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1551. Howbeit the French King gave not over till he had recovered, by Surrender, Bulloinberg, and the Town of Bulloin; which laft he purchased at a high Price.

A. D. 1550, that mortal Disease called the Sweating fickness, raged extreamly through England, whereof died the two Sons of Charles Brandon, both of them Dukes of Suffolk fucceffively, befides an infinite number in their beft Strength. And, which is wonderful, this Difeafe followed only English Men in Foreign Countries, no other People being infected thereby. And to fill up the Dolours of thefe doleful Times, the good Duke of Somerfet was again by the Over-reachings of the Earl of Warwick (lately created Duke of Northumberland) and other his Emulators, committed Prifoner, and not long after put to Death. For the Duke of Somerfet giving Ear to fuch falfe Friends as fought his Ruin, privily armed himself, and fo went to the Council Table, his Flatterers having put him in fear of fome fudden Attempt intended against him. But at the Council-Table his Bofom being opened, and the Armour found, he was forthwith apprehended as intending the Death of fome Counfellor, and fent to the Tower, October 16, 1551, and in December following he was condemned of Felony, as feeking the Death of fome of the King's Counsellors; and on February 22, of the fame Year, he was brought to the Scaffold on Tower. Hill, where he thus fpake to the People: Dearly beloved Friends, I am brought hither to fuffer Death, albeit I never offended against the King, either in Word or Deed, and have always been as true and faithful to this Realm as any Man hath been. But forafmuch as I am by Law condemned to die, I do acknowledge my

felf as well as others to be fubje&t thereunto. Wherefore to teftify my 0bedience which I owe unto the Laws, I am come hither to fuffer Death; whereunto I willingly offer myself, with most hearty Thanks unto God, that bath given me this Time of Repentance, who might through Judden Death have taken away my Life, that I neither should have acknow ledged him, nor myself. When having uttered thefe Words with others exhortatory, That the People would continue conftant in the Gofpel, fuddenly there was heard a great Noife, whereby the Affembly was ftruck into great Fear; which Noife was made by fome of the Train-band Hamlets coming hurrying on the Tower-Hill. This Stir being ceafed, another prefently enfued; for the People feeing Sir Anthony Brown ride toward the Scaf fold, they violently ran and crowded together thitherward, fuppofing he had brought a Pardon from the King, and with a fudden Shout, cried, A pardon, A Pardon, God fave the King. But these Interrup tions over, the Duke proceeded in his Speech; requesting the People to join in Prayer with him for the King, exhorting them unto Obedi ence to him in his Council. Which done, afking every Man Forgiveness, and declaring, that he freely forgave every Man; he meekly fubmitted his Head to the Ax. Whofe Death the People very much grieved for, fpeaking very bitterly against the Duke of Northumberland; and the good King forely mourned becaufe of it, which like did much increase his confumptive Diftemper, that brought him to his End. Whilft he lay in his Weakness he was overwrought to difinherit his Two Si fters, Mary and Elizabeth, and to ordain by Will, for his Succeffor to England's Diadem, Guildford Dudley's

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Ship, and what Wind beft ferved 1553.
the coming into them. Of all his
Nobles, chief Gentry, and Magi-
ftrates, he took fpecial Notice of
their Hofpitality, and Religious
Converfations. He was very sparing
of his Subjects Blood, tho' Rebels or
Hereticks. When Joan Butcher was
to be burnt for Herefy, all his Coun-
cil could not move him to fign the
Warrant for her Execution, till
Dr. Cranmer, Archbishop, laboured
with him therein; to whom the
King faid, What, my Lord, will
you have me fend her quick to
Hell? And taking the Pen he used
this Speech, I will lay all the Charge
thereof upon Cranmer, before God. So
zealous he was for the Reformed
Religion, and against Popery, that
he thruft all the Roman Fopperies
out of the Churches; and Superfti-
tions out of the English Church;
nor would he permit his Sifter Ma-
ry to have Mafs faid in her House,
tho' the Emperor Charles made Suit
for it in her Behalf. So charitable,
that he conferred on the City of
London, Chriff's-Hofpital, and St.
Thomas's-Hofpital for the Relief of
the Impotent, Fatherless Children,
and Wounded Soldiers; and Bride-
well for Vagabonds and idle Per-
fons; and fo circumfpect as to him-
felf and Publick, that he kept a
Journal-book written with his own
Hand, how all Things proceeded
with him and the State, even from
the firft Day of his Reign unto his
Death.

