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[^TEXT:  THE TRIAL OF THE EARL OF ESSEX.
THE DR. FARMER CHETHAM MS.
BEING A COMMONPLACE-BOOK IN THE CHETHAM
LIBRARY, MANCHESTER. TEMP. ELIZABETH, JAMES I. 
AND CHARLES I. CONSISTING OF VERSE AND PROSE, 
MOSTLY HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.
(THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE EARLES OF ESSEX
AND SOUTHAMPTON IN WESTMINSTER HALL
ON THURSDAYE YE XIX. OF FEBRUARIE 1600).
CHETHAM SOCIETY, LXXXIX.
ED. A. B. GROSART.
MANCHESTER: THE CHETHAM SOCIETY, 1873.
PP. 8.29 - 23.12^]

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<P 8>
The E. of Essex
replyed againe that he was far from any daungerous thought
towardes his Lo=p= or any of the rest w=th= him, whome he had
before tyme esteemed as his speciall freindes. he sawe indeede
that the comaundm=t= of Allegiaunce could not p~tecte the E. of
South: from the late iniurye done him by my Lo. Greye, and      #
therefore
resolved to stand vppon his guard, havinge y=e= same            #
adu~tisem=t=
<P 9>
on the Sat=er=day night y=t= his private enemyes were in armes
against him & the same seconded on the Sondaye morninge by
p~sons worthye the beleevinge, but (quoth he) for any intent of
treason towarde her Ma=tie= or the State, I am cleare and I can
avowe asmuch for the rest there p~sent. But my Lo. Steward
and the rest of yo=r= Lop=s=, I wold not that yo=u= shold       #
mistake me in
this, as if I went aboute to saue my Lyfe: no, I despise it     #
and am
at peace w=th= god and have forgott the world, beinge more      #
desirous
to dye then to live. That w=ch= I speake is rather in           #
satisfacon
of this nobleman that standeth by me and the rest that are
engaged w=th= me, whose hartes are purely affected and whose
bodyes are able to serve theire sou~aigne and their countrye.
But to confirme in me the doubte of beinge s=r~=prised in my    #
house,
S=r= Walter Raleighe persuaded S=r= fferdinando Gorges to leave #
vs or
he was lost, tould him that he came owte of a sinkinge ship.
And the advises on Saterday night and Sunday morninge, came
not from light and vayne reportes but from an honorable
adu~tisem=t=. But my Lordes (q=th= he) I haue had very uniust
courses vsed against me, Papists soughte owte to accuse, as     #
Tho.
Blunt, and one Sudall a Preiste, Allsoe Bales a Scrivener       #
confessed
to me and others that he counterfeited my hand twelve
tymes. What measure might I then expect from such begininge?
   To that M=r= Attorney spake that it was true y=t= Bales was  #
hired
therevnto by a s~vant of th'earles, one John Danyell to         #
th'intent
that if afterwardes the E. owne hand were p~duced to accuse him
he mighte have somewhat to allege for him selfe. Heere the Lo.
Greye stoode vp and p~tested he did not nowe mallice the E. of
South: ffor he delighted not to presse an abiecte ffortune.     #
That
w=ch= he offered him in the streete was in respect of a newe    #
iniurye
w=ch= (q=th= the E. of South:) was never ment yo=u=. The Lo.    #
Steward
comaunded an ende of that speeche, tendinge but to private
expostulacon. Then was redd the deposicon of S=r= fferdinando
Gorges to this effect, viz. that he received a l~re from the    #
E. in
January last, either to come vp to London or to meete in some
place the 2 of ffebruary. At his cominge the E. told him he
<P 10>
stoode vppon his guard, that he ment to trust no longer, but he
resolved to defend himself from restrainte. Tould him further
that he was confident in London, and liked not that the Lordes
shold be his int=r=cess=rs=, allsoe that he resolved to call a  #
Parliam=t=
havinge once gayned secure access at Courte. That he had a
stronge p~ty in Wales, but first ment to try London. That he    #
the
sayd S=r= ffer.[{dinando Gorges{] came from his charge at       #
Plymouth
w=t=hout leave, w=ch= beinge knowne to S=r= Walter Raleighe     #
his kinsman
and frend, S=r= Walt=er= sent for him to come speake w=th=      #
him: they
appointed to meete vppon the water on Sunday morninge, the
verie day that the E. of Essex began to stirr. And there
meetinge, S=r= Wa. Ra: told him that he wished him to dep~te    #
the
towne p~sently, or otherwise he wold be layde in the fleete,
whereto he replyed, tush S=r= Wa. this is not a tyme of goinge  #
to the
fleete, gett yo=u= backe to the Courte and that w=th= speede,   #
for yo=u=
are lyke to haue a bloody day of y=t=, wherevpon S=r= Walter    #
againe
advised him to come forth of that company. And then S=r= fferd.
