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B12208	The copie of a leter, vvryten by a Master of Arte of Cambrige, to his friend in London concerning some talke past of late betvven tvvo vvorshipful and graue men, about the present state, and some procedinges of the Erle of Leycester and his friendes in England. Conceyued, spoken and publyshed, vvyth most earnest protestation of al duetyful good vvyl and affection, tovvardes her most excellent Ma. and the realm, for vvhose good onely it is made common to many.	Morgan, Thomas, 1543-1606, attributed name.; Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610, attributed name.	1584 (1584)	STC 5742.9; ESTC S108682	125,586	206

the kinges handes by his ovvn submissiō dimissed again vvhē for his deserts he should haue suffred prouided after that the king should neuer be able to ouer-reache him the secōd tyme or haue him in his povver to doe hym hurt but made him Anno Regni 31. self strong enough to pul dovvn the other vvyth extirpation of his familie And this of the Court housholde and Chamber of her Ma. But novv if vve shal passe from Court to Councel vve shal finde him no lesse fortyfied but Ley puissance in the priuie Coucell rather more for albeit the prouidence of God hath bene such that in this moste honorable assemblie ther hath not vvanted some tvvoe or three of the vvisest grauest and moste experienced in our state that haue seene and marked this mās perilous proceedinges from the beginning vvherof notvvythstanding tvvo are novv disceased and their places L. Keeper L. Chamberlaine supplied to Leycesters good liking yet alas the vvisdom of thes vvorthie mē hath discouered alvvayes more then their authorities vvere able to redresse the others great povver and violence considered and for the residue of that benche and table though I doubt not but there be diuers vvho do in hart detest his doinges as ther vvere also no doubt among the Councellors of king Edvvard vvho misliked this mans fathers attemptes though not so hardie as to contra●ie the same yet for moste parte of the Councell present they are knovven to be so affected in particular the one for that he is to him a brother the other a father the other a kinsmā the other an allie the other a fast obliged friend the other a fellovv or folovver in faction as none vvil stand in the breach against him none dare resist or encounter his designements but euerie man yeelding rather to the force of his flovve permitteth him to pearce passe at his pleasure in vvhat soeuer his vvil is once setled to obteine And hereof vvere I not stayed for respect of some vvhom I may not name I could alledge straunge examples not so much in affaires belonging to subiectes and to priuate men as vvere the cases Maters vvherin the Coūcel are inforced to vvink at Leycester of Snovvden forrest Denbigh of Killingvvorth of his faire Pastures fovvlie procured by Southam of the Archbishop of Cāturburie of the L. Barkley of Sir Iohn Throgmartō of M. Robinson and the like vvherin those of the Councell that disliked his doinges least dared to oppose them selues to the same but also in thinges that appertaine directly to the Crovvn dignitie to the state and commō vveale and to the safitie and continuance therof It is not secure for anie one Coūcellor or other of authoritie to take notice of my Lordes errors or misdeedes but vvyth extreme peril of ther ovvn ruin As for example in the beginning of the rebellion in Ireland vvhen my Lord of Leycester vvas in some disgrace and consequentlie as he imagined Leycester intelligēce vvyth the rebelliō in Irelande but in fraile state at home he thought it not vnexpedient for his better assurance to hold some intelligence also that vvaye for al euentes and so he did vvherof ther vvas so good euidence and testimony found vpon one of the first of accompt that vvas there slaine as honorable personages of they re knovvledge haue assured me as vvoulde haue bene sufficient to touch the lyfe of aine subiect in the land or in anie state Christian but onelie my Lord of Leycester vvho is a subiect vvythout subiection For vvhat think you durst anie man take notice hereof or auo vvche that he had seene thus muche durst he that tooke it in Ireland deliuer the same vvher especialy he should haue done or they vvho receyued it in Englād for it came to great handes vse it to the benefit of their Princesse and countrie No surelie for yf it had bene but onelie suspected that they had seene such a thing it vvould haue bene as daungerous vnto them as it vvas to Acteon to