<P_196>

Than was there a coupe of wyne calde for , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.2)

and the shyryffe began unto me , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.3)

and wylyd me to drynke to the marshales men , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.4)

and so I dyd . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.5)

Thane they toke their leve of the shyryffe , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.6)

and so went their wayes , bedynge me fayerwell , sayenge unto me , "
There ys remedy inowghte yet , mr. Mowntayne , yf that you wyll take
heed yn tyme . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.7)

" God be with yow all ! <paren> sayd I , </paren>
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.8)

and I thanke yow . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.9)

Have me commendyd I pray yow unto your master , and to the reste of all
my frendys ; " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.10)

and so wee partyd . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.11)

Than the shyryffe causyd iiij or v horse to be made redy .
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.12)

Yn the meane tyme he causyd one of hys men to make redye the warrant to
the keapar of Cambrydge castylle . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.13)

Never the lese , my lady hys wyffe laboryd very earnystly to her
husband for me , that I myghte not goo to Cambridge castelle , beynge
so vyle a pryson , but that I myghte remayne yn their owne howse as a
prysonar . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.14)

" Good madame , <paren> sayed he , </paren> I praye yow be contentyd ;
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.15)

yf I shoulde so doo , I knowe not howe yt wolde be taken .
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.16)

Yew knowe not so mowche as I doo yn thys matter ;
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.17)

but what fryndshyp I can shewe hyme he shall suerly have yt , for your
sake , and for hys owne to , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.18)

for I have known hyme longe , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.19)

and ham very sory for hys truble . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.20)

So I thanked hym for $his jentelnes . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.21)

By thys tyme all thynges were yn a redynes . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.22)

Than he hymeselve and my lady browght me to the uter gate .
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.23)

He wyllyd me to be set one hys one {COM:own} geldynge ,
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.24)

gave me a cup of wyne , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.25)

toke me by the hande , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.26)

and bad me fayr wel ; dyssyerynge me to be of good cheeare .
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.27)

So to Cambryge I came ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,196.28)

and at the townes ende there mete me one Kenrycke , who a lytell before
hade been a prysonar yn the <P_197> marshallesee , as I myselve was ;
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.29)

but our cawsys not lyke , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.30)

for hys was playne fellonye , and so provyd , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.31)

and myne was treson and herysye as they calde yt .
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.32)

" O mr. Mountayne , <paren> sayde he , with a lowd voyce , </paren>
alase ! (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.33)

what make yow here ? (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.34)

I persave nowe that yt ys trwe that I have hard . "
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.35)

" What ys that ? " sayed I . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.36)

" Trwely , <paren> sayed he , </paren> that yow be come hether to be
burned . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.37)

" This ys a sharpe sallutasyon , mr. Kenryke , <paren> sayde I ,
</paren> (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.38)

and yt ys more than I doo knowe of ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.39)

and yf it be so , God strengthyne me yn hys trwthe ,
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.40)

and hys wylle be done upon me , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.41)

for I truste that I ham hys . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.42)

Than ryd we ynto the towne to an yne called the Gryffyn , bycawse the
kepar was not at home ; where I alyghtyd , and went up to a chamber .
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.43)

My hed beynge than somewhate troublyd with Kenryckes sowdayne
sallutasyon afore mensyonyd , I callyd mr. shyryffys men
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.44)

and sayed unto them , " Avoyed the peple , I praye yow , owte of the
chamber , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.45)

and loke {COM:lock} the doores , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.46)

for I have to saye unto yow . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.47)

Whan thys was done I sate down , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.48)

and sayed unto them , " Deare freyndys , a questyon I have here to move
unto yow , wheryn I shall dyssyer yow to be playne with me , and note
to dyesymble , even as yow wyll answer afore God at the laste daye ;
afore home bothe yow and I shall stand , and there to render up our
accowntys . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.49)

Tell me therefore , I praye yow , whate order hathe mr. shyryffe taken
with yow as towchynge the daye and tyme whan I shall suffer , and whate
kynde of deathe yt ys that I shall dye ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.50)

and yn so doynge yow shall mowche plesure me , and cawse me to be yn a
greate redynes , whansoever I shall be callyd . "
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.51)

Than one of them , whose name was mr. Calton , sayed unto me , " Sir ,
yow need not to feare ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.52)

for yf there were anye suche thyng , yow shulde have knolege of yt , as
meet yt were ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.53)

but our master wyllyd us , and also commaundyd us , that we shuld
jentlye use yow , and also commaunde the kepar to do the same . "
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.54)

Than called they for meate , and wyne ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.55)

and when we had wel refreshyd us , we went up to the castell , where
they callyd for the keaper , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.56)

but he was not withyn . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.57)

Than delyveryd they the warrante unto the kepares wyffe , sayenge thus
, " Good wyffe Charlys , my master hathe sent your husband a prysonar
here ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,197.58)

and hys plesure ys , <P_198> that you should yntreate hym well , and to
see that he lake nothing , and also to have the lyberty of the yarde ;
" (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.59)

and so toke they their leve of me , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.60)

and went their wayes . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.61)

Than the kepares wyffe led me up throw the sessyones hall ,
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.62)

and there she locked $me up under iiij or v lokes ,
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.63)

and at nyghte verye late the kepar came home , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.64)

and up he came unto me , I beynge yn bed , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.65)

and sayd unto me , " Syr , yow are wellcome hyther .
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.66)

