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If you knovv not me, you know no bodie: or, The troubles of Queene Elizabeth; If you know not me, you know no bodie. Part 1
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Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.
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If you knovv not me You know no bodie Or The troubles of Queene ELIZABETH AT LONDON Printed for Nathaniel Butter 1605 If you knovv not me You know no bodie Or The troubles of Queene ELIZABETH Enter Sussex and Lo Chamberlaine Sussex GOod morrow my good Lord Chamberlaine Cham: Many good morrowes to my good Lord of Sussex Suss: Whos 's with the Queene my Lord Cha: The Cardinall of Winchester The Lord of Tame the good Lord Shandoyse and besides Lo Howard Sir Henry Beningfeild and diuers others Suss: A word my Lord in priuate Enter Tame and Shandoyse Shand: Tuching the Queene my Lord who now sitts hye What thinks the realme of Phillip th' Emperours sonne A marriage by the Councell treated of Tame Pray god 't prooue well Suss: Good morrow Lords Tame Good morrow my good Lord of Sussex Shand: I cry your Honors mercy Chamb: Good morrow to the Lords of Tame and Shandoyse Tame The like to you my Lord As you were speaking Enter Lord Howard and Sir Henrie Beningfield Bening: Concerning Wiatt and the Kentish rebels Their ouer-throw is past the rebell Dukes that sought By all meanes to proclaime queene Iane cheifly Northumberland For Gilfords sake he for'st his brother Duke vnto that warre But each one had his merite Howard Oh my Lord The Lawe proceeded gainst their great offence And 't is not well since they haue suffered Iudgment That we should rayse their scandall being dead T is impious not by true Iudgment bread Suss: Good morrow my Lord good morrow good Sir Henry Bening: Pardon my Lord I sawe you not till now Chamb: Good morrow good Lord Howard Howa: Your honors The like to you my Lords Tame With all my hart Lord Howard Cham: Forward I pray Suss: The suffolke men my Lord was to the Queene The very stayres by which she did ascend Shee 's greatly bound vnto them for their loues Enter Cardinall of Winchester Winch: Good morrow Lords attend the Queene into the presence Suss: Your dutyes Lords Exeunt omnes Enter Tame bearing the purse Shandoyse the Mace Howard the Septer Sussex the Crowne then the Queene after her the Cardinall Sentlow Gage and attendant Quee: By gods assistance and the power of heauen We are instated in our brothers throane And all those powers that war'd against our right By helpe of heauen and your freindly ayde disperse and fled heere may we sit secure Our hearts is ioyfull Lords our peace is pure Enter Dodds Dodds I doe beseech your maiestie peruse this poore peticion Quee: O master Dodds we are indebted to you for your loue You stood vs in great stead even in our ebb Of fortune when our hopes were neere declin'd And when our state did beare the lowest saile Which we haue reason to requit wee know Read his peticion my good Lord Cardinall Dodds Oh gratious soueraigne let my Lord the Duke haue the Perusing of it or any other that is neere your grace He will be to our suit an opposite Winch: And reason fellow Madam here is a large recitall vpbraydinge of your highnes Soueraignty the Suffolke men that lifted you to the throne and heere possest you claime your promise you made them about religion Dodds True gratious Soueraigne But that we doe vpbraid your maiestie Or make recitall of our deedes forepast Other then conscience honesty and zeale By loue by faith and by our dutie bound To you the next and true successiue heyre If you contrary this I needs must say Your skillesse tongue doeth make our well tun'd wordes jar in the Princes eares and of our text You make a wronge construction Gratious Queene Your humble subiects prostrate in my mouth A generall suit when we first flockt to you And made first head with you at Framagham T was thus concluded that we your liegemen Should still enioy our consciences and vse that faith Which in king Edwards daies was held Canonicall Winch: May 't please your highnes note the Commons insolence They tye you to conditions and set lymits to your liking Queen They shall know To whome their faithfull duties they doe owe Since they the lymbes the head would seeke to sway Before they gouerne they shall learne t' obays See it seuerely ordred Winchester Winch: Away with him it shal be throughly scand And you vppon the pillory three dayes to stand Exit Dodds Benif: Has not