haue sene Diana her maydens naked vvhose Acteons case novv come in England case is so common novv in England as nothing more so do the examples of diuers vvell declare vvhose vnfortunate knovvlege of to many secrets brought them quicklie to vnfortunate endes For vve heare of one Saluatore a straunger long Saluatore Slaine in his bed vsed in great Mysteries of base affaires and dishonest actions vvho aftervvard vppon vvhat demerite I knovv not susteined a hard fortune for being late vvith my Lord in his studie vvell neare vntill midinght yf I be rightelie informed vvent home to his chambre and the next morning vvas founde slayne in his bed VVe heare also of one Doughtie hāged in hast by Captaine Drake vpon Doughty hāged by Drake the sea and that by order as is thought before his departure out of England for that he vvas ouer pryuie to the Secretes of this good Erle Ther vvas also this last sommer past one Gates The story of Gates hāged at Tiborne hanged at Tiborne amonge others for robbing of Carriars vvhich Gates had bene latelie clark of my Lords kitchinge and had layed out much mony of his ovvne as he said for my L. prouision being also othervvise in so greate fauour and grace vvith his L. as no man lyuing vvas thought to be more priuy of his secrets thē this mā vvher vpō also it is to be thought that he presumed the rather to commit this robberie for to such thinges doth my Lordes good fauour most extende and being apprehēded in daunger for the same he made his recourse to his honour for protestiō as the fashon is and that he might be borne out as diuers of lesse merite had bene by his Lordship in more heynous causes before him The good Erle ansvvered his seruant and deare Priuado curteouslie and assured him for his lyffe hovv so euer for vtter shevv or complement the forme of lavv might passe against him But Gates seing him self cōdemned nothing novv betvven his heade and the halter but the vvorde of the Magistrate vvhich might come in an instante vvhen it vvould be to late to send to his Lorde remembring also the smal assurance of his said Lords vvord by his former dealinges tovvardes other men vvherof this man vvas to much pryuie he thought good to sollicit his case also by some other of his frindes thoughe not so puisant as his L. and master vvho dealinge in deed both diligentlie and effectuallie in his affaire founde the mater more difficult a great deal then ether he or they had imagined for that my Lord of Leycester vvas not onely not his fauorer but a great hastener of his death vnder hād and that vvith such care diligence vehemencie and irresistable meanes hauing the lavv also on his syde that ther vvas no hope at all of escaping vvhich thing vvhen Gates heard of he easelie belieued for the experience he had of his Masters good

profession and exercise of lavve restraineth me from much companie keeping and vvhen I happen to be among some that could tel me much herein I dare not either aske or heare if anie of him self beginne to talke least aftervvard the speech cōming to light I be fetched ouer the coals as the prouerbe is for the same vnder pretēce of an other thing But you vvho are not suspected for religiō haue much greater priuiledge in such maters both to heare speak againe vvhich mē of mine estate dare not do Onelie this I knevv before that throughout al England The prerogatiue of my ● of Leycester my L. of Leycester is taken for Dominus sac totum VVhose excellencie aboue others is infinite vvhose authority is absolute vvhos cōmaundemēt is dreadful vvhos dislike is daungerous vvhose fauour is omnipotent And for his vvill though it be seldome lavve yet alvvayes is his povver aboue lavve and therfor vve lavvyers in al cases brought vnto vs haue as great regarde to his inclination as Astronomers haue to the Planet dominaunte or as sea men haue to the Northe Pole For as they that sayle do direct their course according Leyc the Starre directorie to Lavvyeres in theyr Clientes affayres to the situation direction of that starre vvhich guideth them at the Pole and as astronomers vvho make prognosticatiōs do fortel thinges to come according to the aspect of the Planet dominaunte or bearing rule for the tyme so vve do guide our Cliēts barke and do prognosticate vvhat is lyke to ensue of his cause by the aspecte inclinatiō of my L. of Ley. And for that reasō as soone as euer vve heare a case proposed our custome is to aske vvhat part my L. of Ley. is like to fauour in the mater for in al maters lightly of any importance he hath a parte or vvhat may be