Gorges shoved of the Boate wherein S=r= Wa. Ra: was and bad him
hye him there, w=ch= he did p~ceavinge a boate to come of[{f{]  #
at
Essex house stayres, wherein were 3 or 4 of the E. of Essex
s~vantes, with peeres who had in charge either to take or kill  #
S=r=
Wa. Ra: vppon the water. ffor the first p~te of theire meetinge
vppon the water S=r= Wa. Ra: was deposed in Courte to the same
effecte. The E. of Essex desired to heare S=r= fferd. Gorges    #
face to
face, wherevppon he was sent for, and there delivered as much,
addinge further that he desired the E. of Essex at his          #
retorne, to
goe and submitt himself; whereat the E. excepted w=th= this
speeche or to the like effecte. S=r= fferd. Gorges I wish       #
yo=u= shold
speake any thinge that shold do yo=r= self good, but remember
that yo=u= are a gent. and that yo=r= reputacon oughte to be    #
deare
vnto yo=u=. I pray yo=u= answere, did yo=u= advise me to cease  #
my
enterprise? My Lo. (q=th= he) I thinke I did. Nay (quoth E.)    #
it is
no=w= not tyme to answere vppon thinkinge, did yo=u= indeede so
counsell me? he answered I did. The E. pausing as it were in a
wond=er= replyed thus. Well, let his lyfe and my death witnes
<P 11>
howe truely he speakes. Then was agayne vrged the Consultation
at Drewery house, at w=ch= was p~sent the E. of South:
whereto the E. of South: replyed w=th= p~testation of all       #
loyaltie
in his harte towarde her Ma=tie=. And in that he had offended
her, he was hartely sory, and did in all humblenes beseeche
her p~don. But touchinge the consultation at Drewery house,
many thinges were indeede p~pounded but nothinge resolved,
all beinge lefte in the ende to the E. of Essex himself. But
(q=th= he) put the case as yo=u= wold haue it, that it was      #
advised both
to attempt the Courte and Towre att once, neither of the two
was done: how can it then be made treason? It is true we did
consult at Drewry house, about securinge the E. of Essex his
access free from impeachm=t= and that for noe other end, but to
p~strate o=r= selves at her mat=e's= ffeete, humblie            #
submittinge o=r= selves
to her m=er=cye, and laying forth our greifes to her self,      #
whereof
we thought she had noe true informacon from others. this was
the end of o=r= meetinge, and not w=th= any treasonable         #
thought of
my p~te. I take god to record, and (q=th= he) I desire the      #
opinion
of the Judges, whether one thinge consulted vppon and an other
executed be Treason, ffor we talkte of goinge to the Courte,    #
the
Towre allso was talked vppon, but the counsell was reiected,
and this yo=u= will haue to be treason. ffor my p~te I knewe
nothinge in the morninge when I came to Essex house of o=r=
goinge into London. when I was in London I hard not the
p~clamacon, I was not neare by the lengthe of the streete. Let
my Lo. Burleigh speake (I knowe him hon=or=able) whether he
sawe me in London or not. I never drewe my sword all the
daye. I am charged to carry a pistoll: I had none when I went
owte. when I came into London I sawe one havinge a pistoll. 
I desired it of him and had it. But it had never a stone nor    #
cold
it have hurte a flye. At my retorne into Essex house I did      #
there
what I could to hind=er= the shootinge, and for that ende sent  #
Capt.