your sister gratious Queene a hand In these peticions well your highnes knowes She is a fauorite of these heritiques Winch: And well remembred is 't not probable That she in Wiats expedicion And other insurrection lately queald Was a confederate if your highnes wil your owne estate preserue You must foresee fore-danger and cut off all such As would your safetie preiudice Bening: Such is your sister A meere opposite to vs in our opinion and besides Shee s next Successiue should your maiesty Dye yssules which heauen defend Omnes Which heauen defend Bening: The state of our religion would decline Queen My Lord of Tame and Shandoyse You two shall haue a firme Commission seal'd To fetch our sister young Elizabeth From Ashbridge where shee lyes and with a band Of armed souldiers to conduct her vp to London Where we will heare her Sentlo: Gratious Queene she only craues but to behold your face That she might cleare her selfe of all supposed treasons Still protesting she is as true a subiect to your grace As liues this day Winch: Doe not you heare with what a sawcye impudence This Sentlo heere presumes Quee: Away with him I le teach him know his place To frowne when we frowne smile on whome we grace Winch: T wilbe a meanes to keepe the rest in awe Making their soueraignes brow to them a lawe Quee: All those that seeke our sisters cause to fauour Let them be lodged Winch: Young Courtney Earle of Devonshire Seemes cheifly to affect her faction Quee: Commit him to the Tower Till time affordes vs and our Counsell breathing space Whence is that Post A Horne within Const: My Soueraigne It is from Southampton Quee: Our Secretary vnseale them and returne Vs present answere of the contents She speakes to the Lo Constable What 's the mayne busines Const: That Phillip Prince of Spaine Sonne to the Emperour is safely ariu'd And landed at Southampton Quee: Prepare to meete him Lords with all our Pompe Howard Prepare you Lords with our fayre Queene to ride And his high princely state lett no man hide Quee: Set forwad Lords this sodaine newes is sweete Two royall louers on the midde way meere Exeunt omnes Enter Master Gage and a gentlewoman Gage Good morrow Mistresse came you from the Princesse Wom Master Gage I did Gage How fares her Grace Woman O wondrous crazey gentle master Gage Her sleepes are all vnquiet and her head Bears and growes giddy with continuall griefe Gage God grant her comfort and release her paine So good a Ladie few on earth remaine Enter the Clowne Clowne O Arme arme arme Gage
Enter Elizabeth her Gentlewoman and three Houshold seruants Eli: Is not my gentleman vsher yet return'd Wo: Madam not yet Eliz. O God my feare hath been good phisick But the Queens displeasure that hath cur'd my bodies Imperfectiō Hath made me hart sick braine sick and sick euen to death What are you 1. Ser Your howshold Officers and humble seruants VVho now your house faire Princesse is desolu'd And quite broke vp come to attend your grace Eliz. VVe thanke you and am more indebted for your loues Than we haue power or vertue to requite Alas I am all the Queenes yet nothing of my selfe But God and Inocence be you my Patrons and defend my cause VVhy weepe you gentlemen Cookes Not for our selues men are not made to weepe At there owne fortunes our eies are made of fire And to extract water from fire is hard Nothing but such a Princesse griefe as yours So good a Ladie so beautifull so absolute a mistris And perfect as you haue deliuered been Haue power to doo 't your sorrow makes vs sad Eliz My Inocence yet makes my hart as light As my front 's heauie all that heauen sends is welcome Gentlemen diuide these few crownes amongst you I am now a prisoner and shall want nothing I haue some friends about her maiesty That are prouiding for mee all things all things I euen my graue and being possest of that I shall need nothing weepe not I pray Rather you should reioyce If I miscarry in this enterprise and aske you why A Virgine and a Martyr both I dy Enter Gage Gage He that first gaue you life protect that life From those that wish your death Eliz VVhat 's my of offence who be my accusers Gage Madam that the Queene VVinchester best knowes Eliz VVhat saies the Queene vnto my late petition Gage You are deny'd that grace Her Maiestie will not admitt you conference Sir William Sentlo vrging that motion VVas first committed since sent to the Tower Madam in breife your foes are the Queenes freindes Your freinds her foes Six of the Counsell are this day appoynted To examine you of