gathered of his inclination therin and according to that vve giue a gesse more or lesse vvhat end vvil ensue But this my masters is from the purpose and therfore returning to your former speach againe I do saye that albeit I vvas not priuie before to the particular prouisions of my L. and his friendes in such and such places yet seing him accompted L. generall ouer al the vvhole Realm and to haue at his commaundemēt al these seueral commodities and forces perteyning to her Ma. vvhich you haue mentioned before and so manie more as be in the Realm and not mentioned by you for in fine he hath al I could not but accompt him as he is a porent Prince of our state for al furniture needful to defence or offence or rather the only Monarche of our nobilitie vvho hath sufficient of him self to plunge his Prince yf he should be discontented especial for his abundance of money vvhich by the vvyse is tearmed the Sinours of Martial actions vvherin by al mēs iudgemēts he is better furnished Ley. furniture in money at this daye thā euer anie subiect of our land either hath bene heretofore or lightly maye be hereafter both for bāks vvithout the realm stuffed coffers vvithin In so much that being my self in the Last Parliamēt vvhē the mater vvas moued for the graūt of a Subsidie after that one for her Ma. had giuē very good reasons vvhy her highnesse vvas in vvāt of money and consequentlie needed the assistance of her faithful subiects therin an other that sat next me of good accōpt said in mine eare secretlie these reasōs I do vvel allovve am cōtented to giue my The sayīg of a knight of the shyre touching Leycester money partī money but yet for her Ma. need I could mak ansvvere as one ansvvered once the Emperour Tiberius in the like case cause Abūdè ei pecuniā fore si a liberto suo in societatē reciperetur that her Ma. should haue money enough yf one of her seruaūts vvould voutchsafe to make her highnesse partaker vvyth him meaning therby my L. of Leycester vvhose treasure must needes in one respect be greater then that of her Ma. for that he layeth vp vvhat soeuer he getteth his expences he casteth vpon the purse of his Princesse GENTL For that said the Gētlemā vvhether he do or no it importeth litle to the mater seing both that vvhich he spendeth that he hoordeth is truelie properlie his Princesse treasure and seing he hath so manie diuers vvaies of gaining vvhat should he make accompt of his ovvn priuate expences yf The infi●nit vvays of gayning that Leycester hath he lay out one for a thousand vvhat can that make him the poorer he that hath so goodlie lādes possessions Seigniories and riche offices of his ovvn as he is knovven to haue he that hath so special fauour and authoritie vvith the Prince as he can obteine Sutes vvhat soeuer he listeth to demaund he that hath his parte and portion in al sutes besides that passe by grace or els for the moste parte are ended Landes by lavve he that may chop chaunge vvhat lādes he lysteth vvith her Ma. dispoile them of al their vvooddes and other commodities and rack them aftervvard to the vttermoste penny and then returne the same so tenter-stretched and bare shorne into her Ma. handes againe by fresh exchaunge rent for rent for other landes neuer enhaunsed before he that possesseth so manie gainful licences to hī self alone of VVine Oyles Currātes Cloth veluets Licenses vvith his nevv office for Licēce of alienation moste pernicious vnto the cōmon vvealth as he vseth the same vvith manie other the like vvhich vvere sufficient to enriche vvhole tovvnes corporations countries and common vvealthes he that Fallinge out vvith her Ma. hath the arte to make gainful to him self euerie offence displeasure and faling out of her Ma. vvith him euery angry coōtenaunce cast vppō him he that hath his share in al offices of great profit and Offices holdeth an absolute Monopole of the same he that disposeth at his vvil the Ecclesiastical liuinges of the Realm maketh Bisshoppes none but such as Cleargie vvil do reason or of his Chaplanes vvhom he listeth reteineth to him self so much of the liuing as liketh hī best he that svveepeth avvay the glebe frō so many benefices throughout the lād cōpoūdeth Benefices vvith the persōne for the rest he that so schoureth the Vniuersitie Colleges vvher he is Chauncelor Vniuersitie selleth both headships Scholars places al other offices roumes dignities that by arte or violēce maye yeeld money he that maketh title to vvhat land or other thing he please and driueth the parties to compound for the same he that taketh Oppressions in vvhole Forests Cōmons VVooddes Pastures to him self compelling the tēnauntes to pay Rapines him nevv rent and vvhat he cesseth he that vexeth and oppresseth vvhom so euer he list taketh from anie vvhat he list maketh his ovvn clayme sute Princes fauour