White about the house. ffrom this kinde of behavio=r= can be
gathered noe thoughtes of Treason, and therefore I beseech      #
yo=u=
my Lordes, to censure me not accordinge to the letter of the
<P 12>
Lawe but as in yo=r= trewe consciences yo=u= are p~swaded of    #
me,
And in that I was to[{o{] farr carryed w=th= love to my Lo. of  #
Essex
I confesse to haue offended, that before rehersed beinge the
onely drift and scope of my purpose in this busines. Hereto
M=r= Attorney replyed y=t= it was (\palliata Conclusio\) . Is   #
this (q=th= he)
not Treason to force the Queene in her owne house, to sett
guardes at her gates in her Chambers and all p~tes of house, to
thintent that havinge her in yo=r= power yo=u= mighte doe what  #
yo=u=
listed. Good M=r= Attorney (q=th= the E. of South:) let, let    #
me aske
yo=u= what yo=u= thinke in yo=r= conscience, we wold haue done  #
w=th=
the Queene yf we had gayned the Courte. I p~test vppon my
soule and conscience (q=th= M=r= Attorney) I do beleeve she     #
shold
not have longe lived after she had bene in yo=r= power. Note    #
but
the p~sidentes of former ages, how longe lived Rich. the 2.     #
afte=r=
he was surprised in the same manner. the p=re=tence was alike,  #
for
removinge of c=er=taine counsellor=es=, but it shortely after   #
cost him his
lyfe. such is the vnquenchable thirst of Ambition, w=ch= never
can be satisfied so longe as any greatnes is left vnatchived.   #
but
know this for certaine, that to make the Courte or Tower a
defence for private enemyes is playne Treason. The E. of South:
replied that the Towre was reiected as a matter of ridiculous   #
to be
thought vppon: neither was it ment to fortifie at courte, but
onely to cast them selves at her Ma=te's= feete. The Judges     #
were
required theire sev~rall opinions for the Question before       #
p~pounded
by the E. of South: who argued it sev~ally, and agreed that it
was Treason. My Lo. Admyrall desired to be resolved whether
the instructions for a consultacon to be had at Drewry house
were under the E. of Essex owne hands: Then was p~duced
and redd in Courte the examinacon of S=r= Charles Davers to     #
this
effect, that the Earle of Essex deliberated before Christmas,   #
to
secure his accesse to her Ma=tie= from possibility of           #
resistance, to
posses himselfe of the Courte, the p~iect of the Earle of       #
Essex,
his owne hand, to surprise the Capt. of the guard, the Courte
beinge taken to send to satisfye the Cittye, to call a          #
p~liam=t=, and
to bringe his enemyes to an honorable tryall: That he wished
<P 13>
the E. to flye w=th= 2 or 3 gent. and for his owne goinge to    #
the
consultacon at Drewrie house, he was drawne there vnto, by the
love he bare to the E. of South: to whome he ought his lyfe.
he confesseth that he advised to seize the halbertes in the     #
Guarde
Chamber, w=ch= done they shold w=th= ease enoughe posses that   #
place,
beinge p~swaded to fynde many indifferent havinge bene the E.
of Essex his s~vantes in tymes past. Then was red the Ex. of    #
S=r=
Christ. Blunt, to this effect, At the first his wounde hindred  #
him,
but p~mised that when he was able to speake he wold tell all
trewlye, And beinge then Ex. before my Lo. Admyrall and M=r=
Secretarie, he confessed the p~iecte to be as hath bene before
described. he affirmed that the E. of Essex had a purpose to    #
alter
the gou~m=t=, and in communicacon w=th= him, the E. said that   #
he
liked not that any man shold be troubled for Religion, That the
E. sent Wiseman to his wife w=th= a letter of Complaint into    #
the
Countrye, requestinge him allso to come to London the xx=th= of
Januarye accordinge to appointm=t=. The E. of Essex answered,
yo=u= p~duce heere Ex. of wittnesses against me, they are in    #
like
state as I am, they speake like men desirous to live, they      #
testifye
against me. What reward doe they hope for? Lyfe. I wish
that w=ch= they speake may purchase that vnto them. ffor I      #
never
ment to Endaunger any of theire lives, howsoever I speede this
daye. it is to me a thinge indifferent. I am not in Love w=th=
my Lyfe, nor have bene a longe tyme. I could haue bene          #
contented
to haue dyed in my house when I was besett: But I
thancke Allmightie God, that he hath reserved me to this daye's
tryall: But I was driven to this hazard by those that have the
Queene's care and doe abuse it, inforcinge againste me many
vntruthes, w=ch= knowinge I choose rather to hazard her         #
Ma=te's=
mercy: then to abide the daungerous courses that shold run
against me. Beinge demaunded who were those p~sonnes at w=ch=
he cheiflye aymed, he answered M=r= Secretarie Cecill, the Lo.