Wife, Jane, the Elder Daughter of the Duke of Suffolk, whofe Mother the Lady Frances was the Daughter of Mary Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Unto this Will King Edward, all his Council, the Bishops, and all the Judges, faving Sir John Hollis, fubfcribed. When the King drew towards his laft Breath, he prayed as followeth Lord God, deliver me out of this miferable Life, and take me among thy chofen; bowbeit, not my Will, but tby Will be done. Lord, I commit my Spirit to thee. O Lord, thou knowest how happy it were for me to be with thee; yet for thy chofen fake, if it be thy Will, fend me Life and Health, that I may truly ferve thee. O my Lord, blefs thy People, and fave thine Inheritance. O Lord God fave thy chofen People of Eng land. O my Lord God, defend this Realm from Papistry, and maintain thy true Religion, that I and my People may praise thy Holy Name, for thy Son Jefus Chriff's fake. So turning his Face, and feeing fome by him, he faid, I thought you had not been fo nigh. Yes, faid Dr. Owen, we heard you speak to yourself. Then, faid the King, I was praying to God. O, I am faint. Lord have Mercy upon me, and receive my Spirit. And in fo faying, he yielded up the Ghoft, July 6, 1553. And was interred in the Chapel of St. Peter's at Weftminster. He was a Prince very well learned in the Latin and Greek Tongues, alfo in the French, Spanish, and Italian, adorned with the Skill of Logick, Natural Philofophy, Mufick, and Aftronomy. Of fuch Obfervation and Memory, that he could tell and recite all the Ports, Havens, and Creeks, belonging to England, Scotland, and France; what coming in there was, how the Tide ferved in every of them; what Burthen of

At Feverfham in Kent, one Mr. Arden was murdered; for which Fact his Wife was burned at Canterbury; one Mashy and his Sifter were hanged in Smithfield, at London; a Maid burnt, and Michael, Mr. Arden's Man, was hanged in Chains at Feverfham; one Green, that had fled, came again certain Years after, and was hanged in

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1553. Chains in the Highway over-against fed Act, was burnt in Zealand, at Feverfbam, and Black Will the Ruf- blushing. fian, that was hired to do the cur

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IOUS King Edward having exchanged this mortal Life for a happy Immortality, the Council in the firft place perfwaded the Lord-Mayor, and certain of the Aldermen of London, to take their Oaths to be faithful to the Lady Jane Grey; then caufed the faid Lady Jane to be proclaimed, in London, Queen of England. But when Queen Mary heard the News of her Brother's Death, and the Council's Proceedings, by her Letters fhe required the Council, as they tendered her Difplenfure, and their own Safeties, to proclaim her Queen and Governour of the Land. Unto which Letters the Lords forthwith anfwered, That by good Warrant of ancient Laws of the Realm, befides the laft Will of King Edward, the Right was in the Lady Jane to govern England, unto whom therefore, and none other, they muft yield Subjection. They also remembred the Queen of the unlawful Marriage and Divorce of her Mother, of her own Illegitimation, defiring her to forbear any farther Claim, and to fubmit herself to the Queen Jane, now her Sovereign. Which Letters fent to Queen Mary, were fubfcribed by Tho. Canterbury Archbishop, Thomas Ely Chancellor, Henry Suffolk Duke, the Duke of Northumberland Marquis of Winchester, &c. Upon the Receipt of the Letters, the Queen removed from Keningat to Fremingham Cafile, unto whom the Suffolk Men first reforted, offering their

Service, with Condition, that they might ftill embrace the Gospel in the fame manner that King Edward had established it. To which the then condefcended, tho' afterward being petitioned to perform her Promife herein, fhe both punished the Writer, and answered, That they should one Day well know, that they being but Members, should not direct her their Head.

July the Twelfth, the Earl of Oxford, and other Lords, came in to the Queen's Affiftance, and proclaimed her at Norwich; and July the Fourteenth, the Duke of Northumberland, with an Army, fetforth of London towards Norwich; but few or none of the People bade this ambitious Duke God-fpeed; which himfelf took Notice of as marched out of London with his Army.

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But whilft Northumberland was on his way, the Lord Windsor and other Gentlemen raifed the Commons of Buckinghamshire for Quee Mary; fo Sir John Williams, and Sir Leonard Chamberlain of Oxfordhire, and Sir Thomas Trebam in Northamptonshire. And at Lender the Tide turned, and Queen Mar was there proclaimed, and many of the Lords deferted the Duke; infomuch, that the Duke himself, thinking it the eafieft to fwim with the Stream, even fairly in the Market-Place at Cambridge pro claimed Mary Queen of England, throwing up his Cap in Token of Joy. The Way thus made free,

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Queen Mary repaired to London, and there fet at Liberty Edmund Bonner, imprifoned in her Brother's Time, reft ring him to the See of London, which Dr. Ridley had poffeffed, and made him a Prifoner. Other Proteftant Bishops the removed, placing Papifts in their fteads. Dr. Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury, the committed to the Tower, and Stephen Gardiner he made Lord Chancellor. And to affure her Eftate the better, the Duke of Northumberland was arraigned and condemned, and brought upon the Scaffold on Tower Hill to fuffer Death: Where this Duke having promife of Life, if he would recant the Reformed Religion, did fo, and withal exhorted the People to follow the Romish way, tho' when he had fo done, the Executioner made him fhorter by the Head; with him fuffered Sir John Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer August 22. A few Days after which, the Queen was crowned at Westminfier by Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchefter. And October the 18th began a Parliament, wherein that Act was repealed which was made in Edaward the Sixth's Time, intituled, An det for the Uniformity of Cammon Prayer and Adminiftration of the

Sacraments.

