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_CROMWELL>

Myn owne enterly belouyd Cromwel , I beseche yow , as ye loue me and
wyl euyr do any thyng for men repare <P_1.2,2> hyther thys day as sone
as the Parlement ys brokyn vp , leyng aparte all thyngs for that tyme ;
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.3)

for I wold nut onely commynycat thyngs vnto yow wherin for my comfort
and relief I wold haue your good , sad , dyscret aduyse and counsell ,
but also opon the same commytt sertyng thyngs requyryng expedition to
yow , on my behalf to be solycytyd : (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.4)

this , I pray yow therfor , to hast your commyng hyther assafore
{COM:sic} , with owt omyttyng so to do as ye tendyr my socor , reliff ,
and comfort , and quyetnes of mynde . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.5)

And thus fare ye wel : (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.6)

from Asher , in hast , thys Satyrday , in the mornyng , with the rude
hande and sorowfull hert of your assuryd louer T. Car=lis= Ebor. .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.7)

I haue also serteyn thyngs consernyng yowr sylf wych I am suere ye
$will $be {TEXT:wolbe} glad to here and knowe : (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.8)

fayle not therfor to be here thys nygth , (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.9)

ye may retorne erly in the mornyng ageyn yf nede shul so requyre .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.10)

<font> Et iterum vale . </font> (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.11)

M. Agusteyn shewyd me how ye had wryttyn onto me a Lettre wherin ye
shuld adu'tyse me of the commyng hyther of the Duke of Norfolke :
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.12)

I assure yow ther cam to my hands no suche Lettre .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,2.13)

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<heading:edcomment:LETTER_CARDINAL_WOLSEY_TO_D=R=_STEPHEN_GARDENER
,_AFTERWARDS_BISHOP_OF_WINCHESTER}

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My owne goode Mastyr Secretary , aftyr my moste herty recommendacions ,
with lycke thanks for your goodness towards me , thes $shall $be
{TEXT:shalbe} to advirtyse yow that I have beyn informyd by my trusty
frende Thomas Crowmuell that ye have sygnyfied unto hym to my synguler
consolations howe that the Kyngs Hyghnes , mouyd with pity and
compassyon , and of his excellent goodnes and cheryti consyderyng the
lamentable condition and stat that I stand yn , hath wyllyd yow with
other lords and mastyrs of hys honorable Cownsell to intende to the
perfygttyng and absolvyng , without further tract or delay , of myn end
and appoyntment , and that my pardon shulde be made in the most ample
forme that my Cownsell cowde devyse ; (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,5.19)

for thys the Kyngs moste gracyous remembraunce , procedyng of hymsylf ,
I accompte my sylf not onely moste bowndyn to serve and pray for the
preservation of hys moste Royal Majeste , (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,5.20)

but also thancke God that ye have occasyon govyn {COM:sic} unto you to
be a sollycyter and setter forth of such thyngs as do and shall
conserve my said ende , in the makyng and compownyng whereof myn
assuryd trust ys that ye wele shewe the love and affection wych ye have
and bere towards me your old lover and frende . So declaryng your sylf
therin that the world may perceive that by your good meanys the Kyng ys
the better goode Lorde unto me ; and that , nowe , newly in maner
commyng to the world , ther may be such respect <P_1.2,6> had to my
poore degre , olde age , and longe contynuyd servys , as shal be to the
Kyngs hygh honor and your gret prayse and laude , wych undowttydly shal
folowe yf ye extende yowr benyvolence towards me and mine , perceiving
that by your wysdom and dexteryte I $shall $be {TEXT:shalbe} releuyd
and in this my calamyte holpyn . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,6.21)

At the reverens therfor of God , myn owne goode M. Secretary and refuge
, nowe set to your hande that I may come to a laudable ende and reposse
; seyng that I may be furnyshyd aftyr suche a sorte and maner as I may
ende my short tyme and lyff to the honor of Cryst's Churche and the
Prince . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,6.22)

And , besydys my dayly prayer and true hert , I shal so requyte your
kyndnes as ye shal haue cause to thyncke the same to be wel imployed ,
lycke as my seyde trusty frende shal more amply shewe unto yow to whom
yt may please yow to give for me credens and loving audience :
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,6.23)

and I shall pray for the increase of your honor .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,6.24)

