told that the Bishop of Durrham 1 hath tendered his duty in all humility, craving pardon for his opposicion heretofore, with promise of faythfull service; hath preacht at Berwike before the King, and said grace at his table twise or thrise.

The Queene nominated our King for hir successor: for being demaunded whom shee would haue succede, hir answere was there should noe rascals sitt in hir seate. "Who then ?" "A King," said shee. "What King?" "Of Scotts," said shee, "for he hath best right, and in the name of God lett him haue it."

The Papists verry lately put up a supplicacion to the King for a tolleracion; his aunswre was, Yf there were 40,000 of them in armes should present such a petition, himselfe would rather dye in the feild than condiscend to be false to God. Yet seemed he would not use extremity, yf they continued in duty like subjects.

The Queene would sometymes speake freely of our King, but could not endure to heare anie other use such language. The Lord of Kenlosse, a Scott, told our nobles, that they shall receive a verry good, wise, and relligious King, yf wee can keepe him soe; yf wee mar him not.

Lord Henry Howard 3 would come and continue at prayers when the Queene came, but otherwise would not endure them, seeming to performe the duty of a subject in attending on his prince at the one tyme, and at the other using his conscience. He would runne out

1 Dr. Matthew Hutton, Bishop from 1595 to 1606, when he was translated to York. (Hardy's Le Neve, iii. 295.) The opposition alluded to was probably connected with Border quarrels.

2 Sir Edward Bruce, Lord Bruce of Kinloss, who came to England with the Earl of Mar in 1601, ostensibly on a visit of congratulation to Queen Elizabeth, but really to effect an understanding with Sir Robert Cecil, and pave the way, which he did most successfully, for his master's succession. He was appointed Master of the Rolls in 1604, and

lies buried in the Rolls Chapel.

3 The future Earl of Northampton.

of the Queenes chamber in hir sicknes when the chaplein went to prayer. Their prayer, for him, like a conjuracion for a spirit.

fo. 133b.

The Earl of Southampton must present himself with the nobles, and Sir Henry Nevill with the counsellors; like either shall be one 13 Aprill 1603of their rankes.

It is a common bruit, yet false, that Sir Walter Rhaly is out of his Captainship of the Guard; facile quod velint credunt, quod credunt loquuntur.

Sir Amias Preston, an auncient knight, sent a challendge a while since to Sir Wa. Ra. which was not aunswered. Sir Ferdinand Gorge is out with him, as some say.1

He hath a good witt but it is carried by a foole, said Cobden of 14 Aprill 1603. W. Burdett.

Crue invited Cobden to a fyre, and there cald him foole; "It is one comfort," said Cobden, "that I am in a Crue of fooles."

Dr. Parry's note saith, the Queene was soe temperat in hir dyet from hir infancy, that hir brother King Edward VI. did usually call hir Dame Temper[ance.]2

Mr. Hemmings, sometyme of Trinity College in Cambridge, in a sermon at Paul's Crosse, speaking of women, said, Yf a man would marrie, it were 1,000 to one but he should light upon a bad one,

Raleigh on his trial alludes incidentally to Sir Amias Preston's challenge. Speaking of a book against the title of King James to succeed Elizabeth, which Cobham had stated that "he had " from Raleigh,—“I never gave it him," answered Raleigh, “he took it off my table. For I remember a little before that time I received a challenge from Sir Amias Preston, and, for that I did intend to answer it, I resolved to leave my estate settled, therefore laid out all my loose papers, amongst which was this book." (State Trials, ii. 21.) As to the relations between Sir Walter and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, see Archæologia, vol. xxxiii. p. 241.

2 Camden is probably the original authority for this pleasant anecdote :—“ qui non alio nomine quam dulcis sororis Temperantiæ nomine salutavit" are the words of his Introduction to the Annales of Elizabeth.

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there were so many naught; and yf he should chaunce to find a good one, yet he were not suer to hold hir soe: for women are like a coule full of snakes amongst which there is one eele, a thousand to one yf a man happen upon the eele, and yet if he gett it in his hand, all that he hath gotten is but a wett eele by the tayle. (Mr. Osborne.)