Then came all the Popish Trinkets into Fashion again, the Mafs-Book, Crucifixes, Agnus Dei's, Relicks, with all the Idois and Abominati ons. And the temporizing Priests were forced to forego their Wives, tho' not to live honeftly: For as Mafter Heywood merrily faid to the Queen concerning thefe Men, when the told him that the Priests must no longer have their Wives; Your Grace then must allow them Lemmons; for the Clergy cannot live without Sauce.

A. D. 1553, was the Lady Jane Grey and her Husband arraigned and condemned at the Guildhall in London, and February the 12th her Husband Guildford Dudley, Fourth Son to the Duke of Northumberland, was had to Tower-Hill, where, with Prayers and great Signs of Repentance, he ended his Life. Whofe Body all bloody laid in a Cart, together with the Head wrapt in the Cloth, was brought into the Chapel of the Tower, even in the Sight of this forrowful Lady his Wife, who was now to mount the Scaffold raifed upon the Green within the Tower; whither being afcended fhe with a chearful Countenance fpake unto the Spectators, declaring, That her Offence was only in confenting to others; that he never fought that Greatness; then defired the People to bear her Witnefs, that she died a true Chriftian Woman, and looked to be faved by no other Means, but only by the Mercy of God in the Blood of Chrifi Jefus his only Son; confeffed that when the did know the Word of God, fhe neglected it, and loved the World and herself, and that therefore this Plague and Punishment juftly happened to her for her Sins. Laftly, defired the People to pray for her whilft fhe lived. Then kneeling down, faid in English the 51 Pfalm; which done, the food up, and gave her Book to Mr. Bridges Lieutenant of the Tower: then by the help of her two Gentlewomen, made her ready for the Block, and commending her Spirit into the Hands of the Lord Jesus, her Head was fever'd from the Body. Thus ended the Life of this most ingenious and virtuous Lady, ruined by the Ambition of her Husband's Father, rather than her own.

On the 23d of the fame Month her Father Henry Duke of Suffolk for alecond Offence, the promoting an ̧

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A. D. Infurre&tion to hinder the Queen's 1554. Marriage with Philip of Spain, was beheaded on Tower Hill. And A. D. 1554. April 23, was his Brother the Lord Thomas Grey beheaded in the fame Place. Against this forefaid Match with Spain many Combinations were made, and many Perfons in divers Places of the Realm were up in Arms. And amongst the reft, Sir Thomas Wyat with the Kenti Men, against whom the Duke of Norfolk was fent; but many of his Followers forfook him, and joyned with Wyat. Then Wyat advanced to Dartford, and from thence to Deptford by Greenwich, at whofe Approach fo nigh the City the Fears were there fo great, that the Lord Mayor. Aldermen, and mpft of the Citizens were in Armour, and the Serjeants and Lawyers in Westminster in the Hilary Term pleaded their Caufes in Harnefs. The Queen to make the City fure on her Side, came unto the Guildhall; where he made an Oration to the Citizens, therein acquainting them, that tho' the Rebels Pretence was to refift the Marriage with Spain, yet that their Intention was against her Religion. That they arrogantly demanded the Poffeffion of her Perfon, the keeping of the Tower, the placing and difplacing of her Counsellors. She also therein alledged her Right to the Crown, profefied her entire Love and Affection to her Subjects, promifed them on the Word of a Queen, that if it fhould not probably appear before the Nobility and Commons in Parliament, that her defigned Marriage with Prince Philip would be for the Profit of the Nation, fhe would abstain from it. Wherefore, faith the, good Subjects, pluck up your Hearts, and like true Men, itand faft with your lawful Prince againft thefe Rebels, both Ours and yours,

and fear them not; for I affure you, I do not. Against thefe Rebels, the Earl of Pembroke was made General, and 100 Pound Lands by the Year was promised to be given to him and his Heirs for ever, that fhould bring Wyat either alive or dead.

Howbeit, Wyat with Fourteen Enfigns, and about Five Thoufand Men, advanced to Southwark, where he made Proclamation, that no Soldier fhould take any thing without due Payment, Southwark he fortified, planting diverse great Guns therein; and London was fortified against him, and the Draw-Bridge cut down. Wherefore Wyat perceiving that he could have no Ac cefs into the City that way, he in the Night marched round about by Kingfione, thinking that Way to have furprized the City on the fudden; but staying to remount a great Gun that was dismounted by the Way, by that Means he could not reach the City fo foon as he expetted, nor till his Coming was dif covered, and Preparations on that Side the City made against him.

The Earl of Pembroke poffeffed himself of St. James's, which Wyat at his coming perceiving, marched a little afide toward Charing Cross. At Charing Cross, the Lord Chamberlain, and Sir John Gage flood to refift Wyat; but the Kentif Men rufhing violently into the Streets, forced their Oppofites into the Gates of Whitehall, where was a great Diftraction within, and no other Voice heard than Treafon, Treafon. Mean while Wyat, with fome fall Company as he had with him, hafted to Ludgate, where he knocked to have Entrance, but was debarred. In the Interim, thofe his Followers that had turned to Whiteball, were difperfed; about Twenty of which dirty bemired Rebels were flain in the Conflict, and no other Cry heard

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