Cobhm~ and S=r= Walt=er= Raleighe, against whome he had iust
cause of exceptons, as wold haue diverted her Ma=te's= favor    #
from
them. ffor the matter of his goinge into London, he knewe not
<P 14>
th'int=er=p=r~=tacon of the same, but his owne harte he knewe   #
to be
cleare of the leaste stayne of disloyaltie to his sou~aigne.    #
The
Lo. Cobhm~ arose and excused himself of any mallice to the E.
and p~tested to have onely dislyked his ambitious courses,      #
w=ch=
could not but breede daunger to the State, in w=ch= respect he
ought to hind=er= there growthe. The Lo. Steward cut of[{f{]    #
his
speeche, affirmyng that the matter alledged by the E. was
imp~tinent, and willed them to p~ceede to the Judgm=t= that was
in hand. The E. of Essex not w=th=standinge replied that in his
opinyon he was not alone, but he was fortified by the opinion   #
of
honorable p~sons. Then M=r= Bacon spake to this effect: I
expected not (q=th= he) that the matter of defence shold have   #
bene
alledged for excuse, therefore I must allter my speeche from    #
that
I entended. To Rebell in Defence, is a matter not hard of;
in case of Murder, defence is a good Plea, but in this case, to
doe all that was done that daye, and then to goe abowte to
blamich it, I cannot allowe: I speake not nowe to simple men,
I speake to them that can drawe p~se owte of the nature of the
thinges themselves. It is knowne by bookes, by experience and
by common talke, that noe Lawfull intendimt=es= are bent
directlie againste the Prince, but there is a walteringe of     #
gou~m=tes=
(as the phrase is in Scottland). thes goe noe way but by
p~ticular Iniuries. My Lo=rs=, I cannot resemble yo=r=          #
p~ceedinges
more rightlie then to y=t= of Pisistratus in Athens, who        #
launched
himself to th'intent that by the sighte of bleedinge woundes,   #
the
people might beleve he was set vppon: Yo=r= Lop. gave owte
that yo=r= lyfe was soughte by the Lo. Cobham and S=r= Wa. Ra:
and carried allwayes such a shewe of religion in yo=u= that     #
mens
eyes were not able throughe suche a myste to behould the
deceipte. But yo=u= imprisonne the Counsell: what reference
hath that facte to my Lo. Cobhm~ or the rest. yo=u= alledged    #
the
matter to have resolved vppon on the soddaine. No, yo=u= weare
three monthes in deliberacon. My Lo. descend into yo=r= self,
and strip yo=u= of excuse: the p~ties yo=u= shott att (yf       #
yo=u= could
haue rightly vnd=er=stood) were yo=r= best ffreindes. here the  #
E. of
<P 15>
Essex interrupted him and sayde, that the speeche of M=r=       #
Bacon,
gave him occasion to alledge him selfe against him selfe. ffor
(saith he) M=r= Bacon beinge a daylie Courtier, and havinge     #
accesse
to her Ma=tie= vnd=er=tooke to goe to the Queene in my behalf,  #
and
for that ende drue a letter very artificiallye, w=ch= was       #
subscribed
w=th= my name, allso another letter was drawne, to occasion     #
that
letter, w=ch= other came from his brother M=r= Anthony Bacon,   #
both
w=ch= he shold shewe the Queene. Gosnole broughte me both the
letters, and in my letter he did pleade for me, as feelingly    #
against
those enemyes and pointed them owt as plainely as was possible.
M=r= Bacon answered that thes digressions were not fitt,
neither wold be suffered, but that the hono=r= and patience of
this assemblie was greate: he confessethe [{he{] had spent more
howeres to make him a good s~vante to her Ma=tie= then ever he
des~ved. for any thinge conteyned in those letters they wold
not blushe in the clearest light. But (saithe the E.) lett it   #
be
indifferently iudged whether I had cause of greife or not,      #
when I
was informed by those of good Credditt, that an honorable,
grave, and wise Counsello=r= did with teares lament the         #
co=r=ses they
were takinge, that besides for that I spake in London, that the
(^Infanta^) of Spayne was intytled to the succession: I had     #
reason,
ffor it was tould me that M=r= Secretarye so sayde to one of    #
his
fellow Counsello=rs=, that the (^Infanta's^) tytle              #
Compativelie, was
as good as any other in the succession. Allso I sawe soe many
oppressions in the State, y=t= I was desirous to sacrifice my   #
selfe in
the redresse thereof by doinge any thinge that a Loyall         #
subiecte
mighte doe Herewith. M=r= Secretarye beinge present besought
the Lo. Steward vppon his knee to give him leave to answere the
E. of Essex, w=ch= he seemed loathe to doe as not beleevinge    #
what
the E. had taxed him w=t=hall: and the Peeres made one          #
semblance
of givinge light credditt thereunto. M=r= Secretarye began
to this effecte. My Lo. ffor witt I give yo=u= the p~eminence,  #
yo=u=
have it aboundantlie. ffor birthe I give yo=u= place. I am not
noble, yet I am a gent: neither am I a sword man. Yo=u= haue
therefore the oddes of me. Butt I have inocencye to p~tect me
<P 16>
from yo=r= malicious slander, and I stand here in the p~son of  #
an
honest man: yo=u= there in the p~son of a Trayto=r=. Wherefore  #
I
do here challenge yo=u= yf yo=u= dare, to name vnto this        #
honorable
assembley, that Counsell=r= to whome I shold speake those       #
wordes.