the Gētleman I am of opinion that my Lord of Leycester vvyl vse both this practize and manie moe for bringing the scepter finalie to his ovvn head that he vvil The sleightes of Le● for b●inging al to him self not onlie imploy Huntington to defeat Scotland and Arbella to defea● Huntington but also vvould vse the mariage of the Q. imprisoned to defeat them both yf she vvere in his hand and anie one of al three to dispossesse her Ma. that novv is as also the authoritie of al fovver to bring it to him self vvyth mainie other fetches flinges friscoes besides vvhich simple men as yet do not conceiue And hovv so euer thes tvvo conioyned Earles Scābling betvven Ley. and Huntington at the vpshot do seeme for the tyme to dravv together and to playe bootie yet am I of opinion that th' one vvill beguile th' other at the vpshopt And Hastīgs for ought I see vvhen he commeth to the scambling is like to haue no better luck by the Beare then his auncestor had once by the Boare VVho vsing his help first in murdering the sonne heire of K. Henrie the sixt and after in destroying the Richard of Glocester An 1. Edvv. 5. faithful friendes and kinsmen of K. Edvvatd the fift for his easier vvay to vsurpation made an ende of him also in the Tovver at the verie same day houre that the other vvere by his coūsail destroied in Pontfract Castle So that vvhere the Goale and price of the game is a kingdom ther is neither faith neither good fellovvship nor faire playe amōg the Gamesters And this shal be enough for the first point viz. vvhat good my L. of Leycester meaneth to him self in respect of Huntington Tovvching the second vvhether the attempt be 2. That the conpirators meane in her Ma. dayes purposed in her Ma. dayes or no the matter is much lesse doubtful to him that knovveth or can imagine vvhat a tormēt the delaye of a kingdome is to such a one as suffreth hungar therof and feareth that euerie houre may breed some alteration to the preiudice of his conceyued hope VVe see often tymes that the chylde is impatient in this matter to expect the natural ende of his parentes lyfe VVhom notvvythstanding by nature he is enforced to loue and vvho also by nature is like long to leaue this vvorlde before him and after Fovver considerations vvhos discease he is assured to obteine his desire but most certaine of dāgerous euent yf he attempt to get it vvhile yet his parēt liueth VVhich fovver considerations are no doubt of great force to conteine a childe in duetie and bridle his desire albeit some tymes not sufficient to vvhythstand the greedie appetit of reigning But vvhat shal vve think vvhere none of thes fovver cōsideratiōs do restreine vvhere the present possessor is no parent VVher she is like by nature to out-liue the expector vvhos death must needes bring infinit difficulties to the enterprise and in vvhos lyfe tyme the matter is moste easie to be atchiued vnder coulour and authoritie of the present possessor shal vve think that in such a case the ambitious mā vvil ouerrule his ovvn passion and leese his commoditie As for that vvhich is alleaged before for my L. in the reason of his defenders that his present state is so prosperous as he cannot expect better in the next chaunge vvhat soeuer should be is of small moment in the conceipt of an ambitious head A thing vvorthye to be noted in ambitious men vvhos eye and hart is alvvayes vpon that vvhich he hopeth for and enioyeth not and not vpon that vvhich alredie he possesseth be it neuer so good Especialie in matters of honour and authoritie it is an infalible rule that one degre desired not obteyned afflicteth more then fiue degrees alredie possessed can giue consolation the storie of Duke Aman confirmeth this euidenly vvho being the greatest subiect in the vvorld vnder kinge Assuerus Hest 5. after he had reconed vp all his pōpe riches glory felicity to his friēdes yet he sayed that al this vvas nothing vnto hī vntil he could obteine the reuenge vvhich he desyred vpon Mardo●haeus his enimy hereby it cōmeth ordinarily to passe that amōge highest in authoritie are foūd the greatest store of Mal-Contents that most doe endanger ther Prince and countrie VVhen the Percies toke parte vvyth Henrie The ●●rcies of Bolingbrook against K. Richard the seconde their lavvful soueraign it vvas not