Are you come to me $to be nursed ? " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.67)

To home I sayd , I hame sent hether unto thys jayell by the quenes
cownsell , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.68)

and whate yow are I knowe not as yet . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.69)

I thynke that yow be the kepar . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.70)

" So I ham yndeed , <paren> sayd he , </paren> (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.71)

and that shal yow knowe or yt be longe . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.72)

" Well , I trust , mr. kepar , to fynd favor at your hand ,
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.73)

and I beseche yow to be good unto me , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.74)

for I have lyen longe in pryson . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.75)

" What ys your name ? " sayed he . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.76)

My name ys Thomas Mowntayne , " sayed I . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.77)

Naye , <paren> sayed he , </paren> yow have another name . "
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.78)

" Not that I doo knowe of , " sayed I . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.79)

Than he lokyd yn my purse whate monye I had , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.80)

and toke yt with hyme ; also my cote , my bottys , and spures ,
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.81)

and so bad me good nyghte ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.82)

and I sayed " Good nyghte , my nooste {COM:mine_host} . "
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.83)

" I am content , <paren> sayed he , </paren> to be your oste to-nyghte
; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.84)

to morowe yow shall have a newe . " (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.85)

Here I calyd to my rememberance the sallutasyons gyven unto me at the
townes end , by the afore namyd Kyndrycke . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.86)

So I ryse up , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.87)

caste my cloke abowt me , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.88)

and knellyd downe , cryenge owte unto Almyghtye God , dyssyerynge hyme
of hys greate ynfynyte marsy and goodnes , for Jesus Chrystes sake , to
comforde me with hys holye sprite yn that agonye , and not to forsake
me yn my olde age , beynge so sore assaltyd of that sutyll dyvel the
flatrynge worlde and the weke fleshe , that I had well nye slypte , as
Davyth that holy prophete sayed ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.89)

and whan the dead tyme of the nyghte came , nature requyrynge reste ,
and I fellynge yn myselve yn shorte tyme yn so greate quyetnes , thorow
the myghteye marsyes of my Lorde God , who had sent me so sweet a calme
after so cruell and stormye a tempeste , sayd thus , " <font> Soli Deo
honor et gloria </font> , &c. , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,198.90)

the Lordys name be praysyd from the rysynge up of the son untyl <P_199>
the goynge downe of the same ! (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,199.91)

and unto thy marsyfull handes do I commend my souwlle , trustynge not
to dye , but to lyffe for ever , yn the land of the lyvyng ;
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,199.92)

for thy spryte , O Lorde , hathe so sartyffyed me , that whether I lyve
or dye , stande or falle , that I ham thyne ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,199.93)

and therefore thy blessyd wyll be done apon me ! "
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,199.94)

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<P_216>

Now whan as I came to Andwarpe , beynge never there afore , I was
amasyd (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.97)

and knewe not where to become that nighte . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.98)

At laste I fownde owte the Inglyshe howse , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.99)

and there I was realevyd for a tyme . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.100)

After that , I toke a howse yn the oxe-marte of a marchawnte callyd
Adam Raner ; hoo shewyd me muche favore , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.101)

and there I thawghte a scoole for the space of a yeare and a halve
quyetly ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.102)

and then commyse over mr. Hussy , beynge than governor of the Inglshe
nasyon , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.103)

and yt was gyven owte that he wolde sodaynly shype and send awaye ynto
Ingland al soche as were come over for relygyon , he namynge me
hymselve for one . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.104)

So with as mowche speed as I could make , $I toke wagon ,
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.105)

and wente up ynto Jarmanye , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.106)

and there was at a place callyd Dwesborowe , a free sytye , beynge
under the ducke of Clefveland , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.107)

and there remaynyd untyl the death of quene Mary ;
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.108)

and then came bake agayne to Andwarpe . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.109)

And there when I set all my doynges yn order , I returnyd home agayn
with joy ynto Ingland , my natyffe contrye , yn the which God grawnte
hys gospel to have free pasagge , and by the same owre lyves to be
amendyd ! (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.110)

Amen . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.111)

Thus hast thow harde , good crystyan reder , the paynful perygrynasyon
of the aforenamed To. Mo. , who , for the testymonye of the truthe ,
and keapynge of a good consyence , sufferyd al thys and a greate deale
more not here expresyd ; (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,216.112)

and , altho' that he laye iij yeare yn pryson , that ys yn the Tower of
London , the Marshalsee , and Cambryge castyll , and moste of thys tyme
yn yorons , bysyed the mysyerye that he sufferyd beynge beyond the
seese for the spase <P_217> of ij yeares , the which ys v yeares ynn
all ; notwithstandynge , as the holy prophet Davythe sayth , God hath
delyveryd hym owte of all hys trubles , (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,217.113)

and hath promysyd that hosoever sufferythe parsecusion for hys name
sake , and dothe contynue yn the same truthe unto the end , all those
shall be moste sartayne and suere to be savyd , and to have their namys
wrytyn yn the boke of lyffe , and after thys lyffe to be savyd by the
only blud of Jese Chryste , unto home , with the Father and the holy
Gooste , be all glory and prayse , nowe $and for ever !
(MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,217.114)

Amen . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,217.115)

Wrytyn by me , Thomas Mowntayne . (MOWNTAYNE-E1-P2,217.116)