The E. replyed w=th= a kynde of frowne to be dared, that they   #
all
knewe he had not named one man, that daye for an other,
neyther wold he. Then (q=th= M=r= Secret:) it must be beleeved  #
to
be a ficcon. No (q=th= the Earle) it is not, for the noble man  #
that
standeth by me hard it: and it was told ioyntile to vs both.
Then M=r= Secretary said to the E. of South: in effecte, as
followeth, if it be so then, my Lo. I coniure yo=u= by all the  #
love
and frendshipp that hath bene betwixte vs, and as yo=u= are a
Christian: by the hono=r= of yo=r= name and howse and           #
whatsoever
else yo=u= hold honorable, as I p~test I holde yo=u= severed    #
from him
in impudencye, that yo=u= name here the Counsell=r= to whome I
shold speake it. The E. of South: answered, that he referred
himself to that honorable Courte, whither it were fytt for hym,
in the case he nowe stoode, to name him. I refer me (q=th= he)  #
to
yo=r= self S=r=, and if you will say vppon yo=r= hono=r= y=t=   #
it were fitt I
did name him, I will. I p~test (q=th= M=r= Secret:) before you  #
and
heaven, that yow should [{do{] yo=r= Prince and Countrye a most
acceptable s~vice, for I were a verie vnworthye man to hold     #
that
place I doe in the State if I were to be touched in that sorte.
Then the Earle of South: named S=r= Willm. Knolles to be
the Counsello=r= to whome he shold so speake. Then (M=r=        #
Secret:)
vppon his knee besoughte the Lo. Steward that S=r= Willm
Knollis might be sent for, w=ch= was graunted. And M=r=         #
Secretarie
p~ceeded in an open p~testacon, that he never hated the p~son   #
of
the E. but his ymodderate aspiring. That he had told the
Queene since my Lo. restreinte at my Lo. Keep=r=, y=t= he       #
hoped y=t=
this late affliccon wold fitt hym to her Ma=tes= service, and   #
did but
attend a fitt tyme, to move her Ma=tie= to call him agayne to   #
the
Courte. Then the Q. Counsell p~ceeded to the Evidence,
obiectinge to the E. of Essex his cold hipocrisie, for as much  #
as
havinge in his house contynuall preachinge, he yet was          #
contented
<P 17>
to S=r= Christ. Blunt: to p~mise a tolleracon of Religion. To   #
that
the E. answered, y=t= he knewe S=r= Christ. Blunt to be a       #
(^Papist^)
and had often sought his con~ion and (q=th= he) beinge in       #
speeche
together aboute those matters, oh (q=th= S=r= Chr. Blunt), my   #
Lo. you
are in passion against those of my p~fession: whereunto I       #
answered,
did you never knowe y=t= at such tyme as I had power in the
State, I was willinge noe man shold be trobled for his          #
conscience.
the E. of South: besought leave to speake, and spake to this
effecte. I was ignorant (q=th= he) of the Lawes, therefore      #
mighte
easely transgress the bondes thereof. The first and onely       #
motive
that [{led to{] my stirr w=th= my Lo. was my love to my Lord,   #
tyed vnto
him both by the bondes of Allegiance and his manifold des~tes
towardes me. In respect whereof I was content to indure w=th=
him the utmost hazard: for I sawe his case verie desp~ate for
fav=or= & therefore I consulted w=th= others to steere his      #
passage to
her Ma=tie=. I p~test before allmightie God for noe other end   #
then
to p~strate o=r= selves at her ffeete, wherein was never        #
mencon made
of sheddinge one drop of blood, And if in this my affection, I
have bene transported beyond the Limittes of the Lawe, and
that her highenes is displeased therew=th=, I doe in all        #
humblenes
crave her p~don and mercye, wherein I will never dispaire. I
hope her Ma=tie=, beinge Gode's Leivetenante vppon earthe, will
imytate him in Lookinge to the Earle and not condemne me for
that, wherein onely through ignoraunce of her Lawes I have
offended. heere M=r= Secre: beinge moved w=th= a deepe touche   #
of
ymputacon layde vppon hym by the Lo. of Essex, humbly desired
leave to move the Courte, w=ch= graunted, he spake as           #
followeth.