certaine articles Eliz They shal be welcome my god in whome I trust VVill helpe deliuer saue defend the iust Enter Winchester Sussex Howard Tame Shandoyse and Constable Suss: All forbeare this place vnlesse the Princesse Winch: Madam we from the Queene are ioynd They sit shee kneeles in full commission Sussex By your Fauour good my Lord ere you proceed Madam although this place doth tye you to this reuerence It becomes not you being a Princesse to deiect your knee A chaire there Eliz My duty with my fortunes do agree And to the Queene in you I bend my knee Suss: You shall not kneele where Sussex sits in place The Chamber keeper a chaire there for her grace Winch: Madam perhaps you censure hardly That was enforst in this commission Eliz Knowe you your owne guilt my good Lord Chancelor That you accuse your selfe I thinke not so I am of this mynd no man is my foe Winch: Madam I would you would submit vnto her highnes Eliz Submit my Lord of Winchester t is fit That none but base offenders should submit No no my Lord I easily spy your drifte Hauing nothing whereon you can accuse me Do seeke to haue my selfe my selfe betray So by my selfe my owne blood should be spilt Confesse submission I confesse a guilt Tame What answere you to Wiats late rebellion Madam t is thought that you did set them on Eliza: Who is 't will say so men may much suspect But yet my Lord none can my life detect I a confederate with those kentish rebells Yf I ere saw or sent to them let the Queene take my head Hath not proud Wyat suffered for his offence And in the purging both of soule and body for heauen Did Wyat then accuse Elizabeth Suss: Madam he did not Eliz My reuerent Lord I know it Howard Madam he would not Eliz Oh my good Lord he could not Suss: The same day Frogmorton was arrain'd in the Guild-hall It was impos'd on him whether this Princesse had a hand With him or no he did deny it Cler'd her sore his death yet accus'd others Eliz My god be prays'd this is newes but of a minute old Shand: What answere you to Sir Peter Carew in the west The westerne Rebels Eliz Aske the vnborne Infant see what that will answere For that and I are both alike in guilt Let not by rigor Innocent blood be spilt Winch: Come Madam answere breifly to these treasons Eliz Treason Lords if it be treason to be the daughter To th' Eight Henry Sister to Edward and the next of blood vnto My gratious soueraigne now the Queene I am a traytor if not I Spit at treason In Henryes raigne this Law could not haue stood O god that we should suffer for our blood Const: Madam the Queene must here you sing another song Before you parte with vs Eliz My god doth know I can no note but truth That with heauens King One day in quiers of Angels I shall singe Winch: Then Madam you 'le not submit Eliz My life I will but not as guilty My Lords let pale offendors pardon craue If we offend Lawes rigor let vs haue Winch: You are stubborne come let ts certifie the Queene Tame Rowme for the Lords there Exeunt Counsell Eliz Thou power eternall Inocents iust guide That sways the Scepter of all Monarchyes Protect the guiltlesse from these rauening Iawes That hidious death presentes by Tyrants Lawes And as my hart is knowne to thee most pure Grant mee release or patience to endure Enter Gage and Seruants Gage Madam we your poore humble seruants Made bold to presse into your graces presence To know how your cause goes Eliz Well well I thanke my god well How can a cause go ill with Innocents They that to whome wronges in this world are done Shal be rewarded in the world to come Enter the six Counsellors Winch: It is the pleasure of her maiestie That you be straight committed to the Tower Eliz The Tower for what Winch: Moreouer all your howshold seruants we haue discharg'd Except this gentleman your vsher this gentlewoman Thus did the Queene commaund And for your guard a hundred Northern whitecotes Are appoynted to conduct you thither To night vnto your chamber to morrow early prepare You for the Tower your bardge stands ready To conduct you thyther shee kneeles Eliz Oh god my hart A prisoner in the Tower Speake to the Queene my Lords that some other place May lodge her sister that 's too vild too base Suss: Come my lords lett 's all ioyne in one peticion To the Queene that she may not be lodg'd within the Tower Winch: My Lord you know it is in vaine For the Queenes sentence is definitiue And we must see 't perform'd Eliz Then to our chamber comfortlesse and sad To morrow to the tower that fatall place Where I shall neuer