. and not mony; Hothe and
the inbassit^r of the emperor had a [_servaunt_] ther and honestly put
yowt. S^r yf we have not an owre[230] serten [_as it may_] be knowen
in London, I thynke he[_re_] wilbe bot few and I thynk [_a resonable_]
humbur[231] ware bes: for I suppose she wyll declare hyr self to b[_e
a good_] woman for all men bot for the kyng at the o^r of hyr de[_th.
For thys_] mornyng she sent for me that I myght be with hyr at [_soche
tyme_] asshe reysayved the gud lord to the in tent I shuld here by[_r
speke as_] towchyng her innosensy alway to be clere. & in the writy[_ng
of this_] she sent for me, and at my commyng she sayd, M. Kyngston, I
he[_ar saye I shall_] not dy affore none, & I am very sory ther fore;
for I thowth [_than to_] be dede [_an_]d past my payne. I told hyr it
shuld be now payne it w[_as so sottell. And then she said I_] hard say
the execut^r. was very gud, and I have a ly[_ttle necke, and put he_]r
hand abowt it lawyng hartely.
I have sen[_e mony men_ &] also wemen executed and at they have bene in
gre[_te sorrowe, and to my knowle_]ge thys lady hathe meche joye and
plesur in dethe. [_Sir, hyr Amner is conti_]newally with hyr, and hasse
byne syns ij of the clo[_cke after midnight. This is_] the effect of
hony thyng that ys here at [_thys tyme, and thus fare yow_] well.
Your . . . . . .
WILL[=M] KYNG[_STON_.]
LETTER VII.
_From the Earl of Northumberland, addressed "To his beloved Cosyn
Thomas Arundel, one of the Gentlemen of my Lord Legates prevy
chambre." It was written soon after the death of the Earl's father, in
1527. Referred to at p. 339 of Wolsey's life._
[FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.]
Bedfellow, after my most harte recommendacion: Thys Monday the iijd
off August I resevyd by my servaunt, Letters from yow beryng datt the
XX^{th} day off July, deliveryd unto hym the sayme day at the kyngs
town of Newcastell; wher in I do perseayff my lord Cardenalls pleasour
ys to have such boks as was in the Chapell of my lat lord and ffayther
(wos soll Jhu pardon). To the accomplyshment of which at your desyer
I am confformable, notwithstanding I trust to be able ons to set up a
chapel off myne owne. But I pray God he may look better upon me than
he doth. But me thynk I have lost very moch, ponderyng yt ys no better
regardyd; the occasion wher off he shall persayff.
Fyrst, the long lyeng of my tressorer[232], with hys very hasty and
unkynd words unto hym, not on my parte deserved.
Also the news off Mr. Manyng, the which ys blon obroud over all
Yorksher; that neyther by the kyng[233], nor by my lord cardenall am I
regardyd; And that he wyll tell me at my metyng with hym, when I come
unto Yorksher; which shall be within thys month, God wyllyng: but I
ffer[234] my words to M^r Manyng shall displeas my lord; for I will be
no ward.
Also, bedfellow, the payns I tayk and have taykyn sens my comyng
hether, are not better regardyd; but by a fflatteryng Byshope of
Carel[235] and that fals Worm[236] shall be broth[237] to the messery
and carffulness that I am in; and in such slanders, that now and my
lord cardenal wold, he cannot bryng me howth[238] thereof.
* * * * *
I shall with all sped send up your lettrs with the books unto my lord's
grace, as to say iiij Anteffonars[239], such as I thynk were not seen a
gret wyll; v Gralls; an Ordeorly; a Manuall; viij^{th} Proffessioners,
And ffor all the ressidew, they not worth the sending, nor ever was
occupyd in my lords chapel. And also I shall wryt at thys time as ye
have wylled me.
Yff my lord's grace wyll be so good Lord unto me, as to gyf me
lychens[240] to put Wyll^m Worme within a castell of myn off Anwyk in
assurty, unto the tyme he have accomptyd ffor more money rec^d. than
ever I rec^d., I shall gyff hys grace ij C^{li}. and a benefiss off
a C. worth unto hys colleyg, with such other thyngs resserved as his
[grace] shall desyre; but unto such tyme as myne Awdytors hayth takyn
accompt off him: wher in good bedfellow do your best, ffor els he shall
put us to send myselff, as at owr metyng I shall show yow.