S=r= Willm. Knollis (q=th= he) is sent for. I knowe not by what
messenger, neither whether he will come or not. I therefore
beseech yo=r= grace y=t= some sure gent. may be sent as hath    #
free
access to her Ma=te's= p~son, and y=t= may p~sent vnto her my   #
humble
desire that it wold please her to comaunde him to come, and in
my opinion this gent. that standes here, M=r= Knyvett, a gent.  #
of
her Ma=te's= preivy Chamber, were a verie meete man. The Lo.
Steward, [{and{] the 7 Peeres consented. then M=r= Secretarie   #
turned
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his speeche to M=r= Knyvett to this effecte. M=r= Knivet goe    #
and
deliver faithfullie this messuage to her Ma=tie= & I further    #
coniure
yo=u= as yo=u= are a gent. and do tend=r= yo=r= reputacon, by   #
all o=r= Love
and by y=o= dutye yo=u= owe to o=r= Sou~aigne and Conterye,     #
that yo=u=
add this further from me to her Ma=tie=, That if either owt of  #
want
of care of me, or content to her self, she shall deny to send   #
him, I
doe here vowe vppon my salvacon, that I will never s~ve her as  #
a
Counsello=r= or Secretarie, but will live and dye her subiect   #
and
vassaile. I pray you forgett not to deliver it w=th= this       #
p~viso, that
I will dye her vassayle and subiect. Then they p~ceeded againe
to the Evidence. And it was demaunded by M=r= Attorney of
the Judges to resolve the Courte whether to offer by force to
remove anye of her Ma=te's= Counsell be Treason or not? And it
was answered to be treason. Allso, whether for a subiecte to
make his passage to the presence of his prince by force vppon
her Courte or Counsell were Treason, or not? It was likewise
adiudged treason. Then it was vrged by M=r= Attorney, that
it was playne, that force was vsed, for foure of the Queene's
subiectes were slayne, allso the attempt of the Courte was
resolved at Drewry house. Whereto the E. of South: replyed,
That the resolucon was not testified by S=r= Charles Davers. No
(q=th= M=r= Attorney). But S=r= John Davis witnesseth a plain   #
resolucon,
wherevppon was redd the examinacon of S=r= John Davies, to
that effect, and in the rest agreeinge w=th= the others. Then   #
the Lo.
Admirall stoode vp and tooke witnesse of the Lo=res= there      #
present
that there was noe losse of men till seven of the Clocke, on    #
the Sondaye,
at w=ch= tyme they vnd=er~=stoode at Courte howe thinges passed
at Essex house, And therefore it was not likelye the E. of      #
Essex
shold stir vp any such doubte. The E. of Essex w=th= p~testacon
that not to save his owne lyfe, w=ch= he cared not for, but to
deliver a trouth, for theire sakes that were ingaged w=th= him,
Affirmed againe that he was twice informed of a force levied,
and for the matter of force obiected in killinge the Q=ues=     #
subiectes,
he p~tested it was much against his mynde. And that the bloode
of his Count=er=ye men was verie deare vnto him. Neither (sayd
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he) did I ever drawe my sworde, till I was charged at Ludgate,
where I was shott twice in the hatt. I was told my Lo. of
Cumberland was there. I desired to speake w=th= him and to
make my self be vnd=er~=stoode of him. And for that end willed
the Company that was w=th= me to stay. Then was S=r= John
Luson deposed, to whome was comitted the charge of Ludgate,
that no messuage came to him from the E. after the first shott,
w=th= many other circumstances of the E. behavio=r=, of the     #
killinge
of the waytes there &=c=. In this meane while S=r= W=m=         #
Knollis was
come. And there in open courte did release M=r= Secretarye of
the speeches, and to put the matter quite owte of doubte, he    #
said
that there was a sedicous booke sett out, vnder the name of one
Dallman, w=ch= very corruptly disputed the tytle of the         #
succession,
derivinge it as Lawfull vppon the (^Infanta^) , as any other.