for lack of preferment for they vvere excedinglie aduaunced by the said king and possessed the three Earle●omes of Northumberland VVorcester and Staf●rd together besides manie other offices and di●●ies of honour 〈…〉 ke sort vvhen the tvvo Neuiles toke vpon The Neuiles 〈…〉 yne vvyth Richard of York to put 〈◊〉 moste benigne Prince king Henrie the sixt and after againe in the other side to put dovvn king Edvvard the fourth it vvas not vppon vvant of aduauncement they being Earles both of Salisburie and VVarvvick and Lordes of manie notable places besides But it vvas vpon a vaine imagination of future fortune vvherby such men are commonlie led and yet had not they anie smell in their nostrells of gettinge the kingdō fot thēselues as this mā hath to prick hī forvvard Yf you say that thes men hated their soueraign and that therby they vvere led to procure his destruction Leycester hatred to ●er Ma. the same I may ansvvere of my L. lyuinge though of al men he hath least cause so to do But yet such is the nature of vvicked ingratitude that vvhere it ovveth most disdeigneth to be bound The euill nature of ingratitude ther vpon euerie litle discontentement it turneth double obligation into triple hatred This he shevved euidentlie in the tyme of his litle disgrace vvherin he not onelie did diminish vilipend and debase among his friendes the inestimable benefites he hath receyued from her Ma. Leycester speeches of his Ma. in the tyme of his disgrace but also vsed to exprobrate his ovvn good seruices merites to touch her highnes vvyth ingrat consideration and recompence of the same vvhich behauiour together vvyth his hastie preparation to rebellion and assault of her Ma. Royal person dignitie vpon so smal a cause giuen did vvel shevv vvhat minde invvardlie he beareth to his soueraign and vvhat her Ma. may expect if by offending him she should once fal vvythin the copasse of his surious pavves seing such a smoke of disdaine could not proceed but from a fy●●e furnace of hatred vvythin And sure he it is a vvoūderful matter to consider vvhat a litle check or rather the bare imagination of a smal ouerth vvart may vvorke in a proude and disdeignful Stomack The remembraunce of his The causes of hatred in Leycester tovvards her Ma. mariage missed that he so much pretended and desired vvyth her Ma. doth stick deeplie in his breast and stirreth him daylie to

reuenge As also doth the disdeigne of certaine checkes disgraces receyued at some tymes especialie that of his last mariage vvhich irketh him so much the more by hovv much greater feare and daunger it brought him into at that tyme and did put his vvidovve in such open phrensie as she raged manie monethes after against her Ma. and is not cold yet but remayneth as it vvere a svvorne enimie for that iniurie and standeth like a fiend or furie at the elbovve of her Amadis to stirre him forvvard vvhē occasion shal serue And vvhat effect such female suggestiōs may The force of female suggestions vvorke vvhen they finde an humour proude and pliable to their purpose you may remember by the example of the Duches of Somerset vvho inforced her husbāde to cut of the head of his onely deare brother to his ovvn euident destruction for her contentation VVherfore to conclude this matter vvythout An euident Cōclusion that the executiō is meat● tyme of her Ma. further dispute or reasō seyng ther is so much discouered in the case as ther is so great desire of reigne so great impatience of delay so great hope and habilitie of succes if it be attempted vnder the good fortune and present authoritie of the competitors seing the plattes be so vvel layde the preparation so forvvarde the fauorers so furnished the tyme so propitious and so manie other causes conuiting together seing that by differring al may be hazarded and by hastening litle can be indaungered the state and condition of thinges vvel vveyed finding also the bandes of duetie so broken alredie in the conspiratours the causes of mislike and hatred so manifest and the solicitours to execution so potent and diligent as vvomen malice and ambition are vvount to be it is more then probable that they vvil not leese their present commoditie especialie seing they haue learned by their Architype or Protoplote vvhich they folovv I meane the conspiracie of Nortumberland and Suffolk in An error of the father novv to be corrected by the sonne king Edvvards dayes that herein ther vvas some error committed at that tyme vvhich ouerthrevv the vvhole land that vvas the differring of some thinges vntil after the