And also gyff secuer credens unto this berer, whom I assur yow I have
ffonddon a marvellous honest man, as ever I ffownd in my lyff. In hast
at my monestary of Hul Park the iij^d. day of August. In the owne hand
off
Yours ever assured,
H. NORTHUMBERLAND.
To my bedfellow Arundel.
LETTER VIII.
_The Earl of Northumberland to Cromwell, denying any contract or
promise of marriage between Anne Bullen and himself._
[ORIGINAL, COTT. LIB. OTHO C. 10.]
M^R SECRETARY, This shall be to signifie unto you that I perceive by
Sir Raynold Carnaby, that there is supposed a precontract between the
queen and me; wherupon I was not only heretofore examined upon my oath
before the Archbishopps of Canterbury and York, but also received the
blessed sacrament upon the same before the Duke of Norfolk, and other
the king's highnes' council learned in the spiritual law; assuring
you M^r Secretary, by the said oath, and blessed body which affore I
received, and hereafter intend to receive, that the same may be to my
damnation, if ever there were any contracte or promise of marriage
between her and me. At Newington Green, the xiijth day of Maye, in
the 28^{th} year of the reigne of our soveraigne lord King Henry the
VIII^{th}.
Your assured,
NORTHUMBERLAND.
LETTER IX.
_Queen Catherine of Arragon and King Henry VIII^{th} to Cardinal
Wolsey, a joint letter, 1527._
[MS. COTTON, VITELL. B. XII. fol. 4.]
Mr. Ellis has printed this letter in its mutilated condition; I have
ventured to supply the _lacunæ_ from the copy in Burnet's History of
the Reformation, vol. i. p. 55. Burnet obtained his transcript when
it was in a perfect state, but has unaccountably attributed the first
part of the letter to Anne Boleyn. It is however said by Mr. Ellis to
be in the hand-writing of Catherine, and cannot but be considered very
interesting.
MY LORD, in my moste humblyst wys that my hart can thinke [I _desire
you to pardon_] me that I am so bold to troubyl yow with my sympyl
[& _rude wryteng, estemyng_] yt to prosed from her that is muche
desirus to kno[_we that youer grace does well_.] I paersave be this
berar that you do; the wiche I [_praye God long to continewe_,] as I
am moste bonde to pray, for I do know the g[_reate paines and trowbles
that_] you have taken for me bothe day and nyght [_is never like to
be recompensyd on_] my part, but allonly in loveng you next on to the
[_kinges grace above all_] creatures leveng; and I do not dought but
the [_dayly proffes of my deades_] shall manefestly declaer and aferme
my wryte[_ng to be trewe, and I do_] truste you do thynke the same.
My lord, I do assure you I do long to heare from you som newes of the
legat, for I do hope and [_they come from you they_] shall be very
good, and I am seur that you deseyre [_it as moche as I_] and more,
and ytt waer possibel as I knowe ytt ys not: And thus remaineing in a
stedfast hope I make anend of my letter, [_writtyn with the hande_] of
her that is moste bounde to be----
➔_Here Queen Catherine's part ends, the rest is in the hand-writing of
Henry the Eighth._
The wrytter of thys letter wolde not cease tyll she had [_caused me
likewise_] to set to my hand desyryng yow thowgh it be short to t[_ake
it in good part_.] I ensure yow ther is nother of us but that grettly
desyry[_th to see you, and_] muche more rejoyse to heare that you have
scapyd thys plage [_so well, trustyng_] the fury thereof to be passyd,
specially with them that k[_epyth good diett_] as I trust you doo. The
not heryng of the legates arywall [_in Franse causeth_] us sumwhat to
muse; nottwithstandyng we trust by your dily[_gens and vigilancy_]
(with the assystence of Almyghty God) shortly to be easyd owght [_of
that trouble_.] No more to yow at thys tyme but that I pray God send
yow [_as good health_] and prosperity as the wryters wolde.
By your lovyng so[_veraign & frende_]
HENR[_Y R._]
LETTER X.
_Anne Boleyn to Cardinal Wolsey._
[FIDDES' COLLECTIONS, p. 256.]