And M=r= Secretarye and he beinge in talke aboute that booke,
M=r= Secret: spake to this effecte, Is it not a straunge        #
impudency
in that Dallman to give equall righte in the succession of      #
England,
to the Infanta as to any other. herevppon (q=th= M=r=
Comptroller) was grownded the sclaunder of M=r= Secretarye,
whereof he is as cleare as any man here p~sent. The Earle of
Essex replied, that it was tould them in an other sence. noe my
Lo. (q=th= M=r= Secretarye) yo=r= Lo. owt of yo=r= mallice to   #
me desires
to make me odious, and of yo=r= mallice haue noe other ground,
then the breath betwene vs of the peace w=th= Spayne, w=ch= I
labored for the good and quyett of my Countrye, as for my
affection to advaunce a Spanyshe tytle to England, I am so far
from y=t=, that I hate to think of it. And I pray god to        #
consume
me where I stande, If I doe not hate the Spanyard as much as
any man lyvinge. But w=th= yo=u= it hath ever bene a            #
(^Maxime^) , to
pr~fer warr before peace, in respecte of the consequence to     #
yo=r=
followers, and dependers. Divers other speeches passed betweene
them, w=ch= I remember not. Then they p~ceeded agayne to the
matter, And there were red the Examinacons of the E. of         #
Rutland,
Lo. Cromwell and Lo. Sandes. The E. of Rutlandes was
to this effecte That he came to Essex house one the Sonday
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morninge and it was then told him that the E. of Essex lyfe was
soughte by the Lo. Cobh~m and S=r= Wa. Ra: that the E. of Essex
told him that the Cittye stoode for hym, and that Sheriffe
Smithe had p~mised to rayse him as many men as he could.
That in London the E. of Essex made a speeche to the Townesmen,
and in the end thereof told them, that they shold arme
them, for that the Kingdome was offered to be sold to the
Infanta. And said, they did him harme in comynge forthe
naked. The E. of Essex interrupted the Clerk of the Crowne,
beseechinge the Peeres, to note the weaknes of the E. of        #
Rutlandes
tale, who named neither tyme not place and w=t=hall
p~tested that he sent for noe man. Then was alledged, that he
wrought for the E. of Sussex vnder p~tence to come and meete
w=th= a number of his ffreindes (as the E. himselfe there       #
p~sent
confessed). The E. of Essex answered, that he had a desire to
satisfye all the honorable spirittes of England (in w=ch=       #
number he
tooke his Lo=p=) that the messuage to the Lo. Mayor was either  #
to
come or to send to Sheriffe Smithe's, into whose handes they
wold put themselves, to be cutt in peeces, if they shold        #
attempt
any thinge vnlawfullie. And make me (q=th= he) as wicked as     #
owte
of any hum=r= of yo=r= harte yo=u= wold make me, yet yo=u=      #
shall not
make me absurd to goe into the Cittye after such a fashion as
yo=u= describe yf I had not apprehended an ymminent daunger.
Then was farther vrged, that the E. of Rutland had confessed
that the E. of Essex was spurred forwards by the E. of South:
(who whispered him in the eare) It was allso obiected to the E.
of South: by M=r= Attorney that he was a (^Papist^) : and had   #
had
conversation w=th= Preistes: whereto the E. of South: answered
that for the first matter, the E. of Rutland might mistake,
affirmynge that he onely wished my Lo. of Essex to goe vp into
a chamber: And for the last it was very uniustly vrged, for he
tooke vppon his salvacon that he never knewe Preiste, but only
one Wright, and w=th= hym he never conversed in all his Lyfe,   #
and
yf it could be otherwise p~ved he desired to dye. The Lo.       #
Cromwell's
Ex. was he knewe nothinge tyll Sunday morninge,
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when seeinge the E. of E. pass by his lodginge in ffleete       #
streete,
he followed hym into London. he hard the E. of Essex cry for
all yo=r= good my maisters, that the Realme shold be soldd      #
&=c=.
Nay my Lo. (q=th= M=r= Attorney) howsoever yo=u= goe aboute to
cloake matters, and to make a p~tence of an innocente harte,
these Deposicons of men of yo=r= owne companye admytt noe       #
contradiction:
And I wond=er= not at yo=r= denyall, for yo=u= will appeare
to be of all religions, one while Papist, an other while        #
a Puritaine,
and that but to gayne vnto yo=r= selfe all sortes of people.    #
It will
allso be p~ved that yo=u= have practized w=th= Tyrone: To that  #
the
E. answered he could not p~ve it: he defyed all the world for   #
y=t=
matter. Yes (q=th= M=r= Attorney) yo=u= sent Lea to him as he   #
hath
confessed. The Earle againe denied it, affirminge that it was   #
far
from him to trust Lea in such a busines. yes (q=th= M=r=        #
Attorney)
and it shall appeare, that Lea had direction from you to        #
attempt
the Queene, for the w=ch= he was executed as a Trayto=r= the    #
other
daye. The E. answered that he never sett him a worke, nor
never heard that he was apprehended till M=r= Warburton told it
him. And to the former obiection of M=r= Attorneye touchinge
his relligion, he p~tested that he never was sectarie, and then
excused himself of havinge delte against the Bishops: havinge
beene in his younge tyme ledd theretoe by some hott spirittes,
w=ch= since are growne to a better temper. And for Papistrie,   #
he
doubted not but all the worlde wold cleare him from that        #
ymputacon.