Wryttyn at Asher with the tremylling hand and hevy hart of your assuryd
lover and bedysman . T. Car=lis= Ebor. . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,6.25)

To the rygth honorable and my synguler goode frende Master Secretary .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,6.26)

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<heading:edcomment:LETTER_CARDINAL_WOLSEY_TO_D=R=_STEPHEN_GARDENER> _@

My owne goode mastyr Secretary aftyr my moste herty commendacons I pray
you at the reverens of God to help , that exspedicion be usyd in my
presents , the delay wherof so replenyssheth my herte with hevynes ,
that I can take no reste ; nat for any vayne fere , but onely for the
miserabli condycion that I am presently yn , and lyclyhod to contynue
in the same onles that ye , in whom ys myn assuryd truste , do help and
releve me therein ; (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,7.29)

for fyrst contynuyng here in thys moweste and corrupt eyer , beyng
enteryd in to the passyon of the dropsy , <font> cum prostatione
appetitus , et continuo insompnus </font> , I $can $not {TEXT:cannat}
lyve ; wherfor of necessyte I muste be removyd to summe other dryer
eyer and place , wher I may have comodyte of Physycyans .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,7.30)

Secondly havyng but Yorke , wych ys now decayd by viij C. =li= by the
yeere I can nat tell how to lyve and kepe the poore nombyr of folks
wych I nowe have ; (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,7.31)

my howsys ther be in decay , and of every thyng mete for howsold
onprovidyd and furnyshyd . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,7.32)

I have non apparell for my howsys ther , nor money to bryng me
<P_1.2,8> thether , nor to lyve with tyl the propysse tyme of the year
shal come to remove thither . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,8.33)

Thes thyngs consyderyd , Mr Secretary , must nedys make me in agony and
hevynes ; myn age therwith and sycknes consyderyd .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,8.34)

Alas Mr Secretary , ye with other my lordys shewyd me that I shuld
otherwyse be furnyshyd , and seyn unto . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,8.35)

Ye knowe in your lernyng and consyens whether I shuld forfit my
spiritualties of Wynchester or no . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,8.36)

Alas the qualytes of myn offencys consyderyd , with the gret
punisshement and losse of goodes that I have sustignyd , owt to move
petyfull hertys . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,8.37)

And the moste nobyl Kyng , to whom yf yt wold please yow of your
cherytabli goodnes to shew the premyses aftyr your accustomable wysdom
and dexteryte , yt ys nat to be dowettyd but hys Hyhnes wold have
consyderacon and compassion , aggmentyng my lyvyng , and appoyntyng
such thyngs as shuld be convenyent for my furniture ; wych to do $shall
$be {TEXT:shalbe} to the Kyngs high honer , meryte , and dyscharge of
consyens ; and to yow gret praysse for the bryngyng of the same to
passe for your olde brynger up and lovyng frende .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,8.38)

Thys kyndnes exibite from the Kyngs Hyghnes shal prolong my lyff for
sum lytyl whyl , thow yt shall nat be long ; by the meane wherof hys
Grace shal take profygtt , and by my deth non . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,8.39)

What ys yt to hys Hyhnes to geve summe convenyent porcion owt of
Wynchester and Seynt Albons , hys Grace takyng with my herty good wyl
the <P_1.2,9> resydue . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.40)

Remembyr , good M=r= Secretary , my poore degre and what servys I have
done : and how nowe approchyng to deth I must begyn the world ageyn .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.41)

I beseche yow therfor , movyd with pity and compassyon , soker me in
thys my calamyti , (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.42)

and to your power , wych I do knowe ys gret , releve me :
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.43)

and I with all myn shall not onely ascrybe thys my relef unto yow , but
also pray to God for the increase of your honor .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.44)

And as my poore shal increase , so I shal not fayle to acquyte yor
kyndnes . (WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.45)

Wryttyn hastely at Asher with the rude and shackyng hand of your dayly
bedysman and assuryd frende . T. Car=lis= Ebor. .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.46)

To the rygth honorable And my assuryd frende Mastyr Secretary .
(WOLSEY-E1-P1,1.2,9.47)