kinges death vvhich should haue bene put in execution before For yf in the tyme of their plotting vvhen as yet theyr desygnementes vvere not publyshed to the vvorld they had vnder the countenance of the kinge as vvel they might haue done gotten into their handes the tvvo sisters and dispatched some other fevv affaires before they had caused the yong Prince to die no doubt but in mans reason the vvhole designement had taken place and consequentlie it is to be presupposed that thes men being no fooles in their ovvn affaires vvil take heed of falling into the like errour by delay but rather vvil make al sure by striking vvhile the iron is hoat as our prouerbe vvarneth them LAVV It can not be denied in reason quoth the Lavvier but that they haue manie helpes of doing vvhat they list n 〈…〉 vnder the present fauour countenaūce authoritie of her Ma. vvhich they should not haue after her highnes discease vvhen ech man shal remain more at libertie for his supreame obedience by reason of the statute ptouided for vncertentie of the next successor and therfore I for my parte vvould rather counsail them to make much of her Ma. lyfe for after that they litle knovv vvhat may ensue ot befal their designementes GENTL They vvyl make the most therof quoth the Gētleman for their ovvn aduantage but after that vvhat is like to folovv the examples of Edvvard Richard the secōd as also of Henrie Edvvard the sixt doe sufficientlie for vvarne vs vvhos liues vvere prolonged vntil their deathes vvere thought more profitable to the conspirators not longer Her Ma. lyfe and ●eath to serue the conspirators turn And for the statute you speak of procured by them selues for establishing the incertaintie of the next true sucessor vvheras al our former statutes vvere vvount to be made for the declaration certentie of the same it is vvyth PROVISO as you knovv that it shal not endure longer then the lyfe of her Ma. that novv reigneth that is indeed no longer then vntil them selues be redie to place an other A proclamation vvyth halters For then no doubt but vve shal see a faire proclamation that my L. of Huntington is the onelie next heire vvith a bundle of halters to hāg al such as shal dare once open their mouth for deniall of the same LAVV. At thes vvordes the olde Lavvyer stepped back as some vvhat astonied and began to make crosses Papistical ●lessing in the ayer after theyr fashyon vvherat vve laughed and then he said truelie my masters I had thought that no man had conceyued so euil imagination of this statute as my self but novv I perceiue The statute of cōcealīg the heire apparent that I alone am not malitious For my ovvn parte I must confesse vnto you that as often as I reade ouer this statute or think of the same as by diuers occasions manie tymes I do I feele my self much greeued and afflicted in minde vpon feares vvhich I conceyue vvhat may be the end of this statute to our countrie and vvhat priuie meaning the chiefe procurers therof might haue for their ovvn driftes against the Realm and lyfe of her Ma. that novv reigneth And so much more it maketh me to doubt for Richard going tovvards Hierusalē begā the custome by parlement as Polydore noteth Anno 10. of Rich. 2. to declare the next heire that in al our recordes of lavv you shal not finde to my remembraunce anie one example of such a deuise for concealing of the true inheritour but rather in all ages states and tymes especiallie from Richard the first dovvnevvard you shal finde statutes ordinaunces and prouisions for declaration and manifestation of the same as you haue vvel obserued and tovvched before And therfore this straunge nevv deuise must needes haue some straunge and vnaccustomed meaning God of his mercie graunt that it haue not some straunge and vnexpected euent In sight of al men this is alredie euident that The daunger of our countrie by cōcealing the next heire neuer countrie in the vvorld vvas brought into more apparent daunger of vtter ruin then ours is at this daye by pretence of this statute For vvher as ther is no Gentleman so meane in the Realm that cannot giue a gesse more or lesse vvho shal be his next heire and his tennauntes soone coniecture vvhat manner of person shal be theyr next Lord in the title of our noble Crovvn vvherof al the rest dependeth nether is her Ma. permitted to knovv or saye vvho shal be her next successor nor her subiectes allovved to vnderstand or imagine vvho in right may be their future soueraigne An intollerable iniurie in a matter of so singular importaunce For alas vvhat should become of