'Tis certaine that Tyrone hath submitted absolutely, as to the late Queene, not knowing of hir death; he is nowe at Dublin with the Lord Mountjoy, and Tirrell is come in with him.

APPENDIX.

I.—ABSTRACT OF WILL OF RICHARD Manningham, DATED 21ST JANUARY 1611-12; 9TH JAMES I.

Invocation of the Trinity.

I Richard Manningham, of the parish of East Malling, co. Kent, gent. being in tolerable health of body in regard of mine age and infirmities, but of perfect mind and memory, endued with all my senses, I laud and praise God therefore.

Will all written with mine own hand.

My body to be buried in the parish church of East Malling, by my first wife.

I give to the poor inhabitants of East Malling, 107.

To the poor inhabitants of St. Alban's, where I was born, 107.

To Edmund Manningham, my kinsman, 207. with forgiveness of a debt of 201.

To William Manningham, son of Edmund, 51.

To Marion Manningham, daughter of Edmund, 5 marks.

To William Manningham, brother of Edmund, 407.

To Charles Manningham, brother of William, 301.

To Anna, Marie, and Elizabeth, sisters of Charles, 107. a piece.

To Elizabeth Houghton and Mary Cleyton, daughters of my late halfbrother Robert Kent, 107. a piece.

To the widow of Drewe Kent, one of the sons of the said Robert, 51.

To Gregory Arnold, eldest son of my late half-sister Elizabeth Arnold, 101.

To Marie Lawrence and Sara Peters, daughters of the said Elizabeth Arnold, 107. a piece.

To the four daughters of Marie Lawrence, 10l. a piece.

To Susan Hardy, daughter of my other half-sister Marie, 107.

To Janeken Vermeren, daughter of my first wife's sister, 201.

To the only daughter of George Herne, late painter, of London, 107. To James Ashpoole, my tailor, 107.

To John Demua and Isabell his wife, sometime my servants, 51. a piece.

To Thomas Whithead, my late servant, 57.

To poor Joan Hawkyns, the like, 40s.

To Jane Owen, my maid servant, 20 marks.

To Arthur Wise, my husbandman, 5 marks.

To John Haslet, my man, and to Edmond Gibson, my boy, 40s. a-piece. To my two maid servants, Katherine and Annis Wood, 5 marks a-piece.

To my other maid-servant, Ales, 40s.

To William Short, late servant to my cousin John Manningham, 51. To the Master, Wardens, and Livery of the Company of the Mercers of London, whereof I am, 251. to make them a dinner.

To my honest water-bearer of London, Goodman Pigeon, 20s.

To my two poor labourers Edmond Gibson and Thomas Rogers, 40s. a-piece.

To my kinsman William Cranmer, the merchant, 57.

I remit all moneys owing to me by William Kent, John Kent, Roger Kent, Nicholas Kent, Drewe Kent, and Stephen Kent, all sons of my aforesaid half-brother Robert Kent; and by George Arnold, Barnaby Lawrence and Jacob Peters, sons-in-law of my late half-sister Elizabeth Arnold; by William Pawley and Thomas Pawley; by Thomas Whithead, James Ashpoole, Alexander Brickenden, and Edmond Pierson.

Also to Arnold Verbeck, Abraham Verbeck, and Goris Besselles, merchant-strangers, kinsmen to my first wife, 400l. which I lent them at my said wife's request and for her sake, in 1595, upon condition that they pay to the two daughters of the said Arnold Verbeck, Margarita and Susanna, and to their nicht [niece] Janeken Vermeren, 401. a-piece within a year after my executor shall have given them intimation so to do. I nominate my kinsman and son-in-love, John Manningham, gentleman, of the Middle Temple of London, executor of this my will, and my good friend Emanuell Drom of London, merchant, overseer of the same, unto whom I give for his pains therein 107.