The Lo. Sandes his Examinacon was redd to this effecte,
vz. that he came to Essex house aboute vi. a clocke in the      #
morninge,
And went w=th= the E. of Essex to Sheriffe Smithe's house,
and stayde w=t=houte till he was sent for in by the Earle.      #
where
the E. told him he wold go backe to his house, for there was a
blacke bagg that shold tell noe tayles. wherevppon M=r=         #
Attorneye
tooke occasion to speake: That yf that black bagge could
have bene lighte vppon, there wold haue bene found much good
stuffe. ffor (q=th= he) Bothe S=r= John Davies and S=r=         #
Charles Davers
doe depose that yo=u= said vnto them that black bagg could tell
that yo=u= were betrayed in London. W=ch= allso is witnessed by
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Bussell, who was very forward w=th= yo=u=. But yo=u= were       #
confident
in London, havinge beene p~swaded by yo=r= sicophantes that all
the Cittie was of yo=r= p~te and in yo=r= pride and             #
overweeninge of
theire p~takinge, yow contemned the Q=ne's= Royall authoritye,  #
her
herraldes wold not be harkened vnto. To this the E. of Essex
replyed, as for Bussell, he was never inward w=th= him, he was
his servante and wayted one hym att his table, and that was all
the greatnes. And for the herralde, he beleved not that he had
authoritye to doe that he did, beinge a man of noted            #
dishonestie,
and was burnt in the hand: I never (q=th= the E.) conferred nor
attempted any thinge but to th'ende to serve my Countrie and
sou~aigne, by makinge her Ma=tie= vnd=e~=stand vs, w=ch= we     #
cold not
doe for the potencye of o=r= enemyes, that were aboute her. And
therefore I do laye a charge vppon yo=u= all my Lo. and those
that be hearers that notw=t=hstandinge all Eloquence vsed to    #
make
me seeme a Trayto=r=, a Papiste, a Sectarie and an Atheiste,    #
and
to haue vsurped the Crowne, yo=u= will yet witnes w=th= me and  #
so I
doubte not but to manifest, by goinge w=th= a courage and       #
cherefully
vnto my death, that I dye a good Christian, and never
soughte to exceede the degree of a subiecte: howsoever I have
bene delte w=t=hall. I euere soughte to appease all humo=r= of
revenge, and for confirmacon thereof was resolved to receave    #
the
Sacram=t= till the attempt vppon the E. of South. I am far from
Atheisme, and doe desire to dye as a Christian and an Earle,
that haue faithfullie s~ved my Prince and Countrye, whatsoever
others have testified, out of the weaknes of theire hartes      #
against
me, or to seeme to haue said enoughe I desire it may not lye
heavye vppon me. I never thoughte of a p~liam=t=. Then M=r=
Attorney told him that it was not possible but his purpose must
be to sett the Crowne vppon his owne heade: ffor (q=th= he)     #
yo=u=
drewe manye Earles, Barons and gent: of greate houses into the
busines w=th= yo=u=. howe shall it be though=t= yo=u= could     #
haue
rewarded them owte of yo=r= maymed estate. The E. answered
noe other waye then vppon o=r= knees to her Ma=tie=. Then M=r=
Bacon spake to this effect. I doubte the varietie of the        #
matter,
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and digressions haue sev=er~=ed the Judgm=t= of the Lo: And     #
therefore
I hold it necessarie to recyte the Judges opinyons. That
done he p~ceeded to this effecte. Nowe put case (q=th= he) the  #
E.
of Essex intent were as he wold have it beleeved, to goe as a
Sup=lt= to her Ma=tie=, yet shall their peticons be armed       #
peticons, w=ch=
allwayes p~cede losse of libertie to the Prince. Neither is it  #
a
nyce poynt of Lawe (as my Lo. of South: wold have it beleved)
that condemnes them of treason. But even Comon sence to
Consulte to execute and run together in numbers, in these       #
doblettes
and hose, armed w=th= weapons, what can be the excuse?
Warned by the Lo. Keep: by a herrald, and yet p~sist, Will any
simple man take this for les then Treason?