MY LORD, after my most humble recommendations this shall be to gyve
unto your grace as I am most bownd my humble thanks for the gret payn
& travelle that your grace doth take in steudyeng by your wysdome and
gret dylygens how to bryng to pas honerably the gretyst welth that is
possyble to come to any creator lyving, and in especyall remembryng
howe wretchyd and unworthy I am in comparyng to his hyghnes. And for
you I do know my selfe never to have deservyd by my desertys that
you shuld take this gret payn for me, yet dayly of your goodnes I do
perceyve by all my frends, and though that I had nott knowlege by them
the dayly proffe of your deds doth declare your words and wrytyng
toward me to be trewe; nowe good my Lord your dyscressyon may consyder
as yet how lytle it is in my power to recompence you but all onely wyth
my good wyl, the whiche I assewer you that after this matter is brought
to pas you shall fynd me as I am: bownde in the mean tym to owe you my
servyse, and then looke what a thyng in thys woreld I can immagen to
do you pleasor in, you shall fynd me the gladyst woman in the woreld
to do yt, and next unto the kyngs grace of one thyng I make you full
promes to be assewryd to have yt and that is my harty love unfaynydly
deweryng my lyf, and beying fully determynd with Godds grace never to
change thys porpos, I make an end of thys my reude and trewe meanyd
letter, praying ower Lord to send you moche increase of honer with long
lyfe. Wrytten with the hand of her that besechys your grace to except
this letter as prosydyng from one that is most bownde to be
Your humble and
obedient servante,
ANNE BOLEYN.
LETTER XI.
_Anne Boleyn to Cardinal Wolsey._
FROM FIDDES' COLLECTIONS, p. 255.
_Collated with the Original in the Cottonian Collection. Brit. Mus.
Otho_ C. X. fol. 218.
MY LORD, in my most humblyst wyse that my powuer hart can thynke I do
thanke your grace for your kind letter, and for youer rych and goodly
present, the whyche I shall never be able to desarve wyth owt your gret
helpe, of the whyche I have hetherto hade so grete plente that all the
dayes of my lyfe I ame moaste bownd of all creators next the kyngs
grace to love and serve your grace, of the whyche I besyche you never
to dowte that ever I shalle vary frome this thought as long as ony
brethe is in my body. And as tochyng your grace's troble with the swet
I thanke ower Lord that them that I desyerd and prayed for ar scapyd,
and that is the kyng and you. Not doughthyng bot that God has preservyd
you bothe for grete cawsys knowen allonly to his hygh wysdome. And as
for the commyng of the legate I desyer that moche; and yf it be Goddis
pleasor I pray him to send this matter shortly to a good ende; and then
I trust my lord to recompense part of your grete panys, the whych I
must requyer you in the meane tyme to excepte my good wyll in the stede
of the power, the whyche must prosede partly from you as ower Lourd
knoweth to whome I be syche to sende you longe lyfe with continewance
in honor. Wrytten wyth the hande of her that is most bound to be
Your humble and
obedyent servante,
ANNE BOLEYN.
LETTER XII.
_Cardinal Wolsey in his Distress to Thomas Cromwell._
MS. COTTON. VESP. F. XIII. fol. 76.
_From Fiddes' Collections, p. 256. Collated with the Original._
MYN OWNE ENTERLY BELOVYD CROMWELL,
I beseche you as ye love me and wyl evyr do any thyng for me, repare
hyther thys day as sone as the parlement ys brokyn up, leyng aparte
all thyngs for that tyme; for I wold nat onely commynycat thyngs unto
yow wherin for my comfort & relief I wold have your good sad, dyscret
advyse & counsell, but also opon the same commytt sertyng thyngs
requyryng expedicion to yow, on my behalf to be solycytyd: this I pray
you therfor, to hast your commyng hyther assafore, with owt omyttyng
so to do, as ye tendyr my socor, reliff & comfort, and quyetnes of
mynde. And thus fare ye well: from Asher, in hast, thys Satyrday in the
mornyng, with the rude hande & sorrowful hert of your assuryd lover
T. CAR^{LIS} EBOR.
I have also serteyn thyngs consernyng yowr sylf wych I am suere ye
wolbe glad to here & knowe: fayle not therfore to be here thys nygth,
ye may retorne early in the mornyng ageyn yf nede shul so requyre. _Et
iterum vale._
Mr. Augusteyn[241] shewyd me how ye had wryttyn onto me a lettre wherin
ye shuld adv^rtyse of the comyng hyther of the Duke of Norfolke: I
assure you ther cam to my hands no suche lettre.
LETTER XIII.
_From Wolsey to Dr. Stephen Gardener, Secretary of State._
Communicated to Mr. Grove by Mr. Littleton, afterwards Lord Littleton,
who possessed the original. It is now in the _Ashmole Museum_ at
Oxford.
MY OWNE GOODE MASTYR SECRETARY,